The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-01-15


Guthrie OKLA, Ian. Ia Armed
with maps and loaded with statistics
and afhdauts hundred citizens of
Comanchc county are here protesting
to Governor Haskell against the fur
thcry "butchcry OF Comanchc" Tho
county is the second largest in thrI
state but the delegations contend that
because Of the Fort Sill Military re-.
serve. and the other federal reserves,
college and public building stateI
lards and the Indian allottmculs
which are u0utaNable. that the coun.I
~ has q small taxable area compar
ed with number Of the Oklahoma
counties
\ petition with the requisite num-
bcr Of signcrs has been filed with
Governor Haskell for a new county,
to be called Cache, and TO be carved
from the southern part Of Comanche.
Another petition has been filed by
the residents Of the two congression-
at townships in Texas township for
an election 10 vote on their sccCs-
sion from Comanchc and addition toI
jefferson county This last is al
Waurika move.
The Cache county proposition is
engineered by Walters, which wants
10 become a county seat
An election has already been called
by Governor Haskell for January 30.
for an election on the creation Of
the county of Park, from the south
part of Kiowa county and the vest
ern tier of townships of Comanchc
The Park county project would take
PIG square miles Of taxable land
from Comanchc.
The Lawton delegation here pro.
testing against the calling Of an cleo
tion on the last two propositions filed
is headed by John VI Young, who was
chief clerk of the constitutional con
vention, County Attorney J. A. Fain.
Register Of Deeds r. \. Snccd. Coun-
~ Clerk Walt Hams, Sheriff II. La
Fors, Robert Lauders and Chas. Bel.
lamy. Senator J. Elmer Thomas and
Representatives Leslie Ross and
Anil Japp are also working with
them
The Temple delegation here pdo
I testing is headed by r. c. Betty, J. C.
Blackwood, G. \. Walling and Elmer
Derby From Randlett is Editor J. A.
Davis Lon Morris and eight others
| From Chattanooga comes DR.. Shull
J. A. Morgan, J. Murphy and others
| c. A. Green of Zelia TOWNSHIP ls
| heading the delegation of farmers
! DR.. Green is at the head of the M
! tcrs delegation here supporting the
new county proposition,
John Young today stated that tho
groun is of IN" protests to the sI,-rn
or against the issuance of the proca
nation rested Chief V on "iI'atcn Ci
the constitution provision, rcgar3'rl
population and Lral
81 under STA T." ne "lli. "ti,t 'h'
petition is faulty in the names, bu
the great defect is that the proposed
county Of Cdcl" wD1ll reduce n,
taxable area of c. uanclo 10 "a
square miles the constitution proyid
ing that county cannot he reduced
below 400. OF tho 972 square miles II
the present Comanche county 62I
are in the part that is Included in th'
Cache proposal. That would leav,
3i7 In Comanche. If Park count,
should then be created and the elec
tion is already called, that would TAX
out 2lO more, leaving us 1871 squar
miles
The constitution also requires
population of 5000 for new countie
and the federal census for the pre-
posed new county shows less tha
10000 people, and the township enuu
| orators less than $4,000
| Il believe both the Park and tn
| Cache propositions would fall A
| the primary held in Park count!
| with these candidates in the thre
| townships taken off Comanche couI
] ty, but fifteen votes were cast