The Afton American (Afton, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 29, 1917 Page: 2 of 10
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THE AFTON
AMERICAN
20 AIM
THE STANDARD OIL TANKER
HEALDTON SUNK WITH-
OUT WARNING
0NLY170F CREW ARE SAVED
On More Overt Act to b Coniderd
‘ by Congr When It Convene
Next Week In 8pecll
8eilon
J Washington — The Standard Oil
Company’s steamship Healdton has
been torpedoed off Terschelllng Hol-
land by a German submarine with-
out warning twenty ot her crew be-
ing drowned one dying o( Injuries
sustained in the explosion and the
remainder picked up by a vessel
which is reported to have taken
them to the north of Holland accord-
ing to a dispatch received by the state
department from American Consul
Mahin at Amsterdam
Torpedoing of the vessel took place
at 8:15 o’clock the night of March 21
the dispatch further stated and al-
though the submarine was seen by
members of the crew afterward no
offer ot aid was given Eight of the
officers of the Healdton were Amer-
ican citizens
Another Grave Chapter
The sinking of the Healdton adds
another grave chapter to the story of
war waged against American shipping
by Germany to be laid before congress
by President Wilson at the special
session he has called for April 2 It
can cause no Immediate change In the
situation Since the destruction of
‘ three American ships last Saturday or
Sunday administration officials have
considered that a state of war exist-
ed and it is to meet this situation that
congress has been summoned to auth-
orize steps beyond the arming of mer-
chantmen -
The Healdton was unarmed having
left port before the president author-
ized the navy to furnish guns and
gunners to merchantmen Her fate
serves to heighten the profound inter-
st with which the government and the
public awaits the time when an Amer-
ican vessels prepared - and ready to
send a shell into a hostile submarine
on sight will enter the war zone
Carried 8108866 Oil Cargo
The steamer Healdton is a tanker
of 4480 tons gross and is owned by
the Standard Oil Company ot New
Jersey The Healdton sailed from
Chester Pa on January 2 for Rotter-
- dam with 1237311 gallons of refined
petroleum valued at 8106886 She was
last reported three days later 720
miles east of Delaware breakwater
Tbe Healdton was commanded by
Captain Christopher and carried a
crew of thirty-eight men She was
built at Greenock Scotland in 1908
Her home port was New York
Word that a European neutral might
offer mediation to prevent open war
between the United States and Ger-
many has come to tbe administration
without causing surprise br in any
way affecting the government's plan
for meeting the situation forced by
submarine ruthlessness Such a pro-
posal Is regarded here as nothing
more than another scheme fostered by
Germany with the hope of confusing
the issue and possibly dividing senti-
ment In this country while the de-
struction of American lives and ships
on the high seas continues
Recruiting is Stimulated '
Additional efforts to stimulate re-
cruiting for tbe navy were launched
The response to the recruiting service
- during the laBt four months has been
tbe best on record but Secretary Dan-
iels is determined to fill up promptly
to the full authorized strength of 74-
' 600 men
Every ship building plant capable
' of building destroyers was represent-
ed at the department Saturday when
V a great number of building order
were placed The department plans to
I ' build to the full capacity ot the yards
and tbe number of destroyers to be
ordered can be determined only when
that capacity is known Construction
of a standard type boat the thirty-five
knot vessel designed last year will
be ordered hastened
The newly created compensation
' board of the navy will discuss details
of the destroyer orders with the build-
ers and determine the steps to be tak-
en The board also held its first
conference on Saturday with the build-
era recently awarded contracts for
battle cruisers
The department la receiving an en-
couraging number ot communications
from former sailors saying they will
present themselves for service in the
event of war Most of these men have
not entered any branch of the naval
reserve because they have married
nd do not want to be called to tbe col-
or for any but an actual war emer-
gency Nichole Calm But Haggard
London— The former emperor ot
lusslat Nicholas Romanoff has ar-
Ived at the Tsarskoe Selo palace
Alighting from the train at Tsarskoe
eloM says the correspondent "Nicho-
le appeared calm but was haggard
i wore the flowing uniform ot tbe
lxth Kuban regiment of cossacks and
black busby Around hls shoulders
'u g purple muffler and he had a cos-
ick dagger In bia belt Pinned on
ie breast of tbe former monarch was
is jOrder of St George Nicholas was
ccompanled by Prince Dolgouroff”
THE WAR
Three additional villages have fall-
en into the hands of the British and
French troops operating against the
Germans between Arras and Soissons
in France One village was taken by
the British and two were captured
by the French
Lagnicourt situated about six mfles
northwest ot Bapaume tell Into tbe
hands of the British and Folembray
and Lafeuillee in the BaBsee-Foret-De-Coucy
region at the base of the
salient that has been driven Into the
German lines at LaFere now are In
tbe hands of General Neville’s forces
The French also have gained some
additional territory north of Soissons
but no important changes in position
have occurred in the St Quentin sec-
tor where the Germans apparently
are stiffening their line Paris reports
the disposal of German assemblages
in this district by the artillery fire
of the French
Considerable aerial activity is in
progress between the British and Ger-
mans London reports the ' forcing
down by British airmen of five Ger-
man airplanes east of Neuville St
Vaast and Armentieres but says that
seven British machines have failed
to return 'to their bases
Tbe Germans wlio are reported to
be in force on the north Russian
front are again becoming active
South of Dvinsk in th eregion ot Pos-
tavy after having loosed gas waves
against the Russians the Germans
essayed an advance but according to
Petrograd they were repulsed East
of Baronovitchl another Teuton at-
tack was put down by the Russian
artillery fire
The Germans according to the lat-
est British and French official commu-
nications apparently are ending their
retreat in France and are preparing
to give battle everywhere to their on-
coming foes Paris reports- that be-
tween the Somme and the Oise the
Germans made successive violent at-
tacks against French troops holding
the east bank ot tbe SL Quentin canal
but French machine guns stopped
them Attacks also were delivered
by the Germans near La Fere and
between the Laon road and the river
Aisne but tbe French barrage fire
broke them up
London reports that from the south
of Arras to the west of St Quentin
along tbe entire British front 'the
Germans are stiffening their resist-
ance Increasingly The only advance
by the entente along the French
front is claimed by the French who
crossed the Ailette river at several
pointB ’
There has been a renewal of activ-
ity on the Russian front in the Vilna
region Here the Germans made an
advance over a front of two and a
half miles east of Lida and captured
225 Russians and a number ot guns
Petrograd admits the advance but says
that later the territory was retaken
In Galicia near Broday German at-
tacks have been repulsed
The Turks in Persia still are in re-
treat before the Russians says Petro-
grad - Nothing new has come through
concerning the operations of the Brit-
ish against the Ottomans north and
northeast of Bagdad
The entente allies are still on the
offensive In Macedonia but Berlin
says that- attacks north of Monastir
have been repulsed Tbe usual artil-
lery duels and minor infantry attacks
continue in the Auctro-Italian theater
Announcement is made by the Ger-
man admiralty that the German raid-
er Moewe hB returned to a home port
after a second cruUe in the Atlantic
It is stated that the vessel during this
cruise "captured" shipping aggregat-
ing 123100 tons gross
U S RECOGNIZES RUSSIA
First of Nations to Extend Diplomatic
Courtesies
Petrograd— The United States Is
the first nation to recognize formally
the new government ‘of Russia Am-
bassador Francis made a preliminary
call on Foreign Minister Mllukoff im-
mediately upon the receipt of instruc-
tions from the state department at
Washington
Accompanied by hls staff' Includlug
the naval and military attaches he
went to the Marinsky palace where
the council of ministers was assem-
bled made the formal recognition and
presented congratulations and felicita-
tions on behalf of the United States
The naval and military attaches ap-
peared in full uniform
The ambasadorlal party was receiv-
ed in the council chamber where all
the ministers were present
Washington Announces'
Washington— Formal and full 'rec-
ognition by the United States of the
new government of Russia was an-
Bounced at tbe state department The
silence which has been observed by
the department concerning events in
Russia wa broken when officials
learned that the new ot Ambassador
Francis’ official welcoming of the new
regime had been received In pres
dispatch
Kaiser's Pletur Hooted '
Washington— Patriotic students In
Central High school here tore1 from
the wall of a class room a picture of
Emperor William of Germany and
hung In Its place a photograph of
Frosldent Wilson decorated with two
American flags Tbe emperor’s like-
ness disappeared before officers of the
school cadet corps had an opportun-
ity to present to Miss Marie Seibert
teacher of German a resolution pro-
testing against the presence of “a
murderer’s picture” and demanding
Its removal ’ - ”
54 AMERICANS ARE CAPTIVES
593 PRISONERS ARE IN LIST
'' 0F MOEWE
Muleteer From United 8tates Were
Aboard Steamer Esmeralda
1 Sunk by Raider -
Newport News — Fifty-four Amer-
ican muleteers were aboard the Brit-
ish steamer Esmeraldas reported in
Berlin dispatches as having been sunk
by the German raider Moewe accord-
ing to shipping agents here The
agents believed tbe men were among
the 693 prisoners taken to Germany
by the raiders
The ' Esmeraldas sailed ’from this
port on January 2 for Liverpool with
a cargo of horses Six weeks ago she
left England on her return trip since
which time nothing had been heard
from her i
A statement from Berlin says the
Moewe brought in 593 prisoners
WHITLOCK IS RECALLED
Americans Withdrawn From Relief
Work In Belgium
Washington— American relief work-
ers in Belgium and American Min-
ister Brand Whitlock have been form-
ally withdrawn from Belgium The
American relief commissioners will
be replaced as far as possible by
members of a Joint neutral commis-
sion largely under the supervision of
Dutch military officials
Brand Whitlock will go to Havre
France resuming his duties as min-
ister at the temporary Belgian cap-
ital The announcement given out by the
state department says:
“For over two years it has been the
single minded purpose of this govern-
ment and tbe commission to see that
these ten millions ot civilians were
fed and with this end in view the
Americans concerned have submitted
to restrictions forced upon them by
the German authorities which under
ordinary conditions would never have
been tolerated
"Now however a more serious dif-
ficulty has arisen In the course of
the last ten days several of the com-
mission’s ships have been attacked
without warning by German subma-
rines in flagrant violation of the sol-
emn engagements of ‘ the German
government Protested addresses by
this government to Berlin through the
intermediary of the Spanish govern-
ment have not been answered The
German government’s disregard to its
written undertaking causes grave con-
cern as to the future relief work
“Immediately after the break in re-
lations the German authorities in
Brussels withdrew from Mr Whitlock
the diplomatic privileges and immuni-
ties which be bad up to that time en-
joyed His consul service to The
Hague was stopped he was denied
the privilege of communicating with
the department of state in cipher and
later even in plain language The
members of the relief commission
were placed under great restrictions
of movement and communication” -
GERMANS FLEE TO MEXICO
Two Escaped Fdom Philadelphia
Croee River at Brownsville i
Brownsville— Two escaped mem-
bers of the Interned crews of two
German auxiliary cruisers at the Phil-
adelphia navy yard crossed the Rio
Grande two miles below Brownsville
and are now in Matamoros Mexico
opposite here according to informa-
tion received at military headquarters
at Fort Brown American military
authorities have taken the matter up
withMeximm officials in Matamoros
The two men according to mili-
tary information were members of
tbe crews of the German ships Kron
Prlnz Wilhelm and Prinz Eltel Fried-
rich and escaped at Philadelphia last
Monday They swam the river Sun-
day evening it Is stated What action
Mexican authorities would take was
unknown
- Other members of the crews at-
tempting to escape were captured by
Philadelphia navy yard and police
officers
Morgan Advance Million
New York— J P Morgan and Co
have agreed to advance 31000000
without interest Ifi relieve possible
embarrassment of the depot quarter-
master of the war department in the
purchase of army supplies Recently
the depot quartermaster was con
pelted to stop payment for supplies
because of the exhaustion of funds
owing to the failure of congress to
pass the army deficiency bill One
firm refused to honor a requisition
for flour saying “We will do no more
business with the government until
U pays its bills”
New Yorker Want War
New York— Led by more than forty
patrlotlo and civic organizations and
college clubs a crowd that filled Madi-
son 8quare Garden enthusiastically
pledged itself to suppore President
Wilson and urged that there be no
more delay upon the part of th United
States in entering the war against
Germany Resolutions were passed
oalling upon congress "as soon as as-
semb’ed to declare that by the acts
of Germany a state of war does now
exist between that country and the
United States"
PRESIDENT ORDERS NAVY
RECRUITED TO 87000
MEN AT ONCE
MILITIA AGUTIN SERVICE
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Division of Army Into Six Instead of
Four Military Department An-
' nounced to Aid Decentrail-
ization of Command
Washington — President Wilson has
taken steps to place the nation on a
war footing
By executive order be directed that
the navy be recruited without delay
to the full authorized war strength of
87000 enlisted men Taken in con-
nection with emergency naval con-
struction already ordered this means
that the president has exercised the
full limit of his legal powers as com-
mander in chief to prepare the navy
for war
For the army the president directed
that two new military departments be
created In the Atlantic coaBt region
The order means that the task of or-
ganizing whatevery army congress
may organize will be divided among
six departmental commanders Instead
of four in the interests ot speed and
efficiency in mobilization
Into Federal Service
The third step was to assume as a
national duty the task of protecting
American industries from (domestic
disorders in the event of hostilities
For this purpose eleven full Infantry
regiments two separate battalions
and one separate company of the na-
tional guard were called back Into
the federal service to act as national
police' in important districts Sup-
plementing these troops a regiment
of Pennsylvania guard and two com-
panies of Georgia infantry enroute
home from the border for muBter
out were ordered returned in the fed-
eral service v
The navy must enroll immediately
approximately 20000 men to reach th
required strength Secretary Daniels
supplemented with personal telegrams
to newspaper editors all over the
country urging them to aid tbe de-
partment In every way in their power
to obtain the men
Guards Called Out
Massachusetts 2d and 9th regi-
ments Pennsylvania 1st and 3d regi-
ments Maryland 4th regimedt Dis-
trict ot Columbia 1st separate bat-
talion Virginia 2d regiment Ver-
mont Company B 1st regiment Con-
necticut ’ 1st regiment New York
2d and 71st regiments New Jersey
1st and 5th regiments Delaware 1st
battalion and 1st regiment The fol-
lowing organizations which are now
In the federal service will not be mus-
tered out: Thirteenth Pennsylvania
A and B companies of the lsl
Georgia"
Trouble Coming In Congress
Washington — With the convening
of congress in extra session only s
week off congressional leaders art
here for conferences with admlnistra
tlon officials over legislation which
will be demanded by the virtual state
of war existing between the United
States and Germany
Aside from the great business foi
which congress haB been called tht
question of organization is chiefly oc
cupying the house leaders Both demo
crats and republicans say the election
of a speaker probably will follow
soon after 'the house is called to or
der but organization of committees
presents a problem the result ol
which no one can forecast
Plans May Be Wrecked
The attitude of the so-called “wet"
members and some of the northern
democrats is giving concern to the
democrats while the republicans arr
troubled over their progressive wing
Any ot these elements might easil)
wreck the organization plans of the
majority of either side and some ob
servers are predicting that abolltloo
ot the seniority rule in filling com
mittee chairmanships will be the Aral
manifestation of their strength
Feeling among democrats over com-
mittee assignments was bitter at the
close of the last congress The “wets''
ot whom there are about a score
angered over the manner In which
prohibition legislation was pushed
through in the dying days ot the ses-
sion declared they would see several
democratic chairmen displaced this
session if they bad to vote with the
republicans
Relegation Threatened
In turn democratic "dry" declared
openly that any Insurgent movement
by the “wets” would result In theli
summary relegation to the foot of com
mlttees '
Storm Degth List Still 34
Now Albany Ind— The death list
from the storm which swept New Al-
bany still remains at thirty-four th
names ot two persons previously re-
ported dead from unofficial sources
being eliminated and the names of
two others who died In St Edward's
hospital being added Two hundred
convicts from the Indiana state re
tormalory at Jeffersonville were kept
at work all day In the stricken zones
e'earing away the dobrls Tbe dam
age was about 81600000
STATEHOUSE BREViTLES i
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Militia Recruiting
Telegrams have been sent by Adju-
tant General Ancel Earp to command-
ers of companies in the Oklahoma na-
tional guard requesting them to begin
immediately a recruiting campaign to
bring their organizations to full war
strenth
In Oklahoma City headquarters will
be opened at the adjutant general’s
office in charge of Lieutenant Robert
Carle of the Oklahoma national guard
He will enlist men for Company M in-
fantry Troop B cavalry and the field
hospital corps all Oklahoma City or-
ganizations At the present time the Oklahoma
regiment has an actual membership
ot only 900 men Full war strength
for an Infantry regiment la In the
neighborhood of 2000 men Thus to
bring tbe Oklahoma regiment to maxi-
mum strength will require 1100 - re-
cruits Adjutant General Earp stated
however that all effort will be con-
centrated Immediately on bringing
the regiment to minimum strength
1200 men
While the Oklahoma City units of
the guard are now recruited to mini-
mum strength their members are so
scattered over the state that it would
be Impossible to assemble them quick-
ly in case ot war The local national
guard recruiting station will bend its
efforts toward filling these gaps with
local men who will be ready for all
emergencies
Governor Signing Late Bill
The supreme court commission bill
providing for continuance of a su-
preme court commission uf nine mem-
bers was signed by Governor Wil
Hams The companion bill provid-
ing four additional members of the
supreme court is still in tbe enroll
ment room of tbe senate at the capi-
tol No intimation Was given by the gov-
ernor as to when he will appoint the
new members of the court and the
commission He will appoint mem
bef& of the commission subject to ap
proval ot the supreme court which
additional members of the supreme
court proper will be appointed out-
right by him without confirmation by
the court It is understood that mast
all of the judges serving on the com-
mission at the time it went out of ex-
istence will be renamed
The bill making an appropriation
for the support and maintenance of
the new oil and gas bureau was also
received by the governor Appoint-
ments to this department are to be
made by the corporation commission
subject to approval by the governor
The general deficiency bill and the
general appropriation bill also reached
tbe governor’s office
Tbe governor would make no state-
ment as to the result of replies from
his request for expressions from the
people on the course pursued in veto
Ing appropriations for small educa
tlonal institutions but it is under
stood that 90 percent of those reply-
ing outside of towns where state in-
stitutions are located sustain his posi-
tion 1 y
Governor 8!gns Hospital Bill
Tbe bill providing for a state hos-
pital in Oklahoma City and making
an appropriation of 3200000 for that
purpose was signed by Governor Wil
liams The hospital is to be con-
ducted In connection with the Uni-
versity Medical school The money is
not available unless the city-donates
Emergency hospital and the land on
which It is located to the Btate This
is one ot the most lmpprtant measures
recommended to the legislature by the
governor and was regarded as bis
one pet measure
Other bills signed by tbe governor
are:
Transferring 360000 from the park
fund of the city of Henryetta to the
city hail fund
Authorizing the board of agricul-
ture to comply with the provisions ol
the act of congress appropriating 850-
000 tor a dormitory at the' district
agricultural school at Tishomingo
Amending the Hchool lawB relating
to the making up of school tax levies
Establishing a public school district
on the Fort Sill military reservation
Authorizing county commissioners
to receive prisoners from cities and
providing for working such prisoners
on the public highways
Appropriation for paying taxes on
lands located near tbe capitol
No Hope For Thirsty One
Those who saw a ray of hope in tne
late movement to defeat the Ferguson
bone-dry - bill by a referendum have
given up all hope of trying to make
Oklahoma semi-wet because the fed
eral bone-dry law goes Into effect
July 1 and will operate to keep liquor
out of tbe state regardless of tne
Ferguson act The only ' effect the
state law will have is that it goes
Into effect fifteen days before the fea-
eral law It also will make an addi-
tional thorn In th side ot those
caught dealing In liquor
Potato Freight Rate Up
Notice of an advance- on freight!
rates on potatoes from central Okla-
homa to Panhandle points on the Rock
Island were received by the Oklahoma
Trafllo Association The Increase
effective March 25 Is from 26V4 cents
to 84 cents a hundred pounds The
advance Is regarded by shippers In
this section as praotlcally prohibitive
and shipments of Oklahoma potatoes
to western Texas will be cut off A
protest to the Interstate commerce
Ctmmlsslnn will be filed-
1
Heavy Insurance Carried
More than one-quarter billion dol-
lars of fire insurance was issued in the
state of 'Oklahoma ' during the past
year There were seventy-nine com-
panies operating in the Btate and
these companies issued a total of
325864504040 in Are Insurance alone
Tornado hall and marine Insurance-
totaled many millions more -
Amounts written by a few ot the
companies are: Home Fire Insurance-
Company of New oYrk 321116031 -Hartford
Fire Insurance Company
Connecticut 315361603 Aetna Fir©
Insurance - - Company Connecticut
314412125 National Fire Insurances
Company Connecticut 314378574
German-Amerlcan - Fire Insurance-
Company New York 311437115
Springfield Fire Insurance- Company :
New York 311137115 gprlngfleldt
Fire Insurance Company Massachus-
etts 313907279 and the St Paul Fir
and Marine Insurance Company Min-
nesota 311437287
The Farmers Mutual Insurance-
Company with headquarters at Alva
Okla wrote 3198653 worth of fire in- '
surance during tbe year
Employes Bonus Is Held' Illegal
Attorney General Freellng advised
State Auditor E B Howard against
paypient of any claims of employed or
the house or senate of the recent leg-
islature for the extra pay for alleged
"qxtra’’ services wihich the two-
houses sought to authorize by resolu-
tion The attorney general holds that un-
der section 65 of article 5 of the con-
stitution no money can be paid out
of the state treasury except in pur-
suance of a valid appropriation and
he further holds that a resolution la-
not a valid appropriation measure'
Both the house and senate passed
resolutions seeking to add 31 a day
for the seventy-four days of the ses-
sion to pay to each of their employes
Speaker Paul Nesbitt of the houses
stated several days ago before th©
question was referred to the attorney
general that be would not approv©
claims of house employes for the extra
puy He held that such an lncreas©
wub prohibited by the construction
' Governor Still Use Veto
A campaign of ruthless applicatioa
of the veto ax to what he considers-
unnecessary appropriations by the re-
cent legislature Is being conducted by
Governor Williams He ha disap-
proved appropriations amounting t
$26000 and numerous other items un-
dergoing the closest scrutiny
One of the items vetoed by the gov-
ernor was a $25000 appropriation for ' 1
a chair factory at the penitentiary
and the other was a $1000 item for
expenses ot inmates of the old sol- ’
diers’ home when traveling
In both instances the governor ap-
plied the veto because the appropria-
tions were not recommended by th©
state board of public affairs in mak-
ing Up the budget of these two lnstitu
ttons
Oklahoma To Sue Kansas
Suit to enjoin the state of Kansas-
from polluting the Verdigris river will
he instituted in the United States su-
preme court within the next thirty or
sixty days by the state of Oklahoma
The Verdigris river enter Oklahoma
in Nowata county and according to
the attorney general it ha been pol
luted to such an extent that fish can-
not live in the Oklahoma portion or
the stream
Farm Loan Approved
Loan aggregating $160000 from tb ' '
farm loan fund of the state school
land department were approved by th©
commissioners of the land office last
week This Is the largest amount or
loans approved at a single meeting:
of the commissioners In severat
weeks The commissioners ordered
twenty-eight tracts of school land
located in Ttlman county sold to th©
highest bidder at Frederick on Satur-
day April 21 Total appraisement of
the land Is $153050
Lessor Cannot End Oil Lease
A decision that 'the lessor cannot
avail himself of the "surrender
clause” in the oil and gas leases whil© -the
lessee has tbe option to exercise
It was held by Judge J H Cotteral
In the United States court Tbi opin-
ion Is in line with a recent decision
by the U S supreme court The Cot-
teral decision which was In the cas©
of the Carter Oil Co against J I Mo-
Murray Is directly contrary to an
opinion of the state supreme court
which held that both the lessee antT -tbe
lessor could exercise the clause
Arkansas-Oklaomha Line Suit
Suit to determine the location of
the boundary line between Oklahoma
and Arkansas will be instituted in the
supreme court of the 'United State© '
within the next thirty days A reso-
lution by the recent legislature author-
ized tbe attorney general to bring
suit and he has started already th© "
work of assembling Information neces-
sary in presenting the case Okln-
home claims land now Included with- (
In the borders of Arkansas valued
at $10000 000 and which Include
portion of the city of Fort Smith '
Frederick Vote For Bond
Frederick— Frederick voted over-
whelmlngly for three separate issue©
of bonds for publlo improvements ag-
gregating $100000 The Issues Includ- 1
ed $35000 for extension and Improve-
ment of the waterworks system $35-
000 to buy and Improve a privately-
owned electrle light plant and $30000 1
storm sewer bonds to be used Ip con-
nection with an extension of paving lg
The vote for water bonds was for 471
against 56 light bonds for 42'
against 88 sewer bonds for 402 '
again -t 100 t 'Vi i
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Mitts, E. D. The Afton American (Afton, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 29, 1917, newspaper, March 29, 1917; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1716692/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.