The Sapulpa Light. (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 115, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 10, 1909 Page: 2 of 4
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Your Bank Account
Give* v- u credit . nl helps your standing in
the community. When you pay l>il!s with a
chec'i, ;>c ple appreciate your l u«ir.c*s more
Then. tun. the check wlien cashed, is a receipt
foi the mont-■ paid In using your check hook
ke no mistake in change; am! if it is
l ioney as would I* the cast if
ckcibook Vour account, large or
ill vill have i.ur Iiest attention and he ap-
vou m
lost you
•ti lost r<
American National Bank
Strong Sapulpa, Okla. Liberal
ncys had said for y«ars It was impos-
sible to do. These wire the methods
used:
The two weeks succeeding his ap-
! polntment the special proeecutor made
no outward move. But scouts were
sent into every "joint" in the county
to gather evidenc*. Old court recor>.:>
were examined. be< ause in the preced-
ing Ave years 60 liquor suits, which
had never been pressed to trial and
the judgment entered of record, had
been filed. These suits had been
brought by former county attorneys
when forced by public sentiment to
make some show to enforce the prohi-
bitory law.
StartliuK New I'lan
inks
fine detective work. In the last two
years the Assistant Attorney-trneral
has issued hundreds of orders looking
to the su->'ir> ssion of this sort of liquor
traffic. A different method of obtain-
[ ins evidence had to be pursued in al-
I [ost every instance.
I Mr. Trickett made mor
| raais in the closinr of
' that of Billy Estep's. Than
m kit - of the c,-tn sal-
ist tin
was
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The Sapulpa Light
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O. M. IRC LA ti, editor
OFFICIAL CITY PAPER
A> > OI M tMfcvrs
(Political announcements paid for
by the parties whose names are ap-
pended..*
I hereby announce myself as a can-
didate for citj clerk subject to the will
of th<" voters of Sapulpa.
S. N. HIRD.
Kor ( lii' f in' Police
For Chief of Pott
For Chief of 1'oliri
J. W. DE
prmg Cloth
Fadcf-the./
rs this Sf
The
Portsmouth
model
taking. Il<i
ex cm
u design
riginal
iattern
lot In
haps w i
refer st vl
loks to tii
othe
r men
vants to !
eli dress
Guifitter fer Mankind
y\. thk kktt closed nu. i
ie Kansas City, Mora*!
Showed thai I.aw I ould lie
Enforced
i Willi
andotte
>urt
iiropi
j Appropos to the quite prevalent
.. J sentiment that joints cant be i losed
j comes a review In the Saint l.ouis
To the Voters of the t it) of Sapulpa ( ,, ^ j,.81>a,. of t;.- wui
plishtd by C. W. Trickett at Kansas
City. Kansas.
The article in part is as follows
It was 30 months ago that Mr. Trick
ett. tjewiy appointed Assistant Attor
ney-General for Wyandotte County
Kansas, decided for Kansas City Kan.
I hereby announce myself as a can
didate for the office of mayor, subject-
to the will of the republican conven-
tion or primary.
CHAS. E. VAN ORMAN
I hereby announce myself as a can-
didate for the office of police judge
subject to the will of the republican j
convention.
w. f. c0l.lins.
I hfcr^bv announce myself as candi-
date for the office of mayor of Sapulpa
subject to the *01 of the republican
convention.
JOS O. DENTON'.
For City Attorney
To the legal voters f the City of
Sapulpa. Oklahoma \ hereby an-
aounce myself as a candidate for the
office of city attorney subject to the
will of the voters.
F W JACOBS. 1-awyer
it should become a law-abiding com
lauaitv. Since then Kansas City , ha:
been transformed from th- tougheg'
to the most decorous city in Kansas.
The trouble with Kansas City. Kan.
was it was in the State of Kans.i- :
which there was a prohibitory law
against the sale of liquor: ami it
lowed that law to be disobeyed. Same
officials. It was charged unlawfully j
collected money enough from the sa-j
loon men to help swell the party earn j
paign funds.
This nullification of an importan' •
State law had existed for more thai
a quarter of a centOry before 190«. I"
' all the largest cities of Kansas. lr. ,
I Kansas City. Kan which is the lar-
of th
common pie
take possess!
force its orders.
The applications were grantoi
Then followed the famous ; adlook
order to the sheriff which sounded th* •
death knell to the jointists in Kansas :
City. Kan., forever. It rtad:
"Proceed immediately to said prem-!
iscs and see that the order of this court ■
. is literally obe> d. and. If necessar;..
'place locks upotl all doorB to sa.-.
'premises or place a cust «lian in
charge v.i'h instructions to see thatj
the ortler is obeyed. Brlnpiefore this
court any person found violating thisr
<d his atte
Liilty at th
He has
^JilSe
Nc
tc
ti
of liquor practically is finished
cepf that a close watch musi l-
to prevent reopening. Mr. Trick'
a stronger man in the community
ever before, in spite of the fact
nearly 50 per cent of the voters it
Still are for the reop«r.:n
Sanitsry Plircbers find foe Fitters
Prompt attention to all work in.
their line
421 East Cewey avc.
Sapulpa, OkSa.
new ones w
ssible. Wit!
'.inas w. re t
Hocked[
costly fixtures were on the
m i< inr.s in .1 tu.
On Trial for Hi- Lite Uleeed Murder-
er Hangs Himself in
Cell
For City Attornej
I am a candidate for the offic« of
ctty attorney subject to the will of the
republican nominating convection.
LEROY J. BURT
For t hief of Police
I hereby announce myself for the
office of chief of police subject to the
republican delegate convention
J. E. GORMON
igest city in the state, having lOO.OiK'
inhabitants, since Jan. 1. ISO*, one
Mavor has been ousted and re-ousted
when he was re-elected to the same
office because he refused to enforce
the prohibitory law 1 alter mayors
have not interfered with enforcement
of this law.
The brewery companies, for man>
years before 19W. had purchased sys-
tematically the most valuable corner
lots in both the business and resi-
dence districts and had erected upon
them costly buildings adapted only
The ord.
first 10 ord'
and carried
ten as fast
days 60 join
and all t
inside.
Then, for the first time. the brew-
ers realized that something really se-
rious was beginning to happen to them
Costly fixtures were being locked up in
these rooms to abide a day when thi Mugoatjn, Iowa March io-l rey
final judgment of the court would . ,
, . ,„ith „„ nii Jones on trial for the murder of Mr.
bring the sheriff along with an oil ean
and match and make bonfires of them and Mrs. VanWinkle a young couple.
. . r.wn>ira in 1&07 committed suicide in the
A panic seized the saloon owners.
They caught the padlotn fever them- county jail here this morning by hang
selves and. deserting their places. jnK witb a rope made from bed
clothes. Jones beat the couples brains
out as they slept, escaped and was ar-
rested at Milan. Kansas. He was to
have taken the stand in own defense
I or City Clerk
I hereby announce myself for the i bre-wery
office of city clerk subject to the will
of Ujf republican delegate convention.
H. G JOYNT
for Chief o< I'slice
I announce myself as a candidate
for the office of chief of police of Sa-
pulpa subject to will of the republican
contention.
stablished a saloon in a
localit ■ the other breweries believed
!he\ must do the same. And the>
did Finally, the city became over-
run wtth saloons.
To make matters worse, the polic
protected the saloons. The;, had to.
because the brewers controlled in
a manner, the mayor and the chief oft
police The salaries of the entire j
FRANK KIMBALL ■ ^ alleged came from
the lawbreakers, ( rime thrived and
; thugs friends of the "Joint" men. were
, not punished
In Kansas City, Kan where saloons
existed In deflame of law*, there was j
unprecedented proportion of crime |
for the population. This was the sit-
uation June 8, 190^. when Mr. Trick-;
ett was sked by C C. Coleman, attor-
ney general, to cleanse the city of its
lawless element
Mr. Trickett was bold enough to
undertake the Job. although he re-,
allied It would be a long, tedious and
thankless work. On the day he was
appointed there were In Wyandotte ,
county open saloons. 510 of which
were In Kansas City, Kan. Sixty davs
later there was not an open saloon
in the county. This summary ousting
of the saloons was something thst
mayors of the city and county attor*
locked the doors, so that they, instead
of the sheriff, might carry the keys.
The question then resolved itself
into how quickly a transfer wagon
could carry the furniture across the
j state line into Missouri. For days today.
and weeks traffic was suspended be-
| cause every dray and transfer wagon
I was pressed into the service of the,
! saloon men It was the -padlock' '
i order that r.ally did the work. It .
I done so qui«"k!> all within thirt> days..
that its suce-ess almost dared the pub-
open saloon was no
B16 PLANS nil
F<r *sv r
I announce myself as a candidate for
the office of mayor of Sapulpa, sub-
ject to the will of the republican con-
vention.
J. C. MENIFEE
Dream of International Kailroad Blast-
ed Promoter Then Sui-
cide.
Washington. March 9.— Because j
He. Presto' Th*? open saloon was nu pj3n jor having international railroad •
more. built through Fer*'ti Valley of Central '
The saloon stayed closed but th- and Soutl America failed. Hinton
"blind tiger'' a thousand tic s hard- Rown Gelper. former I nited States
er to stamp out. took its place. A blind consul at Buene Ay res. committed sui-,
tiger is a private residence, i shed, a ' ride here today
t upied temporarily and stocked with
t*. r and whisky for sale to friends of
the proprietor. |
It was in the stamping out of this
illegal trade that Mr. Trickett won
a real Sherlock Holmes reputation for
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WJf REGINA
tiArs
THE LATEST STILES
/. WE HERE.
. We realise that
J] season after season
JL// must sell you your hats if our
business is to grow and we are to suc-
ceed. We know that in the Regina hat you
will get the greatest amount of style and
better wearing guality than in any other
line. Regina hats are the Paris hats of
America. The new stylos are very dif—
ferent-very clever. See them;-today
if you can.
At Mrs. DeCramer's
/
ma
Special Train to Tulsa
for Louis Mann
*sr Cltj Clerk
In announce myself as a candidate
lor the office of city clerk subject to
the will of the democratic convention.
IRA ANDERSON
For Chief of Police
I hereby announce myself as a can-
didate for the office ot chief of police
of Sapulpa, subject to the will of the
democratic primaries.
V. J JONES
Fins Wfsteh and.'Jsw lrv
— oepalring
Kodak and Cimtr
Supplies'
—Go to
H. E. RAKEMAN
LEADING JEWELER AND OPTICIAN
Kimball Pianos and Organa
Shoot Music
Musical Instruments and
Musical Marchandlss
Glenwood Crystal'-. Spring Water
A Sapulpa Pure Spring WaTer
fallon iMitllc. #1^11 tir t botlle .r we
will exchange bottle* with job. Rot.
tie* re III led Jt'ic.
We also bottle a miaeral water from
the deep nell\ at the S.ipu||„, K.-tin< ry
gallon bottles JUe.
These water* an- bottled fresh each
da) not beinu oeer three hour* old
bon delltere-d at >onr door. Phone
u for price*, deliiered in bnlk in
large or *mnll qaantltle*.
Sapulpa Spring Water Co.
Office and display room at the Owl Drug I.tore
31+ Kaat Dewey Phone 28f.
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Irelan, O. M. The Sapulpa Light. (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 115, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 10, 1909, newspaper, March 10, 1909; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc151545/m1/2/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.