The Cotton County News (Walters, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 23, 1932 Page: 1 of 6
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DEVOTED TO THE
INTEREST AND WELFARE
OF COTTON COUNTY
The Cotton County News
A PAPER FOR FARMERS
OF SOUTHWESTERN
OKLAHOMA
VOLUME I
PUBLISHED AT WALTERS OKL4D' MA TIURSDAV JUNE S3
1932
Numef r 10
Annual Report Issued
By County Treasurer
GOVERNOR MURRAY FILES
NEW INCOME TAX BILL
J L Wills Issued a financial
statement of the work in the coun-
ty treasurer office during the past
year a report of which was car-
Tied with him to the meeting call-
ed by John Rogers state auditor
and examiner and held In Okla-
homa City Monday The report
shows that the taxpayers of the
county are facing the depressive
times in better financial condition
than might be expected since
about 90 per cent of the back taxes
have been paid into the treasurer's
of flee Sixty-two per cent for 1931
have been collected and amount to
$19316838
Following are some of the items
included In the report and which
will be of Interest to the citizens
of the county: Total bonded in-
debtedness of county $850000
Bonds due in 1938 county sinking
fund account $1032800 to date
Valuation of county 1931 $8988 -993
(1931 total state tax on roll
$3148147 total general county
tax on roll (county) $5220807
total county highway tax on roll
$1573073 Total cripple chlldrens'
tax on roll $89889 total levy
7058 mills total corporation tax on
roll $72000 Ledger balance to
June 17 1932 $11595470 of which
Investments are $3688500
All school warrants both county
and rural districts have been In-
vested in with exception of a period
of 60 days Balance in rent from
houses owned by the county
$213304 During the year there
has been only one school district
levy for building fund and two
school districts Devol and Temple
use the County treasury for de-
pository Ninety perciVt of all back taxes
have been paid in according to
the report
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT
ADDRESSES A ft M CLASSES
County Superintendent Jay F
Smith spent Tuesday in Stillwater
where he was a guest of Oklahoma
A ft M College and delivered
three addresses to the classes in
Rural Education In the College
Mr Smith discussed the problems
confronting the rural teacher and
stressed more in detail the rural
teacher and his relation to the
school
The visit of Mr Smith to Still-
water was prompted by an In-
vitation of Dr J C Muerman head
of the Rural Education Depart-
ment of the Oklahoma A & M
College who has noted through
close observation of work in this
county and its progress under the
leadership of Mr Smith
Mr Smith stated that his visit
to Stillwater was a most enjoy-
able occasion and that during the
day he spoke to a great many in
the classes of this work
1 1 CRIMES FARMS CANDIDATES NOT
EXTHSIVEimS
EO Orlmes prominent farmer
of Cotton county residing 7 miles
north and 2 miles east of Wal-
ters was a visitor in the city Mon-
day and while here came in and
boosted his subscription to the
News for another year Mr Grimes
is probably one of the most en-
thusiastic farmers in this section
and enters Into the Industry very
extensively This year he has 160
acres In wheat and 200 acres of
oats besides a volunteer field of
150 acres of oats
More than 1470 acres are con-
tained in the Grimes farming In-
terests Mr Grimes does most of
his heavy plowing with a tractor
using horses and mules for his cul-
tivating He came here from the
state of Nebraska 31 years ago and
has seen this county grow from
the sparsely settled prairies to one
of the best counties In the state
His faith and confidence in Cotton
county has resulted in his extensive
holdings in property interests One
son George resides on the ad-
Joining farm and assists him in
managing the places They have
three other boys Harlan who Is
associated with the Bert Parmen-
ter Law firm in Oklahoma City
Russell In the employment of the
Shell Petroleum Co and Glenn
who is a geologist for the Wirt-
Franklin Oil Co
Arousing Miss Una Lee Robers
assistant secretary of state early
Wednesday Governor Murray filed
his initiative petition for a new
income tax law at 7:30 a m
Entered in the name of Baxter
Taylor attorney in the govern-
nor's office the filing notice claim-
ed 185029 signatures It will be ad-
vertised Thursday In the gover-
nor's personal weekly opening a
10-days period for protests
"We have more than 200000 sig-
natures but many of the petitions
didn't get in" Murray said "When
we learned the petition had to be
filed in the presence of the gov-
ernor we had to act fast before I
left for Chicago"
Murray needs about 125000 sig-
natures to put the petition on the
ballot He declined to predict when
it will be submitted
"That will depend on when the
protests if any are disposed of"
he said
j 1
I Albert C Hunt
Walters Oil Field
Increases Production
J C Dulaney and I W Dedeker
of Devol were visitors in the City
Wednesday While here Mr D'jlany
made the News office a pleasant
call He has been City Manager
in Devol for the past eight years
10 HIRE WORKERS
At a meeting called by the can-
didates for the various officers over
the county which was held Mon-
day morning ill the county court
room of the court house resolu-
tions were adopted whereby each
candidate pledged 'himself not to
have any paid workers to carry
voters to the polls or to work to
their interests in any way on the
day of the primary election July 5
Thirteen of the candidates were
present and endorsed the move al
most unanimously A great many
who were present are said to be In
sympathy with it and practically
all candidates are expected to sign
the pledge which reads as follows:
Therefore be It resolved by the
various candidates for office that
they refrain from hiring workers
for election day and we solemnly
pledge and agree that neither or
any of us will hire any individual
for or on election day as has been
the previous custom of candidates
Floyd Jackson County Attorney
acted as chairman of the meeting
MARLOW AGAIN VICTIM
OF LOCAL GOLFERS
For the second time this season
Marlow golfers bowed In defeat to
the Walters club on the local course
Sunday afternoon by a score of
13 to Walters 31 talty
The Walters players started off
the last half of the season to up-
hold their first place in the South-
western Oklahoma Golf Associa-
tion A strong south wind hindered
the players from carding many
low scores
Hop Pearson held low score for
9 holes at 38 and Bill Stovall who
ran a close second in the previous
game with Marlow carded 80 for
18 holes The next league game will
be played In Waurlka with that
club on July 10
SUNDAY PICNIC
"Righteousness exalteth a nation
but sin is a reproach to any peo-
ple" According to the announcement
in the local papers a big picnic and
celebration is being planned to take
place near Walters the first four
days in July
As ministers of the Gospel of
Walters we wish to enter a voice
of protest aga'inst any celebration
for Sunday July 3rd the American
Sabbath and our Lord's Day Any
such celebration on Sunday as
announced we deem to be un-
ethical misleading and positively
detrimental to the best interest of
our churches and the morals of
our young people Furthermore it is
setting a precedent hat will have
a tendency to break down respect
for the Christian Sabbath
R I Graham
Geo C Hutto
W W Alverson
W B Phipps
b O Griffith
Ivan H Dugan
Judge Albert C Hunt candidate
for the office of United State
Senate from this district will speak
In Walters Friday afternoon at
2:00 o'clock Judge Hunt will dis-
cuss the pressing economic con-
ditions of the present time and will
present his candidacy for the of-
fice to the voters of Walters and
Cotton county The public is ex-
tended an invitation to come out
and hear him speak
COUNTY BOARD ACTS
COUNTYWHEAT AVERAGES
18 BUSHELS TO ACRE
The county equalization board
composed of Albert Carter chair-
man John Ray and L E Bowen
met Monday at the court house
for the purpose of transferring of
county funds and other business
matters connected with the work of
the board Passing on the assess-
ments given in the office of the
tax assessor took up a greater por-
tion of the session Monday
Only six changes were made in
the assessments at the meeting
are as follows: W A Yellding
Temple raised from $3000 to
$4000 Cotton County News lower-
ed from $2000 to $1500 Walters
Herald raised from $3500 to $4000
Temple Tribune raised from $1-
500 to $1750 A G Jackson raised
from $400 to $600 M & J Dry
Goods store reduced from $3000
to $2500
The Board will meet again the
first Monday in July to pass on
the county budget
Citizens of Walters and Cotton
county are optimistic over future
development in the oil business In
Cotton county as a result of the
agreement reached recently be-
tween the Shasta Oil Company the
royalty owners In the Walters field
and the Magnolia Petroleum Com-
pany whereby the Magnolia com-
pany will practically doubb their
purchase of crude in the Walters
field Heretofore the company has
been taking about 871 barrels and
this week 1471 barrels daily began
flowing through their lines
A committee of local citizens in-
cluding Wm Burgess" representing
the chamber of commerce Glenn
Dark Senator Dave Boyer N
Jones and Toby Morris attorney
representing the Community and
working in connection with Judge
Francis of Wichita Falls who
represents the Shasta Oil Company
and J P Rayzor vice-president of
the Shasta Company accompani-
ed a committee representing the
royalty owners of the field includ-
ing Walter Chambers Lee Moore
and J Will Smith to Oklahoma
City about two weeks ago to meet
with the Corporation Commission
and present petitions for larger
production They have been work-
ing together to bring about this
achievement since that time At-
torneys for other producers in the
field who were fighting the open-
ing up of the output had the case
postponed for two weeks
Meantime through the untiring
efforts of N Jones the citizens
committee and others interested in
the project an agreement was
reached with the Magnolia Com-
pany whereby they agreed to buy
1471 barrels daily to be run through
teir own lines
Toby Morris local attorney de-
serves special credit for the ac-
complishment on account of his
strong plea and citation of techni-
calities of Oklahoma laws pro-
tecting the state and royalty own-
ers in such instances
Opening of the Walters field will
have a substantial Income in Cot-
ton county At eighty cents a bar-
rel for the total output of 1471 bar-
rels daily will net the royalty
owners approximately $4500 per
month or an increase of approxi-
mately $2500 per month over the
former price
In addition to the increase in-
come from the wells a number of
unemployed will be aided by the
move and it will probably en-
courage new drilling activities in
the near future Thirty-six other
companies besides the Shasta Oil
Company have holdings in the
Walters field
Other stripper fields in the state
have been allowed to produce the
entire potential output and the
co-operation of the Corporation
Commision in this plan meets with
the approval of these interested In
the field and the county as well
L PICNIC TO FORMER WALTERS
BE HELD AT EMERSON CITIZEN DROWNS
FUNERAL FOR MRS PLUN-
RETT HELD THURSDAY
Funeral services for Mrs Eula
Hogan Plunkett who died Tuesday
June 21 In a Lawton Hospital were
held Thursday afternoon at 3:00
o'clock conducted by Rev R T
Graham pastor of the Methodist
church
Mrs Plunkett was 111 only a few
days when she was claimed by
death She Is survived by her hus-
band and three children Mary
Lucille Lewis and Oliver her
mother Mrs A A Hogan and three
sisters Mrs J C Crow Mrs L D
Huder Mrs Doyle Beener all of
Chattanooga and Mrs S L Lewis
Kilgore Texas Three brothers
Frank Hogan of Long Beach Calif
Lowell Hogan of Lwton and
Harold Hogan of Chanooga also
survive
I Mrs Plunkett professed religion
early In life and united with the
Methodist church She was mar-
ried to Mr Plunkett on January
28th 1909 and three children were
born to this union She was a
conslstant Christian a loving
mother and a good wife
I A large crowd of friends and
'relatives attended the funeral
Harvest is in full swing over the
I county this week Combines and
j thrashers may be seen busy at
'work on the fields In all sections
of the county The timely rains
I have made a better yield than was
I anticipated
An average of 18 bushels to the
i acre is indicated There are fields
however that will yield much
higher and the quality is excep-
tionally good
J T MUSGROVE RETURNS
FROM HOSPITAL
The many friends of J T Mus-
groves will be delighted to know
tUat he hus recovered from an
operation for the amputation of
his foot sufficiently to be removed
to his home In Walters The opera
tlon was performed a few weeks
ago in a Duncan hospital and
since that time he has steadily im-
proved in health Mr Musgrove is
past 84 years of age and in splto
of his advanced age he has shown
a remarkable spirit of fortitude
and cheerfulness during his illness
His friends are glad to welcome
him back home
! BAR MEETING TO BE
HELD IN DUNCAN
The next regular meeting of the
j 15th Judicial district of the Okla-
homa Bar Association which in-
l eludes the Walters organization
i will be held in Duncan on July
j ?id Toby Morris attoj'JWy and
' member of the program committee
stated Tuesday Mr Morris In com-
i pany with Walter Stevenson of
Lawton and Guy Green Waurlka
met Wednesday with Paul Sullivan
the other member of the program
committee in Duncan to arrange
i the program and plans In detail
for the meeting
The annual celebration of the
old settlers of "The Big Pasture"
will be held at Emerson Grove
seven miles west of Walters the
latter part of July according to
Tom Christian who will be in
charge of arrangerrrt"its again this
year
These annual picnics at Emerson
has gained recognition from far
and near and folks come miles to
enjoy this annual celebration of
old timers
The setting for the picnic is one
of natures own beauty spots An
ideal camping site with abundance
of shade and plenty of pure cold
water
There will be plenty of amuse-
ments and carnival attractions of
all kinds for both young and old
COUNTY TAX PAYERS TO
HOLD MEETING MONDAY
There wiU be a meeting of the
Non-Partisan Tax Payers Associa-
tion held in the county court room
in the court house Monday after-
noon June 27 The meeting will
begin promptly at 2:00 o'clock and
! all members and others interested
are urged to be present as matters
of Importance are to be discussed
by the association according to Mr
Vlckers the secretary
POLITICAL SPEAKING DATES
FOR NEXT WEEK
REGISTRATION CLOSES
FRIDAY EVENING
! Registration books over the
county will close Friday June 24
after being opened for ten days
prior to the primary election July
5 All those who have not regis-
tered will have to do so by tomor-
row evening In order to be able to
vote In the primary Persons who
are 21 years of age who have been
In the state one year the county
six months and the precinct 30
days are eligible to registration If
you have not registered be sure
and do so Friday
BOY SCOUTS LEAVE
FOR CAMP TUESDAY
Mr and Mrs Glen Bandy of
Phoenix Arizona arrived Monday
to make an extended visit with her
parents Mr and Mrs Robert Park
and family and other relatives
Mr and Mrs Sebum Graham
spent Suriday afternoon In the
home of her mother Mrs R G
Mima and family In Snyder
Speaking dates for the candi-
dates for the next week have been
announced as follows: Friday June
24 Taylor store 8auirday Rand
lett Monday evening Essaquanah-
dale Wednesday Walter:) The
meeting In Walters Wednesday
will end ihe speaklnr tour of Hie
candidates befcre the MMl primary
Jul: t " olg r:lly li planned lor
that 'vcnlng
Judge D B Madden was selected
as one of two attorneys to sit on
the bench with Judge Rlcharsnn In
Lawton In district court Thurs-
day Judge Bailey of Chit-kasha
was the other attorney selected by
the Comanche bar to serve In JbbtS
capacity This arrangement was
made to eliminate the expense of
a Jury trial as funds for that pur-
pose have been exhausted
Four boy scouts accompanied by
jot Sudlk assistant left at 5:00
'o'clock Tuesday for Camp Chap-
man In the Arbuckle Mountains
near Ardmore on a ten days en-
campment An opportunity will be
given all boys at camp to pass tests
( for the first and second class and
all merit badges One the last day
of the camp a court of honor will
be held at which time an honor
camp will be selected
I Boys from the Walters troops
who are attending the camp are
Thomas Huff Wilbur Murlt Jack
l Stamper Archie Spelr
Dr Russell Lewis who has been
visiting his mother the past two
weeks left Thursday afternoon for
Knoxville Tenn where he will
enter the Knoxville Oeneral Hos-
pital July 1st to begin a year's
Internship Dr Lewis received Ml
M D degree from the University
of Oklahoma In Norman this
spring
Walters citizens were shocked
Tuesday evening when the news
reached here that Edgar M Dixon
former Walters citizen was drown-
ed in Lake Altus near Altus about
0:30 o'clock that evening Mr Dix-
on is manager of the J C Penney
Company in Shawnee with his wife
was spending a short vacation in
Clinton with relatives and in com-
pany with Cecil Smith a brother
of Mrs Dixon Mr Straub druggist
of Clinton and two other com-
panions had gone to Lake Altus on
an outing trip The boat in which
they were rowing was capsized
when struck by a heavy gale In the
lake Friends rescued four of the
party but Mr Dickson went down
immediately according to reports
from Altus
Edgar Dixon was a nephew to
Dr Janes and Mrs Blair and Mrs
Blanche Esser He and his brother
Dr Knowlton Dixon of Oklahoma
City made their home with Dr
and Mrs Janes in Walters for a
number of years He was a graduate
of the Walters high school and
lived here a few years after his
marriage to Miss Faye Smith of
Clinton A host of friends here
join in extending sympathy to the
bereaved relatives
Up to time of going to press
Thursday afternoon the IWdy had
not been found Crews of men have
been working In regular shifts
since the tragedy to rescue the
body and late Wednesday evening
a number of experts were called
from Oklahoma City to aid In the
rescue
Miss Virginia Dixon daughter of
i the deceased flew by plane from
San Antonio where she was at-
tending a girls camp to Oklahoma
City Wednesday where she was
met by relatives and escorted to
Clinton
Mrs J Lon Sawyer for many
years a close friend of Mrs Dixon
accompanied Dr Janes to Clinton
Wednesday returning to Walters
Thursday morning
j Dr Janes will remain in Clinton
I for a few days
Mrs Romlc Selman Is entertain-
ing her sister Miss Ida Gllllland
of Los Angeles Calif who will be
her house guest for the next two
weeks Miss Ollllhind Is enroute to
Birmingham Alabama where sh--will
visit during the summer with
relatives and friends before re-
turning to her home in Los Angeles
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Garey, Earl C. The Cotton County News (Walters, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 23, 1932, newspaper, June 23, 1932; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1851928/m1/1/?q=wichita+falls: accessed June 9, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.