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Newspaper
The Weekly Chieftain
Location
Vinita, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1912
Page
1
Prohibition in Oklahoma remains unsettled as Muskogee sales fall and prices rise. Courts and federal officials debate shipping liquor to eastern Oklahoma while state law contemplates warehouses and medicinal sales. Guardianship of Indian lands and state enforcement plans draw legal questions amid a shifting landscape.
Tulsa January 2 The state of Oklahoma suffers a setback as District Judge L M Poe declines to grant a receiver for Turkey Island in the Arkansas River until title disputes are resolved. The 84 acre tract between Osage and Pawnee counties hosts valuable oil wells now idle after drilling by Producers Oil Company. The United States government, the state of Oklahoma, Larry No-Legs and others claim rights to the land and wells. If wells cannot be operated, the state argues, they will be ruined and a receiver should manage operations and proceeds.
Ray Homer Haun will receive a bachelor of arts degree from the University of Oklahoma next June, after four years of self support. He bought time by taking odd jobs at The Rub and later served as student laundry collector and business manager of the student semi weekly. Known as Hustling Haun, he earned expense money, impressed faculty and townspeople, and symbolizes the many students earning degrees despite financial hardships.
Tulsa January 3 a bandit armed with a gun robbed the Bank of Bixby in Bixby near Tulsa taking 700 dollars. He fled on a horse that bucked. A bystander identified the gunman as a local dishwasher and he was jailed in Tulsa.
Oklahoma City January 4 The National Association of Liquor Dealers will appeal the Friedman case from Fort Smith to the U S Supreme Court The ruling upholds that intoxicating liquor cannot be shipped into former Indian Territory or the Osage reservation via interstate commerce and states the 1897 law remains in force The association has six months from November 27 to perfect the appeal This legal dispute affects interstate shipments and could impact druggists and medical use of alcohol in several regions
The second annual Eastern Oklahoma Poultry Association show starts in Tulsa on New Year’s Day with nearly 1,600 birds exhibited and expected attendance above 2,000 by week’s end. The event plans a temporary extension to house extra pens and runs six days. Joel G. Smith presides with M. A. Youngman supervising, as judges follow the American Poultry Association standards.
One of Broken Arrow’s largest banquets last night hosted by the Commercial Club drew prominent out of town figures including ex Governor Haskell and Tulsa attendee Traie Brady. The event aimed to organize support for a position on the Afkin bill seeking to close several state educational institutions, including the Haskell school of agriculture.
United States Geological Survey issues Bulletin 600 detailing the Matanuska coal field in Alaska. Maps show geology, coal seams, and feasible railroad routes to aid prospecting, mining, and potential government railway construction. Also notes Alaska coal fields' development and markets.
Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans died at his Washington home from acute indigestion. The obituary notes the public esteem inspired by Evans and includes a Rudyard Kipling poem on his titled copy of Plain Tales From the Hills, reflecting admiration for his service and sea command.
Coming Attractions list for January week shows DeArmond Sisters Stock On January 8. January 16 features Billy Clifford in The Girl the Man and the Game. January 20 presents The Purting Princess and January 24 Caney Jones.
A January 3 1912 letter from a Democratic senator denies an Associated Press report that he would not back the Democratic presidential nominee unless Wilson or Clark received the nomination. He declares Wilson his choice after a canvass, praises Clark as a potential alternative, and urges unity for a tax cutting no trust platform while campaigning nationwide for the party.
Oil men show renewed confidence in the Perryman pool south of Tulsa after Gypsy Oil buys 380 acres yielding 2000 barrels daily for 250000 dollars. The land was sold by Lucas Of company.
A University of Oklahoma extension bureau plan for student lecturers began with Streeter Speakman of Wellston delivering talks over his home county during Christmas. His topic was The Lawyer: His Vices and Their Remedies, aimed at illustrating the need for reform and professional ethics among lawyers.
Guthrie Oklahoma January Charles Manst Maust pleads not guilty to the murder of Assistant Postmaster Alvin Bateman at Red Rock on March 18 1907. He denies being Cravens while witnesses identify him. federal and state authorities seek Cravens for related Pawnee and Red Rock killings.
Oklahoma City dispatch reports that Old Jay, the original ten acres forming the New Jerusalem county seat of Delaware county, was proclaimed by Governor Cruce as the legal seat. Adjutant General Canton will ensure obedience, with records to be deposited on one of the original acres or guards called if refused. The article also covers Jay’s rise, the rapid political tours, and university efforts to involve students and schools in civic and legal education programs.
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