Pauls Valley Sentinel (Pauls Valley, Indian Terr.), Vol. 1, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 2, 1905 Page: 1 of 16
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Pauls Valley
entinel
VOL. I.
'WITH MALICE TOWARD NONE, WITH CHARITY FOR ALL, WITH FIRMNESS IN THE RIGHT."
PAULS VALLEY, IND. TER., THURSDAY, MAR. 2, 1905.
NO. 50
THE PROPOSED STATE
The Comparisons are Interesting
and Show Wonderful
Resources.
Washington, D. C., Feb. 23.—The
debate in the Senate on the statehood
bill developed more . information con-
cerning the territories from which ;t
proposed to carve new state0 for the
Union than wao ever before in the
possession of the public without re-
course to encyclopedias and geograph-
ies.
Much of the same straw may be
thrashed over in the pending struggle
between the Senate and the House.
The following points are therefore
gleaned from the arguments to give
the facts for ready reference concern-
ing the territorial situation.
The bill as passed by the Senate
provides for one state to be formed
from Oklahoma and Indian Territory
combined, ana a second state to be
formed by the admission of New Mex-
ico alone. The bill as passed by the
House and agreed upon in Republi-
can caucus provides for two states to
be formed by combinating Oklahoma
with Indian Territory and New Mexico
with Arizona.
Oklahoma contains 39,030 squire
miles and Indian Territory 31,400
miles. Combined, the state would
have an area of 70,430 square miles.
Arizona's area is 113,508 square
miles and New Mexico's 122,580.
Their combined area would be 235,-
600 square miles.
The proposed state of Arizona would
be as large as all New England, New
York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Dele-
ware, Maryland, West Virginia and
Iowa to New York. tion of Utah, adjoining state, were illi- ANNOUNCEMENTS.
The proposed state would be 25 terate.
times as large as Vermont, 5 times as The territory of Dakofo, in 1899, j wnuj,j announce myself as a can-
large as New York, 30 times as large had a^area of 148,445 square miles. didate for Towrn Marshal at the elec-
tion to be holden bn April 4th 19C5.
I am the candidate of no party or fac-
as Massachusetts, 60 times as large as 1 This was cut in two states, North
Conneticut, 117 times as large as Dakota, with an area of 70,795 square
Deleware, and 188 times as large as miles, and South Dakota, withan area
Rhode Island.
Comparisons with Texas show that
it is farther from El Paso to Austjn,
the capital, than it would be from any
point in the new state to any possible
capital that might be chosen.
It is twice as far from San Diego,
Cal., to Sacramento than it is from the
western portion of Kansas to Topeka,
the capital, and almost twice as far
from the western portion of Kansa sto
Lincoln, the capital.
Senator Beveridge argues that the
area of the proposed state would be
of 77,650 square miles.
OKLAHOMA AS IT WILL BE.
The appended table compiled by the
South McAlester Capital will give the read-
er a pretty good idea of what kind of a
state Oklahoma will be.
Oklahoma Indian Total
Area in square
miles 38,830 31,400 70,230
Population 700,000 650,000 1,350,000
Indians 11,945 87,980 99,925
Negroes 23,000 38,000 61,000
Taxable property in mil-
tion but am standing on a platform of
enforcement of the law and treating
all, rich or poor, alike.
J. N. JACKSON.
We are authorized to announce R.
L. Settle as a candidate for City Mar-
shal subject to the Democratic prima-
ry March 6th.
AT FRATERNITY HALL MONDAY
MAFCH 6.
Arizona, including New Mexico,
would be the second state in the
Union in size, exceeded by Texas a -
lone, with California, measuring 156,-
172 squre miles, third and Montana,
145,310 miles fourth.
The population of the territory in
lico, 195,210.
Arizona's population increased by
63,311 between 1890 and 1900, more |
than 100 percent. New Mexico's
population in 1890 was 153,593.
! Her present population is estimated : Cities with more 15000
: population 3
a* ^ — | Cities with more than 5,000
The density of population of Arizona population 6
in 1900 was 1.1 persons per square j Number of
mile, and ranked forty-ninth in the ; congressmen ~~
lions dollars 500
300
800
Main line railroad
mileage 2,600
2,400
5,000
Annual wheat crop in mil-
1
lion bushels 30
10
40
Annual cotton crop in thous
ands bales 200
300
500
Annual corn crop in mil-
lions bushels 30
42
72
Value in domestic animals in mil-
lions dollars 56
42
98
Nat'l banks 92
106
198
State or private
banks 250
92
342
Nat'l banks deposits
millions 11%
9%
21
State or private bank deposits
in millions 6j4
3H
10
Common school funds estimated
in millions 14
5
19
Sample Program.
Music Selected
] Readings.
Scene from "The Leopards Spots"
Thos. Dixon, Jr.
Lindy Anon.
i Educating to a purpose Anon.
i Guido Feranti Oscar Wilde.
Verna May Springgate.
Music Selected.
Readings.
Tommy Kipling.
Mandalay Kipling.
My Rival Kipling.
When Pa Wuz a Boy S. E. Kiser.
Scene from Romto and Juliet. .Shakespeare
Miss Springgate.
Music Selected.
Readings.
Extracts from "Mrs. Wiggs" Hegan.
Negro Poems Paul Lawrence Dunbar.
Death of Little Joe (from Bleak House)...
Dickens.
Columbia Crum Eugene J. Hall.
I Friday at school A Burlesque.
Miss Springgate.
The above is a sample program of Verna
; May Springgate's recital. Don't fail to
hear her. You will not be disappointed,
3 for she is a reader who is capable of enter-
| taining any audience. Admission 25c and
12 | 15c—no reserved seats.
i the first of the week.
United States.
New Mexico's density of population j
in 1900 was 1.6 ranking forty-fifth in
population. Rev. J. D. Boone was in Ardmore
The population of the combined Monday on business.
territories would make the state rank' Mrs. Mabel Miller, of Oklahoma
three-fourths of Ohio, according to the forty-seCond in the United States, and City, spent Sunday with her parents,
opponents of combined statehood. The be a little more than the p0pUiation of Mrs- °: Bl ThomPson-
friends of single statehooeargue that ^ DjStirjct of Columbia. Judge J. B. Thompson was in Ard-
the areas of l^assachusetts, Conneticut , 0f the white population in Arizona ™re°n Professional business
Rhode Island, Deleware and Maryland tftAn 1A , A n Monday.
combined added to that of the propos-
ed new state of Arizona, would not
make it as large as the area of Texas.
It is argued that it is farther from
the southeastern portion of the
Of the white population in
in 1900 over 10 years of age, 14.9 j
per cent were illiterate. Of the same
division of population in New Mexico,
29.9 per cent were illiterate. Only
com- 3-8 per cent of the population of Colo- (
Col. Moffatt the insurance man went
to Sulphur on business the first of the
week,
Claude C. Can returned Monday
bined territories than from Keokuk, |rado, and 2.2 per cent of the popula- from a visit to Texas.
i
Capital Stock 50.000 Surplus and Profits, 73.000
The First National Bank of Pauls Valley solicits
accounts large and small and with its Capital stock
of $50,000, and surplus funds of $73,000, offers
to the public every facility consistent with safe and
prudent banking <J§3) <S§3)
There was a splendid service at the
methodist church on last Sunday. The
Mrs. Birdie Crisp visited Tishomingo sermon was delivered by our presiding
elder the Rev. Lamar. His subject
was the four kinds of soil found in the
human heart upon which the gospel
falls, the beaten ground, the stony
ground, the thorny ground and the
good ground. It was presented in an
instructive and pleasing way, being
last listened to by the largest congregation
we have seen gathered, impromptu as
this was, in a long time.
Miss Bessie Flanders came up from
Wynnewood Sunday and remained un-
til Monday the guest of Mrs. Chas.
Sipes.
The National Bank of Commerce
OF PAULS VALLEY, I. T.
CAPITAL - - $50,000
Courtesy, Promptness and Security is guaranteed to all
who transact business with us. We
...want your business...
W. J. Long, Pres, Wm. Freeman and Joe Myers, Vice Pres.
Asa E. Ramsay, Cashier.
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