Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-11-18
k,rNTY POLITICS
COMING TO LIFE
.,.,.~ For vas1oas Offloes h.
.,n, ,c Groom Themselves
"..,,,s About Fur In.
co,,raIcmcnt.

/. ,,mpaisn. In 1919, there
c,, rreat many men anxious
~. o,fice, a. the salaries were
Iu', co., attractive In view Of the
r.,, mally high cost Of living.
"a to he a different story
.,." ,mraign that will open short.
y. ~. ,,,o first Of January, because
Nv w ,,.,. are a lot lower. the sal
We ,,oched to office are the
= eater and Jobs are harder
%, .l hold.
~ .,' " the business is that
y ~ 49,. a,ready quite several pros
,,e ,niidates for various county
y ", mo OF them openly an.
.coa others "just looking
m n,t and still others often spo-
nf ,s, non-committal.
Sheriff
,,,-.. in the political situation
,Iv lsually centers around the
49, race, and IL seems likely
, ,b,re will be q batch Of nspir-
. rcv' year.
,sri't Ruel Taylor, now serving
ur,f ,,lm will ask reelection. It
,.usli, done and he has said 40
vag
obr \ phillips. formerly sheriff
the o.un,y, 10 an avowed candi-
. We frankly said 30 to a rep
pp;.,lyo OF this newspaper last
II ~ that makes two sure ones.
n Yeats. former county assessor
later under sheriff, is freely
,ed { as a candidate for the Of
ba' 20 far as this scribe has
med has not so stated.
hen again, the report gains
urd that Dave Wright, whom
i Taylor defeated for reelection,
return shortly and himself make
race.
+, also said that John Conn has
n asked TO make the race for
~, and is in a receptive attitude
Z H., been mentioned in former
,p1,.us bu has never been suffi'
lily Interested heretofore.
a., .ame busybody, Dame Rum
also has II that George Carpenter
mike the campaign. II is re-
,i that George on a former oc
.ou nI'd TOO late to have his
. ua the ballot.
? h.- hnen talked for a long tim'
? air; of Police Jim Kierse,
l,,. +. -heriff some day. hut it il
bc,la,ci he will oppose Ruel Tay
~ election.
'!r ,,r" o; Emmett Boydstun %
.io - also freely mentioned il
ot Gossip as a prospective candi
%. ll 80 far as is known he ha
'N,r..,"d himself
county Judge
J. i,'l,r or not County Judge Fin
.l. X reelection l. a problem
.. .. MS closest friends say tha
T. ,u' IA the running but will as
f. higher judicial position.
NH p"rcd that former Judg,
,- i.Illln. at present state Par
and Parole Attorney. will return
"'a'aNur to Ect the count.
f hip back. II is recalled II
,Huncc'ion that he and JudE
Boy cam" out mighty close In III
. ,oun,ing, but when il was al
~ MIR Finney was adjudged I
Won the election. II Is full
..l"d that Sam Maytubby. Jr.. {
iip. will be a candidate. Sam ra
'.'s". got into the race late an,
-aering everything pollcd n goo
Az rncy G. F. Deck o. Durant
o spoken Of as a prospect. but r.
.'k- that George has dropped lcac
'hc conclusion that he may gt
' politics but not for that 80,
we has been a citizen here IA
.niy-five years and has been acti'
democratic affairs, but has q
- office.
Then again. II is reported that \
tan, County Attorney w l. Bon'
s. seek this office. While form'
'r" p, :llin was confined to be
'h illness, Mr.. Boner acted Coun
..so ana seemed 10 Ike the woi
."ovcr he hasn't had anything
about II himself.
County Attorney
\ .''nr e. Phillips Is serving h