The El Reno Democrat. (El Reno, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 7, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 13, 1901 Page: 1 of 8
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THE EL RENO DEMOCRAT.
T. F. HEMS LEY, Proprietor.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
S1.25 PER YEAR
Vol XII
El Reno. Oklahoma Territory. June 13. 1901
THE MANNER
OF OPENING.
McKlNLEY S PROCLAMATION
JUNE 20TH.
lowed to purchase more than two lots.
1 lie advantages of this method of
distributing- the land are manifold. It
will be a death knell to grafters and
couficenca people, and the hardships,
loss of life and physical suffering- here-
tofore attendant upon the opening up
of new territory will he reduced to a
minimum.
No. 20.
The
Nearest
Land Office.
Is Where You Will Go to Make Ap-
plication For a Chance. The
Drawing Will Take Place in
Washington.
The Democrat received private in-
formation Wednesday which it re-
gards as trustworthy, in fact, semi-of-
ficial, regarding the opening of the
new country. As this kind of news is
of most vital importance to prospective
All is Quiet
Washington. June 8.—The commis-
sioner of Indian affairs has received a
telegram from Col. Randlett, Indian
agent of the Kiowa reservation, saying
that notwithstanding the agitation
there, all is quiet.
Indian Inspector Nesler, who has
caarge of the allotment of lands among
the Kiowas, Comanche and Apache In-
dians, today notified the secretary of
the Interior by wire that he had com-
pleted and mailed his final schedule.
This is the last step before the issu
ance of the president's proclamation in
the matter of opening the Indian lands
to settlement.-Chickasha Exptess.
How it Will Be Cele-
brated in El Reno.
Oklahoma.
| by a lady, and 'inany other beautiful
features will be presented.
It ha been suggested that 1000school
children 1,3 drilled to represent a wav-
■ng, living, American flag, the
exercise to take place at or during
the presentation of the big flag to the
largest delegation from the country,
and preceding the reading «.f the De-
claration of Independence hy Mi^
Chester Lowe. The children will he
drilled after the fashioh of the Cha-
tauqiiii -alute.
FOR OCJT OF DOORS.
Millinery Fashion. Tenil Toward
Plurul l>«*al|ina.
All hats ore wide and flat, and the
trimming Is so massed that much skill
Is required to keep it from appearing
lumpy. There are a number of ex-
aggerated flowers used, the entire
crown sometimes consisting of one im-
mense rose or poppy. Much fruit and
foliage are also seen, and hats almost
To Be Erected With
Seats to Accommo-
date All.
The Land Office.
Whenever a public building, a pub
lie enterprise or a public utility, is to
homesteaders we take pleas-ure in giv- be located in this town, a certain gang
ingitat length. „f grafters are always on hand with a
The president's proclamation will be proposition to bribe or corrupt csome-
issued on Thursday, June 20th. The body in order to gain an advantage for
opening will be by lot and any person some particular locality, some particu-
elligible to make a homestead filing lar street, or person.
will be permitted to make his appica- A bribe-giver is no better than a
ilt the neare8t land office to his bribe-taker, and a cur who will offer a
residence. The country will be divided bribe and then take up a collection to
into two land districts. The El Iieno pay it is the most despicable and dan-
district will control about 3,00, home- gerous criminal society has to contend
steads and the Fort Sill district about with. El Reno, some day will make a
10.000. There will be two series of fearful example of these kind of cattle
numbers, one for each land district. She has had all of it that she wilNtand
Applications may be made for either The day for putting up court house
one. The prospective settler goes to sites and postoffice locations to the
his local land office and pays his fees, highest bidder and then raising a
if eligible, and gets a chance. lie is fund to corrupt officials in the dis-
compelled to tell his age, nativity and charge of their sworn dutv has passed
give a personal description of himself in this town. Hence the proposition
to serve in his identification. A blank which was sprung on the people this
form is filled out in duplicate. The ap- week to raise a fund to buy the loca
plicant receives one copy. The original tion for the land office on Iiock Island
issentto Washingtsn.D.C., where the avenue, and a counter proposition to
prizes are awarded by a drawing con- raise a fund to prevent it is meeting
dueled by government officials. The El with a cold reception at the hands of
Reno district will have a different col- the people. No honest man would
ored envelope from the Ft. Sill district give a farthing for such a purpose.
and each of those applications will be —
enclosed in one of these envelopes and gj|| Qross
sent to the Capitol City. About two ^
weeks time will be allowed for the ap- ok) h r'l *W°C'dl' ls over from
plications, lh, wm C Lm"™ hi T"' B'" """ ""
immediately thereafter. The method L and ,hpr * PUr®Iy buslness
of drawing will be the ordinary "hat," tics' , :, „ " f * partlc,e of P0"'
or "box" deal, with an equal number , , ^ lhat after a
.. , , careful examination of the cron sit.,*,
of blanks drawn out simultaneously t; „ k •
with the numbers, by a man blindfold-(adlan 6 ' |),ep'uod t0 say that ^an-
ed. The announcement of the result of
A PUG HB EM
1,000 School Children
Will Salute Old-
G-lory.
DJ
uEi
Of Floats Represent
ing Buisness and
Industries.
itioos
By the Best Singers
and Rhetoricians
in the City.
the drawing is expected to begin Au-
gust fitb, and the prize winners will be
notified each day by mail of the result.
It is calculated that the first number
out of the hat will get a choice of all
the land in a given district, and that
he will be allowed five days in which to
make his selection after notification
and in which to make entry. A cer-
tain number of envelopes will be
mailed each day from the department
at Washington, and the men on the
ground first, with papers to substanti-
ate their claim, will be allowed to file.
The drawing will be continued from
day to day until all the numbers are
disposed of according to the above plan.
Town lots in the new country will be
sold at auction, but not until entries
have been made. The lots, residence
and business alike, are of a uniform
size, 0x150 feet. No man will be al-
The committee having in hand the linan
sial part of the celebration were among
the business men yesterday soliciting
funds. They met with splendid en-
couragement from almost every one
they waited on and raised something
like $,00. In this connection, however,
we wish to state that some aiieged
business men who will be benefited by
a celebration as much as any one declin-
ed tocontribute a cent This did not deter
the committee however. They will
complet the, work to-day and have
every reason to believe that the
amount will exceed a thousand dollars.
The executive committee is determined
to manage the financial part of the
celebration so as to everlastingly close
the mouths of the few knockers there
county is as well fixed as any Th The Dame aod contribut-
t„ tho to--,-. I d by each Person will be published
Will Contribute $500.
Did all the ladies and children who
appeared on the streets Saturday eve-
ning have escorts to prevent bums
and thugs from insulting them? Ross
says women and children are afraid to
walk the streets for fear of being insult-
ed. 1 he ladies and children who were
out Saturday evening, and there were
hundreis of them, threw the lie back
into the face of this sanctimonious
scoundrel.
If he can bring one lady or child into
court who will prove that she was in-
sulted by a bum or thug in this city at
any time without the party being pun-
ished for so doing, the propietorof this
paper will contribute 9500 to the Ross
fund for the suppression of crime. Now
Mr. Ross, come, prove your assertions
or acknowledge that you are a liar and
the truth is not in you.
Murdered His Brother.
Under-sheriff, John Roush, in re-
sponse to a telephone message, went to
Kingfisher Friday and brought back
John Leigden,accused of murdering his
brother in the extreme northeastern
part of the county. The facts gathered
in the case show that about four o'clock
Friday morning John went to the
bedside of his brother William and
chopped his brains out with an ax.
fVnother brother who was in bed with
the murdered man was about to receive
the same dose, but overpowered the
fiend and tied him up with a rope until
he could be taken to Kingfisher.
Called In.
The alotting agents have been or-
dered in from the field, the order to
take eftecton June 13. They are ex-
pected to finish the alotting from the
general office, and are required to have
it done by the 20th of june. Every
thing now points to the opening not
later than the (ith of August.
Denied-
Tne report of the dismissal of Judge
Kirkpatick from the allotting force is
denied by his friends here.
J county in the territory.
Wanted Agents
To call at the general agency of Thom-
as Prothero, with Ed Coleman next to
the sheriff's office. Liberal rates. Ex-
tra inducements to ex-school teachers
for paying employment. w-71d94
the democrat
The Weekly Democrat is a hummer.
It is all home print. It contains no
boiler-plate furnished by Wichita. It
is neatly and artistically printei at
home. It has ten columns of home
news to any other paper's one. It
answers ten thousand questions your
friends in the East are interested in.
Each issue is a neatly printed invita-
tion to people to come to El Reno. It
will be mailed free lo your friends for
only 5 cents
just as soon as the committee is
through canvassing, and the 'disburse-
ments will likewise be published, leav-
ing the balance sheet in the hands of
the public to see just where the money
came from and where it went to.
The various committees on arrange-
ments are working hard to get up a
program that will be not only inter-
esting and novel, but rofitable to all
as well.
The parade and floats representing
the business interests of the city will
be something new for this town, and
promises to be the feature of the daw
All the civic orders of the city are
invited to join in the parade in uni-
form, and it is the intention of the com-
mittee to invite the young iadies to
represent all of the states and terri-
lories in the Union.
One of the floats will he "Liberty
Enlightening the World," represented
For Sale
a good livery barn and business at
ukon a. a. Cosby, dwtf
READ IT IN HIS NEWSPAPER.
George Schaub, a well known Ger-
man citizen of New Lebanon, Ohio, is
a constant reader of the Dayton Vol-
szeitung. He knows that this paper
aims to advertize only the best in its
columns, and when he saw Chamber-
lain's Pain Ualm advertised therein
for lame back, he did not hesitate in
buying a bottle of it for his wife, who
for eight weeks had suffered with the
most terrible pains in her back and
could get no relief. He says: "After us-
ing the Pain I3alm for a few days my
wife said to me,'1 feel as though born
anew and before using the entire con-
tents of the bottle the unberable pains
had entirely vanished and she could
again take up her household duties."
He is very thankful and hopes that all
suffering like wise will hear ofher won-
derful recovery. This valuable liniment j
is for sale by C. R. Miller.
bilk cape.
or entirely composed of flowers have
a decided vogue among the summer
showings. One hat is almost covered
with huge flat pansles, nml another Is
made of separate rose petals.
Much ornamentation is also used on
wraps, all except those meant for trav-
eliiiff and other hard service being
elaborated with lace applications, mous-
seline de sole, etc. The cape illustrat-
ed is of black grosgraln, cut In deep,
narrow points, which are stitched at
the edge and terminate in a gold tip.
The points fall over a deep, full flounce
of plaited black mousseline de Sole
and a long scarf of the plaited black
inousseline fills the front. The ends of
the scarf are trimmed with little ruchia
and a full frill. The high, flaring Col-
lar is lined with white moussellne lie
sole, and there is a cravat of the same
material. Judic Chollet.
Strategy.
"Peckham's wife doesn't chatter as
much as she used to."
"No; Peckham cured her. He told
her that when her lips were closaltd-!
gether they formed a perfect Cupid's'
bow. • Philadelphia I^ress.
Nautical Jealousy.
Pearl—Did you ever meet such a Jeal-
ous womaii as the captain's wife?
Ruby-Never. Why, she Is actually
jealous when he hugs the shore. Chi-*'
cago News. * ,
Novelties in fancy hose,
To suit your purse
And fit your toes.
— Smith
DIDN'T MARRY FOR MONEY.
Tha Boston man who lately married
a sickly rich young woman, is happy
now, for he got Dr. King's New Life
Pills, which restored her to perfect
nealth- Infallible for Jaundice, Bil-
iousness, Malaria. Fever and Ague and
all Liver and Stomach troubles. Gentle
but effective. Only 25c at C. R. Miller's
drug store.
Chairs
Largest line, greatest variety,
best quality, lowest prices.
A job lot bought at auction
just received and will be
dosed out at greatly reduced
price.
Coltbler Sent Arm Hocker - $2-25
Cane Seal isulies' Rocker - $l.SO
CASH (Hi PAYMENTS.
ARRINGT0H & STRONG
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Hensley, T. F. The El Reno Democrat. (El Reno, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 7, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 13, 1901, newspaper, June 13, 1901; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc112234/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.