The Mangum Star. (Mangum, Okla.), Vol. 20, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 12, 1908 Page: 1 of 8
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MANOUM, MUR COUNTY. OKLAHOMA. MA ACM If. IMA
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OUTHAII OAINO.
IfMlMf Mwwar Mm Traablee af M.a
•'i Cm* Alfalfa curb
Cmbrl*. Mkli. Merrb l .—Tbs ar
Uos 01 ibe ruinly attorney a«l vuun
l la rsfusia* tu 4nlt«r lo tlx* N
lail« nauuiilmi «<n *,M*
election ih. iMiiwt cast at lbs K«|>
tembsr (IwiN la uiilvr ibst a run
iMt M«n<« HaywnmMw Ali«a ul
ihat county ami liaa Murlsy l ®
■edict], ho* Kit eu a com plea altitude
to the situation tbat will d nbtivaa r«
suit 10 the courts dsU-rmininr to
'what extent a M'tiiltv body way
ao In an Invtwtlgaihio looking to the
4>UIIIUK Into effucl or Uiut provision*
of (bo constitution which declare*
tbat oacb limiM of tb« lugslaturv
aball l>« (be Judge of Us own - lection*
Speaker Murray U backed by strong
legal t a ten i In hla contention ibat a
coiyt order U not necessary to the
delivery of eiectlou return# to n legls-
latlve committee In a content of this
natue. County Judge Gustlu Issued
hla rent raining order by virtue of a
statute which provide*# that only up-
on order of the court amy election re.
turn# Oe made accessible to the prop"
*
liana llanaua
Might to a pecefcd a. Il weaaot
I be Haaa llaeaoe U old. 1mm— a
ibe fact ibat J. T McAljga vac not
• lib llw eompsay
Mr. McA«pla baa played lb® vol#
of liana Itanwun fur 10 yeara sad It
la Impossible to gel any oao la do
I be part aa well aa "Jim." Tbe man*
g«meti t was dlaatvotaled. aa well as
iboao bo attended I be performance,
sa they were under ibe tmprsseton
Ibat It would be the sane company
Ibat played here last sseaoo. Tbla
la an nnoiber Instance of tbo show
business being very unaallafnetory
to sll concerned, as It Is Impossible
la tell what klnd> of show you are
geti log, especially In Mangum, as It
Is necessary for tbo sbows itast
come hers lo Jump back over the
same route tbey come, making It
very expensive for them to mske sucb
long Jumps and consequently they
can't afford to carry as good compsn'
as they would If the town was situa-
ted on the main line Instesd of branc
line aa we are here. It Is an unfor-
tunate condition, but the maagement
assures us they have spared no tlmt
or expense In trying to aecure good
of Mangum know
have succeeded.
how well they
er authorities for investigation, yet j shown, and the theatredoing people
the spoaker in his examination of
county authorities at Cherokee Satur-
day graved that the grand Jury which
in January returned indlctmeuU
against two mon charging them with
election fraudi secured possession of
tho ballots with nothing moro than
an order from the county attorney.
The result of the affair will doubt-
Jess resu't in the unseat'ng of Allen
by the house and the changing of the
political complexion of Alfalfa count'
from republican to democratic.
The Railroad Mortgage.
Has been recorded with the Secre-
cotary of state at Guthrie, and was
recorded by Recorder Winters yes-
terday. It is a printed document of
25 pages and is for the sum of $75,-
000,000, about the biggest mortgage
In Greer County.
If you doubt the signature, see
Bill Cross* name attached to the
certificate of record of the Colorado,
Texas & Mexico railroad. It is plain
"BUI Cross," secretary of the State
of Oklahoma.
Col. Morris R. Locke leaves this
pmorning for Abilene, Texas, and will
stop at each county town aiud record
the Colorado, Texas ft Mexico rail
road mortgagge. Col. Locke expects
to return Immediately, driving back
over the line of his road, nnd wWl
remain here until active operations
are resumed. He expects to begin
laying steel out of Mangum, south
to Red River and Hollis , early in
iMay, and If that can be done the roa"
will be In operation to a connection
with the Denver and Port Worth
railroad to Hollis, by early fall.
First Railroad to Report.
The Colorado, Texas and Mexico
Railroad company with headquarters
at Mangum, is the first i all road cor-
poration In the state this year to
submit a statement of the taxable
property of their compfany to Auditor
M. E. Trapp, the annual return to
that railroad being received by hhn
a few days ayj. ,
The Colorado, Texas & Mexico
railroad Is now In process of con-
struction, an«> at this time only six
ml'es of track haB been constructed
in townships 4 and 5, Greer oounty.
No depots, stations or other buildings
have been erected along the property.
The officers of the road expect to
renew the construction work by May
1st, according to President M. R.
Locke. ' *
MISS RUTH GALE
The Moet talented Young Actress today sean at her best in "What Women
Will Do."—Critic. Opera House all next week Commencing March 10.
The Prohibition Law.
LYMAN ABBOT IN OKLAHOMA
'Will Deliver; Series of Lectures .at
8tate University on the World's
Religions.
Milla4>en<ick.
On last Sunday at 2:30 p. m. at the
residence of Mr. and Mre. C. P.
Derrick, Mr. Mi. H. Mills and Miss
Edna Derrick, were quietly married
only a few of their intimate friends
being present.
Mr. Mills was formerly court sten
ographer for the District Court and ig
one of Mangum's most reliable and
industrious young men, while the
bride Is tbe charming daughter of
Mr. and MrA. C. F. Derrick, and
has a host of friends in thi6 rity.
The Star joins their many friends
in wishing! the bride and groom a
long, happy and useful married life
Washington Correspondence.
In reply to numerous questions of Wv-shlngnon, 'March 11.—'Uncle
the prohibition law of the state, I ' Saui > school for future admirals,
take this means of quoting the law, kr.q| n as the Naval Academy- and lo-
catgil on the historic Severn river
Norman. Okla., March 7.—Lyman
Abbott of New York City arrived at
the University Wednesday March 4th
and Ibdaan Thursday afternoon! a
course of lectures on "The" Message of
the World's Religion". The five sub-
jects treated were, "The Message of
the Pagan Religion.," "The Message
of Judalslm", "The Message of Chris-
tianity," The Doctrine of Christianity,
and "The Evidence of Chrlstian'.fy'
The attendance during the week just
closed has been large. Each d f Dr.
/hbott has set ap.vt a time for con-
ferring with atuimt; and m* .i-ig
visitors. Through fliete public a-i
dresses and personal conferences he
la doing an Immense amount of good.
Pine Farm Traded.
A. Kirby who recently rented bis
fine farm southeast of town and
bought a borne In tbe city, has traded
his farm for other residence proper-
ty. He now owns the two handsome
cottages on North Oklahoma avenue
built last year by Mr. Wei man.
which with his home place Insure*
him aa ample income for Ibe remain-
der of his life Tbe consideration
la tb* deal was aear W.oee aO.
Do not fall to take la ibe Ajm-.
by lb*
I*
M Wekaefe. Tbey «U km boaae*
•or tbe aNfMN. Tbey wui aU*
I bar
Gamblers Arrested.
Deputy Sheriff Worthington arrest-
ed Emmet Sappw J. B. Looney and Joe
Parks last week at Hollis, for gamb-
ling.
In this arrest Mr. Worthington
did some very clever work, going to
Hollis and representing himself to
be a plumber and also working him-
self into the good graces of a fewofi
Hollis' sports, claiminb to be handy
with the past boards. In this way he
secured admission to one of their
dens and made the arrest of the above
parties. The sheriff's force are ex-
erting every effort to suppress the
existing evils and are succeeding
admirably.
Santa Fe Pensions Trusted Employe
Ardmore, Oklahoma, Feb. 28.—
"Uncle Bob" Scales, a confederata
veteran, who has been iu the service
of the Santa Fe railway company for
the last 23 years, has received notice
from the company that bis name has
been added to the pension list and
dating from the first day of last May
toe will receive $20 a month. He has
now almost a year"a back pay coming.
The Mangum Culture Club.
March 13. 1>08. Roll Call—"Noted
Women and Their Work." "American
Literature" Pages 2*1 325 .
"The Uplift of the Philippines '
Bay View Magaxlne
Round Table—Woman's work la
Civics.
Tbe dab will meet at S.M with
Mr* C. S h
so ibat the (public may know Just
what the law Is and what scope it
covers.
The law is plain in Its meaning anu
speaks for itself, and reads as fol-
lows: "Any person, Individual or cor-
porate, who shall manufacture, sell,
harter, give away, or otherwise fur-
nish apy Intoxicating liquor of any
kind. Including beer, ale, and wine,
contrary to the provisions of this
section or who shall, within this
state, ad'vertlse for sale or solicit the
purchase of any such 'Iquors, or who
shall or in any way convey such
liquors from one place within this
state to another ifflace therein, ex-
cept the conveyance of a lawful pur-
chase as herein authorized; and any-
one violating this law shall be pun-
ished on conviction thereof, by a
fine of not less than fifty dollars and
by imprisonment not less than thirty
days for each offense.
This lew means, of course, should
any druggist, grocer or any one sell-
ing patent medicines, such aa Hostet-
ter's bitters or any meditional med:
cine which contains enough aloohol
to make any person intoxicated, is
subject to prosecution as though ha
haxl sold such party liquor or beer;
it also means that any person or
•persons who convey any liquors be-
longing to another, from one place
to another place in this county is sub-
ject to prosecution for convening li-
quors even though the owner of such
liquors should appoint such party as
his agent to convey such liquors; it
also means should any party solicit
any one to buy any such liquors,
such solicitation being made in this
county is subject to (prosecution, etc.
I trust this law will be fully under-
stood, as I view It, It means Just
what it says in very plain language,
and any one who violates this law
will be prosecuted to the fullest ex-
tent, as well as all other laws, as
no law Is of any good to the county
or atate if R is not rigidly enforced.
Youra truly,
H. D. HENRY. Co. Atty.
NEGROES TELL WHITE. TO LEAVE
Inapactor Told That Town is Strictly
■lack—Ha Goes
Muskogee. Okla. FA to.—Inspec-
tor Dunn went to Boley, a negro town
in Okfuskee county, tbe other day
to examine tbe TVMey bank nd Treat
ComyuiT. Ha arrived after the bank
had closed and tbe baa* officer*
would not let htm make aa exanrfaa-
loo tbat sight. He said be would re-
mala aver aatll Ibe asrt day aad
tbe etawlnati > A deV«a«tor
<4 aegroea taforuwd bHa tbat
la
near Annapolis. Maryland, will short-
ibe augmented by two cadets from the
Big Fifth congressional district repre.-
sented in congress by Scott Farris.
Under the law every member
of congress is authorlaed to appoint
two mid^Jlpmen. Availing (himself
of the prtvlllgeMr. Ferris has recently
sent to the navy department two sets
of candidates for tbe two vacancies
including two principals and five al-
ternates, all of whom are expected to
take the required entrance examine
tions on April 21.
The candidates from the Fifth <Hs?
trict are all all husky young men and
were selected by Congressman Fer-
ris with great care because of the
high scholarship required of all can-
didates. A peculiar fitness is re-
quired of young men who enter that
famous institution. Seafaring life is
necessarily a hard one and added to
ths hardships and1 rigors of a military
career it is apparent at once that a
high class of young men is demanded
for that branch of the government
service.
In view of these circumstances the
Lawton congressman has seen fit to
appoint a list of boys who are "known
to be strong in mind and body and to
secure this result has selected the
sons of farmers, business and profess'
ional men to take the April examina-
tions. Chas. B. Huggins, of Shaw-
nee,, who is one of the principals out-
pointed by Mr.. Ferris, is the son of
a 'business man. He is a graduate
of the Shawnee high school and re-
cently completed- his freshman year at
the University of Missouri. Wm.
G.. Sautbine of Hobart, is at present
attending school in Kansas City and
is the son of a prominent merchant.
Roy A. Huggins, first alternate to
Huggins, hails from Vinson, Greer
county,, isthe son of a farmerand is.
now attending the Unlversityof Okla
homa. Leonard DeFord.of Duncan,
and Earl C. Rice, of Duncan, are the
sons of business men and a iarmer.
respectively. Wade Atkins, of Co-
manche. Stephens county and Paul
V. Godola, of Olustee, appointed al-
ternate* to Sautbine ai<> sons of bus!
nes men
The various candidates are require,*
to tak* tbe examination at the same
time. Should the two principals fall
aasd tbe ftrat alternates paw tbe re-
quired entrance examinations then
the two first alternatea will become
naval cadets The other candidates
<tand the same chance of succasa
•hotikJ tbe first alternatea fall
A salary of W© a'tacbee to each
cadetahlp which aum must meet all
4emaads of tbe student for tbe reaoou
hat tbe aoiarnwwut 4iwmr*a prof-
llMry at tbe Savnl Academy la vw
%*m. Tbe eourae la of i yeaiadu-
rwttaa. ta ef which are apaat at m
Raiiraed Rumbtiafa.
Tbe *•***• daaih of Kaaaalt Ma*4
leg al haw Yofk an area*
lbs pvesace of Mr. Oaavc* D. Loeb*
aaat, aad b* Mi bare laat <**-< •*
ft* 3%.. U ai . eav.lirf lo be biU
bare by tbe *Ki„ teal , abea be wlA
cua>p!«t« bla lBM«ct oa of tbla pail
ol tbe proposed Hae of tbe Arbaaaaa,
fatlfic rai.road, oi which Maaeell
llardiag waa a Uadlag spirit. Mr.
Ilardlag waa of tbe baakiatf 8m of
llo:||ua 41 Co.. New York, sad a anted
i all road builder, bat la* ball! the
Gould lines la Toiaa aad those weal
of Ibe Missouri HI*sr.
.The one million dollars of ft per
• cat fto year gold bonds of the Colo-
rado, Teaaa * I'aclAe railroad are In
New York, and Ibe balnaee of the
*an.e lasue of four mllllona will he
forwarded there tbla month, making
of the brat aeries the eurn of five
in!*itou dollar*.
The I'ony Express across tbe plaloa
from tbu Missouri Klter to Sacramen-
lo, was the entering wedge for tbu
full development of all that terrltor*
weal of th« Missouri river; ant the
atarter for all tbat enterprise waa at
St. Joe, Mo., in 1SOO. And Just ao
with tho Colorado, Texaa k. Mexico
railroad; It la tbe precuaor of the
devtluj'iuent and settlement of all
the central part of the United States
from Canada to the Gulf, tbe beat
and richest portion of the American
Continent. And Mangum ia tbe
starling point for this enterprise;
and as the capital centered at St. Joe
for the development and inprcve
ment of the gicai west, ao it w'li
come to Mangum for the development
and Improvement of all the vast re-
sourceful county lying north and
South, east and west of this gireat
center of trade and commerce This
is no visionary Ideal, but facta;
Omaha was nothing until the ad-
vent of the Union Pacific Railroad;
Mangum has several times tbe popu-
lation of Omaha at that time, and
500 times its wealth. The possibili-
ties of Mangum are fa<r greater than
those of Omaha ever were, because
the trade territory is greater and far
better with fewer rivals. The Colo-
rado Texas & Mexico railroad north
and south and the Arkansas-Pacific
east and west, forming a junction at
this point will make a greater city
than Omaha or Kansas City. Thes®
great trunk lines will bring to Man-
gum twenty or more railroads with-
in the next decade.
It was a great day for Mangum
MUCH IN OCMAMO
teeter Oare Mueb mi Paver |« «b«
Oatbrte, Okla., Marrb U -Uaue«
la galalag a
popularity to tbe Hast feat (VobaM/
ao otber weeteraer baa gala ad la aa
abort a time.. Last Saturday algtt
be waa la Boatoa aituadlag a ttryai
baagaet. Tbe Beatoa Globe eC lib
dajr eaye.
Progreea've democrats gathered lb
raaeull Hall yeeterday afteraoaa af-
ter i he formation of tbe new
aoboaette Bryan League,'
Senator Tboaiaa P. Gore of Oklabe>
ma. to ibe echo wbeo he oharactertaeg
William Jeantags Bryaa aa a hero la
aay field, a patriot la aay land, a
statesmaa oa aay eouaeli beard* b
peer In any realm.and a premier la a*'
cabinet"
Tbe Democratic Central Committee
of Hhode Island laat week adopted
the following reeolutioj: "Reao'ved
that the committee learna with great
pleasure that Senator T. P. Gore 01
Oklaobma haa accepted tbe lDvitaMon
tendered blm to address tbe State
Convention for tbe election of natloa-
h1 delegatea; and tbat a committee
of seven be appointed by the chair-
man to mako all noceaaary arrange-
ments for the receipt lonand enter'
tatnment of the dlstingulabed visitor."
Guthrie, Okla. March 10.—Some
memltera of the legislature are pr^
dieting tbat the legislature will ad*
Journ in April, tbat commttees will
be appointed to rearrange tbe Okla-
homa statutes Inherited from the tei^
ritory and recommend changes and
alterations, and that the legislature
will later convene in a abort session
to complete its work. W. F. KBR*
Dead in tbe Hull.
Granite. Okla. March G.—Until re>
cently I admired tbe plan of meeting
in convention and arrange matters ao
as that each democrat would feel that
it was hlrHuty to stand up in favor of
tbe proceedings of the party aa I bad
always been at the opinion that the
intention was to satisfy all miade
present, and give each man present
an equal chance on all questions ao
tthat when they were separated
they would feel that they were better
united than they were before the
meeting, and tfiat owing to thelit
straight dealing, that the chaneee
were that the party would grow., but
to my surprise there has been anew
when the Colorado, Texas and Mexi- j lea{ turned OTePf and t have been
co railroad was chartered, and it was] two meetjng8 recently that rem if
made the point of distribution and' me ^ the man who in
general office established here. Our, n€ighbor8 to talce dlnner, and wi
business men saw this and welcomed Lhey met, th€ man &D,& hi3 famU,yBBt
Col.. Locke and his associate.! down and up aU of ^ ^
among us, who wanted to get friiii
Canada to th Gulf with their railroad
and wanted to come and build througn
this territory. They wanted to lia?
up this great and nation! enterprise
with the Isthman Canal; and the
Canadian Pacific railroads wanted to
tap that canal at some point on the
Gulf of Mexico. These are ppinters
to all concerned, and reasons why
every man, woman and ehi'J should
push Magum to the front as the test
commercial city- and railroad cen ter
of the southw.st.
Snoarf-Button Company.
The managers of the opera house
wish to announce the fact that they
have secured the strongest stock com-
pany- now on the road,'1 for one solid
week commencing Monday March 16.
The Snoad-Burtou Stock Company
which has won and defends the above
well earned reputation, wherever they
have played, all over west Texas, New
Mexico, Arizona, California and south
west Oklahoma; and although they
have only been In our state a few
weeks, their friends are many and
"knockers'' unknown. They come
well recommended by the Tress every
where and Mias Ruth Gale, who will
be remembered by many In our city,
atlU continues to win the hcarta of
her audiences. No doubt but that
the Snoad-Burton Company, will re-
ceive a warm welcome on their open-
ing night, Monday, March U'.th
A Sure Shot.
When tbe territory surrounding
> ur state produces perfectly lis a
safe gussa tbat our soil may be relied
upon U> do eeuaMy wall. Kansas CO
tbe north and Teaaa oa tbo eootb
ner and then he rose up aud asked
the toy-standers to indorse the meet-
ing and come again.
JYes, but said one, we get nothing
but scorn when we come. Oh, well,
said the man, you must giet to the
table first or you never will get any-
thing, so big Andy- got to the tabla
first and defeated a big majority ot
the democrats of Granite with refer*
ence to committeeman, and next hie
favorites, got to the table in Granite
and he was indorsed by those that
could be heard. And neait the snow
storm came and he landed in Mus-
kogee, and there the democrats got
to the table first, and I have no ac-
count of the democrats being annoyed
with him any further. So now let
all the skies in black be bung, let
hymns of grief aloud be sung, let
sack cloth from the east be brought,
and in to tearful garments wrought
and mournful weeds adorn your head,
for surely Big Andy is dead.
A DEMOCRAT,
Who believes in Equal Rights to All
Pardoned After Mother's Demise. «
Guthrie. Okla.. Feb. 25 —The parole
of a 21 year old Frank Perklne, aerr-
ing a sentence in Lanalng peniten-
tiary for burglary, permitting him to
spend 30 days at the bedside of hit
sick mother in Vernon, Texaa. waa to-
day extended into a pardon by Gov-
ernor Haskell. Perkins' mother died
wblle be waa at her bedaide. There
were extenuating circumstance! at-
tending the youth'a conviction. Ho
was sentenced from Altus. Greer
county His term would have beea
expired March .
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