The Stillwater Gazette. (Stillwater, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 18, 1901 Page: 1 of 8
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Stillwater,'Payne County, Oklahoma, Thursday, July 18, 1901.
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SEVEN TO ONE.
Registration Is Now 27,839 With
Only 12,300 Claims—Ra-
tio May be i6to 1.
The following is a special to the
Journal from El Reno: July 16,
The registration here today aggregated
4,417 and Lawton 3,000. This was the
lightest day of the session. The Rock
Island' train from the north, due at
noon, however, wns ten hours late,and
that crowd will have to wait until
Monday. Governor Richards sny9 that
he will not openanp Sunday, as ac-
knowledgments cannot be taken then,
anyhow.
Registration up to date is as follows:
El Reno office. 20,030 ; Lawton office,
total 27,839. Registration has
jng on for four days. This
average of 0.959 a day. On
\\o registration at the close
\* on July 20 will aggregate
Ivernor Richards, however,
for the present ratio to
]»d. He believes that the
not reach more than 85,-
000, or abcfit seven applicants to each
quarter section open to entry.
A report from Lawton states that
Emmett Cox, son-in-law of Chief
Quanah Parker, still insists on taking
the government’s capital prize, the
100-acre tract adjoining Lawton, as his
allotment. His claim to it will not he
recognized by the land department,
and it will go to the man whose name
is first drawn out of the wheel fpr the
Lawton district. It will be wortn;$25,-
000. All other tracts around Lawton
are reserved and cannot be homestead-
ed.
cornered the Ice output and even the
hotels cannot get enough to supply
needs.
Under a ruling of the land depart-
ment just made and interpreted here
to-day a soldier’s widow or the minor
orphan child of a soldier can take up a
homestead in the new country, and
the selection of land can he made
through an agent, the same as a sol-
FINE SCHOOL HOUSE
Dedicated to the People of District
No. 6—Pres. A. C. Scott
Delivers Address.
President A. C. Scott delivered the
(lier can taken claim. A soldier can address Sunday at the dedication of
appoint an agent to register for him I Fair Plain* atffiool house,D.Rr.ot No. 0,
and select his quarter, hut he must ap- ^ar miles northwest of th.seity.
TOWN LOTS.
Their Sale Will Begin August 6.
Auadarko To Cotne
First.
IS A WONDERFUL PICTURE.
HI Reno Presents Many Sided
Views of Humanity—Trains
Bring Hundreds.
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Samantha Rupert, 92 years of age,
came all the way from Eminence, Mo.,
to register for a homestead. She is
th© oldest person who has registered
up to date and trill no doubt hold the
record. “How does It come that you
are looking for a homestead?” asked a
registration officer of her as she ap-
peared at the booth. "I, have raised
six children,” said she,“and have given
them all a farm each. I am now home-
less myself and I don’t care to sponge
off my relatives. That is why I want
a home of my own.”
Thomas Jansen, one. of the notaries
who has been doing business in the
scorching sun out on the streets, drop-
ped dead today. Heath was due to the
heat. Jansen is well known in Okla-
homa, having been quite active in
politics. He formerly lived in Neb-
raska, where he was once a member of
the legislature.
Grafters still continue to pour in.
Every conceivable scheme to separate
a man from his money is being worked.
The latest one is the man with the
sterescope with views of the new coun-
try. He claims to have a complete
picture of the whole country in sec-
tions. He charges a cent to look at
the picture of each section. It takes
about 25 cents to see them all. His
talk is that it enables a homeseeker to
get a look at the land without making
a trip over it and it is remarkable how
fast he is raking in the shekels. Gam-
bling houses are running wide open
and all sortB of games can he had.
- Some of the “homeseekera” had as
high as $1,000 before them last night
in a poker game. The city is receiv-
ing some revenue from the fakirs.
During the past three days $1,000 has
been paid for licenses. The crowd is
extremely orderly. Not a dozen ar-
rests have been made, and they were
for trival offen.es. There are only
four special policemen on duty and
they are not earning tlieir salaries.
Joe McGuire and Detectives Bryant
and Sanderson were among the Kansas
City people who registered here today.
The electric light plant broke down
at 0 o’clock to-night and the city is in
darkness. Lamps and candles were
eagerly gobbled up and the merchants
soon ran out of that stock.
The mayor solved the water ques-
tion here to-day by placing barrels of
water at the prinoipal streets. They
were kept filled with well water, but
had no ice in them. The aalodns have
pear in person at the rand office within
six months and make the entry. The
agent simply seleets the quarter and it
is set aside. He cannot niak« the en
try. On selecting the tract on which
the soldier must appear in person be-
fore the expiration of six months and
make entry the agent must put up $3.
* he $11 homestead fee does not have
to he paid until the entry is finally
made by the soldier himself. This
also applies to soldiers’ widows and fo
orphan minor children of a soldier. In
case of the children, however, a guar-
dain can either file for his ward or ap-
point an agent to register and select a
claim in the event the wards number
comes out before the claims are all ex-
hausted.
There is no more chance for the
perpetration of frauds through the
soldiers’ declaratory statement plan
than through the straight entry plan.
If a soldier relinquishes liis claim with-
in sixty days then it goes to someone
else whose name was in the wheel. If
he relinquishes after that time then
the first man who settles on the claim
gets it; 80 there is no opportunity,
the government officials say, for any
sharpers tp corral a lot of land by get-
ting old aoldiers’ declaratory state
ments. As a further protection, no
agent can represent more than one
soldier.
Governor Richards to-night wired
Lawton asking tue officials there if
they w anted more help. If they do he
The services were indeed good, con-
sisting of music and the address, main-
ly pH education, by Pres. 8cott, in
which he talked principally to the
young people, they forming the larger
per cent of the audience. It was very
appropriat« for the occasion and for
his listeners, picturing to the voting
man and young woman the necessity
of, not only a common school education
for the farm, hut. a college education,
to be used in their every day business
affairs, and urged them to avail them-
selves of every opportunity presented
to them and to push for the high stan
dard in school work, taking up a col
lege course after the common school
branches have been completed.
He was listened to by an attentive
audience which greatly appreciated
his talk. The people of No. 0 were
rightfully congratulated by the speaker
on their good work in having erected
a school building which is considered
one of the best in Payne county out-
side of the towns, and possibly the best
country school house in Oklahoma.
This building is a large, comfortable
one and nicely furnished to be used
for religious service* as well. Thirty-
two dollars, as a free will offering, were
raised with which to purchase an
organ.
A BIG FIRE.
The reports from El Reno says thut
it is apparent tlu.t all applicants for
lands cannot get it, the people arc
turning their attention to town lots.
Heretofore not very much attention
has been given to that subject. Of
course thousands of people intend to
have town lots at Lawton, Hobart and
Anadarko, hut they have not been
sweating atiout it, for the reason that
the time lias Jiot yet arrived for ho
tion and the further fact that nobody
yet knows any thing about the lots in
the towns mentioned.
Judge Vandevanter, assistant attor-
ney general for the interior depart-
ment, is preparing supplemental rules
and regulations relating to the dispo-
sition of lots ix the towns of Auadarko,
Hobart and Lawton, which will he
made public in a few days.
The rules will prescribe the manner
of lhc sale of the lots, the number that
can be purchased by any individual,
and the order in which the sales occur.
A line legal problem has been present-
ed in connection with the interpreta-
tion of the provision of the act of
March 3, 1901, limiting the number of
lots which can be purchased by any
individual.
The law provides that “no person
ahall purchase more than one business
or residence lot.” It is not clear
whether this refers to a single town,
or to all the towns. It is contended
by many that the provision will permit
an individual to purchase two lots in
each town, if he so desires, and it is
probable that this will be the interpre
wilt send down a couple of gangs the
first of fbe week.
Loss is Estimated at $200,000— |tatioq of the department.
South Side of Square is
Burned at Enid.
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The,sale. will commence at Lawton
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ROBBER CONFESSES,
Ben Burns Tells of His Work with
Cravens—Robbed Coyle
and Ripley.
Sheriff Tilgbman, of Chandler, left
Guthrie Saturday for home with his
prisoner, Ben Burns, who will be held
to await trial for complicity iq the at-
tempt to rob the bank at Stroud.
Burns is a confessed accomplice of
Ben Cravens and his gang in the re
cent safe blowing at Coyle and Ripley
and Stroud. The arrest was accom-
plished through Sheriff Tilghman, who
has been on the still hunt for the Cra
vens crowd for a long time. Tilghman
had located the men near Cleveland
and sent instructions to the deputy at
that point to be on the watch, with the
result that Cravens and Burns were
surprised at a point on the river near
Cleveland where the latter was “wash-
ing up” and his capture was easy
Cravens was seen at a short distance
by the officers but made his escape on
foot\nd alone into the hills where he
is being closely persued by a posse
with little chance of ultimate escape.
Tilghman reports that Burns is an
old timer and has served in the Kunsas
penitentiary at which place he formed
the acquaintance of Cravens. Burns
confessed fully to Tilghman of his
former escapades and his meeting with
Cravens there and their subsequent
recent crimes in Oklahoma. When
captured Borns had in his possession
the watch and piatoi tgken from the
young man at Stroud at the time of
the attempted robbery of the bank at
that place. In his talk Burns stated
that the railroad safes at Coyle and
Ripley were robbed by himself and
Cravens assisted by two other men who,
were with Cravens, being men of his
selection, and whose names were not
remeopbered by the prisoner.
All persons who have deeds or mort-
gages in the register of deeds office are
requested to call and get them.
Win Barker.
Ehid experienced a terrible fire, one
of the worst that ever occurred in an
Oklahoma town. The loss is estimated
at $200,000 and the insurance will not
be nearly so much.
The fire started in a restaurant at
11:80 o’clock Saturday night and
burned the entire night. The water
supply gave out and the fire could not
be handled at all. Buildings in its
path and which had not been reached
were blown up by dynamite in order
to check the flames when they reached
that place.
CONVICTED AT LAST.
Asa Sharp Found Guilty By Jury
On Charges One And
Two.
on AUgust 6, and continue until ^
lots there are d isposed of. The officials
will then go to Anadarko and continue
the sale there, and then to Hobart.
If there are any lots remaining usold
at Lawton, the eonmmission will re-
turn to that city and offer them for
sale. A similar trip will be made to
Agadarko and Hobart, so as to dispose
of as many of the unsold lots as prac-
ticable.
All payments for town lots must be
made in caah. The sales occur under
the supervision of federal officers to be
designated by the secretary. It is
probable that Governor Richards will
be selected to supervise the work. An
auctioneer will be appointed by the
secretary and will receive explicit in-
structions to permit an unrestricted
competition in the sale of all the lots
so as to guarantee absolute fairness
and equity to all desirous of purchas-
ing property.
The El Reno Supper Bell, in describ-
ing the st rect scenes of that town says:
Anywhere in the streets, alleys and
doorways good humor prevails, and the
iiomeseekers laugh at discomforts and
encourage each other with song snd
dance. Daylight finds the streets of
El Reno tluonged. Eaeh train swells
the crowd until 15,000 strangers are
guests, not one of whom has anything
but praise to give the city and her
people. Thus far no discord of any
serious kind has taken place. Every*
thing is crowded, desk room and use
of vacant lots bringing fabulous prices.
Tt)e snake man and street musicians
are here, all reaching out for the other
fellow’s dollar. Lemonade venders and
pop merchants, old and juvenile, are
reaping a harvest, for the crowd is
thirsty.
It’s a relief when night comes.
The street corner musicians draw
small crowds, for the people are tired
and are weary.
Those in line near the booths sit or
lie where they’ve stood all day.
The electric lights disclose hundreds
of men sleeping in the middle of the
streets, in the alleys, under the trees
along the sidewalks, tired and worn
out, but buoyed up with the hope of
beiug one of the lucky.
Oue looks at the atrange, weird sight
ef men and women miles and miles
from home undergoing strange ‘hard*
ships for a obanoe to win a quarter
section of Unele Sam's domain.
Disappointment must come to many.
Would that everyone, could be a
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— EXTENSION OF BOAi).
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Cushing Full Of Railord Survey-
ors—Herald Has Following
To Say.
The jury in the case of Asa Sharpe
at Perry returned a verdict Saturday
last. Sharpe was up for bribery on
three charges and was found guilty on
charge one and two.
The first count was for accepting
$1500, the second for asking $2,000 and
the third for $0500. An appeal will be
made to the supreme court of the ter-
ritory.
GOOD RULING.
Governor Richards Rules That
Papers May be Executed
in any County.
Governor Richards Wednesday made
ruling that papers may be made out
before any notary public or probate
ALL YEAR TOURISTS RATES I JudSe in Oklahoma regardless of the
1 county in which they live. Papers
may now be fully prepared before the
homeseekers leave their homes and at-
tested by local notaries. This will in
a great measure aid and expediate the
work of registering applicants.
To the Grand Canon of Arizona
and to Phoenix and
Prescott, Ariz.
Effective at once.' The Santa Fe
railway will sell round trip tickets to
the Graud Canyon of Arizona at the
rate of $60.00, and to Phoenix and Pres-
cott, Ariz., at rate of $05.00, final re-
turn limit nine months from date of
sale. Stop-overs are allowed at all
points on going trip up to the going
transit limit which is OOdaysand at all
points returning up to final limit of
ticket. For further information apply
to E. R. McCarthy,
Agt. A. T. & 9. F. Ry .
The Daily Gazette carrier boys say
that on their rounds they find that
some member of almost every family
in the city is gone; to the same place—
I El Reno. For a while all those who
j left were either going to Colorado
Springs or Buffalo, but now it has
changed and El Reno is the attraction.
Berlin is having a time with her
students again. They belong to
1 secret societies that the government
does not like.
“The Santa Fe Railroad surveyors
have been in town all week. There
are four distinct corps at work. One >
from Ripley east to Cashing and one
from Cushing north to Lawson. Two
other corps are working north and
south from Pawnee. The Santa Fe is
determined to hold this territory, and
it is the tbreataning occupancy by
other roads which is causing her to
hurry up. There is np doubt but that
the railroad will be built at once and
It is now up to us to say whether we
want it or not. We have been asked
to subscribe $10,000 and secure twelve
miles of right-of-way and Lave only
succeeded as yet in raising $0,665.
W'hat are we going to do? Shall we
raise this money with the certainty of
securing two roads, one running east
and west and the other north and
south, thus giving permanence to our
town, or shall we throw up the sponge
and say, “we won’t raise the money,
the road will come anyway?” While
we must admit that $10,000 is a lot of
money to ask from a small place like
Cushing, yet we feel that the condi-
tions under which the money is to be
given, make it an investment that will
pay every property owner ten fold.
Every man in Cushing who owns a foot
of land should go deep in bis pocket
and not stop until this money is raised.
We have lived here year in snd year
out and hoped for a railroad to come
along. We have chasqd many railroad
phantoms and found only disappoint-
ment. And now when the real thing
cornea along, something with life and
energy behind it, something tangible,
something we can take hold of and em-
brace, ahall we stand aloof like a bash-
ful lover or shall we rush to meet it
eager to make it part of ourselves?
Wake up, this is the opportunity we
have long sought, ao don’t let another
week pass without having this money
raised and the future of Cushing as-
sured.”
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Neerman, C. F. The Stillwater Gazette. (Stillwater, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 18, 1901, newspaper, July 18, 1901; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1078453/m1/1/: accessed April 23, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.