Durant Weekly News (Durant, Okla.), Vol. 18, No. 20, Ed. 1, Friday, May 15, 1914 Page: 1 of 8
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Durant Weekly News
. OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE COUNTY OF BfcYAN
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VOLUME XVIII.
DURANT OKLAHOMA FRIDAY MAY 15. 1014.
NUMBER ae.
LOCAL BANK
NEW OHj COMPANY.
AVolf Hill Oil & Gas Co. Organized
Drilling In in Progress on tho
Johnson Franklin Land near Mead
This County.
SUE COUNTY
FOR SALARIES
TAXES SOON
DELINQUENT
DEl'OT OIIDEK AITEALED.
NEAR DEATH
AND PENNILESS
Itnllroads Delay Building of Durant
Union Station with Appeal to Su-
premo Court on Corporation Com-
mission Order.
IS hWED
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Durant National Selected
Flvo Banks from Flvo Slal
Organlzo Dallas Regional Itcso
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Southorn Oklahoma and Durant
ospoclally was slgnnlly honored tho
f.nst wook whon tho comptroller of
iho currency solected tho Durant Na-
tional bank of this city as ono of fivo
banks In tho Dallas Roglbnal Resorvo
District to go to Dallas Monday of
next week and organize tho regional
xosorvo bank which -was located In
Dallas. Tho Dallas district comprls-
i os a portion of Oklahoma portions of
Arizona Now Mexico Louisiana and
Texas. The othor four banks select-
ed to work with tho Durant Nation-
al n organization of the nesorvo
Dank aro First National Dank of
Shrovoport La.; tho First National
Dank of El Paso Texas; tho First
National Bank of San Antonio Tex-
as and the Union National Bank of
Houston Toxas. In tho Dallas Dis-
trict aro 725 banks of which about
one hundred aro in Oklahoma tho
Durant National being selected out
of nil the Oklahoma National banks
to assist in tho organization.
Tho capital of tho rogional bank to
he organized at Dallas will bo an
amount equal to six per cent of the
capital and surplus of all tho 725
banks In tho district which will
make tho capital of tho regional
bank about $6000000 according to
local bankers who havo estimated tho
matter.
All banks In the district aro re-
quired to subscribe to tho regional
bank stock In an amount of six per
cent of thoir own capital and sur-
'Tho Durant National of this city will
subscrlbo to about $9000 worth of
tho stock and the First National of
this city to abort t $7500. All Na-
tional banks in tho district aro re-
quired to become membors of tho re-
gional bank or surrender their charters.
There will bo nine directors of tho
Tho organization of tho "Wolf Hill
and Qas Company with principal
at Durant was perfected Sat-
af tornoon at tho offices- of tho
ny's attorneys Uttorback &
onald.
Owing to tho fact that the com
On nccount of moro District Court
than wns nntlclnntcd sovernltoun-
ty officers must wait for salaried!.
nnd get Judgements. ..
It wns discovered this week thatf Tax paying time is again near at
thoso county officers Who havo boon hand for on Juno ICth noxt tho last
Of a Total of $'130000 Taxes to' bo
Collected for 101 County Treas-
urer Harrlso'tiliiM Collected $187-
180 up to Wednesday
pany has not stock for salo tho cap-1 drawlng thoir monthly salaries from.dinlt of 1013 taxos will becomo do
itnlizntlnn wnn nlnond rtt tlin nnmlnnl . . . t . .i m. ."" . .. ... . .. .
sum Of $10000.
composed of five members W. 3
Storrett Bi G. Brown Johnson
Franklin C. O. CUno nnd W. T.
Thaxton: Tho directors olectod tho
following officers:
Johnson Franklin president; D.
O. Brown vice president; C. O.
Cllno second vlco president; V. T.
Thaxton secretary; E. F. nines
treasurer.
Mm finiirt fund will havo to do with llnniionr If nnt'nald nnd will draw.
Tho directorate is out tnotr July salarloi until they can " tho penalty of olghteen por "ont per
Institute suit against tho coujty so-' annum until they nro paid. This
cure Judgomont and until a tax levy applies only to thoso who paid tho
Is mado to tako caro of tho Judge-flnt half of their 1913 taxes before
meont8. Tho officers thus affected
togethor with thoir monthly salaries
wnicn tnoy uraw aro as iouows
County Judgo J. L. Rnppoloo'
$185.41; County Court Clork Lacy
.Grlmos $100.00; County Clerk Steri-
Ini'rnnlior. Alra. Wnrrnnil. J7K-00 : T)Ir
Drilling in earnest began Monday trlct clork) w A- Jono3( ?1G8.75.
morning on tho first well west of Doputy clerk nichard NIcolds $75
Moad and bo.foro Juno 1st tho shal- 00. Court clerk at Bennington Syl
low sands of tho Madlll-Ayle"worth noed ?25.00; Court Clork at Bcn-
flled aro expected to show up. Work nlngton( Syl noC(1( $25.00.
wilt continue In this field until oil AlrnrAtnr. iw envnrnine Rnnh
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January first. ' Thoso who fnilcd to
;av tho first half by Jnnuary' first.
. Tjtaxes all became delinquent then
anu nave drawn mo oigmeon per
'cent pealty ever since.
f'ounty Treasurer Harrison advises
that the total sum of money to bo
collocted. for 1913 tnxes was appr6xi-
mately $330000 and out of that sum
$287180.03 had been collected up
to Tuesday night of this week or
considerably more than half of tho
total amount The collections on
'?. ?.a3fnF 1uantl.Uo.a A8 fou.nd or un I matters the abovo named officers and 51913 taxes havo been as follows:
til it Is known that there Is nonq to lnrk) Rnlarlpfl nro nnl( mit of .;
bO fOUnd. Lnnrt fund tnr tvlifnfi ftin naMni-rtn la'
' Dr. H. T. Shepherd of Hugo ono
of tho promoters of this deal and
who is Interested on both sides of
tho river will soon remove hlB fam
ily to this county and establish field
headquarters where ho can carefully
study events as they occur.
made each year in advanco of tho 'February; $20548.55; March $23
BURGLARS AT WORK.
making of tho levies as on other pub
lic fuiTds. Tho requirements of tho
District Court this year havo been
considerably heavier than wns anti-
cipated and tho result is that tho
fund Is almost exhausted and tho
year two months yet to go. The a-
mount left in his fund is just about
sufficient to pay tho officers and!
clerks salaries for tho month of June.
11 no yrucueuuru iu uu luuuwuu un-
cording to State Examiner and In-
Burglars Wednesday night cntor-
cu iuu uiiiui Diiuy ul luiuui ouuuimu
which building Is also occupied by
T T. TlTllnrtn Inntnlm nn1 eftin ninrA
and stolo several watches and guns Bnoctor Ffod ?ar?!nsn.1 who T"13
from Mr. Wilson's department and
ono suit of clothes from tho Sheffield
tailor shop. The stolen suit belong-
ed to Bob Grafa. Entrance' was ob-
tainol by breaking out a window on
tho north or rear sldo of tho build-
ing. Mr. Sheffield reports that
some fifty suits thiit woro hanging
on his rackB that had been cleaned
atid pressed woro all thrown on tho
floor nnd that two suits which bo-
regional bank of which there will boLonled .t0 L 0li P0rkLnd Ji"i
luiuiuubu .nuiu uouu oo ouuuoa uvqi
'three each in three classes desig-
nated as classes A B and C. Tho
"throe dlroctors in. class C aro to be
appointed by tho Federal reserve
ank board while tho six directors
of classes A and B are to be olectod
by tho member banks of tho dis-
trict. Each member bank will bo requir-
ed to keep Us reserve on deposit
with tho resrovo bank upon which'
drafts will bo drawn as desired. Th.9
noservo Banks will not engage in
ordinary commercial business nor in
open markot transactions but their
principal business will bo with tho
member banks when It Is desired to
to discount .bills and notes or to
Tjorrow money for re-loaning when
-Buch seasons aro at hand as tho mov-
ing of crops.
here and talked about thn mattor
Wednesday Is for tho officers to In-
stitute dult for for their July salar-
ies and for County Commissioners to
confess Judgement after which as
we understand tho law governing
such matters a tax levy may bo
made to tako care of tho judgements
when tho estimate is made for the
County's needs for the year commen-
cing August first 1914 and ending
July 1st. 1915.
.440. 09; Aprrll $8818.37; May (up
to tho 12th.) $2008.01.
n Flcures comnlled by tho Treasur
ers offlco show that only forty per
cent of tho land of Bryan County Is
Subject to tax. As allottees land Is
gradually sold or changes hands It
becomes taxable and tho total tax-
aoio vaiuos wnn cconomyun nanuuog
county affairs should ' bring about
tax levies which will docreaso a llttlo
each year.
The averago tax paid in tho county
each year is $3.77 on each hundred
dollar valuation. The greatest is
$4.75 per hundred dollars which Is
paid In tho town of Bokchlto. Tho
smallest average tax is that of
school district 39 east of Bokchlto
FOIt CAPITOL BUILDING.
tho largp electric light and wero
ruined by the heat of the globe.
Sheffield places his loss at $50.00.
KT 17l tTi It tnn Vtln oiiMmntn Til'
. . . . .! . k41tA SJtntn Annltnl nnnrnnflitilnn fnAm
loss 'when-seeVbyTa reporter. Aside i. XX' E 5?m" "X1L
Tho State Capitol Commissioners
havo. been notified that the fund due
from the articles missed the entire
storo was mussed up and in a vory
disorderly condition when Mr. Wil-
son opened up Thursday morning.
MRS. McKINNEY'S MOTnEIt DEAD
Tho News was received hero that
Mrs. J. M. Newman of Bonham Tex-
as mother of Mrs. J. n. McKlnney of
this city died at her homo there at
2:40 Thursday morning after a pro-
longed illness. Mrs. Newman was
70 years of ago at liath. Mr. nnd
Mrs. McKlnney woro both at her bod- i
sldo when death came.
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nSale
HORSES HORSES
I will sell at Public Auction at my
barn in Durant Oklahoma on
Saturday May 16 1914
30 head of well bred Mares and Colts
Also some nice Horses and Fillies
ranging in age from one to eight
years old.
TERMS OF SALE: Will sell for
cash or on secured note bearing 8 J
It SAVJ in(-avaet 4-ism Ha. t-l
muturity. On cash sales 5 per cent 1
discbunt will be made.
Oklahoma City will bo paid this
week Thjs sum amounts to $53-
578 and must be In hand before tho
work of building a capltol shall bo-
gln. Tho legislature appropriated
$250000 for tho purpose of con-
structing a capltol building which
sum is to bo available during the fis-
cal year ending Juno 30 1915.
The commission is ready to begin
construction at once whon the fund
shall be completed and the outlook is
said to bo that tho fund will bo In
hand at least by tho beginning of tho
fiscal year. The commission has ex-
amined a numbor of capltol bulldlng3
in sovcral states and plans aro prac
tically ready now for the Oklahoma
building.
It is oxpectod that tho capltol
building will bo completed in two
years after construction is started
and that will make it available for
tho legislature next following the In
coming body. At the present State
offices nro widely scattered through
tho city occupying three separate
buildings.
Novomber 30094.83; Decembor
$71295.31; January ' $24967.07;
Subscription was Taken up Wednes-
day to send Mrs. Win. Ellis to Ho
pltnl lii liopo of saving her llfo.
Tho Durant union depot matter Is
again deferred and for how long Is
a riddle but tho railroads Involved
havo fourd another means of delay
ing tho matter which now goes to it was learned Wednesday of this
tho supremo court. weok that Mrs. William Ellis wb.9
Tho Intelligence was given out has been living with hor husband and
Tuesday by Secretary n. E. Powers one child near Armstrong was near
of tho Chamber of Commorco who tho point of death duo to tumor and
received a letter from Gorgo Hon- that tho family was almost in destl-
shaw one of the commissioners stat- ' tuto circumstances and had not
ing that the depot ordor had been enough monoy to have tho wlfo and
mado but that tho railroads had op-! mother taken to Oklahoma City for
pealed tho order to tho Oklahoma su-1 tho necessary surgical oporatlon.
promo court. Mr. Henshaw could i During tho day Wednesday Tom
glvo no promiso of any dofinlto ro- Powers of this city wont about town-
suit nnywnys soon. land raised about thirty-flvo dollars
At tho tlmo Just before tho com-.fr tho purpose of Bonding Mrs. Ellis
mission nthdo Its final ordor to tho to tho hospital and It was thought
roads representatives of tho M. O. ; Wondesday night that enough money
& G. tho Frisco and tho Katy mot would bo subscribed. Mr. Powers
In Oklahoma City with a represent- himself headed tho subscription list
ntlvo ofthe corporation commission i with five dollars and tho remaining
nnd it wns understood at that tlmo
that a tacit agreement existed
whoreby tho roads would comply
with tho commission's ordor relative
to tho depot. This seems to bo all
wind now howevor as tho mattor Is
In the supreme court and Is tied up
indefinitely.
Groat Is the Oklahoma corporation
commission and exceedingly wlso
nnd cunning are these railroad at-
torneys. .
MAIN STREET rAVING.
Tho city council In session Tues-
day night passpd resolution No. 161
for the paving 'of main street In thl3
city from Fifth avenue to tho western
limits of the city and City Engineer
Danford wns Instructed to prepare
specifications and estimates of tho
cost of same and present to the coun-
cil. Tho resolution was passed after
the presentation of a petition which
subscriptions ranged form twenty-
flvo cents to two dollars.
Tho Ellis family lived hero last
year but moved up near Armstrong
where Mr. EUls was trying to earn
a living by chopping wood and sell-
ing It. Tho wlfo was ill all that lime
and things went hard with the family
until It was learned recently that
sho must bo operated upon
ILVGOOD-COUUTNEY.
mi rnnr tori in ha alrnnr1 hv nrnnnrtr
whore the total levy Is $104 per hun- ownora ownlng a maox.lty of the
dred dollars valuation. property on the street was presented
The averago tax for school pur- to tho councll Wednesday ap
poses in ino seven incorporaiea lowns oon cltlzen8 on the street who op-
peso tho Improvement of tho street
wero getting their heads togethor in
ofthe county Is $1.04 per hundred I
dojlars valuation. The average levy
for country schools Is sixty-nine
cents . The average tax over tho
county for township purposes Is 14
1-2 cents on the hundred dollars and
the average municipal tax is $1.30.
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AYLESwonrir oil.
an attempt to thwart tho move.
CHILD FOUND DEAD.
At tho home of Mr. and Mrs. G.
M. Hagood In north Durant Sunday
afternoon at 3 o'clock occurred the
marriage of their youngest son
Floyd to Miss Maudo Courtney nev.
Herman Jones officiating. Only
immedlato rolatlves wero In attend-
ance Mr. Hagood Is a student in tho
normal school and will complete
tho year's work after which ho will
probably take up tho profession of
teaching. Mrs. Hagood for several
months has been employed as sten-
ographer in the county court and
will assist with tho work of that of-
fice until a successor is secured.
The groom has been raised in
Durant and is an exemplary young
mau 7hoso future Is bright. The
bride a native of Kansas is an ac-
complished young lady of pleasing
manner and address Tho News
joins In congratulations
A- one-year old child of a . Mrs.
Covington living in a tent south of
tho Durant Grain and Elevator Co.'s
Gilbert Richards of Okmulgee an mill was found doad early Thursday
oil man who is operating in the Ma-1 morning tho child having smother-
dlll oil fields in the vicinity of Aylea- cd to death it is thought. When ono . destroyed the grocery storo of H. F
worth was in Madlll tho early part . of th employes of tho elevator com- i Blue at Ninth and Louisiana streets
of this week. Mr. Richards states ;Pny went to work Thursday morn-(at 9 o'clock Tuesday night. Mr.
that In ono of tho wells which his Ing he heard screams coming from Blue had closed tho storo for the
company Is drilling In this field the tent In the which the Covlng-
qulto a flow of oil wa3 struck a ton's llvo and upon Investigation
fow days ago at a vory shallow I found tho mother almost in hysterics
depth. Howover tho gentleman of ind child laying dead. Nothing f ur-
the company thought that by going ther was learned about tho matter
deeper a much larger flow could bo i UP to the tlmo tho News went to
obtained so tho oil has been cased Pross.
off and the well will bo driven to a - -
depth of several hundred foot additional.
GROCERY BURNED.
Fire supposed to have started from
an overturned stovo almost totally
night and tho house was a mas3 of
flames whon tho flro was discovered.
The building owned by Sam Robin-
son was valued at $750 with insur-
ance of $425. The stock of good?
was worth about $1000 with insur-
ance of $750.
Sale Starts at 2:00 P. M.
V. M. Cole Auctioneer
DURANT OKLAHOMA
HAIRD-COLLINS.
Miss Tommlo Collins and Mr.
Baird of Grant wero united in mar-
rlago Tuesday morning at tho homo
of Dr. and Mrs. II. W. Yeats on
West Main street by Rev. E. Hoth-
kln. Tho ceremony was porformed
at 10 o'clock and the young couplo
loft at 11:41 a. in. for Dallas. Aftor
a trip to Dallas and other Texas cit-
ies they will bo at homo at Grant.
Miss Collins was formerly a teach
er of this city but has boen teaching
for somo at Bokchlto. Sho Is known
to many Durant people and num-
bers her friond3 by hor acquaint-
ances. Mr. Baird is a resident of Grant.
HOPES WAR CAN HE AVERTED.
Washington May 14 Expressions
of confldonco that mediation would
avert war between tho United States
and Mexico c.amo from several mom-
bora of th cabinet today aftor Pres-
ident Wllsoii hnd discussed tho
whole situation with his official fam-
ily. Tho President is decidedly hopo-
ful. Ho is anxious that no untoward
Incidents oj indiscreet acts on tho
part of any of tho forces in Moxico
should develop to cloud tho horizon
when tho mediation conference be-
gins at Niagara Falls Monday.
MADHuL TIMES IS SOLD.
Madlll. Okla.. May 14. Tho Ma
dill Times ono of tho ojdest Demo-
cratic nowspapers in Southorn Okla-
homa has changed hands. W G.
Draper its founder sold out to Bqn
Boll ownor Qf tho Woodvllle Banner
Mr Boll will manage both papers.
MRS. S. H. NORMAN DEAD.
Mrs. S. H. Norman mother or
Borry Norman formerly of this
city died at her homo In Bokchlto
early Sunday morning after a long
Illness.
Tho other children are Mrs. S. E.
Lovelaco Mrs. Percy Wilson and
Clyde Norman of Bokchlto and Bob
Norman of Western Toxas. She Is
also survived by hor husband.
Rev. W. F. Tyreo of this city con-
ducted tho funeral service after
which interment took place at tho
Bokchlto comotory.
SNOW WinTE.
On Friday night tho Durant
Public Schools will present Its num-
ber of the annual lyceum course
which will bo a dramatization of
Grimm's fafry talo of "Snow White
and tho Seven Dwarfs" to bo pro-
son'ted in tho form of an operetta.
Preparations aro complete and tho
schools havo beon working hard on
tho numbor for soma tlmo insuring a
good numbor.
LIGHTNING KILLED BnJLE.
During tho heavy rain and elec
trical storm that visited this section
early on Tuosday morning lightning
struck and killed a mulo belonging
to Georgo Dutton living in south
Durnnt.at the samo tlmo sotting flro
to tho barn which was totally dor
stroyod by flro including all con-
tents among which was about $150
worth of feed 'stuffs.
FOUR CANDIDATES FOLED.
Up to Wodnesday of this wook but
four candidates for county offlco
havo fllod their namos with Secre-
tary Boner of tho county oloctlon
hoard. They nro as follows; Wnl-
laco Gates candldato for tax assess
or; Honry McCreary candldato for
county clork; C. C. McCarty candl-
dato for county commissioner in
district ono! Jno. Phillips candldato
for shorif f
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OYS All W OOl Stilts
From $2.50 to $7.50
Untisually knobby patterns well tailored and stylish
but not extreme models. Now on display at
Brown & Co.
DURANT OKLA.
Newl? Furnished
Sanitary Thioughout
Special Attention to
Traveling Men
HOT AND COLD WATER BATH
The Avenue Hotel
FORMERLY THR AMERICAN HpTEL
NEW MANAGEMENT-N. C. MOORE Prop.
Ratea $1.50 prr Day Corner Firit and Evergreen
Good Food Clean Ded Durant Oklahoma
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