The Weleetka American (Weleetka, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 51, Ed. 1 Friday, March 18, 1910 Page: 4 of 10
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STATE NEWS CONDENSED
From All Over The New State
Criminal Case* Continued.
Judge Russell of Ardmore has Is-
sued an order continuing all crim-
inal cases set for March term of Dis-
trict Court.
Will Rebuild Car Shops.
The Kansas City, Mexico and Ori-
ent Railway car repair shops at
fairview, valued at $100,000, were
4i.lined early Friday. They will be
rebuilt.
Newspaper Charges.
J. T. Ferryman and associates have
sold the Noble County Sentinel to
•E J. Garner, publisher of the Cim-
maron Valley Clipper of Coyle, and
the change is to take place after this
week's publication.
Granted a Stay.
Justice Doyle of the criminal court
of appeals has granted a stay of ex-
ecution for sixty days to Alfred King,
sentenced to hang at Nowata on
March 25 fo rthe murder of George
Byrd.
Alfalfa Sold Well.
Frank Coffman of Byron has a
field of twenty acres of alfalfa that
made him $20 per acre last year. He
got four cuttings and sold the hay
for $16 per ton.
Teachers to Meet.
The annual meeting of the North
eastern Oklahoma Teachers' Associa
tlon will be held in Vinita on March 1 pe
26. Several hundred teachers will
> rrend, and upon the program are the i charter Issued,
names of some of the foremost edu-! ^ charter has
Issued Requisition.
Governor Haskell has issued a
requisition on the governor of New
Mexico for Dowdy Tucker, convict-
ed of manslaughter in the second de-
gree in Jefferson county on Septem-
ber, 1909, aaiul sentenced to four
years' imprisonment, who left the
state while out on bond pending an
appeal. He is under arrest at Santa
gators in the lTnited States.
To Raise Fence Posts.
A. B. Chapck and Frank Hakel,
formerly in business at Lahoma, are
oen issutd to the
Citizens' Street Railway Company
of Wilburton, which proposes to
build an interurban line connecting
Wilburton, Patterson and Lutie, a dis-
tance of ten miles. The capital is
at tliB head or a company to raise | jion.OOO and the directors are .lames
fence posts on a lai-Re scale for com- McConnell, Richard Howard, Benjn-
merclal purposes. It is said that they min Hills, E]ills jyf Cooper and
have already secured a large tract William H. Powers, all of Wilburton.
of land in Major County and have j
begun planting it to black locusts. | Fine under Jim Crow Law.
A. S. McRae, a negro lawyer, who
was arrested for violating the Jim
Crow law on a street car of the
Muskogee Traction Company, was
found guilty Friday afternoon and
fined a small amount. This is a
test case and will be carried to
the higher courts. The large court
room was crowded with negroes dun
ing the trial.
Retailers' Association.
Hydro has organized a Retailers'
Association composed of thirty-one
o fthe best business firms of the city.
Officers were elected as follows:
W. R. Sieg, president; J. T. Young,
secretary; George Pope, treasurer;
R O. Miller, credit manager.
To Change College Uniforms.
The State Agricultural and Me-
chanical College uniform are to be
changed next year. Officers and
cadets are to wear the same color.
The only difference between the of-
ficers and privates1 uniforms will be
the (Chevrons and shoulder straps.
The new uniforms are to be cadet
gray, but cut in the style of the
regulation uniforms.
Muskogee Man Weds.
Agricultural Agents to Meet.
The eighteen state agricultural
agents working for the government
in Oklahoma and farmers of Tulsa
county, met at Tulsa Saturday in
the first large agricultural conven-
t'on to be held in this section of the
stae. Among the speakers will be
Bradford Knapp, assistant secretary
of agriculture, Professor H. E. Save-
ly of Washington. D. C., Professor
W- L. English. Oklahoma City; T
A wedding took place at St. Bart ho-, peeeier, industrial agent'of' the
mew's Protestant Episcopal Church Missomi Kansas & Texas railroad,
lom
at Baltimore. Thursday, when Miss
Louise Salisbury of Baltimore was
married to Dr. James Thomas Nich-
ols of Muskogee, Ok. Rev. S. H.
Orrick officiated After a short trip
North, Dr. and Mrs. Nichols will re-
turn to Muskogee, where they will
live.
Gray Waif Kiled.
While George Stocks and Bert All-
and F- S. White, agricultural com
missioner of the Frisco. A large
attendance is expected.
Charters Granted.
Charters have been issued to these
corporations: West Packingtown
Development Company of Oklahoma
City: capital, $25.000; directors. W.
M. Sawyers, W. A. Davis and J. H.
Jefferson. Frank L. Adams & Co. of
spaugh were hunting along the river joklahonia citv. oapital j,e,000: di.
east of Clinton with their pack of rectors Frank L Adama j E Adams
doga they captured a large gray wolf. Je8ge M Adarai) atll1 s. Davlg. stl
..r "loafer.' They have the sklji „„ and Gas Con,of Tulsa
«*ed for a trophy. T,,e huntsmen ta] ,looon Sectors. Edward Sla
claim th's is the first such catch in
many years in this section, and one
if two known to be in the country.
Jumps From Moving Train.
Pansy Dyer, daughter of a farmer
Hear Meridian, was badly hurt while
(lighting from a moving train near
Meridian station. She was not aware
that she had reached her home town
until the train was pulling out.
flood speed had been attained be-
fore she rushed to the platform and
jumped off. The girl is 11 years old
and had been on a visit to Guthrie.
Cases Are Continued.
On motion of counsel for the de-
fondant. the suits of Cornelius Loder
>f New York, on a judgment of $10,-
000; John P. Bailey of New York, on
t judgment of $10,000. and Scott Me-
Reynolds, charging false imprison-
ment, against Gov. Haskell, were
continued for the term in the United
states District Court. McReynolds
came to Oklahoma in 1908 to gather
>vldence against. Haskell for a de- Love and Henshaw will testify on
fense in the suit of Haskell against that point at the request of the
W. R. Hearst. switchmen.
State
api-
Slater
and Charles Richardson of Tulsa.
J. C. Davis of Copan. Ebenezer
Church of the German Conference of
Mennonites, of Gotebo; trustees, C.
F. Duerksen and G. Lyons of Moun-
tain View, and John H. Warkentin
of Gotebo. Anadarko Society of
the Free Methodist church of Andar-
ko; trustees, .1. S. Cornish, G. D-
Driskell, J. M. Jones, J. A. Lowary,
J. H. Sager and I). P. Anderson.
Oklahoma Will Testify.
J. E. Love, chairman of the cor-
porat'on commission, and George A.
Henshaw. counsel for the commis-
sion, left Guthrie Friday for Chicago
to testify before the Illinois board
of arbitration, which is trying to
settle the difficulties between me
stricking switchmen and the rail-
roads. One of the reasons advanced
by the railroads for refusing the
switchmen's demand for higher wages
was the fact of low rates and high
cost of operation in Oklahoma and
Appointed Oklahoma Sponsor.
Gen William Taylor of Altus has
announced the appointment of Miss
Cora Smith of Guthrie sponsor for
the Oklahoma division of United Con-
federate Veterans at the Mobile re-
union, April 26, 27 and 2*. The
chaperon Is Mrs. W. T. Culberson of
Kiowa and the maids of honor to the
sponsor are Miss Adah Toole of Mc-
Alester and Miss Gladys Sparks of
Chickasha.
Authorizes Land Purchases.
Lieut. Gov. Bellamy signed the
Senate bill permitting the Oklahoma
City Fair Association to purchase the
land which is now leased from the
State, adjoining Oklahoma City, per-
mitting the city of Guthrie to pur-
chase a school section adjoining the
town and permitting Shawnee to buy
eighty acres of state land for the
Baptist State University.
Employ Water Expert.
J. M. Dashiels of Oklahoma City
has been employed by the City Com-
mission as a water expert to visit
the city reservoir and report what is
needed to purify and clarify the city
water supply, and his advice is also
sought with reference to the location
of the filtration plant. His report
will be made by the 8th of the
month.
While returning home from school,
Eella Clarke, of Perry, aged 6 years,
was attacked by a pet wolf that had
been turned loose temporarily. The
child was knocked down and seven
lacerations of the scalp inflicted, each
penetrating to the bone. It required
fifteen stitches to sew up the cuts.
The child's back was also badly
bruised.
Stock Thieves Busy.
According to late reports from the
rural sections in Okmulgee and ad-
joining counties horse and cattle
thieves are astonishingly active. Num-
bers of horses and cattle have been
ptolen recently. The Anti-Horsethief
Association has taken up the matter
land is putting forth every effort to
i'ocate and bring the "rustlers" to
justice.
£lks Plan Large Building.
The plans of the lodge of Elks for
a clubhouse to be erected at Third
•\nd Boudler avenue at Tulsa have
"been enlarged and a six-story build-
ing will be erected. Two and pos-
sibly three stories will be utilized by
the lodge, the other floors to be rent-
ed out for business purposes. A
farge law library for the use of
!Elks will be one feature of the new
®iomn. Every detail will be in ac-
cord with the most modern club
buildings.
Will Burn a Mortgage.
Freedom from debt was celebrated
•by the Christian Church of Guthrie
Sunday night. The mortgage on the
church property was burned and
■there was a special jubilee service.
The addresses and music was special
(to the occasion. The congregation
has in the 'ast Week paid the last of
its indebtedness. There was no Sun-
day morning services, the congrega-
tion joining in the dedicatory serv-
ices at the First Methodist church.
Eiks Elect Officers.
Elks' Lodge No. 792 of Durant
elected the following officers Tues-
day night for the coming year: Judge
C. C. Parker, exalted ruler; Dr. YV. F.
Clifton, esteemed leading knight: J.
T McIntosh, esteemed loyal knight;
Judge J. M. Crook, esteemed lectur-
ing knight; Hade Gibson, secretary;
W E. Clark, treasurer; O. II. Per-
kins, tyler; E. F. Rines\, trustee; W.
T Sprowls, delegate to the grand
lodge. After the lodge closed the
memlbers partook of a well prepared
luncheon.
Lawton Street Railway.
Thursday afternoon the first spike
in Lawton's new street railway sys-
tem was driven by Simon Smith,
president of the lawton and Fort
Sill Electric Railway Company, and
actual laying of steel rails in the
lino was formally commenced. A
goden spike was used for the pur-
pose and the street on the east of C
avenue was crowded with interested
spectators. First dirt, in the grade
was turned Monday of this week and
already one block of the grade Is
complete and the ties are strung for
five blocks up C avenue.
The Guthrie I/odge of Elks has
chosen officers for the ensuing year
as follows: J. E. Wood worth, exalted
ruler; Herbert McCracken, esteemed
leading knight; Fred Soehl, esteemed
royal knight; Earl Keyes, esteemed
I-during knight : Dan Williams, sec-
retary; Lyman Gray, treasurer: J. D.
Chappell, tiler; and the following
trustees: F. F. McGuire for three
y. ars, A. E. Johnson for two years
and L. P. I^eBron for one year. F. B.
Lucas was elected as delegate to the
National convention, which will be
held in Detroit next July, and H. W.
Peuteeost as alternate.
C'aiming for the Democratic strong-
hold in Southwestern Oklahoma due
representation on the Democratic
j State ticket and in the State ad-
ministration, and presenting as such
representative the name of George
D. Key, candidate from Lawton for
the # Democratic nomination for At-
torney General of Oklahoma, the
Democratic Central Committee in
session here today adopted resolu-
tions Indorsing the candidacy of Mr.
Key.
Timber in Abundance.
The density of timber growth in
Atoka county is short of amazing.
There are quarter sections near Ato-
ka that contain a greater variety of
merchantable lumber than any other
section in the Southwest, and the
grade of this timber is excellent. The
most valuable timber is bois d'arc,
walnut, oak and pecan which grows
in great abundance, and every tree
possesses a good commercial value.
Bankers at Oklahoma City.
With 150 members present, group
three of the Oklahoma Bankers' As-
sociation met in the parlors of the
Lee Huckins Hotel at Oklahoma City
Monday, to open their annual con-
ference. One feature of the program
was an address by Judge C. IL Ames
of Oklahoma City on "The Bank of
the United States " Following Jurge
Ames* address a general discussion
of the subject was had.
Extensive plans were made by
local bankers for the entertainment
of the visitors, and during the after-
noon they were taken for a trip
to "Packington," the new industrial
section of the city.
jTo Regulate Sale of Water.
A bill to regulate tthe sale of water
j for drinking purposes, which re-
j quires the affixing of a lable showing
| the source of the water and a chemi-
cal analysis of the same, was intro-
1 duced by Senator P. J. Yeager of
1 Tulsa. It is claimed that certain
firms have been selling in the larger
cities ofthe state water which pur-
ports to come from some of the well-
| known mineral springs, but which
as a matter of fact is bottled near
the places where It is sold.
Accidents at Stillwater.
Joe Floyd, recently appointed Mar-
shal at Cushing, was apinfully in-
jured Saturday toy the discharge of a
revolver in his pocket as he was
taking a prisoner from court to jail.
John Mllhollen, an elderly and
well-known citizen of Stillwater, was
thrown from a cart late Saturday af-
ternoon and seriously injured. He
was immediately put in the care of
a physician, but has not yet recov-
ered.
Dates for Farmers' Institutes.
A new list of Farmers' Institutes
dates for the central and western
counties of the State have been an-
nounced by the State Board of Agri-
culture. as follows: Alfalfa County,
Helena, March 26; Greer County,
Mangum, March 29; Harmon County,
Hollis, March 28; Washita County,
Dill City, March 30; Kiowa County,
Snyder, March 31-April 1; Stephens
County, Duncan. April 1-2; Jefferson
County, Ryan, April 2; Comanche
County, Lawton, April 4; Caddo Coun-
ty, Apache, April 5; Tillman County,
Frederick, April 6; Jackson County,
Altus, April 7.
Tulsa County Poultry Raisers.
Poultry raisers of Tulsa county
have organized the Tulsa County
Poultry Raisers' Association. A tem-
porary organization was effected at a
meeting last week with Joel G. Smith
president, and Dr. J. L. French, sec-
retary. There is talk of establishing
a large poultry farm in the Osage
hills near Tulsa on the plan propos-
ed 'by a St. Ixnils man to be estab-
lished in the Ozarks in Missouri. In-
dications are Tulsa county will soon
be a heavy producer of poultry and
eggs.
To Sail for Phlllippines.
Batteries A and B, First Field
Artillery, left Fort Sill Monday for
the Presidio of California and will
sail March 1 for the Philippines.
Acquitted at Okemah.
C. C. Chambers and Nick Taylor,
both charged with murder, were ac-
quitted in the Ofuskee County Dis-
trict Court at Okemah during the
past week.
On Oklahoma Central.
United State postal service has at
last been established at points on
the Oklahoma Central Railroad with
Ada, thus giving much closer touch
with' towns east and west of Ada on
this road.
Stay of Excusion.
John Black, sentenced to hang in
Holdenville next Friday for murder,
was given a stay of execution by
the Criminal Court of Appeals until
April 1 for the purpose of reviewing
his appeal.
The firm of W. R. Hanna and John
Cox of Carmen, shipped five car loads
of stock from the Yewel stock yards
in one day recently. Two of the
cars were 'oaded with 825 hogs and
the other three with cattle. The
farmers seem to be taking advantage
of the good prices
Judgment Not Awarded.
Mrs. Myrtle Merkley of Shawnee
failed to get p-jdgment in the Dis-
trict Court against W. C. DeWitt.
Mis. Merkley's husband was killed in
collision of his bvcicle with an auto-
mobile driven by DeWitt last Septem-
ber. She asked for $5,000.
Prairie Fire Threatens Town.
The town of .learnings was threat-
ened last Monday by a raging prairie
fire fanned by a terrific gale. The
fire was southwest of the town and
it became necessary for citizens to
turn put and fight against the fire
until after midnight in order to save
the town, and as a result there was
little damage.
A Horse Freezes.
A car load of horses was being
shipped this, week from Joplln, Mo.,
to Little Rock, Ark. One of them
got hurt and was p-.it off at Howe.
The claim agent had him sent to
Poteau, where he could get the serv-
ice of a veterinary. They were all
night getting here, but the next
morning found him dead.
The crying of a baby boy at-
tracted the attention of the neigh-
bors to the home of Bud Martig, a
negro resident of Weleetka, and an
investigation revealed that his wife,
Mary Martin, had been killed dur-
ing the night, her throat having been
cut in five different places with a
razor. The only eyewitness was the
6-year-old brother of the murdered
woman. No arrests have been made.
Swine Breeders' Committee.
The executive committee of the
Oklahoma Swine Breeders' AssQcia-
t.ion met in Enid Friday afternoon.
Matters of interest to the associa-
tion were discussed, and plans laid
for the encouragement of the pure-
bred swine industry in the state the
coming season.
The executive committee is com-
posed of A. E. Lovett, Hunter; J. R.
Sparks. Hunter; A. B. Campbell,
Geary: Joe W. Allison. Anadarko,
and George W. Miller, Kildare.
Col. Day Was Here In 1883.
Col. Mathew Day, former Governor
General of Nindina Province, lolo Is-
land, Philippines, at present Colonel
of the Eighth United States Cavalry,
stationed at Jolo, is in Guthrie, the
guest of Governor and Mrs. Haskell.
Col. Day is en route from Jolo to
Toledo, Ohio, to visit his brother.
Willis Day, whose wife is a sister of
Mrs. Haskell.
In 1883 to 1885 Col. Day was a
Lieutenant, engaged in driving Payne
and Couneb boomers from the "Prom-
ised Land." in command of a com-
pany he camped for a year north of
Guthrie, on what is now the Joe
Norris farm. East of this farm he
dug a well fifty feet deep. •«
Rev. Charles Mitchell Dead.
Rev. Charles Mitchell, president
of the National Purity Association
and president of the Purity Academy
at Stella, in Major County, is dead
at his home in Cherokee, due to
overwork and a general breakdown.
The body was taken to Marysville,
Mo., for interment. The Stella Purity
has for its object the education of
young men at the Stella Academy.
The association owns a fine farm
with all up-to-date equipment and
college building, secured through* the
efforts of Rev. M:tchell. He was also
editor of the Purity Journal, which
had a wide circulation.
Deputy Killed at Quinton.
John Hodge, a Deputy Sheriff of
Haskell County, was shot and in-
stantly killed at. Quinton, on the
eastern border of Pittsburg county.
He had just arrested one man, when
another, who was across the street,
called to the peddler to come to him.
He started and a rlflle was fired,
striking the deputy. A watch the dep-
uty had in his coat pocket was shat-
tered and pieces of it were driven
into his heart. An arrest has been
made.
Tulsa Commercial Club. \
With the determination of accom-
plishing much for the industrial
growth of Tulsa during the coming
year, the Commercial Club has creat-
ed two new departments, that of com-
missioner of public affairs of the
cjlub and rate clerk. Secretary Haw-
ley will fill the former office and
E. M. Cline, fromer Frisco agent here
w'll occupy the office of rate clerk.
The Commercial Club is closing up
deals for the location foseveral val-
uable industries which will Increase
considerably the dinner pail brigade.
Ilnlatera Organize.
The ministers of McClaud In
nized a ministers' and 1ft"
l. nference. J. T. Priescott was ertec-'
ted president and S. R. Alflrlch sec-
retary.
Man Kills Himself.
Jim Shehan, a single man, 28 years,
of age, from Tennessee, committed'"
suicide at Antlers Monday afternoon
by hanging himself in the livery
barn of Eugene Stephenson.
New Bank Organized.
A new bank has been organized at
Willow, on the W., F. & W. railway,
the stock being subscribed by the
farmers of the community, and Man-
gum and Granite parties taking
small interests.
Killed at McAlester.
At 5 o'clock Monday evening R. B.
Miller was shot and instantly killed
In the north part of McAlester. Thir-
ty-three buckshot entered his body.
Ed Oglesby was arrested.
Bridge Badly Damaged.
Fire Monday night destroyed nine
bents of the Frisco bridge over Red
River, southwest of Altus. It is be-
lieved to have been of Incendiary
origin, s
Vote for School Bonds.
Fiffy-seven votes, or practically
unanimous vote of the Willow school
district, voted a bond issue of $7,-
500 for a graded school^building, pat-
terned after the style of the new
building just completed at Mangum.
Becomes Congressman's Secretary.
Earl V. Croxton, staff correspon-
dent at Guthrie for the Wichita Ea-
gle, the Oklahoma City News and a
number of other newspapers, has re-
signed and will go to Washington to
be private secretary to Congressman
Bird McGuire.
To Meet at Claremore.
The advance guard of the great
council of the I. O. R. M. are arriv-
ing at Claremore in great numbers,
accompanied by the Red Men's Band
of Poteau, Ok., under tne leadership
of Charles Moyer. . They expect to
have not less than 200 members
present.
Sunday Closing for Enid.
The Sunday closing ordinance,
supported by the misterial alliance,
which has been hanging fire here for
several days, was disposed of by
City Commissioners this morning at
Enid, the ordinance being passed, but
reference to theaters and other pi a.
ces of amusement were scratched.
Leo Arnold, secretary of the Law-
ton Chamber of Commerce, Monday
afternoon held the plow which broke
the first furrow in this city for the
Lawton and Firt Sill Electric Rail-
road. J. W. Martin threw the first
ve1 of dirt. The Hne between
Fort Sill and Lawton is to be com-
pieted by May 1.
Life Imprisonment Assessed.
The jury in the Chanalis murder
?ase at Shawnee, returned a verdict
last night finding Willie Canalis. a
young Indian boy, guilty of the mur-
der of Mrs. Victoria Page, mother of
his sweetheart, in a pasture south of
Shawnee six months ago, an dassess-
d his punishment as life imprison-
ment. The jury was out twenty,
lour hours.
Oil Well Near Henryetta.
Wright well No. 2, on the Eliza
Reynolds allotment, near Henryetta,
southwest quarter section twenty-six,
township twelve, range thirteen,
which was brought in Friday by
reason of the strong gas pressure,
Is gradually being drilled deeper and
at 5 o'clock Monday afternoon an of-
ficial guage by J. B. Swan, a practi-
cal oi! man, showed it, to be doing
over 600 barrels per day. One hun-
dred and twenty acres south of this
well was sold by E. B. Hudson of
this city to B. H. McCoy, a repre-
sentative of New York parties, for
$50,000. Leases to the extent of over
$100,000 changed hands in Henryetta
recently. The Devonian Oil Company
_t Tulsa. Okl .. It i« understood. Ms
offered the Wright interests $100,000
•or their property.
For Arbor and Bird Day.
A handsome manual Is being got
en up for use in the public schools
aver the State on March 18. Arbor
and Bird Day. The manual will be
sent out to county superintendents
on Saturday.
The books contain several ordinary
ustrations and four colored bird
views. They are outline programs
and suggestions and special selec-
tions to be read. The object of the
occasion is to educate people into
preservation of birds and induce set-
lng out of trees.
Code Commission Work.
It is stated that the old code com-
nission will reutnr to work as soon
is the legislature passes an appro-
priation bill covering salaries and
expenses, which will probably amount
i'o about $15,000. An agreement has
been reached between the factions
of the commission, and it Is now be
lieved Oklnhoma will be in position
lo get something that resembles a
code of laws. The work will be com-'
pieted hy the first of next November,
and the codification is to include the
work of the special session.
^dmore Crop Aftairs.
The rainfall in the vicinity of
Ardmore so far this year has been
very light. There is moisture in
plenty to bring up corn, but grass
and oats would grow much faster
■f rain would fall. The farmers are
well advanced with their work and
'here will be one-third greater an
ten age in cultivation in this coun-
ty this year, and there will be a
considerable increase In the cotton
acreage over last year. The high
prices paid for farm products and
(or hogs have placed the farmers
{enerally in good circumstances.
WHIT THE UW MAKERS
ARE DOIHG IT GUTHRIE
Guthrie, Ok.,—The New Jerusalem
act for location of the State Capitol
on a site to be selected by the peo-
ple, and which, before going into ef-
fect, was to have been ratified by
the people at the polls, was defeated
in the House of Representatives to-
day, and after a motion was made
to reconsider the vote the defeat was
linched by laying that motion on the
table. The roll call revealed the
vote on final passage to be 48 to
46, with 14 absentees. Mr. Ourham,
an advocate, shanged his vote to
the winning side, so he would be in
position to lodge a motion of recon-
sideration. Mr. Dunn of Oklahoma
City, which town is an aspirant for
State Capitol honors, scored with the
presiding officer first and put through
the motion referred to an dwhich ter-
minates legislation on the subject
during the present special session.
This done, Mr. Durham again chang-
ed his vote, to make his record
straight.
The bill had passed the Senate,
and a joint resolution was coming
which would have carried the propo-
sition before the people at the next
general election. Aligned against
the measure was the solid Republican
minority, with the exception of Mr.
Dixon, Mr. Jacobs and Mr. Mllsap,
the remainder of the negative votes
being Democrats.
"I do not feel put out," stated
Senator Campbell Russell, father of
[the "Dream City idea" and author
.of the New Jerusalem .bill measure.
'"I will beat them to it yet. It must
not be forgotten that he Jerusalem
ladvocates have the proposition in
initiated petitions filed with the Sec-
retary of State, and against which
citizens of Guthrie have protested.
The measure is pending before the
Supreme Court, and the people of
the State may rest assured that I
will support the legislation through
the Supreme Court and see that it
Igets to them at the polls- I know
(what the people will say when they
get a chance to vote upon It."
The doughty Senator from Warner,
In Muskogee County, who is also a
candidate for the Democratic nom-
ination for Congress from the Third
District, if feeling an>' keenness in
•the New Jerusalem bill's death, wa/
•jubilant over other House astion
(when It reconsidered the defeat of
jhls proposed Constitutional amend-
ment prorating the common school
taxes received from public service
korporatlons, and passed It by a
•vote of 57 to 32, with 17 absentees.
Under existing law these co'.inties
through which railroads, pipe lines
and other corporations of the public
'service class operate, and pay taxes
for the support of the common school
receive the benefit of all such tax
collected for their own schools. The
Constitutional amtndment which will
be submitted to a vote of the peo-
ple next November prorates the tax
among all the counties of the State
The House took final action upon
the income tax amendment to the
Federal Constitution submitted to the
States by the last Congress, and the
proposition is now ready for the
Governor's consideration.
Under agreement this afternoon
four measures affecting the State
school land department and the hand-
ling of public funds were made spec-
ial orders in the House for tomorrow
morning. The bills are by Mr. Ross
and the Senate bill by Morris fix-
ing positions in the school land de-
partment, and the bill by Mr. Ross
to require permanent school funds
to be deposited with the State
Treasurer, and the Wallace bill pro-
viding that all money collected by
State officials shall be paid into the
State Treasury. Two of the meas-
ures will supply a deficiency in the
law as pointed out by the State Su-
preme Court in a recent decision and
will determine the number of em-
ployes in the school land department
and what their salaries shall be.
While the House had under con-
sideration today the Casteel bill fix-
ing a procedure for leasing the school
land, it defeated an amendment by
Ross which provided that nothing
in the legislation should authorize
commissioners of the land offices to
create positions or fix salaries other
than as provided by law.
By a decided vote the House killed
the bill by Mr. Rogers of Pittsburg
County making it a misden^ganor for
railroads to require office clerks toi
perform Sunday labor save as emer-
gencies arose, and then the employe
was to be paid "over-time * wages.
In the Senate.
The Senate passed another bill bv,
Serator Taylor amending the initia-
tive and referendum act of the First
Legislature, which replaces the net
recently vetoed by the Governor. Be-
fore the new bill was called up for
action, the Governor's veto message
was laid before tho Senate for ratifi-
cation or rejection, the question be-
ing "Shall the hill pass, notwithstand-
ing the Governor's veto?" The mo-
tion was defeated by a vote of 5 to
25, the five affirmative votes being
Senators Hatchett, Morris, Roddle,
Russell and Taylor, all Democrats.
A decrease In the birth rate and
an Increase in deaths in January,
1910, as compared with the same
month a year ago, is shown by the
bulletin just issued by Dr. J. C. Mahr,
state superintendent of health. In
January, 1910, there were 2,545 births
of which 2,470 were whites and sev-
nety-five negroes. There were 1,030
deatliB during the month. In Janu-
ary, 1909, there were 2,602 births,
including 2,530 whites and seventy-
two negroes. During the month
there were also 774 deaths, 725 white
and forty-nine negroes
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