The Lawton Constitution. (Lawton, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 16, 1905 Page: 1 of 8
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lawtc>n Constitution.
SUCCESSOR TO THE ELGIN EAGLE.
Vol. II.
OFFICIAL PAPER OF COMANCHE COUNTY AND OF THE PEOPLE.
WEEKI Y EDITION.
LAWTON, OKLAHOMA ■ MIHSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, igos.
$1.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
No. 51
THE CITY NATIONAL BANK
OF LAWTON
Capital,Surplus
and Profits
$36,OOO.ii2
EVERY
PROTECTION
USED
IN
MODERN
BANKING TO
GUARD
AGAINST
LOSS
if
v<t° •
MONEY TO
LOAN
ON
APPROVED
SECURITY
ACCOUNTS
OF
FIRMS
AND INDIVID-
UALS
SOLICITED
F. M. ENGLISH, Prwt.
S. M. KINO, VIcc Prtsl.
E. E. SHIPLEV. Cashier.
C. E. McPtJFFlI, President. H. H. McDufkik, Vice Pres.
J. S. McDt'fkik Cashier.
E. II. McL>ukfik, Assistant Cashier.
The Bank of Lawton,
LAWTON, OKLAHOMA.
Capital. SlO/XHl Fully Paid. A General Ranking Business Transacted.
There Is no Bank In Comanche county better able to handle your business
One block west of Comer pourth an£J Ave £) W;. pay interest on
I.and < )fflce.
We do not pay Interest Bt the rate of fl per cent,
hut will pay the principal when the people want It.
Farmers Call end See Us
Citizens State Bank
OF LAWTON.
Capital Fully Paid $25,000.00
Oldest State Bank in Southwest Qkla.
OFFICERS:
G. F. H. Barber, Pres.
J no. H. Porter, Vice Pres.
K. W. Smith, Caahler.
\V. F. Barber, Asst. Cashier.
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<>ijr hank Is managed by responsible
olIlceiN, whose linanciai standing will
hear Investigation. Accommodations
extended along conservative lines. We
are prepared to handle collections
promptly.
We Invito personal Interviews with
our officers and desire a share of your
.business. We now hlive Installed the
Hankers Money Order System. Notice
the cut of a Home Bank which we loan
you upon the deposit of $1.00. Kvery
home should hav one for the savlngsof
the children. Interest computed the 1st
days of Jan. and July. Already several
hundred have been placed in the homes.
Stalled the Teacher.
The census rrport prove- that Okla-
homa his the smallest percent of illit-
eracy and now it is evident that Co-
manche cou 11y leads all Oklahoma.
Recently ou' at the "College Mound"
school house, district No. 19, north-
cast of Sterling, the t'acher lost his
position because his answer to a partial
payments problem was four cents off.
It seems Bee Steele is the big bad
boy of the i-chool and things were not
moving as harmoniously as they should
at "College Mound." The directors,
Me-srs Kyle, Penn and Alexander,
came to straighten out the difficulty.
While the directors w. re at ihe school
house the teacher, Prof. W.B. Johnson,
was so unfortunate as to tackle a par-
tial payments example. His ans.-.er
was four cents different from the one
th book gave. Two members of the
school board were convinced there wa-
no i-xcus lor such mistakes and V'.B.
Johnson lost his j b on the spot. Since
then a man named Collins, from Rush
Springs has been installed i i the school
and it is to be hoped he will not have
answers that are four cent' wrong on
the days the directors call.
Producers' Associatio...
Comanche County Producers' Asso-
ciation has made arrangements to in-
corporate.
A committee lias bei n appointed to
draft by-laws and restitution, so as
to be able to < , .'ze auxiliary
branches throughout .L * county.
The committee on transportation
has surpri-ed the members with its
unexpected favornble report, which
is to the effect that the association
will be able to Bhip to any of the large
cities of Kansas, Missouri, New Mexico,
Colorado, North Dakota, Illinois and
other continguous points, at nearly
half of what the association expected
to have to pay. This shows what or-
ganized efforts, properly appli. d can
do.
This greatly reduced rate encouraged
the members to go more extensively
into the planting of potatoes, canta-
loupes, water mellons, etc.
In view of the fact that President
Trosper would be in attendance at the
annual meetings of the Territorial
Hoard of Agriculture,Tuesday Wednes-
day and Thursday of this week, at
Guthrie, it was decided toholda meet-
ing of the Producers' Association, at
Trosper it Foster's office st 2 p. m.,
Saturday, February lHth, for the pur-
pose of hearing Mr. Trosper's report of
the Territorial Board. Also the ques-
tion of cantaloupes will be thoroughly
discussed at this mooting. Therefore
all members wishing to order seed
should not fail to attend this meeting.
CALL FOR COUNTY WARRANTS.
Feb. 10th, lUOB.—The following warrants
wttlhepnltl on presentation nt the county
treasurer's office. Interest will cease thirty
<lny«n(ter date of this call:
Paliiry fund,nil
Poor and Insane fund, nil.
liond and bridge fund, nil.
Contingent series C, up to Including No is.
Kupplv series C, up to Including No. its.
Court series D, up to Including No. Ml.
Kilky H. smith, County Trtas.
4-10 d-2t w-lt
CORN
Seed Corn Special of Bur-
lington Road is a Great
Success.
Miller Bros.' New Store.
From Monday's Dally Constitution.
Miller Bros. & Co., Greer County's
successful merchants, have opened a
large branch of their business at Law-
ton, which will be in charge of Stewart
Miller, formerly of the Headrick
house. The stocks of goods t Olustee
and Headrick have been moved to
Lawton and consolidate 1 in the new
store, whilealargt stock. f new goods,
fresh from the wh ilesale houses of the
east, has been added thereto, making
one of the largest and b< st assorted
stocks in Lawton. Ed Darnell, for-
merly manager of the Olu tee house,
will also be associ. ted with the new
store at Lawto i.—Altus Times.
COUNTY EXCHANGES.
St. Josepn, Mo., Feb. 13.—After a
four day's tour of Northern Missouri,
the seed and loil special of the Bur-
lington pulled in here. In four days,
on two of which it snowed continually,
almost 150 lectures were given by the
agriculture c dlege professors to an
audience of 6,476 Missouri farmers.
A glance at the past week's work Of
the seed at d soil special shows that six-
ty-eight towns have been visited and
more than 6,400 received free transpor-
tation to and from the points at which
lectures were given. The audiences at
the lecturers were the most attentive
and gooa natured imaginable. They
enjoyed the novelty of being the hon-
ored guc sts of a railroad and thougli
there were ii stances where some dis
trustful ot;es dared not risk the peril of
the octopus when he smiles, the great1
majority of the farmers were hard j
hearted-men who kept keen eyes fixed
on the charts and seed corn samples
and listened eagerly to every word
that would help them in their strug- J
gle with tne soil.
The spectacle of a trainload of blue j
overall clad farmers, their pockets full
of coin, explaining their own theories j
and comparing them with those of the
college professors as the train sped |
along, a squad dropping off atone sta-
tion to return, while new recruits took
their places in the ever changing aud-
ience, is a spectacle unique in the his-
tory of agriculture and education.
NEW ERA, WALTER.
Pursuant to adjournment the farm-
erswhoare holding their cotton for
better prices met in Esquire A. M.
Thompson's office Wednesday evening
for the purpose of further discussing
the proposition of shipping their cot-
ton to Galveston or some other point
in Texas to secure better storage facil-
ities.
A cow boy from the big pasture was
in the city a few days ago exhibiting
the talons of a large grey eagle which
ho had recently killed on West Cache.
He had killed six full grown eagles
along that stream this winter. The
noble bird whose talons he was exhib-
iting measured nine feet from lip to
tip of its wings. Tin* twelve tail feath-
ers he readily sold to an Indian for the
sum of 810. They will be used in con-
junction with feathers from other parts
of an eagle to construct an Indian war
bonnet, which is usually "fearfully
and w nderfully made." The entire
feathers, claws and beak of an eagle
are suppose d to have a commercial val-
ue of about <50. The Indians value
them very highly for ornament* of va-
rious kinds. While the eagle is sit-
ting In the top of a tall tree looking
fur prey or preening his feathers, the
cowboy rides up within two hundred
yards of the king of birds and his win-
chester rifle does the rest.
Too Many Townships.
From Monday's Dally Constitution.
The old board of county Commis
sioners had a penchant for creating
new munic "/nships.
It costs SfbuO a year to run a town-
ship, and the taxpayer's object to the j
additional burden. Just before going
out of office the old board divided
Hulen township creating the new town- 1
ship of Roek Creek, and Crosby creat- ]
ing Jefferson township. On the 18th
the present board will consider peti-
tion of the taxpayers to annul the ae-
ons and leave theEe t«o tevmhipsaE
hey stood originally.
Letter to Bird.
Washington, Feb 12.—Delegate Mc-
Guire the other day received a novel
request from on<*of his Oklahoma con-
stituents. The constituent wrote as
follows:
"Hon. Bird S. McGuire, House of
Representatives, Wa hington, D. C.,
Sir: My wife wants packages of iiower
seedsj and packages of garden seeds.
Please send the same to her. Don't
send her any canary seed. That might
make her want to si. g, and the Lord
knows I have trouble enough with her
on that score."
FREDERICK LEADER.
Mr. Geo. Keys is having a nice three
room house erected on the Fuber
place, which he purchased some time
ago.
A remarkable freak of nature is re-
ported from Sterrett. ' P. S. Briggs
states that a calf was born at his place
this morning having two distinct and
well formed heads. Both heads are
well develped, each having two eyes
and two ears. It is a fine looking little
fellow and bids fair to be long-lived.
As yet it has been unable to partake of
any nourishment from its mo'her, but
heartily partakes of food that is offered
from the hand in either of its mouths.
It has two separate voices.
The District Union No. 1 of the Ed-
ucative and Co-operative Union of Co-
manche County, O. T., on Saturday,
Feb, 4, met at Pearson hall, Presid. nt
S. L. Ripley in the chair,and secretary
at his post. Several questions of vital
importance were discussed. Brother
J. H. Goodrich was elected delegate to
the state meeting at Fort Worth,
Texas, on Feb. 14.
Notice to Warrant Holders,
Fletcher. O. T., Feb. 18th, l!K)5 —
Notice is hereby given that the funds
ar now in the treasury of Richards
township, to pay the warrant , and
interest will cease on the warrautsafter
this daie asf Hows:
No 12-lft-54-55-57-62-78-75-68-SO of
the 11)03 issue, and 17-16-20-4- 13-18-7-
14-8 12-6-19 15-21-2211-23-10-26 28-29
27-2-5 21-5-32 83-31-9 of the 1904 issue.
W. F. Berry
Township Treasurer.
Board of Agriculture.
From Monday's Dally Constitution.
Judge R K. Trosper leaves for Guth-
rie in tlie morning to attend the an-
nual meeting of the Territorial H iaril
of Agriculture, which will be held on
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of
this week. Mr. Trospi-r is ti legate
from 'his county.
First pub in the Lawton Weekly Constitu-
tion Feb 2. last pub. 1 eli. Hi.
LIQUOR LICENSE NOTICE.
Territory of Oklahoma, Comanche county.
T< Whom it May Concern :
Notice Is herby given that I, the under*
si:, ned, Wnodlc stuart, did ou th«- :i!st dn.
January, A. I). 1^ ." , Hie In I he otllce of H-
t'owntv r|< rk of said county of Comanche
and Territory ot Oklahoma, my application
by petition of the reuulred number of resi-
dent taxpayers of the town of Waurika,
county and Territory afor«--ai«l -<-t ting fort h
thut the undersigned applicant Is n person
of respectable character and standing and
a resident of the Territory oi Oklahoma,
praying that a license may be Issued to hlui
by t he County Clerk and County Commissi-
oners of said Comanche county, for the sale
nt wholesale of malt, spirituous and vinous
liquors011 lots 1 and L'aud block No. 6 In-
the Town of Waurika, sulci petition and ap-
plication will be heard on the 17th ('ay of
February. A I', !«0S, and license will he lu-
lled unless there lie object ion and remon-
strance tiled In the otli. e of the aforesaid
( ounty Clerk on or before the aforesaid
date.
Witness my hand this the .st day ot Jan-
uary, l'.u).
WobpiK Httakh, Applicant.
Attest: E. M. Houston, County « lerk.
KNOCKED
Indictments Found By Last
Grand Jury Were
Illegal
THE COTTON SITUATION.
The first case on the court calendar
was that of the Territory vs. Will, Ed
and Fred Winkle—father and two sons
— who were indicted for larceny of
domestic anima'sby the last grand jury.
Yesterday their attorneys entered a
demurer against the indictments on the
grounds that it contained two conuts
pertaining to two separate offenses,
one for stealing cattle, and the other
for receiving property known to have
been stolen. The court sustained the
demurer.
The case of the Territory vs. C. T.
Hutchinson for selling liquor on Sun-
day was dismissed for want of prose-
cution.
In the ease of the Territory vs. A H.
Cobb, the defendant's bond of #260.00
was declared forfeited on account of
h:s failure to appear. Fred R. Ellis
and W. R. Walter were on the bond.
An alias warrant was ordered issued.
In the case of the Territory vs. W.
N. Williams, for shooting with intent
to kill, the defendant was found guilty.
Territory vs. Charles and Robert Bar-
bee (5 counts) was then taken up.
These parties were indicted by the
last grand jury for stealing domestic
animals. Yesterday Ross& Anderson,
attorneys for defendants, made the
point that the grand jury that made
these indictments Was not properly
drawn, and was illegal. Judge Gillette
quashed the indictments and held the
defendents to the next grand jury.
In case of Territory vs. .las. Banks,
for stealing domestic animals in 4
counts, the bond was declared forfeited.
The Territory vs Jim Harrold, in-
dicted on four counts, for cattle steal-
ing, has been occupying the attention
of the court nearly all day, and is still
on trial.
HASTINGS NEWS.
Mrs. H. II Jones has recovered from
a severe siege of grippe and is on duty
again a* Sunny Slope farm.
We are now having a coal famine
and wo >d hasn't don- a thing but ad-
vance twenty-five cents on the load,
and cotton is not worth burning.
John Crumpton boasts that he has
the bes* well in Hastings. He says he |
drew one hundred and five buckets of
water out of it in six hours and still
there was water to spare.
The Odd Fellowi h tve been inereas- \
ing their membership quite rupidly of
late. The b ys have secured several
ni w applicati ns for membership and
the goat's w hiskers have been trim-
med and stroked for the initiation.
Teachers' Examination.
The following is a list of the teachers
and the cei tificates awarded at the ex-
amination held Jan. 27th and 28th,
1906.
B. B. Brertoo, second grade.
Chas. L. Bullard, third grade.
Bland Beauehanip, second grade.
Mrs. W. N. Clifford, second grade.
E. A. Carlock, second gr ide.
J. A. Dickson, second grade.
J. II. Fortner, second grade.
Geo. W. Hange- , second grade.
Mrs. K. L Holbrooks, third grade.
W.D. Hughs, second grade,
Ethel Jeffrey, second „rade.
Jamison Paul, third grade.
Lovely Lou, third grade.
II. G. Marshal, third grade.
Frank Neel, ser md grade.
Venetta Neff, thi.'d grad •.
Z. Roberts, third grade.
Grace Rob -ron , third grade.
Jas. A. Stipp, third grade.
E. L. Sell idgc, thir I grade.
Bejie Sit; n, second grade.
Nellie Swarz, second grade.
W. S. Ta man, third yrade.
MeCo d Wilson, third grade.
Kul v Weathers, third grade.
The Memphis Commercial Appeal
says it does not undertake to advise
the planters to hold their cotton; for
it realizes that that is a matter which
should be left to the individual judg-
ment of the men who raise the cotton :
The time has come when the plant-
ers must begin to look ahead ; and they
should adopt a programme that will fit
every season, not merely one. The
short crop of last season that brought
over $800,000,000 had the effect of in-
creasing the acreageof a large percent-
age, and making nearly every planter
frantic to raise more cotton. sces-
sarily this will be followed by a reduc-
tion of acreage next year. Thus the
pendulum swings from one extreme to
another.
"The solution of the present difficulty
would be to market the crop gradually
to reduce the acreage next year, and to
diversify the crops. If the farmer
would begin by arranging his affairs so
that lie could make a living on his
plantation, he would soon be inde-
pendent. There is no reason why every
planter in the south should not raise
all the vegetables he needs, all the pigs
and cattle, and corn to feed them, and
make cotton his surplus crop. He
should, in short, be able to live off his
farm, and feed all his "hands," and
let his profit come from the cotton.
"In order to protect themselves it is
necessary that the planters should re-
duce the acreage. The ginnnrs' re-
port yesterday would indicate that
nearly 13,000,000 bales of cotton had
been ginned. Whatever we may think
as to the accuracy of these reports,
there can be little doubt that the
south has raised too much^cotton for
its financial health. The volume must
be reduced, and it should be reduced
in such a way that the least possible
variation in the size of the crop may
be attained. It is simply suicidal for
the planters to follow up a short crop,
by planting all the cotton [they can
and glutting the market. When the
acreage has been reduced to normal
dimensions, then a gradual yearly in-
;rtasi -responding with the gradual
increase of the woi.d's demands for
cotton goods might be permissible.
But the remedy is largely in the
planter's own hands, and unless he
applies it conscientiously, we are apt to
see alternations of prosperity and hard
times, the planter being prosperous
and the spinner undone one year,
while the planter is undone and the
spinner prosperous the next."
CONFERENCE
Resolution Introduced in the
House Asks Conference
With Senate.
Washington, Feb. 14.—Representa-
tive Tawney of Minnesota, the repub-
lican whip, introduced a resolution to-
lay which discharges the committee on
territories from consideration of the
statehood bill, di-agr. es to the senate
amendment and asks a conference
with the smate. Th- plan is to have
the resolution rep .rted from the com
mittee in the near future, it having
been ascertained that enough republi-
cans ill v >te for th^ rule to secure its
adoption aid send the statehood bill to
J. A. Wisda,third grade, conference^
Nursery Stock. Sisson's Appreciation.
I have a tu 1 line of ,:i kinds of mm- Ned Sisson, the handsomep.nd affable
cry stock, including all rarities of shade "IV 'let clerk, says this is the first time
trees, direct from the nursery. Price "> three y ars that ho has seiured the
out - half what you pay egints. See j 0011 rt do ki t nht-ad of time. They
me I can save yo >ney. I were printed at 'he Constitution office
W. li 71'jEnve. where the boys know how to print.
i Ned knows and ■ ppreciates a neat
Rev. Carpenti n w >f Apache, but' j,,i) 0f printing and that is the sort he
tempting to intimida e a witness, 1; formerly - viai -hurch Aill get since the county work is now
conspiracy, 3; making fraudulent at this f on our alrei s today. 1 being done at the Constitution office,
claims against th > U lited States, 7; "
murder, lj larceny, 2.
t envir-
on contract, 1; on contract and can-
cellation of leas", 1; bankruptcy, 1.
United States Cases.
The United States cases arranged on
the calendar for the present term of
the seventh j dicial district court in
and for Comanche county show the
number for cacti cause to boas follows:
CRIMINAL.
Disposing, (selling whiskey) 13; at-
a N. P. Shabert Co.
Bonded Ab«trfitters.
Tha Chase Hide and Fur House will
buy ml your hides, rubber and junk
and pny the highest c sh prices. 419 j
Third street, south of land office, if
K \ KM AND CITY LOAN'S
310 C Avenue, Opposite P. O.
Wi; WILL BOND YOU.
LAWTON, OK LA.
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