The El Reno Democrat. (El Reno, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 7, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 11, 1901 Page: 1 of 8
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II ENS LEY, Proprietor.
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VOL XII.
El Reno, Oklahoma Territory. July 11, 1901.
i>1.25 PER YEAR
NO. 24.
MAN INJURED.
Just after supper ti lie Thursday,
Jack Griffin, employed by Thomas Jen-
sen, the real estate man, met with an
accident, which at first was thought to
be fatal. He had driven his horse to
a buggy into the Lindsey elevator near
the Rock Island depot. In coming out
the wheels of the buggy struck the side
of the building, which frightened the
animal and it got beyond the control
of driver. The buggy tipped on the
side and Mr. Griffin was thrown out.
striking on his shoulder and head,
causing painful injuries. The first re-
port that reached this offieestated that
the man was killed outright, but a rep-
resentative of the Democrat called
Dr. Thomas Lane, the attending phy-
sician, who stated that the man's in-
juries were severe and painful but that
he apprehended no fatal results. The
most serious injury was a fracture of
the skull bone. At a late hour Thurs-
day night the man was resting very
comfortably.
PRESIDENT'S PROCLAMATION
GOMES AT LAST.
All who Desire Land Must Register at El
Reno or Lawton. Books Open on
the ioth of July.
New Subscribers-
The following is a list of our new
subscribers:
E. J. Godfrey, El Reno.
W. E. Gladson, El Reno.
Karl Bruza, El Reno.
John Hackett, El Reno.
R. L. Muir, El Reno.
Nellie Palmer, Darlington, Okla.
J. J. Sturm, Cobb, Okla.
Miss Ida Devin, Miami. I. T.
John B. Clark, Hallsville, Mo.
A. J. Butts. Soldiers' Home Hospital
Washington, D. C.
EACH APPLICANT MUST COME IN PERSON
Registration can not be Made by Mail. Soldiers May Register by
Agent, but no Agent can Represent More Than One Person.
DRAWING WILL TAKE
IN EL RENO, OKLAHOMA.
The crowd is a very orderly one. Not
an arrest has been made for fighting
and the grafters are not getting very
rich working their schemes. As soon as
a grafter is caught working his play, he
is arrested and Judge Mitts deals out
justice in w> small do es.
One noticeable thing about the
things here is the splendid order that is
kept. There are few cases of intoxica-
tion, no personal encountess and all
seem to be good natured and always in
a good humor' The police force is at
all times on the lookout and are to be
congratulated on the manner in which
things are managed. V\ hile the eat-
ing and lodging houses are crowded
to their full capacity the people are
taken care of. El Reno is equal to the
emergency when it comes to handling
crowds. A large number of our resi-
dents have opened their houses to
lodgers that all may find a place to rest
their weary bones Some of El Reno's
neighboring cities tried awfully hard
to get the officials to divide the regis-
tration, stating that the city had not
the ability to handle the vast throngs.
If these neighbors have been here since
the books were opened they certainly
have discovered their mistake. Let
the people come as they may they will
be taken care of if canvas has to be
spread all over Canadian county.
Thursday nigth a representative of
this paper was shown the man who
bears the unenviable reputation of be-
ing the smoothest "safe-cracker" that
ever put foot on Oklahoma soil. The
police have him spotted and are watch-
ing his every movement. It will be
hard for him to "do a job" here with-
out detection and arrest, so he had as
well move on.
STEADY GIRL WANTED"
Several young men complain that
they have no steady girl. It seems that
they no sooner get fairly started with
a girl, probably have the theatre tick-
ets bought, when the gi 1 "can't go be-
cause she has a sick heBdache."
Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin cures
all forms of Stomach Trouble and Sick
Headache.
Girls -"A word to the wise" etc.
Your frieud
C. R. Miller.
The following is a synopsis of the
most important parts of the president's
proclamation:
Whereas, by the act of congress last
named it is provided that the lands to
be opened to settlement under the acts
ratifying said agreements respectively
shall be so opened by proclamation and
to avoid the contests and conflicting
claims which have heretofore resulted
from opening similar public lands, the
President's proclamation shall pre-
scribe the manner in which these lands
may ba settled upon by persons entitled
thereto; and no person shall be permit-
ted to settle upon, or occupy or enter
any of said lauds except as prescribed
in such p-oclamation until after the
expiartion of sixty days from the time
when the same are opened to settle-
ment and entry.
day of registration.
Commencing at 9 o'clock in the
morning, Wednesday, July 10, 1901,
and ending at 0 o'clock p. m., Friday,
Jvlv 20, 1901, a regitraiion shall be
had at the land offices at El Reno and
Lawton for the purpose of ascertaining
what persons desire to enter, settle
u on and acquire title to said land.
To obtain registration each applicant
shall be required to show himself
qualified to make homestead entry to
these lands, under existing laws, and
to give the registering officer such a
personal description and identity as
will protect the applicant and the
government against any attempted im-
personation. Registration cannot be
made by mail, or by agent, except in
the case of honorably discharged
sailors and soldiers. A soldier or sail-
or may make application for registra-
tion through an agent of their own
election, but no person will be permit-
ted to act for more than one such
soldier or sailor. No person will be
permitted to register more than once
or in any other than his true name.
Delpha KaVerta Hand,the 18 months
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. H
Hand, died Wednesday and the funer-
al took place yesterday.
Each person duly registered will be
given a non-transferrable certificate
which will entitle him to go upon and
examine the lands to be opened in or-
der to enable him later on tn under-
standing^ select the land upon which
he will make his entry.
No one will bo permitjed to make
settlement upon any of said lands in
advance of the opening herein provided
for and during the first sixty days fol-
lowing said opening no one but regis-
tered applicants will be permitted to
make homestead settlement on any of
the said lands, and then only in pur-
suance of a homestead entry duly al-
lowed by the local land offices.
The order in which, during the first
sixty days following the opening, the
registered applicants will be permit-
ted to make homestead entry of the
land opened hereunder will be determ-
ined by drawings for both the El Reno
and Lawton dis ricts publicly held at
the land office in El Reno,commencing
at 9 o'clock Monday morning, July 29,
1901, and continuing for such period
as may be necessary to complete the
same.
The drawing will be held under the
supervision and immediate observance
of a committee of three person- whose
integrity is such as to make their con-
trol of the drawing a guarantee of its
fairness. The members of the commit-
tee will be appointed by the secretary
of to Interior.
identification cards.
Preparatory to these drawings each
applicant will be supplied with a card
which must be signed by the applicant
stating the land district in which he
desires to make homestead entry and
giving such a description of himself as j
to enable the land officers to identify
him. This card will be sealed in an
envelope and these envelopes will be
brought together at the place of draw-
ing and tuined over to the committee
in charge, who will in such manner as
in their judgment be fair, proceed to
draw out and open the separate en-
velopes and to give to each enclosed
card a number in the order in which
the envelope containing the same is
drawn. The result of the drawing for
each district will be certified by the
committee to the officers of the district
and will determine the order in which
the applicants may make homestead
entry of the lands and settlement
thereon.
Notice of the drawings stating the
name of each applicant and number
assigned to him by the drawing will be
posted each day at the place of draw-
ing and each applicant will be notified
of his number by a postal card mailed
to him.
Applications for homestead entry of
said lands during the first sixty days
following the opening can bo made only
by registered applicants and in the or-
der established by the drawing; At
each land office commencing Tuesday,
Augu-t G, 1901, the applications of
those drawing numbers 1 to 125 in-
clusive for that district must be pre-
sented and will'be considered in their
numerical order during the first dul-
and the applications of those drawing
numbers 12") to 250 inclusive must be
presented and will be considered on
she second day and so on at that rate
until all of said lands have been enter-
ed. If any applicant fails to appear
and present his application for entry
when the number assigned to him by
the drawing is reached, his right to
enter will be passed until after the
other applications assigned for that
day have been d isposed of when he will
be given another opportunity to make
entry, failing in which he will be
deemed to have abandoned his right to
make entry under such drawing.
The Secretary of the Interior shall
prescribe all needful rules and regula-
tions necessary to carry into full ef-
fect the opening herein p ovided for.
Thursday evening about 6:30 o'clock j SEVEN YEARS IN BED
a stranger, whose name is not known, j "Will Wonders ever cease.-"' inquire
was overcome by the heat while on the j friends of Mrs. L. I ease, of Law-
corner of Harrison street and B*ck- j rence, Kan. They Knew she had been
(ord avenue and fell to the walk, where unable to leave her bed in seven years
he lay for nearly an hour in an uncon-1 oD account of kidney and liver trouble,
scious condition. Great crowds of peo-1 nervous prostration and general dibil-
ple came up and it was difficult for the "y; but, "Three bottles of Electric Bit
police to keep open space enough to let
Old newspapei for
office, 10c a hundred.
sale at thi i
in sufficient air. Some thought the
man had an epileptic fit, but we under-
stand the physician in charge of the
case stated that it was heat prostation
When a man falls upon the walk from
such cause as did : his one, he should be
at once removed to the city house
where proper care and attention can
be givtn. This would avoid the block-
ading of sidewalks, and would be best
for the ur/ortunale one.
ters enabled me to walk," she writes,
"and in three months I felt like a new
person." Women suffering from Head-
ache, Backache, Nervousness, Sleep-
lessness, Melancholy, Fainting and
Dizzy Spells will find it a priceless
blessing. Try it. Satisfaction is guar-
anteed by C. R. Miller. Only 50 cents
Professor Long will play a violin
solo at the Presbyterian church at
Sunday morning service.
High Tide at Galveston-
Tuesday night was one of anxiety in
Galveston. The tide was six feet—
the highest since 188(1 with the excep-
tion of the storm of last September.
Four small houses floated from their
foundations and were overturned.
People hastily moved into places of
safety. A further rise of two feet
more would have submerged the en-
tire. city.
Any ad vertised dealer is authorized
to guarantee Banner Salve for tetter,
eczema, piles, sprains, scalds, burnes,
ulcers and any open or old sore. Wheel-
er Drug Co.
Registration Begun.
The registration of homesekers be
gan yesterday morning. Thirty clerks
from Washington reached the city at
midnight Tuesday and commenced
registration under the direction of
Governor Richards, assistant commis-
sioner of the land office. There was a
crowd awaiting registration, variously
estimated at from fifteen to twenty
thousand. Governor Richards started
six registration booths and oponed up
a special booth at noon to accomadate
women homeseekers. The first day's
registration passed off quietly without
any perceptible friction and without a
disturbance of any character by the
crowd. Every body was good natured
and patiently waited their turn at the
various booihs. Four thousind and
eighteen were registered the first day
which was considered an admirable
da} 's work considering that the clerks
had been on the road for over two days
and were worn out with travel, besides
the whole machinery of the scheme
was new and untried. Governor Rich-
ards assures us that he expects to have
his force so equipped that after the first
day or two no one will ba required to
stand very long in order to be registe.-
ed.
At the time of going to press to-day
the indications are that at least five
thousand will be registered to-day.
Those who register, as a rule, im-
mediately return to their homes, but
every train brings a fresh supply so
that the crowd is not diminishing to
any perceptible degree. There is
ample accommodations for everybody
who desire them. The food and water
supply would accommodate ten times
as many people as have yet appeared
in any one day. The statement of out-
side towns and newspapers to the con-
trary notwithstanding.
The registering force under the di-
rection of Gov. Richards, assisted by
Inspector Green, are a nice and ac-
commodating force of men and are do-
ing everything in their power to ac-
commodate the people and to conduct
the registration in a fair and honorable
manner.
The notaries and attorneys are hav-
ing a harvest. Quite a number of ex-
tortionary charges have been reported
and quite a number of grafters have
been run in by the police, but taking
everything into consideration there is
very little room for complaint.
Gov. Richards authorizes us to an-
nounce that all who wish will have am-
ple opportunity to register and that the
last man who registers will stand an
equal show with the first man, to draw
a claim.
Team Taken,
Thursday morning T. 11. Phillips, a
farmer liviny 26 miles west of El Reno
on a ranch came to town with his wife
and baby. He hitched his (.earn in the
vacant lot opposite Bonebrake's hard-
ware store. They went to the busi-
ness houses to do some shopping. The
man and wife became separated and
did n )t get together until late in the
evening. About 2 o'clock tho wife
went to where the wagon and team
were left, but the outfit was gone.
Some one had appropriated the entire
outfit and up toll o'clock that night
no trace of the team and wagon had
been found.
The iudividual who took the rig,
perhaps, has gone where the "whang
doodle mourneth and the Woodbine
turneth." This is a costly lesson to
Phillips.
From the best and latest authors
just received at the Fair Store. Choice
10 and 15 cents. dwtf
The fair Store has a full line of plain
and fancy sun-bonnets. dwtf
R. II. James, traveling passeuger
agent for the Eureka Springs excur-
sions over the Frisco, made this office
a pleasant call today and assures us
that everybody taking advantage of
the 15 rate to Eureka on the 15th will
bo properly taken care of. The editors
and their families are especially invit-
ed to make the trip. Mr. Dunn and
Mr. James will both be on the train
from Oklahoma City.
School district bonds prepared for
this county, for sale at the Fair store
Democrat block.
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Hensley, T. F. The El Reno Democrat. (El Reno, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 7, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 11, 1901, newspaper, July 11, 1901; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc112238/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.