The Stillwater Gazette. (Stillwater, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 4, 1901 Page: 1 of 8
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Stillwater, Payne County, Oklahoma, Thursday, July 4, 1901.
Vol. 12. No. 28
TO TAKE OOT FENCES.
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Indian Agent Instructdd to Have
All Wire Removed in Kiowa
and Comanche.
IT IS GL£NCO“E”.
J. Hunter Williams Proved to the
Post Office Department That
There was an “E” Attached.
STAMPS NO MORE.
They Disappeared From Checks
And Telegrams To
Day.
When the regular leases of grazing
lands on the Apache, Kiowa and Com-
anche reservations expired on March
31, last, application was made by the
lessees to the interior dn~M‘ I iodriwsU months more salary than
the extension of their leases to August intended when the commis-
6,1601. The department partly grant- nlftde out. The postoffice
The omission of a letter of the
alphabet in the name of the city of
Glencoe by the a’uthorii ies at Washing-
ton, will enable the postmaster there
ed tlieir request hy authorizing the
Indian agent to enter into informal
leases to expire July 6, 1901.
The time is nearly up and the Indian
agent has received telegraphic author-
ity to contract for the removal of the
wire on fences around these pastures.
Under said informal permit said re-
moval is to commence on July 7, ex-
cept that the wire fence on thf four
hundred thousand acre lied River pas-
ture is reserved for the common use
of the Apache, Kiowa and Comache
Jndians as provided for in the act of
June 6, 1900 and to remain for use up-
on the same. The bids for the removal
of the wire per thousand pounds de-
livered at the sub agencies or schools
of 100 pounds each will be opened at
the Kiowa agency, Anadarko O. T.. on
July 2, 1901.
Without the thousands of miles of
barbed wire and the numberless herds
of cattle, the surface of the reservation
will for a short time appear as it die
to the early pioneer, a pleasing aspect
both to the homesteader, who has for
many years longed to break its sod ant
establish for himself a borne, and also
to the Ihdian, forgetful of his present
stratus, as he recurs to the time of his
childhood when the unbroken prairies
before him furnished him with all the
wants and pleasures of life. The wire
when collected at the sub-agencies will
be issued to the Indians to be used in
improving their individual allotments
ANOTHER NEW TOWN-
In Kiowa and-Comanche Named
Lawton In Honor of Gen
eral Lawton.
sion was made out. The postoffice
authorities spelled the name “Glenco,
and when the mistake was discovered
it was necessary to make a new com-
mission, which was dated on the day
of issuance, and Editor AN illiams, of
the Mirror, who is the postmaster and
beneficiary, rejoices thereat thusly :
“The Mirror has at last won out in
its contention wfith the postoffice de-
partment over the proper spelling of
the postoffice name ‘Glencoe.’ It is
well known that the department gave
the office the name of ‘Glenco,’ with-
out the final ‘e.’ As soon as we got
our commission we went after the first
assistant postmaster general, asking
that the orthography be corrected, and
that a new stamp be sent containing
the final ‘e.’ The request was refused
for the reason that Postmaster Mur-
phy’s application, bond and commis-
sion was made out ‘Glenco.’
This was the day when a man could
write out a check and not be required
to place a revenue stamp on it. it is
a big saving in time to a hurried man.
There will be consider ible loss to
people in this and every other city as
those who have stamps and stamped
checks on hand, but not in sufficient
quantities to redeem them and even
when a man has a quantity it takes red
tape, and plenty too, to get them turn-
ed back into coin of the realm.
In the first place, stamps will not be
redeemed in quantities of less than
worth. The claimant must, moreover,
make an affidavit and file it with the
international revenue officer of the
district , staling from whom the stamps
were purchased (generally a bank or
stationer,) accompanied also by an affi
d avit of the first purchaser of the I
stamps. Thus it is necessary for the
claimant to trace the ownership and
secure affidavit of eacli owner back to ]
the original purchase from Uncle 8am ,
Owners of imprinted instruments,
The Best
Things
To Eat
ARE
MADE
WITH
ROYAL
Baking
Powder
Hot-breads,
biscuit,
cake,
rolls,
muffins,
crusts,
puddings,
and
the various
pastries
requiring
a leavening"
or raising
agent. “
i -ytiWlH
checks, drafts, and other documents-
who want stamps thereon redeemed,
on was in hub uu» must forward all such to the cominis-
“Wc then sent to the department sioner 0f internal revenue at Washing
some railroad stationery, the heading I ton> ejtber by express or registered
of our paper, and a map showing that at their own expense; and onc“
the proper name was‘Glencoe’and al- I turned into the government for re-
After considerable controversy be
tween the secretary of the interior and
the postmaster general, Delegate Flynn
and Governor Jenkins, over the name
of the county seat for Comanche coun-
ty, in the Kiowa reservation, a decis-
ion was today reached by which the
new town will be named Lawton after
General Lawton who was stationed for
mony years at Fcrt Sill and who par-
ticipated in the capture of the Wily
old Apache chief. Geronimo. Messrs.
Flynn and Jenkins wanted the new
town named McKinley in honor of the
president. The secretary of the inter-
ior suggested the name of Lawton.
Postmasser- General Smith opposed
this on the grounds that Indian ana
Oklahoma territories would soon be
merged into one state and there areal-
ready poitoffices in the Indian terri-
tory named Lawson and Lawton. The
president objected to the name Mc-
Kinley and recommended to the lost-
master general that the - new county
seat be called Lawton with the nndei*
standing that the name of Lawton
postoffice, Indian, territory would be
changed. _______
KIOWA TIMBER.
An Estimate Made of the Timber
In the Kiowa-Comanche
Country.
the proper name was ‘Glencoe’ and al- 1 jupned into the government for
so calling attention to the historical I datnpti0n, they cannot be returned
significance of the name which it de-1tke owner8> This is a ruling that t
eternity. Jhe town ^es the ^ame of bemuse,"being in book
the township, which has historicalcon- ? and numbered BeriaUy, they will
nection with Glencoe, Scotland, a beam Cftre t0 ive them up entirely, es-
tiful pass in Argyshire, where, on the I cjal|y where there sre only several
13th of February, .^ dollars’worth. So, when the trouble
massacre of the McDonalds by 120 soL ^ Qf packiug and tbe .loss of
dier* under Captain Campbell. Last checJtg jg eonaidered, few, it is believed,
week the order came for a change to w{|1^ttempt ^ 9ttVts a {ow dollars. The
Glencoe, which will be made at the be- Jong after J(lly y
ginning of the quarter, July 1. The ohe<jkg with the reVenue stamps print-
change necessitated a new commission ^ thereon wiU ^ ,n circulation.
as postmaster, a new bond, new oaths | ___
for the postoffioe force and numerous
other red tape, but then we will have
the satisfaction of having it right here-
mt a.____A__nnSma ai V
Risen with Royal Baking Powder, all these
foods are superlatively light, sweet, tender,
delicious and'wholesome.
Royal Baking Powder is the greatest of
time and labor savers to the pastry cook.
Besides, it economizes flour, butter and egg**
■ ' n —*— *L- food mote
and, best of all, makes the
digestible and healthful.
The “ Royal Baker and Pastry
Cook ” — containing over 8oo ““ “
most practical ana valuable *re
cooking receipts—free-Jo healtn.
every patron. Send l>o*t»,
card with your full address. ""“T" " :—"
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a OVAL BAKINS POWDSN CO., 100 WIUIAM STOtST, ««w VOW*.
HOBSON BESTED.
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kne buubiiuj^iuii •*<***■•«•» ■ « ----i
after. The postmaster alse gains six g^eei Trust President Kissed Two
montns on his job as postmaster, as the I
first commission was issued last De- | Hundred \\ omen at a CJitu^
cember and the new one June 14.”
WEALTH IN CORN.
Dedication.
OKLAHOMA CITY
A great many who are intending to
Bettle in the new country have made
inquiries as to the amount of timber
there. The following is taken from
the Minco Minstrel:
“About one-half of the Wichita res-
ervation is timbered, usually with oak
—post oak, black oak and some burr
oak—with fine groves of cedar and wal-
nut in the valleys. The soil is sandy,
usually dark, but sometimes reddish,
and is rich and productive. Of the
streams that can be depended upon to
furnish water the whole year around
are Deer creek in the northwest, Lake,
Five-Mile and Cobb creeks in the west
and Cedar creek in the southwest are
the best.”
--- . Charles M. Schwab, president of the
Had a Real Estate Misunderstand- billion dollar steel trust, now holdsthe
kissing championship Friday night.at
the dedication of the Memorial Epieco-
the Wrong Lot, I pal church at Braddock, Pa, to his
mother-in-law and in the presence of
his wife, lie kissed 200 women in twen-
One of the papers of Oklahoma City ty minutes. Lieutenant Hobson will
relates the following which is ruther an I now pave to take a back seat. The
expensive mistake: members of the hirst Presbyterian
“Some days since, G. B. Stone, the church thought it was a good way to
real estate agent, sold to one Mr. Ar- thank Mr. Schwab for the #13,000which
genta a corner lot in the Main street he hnd given to lift the debt of the
addition and on Main street, and when churct,. A reception was tendered to
the contractors whom Mr. Argenta lmd Mr. and Mrs. Schwab in the parlors of
employed to erect a residence on the tbe church.
property came to inquire of Mr- Stone I ^ majority of the congregation con-
the location of the property, he gave sj8*8 Qf 8teel workers employed in the
them the directions as. to its location works of Mr. Schwab’s company, and
and thought no more about it. their wives and daughters. The con-
“A few days later Mayor Jones gregation filed into the parlor of the
chanced to visit a corner which he church. One of the women with a
owns on West Main streetand wassur- baby in her arms stepped up to the
prised to see a store building abou I couple and shook hands with Mrs.
completed on it and the foundation Schwab. Then she turded to Mr.
laid near by for a residence. He rubbed I Schwab. Mr. Schwab murmered:
his eyes to remove any cobwebs that •* What a pretty baby.” Then he stoop-
might have obstructed his vision and ed down and kissed tLe child. Next he
looked again, but the vision was still took the mother’s face in his hands and
there. Then he went closer and touch- kissed her. There was great applause
ed the woodwork of the building and and cheers and when the the next wo-
found it to be material. ma,n came up she also got a kiss from
An investigation then followed, and I the steel magnate. The women filed
it was learned that Mr. Argenta’s j by and Mr. Schwab kissed 200
How It Is Claimed a Farmer Can
Get Rich, And Very
Rich.
buildings were being erected on lots
just a block east of the ones he had
purchased.
“The tangle was both vexing and
humorous, but a compromise has been
effected and Mr. Argenta will com-
plete the buildings and own the prop-
erty.” _
Plenty to go to now for tbe next few
days in the line of shows.
of them. After lie had kissed all the
women, he kissfed Mrs. Schwab who
wai standing by laughing heartily. Af-
t#r the kissing bee Mr. Schwab an-
nounced that he intended to do some-
thing for Braddock that Braddock
would like. He would not say what it
would be, but the people there believe
he intends to give them a million
dollar industrial school.
The Chicago Record-Herald says:
“If the farmer is to get riches be
must get them out of the soil. Neither
the Chicago Board of Trade nor the
free coinage of fifty cent dollars will
make him rich. The hocus-pocus poli-
ticians cannot add a bushel to the' pro-
ductiveness of his land, nor can the
“kings” of the corn pit odd anyting
permanently to the value of his crops.
The farmer will be interested in the
scientiiieate experiments now being
conducted by the department of agri-
culture, with a view to increasing the
corn-crop of this country without ad-
ditional expense of labor. The scient-
ists have found that by cross-breeding
the nitrogen contents of the corn are
increased, and the number of ears to
a stalk are increased. Experiments
made in growing 10,009 specimens of
these hybrids have already demon-
strated that it is possible to double the
yield of corn from a given number of
plants.
In addition to conducting these ex
perisnentB the department is sending
out some valuable advice to farmers in
the matter of selecting seed for plant-
ing. This advice is to go through the
field and select corn from the largest
stalks for seed purposes. Not one
farmer in ten thousand ever thought
of doing such a thing. The uniform
practice of farmers is to select the
largest ears from the crib for seed.
There’s more money in corn than in
the promises of politicians. The Bible
bolds up for emulation the mar. who
makes two blades grow where only one
grew before. How to do this is what
Secretary Wilson is trying to show the
farmers. In tlie meantime the pro-
ducts from corn, such as oil, |I
rubber, cellulose-, paper and floor
being multiplied and their value
creased. “The time Is coming when
there will be millions in corn. If Col-
onel Sellers were on earth today there
is little doubt that he would begin
planting corn on a large scale*
“The value of the corn crop of the
United States in 1899 was 1629,210,110,
or more than double the gold output
of the whole world.”
GRASSHOPPERS IN FRANCE.
Railway Trains Delayed by tbe
Insects Massing on the
Rails.
M
■ IS
France is having a grasshopper war
at present and the southwest part of
the country is suffering a great deal.
The trains in that part of the country
last Wednesday evening were stopped
by enormous quantities of them heap-
ed on the rails. The engine crashed
insects which caused the wheels to
slide on the rails and send was of no
benefit in assisting the movement of
the engine.
Delays of trains have been numerous.
MILLER—REID—GREEN -
Secretasy Hitchcock Has Recom
mended Their Appointment
* to Land Offices.
The appointments to tbe land offices
in the new country are expected in a
few days. An official report from
Washington states that Secretary
Hitchcock has recommended the ap-
pointment of R. E. Miller, Oklahoma-
City to the office at Lawton ; Thomas
Reid as register for the same office ;
and It. E. Green, of Kansas, as receiv-
er of the office at El Reno.
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Neerman, C. F. The Stillwater Gazette. (Stillwater, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 4, 1901, newspaper, July 4, 1901; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1077885/m1/1/: accessed April 23, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.