Woman bootlegger caught
From the files of Your Sequoyah County Times
— Sequoyah County Democrat, June 22, 1923
From the files of Your Sequoyah County Times
25 Years Ago
(From the June 21, 1998, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) — The little river town of Moffett may turn out to be a diamond in the rough, even though Mayor Billy Yandell said it is still the only town off-limits to military personnel.
The town, on the banks of the Arkansas River on the Sequoyah County side, was incorporated in 1927 with a mayor, clerk, judge and three aldermen.
Known as “Sin City” during the 1940s, ‘50s and ‘60s, Moffett was once the home of gambling clubs, wide-open gin joints, brothels and brazen criminals, Yandell said, and consequently designated as off-limits to military personnel, a designation which has never been lifted.
With an estimated population of 370, the town operates on almost no revenue, no hired help and no equipment. The town is operated by donations, privately-owned equipment and with the help of the board of trustees.
50 Years Ago
(From the June 21, 1973, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) — Construction is set to begin soon on the new Oklahoma Gas & Electric, (OG&E), substation located behind the Eastern Heights Shopping Center in Muldrow.
L.J. Miller, inspector for OG&E told Your TIMES this week that everything has been readied for the beginning phases of the new station, but bad weather has put a damper on the project.
Miller said more power is needed in Muldrow and that is the reason for the new substation.
75 Years Ago
(From the June 25, 1948, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) — About 30 Sallisaw home-owners who have ignored a city health ordinance regarding the use of the municipal sewer system, this week were served notice they must “get in line” or suffer the consequences.
A.A. Graber, a sanitarian in the employ of the Oklahoma State Board of Health with offices in Tahlequah, came to Sallisaw Monday to check sanitary conditions, found that many home-owners were not using city sewer lines although they were accessible.
The sanitarian, working with city officials, served notice on the violators that unless they install modern plumbing equipment within the next 90 days they would be arrested and hauled into court. The maximum penalty which can be assessed by the city judge would be $20 for each offense.
— The first Sequoyah County cotton blossom we’ve heard anything about this year was brought into Your TIMES office Wednesday morning by M.H. “Choc” Gentry from over near Vian.
“Choc” picked it a week ago, he told us, from a “pocket-high” stalk growing on creek-bottom land south of Vian. The land belongs to J.A. Horton and “Choc” says there are 75 acres of that cotton as high as his pockets. It’s a Stonewall variety, he said, planted the 12th of April, plowed seven times and hoed twice.
100 years ago
(From the June 22, 1923, issue of the Sequoyah County Democrat) — Mrs. L.F. Ritter, a white woman of Moffett, was arrested by Deputy U.S. Marshall George Ritter and Deputy Sheriff Fred Bradley Tuesday night following the filing of an information with the county attorney. The Ritter woman, it is charged has been supplying the “whiskey mugs” that patronizes the dance hall near Moffett. According to the sheriff an information was filed by citizens of Moffett complaining of the Ritter woman’s acts. She is now in the county jail in default of bond.
— The Palace Drug Store has just installed a magnificent modern soda fountain at great cost and they will celebrate the event by having an opening day, at which time flowers and cigars will be given away.
They have set aside Wednesday as the day to invite the general public to their store and join with them in the christening of their wonderful new improvement. The fountain is of dark red oak and the marble work is also dark granite, and a large mirror handsomely arranged in the fixtures. In fact we haven’t seen anything near Sallisaw that will compare with the Palaces’ new fountain.
