The Hennessey Clipper. (Hennessey, Okla.), Vol. 15, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 29, 1904 Page: 1 of 8
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VOL. XV.
HENNESSEY, KINGFISHER COUNTY. OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, l>ec. 20 IQ04.
NO. 31
THE FIGHT ON STATE-
HOOD GETTING HOT.
PfthlbitiQR Clause Will Cut
Some Figure.
McMre Fi«htl«g fot School land Lessees.
Developments during the lust
two or three days indicate that
there will be a determined fight
made against the passage of the
statehood bill.
The democrats will attempt to
amend the bill so as to provide
lor the admission of four states
instead of two. If they fail to
amend the bill they will carry
the debate beyond March 4. 1905,
the constitutional limitation of
the existence of the present con-
gress.
There will be a preliminary
skirmish when the senate con-
venes, which will indicate the
sentiment of the S mate. 8011a
tor Beveridge will move to dis
place the pure food bill and to
make the statehood bill the regu-
lar and continuous order of bnsi
liess until disposed of. ti he
wins, the statehood bill will be
before the senate and remain un-
til a vote is had. Of course, ap-
propriation bills will have the
right of way, bat the statehood I
bill will be problematical and the
chances of the passage of the bill
at this session will be minimized.
The deinocra ic contention will
be that Arizona and New Mexico
are entitled to be separate states;
and the Indian Territory and
Oklahoma should be made sep-
arate states. They will justiiy
this claim upon the ground that
the west is en'it ed ty equal rec-
ognition with the east; that the
east is unduly represented in the
United States senate and that
this can only be equalized by the
admission of additional states j
from the west. They will insist |
upon eight senators from the
four territories instead of four. 1
They will go a step further nnd|
attempt to show that any one ol
the four territories will make a
splendid state, a state compared
to which Rhode Island, Dela-
ware, Connecticut, and other
eastern common wealths are in-
significant.
Delegate McGuire has been
making an active canvass of the
members of the senate to secure
the reinstatement of Sec tion 13
of the house bill which provided
as follows:
"That any restrictions upon
the alienation of allotted lands in
Oklahoma and Indian Territories,
except so far as such restrictions
apply to the homestead of the
allottees, and to the full-blood In-
dians, shall cease upon the ad
mission of such state into this
union; but nothing i" this act
shall be so construed as to affect
the rights of allottees under any
A HATTER OF HEALTH
existing treaties or agreements
relating to the taxation of allot-
ted lands."
The sti iking out of this section
leaves all of the treaties now in
j force with the Indian tribes in
j Oklahoma and Indian Territories
in full force and effect. And
under those treaties the lands of
the Indians cannot be taxed.
With this section of the bill re-
inserted all of the lands in In-
dian Territory, with the oxcep
tion of the allottees' homestead
can be taxed. It would also
permit allottees to alienate their
lands without regard to restric-
tions under existing agreements.
It is the one thing sought for b,y
the people of Indian Territory.
It would apply also to the lands
about to be allotted in the Osage,
Kaw, Otoe and Ponca reserva-
tions. Mr. McGuire's object is
to secure as much support for
this amendment as possible so
that when the bill goes into con-
ference? the senate conferees will
realize that they haye itot the
united support of the senate be-
j hind them in their attempt to
eliminate this section.
Delegate McGuire lias also
been doing some active mission-
ary work 011 beliall of the school
land lessees in Oklahoma. He
believes that these people who
leased school lands and have
made valuable improvements
thereon should have a preference
right in purch sing the lauds
when they are offered for sale. J
The senate committee did not
consult him with reference
to this sec tion rt the time they j
s ji'iu'lc cm tli<• j*r</V s.ons giving ^
tiH' schocl livid itissi espi e.uro c 1
rights. Had lie be. 11 consulted;
he would have vigorously upp s-J
ed the amendment before the,
com mittce.
In the hurry of theadjiurn
ment the paragraph referring to'
t ie prohibition question was
o iiitte l fro a the printed bill
is rip rted and after this fact]
w.is called to the attention of the t
clerk of the committee, the issue
was suppressed and ordered re- ^
printed as reported. The pro-
hibition tight lias just begun, ,
this being realized by Delegate
Sweet, who ably represents the,
temperance side of the question j
for the Indian Territory at'
Washington, and is by no means
certain that a prohibition clause
will he incorporated in the bill
when it is passed.
Au effort will he made to
amend the bill either on the floor
of the senate or in cofiference 111
regard to the school provisions
by inserting two lines as follows:
"Provided that nothing in the
above section shall be considered
as meaning that white and color-
ed children shall ever attend the
same school." This amendment
will probably not be resisted and
was agreed to by Oklahoma and j
Indian territory delegates in j
Washington. That the measure
will pas ; before March 4tli seems
practically certain.
WHO IS CATtlfRIMf JAM?
Hie following is "The Travel
ing Man's Dream," taken from a
Hoosier exchange and revised
for Oklahoma maidens:
A tray and handsome traveling man
Lay on a bed of pain;
All hope was past, his life ebbed fast,
Ho ue'er would ri-e at; a in.
Have you no sweetheart, fair and true:'
They whispered o'er Ins bed.
'Whomyou would tell h last farewell':"
The younK man softly said:
There's Agatha at Kl Reno,
And Millie down at Perry:
There's Fannie o'er at Guthrie town,
And Stella out at Geary;
At Alva there is Esther, dear,
Whom surely 1 must se>':
And Annie, true, at Blackwell, too
Please bring theiu all to me."
The watchers st.ireittn wild surprise
And then they said once more—
'And tell us p-.ty. wlthoutdelay,
The kit ! whom you adore.
The Kirl whom you have sworn to love
And bring both wealth and f; me!
Your promised wife, and hope and life,
Quick, let us know her name!"
And linogene, out at Okeene,
Don't call. For she'll come stormin';
Of all the rest I think the best
Is Sue, in school svt Norman.
There s Catherine Jane at Hennessey;
At Enid there is none.
The young man sighed: "Tis time I died,
ve sworn to love each one
that the congress fix a rate ot j
three cents per pound 01- any.
fractional part thereof, 011 pack- j
ages of books or merchandise
not exceediti tive pounds, mailed
t the distributing postofliee ol
any rural free delivery route for
delivery to patrons on said route
This rate should apply only to
packaires deposited at the? ioeal
jiostoriicefor delivery to patrons
on routes emanating from that
oflice, and not to mail I ran sin't ted
froi'- '.no office to another, flic
rate of three cents per pound
would be ample remuneration
for the department, because 1
there is no expense for railway]
transportation, and the system
by I eli these packages are to .
bo ch I'vei'ed is already establish-!
ed. a.id such delivery would en- .
tail 110 additional expanse upon j
the department A special stamp
could be provided for this class J
of iiK 1 matter."
, $100,000.00
r« Loan on Farms.
AV"> 't? \><;■*<<
ey paid when p ipers arc signed
a.,
|-irc and Tornado
Insurance.
Notaries Public.
Hennessey, Oklahoma.
Land Office Changes.
Washington, Dec. -3.—The
consolidation of the Enid land
district which was included in
the Kingfisher land district about
a year ago, to the Guthrie land
district was ordered two weeks
ago by Secretary Hitchcock.
Under the law the land office
located at the state capital can be
retained regardless of the volume
of business of the office. The
established custom o! the depart-
ment lias been to maintain the j
capital land office as long as theiej
was a:iv laud business in the |
the Origin ot tha ttberta IVach.
The famous Klbcrta peach was ,
origi .ted by Mr. S. H. Rump, j
wlit s: orchard and home is not 1
far 'tom Ft. Valley where he has '
aOou 1,11111) acres devoted to a
peach' orchard. Mr. Rump's
H.ory of the origin of the Elberta
peac !• is that he planted the I
of ti. ' Chinese Cling, with the
hi pe of securing hardy seedlings
of the same variety The Chinese
Cling peach tree that produced!
I the it nit fi 0111 which these seeds
j were taken, stoi >d nea r a Craw ford I
[early, and Mr. Rump thinks that
tho varieties were mixed, or
hvbriiii/.od the blossom. At any
ds from
LOW PAT'FS
fop HOLIDAYS
For Clir'.stmas and New Year holidays
round-trip tickets will he sold ;it greatly
reduced rales between all stations on 1111*
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Railway.
On sale December -'1, 25 -'ti and :U. 1004,
and January 1 and 2, 1D05, Good return-
ing until January 4, inclusive. Splendid
opportunity to visit your h >nie or Friends.
Ask the ti' ket agent for further in-
formation, or address.
(1 I. (ORB.
SOUTHWESTRRN PAKSENORR AOKNT.
907 Main Street. K VMS IS CUV.
♦e*e*eoos*e*e <t**st
Stale. As fast as the business ^ ^ ( 0n0()£ __
iu the other districts decreases | ^,llilies(J c,ing W,IS produced j|
ti,i> tree that bore the choice IruitiO
■t the
to a point insufficient t
expenses if the office the nui-| wm..d r0lM)Wlled, tlnd which
form policy of tlie clopuvUubtu I .. ,, , u.. 1., .
h :s been to abolish the office and 1
consolidate it with the capital
office. This p-l cy will la; pur-, ^ ^ <>f p,.u
sued vv 1 ti 1 reJei'Mico to Okl-ihoiiiii.
Tiie Outln ie land office will be
the last office abolished. j Practical Fruit ti rower
The Secretary, after consider 1
ing the case ordered the consoli-
dation of the Enid land district
with the Guthrie kind aistrict, ^ ^ ^
and directed that all of the 011 ^ ^ m;xt Mon(jay fn, a
er Enid land office records should ; ^ ^ iju(]„0 Hlll,
x pec t ed to be here to |
[LANK & RANDALL;
Cotton Gin
New
Mr. Rump called by his wife
name. Elberta Certain it is that u
for tho discovery and develop-
ment of this peach the Iruit
growing and iruit eating woi Id
owes a debt of gratiturde to Mi.
As outlined by this paper yes-
terday, Judge Beauchamp will1.
est
ket
We are erecting '•
i eluding the hit
ehinory.
We will give you tin
for
C
Cotton
improved
Gin,
111a
pnei
weight?
your
ill itnd sei
highest mar-
aud honest
be immediately transfered from j
Kingfisher to Guthrie
POWDER
Absolutely Pure
HAS HO SUBSTITUTE
Former Hennoeaey Man Robbed
From the El Reno Drmorrut,
At an early hour this morning
J. H. Nail awoke and saw a negro
ransacking his sleeping room.
When the negro saw that he had
been discovered he made jack
rabbit time in getting away. Mr.
Nail says that his wife's pocket
book and about twenty-six dollars
were stolen. A little later a
negro was arrested and placed
in the calaboose, and Mr. Nail
thinks lie is the fellow who com-
mitted the theft.
PACKAGES ON RURAL ROUTES.
Persons living ou rural tree;de-
livery routes—and this will soon
include practically all farmers—
will be interested in Fourth Assis
tant Postmaster General Hris-
tow's recommendation in his re-
port, as follows:
"With the establishment of
rural mail delivery, and the in-
creasing extension of rural tele-
phone service by private inter-
ests, there has grown up a de-
mand by the patrons of the 1 ir.i'
service for the delivery of small
packages of merchandise, suclij
as food-stuffs, tobacco, drygoodr,
drugs, etc., on an order to the
local merchants by postal card,
telephone, or otherwise. The
value of these packages of mer-
chandise is usually small, and
the present rate of postage of
1 cent per ounce is practically
prohibitive. The patron or iner-!
chant cannot afford to pay 16
cents for the delivery of a pound i
of coffee or tobacco, or smaller j
article, but if a special-rate wore
established on such matter from
the distributing office, for de-
livery to any patron 011 the rural
routes from that office, it would
be a great convenience to the pa-
trons and become a source of re-
venue to tho department.
well is
hear tho cases against the cashier
and book keeper oftho defunct
Citizens bank. Twelve indict
ments were found against H. II.
Watkins, the cashier, and four
against Win. Duggau, the? book
keeper.—Enid Wave.
!I4Su2Ji.I- JUBJU^A-lA3*y411
FLORIDA SLEEPER
VIA
Wit _
On November lath, and daily
thereafter, until the summer
season of 1905, the Frisco S.ys
Item, in connection with the
Southern Railway, will operate
through Pullman Sleepers be-
tween Kansas City, Mo. and
Jacksonville, Kla. These Sleep-
ing Cars will be placed in service
as part of the equipment of the
popular' Southeastern Limited,
scheduled to leave Kansas City
0:30 P. M. A modertily equip
ped train, electric lighted cafe
observation car. etc. -the route
of which carries the traveler
through the populous cities of
the Southeast.
Berth reservations may be
made through representatives of
Frisco System or connecting
lines.
Passf.noeh Traffic Depaht-
L
Sold by
p mp—ab -Wsarju**' m* jpa Pinwi—
Those Awful flcadacfow
y^rn Buro Indications ol soma form of stomach
trouble, biliousness or a bod liver. Malaria will
next ovortako yon. Don't riok it, and abovo all,
lioa'ttako calomel orq'iiniuo—botliuiodaugeroufl
HERBINE
baa nil tlirlr virtues—none of tbolr
deadly offectg. HF RB1NE takon
regularly will forestall headaches,put
the digestive organs in perfect condi-
tion, head off biliousness, headaches,
UUIl, JH-CVVA V/ll u„.wu «vwy, ,
liver ills, keep you iu good liealUi.
TRY IT TO-OAV.
Oo b. E-jtilo. AU Druggist#.
■ i || aa—hb—mi—aw—
A Dinkier
Cline Transfer Line
HELLO 'PHONE 23.
If yon want to move, want a cord of wood,
want a trunk delivered, or anything else in
ou" line, mil up 'phone '2U and votir wants
will lie quickly supplied. Prices reasonable
J R CLINE Proprietor.
Office lted Barn
muu MKNX SAIM' boL'IS.
It is therefore, recommended ^'
\V. C. ST FA' ENS.
LOYAL J. MILLER.
Stevens & Miller,
. ...Attorneys-at-Law.
Notary in Office.
f Ofn<'Cln thr I r Meradlt.h building
UennfKaey and Lawtu
t\. h. CULLUH, M. D.,
Physician and Surgeon.
ifflce front roono over Bash's store. Reai
odoncp. Hunt Frank propeity, Nor tbra t!leo
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Miller, C. H. The Hennessey Clipper. (Hennessey, Okla.), Vol. 15, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 29, 1904, newspaper, December 29, 1904; Hennessey, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc105377/m1/1/: accessed April 18, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.