The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-09-17

Day county confessed Judgment In
the sum OF $4,000.
when the time came 90 build an.
other courthouse, Charles Dav. once
territorial Grand Master OF Na4ons.
offered 90 donate considerable mm-
her toward erecting a new county
home This Wls lcpcpIpd hy tho
county commissioners; and loo turn.
the commissioners named the county
pay" which name lt bore uutu the
DAYS of the coustltuuoul ruuycu-
lion when % Waa renamed 'EuW." iu
honor of 4. H. Ellis then OF G1gp.
Joe McNcnl. candidate for governor
of oklahoma against Crucp. was cou-
ucgtcd with Dennis FLYNN. dcIprlfc
20 CougrpsS. u handling bond is-
sues OF old pay" county. This new
Iu this ucvIy pNrIstpurd
county or pay" was built nigh up
on tho Do Inside uvprlookug the val
ley ~ the South Canadian. The
building was built Iu such "A manner
that ,hc rear end of the lower floor
extended back into the hin lrd in
this was the vault lu which tho
mclgor records were kent. In front
of this vault were the various county
Offices. ON tho upper floor was tne
ON this same hillside
stood the county tail: and many
stories are told of tho bad clarnc-
tcrs. cattle rustIcrs. who from limo
TO time were confined here. ono nf
these was a character known ns
'r,xng Jlck." lie carved his. w1y orf
rf thc hillside hsH,iIe one summon
iay and wac about to make his get
way hy foIduu the river. lut the
Icriu was wary; he mounted his
,rcd, rode into tho river and lasgocd
le fugitive. dragging him ouf OF
ne stream, up the hillside and con-
ming him AGAIN In the castle There
3 nothing left on this hillside today
D remind one of these events OF by
one DAYS cNccnt n shallow cxgaya-
.on which marks where tho vault
nee held it's valuablcs. Most of the
urmcr town site Is a parf oC me hcJ
{ the south Canadian.
In those DAYS the law fixed the
ilaries Of the county officials. and
,alCk declared that many OF
ne warrants were i'm excess Of the
mounts fixed by law. Then. too. IL
, claimed that tho county officials
ircd mon TO ride the county line
nder the preteuso OF keopinp nut
cxas cattle ma, yycro said to bc of,
.etod with the fcyor
United states denuty u,rsb,Ig
ere also busv rottirg mo lnng
rcen, II is said Al th1t timc s,t-
crs we're prohibited from cutti,,,
lmber The I1v, prnylaed tbot mar
hals should Fet feos for ..r,,in,.
warrants and also a foo for sr,u.ing
evidence thot wand convict rbngo
offIclais also securod
mileage feos and a. ia s,id that mo,
rode many a milo i'm search ~ of.
tenders. SETTLERS sonetiuos slprnd
n confession ia the cb,rgc of rrttip,
timbers. ana IL is blntcd tbat uf,on,
timcs these timber Eathcrers would
share in tho fees obtained no tba
marshals. In sounp Fcw .as.s tho
cutters were taken TO Gutbrio fnr
trial. but very few were oyor con.
yicted.
An Interesting story is told bv
.alck about the first coming of
Judge Duford. Tho indrn anJ Ma
with milit9r.y esrort mr.
rived NJ IoIaud at 10 o'clocls ot ulrb,
on the 7th of Noycmher ISq3
Walck states that the marty almost
knocked the little 20 by 40 court-
house down while arouslng the
county officers who were aalcen ON
the floor. The newcomers asked
whore the hotel stood, and they were
told there was no hotel Thcv In
auired tho whereabouts OF the
restaurants, but were also told that
there were no public eating houses.
They were invited TO spread their
blankets on the floor and enjoy The
comforts Of the courthouee floor
along with the county officials. Tho
invitation was accepted Nalck
lhought It Wise to have court called
mat night because that was the day
set Tor opening court. He called
Iudg" Bhtord's attention to the fact,
ana the judge agreed. The CrIcr
cried IN the night court was opened
ana then closed. Thus was the first
Term or district court opened In the
county Of 'E," later Day, now Ellis
ind Roger Mllls,
shortly after statehood, capital
lay moving began again, and thia
.lno oy the battle OF the ballots The
old days had passed. Every hamlet
now wanted the county seat. Arnett
wished ~ Shattuck prayed for Il,
iage worked for IT., Grand sighed
1 fut!e sign for It. Two elections
were held' In the first, Gage was
In the second, Gage
'oted with Arnett' Shattuck lost out
ana me county capital went from
iIand VINO had taken It from
lpldNu without vote, TO Arnctt