The Enid Events. (Enid, Okla.), Vol. 31, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 28, 1924 Page: 1 of 18
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- EDISON "NUMSKULL"
OPINION Or TEACHER
:
Thomas A Edison was once
scnt home from school by a
teacher who told him he was a
Corruption and Neglect of Duty Is numskull Edison ran to his
Charged Against Farm Leader mother and sobbed his disap-
rial Up Next Week pointment but she told him
soothingly he was "the best
Seven articles of impeachment were boy in all the world" and dried
voted by house Wednesday afternoon his tears
gainA John A Whitehurst presi- Henry C White of the Edi-
dent of the state board of agricul- son Lamp Works Harrison N
Lure one article in the list brought J who told the story to a
in by the board of managers was de- group of Kiwanis clubs in East
i'eated and two remain to be voted orange N J said the ideal
on Thursday morning set was high "but not too
The articles voted on and the vote high" as a history of the in-
were as follows—each charging "will- ventor's subsequent life reveal-
ful neglect of duty incompetency
:Ind corruption in office"
Hcre's Vine On Each Connt I
Seven articles of impeachment were
voted by house Wednesday afternoon
against John A Whitehurst presi-
dent of the state board of agricul-
ture one article in the list brought
in by the board of managers was de-
feated and two remain to be voted
on Thursday morning
The articles voted on and the vote
were as follows—each charging "will-
ful neglect of duty incompetency
and corruption in office"
litre's Vote On Each Count
1—Allowing Arthur Kleeman $214
for services not performed vote 53
for impeachment 30 against absent
24
2—Allowing Arthur Kleeman $66
for services not performed vote for
impeachment 57 against 26 absent
16
3—Allowing Arthur Kleeman $50
for services not performed vote for
impeachment 55 against impeach-
ment 28 absent 46
4—The M J Otey financial short-
Lge at A & M College vote for im-
peachment 54 against 26 absent 19
5—W J Lackey employed by the
department and collected clothing
tills for a St Joseph Mo firm from
cne E J Walton at Shawnee the
amount collected being $1250 vote
for impeachment 48 against 35
absent 16
6—Allowing money claims of Les-
lie Bush J E Bowles C N Butts
J N Roach and others by diverting
funds vote for impeachment 45
against 30 absent 24
7—Allowing J N Roach member
el the board to act as field agent and
collect pay for both jelbs ' vote for
impeachment 53 against 24 absent
29
OKLAHOMA CITY Feb 27---During
an uproar in the house of repre-
sentatives of the Oklahoma legisla-
ture during which members heckled
Representative J W Simpson Tulsa
county while he was upbraiding the
members for their "failure to do any-
thing but play horse" Simpson shout-
ed: "Mr Speaker I resign from this
house as a member of the Ninth leg-
islature" Seizing his hat and coat the Tulsa
legislator stalked from the chamber1
Tonight he told newspaper men his
verbal resignation stands and that
he will immediately return to Tulsa1
his home
CLOTHES LINCOLN WORE
WHEN SHOT BRING $6500
Collar of Black Suit Auctioned Is
Stained With Blood
PHILADELPHIA Feb 27—Cloth-
ing worn by Abraham Lincoln when
he was assassinated in Ford's The-
ater Washington by John Wilkes
Booth was sold at public auction here
for $6500 It consisted of a black
suit the collar stained with blood
wrinkled trousers torn overcoat and
faded silk stock
Bidding opened at $500 and rose
rapidly to the sale price when the
lot was knocked down to a bidder
who gave his name as "Mr Douglas"
The back and arms of the overcoat
had been clipped by souvenir hunt-
ers but the dark silk lining with the
figures of two American eagles and
the motto "One Country One Des-
iny" was intact The garments were
originally presented by Mrs Lincoln
to Alphonso Donn a White House
'!oorkeeper of whom the president
had bcen fond and who had been his
constant companion (luring his years
in Washington Donn had pleaded
for them as a memento A letter
from Mrs Lincoln to Donn regarding
the gift was sold with the clothes
Other relics sold at the auction in-
cluded a pin-cushion presented to
George Washington at the age of 6
which brought $75 Autographed
volumes of Woodrow Wilson's writ-
ings brought prices ranging from
$27 to $52
Former Secretary Received S200000
for Intervention in Case
YOUNGSTOWN O Feb 27—
William G McAdoo secretary of the
treasury in the Wilson administra-
t:on received a fee of S200000 for
intervention in a tax refund case of
the Republic Iron and Steel Company
in 1920 according to a copyrighted
special story published by the Youngs-
town Vindicator today
LOS ANGELES Calif Feb 27—
William G McAdoo has no eornment
to make on Youngstown Ohio re-
ports that he r3ceived a fee of $200-
000 for intervention in a tax refund
ease of the Republic Iron and Steel
Company in 1920 it was said here to-
day by Brice Claggett McAdoo's secretary
MRS PITMAN GETS
WAUKOMIS POST OFFICE
—
WASHINGTON D C Feb 27—
Departmental announcements of
post office appointments for Okla-
homa today included that of Mrs
Bernice Pitman to the post office at
Waukomis Okla
Recommendation for Mrs Pitman's
appointment was made by Congress-
man Garber
SENATOR WALSH IS
AUTIIOR
lkniocratic Leader Originated Oil
Lease Act and Daniels Wrote Sec-
tion Under Which Denby Signed
Doheny and Sinclair Arrange-
ments Says Republican
Committee
WASHINGTON Feb 27' — The examined that th
e state demanded
news bureau of the Republican Na- that Courtney be held for district
tional Committee issued a statement court on a murder charge declaring
Monday declaring the act which gives that he and Patrolman George Hen-
the secretaries of the navy and in- ington who accompanied him to the
tenor the power to lease public oil Voegeli home were in the same status
reserves WitS fathered by Senator as trespassers
Walsh democrat Montaila Assistant County Attorney Lee
The section under which Secretary read exhaustively from the Oklahoma
Denby acted in signing the Doheny statutes showing that arrests for
and Sinclair leases the statement misdemeanors cannot be made at
said was written by ex-Secretary night without a warrant from a jus-
Josephus Daniels tice of the peace or judge It was
Senator Walsh is the dominant pointed out further by Mr Lee that
figure in the senatorial investigation the officers admitted they had no
of oil leases warrant a fact which he claimed
Speaking of the policies with re- placed them beyond the pale of the
spect to leasing the statement said i law in this particular case
if there were anything wrong with Lee stressed the point that Patrol-
them the blame should fall on Sena- man Ilenington who was an eye-
tor Wals hand Mr Daniels Ai t n e ss testified that Courtney had
"The leasing act received its first pushed the end of Voegeli's gun bar-
application" the statement continued rel to one side before discharging his
"ender the administration of Josephus revolver
Daniels and John Barton Payne of I "It seems to me" said Lee "that
the navy and interior departmentsI the arrest could have been made with-
respectively Under their adminis- out a fatality ncith ITPnincrtnn tinti
tration government oil lands both
within and without the naval oil 're-
serves were leased to private inter-
ests to be developed by them on a
royalty basis"
Senator Walsh the statement said
in the debate on the leasing act
"boasted of the fact he was the orig-
inator of the policy of leasing public
JAE L Lcipihlawyleui illh
uver wr0 la Ital 211101'neyhr I Bob Larrimer a former resident of
"boasted of the fact he was the orig: o tried o set up t at Garfield county but who now resides
inator of the policy of leasing public the killing was justified "It's a clear
oil lands to private interests" !case of self-defense" exclaimed Chap- in Noble county north of Perry is
Secretary Daniels it said told Rep-1
i ell confidently "and 1 y' believe the ve ti in the city this week taking medical
treatments and vi:iting friends In
resentative Butler chairman of the g 1
evidence given by V'itneesse lv l for e
house naval committee that private themselves
i
state t emse ves prove t the old days Bob was one of the lead-
ing democratic politicians of Garfield
interests were draining oil from under
It is the contention of the prosecu- county lie is one of those "born
government lands and obtained enact-
tion amply sustained by Oklahoma politicians" and represented Garfield
ment of the section under which Sec-
law that neither Hennington nor county in the territorial senate After
rotary Denby acted on the grounds
Courtney had any rights
on the Voe- moving to Noble county he soon be-
the navy must protect its supply
geli premises without a warrant is- came one of the democratic leaders of
Under provisions of the laws the
sued by a proper court of jurisdiction that county Ile tills the soil and
statement continued Secretaries Dan-
When they went upon the Voegeli works politics as a diversion or side-
iels and Payne leased oil wells in
premises
naval reserves Mr Payne it said without such warrant of line
law they became trespassers and vio- Larrimer says that Jack Walton is
approved approximately 150 leases
lators of law themselves Voegeli the dominant democratic personality
for private interests to develop and
had a right therefore to run them I in the state and will continue to be
operate more than fourteen thousand
off his premises with a gun The I so for some time In fact Larrimer
acres of oil land immediately adjac- fact that he pointed a gull a ern expects
I ± fL 1 ptets the Walton element in the
eat to Teapot Dome
LIVED 20 YEARS ROBBING
CHURCH CHARITY BOXES
Li V rdifi ZU I EILW5 itt1111“ of self-defense when he was killed
CHURCH CHARITY BOXES!
'Their business was to leave the prem-
—
CHICAGO Feb 27—Joseph Beck' they had no right on the premises in
ises at once To be more exact—
03 years old has lived for more than the first place and had Voegell killed
20 years on his pilferings from poor them both he would have been justi-
boxes in churches the police declar- fled under the law This contention
ed today after he had been arrested N'as sustained by the Oklahoma su-
when a parishioner found Beck who preme court in a case from Tulsa
had entered the church in the guise
county In the Tulsa case a notorious
of a penitent rifling the box for col- bootlegger — whose home had been
lections for the poor continually used for bootlegging pur-
Beck confronted by the minister of poses and who had been often or-
the church wept and protested that rested therefor—shot and killed two
he was starving and had taken but Tulsa police officers who started to
JO
' cents A search revealed several
search his place without a search
dollars and a bank book showing de- warrant The supreme court held
posits of more than $200 An investi-
that the police officers had no right
gation revealed that he had been or-
on the premises without search war-
rested seven times in Milwaukee for
rants and the bootlegger was within
pilfering from collection boxes since his right when he killed them both
1903 and had been fined from $10 to There are numerous other citations
$200 which he paid in each instance hl InUr IlVb job QIICI-Q 41 411 ritononnIttnti
JOE HAIDY BANKRUPT
—
The Joe Haidy Grocery at 217
South Grand closed its doors Mon-
day at which time Mr lIaidy enter-
ed into voluntary bankrupt proceed-
ings lie says that his assets are
$6000 and his liabilities $2500—but
being unable to realize on his assets
he was compelled to close out his
W S Gift was a business visitor
from his farm near Waukomis and
brings good reports Says his live-
stock is in fine condition and he looks
forward to a monster wheat yield
Gift says his Delco light and power
system works fine making things
just as comfortable as possible Says
be enjoys living and working his
farm and wouldn't trade his layout
for anything any town man has to
offer of even or better money value
Word ffrom Los Angeles says that
Peter Bowers has been very ill there
with angina pectoris Mr Bowers
was mayor of Enid three terms and
has many frfiends here who will hope
that he makes a speedy recovery
Anton Irromas was in the city Sat-
urday from his farm near Waukomis
transacting business and visiting
friends
ENID OKLAHOMA THURSDAY FEBRUARY 28 1921
P I SHORT SIZZLES
Courtney Held on
IL"
EACHER
was once A Murder Charge 0 11 THE GRIDDLE
ool by a
he was a
In to his Placed Under S5000 Bond to A ppear House Almost Votes to I m peach--
ais disap- In District Court for Killing of Refuses to Exonerate Attor-
told him Claude Voegcli ney General
"the best — --
and dried ' At the conclusion Of a preliminary I OKLAHOMA CITY Feb 27--Geo
hearing before Justice of the Peace Short attorney general of the state
the Edi- A A Stull Thursday J D Courtney was not impeached neither was he
rrison9 N commünly known as “Gyp" was held exonerated on all charges after an
pry to a for trial in the district court on a all-day wrangle in the house Tuesday
Ps in East cLarge of murdering Claude Voegeli Three roll calls were taken before the
the ideal Ile was released under $5000 bond majority and minority reports against
not too for his appearance for trial The Short were finally disposed of Nor
)f the in- killin of Voegeli occurred at the was he censured for anything
fe reveal- VotgeTli home the Saturday night When the house had finally finished
preceding with Short it adopted an amendment
It was brought out at the prelimin- to the majority report condemning
ary that Courtney was not a regu- violation of the state law by any
— larly appointed city policeman but candidate for office in the matter of
held some sort of special permit from excessive Primary expenses
O LEASES E Mayor Carr In company with Police- The proposition to impeach Short
Mali George lIennington Courtney lost by a vote of 30 to 51 and then
a proposition to exonerate him of all
iginated Oil
went to the Voegeli home without a
wrote see warrant seeking to arrest him for a charges lost by a vote of 33 to 48
misdemeanor Previous to any of those motions a
thy Signed The testimony of witnesses for both move by Jess Harper of Talihina to
Arrange- the state and defense as to the cir table the impeachment resolution by
thlican cumstances surrounding t h e ease Judge J R Tolbert of Hobart was
dovetailed in most particulars and it lost 35 to 44
WEIS after all witnesses had been Immediately after reading the vote
27 — The examined that the state demanded Miller of Tulsa moved to exonerate
publican Na- –
that eourtney be held for district Short on all charges and this was
a statement court on a murder charge declaring I voted down $8 to -IS with 18 members
which gives that be and Patrolman George Hen-1 absent
in- ington who accompanied him to the I This brought up the majority re-
" (Chicago Tribune)
ote Of )0 to 1 0 and then
the
Bankers and business men of
Mali George Hennington Courtney lost by a V " 1-
We II t to the Voegeli home " ithout a a proposition to exoneratef 113iT o of all
an seeking to arrest him for a charges lost I y a vote o t Is east and middle west have ahnost
misdemeanor Previous to any of those metions a overnight subscribied a $10000000
The testimony of witnesses for both MOVe by Jess Harper of Talibina to fund for the relief of the demoralized
flanking and agricultural situation in
the state and defense as to the cir table the impeachment resolutim by
the northwestern states Secretary
R Tlbt f Hbrt was
cumstances surrounding t h e case Judge J o er o o a
of Commerce Hoover speaking at the
dovetztiled in most particulars and it lost 35 to 44
Immediately after subscription meeting in Chicago says
was after all witnesses had been readin g the vote
demanded mer te
Miller of Tulsa moved to ex( a the time of passed for sheer ruth-
examined that the state
l' t 1 fi
is was iessness oi economic law o rule r
(
Short on all charges and th 1
that Courtney be held for district
tilsitimbtudsNitn(tss structure of the nation
court on a murder charge declaring
voted down :38 to 4S with IS mem wrs
absent
that he and Patrolman George lien-1 I Very likely that is true
ington who accompanied him to the T
his broug ht up the majorit re- an
y d the action proper But it should
I t I t1
Voegeli home were in the same status Port which wa s in op ts wi 1 kan n()t be overlooked that even such a
as trespassers amendment which T II AN ren of 0 -e- relief fund is a stop gap that it is
tv re- subscribed from sources contrary in
mah had offered to the minori
Assistant County Attorney Lee
read exhaustively from the Oklahoma Port This report W hi it recomntten tices to sections to be aided and
t political views and economic prac-
statutes showing that arrests for ed a committee of five to 'lives iga ie the
that while it may tide the northwest
the state supremce ccoucrht 11 it l
din(! I
w's' tet el over to a better day it can cure no
misdemeanors cannot be made at
rtd p h
night without a warrant from a jus- censured -11°
ills permanently unless there is a
tice of the peace or judge It was auditor and Fre ar itnsolnesita'teteaxf-
se(bican(gtels (N)1'1 heart and policy in the
pointed out further by Air Lee that aminer was thrown ou tr ampoinT od
I ich seek this help
the otricers admitted they had no order that the vote oni tie lamt- dt :1
k recent analysis of taxation and
Warrant a fact which he claimed bert impeachment
reso u iont nu is-
national income prepared by the Na-
placed them beyond the pale of the posed of the minority repor
tiopal Industrial Conference board
law in this particular case The impeachment articles recom
points out in an obscure paragraph
Lee stressed the
point that Patrol- mt7ded in the Tolbert resolution con-
man Ilenington Milo was an eye- h G B In-
telI the charge t aft eprgel b that in sixteen states of the Union
Is the per capita and local taxation coin-
tenhouse attorney or witness testified that Courtney had
bined in 1919 exceeded federal tax-
pushed the end of Voegeli's gun bar- former state bank commisrseloGnerninhi
a conference with former overnor
I( ation per capita Since that date fed-
one side before discharging his
I taxation h be 91 reduced and
ei a as t
reol to ver Walton Short and the county attor-
Payne Canadian and Okmul-
state and local taxation generally in-
neys of Pay
it seems to me" said Lee "that
it creased so that the spread is greater
the arrest could have been made wh gee counties at the governor's home than before
e
now
out a fatality Both Ilenington and when was t t e nil' 8 The states in which state and local
Courtney are strong men physically dagree'd ba
hou surren ehr an isu nn o t taxation e
jurisdiction of t e cour s represen eti ion exceeded federa taxation
and I am of the opinion that by rush-
include Iowa Minnesota Nebraska
jog Voegeli they could have overpow-
North Dakota South Dakota and
ered him without much hazard to wALToN DEmocRATs To Wisconsin These are the states
their own lives" DOMINATE IN OKLAHOMA which are represented in congress by
Courtney was represented by City -- such radicals as Brookhart Shipstead
Attorney Underwood and Attorney F Bob Larrimer a former resident of Alagnus Johnson Norris Ladd Fraz-
E Chappel who tried to set up that Garfield county but who now resides ier LaFollette and Frear the voice
the killing was justified "It's a clear in Noble county north of Perry is and energy of the insurgency Those
case of self-defense" exclaimed Chap- in the city this week taking medical are related facts from which some
pell confidently "and we believe the treatments and vieiting friends In important deductions must be drawn
evidence given by witnesses for the the old days Bob was one of the lead- It is these states through these
state themselves prove it" ing democratic politicians of Garfield radical representatives which tho a
It is the contention of the prosecu- county He is one of those "born minority have been pursuing a policy
tion amply sustained by Oklahoma politicians" and represented Garfield of rule or ruin in the present con-
law that neither Hennington nor county in the territorial senate After gress ever since the session began
Courtney had any rights on the Voe- moving to Noble county he soon be- last December It is these represent-
geli premises without a warrant is- came one of the democratic leaders of atives and their allied associates who
sued by a proper court of jurisdiction that county Ile tills the soil and held up the organization of congress
When they went upon the Voegeli works politics as a diversion or side- because they could not dictate that
premises without such warrant of line organization It is these representa-
law they became trespassers and vio- Larrimer says that Jack Walton is tives who are trying to demoralize
lators of law themselves Voegeli the dominant democratic personality the railroad service of the country
had a right therefore to run them I in the state and will continue to be It is these representatives who are
off his premises with a gun The t so for some time In fact Larrimer helping to delay federal tax adjust-
fact that he pointed a gun at them I expects the Walton element in the ment downward It is these repre-e
under such circumstances does not 1 democratic party to control that sentatives who in the name of pro-
therefore give them the justification party's nominees in the August pri- gress are moving the country back-
of self-defense when he was killed mary Larrimer says that the "town ward
Their business was to leave the prem- politicians" such as the Enid demo— The proof of their error lies in
ises at once To be more exact— cratic group fail utterly to grasp the their own states The financial situa-
they had no right on the premises in country or rural idea in Oklahoma tion of the northwest is well known
the first place and had Voegeli killed In line with Larrimer's talk it is The long and disastrous series of
them both he would have been justi- noticeable that the Daily Oklahoman bank failures in that section has
fled under the law This contention has started to scolding and scream- startled aml alarmed the nation The
was sustained by the Oklahoma su- ing and warning democrats against backwardness of Dakota farmers pro-
preme court in a case from Tulsa "radical" control It seems quite evi- ducing three or four bushels of wheat
county In the Tulsa case a notorious dent that there is a radical or Walton per acre and demanding government !
bootlegger — whose home had been element rooting up all the democratic aid to bring them prosperity is notor-
continually used for bootlegging pur- party foundations in Oklahoma and ious The economic and political fal-
poses and who had been often ar- a 'Walton senatorial supremacy would lacies of the Non-partisan league are
rested therefor—shot and killed two not be at all surprising next August notorious And yet these states
Tulsa police officers who started to whose condition according to their
search his place without a search T S Parker formerly of this city own representatives is proof positive
warrant The supreme court held i bet now of Robinson Ill writes The of incIfielency and failure are the
that the police officers had no right 1 Events and sends his best wishes to states which are seeking through
on the premises without search war- i old friends in this community He these representatives to dominate
rants and the bootlegger was within '
says he regretted very much to hear congress and the country
his right when he killed them both of harry Alton's death "We enjoy The nation will not submit to that
There are numerous other citations reading The Events very much" says If these states are to receive adequate
in law which sustain the prosecution Air Parker help they must first stop their own
of Courtney in this instance And extravagances Then they must send 1
the fact that Voegeli menaced he and Airs Jacob II Johnson was in the reasonable men to congress 1
TT - A AL - I
"a"""11'''" LU u"'" "L'u "'' 1 Enid but in the surrounding country
business lIaidy formerly conducted I There seems to be a rising tide of
a grocery store at 121 East Broad-1 sentiment against official assumption
way
and arrogance in Enid which will
sweep On to effective results in the
W S Gift was a business visitor future
IL : 1-
all-day -wrangle in the house Tuesday
Three roll calls were taken before the
majority and minority reports against
Short were finally disposed of Nor
was he censured for anything
When the house had finally finished
‘vith Short it adopted an amendment
to the majority report condemning
violation of the state law by any
candidate for office in the matter of
excessive primary expenses
The proposition to impeach Short
lost by a vote of O to 51 and then
a proposition to exonerate him of all
charges lost by a vote of 33 to 48
Previous to any of those motions a
move by Jess Harper of Talihina to
table the impeachment resolution by
Judge J R Tolbert of Hobart was
lost 35 to 44
Immediately after reading the vote
Miller of Tulsa moved to exonerate
his right when he killed them both
There are numerous other citations
in law which sustain the prosecution
of Courtney in this instance And
the fact that Voegeli menaced he and
Henninger with a gun under the cir-
cumstances constitutes no self-defense
in the killing
Voegell was a hard working young
can who labored to support his wife
and one child and his murder on his
own premises has aroused a storm of
indignation and protest not only in
Mrs Jacob II Johnson was in the
city Monday from Tonkawa She
was visiting relatives here but mak-
ing her main visit with her father
and mother Mr and Mrs Fred Po-
tier who reside near Garber She
says the outlook in the oil fields is
improving nicely and the expectation
is that it will get better
mere seems to De a rising LiQeul A W Hoover was in Tuesday from
sentiment against official assumption his oil farm northwest of the city
and arrogance in Enid which will Hoover says that farm will be worth
sweep on to effective results in the about five million dollars one of these
future days—just as soon as a big gusher
is brought forth thereon He says his
A J Brown was a business visitor son Millard sends good reports from
from his farm southeast of Douglas Galveston
He is one of the old original settlers
in that part of the county residing Charles Hinneman was a brsiness
on the -land he homesteaded in the visitor Monday from Route 6 Ile
run The boys and girls are grow- brings fine reports from his neigh-
ing up taking their place in the man- borhood and says the outlook is for
agement of things and Brown looks good crops and general prosperity
back to the early days—when he came this year
in here as a young man to carve out
a place in the world—as a short space Mr and Mrs Paul Bessier of Ton-
of time indeed As a matter of fact kawa are visiting Mr Bessier's par-
time does fly and flies speedily All ents Mr and Mrs F S Bessier 715
one can do is to put just as much solid West Broadway
achievement as possible into time's
Right as the world whizzes along Mr and Mrs George Duffy of Red
Incidentally—Brown is an old time Rock were shopping here Wednes-
republican and says he used to enjoy day
the old convention days when he came
as a delegate to county conventions O F Cameron 918 East Maple
and helped nomiate county tickets left for Wichita Kan on business
DOLLAR IS 608
Or 1911 POWER
A !slight decrease in the cost
of living—two-tenths of 1 per
cent—is noted by the National
Industrial Conference Iloard
for January as compared with
December figures Since 1920
the cost of living has dropped
1 95 per cent
Thc purchasing power of the
dollar however is but 4108
cents contrasted with what it
would buy in July MI There
after costs of commodit les
food clothing shelter fuel
and sundries rose rapidly un
til the peak was reached in
July 1!120
lb
THE NOM ES'1"S ERROR
Mr and Mrs Jack Suelthaus were
business visitors from their farm
near Drummond They formerly con-
ducted a store at Hillsdale and have
property and friends at both places
They are both rock-ribbed republicans
—having come out of Missouri with
their faith tested by fire and sword
—hence represent a high type of cit-
izenship intelligence
D W flaulston was in from his
farm near Breckinridge lie is an
old republican war-horse and scents
a great republican victory at the
123 elections
J E Stewart was a business visi-
tor frcm his farm near Kremlin Says
he has a fine sub-soil for a big wheat
yield this year and is expecting to
harvest a fine crop
Frank Wiles and Walter Van lieu-
en were business visitors Saturday
from the Garber neighborhood
Mrs Joe Wenzier was in from the
farm home south of Lahoma She
intends bringing the editor a couple
of fat hens dressed and stuffed with
chestnuts—ready to bake Mrs Wenz-
ler is a very fine woman She knows
exactly what to do in a great crisis
NO 21
'Oklahoma Officials
1
Feather Their Nests
' OKLAHOMA CITY "'vb 27—The
1 total cost of state government in
i Oklahoma for the current fiscal year
is expected to be about -10000(
more than for any prey ioui year
!
n
4 iaccordig to figures in the state audi-
tor's office This is in line Nvith th
i e
ncrease in appropriations made by
I the regular session which tota11 ten
I million dollars more than wai
propriated by the preceding1!gisla-
ture for a tWO-YCar period tie of
this was clipped from institutional
buildings by Governor Walton who
yet left an $8000000 excess above
the legislative budget of 1921 as it
passed the gauntlut of i republican
house
Finally sensing the danger of a 50
percent increase in appropriations in
the face of declining prices some
te
leaders in the legislature decided at
0 the special session last fall to ask Ow
d new governor to open up the subject
n I of appropriations so that some dovvn-
uard revision might be attempted To
'Y do this another special session was
agreed upon to follow on the heels
of the one in which Walton was im-
peached and a joint survey commit-
tee named to draw up the revisions
A
e saving of $1000000 was promised
td After the new session had been
operating thirty days two "retrench-
a ment" measures had been passed One
11 repealed the $5000 reward offered for
Fred Dennis and the other recalled
-(1 an appropriation of $25000 for army
t shoes for wards of the state at insti-
tutions This totaled $30000 of the $1000-
a 000 which was to be lopped off the
record-breaking appropriations which
ii had been made gleefully a year ago
by this same legislature At this
rate $1000 a day it will require
4000 days or about 11 years to com-
plete the program
Incidentally the supreme court has
decided that the warehouse bill pass-
ed last winter carrying an appropri-
ation of $1250000 was unconstitu-
tional The economistA had planned
to include a million of this in their
"retrenchment" so that the court
played them a cruel trick Approxi-
mately a million more was to be sav-
ed by repeal of the free text book
law but the legislature itself has re-
fused to turn this somersault and
thus half the advertised retrenchment
has faded out
So far the special sessions have
appropriated far more than has been
saved Their cost to date has been
in the neighborhood of $250000 aside
from appropriations made for other
purposes
Why the repeal of the $5000 Den-
nis reward should be considered a
saving is somewhat of a puzzle Fol-
lowing his return if he still remains
available there would be nobody to
claim it and the amount would lapse
back into the treasury The only
chance to make a saving out of this
repeal is to induce Dennis to disap-
pear again
Only four bills had been passed at
the end of the first thirty days: the
Dennis reward repeal army shoes ap-
propriation repeal a measure to pro-
vide for disposition of the moneys re-
ceive(' for care of insane patients
and an appropriation for mileage and
per diem of members
In the house there has been no
I egislative atmosphere Members
have been following the workings of
the investigation committee with so
mull interest and concern that they
are indifferent to legislation
About 300 bills have been introduc-
ed in the legislature during the pres
eat special session and four have
been passed up to Tuesday of this
week This does not include the bills
which have been introduced into the
affairs of state officials by the Fmell-
ing committee
While the house wmm ' busy fix!ng up
impeachment charges against a state
official and administering kicks to
others the senate democrats finding
time dragging proceeded to the selec-
tion of a chairman of the democratic
state committee The matter of
choosing a president for the Anti-
Horse Thief Association has not yet
been taken up
George Short's primary election ex-
penses apparently ran neck and neck
with 'Walton's But Walton was im-
peached for it while Short "had no
personal knowledge" of the facts he-
lag deaf dumb and blind Spending
all that money to nominate him
without his knowledge or consent
1 was a mean advantage to take el
George
r
One prominent member of the
house investigating committee Fred
Hansen of Walters has been assist-
ing in the liquidation of a failed bank
-
at Okmulgee by grace of the attor-
ney general's office The line of
questioning on the committee when
George Short was being investigated
indicated that he may properly be
classed as a conservative
In three years according to testi-
mony adduced by the house investi-
gating committee Attorney General
Short deposited $3928969 in an Ok-
lahoma City bank $12109 of which
was in currency His salary being
$4000 a year we are once more re-
minded of the story of the loaves and
fishes Yet for being able to deposit
nearly $40000 while drawing a salary
total of $12000 it is proposed to cen-
sure Mr Short when examples of
thrift are so greatly needed to hold
up before our youth "Thrift Hora-
tio thrift"
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Purcell, F. Everett. The Enid Events. (Enid, Okla.), Vol. 31, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 28, 1924, newspaper, February 28, 1924; Enid, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2074531/m1/1/?q=food+rule+for+unt+students: accessed June 23, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.