Oklahoma State Register. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 28, 1907 Page: 3 of 8
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McGUIRE'S USEFUL WORK IN
CONGRESS FOR BOTH TERRITORIES
The educational institutions of Okla-> t rms with James K. Garfield, who will
homa have a staunch friend in Deleg ite su ceed Mr Hitchcock as secretary of
Bird McGuire. Mr. McGuire Is very the interior March 4, and he will dis-
proml of tie territory's schools and cuss the business affairs of the Osages
colletf s and he never overlooks an op-; with Mr. Garfield in a few days,
portuni y to adva ice their interests. Delegate VIcGuire is the best friend
In conversation with his friend * in con- the Osages h ive in congress Since h'j
gress he emphasizes the fact that Ok- first came to the House he has done his
lahomt's educational system is far su-'■ utmost to see that they received fair
perior to 'hose of many of the states, ! trom the interior department. He has
and pi edicts that in the n-^ar future it ! also persistently urged the passage of
every measure that was to the advan
tage of the tribe.
Several bills have been introduced
did not fully
will become a model for the southwesc
His work among members of the House
in behalf of the territory's institutions
was apparent a few days ago when the | which in his judgment
university bill came up. The bill trans
fers to the university a section of
school lards for campus purposes.
Through Mr. McGviire's influence it
was unanimously reported with a fa-
vorable recommendation by the com-
raiitae on public lands and got it
thro igh the House without opposition.
It will be signed by the president and
safeguard their holdings and through
his influence as a member of the House
Indian committee none of them were
reported. He will see that vlr. Gar-
field is made familiar with the condi-
tions on the Osage reservation and will redeem them."—Boston Herald.
inform him of the views cf the Indians j
relative to the division of their allot- j A Bluff With a Cork Leg.
ments and funds. Mr. McGuire thinks | "Cork legs are not bad In their
the man who had one.
How H« G*t Even.
During civil \vmi- times Gtlraau
n local character known by ai t
Gil. being I i n>' of srwe -ies itud
household nei e sities, went to the *n-
oral st.>re In I'nyvllle. lie ' at that
time by Colonel Iiexter I'.iv. ti rike
his purchases. The amount w is '■< j
cents, and Mr. Kay ten level the l
a one dollar bill. OIimii^' being 'eo
In the store, as was often t!ie ease 'lur-
ing these strenuous times, the el j
passed l:lm some slips of p:r>er with j
(Inures on them to equal the atn i'int of
change due. (!il looked nt t!:e sl-p.
then at the clerk, an I sl iwly '
"What's all tillsV" "Why. that Is what |
we arc giving for change now Wlieu |
you get one dollar's worth, we will re-
deem them." replied the c!e"U. and j
Gil went out. A day or two afe- |
tills occurrence Gil went to t e |
store ngalu for some tobacco. Tim
clerk passed out the plug. and. * 1
put his band In his pocket, pulle 1 ot : |
n handful of pumpltin seeds and ha: d-
ed them to the clerk, saying: "TI •
are what 1 am using for ehnnte r.ov
When you get a dollar's worth. 1 will
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a bill should be passed permitting the : sa'd the man
members of the tribe to have complete people are rathei gensitheubout .luis.
charge of their property. ot;„ 1 0VP" lmVe " """ f""
The fight for the removal of restric- ' ' MmK 1
bec-om • a law in a few days.
President David K Boyd, of the -uni
versity, has been in Washington con-
sulting with Mr. McGuire redarding
the provisions of the bill. After the
House had passed it Mr McGuire ac-
companied him to Speaker Cannon's
privste office and introduced him to the
speaker President Boyd started to
thank Mr Cannonforassisting in pass- I Th s fight is being led in the senate by
ing the bill. He was interrupted by the ! Mr. Curtis, and in the House by Mr.
speaker. j McGuire.
•Don't thank me," said the latter. It is now proposed to remove the re-
"Thank Bird McGuire. If he had his strictions on the surplus lands of the
way we would sell th ? entire public do- I mixed bloods and a bill has been intro-
main and donate the proceeds to the i duced under which this can be done,
schools and colleges of Oklahoma. It j Mr. Mc iuire strongly opposed the in-
was h 8 damned persistency that got J sertion of the restrictions provisoin in
your bill througn." j the I dian bill. He predicted it would
M. McGuire has now started to push go out on a point of order and his
another bill transferring a section of prediction was verrified. From the
land to the high school at Chandler. He | beginning he has urged that a separate
introduced this bill some time ago and j bill be introduced removing restric-
believes he will be as successful with tions. If this course had been followed
it as he has been with the university I the chances are tliat the restrictions
measure. Through his efforts congress I would have been removed by this time>
has passed two other bills giving Okla-j Mr. McGuire has impressed upon the
homa institutions sections of land. The
I was In the smn.:•
er of a railron 1 train the oth:>r drtj
tions on the allotments of Indians of talking with three other men while v
Indian Territory has been renewed de- puffed away at our cigars when the
spite the action of the Senate in strik- conversation turned • i toiehnn. Hv
ing the Long restriction amendment cry man had an. Incident to re!:.'. •
from the Indian appropriation bill, about s i ne a;'(ni.i'.;it;uieeo reiuarkaj!e
ability to be::r o::l:v:i>« pain without
a murmur. ..".:ei t'-e third mr.n had
finished his y,..- • I i : ' itlo.io 1 c::sra!!y
that 1 rathov prid.-.l myself on my abil-
ity to put u;i with a goo-.l deal of pain
without intskliljr :i h<iu mil To Illus-
trate.' I sail1.. :::ul then o;ie:nvl my pe.i
knife and slowly forced the point of
its long, keen blade Into my leg Ju.it
above the knee, at the same time smil-
iiur pleasantly. One man fainted, an-
other became deathly pate, and the
third got up iind hastily left the car."—
New York Press.
beneficiaries under these bills are the
Agricultural and Mechanical colleges
at Stillwater, and the Oklahomu Pre-
paratory school at Tonkawa
Officials of the Interior department
have consulted with Delegate McGuire
with reference to the affairs of the
Osage Indians. The department offi-
cials realize that it is a question of only
a short time until congress enacts lsgis-
lation under which the lands and funds
Stories of Brahms.
Many stories are told of how the com
poser Brahms treated pianists and
singers who were eager to get bis criti-
cism. If one of these aspirants for his
leaders of the House the importonce of favor was fortunate enough to find him
passing a bill at once that will enable at home and be received, Brahms tiist
.i * j• , .. , . . .. r concern was to scut himself 011 the liti
the Indians to sell at least a portion of , . . , . , ,
.... .. . , , ... . of his piano, a position from which he
their lands so that those lands will be right|y deelfled fow wouU1 bave tho
taxable when the new state is admitted. merity t0 oust blm- if Uiis failed, he-
He has succeeded in lining up strong ila(1 recourse to the statement that the
influences in the House for a restric- Instrument was out of tune. "Oh, that
tions bill and if the Senate takes favor does not matter," remarked one eour-
able action on the proposition Mr. Mc-
Guire will get it adopted by the other
branch of congress.
Senator Curtis and Delegate McGuire
of those Indians will be finally disposed j,ave had several conferences regarding
of, and they have asked Mr. McGuire 6
for his views as to the most practicable
plan for the winding up of their affairs.
Mr. McGuire, in the last session of
congress introduced and had passed the
bill providing for the allotment of the
lands and he will propose further legis-
lation affecting the interests of the
tr'be. He is anxious that the work of
disposing of the Osages' business mat-
ters be done as economically as possi-
ble and is determined to protect the
Indians.
He states that in allotting the lands
this bill. Sonator Curtis has been op-
ageous Individual. "Perhaps not to you.
but it does to me," replied the master.
On one occasion he was just leaving
his house when a long haired youth,
with a bundle of music under his arm,
hailed him with, "Can you tell me
where Dr. Brahms lives?" "Certainly,"
posed to the removal of restrictions on nnswered the master in the most arnia-
all of the land3. He thinks the Indians ble manner, "in this house, up three
should not be permitted to dispose ot flights." And, so saying, he hurried
their homesteads Delegate McGuire away-
favors the removal of restrictions on
all of the allotments. However he re-
The Treacherous Lioness.
"Lionesses are far more dangerous
than lions," said an animal trainer.
"Their tempers are more uncertain.
They are more treacherous. They are
more wily. If a lion is In a bad hu-
mor, he shows it. He growls and
snarls and lashes his sides. You know
what is in the wind and prepare ac-
cordingly. But a lioness in a bad hu-
mor is as affectionate as a girl. Shi:
alized that a bill accomplishing this end
would provoke i long drawn out debate
in the Senate which would probably
prevent action by that b"dy. He de-
clares that there is no good reason why
congress should not pass a bill before
of other Indians there has been much j adjournment releasing at least a por-
Unnecessary expense and he insists that | tion of the lands. He has had a talk
the government deal with the Osages 1 with Speaker Cannon regarding the re- brushes, purring, against your leg, and
on a strictly business basis. He de-1 striction proposition and it is believed she minds you with the joyous alae-
clares that while they are the richest j that the speaker wiil co-operate with r'ty of a good fox terrier. Then, as
Indians in the country that is no rea- him in putting it through the House. soou !ls your back is turned, whiz—n
son why they should be charged with a i Senator Curtis will make an effort to yc''ow streak slloots through the air.
dollar of expense that can be saved for 1 bring this bill before the Senate this your" throaT' Ynth ' ''l i1,'"-!* tribe
them. Mr. McGuire is on very cordial week. It Is the same." Whenever you "hear of
a trainer mauled <<r luangled, l e sure
it was a female, not a male, cat that
did the deed."
Government Irrigation
In Woodward County.
A corps of government survey-
ors have been operating in the
Cimarron river valley in norti:-
west Woodward county (now
Harper county ) for the past six
weeks, running surveys and sink-
ing test wells preliminary to a
government irrigation system in
this section, which also includes
a portion of eastern Beaver coun-
ty.
There are now in operation two
irrigation systems in the valley,
one operated by a company of
resident farmers and stockmen,
and another smaller one by W
E. Herring, an extensive farmer
and stockgrower.
It has been authentically stat-
ed that the operators of these dit-
ches will transfer their holdings
to the government, which will
enlarge and extend the same.
The main ditch taps the Cimar-
ron river in northeastern Beaver
county and follows the valley
eastward as far as Herrings ranch,
two miles west of Wyatt post-of-
fice, and traverses some the best
agricultnral lands in the state of
Oklahoma. The soil is deep and
fertile and adopted to a variety
of crops. The relief of the valley
is such as to render the distribu
tion of water simple and inexpen-
sive.
Those ditches which have been
in operation for the past two
years have proven a success, and
those who have had the advan-;
tage of water rights have been
producing wonderful crops of
wheat, barley, oats alfalfa, corn,
etc.
The surveyors have satisfied
themselves of sufficient land
which can be put under success-
ful irrigation, and are now sin -
ing test wells at the head of the
main ditch in northeast Beaver
countv.
It is believed that the Cimar-
ron cannot alwiys be relied up
on to fufnish sufficient water
during the season of drouth, when
it is most needed, and the gov-
ernment plan is to sink large
wells to sheet water and con-
struct a large reseavoir to be fill
ed during the winter months by
pumps and used in times of em-
ergency.
This, with the government ir-
rigation system in sight, lands
unsurpassed for fertility, railroads
in course of construction,
being born and a new county seat
near, the Cimarron valley is des-
tined to become the Eden of the
futuie Harper county, and the
garden spot of all Oklahoma—
the Land Beautiful.
Price 1.50,2.00 The (Jniy One Price Clothier P^iCCS!, Si oO
j 2.50 and $3 00 j in Guthrie dfld $2.00 j
Alfred Benjamin & Go's
New Spring Suits for Men
Are the most perfect ready-to-wear Suits made in America.
That the people of Guthrie thoroughly appreciate them is eviden-
ced by the many suits we are selling. In our store you take no
chances of buying an old style suit, every suit is absolutely new,
made especially for us for Spring 1907. All the new kinks are
in our suits. You will not be asked to buy double-breasted coats
or coats with big vents in the back, which are entirely out of
style now.
Our suits have all the new style effects which high-grade
merchant tailors can give you, while our price is not half the
price you would have to pay a merchant tailor.
We invite you to come in and see the handsome and stylish
suits we are showing at
$15, $16.50, $18, $20, $22.50 and $25
Stetson Hats
All new for Spring 1907
We are showing the
largest stock of Stetson
Hats in Oklahoma.
LEADING CLOTHIER
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Goods
In our store you will
find more new Spring
Furnishings than in all
the other stores in
Guthrie combined.
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Greenland's Glaciers.
Nearly all the Greenland glaciers and
tongues from the internal iee cap ter-
minate in vertical faces from 100 to
1,000 feet high, presenting facilities for
Investigation. The vertical faces reveal
pronounced stratification on the bnsnl
Ice, even earth materials in the bases
carried by the Ice being arranged in
layers. Pine laminations were seen
twelve or twenty to an inch. The lay-
ers are sometimes twisted and con-
torted and even "shoved" over each
other. The glacier movement at the
ice border Is u foot per day to a foot
per week.
Force of Example.
"Talk about the instinct of the lower
orders! I built a little two story house
for our parrot not long ago, and the
very next morning after I put her in it
she looked out of tho window and
greeted me in a very profane fashion."
"Why should she do that?"
"Complaining about tho house, I
fancy."
"But why should she swear at you?"
"Took me for the janitor, no doubt."
—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
GOVERNOR FRANTZ WAS MISQUOTED
IN REGARD TO THE "JIM CROW * SPEECH.
Advantage is being taken of Governor Frantz's address in the
opera house by members of the constitutional convention to help
them out of their backdown on the "Jim Crow" legislation. He
has been heralded by Delegate Haskell and others as saying that
if the convention passed the "Jim Crow" law the president would
disapprove the constitution. As the governor read his address from
manuscript, there can be no mistake what be said, no matter what
anyone in the audience may think he heard him say. The fol-
lowing is given out by the governor as a copy of the portion of
his address discussing the "Jim Crow" provision, and as the only
remarks and all he did say on the subject:
"What legislation have Democrats ever pointed to with pride?
In the last campaign their entire cry was "Negro domination" and
the Jim Crow law." This in view of the fact that there is less
than seven percent, ot negro population in the two territories, and
now with the almost brutal majority of 100 to 12 in the cotstitu-
tional convention they have not nerve to redeem the premise
made to their people in the last campaign and put each clause
in the constitution. Apparently for the first time these statesmen
have discovered that provision in the Enabling Act which says,
There shall be no distinction in civil or political rights on ac-
count of race or color.
"In view to this perfectly safe and sane provision in the En-
abling Act passed by the highest legislative body in the land, the
Republican party dares them to put the Jitn Crow provision in
the constitution. On the other hand turning to the pledges and
platforms of the democratic candidates in the last campaign the
rank and file of the democratic party dares them not to put it in.
"I heard one delegate on the floor of the convention to-day
make practically this statement: "Boys we are in a devil of a fix.
If we put it in, Theodore Roosevelt will turn the constitution
down. If we don't put it in, our constituents will turn us dowu.''
His First Love Affair.
Mrs. Rose—Did your husband ever
have more than one love affair? Mrs.
Pose—Oh. only one, 1 believe! Mrs.
Rose—And that was when he fell In
love with you? Mrs. Pose—Oh, dear,
no! He had fallen In love with him
self long before be had met me.
Women In Medioln*.
First Lady Doctor—He is sleeping
now and Is certainly recovering. He
proposed to me this morning. Second
Lady Doctor—Indeed! He was proba
bly delirious.—Boston Transcript.
A coward never for (fire; It U sot his
nature.—French Proverb
lication of all nominations for of-
fice at least fourteen days before
an election is held, in two papers
representing the political parties
which cast the largest number of
votes at the last preceding elec-
tion. The county clerk is direct-
ed to look after the publication
of these tickets, under their pro-
per emblems, together with a gist
of the election law.
As the Indian Territory dis-
tricts had no county clerks to
look after this matter, it is rather
uncertain as to what the proce-
dure should have been there, but
it is claimed that the matter
should have been attended to by
the election board or other of-
ficers. It is alleged that there is
comparatively few of the election
districts, even in Oklahoma where
this law was complied with.
The contention of the t vcr
county lawyers the refore is that
if the delegates were not elected
in accordance with the Oklahoma
election laws and the terms of
the enabling act the entire exis-
tence of the convention is iriegu-
lar and all of its proceedings
void.
Question Legality
of the Convention.
A brand new ground for ques-
tioning the legality of the actions
cfthe constitutional convennion,
which may be used by people who
are dissatisfied with its work in
an effort to nulify certain phases
of it, has been discovered, this
time way out in Beaver county.
The point has been raised by
Major Albert Wellborn and Col.
J. Blanchard, both Beaver City
attorneys, that the convention is
an illegal body because the mem-
bers were not elected according
to the terms of the enadling act.
The act specifically states that
Frisco Japanese ,
Controversy Ended
Japanese children are to be admitted
to the white schools of San Francisco
under certain restrictions; skilled and
unskilled laborers coming from Japan
. _ . are barred from the main land of the
the election of delegates in Okla- United States and American laborers
homa and Indian Territory must
be according to the election laws
of the territory of Oklahoma,
but it was claimed that there
were very many instances where
these laws were not fully com-
plied with, and that any member
whose election was not in strict
compliance with the Oklahoma
law ii not entitled to sit as a de-
legate.
The election law which is
claimed to have been violated in
probably a majority of the consti-
tutional election districts is one
passed by the legislature of 1905,
which makes necessary the pub-
skiled and unskilled, are to be excluded
from Japan.
This is the basis of the agreement be
tween President Roosevelt, Secretary
Root, Mayor Schmitz and the San Fran-
cisco school board as an adjustment of
the anti-Japanese agitation which
brought about the segregation of Jap-
anese children in San Francisco scohols.
The agreement means that the school*
of San Francisco will be conducted in
the same manner as they were before
the board of education adopted the res-
olution last October providing for the
segregation of the Japanese except
that the adult Japanese who were in
primary grades must continue to atte
the oriental schools and that Japan*
children under sixteen will be adraitt
to classes of white children of tlx
own ages.
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Golobie, John. Oklahoma State Register. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 28, 1907, newspaper, February 28, 1907; Guthrie, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc112537/m1/3/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.