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THE PEOPLE’S PAPER
SAPULPA HERALD
THE PEOPLE’S PAPER
VOLUME I. NUMBER 131
SAPULPA. CREEK COUNTY. OKLAHOMA. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 4. 1915
ZOUAVES FIGHTING OFF GERMAN AEROPLANE
II JITNEY BUS
FORD CAR ENTERS RANKS OF
POPULAR 5-CENT MOTOR CAR
LIVERY
STALLED ON ITS FIRST TRIP
__
In Front of an Undertaker Shop
but One Stop will not Hurt the
Business—It’s Here to Stay and
will Likely do a Big Business
Did you see it?
What?
Why, the jitney oar. Yes, siree,
she was out In full bloom, spick and
span_ everything clean down to tho
taps on the wheels with big banner]
that read, '*Jitney Service. 5c."
But just a minute—before you be-
gin to calculate the enormous busi-
ness she was already doing, let me
say that she was “stuck”—wouldn't
go at all, and right in front of the
undertaking parlor on E. Lee. A
very convenient place to die, eh?
Whether the balky engine was
afraid of the big banners or was
too bashful to be the first of its
kind to make the first appearance
on the streets Is not known, but we
cannot blame it for some of us'know
how it feels to be the object of
every eye that's met. And further-
more she was a Ford. As usual the
Ford is first in all tlhngs. It canjREpORT
nearly be said of the Ford as of
George Washington, '-First In peace,
first In—"etc.
As well as could be made out the
license number is 51619 of \Sapulpa
and the owner’s name could not be' -
ascertained at the time for he In Spite of Tightening up of Pro
FOUR DOLLARS PER YEAR
ISSUES II DEFY
BRISTOW COM. CLUB, CIVIC
LEAGUE AND GOVERNMENT
START CONTEST
I S. BUD YYAEL IS
GIVEN FIVE YEARS
Hardfought Case Ends when Jury
Returns Verdict of Manslsughter
CLEANEST CITY IN CREEK CO.
The case of Bud Wall, charged
with murder of Robinson after some
trouble in a pool hall at Dropright
last summer, was completed yester-
day afternoon and the Jury returned
a verdict of manslaughter. Judge
Hughes sentenced Wall to five years
at hard labor in the McAlester pen-
A German taube aeroplane was spied flying over the French camp and trying to drop bombs Into the ranks of th«
men. A squad of zouaves with au aerial machine gun au<l a slghter were sent out and after a sharp interchange of
projectiles the aeroplane was put to flight.
ANOTHER INDIAN
BUREAJUXPOSE
REPORT IN PREPARATION AT
WASHINGTON WILL BE HOT-
TER THAN MOTT SENSATION
LOOPHOLES IN PROCEDURE?
was too busy cranking. When she
does get strung out to business
there is no telling how many jitneys
she will grab. So here is luck to the
jitney.
COLD COMFORT
bate Matter* Grafter* are Said to
Be Getting Away with a lot of
Indian Property—Report will Be
Made Soon
Washington, Feb. 4.— Another
•blow up" with attendant exposes
as to the manner of conducting In-
dian affairs in Oklahoma, it Is under
stood will again be called to the at-
tention of congress. It Is said that
Governor and Chairman Prison Board n l>r'senta,i'e8 °K certain Indian as-
Not Making any Forgive and For- j solutions have recently been quiei-
get Sounds and Reprieves Not ly at work In Oklahoma investigat-
BILL TO PROTECT
R. R. CHARGE MEN
SOFTDRINKUSERS WITH LAYING OFF
SOFT DRINK MANUFACTURERS AT ARBITRATION HEARING
WOULD PROTECT PUBLIC ( ROADS SHOW THAT ENGI-
FROM DIRTY BREWERY DREGS I NEERS LOSE ONE-TENTH
CHAS, OAKES BACK FROM O.G, COULD EARN LARGER WAGES
LANDSLIDES ON
THE FRISCO R.R.
Sapulpa Man Aiding In Getting Leg if Worked Every Day but Nothing their boa8t' to°' for t,ley arp mak‘
i.lation Passed that Will Make all ; Said about the Necessity of Some pPOp,e cIean Up down therP and
Bury the Old Ime Hatchet but De-
clare their Intention of Becoming I itentiary.
Cleaner, More Healthful and Pret It is not thought (hat the charge
tier than our Own City ! of murder for the killing of Graham
■- ] at the same time will be brought up
J. J. Whitneyt secretary of the ! at the end of the sentence.
Bristow Commercial club, Vr. and) -
Mrs. C. C. Kpps, Mrs. J. P. Maddox,
president of the Civic league and
Mrs. Chas. West, wife of the mdyor
of Bristow are In Sapulpa today
conferring with Supt. Hopkins rela-
tive to the parking near the d.«pot
and other improvements in view at
Bristow.
While they were here they declar-
ed that the commercial club of that
place, the Civic League and the city
generally were not countenancing
any attempt to make Bristow a
court town and that the old county
seat fight business was dead so far
as they were concerned and instead
of raking up old feuds they were
looking toward the future and pro-
posed to compete with Sapulpa along
highly novel lines.
They made their boast that when
summer comes Bristow would have
more flowers, would have cleaner
streets and bark alleys, and would
he a healthier place in which to
live than Sapulpa.
They are starting to make good
JITNEY BUSSES
WILL BEAT R. R.
KANSAS MEN PLAN TO BUILD
CEMENT TRACKS AND ENTER
LONG DISTANCE BUSINESS
PITTSBURG TO FORT SCOTT
Would be Able to go After Business
on a Big 8c*le and Save Passen-
gers and Shippers Thousands on
Transfer Charges now Necessary
Manufacturers Keep Clean
8anitary Plants
and
Rest Occasionally—One or Two
Long Hour Shifts are Refuted
] that is harder to do there with few
sewers than it Is here. B. B. Jones,
Likely
•‘Just as soon as there is a man
at the penitentiary to be killed, we
will have the electrical apparatus
to accomplish the task," declared
Gov. R. L. Williams, Wednesday.
Governor Williams made this dec-
laration despite the fact that the
board of prison control has made no
specific recommendation for the
purchase of the death-dealing appar-
atus.
Dr. A. K. West< chairman of the
I*oard, on the subject of electrocu-
tion said Wednesday: "The board
has no recommendation to make to
the governor in regard to capital
punishment but am not in favor of
spending several thousand dollars
to buy apparatus to kill a man
when it can be done just as easily
with a rope or a musket.
"Sentiment is the only thing in
favor of electrocution as means of
capital punishment; it Is really qo
more painful to be shot: I am not in
favor of having the stata buy this
expensive apparatus especially if
we are sincere in our desire for
cruel economy
"You may understand that the
board of prison control is not gov-
ernor,” Gov. Williams said further.
ing conditions said to exlsti espec-
ially as they refer to the alleged
robbery of full blood Indians. Some-
thing in the nature of the Mott re-
port which caused somewhat of a
sensation in congressional circles a
year or two ago, is again said to be
contemplated and those on the in-
side are looking for the lid to blow
off almost any minute. Much of the
unfavorable advertising in Oklahoma
has received in late years has been
due to the widespread circulation of
reports In the east that the Indians
in the state were being robbed with
perfect impunity and with utter dis-
regard of the rules of the game.
Much of this pittiless publicity has
been given out by the Indian bureau
here, it being a favorite theme of
that office to repeatedly call atten-
tion to the alleged robbery of Okla-
homa Indians by unscrupulous graf
ters. i
In spite of recent assertions that
the new probate procedure in east-
ern Oklahoma has left no loopholes
for fraud a report is said to be in
the course of preparation which will
make the Mott report look like a
Bocial session of a women's sewing
circle.
It Is not known who the expected
(’has. L Oakes has just returned
from Oklahoma City where he has
been in the interest of the soft
drink manufacturers of Oklahoma
City. For a long time breweries out-
side state have been in the habit
of sending brewery dregs into this
state, calling it a soft drink or near
beer and selling it to people who
would not care for real alcoholic bev-
erages. The bill as advocated by
Bottling Works men like Mr. Oakes
would in a measure do. away with
this danger to the health of Okla-
homans and also protect the public
from drinking the product of factor-
ies that do not take all the possible
sanitary precautions of pop and sim-
ilar beverage manufacturers.
At a recent convention of the bot-
tlers held in Oklahoma City a res-
olution was passed outlining plans
for better sanitation and laying
down rules to protect the buyer of
the Oklahoma soft drink. These
resolutions were presented to Dr.
Duke, the state health officer and
he pronounced them excellent.
There Is every prospect that the
Chicago, Feb. 4.—Engineers and
Line South of Springfield Badly
Damaged by Washouts and Fills
Heavy rains over the Frisco rail-
road which on the extreme southern
divisions resulted In serious wash-
outs of track_ were reported yester-
day afternoon by division superin-
tendents. Near Tupelo on the Birm-
ingham division. 260 feet of track
were washed out and it was neces
sary to detour passenger train No
106 from Tupelo to Memphis. The
track was also washed out for short
distances north of Tupelo In the vic-
inity of Byhalia.
Rush orders for railroad ties to
replace the damaged track were re
celled at the Frisco general offices
yesterday morning and were quickly
taken care of. It was stated at the
office of General Manager E. P.
Levy this morning that the track
had been repaired and that trains
fl ’ ‘-^‘U.ers anu ordinance. Flies are going to have
firemen today were held responsible .. hBrd ,im„ _____
, . | a hard time finding breeding places
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nurr ---- h™r"
much of their assigned time the TJX
men in each class of service ac streets and pretty flower8 a8 Rrlg.
ualiy do ay^ offwas placed before tow. the cltv We have dr|Ven from
„ h v ° arbitration in | financial and numerical completion
detaii by the western railways for,by gheer force of boastj
the boards consideration in deciding t[on
whether the men are in need of
the leader in the movement, was the would soon be on time again,
first man to be fined under the new | Some trouble was given to the
trainmen by the land slides which
resulted from the heavy rain. Dirt in
many places was washed upon the
track and large forces of men were
engaged in clearing away any mud
or other refuse that was washed
upon the roadbed.
higher pay, earning already as high
as $358 in one good month for en-
gineers and $221 in the same month
for firemen. Increased wages are de-
manded which it is estimated would
We believe that the ladies of the
Civic League of Sapulpa esn do more
than the ladies of Bristow^ because
there are more of them and because
we think they are abler. The com-
mercial club directorate will do its
add about $41,000,000 to operating „hare t0 a|d |h|
expenses of western roads. J. H. sure and undoubtedly the city ad-
Keefe, assistant general manager of y
the Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe, in-
troduced the exhibit.
"About three-quarters of the rail-
way service." said Mr. Keefe, “is
what is termed 'assigned service.'
(continu ed on second page)
ministration will do all in its power
to aid the movement for the better-
ment of the city.
Bristow lias always been the sec-
ond city In Creek county and al-
though defeated, is willing to bury
the hatchet and engage In a differ-
ent kind of contest.
Are we going to let the second
city In Creek county he first In any
thing so important as cleanliness,
beauty and health?
ARRESTED IN COLO.
MORE MINERS ARE
drink made by a licensed Oklahoma
manufacturer will feel sure that
what he puts into his mouth will be
clean.
The following is the substance of
the resolution:
“Buildings must be in good local-
ity and well drained, must be well
ventilated and lighted, well screened,
painted and free from dust dirt,
for Death of Many
Denver, Feb. 4.—Nine union men
or sympathizers had been arrested
----, ----, today charged with murder as a re-
rubbish and refuse. Floors must be suit of wholesale indictments return-
*-There i, already an appropriation sid°* * hit but those on the In-
available for the purpose and I pro- ® ° y ' thp statPn,PUt
pose to install the system." U W,n bp a ‘‘^dinger.’
system."
GRANDJURY PETITION
Petition asking for a grand jury
was filed this afternoon In which it
was alleged that the election irreg-
ularities needed investigation. A
special prosecutor was asked for
who will likely be some one from
the attorney general's office, if not
the attorney general himself. He
will be aided by Judge D. A. Me-
Oougal and other prominent law-
yers. No time for the calling of the
grand jury was set by Judge Hughes
this afternoon.
The petition was circulated
throughout the county and the spon-
sor* for the movement had no dif-
ficulty in securing half a dozen
times a* many names as they need-
ed.
SUDDEN FREEZE
SAVES MIDWEST
The cities of the Ohio and Miami
Valleys which yesterday were threat-
ened with repetition of the disas-
ters of two years ago when thous-
ands of people were made homeless
are breathing easier today after a
sudden drop of *the temperature
which caused the streams to drop a:
once. It is not certain how long this
freeze will continue but the Imme-
date danger to the larger cities is
already past. Several thousand work
ers were able to go back to the
flooded factories today.
of cement, well drained, and afford
no crevices or cracks for the lodg-
ment of filth. Syrup rooms must be
on the same floor as the manufac-
turing plant, well screened and san-
itary. No toilets to be allowed in
the bottling room.
Much Ado About Nothing
This morning Oie driver of Sapulpa'g first Jitney oar was arrested
for running a motor cab without a license and the first gun in the
fight against the Jitney wag started. I-ater in the morning. E. C. Wallace
proprietor of the garage from which the car came, went to the city hall
and asked to be allowed to pay a license like the regular bus men
who have livery cars.
It seems that there is an old obsolete ordinance which fixes a li-
_ I tenBe fpp of *150 Per I-'’8'' on motor cabs relic of the days when autos
Nine Now in Jail for Killing of One * " ' " but ot rour9° It has never been enforced because
Guard While Militia Whitewashed ’* ,"a8 prohlbi,lve and motor cabshave been given licenses for years
under the cab license fee of $15. though that was intended for the
horse drawn cabs only.
When Mr. Wallace appeared Commissioner Wertzberger and May-
or Smith seemed to think that the Jitney car either because of the
name or for some other reason was not an ordinary motor car run for
profit Just like any other taxicab but was something absolutely new
that should be dealt with separately and be subjected to ail sorts of
regulations such as not paralleling the street car tracks, advertising
the fact that more than five cents would be charged off the paved
streets, having a special license, etc. The Comimssionerg also wanted to
hold a hearing In the afternoon at which the street car receiver and
the city attorney would be present so that in framing "rule" and reg
ulationa they would he fair to every body.
More than two hours were consumed in this discussion without
getting any farther than delaying the settlement of a question that
seemed to exist only In the minds 0f the commissioners.
If fifteen dollars is all right for a taxicab that charges twenty-five
cents a trip why all this dlscusaion about issuing a license to a man
ed by the Walsenberg grand Jury,
which investigated the strike vio-
lence during the recent labor trou-
bles in the southern coal fields.
All of the indicted ment including
| Charles Haines, secretary of the
Walsenburg miners union: John
'All apparatus must he maintained Burke, president, and the president
in strict conformitory to the law,1 and secretary of the state Federa-
be sweet and wholesome and wash- lion of I.alior are in jail today. Sev-
ed once a day, with the exception of en of them are in the Walsenberg
syrupi storage tanks. No vessels ex-! Jail. William T. Hickey and Eli M -.l- , , , A.
cept glass, earthware, porcelain or! Gross, the state federation officials, i Mr Wallace' even" offer' d' ,hlnK?
'inlined receptacles shall be used in 1 are still in Denver, but will betrans ° pa' *'n0
handling and mixing syrups. I ferred to Walsenberg.
•No stables or rubbish heaps shall i It developed today that Hickey
he permitted within twenty-five feet j and Gross are charged with arson
of bottling plant. Employes shall be j as well as murder. The details of
suirably and cleanly dressed and i the charges against the various
shall be entirely free from contag- men are withheld pending the m
Pittsburg, Kas., Feb. 4,-Beversl
years ago Judge C. B. Cory of Fort
Scott conceived the idea of estab-
lishing motor car connections be-
tween Pittsburg and Fort Scott and
the Intermediate towns. His plan
was to build a roadway for the us*
of passenger and freight cars of an
operating company and for private
cars paying tolls. Judge Corey la
referee In bankruptcy for the Unit-
ed States at Fort Scott and travel*
a great deal In Southeastern Kansas.
He interested several lawyers in
Independencet Coffeyville, Pittsburg,
and other southeastern Kansas cities
in his project and formed "The Auto
Traffic Company." A campaign of
education has been conducted. Pub-
lic opinion, which said that the
scheme was Impracticable, has been
changed. The company, it now ap-
pears. may have cars running be-
tween Fort Scott and Pittsburg be-
fore many months.
Judge Corey's plan is to start with
a good dirt and lay cement tracks
twelve Inches wide on a concrete
foundation extending down to bed
rock. The surface is to be slightly
concave and even with the surface
of the roadbed. The road is to fol-
low lines midway between highways
through farms.
-The hardest thing we have had
to do Is to make people see that
this kind of a road is the simplest
thing in the world." said Judge Cor-
ey. ’•Passengers have to go to steam
and electric railways. Not with the
motor system. We go to the passen-
Kfrs. Shippers have to haul freight
to steam and electric freight de-
pots. It will be different with our line.
Our freight cars will go to the ship^
pers. Passengers going from oae
town to another will not have to
hire a cab. Our cars will deliver
them at their destination. Our road
will do everything that any sort of
a transportation concern can do.’*
It is planned to put into service
several big busses that will carry
from 80 to 60 persons and several
big motor trucks. There is to be bo
issue of bonds and no assessments
will be made upon the subscriptions
until the full amount needed is sub-
scribed so that the company may
Pay for what is bought. The stock
subscription has about reached thg
necessary amount.
The backers of the moter road be-
lieve that once the line is in oper-
ation from Fort IStott to Pittsburg
extensions to the numerous other
cities of Southeastern Kansas will
follow rapidly. Parsons, Cherryvale,
Independence, Coffeyville and Colum-
bus and cities within the territory
bounded by these cities are expect-
ed to be connected by motor with
Pittsburg. Much fun has been made
of Judge Cory's 'Tailless, trolleyless
bondless railroad, but he has matnl
tained that the idea would mak^
good before long.
used in
pa y $100 for the right to run six cars
just like the street car company and put „p ,he two proPositions to the
commissioners but they hemmed and hawed about it and finally refused
to Issue him a license at all until after they had a “hearing’ on the
matter.
The funny part of It is that If Wallace had Just come to the city
hall first and asked for a taxicab license he would have received It
and then started his Jitney w-Phout any question being raised hut it now
on following the
ous or loathsome diseases. Water rest of ail of those Indicted It is I ““J '*uc"uuu
h»n„v^ I... I l00ks M thou*h our clty administrator* were figurine
state I ward of health as such. Bot- of the Colorado National Guard, the
the making of beverages believed the indictments are ha*ed i ------w"rp "giinne on following
must be pure, and declared by the on the killing of Major J P j ester ^ °f °k,ahon”1 nf>' ln Passing regulations that have
. ! J * T.'*9 Pr 8tandin* of law and can do nothing but stir un .rouble
ties must be kept in a hot steriliz-
ing solution at least fifteen minutes
(Continued on pa~e four)
killing of two non-combatants and
the burning of the McNally mine ln
the fighting at Walsenberg in April.
nothing but stir up trouble and
factions in the city.
The five cent taxicab has come to stay and anybody who tries to
discriminate against a man because he charges less than the other
fellow is going to find himself on the unpopular side.
GAIN OF TEN PER Cl.
The school enumeration has just
been completed and the total shows
2226 children of school age in the
city on Fehruary 1st. Last year the
total was 2a?6 which means a gain
for the year of 150 chidren or nearly
ten percent in one year. Of course
this does not Include the large num-
ber of outside of the city who never-
theless send their children to the
Fapulpa schools nor does it include
many people who have come Into
the city in the past month. The
growth during the next few months
wil undoubtedly be larger than in
the past six months. The new fac-
tory will bring dozens of new famiL
lies here and next year there will
certainly be far more than 2500
school children In the city.
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