Oklahoma State Register. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 24, 1905 Page: 1 of 8
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Oklahoma State
FOURTEENTH YEAR NO. 'M.
GUTHRIE, OKLA., THURSDAY, AlT(iI ST 24, 1905,
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Epworth Chautauqua A
Succsss«WiII Be Permanent. I
The Epworth Chautauqua's first session, at Island Park, Guthrie, manag-
ed under the auspices of the Methodist church North andSouth.'isprouounced
a success from an intellectual, social and religious standpoint and very near a
financial one.
It will be made permanent in Guthrie.
Considering everything it was a great success. The city of Guthrie turned
out immensely—the people fully appreciated the exceptional opportunity given
them right at home to hear some of the best talant in the lecture and
musical fields as well as other intellectual departments. And while the out of
town paronage was not so large proportionately, there is reason for it. Being
the first venture of the kind, the Methodist ministers of other cities did not
advertise it to their congregations with the confidence they will next year,
after the high class of entertainments given this yeat is given currency over
the territory.
Some thaught lack of outside attendence was due to the fact that old
prejudice existing between the Methodist church South and North, that the
ministers of each over the territory abstained from encouraging it because of
the other; but this cannot be. The old soldiers of the North and South-
Union and Confederate—met the other day in Custer and Roger Mills counties
and had a regular love feast, agreed each had suffered enough for the' past,
and surely the church will not be narrower and show less christian spirit than
political organizations.
One thing was conspicuous in the audiences of the Assembly—there were
six to 10 women present to every man. Men seem no longer interested in
matters of culture—matters of intellect. What is the reason? Is it true that
•women are begining to usurp the trained city places and man is being driven
back to physical labor in the fields, as an Eastern lecturer declared a few
days ago?
The management intends next year to build a great auditoritm. The
tent this year accomodated about fifteen hundred people and was comfortably
filled by afternoon and evening audiences. The management had two rains to
contend with, one the first day and second the Sunday in the middle of the
course. But in spite of all the experiences that come of a first trial, the man-
agement and the attendents feel it a great succass and the result of enthusi-
asm has established in Guthrie a permanent Chautauqua course under the
patronage of the Methodist churches North and South.
Rev. Alexander Jester City Council Muddle.
Returned to Shawnee
Prof. St. Cyr Tucker
%
It sometimes happens that a
man loses as much bv being too
learned and efficient as too little,
through jealousy and misunder-
standing. There is a colored man
Prof. St. Cyr Tucker, who is the
most scholarly of his race, but he
is so purely only a thinker and
teacher that he can't "monkey"
with politics at all; and then his
habits are those of a quiet studen .
These characteristics make one
half of the colored people misun-
derstand him and the other half
jealous and afraid of him, and as
a result they lose the best educa-
tor not only in-Guthrie but Ok-
lahoma Territory. He would
make an ideal head of a high
educational institution.
Climate and Crop
Conditions
For week ending August 21. Daily
local showers occured over the section,
being nearly general and heavy on the
16th and l'Jth. Thrashing, harvesting
and plowing were delayed over the
eastern and central portions.
Hay harvest progressed with good
yield, but considerable damage was
caused to hay down by the rains.
Early corn is maturing and cutting is
in progress, with good yields reported;
late corn is silking and improving in
condition, and a fair to good yield is in
prospect.
Cotton is in good condition, boiling
well, anr' laking good growth over the
northerr, id western portions, but over
the soutl. ientral and eastern portions
the crop h„s suffered from too much
rain, is shedding considerably and has
been injured by boll worms and sharp,
shooters and is generally in a poor to
fair condition.
Broom corn, cane and millet are be-
ing secured with good yields of a good
quality; kafflr corn and cow peas are
doing well.
Late potatoes are up to fair to good
stands, and are making fair growth,
having been benefited by the rains.
Plowing has been well advanced and
the ground is in good condition; no
seeding has been done as yet.
Fruit is giving poor to fair yields,
with apples falling badly over all lo-
calities.
Late gardens and turnips are doing
Shawnee Herald;—Bent and
I shriveled with his S6 years
I eventful life, Alexander Jest
the most noted alleged criminal I
who ever set loot in Shawnee re-
turned here yesterday after an
absence of six years.
Scarcely a reader of the daily
press of the Western hemisphere
of the year 1899 failed to note
the report of the arrest in this city
of the Rev. Alexander Jester on
a charge of having murdered a
young man named Gilbert Gates
a brother of millionaire John VV.
Gates, near the little town of Ma-
con Mo., and afterwards hauling
the body of the victim to a river
and pushing under the ice that at
the the time covered the stream.
Years ^fter this murder for
which Rev. Jester was later tried
and acquitted, he came to Okla-
homa, and by the vigilance of of-
ficers that are said to have been
well paid by John W. Gates, he
was finally located here and ar-
rested.
At once a red hot legal battle
for his retention and release on
habeas corpus proceedings was
begun, but one night Alexander
Jester was missing from the Te-
cumseh jail and the next he was
in a Missouri jail.
Taking into consideration the
troubles he has passed through, no
wonder at the man's decrepit con-
dition can be expressed—rathe:
it is a wonder that he is alive to
day and able to visit the town
from where he started apparently
to the gallows for the worst crime
ever charged against a man.
The storv is long of the city
council difficulties. At a special
j meeting Monday, bills were al-
| lowi;d for the city's indebtedness
prior to the new fiscal year begin-
ning July 1, but immediately the
city clerk was instructed not to
issue warrants, a regular meet-
ing last week Thursday by a
general agreement of the waring
factions the Julv bills were paid.
This was 011 the basis that all
the indebtedness was to be paid
as long as the treasurer had funds
available. Now there are a
dozen different legal complica-
tions suggested. The Leader
accuses city attorney Hepburn of
backing out in his advice and
the State Capital Mayor Duke
and Dr. Hixon, chairman ot the
finance committee. This is poli-
tics. The State Register consid-
ers the matter a muddle, in which
lack of knowledge seems the
greatest difficulty. No two men
you tElie to seem to agree. Coun-
cilman Walker has a theory of
city finances that he declares is
right, legal and right to those
wfiom the city owes, and the ma-
jority of the council seem to be
with him, but all others are in the
air and differ in their opinions.
Telegraphic Briefs.
The court of inquiry has placed the
responsibility of the explosion of the
battleship Bennington in San Diego
harbor upon men in charge of the
boilers.
The Trans-Mississippi Congress will be
held at Kansas City next year.
Louis Godard,a French aeronant pro-
poses to cross the atlantic in a ballon.
W. S. Allison, of Eldorado Springs ,
Mo., writes the Mineral Kingdom ofiwe"-
Lawton, that there is gold in the I Range grass is good and water is
Wichita Mountains in spite of govern- plentiful, and stock is doing well.
ment reports and syndicates, who are j
knocking in order to get a corner. The 1 Says it Will be Democratic
experiencese of all other gold fields was 1
the same.
n o n •, (p * • ^ , I H- Martm, an attorney of Perry.
C. R. Bally, of.Pottawatomie County 0. T„ wa. in Kansas City a few hours
made up for the cheap price of his 1 on his way to Bloomington 111 '
crop of potatoes by planting a second: -When Oklahoma and Indian Terri-
of 40 ac.es that is just ripening and tory are admitted as one state" he
will bring a good one. That's the Baid, ..the two together will be Demo
beauty of a two and three crop cratic. what ig now ok]ahoma js about
country, evenly divided among tho Democrats
1 Col. Roy Hoffman has offered a fifty anc' Republicans, but Indian Territory
dollar gold watch to the member of Wl" turn balance in favor of Demo
Lincoln County Normal Institute that crac.v-
..gets the greatest number of signers to
a petition asking for an election on the j
proposition of a county high schoo', I
Col. Hoffman is a patron as well as an j
ornament of learning.
Second Mayor Of East
Guthrie.
Tom Stockslager, the second Mayor
°f East Guthrie, has been in the city
quails are announced plentiful around for a week circulating among his
P uis Valley. friends. He came here to look after
--i some taxes.
\V l T 7- Mr" Stocksl°geris full of old remi-
^ Tor t.lC "Town Farmer j neecences. He has been special agent
Secretary McNabb of the terri-Pe ai°n department ever since
j he left Guthrie and is considered a
,ls ! good officer. He still hangs on to his
Kansas City Live Stock
Market Review.
As furnished by Stroller Live
Stock Commission Company.
Kansas City, August 23.—Cattle re
ceipts in the southern division 1700,
calves 350. The market generally ruled
steady for steers. Quality was com-
mon, few good enough to bring S3.25.
Trade in cows was steady to strong.
Better quality cows developed some
strength. Calves were in demand sell-
ing up to $5.25. fully 25c higher than a
week ago. Cattle receipts in the native
division were 10,000. Market opened
active, generally 10 to 20c higher for
corn fed steers, the top selling at $5.60,
averaging 1340 lbs. Som yearlings
1065 lbs, sold at $5.35. In extreme
cases prices were 25c higher. Some
medium grades at 54.85 were favorably
compared with scales as low as $4 60 on
the previous day. Western grass steers
were in better demand, some carried
over selling o to 15c above the best bids
on previous day. Grass cows and heif-
ers sold strong to 10c higher or 15 to
23c higher than the close last week.
Canner grades are active at steady to
strong prices. Veal calves are 25c
higher the best averaging under 150 lbs,
Silling at $5.25 to $5.75. Stock calves
are about steady. The trade in stack-
ers and feeders is active and steady to
10c higher. There has been an advance
of 20 to 35c from a week ago, with a
big increase in the buying demand.
Stock cows and heifers are steady to
strong.
Hog receipts 6,000. Market 5 to "10c
higher. Top $6.25, bulk of sales $6.10
to 6.20 against $6.15 for top and $5 95
to 6.05 for bulk of sales last Wednes-
day.
Sheep receipts 5500. Market 10 to
Into Denver in a Year
"The Denver, Enid and Gulf
railroad, with headquarters in
Enid, O. T., will be running trains
from Guthrie, O. T., into Denver
before this time another year,"
was a statement an official of
the road made in Kansas" City.
A charter for the extension of
the road through Kansas was is-
sued in Topeka a few days ago
and the construction is now being
pushed rapidly toward the Kans-
as line. In less than a year it is
expected the road will be to Rus
sel, Kas , or some place near that
point. The trains will run from
there to Denver over the Union
Pacific. When this line is com-
pleted it is the purpose to extend
the road southward to some point
on the Southern Pacific. This
will give the road direct connect-
ions between Denver and the
Gulf.
There has been some doubt as
to the interests that controlled
the Denver, Enid and Gulf. It
is known Ed Peckham has built
part of the road for Eastern inter-
ests, and it is given out author-
atatively that the road is bei g
backed by St. Louis capital and
controlled by Hie Harriman inter-
ests.
Harriman controls both the
Union Pacific and the Southern
Pacific, and the Denver, Enid and
Gulf is a connecting link which
gives the Union Pacific a direct
connection to the Gulf by way of
the Southern Pacific.
I Convention fcr Separate
Statehood lor Indian territory.
The separate statehood convention for the Indian Territory met Monday
morning in Muskogee I. T. end adjourned at 5 o'clock Tuesday afternoon
after two days' sessions, until 9 o'clock Tuesday morning, September 5 The
constitution committee of fifty members, though a number of them are not
present, will hold daily sessions beginning Wednesday morning and try to
have the proposed constitution drafted by the time the convention reconvene,
after its two weeks' recess.
A careful poll of the committee elected and appointed to draft the con-
stitution, including the officers of the convention, who are ex-officio members
give the following results: Indian citizens, 40; white 14; colored 1- known
Democrats 42; known Republicans 9; members whose politics is unknown 4
The officers of the convention were: Chairman-Gen. Pleasant Porter
chief of the Creek Nation. Vice-Chairman-C. N. Haskell, Muskogee'
Secretary —Alex. Posey, Eufaula. Assistant Secretaries-Wm H I'aul
Pauls Valley; James Culbertson, Durant; A. B. Cunningham Tahlequah'
Sergeant-at-Arms Robert Nichols, Durant. Assistant Sergeant-at-A™,, J
Fred Wiswell, Muskogee. Official Reporter-E. H. Doyle Haileyville
Official stenographer—D. E. Dickey.
The constitutional committee which was appointed to draft aconstitution
held its first meeting Tuesday. The names of "Sequoyah" and "Seminola"
were suggested as names for the coming state. The general impression is
that this convention is primarily, to delay any form of statehood although it
is claimed by several of the leaders that it is to get an expression from the
Indians to the effect that they are in favor of statehood for the Indian terri
tory, alone, if possible, and if not, jointly with Oklahoma, says a prominent
Indian Territary politician. This I am satisfied, is not the true object of the
convention, for the reason that the five civilized tribes have entered into
treaties with the government by virtue of which the tribal existance of each
nation will cease March 4 of next year; so the Indians have already expressed
themselves in favor of a different form of government. If an expression in
favor of statehood was the real object, then there would be no occasion for
forming a constitution.
l'here can be but one conclusion drawn from the effort to form thisconsti
tution, and that is thac the promoters of this convention want to delav
statehood. They want to take on a ready made constitution have the d '
egates sign it and get Congress to insist that this constitutia'n be adonted hv
the new state, not hoping that it will be done, but hoping and believine- ih t
by reason of such insistence statehood will be delayed. The white e I
capable of forming the constitution, but are not capable of submittin^ "t
constitution formed by a very small minority from any particular section of
the country. Let an official stenographer attend the meetings of the convpn
tion and report its proceedings and you will find that before this conv t
adjourns the surmises of the great masses as to the real meaning of thi
vention are correct. 8 con"
The colored men o£ Oklahoma and Indian Territory held a single statehood
convention at the same time in Muskogee. There were three hundred
delegates present. They passed resolutions for a single state and for a liberal
organic act by congress, fully protecting their rights.
Killed Mrs. Bosch.
At about the same place where Mrs.
Cupp and daughter were killed some
months ago Mrs. Mary Bosch was run
over by a street car on East Springer
Avenue and killed. She is an old Ger
Ijc lower for sheep. A few choice man woman, whose husband died some
lambs steady. Tops $7.20. The market
is 15 to 25c higher than a week ago.
Boy on Rail Fence
torial board of Agriculture,
prepared a lecture which he calls
"Kitchen Gardening" and will de-
liver, it first at Cordell. This lec-
ture is for the."town farmer" and
his wile. It will be directed toward
the encouragement of planting
Vees and beautifying town homes.
Oklahoma property, both here and
Chandler, as he gets good results now
and believes in its future.
The ninth annual meeting of
the Interstate Association of Live
Stock Sanitary Hoards will be
held in Guthrie September 12-14
months ago in Wichita and who leaves
several children. She was walking on
the track near the Choctaw railroad
viaduct when overtaken. A coroners
A Hardin county hoy sat on a tail Jury braught a verdict that she was
fence enclosing a cornfied says the Mt. | killed through the negligence of G. E.
Victory Observer. A Kenton chap pas- 1 Stevenson and Chas. Reed, the con-
sing by remarked. "Your corn looks ductor ana motorman, who as some
kinder yeller, bub." "Yes sir; that's witnesses testified were not at their
the kind we planted, "answered the lad P°st of duty at the time, and some say
"It dosen't look like you'd have more j were eating watermellon at the time,
than half a crop," said the city chap. | There aie other stories to the effect
"Nope, we don't expect to; the land- j lhat Mrs. Basch was hard of hearing
lord gets the other half." The strang. an,l ag^in that she was subject to eid-
er hesitated a moment and then he , 'ePsy> nd on seeing the car coming
quietly ventured. "There isn't much J close behind fell in a faint.
difference between you and a fool, boy. [ I" a preliminary trial before a justice
"Nope, only a little strip of weeds," the peace the two men were bound
said the farm.r boy, and the city chap over to the district court and gave bond
drove on. 1 of $1,000 each.
Deep Fork River Conven-
tion A Success.
Chandler Publicist: The results
of the Deep Fork convention at
Stroud were most satisfactory.
The project received the formal
sanction of Hon. B. S. McGuire,
who in his address assured the con-
vention that he would do all the
could to accomplish their desires
a id that he would bring before
congress any proposition that
t leirjcommittee should formulate.
He advised the insertion in the
statehood bill of a clause provid-
ing for a "rotary''fund to be used
by turns for the reclamation of
different portions of the land af-
fected by annual overflows in Ok-
lahoma. This fund, about $1,500,-
000, he said might be loaned to
the new state without interest for
fifty years, the amount to be re-
paid by taxation of the lands im-
proved, when they should be-
come more valuable.
Dr.J. C. Burton, president of
the local organization opened the
meeting. A practical talk was
made by Hon.J. B, Thoburn, up-
on being called to the chair He
was elected president of the as-
sociation; L. P. King, of Wellston
secretary: and H. M. Johnson, of
Chandler, treasurer. It was pro-
vided that the executive commit-
tee should consist of these gentle-
men and three others to be nam-
ed by the chairman. The conven-
tion then adjournedsubject to the
call of the chairman. The execu-
tive committee was afterward com
pleted by the addition of Messrs
M. E. Ferguson, Sac and Fox
Agency, J, M. Hale, Chandler and
George Davis, Wellston.
New Quarters.
The upstairs of the Filsch
building, at the corner of Divis-
ion and Oklahoma avenue, has
been rented by the territory and
the office of Chief Justice Burford
and the territarial law library will
be moved into the rooms as soon
as they are ready for occupancy.
One Thousand Barrel Hill
The Guthrie Milling Company
has enlarged the capacity of its
mill to 1000 barrels per day, hav-
ing spent 830,000 in the last four
monts in remodeling the mill.
The Guthrie mill markets its
flour directly all over the United
States and as far as Furope.
Humphrey and Underwood, the
proprietors, have felt the need of
increased capacity for some time.
In addition to the mill a So,000
bushel grain elevator has been
built to take care of the wheat.
Being delayed in filling orders
during enlargement, a trainload
of flour was started out this week
to 1111 orders over the territory,
and a Similar one will follow soon
for its foreign trade.
Some Tall Com.
Since swapping crop lies has
become a popular pastime the
Lexington Leader springs this
alleged dialogue on the corn cro| :
Kansas man—"Let me tell y, u
what we did, Ihe other day we
went out to the corn fi -Id and
found where an old rat h..d built a
nest in a coju shuck. We pulled
the shuck down and to<>k out a
bushel p{ shelled corn, beside her
nest."
Oklanoma man—"That's noth-
in'. We were out in the field the
other day and heard the dog's
bark and when we got to him he
had a coon treed up a cornstalk.
We chopped the stalk down and
took five young coons and their
mammy out of the shuck."
ft. E. & G. Ry. Improving
1 he D. L. & G. Railway is busy
working on the construction of th
bridge across the Cottonwood
and relaying their track along 6th
stri et. Also work of ballasting
the tracks commenced at Fnid,
and the work would come this
way. The track at that end of
the line was in poorer condition
than at this end.
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Golobie, John. Oklahoma State Register. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 24, 1905, newspaper, August 24, 1905; Guthrie, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc111305/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.