Weleetka American. (Weleetka, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, May 21, 1909 Page: 1 of 8
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WELEETKA
AMERICAN.
Volume 8
\
Notice of Special Election
Notice is hereby given that
there has been filed with me, as
Chairman of the Board of Trus-
tees of the incorporated town of
Weleetka, Oklahoma, a petition
signed by more than twenty-five
per centum of the total number
of votes cast at the last preceed-
ing general municipal election
held in the incorporated town of
Weleetka, Oklahoma, demanding
that a franchise be granted to R.
T. Potter and William S.Turman,
their heirs and assigns for a term
of twenty (20) years, granting
the right to use the streets and
alleys and public places of the in-
corporated town of Weleetka and
additions thereto are hereafter
acquired; for the purpose of lay-
ing mains aud pipes over, through
and under the streets and alleys
of said incorporated town of We-
leetka, for the purpose of supply-
ing natural gas for heating, light-
ing, domestic and manufacturing
purposes of the incorporated
town of Weleetka and^ the inhab-
itants thereof.
In pursuance of the authority
vested in me, I, W. H. Burke,
President of the Board of Trus-
tees of the incorporated town of
Weleetka, Oklahoma.hereby give
notice that a special election will
be held in the incorporated town
of Weleetka, Oklahoma, 011 Tues-
day the 1st day of June, 1909,
for the purpose of submitting to
the qualified voters of the incor-
porated town of Weleetka the
question of whether or not such
franchise shall be granted to R.
T. Potter and William S. Turman.
The form of ballot used at such
election shall be as follows:
X K. franchisc be granted
to R. T. Potter and william S.
Turman, their heirs and assigns
for a term of twenty (20) years,
granting to them the right to
use the streets, alleys and public
places of the incorporated town
of Weleetka, and additions there-
WELEETKA, OKLAHOMA, MAY. 21
1909.
ka this 28th day of April, 1909.
w. H. Burke.
Chairman of the Board of
Trustees of the incorporated
town of weleetka, Oklahoma
Fred L, Strough,
Clerk of the incorporated
town of Weleetka. Oklahoma
Number 9
American farmer.
In last Wednesday's debate in
State of Oklahoma I ss.
Okfuskee county, I
In The District Court Of Said
County
B. O. Sims, Plaintiff, vs.
Charles DeWatteville, Mary De-
Watteville, Canadian Valley Elec
& Refrigerating Company,
b. T. Browning, Weleetka Light
& water Company, and the Irri-
gation Loan and Trust Company
Said Charles Dewatteville, Ma-
ry DeWatteville, E T. Browning
Irrigation Loan & Trust Company
and each of them will take notice
that said plaintiff, B. 0. Sims,
did. on the 28th day of April!
1909, file his petition in the Dis-
trict Court, in and for Okfuskee
County, State of Oklahoma,
against the said defendants
and that said d^feudants named
must answer sai I petition
herein on or before the 8th day
•n'i!ne or said petition
will be taken as true and a judge-
ment rendered in said action
against the said defendants for
the sum of Six Thousand Eight
Hundred Ninety-six and Fortv-
eight Hundredths Dollars ($6,
896.48), with interest from Nov-
ember 19, 1906, at eight per cent
upon a certain promissory note
executed by the said Charles De-
Watteville to B. O. Sims on the
the Senate Senators,Flint, Hale
and Smoot stated that the retail
merchants and jobbers were re-
sponsible for the high and exor-
bitant prices which the consum
ers are compelled to pay for the
necessaries of life, and not to
the tariff or the trusts.
Senator Gore arose and said
that though he was not the chos-
en defender of the retailer) of
the country, but in their behalf
he desired then and there to en-
ter plea of 'not guilty.' He
showed that certain articles were
sold to the retailer by the manu-
facturer on the express condi
tion that he sell them at a cer-
tain price, that the retail price
of someb-ands of shoes, hats,
shirts and other clothing are fix-
ed by the manufactures Thus
the retailer has no option in the j
matter other than sell at the1
TO HAVE COURT
REMOVE GREGG
price dictated by the manufac-
turers or be refused further or-
der of goods. He showed also
that certain cotton and woolen
mills in New England had in
1907 declared dividends of 66 and
67 per cent, which shows con-
clusively that it is the protected
manufacturer who makes the
enormous profits and caudes the
high prices which the consumer
has to pay.
Congressman McGuire and
Chairman Norris of the Oklaho-
ma Republican committee are in
Tulsa, Okla., Way 18.-Charg-
es against District Attorney
Gregg, made today by the de-
fens<nnthe Muskogee town lot
cases, were forwarded to the
Department of Justice of wash-
ington at the suggestion of
Judge Marshall, who is hearing
the trial. Judge Marshall refus-
ed to act on the petition of the
defense asking that Gregg be
prevented from trying the case.
The petition alleges that im-
proper influences hae been
brought to bear on the Grand
fury, which was dismissed last
Saturday as the result of charg-
es made by Mr. Gregg. The
Court assigned the follow ing rea
sons for his refusal to act:
That Gregg's charges againsl
submit to him is due no en 1 o!
credit for t le wealth of informa-
tion he lias stored up in his mind
under the handicap of blindness!
For years this has bejn the
boast of Oklahoma and to the
r-st of the count y it seemed
queer that his progressive young
state should seclect from her
thousands of able sons a
min to represent her in t!
groupings. While the boo!, is
iirge and contains a vast am an
of information, it is in tabuliit.H1
form with everything in lain
figures, which makes it very asy
to get at any information de ired
The (Advertiser's I Telegraph
Code is designed to facilitate el-
egraphiccommunic; tion let - ecn
biind advertisers and advertising ag-
sen- ents, and newspaper publishers
ate. What can a blind man do land representatives.
in the United States Senate? wis! Anyone dealing with news-
tne general query. Gore has papers and every newspaper
s lown whit he can do. He has 1 publisher will find the American
verified the wisdom of Oklaho Newspaper Annual a daily help.
I,"3 8 i^C'i'°'Ce ^as Pr°ved It likewis? posseses value to
himself the pet r of any man in those in many other lines.
Washington in debat " '
VII LUC ~ Ml
28th day of June, 1904, and for _ city trying to secure the pos-
costs of suit and a further judge- ition of Nation ti Bank Inspector
nianl- .1 .1 • • 1 fur Mr Rnt<iU..v. T 1 r
ment rendered in said action
against said defendants and each
of them for the foreclosure of a
certain mortgage securing said
promissory note and of even date
therewith, upon the following
described real estate lying and
situated in the town of Weleetka
Okfuskee County, State of Okla-
homa, to-wit: Block Thirty-two
(32) in the Martha Lowe addition
to said town, and adjudging
that default has been
made in
, , —1 said mortgage; that plaintiff has
to or hereafter acquired for the,a certain lien upon said premises
purpose of laying mains and to the amount for which judge
pipes over, through and under ment will be taken as aforesaid,
the streets and alleys and public and ordering said premises to be
places of said incorprrated town sold without appraisement and
of weleetka for supplying natur-1 the proceeds applied to the pay-
al gas to the incorporated town
of weleetka and the inhabitants
thereof in accordance with the
provisions of a ordinance filed
with the Clerk of the incorporat-
ed town of weleetka by the said
R. T. Potter and William S. Tur-
man on the 28th day of April,
1909."
Yes
No iZ
Those wishing to vote in favor
of the proposition will so indicate
by stamping in the square to the
right of word "Yes". Those
wishing to vote against the pro-
position will so indicate by stamp-
ing in the square to the right of
the word "No".
Said- polls are to remain open
between the hours of eight
o'clock a.m. and six o'clock p.m.
Said election will be held at the
Yates Building, and the follow-
ing persons are to act as judges
and clerks of said special election
J. F. Davis, Inspector.
D. Knox, Judge.
Fred L. Strough, Clerk.
The qualified votets of the in-
corporated town of Weleetka,
Oklahoma, shall be entitled to
votp at thii eltction. The result
of said election shall te certified
to the Chairman of the Board of
Trustees of the incorporated town
of weleetka, Oklahoma, to be can
vassed as required by law.
ment of the amount due Dlaintiff
and the costs of suit, and forever
barring and foreclosing said de-
fendants and each of them from
all right, title, estate, interest,
for Mr. Butcher of Tonkawa. In
the opinion of these Mastsrs of
the Republican party in Oklaho-
m 1. there is no good Republican
timber for an office in the entire
state outside of the First Con-
gressional District.
Call at E. Granstaff's Ice
Cream Parlor when you want a
refreshing cream or drink.
NO SUMMER
SCHOOL
Norman, Okla., May 16.—The
faculty of the University of Ok-
lahoma regrets that it has to an-
nounce the suspension of the
summer school for the p esent
year. For financial reasons it
has been found iihpossible to
the discharged jury he regarded
as vague and indefinite.
lhat the court had paid no at
tention to the charges in Gregg'?
motion, but had discharged the
Grand Jury because of the right
of the Government to change a
Grand Jury when it so desired,
That charges against Greg?
should be filed with the depart-
ment at Washington from which
he was appointed.
The Court did not comment
upon the petition of the dischaig
ed Grand Jury.
He has
become a leader at the capitol
city from the very first day he
'anded there. He recal's Join'
Milton writing "Paradiss Lost"1
in his blindness. He emphasizes
tie achievements of that bril-
liant blind girl— Hele.i Keller.
He stands out as a model to the
young men of this land that giv-
en brains, patience and pluck
they can do great thi.igs though 1..
handicapped by the worst of ad-; debate-
Weleetka School
Weleetka's school visited Oke
mah last Friday and Saturday
and took part in the county con-
test, carrying off several off the
prizes. Miss Marvel Shallesber-
ger captured the first prize given
for the best recitation, and Eu-
gene Catlett won second prize.
Elmer Heard won second in
Revival
The Christian people arc hold-
ing a series of meetings this
week assisted by their pastor,
Rev. Roberts of Holdenville.
The Rev. gentleman is a splen
did preacher, entertaining, log-
ical and sound. Large audienc-
es are present at the services.
Come out and hear him.
property and equity of redemp- raake provision for on
tion in or to said premises or any this work. It is hoped howevei.
part thereof
Dated this April 28th A. D ,
1909.
C. E. Guthrie
Clerk of the District Court.
Gibson & Thurman,
Attorneys for Plaintiff
4 t
Gore's Views
Special Correspondent.
Senator Gore has offered an
amendment to the pending tariff
bill to place the following arti-
cles on the free list: Cotton bag-
ging and ties and barbed wire.
The Senator beieves that as
these articles are indispensible
to the farmers of the country
that th ;y should be obtainable at
the least possible price.
The farmers of the country
who put any faith in the Repub-
lican promise of tariff revision
downward will be sadly disap-
pointed to learn that the Repub-
licans unanimously defeated an
amendment offered by a Demo-
crat to place farming imple-
ments on the free list, while the
Democrats voted solidly for the
that plans may be so made that
the work will be resumed next
year and the summer session
will become a regular part of the
work of the University.
The suspension of the summer
school will make it possible for a
number of the professors of the
Miss Tatum Wins
As has been promised all along,
the American presented the
young lady having the most
votes to her credit when the
first announcement was made,
with $10.00 in gold.
Below is found the vote to date
and Miss Bonnie Tatum is the
happy winner.
Bonnie Tatum,
Carrie Summers
Cora Drake
Lillian Hanna
Mrs. Sallie Brown
Mattie Morgan
Sophia Barnett
Sarah Barnett
Bell Ivry
uy me worst of ad-1 n ~ r;,' Melvin Hughey and
versity and the most deplorable | Clarke acquitted themselves
of physical misfortunes. Gore's1 no'liy* as did the rest whose
career might well be made a na"1.es we failed get
text in our schools for emula-i ltogether it was a profitable
tion and imitation on the part of' a^air and Weleetka High School
buys who aspire to be somebody, I secves ffreat cre<dit for her
to do something and whose onlyjgooc' behavior.
avenue to the attainment of
these hopes lies in their own wil-
lingness to work and their own
determination to succeed. The
only helper that Gore has had is
little retreating wife, sinking her
individuality in his; making his
ambitions, her ambitions: and
battling with him year in and
year out for the succtss which
he craved- Constantly and as-
siduously has she been his eyes,
his library, his beacon light to
HORT IN RUN
AWAY
Mrs. Geo. HenuricK* was ser-
iously hurt in a run away acci-
dent several daya ago. She was
drivinga livery riuout near the
Sundliu place when the team be-
came frightened and startej to
run, in an effort to check them
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thousands are the books which
she has read and re-read to her
blind husband and countless are
his thoughts which she has pen-
ned to paper. She knew Gore
had the ability to achieve a won-
derful success if he only had his
eyes. To she became his eyes.
I Her fight was a hard, long figl.t
i and few are the men, f'e.v the
' women in the world that would
have borne her crosj as bravely
as she has. Great was Gore's
grit! Great was his wife's loyal-
ty and patience! And great is
the snccesa that ha? crowned
their efforts! Woat a lesso i tl is
pair holds up to a sluggish
pleasure-loving world!
Good Roads Convention
^ The Township TiusteeSof the
State of Oklahoma will meet at
LESSON FROM
A BLIND
At Washington a few days ago
Thomos P. Gore, the blind sena-
- . amendment. The Republicans
witness my hand and seal of are more iriendly to the imple-
the incorporated town of weleet- ment trust than they are to the
Coalgate on June 7 8 to hold1 torfrom Oklahoma" taught the
therannual Convention and this J world a valuable lWon It is
wdl be the occasion for ho'ding, the lesson of the wonders that
a Good Roads Convention, which can be wroght by patience and
will be attended by a large nam- perseverance. Hh'e is a blind
berof advocates of the inwove- man, who can see neither to
ment of our public highway. At J read n>r write, proving himself
this meeting a mile of model road a veritable master of debate
will be constructed under the against the Samsons of the sen-
superintendence of state and | ate. Nor was his mastery limit-
government experts and partici- ed only to oratorical power, but
them to the right, turning the
buggy over. Mr. Hcndricks
jumped with the baby in his
arms, sustaining no injury. Mrs
Hendricks has not been able to
be up since.
Voted Bonds
The School Bond proposition
carried by a large majority, last
Saturday. Quite an interest
was taken in the matter.
FRED L. STROUGH
Real Estate
and Insurance
Office up stairs, in Blackman Building
C| posite Postoffiee.
pated in by representatives of all
the leading manafactures of road
machinery, in the United Stater.
The citizens of Coalgate aie
making arrangements to royally
entertain their visitors and will
have a big barbecue and other
features that will make the oc-
casion both pleasant and instruc-
tive.
aiso to a wonderful nnralijlship
of facts and figures. Before his
wit, sarcasm and knowledge Sen-
ators Elkins, Scott and McCum-
ber went down like ten pi's
They were tin soldiers \ p
against a true warric r. Admit
ting that, perhaps little or no
credit is due Gore for his marve*
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Lots 23 & 24. Nice six room
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Bryce, J. Y. Weleetka American. (Weleetka, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, May 21, 1909, newspaper, May 21, 1909; Weleetka, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc155184/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed August 15, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.