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jKWl U t 8°clet< J-®®* OKLAHOMA CITY OKI*
The Lawton Constitution.
Fourth Year.
OFFICIAL PAPER OF COMANCHE COUNTY AND OF THE PEOPLS.
LAWTON, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 14, 1907
No. 4K
REPUBLICANS NOMINATE Greer County Brings
THEIR CITY TICKET
Another Law Suit
OKLAHOMA AGRICULTURAL
PRODUCTS ARE IMMENSE
Play Just Like a Real Live *>
fm
t'u
Political Party
LIST OF VICTIMS
Afo!*TK}'S Slip
tha
Convention Was Tame—Al-
most Devoid of Incidents
And Ideas
from ^Wednesday's Dally Constitution.
CITY REPUBLICAN TICKET.
Mayor
Treasurer ...
Attorney . t..
Marshal
Clerk
Probate Judge
Assessor
Street Com. .
. ...C. M. Myn-s.
..F. M. English.
. .S. A. Parshley,
Tom Walker.
. W. R. Julian.
. .M. M. Duncan
.. (I eorge Boone
...W. L. I) nny
Teas School Hid., Harry Buckingham
COUNOILiMEX.
First Ward .
Second Wr.?d
Third Ward .
Fourth Ward
Fifth Ward .
Dr. Br we"
G. F. H. Barber.
... A. D. Hoggs.
...W. B. Riling.
....E. C. Knnppe.
SCHOOL BOARD.
First Ward ..
Second Ward
Third Ward
Fourth Ward.
Fifth Ward ..
ekor
1>. M
... H. E. White
and E. 1'. McMahon.
J. N. Tagu<.
M. Parmentor
L. M. Hubbard
Guthrie, Okln., March 12.
f >r (Vroe- county n- > preparing to M •
:i tin? d'stict cout i>f Log-n county, a
petition for an injunction v sixain'tig
i the cons tit utk nul convntoi from ch-
1 mglng the boundary lines of U"oorco-
' unty, and submitting the question of i
has dls; nguish d hms"lf upon
>"• occasions us l-'ii r of the
h ward lilte-val el> ment. Col.
Parsley nppuar d to be of the opin-
!on that he had gixu,; through a t r"i-
ble ord at to s ■cure th • <iu stion-
able honor of which he was th,-" re-
cipiant, but those pr amt f.aied to
obsorv any scars upon lib person as vision to a vote of th.- people of the
the result or the conflict. Col. Par-' state. The eult will be similar to the
«l*y said that he would do his dntyj one brought several wo ks a«o in the
and advise the mayor and council fo'-, Oklahoma supreme court, wliiyo it
tile best interest of th- city whether wh* dismissed if or lack of jurlActlon.
it was the law or not. And thn ev- By institute _ult in a district court j county
ery body laugh-d and the colonel tat it may be carried unon aflpeal to the| taken.
down. j
There was some little tu-moil at.
the close of the proceedings relative
to tii« gt i.-ral who is to marshal the
foro s and sound the retireat.. Mr. Pirn-
mentor hold that it f>ould be left to
the people of cours; intimating that
those about him were the people. Jud-
ge Phillips who is a memb r of the
tiie city republican central central
committee took this opportunity for a
burst of o"atorv. He thought the mat
Coil
nd th"-■
> IS (I - <1.
d.ub!
id Hi
A. M. St
i'e Spo d.
it will i
neys for (!"•-
a I of M i' gi
tlirh'i ••
Thi con 'i
ed of all th'
upon third :
The only chn
r port was to prov do f'at th roftfte:-
no in w county should b> i siabliiMi-.-u,
If any one of its boUTi* . iwtS shoul
run within t n mil'-a i.i s at oi vhe
[rom wh oh th * new county is
Post Office Changes
j Cotton Is First With Cora
Ar.d Wheat Ch sei
u'lonel ronvvnton dlspo3
c :in y bound:-. y nk- s i
a::d ftn/il passage.!
nfe in the last committee
Polo Ground, who has stixid at th j
zz&tss&SAZm,*.M A N Y M I LLIOMS
'n ihwtun, has tendered his .<r sna-l
tionto takeosrect Ms-.ion as hisju. Ot Diversified Crops, Secre-
ion can be ffclk'd. Ho will
a time im r. st and rerup ration, :uul tary 01 nOald 01 A^nCUltllfc
Teachers Conclude
Session At Duncan
made valid by a ruling of the super-
intendent of public instruction.
A resolution was pnssed by almost
unanimous vot? favoring a closer un-
ion of the teachers for the purpose of
raising the standard of teachers and
In ord r that lncompet -nt pe'sons
The Rock Island tochers' associa-
■r should be left to the candidates tion has just concluded an lntnrest-
and to the city central commltt ie.j jng 8esslon :• Duncan. The associa-
te denounc d Mr. Parmente-'s sugg-S-; t,(m a Bummer normai to be
tion as indicating a lack of confidence i .. . ,
,. ... . , .. I. held at that plane some time in June
In the committor. A good old souled,
b-otii r a'ose and miule a f- w mmurln Prof. C. W. Klrby was elected
about Ab-afcam Lincoln. Mr. Parm<- t conductor. In ret^-d to the normal will find it impossible to enter the
er nominated F. A. Parkinson for chu-|lhe teachers are confronted with a rank of the profession. Supt Rtalny
irinan of the c'ty central committee! peculiar condition of affairs on accoun
and th nomination went through with! of the changes that will bj in ide1\hen
a whoop. Notwithstanding that Mir. j statehood gos into effect. Oklahoma
Parkinson begged 1 ke a good fellow will not recognize the cert'fkates that
ai d offered to pay money if they, have b en issu.d by the Indian Ter-
■would let him off, th.-y would not! ritory normals nor will the present
(j,, • I school management of Oklahoma
Mr. Parkinson w 11 be expect il by, have anything to do with the iu>: in,lis
will be much missed by the posi'i.'fioe
frcquontei-s.
A clerk carrj. r exam in: I lm v.
ducted at the postofflcs Se u d1
applkcantg takii g li cxun'/v
follows: Miss Li 1 > M nd I. d o
dorn, Kinil F. M i/.. Wm W. V
Albert Rankin, Peter W. Uailk y, Ch
tstir L. V Kidfill, Jan. W. Miller, Miss
biileirn il< ier, ,uid Jesse 10. Hunti?r.
P. •rr,.v.i." an error In St. Lou's "f
failing to forward th'- required numb -
of application blank*, thren applicants
were denied the privilege of this ex-
amination. Secretary Frank Hurtwil
ask for a si> <'ial ex 'inina* ** of tii ee
three. Some of tlioso v 'ul wi 1
coin
ten
n us
1/ •'
der,
be given positions
cd.
'•iiti-
tim -
of th^ Chickasha schools has announce
he would visit as many of the normals
as h i could" this summer and s-'e what
could be done in the way of putting
the organization into effect. The
teachers are th - benefits that have
iisulting from the unitde efforts of
li. ople in other professions and trades
and are of the opinion that now is
his gontlamainly baering aind astut < f Indian Teirritory at this (
I if i„ hi,,, ,i that tha e.'r*ifiiti'es that; the time for the teachers to unite for
It wit. i eli erful bunch that gath
ered at the cou-t house last evening,
that city republican convention. Tlw
d legati s thought thcniselv, s of th/-ir
own minds and that they were, trans
acting the business of the convention
and the. bosses were content that, th
speelors should grow "e.loquar ' with
their remarks relative to the rank ""d/j^ dty hay
file and to the peopl < but m reality^ i t ,nto ,A |lk., a bunch of Texas cat
the common every day republican w.io
wears his collar like h:s boi-s f x d to
ti round h's noi-k had 1 i tt I * to do with
t'uo prac dlf-gs. Jake Hamon and
liort Parmait, r, tho cs' while .eaders
of the two warring factions pliyed
political wia"e pulling to make up fori It is hop d that the cer
a number of d?.iicencies on the tick-1 wrill be issued this summ.i
et. One of his first undertakings willj L JU .
b to secure a barrel of villi, wash.
and a broom and go after the repub-
licans nominee for councilman in the
First ward. He will apply the brush'
liree and there to some of Uw other j
candidates but if lie is to make a good
job of it hi will hav 1 to secu/re dippiii
vat, fill it with lime and plunge th-
Ifcw republicans who the people ot
elect/d to office in tile
will be the good of the professitun.
The Industrious Wife
Of Comanche County Farmer
as a pair of
Mr. Pa-kinson would like to con-
duct a clean cut campaign, denouncing
wrong, incomp huicy and graft Where
ovi-r he finds it. H > would I ke to
tell the "east end" Mlows whose in-
Poultrv, ga,. d n, mil1' nd butter, to 1905, but it is reasonable to beli
with each othor as genth, - .. nu,nCt, has b m so potent iii the
kittens and the d meano of i.wli w.u p0\|,yl0e ()f ttlis city j,lgt W)lat a Ute-
as though he wire saying to the reputable k)t th(,y ar But like a
©r, "after you my doar i, many other cleaa men iii poli-
>^u- . t!^s Mr. ParklnsoiQ will bo s> Uem:-d
The lack of int erest was catt d har-l ^ ^ ^ do jt R j ^
mony. As soon as one of the names th(i mat?rlal on the ,^publie^:i tlcV
tine fixers had agreed upon was t.i • -let ^ mak(V thtit sort of a light and ho
Mr. Kirby, of the FUth wa il won < j wjij use ijjs fine diplomacy and do the
rise with marked regularity an lM,st h9 ean w;th the material that he
-I move that the rules be tuspeod.d ^ ^
(and Mr. John Smith, oi wh.ie v i .1 s^ r(JpUi,iicans are is no shape v/ith
name might b .) h i decla'ul < ' "'•« ticket they hav-1 nominated Ui coo
lnee of tho convention- Then . I (]uct a r form campaign. They will at
Klrby would sit down and ev<xryb;'(,y | t(.mpt lo WVtsr Up the sins of the re-
would say, "I." Ihusrou . n-' was f < "ipreiBenta(jVcS of their own party and
POlO !*
lowed until nom:iuiUons for , - |(jonoun(
Judge were reached on the order of
"business." M. M. Duncan, of tlm
those of tile members oT tlu
democratic party. There ifi no dan
g«r of their d-aJiTg any body blows
Fourth ward was nominated hhu ! 6tr,llght f-om tho shoulder. Thiyw .T
Klrby placed before the crowd Ji s|attempt to ^ icu-e the votes of the
friend. L. M. Hubbard, of the ''' 1: go()(1 cltiaen8 by pointing to tho char-
for the same place, but the boBse8 '4 i aetPr ot of the best men on their
overlooked the Fifth ward in ma "Sj (lr,w )n E t the vote of the othy
their ala-te and there was
products are no long x counted as siiL-
additions to a farmer's profit account
In soni j instances the profits from
these sourore a-e as great as those
from all the others o* the f irm. Thu
are no longer a mefuis by which
woman cam make pin money, but the
selling of butter, nUlk, chlcki ns, eggs
andil vegetables hoe become a sys-
t-matjc business with the average,
tuj-mor's wlfo—abuslness which to no
they would amount to more than V -
000. In the year 1905 her profit from
eggs alone was two hundr d dollars
In the year 1906 a careful record of
her sales wes kept and her imcome
from chickens, cows, iuid garden a
mounted to $4S0. Though the mo
ritlis of January and February 190
sho had talran in $104.30, having sold
in tlie month of February alums, :uid,
outside the family use 117 doi n sggs
and 85 pounds of buttor.
Through 1901 Mrs. Powelson m Ik
great extent toterfore® with the egu-
lar house kaping itnd which bringJ ed six cows and tha 85 pounds of but-
fouir or five hundred -dollars per year ter mada and sold in Feluuary was
Mrs. Walter Powelson, who lives tf i| made from the same six cows. If any
mill* southeast of Lawton ie a fairioae doubts there being mon y In this
example of th? Comanche County far | kiuid of liisi'ii-es 1 t. him try It. rhie
miff's wife. Mrs. Powelson hi s b - i' foregoing account of Mr . Powelson'
a steady marketer in our city for tlie|succ(ss was reported to us by one of
last five years. We regs- it that i.o her neighbors who vouched for th
account of her profits w re k pt prior j statem nt.
Many Ballots For
Coming State Election
e ti |11!r! ticket and to get the vote of the
n° ' . : element through their noininiy-s who
doing" for Mr. Hubbard. Duncan ln clo8er touch with those who do
eeived 21 vot s to his 18. and in hlS ^ l„ot want th,, laws taf0roed. This will
customed manner. Mr. Klrby arose and ^ transparent. It will not work.
moved that the nomination he made
Tsrs. '«-« DISTURBING
business the hat was passed and be-
tween three ipd four hurd-ed dolla -s
raised to ass st th.- boys to whom theyj
expected to hand the bmons m h"j Judge GUlotto, of th? dls'.r'et Court
form o.' nomimit'ons. I this moaning issued instructions f th
>i A. Duff was made chairman of gvan(j jary now In session, to in v a ti-1 from the one used for voting for state
the conven-ion and Attorney Humill.l Rate the disturbing of lawful assemb - j officers, as they are to be canvassed
SERVICES
Guturie, Ok., Mar. 12.—At least two
million ballots will be required for
the election h -Id this fail to ratify the
constitution now being prepared and
to elect the first set of state officers,
and half of them will bo big enough
to use for bed spreads. The vot
for against the ratification of the con-
stitution must be on a separate ballot.
loerota: -'. P reiv r A. W. Maxwell of ^ or rei|g]0us worship. In th- • .
the land office read the resolutions slx mou;hB there lias beuii a number
the principal merit of which consist- of colnpia;nts of this nature from var
iai their brevity, but ho did not oue otimmuniiUes !n th > coni,v. T- f'-v-
fail to get in a paragraph endoirsing eral |n8t!UM;.* it has dev loo. d n
Roosevelt's "square misoheivous lads, of the age of h
policy," wT-lch of course is quit" K1 d'scretlon having indulged in tuiitty
mane to the !<«su-9 and besid s M-.lSIWrta w:.t.hln the vicinity of a house
Maxwell w 11 deubtl- ss send thn pi'esi-1OI wao>-Biiip willis i.hose v. i. ain wore
dent a mailed copy which will Put, undtavoilng to carry on a meeting
him in n'ir.i ns much favor ns thou- At(ie p;-oai?nt time there are four boys
gh he hi d d with his bearhan- out OT1 baii for rlding about and talk-
ds a live < '■ ' ing loudly n ar a church In the moun-
After ( a >m!'iatl >n was mr.di uine Tho frequfincy
the crow I d upon inflicting fur ha9 doubtless ri6iiltLd
th.or punialiiuoiit upon the Victims by dc<r of ;he court.
demanding a speech. The rciiia Ui At tii -same tim; the g-and jury wa
were all tamo an'' conventional exi pt iMtructed to :nvi*sugaie ct-iplalnts o
those made by Col. Stephen Parsley failure to biipporl minor children-
offense
bove or
by a separate board. No separate
ballots will be used for propositions
separately submitted, such as the pro-
hibition question. If that had been
done It would mean a million more
ballots to be printed as there are pra-
ctically 200,000 voters ln the now sta-
te and the Oklahoma law requires fiv
ballots to be printed for each elect-
or If separate ballots are not requir-
ed for the. propositions separately sub-
mitted they will presumedly be place
on the same ballot on which the vote
is registered for or against the consti-
tution.
The ballot for the election of state,
county-*und township officers wrll bo
an immense affair. Each voter wiiljlntendent of public instruction
I Have an opportunity to rote for twn-J three county commissioners.
ty-two state officers, one congressman
one district judge, one state senat-
or, two repreeentativ s (chi the aver-
age), t'm county officers and six or
seven township officers, making forty-
throe or forty-four names to be plac-
ed on the ballot. Th re will be at
least four lull state tickets, republl
can, democratic, socialist Mid prohi-
bition, in aditkxn to a large list of
independent candidates of various sor-
ts, which are always sure to be found
in abundance ln Oklahoma.
Tho stato officers to be voted for
are governor, lieutenant governor, five
justices of the supreme court, clerk
of the supreme court, twenty-one dis-
trict judges, atorney general, s ere
tary of state, state treasurer, slat
auditor, supertendent of public instr
uction, thre-* corp iratl n comm's loner
examiner and Insp-ctor of accounts,
chief mine inspector, labor comrnls
sioner and commissioner t«f charities.
The county ticket will Include judge
of the county court, county atorney,
clerk of the district court, county
clerk, sheriff, county treasurer, regis-
ter of deds, county surveyor, super-
and
Land Office Order
The following o-dor barring il puty
clerks oi court from executing proofs,
affidavits, and other oaths of . at y-
nien has bo:n received at the local
land office:
You are direct, d not to rec live
proofs, m'.fidav :s, o- oaths of any kind
whatsoever miu o d io be unide by up
pllcants and ent'yin n, und r the hom
stead, pnempti n, t 111b "•-culture, dis
ert land, and timb-r and stone acts, j
executed anil swoi-n to after Mtiy 1,
1907, before deputy c'-rks of cou 'ts.
Approved: V' ry !{■ up ■' tfully,
E A. Hitchcock, W. \. It •la-'is.
Secretary. C niulj t
Died of Hydroplubia
A nuinth ago Wait' r Hubbajrd, wiio
lived ne;ir Sterling, was supposedly
taken violently Insane and sent by I
the insanity board ot the county to
the asylum at Norman. It required
the combined effort of two d putles
to escort Hubbard to the train so wild |
were his ravings. At the time of his
conflnera nt tlie young man clUm d,
when rational for a moment, that cig-
arett e were tlie isiuse of his condi-
tion, but he died r<i«witly at Norman
of hydraphob'a. He had be n bitten
some time previously by a mad <k>g
but was givoii the ni.idst.oiie treat-
ment and R was supposed to have
been effective-
To Beautify Church Ground*
Five ladies of tho ProabyterlctJl churc
have undertaken the very liuulable i n
terprise of racing money to boautlfy
th.-.' grounds of UiaL attgictlve houa.i
of worship Their first effort proved
a suco.ts, 150.00 hav ng been cl-xv r«l,
at a Palmist social at the homo of
Mrs. Lowry last night.
Tlu s,- engaged in th-- work are M ?.-
dames Row 11, Hoggs, Me. ch, Wert, an
Low'-y.
A large number were pr. s nt. at l ist
night':! gathering end all report an ex
Cell nt time. The (1 version of the eve
n'ng wiis fo-tun - t,- lling, and refresh-
ments, consisting of sandwiches, cof
fe and cake were served. Souvonl
spoons were furnish d the guests.
KATY ItONUS
IS COMPLETE
Krom Friday's DaJly Conatliution.
The ntw Katy committee which was
appointed by the Chamber of Commer
ce Monday night to raise the balance
of the Katy bonus fund, amounting to
$2500, will report the full amount sub-
scribed at a meeting of the oommfrcio
body tonight. This assures Lawton a
other railroad within the comparative-
ly nearf uture, as It is the declared
Intention of the promoters of this roa
to proceed with all dispatch with the
work. The road will connect Wichita
Falls, Texas, a Katy town, with Law-
ton, and will almost bisect tho past-
ture. It~Is reported that a great part
of the work of construction has been
completed In Texas to the Red riveT.
The proposition which the Chamber of
Commerce will aocqpt at its meeting
tonight Is the donation of the sum of
"SCO, pnymoiit for a right-ot-way froui
luls city to the pasture line, and is
payable to the company when trains
are running Into Lawton,
Reports
Guthrie, Ok., Mai. 11.—Although Ok
lahoma territory ha« m the past niadt*
a record hi an agrli ultural line mora
o, her wh, ul growijig tluin any other
grain yet the fact remains that atth^
pn s mt time th«, wheat valuations In
the territory rank third, beaten by
both corn acid cotton The wlirat. val-
uatkms, according to the annual r
port of C. A. McNabb. secretary ot
Hie Oklahoma board of agriculture*
amount to $10,986,461; t He corn valua-
tions lo $12,436,557, and cotton heads,
tho list with $14,688,600. They are
very cl.we cont nih*s tor the Hra
rank.
The cotton production, whlcu 13 thu
highly valin d, consists of 293,772 bales
proline, d from 820 132 acres. Tha Un-
| i d S ales i-insuH figures, taken front,
tli- glnners' repivt, gives Oklahoma a
still h'gh ,r runk. with 336,514 bales
for 1903. For the same yiar Ind'an
Territory pi oduenl ;',49,i)6,ri b iles, Ina
king a total or 686,182 for the mrw
slate. The I wo territo 'les rankett
ninth and tmill respectively in point
of cotton production, and If united
| would have stood sixth among th; st-
ates.
C,ree>- county easily took the lead In
, Oklahoma, both in acreage and pro-
duction, wilh 248,23'* acr s and 68.-
| till beies. Comanche c, u ty was its
- divot rival. With 791 i"i acres and
2 \692 halts, while L'n oln c.mnty cam
in third, with 66,378 lures and 25,44(1
b:\les. Kay county piiduced no cottoa
iat all, either in 1304 or 1905, while
Grant county, which had none nt all
im 1901, produced thtee bales In 190S
off four aeree. Th • total amount of
lend planted to cotton ln 1905 waa
S20.132 acres. Garfield and Heaver
and Woodwin d all draw bl inks em tha
government cotton reports, al'.hougl
th • reports receivnl by tho t -rritor
in 1 authortUes show a fair productlou
tlii-re for two or thri-e yeais past.
Wh at excels In acreage if not In
production. It h:id t.'<78,746 acres In
1 'j05, and that showi d a decrease ovea-
the previous year, ivk-ii tho #acreag
wu 1,953,498. The 1905 production
amounte d to 14,618 60S bushels,valued
at $I0,9H6,4")1. Th h was exceeded in
both 191)3 and 1!'(M. In Mi- farm-T ysar^
•the yield was 24,482.637 bushels, valu-
ed at 115,424.061, and in th'' latter 15,-
048..666 bush, Is, vnJui il at $13,9S7,&19.
The record-breaking yield per acre ilk
1903, 14.9 bushels was ii spotisible for
tlio immensity of thai yaar's crop whit
tha fact that wheat si*kl lor 93 cents
pur bushel materially increased tha
v.a'u? of the 1904 crop.
Woods was Ih ■ b iwier wti/ at coun-
ty In 1905 with a production of 2,683,-
285 biinhels. Gaj'fl-'id county with 2,
170,446 bushels, was second, wresting
that distinction from Grant, county
which had held it the previous year
Grant dropped to third place ln 1905
with 1,897,426 bush Is. Kay was the
only other county which came (ibov-
the million in irk. It had 1,183,021 bu
shels. Pottawatomie county took th
foot of the list in wheat production
with only 11,188 bushels. There were
still 261,712 bushels of wheat on hand
in Oklahoma on March 1, 1996,. On
this account Kay county had the most.
39,903 bushels, while Pottawatomie co-
unty had but 32 bushels on hand.
The corn acreage, 1.642,930, falls but
little below that for wheat, while the
valuA of tr. crop Is even greater, bo
lng $12,136,557. The 1905 production c
corn was 31,091,392 bushels. Thl
was docldedly t.h largest productlo.
in the history of the territory, althou-
gh quite likely' to be exceeded by that
m 1906.
Caddo oounty takes first rank fop
corn, with 3,021,626 bushels. Kay-
county, which is first in wheat, eomj
SiCond in corn with 2,413,333 bushel:
while Woods county, first in corn •
reage with 127,318 acres, against 10
200 for Caddo and 100,308 for Kay
unty, comes third in production,*
1 904,171 bushels. Beaver county c
both in acreage and production,
8,427 acres and 92.485 bushels.
next smallest production com®:,
Roger Mills county, which rai«-w
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Williams, J. Roy. The Lawton Constitution. (Lawton, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 14, 1907, newspaper, March 14, 1907; Lawton, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc118072/m1/1/: accessed March 29, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.