The Guthrie Daily Star (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 132, Ed. 1 Sunday, August 11, 1912 Page: 1 of 8
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THE GUTHRIE DAILY STAR
NINTH YEAR.
GUTHRIE, OKLAHOMA. SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 11, 1912-
NUMBER i:$2.
THE BULL MOOSE ENTERS RING
Jerry Sturgeon Re-
fuses to Quit and
Park Board I s-
sues Ultimatum
m
(< opyright.)
LOIR mis
Land Values Only are Raised in Logan
County: Levy and Valuation is Some-
what Lower Than Last Year
Jerry Sturgeon, erstwhile park po-
liceman at Mineral Wells park, has
bnen discharged by the park commis-
sioners and ordered to turn over his
keys and his dwelling to his succes-
sor, who is to be chosen. Sturgeon
hits been given until the seventeenth
of August to surrender possession.
The commissioners allege aB a rea-
son for their action that the former
policeman has been uncivil to visit-
ors to the park and that complaint
after complaint has been filed conced-
ing his actions while in discharge of
duty. These compaints have become
bo numerous that at a meeting of the
board last week definite action was
taken. Sturgeon has been in charge
o) the park for nearly two years.
In answer to the charges preferred,
Sturgeon alleges that his discharge
resulted from the fact that he arrest-
ed a prominent business plan lor
dilving in the park without his au-
tomobile lamps burning . He claims
that he warned th eofflcial in ques-
tion who promised to comply with
the city ordinance but later saw him
tanding near the drinking fountain
in the park with the lamns unllghted.
Thp arrest was .made, ancj as a re-, „„ .4
, . , , . . , ^Guthrie, Being the state president,
suit, Sturgeon thinks, hi sjofb was
fo "felted.
AFTER HIM FOR
E;
A DAMAGE SUIT
MASTER BAKERS OF THE
STATE ARE TO MEET
IN GUTHRIE AUG. 21-22
WOLF, THE NEW
Taxes in Logan county will be con-
siderably lower this year than last ac-
cording to the report of the county
excise board, consisting of Judge J. C.
Strang, County Clerk Olson, Treasur-
er Ritterbusch, Superintendent Hum-
phrey and County Attorney Adams,
which was in session all day yester-
day, and fixed the rate for the county
tax levy for the coming year.
The city rate was up for short dis-
cussion but it could not be definitely
settled until Monday The other tax
levies for townB and school districts
will be settled as soon as possible and
Separate School
. 1.00
The fifth annual convention of the I Response—Ex-President J. Buhr^r,
Oklahoma Master Bakers Associa- Oklahoma City, Okla.
tion will meet in Guthrie on August j Greeting from National and other
21 and 22. The following is the for- Associations.
mat program as ararnged by the Btate Report of Executive Committee,
officials. Mr. William Rltzhaupt, of j Reading Communications.
"The Baker of Yesterday and To-
day." By a representative of Nation-
1 a£ Association, F. H. Hohengarten,
I St. Louis, Mo.
j Take up questions for Question
Box.
Address by associate member, sub-
ject, "Why I am Here," by Mr. C. H.
Russell, OklahomS City.
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High and Sep. Schools 2.110
County Sinking 5
Court House Sinking 7
Total Sinking 1.2
Total County Levy 6.2
Valuation, 1911 $2.">,263,722
Valuation, 1912 $23,441,662
Total Levy, 1911 6.11 Mills
Total Levy 1912 6.2 Mills
RulNe on lands Only.
Th eflnal action of the state board
of equalization on the Logan county
assessment was taken late Friday, and
the Star will publlh tiie results as It Is j the report reached Guthrie yesterday,
new the official county paper for Ix)- 'The disposition of the state board was
gan county. to hold every county in the state up
While the aggregate valuation for to the very highest point, but the rep-
lant year was nearly two million dol- ! resentationB of the members of the
lars more than for this year, yet the 1 board of commissioners of Logan coun
j rate for this year is a little less. That ty had their influence with the state
means that while the valuation is less board, and it was finally Egreed to al-
1 the aggregated taxes to be collected low the roll of this county to remain
j for this year will be less than for last j as completed by the county board of
i year. The following table will show
There was a meeting of about 20 how the levy will be distributed:
members of the old Republican coun- County Levy Mills
ty ^utrai committee yesterday after-
noon, and the old committee formal-
ly closed up its business and the new
members took hold.
Frank Wolfe of Crescent township
was selected as temporary chairman
and the old secretary, John Capers,
was continued as temporary secre-
tary.
There will be a full meeting of the
Visiting ladies Will be entertained c(,mmlttee August 24, at which time
I by Committee.
8:00 p. m.—Dutch Lunch and En-
1
1 tertainment at Hotel lone.
I Wm, D. Thompson of Edmond, Okla.
i Tpastmaster.
Thursday, August 22.
9:30 a. m.—Registration and enroll-
j ment of Members.
10:00 a. m.—Convention called to
SIR. WILLIAM R1TZ.H AVIT
State President.
k complicated affair was developed
yesterday over the arrest of James Wednesday, August 21st
W, Mathews, on a charge from Wash: j 10:30 a. m.—Registration and En-J order.
in,<?ton county, 111., claiming that he rollment of members. (Headquarters Address—"Pure Food and Sanitary
is a fugitive from Justice in that he 1 lone hotel.) j Bake Shops,'' By Dr. W. C. Mahr, Com
refuses to contribute to the support 2:00 p. m.—Convention called to 1 missioner 'of Health, State of Oklaho-
-F. H. Gilkey, of Dallas
P-
of a wife and child back there. Sher- order by President William Ritzhaupt,
iff H. F. Vogelpohl, of that county, , Guthrie, Okla. Address-
tins been tracing Mathews for some | Address tof Welcome—Mayor J. E. J
ti:\ie and finally caught up with him N'lesley, Guthrie, Okla. (Continued on page 4.)
and had him arrested. While Mat-
p.M candidates are expected to ber
ptesent. The permanent organiza-
tion will be perfected at that time,
and the plans for the coming county
crmpaign will be discussed.
Frank Wolf, the temporary chair-
man, is one of the old Republican
w irkers in that part of the county,
and withal one of the most reliable
! ai'd foremost farmers in all northern
Li gan county. He was once a mem-
ber of the board of county commis-
sioners and has a splendid record as
;a>v officer and a citizen, and satnds
very high with all men of every po-
i litical faith in his part of the coun-
ty'
Salary Fund - 11
Court Fund 25'
Supply Fund 3
Road & Bridge Fund 9
Contingent Fund 25
Poor and Insane FiTnd 2
Maintenance Fund 3.00
Co. High School 8
Co. H. S., Sinking 2
equalization except the matter onin-
creasing the lands 20 per cent. This
leaves even the lands with a pet re.
duction of about six" per cent below
rhe irtrswmw™ returns, and In Guthrie
It leaves the result with the entire
reduction made by the county board
of equalization. This is a good show-
ing and shows just what the exper-
ience and ability of the old and ex-
perienced members of the county
board is worth to the taxpayers of
Logan county.
IT
MILLS FIRST
T
tbews was waiting for a chance to
but arraigned before Judge Seton yes-
terday, to give bond during the wait
for extradition papers, his attorney,
Mr. Remy, filed a petition In the dis-
trict court against the sheriff for)
false arrest and detention, laying his
damages at $20,000. The case was
postponed till Thursday at 9 a. m. by
which time the sheriff hopes to hkve
his extradition papers from Illinois,
and in the meantime Mr. Mathews
is In charge of one of the deputy sher
iffs.
A\I> EVERYBODY'S HAPPY
A nine and a half pound boy was j
born to Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Hall, j
! of 319 East Vilas, last evening. Moth-
! er, son, baby and "Grandpa" Hall arc |
| doing nicely and happy.
.STRONG CITY, OK., Aug. 10.—(Spe
dill)—For the first time in history a
railroad train entered Roger Mills
county today. One of the big new
i C. & 0. W. engines drew 20 cars of
building material and merchandise
i from Butler into Strong City over
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' O. J. Massat of St. Louis, was in j
j Guthrie yesterday on business with
the reorganization of the Southwest- j
em Iron Works.
LOP OF PLAT-
LOOKS LIKE
ALLEN. BROWN
1
Returns, still very meagre, from
various parts of the state received up
until Saturday night indicate that the
first few men on the Republican tick-
et for congressman at large have
been nominated. Emory D. Brown-
lee of Kingfisher is easily the leader.
A. D. Allen, of Waurika, the first man
on the ticket, will be the second man.
James S. Brown, of Oklahoma City,
another one who Is near the top on
the list, will probably be nominated.
Advice waB received this morning j
by the city attorney, D. M. Tibbetts, j
from the attorney general to the ef- j
feet that 'he was not willing to as- |
f me the responsibility of approving
tb« viaduct bond issue, but offering ;
to submit the questions involved to j
the supreme court upon an agreed
statement of fact.
It develops upon inquiry that the
attorney general does not find fault
with the proceedings taken, but that
someone opposed to the issue has
mode representations to him to tue
effect that the money is to be used
for purposes not authorized by law
and the decisions of the court, and
for this reason he desires an order
from the court, saying that it will
probably be possible to secure a de-
cision within the next two weeks If
action be taken at once, as suggested,
upon an agreed statement.
The city attorney - announces that
this course will probably be adopted
and the proceedings pressed to com-
pletion at the earljeBt possible date.
MOVE IN EAR-
NEST NEXT IIIK
What is conceded on all sides will
bo the greatest harvest of Elberta
poaches in the history of Oklahoma
will commence Monday and from
then on during the next three weeks
frnm 2000 to 3000 carloads will go
out from Oklahoma. The prospect
for good prices is most flattering. Lo-
gon county with upwards of 500 car
lo«ids will be the champalon shipper.
Ip this county sheds are being built
ev«ry five miles along the Fort Smith
& Western for the accommodation of
shippers.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Aug. 10.—(Spe-
cial)—In a letter from Governor Lee
Cruce to the state treasurer, Robert
Dunlop, made public today, the gov-
ernor Informs Dunlop that he found
him guilty of playing politics on the
St*te Board of Education a year ago
but did not remove him as he did not
wish to "disturb the friendly rela-
tions" existing between the two de-
partments. The governor states that
OKLAHOMA CITY, Aug. 10.—(Spe-
cial)—It now appears that the situ-
ation as regards the Republican pres-
1 idential electors In the recent Pri-
maries is ver ymuch mixed. It was
' reported at the Progressive state
the line which has just been complet- convention here that eight of the Re-
ed. An impromptu celebration was j publican electors would vote for
held by the delighted residents of j Roosevelt if elected, but even the
Roosevelt leaders here did not know
which one they were and had to go
! it blind in marking their ballots. The
state election board had decided that
1 only five were to be chosen at large
! Rogers Mills county. There are al-
ready more than fifty car loads of
j produce waiting to be shipped out of
! Rnger Mills county and one hundred
solid car loads of freight billed to
Strong City is piled up in the Butler
yards.
and Ave by districts, but there were
eleven candidates on the Republican
ballot for electors at large.
It has been reported that a list of
the Taft men was prepared by Taft
leaders and sent out to the known
Taft supporters. Of the five high
men in Oklahoma county, three were
known Taft men and two doubtful.
None of the avowed Roosevelt men
are on the list. Those claimed as
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10.—(Special) j TRft men are G. M. Flick of Okla-
—Secretary of State Philander C. jhoma City; L. L. Long of Beaver and
Knox was appointed today as spec- I \y. A, Williams of Marlow. G. E.
ial ambassador to represent this gov- Mickle of Alva and M. P. Howser of
KNOX 10 ATTEND
F
tbe evidence shows that Dunlop has ernment at the funeral of the MIka- Tulsa are claimed by both sides.
used the state schools to make po- | do, of Japan. Secretary Knox and
sltions for personal friends and that j his party will leave here next Thurs-
he had been a party to the removal ' day for Seattle where they will take
of competent teachers at their re-,the armored cruiser Pennsylvania to
Tokio. This Is the first time in the
hietory of the country that the Sec-
retary of State has ever been desig-
nated to act as a special ambassador
placement by incompetents for •politi-
cal purposes. He scored Dunlop se-
verely for statements he had made
and insisted that Dunlop had proven
his unfitness to remain on the board, j to a foreign power.
The governor denied that he bad ev- —■
er Intimated to Dunlop that he had J. J. Donahue, the big grain deal-
found him Innocent of the charges I er of Mulhall, was in the city yester-
agalnst him. 1 day on business.
The full personnel of the electors
is as follows: G. M. Flick, G. E. Nick-
el, L. L Long, W. A. Williams. M. P.
Howser, H. L Hix, M W Hlnch, W. L.
McWii'lams, Ret Millard. J. G. Rails,
S S. Reed.
Attorney Fred Green will go to Ok-
lahoma City this morning to attend
to business matters and visit over
Sunday wit hfriends.
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Hornaday, W. H. The Guthrie Daily Star (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 132, Ed. 1 Sunday, August 11, 1912, newspaper, August 11, 1912; Guthrie, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc275231/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.