The Vian Press (Vian, Okla.), Vol. 26, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, July 13, 1923 Page: 4 of 8
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BRIGIITLIGHTS OF COM
ING CAMPAIGN
Oihoma City— Oklahoma finds
herself at this early day plunged
into the midst of the 1024 presidential
campaign
At the peril— sometimes deadly in
politics— of going stale before the
free-for-all reaches its climax next
ummer the leading adherents of no
left than five candidates are perfect-
ing organizations throughout the
state
Activity i pronounced on behalf of
th" following:
Republicans:— President Harding
and Hiram Johnson
Democrats:— Henry Ford William
0 McAdoo and former Governor C N
Haskell
Republican fence building has been
in r 'ogress some months but quiet-
ly An apparent coalition of “regular”
Democrats Farmer-Laborites and So
cialist puts Ford -on page one first
among the Democrats prospects As
in other states the Ford room Pub-
licity was full-pledged before the Mc-
Adoo and Haskell backers woke up
It took the form of a statewide mass-
meeting called by 0 A Brewer late
of the Walton campaign oommitee
District Judge Porter Newman of
Durant former representative and
Farmer-Labor Reconstruction League
symnthher was elected to' head the
Ford-foi’-President club William Mad-
ison Hicks one of the Oklahoma
imprisoned for violation of the es-
pionage act during war time de
Hvered the keynote address and chair-
men named for each congressional
district were A C Towns of Miami
First J T Parks of Tahlequah Sec-
ondj E S Hurt of Madill Third
Henry Stiiwell of Holdenville Four
W M B Mitchell of Washington
Fifth F C Cain of Watonga Sixth
Sam Hawks of Clinton Seventh and
Frank P Daivs of Enid Eight
Apparent ease with which the Farmer-Labor
and Socialist forces con-
trolled the meeting called by Brewer
was somewhat discounted by an an-
nouncement from F Fred Tunnard
of Oklahoma City that he would call
another statewide conference at once
to “see if the people at large can’t
have a say-so in what is going on”
Speculation as to the attitude to be
assumed by Governor Walton and his
organization became eager Though
the outcome of the Brewer-calied-con
ference indicated the Reconstruction
League to be firmly behind the flivver-maker
attention was called to the
fact that former Governor Haskell
came all the way from New York last
year to aid in Walton’s campaign
Then too Ben Lafeyette Former
Democratic state chairman and now
head of Governor Walton’s board of
public affairs lost no time following
the Ford conference In annoqncing
that Haskell could lhave the Okla-
homa 1924 delegation for the asking
and that the organization of Haskell
clubs would begin In Oklahoma City
soon
The McAdoo men headed by Hub
ert L Bolen who was revenue collec-
tor during the Wilson administration
took advantage of the stimulated po-
litical interest caused by the Ford
meeting to announce on the same day
that their candidate would be in Ok-
lahoma City at an early date to ad-
dress the Young Men’s Democratic
Club
At the same time anti-Haskell pro-
paganda to the effect that the former
governor had supported Hughes in
1916 was assidously circulated The
aame story has been started on Presl-
Ami Churls J WHsRaMi f
state ushrmlty board of rejssU whs
to toctod m aa typeset far V 8-
tomato Robert L Owen la tola race
for re-etoettoe Mat year
Patrick to Nad of Khtfisher wHc
as Perns rat va U to Marsha) in
Oklahoma under President Ctovelam
and who now to th most powerful of
those RoclaUst who espoused the
Wnltoa cause mad hi trst public
statement la three years uorsurved-
ty supporting Ford Mr Nagle 1
the minority member of the Walton
hoard of public aCUir
Ford campaign pinna extend to the
organization of clubs in every pre
clnct and th wide us of women
speakers
The Haskell boom is being pusfiec
by others than Lafayette In tbs Wl
ton inner circle State Highway Com
mlsaloner Paul Nesbitt was one of
Haskell’ secretaries during hi term
n Oklahoma’s first governor and the
Present game warden “Judge” 8 As-
kew was also warden under Haskell
E T Bynum Governor Walton’s con-
fidential attorney also has announced
for Haskell
The probable support of Haskell by
many others of the state family be-
came apparent following the Haskel'
conference in Oklahoma City Monday
July I
R H Wilson former state superin-
tendent of public instruction and can-
didate for the Democratic gubenator-
ial nomination last year is president
of the Oklahoma City McAdoo chib
organized to launch the atate boom
Robert Steffy ia vice-president and
Walter E Latimer aecretary and
treasurer
Known supporters of Hiram John
son aa a Republican candidate were
in Guthrie at the lone Hotel on a re-
cent day and their united presence
ed to the report that a concerted
Johnson drive was in the making It
a not apparent that the Johnson
boom has passed the quiet conference
stage tho others like the Guthrie
meeting are known to have been held
Harding forces are expecting the
formal announcement from the Re-
publican national committee that two
additional delegates at large to the
Republican national convention will
be alloted to each atate that went
for Harding in 1920 That would in-
clude Oklahoma but would not bene-
fit numerous southern states where
the “Uly-whlte” issues is rampan
Adminstratlon leaders in Oklahoma
question the necessity for much ef-
fort to instruct the state’s delegates
for Harding They claim to see evi-
dences of much activity by anti-ad-minstration
Republican' however
NOTICE OF SALE OF LANDS
UNDER EXECUTION
Notice is hereby given that in
pursuance of a writ of execution
issued out of the Court Clerk's
office of the District Court in and
for Sequoyah County State of Okla-
homa on the 6th day of June 1923
in an action wherein W S Reed was
Plaintiff and H W Moore was
defendant commanding me to levy
upon property belonging to said
defendant H W Moore sufficient to
satisfy a judgment rendered in said
action in favor of W S Reed and
against H W Moore for the sum of
$43900 with interest at thd rate of
ten per cent per annum from the
24th day of October 1921 an attor-
neys fee of $2500 and costs amount-
ing to $1100 I have levied upon
certain lands and tenements belong-
ing to H W Moore not exempt from
sale under execution for want of
goods and chattels of said H W
Moore which lands are situate in
Sequoyah County State of Oklahoma
described as follows to-wlt
6outh Mi of North West M and
North East !4 of North West 'A
and South of North West U
of North West 14 and North East
of North West of North West
14 and North West 14 of South
West 14 of North East 14 of Sec-
tion 20 Township 12 North Range
23 East
I have duly caused said lands and
tenements to be appraised accord-
ing to law at $80000
Now therefore notice is hereby
given that in pursuance of the com-
mands of said writ I will offer for
sale and sell for cash to the high-
est bidder said lands and tenements
or so much thereof as will satisfy
the said judgment attorney fees’ in-
terest and costs on the 30 day of July
1923 at 10 o’clock A M of said
day at the front door of the coun-
ty Court House in the City of Sal-
lisaw in said county and state
Witness my hand this the 27th day
of June 1923
JOHN E JOHNSON Sheriff
Sequoyah County Oklahoma'
By Fred Bradley Deputy
6-29-6t
FOR SALE:— Corn for sale $100
per bushel— Tom Seay at Jess
Thompson farm 6-16-8t
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Agricultural aifecbaalcet CoUegeil
Stillwater Is a posalM result ! th
healed controversy over patroaag
between President John A Whito
burst of Ik to board of agriculture
aid Oortrqor J C Waltoa
Governor Walton’s reorganisation
of th agricultural board in eueh
manner as to put Whitehurst ia the
minority led to tho election of George
Wilson as head of tho lUllwaier col-
lege at a time whoa tho school's ac-
counts were being audited to- trace
a reported large discrepancy la joint
state-federal funds
M J Otey financial aecretary 1
the school during the period when th
discrepancy was created had been
suspended prior to tho board’ reor-
ganisation end W B Hamlin appoint-
ed at Whitehurst’s Instance as acting
secretary with H A Andrsws us as
slstant
After the new' board fiad elected
Wilson It formally ordered Otey'
removal and the appointment of M
E France thus automatically displac-
ing Hamlin According to White
hurst there was an agreement be-
tween himself and Governor Walton's
newly appointed board members that
Andrews should remain at Stillwater
until the audit was completed
Whether or not Whitehurst had
promise from the Walton members
it didn’t prove binding on President
Wilson for the later summarily re-
moved Andrew and requested Mm to
vacate his office
A few hours later Whitehurst an
nouncrtl at Oklahoma City that the
federal government had decided to
audit the A A M College books and
that no federal or state-foderal funds
could be disbursed by the Stillwater
authorltlea untff the probe was com-
pleted It was the unexplained lack
of record on the expenditure of $28-
01 of federal fundi which led to thr
original suspension of Otey
The government has been allotting
something ike $200000 per year tc
the A & M College — the experiment
station military department and oth-
er branches of the school receiving
the benefit
The last legislature appropriated
$28600 to make up the reported short
age with the proviso that the monej
should not become available until s
final report had confirmed the dls
crepancy and revealed the disposition
of the money —
Whitehurst has also clashed with
the majority board members over the
consolidation of jobs at the college by
which Dr M A Beeson dean of ag
rlculture becomes also director of the
experiment station
On recommendation of President
Wilson the board removed the archi-
tectural department from the engi-
neering department of the college and
added it to the new school of indus-
trial arts The board ordered that all
faculty members and employes should
hold office at the pleasure of the
board rather than under contract for
a stated period
President Wilson was authorized to
shift instructors from one department
to another at will
J A Millard of Stillwater was elect-
ed purchasing agent for the college
While the new administration at
Stillwater was getting squared away
for the next school year matters at
the state university in Norman were
hanging fire pending election of a
new president by the board of regents
—this board also having been reor-
ganized by Governor Walton
Dr Edwin DeBarr vice-president
and dean of chemistry at the univer-
sity has been granted a year's leave
of absence without pay with the un-
derstanding that he will not return
In an official capacity He will be
succeeded In the chemistry depart-
ment (by Guy Y Williams aa Instruc-
tor for thdnst 22 years
Dr DeBarr was under fire last year
for his reported holding of a high of-
fice in the Ku Klux Klan
Governor JC Walton Is on record
as favoring creation of a pardon and
parole board to assume the present
powers of the chief executive— pro-
vided It does not become effective
during his term of office
The governor declared at a speech
in Dewey Ills second in three days
defending hts administration that it
whuld be a good thing to relieve the
governor of the power to grant clem-
ency But he added the present pe-
tition for a constitutional amendment
creating a pardon board was circulat-
ed as direct slap at him and he said:
“I intend to fight to retain every
constitutional right held by the gov-
ernor when I was inaugurated”
In a speech at Durant two daye
earlier the governor repeated his
declaration to the legislature on the
closing night of its session that he
would permit no person to be electro-
cuted during his term of office
"On that question I have a right to
my own religious and American opin-
ion” he said "and I have the further
right granted me under the constitu-
tion of Oklahoma"
This utterance by Walton was tak-
en final confirmation of his intention
to save the life of Arthur Henderson
now under reprieve to August from
electrocution originally scheduled for
euriy in June Henderson confessed
the brutal murder of William Prew-
itt Okahoma City traveling salesman
Commercial travelers of the state are
largely instrumental in circulation of
the pardon board petitions
Three of the "honor men" at the
convict camp established by the gov-
ernor on the slate capltoi grounds
made a auecessful getaway despite
brisk fire from guards at the stocK-
kde The fugitives are Jack Berry
No 9862 E J Marsh No 9854 and
ki Sullivan No 12193 Berry an-J
Marsh were serving 60-year sentence
for a drug store holdup in Tulsa
Tammy O rashly of Wy
so OMsokae of th prison squad war
log oadto ospltol iroonds dlsd la
Volvorsity Hospital Mr of seutt ap
toovorsor Walt to
(blags n many Oklahoma
Ml4 from hia sClc report that
tigo whipping parties haw kies held
I la th atate to the last year hot is
bcUctrc that this sect too to wading
(pops to Okmuliw kaa ha u ef-
fective measure of wanting
lu au address at Dewey the gown
por asserted that aa many na all or
eight whippings o week were report-
ed to him Courts of Inquiry end
grand juries proved useless he said
and ho resorted to th guard gesture
to convince the mob element that he
meant business
The governor In wmllty mad two
features In th direction of Okmulgee
county for after the adjutant gener-
al had announced th withdrawal of
tho troopa Colonel E L Head of
Muskogeo with 60 troops was sent to
Henryetta to prevent Rev Cornelius
Bowles from delivering na advertised
sermon on tho military occupation
A committee of Okmul?ce folk In-
cluding Joe King and J J Maroney
visited the capltoi to thank tho gov-
ernor In person for sending the gusrd
Members of tho governor's secret
service 'conducted a thorough raid
at Three Banda a mushroom “elty”
In the Tonkawa oil field destroyed
several gambling joints made num-
erous arrests and destroyed much
liquor
C C York who conducted th raid
and 0 T Smith another operative
from the governor’s ’ bureau were
sent to Perry to guard an oil field
bus which the owner reported had
been held up by o masked band with
a warning to the driver to keep off
the highway The bua line was re-
cently licensed by the corporation
commission
Deeply Incensed by the criticism lev-
eled at hla administration Governor
Walton has signified his Intention to
take hla cause before the people and
flay hla critic even aa they havo Hay-
ed him -
"You stand by me and 111 stand by
you" was the proposal the governor
made a tremendous throng of farmers
and their families at Durant and
from the noisy response It seemed
that hla proposition was accepted
In substance the governor charac-
terised most of the criticisms and
proposed remedies for present-day ills
In Oklahoma government aa personal
attacks on him and he declared his
determination to assert every bit of
power -granted him by the constitu-
tion The governor confessed only this
much of a share In the election of
George Wilson to be president of the
Stillwater A A M College— he "got
behind” his appointees on -the board
of agriculture to see "that the man
the people wanted took office”
He said that had Stratton D Brooks
not resigned as president of Oklaho-
ma University he would have been r
moved from office presumably for
pernicious political activity for the
governor declared Brooks had been
responsible Tor 35000 Republican
votes In the gubernatorial election
He predicted Brooks’ removal from
presidency of Missouri University as
soon ns Democrat should regain con
trol of that sfate r u:-'‘
Following hard on his explffnattori
of the Brooks matter the governor
advocated creation of a long term
elective commission with complete
supervision over all state educational
institutions He favored the removal
of any teacher Indulging in partisan
politics At the same time he said
the school system should be placed
on a mlilage tax basis with a fixed
levy year in and year out
Following the governor's disclaim
er of responsibility for Wilson’s eleo
tlon at Stillwater a public statement
was issued by Dudley Monk state
commander of the 'American Legion
calling on Walton to reorganize the
board of agriculture again appointing
members who would remove the new
A A M College head
The Legion is still conducting Iti
formal investigation to determine
whether Wilson was correctlj
charged with having seml-publici
declared himself consistently posses
sed of a desire to “shoot off” everj
Legion button he saw Tills presum
ably grew out of an Incident in Kan
sas when Wilson and other Non-Par
tisan League organizers Vere pre
vented from speaking by Leglonalres
With Farmer-Labor Reconstruction
League favorites ensconced in job:
attached to the recreated state mar
ket commission Interest in agglt
board circles turned to the controver
sy over general offices under the
board of agriculture ’
Since statehood the president ol
the board has been given the'Offlct
patronage Attorney General Short
has Indicated President Whitehurst
legally entitled to make certain ap-
pointments but the League leader-
and new members appointed by Gov
ernor Walton to the board have evln
ced their Intention to limit the presi-
dent’s power as far as possible
Whitehurst on the other hand told
the board flatly that he would go to
court In defense of-Vliat he believed
to be his legal powers
Following a visit of engineers o(
the federal bureau of publto roads to
Oklahoma it was announced that the
plans of Pltjsburg county are now
ready to be submitted to the federal
bureau for its approval
Differences of opinion arose some
This Is fully understood in the
structed In Pittsburg county just as
differences arose In other counties In
Oklahoma
The federal bureau of publle roadB
requires that when a patented process
of surfacing is used as a basis for
bids an unpatented process also shall
be submitted for bids and If the uh-
patented process is cheaper than the
patented the federal government will
only pay its part of the cheaper bid
for approved surfacing
Thla Is fully understood In th
Pittsburg county osse it is deolared
and It Is probable the plans pressnteij
by fmt county soon will be approved
Bach of
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hour "
What you don’t see behind your light bill b th vast
array of man monoy and material constantly required to
fivo you light when you push the button
- Think of tho thousands of miles of wire' every Inch of
which must bo kept in oorvicol
v
Think of the vast buldlngaf th fortune invested In
machinery th floats of motor trucks the army of men
-nnd woman from iklllod engineer to office staff!
Isn’t It worth thinking about that the sum Indicated on
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With ever- thing you want in the
way of the very best things to eat
Don’t forget we are now hand-
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Our feed line and chicken feed is
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