The Okarche Times. (Okarche, Okla.), Vol. 20, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, December 22, 1911 Page: 1 of 8
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OKARCHE, CANADIAN COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY DECEMBER 22, 1911
NUMBER 34
OKLAHOMA NEWS
Osage School to Bo Discontinued.
ft»whu*ka, OkU.—The Osage board-
tog school lor Osage Indian children,
trhlch was established here in 187!,
Brill be discontinued attar the first ot
foe year The Indian children now In
the school will enter the public schools
kl the eity by the new arraugeeuint.
*Yh<e «lty acquiree the chapel for «•« , . _ . _____
Ot the high school and the campus,
Which la aald to be the tl wst In the Guthrie, Okla.—One of the seat «•
•late. Many of the Osage* hare been citing chases of the present hgintlu*
tn favor of discontinuing the school season is reported by Jusegb Darla of
for years. It was not generally pab Porum. a cowman, who lassoed a deer
tonlred and had beoome too expensive, while he was rounding up some cattle
To Be Tried As Cravens.
Guthrie, Okla.—Charles Maust will
be arraigned aa Ben Cravens In the
federal court here on January 19, ac-
cording to the federal docket as set
by Judge Cottersl. to answer to an
Indictment charging him with the mur-
der of Assistant Postmaster Alvin
Bateman at Bed Rock In March, 1901.
Maust, who was transferred to Guth-
rie on November 8 from the Jeffer-
son City, Missouri, prison, remains un-
der double guard continuously.
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The Indian children gain more by the
Association with the whites than they
gain In the Indian schools. There are
Btghty-four pupils enrolled in the
(School at present. General Supervlso"
(Pears, of the Indian schools, was here
go supervise the change, gupeilr.ten-
Kent M. A. Gams of the olty sehoo’J,
dtos tendered his resignstlou and will
JMturo to Nebraska.
on the Featherstone prairie. Davis was
making ready to lasso a cow when he
saw a deer racing across the prairie.
He gave chase, headed the animal oft
when It attempted to enter the woods
and finally threw his rope over the
deer’B bom*.
‘Good Goods Make Good Friends.'
Kexall Cherry Bark Cough Syrup
i REVENUES ARE MENACED
RECALL OF OKLAHOMA
OFFICIALS PROPOSED
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Is wa ran ted to be satisfactory. If you are not satisfied
with it brinn back the empty bottle and get your money.
Put up in three sizes: 4 oz. size 25c; 8 oz. (half pint)
50c; aud 10 oz. size (full pint) Si.00.
HexuII Cold Tablet*, 25c.
All Kexall preparations backed by a cash guarantee-.
You take no chances whatever when you buy Kexall.
Very Truly Yours,
THE CORNER DRUC STORE
The Kexall Store,
GEO. E. McCOY.
“People's Power League” WouJd
BK A FLOOD OF SUITS A,"tnd constitution to ProvIdB I
MAY HAVE TROUBLE COLLECTING
ENOUGH TAXES FOR DEEDS.
Federal Cash for Oklahoma.
Oklahoma City, Okla.—Congress
Will be asked to appropriate a total
of $984,075.60 for the carrying on of
work of the interior department In Ok-
lahoma for the next fiscal period. The
budget that will be submUed to con-
gress by Secretary McVcaglT include*
the following items: $ 10,000 for rent-
al of buildings al Guthrie; $53,455.40
for improvements in Platt National
Park, Sulphur; $5,000 for support of
Wichita' Indians and affiliated tribes;
$35,000 for support of the Cheyennes
and Arapahoes; $90,000 for the Chiloc-
oo Indian school; $47,100 for fulfilling
Pawnee treaties; $175,000 for admin-
istration of Five Civilized Tribes;
$100,000 for district Indian, agents;
$10,520 for fulfilling Choctaw treaties;
$50,(mo for continuation of Kickapoo
and Five Civilized Tribes land suits;
$15,000 for Seminole laud title suits.
Two County Official* Suspended.
Bnld, Okla.—Judge James W. Skeen
suspended from office County Attor-
ney Charles Harmon, and Sheriff Ells-
worth Hume, pending trial on accusa-
tions by a special grand jury charg-
ing maladministration In office.
Two Convicted Men Appeal.
Oklahoma City, Okla.—Andrew J.
Miller of Cherokee county, given ten
years for perjury, and Walter Howard
of Washita county, given five years for
larceny of live stock, appealed to the
criminal court of appeals.
Oklahoma Wants Socialists.
Oklahoma City, Okla. It is announc-
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50,000.
TO
LOAN
ON
For Direct Legislation.
Oklahoma City, Okla.—Ex-9en*t«*
j Campbell Bussell, president of th*
“People's Power League" of Oklahoma.
-- 'will call a deelgate convention In th#
State in An Uproar—Citizen* Protest near future for the porpoae of adoptla*
Again.t Inoera*. in Valuation. • proposal to .mend the slat, uonsrit*-
_ . tioa by adopting a .traight recall tor
by State Beerd. ^ ofndaU ln ^ BUl*. The Ida*
”»■ — ha* only been tentatively worked out.
Olahoma City. Okla—A Good of pro but If Senator Russell'* plan prevail*
'■ tests and tax injunction suits Is arts- the proposition will be submitted o»
1 lng from various sections of the state two ballots, one proposing a recall 0*
as a result ef the present tax alum all elective otficers save the lu.mbdts
tlon. Unless wine order soon is uf the courts, aud the other the teo.ll
, brought out of the present chaos and for members of the courts. In thl*
suits already filed and eontempluted way, Senator Russell says, the qusa-
are not rushed to a speedy determine tlon will be divided to suit the pretek-
tion ln the courts, the state and its enee of voters believing ln the reoaB
municipal subdivisions will experience of everybody except members of the
great difficulty next year fn raising judiciary.
enough money to meet the needs ot The sucoess of the ieaguo whicn waa
government . organized a short time ago, in gath-
The local taxing boards and taxpa* «rh>S signatures to the initiated UlR
era with few exceptlous, are laying proposing to reorganize the state board
the blame for high taxes and the com, of agriculture, leads the officers to du-
plicated situation upon the state board fibre they can put through any good
omer ha*a,
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Condemn Local Option Bill.
McLoud, Oklar- The Oklahoma City
district conference of the Methodist
Episcopal church in ses.-ion here adopt-
ed resolutions cond .....lng the initia-
ted local option bill and asking mem-
bers of the church and friends of pro-
hibition to write their congressmen
urging them to support the measure
in congress, to place all liquors ship-
ped into prohibition territory under
the police regulation of the state.
_____________ _ ______ ______ _ )
ed from the state headquarters of the Jj
Socialist party in this city that Okla-
homa is alums! certain to get the na-
tional convention of the party, which
will be held sometime in .May of next
year. Oklahoma has four members of
the national committee, which deter-
mines the time and place of the na-
tional convention, and all have been,
working with the Chamber of Com-
merce in an attempt to obtain the con-
vention. .
First Mjrtgjg: Farm Land Security, at a very
rale of interest, with
• the most iiberal repaying privilege.
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We Have the Casii
on hand to ptyr out on loans the very day the title
approv- d and mortgage papers are executed.
For term-- and rate of interest
sec
Stabbing Victim Dies at Walters.
Walters, Okla.—W. W. Reese, own-
®r of several valuable farms near Wal-
ters, who was stabbed ln a street fight
here several days ago by Harry Payne,
One of his tenants, died Sunday night
from his wounds. Payne is ln the
eounty jail at Lawton, held without
ball. Charges of assault with intent
to kill will be raised to murder. Payne’s
knife entered Reese's lungs and intes-
tines.
Improvements Cost Million.
Oklahoma City, Okla.—The Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fe will complete im-
provements in Oklahoma this winter
which have been made at a cost of
$1,000,000, according to estimates made
at local offices. The company expects
to complete 410 mil of steel replace-
ment and ballast v. k. Of this 154
miles from Purcell to Arkansas City
were laid with ninety-pound steel; 133
miles, comprising the Shawnee branch,
with seventy-five pound steel, and 122
miles of the Enid branch with sixty-
five pound steel.
THE FIRST B!\NK OF CMARCHE
UNDER STATE SUPERVISION
A GOOD BANK IN A GOOD COUNTRY.
of equalization. On the
Governor Cruce and members of the
state board attribute tlie conditions
largely to the various local boards.
There is a general complaint of hlgn
taxes from every section of the state.
The trouble started when the slate
board of equalization raised the total
valuation returned by a large number
of tile countieH as much as 59 per cent
in some cases. The total valuation of
Individual property in the state was
raised in excess ol $100,000,000 by the
state board. The board took the po-
sition that all property must lie a.-soss-
ed at 100 per cent on the dollar and
when tlie valuations from any county,
upon'any of the various classes of
property, did nut (appear to rench this
basis, tlie assessment was raised. ^
111 ; - il een In tile units men! ifclied.
an action lm i been tiled in if"’ ■ ueiue
court appealing from the action of the
state board in making a total raise of
more than $400,000,000 on valu-
atein of individual pi", i i uni
ori by the counties. It is alleged that
tile raise Is Illegal, as the hoard hits
power only to equalize the taxes and
11 not io raise the tolal valuation.
II In addition to these suits, according
j io the statement of Attorney Cenmvl
West, about $3,000,000 of tax moneys
provided for by former slate levies,
arc tiori up in the court; as a result of
tax suits filed by corporations.-
measure in comparatively short time.
In order to bring about a more per-
fectly working system President Rus-
sell has mailed throughout the state
"minute men's pledges," urMi when he
gets signatures to 1,000 of them, he
says the convention will be called
for tlie new movement .
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Prairie Oil Make* Big Buy.
Tulsa, Okla.—Announcement is
made of the sale of oil holdings ot
White & Sinclair, meaning 8.000 bar.
rels daily product and 2,000 acres of
leases, to the Prairie Oil and Gas com-
pany for $2,000,000 cash.
Veterinarians to Ask "Closed Shop.”
Oklahoma City, Okla.—Resolutions
were passed at the meeting of the
State Association of Veterinarians here
asking for legislation that will per-
mit only licensed veterinariens to prac-
tice in the state. The following offi-
cers were elected: Dr. S N. Oallier.
of N'orman, president; Dr. R. T. Fish-
er, of Crescent, vice ^resident; C. E.
Steele, Oklahoma City, secretary; Dr*
(’. C. Hooker. Oklahoma City, treasur-
The Times
Job Printing
Envelopes
Note Heads
Statements
Bill Heads
Sale Bills
Printed on Short Notice.
Convicted Boy Released.
Oklahoma City, Okla.—Holding that
j he -was convicted and committed to
| jail without authority of law, the crlm
I Inal court of appeqls ordered tho re-
1 lease from the county jail at Ada of
| John Powell, 14 years old. The release exposure she suffered
wa* ordered on a writ of habeas corpus
applied for on behalf of the boy by
Kate Barnard, commissioner of chari-
ties and corrections, through Dr. Stop-
| ler, the attorney for her department.
Powell was convicted of burglary and
sentence^ to two years in the state
training school at Paul’s Valiev by the
More Traveling Schools Next Summer
Stillwater, Okla.—Short courses ln
agriculture to be taught in tents in
several counties of ihe slate during
flip coming summer are doing planned
hi ibo. Ai m nlturnl mi,1 Mi olmnii'iil
i,ill, . '.i SIillwatcr. T'b* will lie
ill least five of these schools and pos-
i,l.il.v ti n, dc|iendont*u,:on the amount
of interest shown by lue county insti-
tutes. • •
Secretaries of the various county in-
stitutes arc i,'i]u, .'led lo report by Jan-
ii i v mi i i i enter
i . itest f< one of < impment
'i ii: - nlng in gen-
i , ■; i , ;, ,■ ;.i ; nee
will be giii a in curb : .oil", i here an
B11CI school I null will
School Teacher Sue, Pullman Co.
Till;; , leu a diiiiia “ nil I or
$5,(iil0 again;I the Pullman Oar Com-
pany, instituted by Miss Vivien Mull-
ins, a teacher in tlie Tulsa schools,
she alleges as cause for damages that
she was denied a berth she had paid
for; was compelled to stand on the
rear platform of the sleeper an hour
before even being admitted to the car,
and ai last was compelled to sleep ou
a bed made on the floor of the car.
She alleges she was made 111 by the
Miss Mullins
was en route from Tulsa to Kansas
City via the Frisco when tho trouble
she alleges arose.
district court of Pontotoc county. Stop-
!er set forth that the juvenile courts
have jurisdiction over all persons un-
der the ago of 16.
Oklahoman Dies of Mad Dog Bite.
McAlester, Okla.—Charles Smith, a
farmer living near Canadian, died of
hydrophobia. Smith was bitten about
three weeks ago by a dog, but did not
know it had rabies.
Jury Frees Baker.
Pawrhuska, Okla.—Bud Baker was
freed on the charge of killing Edwin
■Wilson by the verdict of the jury,
closing the first murder case for this
term of court.
Salvation Army Citadel Dedicated.
Tulsa, Okla.—In the presence of a
large crowd, with workers of the or-
ganization from three states present,
the new Salvation Army citadel here,
the first in Oklahoma, was dedicated
with imposing ceremonies. Among’
the speakers were Brigadier General
J. T. Flynn of St. Louis, Colonel Geo.
French of Chicago, Mayor L J. Mar-
tin and Captain Glen Condon, secre-
tary of the Tulsa Press Club. The
building and site cost $30,000 and is u
very imposing structure
Old papers for salt1 at tho Times
office, at 5c a bundle.
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Need The
MONEY
No Holiday Goods
?o be enrried ever
HARO TIMES “RICES CN THESE SIMS
THEY MUST GO!
SONGSTER’S P»r..: SOre,
Say, Here is
Your Chance!
I can make you a FARM LOAN, on easy payments
low rates, quick action. YA rite your INSURANCE,
Bell your REAL ESTATE, trade vour PROPERTY. If
you have any surplus MONEY that is not bring-
ing you a Rood rate of INTEREST, by all means do
not fail to see me. as 1 have opportunities so
you can
Double Your Money
Took Dose of Paris Green.
Sapulpa, Okla.—Unsuccessful lu his
attempt to evade the officers in his
flight froni tlie sti/e, Tom Casey 28
year* of age, a farmer living six miles
south of Sapulpa, attempted to take hi.;
life by taking pari r ri < n Ca ■■>', fti
what was supposed to be temporary
fit of Insanity caused by worry, swal-
lowed a quantity of it before 'officers
who wanted him on a forgery charge
could subdue him.
Unwritten Law Used in Appeal for Ball
Oklahoma City, Okla.—Pleas of "un
written law," temporary unseating of
the reason and 111 health were com-
bined in a petition filed by Dr, R. D.
Love of Hugo, Okla., in the criminal
court of appeals, asking his release on
bail pending his trial in the district
court of Choctaw county on the charge
of killing In L. C. ltuckcr ut Hugo,
November 10, 1911. Ball was denied
in Hie lower court. Dr. Love formerly
was physician at the state reformatory
at Granite and is a brother of Jack
I.pve, chairman of tlie Oklahoma cor-
poration commission.
Falling Limb of Tree Kills Youth.
Shawnee, Okla.—Charles Parks. !»
years old, did not heed the warning
of his father, W. W. Parks, to “stand
back' v idle the father was In the act
of felling a tree. A moment later a
bugc limb fell, striking the youth on
•»«*» ut me (i* 'jo, ki.ilng him.
Prairie Company Drew on Reserve.
Tulsa. Oliln Although the -tTalrls
Oil and Oas company collected 2,671,
819,66 barrels of crude oil during lhe|
month of November, it was compelled
to draw on ita reserve stock for 106,-
762 74 barrels to supply the market
demands for that period. The deliver-
ies to the market durim; November
totaled 2,777,582 40 barer]*, a dolly
average of 92,.-xi. ^8 barrels 1 be Pral-
rte Ih ‘one of tlie four large pipe line
companies operating in Ik" oil fields
nf Oklahoma.
in one or two year*. Have
and can do it for YOU
done it for others
Bring in the best samples of your products bo
can place them ou exhibition in my office.
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