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The Lawton Constitution.
„... „ nrD nc roMANCHE COUNTY AND OF THE PEOPLE. —
OFFICIAL PAPER OF COMANCHE COUNTY AND OF THE PEOPLE.
No. 27.
WEEKLY EDITION
LAWTON, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14. *905-
WEEKLY EDITION
Vol. Ill
White Parent Heir
PARKINSON
SEEDING
LEGISLATURE
May Be Called in Extra Ses-
sion to Straighten Jury
Muddle.
Guthrie, Okla., Sep. 7.—District
Judge Phillips of the United Statas
court of appeals, at St. Louis, in a re-
cent appeal makes it impossible for
any grand juries, either federal or ter-
ritorial, to be empaneled in Oklahoma
until either a new election is held, in
order to straighten out the poll books
throughout the territory, or a special
session of the legislature is called to
straighten out the bad state of affairs.
The opinion of Judge Phillips was ren-
dered in the case of Asa Sharpe vs. the
United States, an appeal from the su-
preme court of Oklahoma. Sharpe
was convicted of the charges of solic-
iting and accepting bribes in leasing
Indian lands while he was agent for
the Pone aand Otoe Indians in North-
ern Oklahoma. He was sentenced to
eerve four years at hard labor and pay
additional heavy fine®. His attorney
appealed to the Oklahoma supreme
court, which affirmed the lower federal
court, and afterwards appealed to the
circuit court of appeals at St. Louis.
This court ordered the incictment dis-
missed against Sharpe, for the reason
that the grand jury, which indicted
himwas illegally drawn, under the
statutes of Oklahoma.
"This opinion," said CassiusR. Peck
assistant United States attorney, in
speaking of the m -itter, "places both
the federal and territorial courts in a
position where they will be unable to
do any business before a grand jury foi
a year and a half, at which time an-
other legislature will meet and un-
tangle the mass. Unless (a special
session of the legislation is called, the
federal courts will be unable to do any
criminal business |whatever,?and the
territorial courts can do none unless
the supreme court of Oklahoma shall
overrule the decision of the circuit
of appeals. Such a ruling by the su-
preme court would allow territorial
criminal business to go ahead un-
checked, as there is no appeal from the
Oklahoma npfme court in territorial
criminal cases. This, however, would
not aid the federal court in disposing
of|the eriminal business, for the reason
that appeals may be taken in |federal
criminal cases from the supreme court
to the circuit court of appeals, and all
would bo dismissed on the same
grounds as was the Sharpe case."
In deciding the Sharpe caB« Judge
Phillips holds the statute is maledic-
tory in connection with the manner
prescribed for empaneling grand
juries. Prior to this decision by
Phillips the supreme court had held
that statutes covering the empaneling
of two juries, could be interpreted at
the discretion of the presiding judge,
a decision directly oontrary to the
Phillips opinion, the territorial grand
juries mar be e paneled, but the
phillips opijion must be given prece-
dent in handling federal criminal
cases.
According to the Phillips] opinion,
making the statutes malidictory, there
was no poll book in Oklahoma legally
made up; therefore, a legal set of
grand jurymen can not be drawn
from the poll books. There is no gen-
eral election until November of next
year and no legal jury can be drawn
until a new set of proprly prepared
poll books have been secured. The
only remedy is c special session of the
legislature. This may be called.
Played to Fine House.
The Stater Madison Square Garden
company were greeted last night by a
large audience notwithstanding the
'k-eatning appearance of the heavens.
I and every night's play is of the
? sest and anyone who fails to at-
I 4 these operas will miss a great
treat. It was a fine thing for our peo-
ple that it was so this exceptionally fine
company was permitted to stay in
Lawton for several nights. The play
last night, "Kentuck" was a very
pleasing opera. Tonight they will put
on "Papa's Boy" and tomorrow night
the "Devil's Island" will be given. No
one should miss attending this opera
Excellent Workmanship.
The inspection of the sanitary sys-
tem is not quite completed, but wi!'.
be as soon as the weather clears up.
Chief Engineer, Chas. Gordon states
.that as far as the inspection has been
made, the system has been found to be
in perfect accordance with the con-
tract.
Senator T. P. Gore returned home
last evening from a trip over Northern
Oklahoma. He reports fine rains over
that portion of the territory.
County Fairs in Oklahoma.
Guthrie, Sept. 10.—During the next
two months, county fairs will be held
in Oklahoma as follows:
Woods county fair at Jet, week of
September 4.
Garfield county fair at Enid, week of
September 11.
Pawnee county fair at Blackburn,
September 13, 14 and 15.
Day county fair at Grand, Septem-
ber 29 and 30.
Grant county fair at Jefferson, week
of October 2.
Central Woods county fair at Car-
men, October 4 to 6.
Kay county fair at Newkirk, week of
October 9
Ncrthern Grant county fair at Deer
Creek, week of October 9.
Northern Kay county fair at Black-
well, week of October 10
Greer county fair at Altus, October
23 and 24.
Oklahoma Agriculture Ex-
perimental Station Gives
Valuable Pointers
Hunting Corner Stones.
Hoy Campbell has just returned
from a trip to the big pasture and says
that parties looking for corner stones
are burning off all the grass in the re-
serve. The fires seem to originate in
the vicinity of Chattanooga. The
grass has been burnt off most of the
land in all the former openings
Frederick Enterprise.
Frisco Improving.
The Frisco is improving its yards in
this city. They are filling in around
the rreight house with chats shipped
here from the Joplin smelters. This
material makes the best of ballasting.
Already two car loads have bee-un-
loaded. In all, nearly twenty car loads
will be used.
COTTON
The Southern Association
Names Ten Cents as
Minimum Price.
Asheville, N. C., Sept. 9 -The
Southern Cotton association in con-
vention established a minimum price
of 10 cents for the incoming cotton
crop. This action was reached after a
four hour's struggle in the minimum
price committee's room this afternoon
and at a joint secret conference of that
committee and the general committee.
After the announcement of the esti-
mate of the crop yield of 1906 and 1906
the fight narrowed down to two fac-
tions—one holding out for lO'-g cents
and the other for 11 cents, notwith-
standing that fact that an outside ele-
ment clamored for 12 ceqts.
Some of the growers this afternoon
were inclined to the opinion that the
unexceptionally short yield crop re-
port would have a tendency to push
the minimum to 12 cents, but it was
known that these predictions would
not be fulfilled when the price com-
mittee emerged from its caucus at
«:4fi o'clock.
Mrs. Sheplor's Lecture.
Mrs. Sheplor gave a fine temperance
lecture to the people of Beaver Bend,
on Sabbath evening, September 3rd,
and as usual had the attention of her
audience. Her addieBS sank deep in
th e hearts of her hearers. The moth-
ers present were helped and encour-
aged, and the young people inspired to
greater effort in the temperance work.
The W. C. T. U. have cause to be
proud of th eir president, Mrs. Sheplor,
who isa faithful worker for the success
of the temperance cause in Comanche
county.
Guardian Appointed.
Mrs. Mary Yielding of Lawton,
made application yesterday in the
probate court, to be appointed guard-
dian of Viola Steinlauf, a girl of fifteen
years, the youngest sister of Mrs. F.
R. I)ol8on, deceased. There being no
protest filed against the petition, Mrs.
Yielding was appointed guardian of
Miss Steinlauf.
The proof of will of Mrs. Dolson was
postponed until Saturday at 3 o'clock.
Fine Rain.
Lawton and Comanche county was
visited by a fine rain yesterday and
today. It will be of immense value to
the growing crop and will put the
ground in fine condition for fall and
winter planUng. A large amount of
alfalfa will be planted between now
and the 16th of the month.
Many Homeseekers.
A large number of northern and
eastern homeseekers arrived in the
io:ty yesterday.
At the experimental station at Still"
water:
For early seeding, plats were seeded
from the 10th to 20th of September;
for medium seeding from 10th to 20th
of October; late see.hnfc' 10th to 20th
of November. This plan was carried
out for five years—1899-00 to 1903-4,
with the exception that there was no
late seeding done in the fall of 1902,
iue to the ground being too wet at the
time the seeding should have been
made. The different seedings aver-
aged as folio we, per acre:
Early, 24.28 bushel; medium, 27.49
bushel; late 17:38.
The quality of grain from the late
seeded plants was always much poorer
than that from the other seedings. Al-
most without exceptien the late seed-
ings were severely damaged by rust,
while the earlier seedings escsped,
more or less.
During several seasons ♦he very
early seeding was bnt little different
from the very late seeding; generally
the best jields were from seedings
made from the 20th of September to
the 10th of October. Where the wheat
is to be used for pasture, seeding ten
days earlier is desirable if later seed-
ing is not necessary to escape certain
insects.
AMOUNT OF SEED PER ACRE.
The desirable number of wheat
plants per acre will vary with the soil
and its location and the season. By
the natural habit of tillering or stool-
ing, the plants tend to regulate the
stand themselves. Within reasonable
linrts, they will do so if certain con-
ditions are present. Under any cir-
cumstances, some stool plantsare pro-
duced and these go to make up part
of the stand, but to what extent to de-
pend upon the tillering to furnish the
stand, is a question, as weil as how
many plants there should be per acre.
While not as important as some fac-
tors in wheat culture, the quantity of
seed wheat to be used per acre, should
be given some attention.
In the experiments at the station,
plats seeded at the rate of five to six
pecks per acre usually give better
yields than plats seeded at the rate of
firee to four pecks per acre, but the
yields differed but little from those on
plats seeded at the rate of eight pecks
per acre.
The time of seeding, the character
and location of the soil, the kind of
seed and the season, were all found to
influence the results. Late seeding re-
quires more seed per acre as the plants
do not have time in which to tiller that
early seeded plants do. A properly
prepared seed bed or dry weather will
lessen the number of stools produced.
A variety of wheat that has a large
berry will not contain as many seeds
as one with a small berry, and -vhen
seeded at the same rate per a< -e will
not produce so many plants per acre
at the time the plants come up, but the
fact should be borne in mind that till-
ering may equalize the stand later.
A good, rich soil, where there is
plenty of moisture, will cause wheat
to tiller much more than a poor soil,
and if the seeding is done early
enough a thin seeding might come out
all right on a rich soli when it would
not on a poor soil. But the fact should
be borne in mind that the fertile soil
iscapableof sustaining and maturing
more plants per square foot that the
poor soil.
The stalks produced by the plants
tillering, and particularly those thrown
out late in the fall or spring, are later
in heading and maturing than the
plantB that spring from the Beed, and
suffer more from ruBt and chinch bugs
and produce a poorer quality of grain
which reduces the yield.
For the above reasons moderately
thick seeding is the safest and gives
the best results as a rule. The experi-
ment station seeds wheat at the rate
ef six pecks per acre. Foor to five
are sufficient for counties in the west-
ern part of the territory, in most
cases.
City Lost Suit.
The supreme court has decided the
case of Mrs. Fannie McAdams vb. the
city of Lawton, in favor of Mrs. Mc-
Adams. By this decision she wine
11,250. In January 1902, Mrs. Mc-
Adams fell into an open ditch in the
city at the corner of Fourth and D
avenue and received injuries. She im-
mediately instituted a damage suit
against the city. The district court
decided in the plaintiff's favor and the
city appealed the case to the supreme
court with the above result. Messrs.
Cease tc Whalin and Chas. Mitsctrich
represented the plaintiff Fred Ellis,
ex-city attorney, represented the city.
The Governor Names the
Right Man for County
Commissioner.
Dies of Wound.
Dempsy Gilmore, colored, who was
shot tLiough the calf of the leg last
Sunday at the hands of Sam Wilker-
son, died last evening. The trouble
leading up to the difficulty was the
falling out over a poker game which
was participated in by these two and
others. Wilkerson was soon taken in
charge by the officials, after a short
search among the bushes on Squaw
creek. He was later turned over to
the county officers and is now in the
county jail.
The attending physicians thinking
that they might 6ave Gilmore, on
Tuesday amputated his leg
Indian Payment.
The Indian payment if now progress-
ing in the Rainey Mountain district,
and will last all week. Next week the
Indians will rt ceive their pay at Ana-
darko.
CROWD
Of 5,000 People Attended the
County Fair Thursday
Afternoon.
From Friday's Daily ConstltuUon.
The largest crowd that attended the
Comanche county fair either this year
or last, was the one that witnessed the
race** on yesterday afternoon. It was
estimated that 6,000 people were in at-
tendance.
The band from Walter came up to
furnish music and they were accom-
panied by a large delegation from
that city. The farmers and citizens of
adjoining towns came to lawton in
1 arge numbers and they all took in the
sights at the grounds. The attractions
yesterday were the best of the week.
Among the principal features of the
program was an automobile exhi-
bition given by J. M. Powers, owner
of the large > amblerj model. This
was given on the track in front of the
grand Btand. In the automobile rode
J. M. Powers, Mayor Jones, Guy Rob-
ertson.
Among the best [races was the 2:40
trot in three heats. This was a race
for #100 divided up in $90, $30 and $10
prizes. The horses to enter were Lad
Hamon, owned hy J. L. Hamon, Tom
Binder, owned by Joe Conaster, Maud
L, owned by A. Lair, of Frederick,
andCelam. The result of the race by
heat with the horses in the order
above given are:
First heat, 3. 2,1,4.
Second heat, 4, 3, 1, 2.
Third heat, 4, 3,1, 2.
In the second and third heats Celam
was set back to fourth place for pacing.
In the one-fourth mile dash, the
horses came out as follows: Idle Boy,
first; Josie Hill, second; Frank, third;
Bessie, fourth. Dobbins was left at
the pole. Eight horses were Btarted
in the Indian race. In the white man
and Indian race the result was as fol-
lows: Wiley, Indian, first; Dobbins,
white, second; Billy, Indian, third;
Old Joe, white, fourth.
The farmer's race was postponed on
account of not sufficient horses to
start. The one mile novelty race was
entered by Sleepy Ginger, Oklahoma
Tom, Queen Vic and Johnnie D. Be-
cause of a fight between the riders of
the first two horses, the result was not
given out and the race was ordered
run over.
Gov. Ferguson has named F. A
Parkinson to succeed J. E. Dyche as
county commissioner. Mr. Dyche re-
signed in order to give all of his time
to the duties of assistant postmaster.
Considerable interest has surrounded
this prospective appointment for the
past three weeks. It is believed that
the result indicates plainly "who is
who" in Comanche county republican
politics in the future.
Mr. Parkinson never asked for the
appointment,. After another geDtle-
man had circulated a petition, he was
asked by a prominent republican (not
one of Mr. Hamon's followers) if he
would aocept the place. Mr. Parkin-
son's reply was: "I think we should
throw Jake down." He had always
fought Mr. Hamon and his political
methods and Mr. Parkinson is not a
quitter.
The two factions in the party
were strictly lined up. Mr. Hamon,
who is recognized as the McGuire
mouthpiece in Comanche county, said
that Mr. Parkinson could not be ap-
pointed. Mr, Parkinson replied that
he wonld not accept the place unless
it came without Mr. Hamon's endorse-
ment. Mr. Hamon got out his candi-
date for the position, and for two
weeks he beat the bushes and rallied
his forces in the county. He made a
trip to see the governor and brought
all of the influouce of the McGuire ma- ^
chine in the territory to bear to be«>i t
Mr. Parkinson. His first fight waf <n
his candidate. When ue begin to see j
the ground Bliding out from under him,
he made a fight "anything to beat
Parkinson." Mr. Parkinson's ap-
pointment is as hard a throw down for
Mr. Hamon as he got in the last re-
publican convention when Mr. Eckles
was elected chairman of the county
central committee over his man, F. V.
Wright, by a vote of four to one. He
was thrown down by the rank and tile
of his party that time. He has been
tnrown down by its head, the gover-
nor, this time.
In this appointment Gov. Ferguson
has indicated boldly that he will not
stand for the dictation of the McGuire
machine, and the people admire him
for taking this manly posiUon.
Mr. Parkinson's selection is the best
the governor could have made, laying
the internal troubles of the republican
party in this county aside. Hie ability
is of a high order, his character is such
as to commend him for capable public
service, and he represents the most
wholesome element in his party in the
county.
The present board of commissioners
has saved nearly ten thousand dollars
within six months in the expenses of
the county over the amount expended
the previous six months by its prede-
cessors, and Mr. Parkinson remarked
this morning that he considered that
the policy of the board had been out-
lined and that he would endeavor to
follow it out.
Had the Constitution desired to gain
a partisan advantage at the expense of
the public service, it would have had
the governor make the mistake of ad-
hering to Mr. Parkinson's opponents
and submitting to the dictation of Mr.
Hamon. But every true man should
have a higher motive than that. It is
the public service first. The Constitu-
tion wants the democracy to win its
battles upon its merits and not upon
the weaknesses of the opposing forces.
It desires to Bee the republicans nomi-
nate the very best men in their party
tor positions of public trust, and it
desires to see them beaten by the very
best men in the democratic party.
This is wholesome politics.
Muskogee, I. T., Sept. 10.—Judgl
Raymond of the United States district
court has decided the noted Eel
Brook case involving the question a
decent, of Indian land allotted prior to
1902. Over a half million acres of land
are involved in principal.
Eck Brooks, a white man married sn
Indian woman. One child was born to
them. The wife and child received 160
acres of land each. The wife and child
died and Brooks claimed the land of
both. The Indian law prohibited the
alienation of >and to whites. In the
decision given tn« court holds that
thi white parent is the lawful heir to
realty of the Indian wife and children.
The decision involves inheritances
amounting to millions of dollars.
Single State Call.
C. G. Jones of Oklahoma iCity,
chairman of the single statehood
executive committee, has issued a call
for the committee to meet in Tulsa
September 19. The fifty-three members
are expected to be in session through-
out the major portion of the day. It is
planned to have another general con-
vention shortly. Thereafter the com-
mittee will determine the methods to
be used in the campaign for statehood.
Back to Lawton.
Thos. H. Read and family, early day
citizens of our city, arrived in Lawton
yesterday from Okeene to make this
their future home.
PREMIUMS
Donated By Citizens Are
Awarded By The Fair
Management.
Dies at Cache.
Ross McCormick of Cache died Mon-
day of jaundice and was buried yes-
terday. Dunn tc Session had charge
of the funeral.
Wedding.
W. H. Hussey united in marriage
T. V. Drummonds and Miss A. M.
Cassidy at his office in this city yes-
terday.
James Thomas of the Waurika Tele-
graph is in the city viBiting friends.
Purchases Fine Horse.
County Clerk Ross M. Houston, has
purchased a handsome trotting horse
from Ed Carter of Frederick, and se-
cured a rubber tired buggy, which
makee one of the sweliest turnouts in
the city. Ross' horse can travel a
W AA'nn ! mile in three minutes but he does not
W eaamgs. I expect to pat him through that fast.
Rev. J. T. Stevens of the Baptist He only purchased him foi a nicedriv-
church performed two wedding cere- jng horse and not because of his
monieB at his residence yesterday. , Bosb' ) sporting blood.
At 5:30 in the afternoon he united in j —
the holy bond of matrimony J. S. r „w«.nn Visitor
Zimmerman of Elgin, and M<ss Mauley i.awi0n
Higgins of Fletcher. I W. H. Kelley who superintended the
At 7:45 last evening he pronounced construction of the Lawton system of
the words which united the hearts of waterworks was in the city yeBterday.
C. S. Summer and Miss May Carter, He is traveling for the Munger Gin
both of Lawton in a life full of Manufacturing company of Dallas
happiness.
The citizens of Lawton responded
very cheerfully to the call for spedal
premiums for exhibits at the Coman*
che County Fair. The special pre-
miums were awarded as follows:
Beet peck of yellcw corn, w n by
C. C. Osburn of Rush Springs.
Most artistic hankerchief apron, ftl'rs.
L. C. Hallum, Lawton.
Most artistic center piece done in
Hardanger embroidery, not less than
18 inches square, Mrs. Joe Brenneisen,
Lawton.
Best bull, any breed, beef quality to
be considered, Clyde Brown, Lawton.
Finest display drawn work, Mrs. W.
M. Mathews, Lawton.
Best dozen ears white corn, Harold
Naylor, Lawton.
Largest and fattest mutton lamb
under six mouths old, W. 8. Brown,
Lawton.
Best mule colt under eight montha
old, style and build considered, J. G.
Kennedy, Sterling.
Best pie made from Comanche county
apples, Mrs. H. W. Caldwell, Lawton.
Best two year old colt born and bred
in Comanche county, J. H. Morgan.
Finest quart preserves from Co-
manche county fruit, Mrs. Fred R.
Taylor, Lawton.
Best trio B. P. Rock hatch of 1906,
Carl Hopp, Lawton.
Three best eared stalks of corn,
Henry Sheplar, Haddon.
Best pound of butter, Mrs. G. T.
Bedwell.
Best loaf home made bread, Mrs. E.
P. Bledsoe, Fletcher.
Best specimen penmanship by girl
under 11 years, Miss Margaret
Hawkins, Lawton.
Best display dark grapes, white
grapes and Elberta peaches, Mrs. E.
B. Rust, Lawton.
Best pound butter made from cream
seperated with hand scperator, Mrs.
Fred Heinz.
Best and prettiest pair game
chickens, Mrs. J. S. Gibson, Lawton.
Best loaf bread, best chocolate layer
cake, Mrs. Frank C. Rice.
Best bloody butcher corn, L. S.
Tucker.
Best oil painting. Mrs. G. T. Bed-
well.
Best half bushel .potatoes, T. M.
Jeffords, Elgin.
Best and largest punkin, C. B,
Wooten.
Best sucking colt, trotting breed, J.
W. Hues, Lawton.
Best brood mare and colt, O. B.
Murphy, Walter.
BeBt half gallon preserved Comanche
county grown peaches, Mr. E. B. Rust.
Largest water melon, R. A. Sprague
Cache.
Best composition not over 600 words
by a girl not over 13 on "What Should
a Girl of My Age Learn," Miss Vista
Couch, Lawton. *
corn, Henry
Subscribe for the Constitution.
Best ten ears yellow
Sheplar, red corn, I. T. Howard; white
Wayne Talmadge has accepted a po-1 corn, G. D. Powers, 10 ears each
sition with the Rook iHland. variety, Henry Sheplar.
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