The Daily Gazette. (Stillwater, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 133, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 10, 1901 Page: 1 of 4
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STILLWATER
The I,arnest, Liveliest
and Healthiest City in
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Stillwater, Oklahoma, Wednesday Evening, July 10, 1901.
($4-.SO per year.
No. 133
WHEAT BURNED, I AMERICANS NOT RELEASED-1 LET THE T0KRENT3 UOME.
i r0 Thousand Dollars Worth
Wheat Went l*p in
Flames.
Carrie Nation Offers a
er Far Rain.
of The liritish Government will Keep ! Mrs
Those in South Africa.
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— i.. . Mrs Nation gat oft'the noon train I
al U'ellsville kans. Monday and stood
lor several minutes in the hot mid. ap
. mi huh oris- ,
wheat, 1 oners I>v the Itrii .. ;n i parently waiting for some one. At
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of
\ Hra whlohjjurted ten mil Ai.ieriei.ns who tighl in the Boer
w,.pt of Ureal Hentl Monday afternoon i lilies hihI are. or have In
burned about l.r ,0 Kj acres of wheat, oner> l.y the British will have
worth nearly *loO,<HH>. several ti,,,.,,. ,1 in ' captivity until the
and acres of range and fume small | the South Afriean war. says (he ller-
liuildings. ! mil - \\ asl.ington correspondent. I irent
The fire wa started l.y a man ri.ling Britain has declined tn comply with
along the highway in a buggy. II,- the request <,f this government' lo re
was seen lighting a cigar and the | lease an American now routined in the
thrown aw ay match tinned I In- I.In/.-, > island of Ceylon. and this refusal will
The man's name is not yel known (In ! prohah'y prove a liar (o further repre-
eeing what he had done he pu( whip sentan inns l.y th,- slate department in
w tbe team and disap|ieared ' behalf of Americans captured as IhI
Xl.e wind was blowing a gale from ' ligeranls in South Africi.
tbe southwest, and as no rain has fall- The iesl case was that of a natural-
en in thai vicii.ii> for three weeks.
everything was as dry as tinder. Near-
last she exclaimed petulantly and al-
| most angrily: ' 'Where'* the committee
, 11.at was to meet me?"
She stated that she had neoived a ili
! request to speak al'a picnic. j -J;
There was no picnic billed for this i ™*
place and M.s. Nation, after having! <t\
eaten dinner al I lie hotel remembered |
that she should have gone to \V« Is,
Ottawa county, instead of Wellsville. « "
ly every acre is in wheat, cut w ith
headers, w l.ich leave* most of 1 lie si raw
itaiiding as stubble. Tne few pastures
burn as readily as stubble. The roads
were no barrier and the burning straw,
carried high in the air l.y the lierce
and
; near Ottawa.
Wellsville has suffered more severe
ly from the drouth ll.au perhaps any
who ,
[other portion id the state. No ra.il
has fallen since the 12th of April. Mrs.
Nation Mtid : "tiod has damned this
town and now we must pray that he
i bless it." She requested permission
to pray for rain, and that the Metho-
' (list church lie at her disposal \ meet-
ing well attended, was held at 5 o'clock
as an enemy. I'his I , , , ,
, ,, , , . this afternoon. f>he left on the even-
fleetest | view is concurred in l.y all the legal I.
officers of the state department. la,n
hard and I I he department is satisfied from in- j SHARP (JA3E
ized \ineriein named Morgan.
claims residence in Virginia. Lord I
Milner. the British high commissioner | ,
in South Africa, disapproves of there-]
leas,- ot foreigners who fought with the j,
Boers, lie has announced that a per- j
son who serves a- a belligerent with j
the Boer lorces lo-es his nationality
wind, hastened the speed of the Names, j ""d must lie treated
which traveled faster
horse.
The ground is drv j , - - .
plowing tire guards did no good, save j vestigation made l.y American consuls ;
to narrow the lire line Hack tires and the British authorities that all re-
were started ahead to saw building-, ports that the British are ill-treating!
rd these tires in turn were added n., U.eir prisoner-are without foundation. |
the huge conflagration I The onlJ hardship that Americans eap-
Four miles from the place of the be- j "'"'d i South Africa will have to tin-1
ginning of the tire was tin Missouri dergo ill be that of confinement until
railway and Blood creek
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KEISER.
President.
W. E. BERRY,
Vice President.
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Drags Along—Waji Taken
l'p Again At Perry Last
Monday. ^
Pacific railway and Blood creek Both
were jumped by the fire at a point I
three miles west of Holsitigton. At 1
the creek the fire had widened to over
two miles. On toward the Smoky Hill
river divide rustled the fiames before
the tierce wind.
Toward night the wind lulled and
hack tiring became more successful
and. little by little, as the evening
wore away, the farmers were able to
limit and finally put out the tire.
No loss of life or of stock i reported.
hostilities cease.
City Levy Made
. been made l.y
the
Che city levy ha
council as follow
fund, 5 mills : street and I.ridge fund
I mill; salary fund, 1 mill; contin
gent fund. mill; sinking fund, i.. . . „ ,, ,
... , " , . ,, his conduct at the
mills; judgment fund. 1'.., mills. Ihi«|
makes a total of 13 mills levy. The
tax payers of Stillwater should not
feel overly burdened l.y such a levy as
it is now 6 mills lower than that of
The case of Asa ('. Sharpe. formerly
agent for the Ponca, Otoe and Missouri
Indians, was called for trial at Perry
! Monday before Judge B. F Burwell.
Sharpe is under indictment f«r asking
and receiving bribes from cattlemen in
the leasing of pasture lands. Judge
Henry Scott will not represent Sharpe,
1 his conduct at the last proceedings
having made bis service undesirable.
: It is probable that a cbang) of venue
will be taken to another county, but
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The Stillwater National Bank.
GOOD, v.
Cashier.
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capital Paid Up,
Surplus,
$25,000.00
$1,500.00
(Successor to the Stillwater State Bank, Organized 1894.)
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Does a Geueral Banking Business. See us. We Want Your Fatrouage ^
The loss of buildings will be eompara-, QlIliirie levied by its council,
tively small. The area of wheat de- —
Court "
Poor A insane
Supply fund
Contingent "
Co. Sinking "
Co. School "
Road ,V Bridge
Poor farm fund
Seperate Schools
Total
This estimate
stroyed is roughly established at 15,mm
acres, that would avernge close to
twenty bushels per acre, or a total of
about 300.000 bushels. Nearly all was
in the stack, but a few farmers had
some standing wheat. Insurance is
light, probably not so much as ont-
lifth was insured in the stack.
Fortunately, nearly every farmer is
out of debt and lias money besides that
lessens the degree of the calamity and,
then, burning the stubble clean is said
lo kill the Hessian tly
The preachers of Omaha have resort- ;
ed to the time honored injunction to 1
stop the threatened bull Hjfiit at South dm d
Omaha. T'.e bull will lie brought int..
court constructively, and there his
status as a part ot the community will
be dcrtermined. Inasmuch as the pro-
moters of the bull tight promise that
not a hair of the bulls head lie touched,
the anxiety of the good preachers
on behalf of the male cow does not
clearly appear. There is 11 precedent
for this action, however in the oriler of ,
.1 .elite Gildersleeve of New Viikontne
af •■moon of the lute black lh.i. - ta>
In ll.nt case a temporary injunction
^as i - sued against the Will 1 si .vet I ■ "
in the shape of an order ti
The county commissioners have
made the following estimates of the
levy for assessments:
Salnrv fund mills
$12,102 j
:U57 I
Ah', 1
5,186
.5,186 |
M43
1,729
Horace Speed. I'nited States district
attorney, said to-day that under any
circumstances the case would be tried
this week. A special venire of litiy
j jurymen was empanelled Monday
afternoon.
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will probably
ral mills from the atime
WILL SETTLE TROUBLE
Territorial School Board
Hold Meeting To Settle
School Trouble.
Clips And Comments.
Ardmore has a new paper called t•
Morning Appeal."
(iarlii'ltl said to haw acre§
n whPHt which i11 turn out 3,o(MK(K0
I bushels'
' 'rl' The Pawnee Courier has added a lot
, of expensive material to her shop.
Weatherford is the only town in
ri, I Custer county on a railroad, but some
counties have no railroad towns at all.
Some men are in the habit of using
! profane language when they are in
I conversation Kecently an Oklahoma
man stepped up to u stranger and said,
Win ; your face looks familiar. Where in
h —1 did I see you. 1 don't know re-
plied the stranger. What part of h—1
1° Colorado and Utah
VIA SANTA FE,
AT RATES LOWER THAN EVER EFORE.
On Sale July i to 9, September 1 to 10.
Denver, Colorado Springs, and Pueblo and return $20.00
Olenwood Springs and return, $30.00
Salt Lake City and Ogden, $3J>oo
June 18 to 30. and July 10 to August SI, round trip tickets to same
points as named above w ill be sold at one fare plus $2.00 for round trip.
A Pullman Observation Sleeper runs between Kansas City and Colo-
rado Springs 011 Santa Fn trains No. 5 and II. The observation end is for
free use of all Pullman passengers.
For further particulars, rates 011 other dates or to other places, or for
free copy of " A Colorado Summer." write to or call on
e. r. McCarthy,
Agent, The Atchison, TopeKa & Santa Fe Railway. Stillwater, Okla.
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MUEST0N HOUSE.
H. 11. HUESTON, Prop.
I did y ju come from'.'
You go up the 'holler' until you |
come to a place where the road jumps
TI.>• Territorial Board of Education | the log, then keep straight on until*]
for normal schools will hold a meeting you come to a tree where Zack Fota
nt lidineiftl ni xt Monday. 1 he session toe's cow hung herself and there you
to BEST EUR/MISMED ROOMS l/\ THE CITY.
RATES S1.00 and $1.25 Per Day
to
Phone No. 25
4 Blocks West of Depot,
Corner 10th and Main.
STILLWATER, OKLA.
slunv cause |
of the board was to have been held
,,1 me mi |i(: in mi , . ... (mini; to the ill.
why they should not luck out of the ■ -on.e day s .u.". nut
arena and quit goring tl.e lainli- j -ence of (ioveri.0
-— -- - territory, the meeting was postponed.
Blinker T. Washington told tie 1,11 tiiat time charges w hich have been
lowing story of the "|io h w hill* trash |iri.ferii'd against President Murdaiigh
who endeavored lo cim-- a stieitm ;|j ],)ok' 1 into and act inn I aken re- up this walk until you come to :i
means or a ferry owned by a black ,:,iniin(, The Alva alTiir will be ,,la(,e where the rend jumps the side-
i.uii: taken care of at the same time and a . walk, and keep right * raight on until
Uncle Muse scratched hi
"Hoan' you got no money t all
j turn lo the left, up the hill, and when
urn tel. to the top of the hill turn this
way. When you cr-.-s the branch and
In1 Hi' the 'boose- holler, that s the
place." In Alva you ar directed
] follows, starling from the depot
You
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queried.
"No," said the wayfaring stranger
"I haven't a cent."
"But it done cost you but ■' cent-,
insisted Uncle Mose, "tcr cross di
ferry."
"I know," said tlie white man
I haven't got the H cents
Uncle Mose was
"" delcgati noftuei. .111 expecleil in from. y,m come to a place where Bill Doolin
llk" the (own in a few days to lay the mat- stays, if lie is not down at Charlie
. .1 - 1 ,1...... 11. ,1 il ili.'u mill t here von turn to voiir
the town
ter before the boird Xtlldavits have I llobbie's. and there you turn to your
' , |mred by both factions at-Alva left, up the street, and when you get
• made toeither1 to the place where \rt ti recti works
n l'evud of his and is looking for the fascinator that
been pri
and a movement w ill I
have President Anient
but
duties or to have a numberof the mem-
j bers of the faculty excused from fur-
ther service at the institution. Just
what started this trouble is not clear-
his girl Inst, turn this way. When you
cross the square and see Ford Wood-
ard's new clothes and see him going
south, tlials the place." This is evi-
dence enough to prove the point at is
1 Iv understood even by the two factions
•Boss," he said,"I done told you what ' ^ doubtful if there is enough , lue and we trust that the proper iui-
'K.r mu.i h«.u if,it. no :t cents am jes' ( " )ii|ul ,)u, wi,0|c matter to justify all I thoritles will look after this matter.—
of the
'K.r mail what's got no It cents am r- | bel)iml tlu, vvll0|c matter
e* well otT on disside er de river as on ^ trouble which is resulting
de odder."
Alva Pioneer.
BLACK BEAR
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ERANK KNOWLES, Prop.
Fresh and Salt Meats, Oysters, 5
CELERY and GAME IN SEASON.
South Main Street.
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Griffin, Lester I. The Daily Gazette. (Stillwater, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 133, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 10, 1901, newspaper, July 10, 1901; Stillwater, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc117376/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.