The Okemah Ledger. (Okemah, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 3, 1915 Page: 2 of 8
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PACE TWO
THE OKEMAH LEDGER
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transmission through the mails as
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Six months
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THIS PAPER REPRESENTED FOR FOREIGN
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atNtitAi omen
NEW YORK AND CHICAGO
BRANCHES IN ALL THE PRINCIPAL CITIES
WANT TARIFF LET ALONE
A movement to remove the
tariff from politics was launchec
-in Chicago last Thursday at a
-meeting attended by H U
kludge operating head of the
Chicago Rock Island & Pacific
Railroad under the receivership:
Clarence S Funk President E
P Ripley of the Atchison Tope
Tea & Santa Fe and other busi
-ness men
H H Cross president of the
National Soil Fertility League
-who presided said :
“In thirty years we have hac
five revisions and two attempts at
-revision of the tariff Consider
The net result — nobody satisfied
Industrial conditions disorganiz-
ed and our whole business struc-
ture periodically turned upside
"down”
-
MAKE ONE CASE TEST OF
GROSS PRODUCTION TAX
The State Board of Equliza-
tion on Saturday considered the
protested payments of the gross
production tax and entered into
an agreed statement to be filed
with the Supreme Court in the
case of the Wolverine Oil Com-
pany that will govern all the oth-
er cases the others having been
continued until Aug 1‘ Points
at issue in the case agreed to are
thought to cover every angle of
The difficulties between State and
oil producers who object to the 2
per cent tax on production
While no stipulations were
made with the hundred or more
companies it is understood that
all will abide by the law as it may
Te construed by the court Its
constitutionality is attacked and
questions are raised as to depart-
mental leases and Federal agency
- -in matter of Indian lands The
‘ -construction that makes the pro-
ducer jay tax on the royalty in-
terest is also involved It was
expressed as an opinion by C B
Ames attorney for the Wolver-
ine Oil Company and represent-
ing several others that if the Su-
preme Court shall decide the pro-
tducer does not have to pay this
tax on the royalty interest or
that he can recover it from the
owners of the fee the decision
will be satisfactory
An incident that lent interest
to the meeting was the statement
by Governor Williams as he as-
sumed the chair that ‘this suit
will determine whether there is
to be an extra sesion of the Le-
gislature at the expense of the oil
producers” The remark was jo-
cular but the Governor later said
it is his intention if the gross
production tax shall be knocked
out by the courts to call the Le-
gislature in extraordinary ses-
sion to enact another gross pro-
duction tax law within the lines
laid down by the court and to
make it high enough to pay the
tost to the people of the special
session in addition to the tax un-
der the present law He will sub-
mit nothing else to the special
session and expects that if it is
called it will complete its work in
two weeks
Ten little flies
All in £ line
One got a swat 1
Then there were
Nine little fiies
Grimly sedate
Licking their chops —
Swat I There were
Eieht little flies
Raising some more
Swat! Swat I Swat I Swat-
Then there were
Four little flies
Colored green-blue
Swat I (Ain’t it easy )
Then there were
Two little flies
Dodged the civilian —
Early next month
There were a million
Buffalo News
nu
SHIPPERS ASSOCIATION
' : ‘
A great deal has been written
about the market problem cor-
operation and -"so on bift our
Southern producers are slow to
GET BUSY NOW AND
FORM YOUR LOCAL
make a movement along these
lines " If one would substitute
for cotton the substitute crop
a i (
tor cotton tne suDsuiute crop 71'v w :vuuv
must be profitable for we must”“s?n? note s eyeJ1 m°rc dis-
live If a crop is to pay profits I appointing to administration of
it must sell for a fair price Last I tian as nightY summary
season watermelon growers fre-° 'ts c°nt®nt8 v f
quently complained that buyers Frankly the German note is un-
would only pay $40 and some- acceptable to this government
times even as little as $30 a car “ut n® determination has been
for melons At the same time rfaeda to the course of action
watermelons in Chicago Cincin- Uiat be pureued by the Ulnt-
nati New York -and Philadelphia ed States This will depend
retailed for SO cents each and up upon the expressions of
Here then is the problem— the P sentiment m this country
farmer receiving 10 cents and W1i!nf n?xt ew da7s
less the consumer paying 50c While it is generally thought
and more t1le Unted States will answer
In the past buyers have been Germany s requests for facts
known to band together and es- a restatement of the circum-
tablish the price they would offer stance® as I’ec'ted in be Ameri-
for products T do not know that can noe ° a7 the prompt-
a a I a a 1 (V AfiO lltltU atltanM iUA I
for products i uu IIVI MIUW mall
they did this with last year’s
watermelon’s but in other places
it has been done and about as
follows : Meeting in the same I
hotel some evening they decide
that tomorrow no one will offer
aa a I
nor pay more than $40 a car for maJc discussion -
melons If the grower refuses! m rso1s verJf ci°se to President
the first offer of $40 and tries to Wilson have learned that he is
sell to another buyer the second determined to obtain reparation
man shall offer not more than or e Lusitanit victims assuran-
$30 And so while half a dozen Fes°f resPec f?r American rights
buyers may seem to be bidding a- n !ire’ aJid that failing this he
gainst each other at the same w01 ud no1 ' estitate to sever dip-
time they are organized and the °!2atIC relations with Germany
price they pay is not fair to the ° Germany s note dis-
grower The farmer in the mid- osea concedes even less
st of his shipping season must to yntod States than was
sell -or have the crop an entire! supposed from the summaries
oss He is at the "buyers’ mer- at “ad been wred from Berlin
cy and in reality gets about half) j fhc most vttal point in Presi-
what his crop is worth dent Wilson s note— his demand
Cooperative marketing organi-‘or Pr°mpt action to prevent a
zations have been formed in recurrence of the Lusitania out-
many places some successful fa&e he German note not only
some not Many failures haves sJent but contains a state-
been due to the attempt to mar- m?nt which interpreted as a
cet anything from eggs to pota- reiteratIon °‘ imperial gov-
toes cabbage to butter tomatoes ernmf n s determination to pur-
to bacon Ten or fifteen men all su® her submarine operations
growing the same crop can or- onv way m which this flat
ganize and improve their selling statement of Germany's position
irices It would be better to have P3??3!1" s n a sentence in
all the growers of the particular which the foreign office says that
crop ip the county banded togeth- reserves final statement of its
er but a few can do much There) Posrion Wltb regard “to the de-
need be no expensive nor elabor-K?as ?’adein1 connection with
ate action These men may sim- e smkI?K ?f the Lusitania” un-
ply agree that their melons shall V a reP 7 s recelved from the
sell for $60 or $75 a car instead American government
of $40 and that on the other hand “ 13 assumed here that Ger-
they will ship nothing but first many would not have made these
quality uniform-sized melons Jr reiterations of its policy in
Buyers have been known to al- j je ° President Wilson’s
low produce to rot on the farmers demands unless it intended to
hands rather than pay the as- stand by them to the end
sociation prices Banded toge-l As j a matter of fact the only
ther the "growers may get mar- con?es3on tbat tbe Unit-
ket reports 'from a- number of fd obtains from Germany
commission men of several cities) Torn note is an expression o:
by mail or better by telegraph rre 'n re?ard to tbe loss o
and if the buyers refuse the goods 0‘ Americans on the Lusita-
let the growers consign the crop Tla and a Promse to compensate
to the market that seems best tor noncontrabrand carrying
If all growers of the particular ?lfsse which have been sunk
crop are working together buy-1 t'iroHb Germany’s fault Neith-
ers usually have to oav the nrice: lr ? these concessions is new
vi ujuauj iiovu iu xy uicpriLc
they are paid to buy truck If it
happens otherwise the business !
will be sufficiently large to at-
tract attention from the railroad
and commission men I
Be sure and ask for the cars in
thr" days ?h
Ltion ThlrerCe Com-
rhe shipper Be sure and state m
ordering cars that the goods are
perishable
For such beginning as above I ou Will’ Maka Ne MUuka if Yea
suggested the marketing move- Fallow ThU Advice
ment may grow The growers) -
in a certain county may elect Never neglect your kidneys
officers and when the profits of If you have pain in the back
cooperation have become suffici- urinary disorders dizziness and
ently large' they may build ware- nervousness it’s time to act and
houses railroad sidings shipping no time to experiment These
platforms canneries or cold stor-are frequently symptoms of kid-
age houses A number of small ney trouble and a remedy which
associations can further band to- is recommended for the kidneys
gether and form a large oreani-1 should be taken in time
zation such as the Eastern Shore Doan’s Kidney Pills are a good
nf Virginia Produce Exchange remedy to use It has acted ef-
This exchange is made up of 33 fectively in many cases in this
local divisions each under one vicinity
director Some of the local divi- Can Okemah residents demand
sions have several shipping points further proof than the following
Each local division handles its testimonial
own business but everything G M Berry Sixth St Cliand-
goes through the main office The ler Okla says : “Doan’s Kidney
great bulk of buying and selling Pills did me a great deal of good
makes for extremely favorable when I was having trouble with
prices to the farmers both ways my kidneys and had backache
It is too late to organize when They stopped the pains and made
the crop is being harvested It is my kidneys normal Doan’s Kid-
no time then to plan on some way
love-
to get better prices The move
ment the organization should
take place immediately In such
a matter the extension depart-
ment of your state college of
agriculture can be of untold val-
ue and their assistance will be
THE OKEMAH
gladly given Any truck grower
who has suffered from low prices
i in the past 'especially should
talk cooperative marketing with
his neighbors and see what can be
done while there is yet time
a— — —
I THE GERMAN REPLY
t - — k
I Washington The fulf text pi
German reply to President
I WllOIMI a nntA Id Bvan (MAM t‘a
- — — - i — r-
”?S3 with which the reply will be
despatched is counted upon to
erveas an indication that the
American government wishes an
f ar 7 answer and does not desire
° na protracted diplo-
mnrtr- niernccinn
T
Botl1 were contained in previous
notes to be State Department
DEMONSTRATINP Tier
0!? nicctMr
OF R0AD DRESSING
deS? rh?fChs
just east of the de t on qJ
F
DONT EXPERIMENT
ney Pills are just as advertised
and I heartily recommend them”
Price 50c at all dealers Don’t
simply ask for a kidnev remedy
get Doan’s Kidney Pills— the
same that Mr Berry had Foster
Milburn Co Props Buffalo N
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OKLA LEDGER
llMMSUIT I
BROUGHT here!
Sant Watson Domaada - t7HNo
Cuk and Id Acraa of OU
" Laid Frail Iki Prairie
Muskogee May 31— A suit in-
volving $700000 in cash and the
title to a l60acrejract of land in
the Cushing oil field was filed in
the United States district court
Tuesday morning The Prairie
Oil and Gas company is named as
defendant in the suit which was
filed by attorneys for Santa Wat-
son of Weleetka township -The
suit was originally filed" in
the district court of Creek county
but upon motion for the defend-
ant the papers were at once tran-
sferred to the federal court
Santa Watson who is a three
eighths Creek Indian asserts in
the petition that the land involv-
ed in the suit was allotted to his
daughter Mehanley by the
Creek nation The girl died in
1908 leaving as her nearest rela-
tive her father The 160 acres al-
lotted to the girl are located in
24-17-7 in Creek county
The Prairie Oil & Gas company
is now operating on the land and
has a claim in the allotment
Santa denies that he ever gave
the Prairie any claim on the al-
lotment Santa denies that the
federal court appoint a receiver
for the property
Since the Prairie took posses-
sion of the land and began operat-
ing upon it Santa Watson de-
clares that a totaP of $700000
worth of oil and gas has been
taken from it He asks for judg-
ment in this sum and for posses
sion of the land
WELEETKA NEWS
(From the American)
The business men of Weleetka
have arranged to make Saturday
June 12th the big day for this
city On that day every merch-
ant will offer bargains which will
be attractive enough to fill the
town with people Everyone in
a radius of fifteen miles should
plan to attend Weleetka
Miss Oma Woods and Arthur
Taylor were married at the home
of the brides' parents in Paden
Tusday Rev Jameson going up
to perform the ceremony
Miss Gladys Myers left this
week for her home in Alamosa
Colo She was accotnpained by
Miss Mary Woodruff whowill
spend the summer there
Miss Ina Johnson left last Fri-
day evening for a few days visit
with her sister Mrs C L Pearce
in Vinita before attending Nor-
mal at Edmond
Prof Roberson left Friday
evening for his home in Missouri
He did not apply for his position
as principal of the high school
but will seek a more remunera-
tive potition elsewhere
Little Miss- Violet Graham
who made her home with her
sister Mrs Hammond for the
past vear left Wednesday morn-
ing for her home in Missouri
Mrs Hammond accompained her
as far as Heniyetta
G W Hilderbrandt will con-
duct the summer normal at Oke-
mah having begun his work this
week The normal will close a-
bout the last of June and a large
attendance of the teachers of the
county is expected
The citv fathers held a called
meeting Wednesday night at
which time the appointment of a
marshal was taken up but no se-
lection was' made F E Hils-
meyer was appointed health offi-
cer H H Cronk returned Tuesday
from a fishing trip to Proctor
Bro Cronk’s tent was robbed by
a couple of tramps who secured
his watch sefety razor provi-
sions and several dollars They
were captured in Ft Gibson and
everything recovered except the
grub and part of the money
Bob Tyler came in from Meri-
dian Miss where he has been
attending school Bob has writ
ten and published a book of poe
try which sells for thirty-five cts
the proceeds of which Bob hopes
will help materially with his ex-
penses at school The little vol-
ume is worth the price and every
on of Bob’s acquaintances should
make the purchase
SWEET CLOVER MAKES
VERY HEAVY GROWTH
W H Dill has a small acreage
of sweet clover on his ranch near
Boley as an experiment and this
spring the plant has made a won-
derful growth and is now higher
than a horse’s back Mr Dill has
a number of plants on exhibition
at his office in the Roland build-1
ing upon the hill - -
NOTICE OF SALE
' OF REAL ESTATE
- PUBLIC notice is hereby given in
pursuance of an order and decree of
the County Court of the County of
Okfuskee State of Oklahoma made
o the 18th day of May 1915 in the
Matter of the Guardianships and es
tates of Willie Yahota Sam Fatt
im as mviu wans i stay
Melissa Harjo Lizzie" Har jo and Jen-
sen Harjo minors (Probate Case No
78) that The undersigned Geo D
Harvison as Guardian of the person
and estate of said Willie Yahota J
M Clugh aa guardian of the person
and estate of Sam Fatt and Sam T
Palmer as guardian of the persons
mm uiail vs H TI VVUf
and estates of -Melissa Haro lizzie
Harjo and Jensen Harjo w(ll sett in
one parcel at public sale or public
fro
auction at the front entrance to the
Okfuskee County Court-house in the
town of Okemah Oklahoma at two
o’clock p m on the 4th day of June
A D 1915 all the right title interest
and estate of said minors WilUe
Yahola Sam Fatt Melissa Harjo
Lizzie Harjo and Jensen Harjo and
each of them in and to the following
described real estate and premises
lying and situate in Okfuskee County
State of Oklahoma to-wit: ' -
The Southeast Quarter of Section
Fifteen (15) Township Eleven - (11)
North and Range Ten (10) East of
the Indian Base and Meridian
vSaid real estate and premises will
be sold on the following terms and
conditions to-wit: For Cash subject
to confirmation of sale by the
County Court of Okfuskee County
Oklahoma
Dated on this the 18th day of May
1915 7
GEO D HARVISON
Guardian
J M CLUGH -
Guardian
SAM T PALMER
- "" Guardian
Norman & O’Bannon Attorneys for
Guardians -First
published May 20 t3
Are you going to
BUILD?
Let J J Minton figure
your Lumber bill -
THE YARD
0)1 THE HILL
Okemnh Okie
When the votes are count-
ed will you be at the top
or bottom of the list— -it
depends on you— every
day counts— every sale
counts— the prizes are
yours if you will make
them so
A THOMAS
SPOT CASH STORE
- Dry Goods
WILSON GROCERY CO
Groceries
E E PARSONS & CO
Druggists
JJ MINTON
LUMBERYARD
JNO H NELSON Liv-
ery and Transfer
ROREX fit DOSSEY In-
surance Real Eatate
and Loans
JEWEL THEATRE
N S STEVENS Cafe
L M LASATER
Fashion Shop
OKEMAH FURNITURE
COMPANY
O M BALLARD
Barber Shop
S WAUL Blacksmith
OKEMAH -
V&0
THURSDAY JUNE A MS
HAVE VERY FEW Of
my fine hogs now Yeady
- for sale and the first there
the first sold A few Poland
China males still to offer My
big sales recently have taken
neary all of my large stock
but have young stock coming
on : If you want fine hogs
aee me and heye your stock
reserved ‘ ‘ They are moving
fast : -'
Ghuds Rayburn
: Okfuskee Okla
NSW SUBSCRIPTION RATES
EFFECTIVE AUG L 115
Om y ear
Sts Months
For Expert
Electrical Work
and High Grade
Electrical Supplies
Call on
JOHN TAYLOR
- 4
Electrician -
J P NEVILLE
DENTIST
OKEMAH OKLAHOMA
e— e-
-e-e-e-e
Mosier Palace Barber Shoe i
For Firt-CUM Work j
T Hot and Cold Batks 4
I Scissor grinding a specialty I
OKEMAH - OKLAHOMA
-e-e-e-A
MF BALLARD
' ’ Okemah Okla-
Veterinary Surgeon and Dentist
Registered and Licensed ‘
Twenty-five years practical ex-
- perience
Office Nelson’s Livery Barn
Pboqe 11
DR L LEVY
Expert Opitician
Will be at the
Broadway Hotel
Friday Jane 11
Dr J P SHELTON
PHYSICIAN end SURGEON
SCHOOLTON OKLAHOMA
Special attaatioa gives to reducing
Sash on fat people
Dr W MARSHAL GALLAHER
SPECIALIST
Eye Ear Nose and Throat
SHAWNEE OKLAHOMA
Will be in Okemah at Broadway
Hotel the third Saturday in each
month
Dr WATTS and BLOSS
Gvuarul practice of Medicine end
Surgery
Calls answered at alt hours
Rooms 1 4 and 5 McIntosh Bldg
Office Phone 139
Or B Watts res Dr G M Bloss res
Phone 168 Phone 144
DR N A GAMBLE
I DENTIST I
Residence P 106 Office 350 9
1 Office over the Postoffice
O OKEMAH OKLAHOMA 4
J M PEMBERTON
PHYSICIAN uad SURGEON
Office Phone 171 Ree Phone ttt
OKEMAH OKLAHOMA
HUSER A HUSER 9
’ I Lawyer I
0 Office in McIntosh Building 49
1 Room 16 - - I
OKEMAH OKLAHOMA 4
H A MAY
PHYSICIAN nod SURGEON
t -
Office over the Postoffice
OKEMAH OKLAHOMA
LA NYEM D
p”' land SURGEON
tir s‘ & Wl Rawar
vw - JWose and Throat
fc— -Yeggg fittcq '
Office 165
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