Journal Capital (Pawhuska, Okla.), Vol. 76, No. 218, Ed. 1 Sunday, November 2, 1986 Page: 1 of 16
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,Oklahoma SUNDAY
November 2,1986
700 Kihekah, Pawhuska, OK! 74056
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Watch Party Tuesday night at J-C
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Frustration expected to knock apathy out of voters
Gleanings from
the J-C Staff
Employers Support Day
Guard drill for Pawhuska
Guardsmen in November is
Saturday and Sunday, November 1
and 2. Drill will consist of
mobilization processing at the
Bartlesville Armory on Saturday
andon Sunday, the unit will drill at
the Pawhuska Armory.
Sunday has been designated as
“Employer Support Day.” All
employers of National Guardsmen •
in the Pawhuska Unit are invited to
come by the Armory at 823 E. 8th
Street at 11 a.m. This will enable
you to observe some of the duties
your employee performs during
drill.
Employers are welcome to stay
for the noon meal if they desire.
Free Flu Shots
Free flu shots will be given to
senior citizens on November 6 at the
Pawhuska Senior Citizens Center
and Cedar Ridge Complex, begin-
ning at 1 p.m.
Ducks Unlimited
The Annual Ducks Unlimited
dinner will be held Monday,
November 3, at the Pawhuska Golf
and Country Club at 6 p.m. Tickets
are $25 and include a steak dinner
and membership. To purchase
tickets call Helmer and Sell at 287-
1711 or Wachtman-Schroeder, 287-
3122. Tickets are available at the
door, and everyone is invited.
World Mission
Conference
The World Mission Conference
will be held at the Pawhuska First
Baptist Church, October 30 through
November 2. Six missionaries will
speak during the five meetings.
The program is sponsored by the
Osage-Washington Baptist
Association.
For additional information call the
church office at 287-3703. The public
is welcome to attend.
Frustrations over the economy,
unemployment, political scandals,
and general dissatisfaction is ex-
pected to knock the apathy out of
Oklahoma voters and Tuesday’s
general election could break the
record for a non-presidential
election year turnout.
“Kick’em all out,” was almost the
theme of the August Primary and
September Run-off elections, and
this frame of mind is expected to be
carried over through Tuesday.
Osage county voters, who sur-
prised veteran poll watchers with
the August primary turn-out, are
expected to vote heavy in the
general election because of a hotly
contested First District
Osage Constitutional
Convention set Nov. 3
An Elective Assembly is to be held
at Wakon Iron Hall (in Pawhuska
Indian Camp) on Monday for the
purpose of re-activating and begin-
ning the process of updating the 1881
Osage Constitution.
As required by the 1881 Con-
stitution, all business will initially be
limited to Osage males 18 years of
age or older.
Constitutionally, an Osage
Supreme Court decision granting
women the right to vote and hold
office will be sought and is expected,
according to a release by the Osage
Constitution Steering Committee.
Office holders on the committee
include Charles Pratt, Jr., Chair-
man; Norma Jean Mays, Secretary
and Frances Holding, Treasurer.
Registration will be from 8 a.m. to
4 p.m. November 3, 4 and 5th, with
all Osage 18 years and older (men
and women) being eligible to vote
for tribal officers and constitutional
amendments.
Positions to be voted upon include
Chief, Assistant Chief and 15
councilmen (3 from each of the five
following districts) Black Dog,
Claremore, Pawhuska, Pawnee-No-
Pa-She and Strike Axe.
The steering committee cites the
development of the potential of the
Osage Nation, claiming of water
rights, definition of Osage mem-
bership as the need to re-activate the
Constitution.
Using the Constitution as a tool,
the group hopes to establish law and
order, establish the Osage Tribal
Prairie Park, formulate an Osage
economic growth policy and ensure
the future of the Osage Nation-Tribe
Congressional race, the Walters-
Bellmon gubernatorial feud, and a
local District Judge contest.
State Election Board Secretary
Lee Slater said Friday that he ex-
pects a state record in a guber-
natorial election year to be broken
with Tuesday’s turn-out.
He pointed out that the primary normal rush of late ballot casting,
and run-off elections this year had Voters can also speed up the
good voter turnouts, indicative of
voter frustration.
The record for voter turnout in a
year in which a governor was
elected was set in 1982 when 901,488
voters went to the polls. The largest
turnout on record was in 1984 when
1.3 million took part in the
presidential election year.
and prevent BIA termination of trust
responsibilities by means of Osage
Constitutional decree.
When informed of plans by the
Osage Constitution Steering Com-
mittee, the Osage Tribal Council
issued the following statement:
"Due to meetings held in recent
weeks by a few individuals trying to
re-activate an 1881 Osage Con-
stitution, inquiries have been made
to the Osage Tribal Council.
"The 1881 Constitution was
abolished in 1900 by Secretarial
Order of the Department of Interior
of the United States. The Osage
Tribal Council was established by
the 1904 Act of Congress and as
amended declares "The Tribal
governments so constituted shall
continue in full force and effect. . .
until otherwise provided by
Congress."
"Additionally, a court case in-
volving the Osage Tribe that went
to the Supreme Court of the United
States and which adopted the
decision of the U. S. Court of Appeals
for the 10th Circuit states "The
Congressional description of the
Officers and Council as the 'Tribal
government' is significant and
resolves the question of the Council's
general authority. ..." The case
further held the authority of the
Council is not limited to mineral
matters only.
"The present form of Osage
government is legally secure and is
most efficient to handle the Business
and Affairs of the Osage Tribe as it
has done since 1904."
Osage County Election Board and J.P. Pearman for Office 1,
Secretary Renee Weyl encouraged District 10 Judge. Although this
voters who have questions about race has featured signs posted on
their eligibility to contact the nearly every tree, and heavy
election board on Monday to avoid
problems on Tuesday. She also
urges all voters who can to get to the
polls early on Tuesday to avoid the
balloting process if they have their
voter registration cards handy for
the precinct workers to see when
entering the polling place.
There are 19,787 registered voters
in Osage County, and if the normal
turnout of 58 percent is reached,
11,674 countians will go to the polls
Tuesday.
The only exclusively Osage county Republican, but he is not expected to
ballot Tuesday will be the non- have any trouble in retaining his
partisan race between Rene Henry seat in the state house.
Sales Tax Collections up 19%
BY JANET KENNETT
The October disbursement of city
sales tax collections from August
business totaled $64,682.48 up 19
percent from last year’s collection of
$54,338.98 for the same period last
year, according to the Oklahoma
Tax Commission’s October
distribution report.
Statewide the disbursement was
up $1.2 million, or 3.4 percent over
the $36.6 million returned to 445
municipalities in October one year
ago.
Month to month percentages have
reflected an upward trend since the
initial collections for May, the first
of the fiscal year being down 25
percent.
City Manager Harvey Massey was
pleased with the report,
6 hurt-while helping wreck victims
NORMAN, Okla. (UPI) - An
Ardmore man died and six
other pedestrians were injured
while trying to help the victims
of a triple-fatality accident
early Saturday on Interstate 35,
the Oklahoma Highway Patrol
reported.
Terry Wayne Corbett, 21, of
Ardmore, Josephine Tollison,
43, of McLoud, Tammy Lynn
Williams, 18, of Oklahoma City
and Linda Gayle Nell, 34, of
Dallas, were prounounced dead
at the scene.
Tollison was traveling south
newspaper advertising, the race has
not been hotly contested.
Neither opponent has used any
kind of a negative approach, citing
almost entirely their experience,
records and philosophies. Henry, a
native of Hominy and nearly life-
long resident of Osage county, has
been given a slight nod over Pear-
man, who moved into the county
about five years ago.
This district’s state represen-
tative, Don Anderson, has an op-
ponent in the general election in
John Handshy, a Skiatook
acknowledging the fact tnere were a
number of businesses contributing
to the collections through not only
City Sales Tax Collections
1986
MAY
Down 25%
48,854.67
JUNE
Up 13.8%
JULY
Even
AUGUST
Up 19%
54,255.63
64,682.48
on 1-35 when she crossed the
center median, collided head
one with the car driven by
Williams, troopers said. And
then Nell, who was traveling
north in third car on I-35, hit
both cars.
Five minutes later, a car
driven by Eugene Allan Wise,
19, of Norman approached the
scene of the accident and
plowed through a group of
seven pedestrians who were
helping the victims, troopers
said.
Corbett, who was one of the
According to a Tulsa newspaper
poll, Republican Jim Inhofe has a
slight advantage over Democrat
Gary Allison in Osage county,
however this does not seem to carry
over to the man on the street.
Allison, who has campaigned
Pawhuska and Osage county with
enthusiasm, appears to be a clear
front runner in this portion of the
First District.
Other statewide polls show
Republican candidates in the two
biggest races, Governor and the U.S.
Senate, in good position to win.
Henry Bellmon is favored over
David Walters for governor and
incumbent Don Nickles is favored
over Rep. James R. Jones for the
Senate.
Also vying for the govennor’s
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retail sales but the purchase of
physician supplies, beauty shops,
etc.
1985
64,905.42
68,855.60
60,505.79
54,338.98
54,338.98
was pronounced
pedestrians,
dead at the scene.
Steven Michael Allen, 21, of
Norman; Scott Alan Hill, 20, of
Norman; Randy Scott Otwell,
26, of Ft. Worth, Texas; W. N.
Otwell, 49, of Ft Worth; Randy
Dewayne Harris, 20, of Puals
Valley, and Jeffery Scott
Thuman, 18, of Ada, were listed
in stable condition at area
hospitals.
Houston O’Neil Jones, 20, a
passneger in Nell’s car, suf-
fered leg head and arm injuries,
troopers said.
THE PAWHUSKA ROUNDUP CLUB Secretary Mary
Hartness, left, and the club's outgoing President Joe
Sweeden, right, present Osage County’s top Shriner,
Newell Barker, center, with a thousand dollar check
from the Roundup Club and Cavalcade Committees for
the Akdar Shrines participation in the annual Cavalcade
parade. Cavalcade Secretary Hartness said "The
Shriners are such a wonderful organisation, not only for
participating in the Cavalcade Parades, but through Mr.
Barker’s efforts the Shriners have helped several of our
area children in the Shriners Hospitals. We feel that this
donation is good way for us to show our appreciation to
the Shriners." The Washington, Osage, and Nowata
Counties (WASONO) Shrine out of Bartlesville, will use
these funds to offset travel expenses for patients to and
from the Shriner's Hospitals, according to Barker. (J-C
Photo by Nelson Carter.)
WHEN THERE'S TIME the county crews move onto organizations who use the Osage County Fairgrounds,
the rack track at Osage Downs to continue with removal are seeking anyone who would be interested in helping
of the track surface. A problem has arisen with the out with the right type of clean soil for the track surface,
replacement dirt to be used; it has been found to be Interested parties should contact Osage County Ex-
unacceptable. The Osage Downs Committee, along with tension Service Agent Duane Lester at 287-4170. (J-C
a new committee with representatives from all Photo by Nelson Carter.)
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