The Ripley Times. (Ripley, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, December 2, 1904 Page: 2 of 14
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tlon*. Th* appropriation of 92SOjDOO
for school purposes; th* appointment
of (hr** delegate* to Washington to
represent ih« nation In th* matter of
federal l< KialafIon and th* adoption of
a memorial a*klng centre** to allow
all children l*orn *lnr* Heptemb*r.
1002, to ahar* In th* ditrillion of th*
land* ar* aliio among tho Important
enactment*.
Tho I*glHlatur* adopted that por-
tion of th* report mad* by the special
committee to confer with a like com-
mittee of th* Choctaw council rela-
tive to tho plan of financial nettle-
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T*#*e L**4« in 1*19*1#* 0'#tr«ct
UWTON, lb# tnt«f»*t shown
at tb* frwnt Irrlcaiio* maim* at
kfmmiaiA f*ark eipr©**#d tb* n**d
of Irrigation In varloua **rtaei of
southwest Oklahoma, and J.&ftft farm*
| #ra llvlnc In th* Irritation dlatrt*t
fadfn T*eti ...... ..... I propossd by the United HAIM wo*
rKi*t to ta* Busier* of tha fi. A. NfBlCHT Hf ID ON HURQEN CHANCE ] logical surrey. have petitioned the
government * *» Include In Hi* Irrlga*
i»**n *• home land owned by them
Kadi on* haa agreed to pay hla pro
rata, amounting to 913,1ft, which It
to h# paid In ten annual payment* of
91.31 each year. The country com-
prising th* diatrlet which It Is pro-
pound to Irrigate lien hut weep th*
North Fork of red river and Otter
creek, and embraces' approaimat/dy
150,000 acres, or. In other, words
about on* thouxand homestead*.
Farmer* wore! n attendance upon
this congress who had made com-
plot* failures on tho very best of
land In that section, because of In-
sufficient rainfall.
tb# wheat producing sect
territory. la almost every Instance
a good rain would do mur-h good, bu*
if it does not com# soon tb# damage
will b* almost complete A report
ha* been current that wheat was be
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a of th* l*d*cat«#*a #f a Ly*«*i*fl—Th*
B*«riff Fifty Deputies —
Bod/ of Dead Ms* Bo-e Unmistak-
abl# Evdeece of Murder
HOI! ART; After a week's search
tb# body of W. W. Hiatterly, who la
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appoint©* shall b« to determine the #f#) K\ttn- mountain, twenty mil** southwest of
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p-r r-n- oflut y**r; tor, dry £'• u»ml«*.k*blo of our
Btds rain; farmers milling much of <3®r*
their wheat threshed In the summer,
Aa a result of th* murder the In-
Gotebo—Wheat la suffering much *“• ^lnHt R A Wrl«ht*
from the dry weather; little has been ^ f®*?***? “"^rer. has Wn In-
pot out so far.
G*ary—Fair condition compared
wMk lut grand v.ry rtry mad I **** *° ■MMPOM nfly <«pull««
nc*d rain; no Hessian Dy; acreage 5A
per cent of last year.
Alva—Home of the wheat sown la
fairly good, but needs rain, while in
some instances farmers are resowing
tensifled. and fears that an attempt
would be mad* to lynch him caused
th© sheriff to summons fifty deputies
to guard the jail where Wright Is con-
fined. Armed guards arc watching
the building, while several hundred
men have gathered and talk of mob
violence is heard on every hand. Sbcr-
__ . „ „ , _ Iff Morrison is using every effort to
I>r.imm<md—No llramlmi. fly h«r«: ; |nd,jce crowd m>k, n0 altem ,
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moot. Karh nation will now mttkQ an J ’nortu^n'' '' " * *n i'“,fi lri ■ • land, addressod thn poople, pleading?
Anadarko—P!arly sown wheat is all
right, but needs rain; late sown
wheat. Js not growing at all. Th*
acreage Is about twice that of last
itemized account of Its finances and
settle accordingly. The Chicka.saws
nr* to receive one-fourth and the
Choctaws three fourths of all moneys.
In tho report of the special com-
mittee It. was urged that the legls- I yf,;,r-
lafuro take Action on the statehood Cordell The acreage Is about 5*
question, but the tribal body would per cent that of last year. A great
not declare Itself In favor of olthcr I acres would be planted
single or double statehood. Tho con-
census of opinion among the members
was that the time was not opportune
for tho legislature to declare Itself.
It. Is learned that the delegates,
Messrs. Mosely, Holmes Willis and B.
E. .Johnson, will depart shortly for
be planted ^
wheat yet should we have a good
rain.
Marshall—Wheat greatly damaged
by drouth and some dying; no fly;
acreage much larger than last year.
Mangum — Conditions here ar3
much worse than last year; there
Washington to look after the Interests j no many of the farmers ar *
waiting for rain or snow’.
Stillwater—Wheat is in fair con
dition, and there is no fly.
North Enid—Very dry and whea
suffering. Stock now pasturing leave
holes in the ground, which blow full
of sand. Rain is needed badly.
Waukomis—The dry weather holds
wheat hack very much; some now
of the Chickasaws before congress.
If Is sail! that these delegates do not
desire any change whatever in the
lease system.
FOR A TERRITORIAL PARK
Efforts to be Made for Establishing a
Park in Woods County
ALINE: An effort will be made I wilting; more sowed than last year;
In tho coming legislature, and also rain would save some now, but some
in congress this winter, to have the completely damaged,
entire section of school land, No. ?><>, Medford—Wheat, here is in fair eon-
in Eagle Chief township, Woods dition, and no fly is reported. Rain
county, set, aside for a territorial is needed,
park. This section Is an Ideal place fair condition.
for a park, and two-thirds of it is Watonga—As much wheat was
covered with fine walnut and pine sown here as last, year; no complaint
trees, and tho natural scenery there | yet from drouth or fly.
that the law be allowed to take Its
course.
The finding of the body seems to
confirm the theory of a brutal mur-
der. Two weeks ago Slafferly, who
was a respected farmer living six
miles from Hobart, went to the moun-
tains for a hunt, accompanied by
Wright. A few days later Wright re-
turned to Hobart alone, with the
team and other property of Slatterly.
He told two or three stories in ref-
erence to the absence of his com-
panion, all of which inquiry dis-
proved. Suspicion of foul play led
to the orrest of Wright, and he pro-
duced what purported to be a bill of
sale for the team and cotton owned
by Slatterly. He was detained in cus-
tody of the officers and searching
parties began a hunt for Slatterly.
Public feeling against Wright was so
intense that he was removed to the
jail at Anadarko for safe keeping,
but was brought back here for a pre-
liminary trial on the charge of lar-
ceny of domestic animals, pending
the result of the search for Slatterly.
BELIEVED TO BE MURDER
Independence—About half an acre-
age over last year; crop doing well,
but needs rain.
Ponca City—Poor stand of wheat
here, and in bad condition; part ol
slight
would render it easy and inexpensive
to make Of it a very beautiful park.
There are more than fifty bright,
running springs on the section, one
of which sends out constantly a
stream of sparkling and clear water I the wheat, is not up, and in a
four inches In diameter. This sec- freeze all would be lost,
tlon adjoins tho town of Aline on the Tiennessy — Suffering from tho
east, and Is now used by old soldiers’ drouth; some dying; no fly; crop 9
reunions and conventions, besides per cent, of last year,
hundreds of picnics. There is much El Reno—Early sown wheat is get-
more land in the county which could ting along very well, but rain is need-
be reserved for the school land de- cd; no complaint as to fly.
purtmenf, so tho schools need not he Kingfisher—About the same condi
deprived of the Income from this sec- fions prevail as last year; some field*
tlon. which are ready for the wrheat have
Delegate McGuire, last July, made not been sown; no fly.
up a bill to set aside a quarter of that Edmond- Some wheat dead; other
land for a park, but later on a peti- will last a month, hut if rain does not
tlon was sent to him to include one- come soon all will be lost; early
half of the section, and later still it | sown in medium condition: acreage
was asked thnt the entire section be
used for park purposes. Mr. Mc-
Guire has given assurance that he
will uso every effort to have this
done in congress. Ho will also ask
for an appropriation to Improve tho
psrk and make of It an Ideal pleas-
ure resort.
about one-third less than last year;
some being sown in dust.
Dover Not yet hurt by drouth, but
badly In need of rain; more sown
than last year; no fly.
Jefferson—Plant is small and
sprinkling; no fly; acreage 9 per cent
of lact year; n«*eds rAin.
ANADARKO: Five hundred men
are searching the Wichita mountains
for the body of William Slattery, sup-
posed to have been murdered.
Last week Slattery and R. A.
Wright, two farmers of Kiowa county,
went hunting in the Wichita moun-
tains. A few days later Wright re-
turned alone, bringing Slatter’s team,
and suspicion having been aroused,
he was arrested, and a hill of sale for
Slattery’s team and cotton was dis-
covered. A coat which has been iden
tified as having belong the Slattery
was also found. A party of hunters
say they saw two men go into the
mountains, and Wright has been iden-
tified as the one who returned. Wright
has been placed in jail here to pre-
vent his being lynched. When Wright
was placed in jail he sent this mes-
sage to his wife, through George Rat-
cliff of Hobart:
“George, tell my wife to cheer up;
they can’t prove anything.”
When Wright returned from the
trip he told two stories concerning the
disappearance of Slattery. One was
that the missing man had gone to
ChilHcothe, Mo., and another that he
went to Rainy Mountain. Telegraphic
inquiry soon disproved these ston**,
sad Wright was then arrested.
A BIG WOLF HUNT
One Thousand Participants in s Great
Chase and Roundup
LAWTON: The wolf hunt in the
big pasture reserve near Chatta-
nooga Thanksgiving day far sur-
passed the one of a year ago. One
thousand persons participated In the
chase, under charge of J. W. Wil-
liams, assisted by H. Hood, Matt Lee
and W. C. Cuddeback. The hunters
assembled on the four sides of a
township and proceeded to the center.
The chase began at noon and ended
at 2:30 o’clock. At the center the
hunters began to capture the coy-
otes without tho aid of guns. Ten
wolves were captured, two being
taken alive.
There were thirty cowboys in the
chase, two of whom succeeded in
roping coyotes. About one hundred
dogs participated in the sport. “Car-
rie Nation.” a wolf hound, owned by
B. F. Robinson of Chattanooga, won
the prize by killing thre coyotes.
MUCH COTTON YET UNPICKED
Shiftlessness and Indifference on the
Part of Some the Reason
MUSKOGEE: Although the sea-
son for cotton picking has almost
passed, there are still many fields
which have been practically un-
touched. Tho plants are being killed
by the frosts and the cotton bolls are
going to waste because there is no
one to pick them. The amount of
cotton which will go to waste this
season in this way will be enormous.
This condition is due to several
causes, tho chief of which is the indif
ference and shiftlessness of many of
the cotton raisers of the territory.
A goodly number of these are renters'
and their crops are heavily mortg-
aged, and the proceeds would go into
the hands of their creditors if the
cotton was gathered. They prefer
to allow the cotton to remain in the
fields rather than to incur the ex-
pense of having it gathered. In a
few localities it has been almost im-
possible to hire cotton pickers, and
crops are going to waste for this rea-
son.
Muskogee Gets the Exhibit
MUSKOGEE: Tams Bixby, presi-
dent of the Town and Country club
of this city, has received a letter
from F. C. Hubbard, world’s fair com-
missioner from Indian Territory, stat-
ing that he had received authority
from the department to turn over to
the Town and Country club for safe-
keeping the entire exhibit of photo-
graphs of Indian Territory scenes at
at the World’s fair building. This
collection is valued at $3,000, and it
is expected that it will be more ap-
preciated as the years go by, from an
historical standpoint. The ftictufes
will be used to decorate the of
th# club house.
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