Chickasha Daily Express (Chickasha, Indian Terr.), Vol. 11, No. 16, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 20, 1903 Page: 1 of 4
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CHICKASHA DAILY EXPRESS
Vol. XI w.euW.he.2?8r&ss
Chickasha Indian Territory Tuesday January kO. 1903.
DAILY EXPHE8S la
Embushsd UN. WO. J.O
Let Every Citizen of this Town Do Something During the Year 1903 to Make Chickasha a Good Place to Live In and Be Proud Of.
BLACK GAT STOCKINGS
the same price.
Lot No. 10 is of the
same yarn
and lighter weight is
corresponding hose to
nr.ACK cat nit and
CHICAGO. SOCKFOIIO
MotiEsr coMrjutr
XBIIOMHA Wis
lot 15. 1'bis number will cut you stock-
ing bill almost bait for tbe girl.
All the good number of this brand are
represented in our new collection and we
guarantee every pair.
It Pays to Buy Black
I H W THe 0W.Y ONE
tijsn
of
and plenty of wagons. We can give you GOOD COAL
and GOOD SERVICE. Our priceaare as low as anyone.
Steohenson Brown Lumber Go
iiiiiimiiiiiiiniiiiii'"""'""' mm ramtrj
E GOOD HORSESHOEING 3
Is still going on. We can't wait to rebuild j
but are doing business on jj
Kansas Ave. bet. 1st and 2nd Sts.
At the old Plaining Mill.
Our patrons and friends will please take notice 3
and bring your work here. We'll do it just as
as good a we did before our fire.
FLANIGAN Su BEATY.
3
Cj H" LJLaiLaSJilLajlAALJULW
C. H. DIBBLE
Ussier in sll
New and Second Hand Goods.
BARGAINS THAT CAN'T BE BEAT.
F.M.Deaton&Co.
MUSIC DEALERS
Sell Cbickering Fisher Baumeister Ivers fc 9
l'oml Wegman Haines Everett Malcom 9
Love and Pool Pianos.
Ann Arbor Packard Burdett and Farrand
Organs String Instruments Sheet Music q
and Strings.
A Urge assortment to select from always on
hand J
SALESROOM NORTH THIRD STREET
CHICKASHA IND. TER.
The New Stock is now ready and
the range ot styles weights and pat-
terns are numerous from Infant's to
Ladies' Bize.
Ask for lot No. 15 the Boys'
Leather Stocking it will wear as long
as two pair of ordinary stockings at
finer ribbed
Cats.
ea cat UK in
CHICAGO ROC It FOR 0
mlSltHT CUM "AST
Khjiu.ua. Wis
PPiTP
'Phorte 37
RI.A
A Gold Wave Coming !
YOU WILL BE BUYING COAL.
We solicit nil- orders. Having
our bins filled with tho choicest grades
McAlester Coal
kiarts (
SUSPECTS ABP.KSTEl).
Three Men Supposed to HaveBjen
Implicated ii tbe Robbery
of Fields' Store.
Chief of Police Dave Hopkins
yesterday arrested four men name
David aoil John Lynch Time.
O'Brien and J. B. By nam charged
wild bcin the men who broke
into and robbed tbe general store
of L. 8. Fields A Co. several days
ago. the evidence Is said to bo
strong against some of the parties
in custody.
Chief of Police Hopkins suo-
oeedrd in recovering some of the
stolen property seven pieces ot
silt being located on the farm of a
woman in the case six and one half
miles southeast of Anadarko. Tbe
olIlci rs are ou tbe track of the rest
o the goods and will probably re-
cover then before nightfall.
All four men are In onBtody
and the matter will be carefully
Investigated. Bynam has been a
clerk in Fields' employ and it it
hougbt he furnished them tbe
keys to enter the store. Sheriff
Thompson arrived from Anaoarko
hm afternoon to further assist Ibe
ut1loer in prosecuting tbelrsearcb
Later Tbe four men were ar-
raigned before Commissioner
Payne this afternoon at 2 o'clock
David Lynch was discharged
there being no evidence againa
iii id. Tb otber three men were
l and over in the samof (1000
till Criday when the case will
come up for further bearing. Tbe
accused men were nnable to give
the repaired bond and mere com-
mitted to jail.
PYTHIAN LEOrUKES.
Bev. K. Finley Smiley Will Talk
and Work for the Local
Lodge Several Days.
The meeting of WashlU Valley
lolge Knights of Pythias last
nigbt was ol unusual Interest from
ibe fact tbat Rev. B. Finley Smiley
one of the leadiug members of tbe
order tu the south was present and
made a most inspiring talk. There
was a large attendance sad an en
coungiog neetiog was the re-
sult. The lodge has decided to engage
tbe services of Rev. Smiley for a
week or so to deliver a number of
lectures in tbe interest of Pythian-
ism tbe purpose being to encour-
age the members in their work and
to awsken tbe lethargy of those
who have once been earnest work
ers but wbo bare lost beart for
some reason and dropped out.
XV units Valley lodge needs a great
revival and she is going to get it.
Bro. Smiley has numerous lect-
ures all popular and entertaining
and while there Is not a line ol
foolishness in anyof them there is
lots of fan. These will be deliv
ercd at tbe opera bonse or some
other convenient plaoe and all
tr - ads of Pytbisnism will be In-
vited and urged to be present.
Bro.Sinilev's fsme as a lecturer has
preneded bim. and there are man
in Chickasha who will be glad of
an opportunity to bear him.
The program rendered by Mr.
Jones the local representative ot
tbe Kimball Piano Co.. at his
headquarters in the Hersld shoe
store Saturday evening wasgreatly
enjoyed by tbe small audience
which listened and came and stent
dor'ng tbe evening. The Kimball
piano player is indeed a remark-
able instrument and under Ibe
manipulation of Mr. Jones all tbe
beaut: -a of the music were brought
out. Mr. Jones is working up a
Urge patronage on tbe Kimbsll in
strutnent here and his goods speak
for themselves.
NEW CENrUBY PROGRAM.
Women of Our Wars" Will be
Discussed by Mrs. Price
January 34.
"Open tby suul to ibostsl ubllaw.'
Hostess. Mrs. J. W. Harris).
Leader Miss Shepard.
Boll call familiar proverbs.
Paper Women of onr War
Mrs. L. L. Price.
Lesson review. IS. S. history
i 'millers LIV LVH inclusive.
Reading from magazine Alary
snd Martha Washington bv the
club.
Current events.
All kinds of scavenger work
done on short notice. Leave yonr
order at tbe Niokel Store.
301 tf J. .' . Hoatnghl.
BIN 10 1R
. ! ft ' j $ "
Mayor Jones Extends Invitation
to Our Commercial Club.
To Enjoy a Journey With Him
Leger Is a New and Growing
Town on the Frisco Extension
in Greer County His
Letter in Full.
Former President H. B Johnson
of the Cbickasha Commercial club
nas received tbe following letter
from Mayor C. G. Jones of Okla-
uoma Oily who is also president
of tbe Oklahoma City and Western
(Frisco) railroad. Tbe letter speaks
for itself:
Oklahoma City Jan. 15.
To Mr. H B. Johnson President
Commercial Club Obiekasha
I. T.
Dear Sir: W e are going to run
an excursion from Oklahoma City
to Leger. Greer County O. T. on
Jan. 23 passing through Obiekasha
about 11 o'clock teturning Hun-
day the 25.
I extend an invitation to yon
and ten members of your ciub o
your own selection with their
wives to accompany us on this ex
cursion .
You will please let me bear from
you giv ng me the names of those
whom jou designate to go and I
will prepare transportation for the
ansa.
We will endeavor to give you a
pleasant trip and hope it will be
convenient for jou and yonr parly
to go. Yours truly
Ci 6. Jones
Pres. O. C. & W. R. R. Co.
President Johnson has accepted
tbe kind invitation of Mayor .lone-
and the names will be forwardeo
to bim by tbe secretary of th
Oommerciat club probably today.
As the Express is in a position to
speak we can heartily recommend
tbe hospitality of Mayor Jones
and say to all who desire to be bis
guests on this occasion tbat tbe
trip will be one ot tbe moat enjoy-
able tittle excursions you ever
took in your lives and the Hon.
Usyor of Oklahoma City will
exert himself to the utmost to
make you have a good time.
That's True of the
OlGMON FURNITURE
O and CARPET CO.!
Chickasha Imd. Teb.
If you need anything in j
heir line and haven": tho ready .
asb talk to them about their
installment plan its dead
easy.
310 Chickasha Ave.
Talk the Matter Over
with any of your successful busi-
ness acijuaintancee or moneyed
friends. They will certainly ap-
prove of opening a lank account.
The first deiiosit acta as a mag -
net. It attracts the dollars and a
depositor strives to increase ine
lialance at bis banter e.
Don't spend all you make. Let
us take care of a part of your in-
come. We can do it to your entire
satisfaction
Tbe FIRST NATIONAL BANK.
Largest Stock I
Lowest Price
THAT TRIBAL TAX.
Well Known Attorney Gives His
Opinion and the Law in
Support Thereof.
Ohiokaahs I. T. Jan. 20 1003.
Editors Daily Express:
When I returned home from s
trip out of town lsst week I vsi
very much surprised to find thai
tbe tribal authorities had been here
holding up tbe merchants under
the pretense of collectings one per
cent tribal tax trom those who
were not posted. I was more sur-
prised to find that oar honorable
United States marshal for tbe
southern district was siding this
collection by bis presenoe and in
bis official position. Mr. W. O.
Davis and myself went to tbe
trouble to get petitions signed by
the merchants of nearly every town
in tbe Chickasaw nation asking
congress to pnt a stop to tbis un-
lawful pract'oe of the Chickasha
authorities and succeeded in hav
ing Congressman Stephens to pass
a law prohibiting the collection of
this so-called one per cent which
was passed May 27 1902 and
reads aa follows:
''Tbat it shall hereafter be un-
lawful to remove or deport any
person from the Indian Territory
wbo is in lawful posession of sny
lots or parcels of land io any town
of city in the Indian Territory
wbioh has been designated as a
town site nnder existing laws or
treaties."
It has always been couceeded
by all tbat the expense nonev
could not be collected through tbe
courts. Every lawyer and judge
itdmils tbat they have no standing
in the courts of collection. Our
court of appeals for tbe Indian
Territory has recently decided that
neither the Indian authority nor
the Department of tbe Interior
could seize property and close tbe
doors of business houses to force
the payment of tbeexpense money
(expenses of fellows collecting )
Quoting from ease of Duster
and Jones vs. Wright decided
dept. 26. 1893 tbe oonrt says:
n bile by the treaty and tbe
statutes tbe secretary ot tbe Interior
may find tbe faot tbat a man is an
lutruder in the Creek nation be
cause he fails to comply with the
conditions upon which he was per
mitted to enter and nut bim out
be cannot collect tbe debt by clos
ing bis plaoe of business. Tbe one
is tbe enforcement of a penalty
for being an Intruder; the other if
allowed would be tbe means of
collecting a debt. The one tbe
law provides for; tbe otber it does
not. We know of no provision
ot treaty or statute law providing
for such a remedy to be enforced
by tbe interior department of the
government. While that depart
cent is clothed witb vast power in
and over tbe Indian Territory and
its people and might possiblv
within the law undertake tbe col-
lection of this debt or royalty or
whatever it may be called yet it
must do so by some remedy point
ed out by statute or the judgment
of a court. Even if this should be
considered the collection ot a tax
and in our opinion it is not
tt would be uolswful because
there is no statute providing that
axes may be collected in this way.
"Since the entry of the decree in
the court below congress by act
approved May 27 1902 has pro
vided 'that it shall hereafter be
unlawful to remove or deport any
person from tbe Indian Territory
wbo is in lawful possession of any
lots or parcels of land in any town
or city in the Indian Territory
whiob has been designated as a
town site under existing laws or
treaties.' The complaint in ef-
fect alleges that Wagoner has
been so designated and that th
ulaintifls are in lawful possession
of lots therein: and as we hold
that the property of the plaintiffs
oannot be seized and tbe doors of
their business houses closed and
as the aot referred to provides tbat
tbe plaintiffs cannot be removed or
deported from the Indian Terri-
tory it follows tbat the only
method left for the collection of
-he debt is through the ordinary
channels of the courts.
'For the error above set out
the deoree of the court below is
reversed." F. E. Riddle.
Free transportation to New Or-
leans or St. Louis for men to learn
barber trade. Special offer al-
lowed for thirty days as we have
no college nearer Steady prac
lice can only be bad in larger cities.
Take advantage of the best oppor
tunitiee at least expense. Short
term complete. Tools diplomas.
uosition and board given. Beware
of fakes using similar names.
We have no college io Texas or
Colorado. rite nearest tiraocb
Moler System Barber College
New Orleans La. or St. Louta
Mo. 15 6t
is mm ipjjjjjjf
That ''Bunco Game" Worked on
J. L. Lairlof Blarkwsll.
A Straight Legitimate Deal
Express Was Misled by Wrong
Information and Published
the Story Supposing It
to Be True.
Several days ago in its Issue of
Tuesday Jan. 13. 1J03 the Daily
Express published an article con
iteming an alleged bunco deal.
worked on J. L. Blair a banker
of Blaokwell whereby be became
possessor of one half of the town-
site of Frederick stated ;to be a
whistling station among tbe sand
bills of the pan bandit desert 35
miles north of 'Vernon Texas
while the operator and his confed
erates became; possessed of 912000
of Lair's clean cold cash.
Tbe story we find upon care-
ful investigation was all a fake.
Mr. Lair did come to Cbiokasha
and be did purchase of C. E. Hun
ter tbe general townsite agent of
the B E & 8 W By Co a one-half
interest in the town of Frederick
paying thf re for 15.000. Tbe deal
was completed and the papers
signed sealed at the office of the
Chickasaw Trust Co. in the presence
of witnesses. So far tbe article
was correct.
Butitwasnota "bunco deal''
neltberwas there the first sign of
deception practiced in the matter.
fhe transaction was a straight
forward one open and above board.
Tbe town of Fredericks is a village
of 850 inhabitants on the Frisco
southwest extension into Texas
known as the lies I.me.'has a depot
two banks any number of pros
perous contented merchust". It
is not among the sand bills or lo
cated in a desert. The Express
has no reasons to feel a sense ot
oulpability or neg ligence in the
publication of this article The
information came to ns as straight
CALLAWATS
Big Bargain Sale!
$10000
SIXTY
Our bie TEXAS STOCK has
crowded our Store from basement
to ceiling and we must have
room and
REDUCE STOCK!
The opportunity of a life time to
furnish your home. A clean saving of
25 per Cent.
Sale on Friday Morning.
CALLAWAY'S
Cash. Credit.
After the holiday rash we
find a few Chateliane Bags and
silver mounted Purses left in
stock; these go at 20 per cent
off regular price.
Also a line. of Sterling Silver
mounted Parasols and Umbrel-
las to close at 20 per cent dis.
We buy'old gold -and silver.
HALTOM & OWSLEY
Next to Citizens' Bank.
as it could possibly coma and in
this esse as in many others we were
forced to aot upon tbe information
of a man we believed to be honor
able and straightforward in every
respect. Our informant was Mr.
W. H.Willuns.a leading real estate
dealer of tbis city who at
various times given us news of a
more or less importaut nature and
wbose word we have no reason to
doubt. tHe did not seek tbe In
formation. Mr. Wiiluns called at
tbe Express office twice to give us
the story. Not only that bat so
far as possible we endeavored to
verify the facts before publishing
We hsd no one to rely on bat Mr.
Wiiluns however and it appears
tbat however straight his source of
information it was incorrect.
The Kx press sincerely regrets
bat Mr. Hunter townsite agent
for tbe Besline has been injured.
as be undoubtedly has been by the
publication of the article. Mr.
Hunter has been m tbe employe of
the road for several year; and is
an upright honorable man. Heia
well known to the people of both
Oklahoma and Indian Territory
and his oontraots are backed up by
tbe railroad company a faot un-
known to us until today. We
make this explanation in justiee
to Mr. Hunter bis patrons to the
people of the two territories and
most of all to ourselves for we
want it distinctly understood hat
the Express does not wilfully or
maliciously publish injurious or
libelous articles no matter whom
or what it may concern. We trust
thisjwill ae: Mr. Hunter right bo-
fore the world.
Domestic Troubles.
It is exceptional to find a family
where there is no domestic rup-
tures occasionally but it can he
lessened by having- Dr. King's New
Life Pills around. Much trouble
they save by their great work in
Stomach and Liver troubles. They
not only relieve you but cure
25c at Brown & Co. 's Drug Store.
Worth of Furniture
and Carpets to be
sold in the next
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Shepard, Horace W. Chickasha Daily Express (Chickasha, Indian Terr.), Vol. 11, No. 16, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 20, 1903, newspaper, January 20, 1903; Chickasha, Indian Territory. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc732633/m1/1/: accessed June 8, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.