Landfill leaves dump obsolete

—Sequoyah County Times, Feb. 21, 1974

25 years ago

(From the Feb. 25, 1999, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —Registered voters in Vian will go to the polls Tuesday to vote whether or not they support a one-cent sales tax to fund construction of the town’s new wastewater treatment plant.

Vian town council members say the plant must be constructed whether it is funded by a sales tax, a raise in water and sewer rates, or increased property taxes.

While the mayor and the council maintain that the sales tax is necessary to construct the plant, there were citizens at the meeting who fear the sales tax will have an adverse effect on the businesses in the town.

50 years ago

—The Sallisaw City Dump closed for good Sunday and Monday morning, refuse haulers began using the new sanitary landfill located southeast of the city.

Prior to the opening of the landfill, trash was dumped at one dump site or another around the city.

The Sequoyah County Solid Waste Authority took the lead in forming a countywide trust that would incorporate all towns in the county to the one central landfill.

—A Sallisaw police car, a new 1974 Chevrolet, was damaged Saturday night when the car left the road on a curve and ran through a barbed wire fence northeast of Vian, Chief Sam Lockhart said this week.

Lockhart said officer Ernie Vaughn was in pursuit of a vehicle which he had followed from Sallisaw to the rural Vian area when the incident occurred.

Light damage was incurred to the vehicle from the incident and Lockhart said he had not yet had damages appraised.

—An estimated $150 in goods was reported taken at the Tom Archer Store two and one-half miles north of Sallisaw on Highway 59 sometime Sunday evening.

Thieves apparently gained entry to the store by breaking out a window at the back of the store.

Sheriff Ade Walters said the looters took several watches, rings and knives as well as coffee, cigarettes, frozen meats and a small amount of cash.

75 years ago

—Messrs. Arvil Smith and H.C. Winters, owners of the Super Cleaners were well pleased with their opening held last Monday.

Mr. Smith stated that the results of the opening were so far above their expectations that it was necessary to call in emergency help to take care of the business.

—Malloy Orendorff Jr., Quartermaster of the local Chapter of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, announced today that the third wheel chair has arrived.

There are now available three wheel chairs and one pair of crutches which are to be loaned on a 60-day limit to anyone needing them, whether they are a veteran or not.

100 years ago

(From the Feb. 22, 1924, issue of the Sequoyah County Democrat) —The bill of Senator E.M. Frye of this city designed to stop the looting of Indian estates is considered one of the most important pieces of legislation to be placed before the senate during the present session and the bill regulating fees will pass, according to the press reports.

The measure limits fees of attorney and the salaries of guardians. In respect to the fees and salaries the bill provides, the change as compared to the present system is very drastic.

The bill also provides that guardians cannot draw more than $50.00 per month and that no auditor of an Indian estate shall be paid more than $25.00 per day. It is claimed that auditors have collected $4,000 to $5,000 for auditing accounts which did not take more than two or three days.

—As work progresses on the new bridge across Sallisaw creek just below the Sallisaw waterworks dam west of the city, and as same nears completion, it becomes apparent that the structure will be one of the finest pieces of work in the county. It is the finest county bridge in the county, without doubt. Constructed entirely of reinforced concrete and built under careful plans and close supervision, it is destined to stand for a generation to come. No piece of public work of expenditure of public monies within Sequoyah County shows such a return or justification as does this, and those who have driven out and seen and inspected the bridge voice unstinted praise.

—A shipment of jakye consigned to the Owl Drug Store at Muldrow was confiscated by Undersheriff Bert Cotton and Deputy Roy Cheek at the express office in Muldrow, Monday. The shipment of jakye was billed from an eastern concern and was bottled in two-ounce bottles. There was 144 bottles in the case. The officials believe the jakye was missent by the shippers as there is no drug store in Muldrow by the name of Owl Drug Store.