The Carter Express. (Carter, Okla.), Vol. 13, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, January 26, 1923 Page: 2 of 6
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THE CARTER EXPRESS
PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER I). S.
GOVERNOR “JACK” WALTON MAKES GOOD ON
PROMISE TO GIVE OKLAHOMA PEOPLE A
PARTY LONG TO BE REMEMBERED
HIS
NATIONAL GUARD OFFICER HURT WHEN HORSE FALLS
Every hour, In every way, the crowd* arew thicker and thicker, by plane*,
In wagon*, by train, In car*, on hor**, on foot—from Maine, frtam
Washington and New Orleans they came—engulfing the
capitol for the inaugural of Oklahoma’* new governor
Oklahoma City: “When I’m elect-
ed governor, there’ll be no Inaugural
ball; I’m going to give an old-fash-
oned square dance and barbecue; It
will be a party for all the people and
I want you to come.”
That statement was oft repeated in
the half thousand speeches made by
J. C. Walton In his campaign for Gov-
ernor. And Tuesday, the second day
Df his term, he had made good. And
one of the largest crowds ever as-
sembled in the history of- Oklahoma
was there to see him fulfill one of his
first campaign pledges.
From the time the parade started
until the last visitor left for home,
the party was a success. With flar-
ing trumpets, stirring music from
many bands and with both sides
flanked by thousands, the parade got
under way. Colonel Zack Mulhall,
marshall of the day, wearing a typi
cal prairie sombrero, mounted on a
spirited horse, with silver mounted,
leweled saddle, led the way, followed
by Governor Walton and former Gov
ernor Robertson.
With the early light of the dawning
the first provisional battalion of
picked men of the Oklahoma national
guard, bad breakfasted and mounted
on trucks arrived at the meeting place
of the parade. The honor guard in
command of Major Turner Rourk of
Oklahoma City was composed of First
company with Capt. V. R. Sweeny of
Okmulgee commanding; Second com-
pany, L. O. Hammons of Seminole,
commanding; Third company, A. M.
Armstrong, of Pawnee, commanding;
Fourth company, John Lee, of Okla-
homa City, commanding. With the
organization was the 179th Infantry
band, Shirley Chapman, directing.
As soon as the'"parade arrived at
the ground it circled the track and
disbanded and all paraders, visitors
and members of the legislature con-
vened at the grandstand to hear the
inaugural address read by Governor
Walton through the Bell loud speak-
er.
The reindeer meat was browned to
a turn; the buffalo and the bear and
the antelope and the beef and the
pork were cooked under the watchful
eyes of master chefs; the bread and
the buns were baked and taken fresh
from the ovens; the coffee in the giant
urns was served piping hot from my-
riads faucets; the chicken and the
opossum and the rabbit and the squir-
rel roasted over the smouldering coals
—then all dished out to a clamoring,
ravenous populace.
At the Inaugural ball the capital
building was packed from top to bot-
tom; social leaders of the four hun-
dred. politicians, stenographers and
farmers mingled on a common basis.
Little dancing was done early in the
evening because of tjie dense crowds.
The dance formerly opened with the
grand march, led by Governor and
Mrs. Walton, with the”former gover-
nor following. The course of the
march was through the halls on every
floor.
Brigadier-General B. H. Markham
was injured during the parade by his
horse rearing and falling back on
him. The horn of the Saddle pinned
him to the pavement. General Mark
ham was carried to the walk and giv
en first-aid treatment. At the hospi-
tal he is reported doing fine and well
out of danger.
Buffalo, bear, reindeer meat and
crisp brown chunks of beef were
ready to be served up simmering hot
to the thousands of barbecue visitors
who went direct from the inaugura-
tion ceremonies to the barbecue pits
behind the auditorium and stock build-
ings.
A huge crowd was at the fair
grounds throughout the day Monday,
approximating the fair crowds in
point of numbers, but far different in
picturesqueness and distinctiveness.
This was no dress occasion. Cowboys
in boots and spurs and wide brimmed
bats, Indians in their typical racial
regalia, national guardsmen in uni-
form and with side arms, Boy Scouts
armed with staffs—all mixed with men
and women in regulation attire.
J. W. Sunderland of Leedey, 68
years old, won out as the champion
clog dancer at the barbecue; D. B.
Green, 54 years old, of Frederick, won
second, while Mrs. Kitty Flanagan of
Oklahoma City won third.' A. H. Ful-
ler of Healdton won the $50 prize
for being best caller for the square
dances; D. H. Ferguson of Coalgate
second of $25; H. W. Wolf, Oklahoma
City, third of $15 and J. C. Humphrey,
Stillwater, fourth of $10.
Judges had so hard a time in pick-
ing the best player out of the fifty-
nine In the fiddlers’ contest at the
inaugural celebration, that they were
forced to spilt the first prize among
five contestants. Fiddlers sharing in
the first prize were Henry Gilliland
of Altus. W. P. Stafford of Tipton,
Walter Maddox of Red Oak, M. J. Bon-
ner of Fort Worth, Texas, and Ecb
Robinson of Vernon, Texas. Each re- ley, Tolbert, Elam, Brice, Cloud, Ever-
Following are committees of the
house of representatives of the ninth
I legislature
Rules.
O’Brien, vice-chairman; Mitchell,
Callahan, Ferrell, Rosslter, Wlndle.
Judiciary No. 1.
Miller of Hughes, chairman, Disney,
Dixon, Wren, Hansen, Sanders,
Thompson of Garvin, Hutson, Bayless,
Salter, Otjen.
Judiciary No. 2.
Sigler, chairman, Tolbert, Lewis,
Simpson, Stovall, Treadway, Baskin,
Pullen, McBee, Headrick, Maboa.
Legal Advisory.
Tolbert, chairman, Miller of Hughes,
Wlndle, Rossiter, Wren.
Criminal Jurisprudence.
Taylor of Pittsburg, chairman, Sig-
ler, Miller of Muskogee, Lewis, Head-
rick, Tolbert, Callahan, Everheart.
Appropriation.
Nance, chairman, Miller of Hughes,
Elam, Lawry, Sigler, O’Brien, Dixon,
Sanders, Hansen, Lfghtner, Mitchell,
Ferrell, Bremer, Moothart, Wlndle,
Thompson of Garvin, Gray, Stewart,
Cunningham, Harper, Callaham, Phil-
lips, Jones, Baskin, OtJen, Bryce, Tol-
bert.
Senate and Judicial Re-distrlctlng
Thompson of Garvin, chairman, Dix-
on, Dyer, Smith, Phillips, Hutson,
Clothier.
Public Service Corporation.
Stovall, chairman, Thornsbrough,
Boyer, Baskin, Phillips, Gray, Thorn
ceived $20.
As a tarewell Mayor Walton was
presented by the police force with a
$50 gold piece. It was made in 1852,
Is hexagonal In shape and will be
used as a pocket piece by the Gov
ernor.
“Heavy on the beans." That’s the
order for “eats” given by Governor
Walton in the wee small hours of the
morning after the barbecue. With
thousands shaking his hand, many
speeches, the governor had spent a
strenuous day. So, late, he stole
away and at the counter said—“Chill,
heavy on the beans.”
; i t,-
More than thirty automobile acci-
dents were reported barbecue day but
only five persons were injured and
they not seriously.
Hungry Fed.
“And we were ready to feed all the
people who were hungry at 1 o’clock
Tuesday afternoon, and they ate to
their heart’s content,” Dan V. Lackey,
chairman of tfce barbecue committee
and general director of the inaugural
events, said, as he stood amid the bar
becue pits giving directions to the
men charged with cooking the “big-
gest dinner.”
Return of Wild West
They were all in Oklahoma City.
Plainsmen with loud bandnnas around
their necks,and wide brimmed hats
and revolvers. Pistol shots by mem-
bers of the Northwest Rangers’ band
which played concerts in different
places of the city brought back to
some of the crowds a glimpse of the
old wild west.
Farmers, business men, the idly
curious politicians, Indians, states
men and New Yorkers and women
crowded hotel lobbies. The streams
of pedestrians eddied and whirled as
something strange and new caught
the eye. Crowds followed for several
blocks up Broadway when a paradf
led by Zack Mulhall and Duck Gar
rett, followed by three teams of oxer
drawing a wagon on which music from
the “cowboy” band and pistol shots
the attention of th<
viewed for
throngs.
Automobiles roiled into Oklahoma
City from all parts of Oklahoma and
surrounding states, according to boy
scouts who were placed at the edge
of town to give directions. Heavy
traffic of visitors from nearby towns
was spotted iind divided with auto
mobiles laden with bedding, cooking
utensils and camping paraphernalia.
All large hotels of the city sold
cots and all had long waiting lists
for visitors who had neglected mak-
ing arrangements for housing, clerks
said. Every available space was tak
en up with cots.
^Despite the large crowds many oi
the 15,000 rooms in small hotels.
rooming houses and private rest
deuces listed with the conventions di
vision of the Chamber of Commerce,
were empty and many of them would
accommodate more than two persons,
it was announced at the Information
booth.
The barbecue did not hurt restau
rants and one of the biggest days of
the year was expected Tuesday when
the “real fun” started. Practically all
restaurants were crowded Monday '
j hart
Revenue and Taxation,
i McBee, chairman, Harper, White,
Varnum, Rossiter, Treadway, Vernon,
Boyer, Gulager, Hutson, Beum, Han-
sen, Wooten, Dyer, Clothier, Voorhees.
Education.
Robertson, chairman, Wlndle, Low-
ry, Adams, Bremer, Burger, Mitchell,
Watkins, Brice, Treadway, Moothart,
Anderson, McBee, Miller of Hughes,
Jones, Wooten, Lightner, Bayless, Ray.
General Agriculture.
Varnum, chairman, Wooten, Wlndle,
Hines, Berry, Eastridge, Case, Brum-
ley, Mitchell, Garner, Ticer, Edwards,
j Johnson, Burger, Stewart, White, Bur-
I leson, Bremer, Williams. Sanders, Pol-
lack, Lindsay, Watson of Sequoyah,
! Clothier.
Bank* and Banking, Loan, Trust and
Guaranty Companies.
Harper, chariman, Lightner, Jones,
Elam, Bayless, Ferrell, Taylor of Pitts-
burg, Laskey, Thompson of Garvin,
Comfort, Vernon, Miller of Muskogee,
Brice, Davis, Hansen. Lindsay, Mabon.
Elections.
Wlndle, chairman, Thornley, Ander-
I son, Watson of Sequoyah, Kidd, East-
ridge, Vernon, Edwards. Hines.
Printing.
Beum, chairman. Smith, Finley,
Nance, Wooten, Garner, Callahan,
Thornsbrough, Salter.
Public Health and Sanitation and Pqre
Food and Drugs.
Kidd, chairman, Robertson, Light-
ner, Mitchell, Watson of Sequoyah,
Culp, Long, Anderson, Johnson.
Private Corporations.
Baskin, chairman, Saltsman, Thomp-
son of Canadian, Ticer, Goodrich. Act-
on, Brumley, Montgomery, Pullen,
Simpson. Ray, Taylor of Lincoln.
Impeachment and Removal From
Office.
Bayless, chairman, Montgomery,
Sigler, Bell, Street, Franks, Acton.
Penal and Eclymosynary Institutions.
Dixon, chairman, Thompson or Gar-
vin, Williams, Watson of Pottawato-
mie .Taylor of Lincoln, Windle, Tol-
bert, Comfort, Cloud.
Capitol Building
Gulager, chairman. Singletary, Dis-
ney, Van Dali, Miller of Tulsa, Phil-
lips, Robertson, Acton.
Agriculture Education
Mitchell, chairman, Goodrich, Bell,
Thompson of Cunadlan, Thornley,
King, Saltsman, Berry, Eastridge,
Wooten, Windle.
State Boundry.
■ Hansen, chairman, Dixon, Treadway,
King, Stovall, Windle, Voorhees.
.State and School Land
Lowry, chairman, Thompson of
Canadian, McBee, Funkhouser, Mont-
gomery, Franks, Acton, Watson of
Lincoln, Clothier, Howe.
Public Roads and Highways
Phillips, chairman, Nance, Harper,
McBee, Lindsay, Cunningham, Garner,
Brydia, Baskin, O’Brien, Dyer, Woot-
en, Varnum, Singletary, Williams,
Everhart.
Initiative and Referendum
Bremer, chairman, Johnson of Push-
mataha, Comfort, Davis, Adams, Bur-
ger, Payne, Funkhouser, Taylor of
Lincoln.
Prohibition Enforcement
Treadway, chairman, King, Tolbert,
Adams, Watson of Lincoln, Funk-
houser, Kidd, Wlatson of Sequoyah,
Coover, Cloud.
Cotton Warehouse and Grain Eleva-
Retrenchment and Reform
Davis, chairman, Van Dali, Mont-
gomery, Street.
1 A bill to abolish the present office
of state highway commissioner and
substituting a state highway commis-
sion to be composed of three men ap-
pointed by the governor was intro-
duced In the house by R. A. Single-
tary, Oklahoma county representative
and manager of the Oklahoma Good
Roads association.
Under the bill each of three mem-
bers of the commission would receive
a salary of $4,000 a year. It carries an
appropriation of $4,000,000 for the
year ending June 30, 1924, and a simi-
lar appropriation for the year ending
June 30, 1925. A preliminary appro-
priation of $150,000 from the state
treasury is Included for the remainder
of 1923.
The commission will make and let
all contracts and have complete super-
vision of the state highway system
and federal aid funds. It is given the
power to employ a state highway engi-
neer at a salary not to exceed $7,500
a year and such assistants and clerks
as It finds necessary.
A highway fund is created In the
state treasury made up from the
payment of 75 percent of all money
received from automobile lioense fees,
from the federal government on fed-
eral aid projects and any sums do-
nated for highway projects.
The bill provides if federal aid Is
apportioned a county and no money
available to meet it, the funds may be
apportioned to some county where
funds are available.
Recommitting both majority and
minority reports back to the printing
committee the house instructed that
bids be advertised and received from
all shops, union or non-union, and that
no bids to be accepted at prices high-
er than those of 1921. The fight, con-
suming the entire afternocn, was
brought to a close by a motion from
Elam of Osage that the reports be
sent back to the committee and that
bids be reopened. An amendment to
the motion was made by Miller of
Tulsa that bids be received from all
shops equipped to do the work and
upon the adoption, the previous ques-
tion was moved and passed 71 to 23.
For the second titne since state-
hood J. S. (Jude) Askew will head
Oklahoma's fish aud game department.
Askew’s appointment was made to suc-
ceed Ben Watt, incumbent throughout
the Robertson administration. He
held the same position under C. N.
Haskell, first governor, and assisted in
writing the legislation that has pro-
tected the wild life of the state since
that time.
James C. Nance.
Chairman of Committee on Approprla-
tion.
James C. Nance of Marlow, has been
ramed chaiiman of the Important
committee on appropriations. Nance
is rerving his second term in the low-
er house.
Other Important chairmanships as
signed Were: Joseph P. Rossiter, Hen-
ryetta, oil and gas; W. W. Robertson,
Oklahoma City, education; J. B. Phil-
lips, Norman, roads and highways;
James R. Tolbert, Hobart, legal ad-
visory; C. W. Miller, Hoidenviiie,
judiciary No. 1; Guy H. Sigler. Ard-
more. judiciary No. 2; and Wilbur F.
Varnum of Seminole, general agricul-
tdre.
Paul Stewart of Haworth was named
head of the new committee on rural
credits, destined to handle much of the
remedial legislation proposed by the
committee of twenty-one.
Records of forty acts of clemency
decreed by former Governor Robert-
son just before his term expired were
made public. The number lucluded
eight pardons twenty-seven paroles
and five commutations of sentence and
brings the total number of acts ol
clemency for the former governor to
1,459. The acts included the pardon oi
M. M. Fulkerson, Alva banker.
Two expiration pardons Issued to
Forest Johnnson and Dan Scraggs,
both convicted of a statutory offense
in Delaware county October 25, 1919,
were the first acts of executive clem-
ency by the new governor. Expiration
pardons are required by law.
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Accept “Bayer Tablets of Aspirin'*
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Manufacture of Monoacetlcacldester of
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BROKE BOTH THEIR RECORDS
When It Came to Bible Reading, La»t
Comer “Put It All Over”
Hi* Friend*.
Greenberry Lowe, settlement clerk
In the state auditor’s office, and a
stntehouse friend one day were dis-
cussing their early religious familiarity
with the Bible. One had read the Bible
through once and had committed to
memory a catechism. The other had
not learned the catechism, but had
rend the Bible through more than
once.
“X read the Bible through before I
was fourteen,” said the friend.
“Yes, but I read it through before
I was twelve,” said Lowe.
It seemed to be a draw, all points
considered, when Lewis Johnson, audit
clerk, came along. The two, assum-
ing a holier-than-thou attitude, told
Johnson of tlielr early Bible reading
records.
“That’s nothing,” said Johnson. “My
father read the Bible through to me
long before I was able to read a word.”'
—Indianapolis News.
FREEDOM FROM
LAXATIVES
Discovery by Scientist* Ha* Replaced
Them.
Pills and salts give temporary re-
lief from constipation only at the ex-
pense of permanent Injury, says an
eminent medical authority.
Science has found a newer, better
way—a means as simple as Nature
Itself.
In perfect health a natural lubricant
keeps the food waste soft and moving.
But when constipation exists this nat-
ural lubricant is not sufficient. Medi-
cal authorities have found that the
gentle lubricating action of Nujol most
closely resembles that of Nature’s own
lubricant. As Nujol Is not a laxative
It cannot gripe. It is In no sense a
medicine. And like pure water it Is
harmless and pleasant.
Nujol Is prescribed by physicians;
used In leading hospitals. Get a bottle
from your druggist today.—Advertise-
ment.
Grasshoppers’ Favorite Diet.
When various spring grains are
available the grasshoppers prefer oats
to any of the others, reports a United
States Department of Agriculture in-
vestigator In Montana. However,
when food is scarce the hoppers will
not go far out of the way to senrch
for the plants that please their pulntes
most.—Agricultural Department Bul-
letin.
FOR OVER 40 YEARS
HALL’S CATARRH MEDICINE) ha*
been used successfully In ths treatment
of Catarrh.
HALL’S CATARRH MEDICINE con-
sists of an Ointment which Quickly
Relieves by local application, and the
Internal Medicine, a Tonic, which act*
through the Blood on the Mucous Sur-
faces, thus reducing the Inflammation.
Sold by all druggieta.
F. J. Cheney A Co., Toledo, Ohio.
It Wasn’t for an lee Palace,
“If you’ve got your building permit
what are you waiting for?”
“A weather permit.”
Cuticura Soothes Itching Scalp.
On retiring gently rub spots of dan-
druff and itching with Cuticura Oint-
ment. Next morning shampoo with
Cuticura Soap and hot w4ter. Make
them your everyday toilet preparations
and have a clear skin and soft, whit*
bands.—Advert isement.
It takes more than hot air to kill
the germ of suspicion.
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Cain, George W. The Carter Express. (Carter, Okla.), Vol. 13, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, January 26, 1923, newspaper, January 26, 1923; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc956313/m1/2/: accessed April 23, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.