The Union News. (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, December 13, 1907 Page: 1 of 12
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THE BIG WEEKLY
LARGEST AND BEST
VOL. I. NO. 27.
POSTPONED
THE UNION NEWS.
PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF THE LABOR UNIONS. THE FARMERS' UNIONS AND THE UPBUILDING OF SAPULPA AND CREEK COUNTY
Sapulpa, Oklahoma, December 13. 1907,
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRAIRIE OIL CO. PROTESTS CAPTURED
$1.00 A YEAR
The St. Janion Hotel will not
oner until New Year's ilnv.
The building cannot jiosKib y be
finished for a Christmas opening,
„U'1 unless the plute glass arrives
M)<*1 the lower windows will have to
l,e boarded up for the opening
The county commissioners are in days. In the meantime the board
session at the clerks office today, will try and arrange with Lincoln
living to mkae arrangements for a county to keep the very bad and
coi.o' v jail. Their plan is to build most dangerous prisoners until the
twelve cells, (ix*, with a wooden new juil is completed,
ho,is. over them, at the north end The eommissioners are trying to
ot tiie e > r.-t house, and also have a get the very best they can ,al the
stockade i the prisoners to oxer. least .possible expense to the county,
,111 I i e. * • i, it I I, !■, i n .» (liiiiiie nu ut
at
can lie
built
expenditure of anything for
in sixty the county.
Hie prisoners III e\er. lensi |iussiiiie exjieuse 10 i lie roiiiuy,
•e iw""''" -I..... > - ,-ise m. i s plan seems to he tin and are not throwing a penny away
Everything »1m> is in readiness. *h**1 c.ti<-iijM >,l j. . at the same time the in the expenditure of anvthim/for
help has been provided for and the safest, i
managers are just waiting to get
the rooms iu readiness for the fur-
niture, which has been here
some time. The managers have
have not decided just what kin-1 of
entertainment will be provided,
but probably a banquet in the even,
ing and afterwards an inspection of
the hotel and then a ball.
Cree* County Medical Society 1 Extra Gang Laid Off
V . . n I Ai 11 I /X i 0 i •
In session at Sapulpa, Okla., Dec. 11, 1 On account of the stringency in
1907. the market the extra gaug ou the
Resolved, That it shall be considered Frisco has been laid off, and there
will be no more work done than is
absolutely necessary until business
|>i«-ks up.
Siam’s Natty King
Of medium height, square shoul-
ders, with the uentest of feet and
pretty shoes, faultlessly dressed in
the latest fashion, with a keen eye,
mid possessing a charming manner
and delightful personality which
sets those in less exalted statiou at
ease, speaking English perfectly,
but with n captivating accent, the
Kiug of Siam is one of the most in-
telligent aud enlightened of Orien-
tal potentates. His desire is to see
his couutry progress, and for this
reason his heir has been educated
at Eton and the University of Cum-
bridge. The crown prince, Prince
Chowfu, was coxswain of his col-
lege boat.
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unprofessional for a member of this so-
ciety to accept a case or prescribe for
a patient, excepting in emergency only,
while such patient is or has been under
the care of another physician.
Resolved further, That if a change
of physicians is to be made a satisfact- ^ _
ory settlement shall first be made with Tulsa, to Mrs. Narcassi
the attending physician and receipt for ! aged 41, of 1 ulsa.
settlement of hill for services rendered, i--
shown by said patient. Qj| l_l
Resolved further, That any physi-
Marriage Licenses
Bradford Column,
aged 41, o
Farris,
cian accepting a case without such re-
ceipt being shown by patient, thereby
violating this rule of professional ethics,
shall be subject to expulsion from this
society.
Resolved further, That the minimum
fee hill of this society shall be printed
and displayed in the office of each mem-
ber of this society not later than Jan.
1, 1908.
By order of this society.
H. B. Justice, M. I).
Secretary and Treasurer.
To Investigate Trouble
Washington, Dec.—Assistant See
cetnry Murray of the department of
Bommeree and Labor, Charles 1 •
Neill, Commissioner of Labor, and
Herbert Knox Smith, Commissioner
of Corporations, will leave W asliing-
lou this afternoon for Goldfield,
Nevada, to make a thorough inves-
tigation or the trouble between the
niiners and mine operators. Mur-
ray and Smith made this announce-
ment today.
E. L. Remaster, auditor of the Prairie
Oil and (las company, was in the city
today on business. He refutes the
statement that the price of oil has been
cut or that his company has refused to
purchase oil from the producers.
Topeka, Kans,: Seventeen oil pro-
ducers from Southern Kansas and North-
ern Oklahoma, with their attorney, T.
E. Wagstaff, of Independence, called
upon Attorney General Jackson this
afternoon. They told him that if the
Prairie Oil and Gas company is ousted
from Kansas under the ouster petition
which Jackson is now praying for be-
fore the supreme court on charges of
being a trust and Hn illegal combina-
tion, they would almost entirely be do-
prived of a market for their oil.
The producers present were H. W.
W> st, Independence; S. P. Costigan,
Ottawa; J. R. Creenleaf, Lawrence;
Harry Dick, Lawrence; F. M. Perkins,
Lawrence; W. L. Martin, Bartlesville;
S. D. Bishop, Lawrence; W. J. Costi-
gan, Ottawa; Homer M. Precton, Bar-
tlesville; R. S. Litchfield, Independence;
J. F. Overfield, Independence; J. M.
Givens, Muskogee; A. W. Culp, Leb-
anon; G. F. Mahan. Independence; H.
S. Ashby, Tulsa; H. F. Sinclair, Inde-
pendence; W. G. Morrison, Tulsa.
The oil men explained to the attorney
general that the Mid-continent field, in
Southern Kansas and Northern * >kla-
noma, produces about 175,000barrels of
o I every day, and that the Prairie Oil
and Gas company buys 130,000 barrels
of this amount daily.
“If the Prairie Oil and Gas company
is ousted,” they declared, “we will The sheriff of Paola County. Kan
;;™r.tic*,,y b”wilh'"'0 m”rkct f"r ”“r»«., tu. ..1.™,,*
01 “They appeared to want to lay the King that he had captured a negro
thing before me.” said Mr. Jackson, there yesterday, who had quite a
“They wanted me to know what effect |((t ()f „ierchHiidiso that answered
my ouster case, if successfully prose-..... * *• -----1 - i-,-“
tin- description of the goods takeu
from Jenkins store last Sunday
morning. Several shirts were found
on the negro with Jenkins name ou
them, and there is no doubt hut
they have the right party who rol»
bed the store. The negro says he
cutcd, would have upon their business
Possibly 1 didn’t quite understand what
they wanted me to do exactly, ’ he
laughed.
The oil men were reticent in speak-
ing of the situation.
“We must do something in this mat-;
ter, ” said one of them. “We can not )ia(} a partner uud left him at Okla-
afford to see our market go. We are |loma City.
independent dealers. Mr. Jackson did I A requisition will be asked for
not say what he would do for us, in 1 from the governor of Kausas and
fact did not intimate anything. But! sheriff King may go to Paola to
we felt that we should lay our case be-1 ,uorrow after the prisoner.
fore him and state to him just exactly . —
what the ouster of the Prairie would' p*
mean. To lose a market for 130,000 Gone Alter Prisoner
barrels of oil everyday means some- Sheriff King left last night for Paola,
*■><•*• W" « r *' *......... 1 J* j“kin.W.torre ftSKS't* S
attorney general a controversy with the c(jme wilhout a requisition they will ar-
Prairie Oil and Gas company, but we rivt, here in the morning, but if the
certainly w ill be seriously affected by sheriff is compelled to get a requisition
| its removal from the state. For with it will take several days,
it goes our market.”
.Mr. Jackson would not say what he
planned to do. “I did suggest,” he
said,
Farmers Prosperous
Final reports of the Department
of Agriculture indicate that while
the crops of 1901 are less than
those of one or more previous years,
tliev compare favorably with the
yield for the past halt dozen
seasons.
This year the United States raised
2, r>r>4,000,000 bushels of corn,
<5*25,5»57,000 bushels of wheat, 741.-
521,000 bushels of outs, 147,19*2,000
bushels of barley. 292,421,000
bushels of potatoes anil 18,421,000
bushels of buckwheat.
Illinois heads the list ns a pro-
ducer of com, followed in the order
named by Iowa. Missouri, Nebraska.
ARE YOU THE MAN ?
There’s a scary sort of feller goin’ round the county through
A-taikin’ of the future in a way to make you blue;
A-predictin’ woes and panics and all kinds of dreadful shocks,
And a-blamin’ folks in Wall Street and conde.nin’ deals in stocks;
Sayin’ our financial system is a structure full of faults,
And a-callin’ in his money and a-lockin’ it in vaults,
And we wish to bring him forward and convert him, if we can.
We are seekin’ information—
Say, are you the man?
Shucks! Don’t l-*t a little flurry from the clouds a-passin’ by
Make you think the storm has covered all the broad financial sky;
You would 8 ‘C the sun still shinin’ if you’d just poke out your head;
Stop a-countin’ up your losses; count your blessin's up instead;
Trouble finds the man who falters sooner than the man who fights;
Quit your talk of cornin’ panics; help at settin’ things to rights,
Let a little cheerful confidence, not grumblin’, be your plan
Now to save the situation—
Say, are you the man?
Indiana. Texas, Kansas nud Ohio.
\ New Railroader In money value, the various crops
Conductor A. O. Lewie anil wife are „f i‘H)7 w ill exceed those of any
lie happv parents of a bouncing H1-2 previous year, as higher prices
joumlson, born to them at their have been the rule. The agricul
ou North Heights this morn- turili products of the country in
n-' The family are well with ipfii; were valued ut $0, 194,000,t*00
ihe exception of Mr. Lewis, who is while it is probable that the 1907
i 1 i,,<r through the air and hardly yield ill he worth close to $7,000,-
Ibts the grouud. 000, while it is probable that the
________ 1907 yield will be worth close to
$7,000,000,000- Such a showing is
Off For Holidays gratifying, because it proves tout
Ouite a number of oil operators the basis of wealth of the natron is
have quit ooerations aud will go unimpaired*
east and spend the holidays Ihe ---
o";'. Express Bisiness Improvin*
H...i eujov a couple of weeks rest. The Wells, Fargo express com-
J ’____ pauy, when they move into their
1 new‘ building, which will be in a
We Have No Member few days, will put on two delivery
. » fVwi airkness of Repre- ! wagons and also install ft telephone
On accoun ^ county has no Tor the convenience of the up-town
membeMtf the'legislature. It is not | custom,™ of the v. The
W. M. Humphreys has leased
planned 10 uu. . ..... -■hr-'i tjH, eutire room ou Dewey avenue
said, “that they might have better ^ besides his confectionery store
taken their petition into court.” wiU open a lunch room.
Mrs. H. M. Swartz and children,
II of Ramona, arrived yesterday for a
HI] | few days visit with Mr. Swartz, who
H $ I is located in the oil fields.
® I Mr. Adair, the Mounds har ware mer-
chant, was in town today on business.
News’ Christmas Edi’ion
On Monday, Dec. 23. the Evening
News will publish an edition of from
ten to twelve pages. The first page
will be printed in three colors and will
be a very appropriate cover for Christ-
mas time. The balance of the paper1
will contain the news of the day, and
Christinas reading also.
Advertising space in this paper is
limited and if merchants desire space
they should order it at once, as it will
take some time to prepare this edition.
It will circulate all over the city and
through the-mails and will he a very
creditable paper to send to your friends
The weekly edition of the Union News
for the week of Dec. 20 will also be
with a colored cover and will go to the
full list of subscribers. Get your copv
in for these editions early if you want
the best to be had in the county.
J J. Howe, of Slireve-poit, La.,
was Imre yesterday looking alter oil
business.
Gratifying Showing by Company
in Sapulpa Field
The Praire Oil and Gas company re-
port the bringing in of twelve oil wells
and one dry hole as the result of the
work of Tuesday, the 10th of Decem-
ber.
The wells are as follows: Well No.
7, on the R. L. Wood farm in section
7-17-12, 250 barrels, brought in by thi
Ethel Oil company.
Well No. 8, on the R. L. Wood farm
section 7-17-12, 300 barrels brought in
by the Ethel Oil company.
Well No. 9, on the R. L. Wood farm,
section 7-17-12. 350 barrels, brought in
by the Ethel Oil company.
Well No. 4. on the Dave Overton
farm, 400 barrels, brought in by the
Hull & Reese Oil company.
Well No. 2. on the Dave Overton
farm, 250 barrels, brought in by the
Hull & Reese Oil company.
A well on the W. M. Longhorn farm,
section 18-27-14, Cherokee, 25 barrels,
I brought in by theCinco Oil company.
Well No. 17, on the Lucinda Pittman
allotment, section 7-17-12, 150 barrels,
brought in by Argue & Compton.
Well No. 16, on the Lucinda Pittman
allotment, section 7-17-12, 150 barrels,
brought in by Argue & Compton.
Well No. 17, on the F. Stinwakia al-
lotment, section 17-17-12, 100 barrels,
brought in by the Dallis Oil company.
Well No. 1, on the A. J. Barryhill
farm, section 18-17-12, 400 barrels,
brought in by the Kiefer Oil and Gas
company.
Well £0. 12. on the J. P. Rhode farm,
section 20-17-12, 600 barrels, brought
in by the Eastern Oil company.
The dry hole was brought in by the
Boston-Osage Oil company on lot 57
Osage.
nown just when Mr. Stone will be
lb|e to go to Guthrie, but he will be
landicapped when he arrives by being
eft off all the important committees.
slew Oil Well
J D Shira, contractor for the Iu-
lihon.a Oil company, yesterday
nought in a film well on their lease,
leur this city.
Receiver Thompson is preparing a
statement of the condition of the Farm-
ers and Merchants hank, and the court
has granted him fifteen more days in
which to get it in shape.
The annual rush is on at the postoffice,
and more packages are being sent this
new office is the largest in the state
aud very convenient for the trans-
action of business at this point.
H. F. DeLozier Promoted
The Frisco lias made a reduction
iu the live stock agents force and
laid off all with the exception of
Mr. DeLozier. He 1ms been as-
signed more territory and will now
cover the state of Oklahoma, Ark-
ansas, Missouri and Kausas.
This is a deserved recognition of
the faithful work done by Mr. De
Lozier for the company a»d his
friends are sure the company made
no mistake in conferring the pro-
motion on him.
id more packages arc wing *.......-
ear than ever before in the history of I \jany New Lawyers
town. People are sending them j 8tatehood has come lawyers by
. ...„1 <■ vnirlimr the trouble nearer ,____ „.u„ 1
arly and avoiding
'hristmas.
The Hunt Jewelry company are send-
ng out a beautiful little booklet adver-
ting their new store in the Frisco
lrug store. The booklet shows some
landsome pieces of jewelry and dia-
monds.
Comity superintendent of schools,
Mr. Frv now has his office in the
court house furnished and is very
Busy in arranging school districts.-
It is a big job and will take some
time before the county is thorough-
ly districted and in first class work-
ing order.
II E. Beiiefiel went to lied Fork
today on business.
Y. M. C. A. Notes
——“
A great time is being planned New j
Year’s day. The Association will keep j
open house from two thirty until ten
p. m. There will be two fine musical
programs one in the afternoon and one
in the evening. Refreshments will be
served to all who come. There will be
no change for anytning.
Last Saturday the new State Secre-
tary Mr. Garrison spent nearly the en-
tire day with the local Association.
Sapulpa is the only Association in the
State with the exception of six col-
lege Associations. The Association at
Shawnee was compelled to close re-
cently for lack of funds. A Stute
Committe of twentyone men is being
formed to look after the interests of,
our Association movement throughout
the state. Mr. C. H. Carter of Sa-
nulpa is one of the members. 1 he
first meeting will he held in Oklahoma
City on the 19th inst.
The first regulur session of the Bible
Study club will be held in the Associa-
tion building on Monday evening at 7:30.
AH men who are interested in Bible
study are invited to attend.
Mr. H. M. Finch, secretary of the
Ft. Scott, Kans., Association will ad-
dress the men’s meeting on Sunday
afternoon Ht 3:00 o’clock. Specia music
----- has been arranged for and a good meet-
Several very elaborate < hristmas 1 mg j* a fine “buildTng.
parties are being arranged for by tarn- almut $80,000.
Hies in this city, und they will be large -----
gatherings. A. T. Payne, superintendent ot the
I. N WatkiuHon. of Hillings, | Wells-Fargo express, and 0. M. ( oin
Mo is in the citv todav. He says nely, assistant general freight agent of
we have one of the bent towns in the Frisco, visited with Agent Hitt
the state. | yesterday.
LEADER’S TOYS
This store is now at its best. Toys are here that
will delight the heart of the old folks as well as the
tots. From every comer of the globe we have
gathered the best and finest selection of
TOYS
the dozen, who have been employed in
different departments of the govern-
ment service at Muskogee, are moving
to the county seat towns and putting
out their shingles for practice. It is
estimated that there are one thousand
young lawyers in the state of Oklahoma
who will be looking for business in the
next thirty days.
to be found in the southwest. This is a veritable fairyland, and
we want every man, woman and child in Sapulpa to visit us and
enjoy it with us.
Come down today; bring the little ones; you can
spend hours here that will enlighten your heart
LEADER
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