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VOL. II, NO. 9.
TERLTON. OKLA., JULY 23, 1909.
*1.00 A YEAR.
STATE NEWS CONDENSED
From All Over The New State
Complaint* Are Received.
Two more complaint* against ice
companies bare been received -by the
Corporation Commission. They were
from Ada and Marietta.
Chan McCoy Dead.
Chan McCoy, formerly In the drug
business in Ardmore and one of the
oldest citliens of Ardmore, died Mon-
day after a long Illness.
Ardmore Company to Chandler.
Company G of the state military
organization left for Chandler to en-
ter the state encampment. Fifty or
more members of the company will
report for duty.
A fine rain fell at Caney. It will do
much good to the corn, which,, owing
to the extremely hot weather for
the past few weeks, has been badly
damaged. Cotton is in fine shape,
not many boll weevils having been
reported.
New Church Dedicated.
At Catoosa, ten miles east of Tulsa,
a new Methodist church, costing $3,-
000, has been dedicated. Dr. Stock-
rwell, district superintendent, and
Rev. J. A. Dixon of Bartlesville had
charge of the dedicatory exercises.
To Market Tulsa Melons.
Tulsa track growers will market
seventy five car loads of cantaloupes
of 300 acres, the first attempt at
raising these melons on a large scale
made. The fruit is of excellent qual-
ity. Plans are underway for the
growing of all melons on a ireat
scale next year.
Digging for Gold.
Believing that they have mlssod the
chest of gold which they clalio is
Juried on the banks of the Blue
.driver, ten miles north of Durant, two
men are sinking a second shaft.
Many attempt^ have been mado to
reach the supposed treasure, but all
have failed. The two men at work
now hope to be rewarded with a rich
^#<lnd. *
Johnson County Crops. *
A light rain fell at Milburn Sun-
day. The fall in the temperature
with the rain haB been a benefit to
growing crops, especially late corn.
The best corn crop for seevral years
is practically assured. Cotton is in
good condition, with very little com-
plaint as to damage from the boll
weevil. Up to date the cotton crop
here is better than any crop sinca
1904.
Santa Fe May Put On Train.
It developed Monday that the San-
ta Fe ig contemplating putting on
an additional train north from Guth-
rie, leaving that city, at 7:20 a. in.
makisg connection with a traiu south-
bound into Texas from Purcell, and
returning to Guthrie at 9:30 p. m.
Players Arrested at Muskogee.
Muskogee defeated Pittsburg in a
ragged game winning sixteen out ot
the last eighteen games. All of the
players were arrested by the city for
Sunday ball playing, after Judge
King denied an injunction to the lo-
cal management restraining the city
from Interfering. Score 3 to 2.
Cite Frieco and Katy to Appear.
The state corporation commlss'ori
has cited the Frisco Railway for
contempt for refusing to obey the
commission's o: uer to establish a
depot at Ellis, between Breekenrldge
and Hunter, In Garfield county, and
the Katy for not complying with the
order to bulletin train arrivals and
departures at Sallisaw.
Telephones on 8anta Fe.
Telephones will within a short time
replace the telegraph upon all Santa
Fe system lines. That rood is now
converting Its division from Welling-
ton, Kan., to Amarlllo. Texas, to use
phones instead of telegraph. It U
reported that the Enid branch, from
Kiowa. Kan., to Guthrie, will short!?
be made a telephone line.
Rains Near Durant.
Rains that will be of material ben
eflt to the badly damaged crops
fell la Durant and vicinity Sunday.
Corn has sustained considerable dam.
age. but the rain came In time to
have the bumper crop from being
cut short. Cotton Is in splendid con
dltlon, with practically no boll wee
vils reported In Bryan county.
Bo Into Camp.
Oklahoma National Guard will 90
into summer camp near Chandler
luly 20 to 27, occupying thj State's
*ifle range and school land section
arhJch the State bas leased for man-
euver purposes.
On Tuesday, July 20, a provision
il batallon, composed of the First
Reglmeut Band, Company D of
lutbrie, I of Alva and K of Enid
of the FLat Infantry, about 120 meu
and officers, commanded by Major
F. Barrett, will be reviewed in a pa-
idae that will pass the State House
U 1 p. 111. In the reviewing party
wlll be Gov. Haskell, commander-in-
chief of the State's forces; Adjt.
Gen. Canton, Lieut. Co. Frederick
Nineteenth United States Infantry
itationed at Fort Bliss, Tex. (El
Paso), and detailed to inspect the
State Guard in c&mp: Major Black
United States Army, retired, spe-
cial aid to the Governor for instruc-
tion of guard, and Capt. M. H. Taul-
bee, Assistant Adjutant General. The
battalion will depart that afternoon
tor the camp at Chandler.
The Adjutant General's depart-
ment expects between 500 and 600
men attending the comp of iustruc-
tlon, the regiment being composed
)f Companies A of Tulsa, B of
Chandler, C of Shawnee, I) of
Guthrie, E of Pawnee. K of Mus-
kogee, G of A-dniore. H of Durant,
I of Alva, K of Enid. L of Antlers.
M of Oklahoma City, Hospital Corps
of Oklahoma City, Signal Corps ot
Blackwell and EugUieei Corps of
lawton. No me nwbo have nut had
an enlistment of six months or over
wlll be permitted to attend the
State's evpense. Col. Roy Hocman
of Chandler will command the camp
Lieut. Shaw and six men of the
Signal Corps have been in charge
of the camp ground for several days
wiring It for communication.
E. J. Fannin Dead.
E. J. Fannin, president of the First
National Bank of McAlester, died
last Sunday night In Chicago after
a lingering Illness. The remains
reached McAlester Tuesday night and
the funeral will be held Wednesday.
He was for ten years clerk In the
United States District Court of the
Central District of Indian Territory.
He was a thirty-third degree Mason
and a prominent Elk.
Old Spanish Coin Found.
An old Spanish silver coin, bearing
the date of 1727, was found in Ft.
Gibson a few weeks ago by Gradcn
Woeks. This coin Is about as large
aa a nickel and is In a good state
of preservation, the date. 1727, being
very plain. There was a Sapnish set-
tlement la the vicinity of Fort Gib-
son before the establishment of the
fort in lilt. There la an old Span-
ish graveyard about four miles south-
west of town.
Would Mandamus Trapp.
Former Chief Justice Buford of the
Oklahoma 8upreme Court is pre-
paring papers in a suit of the Cook
Construction Company of Iowa
against State Auditor Trapp for a
writ e fmandamila to compel pay-
ments on the construction of addi-
tional buildings at th* Agricultural
and Mechanical College.
The contract was awarded by the
State Board of Agriculture and In sn
opinion by Attorney Oeneral West
last Saturday It was held that the
Board of Publle Affairs should award
such contracts. The Agricultural
Board claims a constitutional graut
of pow«r as a board of regents, and
the mandamus case will test that aa
well as other gueetlona involved.
Pony's Kick Fatal.
While playing with a pet pony in
the pasture on the afternoon of the
14th Inst, the 12 yesr old son of
Benjamin V. Taylor, a prominent
farmer of near Guymon, was kicked
in the abdomen by the pony, from the
effects of which he died. The chil-
dren of the family were in the habit
of catching the pony by the tail to
stop him, so they could get on him,
and the boy stated he had done this
when the pony kicked him.
To Fight Tuberculosis.
The State Health Department of
Guthrie is preparing to wage a vlg
orous fight on consumption, and be-
ginning Aug. 1 will require that all
caseB of tuberulosls be reported to
the County Superintendents of Health
"Before anything can be done to
better tho condition of tuberculat
patients," a statement issued by
State Health Commissioner Mahr
says: "It Is necessary that the State
Board of Health know how many
cases of tuberculosis there are in the
state; whether the disease Is on the
increase, at a standstill or Is de-
c; easing. Blanks furnished through
the State Health Department will call
for the following Information: Pa-
tient's age, sex, color, nativity, oc-
cupation and address, how long since
ailment began, has patient been em-
ployed with consumptives, if so how
long; has a consumptive previously
occupied the residence, date of last
case there, number of members In
patient's home, is patient married
or single."
Samples of sputum will bo sent
to the state laboratories for exam-
ination. With this Information given
in reports the health departments
will be able to trace the origin of
cases and work in that direction to
stamp out the disease.
Cherokee Strip Ceebratlon.
Plans are being laid for a grand
celebration of the sixteenth anniver-
sary of the opening of the Cherokee
strip, to take place 8ept. 16 at Enid.
As this city Is the largest town in
the "strip" and the metropolis of
Northern Oklahoma, it Is proposed
to hold the eelebration there. The
exercises will probably be held at
the new fair grounds, In the mam-
moth stock pavilion, which is 150
feet wide and 70 feet long, entirely
covered, and with a seating capacity
In the center for 2.100 people. Al-
though the plans have hardly as-
sumed shape at thir time. It Is the
Intention tc hi ve some of the orlgl
nal old settlers of prominence tell
of their expeiiw at", and to h"ve a
general good ti* 1, with coa 0 races,
ropl.g <- rusts and all the sports
which v e la vogue at the time
of the epscing.
Strange Doctrine of Fate
Printing and publishing houses In
Oklahoma work more days than any
other Institution, excepting hotels
and electrical companies, according
to statistics for 1908 In possession
of the State Labor Commissioner.
The year's average was 310 wokrlng
days, and after eliminating fifty-two
Sundays, the craft lost on an aver-
age but three other days during the
twelve months.
The department has reports from
442 out of the approximate 550 In-
stitutions In the state, showing their
annual receipts equaled $2,561,160,
out of which they paid for material
$796,038. The capital Invested was
$1,858,833, Invested in grounds $131,-
070, buildings $203,840, machinery $1.
378,873. paid In rent and taxes $116,
386 and paid In wages $1,197,877.
There were employed 17,016 males
and 299 females, and of these 1,234
males, 353 females and 48 children
under 16 years of age were In the
mechanical departments. The average
wage of 44 was over $25 a week, 118
between $20 and $25 per week, 287
btween $15 and $20, 212 between $12
snd $15 and 184 between $10 and
$12 per week The average paid fe-
males was between $6 and $12 per
week.
Rev. J. M. Riley Dead.
Rev. J. M. Riley, who was born
on Cct. S, 148, in Patterson. Ohio,
died at Woodward during the past
week. He was married to Carrie S.
Emerson in 1674. He leaves his wife
and three children and many friends
to mourn his loss.
Well Known Indian Diea.
Soggy Sanders, one of the best
known Indians In the Cherokee Na-
tion. died this week. Sanders waa
Intelligent ai:d successful and had
the confidence of his people and
neighbors and was well liked by all
who knew him. His home was at
Locust Grove.
Settle Township Affairs.
The Board of County Commission-
ers went to Perry during the week
and e'fected a settlement with the
Commissioners for Noble County of
the affairs of the two townships,
Rock and Walnut, which were taken
from Payne and given to Noble by
the constitutional convention. An
agreement was reached on all mat-
ters involved.
Elected Chairman.
At a meeting of the democratic
central committee In Eufaula, At-
torne.v R. D. Howe of Eufaula was
elected county chairman, to succeed
W. C. Lletdke, who has moved to
McAlester. The old secretary, T. F.
Turner, was retained.
By Express Company.
Petition has been filed with th*
Corporation Commission by the Pa-
clfic Express company asklug that
It be relieved from the commission's
recent acountlng order, alleging that
It will co t the compuny a sum
equal to Its annual earnings In the
State. The company intimates that
It would rather withdraw from the
State than comply.
Big Shipment of Ca'tle.
W. P. Brown. Selridge. Wilson k
Mitchell have made a shipment of
twenty .five cars of cattle from 8ctr.il-
ter. J. 8. Todd of Fort Worth has
shipped a train of fifteen cars of
cattle and D. 8mlih made a similar
shipment. The pr'ces of grass-fed
cattle range from $5.10 to $6.10.
Trial Is Postponed.
When the Muskogee and Pittsburg
teams appeared In police court Mon.
day morning for playing ball on Sua
day, the defendants set up a plea that
they could not get a fair trial before
Walroud because of his prejudlc*
against them. Walrond admitted the
truth of the affidavits and the cape
will be tried by Justice Wolfenberger.
Park Bond Sale at Tu sa.
The city commissioners of Tulsa
have received $25,000 from the sale
of park bonds, and will at once buy
the various park sites selected hy
the park board. Five parks will be
established at once, three small park?
and two large parks.
United in Marrlags.
Prof. Claude F. Scott of the South
western Normal and Miss LucilU
. Wall were uulted in uiairiage at Dal
! las, Tex., during the past week
The ceremony was performed at
j the Christian Church and was, at
tended by a large uumber of friend*
Prof. Scott Is one of tho instructors
| of the normal and haa numerous
I friends among the faculty and twou
people.
Off For Ireland.
John and Charley O'Laughlln ana
Little John O'Laugb'ln of Guvmon
left for the green hills of Old Ire.
land, where they will Hpend several
weeks renewing their old acquaintan-
ces. This Is their first visit home
in twenty years.
Eleeted Member of Corporation.
Ex-Mayor W. B. Riley of EI Reno,
has been elected a member of the
directory of the Oklahoma-Arkansas
Delighter Company, a corporation
having control of a patent right in
those two states. Secretary of State
Cross is president of the company.
The capital stock Is said to be $1,-
500,000. Mr. Riley will appoint agents
for this portion of the state.
Gasoline Tank Exploded.
An accident occurred at the elevs-
tor at Sayre which resuted seriously
W. J. Campbell, Ralph Moore, Mark
Emanuel and Lloyd Allen were at
work about a tank of gasoline when
an explosion ocurred. Moore, Camp-
bell and Emanuel were quite badly
burned about the face and hands. Al-
len escaped without Injury.
Unearthed Bone of Large Animal.
While digging In a big sand pit
during the past week near Tuttle
William Funqua unearthed a large
hone of some kind. Up to this time
It has not b en Identified as any
ecrtaln kind of animal. It resembles
the leg of a very large animal and is
petrified In part and has become very
heavy from petrification. It Is a well
preserved bone and for ages has lain
in the sand and water.
; Stock Law Construed.
In an opinion by Judge Hayes of
the Supreme Court at Guthrie, the
Oklahoma stook law is oonstruel
I11 the case of Charlea Le Flora
B. B. Sanders, appealod from Atoka
County, holding that the people ol
a staak district may determine by
an election whether all domestic aa
imals shall be permitted to m «l
large, and where a majority is in
favor of permitting It, It la not
unlawful for the owners of swine to
turn them lose.
Will Purchase Stock,
At a recent meeting of the Board
of Regeants of the A. ft M. school
at Stillwater It was decided to bp)
some fine breeding stock for «*•
perlment at the college. Ewers
White left Thursday to Join Prof.
John Craig when they will buy
stock in Chicago. They will go from
there to Cauada, where they will
buy some fine sheep, hogs aad
horses. All of the rest of the atook
will be purchased In the United
States.
Lower Tax Levy.
Although the expenses of the city
of Guthrie are increasing at an ap-
proximate rate of $5,000 each year,
at a call mee'jng recently the City
Council placed the tax levy within
one-twentieth of a mill of the levy
of last year, making the 1909 levy a
total of twenty mills.
The levy of the year 1909 Is made
upon the basis valuation of $4,600,-
000 of taxable property.
Preparea to Bring Suit.
United States Att« rney Gregg of
Muskogee Is preparing to bring suit
against the officials of Seminole
county, restraining them from col-
lecting taxes on the ground that In-
dian lands, under the provisions of
the enabling act, are not collectable.
No deeds have been Issued to allot-
tees In the Seminole Nation, and the
suit wll lbrlng up sn old question sa
to whether or not Seminole lands sre
alienable.
Autemstle Rifle far Guard*.
One dozen automatic rifles of IS
caliber and 2,000 rounda of ammun
Itlon have been purchaaed by the
State Board of Aftalra for use of
guards at the McAlester penlten
tlary. The ammunition carrlea a
soft-nose ball, and makes a danger
ous wound. The rifle loads with a
"clip" of six cartridges, similar to
the Improved army gun. and whloh
are exploded with Intense rapidity
when the guu trigger la held back
Aa soon as the wall la completed
the State National Guard will loan
the penitentiary management one of
Its machine guna, especially deelg-
ned for mobs and riots. The arm
la to be planted upon the parapet
so as to command the grounds for
several hundred yards In any direc-
tion.
The penitentiary has had few aa-
capes of convicts, It Is said, but a
number of attempta are on recrd.
At one time a plot for a general
"getaway" waa discovered and pre-
vented. Recently a convict handling
a State team drove rapidly away and
was overhauled about three miles
from town. Not long ago when the
gangs were taken to the pen and
checked, one man waa mlssin. The
penitentiary dogs were placed In
commlaalon. and followed a trial
to near where the ganga had been
at work. The missing convict was
found burled In soft earth, his head
under a board, from where he could
command a view of the situation aad
get away.
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Chinese Fully aa Firm Believers In
Foreordlnatlon ea Are the
Turks.
The Chinese are Invsrlably courte-
ous and considerate if you take them
the right way. Superstition, of course,
is deeply engrsfted in their natures,
and a kind of klsmat policy, after the
manner of the Tu-ks, takes possession
of them, so that whatever Is going
to happen will happen, and there the
matter enda.
Battling agalnat fate for a China-
man la sheer waste of time, and
he simply bows his head to the Inevit-
able. Take, for example, the strict
attention, or rather the devotion, that
Is psld to fengshul on the Yangtr.e.
Feng Shut la the superatlUon that de-
termines good ait* or locality, and
If a town on the Yanftw bas not a
good feng shut trade will not come to
It, and It will be ruined.
A town named Peh-8hlh had ita pa-
goda In the wrong place, not far
enough down the elver, in fact; the
result being that all traffic which
ahould have come to It waa swept
past, the result being that Pel 8hlh
waa left out In the cold. All the talk
In the world would not convince the
Pel-Shlh folk that the depreaalon could
arise from any other cause than that
of a bad fang-shul, so they pulled
the pagoda dowa aad built another
one In the supposed eight spot. So far
prosperity has not returned to Pel-
Shlh, though the Inhabitants live In
hope.
The city of VV'anshlen, on the other
hapd, has a perfect feng-shui two fine
pagodas, one 1.000 feet high, below the
town, while Wanahlen itself is very
prosperous The fact that Wanahlen
Is situated in a most fertile valley,
where wheat, barley and the poppy
flourish abundantly, while Pel-Shlh la
barren and miserable, doea not con-
cern the Inhabitants of theae places so
much aa the fengshul alte. This ati
aurd Idea In the Chlneae mind la only
one of thousanda like It.
So Near and Yet to Far.
| Johnny, aged eight, llkea high
' flown words, but. aa accuracy la not
j to be expected in one of hla years,
he often mispronounces and mlaap
piles them. The other day he came
home with this announcement:
Mamma, 1 Juat aaw a gentleman
atandlng on the corner auak In pro-
fan* thought."
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