The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-08-21
SAPULPA AFTER
DOPE PEDDLERS
All Officers of the Law
Combine to Wipe Out
Undesirables.
' EVEN CHILDREN USE IT
Boys and Girls of School Age
Said to Be Taking Up
the Drug Habit.

SAPULPA, Okla. Aug. 90. --
County officials made a campaign
here last night for all dope ped
dlcrs" IN this city. The number Of
dope f!ends in the city was growing
alarming and even boys and girls Of
school age were reported as taking
up the habit.
II was thought there were a num-
Der of men here who were at the
head OF the dope traffic and II they
could be caught that tt would put "A
stop to the dope ficnds, that Is they
%Nould either have to quit using Il or
leave town
Sheriff Abner Bruce and County
Attorney Fred SpCakman conferred
and decided to make a raid and
arrest all men In the city who ped
ole dope.
The warrants were issued and the
campaign started. The first arrest
was that of Dr. A. j. johnson, col
ored dentist, it is thought that John
son Is the one who has been sup
plying "A number of white women
with dope. johnson protested against
his arrest and declared he was In
nocent.
Jack Hydor, Pat Doolin, and Cur
rested by city officials who cooper
ated with the county officials in the
drive.
John CASTOR, Charley C"Jack'D
Hopper, Will Lynch, Roy Grebbs,
Linus Anderson, Charles Wagner,
Eill Humphry, and Chin were all ar
Tested. These men were arrested on
evidence gotten from number of
dope ficnds who are now in the
county Jail
Arraignmcnts were given all these
men this morning and all OF them
plead guilty except two. Each bond
was set, at $4,000. Preliminaries will
be heard August %. Charlie Hopper
plead guilty and A. j. Johnson
waived his preliminary, making
bond for $4,000.
A quantity of dope, consisting
mostly of morphine was captured
last night by county officials when
the eleven dope peddlers were
i caught. Charlie Hopper had match
box full OF capsules of dope" on
him worth about $50. Roy Grcggs
had a Prince Albert tobacco can fun
of morphine, valued at $500. Charles
Waroner. was caught with Bull
Durham tobacco sack fun of NOR
phine. Officers who made the raid
and captured the dope and the
eleven dope peddNcrs were Sheriff
Abner Bruce, II. II. Burns, Henry
Gray, Mel Bowman, Frank Hazel
wood and Bin williams, colored
deputy.
A contest is now going on in Sa-
pulpa between a number of prom
inent young ladies who ars contest
ing to be the Labor Day Queen here
and the winner of a Ford roadster
offered by the union men of Sapul-
pa. This contest has been going on
for several weeks, will close the 2S.
The young ladies contesting are,
= Hazel Morford; Alma Flowers, Lo-
rene Wallace, Beatrice Doublas, FL
sic Colbert Katherine Sleton, Nellie
Scdell, Marion Trone, Omah HillI
Helen Brewer, Leila Morris, and Vera
Haines.
Edna Johnson has filed suit
against Walter johnson for a dl-
Vorce. She claims cruelty and asks
for custody of the two minor chill
dren.
Sapulpa is to be represented at
the corporation committee hearing
in oklahoma City, Tuesday by At
torrey l.. j. Burt. His Instructions
are to oppose the gas raise 1t was
announced today. The service bere
81 demand for better service will not
he made. The reason SapUlpa Is op-
posing the proposed raise IL that the
city is located in the heart of the gas
belt and there is no need to raise
the rates rs the cost to bring 1t here
A Is very small
Harry Hebron, Tulsa jeweler
has filed a suit for s525 against G.. S.
ha I'm n "a "A m "A N
stud. The stud cost S625, only 500
of which is alleged to have been paid
Sam Wilson, a full blood Indian
was discharged this morning after
being tried for passing bogus
check. Wilson says he did not make
his mark on the check aud knew
nothing OF 1t.
Because he passed a check for
s2S5 that was bogus, Jack Paige is
charged with second degree forgery
Frank Crum filed the charge.
Jobe Land charged with the lar
ccncy Of domestic animals waived
his preliminary today and was bound
over to the district court.
w. +. Bridge. 121 West Dewey
and the Holloway Engineering com
pany are the firms who have bid tC
move the big standpipe Off Of Sug'
ar Loaf I'm 80 that place may bt
converted into a city park.
John W, Riley, county farm asen'
has made the statement that the
crops in Greek county will be more
than ever before, Crops have de
Veloped every year and this year II
10 be a record breaker, Corn, vii
yield 25 bushels to the acre, anc
wheat Is, and barley is to be a bis
crop here this year. Cotton l. 10 b'
a good crop here this year anC
though bothered some by the hol
weevil will he fine crop anyway
The biggest handicap in this country
IL that the majority Of the farm
nre let tokenants who do the faJm
ing.
Lee Smith is charged with the lar
cency of domestic animals in a com
plant filed by +, u. Wilkerson, Wit
: says the man stole Jersey sow frUu
him. Chief of police Jack Wisdom
made the arrest.