The Weekly Examiner. (Bartlesville, Okla.), Vol. 13, No. 43, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 28, 1907 Page: 1 of 12
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THE WEE
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VOLUME XIII.
BARTLESVILLE. OKLAHOMA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1907.—EIGHT PAGES.
NUMBER 43
TROUBLE
NOW COMING
For Violators of The Liquor Res-
trictions of the Enabling Act
UNCLE SAM WILL ACT
In the Eastern Part of the State Formerly the Old
Indian Territory—Unless State and Local
Authorties Act a Number of Secret Service
Men Will be Sent From Washington.
Washington Dec. 26.—Officials
or the internal revenue depart-
ment have received a volume of
complaints from Oklahoma,
especially that part of the state
that was known as Indian Terri-.
tory, and over which the govern-
ment contends it has the power
to enforce Hie liquor instrictions
of the enabling act for twenty
one years, in case the state fails i
to do so
The department has had its
attention called in particular at,
Muskogee, Durant and Ba-rtles- \
ville.
It is stated liquor violations
occur night and. day and fiat
although citizens protest to
municipal officials but, according
to the departments information,
the evil is at its height.
It is likely that steps will be
taken in the near future to pros-
ecute an investigation of the
alleged conditions in that part of j
the new state over which the
government continues to holdj
liquor enforcement power.
But little attention was at)
first given the charges, but
recently the reports have be-
come so frequent that they will
no longer be disregarded.
Reports of frequent arrests by
federal officers are piling un and
it is said that unless th° state
and local authorises take action
that a large number of secret
service men will be sent into the I
Indian Territory bounds It is
evident the government intends I
to see to it that the old Ind.an j
Territory prohibition provision
of the enabling act is vigorously
enforced for the full twenty one
years, regardless of what local
affairs may think regarding the
intent of the act.
face of the water in the river be-
neath. This muddy water was the
blood analyzed by the Nowata
physician."
"What became of the half.witted
hired hand?" the old settler was
asked.
"He returned to the neighbor-
hood in a few days," was the re-
ply.
—
BARTLESVILLE ACTIVE
Commercial Club of That City Seeks to Form
Promotion League.
The Commercial club of Bar-
tlesville has taken steps to form
a promotion league composed of
cities of the gas belt, having for
its object the seting forth to the
country at larire the advantages
and resources of this section ot
the country.
Coffeyville, Sapulpa and Caney
have joined this league and the
railroads of this section will be
solicited to help in this publicity
campaign.
The Reporter is in receipt of
a letter trom- the Bartlesville
club's secretary in which he
asks for informatiorf about the
resources of Independence and
the merits of gas for fuel.
In the letter is set forth the
logical idea that in time of busi
ness depression people generally
are dissatisfied and more ready
for a change than in time of pros
perity. The writer argues that
now is the very best time to
advertise the advantages and
activities of the gas belt to the
people of the stale north and
east.—Independence Reporter
in musical opera. The electrical
and scenic effects in "The Isle of
Spice" are wonders of art and
mechanism and will be a great
treat to the Oklah patrons. Seats
go on sale at Red Cross Pharm-
acy Sunday morning at 9 a. m.
Get in line, it's another good
one.
HAPPENED IN NEODESHA.
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The Sun Tells One on Fat Man
That City.
The following story is told on
a Neodesha man. If there was
but one in the city who answered
that description perhaps it
would be well to suppress it,
but as there are several who are
possessed of an enormous girth
it cannot be looked upon as per-
sonal to relate it.
This man it seems had always
made a great favorite of his
neighbor's little daughter, and
from the time she was oig
enough to walk she liked to sit
on his knee, and listen to the
stories he told her. But as time
went by the girl was no longer a
little tot, and finally she arrived
at the age when she felt rather
out of place sitting on his knee.
One day he picked her up and
noting how heavy she had grown
of late he said:
"If you get much bigger you
will be ashamed to sit on my lap
wont you?"
"Yes,'! she answered, and if
you get much bigger you won't
have any lap for me to sit on "
EXHIBIT IS
FIRST CLASS
Fine Compliment Paid Work of Our
Graded Schools
SHOWEUT TULSA
By the Teachers and Members of the Oklahoma
State Association—Tulsa Woild Prints Able
News Article Extolling the Display in Terms
of the Highest Praise and Commendation.
Tulsa World—An exhibit of Ifrom comparison with the work
, of any of the schools in the
the work of the graded schools Lountiy.
An Interurban Car
Ran Over a Cow
That an interurban car run
over a horse or a cow and not be
derailed is the latest story circu-
lating among the employes of
the T"'iio:a Traction company.
One uiot0i-man goes so far as
to say that one car ran over two
cows in one run and the car staj -
ed on the tr.v1..
Last week a cow was struck
on the trip between Indepen-
dence and Jefferson. It was
i night and the motorman did not
! seo the animal in time to stop j
! the car A cow ran in front of
the car. The animal was run
over, and the wheels did not
leave the ti ack, Such occurren-
ces as this one have been report-
ed a numher of times here'
Coffeyville Journal.
Chappell-Winterhoff Stock Co.
On New Year's afternoon and
night the Chappell-Winterhoff
Stock company will return for
one day's engagement, producing
In Missouri, or Pike County
Folks at Matinee, 3 p. m., and
at night by special request
I their excellent Christmas bill,
IA Soldier of an Empire at
popular prices- 15-25-35c. No
higher Matinee, 10 and 20c-
All Must Be Licensed
Guthrie, Okla., Dec. 26.—In-
suiance companies can only
qualify in Oklahoma to transact
one line of busines, is the latest
ruling of the state insurance
department. A formal agree-
ment has already been drawn up
which all companies must agree
to before being licensed to op-
erate.
Pickings From Puck.
Saturday, January 4th. one
night only, Dubinsky's new and
tuneful extravaganza with twen-
ty-two fun-makers will make
you laugh with their newest
creation. Pickings From Puck.
Prices 25-35-50-75c-
Miss Darnell, who has been
visiting her sister, Mrs. Quincy
Moore, returned to Cherryvale.
GRADERS ARE
NOW AT WORK
In the Keeler Addition on the Inter-
urban Road, and Survey Be-
ing Run for Line
NOT SHOWN
In the City of Bartlesville During
the Holiday Season of
Shopping
VERY LARGE TRADE ON THIRD STREET.
Go to Wrong Office
For Their License.
of Bartlesville, which is on ex- j
hibition at the High School j
building, was the center ofat-|
traction to thk large number of
teachers who visited the V^udd
ing yesterday. It was worthy County Clerk Gordon is ser-
of' attention, worthv ol the I i™sly considering the advisability
i of posting a notice on his office
praise that was oei towed uPO« L P sfating that marriage
it by the tea -hers. Indeed it ■is * be obtained at his
safe to gay that an exhibUiouof ^ Almost d le
such calibre ha? neve, been Qf the prop^ of
shown at any meeting of the|_(
association.
At Bartlesville, the teachers inj
the schools, in order to qualify]
for position must have had cer-
y P _
... „ ... r-~rm, officer to
• perform that duty apply to him,
1 r.nd lie is of necessity compelled
Is Reported by tbe Merchants,
Who Have as Fine Stocks as in
City of 50,000.
It was generally noted that
Bartlesville showed no signs of
hard times during the holidays.
The stores were filled with Christ-
mas goods, and the business men
of the city report an exceptionally
large trade. It is the concensus
of opinion that the business men
of Bartlesville carried as large
and fine a line of goods as towns
of fifty thousand people.
An Incident of Early Day History Near the Little
Town of Oglesby.
As proof that many people are
too ready to jump at conclusions
and become unduly excited and
ready to resort to violence upon
hearing mere rumors or idle re-
ports, an old citizen who has re-
sided in the country southeast of
Bartlesville the past quarter cen-
tury, yesterday afternoon, related
an amusing incident that happened
near the town of Oglesby, four or
five years ago. Said he:
"A tight-wad farmer had hired
a half-witted fellow to work on
his farm. One day the latter
suddenly and mysteriously disap-
peared. An inquisitive neighbor
ever ready to gossip, and who dis-
liked tight-wad, happened to walk
along the bank of the river in
that neighborhood the next day
after the disappearance of the
half-witted hired hand. Casting
his eye upon the water beyond
an eddv in the bend of the river,
he discovered that part of the
stream was covered with a sub-
stance he supposed was blood.
Rushing up the bank out of breath
he ran at break-neck speed to the
nearest neighbor, and reported
that he had found evidence of the
murder of the half-witted hired
hand by the tight-wad farmer. A
sample of the blood, marked ex-
hibit A, was sent to a Nowata
physician, who pronounced it
human blood.
"A great crowd collected on
the bank of the river; mutterings
; and threats were heard. Some of
the hot heads in the crowd want-
ed to lynch tight wad at once.
Reason, however, prevailed over
passion. An old farmer in the
crowd, became disgusted, and con-
cluded.to begin an investigation
on his own account. Leaving the
crowd, he walked up the river
bank and sat down to rest. His
gaze was attracted to a dead tree
that had a hole in its trunk 35 or
| 40 feet above the ground. During
I previous rains the hole in the
(trunk of the dead tree had filled
j with water. A dark colored fluid
was discovered exuding from the
hole, slowly dripping to the sur-
Notice to Subscribers.
The postoftice department at
Washington has issued orders to
postmasters which practically
enforce cash in advance sub-
scriptions to newspapers.
The new ruling takes effect
January 1, 1908, next Wednes-
day • _ .
Postmasters are instructed to
refuse to accept to mail any
paper addressed to a daily sub-
scriber three months, or more,
in arrears; or a semi-weekly
weekly subscriber in arrears
nine months.
If any patrons <«f this paper
fail to receive the paper they
will know the reason why.
The Principal Part of the Grading
West of the City Has Been
Completed.
The engineer of the Bartles-
ville Inter-Urban line was yester-
day morning running a survey
line on Third street for the new-
Electric line. The graders are
now at work in the Keeler addi-
tion. The principal part of the
grading west of the city has been
completed. The management ex-
pect to have the road in opera-
tion some time in March.
tain experience in manual train
in« work, and the exhibit at the
High School bears testimony of
the worthiness of this require-
ment. Examples of the handi-
work of the pupils of the differ-
ent grades, ranging frpm the
simple though excellent paper
work of the primary rooms to
the drawing of exceptional merit
by the higher grades, are shown.
Especially fine is the display
of wicker work, examples of all
the developments of this line
being shown. Free hand draw-
ings, a display of the work of the
different grades, was the subject
of great admiration among the
teachers.
Bartlesville is the only school
represented, but if the other
schools are capable of putting on
to send them elsewhere. Thurs-
day three smiling couples entered
and requested that he issue the
documents allowing them to enter
the manage state. They were
referred to County Judge Dume-
nit. who is vested with that
authority, and were later made
happy and joyous.
Marriage Licenses
County Judge Dumenil has
granted license to wed to the fol-
lowing named persons: Myron
Gillman, 23, Bartlesville, and Miss
Bessie Marlow. 20, Bigheart; \V,
A. Amiss. 21, Ramona, and Miss
Lilla M. Fisk,2o, Ramona; Leo C.
Hughes, 21, Ponca City, and Miss
Myrtle Greenup, 20, Ramona.
The Pantatorium had a large
kite high up in the air yesterday
schools are capaoie ot putting on to which was suspended 200 feet
such an exhibit, the schools of j below a large banner, advestising
the new state need fear nothing (that business place.
Even Two Per Cent
Beverages Barred in Eleven Months He and His Deputies Made 902
Separate Seizures.
Guthrie, Okla., Dec. 27.—An
opinion rendered today by Assis-
tant Attorney General Reeves,
who has charge of prohibition
enforcement under the attorney
general, holds that "nea-'' beer
joints can be put out cf busi-
ness in the new state without
additional legislation. T h e
opinion is in answer to an inquiry
from C. B. Leedy, prosecuting
attorney of Ellis county- It
show that
ill Know tne reason wny. cites authorties to sim
The management of the Exam- j violations of the prohibitory law
.' L. . 1. _ 1 J „ I 1 . _f 1 fll/MI nrVl
can be prosecuted though the
drinks contain less, than 2 per
cent of alcohol no matter how
much diluted. In some part of
„ . , . ni , ltl 1 the state 2 per cent joints are
Coming Attractions atOklah Theatre r
On Now Year's eve, Tuesday,
iner is anxious to hold all of its
old subscribers, and trusts
those in arrears will remit as
soon as possible.
In the 1907 report of the com- . lenging. The entire outfit at
missioner of Indian affairs are . public sale brought $482.
. . . At the time Johnson was ap-
found some interesting g e pojntetj special officer there were
regarding the work of Special low-grade beer joints in op-
Officer Win. E Johnson, famil- oration in the territory.
iarly known in Indian Territory Four hundred and ninety-one
"Pussyfoot." arrests in whisky cases resulted
Tr " ' ' ' , .. I in grand jury indictments
He commenced his work on £ambllJnR raidg conducted by
Johnson and deputies resulted
December 31, Whitney's organ
ized company, fifty in number,
will sing, dance and make merry
The jingling, tuneful "isle of
Spice." Manager Flinn n.uld not
have possibly secured a better
attraction to usher out the old
year and inaugurate the new
1908. John My If, wlm heads
running wide open.
Those desiring advertising
space in the annual indnstrial edi-
tion of the Weekly Examiner
should place their orders at once.
There will be between 5ooo and
10.000 copies printed to be sold
for five cents each. On Monday,
on
August, 1906, and during the
eleven mouths ending June 30
he and his deputies made 902
separate seizures and destroyed
intoxicating liquors as fo'ows:
Alcohol, 209 gallons.
Choctaw beer, 247 gallons-
Spiked cider, 3,329 gallon*.
Intoxicating bitters, 3,286 bot-
tles.
Beer, 4,637 pints
Wine, 286 pints
Low-grade beep, 25,949 pints.
Whiskey, 28,559 pints.
Brandy, 175 pints.
Johnson seized 32 horses, 13
work on the number will com-j wagons, 13 sets of double har-
mence and it is necessary to have I ness and 5 saddles, all of which
... the conviction of 52, the de-
struction of 49 gambling houses
and the jumbling paraphernalia.
Arrests in other cases inci-
dental to his work w?re several,
including seven for the high
crime rf murder.
Tn the elever. months two ot
Johnson's deputies and one
posseman ha* .been killed in
[skirmishes with bootleggers and
10 violators of tho liquor laws of
the Territory at that time have
met a like fate.—Muskogee
Phoenix.
Smith, who hasi
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|1908. John Myle, who heads I mence and it is necessary to have 1 ness ana 0 sauaies, ai: 01 wmcu 1 Miss Marigol , .
'the ompnirv, is now .-cognized copy for advertisements and cuts j had been engaged in the nefar-1 been visitm, • ) 1 Mrs.
as font* of the topmost comedians Uor use within a short time. iu«a business of assisting boot- Owen ret .r -0 ' 1 5 •
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