The Independent And The Dewey World (Bartlesville, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 43, Ed. 1 Friday, January 10, 1919 Page: 1 of 2
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THE INDEPENDENT
AND THE DEWET WORLD
VOL. 14
$1.50 Per Tear
7th
Oklahoma
Legislature
Smashing all records for quick ae
| lion both branches of the Oklahoma
■legislature rati lied the pruhibltioi
i amendment to the fedral const It utlo *
i in the flrst three hours of the firs
lay's session of he Seventh gcltersl
1 assembly.
The resolution ratifying the amend-
ment went through the senate wills
out a dissenting vote, while In the
house eight negative votes were re
cordec.
Representative Asa tS. Walden n
I^ove county voted no because he wat
,*fr*W he might not be able to get
any whiskey next time he had the
[flu It cured him last time, although
the Is a prohibitionist. The following
members also had good “reasons” for
voting no. although they did not state
|their condition as to the flu:
Fid n. Ambler. Duncan; 8. M. Rider,
, Newkirk; Jack Barker. El Reno. Prank
Hrinkworth. Coal; 8. 8. Butterfield.
Oklahoma City; John O'Neill. Guthrie;
Syd J. Wheeler, Marshall,
i Not more than three minutes werfi
irequlred iq putting the measure
' brouKh the senate, while fully fifteen
1 minutes were consumed on the house
side. No measure requlrinn action by
both branches ever went through an
Oklahoma legislature in such short
time.
A joint session the first day can
ivassed the vote on state offices but re
fused to consider for the present the
natter of Warren GlU's Imaginary of.,
fice of "unexpired term for corpora-
tion commissioner’* until a commute*,
could consider it. At a second joirj
session a lengthy document from Gov
i Williams was presented and printed
! *n ihe ournal Jwithout reading eni
I bodying not only a few recommends
jtions for the session, but a coinpre
i hensive report on the last two yeari
0 fhis administration.
The flrst day's sessions of each
j house brought the usual flood of bills
on all sorts of freak subjects In addl-
Mon to a few essential ones. H. B. No
1 was by Harrison to provide $115,
( bOO for expenses of the session, while
jthe flrst in the senate was by John,
son and Thomas creating the state
^emetery. Cheatham of Creek has
12 In hia flrst batch, in the -house
all for local Creek counfV matters.
Charley Ruth, who has never be-
come very thoroughly reconciled to
the adoption of commission form o|
'government in Oklahoma City, whic'j
slid his job as councilman out from
-under him and who has since that
time, constantly appeared in the pub-
lic eye "agin" something or other,
♦proposed to ssve the state by whole-
sale treatment. He papa-ed eleven
of the first twenty bills introduced,
covering such interesting and diver)
gent legislative needs as prohibiting
♦extracting gasoline from gas requiring
pressure gagues on gas lines; prohibit-
ing family desertion; same for wife-
beating; forbidding any one having a
PUBLICATION NOTICE
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OP WASH-
INGTON COUNTY. OKLAHOMA
Catherine Cunningham. Plaintiff,
vu
C. A. Davis, John B. Davis. I. A. Rich-
ardson. Janie S Ross and J. M. Boren.
Defendants
No. 484$
State of Oklahoma to fc. A. Davis,
Ji»hn B. Davis, I. A. Richardson, Janie
S. Roaa and J. M. Boren:
Yon will take notice that you have
been sued in the above a a mad court up-
on a petition filed by the * plaintiff, to
concel a mortgage given to C A. Davie,
recorded in Mite. Record, page 20$, in
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OP WASH
INGTON COUNTY, OKLAHOMA
Geo. S. Hill. Plaintiff, j
v* |
Fred L. Anthony, Laura ) No. S1S7
I*. Anthony and Fred )
Brewer, Defendants. )
PUBLICATION NOTICB
Said defendants; Fred L. Anthony and
Lanra L. Anthony will take notice that
the plaintiff, George S. Hill, did on the
2lst day ol December, 1918, file .hi* pe-
tition in the District Court tor Washing
ton county, State of Oklahoma, against
said Defendants and that the said Fred
L. Anthony and Laura L. Anthony must
Tom Waldrep of 8hawn^r, is speak-
>r of the Bar rath Legislature, hia elno-
.ion being unanimous, after snveml
»ther candidates withdraw.
.in KIK. nn ore, page JUp, in —-------*--—
the office of the County Clark of Wash- *,n*wcr •■'d Petition on or before the
ington County, Oklahoma, a mortgage llth <**7 of February, ISIS, or said
given to John B. Davis, recorded in will be taken at true, and a
Mortgage Record 2, page 20*. and a Judgment rendered in aaid action against
mortgage given to 1. A. Richardson, re- ,,mI defendants, Pred L. Anthony and
corded in Record 2. page 2$3, and a i *'aMra I*- Anthony tor the sumoff413.00
mortgage given to A 1 Richardson, re- an<* interest upon promissory notes ex-
L. U___&____n a .. . I t*v $fttam aA lunn Ash lal a__m.
•uvatAa^niTgu w /t j me an ration, rr-l--------i”
corded in Mortgage Record 2, page 234, | •cu^ 1*7 them 0$ Jnne 6th, 1918 with
•tod to aancel a deed given by Wm. W. *nt*r»*t thereon fit the rate of 10 per
Roaa and Lein J. Rosa, his wife, to Janie cent P*1- »nnum from data until paid,
Roaa and Lein J. Roaa, his wife, |o Janie
8. Roaa, on the following described land
and premises.
The Northeast Quarter of the North-
west Quarter ol Section 22. Twp. 29
Range 12, in Washington Countv,
Oklahoma.
which is recorded in Dead Record 8, page
890, all ia the office of the County Clerk
of Washington County. Oklahoma, and
nn agricultural leaae given by Janie 8.
to J. hi. Boren, recorded in Record
page 88, in the office of the County
Clerk of Washington County, Oklahoma
and to quiet title thereto, and to perpet-
uity enjoin yon, and each of you from
Batting up or claiming any right, title or
interest in and to said premises, and that
unless you answer said petition on or
before the 8th day of February 1919,
said petition will b* taken as true and
judgment for the plaintiff rendered ae-
vmdlng to the prayerwf said petition.* '
T. H. REEVE Jr.
(8eal) Court Clerk.
Chas. W.Pcnnel
Attorney for Plaintiff
Statement of the Ownership, Management
Circulation. Etc., required by the Act of Aug
ust 24 lilt.
Of The Independent published weekly
at Bartlesville. (Oklahoma for April kb*.
State of Oklahoma. County of Washington.
Before me. a Notary Public, in and for tha
State and county aforesaid, personal’y ap-
peared W. E. Dixon, who huTint been duly
sworn according to law. deposes and says that
he is the owner of the Independent L.*-g.*l
per annum from data until paid,
and for the coats ofkhis suit, including
attorney’s fee of filOO.OG and a further
judgment rendered in said action against
aaid defendants, Fred L. Anthony and
Laura L. Anthony for the foreclosure ot
a certain mortgage securing aaid prom-
issory notea and of even date herewith,
npoii the following.described real estete
lying in the County of Washington and
State of Oklahoma* to-wit.
Ix>t 6 in Block 8 In Guthrie Addition
to the City of Bdrtlesville;
and adjudging that defaalt has been
made iu aaid mortgage, that plaintiff
hare a first lien upon said primises to
the amount for which judgment will be
taken os aforesaid, and order said prem-
ises to be sold without a praise ment, and
the proceeds applied to the payment of
the umount due the plaintiff, and the
coate of suit, and forever barring und
foreclosing said dkfeadanta from. «dl
right, title, estate, interest, property and
equity of redemption in or to said prem-
ises or any part thereof.
T. H. REEVE, Jr.,
(seal) Clerk District Court, Washington
County, 0kla.
P. A. SOMPAYRAC.
Attorney for Plaintiff.
NOTICB.
Notice ia hereby given that I. the
undersigned, who was convicted in the
District Court of Washington County,
News and that the following is, to the best of j **1C J®11*' I®G. °f the-
his knowledge and belief, a true statement of jtnmc -Manslaughter and scntaaccd to
ownership, management. circulation, etc,, of | a term of twenty i20) years in the
the aforesaid publication for the date shown Oklahoma. State Penetentiarv will in
in the above caption, required by the Act of thirty dava after th. fir-. -
August U. IMS, embodied in section 443. pw,ui T r aft" the fir,t Plication of
Laws and Regulations, printed on the reverse „.f not,c*. aPPty to the Governor of
Nadica by PahUeaiica
IN THE COUNTY COURT OF WASH-
INGTON COUNTY. STATE OF
OKLAHOMA.
of this form, to wit:
Editor. W. E. Dixon. Bartlesville. Okla.
Man Editor. W. E. Dixon. Bartlesville. Ok.
Bus. Manager, W. K. D,x >n. Bartlesville Oh
Publisher, W. E. Dixon, Bartlesville. Okla.
That the name and address of the pub-
lisher. editor and business manager is:
W. K- Dixon, Bartlesville. Oklahoma
W. E. DIXON.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 15th
day of Dec. IVIS.
(Seal) A. S. Koonee
My commission expires Julp it. lees
venereal disease; prohibiting crime
frape; and a general assortment of
other subjects.
A Joint resolution proposing sub.
mission to the people for a vote on «
^graduated land tax amendment to the
constitution, such as has been cham-
pioned by Campbell Russell, corpora,
tlon commissioner, and head of thg
Peoples Powor League for a numbe*
,of years, made Its appearance in the
house.
Except property owned by railroads,
,640 acres ia the limit that ran be own.
cd before the graduated excess tax ba>
'gins to run under the amendment. The
tax schedule proposed provides a tag
of one mill for each dollar of valua-
lion up to 640 acres; 2 nulls up to
♦1,200 acres; 5 mils up to 1.920 acres;
10 mills up to 2.660 acres; 15 mUls
up to .1.900 acres and so on according
to this proportion.
• A bill to vitalize section 121A. an.
other Russell amendment, which has
been three times adopted to the con.
^dilution and declared inoperative by
the supreme court, also wg* presented
Oklahoma, for Clemency.
Tom Franklin
Report of the condition of the
Verm Otetm
®f Vera, Oklahoma
Augusts! l»is
*KBOU*Cl
(»an<s a oil Discounts
Overdrafts, secured and unsecured
Securities with Banking Board
12 A provides Bonds. Warrants, etc..
Banking House
$44,008 70
rie.48
s. wo.on
I.33S.U0
4. ISO.73
t. 757.77
14-74
I.UUOOQ
I.S07.X7
TOTAL
UJUmUTiKB
,ln the house last weex ny ttepresen-
|tatlv Ffiiffy. Section
♦for the payment of all school taxes !!,in“n*Houiw
collected from public service corpora, otbor^aT^e oL^ed
tlons into common school fund and Due from Banks
distributed the tame aa other school <'l«eeks and Other Cash Item-
'funds. As the law stands now tha 8ecur*tl«» V th Bunking Board
taxes are used exclusively in the ”iUs «f Change
school districts in which they are col- CltRh in c*nk
Elected.
a
In an attempt to stop the lank In
tha Oklahoma bona dry law which ns' St-ok .
suited from the recent criminal court surpiui Vund
rof appals decision, a bill was intro, Undivided Profitless Expense*
duced in the senate by Senator Harry , ami Taxes Haw
™C°rdieU °f Ma“,toU mak,I>* the Individual Deposits Subject to Check 3».0s» 74
.present law more stringent. i Demand Certificates of Deposit ' er.i«p.47
Commercialized vice virtually will *oles and Bills lb-tiisuounteci
be stamped out of Oklahoma City j total its.uis w
,if the plans of City Welfare League* «a»()k OKLaHOMA, County of Wash-
can be carried out. Porters and bel| ih*ton-
'boys of hotels and lodging houses I I. C. C Garlinghouse. Cashier of the above
and taxi cab and livery automobile b“nk do *o»emnlr swear that the above .state
driv-r. h.v, in ,b. p,., he.n re.pmh' ZStZESSS? ,o4
s.ble for the greater part of this evil, I .
inclines'5* **y!dl*nd th* P10^°8ed Pla* ! S,"*crib«'<l •«“» ,worn to before me thk Mh
includes an ordinance providing that ®f Jaa- *»i#.
$73,013 «•
IMHo.ou
1.400.00
1.775.75
all such shall be licensed by the city
welfare board and that any violation
of the law by inducing or in any way
aiding prostitution will result in tha
revoking of the license.
K O. DALE
Notary Public
My Commission expires Nov. lltta. 10«j.
Mary Darlingbuuse
I ii If. O. Uollman.
Directors.
Spaakar Tam Waldrep.
R. L. Davidson, of Tulsa, adminis-
.ration choice, was aasy winner hi th«
race for president pro tempore of the
•enate.
C. C. Childers of Enid was elected
secretary of the senate. Senator J.
T. McIntosh of Durant was caucus
chairman and Luthar Harrison of Ada
Ben F. Harrison, of Calvin, Hughes
county, reprssaatativa and.former sec-
retary of state, will head the import-
ant house committee on appropria-
tions, and Paul Nesbitt, former speak-
er, whose name has been prominently
linked with the appropriations chair-
manship will head the house good
roads committee, which will have
charge of the $30,000,000 road bond
bill on the house side, according to
the dope.
Ale. Nesbitt, will also be deuseaitte.
house caucus chairman, which car-
ries with it the majority floor leader-
ship, and J. U. Harper, LeFlore coun-
ty representatlive ia slate^ for the
post of speaker pro tempore.
tl is pretty generally understood
that J. Elmer Thomas of .Lawton,
“dean of the senate," will again head
the upper branch appropriations com-
mittee.
Ae appropriation of I5U.OOO for con-
struction of an industrial building at
the Colored Agricultural and Normal
University at Langston will be asked
of the legislature. Amos Ewing, Lo-
gan county representative, said he
had prepared the necessary bill. An
appropriation for construction of a
home for orphan negro boys at Taft,
and a $5,000 appropriation for, a dor-
mitry and equipment at the Langston
school also will be asked by Ewing.
Establishment of a state cemetery,
10 be maintained on practically thu
sam<* plan as the national cemetery at
Arlington. Va„ for Oklahoma soldiers,
sailors, marines and state officials, ia
propose^ in a bill introduced in tbn
senate by Senator S. L. Johnson of
Okmulgee. The bill carries an ap-
propriation of $30,000 and authorizes
the state board of affairs to purchase
not less than 320 acres of land for
use for this purpose. State school
land, if found to be suitable, may be
acquired.
Recodification of the statutes of Ok-
lahoma to fake the place of the Harrls-
Day compilation of 1909 Is one of the
things to_ be provided for by the leg-
islature. He constitutution provided
that this should b« done in 1909 and
every ten years thereafter.
Several different proposals as to
methods, it la understood, have* been
prepared by honse and senate mem*
bers. ■ Among these is one by Repr%
sentative L. W. Cheatham. Creek
county, which provides a comprehen-
sive scheme for the legislature's do-
ing the work Itself. Other proposals
provide for the creation of a commis-
sion, such as compiled the Harris-
Oay code, and to have the legislature
adopt t'n« codification two years from
now.
Williams* Appointments Sent to Seifc
ate.
A list of fourteen ad interim ap-
pointments has been sent to the sen-
ate for confirmation by Governor
Williams.
The list of appointments sent to the
senate by the governor follows:
In the re-estate o< Elisa (
Beaver, deceased. ) No 863
George 8, MiH, ) Frobat
Adminiet rator (
NOTICB.
Notice is hereby gives that the ad-
ministrator, George 8. Hill of the estate
of Eliza Beaver, deceased, has fifed in
this coart the written verified petition
ot Ollie Anderson of Dewey, Oklahoma
who ciaiaM to be one of tbe heirs to the
estate of FJisa Beaver, deceased, in
which petition it is aBrged that Ollie An-
demon of Dewey, Oklahoma. Nellie
Shawaec, of White Oak, Oklahoma, and
Dalton Beavsr, whwes gaardian is B. A.
Lewis of Dewey, Oklahoma, are the on-
ly brim to the estate of Elisa Beaver,
deceased, that said estate cuosma of the
following described laait
The south half oftha aqgthwam
quarter of the southeast quarter,
and the south half of the southeast
quarter of the northeast quarter,
and the northeast quarter ot the
southeast quarter, ol action 4; and
the northwest quarter of the south
west quarter, sad north half of the
northeast quarter of the southwest
quarter, and the south half bf the
southwest quarter of the northwest
quarter, of section t; all iu township
25 north, range 18 east of the In-
dian Meridian, in Washington Co-
uaty, Oklahoma, containing 180
acres more or fete
and a certain amount of money, the am
onnt of which is unknown, same being in
the bunds of the Government at Mosko-
gee, OklAhcritia. ‘ ' T
That the 6th day ot March, 1919
at 10 o'clock a. m. at the connty court
room in the city of Bartlesville, Wash-
ington County, Oklahoma, has been du-
ly appointed by the court for tbe hearing
of aaid petition, at which time and place
any person interested in said petition or
the matters and things therein mention-
ed und set forth, may appear and file his
or ber exceptions in writing to tbe al-
legations or aaid petition and tbe con-
tents thereof,
In testimony whereof, I have here-
unto set my hand and a ffied the seal
oi said court, this the 30th day ot Do -
ember, 1918
ROBERT D. WADDELL
Judge County Court of Washing-
ton County, State of Oklahoma.
Church Directory
rirmt rrmmtytmrfmm Church
Fifth Street and Dewey Avenue. Rev. C. ■
Alexander, D. D.,Pastor.
Bible Schools :46 a. at. F V. Hinkle. Supt,
Morning Service 11.
Evening Service, 7:10.
Mid-Week Service at 7 JO p. ■. Wednesday.
Everybody Welcome.
F. B. $ it6 and J. G. KaiTs. members oi
state board of education.
E. L. Mitchell, member of state indus-
trial commission.
K. L. Sanford. J. W. Montford and H.
S. Shackelford, members of board of
pharmacy.
C. L Edmondson. J. N. Roach and J,
J. Savage, members oS board of agricul-
tore.
Charles E. MePhorren, Cant. 6. T. Car-
rico. Mrs. Zenith fihtesar. Col. J. J. Car-
son and Gen. Albert Reeves, members
board of trustees Oklahoma Union Sol-
diers’ Home.
: Establishment *C a comprehensive
budget systtfen to rqim the present
log rolling method of handling stats
appropriations „ ia recommended by
Gov. Williams and also will be recom-
mended by Governor Robertson in
his message to the legislature.
Joseph R. Haley of Fairvlew, repre-
sentative for Major county in the
coming sesion of the Oklahoma legis-
lature will attain fame as a statesman
by introducing and seeking the pass-
age of a bill for an act protectin|
bats. He is prompted to this be-
cause of tbe fact that bats living ia
the great caves in the Glass moun-
tains have no protection against those
who do not know thoir value to man
kind, and who enjoy wing shots in the
dusk of the evening, with wheeling
hats as targets.
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Dixon, W. E. The Independent And The Dewey World (Bartlesville, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 43, Ed. 1 Friday, January 10, 1919, newspaper, January 10, 1919; Bartlesville, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc950778/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.