Coalgate Record. (Coalgate, Indian Terr.), Vol. 14, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 9, 1906 Page: 1 of 8
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VOL XIV
COALGATfi
THURSDAY AUGUS 9 1906
NO t 8
MINES ARE mm
No 1 and No 10 Inundated by
lloggy Inflicting Many TIioii-
Hands of Eollurs Damage '
and Throwing 700 Men
Outoi I'bniiloyinent
Tho heavy rains of this week
caused Boggy to raise und run
into “No 10“ and from there
communicated witli “No 9” and
filled both full to overflowing
The damage to tho mines will
aggregate at least 10000 and
may be ten times that amount
Seven hundred men will be effect-
ed by the disaster
The company Y’U begin pump-
ing the water out at once and
will work night and day to repair
the damages and put the mines
in a ' workable condition at the
earliest practicable moment
Much damage was also done to
the railmuls bri dges and grow-
ing crops
ABOUT THE MINES
It is rumored that with the
-"readjustment of the affairs of
the Southwestern Development
Company a shake up of the ein
ployes will take place and many
changes made
J de F J unkins General man-
ager of the Coalgatc Company
- has established his headquarters
in New York City and will direct
the operations of the company
from that point' Mr Junkin ex-
pects to enlist much interest in
this city among the capitalists of
the metropolis
f By an order from headquar-
ters the auditing department ol
the coal bureau of the M K &
T has been combined with the
audting department in charge ol
agents in Kansas and the new
office of auditor in Kansas has
been created
C E Spooner who has beer
auditor for the coal bureau has
been appointed general auditor
for Kansas E II Farley who
has been auditor will become
traveling accountant wiih head-
quarters in Parsons
‘1 This change has been made
- necessary' by the new bill which
prohibits a railway company
from owning or operating coal
mines from which coal' is sold to
the public The coal department
will be much simplified and can
be handled through the other
auditing department
The reorganization of the meth-
od of handling coal will also ne-
cessitate other changes in vari-
ous departments These have
not yet been announced
‘ ' MOREMCRATIcTlUBS '
J Y Bryce and II L Sadler
went to Limestone Gap last Sat-
urday afternoon and made ad-
dresses and assisted in the ' for-
'rnation of a democratic club with
the following officers:
President E T Carry trea-
surer J L Ward secretary J
II Lands
In the evening they went to
Veslcy and met a number of
‘ democrats who organized a club
- with the following officers: Pres-
ident J E Ouesciist secretary
- W L McDonald
Tho democrats in the moun-
tains are getting busy and when
the big thing comes off will be
found doing their duty
CARO OF THANKS
We desire to take this means
' of thanking all those who have
been so very kind to us and also
for the many’ beautiful flowers
sent during our recent bereave-
rnent Mrs Louise Depew and
Son
PHILOSPHERS RECREATE
The philosophers of tho Socie-
ty for Ethical Culture and Astro-
Psy’diical Research meandered
oat on tho verdant banks of the
classic Muddy Boggy last Sun-
day morning and spent a few
hours in serious meditation and
beneficial exchange of useful in-
formation The morning was a most beau-
tiful one rnd-Dame Nature seem-
ed to have put on her most beau-
tiful garb to welcome the philo-
sophers The birds sang their
sweetest tho flowers shed their
most fragrant perfume and the
rippling stream murmured an
orientiaj lullaby as tho budite in-
vestigators convulsed under the
Ciy Officials Make Deal Witli
Katy ICallroid to Take Soup
Bone Switch out ol'Mala’
strcoi-
Mayor C M‘ TVoadgill and
City Engineer I own have re-
turned from St Louis where
they concluded that will result
on the removal of the Soup bone
switch from South Main bn favor
able torpns According to' the
terms of the contract the city will
cede to the railroad West Raii-
aoacj street that runs paralell
with the Katy tnacks through
the strip pit East Main street and
wilt pay the expense of grading
and removal of track ‘
The railroad will cede to the
umbrageous foliage of the mighty city all of its right of way along
°aks ' the tracks which coniprescs
After much -informal talk and some very valuacle lots ‘
tire discussion of many theories It is understood that the abut-
of life the philosophers enjoyed ing property owners on that part
a feast which was much enjoyed
All the luxuries of life were
provided as will be seen by’ the
following
men if:
Fromage Brie Pain Rie
Roti a la Luetgert Eau Biscuit
Ognanan Nature! Olives
Hareng a la Kipper Pickles
Eau de Boggy Frapped
Matches Cigars
After the conclusion of the re-
port a feast of reason and flow
of soul ensued which was partici
pated in by all
While we have not space to
mention all the good features we
cannot refrain from referring toj
some of the most notable
Philosopher Bill Bradshaw
read a well prepared essay on
the “Art of Photography” and its
Relation fo Prnlieal Politics'’
which was a masterpiece on a
subiect with which the author is
well qualified to speak
Philosophenfl Soandso Hume
L II F delivered a thesis on
“Fusions Trances- and Spells
as a Means of Attaining Wishes”
which with the discussion and
additional explanations of Philo
sopher W Merriboy Hume L
II S was extremely instructive
as well as diverting
'At this juncture Philosophers
Von Keller and Art Johnson ar-
rived and gave a gastrpnomieal
exhibition that would have given
a health food advocate the jim-
jams Philosopher Carlo Johnson
famous rnneonteur who has" at-
tained the degiee of E B M re-
counted many salacious anec-
dotes which would make Boccac-
cios Decameron sound like Sun-
day School stories in compar-
ison and Philosopher Gentiiini be
gun to deliver an address in
divers tongues on the “Which-
nessof the Why” when he saw a
lone olive in the bottle made a
dive for it lost the thread of his
discourse but got the olive
An eminent singing dervish
from Egypt (111) traveling incog
nito as Gee U U Dey warbled
the soul stirring melody of “The
Little Brown Hen” in such a
pathetic and moving manner
that the birds stilled Jtheir song
the turtles came out on logs and
wiped their eyes and even the
skies became so affected that
they began to weep a Hood of
rainy tears causing the philoso-
phers to seek the underbush
Rntil the song stopped the tears
ceased when they solemnly but
happily returned to tliei r sepe-
rate abodes chanting the hymn
fSic transit gloria mundi”
Howard Harrison writes from
Tolika Tex that he is
suffer-
1 ing from an attack of Territory
fever and we expect him to drill
in any day
TO MOVE
! of the street will assume a’!' the
expense in the matter and will
take the ceded right-of-way to
reimburse them
The Mayor and City Engineer
are to be congratulated cn the
success they have attained in the
matter
KANRATT ON FOREIGN VOTE
A South McAIester dispatch
say's: One of the most prominent
mine workers in the territory
Pete Hanraty president of the
Mine Workers union of district
Nq 21 of the United Mine Work-
ers of America in discussing the
political affiliations of the miners'
in this city Sunday’ evening said
th at it would be impossible to de
termire which way’ the Italians
of the belli w)ikl vote It was
his opinion that the foreign vote-
would be pretty evenly divided
between the two great parties
President Hamaty said that
many of the Italians hul taken
out' naturalization papers and
that many more of the workers
who went to Italy when the big
strike began would he back by
this September
In'regard totVie Poles and Li-
thuanians President Hanraty
said that their natural political
inclinations were toward the
Democratic party j ist as the
natural inclination of the Ger-
man was toward the Republican
party
It is estimated that there will
be 1000 foreign votes in that city
and surrounding coal towns”
DEATH -OF F S DEPEW
I’ S Depew one of Coalgate’s
most valuable and energetic citi-
zen died at his home last Satur-V
day after a long and dirtressing
illness
Tiie deceased was 43 years old
at the time of his deatli and has
been for a number of years a
resident of Coalgatc uh-ro he
had won the reiect of all our
people by bis untiring industry
honest and upright conduct and
and other sterling traits of char-
acter that go to make a good
member of the community lie
was elected a member of the city
council last Spring and proved to
be a useful alderman until en-
croaching illness prevented him
from attending the meetings
The deceased leaves a wife and
son who will have the sincere
sympathy of all who know them
in the hour of their sorrow and
grief
Tin funeral was held at the
late home of the deceased at 4:30
o’clock Sunday by Rev Bram-
lurge cortege
’ hall after which a
J of mourning friends followed the
j remains ts the Coalgate Come-
jtery where ho was laid to rest
THE CONTRAST
In contrast to the mad scram-
ble of the Democrats for nomi-
nations to office is the dignified
attitude of the Republicans of
Indian Territory Democratic
candidates have for months past
been chasing each other up and
down the country’ rnakingfrantic
drives to picnics perpetrating
themselves on the unprotected
public clamoring for support for
offices The Republicans on the
other hand are quietly waiting
the trend of events the offices to
be are seeking the men there is
no unseemly pushing and pulling
nor are the voters of the future
harrassed or annoyed by the
long-winded harangues or volu-
minous printed speoches’of self-
seeking professional politicians
The Republican party is organiz-
ing thoroughly’ and compactly
and when the campaign opens it
will be conducted in a dignified
aggressive manner and at no
time will their end cf it degene
rate into a wild race for indivi-
eual advancement — Muskogee
Phoenix
The same phenomena has been
noticed in Joe Cannon’s County
(Vermilion) in Ill'nois with the
party reversed There the
publicans have a majority of
00 and scores of candidates
every office are soliciting votes
for eighteen months before the
election The democrats on the
other hand assume the dignified
altitude and let the office seek
the man It not only has to
seek him but hunt his hiding
place and drag him out before he
will engage in the mad scramble
fofian office which Tie has no
chance of being elected to
’ Human nature is the same i:i
Indian Territory as it is in Illinois
The democratic party will j
have a good big majority in the
new state and the ambitious
member of that pariy cannot res-
train his impatience but wants
to get into the running before
his fellows
The republicans on the other
hand see almost inevitable defeat
stai ing them in the face and few
sensible men are willing to offer
themselves as a sacrifice on the
party altar Therefore we are
often importuned to “lay polities
aside and vote for the man”
NOTICE TO PUPILS:
All pupils who did not take
their final examination or test
lost April please meet me on the
2vt2)aud 30 inst so that- I may
determine from your daily work
and test wether you can be prom-
oted Will meet at each Academy
school buildings Let us attend
to this before school opens
I desire to say just here' that
this year our course will be re-
duced to ten grades (I propose
to give as an optional course
either Latin Spanish or German)
Hope to have a good graduating
class All pupils from the eighth
grade who complete their respec-
tive grade will receive a certifi-
cate showing what work they
have done and those completing
the High School course will re-
ceive diploma To be a member
of the firf graduating class office in whic!l we D'e demands
“Coalgate Oklahoma’4 (and be-
sides assembled in theauditnruni
of the new promised school build-
ing) would be a source of great
pleasure and honor to tho first
class Voter' give the Coalgate
boy and girl a chance when by
you r vote - you place t wo
comfortable school buildings for
their education
J C Tucker
Oil account of the absence of
the Mayor no session of the City
Counsil was held Wednesday
night
L BOARD
Meet and Pass Ke'-o’uttona to
Consult AVitli Architects He
gurding School ll’iiUtmgs
The last meeting of the School
board vas a lerghty one and
considi'rablebueiness vas trr“:
acted
the m nt imperiont that per-
taining to- tho eraetioi of
the school bu'Hrgj in case the
bond ivsue carries next Mend iy
In order to be prepared to
commence opertat’ons as soon as
possi b!c a co im i ttee was rvppoin t-
ed to negotiate with architects
and secure plans an 1 specifica-
tion for two eight room school
buildings at a price that would
come within the appropriation
13000 cadi One of these build-'
ings will be erected in the East
part of town in a location conven-
ient to the pupils an 1 the other
in the West Side
tion
in a like situa-
AN IND1AD LEADER'S DEM33SACY
St Louis Republic: '“If a
lady goes back on her -lover be-
cause he has lied to her over end
over again you do not blame her
for it That is what the repub-
lican party has done for me and
I am with you today as a delegate
from Broken Arrow to help to
make this great state democra-
tic” In these words D M Hodge
a trusted leader of the Creeks
explained in the democratic con-
vention atTahlequah why he and
a number of life-long republicans
among his‘ people had turned
their backs upon that faithless
organization
In- this address - ! rr?- Hodge
brings out strongly the fact that
ni Indians of the Five I ribes re-
member the promises that
were made to them in treaty af-
ter treaty that they should not
be deprived of the right of self-
government nor be attached to
any other jurisdiction without
their consent
When the Indians on the faith
of these treaties says Mr Hodge
asked for a separate stat° they
were ridiculed insulted anchsent
back home They were ignored
because their State of Sequoyah
with one of the best constitutions
yet framed would have been
democratic
“It will now be much more
strongly democratic than it
wou’d have been had we been
given a respectful hearing” says
Mr Hoffge and he is right
TEACHERS’ EXAMINATION-
An examination will be held in
the Superintendent’s office Sept
the 3th 6th and 7ch for all teach
ers who teach in the Coalgate
City Schools As in the past I
propose to give a thorough
searching examination Scholar
ship is not always the most es
sential qualification of a good sue
cessful teacher yet no teacher
can impart that which she does
not know Every teacher I
maintain should have ‘several
years of training in advance of
what they attempt to teach The
teachers of broad scholarship
and special training This is an
age of specialization It is no
longer a recognized fact that
“Just any one” can (each any
grade in our publie school sys-
tem Give us higher standards of
education for pupils and teachers
and as we advance in higher edu-
cational ideals so will teachers
advance in f roficiency of their
profession The result of this
will ripen scholarships and
broader school systems
J C fucker
FULL BL3CDS ARE DEMOCRATS
Rev A II Homer a full bloods
Ch -taw and a veil educated man
in an interview at Atoka tho oth-
er day said that the fullblood In-
dians tere democrats and that
nine'-y per cent of them would
vote the democratic ticket when
-ho time comes He said that
the Indians had alwrys looked
noon the ropnbliem party as
1 ho! i enemies They cnarge tho
republic m party with confiscat-
ing their lands and giving it to
then'gros He also said they
charge the ropubl’cans with hold
hg t’mir money after it was due
them when they knew that the
Indian needed it to buy supplies
while they were making their
crops lie also said that the re-
publican party had proven false
to the Indian in many matters
The Ate ka agreement gavethem
the right to no1! a part of their
lands but without the consent
had set th’ ? part of the agree-
ment aside without consulting
the Ir clians They believed that
in not rolling the Coal lands the
republicans lia-o some kind of a
scheme to defraud the Indians
out tf it — McA ‘ester Capital
Tilt GcRRYMANBIMG BOARD
The Gerrymandering Board
has announced the r pnroximatne
population of the various nations
aa follows:
Cherokee 249000
Creek and Seminole 185000
Choctaw and Chickasaw 400-’
o:o
Judge Gill states-that the com-
mitteeman appointed to make
the Cherokee census reports 240-
000 and the postmasters’ report
shpw 193K9: Owing to the
large showing made in the Choc-
taw and Chickasaw nationa he
w ili be fcVoed io accept the 240-
000 report -
There will be another meeting
on August 10
Judge G H thinks an election
proclamation will be issued not
Inzer Ihn S ptomber 1
There must be sixty days’ no-
tice of elections
Our policy has been determin-
ed by the committee
They will not split townships
All shapes in districts may re-
suit but the townships will re-
main intact
As soon as the districts were
made maps will be printed show
ing the townships in each dis-
trict and those will be distribut-
ed broadsast over the territory
TOTE FAIR LEHIGH
The Lehigh Leader last week
contained an article on the clear
Boggy bridge which for unfair-'
ness and gross misrepresenta-
tion is remarkable
It takes to Lehigh all the cre-
dit for repairing that bridge and
felicitates its commercial organi-
zation on making the much need-
ad improvement ‘
The fact is that Coalgate busi-
ness men subscribed 100 toward
ward that worthy object whiie
the contribution of Lehigh was '
but 880
The Leader should “tote fair”
and not endeavor to ingratitate its
towns in the favor of the farmers
by making false statements
which can easily be disproven
Such actions universally prove a
boomerang and bring contempt
upon those responsible for them
In this instance as in every
other where a display of public
spirit and liberr ity was necces-
sary Coalgate “sees” all compet
ing towns best
one better
and goes them
Dr G W Harkirs was in Mus-
kogee Monday on business
with the Indian Agency
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