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VINITA, CRAIG COUNTY, OKLAHOMA. DECEMBER 13. 19 12
NUMBER 16
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He Hat Received Co-Operation of Tht
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Dea Watts, deputy game and fish
warden for the eleventh district in
the following letter replies to 4i re
quest from Ihe office of th state
Huh and gam warden for a statement
Aot condi&'WMi of the local headquarters
of the gain and fish department of
the 6tate.
MustaKgee, Ok., Doc.. HL 1912.
Hon. J no. IJ. Doolin,
State IFish and Game Warden,
OkUlioma City, Okla. . .
.My 'Dear Sir:
Yours received, Sino I have 'btd
charge of the deputy 'g&me wardet's
office tor the 11th district I have niac
in Illinois and Bamm Fork rivers a-
, bout seven thousamfl Dngerling ifcass
ayergeing from four -and one hrsJf to
five inches. Abotjt "five thousand of
tl.ese stock fish were furnished by the
. State Pish and Gam Warden's office
jad about two thousand by ;the Nat
"ional Government, the Erst we have
received from (bait source .sine-- state-
-ttood.:
irhe game a.ud frdi have been as well
'protected as it lias been T'Ofibte to
: protect them and In very fw localit
ies are complaints now made. There
have been convictions for violations of
the laws in every county ,: in my dis
trict. These convictions ,-were sein
ing dynamiting, .'killing game but of
season and bunting nvithout a license.
I think the nfiling-of Attorney Gen
eral West, thaiwme half -of the fines
for violation go to the eonnties in
which prosecutions are had, has had
than we can buy them from private
hatcheries.
While, as I have said, we have not
had extra luck with pheasants, I still
believe that game propugation farms
can be made a success, and that pheas
ants can be raised ia large numbers
and at a low cost. They are being
raised in other Btates and in many
private interprises. Only last summer
Mr. W. It. Eaton, of this city, was on a
section of land near Chicago, where a
man- had raised this year from six to
eight thousand pheasants and many
hundreds of wild ducks and geese.
What others can do w ciii do, provid
ed, ot course, we have men who under
stani their business.
I think it would be a jgood idea to
give the game warden power to ap
point field men, to make a thorough
investigations upon complaints 'of vio
lations, as it Is sometimes tb case
ithat will not report violations when
Ihey come to their notice.
county is consideriis allowing a boun
ty on hawks, I had never thought of
this matter, but ssnce talking with him
while hunting I fcave noticed that us
ually where yo see a big hawk hov
ering close to the ground you find a
covey of qaafi, usually a 'small covey,
which wouM indicate 'that Mr. Hawk
had been getting in his work. It Is
the belief cff this man that hawks an
nually destroy more 'ouail than hunt
ers kill.
I want "to thank 'the people gener
ally who have helped to make the law
a success and popular the assistant
game wardens, .many of whom have
rendered valuable service, the dealers
who have handled the licenses, many
times t a loss of 'time to themseires,
doing it for the aesomadation of their
customers, and especially do I desire
to thajac the newspapers and n?ws
paper men of the counties of my Sis
trict who have -without a single ex
ception Jbeen staunch supporters of the
laws urging a tftet enforcement :anfi
high penalties 'for their violation. To
the public they Ui&ve given my wrlc 1
n!Hi4.rt li i ir ri-f tmiinCQ yi rlicnACilTKr
a good eftect, as it has placed the coum , , , ...
, ' . . . , , 'of such a large num er of licenses.
I believe that the incoming legislation
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ty officers in closer touOh-nvith our de
partment and made the counties 1
"uiore of a direct and local ' interest .
the department.
By the close rof the season. I will
have sold betwee twelve and th'rteen
thousand licenses, for the ftw seasons
and the number t this season will ex
ceed that of last season. This is many
more tban I expected to gelL-aad more
than your office thought I 'could sell.
I have through rou placed many sett
ings of pheasant -eggs in the counties
my district,, bm have notihad the
success I had hopod ;for. Still re have
quite a number of Thirds scattered over
ny territory.
I ha e found th sportsmun to be
ralmost a unit in miipport of :th fish
.-and game laws.
The farmers are iiir it over tmy ter
ritory, almost to a onan. Iiv the first
place the law itself aosts his jfenced
lands, without trouble on his part,
making it necessary &r hunter to
secure his permission before hunting
game on his farm. Uttvtally when he
askei for permission he is asked to
show ihi3 license, as many of the farri
ers are .assistant game wardens.
When1 the license is shown it gives
the name, age, residence, and descript
ion ,of ithe holder and if any j&tock are
iniured. fences torn down or other
I f knows exactly where to go and who
the farmer Imows his name, address,
ecmakes tifeo hunter much wore
careful than they would be otherwise,
I have bad many farmers to tell me
that whenever the state was in a pos
ition to furnish fish in considerable
quantities they wr-int to have lakes
or larxe pondH on their premises and
have them stocked with such species
of fifcli ure best adapted for their
localitieu.
The only objection 1 have heard to
the laws as they now exist, has been
fiim cnniA htitnpi Tv-lin Ar Tint flfsll
, I w. win U (. M in i 1 11 W ' ..w
They feel that the men who fish and
who do not hunt should be made to
contribute to the fund, as they receive
as much or more protection of fish and
stocking the streams, etc. If it could
ie so arrang-od that the license be
kept at the same price as it is $.25,
good from May to May, and e good
!or both hunting and fishing, it would
jolp and relieve this complaint.
As to suggestions as to changes, etc.
First, I think the words deputy
game warden shoud be changed to
district game wardeus, as the terms
v': deputy and assistant are misleading
' and confusing.
' v We should have two fish hatcheries
'I j as soon as we can get them. One for
' ' the east sid and one for the west side
t With men in charge of them who un
l' ' drstand the fish business and who
v ill devote their time and attention to
t, I fell sure We can raise many thous-1
ukIs of fish and at much less cost
will give sufflceiet time and attention
to the "Oklahoma fish and game 3aws
to broaden thooi where they seem to
be nanrow And strengthen them v&ere
they saem to weak.
Verjr truly,
nl-:x wax.
Deputy Gamt- i.aud Fish Warden.
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GOUNTY
IIIJU'l
New Jay And Old Jay Clash Again
Over County Seat Militia ia
Ordered Out.
Fort Smith, Ark., Doc. 10. A ser
ious riot is threatened ut Jay, the
CONSPIRACY IN
E
Rumored That High Indian Officials
And Attorneys Involved in a
Lease Conspiracy.
Muskogee, Okla., Dec. 9. Twentieth
century police methods, the dicta-
county seat of Delaware county, Ok-igraph, the well dressed and suace de
the graduates of these medical col
leges from practicing medicine in the
state of New York.
Some of these schools failed to gain
recognition became they did not have
the right amouut of instructors, and
others because they failed to conform
to certain requirements of the New '
York regents which they must do be-j
fore recognition will be granted them. Some Appointments, Contest and Reso-
Tbe School of Medicine of the Uni-j
veraity of Oklahoma has been making1
STATE SENATE
WANTS TO STRIKE
lahoma tonight. Too trouble is a
climax to the county seat fight which
has been waged for months between
two rival factions ia the town, one at
New Jay and the other at Old Jay.
The situation is so delicate that Gov
ernor Cruce Jias been asked to send
a detachment the state militia to
the town to quell the disturbance, Tho
telephone "wires leading out of Jay
have been "purposely cut" acoorvling
to the teieifcone operator at 3rove,
the former oounty seat. It is lmown,
however, that Sheriff II. 1 Thoma
snxi has -ad vised District Joc&o John
tective who represents himself as a
raaa of wealth and wants the higher
ups to do him a favor have proved too
much for the full-blood OsageB who
for the past three years have been in
control of the affairs of the Osage na
tion. As a result of the discoveries
made by Fred Cook and other sleuths
in the employ of the department of
the interior, the ann6uncemcnt made
by President Taft and Secretary of
the Interior Fisher that they had de
cided to remove fioni office tho entire
council of the Osage tribe of Indians
for insubordination stands, and it is
F. Pitchferd of Tahlequoh, the sit-.kaowa that other charges have been
uatimi 02U lias asked hm to appeal ;flkd agnet Chief Bacon Hind and
to Governor Cruce to send the militia.1 &s.stant, Red Eagle.
Judge -ntchford is holding court at
StilwIL
AcGOTding to the best formation
& mob of about 100 heavily armed
men -entered Jay late today and im
mediately took possession of the court
Had Leaders Watched.
marked progiass in the past two years.
The school has an excellent hospital
and lecture hall at 317-25 East 4th
street in Oklahoma City, and the stu
donts have abundant clinical facilities,
as they have access not only to the
clinics in this hospital, but to a num
ber of other hospitals in Oklahoma
City. The work of the third and fourth
years is carried on in Oklahoma City,
while that of the first two years is
done at Norman, as a regular part of
the university's work.
lutions Still Are Pending Infor
mation Wanted.
IS A F0U6ERY
Oklahoma Court Decides Claim
Heirs is Typewriter Forgery.
It may eomo as a shock and aa
astounding surprise to tho Osages
who ;aro considered the wealthiest
house and records located at e1 at XJnclc Sam has not had completo 1?' UI and f JosPh9
Jay. They have taken he peace of- L.,,, . ,n , . Morris was written bad not been made
time.'and that experienced secret s?rv
NevUirL, Okla., Dec. 9
the typewriter on which tho purported
fleers into custody ant reports say
Oklahoma City, Dec. 10. With a
number of senators threatening to
leave for home Tuesday, whether the
senate has adjourned or not; with a
hot contest on in the committee on
committers , between the "new" and
"old" senators; with a long legal de
bate impending in the Aycock-Lang-stoa
contest; and with objections to
the confirmations of some of the other
appointments sent up by Governor Lee
Cruce to be fought out Tuesday, the
senate really does not know whether
or not It will adjourn Tuesday night.
Monday was devoted to tho posBage
of more resolutions demanding infor
mation from stato .departments ou
which "retrenchment and reform"
legislation may be based; and to con
sideration of gubernatorial appointees..
Messrs. W. K. Urandenburg and J. F.
Warren, the two remaining members,
of the old board of education, were
p.llmlnnted fa th tuf trvti nf fcnrmnnv
j In accordance with the senatorial plan
Because to make way for a new board of edu
cation entirely.
The appointments of State Highway
Commissioner Sidney Suggs; State
Fire Marshal C. C. Hammonds;' Sh-
of
Every movo made bv tho Osaco lad- bate an '"strument written on tho stine of Alva a trustee of the It
ers has been closely watched and sanie ,J'P?wri,er' "bearing the date of 'Supply asylum, were confirmed after
GOVERN! CRUCE
OPPOSED TO BLEASE
Oklahcm Eoittive Glad to Hat
Missetf Govsernars' Conference.
Oklahoma City, lfcwc 10. ,-I am half
glad I was unable to attend the gov
ernors' conference, iar I differ widely
with the portion .taken by Governor
Blease of South Cjuclina, as to the
protection of prisoners against would
be lynchers," said Governor Cruce,
discussing the recent gathering in
itichmond. He said Governor Blease
was wrong in hLs idea that one crime
should atone another, and thinks it
v'iuite as incumbent upon governments
to enforce a penalty against those who
violite laws for a purpose, it is to
enforce laws against any oilier sort of
criminal.
Governor Cruce is opposed to in
flicting capital punishment, pave for
criminal assault, and recommended in
his message to the legislature that the
penalty as now constituted, and ron
fined to murder, be abolished.
1910
When .losephus Morris died he left
an estate appraised at $16,000. Two
branches of heirs claimed the prop
erty, each under a "last will." Nelson
Morris and three sisters presented a
will dated 1910. Other relatives pre-
somo arguments behind the closed
doors. The. appointments of State
Game Warden John P.. Doolin, Lou
Frame of the board of affairs, the
three members of the stafo election
board, and L. I. Drunk, Jr., of Nowata
as a member of the board of pharmacy
sented a "last will," also typewritten, .were passed over until Tuesday after
bearing the date of 1907,
Albert S. Osburn of New York, who
gave handwriting evidence in the Itice-
In 1907, the county court of Kay coun
they threatened to destroy or remove men ve 'been In close touch with ty Saturday Pronounced tho iustru--porintendent F. M. Adams of the Vi
the -records to Old Jay. Sheriff Thorn- !(w rf c0UQcil ment a forgery, and admitted to pro- nita asylum for tho Insane, and J. A
the situation.
The county seat fight 'has been one
of the bitterest political lights in the
history of Eastern Olakihoma. After!
Jay defeated" Grove for the county
seat a fight d?velorofi between two
factions at Jay. One tTminied Old Jay
was the proper coun.tr s seat and the
other claimed New Jay was the legal
location of the court house. The fight
went to the state supntan-3 court which
decided the court house should be lo
cated at New Jay. Tin records at
that time were at Old Jay and the
'situation became so VrKical that Cov
ornoir Cruce dispatched Adjutant Gen
eral Frank Canton to the Oklahoma
state militia to remove Che records to
the place designated by Ihe court. In
the 'meantime an injunction was is
sued !fcy the supreme court enjoining
the iresaoval of the records, but before
it coiiil be served. Adjutant General
Canton had removed thtia.
a strong fight on some one or two of
these last appointees had developed.
The resolutions passedd by the sen-
Adviovs to the Muskogee Phoenix
thia ;morenng stated that ffce town of
Jay is iin the hands of a mot -of about
73 drunken men all heavily armed.
f hey have control of the county rec
ceds andifo take them from che mob
will result in a pitched battle, Sheriff
Thrtniasoii :t,aid. The sheriff hfcs sum-
when the blow falls it can, bo safely
put down that President Taft's .rea-
soo3 for refusing to sanction the leas
ing of 800,000 acres of Osage lands
to A syndicate as the result of a iri
va.e agreement will be made known.
Cook on the Job.
Fred S. Cook of Muskogee who Dias
charge ot the investigation into
th affairs of the Osages, and v.ho
hat been at wctrk in tho Osage coun
try 'for months is expected home frm
Pa whaska tonight. Ho was in Wash
ington last week where he Wed what
he -considered his final report with
the secretary ef the interior but was
instructed to return at once to Paw
huBka. He -was stfll in the Osag;
capital this afternoon, and it ia pos
sible that' some arrests may be made
before the day is over. It is known
that & cumber of white men and some
mixed Woods are involved In the al
leged conspiracy and their cases ars
now bi;ng investigated by the depart- Ibeen long time say it something but I lected sinco statehood; by Senator
ment ef justice. , :I not dead tall. I just all time bo-m t Thomas, asking the treasurer for an
Oil Lease Conspiracy? jiistuing close and read it paper txiitemlze(1 statement as to the income
Patrick case, and J. F. Sherman of 4to Monday, In open session, were as
Wichita, Kan s., who gave handwriting follows: By Senator lloddie, asking
evidence In the land fraud cases -the secretary of state, board of at-.
where-In Senator Mitchell was con- fairs annotators of the long-fought
victed, agreed that both wills had been,ovcr C0(Je ot Oklahoma laws, to furn
written on the same typewriter, which ien information as to the present
was not in existence until 1910. Upon t status of the code which was ordered
their conclusions the court admitted Printed by tho 1911 legislature, and
to probate the will presented by tb J why work on it has been held up, and
four children. ,it has not been delivered; by Senatoi-
: j Thomas, asking tho state, treasurer-
Watsila Agaiti. for an itemized statement of all souces;
Mr. Chieftain, You: This Injun.01 6tate revenue and the amounts col-
It was thought to 2ie attentiou of
the secretary of the interior more
than two years ago that something
was radically wrong with the business
moned all available me nat baud but laffair8 of the fia!5es ftns diat tlie raen
his force is insufficient.
At 3 o'clock this morning thfc anol)
still held possession of the town
It s;&s during the Jay county iat
controversy thajt. Governor Cruce de
fied the state supreme court. lie had
sent Adjutant sGtsieral Canton to Jay
who should be working for the best
interests of the tribe were apparently
being controlled by oiue outsiders
who were trying to secure leases on
the oil and gas lands in the central
and western part of the nation. The
council went so far as to make a Wan-
Officers Elected.
to remove tha rmrda. Whiln Canton lbet Ieaso bllt t was turned down by
was at Jay tho supreme court granted jtile department of tho Interior, and, way I been see it thU publican gov-,
an injunction, Ieuing of the court's
action .Governor. Crw telephoned Con
ton and nsked hin:
"From whom do you fake orders?"
"From you, sir," the adjutant gen
eral replied.
. "Then move the records," the gov
ernor said.
Basketball Friday Night.
It? p
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The members of the Phialphian
Lodge, No. 114, K. of P., have elected
the following officers for the coming
year: George Martin, C. C; C. N.
Tyler, V. C; Lige Henderson, prelate;
Pierce Cantrell, K. of R. and S.; J. D.
Hughes, M. of Arms; W. H. Clark, M.
of E.: Jos. A. Gill and George Hin
shaw, grand lodge representatives;
Ford Etter, inner guard; Tuck Ilen
drix, outer guard; Sam Motley, trus
tee. v
The first basketball game of the
season will be played at the gymnas
ium of the high school building Fri
day night betweea the girls team of
the Yinita high school and the girls
from the Adair school. Tho Adair
girls have defeated the Vinita team
I uar it paper say that hard time Produced by tho income, inheritance
come it pretty soon. (I spec so publi-,ani corporation taxes, also the gross,
can paper, I don't know). It say demo- revenue and production tax; by Sena
clats got it all power in this United ior Russell, calling upon tho clerk of
States going to cut it that tariff way,tne supreme court to file with tho sen-
down low, I spw, and say make it,ate a lf!'t " & supreme court cases
hard compete with that far country during the year 1912 where the judg
way to big pond tother side. ment exclusive of the costs did not
Well, Mr. Chieftain, this Injun cant exceed $20; also a list of the civil
see into that kind of talk, I spec so I suits filed in 1912.
got some since to. I study alltime ! Suggs Confirmed First,
bout it that kind of talk don't look it j Tue senate took up the remaining
good to this Injun. I toll it you this , gubernatorial appointments in execu
tive session. The remnant of the-
t-rnmo ntlong time my lifes. 1 tell it state board of education was disposed
you we had it that kind goverment of Quickly. There was some opposi
iiere in this Oklahoma before it state- to confirmation of the state high
hood. I didn't see it something goodWar commissioner, based more upon
tall, sr.d look it at this United States (Objection to the plan of such a depart
goveniuu'iit I don't see it something ment rather tban upon personal
good that big chief what call it Taft grounds, but the vote against Mr.
she been what call it I sper drone Suggs was slight, lie was the first
white man say it that way. man confirmod by this session. The
Wdl, I tell it you everybody mo 'appointments of Superintendent
. . Ia.
the Osage council, several attorneys that after 4th of March next year you Aaams or tne Vinita asylum, State
end oil men and one ex-official of , tan see it big change in officer.
OB.ige county. Injun know It what I say. I tell
isylum went through
'shure as I live and you to democlats , without much opposition.
Approved. !mang mi ;t all pintod offices. j Cut a rock was struck when the
Mr. Chieftain you, I say it this way (other appointments were taken up,
mv regulations were provided. Tho
government also ordered a new elec
tion and ordered Bacon " Rind, Red
Eagle and others removed from office.
The biases were sold under the gov
ernment regulations but the sales
were all rejected by the Osage council.
While all this work was going on,
Cook and IiIh assistants were at work
and it is understood they have bagged
This Fire Marshal Hammonds, and J. A.
it, Stine of the board of control of the
Oklahoma Medical School
The following message was recently dam foolish talk any body when thaynd although the members of the sen
received by Dean Robert F. Williams, say it publicans mans going hold of-.ate were usually secretive as to the
once this season, but our girls say of the Oklahoma University School of , nee under democlat ministration. No) msiae or the executive session, it
thut thia victm-v wna rlno t th fnft Med e ne from Dr. A. S. Down nc first sir. toonsn uam talK that way. Ihis.is unuersuwu mai lmmeaiaie conurma
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that the game was played on an out- assistant commissioner of education J Injun can tell it you, any bodies who
door court and that they will more of the state of New York: jtis so greedy, you had better begin
than regain their lost prestige in this
tion of State Game Warden John R.
Doolin and Lon M. Frame of the board
',!.; - - 1 . ... ntfnlM 1 , 1 T-.1 r, .1 , 1. .. I . 1.
"This is to inform you that at aUB up ou uusiness you sure wm u-mcu, auu uwt m
coining contest. There will also be a'meeting of the board of regents of the ,nave 10 ,ve K l,D your reaaeraI Jod.iwib may i.ut uveu puss on iaese
preliminary contest between the senior 'state of New York, the School of Med-'and sive 11 up t0 ll(!luodats mans to. appointments at the special session.
and sophomore boys. Both of the'icine of the University of Oklahoma 1 lc" n you (IRD1ociais going to git it,"- oi inquiry was
Eastern Star Officers.
games promise to be good ones and a was formally registered as a school of
good attendance Is expected.
The following were the officers.
elected by the Vinita Chapter, No. 20, 1 The morning Katy trains were sev-
Order of the Eastern Star' for the com- era! hours late this morning caused
ing -ear: Minnie. G. Murphy, v. P.; by a freight wreck south of here.
J. P. Murphy, W. P.; Miss Savola' The Presbyterian bazar exchange , homa scho1 was approved, the ban tQ
Mitchell, A. M.; Miss Effie McDaniel, table at the Presbyterian (lurch, Fri- was Placed 011 twenty-two medical,
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conductress; Miss Senora Gray, as- day afternoon and evening ind all day st-noois mciuumg a nimiuei wmcu me
medicine." j
This recognition is one that is much ;
to, by gosh.
I tell It you it been look it pretty
loner time sonikev but can rpo it lust
coveted, and which is not at all easy' u dear day BhM
to obtain as may be seen from the fact be(m raining coud3 dear Qff '
that about the same time the Okla- r,, t,. a r
WATSILA.
some pies a' d git it pretty soon going named, to look Into some matters and
j report back to the executive session
Tuesday.
Mis. Ewlng Ilalsell left this ' morn
ing for a visit in Kansas City. Mr.
Ilalsell is at his ranch in Texas.
The temperature at six o'clock this
: morning was eighteen degrees above
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sociate conductress; Mrs. Laura G. V. Friday, will offer for sde dressed supposed to ne tioin
Darrough, secretary and Mrs. Etta H. chicken, bread, cakes, pies, pickles, grade.
Burns, treasurer. canned fruits and jellies.
work of high
zero. Mouday morning was the cold-
C. E. Butler was held on $500 bond est of the year as it then registered
in Judge Addis A. Brown's court yes- at fourteen above. A number of pipes
The effect of this ban is to prevent terday afternoon on a liquor charge, were frozen on both these mornings.
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