The New State. (Haileyville, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 19, Ed. 1 Friday, July 10, 1908 Page: 1 of 10
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Vol. IV.
The New State.
HAILEYVILLE. OKLAHOMA. JULY 10. 1908.
No.
STORMY
SESSION
A Marked Meeting of
Town Council.
Street and Dog Tax Must
Be Paid at Onc«.
was authorized to arrest delin
' quents and bring them before
the justice of the peace.
OPEN LETTER
IF YOU OWN WEEDS,
MUST CUT THEM
At the regular meeting of the
town council Wednesday night,
Aldermen Turner, Whitely, Fos-
ter, Elliott and Clerk Bowen re-
sponded to roll call.
Several small bills were pre-
sented and referred to the finance
committee.
A large number of citizens
were present.
A. O. Wilkonson opened the
ball by criticising the action of
the council in appointing a non-
resident as street commissioner,
stating that the marshal was ex-
pected to look after this matter.
Mayor Turner said it made no
difference from whence a man
might come, as long as he per-
formed the work there should be
no objection raised. Following
this there was a lively tilt be-
tween the mayor and the justice.
Dr. James came next, and he
had it up and down with Mr.
Turner and Alderman Elliott.
Dr. James stated that the road
and street tax ought to be col-
Mayor Seamans of Krebs Ad-
dresses Courteous Letter
to J J. McAlester.
Krebs, Okla., July 4, 100M.
To the Hon. .1. .). McAlester,
Commissioner, and to our
YOU Friends of Pittsburg County.
Gentlemen: —
The people of Krebs, united
with hundreds of other people in
the county, have tiled a petition
for an election for the removal of
the county seat from McAlester
to Krebs. Your friends of the
j past in Krebs are your friends
today. Their action in this mat
Iter is purely impersonal. Wej
believe, however, the outcome I
I .vill be a benefit to you per- j
isonally, to McAlester and to the j
entire county.
We doubt that McAlester is
nearer the center of the county j
than Krebs. We know that
Krebs is nearer the center of I
i population, nearer the center of j
development, nearer the center
of future possibilities and nearer
the hearts of the people. We do
J not see why the possession of
municipal improvements which
have saddled the people of McAl-
ester with nearly a quarter of a
| million dollars debt should be
regarded as an argument for the
location of the county seat of
government in their midst. We
are prepared to prove that the
expenses of the election will be
le.-ted; that he had a dog that j smaii ils compared to what will
wasn't worth a—continental, but be gained
that he believed the tax on dogs Personally 1 wish to express
should be at least $'2.50 per year.
This bringing up again the
work of street improvements,
Alderman Elliott made a telling
talk, wherein he advocated the
counsel of the citizens, but stated
that any grievance should be sub-
mitted to the council in writing.
T. F. Saltsman got into the
race and inquired if he cut the
weeds on his own grounds, who
was to cut them in the street
the greatest admiration and
respect for Col. McAlester, re-
gretting only that we should
differ in our judgments upon this
subject, a difference I hope and
believe time will cure by show
ing him we are rignt.
Very respectfully,
R. E. Skamans,
Mayor of Krebs.
C. C. Anderson and wife re-
opposite. The question was not turned last Friday from ai
decided to the satisfaction of Mr. ; month's outing in Texas. Charlie j
Saltsman, as the mayor stated tells of some wonderful experi-j
he was expected to clear the pn('e on Colorado river with
frontage of weeds. llook ;in(1 line- We have heard
The marshal was instructed to othpr ttsh stories' However, we
canvass by districts and collect are pleased to see our estimable
street and dog tax, the limit people at home again.
being from 20th to 25th. inst. The equalization board was in
Monday next is the limit for session Monday. There will be I
cutting weeds, and in case of some grand stand displays be-'
failure in eitlujr case the marshal fore all will be satisfied.
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