The Lawton Constitution. (Lawton, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 18, 1906 Page: 1 of 8
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The Lawton constitution.
OFFICIAL PAPER OF COMANCHE COUNTY AND OF THE PEOPLE. =
Vol. III.
WEEKLY EDITION LAWTON, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY. 18,1906
WEEKLY EDITON
No. £4.
DEPOSITS
Commissioners Have Com-
plied With New Law-
Funds Distributed.
A local paper, unfriendly to the
board of county commissioners incon-
siderably exercised because the board
seen fit to distribute the county funds
among all of the banks of the eiiuuty
that filed bonds and complied with the
liiw, instead of placing the funds with
one or two banks here in Lawton and
makim; pets of them. The funds are
safe, the commissioners and county
treasurer are in a;cord as to the man-
ner of their distribution and there is no
controversy anywhere except with the
editor of the local paper who would
display his legal acumen at the ex-
pense of horse sense. The gentleman
quotes a decision from Kay county,
where the treasurer and commissioners
are not in accord. Col. L. P. Koss of
tais city was in attendance upon the
supreme court where the Kay county
decision was rendered and a represent-
ative of this paper called upon him
this morning to know about it. He
made the following statement: "'I was
present, at the supreme courtonlast
Wednesday and heard argued the case of
the County Commissioners vs. County
Treasurer of Kay county, involving
the construction of the act of March 'J,
1005, entitled "County Depositories."
In K ty county the commissioners ha I
designated a number of banks as de-
positories and had directed the county
treasurer to deposit a certain p°r cent
of funds on hand in each bank na~.ed
as a depository. The county treasurer
deposited the funds in banks named as
depositories by the commissioners but
refused to obey that part of the order
directing him to deposit a certain per
cent of the funds in any particular
j Need of More Buildings.
| At a recent meeting of the board ot
I education the matter of asking the city
j to vote bonds at the spring election for
the erection of two school buildings to
cost $50,000 was brought up and dis-
cussed.
R. A. Hubbard, president of the
board, said tcduy: "The board wn"
unanimously ot the opmioD that in the
very near luture some arrangements
should be perfected to get more room
and more buildings. These b'. v'dings
are a great necessity as the building*
already provided are greatly orowdeu.
To relieve the situation temporarily,
another teacher will be employed.
Even that will not do all that is re-
quired. Cnder a resolution, the presi-
dent appointed a committee consisting
of L. I. Hubbar.!, C. G. Joy and It. A.
Sulliiio to make investigations as to
the cost and Bize ot buildings necessay.
and report back to the next mooting.
Upon the report of this committee will
bi based tli future action of the board.
The enumeration of children has in-
creased nearly 300 over last year show-
ing the rapid growth of the population
and uigenb neeil of more school room.
I believe the people of Lawton are dis-
posed to do that which is best for our
city, ami till, school is the most im-
portant feature of a city."
BRIDGES
Commissioners Get the Best
for Least Money—Sav-
ing to Taxpayers.
INTFPIIRRAN Interurban Proposition. FUNDS
111 ( L<I\U | j, 11. Dickinson of Davis, I. T went
Line From Lawton to Fort
Sill Will Probably Be
Built Soon.
To Discontinue Office.
Chas. E. Gordon, chief of the United
! States geological survey with head- j
quarters in Lawton, is making prepara-1
tions to close uo the headquarters in
! this city. Mr. Gordon has recently
! received an appointment as chief of
'the irrigation proposition at Garden
j City, Kan. On May 10, 1903, the Law
1 ton office was established by thn secre-
tary of the interio- anJ Gerald Mat-
thews placed in charge. This survey
had charge of all the puMie. improve-
mevs buili out of the lot sale funds of
Lav. tun, Anadarkoand Hobart. Nearly
all of this work has been completed
and the officn is no longer necessary.
Mr. Gordon will come back to Lawton
A local paper, unfriend y to the
county commissioners on account of
the warfare ti.ey have waged against
graft, ruises a howl because Messrs.
Hall and Parkinson went to
Texas to inspect some bridges at the
. x enso of the bridge company instead
of going at the expense of the county.
The board of county commissioners
advertised that tho contracts for the
five bridges would be let to the lowest
and best bidders, the contractors |
furnishing their own specifications j
with the price for which they proposed J
to construct the bridges. Upon * his |
advertisement eight companies filed j
bids, among others the Cnamplin Co. |
The bids of this company were much
lower than those submitted by the
other compass and upou a style of ]
bridge with which the member* of the
board were not familiar. Mr Champ
lin contended that his bridges built of
tubular steel were as good or better
than those for which his competitors
asked a much higher price and to show
his good faith he proposed that he
I would pay the expense of the board
I of county commissioners and of the
I county surveyor to Wise county, T«i..
where they could examine some of
his bridges that had stoo l for years.
The board wanted to effect the saving
that would be made by accepting Mr.
Cbamplin's hids, yet they did not want
inferior bridges and Mews Hall ar.rl
Parkinson went to see the bridges in
Wise county, Texas at Mr. Cliamp
lin'a expense. Thr y f >nnd Upon ex-
| amination that the bridges were all
j that Mr. Chamnlin clvmed ' r them.
| Upon their return trip Mr. Hall wis
The new motor roadway recently
patented by Dr. T. A. Johnson, of
Xenia, 111., is attracting widespread
attention. It appears to be the correct
thing for interurban trafie, and a line
from Lawton to Fort Sill will soon bl-
under construction.
J II. Dickinson, of Davis, I. T., who j
holds a contract with the parent com-I
pany, in St. Louis, is here in the in-
terest of the new roidway proposition,
and wher seen today had the follow-
ing to say on the subject: "I •" here
to try and convince the citizens of
Lawton that our new interurban road-
way will pay handsomely between
here and the fort, and shall ask your
1 Chamber of Commerce to raise a stock
j subscription ivmong the business men.
i The road bed b built of solid concrete
with an eight inch cement rail. The
ou side of rail is built three inch high-
er, which is a sort of flange, or guide
rail. The car is kept on this rail by a
patent d-vice attached to the axle,
which hoi Is the car wheels securely
on the smooth surface of cement. The
track is perfectly smooth and solid,
and will carry a passenger or freight
car weighing forty tons or more. The
I motor power is gasoline.
"These cars are fitted with doubiC
motors, and will make fifty to sixty
I miles an hour with perfect safety.
I There is no grading necessary, and all
j bridges are built of solid concrete end
stone. It is estimated that this track
will last twenty years without repair.
Each car. > r automobile is fitted with
| solid ru''ber tires tvat will wear three
j years. The tires ar made of the fine-
I est grade of solid rubber.
I "The cost of construclio" and opera-
I J. II. Dickinson of Davis, I
before the Chamber of Commerce last
vening and made a long address oil
the prop sition of an electric lino
between Fort Sill and Lawton. His
proposition was for the citizens of Law-
ton to subscribe to *10,000 worth of
stock and they to retain «15,C00 worth.
They do not ask any money until the
road is l.uilt and in operation. They
have made a contract witii the city of
\rdmore and Davis.
A committee consisting of Messers.
Smith, Hubbard, Quinette, Warden
and Dunn was appointed to confer
with Mr. Dickinson, also to investigate
a« 10 the feasibility of the proposition.
The committee met immediately after
tho adjournment of the club and
I decided to report unanimously to the
Chamber of Commerce, that as the
road bed was an experiment and never
put into actual operation and as Dick-
inson informed the committee that they ;
would hav in operation a line of five
miles at Davis at once, that no further
steps betaken until this Davisline was
in operation. If the citizens should
decide it to be expedient at that time
that they consider it and send a dele-
gate to look into the proposition.
Comanche County Comes in
For a Very Handsome
Amount.
Violation Quarantine Law.
Chas. 8. Gorton, United States cattle
inspector of Lawton, has instituted
suits agaiust J. Autry, W. H. May and
Rud Ridley on the charge of violating
the quarantine law. The warrant al-
leges that these men violated the rules,
regulations, orders and directions of
the live stock sanitary commission and i
of the live stock sanitary inspector,,
fixing tho quaranliue lines and local
quarantine rules in this territory
against contagious and infectious
diseased of a malignant character,
brought across said lino cattle without
first having the same inspected as pro-
vided by law These men were ar-
raigned in probate court and ihc-ir
cases set for the 18'h of this month.
According to the apportionment of
school funds just made by the secre-
tary of i he school land board Coman-
che county schools will get $16,373.40
on an enumeration of 11,292 or #1.43
for cach child of school age.
Fred L. W. nner, secretary of the
territorial board tor leasing school
lands, checked to the territorial treas-
urer the sum of $267,471 M in the com-
mon school fund, and $3tl,9i3.30 in the
common school indemnity fund.
This puts in the hai ds of the treas-
urer the sum of $307,136.13 of common
school money to bo distributed accord-
ing to law at once to the various dis*
tricts of the territory. This distrib-
ution is made on the basis of school
population, which this year amounts
to 211,616.
The largest January distribution
heretofore maiie in the hfttory of the
territory was tnat of last year which
amounted to 31 21 This gives an in-
crjaae of twenty-one cents
Deserter Apprehended.
Allie Fisher, of the United Statt,
regular army, who has been at liberty
the past four years gave himself up to
the officials at Chickasha yesterday-
Fisher cla.ms that he served in battery
F of the Third artillery at Fort Riley,
Kansas. Thjs battery is now the Sixth
! hattery. In 190- Fisher left the army
and since has been engaged in various
occupations. Believing tthat ne was
closely pursued by tho officers of tho
army is supposed to have led to his
confession. Having beon absont, over
two years Fisher is entitled to a do-
ju
batik, contending that afte" the depos-
itories had been named and amount of
bond fixed by J o county coi inis^iou-
ers, the county commissioners had no
further control over the funds but that
it was dlsT tionar;.. with the treasurer
as to wli oh of the depositories and
tho amount of fuuilB be slioulddeposit,
so that he did not have on deposit
at any one time or at any depository
an amount in excess, of the capital
stock of the bank nor the amount of
bond given as depository. The su-
preme court sustained the contention
of the county ire isurer.
"The county treasurer must deposit
the county funds in one or more of the
depositories but he uses his discretion
as to which of the depositories or the
amount he shall keep in each, just so
he does not keep* more than the
amount of capital stock of the bank,
but at do one time cau the treasurer
have deposited in any one bank a sum
in excess of its capital stock. For in-
stance; the commissioners might des-
ignate a bank o ten Ihousand dollars
capital as a depository and require .
from it a bond of twenty thousand!
dollars; but the treasurer could not
have with such bank atany onetime
an amount greater than ten thousand
dollars—the amount of its capital
stocu. U. oiey inight designate a bank
ot fifty thousand dollars capkal as a ;
depository and require of it a bond ol j
five thousand dollars and the treasurer j
could not keep with such bank more
than fivo thousand dollars—the j
amount of its bond—at any one time I
"The county cominissione's of Co- !
r.-anciie county iiave acted within the
scope of their authority as outlined by
tho supreme court.
Young Lady Contestants For Constitution Piano-
MISS MAGGIE MURPHY
Chattanooga contestant for Con-
stitution piano
IL
MISS ELLA IIASENBECK
Eigin, contestant for Constitu-
_, tion piano
somewhat indisposed and stopped off
at his home in Hastings. Mr. Parkin- Uion is very much below any known
son came on back, told Mr. Weaver , eiectr;e ]jne) and will prove the most
about the bridges and he and Mf-| profitah]e inteinrl.an trafic ever used.
Weaver, the chairman of the board, | j;nP can [je built end operated be-
let the -ontract the next day, to i lweerl i^awtcjn and Fort Killat, nominal
Champlin forcons'ru ting fivo bridges
for which he is to receive 83,081.35.
f
The next lowest and best bid was by
the Midland company, whicli proposed
to build the same bridges, partially of
wood and partially of steel for $1,199.
Their bid f r all steel bridges was
Earnest Andrews' Death.
MISS ELLEN GALLOWAY
Geronimo contestant for Con-
stitution piano
| ; — j « UOII uiu i
„ , 1 more than five thousand dollars. The
j ocasionaily to Unisl, up he ron n- | <warding the contract to the
i business 1 ho offl.se will ^ ^ * Becure(1 bptter
j along the nrsj part of Fcbruary. Near.y > a„ of tubular steel and
one m.lliot, dollars has been put out, K ^ ^
by this survey.
, cost, and should, I belii ve, interest the
I business men of this city."
I Mr. Dickinson will ask the citizens of
j Lawton to tate stock in a company
| which will be incorporated in Lawt >n
j for $25,000. He will allow them the
j vice-presidency and a fair representa-
tion on the hoard of directors. If the
citizens respond promptly the road
will be built inside of six months. The
proposition vill be brought up at c
special meeting of the. Chamber of
Commerce held tonight.
Saloon Men Arrested,
Attended Funeral.
Geronimo Station.
Four of Lawton's saloon pr prietors
The funeral services of the I te Earr
PACIFIC
K Y.
'29, l'J05
Earnest Andrews, tlia only child of
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Andrews, ditd at
7 o'clock this morning athis home after
a spi ll of pueumonia which lasted
three weeks. Earnest was sixte
years old and a very bright boy.
many friends and school mates wmi : ,
greatly miss him. The Constitution were m aiteedance ard , xtended Mr
joins in extending sympathy to the and Mrs Andrews iheir sy mpathy,
parents in this hour of bereavement. The fir.o and six'., grades v.e, t d. -
The funeral will take pl.-.ce at the M. | «nis«ed this afternoon in ord r «o^
E. ciiurdi South tomorrow fternoon j tend the funeral m a body. The p. .1
at 1 o'clock. The Sunday school sobol- *a « were Messrs. A . ¥.K«rr,0.
ars are requested to meet at the resi- W. Haines T S Bruce and F M-Ed-
deuce in time for Ea.n0, ward3' ^ b°(iy wa* lnteried 10 th°
^ j Lawton cemetery.
License is Secured.
Yesterday marriage license were is-
Crosby & Gilbert
0. 1*\ Gilbert lias joined Mr. Crosby
•ued by th* probate court to John L.! in thb real estate l->an business. Mr.
MRS. MYRT1.E BROWN
Lawton contestant for Consti
tution piano
Purchased Seats.
The st iool board mat at the council
chambers of the city ball this morning
to transact some business, which was
cootinU'd from the monthly m eting.
They purchased of John J. llopps of
I this city 100 seats at ?2 60 apiece.
I These se its with the ones already in
j u- e will be ni'ivoci into tho n w build-
I ing up in i'.s completion.
Tht enumeration of tho Lawton di3-
t. ict showing the numb r of persons of
school age was presented and adopted.
I> was not complete but contained the
names of nearly 1,400 persons, which is
150 more than that of last year. If it
h id been complete the doard is confi-
dent that it would have reached th o
1,500 mark.
19
llolderby, of th< Newport har; John
P. Boetner < f ti e lawton Exchange, j
Eacli pave" bond fcr their appearance
on t< morrow alternoon.
The city issues salocr licers< s every
three months. These mm had failed
to moke application at ilie last counci
meeting so no action could be taken
upon the matter untn tonights meet-
ing One of these s iloon men had
failed to procure his county license so
the city was unable to tyrant lii.n a
iconse.
Cruelty to Animals.
O terative
| (tin Co., Geronimo, O. T.
Dear Sir:—■Your lette r of September
22nd, addressed to M . O t 'l ocliett
lies oe n referred to t>.
• i'. mi vise that nothing ha- been
ru • . . lug tb moving oi ihe prcs-
err station facilities at Geronimo to
Jun tion or any other point and at
I r> s H-t no change is nontempiaicd.
I think you have been misinformed
-elstiv to tho citizens at Junction
| ) •!> ir.g any officials at Chickasha
towards the expense of moving depot
from ileronimo. Yours Truly,
I). E. Cain,
General Manager.
At a Standstill.
Th" business at tho 1 ind office is on
the 11 -tdstill and will remain so until
\ laxv/ell, tho new receiver i
confirmed by the senate. M j"r IT. 1).,
McKnight, the register has written to j
•Senator Foreaker of Ohio stating the |
conditibna bore and how they are j
daily growing worse. He urged upon
tho senator the importance of early1
action in the matter of the confirms
tion.
MISS AGNES SHEl'ARD
Hastings, R. F. D. No. 3, con-
testant for Constitution piano.
setter's release. Fisher wns brought
to Fort Sill yesterday and placed in the
guard house to await his trial.
Liquor Licenses Granted.
The city council he'.d a short meet-
ing last evening, with all members
present except Councilman l-lood,
after which they took a recess until
Saturday evening to rec ive bids and
award contracts for the construction
of more walks.
Liquor liccnsea were issued to J. B.
Davis, of tho Frisco bar; John Boetner,
of the Lawf"i Exchange; H. O. Hold-
erby.of thi jwport bar; and John O.
You' g. of the Lawton oar. These
licenses were issued for the period of
ti,:- : months upon the payment of
MOO. By a new ordinance th« f.mo
1 pv:o • o sach lie. uses was iixud by
tho council.
j.. Sneed at : ilda. Trader, both of Gilbert is a printer, who owns a fi e
Cache. farm in the southern part of the county
Mr. Sneed is a sen of Colone' R. A. but has spent much of the time of late
Sneed of Ml Scot- and Miss Trader j in Chicago. He was tho first republi- Andy Fitzwater, a boy of sixteer , For Sale.
was first maid of honor to Miss Mary • can nomlme foi treasurerof Comanche > was arrest d today on the charge or fl , old
Sneed last year when Miss Sneed acted 1 oounty and made the race against, cruelty !o animals. was - i 150 to 1'V ii ix uads well broke. En-
as sponsor of the Oklahoma United Riley Smith, but he isliving that down j-hearing before 1 robato Judge Huascy ,1M ' school section
Confederate veterans at Louisville. Mr. Gilbert i, a good fellow and the and plead guilty to the charge. He qul« at i J
I Constitution wishes the new firm much , was fined SUfi and six months in the I joining Law.on on the nortn^ ^ ^
success. | county jail.
Returns Home.
Mrs. C. G. Joy returned home today
from a trip to Dallas, where she wis
called by the serious illness and death
of her nephew, Quintard Gray. Mr.
Gray was a young man of great prom-
ise. He had acquaintances and friends
in Lawton, bavins; visited the Joy
family in the past.
Death Is Expected.
Job Barr, who received a t -ac-tiire
of the skuil in yesterdays runawaj
was taken to the city hospital and had
an operation performed np«t> him.
H> never has gained core'dor.'snesi
and there is little hope of bis recov-
ery. The other three injured persons
are able to be up and about today.
Washington Entertainment.
There will be a Washington enter-
tainment on February 22nd given by
the ladies oi the M. E. church, riuuth.
Place will be announced later.
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