Oklahoma Supreme Court Refuses TRO in Greer County Case
The Oklahoma Supreme Court denied a temporary restraining order against the constitutional convention’s plan to divide Greer County into three parts. Justice Irwin dissented, arguing the district and supreme courts had common law and chancery powers and that counties may be divided only if necessary for state government.
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Guthrie
Oklahoma_ supreme court
Greer County
Irwin
Mary Asp
Ww. A. Ledbetter
Ardmore
Horace Speed
C. N. Haskell
Oklahoma
Burford
Justice Hainer
Oklahoma Supreme Court
Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Hainer
United States
District
Supreme Courts of
Convention Debates Exemptions and Legislative Dept Rules
Guthrie reports a Monday session where the convention quickly passed the revenue and taxation report with minimal debate noting major exemptions. Changes include higher exemptions for certain groups and expanded orphan funds while the legislative department report sets Senate limits at forty members and House at one hundred five, with term lengths and staggered elections.
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Guthrie
Committee On Revenue and Taxation
Murrow and
Whitaker
Theenate
Senate
House
Eacr
Insurance Regulation Provision Adopted by Convention
A constitutional provision creates an insurance department led by an insurance commissioner appointed by the governor with senate consent for four years. It sets required collateral deposits, annual fees for various insurers, foreign company examination fees, and tax rates on premiums and local agents. Other measures include limits on corporate stock ownership, education committee actions, mandatory separate schools by race, compulsory school attendance, bible reading rights, and a state educational board structure.
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Senate
Legal Reserve Life Insurance
Committee On
State Educational Board
Record Lease Price Breaks Territory Bonus Record
Tulsa reports forty three thousand dollars paid for twenty acres adjoining the Ida E. Glenn lease in the Glenn pool. The purchase by George E. Barnes of Muskogee sets a new territory oil field lease bonus record.
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Tulsa
Ida E. Glenn
Glenn
Territory
George E. Barnes
Muskogee
Remains Found Mutilated in Oklahoma City Frisco Yards
The badly mutilated body of a man was found in the Frisco railroad yards in Oklahoma City. The remains are held at an undertaker's in hopes of identification.
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Oklahoma City
Fire destroys Culbertson Building in Muskogee
Early Sunday a fire tore through the Culbertson Building in Muskogee, destroying the building and contents. The Fair Mercantile on the ground floor, upper floors housing real estate and professionals, left city power down as melted wires forced the shutdown of the plant. Losses total about 89000 with insurance 56000. many lodge records for local and grand Masons were lost. The fire’s cause remains a mystery. also noted was the Fay State Bank receiving authorization to open with 10000 capital stock.
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Muskogee
Culbertson
Fair Mercantile Company
Dlock
Indian Territory
Major Walrond
Felows
Walrond and Cramer
J. C. Fast
Howell
Parks & Toomer
J. C. McShea
Oklahoma Land Company
Valle
Guthrie Executive Committee Debates Jim Crow and Local Option
The Democratic Executive Committee of the two territories meets in Guthrie. Most members back a separate coach clause in the constitution and favor the local option liquor plan. A caucus discussed Jim Crow with opposing delegates but no action was taken. A special committee of attorneys made no report.
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Guthrie Guthrie
Democratic Executive Committee
Territories
Executive Committee
Special Committee of Attorneys
Farmer killed by shotgun discharge in barn near Cleveland
R E Edwards a farmer near Cleveland was accidentally killed when a shotgun he carried into the barn discharged. The blast blew off the top of his head.
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R. E. Edwards
Cleveland
Big oil lease bonus paid to Indian girl in mid continent field
In Muskogee a three year old Lena Glenn received a record bonus of 43000 dollars for twenty acres in the mid continent field. George W Barnes and company paid the sum through court sale. The deal includes ten percent royalty on all oil produced. No wells exist on the land.
Damaging Testimony on County Seat Graft in Harper County
Judge A S Dickson of Beaver City testified before the constitutional convention rules committee about a proposed Buffalo townsite deal tied to Harper Williams and local land interests. He alleged offers of 5000 dollars and options for 45 to 49 percent of land, with bids later deemed insufficient, while Williams and Harper denied any financial stake.
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Guthrie
A. S. Dickson
Beaver City
Committee On Rules
Buffalo
Harper County
E. R. Williams
Williams
Dickson
Harper
Beaver County
A. J. Dickson
Gate
J. W. Culwell
Harned
Willaims
Honest judge commends work of constitutional delegates
Judge Sulzbacher of the Indian Territory addresses the grand jury at Okmulgee noting Guthrie delegates work ethic and sacrifice. He predicts a forthcoming constitution for a great new state and praises resources, growth, and citizens aiding Oklahoma and Indian Territory alike.
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Sulzbacher
Indian Territory
Okmulgee
Louis Sulzbacher
Guthrie
Union
Providence
Oklahoma
Land Grab Plans For Harper County Townsites Revealed
Following a convention split, a group from Beaver and Woodward counties seeks an option on townsites in Harper county. The effort centers on a quarter section near Buffalo with a $5,000 bid for a half interest, contingent on meeting Guthrie officials Delegate E. L. Williams and clerk O. G. Harper who oversee constitutional convention matters.
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Woodward County
Beaver County
Harper County
Northwest County
Woodward
Guthrie
E. L. Williams
O. G. Harper
Constitutional Convention
May Force Appropriation for Oklahoma Convention
Democratic Senators back the Oklahoma constitutional convention and plan to attach an appropriation to the deficiency bill and threaten defeat if the amendment is not adopted. They seek to ensure funding despite Republican demands for a voter and president approved constitution.
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Washington
Oklahoma
Congress
Senate
Prominent Shawnee Resident Dies at 76
James Whittaker longtime Shawnee settler and former eastern city landowner died Friday from bronchitis at 76. He had just returned from a health trip to the City of Mexico and recently observed his golden wedding. Funeral services were led by Rev. J. E. Burt with the Oklahoma City I O O F lodge charter member.
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James Whittaker
Whittaker
City of
Mexico
J. E. Burt
Methodist Church
Perry
Shawnee
Oklahoma City
O. O. F. Lodge
McMahon Seeks City Extensions North and East
The passage notes McMahon and his sister own land adjoining the school quarter on the north and east. If Buffalo remains the county seat, McMahon would have chance on all extensions of the city in those directions.
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McMahon
Buffalo
Four Cars Detached in Rail Road Accident Near Enid
A Rock Island southbound passenger train carrying homeseekers ran off the tracks near Bison Oklahoma thirteen miles south of Enid Thursday night about midnight. Four cars left the rails with only two people slightly injured.
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Enid
Rock Island
Here
Bison
Okla
Convention Adopts Initiative and Referendum Provision
The convention approved the initiative and referendum clause 55 to 13 and considered submitting the constitution to the president after framing. The Harper county seat location vote, delayed by graft charges linked to Buffalo, was set for Saturday. Everett Wade of Alva caused a 60 gallon gasoline explosion while devising a harmless explosion. he was seriously injured though the toy escaped death.
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Guthrie
Harper County
Buffalo
Washington
Everett Wade
Alva
Sold Town Lots at Auction by Receiver in Lawton
Three thousand two hundred town lots in Walter Ringwood Hitchcock and Lookeba once held by the Rock Island Development company were sold at public auction by receiver Frank Wright of Lawton. Amount realized for creditors was $13,000 against $96,000 indebtedness. Headquarters of the company were in St. Louis. They sold chances upon these lots to eastern people, with sales reaching $96,000.
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Lawton
Walter, Ringwood
Hitchcock
Lookeba
Rock Island Development Company
Frank Wright
St. Louis
Lawmakers Debate Jim Crow Clause in Oklahoma Constitution
At the Oklahoma constitutional convention delegates defeated a motion to refer the Jim Crow provision to a nine attorney committee. The panel includes Moore Enid Langley Pryor Creek Rose Blackwell Swartz Chelsea Kane Kingfisher Nelson Tulsa Henshaw Madill Jones Ry an Johnston Perry. The committee must report Monday on legality and potential legislative authority if the clause is silent.
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Ledbetter
Graham
R. L. Williams
Williams
Congress
Roosevelt
Marietta
Oklahoma
National Cemetery
Murray Friday
W. A. Ledbetter
T. J. Leahy
J. C. Graham
Moore
Enid
Langley
Pryor Creek
Rose
Blackwell
Swartz
Chelsea
Kane
Kingfisher
Nelson
Tulsa
Henshaw
Madill
Jones
Ryan
Johnston
Perry
Haskell
New Road Chartered St Louis Springfield and Oklahoma Western
The St Louis Springfield and Oklahoma Western railroad with capital 3750000 and headquarters at Lawton and Sulphur has been chartered. It will run 223 miles from Lawton to Sulphur then northeast through McAlester and Stigler to Salisaw. Corporators include G S Stocker W T Douglass R Downing A D Goodnough J J Beall and J D Jennings.
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St. Louis
Springfield
Oklahoma Western
Guthrie
Oklahoma Western Railroad
Lawton
J. J. Beall
J. D. Jennings
Oklahoma City
Negro lobbyists threaten Chickasaw Choctaw rolls plan
Western negro lobbyists press to revive Ballinger scheme to enroll 1 500 freed men on Chickasaw and Choctaw rolls at a cost of 20 million dollars to the tribes. They threaten uprisings in Kansas against Senators Curtis and Long who oppose the move. The Kansas lawmakers dismiss the threat as an attempt to add illegitimate children to the rolls at tribal expense.
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Washington
Ballinger
Kansas
Curtis
Long
Piping ban measures debated at convention amid legal challenges
Oklahoma convention discusses prohibiting aliens from land ownership and barring corporations from owning stock in rival firms. Debates reference interstate commerce concerns and hasty reconsideration of a strict land and corporate ownership section. Ledbetter seeks a substitute restricting cross ownership in competing businesses. Adjournment honors General George Washington.
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New State
Guthrie
Hayes
Baker
Judiciary Committee
Ledbetter
Ardmore
Bob” Williams
Williams
Murray
Caudill
McGuire Named to Panama Canal Inspection Committee
Delegate B S McGuire will join a congressional group to inspect canal progress in Panama. The panel departs Washington after adjournment on March 4, sails from New York, and spends about two weeks examining conditions to inform future canal legislation and counter misstatements.
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Washington
B. S. MecGuire
Panama
New York
Shonts
Isthmian Canal Commission
Roosevelt
McGuire
House
Congressional Committee
Woman Escapes Fire by Jumping Into Water Barrel
Mrs. Charles Putnam of Tulsa, with her clothing aflame, escaped death and sustained severe burns by plunging into a hogshead of water nearby.
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Tulsa
Charles Putnam
Beer raid ends with 4000 bottles destroyed in Muskogee
Special Agent William H. Johnson destroyed 4000 beer bottles during a raid in Muskogee after legal actions between the owners and authorities. Three carloads were seized before an attachment stopped the work, then another attachment halted further destruction at 6 PM Thursday. Chief Kimsey oversaw the enforcement.
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Muskogee Msukogee
William 8. Johnson
Kimsey
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