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FOR THE UPBUILDING OF
TECUMSEH AND THE DEVEL-
OPMENT OF POTTAWATOMIE
COUNTY.
Vol. VI.
Z\)t Sccumscl) Herald.
Tecumseh, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma Territory, May 1, 1897.
THE FIRST NEWSPAPER
PUBLISHED IN THE COUNTY.
DEMOCRATIC.
No. 30
P%>|b Booming Tecumseh.
D III U 5 ■! vSS There is, perhaps, do place in Ok
Is caused by torpid liver, which prevents dlges- lahoma where the people
tlonancl permits food to ferment and putrtfyln • enterprising
the stomach. Then follow dlzaincss, bcadache,
Hood's
insomimi, nervousness, and. ,
If not relieved, bilious fever I^b ' B fj ^
or blood poisoning. Hood's III
Pills stimulate the stomach. ■ ■ ■ ■
rouse the Uver, cure headache, dizziness, con-
stipation, etc. 26 cents. Sold hy all druggists.
The only Pills to take with Hood's BarsaparlUa.
Democratic City Ticket.
For City Marshal, - J. A. Mapicuiit.
" Assessor, - I\ W. liitAnv.
" Clerk - A.M. Cari.ock.
'* Trsnsurer, - G. A. Okfii.i.,
Justice of the Peace, W. A. Cunkscales.
for coukcilmkn.
First Ward, Max Wagner,
Second Ward' • A. D. Kino.
Third Ward, • John Ckow,
Fourth Ward, - T. M. Phaup.
Fifth Ward, * E. B, Mundy.
Sixth Ward, - Frank Creei..
As announced last woek through
these colums, by the editor, Mr.
Durkec, his lease having expired we
are once more in charge. The policy
of the paper will he as it has hereto-
fore been under our former manage-
ment,. We solicit the patronage of
the public.
J. H. Heisard.
The old citvcouncil is good enough
for the citizens of Tecumseh regard-
less of politics.
C. M. Barnbs has been appoint-
ed governor of Oklahoma by presi-
dent McKinlev.
The meeting of the Press associ-
ation at Shawnee has been changed
from May 21 and 22 to May 28 and
211.
vithin'the fndian Territory belong-
ing to the Choctaw and Chickasaw
Indians shall be allotted to the mem-
bers of those tribes so as to give to
each member except the Choctaw
freedmen a fair and eijuel share, con-
siddering the character and fertility
of the soil and location and value of
the lands. All lands set apart for
town sites, schools, churches, cem-
eteries and public buildings are re-
served and exempted from the divis-
ion. All coal and asphalt in or
under the lands allotted or reserved
for the sole use of the members of
the Choctaw aud Chickasaw tribes,
exclusive of freedmen. Corporations
or individuals desiring to open coal
or asphalt mines on lands allotted or
reserved from allotment ahall lirst
my to the allottee or owner of the
and the value of the use of the nec-
essary surface and damage to adjac-
ent land ar.d improvements. The
damage suffered is to be ascertained
tinder the direction of the Secretary
of the Interior.
The Choctaw freedmen are to re-
ceive forty acres of land each, and
the same is to be deducted from the
... .... , , ,. ! Choctaw Nation prior to allotment,
the 4th and ,)th wards because "they ; |n th„ upprujslnent of th„ |Bnda t„
are old fogies*' as fchev term it. The j be allotted, the Choctaw andChicka-
fl;ood work of the council for the ' saw tribes are each to have a repre-
past year proves to i be contrary. ! tentative, to be appointed by their re-
} spective chiefs or executives, to co-
Thehe should be no scratching
on the democratic ticket. It is as
good a ticket as could be placed be-
fore the people. •
The voters of Tecumseh can not
afford to put untried men in the City
Council. Vote the straight demo-
cratic ticket and you will make no
mistake.
"Oi.d foggyism" is the excuse
certain democrats have for fight-
ing the democratic ticket. Hut
in reality it is a personal grievance
against tliese men.
The new editor of the Shawnee
Quill is getting all werked up be-
cause Tecumseh is building a court
house. Wake up neighbor; build a
court house yourself, there is no
strings tied to you.
Certain democrats are secrefly
fighting the democratic nominees in
:«e more
and wide awake than
are the citizens of Tecumseh. Din-
ing the past year tliev have built am
are now operating an air line railroad
running from Shawnee to Tecumseh
a distance of seven miles, thus afford-
ing good facilities for passenger and
freight traffic. ,\t the April meet
ing of the county commissioners the
contract was let for a court house
and jail, to be built upon the publi
square. The court house building
wi,I be of stone aud brick, 00x120
feet, two stories high. The first floor
will be occupied by the county office-
rs and the post office, while the
second floor will be used as a court
room for the district court and offices
for the county official and marshal
The building is to be completed by
January 1, 1898. It will be built
after the style cf the Oklahom_
county court house and will be one «f
the finest in the territory, costing
¥24,000 when completed
The jail will also be two stories
high of brick and stone, 30x44 feet.
The lower story will be used as living
apartments for the sheriff, while the
upper Hoor will contain six steel
cells with all modern improvements.
The jail will be the strongest and
best equipped in the territory, and
is to be ready for occupation by July
1, 1807. It will cost when completed
$10,000. When these new build-
ings are finished Tecumseh will have
two of the best, public buildings in
Oklahoma.
Business and residence property
in Tecumseh is in good demand, and
people are going there every day
seeking investments. If enterprise
and hustle will build up a town, then
Tecumseh will certainly add greatly
to her population during the coming
year.—Guthrie Daily Capital.
Choctaw—Chickasaw Treaty.
The treaty provides that all lands
to come out and openly light.
"Women of the Administration."
illustrated with portraits i.f the
wives of the President, Vice-Presi-
dent and members of the Cabinet,
and giying much interesting person-
al information about these charming
women, is an attractive artical in
Demorest's Magazine for May.
Tecumseh will build a $24,000
court, house and an $8,000 jail.
There seems to be no end to the
amount of gond hard work those
people are willing to do for their
town.—Yukon Weekly.
And the hard york has made
Tecumseh the best, town in Oklaho-
ma Territory.
The session laws of the Fourth
legislature are now in force, bciny
completed last Thursday. Treasur-
ers of townships and school districts
are required to make the report to
the county treasurer required bv
them of warrants by May 14, after
which all payment of warrants will
be made by them.—Guthrie Capital.
The Tahlequah Arrow says that
there is a movement on foot among
the Cherokees to go to Mexico when
tribal relations are broken up, and
publishes the names of a number of
Cherokee* who are in the movement.
There already said to be 4,000Creeks
and 2.000 Cherokees located in cen-
tral Mexico who went there prior
to the civil war.
The total assessed valuation of
Enid is $142,027, a grin of $8,000
over last year.—Ex.
Enid is a U. S. land office toivn
in the strip and a county seat, town.
Tecumseh'r total assessed valuation
is over 9200,000.
It may turn out that the poor
devil who puts up $24,000 to build
a court bouse in Tecumseh will have
a white elephant oil his hands.—
Shawnee Quill.
It seems that that court house
deal has given our neighbor at the
station the belle ache.
The last legislature passed a law
winch requires the assessors stamp
on all notes, bonds or mortgages,
eif her shorfor longtime. Merchants
and others should be yery careful
and see that the assessor stamps
their notes and mortgages or they
can not collect the same.
The Dawes commission has
reached an agreement with the
Chickasaw and Choctaw Indian com-
missioners for a division of their
lands.
This agreement makes provision
for townsites, the persons owning
substantial improvements to be per-
mitted to purchase lots on which
the buildings are already erected at
two-thirds actual value.
All coal and mineral interests re-
served for the respective nations.
Individual royalties are to cease
on the ratification of the agreement
by congress and the allotment of
lands is to take place immediately
npoii its approval.
It's a Fact.
It is reported that the Shawnee
Daily Capital has turned its toes up
to the daisies and Tecumseh is still
on the boom.—Choctaw City News.
operate with the commissioner to the
five civilized tribes, or any one mak-
ing appraisment under the direction
of the Secretary of the Interior.
The land is to be valued ill the ap-
praisment as if in its original con-
dition, including ihe improvements
ihereon Each member may select
his allotment from the land now
occupied by him and on which he
has made improvements. All the
lands allotted are to be non-taxable
while the title remains in the allottee
but, not to exceed twenty-one years
from dale of patent. Each allottee
is required to select 100 acres from
his allotment for which he shall
have a separate patent, and which
shall be inalienable for twenty-one
years. The remainder of the allot-
ment may he disposed of by the
allottee, one-fourth in one year and
one-fourth in three years. If Con-
gress has not heretofore made a
grant to a railroad on the alienable
land, it is to determine the rights
of the railroad, and establish uniform
rates of fare aud freight.
Town sites are to be laid out and
the lots sold at (12J per cent of the
present market value of the lot,
The citizens of Tecumseh are go-
ing to make the Choctaw Oklahoma
and Gulf railroad a proposition to
build shops here at Tecumseh and
lonate the Tecumseh railroad to
them provided they will place the
machinery in the buildings and op-
erate them. It seems as though
Shawnee has made a failure of the
shops. Tecumseh never fails in any
thing.
The gentlemen who left the demo-
cartic party last year, are consider-
ing the advisability of holding con-
ference to devise ways and means to
save that political organizationfrom
i destruction they professto fear. If
we are to judge hy the returns from
the municipal election, the Demo-
ratic party is engaged in its old busi-
ness of saving its self, and that is
more than some of its bolters will
be able to do —Washington Post.
The county commissioners are not
permitted to sell real estate worth
over $500 without submitting sanTe
to vote of the county. Yet $2,500
worth of the public square is sold by
the Pottawatome commissioners to
evade this law. The commissioners
ought to enrich themselves if they
do not benefit the county at such
business.—News.
And yet the Sliawneeitcs say that
property in Tecumseh is worthless.
Consistency etc.
Vote it Straight. MeMaster on Populism.
These "snake-in-tb -grass" poli-j It can be fairly said that all the
ticians are a curse toauv party: they populist papers ol the territory are
are a set of cowards. Thoy 'try to now denouncing fusion, and dc
, . . , , ' . faming <Icmccracv. I heir ultimate I
stand in with everybody, when in ,aim ia hanni, l(,.
fact they nre always hiving plans to i the cohesion of accepted principle I
knife someone whom they are afraid ; nor the guidance of accepted leader
ship. In its dislikes of fusion rc- !
suits populism anticipates dtiuocra I
cy in expression, but not in senti
nicut, hi a repudiation of the re
suits populism however discredits '
its own leaders and yet even in this
it must meet democratic a] prov.d.
Populism was never, in this territo-
ry, and really the same conditions
existed outside of it, an organiza-
tion. It expressed the combined
voice of one, crying in the wilder
ness. It was a sentiment of dissat-
isfaction with existing results. An
exponent of a desire to rectify irk-
some conditions with no thorough-
ly defined method ot administering
the remedy.
Populism has yet to learn that
llie vitality of a party comes from
either a continued organization
concentrating the conservatism of
the voters or from the ability of ex
triordinary leadership. Their an-
nounced issues all of less import-
ance from the fact that revolutions
of popular opinion are the convul-
ions of sentimental convictions and
not the conclusions of .studious in-
vestigation. Sentiment needs per-
sonification, it must have a saint
and is aided by a niyrtar. Thus
far in its leadership populism has
either ignored leaders or destroyed
them.
In Oklahoma it shelved its strong-
est exponents in favor of a man who
was both unknown to even local
notoriety and incapable of achiev-
ing it.
In Kansas, Jerry Simpson is the
only man developed of such strength
as to have been able to concenti ate
jiopulistic power and have guideil
it to a party permanency. Iiut
Simpson has been accorded a slcn- J
der following and in his failure. )
and in the absence of a man large
enough to till bis place, populism j
will again lapse to a mere agita- I
tion.
Lacking party organization and
ignoring personal leadership popu-
lism must stand entirely upon the
strength of the issues it presents, j
These are reformatory only in |
change of routine but not funda-
mental revolutions of principle.
Consider them carefully. Currency
reform is an incidental and not a
permanent isjue. It is suggested
merely as a method of obviating
present conditions and deprejsion.
The discovery of vast quantities of
gold would work the same result as
any of the proposed reforms, a
great foreign war would bring im- |
mediate temporary relief, as would ]
a greatly increased issue of even
National Bank Notes.
The government ownership of
Railroads and the few kindred rem-
edies of like nature, would benefit
some localities and injure others. It ;
would tend to a redistribution ol
population and industries, but these
would equalize the benefits given in j
one locality hy the injuries bestow-
ed in another section.' The relief i
would he sposmatic, if it proved a j
relief, and not permanent.
So with the other reforms pro-
posed, it' all of them succeeded in
in attaining control and were lion
rstly administered to the most com-
plete extent of their capabilities
for renovation, tiny would merdv
sliifl burdens instead ol i.estiovinir
■tlieui. 'l'hey are putting new
patches on an old garment, adding
ne w methods to an existing fabric,
which is wrong, not in its methods
alone but in its entire construction.
The (ioddess of Liberty needs re-
placing by a lie>v female divinity
and the repairing of an eyelash or
the reconstruction of a toe will not
change her disposition.
In the advocacy of patchwork re-
forms either of the obi parties can
outdo populism, and democracy can
really exceed her in their perform-
ance. Party platforms are theoretic,
party government a rejection of
platform theories and populism has
no record in this regard more at-
tractive than either of its oppo-
nents.
A. J. mmi RACKET.
BARGAINS, BARGAINS, BARGAINS!
i have bought the stock of F. M. Teets, and the bankrupt
stock of A. C. Pickens, at a low figure and am prepared to
sell you goods cheaper than any house in Oklahoma. I am
constantly adding newgoodsto my stock directfrom New
York, bought at prices that defy competition. I also have
some
GROCERIES
that I will sell at actual cost. Remember that when you
are in the city to call at Grayson's Racket and see the big
bargains offered in everything. There will also be found
Beautiful and Stylish line of
goods
in charge of Miss May Butts, who will be pleased to have
the ladies call and examine the stock as soon as she re-
turns fhe north. Remember everything goes at Racket
prices.
A. J. GRAYSON'S RACKET.
South Broadway, Tecumseh, Okla,
S. J. SCOTT
On last Tuesday Master Work
man Larsh, of Tecumseh Lodge No
7, A. (). I . \\\, received from the
Graud Lodge of Oklahoma, a draft
for *'2,000 payable to Mrs. Roavis,
that being the full amount of insur-
ance carried by her husband, John j
Heavin, who died last winter, in the i
A. (). IT. W., of Oklahoma. This
amount of insurance is carried by :
every member of the lodge and is
always paid in full.
DEALER in-
im NEW WAY.
WOMEN used
to think "fe-
male diseases "
could only be
treated after "lo-
cal examina-
tions" by physi-
cians. Dread of
such treatment
kept thousands of
modest women
silent about their
suffering. The in-
troduction of
Wine of Cardui ha3 now demon-
strated that nine-tenths of all the
cases of menstrual disorders do
not require a physician's attention
at all. The simple, pure
0
M'ELREE'J
Ury
sasa<ai SIGN'S, Sisits
and Senera! Merchandise.
He is now adding to liis large stock in each
department and will sell you
OK11R
II i-,
i ai l led
Di'THNO the past ten diivs
of cyclone caves hnve beer .1 u
well to Ij* prepared, but il d(
to us that tlie idea is being
to the extreme, further in fact, tliati
the philosophy of the real situation
demands. Why? Well, first: It
might he 100 years before another
cyclone visits this country. It is as
liable to strike the island of Hortieo
as Oklahoma. Some seem to think,
too, that Oklahoma is the abode of
cyclones We again beg to differ.
Statistics show that, while several
storms of more or less magnitude
have wrought damage to life and
property, we are scarcely recognized
in the long list of states that have
suffered great loss. Second: what
effect will the sight of these great
mounds thrown up hero and there
! have upon the prospective property
taken In the privacy of a woman's
own home insures quick relief and
speedy cure. Women need not
hesitate now. V/ine of Cardui re-
quires no humiliating examina-
tions for its adoption. It cures any
disease that comes under the head
of "female troubles"—disordered
menses, falling of the womb,
"whites," change of life. It makes
women beautifuUby making them
well. It keeps them young by
keeping them healthy. $1.00 at
the drug store.
fivine symptoms,
ry DepartiM-nt,"
icine Co., Chatta-
W. 1. ADDISON, M.D., Cary, Miss., says:
"I use Wine of Cardui extensively in
my practiceand find it a most excellent
preparation for f6inale troubles."
:*Tre-~Hr •Ti-Bmyifmrrr-f
The Chatta
lie especially invites the attention of cash buyers. Come and see.
Mark street, north side of square, Tecumseh, Okli
SAM. CLAY, 1'ron
J. W. LKWIS, Cftalii
rs
S. p. J.AKSH, AI Caah
HANK OF TECUMSEH,
Capital Stock $50,000.00.
Does a General Banking Business.
^•Jiool warrants bought at highest price*,
•nilse
Loans made on 30, 60 and DO days on Rood security. Kxch.mire
Directors: T M I'liflup, Sum (. liij, J W l.ewls,W N Mi'
principal cities for sale
Irn.Smn flniley
Thfl cheapest fertile lands now epen
for settlement!- tl:^ United States are lo-
cated in Texas. Tlie Missouri, Kansac
and Texas Hallway n ill have Excuraion
Rates to the above section on March Uth,
April 6th and 20th. For maps and furth-
er information, address the nearest I.ocal
Agent, or F. li. Drew, G. T, A. Parsons
Kansas.
Doubtless lie would reason
were absolutely necessary
clusiv of the improvements thereon, ! purchaser from some othe
but the owner of the improvement
is to have no right to buy the lot at
that price. All coal and asphalt
shall be the common property of
the two nations. The royalty of
coal is 15c per too, the royalty to be
paid into the treasury of the United
States on the 2oth day of the m^nth
following. Partial jurisdiction over
the Indians is conferred upon the
United States court. The present
form of government is to continue
for eight years.
state?
hat if it
to COll-
«truct an underground dwelling to a|| present systems of government
as a platform, aud it will succeed. |
Populism is remotely a forerunner
of such a human savior. It indi-
cates the existence of an evil but
olfers no method for its overthrow.
Revolution is a product of the
! stomach and not of the brain, star-
vation is the parent of patriotism,
j Socialistic methods offer most ap-
! par.int remedies for the present cap-
italistic conditions and only with
thom as a basis can a third party
dominate this country. .McMasters
Weekly.
ITr.t printed May 1,
NOTIl'i; OF APPLICATION TO SELL
LIQUOHS.
To Whom it May Concern :
Notice is hereby given that .1. S. Har-
per has this day Hied his petition for
license to retail liquors in Tecuinstli.
county of Pottawatomie, territory o.'
Oklahoma, and that unle.- s objections to
the same as required by law. be tiled by
the 11th day of May, IH1I7. or said petition
will be ^ra'it ■ i
This 27th day of April.
Geo. M. SofTiKiATic, County Clerk,
Good Newspapers
ATA VERY LOW PIUCK.
TilK SEM I - WKI:KL Y N i 1 \Y S (<; :,1
veston "r Dull is published Tuer l iys
and Fridays. E u h issue eouaistH of oii/ht
pagPH. There lire special departments for
j the fanners, the ladies nri i the l oys and
. girls. henide« a world of gem-nil news
As ,i Humniatation of probabllt- I matter, illustrated articl« . t< We offer
ties, the reforms of populism
not fundamental, its exponents
not crusaders, its followers not fa andthe IIKKAI.D for rj ntl itxtl
nation, and its success is not a ] us- *"vv cll,''''iu£ l'r 1 !
sibility. Following it may come, J
lipresent conditions continue, a price. Handlayoitrsuii-criin
revolution with ti
MAVERICK SALOON,
li. F. 1I0USEB, Proprietor.
WilftON, JLfi4|M©l8N and
The Celebrated Anheuser-Buscli Beer al-
ways Fresh and Cold.
Adams & Son's old stand cor. Broadway and Washington
^11 ¥A. ct
Sole agents for the
Celebrated
Gliarter Oak
Stoves and Kanges.
THE SEMI-WEEKLY miS
TECrMSKll,
OKLAHOMA.
save his life, there would be small
need of making any surface improve-
ments. One can easily imagin the
result. We might as well go back
to methods familiar with the abor-
igines or the Mound Builders. Plain-
ly, we seetn to drift tuto the idea of
adopting prehistoric customs of
living.—Perkins Journal.
Printers Attention!
We have at this office an
eight column foiio or live
column quarto Washing-
ton Hand Press , several
fonts of type and about
25 lhs of nonpareil for
sale.
Will sell tha whole lot at a bar*
gain, as we arc folng to put In a
new pres.*.
In order to reduce our stock before re
moving to another building we will sell
for the next 10 days; fl.75 hats for $1.00; j
$1.50 hats for 00c; $1.25 hats for 15c;
$1.00 hats for 65c; 75c hats for 50c.
FttlKDLY & GREflOnY. I
oa UC
MARKER BROS
ty Stages and drays ply between Tecum
j seh aud Shawnee, and meet all train?.
—Watches, Clocks, Jewelry and Spec- All orders left at .Stable will le promptly
tacles at Hock Bottom prices, at Snidcrs'. attended to.
MCHOLSO^I, Prop.
r*r We have just added a lot of new horses, buggies, carriages, <fce.. to our already
arge livery outfit. lyCarnp house in connection
SS^Finest rigs in the city
Herald
and Republic
$1.75 PER YEAR.
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