The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-01-08
CLEAN UP COUNTY,
CRUSADERS SLOGAN

CONTINUED FROM PACE ONE.
cleanup Job would De started at
once.
Three 10 Bc Approved
whom the committee. commission
ors and sheriff mot Saturday after
noon three men remained TO be ap-
proved AZ meeting held Friday
II had been agreed that the commit.
tee approve nix men and from these
the sheriff was to choose four. Tho
three approved Friday were Atkins.
Larklna aud Elmer Mercer. farmer
living near Broken Arrow. Besides
Robbins the other two named sat
urday were Muyficld ana G. q.
lIauacr, Frisco officer
other names submitted AZ Satur-
day'a session were H. VI. Robson.
Bill Ealey, Charles a. SimoudH. John
Ezzcll. Howard Price, t. H. Hays
and Bill Price. None OF thom were
considered seriously
Tho first man approved al ycstcr-
days meeting was Robbins lie had
talked to Sheriff Mccullough about
the job and when his nnmo was mem
toned the committee nll spoke IN
his favor, Hauser was the next man
lndorscd and Mnyficld came last.
After Robbins approval n break
seemed imminent when tho sheriff
rose To HIS feet and I'm n drnwllng
voice said that he Understood tho
only clash was over Grant pilking-
ton.
There ia no fight" A. A. Small.
taking the place OF r.. $. Hutchison
who had acted M proxy for l.. 10 ABB
bott, said. 1--WE have had enough Of
4 INHa III D..
session because Of the fact that |
had resolved to vote against Pliking-
ton. But 7 don't think there Is any
fight"
'Woll," Ar Hcggcm began. " am
speaking for the committee whom |
say that we are unanimously Op-
posed 20 Pilkington. Before yes
tcrd0y'9 meeting we had received
many complaints against him but
since then we have received many
moro. We feel that In justice to the
citizenship which put w here we
cannot indorse him"
Says sheriff Was Courteous.
II think that the sheriff has been
very courteous to you men" said
Frank Wooden, "and think you
ought to have let him have n little
say" but the sheriff interrupted.
That In all right" Mccullough
said. let them go. They are select
Ing these six men and then I'll do
my picking"
When tho vote was taken on
Hauser only the committee voted.
Small noticed this and objected, say
ing that he understood all present
were TO vote.
We are not supposed to vote"
Mccullough answered. I'VE met
a
proving these ak men, After you
gentlemen arc through I'll pick my
appointoes and submit thom TO tho
county commissioners. You fellows
go ahead and approve your six and
III tell you which ones | want, but
| won't havo anything to do with
the approving of the six.
Wooden took McCulloughs stand
He said that members OF the COM
mittee seemed to have gotten their
wires crossed In his opinion tho
committee was acting In an advisory
capacity and that the agreement OF
Friday provided that the committee
was to pick six men.
Hccitcs Past History.
when | first came In office we
had a. squabhle over the abpoint-
ment OF assistants to the county on
gineer, Ira Short and I disagreed,
Heswanted TO tell the engineer whom
10 appoint and I held that he was
the county engineer and being re-
sponsihle Tor the acts OF his assist
ants had the right TO name them
| take the same stand here. McCul-
Tough In sheriff and he has the right
TO name his deputies. You men are
picking six mon and he has agreed
TO name -four from those. / viii ap-
prove any man Mccullough names
unless know somethinH bad against
the man. ! am sort OF free lance
up here and against all of these re-
publlcnns but l want to see them
treated fairly"
Small and John Rogers both re-
piled that they had agreed Ia Coun-
sci but thai their understanding was
lhRt the committee. commissioners
ana sheriff were to counsel and that
six lnnn NAnIn n hn nm md f1.. -,