Ottawa County Courier (Wyandotte, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, January 13, 1911 Page: 4 of 6
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To the Member of the Third
Legislature in Regular
- Session Assembled
' I submit this message to you with
a feeling of hesitancy- My term of of-
ee has Just began and it is Impossi-
ble for ms to know th needs of the
- various departments of the State for
which your duty requires yoq to legis-
late As fast as possibel I shall ao-
quaint myself with the needs of ths
different departments the legislation
needed and will supply yon with the
facts There are however certain
nutters I desire to call to your atten-
' tkm at this time The majority of
yon were elected upon platforms em-
bracing distinct promises to the peo-
ple These pledges should be faithful-
ly redeemed No man who is worthy
to hold a seat in the Legislature of Ok
lahoma will now undertake to ignore
' or vary the terms of the compact he
nude with the people prior to elec-
Educatlon
Much time has been given to the
subject of education by previous Leg-
islatures of the State and much sub-
stantial progress has been made along
these lines but there is much yet to
be accomplished If we are to give to
the people of the State the best possi-
ble system of schools and the syatem
that they are entitled to have prevail
The wealth of the State is unevenly
distributed and will likely continue to
be as long as time shall last It fol-
lows that we have districts of large
taxable values where an insignificant
tax will maintain good schools nine
months in the year while in other dis
tricts the taxable wealth la so small
that a tax sufficient to maintain a pro-
per school for three months becomes
burdensome In some districts the tax
on public service corporations yields
large sums of money for educational
purposes While in many lest fortu-
nate districts no revenue whatever is
derived from this source Under these
conditions progress halts In these un-
fortunate districts The cltixen of an-
other State coming Into our midst to
stride with us naturally seeks a home
In the district where taxation bears
tightest and school advantages are
best For these conditions to remain
means an unevenly balanced citizen-
ship one class educated and well
equipped tor useful citlsenship the
other class poorly educated and ill
prepared to do their rightful part in
building the State It is manifestly
Impossible to distribute evenly the
wealth at the State among the various
school districts but we can more
ovenly distribute the benefits of this
wealth that arises in the form of taxa-
tions Ton are being asked to appro-
priate hundreds of thousands of dol-
lars to care for the criminal and pau-
per classes of the State and these de-
mands grow larger and more burden-
some each year but it is a burden
that beara with uniform weight over
all sections of the commonwealth It
Is certainly aa Just to tax the citizens
of Oklahoma County to help educate
the boy of Carter County as it Is to
tax the citizen of Oklahoma County to
help provide and care for the criminal
at Carter County Besides it is the
practice of good business methods
Better educated citizenship will result
in fewer criminals to provide for and
a less number of paupers to support
by the State
I therefore urge that you levy a tax
for public school purposes that will be
sufficient when supplemented with
the interest on the Invested school
fund and rentals on public school
lands to provide not less than five
months school la each district In the
State
The Constitution of this State pro-
vides that “The supervision of in-
struction in the public schools shall
be vested In a Board of Education
whose powers and duties shall be pre-
scribed by law” and until otherwise
provided by law tbe Governor Super-
intendent of Public Instruction Secre-
tary of tbe State and Attorney Gen-
eral constitute the Board Three
pears have gone by without any se-
rious attempt on tbe part of the leg-
islature to vitalize this important seo-
tion of the Constitution Oklahoma
has a splendid opportunity to Inaug-
urate and maintain a system of educa-
tion suited to the needs of our peo-
ple and thoroughly efficient in all of
Its details That we have no such sys-
tem now and cannot have under pres-
ent laws is manifest to every man
who has given tbe subject serious
thought A halt dozen different edu-
cational boards at the heada of dif-
ferent departments of educational
work each having its peculiar idea of
ths fitness of things educational and
no two agreeing in detail or purpose
are creating a state of confusion in
this department of government that
will soon be unbearable There is no
ooirellatlon among our higher educa-
tional schools and will be none under
present conditions Tbe result Is du-
plication of work and wasteful extra-
vagan oe tbat should be speedily
checked Tbs only hope I can see for
a correction of these conditions lies la
tbs creation of a Board of Education
aad vesting it with adequate powers to
deal with all matters educational 1
realise that aa honest attempt on your
part to deal with this subject will
asst with stubborn aad serious oppo-
sltlea Certain localities profiting by
ths preer t system will Oppose any
change a-i If change does come win
ey to es modify the law as to make
f
It ineffective but the Interest of all
the people should prevail rather than
that special favor should bo ahosm
to the tow Now Is too Umo to act
in this matter Delay haa already
seriously crippled the educational In
forest of the stats aad further delay
Is likely to prove ruinous Therefore
In the interest of the 608000 school
children of this state and the future
general welfare of too psbUc school
system of Oklahoma I beg you to pass
a law creating a Board of Education
aa the Constitution provides Thlp
Board of Education when properly
clothed with authority can work out
an adequate system of consolidated
rural high school — a system that must
prevail in this state it any adequate
measure of Justice is meted out to the
rural portion of our population
Election Laws
Tbe present Primary and General
election Laws were passed by the first
State Legislature and at that time
were evidently thought to be adequate
to the needs of the people Two un-
successful attempts have since been
made to amend or modify these laws
Unmerciful and unjust criticism has
been hurled at these laws until deep-
seated dissatisfaction prevails among
our people and the demand for chang-
ing these laws comes from all classes
and all political parties Too much
care cannot be exercised In framing
a law to properly protect and maintain
the integrity of our elections How-
ever I would not have you think that
I believe a law can possibly be drawn
that will meet with no criticism No
matter how perfect it way be it will
find its critics immediately following
the first election held thereunder and
these critics will in a large measure
be confined to tbe list of defeated
candidates It has become an almost
universal custom for a defeated can-
didate to charge his defeat either to
the rascality of his successful oppon-
ent or to the Imperfection or unfair
ness of the election law It Is rare
indeed that the unsuccessful candidate
is willing to attribute his defeat to
its real cause— the desire of a ma-
jority of the voters to have some oth-
er candidate than himself fill the of-
fice to which he aspired So you need
not hope to pass a law that will es-
cape criticism but you can enact one
that will meet the approval of a vast
majority of the voters of the State
and after all it Is the voters’ Interests
tbat are to be looked after rather
than tbe candidates’ desires
In forming new election laws or
amending the present laws I suggest
that you simplify the laws as much
as possible — writing It in as little
space and as clear language as you
can so that the masses can read and
understand It Knowing full well that
you can frame no law that will not
in some lnatances be violated I would
ask that you attach severe penalties
for Its violation so that adequate pun-
ishment may be meted out to the per
on who violates 1L
Banking
No radical changes are needed or
demanded in the banking laws of this
State Our laws have been built
around tbe fundamental idea of pro-
tecting the depositor who commits the
safety of bis money to the keeping of
our State bankers We have the best
law under which to build a safe and
sound banking Institution that has
been passed In the Republic There
is one amendment however that I
urge you to make in the Interest of
better banking conditions In the
State The real results to be obtained
from any law lie in ths proper admin-
istration of that law No matter bow
much of merit a law possesses If It
be Imperfectly administered abuses
are liable to prevail The present laws
are under the administration of a
banking board composed ex-officio of
8tate officials It is no disparagement
of tbs ability Integrity or good Inten-
tions of any of these officials to aay
that tbe banking interests of tbe 8tate
would be better served if our banking
laws were administered by a differ-
ently constituted board These 8tate
officials have all tbe work that they
can possibly properly do attending to
the duties of the offices to which the
people have elected them and they
cannot give the needed time and at-
tention to their duties as members of
the banking board without seriously
neglecting their other official duties
Tbe State banking business of Okla-
homa haa already assumed vast pro-
portions On November 10th 1910
there were six hundred and ninety-
three banks with total assets of $76-
39408970 With such a vast aggre-
gate of resources constantly increas-
ing and touching and Influencing ev-
ery artery of legitimate business In
ths State too much care cannot be
exercised In dealing with tbe subject
To bundle the problem safely and to
the best advantage of the people metq
well qualified to cope with the sub-
ject and with ample time to devote
thereto should be placed In charge
In the proper conduct of tbs banking
Interests of ths Stats partisan politics
should bavs no placs It Is a business
affair purs and simple aad should ba
entirely and eternally removed from
tbs realm of party politics I there-
fore urge that you as amend ths pres-
ent banking laws as to provide for
tbs appointment of a soa-partlsae
board coa slating of tons members
who shall bavs satire saparvtaloa over
toe ban king laws of ths State I also
tbat On law be changed
ao ae to bwvMs’ that sssssimsati
w ths ass o( tbs
guaranty fund be kept on deposit In
the banks contributing same under
terms and conditions that will Insure
Its payment on 'demand when needed
by toe banking board -Prohibition
Them can no longer be honest
doubts in any mind that ths people of
this Stats favor prohibition On two
occasions ths voles of tbe people has
unmistakably spoken In Its favor It
la now the duty of the Legislature
and this administration to see that
these demands are heeded It serves
no good purpose to try to disguise
ths fact that ths enforcement of toe
law la tola Stats haa been unsatisfac-
tory to ths people -The fault how-
ever haa not been with the State ad-
ministration but with the law Itself
Ths powers given ths Governor have
been entirely inadequate Ths best
the Governor can do under ths pres-
ent law Is to sand enforcement offi-
cers from one community Into another
to try to enforce laws that local offi-
cials fail and occasionally wilfully
refuse to enforce These imported
officials enter the community with all
the Influence these delinquent local
officials and their friends can com-
mand thrown in their way tohlnder
and obstruct them Coupled with this
Is the natural resentment that an Ok-
lahoman holds against the system As
citizens of the two Territories prior
to state government we fought so Con-
stantly against the Idea of Imported
officials that the doctrine of local self
government haa become a fixed prln-
Icple with nearly all of us Yet the
State and this Legislature owe a duty
to the good people of the State and
the law-abiding citizens In every com-
munity no matter how much they
may be in the minority are entitled
to the protection of the law If local
officials fail to give this protection
the 8tate must give It otherwise Just
and righteous government Is a faroe
and a 'failure
Again I regard the present law In-
adequate In this: We refuse the in-
dividual the right to deal in Intoxicat-
ing liquors holding tbat the same is
wrong— yet In a collective capacity
we have established dispensaries
where the 8 tats handles these out-
lawed liquors and that too In the
face of the fact that tbe people of
the State by popular vote declared
against the dispensary system If It
Is wrong for an individual to sell In-
toxicating liquors it- is wrong for an
aggregation of Individuals tp sell them
though you try to disguise the Indi-
viduals by calling them "the State”
I therefore recommend that you abol-
ish the dispensary system in this
State and give the power to some
responsible State official to remove
any officer in the State whose duty it
is to enforce this law who fails or
refuses to enforce It With these
amendments effective 1 am sure that
more satisfactory results will be ob-
tained One of the chief hindrances to the
proper enforcement of this law la the
prevailing practice of gambling In the
State A large percentage of the vio-
lation of this law of prohibition Is
directly traceable to this cduse If you
will abolish gambling you will de-
crease crime fifty per cent In the
State Of course no one believes you
can pass a law that wlU entirely stop
gambling but you can lessen the evil
As a means to this end I recommend
that you make it a felony for any man
to run a gambling house in this State
When you have passed such a law you
have discharged your duty In this mat-
ter The responsibility for results will
thsn be placed upon other officials
and the people of the State who be-
lieve in law enforcemenL
Reapportionment
It win be your duty to redlstrict the
State for Legislative Judicial and Con-
gressional purposes Of course noth-
ing can be done toward establishing
Congressional Districts until Congress
shall establish the basis of apportion-
ment but this Should not cause any
delay In fixing Legislative and Judicial
Dtetriots In the matter of redlctrict-
lng the State for all of these purposes
I trust a spirit of fairness will char
acterlse your actions No political
party can permanently profit by prac-
ticing manifest unfairness The his-
tory of the other States teaches us
that honest men in all parties resent
outrageous gerrymandering In no
State in the union are there to be
found a larger per ce triage of fair
minded people than live in Oklaho-
ma Your duty as Representatives of
the people is to the entire citizenship
of this State and not to any portion
tbat ettlsensblp No matter bow
zealously we may serve any political
organisation if thereby we fall to ren-
der Just service to all the people we
have failed to perform our real duty
Nor has any political party the right
to demand or expect that you do less
than your duty to all of the people
The usefulness of aay political party
or organisation reaches Its end when
that party ceases to be fair and Just
The majority party In this State has
won its triumphs thus far because It
has championed the rights of the peo-
ple and baa dealt with uniform open-
ness and fairness with them It will
continue to be the dominant party Just
as long as It continues this policy of
fairness but when it outrages right it
will deserve and receive rebuke at the
hands of the peon)
' Cede Commission
Past Legislatures have appropriated
thousands of dollars of the peoples’
money In an effort to obtain a sensible
codification of tbe taws of tbe Bute
That this codification Is necessary la
admitted by all aad no man objects
to a reasonable expeaditara of money
the desired result Is obtained Tbe
trouble I the money baa been appro-
priated aad wade and ne aooeptod
soda baa been prodnood It innate
Manta that dtvMsn sees among the
at the Cede Cemntieolen as
to the proper course to be followed in
the progress of that work I am not
undertaking to say who If any one
la at fault This much I do say un-
hesitatingly— the money expended
should have produced a splendid Code
It la no Justification of existing condi-
tions to say that other States have
spent more money tor a like purpose
Other States have frequently done
things we do not care to approve 'The
Oklahoma spirit Is to do things la a
proper way and with the least burden
to the people The tax payers are de-
manding to know why tbe work tor
which their money baa been used la
not oompleted They have a right to
make this demand and to know the
facta As the representatives of the
people they are expecting you to pro-
tect their Interests In the matter
In a spirit of fairness to both fac-
tions of the Commission this Legis-
lature should Investigate the work
done and place the responsibility
Where it belongs You should not stop
there but you should continue your
labors until a Code la produced The
quarrels and disagreements among the
members of the Code Commission are
not interesting to the people the per-
sonal ambitions of these excellent gen-
tlemen are bt "no public Importance
What the people want and have paid
for la a satisfactory Code and noth-
ing short of this will satisfy them
Court Relief
The crowded condition of the docket
In tbe Supreme Court of the State de-
mands serious consideration at your
hands No one will charge that the
members of that Court are not doing
their full duty They are all tireless
workers and each Is doing his utmost
to relieve the congestion But there
Is a limitation placed upon human ac-
complishment beyond which no man
can go Hundreds of cases are now
docketed awaiting a bearing and the
number Is dally Increasing
The crowded condition of the dock-
et Is a potent factor In still further
Increasing the number of appeals The
unsuccessful litigant In the lower
court when he realises that his case
if appealed cannot be reached for
years la often tempted to appeal his
case In order that he may delay Jus-
tice It la not unreasonable to assert
that If speedy hearing could be had
of all cases appealed the number of
appeals would be materially reduced
There arc three remedies suggested
to relieve the situation First the
addition of other members of the
court second the creation of a tem-
porary Intermediate court and third
the limitation of the right of apepal
To me the first proposition does not
appear to offer any substantial relief
At any rate It is questionabel how
seven men con more quickly decide a
question than five can The second
remedy proposed would give tempor-
ary relief for whatever work was
given to that court would be taken
from the existing court and the docket
could be cleared In a reasonable
length of time Tbe objection to this
proposition la that It would materially
increase the court expenses of the
State and offer no permanent relief
for as soon as tbe court was abolished
the present condition would likely re-
turn The third remedy would afford
permanent relief without added cost
to the people and would not Injure
litigants Give final Jurisdiction to
District Courts In all cases where the
amount Involved does not exceed five
hundred dollars and you will give
permanent relief to tbe Supreme
Court -
I hope that there will be no serious
attempt made on your part to make
wholesale changes In existing laws
The majority of the people of the
State want to see conditions become
settled In Oklahoma and this can
never be as long as our laws are the
subject of constant change Taken as
whole the laws of the State are
admirable and tbe people want to see
them ”0108 out” Where experience
has shown that weakness exists that
fault should be corrected but It is
not fair to condemn the entire law
because there happens to be an ob-
jectionable section therein The mod-
ern tendency Is to grind out laws with-
out regard to needs or result as If
the merits of a legislative body were
to be determined by the number of
tbe laws passed The result Is that
few lawyers have a knowledge of the
laws while the average citizen Is com-
pletely bewildered and lost In tbe In-
terminable maize Fewer laws In sim-
pler language and more readily un-
derstood and more effectively en-
forced will find favor among the
masses of tbe people and will bring
Into being an era of prosperity and
growth not hitherto known
I trust tbat your deliberations wlO
be pleasant to you and profitable to
the people of the State It will at all
times be a-pleazure for me to render
you any assistance In my power and I
trust that you will feel no hesitancy
In calling upon me for any Information
that you may desire that It Is In my
power to supply -
- Kiefer Postofflce Robbed
Kiefer Okla— Robbers blew open
the safe In the postofflce hers this
morning about t o’clock secured sev-
eral hundred dollars' worth of stamps
snd 1700 in cash and made their eo-
eape The explosion awakened the
town and la a short time scores of
people were at the postofflce A posse
was formed but the cracksmen fled
under cover of darkness In their
Bight they dropped several packages
equipping end beautifying ths grounds
of ths Durant normal
Fire Destroys Build taps1
t Wtuhomto OkUs— A fir here Bum
lay which originated In the fishery
Shop of Henry Board destroyed four
K buildings aad caused partial
i two ether bnf‘3lngi The hah-
Prtaop waaa£roloasi The tas
paittaCr etwesed by tamuasss
IS FORMALLY INAUGURATED
Oklahoma City— Thousands of cit-
izens of Oklahoma assembled la Ok-
lahoma City Monday to witness the
inauguration of Governor Lee Cruce
of Ardmore as second governor of ths
new state!
The inauguration proper took place
at 11 o'clock noon at the Auditorium
The ceremony wu very Impressive
‘ Governor Cruce arrived In the1 city
at 11 o’clock from bis home In Ard-
more 1 A special train over the Santa
Fe brought the Governor- Company
O of Ardmore of the national guard
as a guard of honor citizens of bis
home town the student body of the
state university at Norman and cltl-
sens from tbe various other towns
along the line ’
- Mr Cruce was met at ths station
by the Oklahoma City company of
the national uard and a reception
committee of officials and ' citisens
He together with guests of the party
was escorted to the Lee-Hucklns hotel
where apartments had -been reserved
Fifteen minutes after the greeting
to the next chief executive the legis-
lature assembled In the executive
halls Hudson avenue and Kate street
toprepare for the inaugural ceremony
The legislature In charge of Its va-
rious officers then marched to the
auditorium at 11:20 o’clock where the
arrivel of the gubernatorial party was
awaited The senate members were
seated on the right of the stage and
the house on the left The president
of the senate and the speaker of the
house presided over their respective
branches - - - - '
Tbe auditorium stage was occupied
by the gubernatorial party members
of the supreme court criminal court
of appeals state officials and mem-
bers of the legislative and local ar-
rangement committee
A carriage drawing Governor C N
Haskell Governorelect Lee Cruce
Lieutenant-governor George Bellamy
and Lieutenant-governor-elect J J Me-
Alester left the Lee-Hucklns hotel at
11:0 o’clock Aa a guard of honor the
Ardmore military company the Okla-
homa City military company the First
regimental band of the national guard
preceded by a police patrol of six
mounted officers accompanied the
gubernatorial party
Immediately upon the arrivel of the
gubernatorial party at the auditorium
the president pro tern of the senate
called tbe assembly to order
The Rev C C Welth of Ardmore
pastor of the First Presbyterial church
at the request of Mr Cruce delivered
the Invocation The Rev Mr Welth
has been Mr Croce’s pastor for ten
years Judge Jesse J Dunn chief
justice of the supreme court admin-
istered the oath o£ office
Allowing the administration of the
oath of office Governor Cfuce delivered
his Inaugural address
At the conclusion of tbe official cere-
monies at the auditorium tbe car-
riages containing the executive party
took their places at the head of the
procession
Tbe procession Included the mili-
tary companies from Muskogee Ard-
more Tulsa and Oklahoma City the
First regimental band of Shawnee
two batallons of cadets from the A
and M college of Stillwater accom-
panied by two bands bands from va-
rious other cities state officials pri-
vate parties in carriages vsrious civic
and fraternal organisations members
of tbe confederate and federal vet-
erans organisations Spanish war vet-
erans aad others
Ths procession moved from ths autl-
torium to Grand avenue thence on
West Grand avenue to tbe Intersec-
tion of Grand Avenue 'and Broadway
Hero the procession halted until Gov-
ernor Cruce aad party reached the bal-
cony of the Lee-Hucklns hotel from
which place he and his party reviewed
the passing paradsrs
Immediately upon the conclusion of
tbe parade Governor Croce and the
Incoming state officers held a recep-
tion In the parlors of the Lee-Hucklns
hotel for the legislators members of
the supreme court of appeals retir-
ing officers and the citizenship of tbe
state -
The reception terminated at 4
o'clock and from that hour until 6
o'clock tbe newspaper fraternity of
Oklahoma City received la honor of
ths visiting members of the press the
legislature Judicial ar 1 state officials
Trsaehsry In Air at Dalas Meet
Dallas Tex— Because of a high
wind Wednesday's aviation program
was postponed until Monday An-
nouncement tbat tha events planned
would be postponed came after Charles
K Hamilton la bis biplane bad demon-
strated that air Journeys would border
on tbe suicidal Against the advice of
his fellows Hamilton attempted an as-
cension Twenty-five feet up a sud-
den veering of the- wind tilted the
planes and Hamilton fell Ths ma-
chine was slightly damaged but ths av-
iator was unhurt
Joint Legislative Board Organised
Oklahoma City — For tbe purpose of
conserving tbe Interests of organised
tabor of the stats aad of rocurlag leg-
islation advantageous to organised la-
bor aa organisation of delegates rep-
resenting the various crafts of Okla-
homa was perfected at 8 meeting held
Thursday
The Immediate purpose at tbe or
gaalsation which will be known as the
Joint legislative heard of Oklahoma
will be to secure laglaUttou at the pros
session of tbe third togtoiatoi 'di-
leetip beneficial to
Proposed Prohibition Bill Stringent
Oklahoma City— Before tbe Joint
session tp hoar the governor's message
convened Saturday the bouse of rep
rosentatlves passed ths resolution by
Bplen Fray and Fuller memorialising
congress In behalf of New Orleans to
the Now 0rleans-8an Francisco fight
for the Panama canal sx position
The passage of this resolution af
short argument about how md
stamps each member should have-7
ending In ths adoption of a motion dH
noting the sergeant-at-arma to buy (Iff
worth for each representative and the
Introduction of a number of bills Iraq
the work of the house In tbe short
tlms It Wu In single session r
A prohibition bill by Lenox had Alj
ken H B No 78 proposes some strln-
gent modifications in the existing proj
hibltory law The sole punishment
provided Is Imprisonment not less thus
two nor mors than five years hr the
penitentiary The sale transporta-
tion giving away or disposition of IN’
quora containing more than one-half of
one per cent of alcohol Is forbidden
except aa to preparations sold by phar-
macists for a man’s name to be list-
ed on the records of the internal rev-
enue collector’s office Is made prlma fa-
cie evidence of a violation of the law
the maintenance of club rooms or oth-
er places for the sale giving away
distribution or division of intoxicants
Is also made a felony with the two to
five yeara Imprisonment penalty The
proposed taw exempts from Its pro-
visions nntermented cider aad wine
made from apples grapes and berries
grown In Oklahoma
Bolen’s hill forbidding the printing
and circulation of rituals snd other se-
cret works of fraternal societies was
reported favorably out of committee
Harris’ bill requiring Judges to assess
tbe punishment in criminal cases was
reported out "do not pass" Both
bills came from the committee on
criminal Jurisprudence
AUTO STRUCK BY KATY TRAIN
- v
Mrs W W Johnson of Bartlesville
Suffers Severe Injuries
Bartlesville Okla— Mrs W W
Johnson wife of a prominent oil man
was seriously Injured Sunday when an
automobile containing Mr and Mra
Johnson and James Jarvis chauffeur
went dead on the Katy track four
miles west at Bartlesville and the
car wu struck by the Katy pusenger
train due here at 4:fi p m
The car wu demolished and Mrs
Johnson suffered a dislocation of the
hip and a blow on the bead which may
prove fatal Jarvis who wu attempt-
ing to start the car when the train
struck It wss struck on the head bp
a piece of flying wreckage Mr John-
son escaped Injury
The accident occurred In a cut near
a curve In the railroad track and the
occupants of the car did not notion
the approaching train
Yeggs Operate All Over State
Enid Okla— Following the dtacov-'
ery of dynamite tools of ufe blowers
and 11000 In ’stamps In a shack near
Cherokee Okla last week and word
that at least nineteen safeblowers now
are In Oklahoma W B Harrison see-
retary of the Oklahoma Bankers’- as-
sociation bu sent a letter of wans-
tng of-every bank In the state la-
the last month many banks and post-
offices were robbed In Oklahoma As-
cording to Mr Harrison the robber
work systematically out of the cities
Naur Judicial District Bill - v
Oklahoma City— At the night’ ses-
sion of thwhouse Thursday McCUnUe
Ashby of Jackson and Madden of
Harmon Introduced House Bill No 81 -creating
the Twenty-fifth Judicial dim
trlct of Harmon Jackson and Swam
son counties
Body te Found In Railroad Yards '
Davis Okla— The body of Claud
Johnson of Dougherty Okla wu
found in the south end of the Sants
Fe yards at this place about I o’clock
Saturday morning His bead had beeq
split open and apparently he died Instantly-
There were some minor
bruises on bis limbs and one on hla
hip which Is thought to have been
eaused In a scuffle with assailants
Every Indication points to his having
been murdered and an attempt to oov-
er up the crime by placing the body
on the railroad track to leave the Im-
pression that a train killed Johnson
Psksenger train No 8 was the only
train passing the point before -thw
body was found
Johnson was seen In town at about
11 o’clock by several people and the
report to current that the coroner’s-
Jury has learned that he was seen
near where the body was found In the
company of three women and two
men It -Is thought that arrests will
bs made before morning The Kro-
ner's Jury to still In session bearing
evidence
Negro Cause at Psllee Sensation
Chlckaaha Okfo— What bids fair to
develop Into a sensation waa discov-
ered Friday during discussion ot tbo
case of William Cook negro owner
of a moving picture show when he
presented to the city treasurer a H-
oonsc purporting to be signed by Pm
trolmaa Hugh Anderson showing that
he had paid U for the right to 00
duet a moving picture show Qrok
was arrested on a charge at forgery
as Anderson denies thw signature
Tha etty treasurer haa aot roteired
th manart so hw says
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Baxter, W. S. Ottawa County Courier (Wyandotte, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, January 13, 1911, newspaper, January 13, 1911; Wyandotte, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1842008/m1/4/: accessed July 17, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.