Oklahoma State Register. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 15, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 13, 1906 Page: 1 of 8
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FIFTEENTH YEA tt NO. 33
GUTHRIE, OKLA., THURSDAY, SE1TEM BE 11 t:i, 1906.
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An Intei-urban System from Guthrie to Neighboring Cities Would be a Paying Investment.
Gus Hamil Has k Immigration Bureau In
Germany Shipping Farmers to Logan County
he has t
He has
stab-
men
Gus Hamil has returned from Germany where
lished a bureau to ship farmers to Logan county.
there who are helping them to sell their farms, Heinnch Markwardt
brings them over to this c untry and Mr Hamil locates them here.
A large number of famlies are now ready to come over and all
through Germany men who havent enough land for their families
are selling out their holdings to come over. Mr. Hamil said they
were astonished when they found out how cheap lands are over
here and the kinds and amount of crops they could raise here with-
out the annual necessity of fertilizing the soil. Eighteen faml.es
areon the wav now and they have just started to come. Every
part of Germany was visited and the whole country has been arous-
ed with the chances of the great South west, of which the people over
there had but barely heard through the letters of some chance set-
tler who wrote back.
Bryan Two Days
In Territories
The Democratic campaign
committee is arranging a two
days'itinerary for W. J. Bryan,
who will speak in the principal
cities of the twin territories Sep-
tember 27 and 28. He will be
met at Fort Smith, Ark., Septem-
ber 26 with a special train and
whirled across Oklahoma and
Indian Territory, stopping at as
many important places as will be
possible.
The team representing the
Oklahoma National Guard at the
national shooting tournment at
Sea Girt, New Jersey, have return-
ed home from the East. Okla
homa has reasons to be proud of
the team as they have done
very creditable work. 1 h< v 'ire
all enthusiastic over the work and
will do all in their power to
promote the interests of rifle
practice in the new State.
Oklahoma, has made the following
statement regarding the progress of
the work.
"Every county in the territory ia
now organized, and the local organiza-
tions of the various sections of the
counties are being rapidly completed.
Our immediate efforts now are being
directed toward the selection of dele-
gates to the constitutional convention
who will vote for a prohibitory clause
which will be effective over the entiie
state. We won't bring out any candi-
dates unless it should happen that there
are none of the other party nominees
whom we can indorse In case all the
regular nominees are favorable to the
proposition then we will let ithe voting
take its regular course. In case we can
indorse none of the nominees we will
then nominate an independent ticket
and do all we can to elect it.
"Leaving the prohibition matter to a
popular vote of both territories would
not be giving Oklahoma square deal,
because prohibition is already settled
upon in Indian Territory and they
would be voting upon a proposition in
which they are not directly concerned.
We are satiefied to make our fight in
the selection of delegates to the cori-
Two Thousand
Heard Frantz.
The people of Blackburn are greatly
incensed at the report of the Black-
burn fair published which it stated that
the last day was a failure and that only
three hundred persons heard Governor
Frantz.
The fair began Thursday and con-
cluded Saturday. The first day was
given to the socialists, and the second
to the democrats and the third to the
republicans. On "democratic day"
W. R. Eagleton of Pawnee, and J udge
Henry Furman of Ada, addressed
large crowds.
Friday Governor Frantz arrived at
Skeedee and was given a banquet. He
was met at the train by the Skeedee
band.
At Blackburn he was entertained by
Frank Rush. In the morning Statur-
day Victor O, Johnson of Pawnee ad-
dressed a large crowd. Governor
Frantz spoke in the afternoon. He
was met at the gate of the fair
grounds by the band and the old sol-
diers. who accompanied him to the
speakers platform, where between fif-
teen hundred and two thousand people
greeted him. He made a fine address
and was often interrupted by cheering.
People of Blackburn regardless of
politics are incensed at the misrepre-
sentation of their fair and the treat-
ment of their guests. The represe-
ntative of the Guthrie paper who tele-
phoned in the false report was irre-
sponsible.
are of course made to the south. They
therefore have to pay for the "back
haul" on all wheat purchased at points
south of Guthrie, brought here to be
turned into flour and then shipped
south again. If a Guthrie miller buys
wheat at a point south of here, brings
it here to be made into flour and then
ships it on north, under the "milling
in transit" provision he is given the
same rate as though the shipment were
made direct from the point of original
purchase to the final destination. But
where the "back haul" enters in. an
additional charge is made, although
the real distance traversed may be no
greater.
For Example, if a Guthrie mill buys
wheat at Seward, which is to be turn-
ed into flour for shipment to Galves-
ton, an extra charge of one cent is
made for the shipment from Seward to
Guthrie, although the distance is only
six miles. If the shipment were made
the same distance north, the six miles
would simply be added to that distance
and the rate for the six miles vvould be
only its proportionate part of the en-
tire distance, or practically nothing at
all on a shipment which was carried
for any distance.
Committees Will
Act Separately.
The two Republican committees of
; Oklahoma and the Indian Territory will
continue to transact their affairs
separate bodies. This was decided on
at the meeting held in Oklahoma City.
The two committees could not agree
on the terms of the proposed amal-
gamation, and no attempts in that
line will be made now before the con
stitutional convention. Territorial
Secretary C. II. Filson, who has been
chairman of the Oklahoma committee,
resigned, and Jake Hammon of Law-
ton was chosen to fill the place. The
headquarters of the Oklahoma commit-
Why Harper Cunningham Should Get Republican
Nomination For Constitutional Convention,
If the republican party of Logan county is wise it will nomin-
ate Harp r S. Cunningham for delegate from the 26 district to the
constitutional convention. At the present time he is the strong-
est candidate tor the people's interests that presents himself. The
republican party will do well if it escapes the sensure of being un-
der coporate influences and Harper Cunningham is the one who
has the courage to step out before the people with the direct un-
derstanding that he is not courting the corporations. Harper Cun-
ningham has the ambition to make a record in the constitutional
convention that will stand as a worthy monument in his life and
that the people will approve. It is a worthy ambition of
any man to be at the cradle of the new state
atld help make its constitution such as will forever serve
and preserve the rights of the greatest number of people,
This is an age of reform and men and measures are shifting posi
tions. Harper Cunningham has been for many years with the re-
form movement in the republican party. He is with the president
in his railroad regulation and is for a state railroad commission
His will be the one tfoice, if there is no other, that will be for the
referendum, in order to give the people the initiation of laws and a
check on their public servants. No matter what other things may
be said of him, he has faught on the side of the farmers of Logan
county in every convention for the last six years and though de-
feated in his efforts has come back each succeeding convention
with greater determination to win. He was one of the men in the
last legislative campaign that stood behind Judge Seeley for the
senate, when one of the greatest outrages was committed in cheat-
ing him out of the nomination. He has stood out repeatedly
against the unnatural influences of the railroads, and in the presen
campaign there is no doubt the farmers interests will have to de-
pend on him for they have no place else to go.
If the republicans of the 26 district do not nominate Harper Cun-
ningham they will lose a republican member of the constitutional
Indian Territory
Resents Prohibition.
The people of Oklahoma and Indian
Territory, regardless of their political
or religious beliefs, resented to the
highest degree the manipulation of
their public affairs by the federal gov-
ernment in Washington, because they
believe that the people were not given
a square deal. The people of these
two territories are always in favor of a
square deal, and remembering their
past experiences, they are determined
that everybody shall have a square
deal in the making of a state govern-
ment. convention for that district. Neither of the other candidates can
The arbitrary attempt of any man or j ejectecj_ There may be prejudice 'against Cunningham, but
any set of men to coerce by unfair means ,. ■
the new people of the new state into there is greater prejudice against Chappie^ Chappie hasent been
accepting peculiar doctrines will be op- long enough in Logan county to be identified with the peoples' ln-
posed from the principle of the square j terests. What does he know of the struggle and the needs of the
deal. Whether it be the initiative and j people of Oklahama? The meanest man among them who has
been here from the beginning can be more trusted than an alien
a stranger. The meanest man, because of the memory of a
Two Roads
Looking to Guthrie
A very important conference
was held regarding a
proposed railroad entering
Oklahoma City. Among
present were Judge Jesse G. Nor j
thcutt, of Carlton, Colorado; A.
M. Appelget, attorney at Wood-
ward; J. M. Fulton, chief of traffic
and operation, Raton, N. M ; H.
A. Ensign, president of several
railroads, with headquarters at
Carlton, Colo.
The Santa Fe, Liberal and En-
glewood railroad now extends
from Raton, N. M., to Woodward,
Oklahoma, with a branch to En-
glewood, Clark county, Kansas.
This line connects with the Can-
adian River railroad, the Santa
Fe, Raton & Des Moines railroad,
the Santa Fe, Raton & Eastern
railroad.
A capitalized Canadian River
railroad designs to construct a
railroad from Woodward south-
east into the heart of Oklahoma
Territory. It has not just vet
been decided what the eastern
terminus of this branch will be.
vention and are willing that the ma- tee will be at Guthrie and those of the
ity shall rule | Indian Territory body will continue at
: Muskogee, with Grant Victor of Afton,
Preparations Nearly j I- t. as a chairman.
" j Chair r an Hammon of the Oklahoma
com piete. 1 committee will within the week name
Preparations are nearly complete on the members of the executive commit-
the 101 Ranch for caring for the big- ! tee. The matter of establishing a
gest crowd of visitors ever entertain-jpress bu eau was considered at the
ed on the ranch, next Saturday and ; afternoon session. Details concerning
hose Sunday, >vhen thousands will come to it were not decided upon, but it is
celebrate the thirteenth anniversary of | practically agreed that some sort of
a press bureau must take care of the
work in that department. The chair-
man of the two committees issued the
following statement:
"The one great interest now is to
elect a republican constitutional con-
vention.
"Oklahoma and Indian Territory, as
to constitutional delegate districts, are
still geographical sub-divisions, and
the campaigns in the districts must be
largely local. Therefore, we believe
it much more conducive to the results
we seek to keep each territorial com-
mittee intact until a constitution is
formed and each state officers nomin
ated thereunder. Tnere will be no
need for a state committee to conduct
a campaign covering all sections of the
state a campaign which will end the
territorial-hood of botn Oklahoma and
lndiah Territory and usher us, we hope
and believe, into a glorious republican
state.
"In the election of constitutional
delegates, these committees pledge to
each other all the assistance compati-
the opening of the Cherokee Strip,
and to witness the biggest wild west
show ever produced. There will be
twenty special trains run on the San-
ta Fe and enough new side tracts have
been built to insure the rapid handling
of the trains both on arrival, and in
the evening after the shows are over.
School Districts
Control Schools.
That the school district author-
ities are supreme in the manage-
ment of the separate schools in
their districts and that the county
commissioners have no right to
"butt in," even if they have erect-
ed one of the school buildings in
the district, is the decision o'f the
Oklahoma supreme court in the
case of school district No. 71 vs.
Overholster. et al., from Okla-
homa county. In the district in
located at Luther, the county
! commissioner had disposed of
the referendum, prohibition, or a
special kind of taxation, the people j
will insist upon giving every man a,. . , , .
chance to have his vote counted. common history 111 Oklahoma as a poineer, will hold sacred their
The prohibitionists are most con- j rights, that he has felt in his blood, when making a constitution
are most con-
spicuous, at this time in asking the
people to forget the square deal. They
declare they must have a declaration
for prohibition inserted in the consti-
tution. There are many resposnsible
citizens who honestly believe that
there is a better way to control the
liquor traffic. To vote "no" on cons-
titutiomvl prohibition, however would
be tj vote "no" on the entire consti-
tution, thus voting to delay statehood.
The Oklahoma City Time3-Journal,
one of the ablest and most conserva-
tive newspipersin Oklahoma, express-
es this editorial opinion: "If such a
clause is to be in the constitution, it
should be perfectly evident to all that
a majority of the people favor it.
There should be nothing savoring of
trickery in its adoption. Such laws
are not inforced in Kansas and other
states, and would be an absurd farce
here, provided the people believed the
law was forced upon them. Such tac-1
tics should not be tried on the people of
the Territory by the delegates to the j
constitutional convention."
for the state that he helped make and was present at its birth.
Harper Cunningham feels all this and means to do his duty.
If elected he will be one of the strong men of that constitutional
corv-ntion. No one denies that he has ability, experience and
person il power. In the conflict of thestrong men of that conven-
tion he will be able to hold his own and protect the interests of the
people against agressions of the corporations. He will not be a
weakling.
Let the voters of the 26 district look at the candidates right
and choose the best, the one can do something after he is elected.
Let the republicans look to it that they nominate a man who can be
elected if they desire that a republican convention shall make the
constitution. Tliev Will find that in the present condition Harper
Cunningham is the best man that presents himself, can do the
greatest good an.J should be nominated-and elected.
Thirty sixth place went to N^w
Mexi:o with 2,10
cojnted i,95v
Stensland Not Caught.
| i anker Stensland was not caught in
j T;.r. jier Oklahoma, as the hotel regist-
Kanas School Funds ! er there asked for the marriage cir-
Well Invested, dfi ■ ■ate of every couple and there could
A report of the Kansas state school ,iave been no woman in the ca3e to
fund commission, made public today, j be'ray him and no place to spend the
shows there is only $106,000 remaining J $2 000,000 he robbed t'ne bank of.
uninvested in this fund, and that the
commission has outstanding in loans on
The same proposition made Okla-] the building which they had
homa City will be made Guthrie, j disposed of the building which
The title of this road is the Cana- j they had originally purchased
dian Valley. At the same time i for a seperate school and subuti-
this road is comming in from ; tuted another f r it. They also
Raton, New Mexico east thrugoh tried to dictate which Wilding
' . . ,,! should be used for the negro
Beaver county and t len sou ; pupils, and were upheld by the
through Woodward, the Santa he j district court of Oklahoma county,
is projecting a line east from its, Ihe supreme court, in an
Panhandle branch at Woodward, poinion written by Justice Pan-
on to Guthrie. Both companies ! coach reverses this decision, and
, ... , , holds that the county does not
are now at work at Woodward. j become the ovvner of seperate
— school buildings constructed by
Prohibitionists Think j the county commissioners, to the
* .... extent that the commissioners
They Will Win, m3y sell or dispose of them. It
The prohibitionists in Oklahoma art 1 is further held that such build-
pushing their movement for constitu-1 ings are under the control of the
tional prohibition in all parts of the j school district anil that the corn-
territory and now express confidence j missioners have no authority to
that they will win easily. Kev. J. J. | direct which class of pupils shall
Thompson, head of the movement in use a building.
good securities the sum of $3,500,000.
An interesting feature of the showing
ble with the conditions mingling cam- ' is that the commission has not purchas-
paign speakers and literature, and the j ed a bond on which the interest has
general helpful influences necessary to been defaulted. Every dollar in the
to a signal success.
"Therefore we agree to adjourn
these committees, to meet after a
constitution has been framed, where an
amalgamation will be made into a
state committee."
Effect Of Hepburn
Bill On Oklahoma.
The announced intention of the rail-
roads to discontinue free service on
back hauls in milling transit rates, as
a result of the new Hepburn rate bill,
will have no effect upon the millers of
Oklahoma, as none of them have been
given the free service on the back haul,
which was vouchsafed to millers at
Wichita and some of the other points
farther north. The millers here have
always bad to pay for the back haul,
and pay amounts which were alto-
gether out. of proportion to the dist
ance traveled;*'
Most of the shipments from Guthiia
Will Not Interfere With
Oklahoma's Rights
Fairness would give to one man
no m re right or opportunity to
lay what the state constitution
shouId contain than belongs to
any other man. If every special
fund is earning more for the support o!
the common schools of the state than
it ever earned before, and the last
semi-annual distribution of 4(j cents
per capital was the largest for ten years
notwithstanding the steady increase interest or belief, representing
in population in that time. ] oniy a few, instead of all the peo-
ple, were given place in the con-
Ok.ahoma Not High.
The national rifle team mach
at Seagert, N. J. was won by the
infantry of the United States
arm y.
Of the other 35 competitors
Washington and Minnesota were
tenth with 3,024 each Oregon,
with 2,807, was twenty first and
Montana drew twenty-third with
2,745. California was twenty-
fifth with 2,718. Kansas scored
2,626 and landed twenty-sixth.
stitution the result would be a
hodge-podge which the people
of Oklahoma, however earnestly
they desire statehood, would send
to the scrap pile. The constitu-
tion should contain only organic
law, not experimental legislation.
Yet different organizations rep
resenting theories concerning
which there is great variance of
honest opinion are demanding
special recognition in the consti-
tution. The most ccnspicuous at
.this time are the prohibitionists
Oklahoma. w# A Ledbetter of Ardmore,
candidate for delegate to the con-
stitutional convention, a man of
character, and mentally one of the
ablest citizens of Indian Territory,
declared lately in a public address
that he was in favor of complying
with the instructions ot congress
that prohibition for Indian Ter-
ritory, as named in the enabling
act, should be provided for in the
constitution. He was opposed,
however, to constitutional prohi-
bition tor Oklahoma, or the wes-
tern half of the state, saying:
"1 do not think congress should
have judged us incompetent to
deal with the prohibition question,
and require us to put it into the
constitution. I think the people
of Indian Territory are just as
competent to deal with that ques-
tion as affecting themselves as
the people of Kansas were when
admitted into the union, and are
now. And just as competent as
the people of any other state to
deal with that question, or any
other puestion ot domestic con-
cern. The question is settled so
far as Indian Territory is con-
cerned. It is a dead issue with
us, and I am opposed to interfer-
ing with the people of Oklahoma
and endangering the success ot
the Democratic party in its efforjs
to control the constitution."
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Golobie, John. Oklahoma State Register. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 15, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 13, 1906, newspaper, September 13, 1906; Guthrie, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc111359/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.