The Sapulpa Light. (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, November 12, 1909 Page: 1 of 4
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Vol. Ill
SAPULPA, OKLAHOMA. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER ia. 1909
No. 14
BY THE LIGHT
OF LANTERNS
DAYS ARE BECOMING MITCH TOO
SHORT IN HUSTLING SA-
PUL PA
THE SKY SCRAPER PROGRAM
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Hi? Noise Just Beginning—Substantial
> Foundation For it Ail— Won
derfnl
with a small rifle but failed to kill it.
It is known positively that there are
a number of deer close to the city, and
a number of wild turkey, and as many
quail as ever known. The quail sea*
son opens next Monday, and many
sportmen are gettng ready for the on-
slaught.
YOUNG MAN IN TROUBLE
Police Say He Has Confessed to Work
Ing Confidence Game
Is there another city In Oklahoma,
or anywhere else, so busy and so press
ed for time, that work of building and
remodeling houses and street improve-
ment work is done at night by the
light of lanterns?
Such is the case right here in hus-
tling, bustling, substantial Sapulpa.
and the fact has been witnessed this
week by thousand of people along the
principal streets. The days are not
long enough for the work in hand;
everybody is eager to get into their
new homes, or new business houses,
and the buildings and contractors do
not hesitate to say that there Is more
call for work in this city than any
place they ever knew. And this has
been the case for the past two years,
and the big noise is only beginning.
When work begins on the construc-
tion of the several skyscrapers now
on the program, on the many homes
for the several new additions, on the
two hundred steel bridges for the
county, on the new lnterurban from
Joplin to Shawrtee, through Sapulpa,
on the Sapulpa lnterurban extensions,
on the Immense steel and iron mill, on
the quarter million water works exten-
sion, on the many additional miles of
street paving, on the viaducts across
the Frisco to Northern Heights, and
on the hundreds of smaller business
blocks and residences, then indeed
will there be required an army of
mechanics, builders and laborers, never
before surpassed in the southwest.
Chicago, Nov. 12.—Frank Williams
who says he is the son of a wealthy
banker of Pittsburg. Kansas, is under
arrest here, charged v 1th obtaining
property by a confiden e game. The
police say that he has confessed.
Story Disbelieved
Pittsburg. Kas., Nov. 12.—Frank Wil
liams. under arrest in Chicago and
who says that he is the son of a Pitts
burg banker, is not known here. There
is no banker of that name in this vi-
cinity.
SCHOOL BOARD
IS AROUSED
SENSATIONAL STORY OF TEACH-
EK USING GUN UNTRUE
SCHOOLS PR06RESSIN6 NICELY
A Member of the School Board Gives
Vent to His Opinion
Snow is Falling
Denver, Nov. 12—A heavy snow is
falling today over Colorado. Wyoming,
Southern Utah and Western New
Mexicoc and Arizona.
The Scenic leands. others immitate.
One “Main Guy” Indicted
New York. Nov. 12.—James F. Ben-
jermagel, general superintendent of
the Williamsburg plants of the Ameri
tan Sugar refining company was to-
day indicted by the federal grand jury-
in connection with sugar weighing
frauds.
DEER CLOSE TO CITY
KENNEDY’S EYES OPENED WIDE
AND HE HEAVED A GREAT
SIGH
The Quail Season Opens Next Monday
—Wild Turkeys Abound—the
Onslaught
Day before yesterday while D. N.
Kennedy of the W. C. Wells Realty
company was driving about two miles
west of the city, in company with Mr.
Ricks, he saw two deer jump from
the roadside and amble off through the
woods looking back as if to resent the
interruption.
Mr. Kennedy, who is a most careful
understudy of G. Washington, heaved
a great sigh at the fact that he had a
living witness to the story he was
going to tell, when he arrived in the
city. In fact, when he opened his
mouth he prefaced the tale with the
statement that he had a witness to the
story. Mr. Kennedy says the deer
were good size, were without horns,
and were more than one hundred yards
away.
This story is strengthened by the
fact that a man on O’Hornett's ranch
on the same day shot a deer twice
RESTRAINING ORDER ISSUED
MATE ENJOINED FROM SELLING
INDIAN LANDS FOR
TAXES
TWO NEGROES
STRUNG UP
CAKBD AND SURROUNDING COUN-
TRY BECOMES SEETHING
BLOOD-MAD MOB
ONE WHITE PRISONER LYNCHED
Order Effects Thirty-seven Counties
Embraced in Old ludiuu
Territory
Several members of the school
board are considerably agitated over
the publicity that has been given the
Sapulpa schools of late regarding
brutality in the schools and the story
of one principal keeping a revolver in
his desk to aid him in subduing tbe
pupils. The fact about the revolver
story said c. member of the board is
that Prof. Lance has not had one, but
has had a clock weight in his desn
that some what resembles a revolver
and might have been mistaken for one
The clock weight was taken away
from a pupil of the school.
"The schools are progressing nice-
ly" said another member of the board
“and anyone who says they are not is
someone who has not been around to
see. There has not been any brutality
on the part of the teachers."
This member of the board expressed
himself to the effect that he and other
members of the board were consider-
ably incensed at the medium that had
given the matter so much publicity
‘seeking to be sensational on the mat-
ter,” said the school board man.
"The paper suppresses tl*f- e -calk''
bootlegging news, news relating to a
successful attempt of officials to do
UUy Qniet Today Under Calming In-
fluence of Militia—Mayor Makes
Statement
their duty, under the. pretense that
Muskogee, Okla..Nov 12.^-A temper Sllch news woul(1 n,illlate a«aill8t th‘
interests ot the city, and yet undei
glaring front-page headlines, as well
as editorially, this same paper with-
out substantial foundation for its front
page story or its editorial would hav*-
ary restraining order was issued in
the federal court here by Judge <’amp
tell yesterday against the county treas
urers in thirty-seven counties, em-
braced in the old Indian Territory, to
prevent them from selling Indian
lands next Monday to enforce collec-
tion of taxes. The restraining order
was asked by the department of the
interior.
The kuestion involves the right of
the state to levy taxes against land
owned by Indian citizens which, it is
alleged, were exempted from taxation
by the Indian treaties providing for al
lotment. In three counties no such
taxes have been levied.
The United States marshal has in
his possession three wagon loads of
records, which were issued as an ex-
hibit. These are copies of the records
of the old Dawes commission, which
afe supposed to show what land is
taxable and what is not
Cairo, III., Nov. 12.—Residents of
Cairo and surroundiug country com-
posed a seething blood-mad mob last
night and when their work had ended
the murder of pretty Annie Pelley a
few' days ago had been avenged, by
Lhe lynching of two negroes connected
with the crime. While at Its highest
pitch of excitement, the county jail
was raided by the mob. and a white
man taken trembling from hU celt,
hanged and shot. He was accused of
wife murder. Ths victims are Wtli
Frog" James, a negro named Alexan-
ier and Henry Salsenpr, white.
Early in the evening state troops
were ordered to the scene of the riot-
ing by Governor Deneen, who is In
Chicago, at the solicitation of Sheriff
Davis, who made a daring but vain
attempt to rescue James from several
mobs during a period of twenty-four
hours. Eleven companies had been
ordered by the governor up to mid-
night. and all were being rushed to
’airo at an early hour this morning.
City Quiet Today
Arthur Alexander, the negro impli-
cated in the asBault and murder of
Ann- Pelley, was safely.Judged In jail
‘his morning. He was hidden In a
urivate house last night, where he was
taken, dressed in a policeman's uni-
sorm, thus escaping detection by the
nob. The city is quiet today, the mobs
quadruped on terra flrma will fight
the intrepid Roosevelt, but will flee in
tigers, lions, armeg. bullets, and even
abject terror from a mouse no larger
than a lady’s thumb. Doctor Ruther-
ford Is a very flue Virginia gentleman,
highly cultivated in his great profes-
sion and in ail the arts, and his dignity
and suavity are heavy enough for a
man of three times his age. and to
hetleve that he could become complete
ly flabbergasted and almost be guilty
of chancemedlev—and that’s a new one
on most people—because of a mouse In
his office, would require an unlimited
stretch of anyone's Imagination.
One of the Doctor’s most intimate
friends was passing his office about six
last evening and heard the most mag-
nified disturbance ever; the friend
rushed up the stairs aud into the re-
ception room of the young physician,
who was yelling tike a Piute; Morris
chairs were toppled over as if a Kan-
sas twister had been playing hide and
seek in the bally place; Mission furni-
ture was out of joint and out of place;
literature of the heaviest kind was
scattered here and there and hack
again; tables had their legs pointed
skyward, and a look of pain was in
the eye of the surgeon. Finally it was
explained that a mouse couldn't live
in the same house with the doctor.
And the poor mouse wasn't living.
BUI Sterrett.
RECORD IS
ESTABLISHED
LAURA ARMSTRONG, OF SAPULPA,
HELM FOR FEDERAL GRAND
JURY
TULSA HEARING YESTERDAY
ROCK CREEK A-FLOWINC
VOLUME SUFFICIENT TO RELIEYE
WATER SITUATION FOR
SOME TIME
The Down-pour of Last Nght Is Re-
ported to Have Been Gen
eml
ury having abated the presence of the
it known to the world, so far as It is mllltik exercising a calming Influence
ccncemed, that the citizens of this,
community are a set c." pn'.am:
i Mayor Parsons in an Interview to-
HE THRASHED “GOLDIE”
After Doiug So, Husband Goes Away
and Writes Love Letters
After lambasting his wife “Goldie"
with a good sized cudgel, upon two
separate occasions, within the past
few days, until the aforementioned
"Goldie" was nearabout put out of
business, hubby William Nelson, color
ed, hiked, It off to Depew. seated him-
self and wrote "Goldie” about the love-
lingest letter that ever came from a
pretended penitent heart. The letter,
however, appears to have fallen Into
he hands of Constable U. J. Jones, re-
sulting in the capturing of Nelson yes-
terday. The cudgel wielder is today
behind prison bars, while "Goldie” is
still unforgiving.
The Wef ther
New Orleans, Okla., Nov. 12.—To-
night and Saturday unsettled, rain to-
night or Saturday; colder.
hyenas."
West to Meet Anthony,
Jefferson City, Nov 12.—Judge R. A
Anthony, who as special conmiissionei
for the supreme court of Missouri
heard testimony in a successful suit
lay expressed regret for the affair,
jut dedared there could have been
possibility of no other termination. He
iedared that Cairo had not had an
official execution within 15 years, and
juries in homicide cases had repeated-
ly failed to convict. This he said
caused feeling among citizens that
The rain of last night proved a great
blessing to Sapulpa and community,
and. as we learn, the down-pour was
general, the blessing, of course, ex-
tends over a wide section
The most Important result of the
opening of the “flood gates,” so far
as Sapulpa is concerned, that is, the
most Important one so far reported. Is
the fact that Ffock Creek i» a-flowlng
again Early this morning we were in-
formed tha water, real water.
First Tlae in Hist ary tl District that
Woman Has Been Similarly
Arraigned
Laura Armstrong, of tha city, who
w&s arrested here some days ago by
Sheriff Stein, on charge of bootlegging
and who later was placed under ar-
rest by Deputy Marshal Hanna charg
ed with selling liquor without first
having procured a government license,
was arraigned yesterday afternoon, at
Tulsa, befpre tbe United 8Utes com-
missioner on tbe latter charge, and
held for grand Jury investigation, on
bond of $250.
The government officers say they
have strong tvldenc# against the wo-
man. It is said that aha tailed to recog
nize two deputy sheriff’s and sold them
liquor. The evidence was turned over
to the government and her arrest fol-
lowed.
The case establishes a record for
this district, in that It Is the first time
that a woman had been arraigned on a
similar charge, and the expression of
Officer Hanna yesterday when the
woman was taken Into custody, were
such aa to indicate that, while his ex-
perience has been comprehensive, still
he has been called upon on out few
occasions to deal with women pris-
oners. It was evident that lhe duty
was unpleasant.
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WISDOM LANDS FORGER
Deluded Man Loaea Liberty Over •
Ten Spot
A very clever capture was effected
last evening by Officer Wisdom, when
he landed a bad check artist. The fel-.
low doubtless thought he needed the
money and, It is alleged, fixed VP h
was check for a ten spot, and traded It off
for Misouri to oust the Standard Oil justice was not being done and this
again coursing the recently parched jtf) 8,1 enterprising local bustttess man
! channel, and in sufficient volume to; for the real cash. The business man
relieve the local water situation for j soon saw his mistake, however, and
some time to come, even if the clouds 1 notified the police with the result that
company will meet Attorney Genera’.
West, of Oklahoma, here Monday. It
is said that Anthony will give West
official deposition identifying the lit-
ters transcript of Missouri evidence
and that by this means West hopes to
obtain the admission of Missouri’s
evidence in the Oklahoma proceedings
feeling against crime that so long had
been suppressed found vent in last
night's affair. He expressed the opin-
ion that Cairo would be law abiding
hereaftef. t • '
\ blow away today. This is good news Officer Wisdom soon had the fellow ln^
and, assuredly, will be generally ap tow. The “artist was jailed.
1 predated.
Refused Absolution
GULF ROAD HAS WRECK
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Removal Notice
Drs. Avery & Sandberg wish
Invited t
* .
Yourself and the school children to
! attend the writing school Monday-
night at Beesons college. |
the i ' • „t 3t.
Mantes, France, Nov 12.—The Catho | M0THER AND 4-YEAR-OLD SOJf
lie clergy here today refused absolu-j PROBABLY FATALLY
tion to Catholic children lit the public ^ INJURED _
schools who are using text hooka In-
terdicted by church.
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public to know that they have moved
ENCOUNTER
their offices from the Fishei'-Riehle, DR. IN DESPERATE
building to the Owl Drug Store on East! ---,
Dewey avenue, having leased a Por-)Lllff> Ratherford’« Htlrrlng En{?nW.
ment—He Is Victorious
Indians Not Suff’erlfltf
Ardmore, Nov. II,—“Reports recent-
ly circulated that fullblood Indians in
The Wreck Was Caused by the Spread-
ing of Ralls—(‘(Niches Over-
turned
Henrietta, Ok., Nov, 12.—Mrs. M.
the Choctaw and Creek nations are des Vandiveer, wife of a physician at Dus-
titute and starving are without founda tin and her 4-year-old son were prob-
tion,” said Mr. Valentine, commission-1 ably fatally injured and eight other
j er of Indian affairs, when he reached passengers were seriously hurt in the
Just at first blush the writer does here last night. Mr. Valentine came wreck of the north bound passenger
ested financially in the drug business not reca11 who U was that playe(1 ten|he,e from Muskogee, where he haa train on the Missouri. Oklahoma and
Drs. Avery & Satlberg. |ji,is in the Slee,,y Hollow country, | been investigating conditions among Gulf railroad, five miles south of Hen-
13-tf.
tion of the drug store room and flitted
it up for doctors offices. Phone num-
ber remains the same, number 10.
One thing more, we are not inter-
Yon will get honest dentistry, lion-
est prices and honest guarantee with
using skulls of former men for balls; I the Indians, and especially will he
and it is not authoritatively known j look into the proposed sale of the seg
what sort of a row old Noah raised i regated mineral lands of the Indians.
: with a third ape attempting to get into j Todav he will begin an investigation of and rolled down
ryetta, late yesterday.
The wreck was caused by the spread
ing of rails. Two coaches turned over
the embankmeut.
all work at the Union Dental co., 110
East Dewey. Dr. J. N. Bolte, Mgr.
he big boat by means of a forged pass, i affairs in the Chickasaw nation from Others injured were:
Meet your friends, spend a pleasant
hour, laugh and be merry at the Scenic
tonight.
Miss Brooke made a hit with her
popular song “Always Think of
Mother” at the Scenic last night.
but both of these old time disturbances
were minature rough houses as com-
pared to the one that Doctor Lafe
Rutherford caused in his palatial office
last evening when he disputed posses-
sion with a dun-colored mouse.
In this connection, but positively no
further, Doctor Rutherford may be
compared to an elephant It is com-
mon knowledge that the greatest
where he will go to the Osage coun- j T. Hickolin, Fauna, Oklahoma, legs
try. He will remain in Oklahoma four bruised; J. T. Mitchell, Fort Smith,
or five weeks. Arkansas, leg and hip injured; R. O.
While here last night Mr. Valen-jDay, Lamar. Oklahoma, body bruised;
tine was a guest at a reception ten-
dered by the commercial club. Dur-
ing a brief talk he took occasion to
say that after investigating he found
conditions among the Indians visited
to be exceptionally good.
C. C. Rogers, St. Joe. Mo., bruised; A.
L. Arnold, Dustin, Oklahoma, bruised;
Bert Myers. Henrietta, arm broken;
Perry Pitchford, Muskogee, head cut
and bruised; W. L. Hall, McAlester Ok
lahoma, hip bruised.
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Irelan, O. M. The Sapulpa Light. (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, November 12, 1909, newspaper, November 12, 1909; Sapulpa, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1477219/m1/1/?rotate=270: accessed July 17, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.