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THE WEEKLY EXAMINER.
VOLUME XIII.
BARTLESVILLE, INDIAN TERRITORY, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1907.-EIGIIT PAGES.
NUMBER 35
CITY BANKS
STRONGEST
In the New State of Oklahoma-
Many New Accounts
OPENED EVERY DAY
People, Who Never Carried Bank Books Before,
Now Have Them in Their Inside Pockets.—
Depositors, Business Men and Citizens Have
Confidence in Ability, Honesty, and Integrity
of Officers.
From Thursday's Examiner.
At a meeting of representatives of
Bartlesville banks, Tuesday night, eou
certed action wag taken as a precau
tiouary measure to prevent money from
being withdrawn from circulation. In
so doing the local financial institutions
have but followed in the line of alt
the banks in the United State* to re
strict in limited amounts the payment
of currency for a temporary period o.
time.
Bartlesville banks waited two days
after other banks in Oklahoma and the
Indian territories and nearby towns and
cities had acted, before the adoption
of a similar method of procedure.
A committee found the banks in but-
ter condition than ever before. More
eash un hand and new accounts being
opened every day.
In substance the above facts were
learned by an Examiner reporter in in
terviews with Mr. William Johnstone,
president of the Bartlesville Clearing
House association, and president of the
Bartlesvile National Bank; Mr. W. L.
Norton, president of the American Na
tionul bank; Mr. Frank Bucher, cashier
of the First National bank; Mr. FranK
Phillips, president of the Citizens Bank
& Trust company.
The Bartlesvile banks are especial
by Commissioner H. H. Smock, show-
ing the conditon ot state banks on
September 27.
That statement showed a reserve of
40 per cent; loans and discounts amount
iug to $11,158,516; an increase of 11,-
138,000 in the last six montns; over
drafts, $418,037.77; bonds, warrant* and
securities, $391,119.04; banking house
furniture and fixtures, $727,255.60; oth-
er real estate owned, $02,IMS.22; due
from banks, $4,620,096.71; exchange for
clearing house, $44,075.24; cheeks and
other cash items, $104,471.93; cash in
banks, $1,030,425.08; total resources,
$18,559,246.23.
Liabilities—Capital stock paid in, $3,-
168.200; surplus fund, $394,843.03; un-
divided profits, $523,594.68; due to
banks, $272,816.98; individual deposits,
$13,731,607.93, an increase in six months
of $400,000; cashiers' and certified
checks, $131,975.08; bills payable, $176,-
640; notes and bils discounted, $156,
568.53.
Including the Oklahoma national
banks, the total deposits in Oklahoma
when the state bank report was issuc-l
amounted to $36,369,548.93 and includ-
ing the national banks of Indian Terri
tory total deposits were $55,547,411.93.
The averae reserve held by the Okla
homa banks is 40 per cent and by na-
TO STOP LATE TRAINS.
Muskogee, I. T., Oct. 30.—
State Senator Eck E. Brook does
not propose to have the travelers
of the new sfate inconvenienced
by tardy trains. One of the fitst
things he does wben he gets iu
the legislature will be to present
a bill which will provide that
when a train is late up to a given
length of time another train
shall be run from the nearest
division point upon the schedu;(
to the regular train. Such ieg
islation will do away with late
trains and the consequent dis-
comfort of travelers it is hoped.
Also the station agent will be
ordered to post every notice ot
the location of every train be-
hind time.
Phillips
INDEPENDENT CONCERN.
Almost everything is in readi
ness for the opening of t&e plant
of the National Oil and Refining
company, in Coffeyville. This
concern will be the largest inde
pendent refining institution in
the southwest and the very largo
portion of its production will be
drawn from Bartlesville, the coin
pany having contracted for the
entire production of the Cudahy
Oil company. The second 55,-
000 barrel tank, located on a
tract of land immediately north
of Bartlesville, along Caney river
is being completed and the lat-
eral lines from the Cudahy leases
are being arranged to put the
production in the tanks. The
four-inch pipe line has been
ready for service for several
weeks and will be tested soon.
Discharged RACE FOR
Tha Case For Obtaining Money
Under False Pretences Dropped.
MONEY WASJTTACHED
By William Turner, Chief of Police.
• Joe Vann Dismissed From Cus-
tody.
From Thursday's Daily.
With the discharge oi C. H. Philips,
charged with obtaining money unaer
false pretenses, the next to last session
of United States commissioner's court
adjtfurned yesterday and Judge Gilluly
went to his home iu Nowata. Phillijs
is the man who gave Eugene Therien,
tailor, a check for a suit of clothes. It
was found that there was no money in
the bank to his credit and the arrest
HAINER MAY
BE A JUDGE
Frantz Was Told Politely to Attend
to Own Troubles.
JUDGESHIP
For the Eastern District is Dirturb-
ing Equinimity of Republicans.
9 CANDIDATES IN RACE
Abernathy Seems to Have Field to
Himself for the Western Mar-
shalship.
The race for the judgeship In the
Eastern district of Oklahoma is one of
the questions that is absorbing the at-
tention of Republican politicians in
the state. The original candidates fur
the office of Federal Judge were Dick-
followed as Phillips was purchasing twr jsrson, Gill, Parker, Campbell, Clayton,
tickets to California. The check was
cashed by Phillips, as It was proved
that Phillips had recently had a credit
at the bank, the ease was dropped. How-
Humphrey, Lawrence and Townsenrt.
The four former are said to be out of
the race, owing to disqualifications for
age, railroad affiliations, etc., and toe
ever, when Phillips went to the depot | four latter are being urged with all the
and cashed in his tickets, he found Wil ! strength that the friends of each can
liam Turner, chief of police, waiting, command. Senator Long of Kansas is
and attached the money, $50 in all, said I attempting to land Dickerson in the
to be owing at another place. | place, while Governor Frantz is play
Joe Vann, arrested some tim«3 ago by j ing for Campbell.
Officer Harper, charged with introduc- j
ing and disposing, was dismissed from
custody by Judge Gilluly, there beim*
insufficient evidence to convict. Sev-
eral civil cases were disposed of. The
last term of court will be held here be-
fore statehood becomes an actuality.
MANY OUTSIDERS
Are in Washington and Trying to Control Federal
Patronage.—Believed Western Judgeship
Will Go to the Guthrie Attorney.—Star to be
Placed on Flag in 1908.
Vvashington, Oct. 30.—Developments , after the admission of a state t efose
in the fight for the Oklahoma judge ' its star appears. A board of army and
ship appointment in the Western -lis ' navy officers must pick out the u rar.ge-
SUN FLOWER PHILOSOPHY
Atchison (Kan.) Globe.
The man willing to be a scounc
objects to being called one.
ly strong financial institutions. The , tinal banks is 38 per cent.
The Chandler News
making a getaway with two overcoats
was "interpreted" by some of the em
ployes. The language was strong enou
to make him drop the coats
— I A man who has a present need not
says a negro worry so much about tlje future.
•AuUiinobiles are like people: The
are the more noise they
triet sems to have turned in favor of
Bayard T. Hainer and even his oppon-
ents, to their friends, it is said, now
confess fear tlu.t he will land the place.
A man whose name I cannot mention
told me today that Governor Krants
received a stinging rebuke when he
attempted, to plead for one of the can-
didates. Mr. Besevlt said-
"I appointed yrt governor .v the ter
ritory on my iwn judgment and vou
must expect me to appoi i; tin ntw
state officers with'n the ew state equ-
ally on my own .lodgment."
It is believed that llain-. r's an| oint-
ment is certain.
The people whj are paying the most
attention to Oklahoma appointments
are Governor Frantz, Delegate Mc-
uire and (Senator Warner of Mis-
jri, Governor Hoch of Kansas is al-
much in evidence. In fact many pco-
e who have not lived in the territory
d who will not live in the state are
attempting to control the patronage of
the new state. Senator Warner is ac-
tive in urging the appointment of Ju lg.;
Lyman Parker of Indian Territory as
judge of the Eastern district.
Under the law the tar frir UKla
homa cannot be placed on the flag until
July 4, 1908. Filing the flag is a se-
rious matter. Seven months must elapse
ar<
|Ju
i
eh could
ithout dis
or surplus
presidents and cashiers of
pay each depositor in full
turbing the capital stock
fund of either of the banks.
Local banks, like thos-' in New Y..rk, |
Chicago, St. Louis and Kansas City, in |
restricting the payment of cum my in j
United amounts, are affording a protec ■
tion to their depositors, business men j
and the public.
Eeiglity-five per cent >.t the business
transacted in Bartlesville, is done oy j
checks and exchange on eastern banks,
and the limited payment ot' currency, j
will, after all, work no great hardship
upon busine ss men, depositors and I lie
public in general.
The people of Bartlesville have great
confidence, and are most loyal to th
banks, The personal security guaran
ted by the officers of each bank, their
ability, honesty, integrity and straight
forward methods of conducting busi-
ness are matters of congratulation to
depositors, patrons nnd the public..
New accounts have been opened :'t
each bank every day this week, and
people who never owned bank books,
now proudly carry tliinn In their in-
side pockets.
There is no fear of a panic in any
of the towns or cites of the country.
Thero is more money on deposit in the
banks than at any time iu history. < ou
ditions were never more prosperous. T.a
bor is being paid the highest wages ever
known, and there is a more active de-
mand for employment in Hie trades,
skilled and common labor than at any
period since the war. What is true or
other sections of the United Stales, is
also proven in Oklahoma and the In-
dian Territory and Bartlesville.
In Oklahoma and Indian territories
the baaks have over fifty tlve million
dollars piled up in their vaults.
As an indication of the soundness of
Oklahoma's financial institutions, busi
ness men point to the statement Issued
As an evidence of the stability of
Bartlesville banks the amounts paid out
each day this week are In excess of
those named below:
Arkansas City, Kan.—Business here
Tuesday was entirely upon the check-
ing basis, no currency being paid out by
the local banks and no shipments of
currency made. The banks on Wednes-
day will begin cashing checks presented
by the person drawing them for $5 each
49,931 Pieces of Mail in Seven Days.
Three safe, sure and never-failing
institutions by which to judge the pros,
perity of towns and cities are the
banks, fostoffices and newspapers.
The banks handle the money, the av-
will tally a score at the end of the
fiscal year, of more than twenty thou-
sand dollars.
Pursuant to orders sent out to all
postoffices by the postmaster general
ten tho
greater
show
Thi:
ment of the stars. Admiral Dewey
is chairman of that board. As long as
Oklahoma is in probably the way in
which the sthrs are arranged wilt not
be important.
onues by which commerce finds an j tc
igh tho mails rei
and
Citizens' Natinal. Kansas
Fort Scott State banks have
statement that they will limit
nient on individual checks tc
tat
and
issued a
ash pay-1
$25 and
Fort Scott, Kan.—The First National | active outlet, while the postoffice tnkes
care of the correspondence, both pub-
lic and private and also handles a
large amount of money in lieu of reg
istered letters and postal money orders.
The newspapers faithfully chronicle
the news happenings, and are an index
of the progress and energy of mer-
chants and business men.
Bartlesville has a second grade post
office. Its receipts are twenty thou
sand dollars per annum, and in point
of population, it is the best paying
office iu the domain of the great In
dian Territory.
Its receipts have shown a gradual
increase from month to month the past
dav
not more than $50 a week against any
one account.
Salina Kan.—Two natinal banks and
two state banks in Salina decided Tues
day to restrict currency payments to
$50 per day. or $100 in one week to
any one person.
Independence. Kan.— All local banks
on Tuesday refused to pay out more
than $50 a day to each person having
deposits, or over $200 a week.
Wichita. Kan.— Local banking condi
tions have improved. Depositors were
allowed to withdraw money to the
amount of $5 on Tuesdav.
patched ivr a period of i
Postmaster Morgan upon careful com
putation dispatched 22,258 and re-
ceived 27,073 pieces of mail from mid-
night, Oct. 1J. to Saturday, Oct, 19.
This is a romarkable record and sur-
and people, could
um than $20,000
com / jmstoffice last
year. Bartlesville, will surpass it if
the same ratio of increase in business
continues.
There is but one first class postof
flee in the Indian Territory. Musko-
gee, while there are but three with free
delivery, Chicasha, Ardmore and Mus-
kogee.
Postmaster Morgan along with the
peole of Bartlesville is most anxious
prized everyone not acquainted with | for free delivery, and stands ready and
the vast volume of business transact- i willing to do all in his power to aid
ed by this office. It is considered the work, but until the city complies
all the more so, when the week select- i with the order of tho government to
ed to weigh the mail, was in the mid- ! build more sidewalks, the matter of
die of the month, the dull period in free delivery must rest in abeyance,
each month at the office. Had the' The last inspection by the goveru-
time been computed for the first week j inent shown there are a sufficient num
of the month, the records would have ■ ber of walks in the territory to be
shown ten thousand more pieces of served by free delivery in a north and
mail to the credit of Postmaster Mor- ' south direction, but east and west, the
BIG RECORD FOR
TEXAS AND
GULF
The record of runs and delixq
the Texas and Gulf
ies for this month
sent through the lines and by^tff! MU
at any time since the companies be-
gan operations in this field. The
company, it is stated, is sending
15,000 barrels through its eigb
line and the Gulf company 20,00(J
rels a day exclusive of its large siff
ments by rail. The total will probably
approximate 45,000 barrels for the two
companies, while the Prairie Oil & Gas
company has been averaging in runs
almost 106,000 barrels. Added to this
the 4,000 or more barrels daily taken
by the independent refiners in
and it will be seen that the totaT
from the Mid-contineut field #c-
tober will be 155,000 barrels a day.
W. II. Millikin and others, wuo had
large quantities of oil in earthen stor
age, are shippi. g ;o Texas ai d other
product is used for
Mr. Millikin so it is
hi have from 200 to
on the southern- roads
and others will have as many more. All
l who have fuel oil are looking for a
great boom as soon as statehood is de-
I dared and the railway commission gets
I action by making a Low rate for fuel
| oil shipments. An effort is being made
i by fuel oil dealers to have tariffs sim-
ilar to those that aro in force is^Texas
and if this is adopted there wW be a
great Jt mand for the residuum and low
grade oils for fuel purposes. In Tex-
as there is a great scarcity of fuel oil
and the Mid-continent field will bfc
heavily drawn upon for supplies. It
may seem a strange assertion, but it i*
a fact that the low grade oils tlu^
points where
fuel purposes,
asserted, will
300 cars in us
Is Progressing Nicely.
The grade for the Bartlesville Inter
urbnn railway has been completed be
tween the river and the eastern eorpo
ration limits of the city, and men and
teams are hard at work making the
garde on the eastern side of the river.
It will be but a short time, weath
er permitting, until the grade will have
been completed to the higher ground
near the Smith oil pool nnd from there
it will run through the Weber pool and
into Dewey by the wny of ti*1 cement
plant. Contractor Gilflllin expects to
have the grading done before cold
weather sets in.
two or three years. This year, should ! gan. number is lacking; but one third of the | wou^ bring but 35 cents and less wfiwi
the present ratio continue, the recipts I Tulsa, with its alleged population of 1 number having been constructed. 90^ to P'Pe 'ine comPanl{'9 toT "kip-
■ meut to refineries, is bringing a much
larger sum on contract when stnppe.t
to users of fuel oil. The demand is
growing and before long the high itiv
oil will show ail upward tendency, it is
said.
Bricklayers Finished Their State Session.
From Thursday's Examiner. .Treasurer Murphy, in spesk:iv of 11'.
With words of praise for Bartlesville , visit to this eitv, stated that he hail no
and the utmost good feeling prevailing,' idea that Bartlesville
the annual session of the Brick and
Stone Masons International IT?ilot< con-
cluded a five days session for the state
of Oklahoma in labor hall, WednesnaN
afternoon. There were representati\es
from every local in the state. Previous
to the adjournment there was passed
resolutions commending in the strongest
terms the city of Bartlesville, her peo
pie and the treatment acsrdeu the
delegates in attendance and Secretary
i a city
caul I
ihiv
beauty, magnitude
entertain so royally.
A!1 the olii officers were i ■ I,
they being Willlnm S .over
president; C D. Atwel ... > u
vice pres.: ,t; W. A ... In
secretary treasurer; \ .
Bartlesville, rep'eseiil ,.a
tional convention to m ct in ' ' the
first week in January.
A vote was taken on the city to next
entertain the state convention and
Enid was chosen, the convention to be
called to order on the last Momlav in
October, 1908.
The members of Local Union No. 6
purchased tickets to the opera house
and the delegates witnessed the produc
tion of 'Wizard of Wall Street," fol
lowing which a social session was held
in labor hall, lasting until a late hour.
Photogrnphs of the delegates were tak
en and a half tone engraving will ap-
pear in the Bricklayer's Journal at a
later date.
Tho town board of Capitol Hill, a
suburb* of Oklahoma City, hidden
away from the horly burly of the world
where the preacher's sermon i« cen-
sored by the deacons and the hoir
singers dare not smile, has just placed
the ban on women ridfeig astri*l«L
"Both feet on one side of your horae"
is the order and it is rigidly enforced.
Some people are overly nice. They
were not intended for this world bat
( should have been, while young, taken
to a better one.—McAlester Capital.
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