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IN THE DAILY EXPRESS
VOLUME 11
CHICKASHA, OKLAHOMA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1910
NUMBER 261.
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VALUE OF PUBLIC SERV
CORPORATIONS IN THE
COUNTY $4,863,661
Total Tax Levied is Over $09,000
Rock Island Company is the
Largest Tax Payer
COUNTY CAMPAIGN
IS BEING RUSHED
The total value of the property of
public Service I O pel iltiollS III (il'.'Ml.V
county, as lixed by the state board of
equalization for th jmiijhjih' of taxa
tion for the year lit HI is f l,Xi;:!,t;r,l.
Tin: total amount of the taxes levied
against this property is ii!l,Jl!l.Xii,
which is apportioned as follows: Slate,
,7!.JC; t-miuty, $18,JII.83; mutiici
al, $i:t,t;i.K7; school, $;;0,!M:,.32.
Of all the corporations the Hot U
island play the star ro! as a tax
payer, the total mine or its main line
being $2.t;i;:.t;6, cm which- the total
tax Ik $:!7,74m. The Ltmbav branch
Is valued at li'l.l!)! and yields (ii
faxes f."i,7fJ,"..50 while the Mangutit
branch Is valued at $::::,.'.! and
yields $l,.'2i;.40. making t in: giand to
tal to he paid by tills company JIS,-U71H.
The Frisco is the next largest on i
the list, Its valuation b. i.,g $t,: fsO.KI t, !
which yield lU2t.78, Next comes j
tho Oklahotnu Central, its property In'
the county being assessed at lltfo.me)
and its tax being $ 2bl.O. j
The fourth largest u the C!,h ka.-!i:i '
C.as & Klettrle Co., valued at $:2,",H! I
and yielding tt.K2.02 nml the .
I clephono company comes next with
t37.5D valuation, pas lug . ti.l.T.t,!").
One more huge otic 1 the Chic-kasha ;
Li;;ht, Heat and Power company, a,v j
potation properly in the various dis
tricts. In the t'hii kasha dislrbt the
valuation of mu-h property is f!H2.!87,
yielding; i;.8K!.i;i. District No. CS Is
the next li'Ri'st with cot poi-ation prop
erty valued at '! W.'.Hh,, yielding f:.!,
227.08. Itimrlet No. 2 receives $i,
942.2S and Itbitrlct 2fi set $1.7"2; 8ix.
other di.-itiictH receive front ? t , (HJ to
tl.."00 each and live receive ainoiinU
varying from f.'.oo, to Il.tMW. Ttr three
dMHcta tint Hhhessed vaUi.tiion of tor-
potation property jg le.sg than $li)0 and
tho tax Is therefore a, neKliK'tlde qtian
tJty. The above liRiu-eii art; talen from tile
valuation returned by tin; state board
and cei'ifii-d to by Joe Limb-say, comity
clerk.
'hail iiitui liishop and .Seitrelary .Mil
ler i,f i be democratic county campaign
commilteo are busy and county beitd
ipi.irfcrx liave been a kcciio of hutitiing
activity ihiH week, An Immense
amount of matter has been mailed out
to the voter and the mniia?ers have,
also done a vast amount, of work ar
nuiKinj; for meetings and placing the
!-peakera.
The ("rin-e meeting in ("hit-kasha
Saturday at. I o'clock promises to be a
great event. .Mr, ("nice will make bin
only speech of the campaign in Grady
county at that lime.
lion Jack Love will Hpeak in tho
City hall Thumlay evening at. 8
o'clock.
BISHOP
DENNY IS
COM
Judge William, t'ol. ft. L. Glover
and I ton. ("bind McCrorir of Alva spoke
to enthusiastic etowds Monday at. Po
casKCt and .Mined ;md v-uierday they
addresKcd tins voters at Alex and llrad
ley.
Attorney Ksteg ami Col. (U-a. W.
Barefoot held a splendid (iieeling at
Verde n bint night. Jlr, KsU'M was in
vited to meet a republican speaker
in debate but the latter didn't show
up. When the republican oralor failed
to appear Col. Barefoot said they
called up C, M. Kechlieimer by phone,
reqnoKt.iiig that he crat.k up his btt.z
wagon and take a spin out to Verden to
meet. listes, but "Fech" was too busy
to take the trip. Kates made a telling
democratic: speech.
GO AFTER
ANOTHER
FACTORY
SPANISH Fed
THRONE
I
C
DANGER
era!
eclines
Interfere
o hi
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Pastor Butler Preaches Fountain Company Failed
CONFESSED TO A
HEINOUS CRIME
His Last Sermon Sun
day Morning
seised at $2!i.O and aylnjs $f.H!),7
The othets in the !:., as
l.ttti.:
to!
Valutioii.
t.")2.7r.n
. leu
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t.'t
Western rttioti , . ,
I'at tci son T. Co
Tutile Tel. Co
I'tilliiiaii Car Co. . ,
Aii'ei ;( iu Kxjn ess
I'. H. l.'xpH .i !.::;:
I'ocasset Tel. Co., ...... n;ui
I'ostal Tel, c.
I'UlccIl & l.ex. Tel. Co. S;'
liills Creek Tel. 'Co
Chlx. Hy. & Klec. Cii . . .;
Division Among Townships.,
Tb total iiiiiotint levied fc.r munii-i.
pal ptirose in ilivjdcil among the vu
rlous UiHCD.hipA as follows:
Tax.
I :.;.:-'
i i m;
e,i,',
tiJ.t.i'i
.12.9-;
t" 2 :
7 ::
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71 1
Peoria. Hi., Nov, 2. hieeiued at ait
j assault on Miss Mazy Clark, a schofd
Icai her near hue, by Joseph 1 iofftiian,
I tite boiitd of directors, reprcsetnativei
of tlie , newspapers and of tlje typo
g'Jipb.'jl. union met State's Attorney
SctbU ana demanded immediate and
j riaorotts ptiiitnbtnent for the perpe
) i .it r of the deed.
! Hoffman wa arrested late. l.l:4 liiMht
ftaid ciii!es;,ed to tieiitg the woman's
li.inda
crime
a a :;
v i' 'i wba h
n.1 comictt f.iftjt the
he is cb'trged.
Pronounce Brady
Story Ridiculous
i Biiiiop Collins Denny, one of the
j most distinguished men In bis denomi
nation, wilt preach at- lite Methodist
((hutch Friday evening of this week.
He ij) said to be a very scholarly and
eloquent preacher. Special music is
being prepared for the occasion and
a large eougregtion will likely greet
the bishop.
Bishop Itenny will preside over the
annual conference- w hicii convenes at
Ardmore on Nov. It).
Kev. m. L. Butler, pastor of Ep
wonli,. church in this cilj, will have
closed bis third j Wa tvrk here when
be got s to the conference next week.
He will preach his closing sermon for
the year next Sunday morning, the
evening service tmUig turned over to a
prohibition speaker. However, the
people are not expecting a "farewell"
sermon as it is generally anticipated
to Meet Terms
Boost Land Sale
.Special by I'niled Press.
London, Nov. 2. That an armed rev
olution against King Alfonso is immi
nent if not in actual operation is be
lieved today by persona who are iu
close touch with the situation in Spain.
' An oflieial denial of any- revolution
in Madrid or Barcelona was received
today. The press censorship main
tains absolute secrecy about affairs in
the Spanish capital.
Paris correspondents today sent
messages to Loudon papers saying out
breaks agaiiiot the government were
in progress in Spain and many repub
licans had been arrested on a charge
of tampering with tho loyalty of the
troops.
Special by United Press.
London, Nov. 2. Information reach
ed here this afternoon from Lisbon in
dicating that the Spanish, government
is distracted by a widespread revolu
tionary plot. When the plot was re
vealed the authorities caused the ar
rest of hundreds in all parts of the
kingdom.
'that Mr. Duller will be returned for j tee insisted that
Following a session of the director
of the Chamber of Commerce las!
night it was announced that the deal
for the Southwestern Fountain com
pany to be located in this city was
off, ail negotiations having been termi
nated. The Chamber of Commerce met all
the terms of the factory people and the
contract was signed up on both sides
but when it came to the scratch the
factory people failed to meet some of
the conditions and the Chamber of
Commerce didn't think ii good-prop,
ositioii to bring them here unless
these conditions were complied with.
It developed that the company which
is now . operating in Oklahoma City
had some obligations outstanding and
Ii they bad come here the Chickasha
people would have been compelled to
take care of these. The local commit-
STRIKE MAY
TAKE NEW
TURN
: Cuthrle, Ok la-., Nov. 2. The lust
j hope of tho republicans in their fight
j to prevent the "grandfather" clause,
Jot negro disfranchising amendment,
cutting off 11,000 of the negro voters
! next week, vanished hero late yestei
I day afternoon when the three federal
judges presiding in the test case at
Oklahoma City declined, to issue an
interlocutory Injunction against the
operation of the initiated act. The
court held that 'it had no jurisdiction
in equity.
The opinion, the shortest ever band
ed down in the federal court here, is
included in the order and was signed
by Waller A. Sanborn, senior circuit
judge of the Eighth circuit; John H.
Cotteral, district judge for the West
ern district of Oklahoma, and Ralph
E. Campbell, district judge of the
Eastern district.
The case was that of Daniel Sims
vs. Election Inspector Finch of Guth
rie. Sims is a negro ex-slave who
cannot read nor write, and who will be
disfranchised. The republican state
committee was Ijeif of the suit.
That portion of the order which may
be considered the opinion, is as fol
lows: ' .
"It is ordered that the plea in abate
ment (filed by Attorney General Wrest)
be and the same Is hereby overruled
on the ground that the defendant does
not cease to be inspector until his suc
cessor is chosen and has qualified.
" "And it is further ordered that the
application for the interlocutory injunc-
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Jlilico City .
Amber .
Chickasha .
Chickasha CI
Niiiiiekah . , ,
Chandler , , .
Hush Springs
Hush Spring--,
Alex
Bradley . ...
Harrison , . .
Shirley . ....
Verden city .
Waldron , . ,
Turtle
Tit! tl.? City ,
II Dishorn . . .
Brushy ,
Cross
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township purposes
varies from nothing in Cross township
(o 2.'!. 7 mills in the city of ,iuico.
Shares of School Districts.
Tho total amount paid by the cor
porations for school purpose is di
vided according to the amount of cor-
Special ,y Htll'cd Press.
Wa.-.hmwoii, Ii. ('... Tnov, 2.- The
iiati iietit made by Cat.t, Thomas Bra
dy t( Kati.-a.i City las! nifiti that the
huMbvhip Maine vva Mown up hy
CitiMii and that high official, of the
'nfted States were aware of this fact,
at the lime that war on Spain watt de
Ha red, was ;ts:e!ed today by high of
Ini.ds here to be tit'eily fal.so and
I I'lirtllott.-i
Society Women' and
Strikers Fare Alike
another year. His work has been very
bountiful of resulis and he is reeog
nided as one of the stronejt pastors
the city has ever bad. Mr. Butler has
lei-.t- of friends in his own and sister
-hurdics as well as among the "w icked
worldlings" who will be pleased to see
him returned.
these obligations be
the factory was
REPUBLICAN
SPEAKING
N ! v ,
: f" i-'l by
Che ago,
men ard eoliegi
ing tilt 20, unit to
1 I'l C
2. -The society Wi
git Is . w ho Hf aid
tii.mju garment wot k-
for
era shared the ha me usage that the
strikers received from the polke today
when the sfiiker. were ordered from
the business district.
Laior leaders slated (bat th
strikers would be able to hold out in-
dcl'miti
The iepiiblir-Hit campaign
tee Hiiiieimcrs' speaking at (be court
house this evening by the following
orators;
lion Tom Hobnett of Ardmore.
Judge .1. ii. Franklin of Lawton, can
didate for congress
Speaking, begins at S o'clock and
everyliodj is invited.
taken up' before
launched here.
The checks which ChickaHha gave
to the committee in navment nf the
j first installment, on lots in Industrial
; addition will be returned.
' The directors bad another proposi
i t t ,
jiMu uuih a large manufacturing con
j eeni before them last, night. The pro- I
i !H,sed factory would employ not) skilled j
; workmen. Further details concerning i
jit. are not yet ripe for publication, j
! Considerable- time was spent by the
j directors last night In discussing i
; plans lor advertising Grady couuty i
when the, sale of umilioted lauds is
(held here Dec. 1. It is 'proposed to-
have post cards printed hour-inn" an ad- '
commit- ! verlisenient of the land sale ami these .
to tie sent, out hy the people on a day (
to be designated as poslcard day. The I
advertising- committee met this after-!
mum to work out "details of the!
sciieme.
Special by United Press.
New York, Nov. 2. The prospect
of federal troops in control of every
mail wagon in the city developed to
day as an outgrowth of the express
drivers strike.
Valentine Hoffman, first vice presi
dent of th teamsti-r' union, announc
ed today that if a general strike were
called tomorrow night, the drivers of
mail wagons will be called out with
the Others. This would mean that the
government would be compelled to
man the mail wagons with soldiers.
The mail wa.gon drivers all belong to
the teamsters union. ,. "
Hoffman and W. 11. Ashton are the
members of a committee in charge of
the teamsters part of the controversy.
Special by United Press.
New York, Nov. 2. Mayor Gaynor ;
was asked this afternoon to act as ar- i
,.. ... , ... . 1
i ouraior in me teamsters sinne aua
j has consented to do so. '
lion be and the same is hereby de
nied, not, on the ground that section 1
of article 3 of the constitution of Ok
lahoma, voted for at the election In
August, A. I)., lait), is not violative of
the constitution of the United States,
but on the sole ground that, although
the complainant may have a remedy
at law' in this court for the, deprivation
of his vote, this court has no jurisdic
tion in equity to grant him the relief
he seeks from his threatened depriva,.
tiott of that right under the decision
of the supreme court in Giles vs. Har
ris, 18!) IT. S., 475."
REPUBLICANS RELIEVED.
Durant, Okla,., Nov. 2. .Many repub
licans of this section breathed a sigh
of relief when they heard from Outli
ne. Some of them have been working
day and night with the hope of a vic
tory bought at the price of a favor
able federal, court decision. The re-,
publican party is completely paralyzed
In Southern Oklahoma, but the demo
crats ore inspired to make the victory
greater than had been contemplated.
"Now for one long last shake at tho
carcass of the republican party," said
a democrat. "We are not against the
republican party as a whole, for there,
is much good In It, but we are against
a negro-loving republican candidate for
governor and a machine leader like
Jim Harris. There isn't a democrat in
the city who doesn't feel inspired to
vote the ticket from top to bottom,
early in the day and with much satisfaction."
BILLARD
IE
'3 II
NTI
WAPPED
nMrv
j Special by United Press.
Topeka, Kan., Nov. ?. "Tell those
prohibition friends that they are wast
j ing their time and energy holding
mass meetings, preaching sermons and
I passing resolutions asking me to re-
sign.
! "If they want me to resign, let them
i get busy with their retail let,iuons
and settle it by an election."
This was the defy issued today
Mayor Billard to threats of citizens'
muss meetings to have him recalled on
account or bis position on the prohi
bition question. ,
FRENCH CABINET RESIGNS.
DELI
TA
QUENT
SALE
cabinet
gned to-
MONDAY
Special by United Press.
Paris, Nov. 2. The French
headed by Premier Briand rcsl
day.
It is believed that the purpose of
the movement was to drop undesir
able members.
L. B. Powell was arrested yesterday
near Rush Springs by Constable
Booth and was landed in the county
jail here on a charge of . grand lar
ceny. Powell is said to be some sort of a
traveling merchant and it is alleged
that he pilfered a grip at a ' house
where he stopped, taking about $25 of
I lsal currency of the realm therefrom
liy i and leaving in its place an equal
amount of confederate currency.
Word was received at the sheriff's
office this morning that R. A. Russell,
wanted in this county of a charge of
obtaining money under false pretenses,
had been arrested at Ardmore. An
officer will go after him tomorrow.
Russell lived in the vicinity of Rush
Springs.
WEATHER FORECAST.
For Oklahoma Tonight and
Thursday fair and warmer.
ly.
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B -Hi
Mr. Taft Expects to
Vacate Before 1914
Sheriff Returns i
!
With Giesckel
OUR PURPOSE
It is our purpose to handle any business
entrusted to us in such a fair and lib
eral manner as to make the cus
tomer's relation with this bank
satisfactory and profitable.
Aside from the excellent facilities afforded,
this bank has the advantage of a Capital
and Surplus of $2(;0,00().B0
Til A CJWf Mn4f Afinl
iuu him nanuiuii
OF CHiCKASHA
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Special by United Presr-.
i Washington, Ji. ., ov, 2. Presi
dent Taft told a contnitltce of.women
j from Pittsburg today that he didn't ex-
', pect. to be in the White House in
!yi..
The women Invited the president, to
attend the celebration of the one hun
jdredih anniversary of peace between
Kuglish speaking nations, which is to
! he held in Pittsburg in JIM 4.
If a lot of property owners in Chick,
asha don't dig up a good sized jag of ;
coin din ing the next few days County !
Treasurer Kilgore will on next -Monday !
pull off the biggest real estate sale in I
the history -of the city. j
Property on which the special pav-
ing and grading tax is delinquent is
" j advertised for sale on Nov. 7, and the ;
Sheriff l.oittlutu returned this after- ' treasurer has no alternative in the mat- ;
noon from St. Louis, bringinir Conrad'. ,w 1!e ls required by law to conduct;
Gieseke, a German fanner near Ver
den. who was arrested on a charge of
disposing of mortgaged property.
Gie:
willingly with the sheriff. He dis-!Ule ,11011lh of September he collected;
claims any evil intentions in connec- i mvins taxes ,0 tlle am('"nl of 1,41.79
the sale at that time.
When the delinquent list was turned i
over to Mr. Ktlgore by the city clerk!
soke waived requisition and came 1 ulere was BOUt --w m Ourlng
tion with his transactions and says he
went, to St. Louis merely on a visit.
I Fatal Wreck on
I Texas Railroad
DISTRICT COURT.
The ase of school district No. 31
versus the Shawnee .Mutual Insurance
j company, which was tried iu tiie dis
I trict court yesterday afternoon result
led in a verdict for the defendant.
1 Today the case of J. W. Owsley vs.
A. Jones is on trial.
W.
and during October he received S3.. '
j6L93 on the same account. The :
! amount, of grading tax alone collected J
in September was $71.52 and in Octo- j
ber $743.firt. The total amount of the I
delinquent list, collected up to last!
night was therefore $s,72I.Sii, or about t
one-third of the entire amount that is ;
due.
j' Many property owners have called;
at the treasurer's office and signified
their intention to liquidate before the ;
date of sale. ;
THE YEA
SO ARE f fell
HAVE Yf Aj
RMSGRomM n
PER ;! Vsi
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OTYOoR 7f ' ISKa i !
tONEY IN 1 kK' :
It , 4 1 ii fi i
'.r;
1
it Gnaws j
THERE
j rpei ial by t-iiited ib ess.
I io. ..ov. .. bengal iiersous are
i reported killed ami many injured in a
diead-on collision between a Trinity &
lltrazas Valley passenger train and a
iTHE GRADY COUNTY
ABSTRACT CO. MOVES.
j The Grady County Abstract company
: has moved dts quatters to the register
... , i c vin uir n!M cum e. itss
j freight tram at Honey Springs, eight I offices
j miles south of here, todnv.
occupy the front part of the
building
POLICE COURT TODAY.
Two jags of the ordinary kind fell!
into the hands of the police and re-,
ported to Judge (Irigsby this morning.
M. M. Young paid $8 for his fun and !
the case of Put Murphy is still pend-j
in..
You will grow old; your earning powers will fail. Few
men are so prosperous to-day that they can afford to over- !
look this. Are you gettinir ready for bid atre? The dav von 1
II start a savings account you will feel younger and happier.!
1 1 Try it. Begin now.
I j We will pay you 4 per cent interest on the money you put t
in our Dank' and compound the interest every six months. f
OKLAHOMA STATE B AT IK !
CHICKASHA, OK L A II O M A .