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THE CUSHING INDEPENDENT
A
WILSON GIVES OUT
ROLESJOB DRftFT
President Insists on Equality in
the New Army.
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BE FEARLESS AND IMPARTIAL
Admonition to Exemption Board#
Asks Greatest Impartiality and
Least Personal Hardship-
Each Case on Its Merits.
4*
Washington, D. C.—Regulations to
govern the next step toward selecting
a national war army from the mil-
lions registered for service on June 5,
were Issued at the direction of Presi-
dent Wilson. They leave to be pre-
scribed later the manner of determin-
ing the order of liability of the men
registered, but set forth In great de-
tail the method of arriving at exemp-
tions and the work generally of the
local and district hoards already
named to carry out the task.
Exemption regulations add little to
the terms of the draft law, the ques-
tion of whether a man between the
•iges of twenty-one and thirty is en-
titled to exemption because of depend-
ents, the nature of his occupation or
physical unfitness being for the boards
to decide after proper Investigation. It
is made clear, however, that there are
to be no class exemptions and that
each Individual case must be decided
vpon Its merits. The local boards-
one for each county of less than 45,-
000 population or city of 30,000, with
additional hoards where necessary for
■each additional 80,000 population—will
pass upon claims for exemption, ex-
cept those based upon Industrial or-
agrlcultural occupation, subject to ap-
peals to the district boards. All
cases Involving agricultural or Indus-
trial exemptions will be passed upon
toy the district boards—one for each
federal judicial district—which also
will decide appeals from decisions of
the local boards.
To Fix Date for Board Meetings.
In the near future a date will be set
t>y Brig. Gen. Crowder, provost mar-
shal-general, for the meeting and or-
ganization of the boards. At the same
time It Is expected that the selection
regulations will be promulgated so
that the process may be put under way
without delay. The present intention
Is to call the men selected to the col-
ors about September 1.
In a statement accompanying the an-
nouncement of the regulations, the
president called upon the boards to do
their work fearlessly and Impartially
and to remember that "our armies at
the front will be strengthened and sus-
tained if they be composed of men free
from any sense of injustice in their
mode of selection."
All Forces on Equal Footing.
The statement follows:
"The regulations which I am today
■causing to be promulgated, pursuant to
the direction of the selective service
law, cover the remaining steps of the
plan for calling Into the service of the
United States qualified men from
those who have registered; those se-
lected as the result of this process to
constitute, with the regular army, the
National guard and the navy, the fight-
ing forces of the nation, all of which
forces are under the terms of the law
placed In a position of equal right,
dignity and responsibility with the
members of all other military forces.
"The regulations have been drawn
with a view to the needs and circum-
stances of the whole country and pro-
vide a system which It Is expected will
work with the least Inequality and per-
sonal hardship. Any system of select-
ing men of military service, whether
■voluntary or Involuntary In Its opeea-
tlon, necessarily selects some men to
bear the burden of danger and sacri-
fice for the whole nation. The system
here provided places all men of mili-
tary age upon an even plane, and then,
by a selection which neither favors the
one nor penalizes the other, calls upon
the requisite number for service.
Urges Boards to Act Impartially.
"The successful operation of this
law and of these regulations depends
necessarily upon the loyalty, pu rlotlsm
and Justice of the members of the
boards to whom Its operation Is com-
mitted, and I admonish every member
of every local board and of every dis-
trict board of review that their duty
to their country requires an impartial
nnd fearless performance of the deli-
cate and difficult duties Intrusted to
them. They should remember as to
each Individual case presented to them
that they are called upon to adjudicate
the most sacred rights of the individ-
ual and to preserve untarnished the
honor of the nation.
"Our armies at the front will be
strengthened and sustained If they be
composed of men free from any senpe
of Injustice in the mode of selection,
nnd they will be Inspired to loftier ef-
forts In behalf of a country In which
the citizens called upon to perform
high public functions perform them
with justice, fearlessness and Impar-
tiality."
Methods of Making the Draft.
Upon organizing the local boards
will take over from the registration
boards all registration cards, which
they will number serially and list for
posting to public view. Then, after
having been advised of the method by
which the order of liability for service
shall be determined and of the quota
to be drawn from its territory (minus
credits for enlistments In the National
Guard or regular nrm.v), each hoard
will prepare a list of persons deslgnat-
MEN WHO ARE EXEMPT %
Officers of United States,
states, territories and District of
Columbia.
Ministers of religion and stu-
dents of divinity.
Persons In military or naval
service of United States.
Subjects of Germany and all
aliens who have not taken out
first papers. •
County or municipal officers.
Customhouse clerks and work-
men In arsenals and navy yards.
Pilots, merchant marine sail-
ors.
Married men with dependent
wives or children.
Sons of dependent wldowa,
sons of dependent, aged or In-
( firm parents, or brothers of de- ^
pendent orphans under sixteen
STATE-WIDE
HS.EVEHTS
FIFTEEN OKLAHOMA COUN-
TIES WILL HAVE PARTS
OF- OZARK TRAIL
OTHER NEWS OF THE STATE
Little Incidents and Accidents That
Go To Make Up A Week's History
Of A Great Common-
wealth.
NEW YORKER TO OKLAHOMA
President of State Chamber of Com-
merce Coming to Southland.
.. years of age.
Men morally deficient.
>! Members of recognized rellfl-
;t: ious sect existing prior to May
K 18, 1917, whose creed forbids
participation In war.
ed for service in the order of their lia-
bility, post the list, give It to the press,
and within three days send notice to
each designated person by mall.
As the men so notified appear the
boards first will make a physical ex-
amination In accordance with special
regulations to be provided, bearing In
mind that all persons accepted by them
will be re-examined by army surgeons.
If the physical examination Is passed
successfully, then comes the question
of exemption.
Those Entitled to Exemption.
Persons who must be exempted or
discharged by the local board Include:
Officers of the United States, of the
states, territories and the District 'of
Columbia; ministers of religion, stu-
dents of divinity, persons In the mili-
tary or naval service of the United
States, subjects of Germany, all other
aliens who have not taken out first
-papers, county or municipal officers,
customhouse clerks, workmen In fed-
eral armories, arsenals and navy
yards, persons In the federal service
designated by the president for ex-
emption, pilots, merchant marine sail-
ors, those with a status with respect
to dependents which renders their ex<
elusion desirable (a married man with
dependent wife or child, son of a de«
pendent widow, son at dependent, aged
or infirm parent, or brother of depend-
ent orphan child under sixteen years
of age), those found morally deficient,
and any member of any well-recog-
nized religious sect existing May 18,
1917, whose creed forbids participation
in war and whose religious convictions
accord with the creed.
Man or Wife May Make Claim.
Claims for exemption because of de-
pendents may be made by the man
himself, his wife or other dependents,
or by a third party who has personally
investigated the case. A claim made
by the husband must be accompanied
by supporting affidavits signed by the
wife and by the head of a family re-
siding in the same territory. A claim
by the wife or a third party must be
accompanied by two supporting affida-
vits signed by heads of families. Sim-
ilar rules govern claims on the grounds
of other dependents when the depend-
ents or third parties being authorized
to file claims with supporting affidavits.
In each case the board must be satis-
fied before It grants exemption or dis-
charge that the dependent or depend-
ents actually are supported mainly by
the fruits of the man's mental or phys-
ical labor.
Oklahoma City.—Fifteen Oklahoma
counties will receive official markings
of the Ozark Trails' Association, fol-
lowing the decision of the Judges, as
announced at the Amarillo conven-
tion. They are: Ottawa. Craig. No-
wata. Rogers. Tulsa. Creek, ^coln,
Oklahoma, Cleveland, McClain, Grady?
Caddo, Kiowa, Greer and Harmon.
Entering Oklahoma at the extreme
northeastern corner in Ottawa county,
the route selected by the Judges leads
through Miami. Afton, Vinita. Chelsea
and Claremore to Tulsa, then follows
the so-called central route through
Sapulpa, Bristow, Stroud. Chandler,
Wellston, Luther and Jones to' Okla-
homa City. From Oklahoma City the
route turns more directly south, cut-
ting across the northwestern corners
of Cleveland and McClain counties,
where the Canadian river la crossed.
thence Int oGrady county and, follow
ing the central route through western
Oklahoma, passes through the towns
of Chickasha, Verden, Anadarko Fort
Cobb. Carnegie. Mountain View. Gote-
bo. Hobart, Granite and Mangum to
the Texas line.
Oklahoma City.- When the Okla-
homa Confederate Veterans attended
the Washington City reunion recently,
a party of them, including Jack Liove,
E. B. Howard. Chas. F. Barrett, Graves
Leeper, and Brant Kirk of Oklahoma
City, Dr. Fowler Border of Mangum,
M. J. Glass. J. S. Brooks and Tate
Brady of Tulsa, S. B. Garnett of Altus,
and others, visited a number of east-
ern cities where they had an oppor-
tunity to tell the commercial bodies
of the big things in Oklahoma.
They. had#a particularly fine recep-
tion at New York City, where Presi-
dent Outerbridge of the New York
State Chamber of Commerce replied
to the Oklahoma addresses with an
STATEHOUSE BREVITIES
HOW TO SEND LETTER
TO TROOPS IN FRANCE
Military Training A* State Schools.
Teachers in summer normal schools
this year will receive ths rudiments
of military training In order that they
may later impart the knowledge to
their pupils In the coming achool
year. This was decided at the last
meeting of the state board of edu
cation. Eight sufcnmer schools, In-
cluding the university, the Agricul-
tural and Mechanical College and the
lix normal schools, will be supplied
with military Instructors by the state
board.
The board was unable, under pres-
ent circumstances, to have regular
army officers detailed for this serv-
ice, but In their place persons with
military training will be substituted.
Selections will be made by the board.
The board appropriated a sum of $25
x week Balary and expenses for each
of the instructors for the remainder
of the summer schools' term.
Ing to R. H. Wilson, state superin-
tendent ot schools.
The course of study at the summer
normal schools over the state also
may include two weeks instruction In
food conservation to be directed by a
member of the United States depart-
ment of agriculture, under the pro-
posed department of food administra-
tion, under the direction of Herbert C.
Hoover. The classes will last one
hour daily.
No date has been set for begin-
ning this course, although it is under-
stood such Instructors will be de-
tailed when the food control hill is
passed by congress.
If yon have a son, brother, husband,
sweetheart or friend among the Amer-
ican regulars In France, here la the
way to address letters to him:
"JOHN SMITH. Jr.,
"Company X, -—Infantry,
"American Expeditionary Forces."
The name of the sender should be
in the upper left-hand corner of the
envelope. These instructions were Is-
sued last week by the postofflce de-
partment. The letters will be distrib-
uted through a United States
agency at Bordeaux, of whiqh M. K.
Bunn is in charge.
Tonkawa Seeks Injunction.
A suit perpetually to enjoin
the
President Outerbridge.
Competing routes w
hlch lost In the
fight for official markings will be
known as branches of the Ozark TraU
and will be designated as such, a
though marked in such a way ®8
distinguish them from the
route Chief among these are the
northern and scenic routes through
western Oklahoma and the norhern
and southern routes between Oklaho-
ma City snd Tulsa.
Within the next year. It Is an
nounced, the branch of the Ozark
Trail between Oklahoma City and
Muskogee, by way of Okemah, Henry-
etta and Okmulgee, will be officially
marked and that line will b^ome a
part of the highway system which1 will
extend into Arkansas, branching
north to Monett, Mo., and southeast
to Memphis, Tenn.
DEMONSTRATION EXTENDED
Seven Oklahoma Counties Get Help
For Canning Campaigns.
Stillwater—Seven additional coun-
ties in Oklahoma have been organized
In the home demonstration work car-
ried on by the extension division of
the A. and M. College and the Un"®d
States department of agr*cultu™' t, ®
new women agents for these counties
are appointed for only three months
and will have charge of the campalg
for canning, drying and food conser-
sss-k « ■
counties with women agents up to
thirty-one. Five more counties will
be added Just as soon as the *°™en
to handle the work can be selected
Recent appointments are as folio< ■ ■
urgent appeal to the southwest to
jump in and aid the administration In
the prosecution of the war in every
possible manner. Mr. Outerbridge felt
that while the spirit of the southwest
was not lacking, that this section of
the country did not realize the gravity
of the situation and the necessity of
not only raising a big army of filling
a big war chest but of raising more
and more food.
Mr. Outerbridge expressed himself
as a representative of the east and its
interests as highly pleased with the
way the southwestern states, particu-
larly Oklahoma, are coming forward In
the big financial interests ot the coun-
try. He stated he would visit four or
five ot the principal cities of Okla-
homa this tall.
INDIANS HAVE ODD NAMES.
Gamut of Animal Klnndom Run By
Surnames of Seger Braves.
Council To Manage Next Loan,
The next loan to be floated by the
United States and the next Red Cross
campaign will be carried on in this
state by the Oklahoma Council for
Defense, according to present plans.
For this purpose the council is ar-
ranging for the organization of coun-
ty councils.
Letters are being sent to all bank-
ers, farmers and social and civic or-
ganizations asking them to choose rep-
resentatives for a county meeting to
be held on a day to be designated as
soon as all the counties have been
lined up. From the central meeting
there will be chosen In each county
an executive committee of five, which
will name the council members.
While the state, both In the Liberty
loan and the Red Cross campaigns,
responded with its quota, many sec-
state board of affairs from removing
the printing plant and other proper-
ties of the University Preparatory
School at Tonkawa, was filed in the
district court by citizens of Tonkawa.
The Tonkawa school was one of thoso
that fell before the gubernatorial veto
ax. It la the expectation of realdenta
of Tonkawa tkat the netx legislature
will call the Institution Into being
again by making an appropriation
for it.
The iuit is expected to test the
question whether the board of affairs
has the authority to make disposition
of the properties of an institution
which has not been abolished by law,
but is merely suspended. The plain-
tiffs state that the board of affairs
will move the printing plant to Mc-
Alester.
The University Preparatory School
was established on March 8, 1801. by
an act of the legislative assembly ot
the Territory of Oklahoma. When
Oklahoma was admitted to statehood,
the claims of the town were upheld
and the school kept In operation. Cit-
izens of Tonkawa donated the slt
for the school, Jhe petition states.
New Law Test In Panhandle Caee.
What may be a case which will de-
termine the intent of the law govern-
ing seizure of automobiles used In
transporting liquor, is found In Texas
County. Attorney General Freelins
received an account of the proceed'
ings from F. Hiner Dale, county at-
torney.
An auto was caught at Goodwell In
which six gallons of whisky, eight
quarts of wine and thirty-five quarts
of beer was found. The county at-
torney ordered the car selaed antl
started proceedings to confiscate U.
inole'county; Miss Jean Jones, Pryor,
Okla agent for McIntosh county,
Miss Maude Andrews. Okeene. Okla
agent for Major county; Miss Anna
Fisher, Clinton. Okla.. agent for Co-
manche county; Miss Evelyn Nance
Pattonsburg. Okla.. agent tor Texas
county; Mrs. Clara Emmons. Vinita,
Okla., agent for Logan county.
The new agents receive a care1 u
drilling in home canning and drying
of fruits and vegetables before taking
up their work.
PHONE STRIKE AT ARDMORE
. U^. Mi89 Alice Ronald. Coalgate. Okla.
Local boards are required, subject to nt for Coai county; Miss Jessie
appeal, to pass upon claims for exemp- | pr,ce Chec0tah, Okla., agnet for Sem-
tion or discharge within three days af- ' — T„„„ Prvoi
ter the filing of affidavits.
Must Decide In Five Days.
District boards must decide appeal
eases within five days after the closing
of proofs and their decisions are final.
If the ruling of a local board Is af-
firmed the person In question stands
finally accepted for military service.
In pnsslng on claims for exemption
on the ground of employment In neces-
sary Industrial and agricultural occu-
pations the district boards must be con-
vinced that the particular enterprise
affording such employment actually is
necessary to the maintenance of the
military establishment of national in-
terest during the emergency.
"The evidence must also establish,"
the regulations say, "even If the par-
ticular Industrial enterprise or particu-
lar agricultural enterprise Is found nec-
essary for one of the above purposes,
that the continuance of such person
therein Is necessary to the maintenance
thereof and that he ennnot be replaced
by another person without direct, sub-
stantial material loss and detriment to
the adequate and effective operation of
the particular industrial enterprise or
agricultural enterprise In which he is
engaged."
May Designate Certain Industries.
Later the president may from time
to time designate certain industries-or
Business Men Refuse to Remove
Phones—Municipal Plant In S.ght
Ardmore.—One hundred Ardmore
business men, in special session,
adopted a resolution implying that no
business house will permit Its tele
nhone to be removed, in line with the
eympathetic •: strike which or^ed
labor forces of Ardmore are holding
on account ot the trouble between
Clinton.—The roster ot the United
States' Indian soldiers from the vicin-
ity of the Big Custer and Little Custer
battle grounds in Custer and Roger
Mills counties wil be reminiscent, of
the fierce warrior bands General Cus-
ter encountered in this section when
he was attempting to subdue the Chey-
ennes and Arapahoes.
Following is the list of Indians reg-
istered by Superintendent eJsse W.
Smith of the Seger agency under the
draft law:
Charlie Armstrong, Oscar Brave
Boar, Little Beaver, Wade Black Owl,
Ross Bear Bow, Barry enton. Coming
Crane. Stone B. Creeping ear, David
Crosby, Joe Fletcher, Bryan Flacco,
Van Horn Flying Man, William
Fletcher, George Fletcher. Frank
Goose, Harvey Goodbear. Peslre
Ground Nose, William Gould. Frank
llaag, Homer Hart, Howling In Cloud,
Amon Hawk, Albert Hoffman, Charles
Howling Crane. Joe Hadley. John
Heap of Birds, Wauchope Kendall.
John S. Little, Litle Man, Ralph Middle
Man, James Old Bull, Joseph Orange,
Brinton Packer, Red Loggins, Was-
heen, Robinson, John T. Roads, Frank
Roman Nose, Frank Reynolds, Thomas
Reynolds, Sam Standing Water, Spot-
ted Horse, Nelson Sage Bark, William
Sage Bark, Slyde Standing Bull, Stick-
ing Bull, Dan Tall Sun, Sidney White
Crane, Elmer Wolf Tongue, Stacy
Wolf Chief. Mistamaha Wolf Chief,
Uhlliap Watan.
Former Deputy Surrenders.
Drumright.—Following the death of
Ote Robins, a junk dealer, at Oilton,
C. V. Brock, former deputy sheriff of
Creek county, surrendered himself
and was placed In the county jail at
Sapulpa.
— - The two men wao were In the ear
tlons of the state were not touched, at the Ume ,t wa8 found contend that
says the state council. This was due 1 ^ jjad purchased liquor at Dalhart,
to the lack of organization to push TexaB( and had gotten Into Oklahoma
the work. By the time the next call mutake.
for finances is made, the county coun-
cils will be ready to take charge.
the Pioneer Telephone Company
operators formerly employed by the
222* i <or r«08
nition of their union.
At the close of a mass meeting held
by the organized labor forces of the
city, several hundred signatures were
classes oTlndustries that are necessary j obtained on ® p^lti0^t
and the district boards will be so no- R-^erU be held
tilled. It will be the duty of ench , asking that a spe bQndB f()r
board, however, to ascertain the avail- 1 on the d mainfenance of a
able labor supply for such Industries the construction and mam
outside the men called for military municipal telephone sy
service anfi to take the result Into con- I ___ ««i o UAIIPUTY
sideration In determining such things. MINISTER WAS NAUun T.
"If, in the opinion of the district Pastor With
board," this section of the regulations 1 Wife ® y Women.
concludes, "the direct, substantial, ma- | Loving
terial loss to any such industrial or ug- J hobart The Rev. C. F. Trimble,
rlcultural enterprise outweighs the ioss , tQr of the christian church at
that would result from failure to ob- , der has been made defendant in
tain the military service of any such , div0rce case filed in the district
person, a certificate of discharge may ( cQurt by EdUh Trimble, who alleged
be issued to him X X X." I Jtreme cruelty, and says that since
Certificates of exemption will not her hUBband has been too Inti
necessarily be permanent. They may w(th other WOmen, writing and
be revoked with changing conditions, _ecejv|ng love letters, which, she says,
or may be grunted ionly for prescribed ^ jla8 ln her possession.
1 periods. I
Husband Held for Murder.
,eeu Oklahoma City —Another chapter ot
and the strange death of Mrs. Leota Llnd-
1 berg here May 31 *as written when
Karl Lindberg, husband of the dead
woman, was arrested on a charge of
murder His arrest came a few min-
utes after lawyers had finished the
transfer of Mrs. Llndberg's local prop-
Governor Speaks At Durant.
"We are not fighting for Durant, or
tor Oklahoma, or for the United States,
but for humanity," declared Gov. Wil-
liams In a patriotic address delivered
at the laying of the cornerstone of
Bryan county's new $100,000 court-
house, which was the principal feature
of the Fourth of July celebration at
Durant.
"The boys who will give up their
lives for this cause will go down in
history as heroes in a great cause,"
the governor declared.
Two thousand five hundred people,
hundreds of them from different points
over the country, attended the cor-
nerstone laying, which was under the
supervision of the Masonic lodge. A
number of members of Company H,
Oklahoma national guard, who were
home for the holiday, were in the
crowd.
Governor Williams presented a silk
flag to Company H, Lieutenant Mit-
chell receiving the colors for his com-
pany. The flag was made by the
Federation of Woman's Clubs.
Wheat To Be 27,13.000 Bushels.
Eighty-four per cent of the Okla-
homa wheat crop has been harvested,
according to the monthly report of
the state board of agriculture. The
wheat crop Is estimated at 27,113,000
bushels, and the average yield is esti-
mated at 9.5 bushels to the acre.
Condition of oats is estimated at 69
per cent, which Is 13 per cent above
the condition a year ago. The yield is
estimated at 25.5 bushels to the acre,
the total yield is placed at 24,435,000
bushels. Up to June 25. 77 per cent
of the crop had been harvested.
Corn condition is placed at 75 per
cent; cotton at 71; kaflr, 74; milo.
74; sorghum, 76; broom corn, 75; al-
falfa, 73. Condition of soil 60 per
cent of what it should be.
They contend that they were mak-
ing an interstate trip and that the
law applies only where liquor Is tak-
en from one point In Oklahoma to an-
other. The county attorney declares
that since the effectiveness of the
Webb-Kenyon law, there Is no such
thing as interstate commerce In 11q.
quor in this state.
It is probable that the case will be
brought up to the criminal court •«
appeals.
Price of Ginning Fixed By State.
After devious investigations regard*
ing the prices of labor, machinery and
supplies, the state corporation com-
mission fixed the price of «innlng for
the coming season at 22Vfc ceata a
hundred for seed cotton. The gln-
ners are allowed a profit of 20 oenta
above cost of bagging and ties.
Cotton gins were declared by the
Sixth legislature to be public utili-
ties. At a hearing held by the com-
mission a number of ginners stated
that 30 cents would not allow them
much profit, owing to advanced cost
of labor, machinery and supplies.
Later, the commission In a letter
I sent to all ginners and to a number
' of farmers, offered to arrange that
the price would automatically be ad-
Justed by the price of cotton. This
met with general opposition, so the
arbitrary price was made.
Gins last season started out at an
average price of 16 2-3 cents a hun-
dred. About one-fifth of them In-
creased to 20 cents before the season
closed.
McKay Is Promoted.
Edwin F. McKay, private corpora-
tion clerk of the corporation commis
sion has been promoted to a position
agreement with her aunt he was given
all the local real estate, value at
$9,000. Her estate was worth $40,000.
Bathing Is Sinful.
Okmulgee—A colony of fifty mem-
bers of a religious sect known as the
erty to her husband. His wire s last j the accounting division at $2,500
will, made a few days before her , & ^ together wIth Walter Seger,
death, left him $5. but^through^ an j anotjjer commission employe. O. R.
* Thraves, Nowata, succeeds McKay.
McKay and Seger take places created
by the last legislature.
State Saves $2.00 a Barrel On Flour.
A saving of several thousand dol-
, lars In the purchase of supplies for
True Followers," who live in tents . gtat0 ln8titutions has been made by
and shacks on the outskirts of Okmul- th(j board of affairs, by guessing on
gee, present a health problem that j what tfae trend 0f prices would be.
the state board of health may be
called upon to solve. The "True Fol-
lowers" profess to believe that bath-
ing or any sanitary precaution is sin-
ful and the entire colony Is living In
a state of filth, according to a report
made by a committee of the Rotary
Club. Half the children have Uiocol-
ltls three or four dying every week.
The board held off on buyins flour
until last week. It wjs able to save
$2.00 a barrel, as the price fell. On
supar a saving of 2 cents a pound was
made by falling to buy. By using
the opposite course, expecting an ad-
vance, more money was saved. Threo
months' supply of rice was bought at
a Bavlng of $1,200.
New Supreme Court Rules.
Regular terms of the state supreme
court hereafter will be held begin-
ning the second Tuesday of October,
December, February, April and June,
is the new rule promulgated by the
court with a number of others. The
morning sitting of the court will be
at 9 o'clock and the afternoon sit-
ting at 1:30.
In the amended rules of procedure
in the court, the chief justice may
limit the time for argument, not to
eTceed one hour to counsel on each
side. No motion will be argued ex-
cept by direction of the court.
The rules provide that application
for rehearings shall act as a stay ol
mandate, but that no application for
rehearing shall be filed with the clerk
except by the approval ot the court.-
Section 12A Proves Costly.
Campbell Russell, corporation com-
missioner, and vigorous user of the
initiative method of legislation, now
has 726 of the 1,000 workers who will
work with him in intiating a bill to
vitalize Section 12A at the next elec-
tion. This measure vould distribute
the school tax paid by public service
corporations to all districts of the
state. Commissioner Russell states
that he has spent this year about $800
in securing then mase—a little more
than $1 for each name, and that he
will keep on regardless of expense.
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Roff, Charles H. The Cushing Independent (Cushing, Okla.), Vol. 21, No. 47, Ed. 1 Friday, July 13, 1917, newspaper, July 13, 1917; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc276736/m1/3/: accessed April 23, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.