The Vinita Evening Sun -Herald
The Craig County Daily
Sheldon & Kellogg
VINITA OKLAHOMA WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 3 1915
Established Febiuakv 1913
BUSINESS MEN ARE WROTH
Insist They Want Highway or
Immediate Scalp of Couch
There was talk on the street
this morning that there may
soon Le circulated petitions ask-
ing for the recall of Ken Couch
as the member of the board of
county commissioners from this
district.
The reason given is principally
the failure of the county board
to build the Craig county part of
the state highway from the Rog-
ers county line at least as far as
Yinita.
At least three well known
men told a reporter for the Sun-
IIerald today that unless some-
thing was done action for
recall would be taken and they
were such well known and sub-
stantial business men as W.
M. Malone C. C. Roberts aud
Guy Patten.
They say that neither Couch
nor Sam Harrison one of the
other commissioners has kept
faith with them in the matter of
building this part of this high
way and that they also regret
that they have' no immediate ju-
risdiction over Mr. Harrison.
The man named and their as-
sociates in the matter insist that
there is no element of politics in
the move they say they are about
to make and all they want is
THAT ROAD. Couch is a Dem-
ocrat Harrison is a Republican.
They say they have no criti-
cism of Mr. Mills the other Re-
publican member of the board
because he has not promised
them anything nor seemed to.
He was able to sit still.
Monday afternoon Harry Bag-
by Guy Patten V. M. Malone
Dr. Oliver Bagby Bert Chandler
Tom Ridgway and F. S. E. Amos
appeared as a sort of spontane
ous committee before the board of
commissioners to demand that
that piace of road be built as
soon as possible.
Tulsa county and Rogers
county have built their share of
the highway sid Guy Patten
to a reporter for The Sun Herald
this morning Mr. Patten being
ably reinforced by the presence
of Mr. Malone and Mr. Roberts
and we made a demand upon
the commissioners that since
the road is completed to the
Craig county line and as a com-
mon road now has in it 06 mud
holes between the county line
and this point the road be com-
pleted to Vinita as a highway.
I talked with Mr. Couch
alone Continued Mr. Patten and
in the presence of Tom Buffiing-
ton he expressed himself as for the
road and promised us he would
do all in his power as county
commissioner to have it built as
a highway as soon as possible.
We then went before the com-
missioners satisfied that Mr.
Couch was with us and when we
got there Mr. Harrison also led
us to believe that he was for the
road and that they would go
ahead and order it built as soon
as the necessary preliminaries
could be compled with.
Mr. Gibson of the Kelley -Gib-on
company which built the
highway in the two other coun-
ties was present and addressed
the commissioners.
He said that in building
roads his company had found
three great obstacles to contend
with. These he said were the
salesmen of the expensive and
usually useless road machinery
the salesman of the tin culverts
and the PET CONTRACTOR.
Mr. Gibsou made this propo
sition to the commissoners who
had expressed a fear that they
might find themselves in trouble
with the state highway comtnis
sioner if they went ahead and
built the road:
That the commissioners let
their pet contractor make his
estimate let the commissioners
deduct JO percent from that esti
mate; that his company would
then take a second 20 percent
from that and insert a clause
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in the contract that would
make it void if not approved by
the state highway commission.
And in the face of all that
said Mr. Patten they absolute-
ly refused to give us any assur-
ance that the road would be built.
Mr. Harrison said he believed
it might be a good plan to get an
engineer to make an estimate of
the cost of the road advc-itisei
for bids and let the work to the
lowest bidder. Thats as far as
they gut. Harry Bagby suggest-
ed that if the commissioners
were afraid they had not suffi-
cient funds to finance the whole
building of the road according to
the specifications of the highway
that if they would set aside a
reasonable sum for it and the
cost ran above it the business
men and others as individuals
would make up the balance.
And still they refused to give
us any assurance of the road.
That is why we feel that
Couch and Harrison and par j
ticularly Couch because he is
our commissioner have crawfish
ed on their promises and that
Couch is too weak a man to be on
the board.
And you might add chimed
in Messrs. Malone and Roberts
that Mr. Patten has been asked
to draw up petitions asking for
the recall of Mr. Couch.
I wouldnt say that just yet'
suggested Mr. Patten.
Another bunch of business
men was before the board again
this morning about the same
matter and the words if one of
them is to be believed were hot
and high and the upshot of it
was according to him that the
commissioners have promised to
be in Oklahoma City next Mon-
day and find out from the high-
way commissioner just what
they can do in the matter.
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Rules For Plumbing Inspector
The pluinbiDg inspector is to
be governed by a set of rules
which the council passed last
night at its regular meeting in
accordance with the new state
law regulating the plumbing bus-
iness. o
Accept Curbing and Guttering
The curbing and guttering of
South Smith street between Ca-
nadian and Deleware streets was
approved by the council at its
meeting last night.
SAPULPA H. S. HERE FRIDAY
Visitors are Fine Squad But
Dope Favors Vinita
Arrangements were made late
yesterday to bring the Sapulpa
H. S. football team here for a
game Friday with V. H. S.
This comes as good news to
the locals who were beginning to
fear there would be no more
games here until the Tuhlcquah
normal comes on November 19.
Sapulpa has a good team and
should give the locals a run for
the money although the dope
favors Weighs team. Sapulpa
was beaten by Muskogee and
they lost last Friday to the Cl ire-
more Prep team by about the
same score that the Prep's won
from Wagoner.
The V. II. S. team stands an
excellent chance to win the east
side championship and an oppor-
tunity to play Cherokee High for
tiie state championship. By de-
feating Sapulpa Friday and Tulsa
a week later they will have won
the title for this side of the state.
The locals are asking that
every body turn out to the game
Friday and give them a boost.
This should be the last game
played on the local gridiron so
far this year.
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Was Big S. S. Day at Muskogee
When China became a republic
the United States was requested
to send them an ambassador the
man who best represents Jesus
Christ. The two men first con-
sidered by President Wilson were
John R. Mott general secretary
of International Y. M. C. A. and
Marion Lawrence general secre-
tary of the International Sunday
School Association. Pennsylvania
is the first state in Sunday school
work. W. G. Landes of Pliilia-
delphia is general secretary of
the Pensylvania State Sunday
School Association. Dwight L.
Moody was one of the greatest
preachers of the nineteenth cen-
tuary. And tlu'se great men from
these great fields of service
were members of touring party
number live of the International
Sunday School Association at
Muskogee yesterday It was a
great day. The main sessions
were held at the First Ppesbyter-
ian Church. The program began
with a conference of ministers
and superintendents atlloclock.
The business mens luncheon at
12 oclock provided for 100 men
had 140 in attendance. The af-
ternoon session filled the church
auditorium. The banquet at 0
p. ra. filled two large dining
rooms and a double program was
carried out. At the evening serv-
ices the auditorium was tilled and
all the available annex rooms and
the aisles and many people turn-
ed away.
Mr. Sellers was line with the
music. Mr. Landes is the
champion of the efficient Sunday
school and defined it as the
school whose officers and teach-
ers are skilled to do. Tire best
thing of the day was the address
of Mr. Lawrence at the afternoon
session on Teachers and Teach-
ing. Rev. C. E. Nichols repre
sented Vinita.
Sure We Take Want Ads
The advertising man of the
Sun Herald was actually horrified
this morning when a lady called
over the phone and asked if we
took want ads any more. She
said she understood that we had
discontinued taking them.
OF COURSE we take want ads
lost ads found ads local ads and
all kinds of ads.
What we did was to discontinue
the classification of want ads.
We take these ads and put them
all under the heading PERSON-
AL and PERTINENT so that
everyone who reads the local
news and everyone does CAN-
NOT HELP but read the ads in
that column. When little ads are
all setoff by themselves they are
apt to be overlooked except by
those who want to buy a cow or
sell a cow or have lost a ring or
found a watch or are vitally in
terested in some one thing and
LOOK for it.
Rut when an item goes in with
the local and personal news
items not only does the person
read it who LOOKS for it but
hundreds of others read it who
are n it especially LOOKING for
it but they just STUMBLE on it.
And this accounts for the
splendid results the Sun Herald
is getting from its local and want
and lost and found ads.
If you have something to sell
or rent at the right price that
someone else is apt to want you
will hear your telephone jingle
often after the ad goes in.
LICKED HIM WHEPT GROWN
Many years ago Moses Squir-
rel Shawnee living near White
Oak had an argument with an-
other of his tiibe named Jim
Harvey. Harvey got the worst
of it.
Just as soon as I get big
enough ill even up on you
declared Harvey.
The other day it came to Har-
vey that he was about big enough
and he just about that time met
Squirrel.
He slammed Squirrel so hard
on the side of the head that yes-
terday Squirrel had him ar-
rested. lie pleaded guilty in Justice
Bracketts court this morning
and was fined $10 and costs.
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Entertained Eastern Sar
Saturday evening Mesdames
John A. Wise Wm. Meeks M. S.
Runyan and S. J. Burns enter-
tained the members of the East-
ern Star at the home of Mrs.
Wise in a masquerade party.
The Halloween decorations
were unique aDd beautiful. About
40 were present. Thirty five
were masqued and represented
characters. Among the charac-
ters represented were King Ar-
thur Charles Chaplin Gen. Ilobt.
E. Lee Mother Goose Angel
Child The Old Woman That Liv-
ed in the Shoe Little Bo Peep
The Mulhall Girl Tom Lou and
her Daughter The Osage Queen
and Minnie Ha Ha.
The Indians were gorgeously
bedecked and they favored the
crowd with some of their weird
ceremonies. AuntGemima was
there too.
All expressed themselves as
delighted with the event.
HOW TO CARE FOR SMALLPOX
Five Cases Under Quarantine;
Funds Running Low
There are live cases of small-
pox uuder quarantine in the city
now. The matter was discussed
at length at the city council meet-
ing last night.
The expense of caring for smu 1
pox cases is exceeding the abili-
ty of the city to pay from its con-
tingent and supply fund the on-
ly fund available for this purpose.
The salary of City Physician
Neer is to be kept within $10 per
month in accordance with ordi-
nance 928. He has done much
work and earned much more
money.
City Clerk Cockrell says he ex-
pects the Board of Charities re-
cently organized to assist in car-
ing for the patients under quar-
antine. There is to be no janitor for
the city hall and no traffic police-
man as a result of financial re-
trenchment pursued by the coun-
cil last night.
It is not hard to think of ve-
hicles passing on the street with-
out the aid of a policeman but
what on earth will the city offi-
cers do without a janitor?
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Jeff Highway Boosters Here
Five automobile loads of Jef-
ferson Highway bcosters were
in the city this afternoon and
Secretary Amos of the Commer-
cial Club had several of the local
good roads enthusiasts meet
them at the club rooms.
This road you will remember
is the one planned from Winne-
peg to New - Orleans and the
bunch of boosters here today
have been picked up at various
places along the line.
Vinita is on the road as it has
been mapped out.
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TRY SILVER TRAIL TITTLE
The trial of Robert Tittle Jr.
the inanof the silver trail is oc-
cupying the time of the District
Court this afternoon.
Tittle is charged with the rob-
bery of the Katy depot here on
the night of September 9 1914
by holding up the agent E. J.
Carlton at the point of a revolver
and compelling him to deliver
over $21.98 in small change from
the cash drawer.
That much silver was too much
for Tittles hands and pockets to
hold and in his violent attempt to
get away he scattered so much
silver along the street that the
officers were able to trace him
by it. it is said.
Carlton is now the Katy agent
at Bluejacket and is here as a
witness haviug been present at
the robbery.
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Colored Folks Have Partyl
About fifty of the colored la-
dies of the city gathered last
evening at the home of Mrs. L.
B. Suddeth and enjoyed the
latest games and also refresh-
ments until 11 o'clock. The
hostess was assisted in enter-
taining by Mrs. Cramer Sud-
deth and Mrs. Amanda Hill.
The party was in honor of Mrs.
Nute Edmondson of Danville.
Illinois.