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The Lawton Constitution.
OFFICIAL PAPER OF COMANCHE COUNTY AND OF THE PEOPLE.
Vol. III.
WEEKLY EDITION
LAWTON, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1905.
WEEKLY EDITION
No. T9
PEN
The Comiiib Country.
The opportunity for the man of little
means in probably bet'er today in the
prairie states of the southwest than
CYCLONE
Fair Association Meets.
The diroctortof the Comanche Coun-
■ ty Fair Association held a meeting last
i evening. They decided to hold an en-
Three Offenders Off For Lan- ever before in the history of the nation. Terrific Storm Reported At | tertainm nt on Saturday, Augusts, the
sing, Kansas to Serve
Time.
From Monday's Daily Constitution.
Sheriff Hammond and Deputy Sig-
man left on the morning Hock Island
train for Lansing. Kansas They were
in custody of E. M. Dixon, William
Smiley and William Ridley, all of whom
are under sentances to the territorial
penitentiary. The two former go for a
period ol two years and the latter for
four years.
Dixon and Smiley were jointly
charged with the murder of Ed Wynne,
a brother of a homesteader in the
Wichita mountains on August 14,1902.
]n May 1902 a forciable entry and
detainer suit was brought by A. P.
Wynne, the homesteader,against A. E
Nelson, W, S. and L. T. Smiley. This
case was tritd before Justice Dan
Widmer, and on May 28 was decided in
favor of Wynne. On June 11, the case
was appealed and is still pending in the
district court.
E. M. Dixon went onto the place with
the Smilejs who were holding a mining
claim upon the Wynne property.
Dixon, it is alleged, had promised to
leave the premises and take his mules. productive country
' The chance of pre-empting claims or
of taking up lands under government
laws is gone and will not return again.
It is a different kind of opening that
lies before the settler and its promise
is of exceeding brightness. Its best
opportunity is shown in the great
southwest where the transformation is
going on and where the conditions of
soil and climxte are in harmony with
the waiffl skies and temperate winds.
To the man who is not satisfied with
his conditions, the southwest has an
inviting future.
Along the line of the Missouri, Kan-
sas & Texas railway, there are vast
acres of unimproved lands awaiting
willing hands to make them yield the
bountiful cropb of which the land is
capable. There is a need of stores,
factories and new business of every
description.
"It is the finestkind of an opportunity
in the finest section of the United
States. The southwest is unexcelled
for the variety and fertility of its soils,
and for its climate. Its people are
progressive and up-to-date, its religious
and educatioual facilities are as good
as can be found elsewhere.
The M. K. Sc T. R'y has no lands for
sale, but is interested in building up
It is believed
Montague, Texas, Killing
Many People.
I anniversary of Lawton, at ihe city
driving park. There will be races and
other forms of entertainment!). Every-
thing will be first class in every respect.
Details are being pushed to make the
From Thursday's Dally Coni itutlon. (air thjH fa]1 g 8UCCP8B- The premium
E. E. Shipley received a telephone ,jgt Jg completed and win be out soon,
message from his brother-in-law at I'ol. Reeves was chosen to go among
Montague, Texas this morning stating (he business men and see what they
that a cyclone struck that place last were wiiijng t0 give in the way or spec-
evening and twenty five people had 1&, preiniumg_
been killed. Montague is Mr. Shipley s , Everything is progressing nicely to-
old home *nd his two daughters are wards a Bplendid fltir thiH fan.
now visiting there. The message did \
not state that either of them was in
jured.
MERGED
In Honor of Miss Anderson.
An unusually merry picnic was held
on the Fourth of July evening •it the
'Lost Bridge" on Cicse ( reek, given
Commercial Club Goes Out of by Mrs. W. ll. Shaffer, in honor of her
Existance For Chamber
Of Commerce.
Corn and Hogs.
Chairman Ove Harris of the Demo-
Fort Worth, Tex. July5. —Atornado eratic County Central Committee, is
which struck in the upper edge of Mon- (l?oitig into the hog business. He will
Ed and A. P. Wynne and John Ury
wei t to ask Dixon to take his mu!es
away and vacate. As they came back
they passed the Smiley and Dixon tent
and right then the shooting began. It
thst the southwest has brighter pros-
pects and offere better opportunities
than any other sec ion. Seeing is be-
lieving, For that reason the southwest
courts investigation of the conditions
CREDITORS
is alleged that all t he gun either Wynne J as they exiBt. Anyone desirous of
or Ury had was a 38 revolver which A ] iearning more of the southwest, will
P. Wynne was carrying. Ed Wynne do well to ^dress, G orge Morton,
was shot and killed. j general passenger and ticket agent,
W illiam Ridley was found guilty of Missouri, Kansas & Texas R'y, Box
manslaughter. Having killed M. L. <,09) LOUi3, Mo.
Vaughn, his son-in-law in Lawtou ——
on November 25, 1903. Walter Tucker
of Tluncaa was also arrested and tried
jointly with Ridley but came clear. It
was alleged that Vauphn had come
here >o tee his divorced wife and when j)efunct Bank Qf Lawton—
about to say good bye to her the fatal . n n j
shot was fired. Vaughn lived but a Claims Will Be F ISSed
few hours after the shooting. Upon by Court.
All three men took an appeal to the
supreme court, which affirmed the de-
cision of the lower court.
tague county, coming from the north-
east and swinging far to the southeast,
this afternoon caused the loss, it is
believed of forty lives, injured a large
number of people and did untold dam-
to growing crops and cattle.
At Jacksboro the force of the wind
was terrific. The Baptist church and
twenty other buildings were blown off
their foundations and a number of
buildings were totally destroyed.
At Montague nine lives were lost in
the town, but in the country great loss
o! life is reported. The wires are
down in all directions, and it is difficult
to get particul irs. Ten persons are
known to be dead in the neighborhood
of Montague. Most of those killed lived
on Salt creek, along which the torna-
do passed a few miles to the south,
and later lists gives the dead at four-
teen and the injured at f ourty-one.
combine business with his service to
his country *nd when he goes to Okla-
homa City Wednesday to root for
statehood, he is going to purchase ten
of the finest Poland China sows that
he can buy. He will purchase regis-
tered stock. Ove will raise a world of
corn this year and like the Missourian
that he is, thinks there is nothing that
will beat corn and hogs for making
money or i Oklahoma farm.
The members of the Lawton Com-
mercial Club met last evening to wind
up the business of that organization.
Fred Monier was accepted as a mem-
ber of the club. Dr. Tuilis of the city
hospital made a report regarding the
money collected and expended incarry-
ing for the Snyder patients He reports
that there was collicted $713.36 and of
this 8699.52 has been spent in medical
aid and provisions. This leaves a credit
of 813.73 on hand. But there are bills
outstanding to the amount of 8Ht9 95
leaving deficit of $96 22. The report
was accepted. The board of directors
of the club and of the hospital we:e di-
rected to go before t he city council and
ask them to pay the balance of #96.
The Commercial Club adjourned and jfyjng
Mrs. W. S. Powell Dead
Mrs. W. S. Powell, who lives twelve
miles southwest of Lawton, died last
night of a congestive chill. She was
thirty-two years of age and leaves a
husband and two children to mot > n
her loss. The remains will be entered |
Arrested at Cache.
Uuited States Marshal, John Aber-
natfcy, arrested Ed Kitchens at Cach"
on tfie Fourth, on the charge of selling
liquor to Indians. He was brought to
! Lawton yesterday and went before
' Judge Blanding, United States court
commissioner. He waived examin-
ation and was bound over in the sum
! of 8500 to await the action of the fed-
eral grand jury.
Were Naturalized.
The district court in special session
the members of the Chamber of Coin
merce convened with vice president
P. D. Anderson in the chair. The com-
mittee on constitution and by-laws
made its report which was adopted.
The following members were elect-
ed to constitute the board of directors:
Messrs R. J. Ray, T. H. Dunn, D. R.
Rankin, P. D. Anderson. W. M. Smith,
Chas. Mitschricb and J. D. Kamsey.
The names of R. J. Ray, president,
P. D. Anderson, vice president, W. M.
Smith, second vice president, O. P. M.
and J. E. Jarvis,
sister, Miss hmma Anderson, of Lin-
coln. Nebraska. Mrs. Decker assisted
in chaperoning the following young
people: Homer Hammonds, Ed Kel-
son, Mac Tilton, M' Elhoes, jchn
Chaney, of julBa, I. T., Prof. Abbott,
Edward and James Timmon6 and the
Misses Nell Bonner, Lucretia Decker,
Nellie Wolverton, Ruby darner, Lily
Riley, (lertie Schwartie, Clara Hix,
Fiank darner, Jessie Rhoades, Blanch
Morton, and Miss Emma Anderson.
The crowd went out in a large wagon
loaded With icecream, cake and fruit.
After reaching camp and doing jusUce
to the "go.idies," all indulged in
games, speeches, and recitations, in
which Ed Nelson and John Chaney
did themselves proud. Nell Bonner
and Lucretia Decker both claimed
honors as leaders in song. Our very
"famous" Edward Timmons was as
usual a great attraction in his speech-
ln the late evening all re-
turned, delighted with the trip and
voting Mesdames Shaffer and Decker
the best of hostesses.
Three More Wells.
The Deming Oil company has drilled
all the wells required by the contract
with the city. Thqy are not satisfied
with wells already drilled, or with the
number of holes and they will drill
three mure welis before discontinuing
the work.
, . . . . ijutler, secretary
in the Lawton cemetery tomorrow af- '
treasurer wtrethe officers cuosen to be
ternoon at 3 o clock. , ,, , , ..
recommended to th * directors of the
Chamber of Commerce to be asted up-
on by them.
Th-y were chosen by 'he board of
today issued naturalization P"!'"™ | direCtorB a9 the officers to hold until
O'a l'ierson formerly of Sweden and
llerniaR Hilbert of Germany.
DEATH
Asylum Case.
Guthrie, Ok'.a , July 9.—As a resu't;
of the decision of Judge Bayard D.
Hainer, granting the injunction as
petitioned by the Oklahoma Sanitarium
company, the insane asylum will
remain at Norman for at least another
jear, and in all probabilities untilafter
statehood is secured.
The trustees of Fort Supply asylum
are tied up hands and feet, and cannot
proceed with any repairs at the asylum
or the crectioh of the electric and steam
heating plants. Nothing whatever can
be done until the supreme court acts.
Attorney General Simons^ is of the
opinion that the legislative act of 1903
prevents the removal of the asylum,
until such a time as a railroad is in
operation to Fort Supply, is class legis-
lation and is therefore illegal, in that it
6eeks to perpetrate the contract held
by the Oklahoma S-i Ht.irium company.
Norther is Coming.
From Friday's Dally Constitution. J The July weather will be exceedingly
Judge F. E. Gillett is holding a spec- i warm next Thursday, says 'he weather
ial term of district court at the district ; man, but the Epworth League of thu
court clerk's office today and tomorrow m. E church South, have contracted
for the purpose of stratghtenii g out j0 have a norther come on that date,
Brave Frisco Brakeman Ter-
riably Mangled in Yards
at Cement.
Fine Rain.
This morning there rapidly came up
a 6torm in the north and at 9:16 it
began to blow a furious gale which was
followed by a small rain. The gentle
shower lasted an hour doing much good
to the growing crops.
Waltei njuncticn Dissolved.
Judge Gillette dissolved the tempor-
ary injunction Sa'irdnv by which th<j
taewly ejected officers i>i the towil
■ it Walter were restrained from taking
charge of the offices. 'Ihe ca>e will
now come upon the merits in which the
right of the old offers and the new
under the law will be In aid. Wolverton
& Henderson are the attorneys for the
new officers.
Burglarized Store.
From Monday's Dally Constitution.
Sam Cannon's store Wuo t-uur.-il
last eve ling from the rear by some
unkno n party. A pair of shoes, other
clothing, a pair of cufi buttons and
tmall change left in the cash drawer
were taken.
The burglar lias not yet been appre-
hended.
the matters of prefered claims in the
defunct Hank of La.vUvi.
The case is one in which the city
treasurer, J. S. McDuffie, wa^ also
cashier and manager of a private bank
in which public monies of the city were
deposited by t hi-city treasurer in the
bank of which he was cashier and
manager. The city had on deposit
$23,809.52. The contention is that if the
city can identify the funds deposited,
or show that the money it seeks to
impress includes the trust property
or the proceeds thereof it will be en-
titled fo a preference ever the deposit-
ors of the bank, and its claims paid in
full.
The theory of the city is that public
monies deposited by a public officer in
a bank of which he is cashier is im-
mediately impressed as a trust fund
and if the trust funds have been
mingled with other monies of the bank
of which it forms a part a lieu is cre-
ated upon such mass of rnoney for the
Value of the trust (UndfL
which will brii g a perfectsnow storm
of ice cream. All people are warned
to be prepared f >r the occasion, for
the freezing comes at one full swoop.
The core of the storm will alight on
the beautifnl lawn at the rear of the M.
E. church South, but snow fl ikes will
fall all over town. If you can't got in
on the euro proposition, you will have
the opportunity of receiving flakes at
your own door.
Were Not Discharged.
The statement publi-hed in the
Guthrie Capital to the effect that Pri-
vate Shaw and Parrish had been dis-
honorably discharged was an error.
These men were reprimanded and
fined after a court martial trial, but
they are still with the company and
doubtless will he good from now on.
From Friday's Dally Constitution.
I. S. Leobo, a Frisco brakeman, met
an awful death at one o'clock yesterday
aioertioon while al his post of du'y in
the Cement yards. Leobo was apply-
ing the break on a box car when the
brake rod instantly broke into and
threw him between the cars. The train
was rapidly moving and gave him no
show to save himself from the terri
ble death that confronted him. He fell
across the track and ten cars loaded
with cement ran over his body, server-
ing his head, one leg and one arm
from the remainder of the body. His
entire body was more or less cut to
pieces.
Mr. Leobo is a married man and lias
a family. He made his home at Okla-
homa City. The remains were care-
fully gathered and shipped to Okla
hoina City yesterday on the afternoon
passenger train.
the regular election in December.
I he board of directors of the Com-
mercial Club were instructed to turn
the property of the club over to the
directors of the Chamber of Commerce.
Pleasant Party.
Miss Ida and Mr. Tom Lewis enter-
taii.cd a number of their young friends
at their pleasant home on Beal addition
last evening. Games of various charac-
ters weie played during the evening.
An ^excellent luncheon ^consisting of
sherbet, cake, fruit and nuts wns serv- j
ed. Those who enjoyed the evening!
were: Mr. and Mrs. Lee 8. Eckles, |
Missts Blanch and Nannie Newton,
Edna Brewer, Bessie McClung, Nellie
and Mable Wolverton, Jessie lthodes,
Zola Decker, Frank and Ruby Garner,
Emma Anderson, Lillian Riley, Ida
Lew is, Messrs Tom and Lee Lewis, II.
MILITARY
Adj. Gen. Discharges Three
Members Who Were
Court Martialed.
Adjutant General Burlingame has
issued an order dishonorably discharg.
ing from the militia services of the ter-
ritory, Private Wm. E. Emerick, of
the engineer corps, by reason of court
martial passed upon him for leaving
the [ lit during time of guard duty, in
violation of the 38tl\ article of war.
Emeri k is charged with leaving on
two separate occasions without con-
sent, for which hew.is court mat tialed.
Two other members of the Okla-
M. Tilton, Ray Kirk, Floyd Kimbell, ....
I homa national guard Were also dishon-
Freeman, S. I. McElhoeB, John Char- „ .
orably discharged, Private Robert L.
ev, L. J. Abbott, Bert Stewart.
■ ' __ Parrich and Private Liirman E. Shaw,
Buys a Hotel. j members of the engineer corps. They
,, . „ ii ii were reprimanded by the court martial
County Commissioner Frank HhiI r *
has purchased the Palace Hotel at1 '
Waurika. Mr. Hall was certainly cut]
out for a hottd man. Good natnred,
even disposition and well kept, he will ;
not only be a good advertisment for j
liis hotel but his social qualities will i
Off To Buffalo.
Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Boggs left today
for Buffalo w'Here Mr. Boggs goes to
attend a National Convention of the
The city attorney represents the city j Elkg. (,n his way home he will visit,
in the case. Judge \\. C. Stevens is (Chicago and points in Pennsylvania
the attorney for the receiver, and sev- ] an(J ohiQ
eral attorneys of the city represents the j „ '
creditors of the bank. Armory MOVillg.
In the ovent the court decid s that' The armory of the Lawton Engineer
the city funds are prefered oVer other Corps is being moved from its former
claims, depositors will gvt very lit'le. ! location to Fifth and C avenue. They
Should the court decide that the city will occupy the building two doors
in st take the chances with > ther cred- west of the Red store.
. ,<rs, the city will be short something ] ~
like812000, and suit will be brought Moving Oil Drill.
against the surety company that was The Deming people experienced
on the McDuffie bond. i-ome dslay by the breaking of their
traction engine, as repairs had to be
Amyous cripple? Consult a mag ^ fQr arc moV, t0 the
netie healer. Hundreds have thrown
away their crutches or canes and , fourth well today and will begin drill-
walked. Why hot you? 3t ing tomorrow.
Buys a Newspaper. the readers of this paper. He is an old
F. C. Carter, formerly on Sheriff hotel man of 15 years experience and
Hammonds fore ■, has embarked in the he will 110 doubt continue to make the
for conducting themselves to the prej-
i u lice of g od order and military dici-
plin in the violation of the 62nd article
of war.
It was ordered that a severe repri-
mand be administered to them by Cop-
, , , .... ,, -r, tain Frank B. King, commanding
make his housepepular witn all. Tin' e" *
.. oflieer of the engineer corps.
W aurika News says: i *
.... ,, ,, , . . , .. Adjutant General Hurlingame issued
"Mr. Hall needs no introduction to | ' *
an honorable discharge to Musician C.
W. Weller of the (ngiiieer corps, upon
his own appllca'ion, approved by his
newspaper business, having purchased ( Palace Hotel a home which the weary
the Frederic k Leader from Col. J. C
Bayne. The style of the new publisjj
ing firm is, K.C. Cavter & Co.
Ben FrankliujsgL_«
Franklin has
re room
Landers.
rlawyer and is
jraveler will enjoy getting to.
aurika is on( ' the bet-t
on the road.
tVe heartly welcome Mr. I all
family to our town."
hotel
and
... I
into
recei
Visiting Lawton.
Dr. G. W. Henderson of West Cairo,
Ohio, is in the city today. The doctor
IKle thing in the firm is taking a vacation and w HIe in the
- city is the guest of Rev. Sowers. 11°
oni aoWPH. J
4^ is also looking over our country and is
citle Shipment. much surprised at thewonderf.^k,
I we have made.
loads of cattle were j
the Kansas City market;
company commander.
Deserters Caught.
Privates Rogers and C. E. Gilmore
of the 13th. battery of artillery from
Wyoming left the post last evening
without permission The officers of the
post telephoned to chief Heck Thomas
asking him to look after them andcap-
ture them if postjib'.e. The arrests were
made this morning and the post offi-
cers notitleu. A detail was sei:t down ,
this qftterpoon for them.
J, Hunter Williams of the Ana:!srKo
Tribune came down last evening oti a
jutof tiie big government vi8il wilh the Constitution family, Jfje
Geo. Burnett, one of, j8 |)Uilding up a line business at Ana-
lessees, did the shipping, i darko and is well pleased with hit «ev. 1
tars made up the trains. location.
r
V.Elgin Townsite.
The Elgin townsite case come up in
the local land ' ffice today having to be
re-submiued. Sometime ago ^the gen-
eral land office cancelled the cash entry,
Later the townsite asked to be reinstat-
ed. Jo this Logan Fain filed a protest.
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