The Altus Times. (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 46, Ed. 2 Thursday, November 24, 1910 Page: 4 of 8
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BRIEF HISTORY OF
JACKSON COUNTY
(I'ontinuwl from 1)
■ citizens look similar preeauctlona I It was found that thi* taxpayer* of thi
to attain thi' coveted boon On July
is, IIkih, the voters lined up at the
polls to settle the matter, onee and
for all, and when the ballots were
counted and the returns cast up it
was found that Altus had won by a
large plurality. Governor Haskell
the thick of the light, as were manyjgave legality to the election by form-
other Rood citizens of Altus, and we|ui|v proclutulng Altus the county seat,
look buck upon the time with pleas- jand another victory was duly cole-
lire. Mangum and the anti-division- j lira ted, Alius being magnanimous to
ists, as they were called, were not j her honorable but fallen foe, who
asleep b> any means, but they did not c-amc over en masse and celebrated
come nliv
perfectly secure in tli-
the constitutional
never dare to carvi
noimli
felt
with us
thought that
ention would
ie "Crand Old
Kingdom of tlreer," and when they
Anally realized that there was a de-
cided sentiment in favor of division,
both ill thi1 convention and all over
ihc county, the? sent a big delegation
to (iulhrie tii work against it. Hut
Altus was prepared for them. Such
men as J K. .Mc.Mahau. .1 <i. Adkins, awli
(.'. Hightower, W. T. Mct'onuell, Hcleiitly
county favored the expenditure of the
peoples' money for the purpose, and
a few mouths later actual work he-
Kan on the building In another part
of this edition a photo engraving of
the building in its present incomplete
stage is shown, and it is a monument
to the energy of Mi* Spears and to
the wise, thoughtful action of the
farmers and taxpayers of Jackson
county. The building stands in the
centre of the public square at Altus,
a plot of ground which was deeded by
better, more commodious, and less ex-
Me.Mtilmn, I'residetil
hraililoek. Vice I'res
\\ ('. linker, ( asltiei
II l'>. MellitiL'i'!', Ass't, Casli
I III I V ! 11U
llet forevel
\ teuipornry court house was rent
on the north side of the squai
ami iu tills building the ollieers took
up their quarters. Thouch thev wer
ramped. I>a<lI> lighted and
ated. the officers areepl
it In in t con.plaint, and did t ti< • best
mid. believing that tli
I been put to sufficient expense foi
'I'lie building was not
house all of them
Capital
Undivided Profits
Surplus
Total resources
$30,000
15,000
30,000
350,000
\lilb r and mam
made Muiiii
Lid
>uutit
tllel- .-ought
tit ■ s
unequal
! 1
lie night. when during tli
111,1 ! Ill
I'll III
plan.-
pioposed by the I'aulj Jail Co., of St
Louis, and awarded the contract toi
turn ot the luiildini:. A
ii in TTie rear ot tli
f the square, and tli
tli
ixiniately Thi
ail lias eight steel cages, an addi-
onal cage for female prisoners, i
lated from the others; an offii
the jailor, and a sin.
nmg entirely around tli
which have been erected about th«
of the building. The jail has
been a source of great trouble and
no.vance to the commissioners and
the sheriff, there being no seweragi
floor the cesspool at the rear having cans
trouble from the beginning. A
lonths ago the commissioners
A conservative policy beget
1 his institution is proud of it
Your patronage is solicited.
The small depositor is <!iven
the larger ones.
mage in hanking
a liberal
reeort
ous treatment as
the nniiie
the coin ention. and the slate murder trial of John Core, th
I l.\ tin "county butchers" ; sank beneath the weight ot the great
in iincimli. In tact. Mr. Mc.Mahan crowii. and rh. building was con
devoted his entu
in hand, and
ih
lied a
apital It was at that
llltil an ellercelll
during th. entire ses- thi
nnon. aim until the court h
s finally formed
onii hard fighting and
tful work to have H
tile OeOlile of South
the anti-divis
h i I
for that purpose, let the contract
it \\ ii Spears, built out of a
Martha, felt house annroiiriatton
ight to have a |K.t.n set aiiart as the fund
nsurate with her erection. M. T. Murrav. a local
plan tornied in his tractor was the successful bidder, and
might be provided, j the completion of the in
matter quietly for ; will be a source of great iov to all
then consulted others, j whose official duties compel mem to
in his purpose, have anything to do with it. H
111hough the building ever construction has not vet been
omtnenced A brief description ot
the new iail will be found on anothi
hi
This, in hri
h
th
hose lit. has
tor thi
tied iit t i
Altus State
Altus, Oklahoma
J
I liar i
had hail
Hut Ml
Non of Old i i
Altus Machine & Boiler Co.
pulation
Brunton & Paiton, Proprietors
igin
and tal
HaliiiLC alfalfa on ('
i's farm.
e along those lines
or the betterment of
their existence, as well
as business men whose highest ambi-
tion has been to make the county and
its people the best and most content-
ed in the country. Jackson county
now stands, as a fitting climax to its
struggles and triumphs, in the very
forefront of the best counties in the
state. First in the growth of alfalfa,
at one time second in the world in the
tion of cotton, with mile upon
of the very richest most fertile
soil in the world included within its
borders, its people feel that they have
hed something well worthy
ndeavors until they stand upon the
st round of the ladder which
reaches to the highest development
and the greatest good. It is a cos-
mopolitan population to be found here.
The shrewd Yankee from the north-
east, the sturdy, progressive farmer
liters for the new subdivision was ed and urged, and when the petition; from the middle states, the native
elected and sworn in at the court was finally presented to the commis- southerner, with his far famed hospi-
house. amid the spontaneous rejoic- sioners for action, Mr. Spears had j tality, the cowboy from the western
ings of the people, who felt that they provided buyers for the bonds, on con- prairies, ail meet in Jackson county
had won a great victory indeed. i dition that they could be voted. The upon a common level. Happy, pros-
The next question was the secur- commissione-s at first turned down perous and contented, with a taxa-
ing of the county seat, when a bat- the plan, but later by Mr. Spears' ble wealth of many millions of doi-
tle no less strenuous than that for persuasive eloquent e they were in- ' lars. Jackson county extends the glad
county division was waged, with Al- duced to take it up, with the result hand to all good citizens and invites
tus as the i erter of operations While that in De< ember. 1 [»«>;». an election them to become one with us in aim and
Olustee was slightly nearer the cen- was oidered for the following Feb. to ambition, and to join with us in build-
tre of the ii;unt> than Altus, the lat- vote on the plan. The people of Altus ing up the richest community in tip'
ter town hail the population, the rail- again got busy and did all the campign- great, new state of Oklahoma, which
roads, the industrial and manufactur- ing they could to bring about the desir- i!1 its short existence of a little over
ing plants, and her people had done ed result And as usual when the elec- three years has become th
much in thi way of city building." tion was held and the votes counted. of the entire wor
which the people of the surrounding
country seemed to think was deserv
ing of recognition and reward. Olus
tee also had a large fol
she was badh handicapped in the race
ill many particulars. The Altus busi-
ness men. with a reputation for go-
ing after things and never stopping
till they had attained the object
test, and thrt w their whole soul into
it Mas? meetings of business men
were held, funds raised to canvass
that county in her favor, a large fin-
ance. advertising and ways and
means committees appointed, and the
campaign was on to a finish Olustee
was not asleep by any means, and j A fa(niliar farm scene in Jackson t'ountv.
Wmm-'
This firm is equipped to handle all kinds of Boiler, Machine and
general repair work, and such work is done on a guarantee.
LUCIUS BRUNTON, Machinist, served 11 years for the U. S.
Steel Corporation of Pittsburg, Pa., five years for the Pennsylva-
nia Railroad, and two years for the Rock island at El Reno.
CHAS. PAITON, boiler maker, served his apprenticeship at Shaw-
nee, Okla., for the Rock Island Railroad, and has worked in the
shops at El Reno, Okla., and Amarillo, Texas. Both are thor-
oughly competent mechanics.
This firm is now doing the local locomotive repair work for the W.
F.& N. W . Railroad. I hey erected the large smoke stacks for
the Oil Mill and Electric Light Plants in this city, and confi-
dently refer to any firm for whom they have done work, among
whom are J. \V. Maxcy & Co., W. F. & N. W. Railroad. Altus
Electric Light & Power Co., and many others.
Repair work on any kind of power, machinery, gasoline, gas, steam,
etc. Also automobile work promptly, reasonably and well done.
This firm will very shortly invest about $4000 in additional
building and machinerv.
Altus Machine & Boiler Co.
Altus, Oklahoma
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Shepard, Susie W. & Shepard, Horace W. The Altus Times. (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 46, Ed. 2 Thursday, November 24, 1910, newspaper, November 24, 1910; Altus, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc404999/m1/4/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.