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THE BILLINGS NEWS
w. w. ■cciuocea, ren
BILLINGS,
OK LA
TERRITORY TOPICS
No Kick Coming.—John A. Trotter
of Woodward county, can certainly
have no objection to being a subject
of King Cotton. He got $100 for the
premium bale and four bales of cot-
ton to sli acres.
Fear Prairie Fire —With the advent
of frosts, prairie fires, which are still
dreaded in some sections of Indian
Territory, are beginning to make
their appearance in central and wes-
tern portions of the Creel; Nation.
Accidentally Shot.—A young man
named A. Wilson, who was employed
by Kelley Bros., of Waurika, O. T„
accidentally shot himself and died
-within an hour. He was out hunting
lx>rd the Frisco agent, under pecul-
iar circumstances. A consignment of
crackers was received there by frei^
and the corner of the bottom of one
of the boxes was broken off. spilling
some of the c.-ackers on the floor. . r.
l,ord ate one of the cracker and was
thrown in a spasm
physicians could arrive
gallon showed that the crackers
been prepared
The pasteboard
He died before
An Investl-
had
as rat exterminators.
box in which the
crackers had been packed was mark-d
Prevent Speculation.—Some of tie
teachers in the schools of the Indian
Territory find It Imppesible to take
the oath required by the interior de-
partment that they have no interests
in Indian lands and are returning to
the blank forms of the oath to J. D.
Benedict, superintendent of schools,
unsigned. Others have written letters
of inquiry to Superintendent Benedict
asking for an explanation of the oath,
which to them seems to be obscure in
its language. It is believed that the
oath is intended to prevent teachers
as well as other government employes
from speculaiting in Indian lands and
HELP
|»nd di-justed support ^to^a
OKUHOMJIESSSHs
Wall street dem-
polit c;
ern
, as the creature
WHY
VOTERS SHOULD
■ IRD McGUIRE.
IT IS SIMPIY A BUSINESS PROPOSITION
noison but there was no mark on the , t from owntng homes or holding al-
* ... a.—thom -- ■ - »------- of the
individual cracker to distinguish them
from the ordinary kind.
Treaty With Creeks —\ document
is valued very highly by the
is the copy of the old treaty
which
Creeks
between the United States govern-
ment and the Creek Indians. Febru-
ary 12, 1S33. assigning them to their
snsrJ — ss' -jr -e ~iszr£
lotments. Yet the language
oath Is so sweeping and its wording
so intricate that even the most intel-
ligent have trouble deciding whether
or not it excludes all who take It
from having any interest directly or
indirectly in Indian Territory proper-
ty.
Few of Them.—The records of the
‘ the
to
He Would Hsve the Backing of the
Party in Power, While Mathews
Would be a Stranger Without Ex-
perience. and Helpless in Washing-
tun
The congressional
Oklahoma pract cal y
and in &
the best interests
cf
ocracy. The pnctlre
ELECT iwould ma’.e h certain e ok)a-
I tlcn of Mathews wouM deprlve Ok ^
horns of a congres mu
» ^powerin'Washington. The same
thing would happen If a repub Lan
should be teat from Oklahoma with
the democratic party in control of na
‘‘Tate"* the par,mount issue in
the Oklahoma camp.ugn. I h
man in Oklahoma who tci eves hon
e-itlv that it would be to the a
ehood to elect Fran',
any other democrat? Is
MIXED SCHOOLS
Mathew*’ Deliberate Falsehood Aboeit
the Hamilton Bill
Probably the sil lest statement
made by democratic newspapers and
speakers in this campaign in an ef-
fort to arouse race prejudice is the
declaration that the Hamilton bdl pro-
vldes for mixed schools.
fjcrs* =21 «££s=Srr £
establishment and maintenance of a
system of public schools, which tha
be open to all childten of said state
and free from sect.onal control; and
said schools shall a ways be conduct-
Provided, that this
campaign in
is at an end,
that it
tag.- of statehood
Mathews, or _ . .
it possible that anything J*eept
smile of derision
the signature
of Millard HUmore
_______ ^ ^ ...... could follow the
few davs citizens who have | 8tlltement that his election would tei-
of the territory n.ri[y lhe republl an p rty Into giant-
hwart will go to the polls and vote f )i j statehood to Oklahoma? It tnig.i.
TLn they believe will and wilh no less ^uthfuiness that
The election the defeat of a democratic congres
delegate this; sionai nominee in Oklahoma would
in Okla- ,„Hfv .,re Bliley fni other demo-
the
mrst for Oklahoma,
of the congressional
as it has always been
year, as u u.. - -- -- ic. i u> -- - ---- - ,h,tr
homa. is a business proposition. Sen- cra,jc senator-, i to abandoning
------ Washington for the removal of re-
..........'r”1,“n ,andsl c^ges are at hand. Statehood will in„ the c use cf joint aUtehcod
ed in English'-
act shall not preclude the teaching of
other languages In sa’d . pub.ic
schools.” , ,
U there an intelligent man in Okla-
homa or elsewhere who would say
that the' intention or congre-s in
framing the Hamilton bill was to set
forth th3t pubic sthoos sh 11 ! O
all children of the state!
such a provision be op-
the constitution of the
What congress ln-
terrifv Jre
senators i to
timent and prejudice should have no {ipbt against joint statehood.
be open to
Would not
posed to
United States?
it actually
of the buggy.
Guard Commission.—^The
interior
department has been notified that the
United States marshal for Indian Ter-
ritory has detailed men to protect the
members of the Choctaw townsite
commission in the performance of
their duties there. This action is at
the instance of the department of jus-
tice. whose attention was called by
the interior department to the recent
assault on Colonel Shepard of New
York.
Heavy Fire Losaea.—In a fire at Ra-
the two dates on the document
period of more than twenty years
r_____ the unrestricted sale of rnanees »ic m --- „,s „_____ .
which elapsed before the government wherg the approval of the secretary is • ^ nf,xt winter, if the people; may te alleged that this is due
could induce the Creeks to leave gecuredi 14(l5 petitions have been | oklahoma do not make mistakes gelfish reiSons. but if true it happens
their home in Alabama and move to gubmiUed through Indian Agent shof I that wlll rfti«e such obstiutions as that th9y harmonic with the wishes
the new country. enfelt. Up to date only fifteen of 1 make It impossible for the senate tbp peopie of Oklahomi
,.v„r Franchise -At Guthrie the these have been approved by the inter- ^ ^ clear the way for th, passage Thp people 0f Oklahoma^ want not
"JSTtlL .........................
chise for thirty years to the Guthrie
Electric Light and Power Company
which was incorporated for $150,000.
The new company is to be the succes-
sor of the old company and promises
— rebuild the entire system. If the
via Chickasaw nation, losses were as franchise Is ^an'ef ,and''\C^'a"“eS partment at Washington that he nac
follows: W. H. Pittman, drug store, complied with, which seems pr - gelected to altend the school or
worth $2,000 to $2,500, insurance , Guthr!e_will he the; ^v*qa^ph<>nt 5 Governor Ferguson's recommendation.
$1,000; U. A. Loweimer, general mer-
Attend Garriaon
Burlingame has issued an order grant-
ing a leave of absence to Frank B.
King, of Law-tor, that he may attend
the garrison school at Fort Cook, Neb.,
for the next four years. This young
man had received word from the de
' he had
ehandise, valued at $S,000; no insur-
ance; everything. Including books,
notes and accounts a total loss; Jake
Wilson general merchandise, loss on
.lock estimated at $15,000, insurance
$3,000. The origin of the blaze is un-
known.
in the Southwest for light and heat , R(ng )g eaptaln 0f the engineer corps
Half Million Capital—Oklahoma City at Lawton which won the first prize
is soon to have another banking in- at the recent encampment.
stitution that will be capitalized, it
is said, at a half million dollars. The
prime movers in the new enterprise
are the Thurmond brothers, who
nrp now operating five banks at
In-
O."-
of
might
Live Stock Association.—The clev- (jlfferent points in Oklahoma, who do
enth annual convention of the Okla-
business
conservatively and success-
homa Live Stock Association wllM>e {ully They will interest with them^
held
Needs More Money-“The inadequa-
cy of the $JOO.OOO appropriated last
year for support of schools for non-
citizen children in the Indian Terri-
tory is becoming more apparent every
day,” said J. D. Benedict, superindent
of schools in the Indian Territory. "I
shall ask congress to appropriate at
In Guthrie in February, 1905. | jh„'n(,w bank, it is said, some promi- leasI $500,000 for the school work next
Wriara Bolton, of Woodward, presi- m.n, easU,rn capitalists. year, and 1 believe that we could tin
of "the17 Hamilton bill uniting Oklaho on)'“ joint ‘statehood with Indian Ter
“Tml”' “1 sa.'isr'vs
The ability of the respective can party ln Oklahoma stood for joint
dldatea and their capacity for doing g;atehocd lwo years ago. but insis t
things should be given closest con- ,hal Oklahoma should wait until
slder&llon by every man ln Oklahoma dlln Territory was ready to be
bsfore he casts his ballot. Bird S. ganlzed into the state, regird.esa
McGuire represents the republican tfte number of years that ml
party and Frank Mathews of Greer e|apse Nationally, th? democrat,
oounty the temocratic party. One cf party is op :osed to jcln‘ statehood,
the two wlll be elected. McGuire and whlt the people of Oklahoma
has been In congreas two years and w3nt. The parly declineil at the bt
ln that time has become familiar with [>ou s convention to permit the us^
the duties of congressional life, and of the word “joint" in detl r.ng or
has formed acquaintances through- statet;ood for Ok a’ oma and Indian
out both branches cf congress that Terrjtory. and in the emission
give him a surpassing advantage over was due largely to Senator
anv man who is a stranger and tin- admitted by ex lusion that it
familiar with the requtrem nts of the , two states made of Oklahoma
position. Furthermore. McGuire is djan Territory ........ ‘
physically and meitally a man ea- be imapproachable
making a favorable itopres- Benarors who favor
which
Bailey,
desired
pable of
Bird McGuire would
by democratic
separate sttte-
Belore go-
dent of the live stock commission,
Chartered.—The
I Guttlrlo MM
use for every dollar of it."
days for holding the convention. The
meeting will be called for February
but whether it will be in the forepart
of the month or during the latter part
has not been agreed upon as yet.
Special Courae—Notice Is sent out
from the A. and M. college at Still
capital
pur-
old light plant and will
Many Guthrie people
think they see In this change an elec-
tric street railway.
been chartered with a
of $150,000. Tho company has
chased the
rebuild it.
____ Hear Allotment Contests.—Begin-
stock ning January 2 the Dawes commission
will hear contests cases at various
points moBt convenient to persons in
terosted. There are 752 cases in the
Cherokee nation arising from dispute;
over allotments, besides a number ol
contests in other nations. The plac
es and dates of hearings are: Clare-
more, January 2-14; Vinita,* January
cullrsc „v... , Indains Robbed.-A band of Euehee
« nr i i-—-
ers as follows: Principles of breeding were h d up nd robbed ^
Pioneer Resident Dies.—Captain
ers as . . . , town guppoosedly by negroes, one C0 years, one of the
2LS12 SWfi ^ ?ro£Sncdt U th0"ght- "' S known cLracters of the Chick.-
Oklahoma, farm machinery and equip- | the robbers obta.net a good sum of
rnent. steam engines and boilers main- money. rhanrt „
fining soil fertility, orchard and small Dedicate Church.—Oak Chapel, a
fruit, troublesome insects, elementary country church twelve miles east o,
botany, farm hygene, water supply,
legislation affecting the farm, farm ao
Okarehe, will be dedicated October
30. This church has been built en-
tirely by the aid of farmers in its vi-
cinity. and it is pointed to with pride.
Last of Family.—Phoebe Prettvhair.
....... . Osage Indian, who has figured In one
Thomas and Custer county are aware ( f t) ( mogt tbri|ling romances in the cbl,rch
of the exact condition of affairs at h,gl()ry of tbP Osage tribe, is dead,
the Jabbok faith Missionary Training I ghg wag ,he ]ast 0f her family.
SEt — —-The °-rn
counis, mortgages, blacksmilhlng, vet-
erinary practice and practical horti-
culture.
For Poor Orphans.—Few people
just southwest of the corporate „ ,ncreased at Arapaho 500
Its of the town. There are at present business na hundred tons
about a half dozen girls who are be- 1 per irnt_ln>ear. ^ ^
lug trained In the right way.
| saw nation, is dead, afier a stroke
paralysis. He was a pioneer resident
of the territory, and was one of few
white men to be adopted by theChicx>
asaw tribe of Indians. In early days
he was instrumental in securing need-
ed legislation for the tribe
M. E. Conference.—At South Me
A tester at the Indian mission confer
ence of the 1st Methodist Episcopal
South. E. M. Myers, J. E
Wright and J. E. Sanders were located
at their own request, and C. M.
Tlireadgill and W. W. Brasswell sur
rendered their credentials.
s on at home or abroad
tag to congress, his experience in
public life was such as to give him
assurance and address. On the
other hand, Frank Matiews is under
a handicap that should not rest upon
anv representative or Oklahoma in
congress at a time so critical as this.
The ablest man In
not be too strong
champion at this time. This be ng
tnie. how unwise It would be from
any standpoint to send the weaker of
two men.
Stripping the question
tisan aspect;, and laying aside ah
party prejudice, sound and conserva
live judgment In Oklahoma re °R
nizes a great inequality between Mc-
Guire and Mathews. However *el
would
hood. Frank Mathews
forced to give consideration to their
appeals, and soon would become so
entangled in their contentions that
he would tie helpless to assist Okla-
homa in her struggle for statehood
Without the backing of the party in
power Oklahoma's congressional dele-
meaning Mathews may be and how-
ever great his ambition, the iact re^
mains ihat he is not a man who eotLd
command attention in Washington,
unless assisted by mental endow-
ments that would lift him above his
physical limitations These Ma-hews
, v__- He is wholly ti-
the nation would RatH wouid find himself stranded in
Oklahoma's Wa,hingt n. If he should be a demo-
crat he would find his bills submit-
ted to committees controlled by re-
publican majorities, the head; of de-
partments would give him respectful
of its par- attentj0n, but their favors would go
to a republican congressman. These
drawbacks would be felt by a Demo-
crat at every turn, and his constitu-
ents would suffer. Tbe results would
be the same if a republican should go
demo-
does not possess. He is
exp“rlenced in public life, and won
be forced to waste two years or more
establish ng himself in a position
to Washington and find th
cratic party in power. The explana-
tion lies in the fset that men and
parties stav wi h their friends.
The vote.s of Oklahoma see the
logic of the situation. A vote for Mc-
Guire is a vote for a man who can do
-.mething for Oklahoma. A vote
for Mathews is a vot’ that would be
thrown away
of the line.
at the Washington end
tended to >ay and ^
said are ident cal. The provision in
the Hamilton bill de - ares first, that
no child in Oklahoma, whatever its
color, shall be deprived of the bless-
ings of the public sehoo s. The ques-
tion of how these schools shall be
managed, and whether they shall be
separate or mixed is left fo the '° er
of the soverign state. There w
never be mixed schools in Oklahoma.
But in the establishment of separate
schools provision will be made for the
education of colored children. This
is what congress meant should b.
done when the Hamilton bid was
framed. . , .
The organic act and the laws of
Oklahoma at this time are in ha-mony
with th’s feature of the Hamilton bil -
ls there a man in Oklahoma so ignor-
ant as to say that the prerent laws
have established mixed schools in
Oklahoma? A child knows better.
Under the laws of the territory the
school question has been settled, and
separate schools established. The
Hamilton bill give; the peop e Of the
future stat? exactly the name nu*.
tude and authority.
Sensible men grow impatient read-
ing the malicious appeals to race
prejudice and sectional hatred made
by Frank Mathews and his managers
in a vicious attempt to bolster up a
campaign that should depend upen
decency, and patriotism and fair-
mindedness far its success. Their
falsehoods concerning the school pro-
vision of the Hamilt n bill s only ore
of many such boomerangs that Math-
cws bus bCt'D using.
The admission cf Jesse Dunn, chair-
man of the democratic cunpa gn com-
mittee. that Frank Mathews’ nomina-
tion was forced upon the party be-
cause southern democrats would not
support a candidate from a county m
northern Oklahoma, was a grave mis-
take for a man in fils position. I
verifDd, however, the su-pi ion that
has long been entertained among
democrats in northern Oklahoma To
show just what kind of a candidate
the northern Oklahoma demo-rats
got when the southern Oklahoma
democrats found opportunity to de-
feat them at Oklahoma City Dunn has
been sending Mathews on a tour of
the northern c unties. The first
thing that Mathews did was to jar
northern democratic partisans
of why he is un-
to do effective work.
But thete are o ter
things than
Shoots Cattleman.—Norris Watkins
The 1 have been shipped from there this sea- nn intermarried citizen of the Osage
delicate ."SiTS j'“Ld Not Hurcy.-The machinery ^
K rs ! r :r, i #ue bu^, T„e .rs
Who has charge of the home, lias his la really no hurry for it just now. stone bam at the government schooi gU>. McGulre be oags to
heart fixed on the erection of a better however. near Pawhitska was burned la. t, • pu> llcan pa’ty. which will remain tin
ami bigger orphanage. In which he Womer,.s ciubs.-The Sixth annual The loss Is over $2,000. dpr (he wise and patriotic leadership
can cam for more outcasts. During ; oonyenUon of tbe Federation of Wo- 01d Creek Woman.-Okmulgee Is | of Theodore Roasevelt. the ir enct ot
the past year he w as compelled to n>s cjubg 0f the two territories was g,* home of a Creek woman w ho is 10o
refuse to take many babies to the ^ ^ Guthrlt. tn a three days’ bcs- y(,ars cld. She can remember
home because he had not sufficient Creek war.
four years.
the
of
the west, for another
Mathews belongs ta the democratic
which is now giving apathetic ments
The old Cleveland office holders,
such a; Roy Hoffman. Pat Nagle,
Juige Keaton and Judge Bierer, now
in control of the party machinery at
headquarters, are determined to ke p
in control if they can elect Mathews.
Each of them wants office when
statehood comes, ana the surest way
of getting it is to own the machine.
The Bryan democrats in Oklahoma
ha\e made the party, but the Cleve-
land office holders got the emolu-
his
with an explanation
able to use the letter "r" and said
••Yes suh," for "\e;, sir.' After
llseaing to Mathews for a few min-
utes a veteran democrat in or.e of
the northern count es said: "He looks
just like a grasshopper, or one
these cock little English spirrows. 1
want to vote for a man. and haven’t
got any time to waste tooling with
boy3.”
name of
party,
Incen
p II €»”»»» » # " —
companion while hunting. The charge
penetrated his left lung, aafi be died.
Banka Solid.—Assistant Territorial
Bank Commissioner D- J. Moore re
turned from n trip to Garfield county.
He says that he examined (he banks
at Cooper and Gardner In ibat county
and says he found then, in splendid
condition. The good crops of that
county has made prosperity for the
people and prosperity among the peo
pie means sound banking Institutions
because debtors can pay their debts.
the Arkansawyer began stiffening in
his seat and holding to its sides till
r°°ra- stand on Head.—Two highwaymen cotton Gin Burns.—The cotton
Viaduct Contract Let At Oklaho- nw, a nl,gr0 waiter at Tecumseh and KrjBt mill of Pitts & Jackson, at
tna City Hie John Gllligan Construe- j ^ gtan(J on hl(i head while they robbed Kiowa, was burned to the ground. It
tlon Company was awarded the eon ^ ( { j.,., &0 Tbey then cut his ,s tbought tho fire sparks from the
tract to construct the approaches to H())hlng ",n shrcds without injuring rftnroad c|„,|ers falling into a bale of
the Walnut street viaduct to be built ^ They Wero about to steal his C()tton caused the fire. The barn of
by the Choctaw rlalroad. The contrnct ^ ^ wb,,n an approaching hack I J()hn shBw. near Wilburton. burn-
was let by the territory, the bid being ued (hem away. • j od- wlth six head of horses, 2<>n tons
$11,000 Work will be begin lmmed- Deljyed._Tll0 annual re ! of hay and 300 bushels of corn
lately on the viaduct ^ 1 port* of the county superintendents dlariam i. suspected.
Shot While Hunting—Ernest Jones, ^ the terr|torlal superintendent are | Nothing Doing.—No huslness Is he
aged 14 years, son of a Rock Island deiayed because the clerks of , {nR dont, a, the Woodward land office,
section boss, seven miles "< st ' tarlous school boards are dilatory only the register can sign instruments.
Shawnee, was accidentallyjjhot. by a ^ acndlnR in their unnttai reports to and jgeRb,y’s successor has not yet
the county superintendent been appointed.
Appraisement Schedule.—The town-j More paving Done—At Oklahoma
site commission at Tahlequah has re- pjty the rity cottncll let contracts for
eeived th. schedule of arpralsenthnt str, ct paving lo the amount of $B6,000
from Washington. The schedule Is at ! ;md ,be r|ty clerk was Instructed to
nn average of $25 a front foot for bus- advortise for bids for about $35,000
i iness property and residence lots more. The paying Is to be done east
range from $30 to $75 a lot. The terms of the gania Fe trarks and Is to be ot
j „f payment for lots are 10 per cent In br|rk or asphalt.
sixty days, 15 percent in four months i wsrnlng.—There have been
and the remainder in three annual pay- I ^ ^ g() many arilcles written in warn
ments. inR against the use of the fountain
Plentv of Food There’s nothing the I p„n, indelible pencil or anything but
New Postoffict.—A postofflee has ’ winter's ftvd supply. ' » black lead pencil, ami yet thousand* uot unlike the Arkansawyer.
established at Santown, 1. T. | .....,r pnllIltv dinners are stiver-1 „( Kansas votes will he thrown out | dreadinR the time phen he v
Oklahoman has printed col-
Ask of the world in the
charity, and it may take heed; ask in
the name of justice and it ignore*
you.—F. de Vere Boese.
last
The kind of campaign that Frank | The
Mathews eas made Is not the kind limns about the officials in Oklahoma
appro-red by the people of Oklahoma, being opposed to statehood for the
who je 1 fat d all .orate f lsehx-d; reason that they wouli be compe lei
about ten an I metsures are cishon- to relinquish their oflires. If this
orab e. What will happen to Mathews were true |t would be an excellent
Is sugeested in thia story A native ria.on for jb9 passage of the state
Arkansawyer for the first time in his bm Th(1 facti nowcver. is that
life was taking a ride on a train. As niajorlt of the officeholders ar
the train moved out from the station ............. awallt,ng the coming of
statehood
the rac ■ for the elective olflces. If
federal off.cenolder ln Okla-
the train movett out nwn -....... .walltine
and began running faster and faster ^ J ^anJ pr,.panng t0 get into
finally ^ s‘one' fJdennd Z aboum unite in opposing state-
ly the train left the level country and efforu would he futile as
of the peopl?.
Aisle and braced himself as if going more Infill.
down hill. "What's the ^a,7'."'y , ZwUh na.,onal leaders than any
,?" asked an us.onlshrd^drum- ho,derJ, —
creek.
mer. "Matter enough; the
old machine Is jumping the
"Don’t worry, you're not hurt a Idetl
the amused drummer "Hurt, hell; I
know I’m not hurt now, bill y m Just
wait find sto what W',11 It PPell whoi
aho hits tho ground." Mat iews
would he a mere drop tn the bucket
comp ire I with the army of Oklaho-
man's who would oppose them.
The Oklahoman attempted
week, by unblushing duplicity, to
prove th t Frank Mathews did not
vote against the Blakeney union label
bill. It not only failed, but exposed
It; d.-celt and crtppl d Former Coun-
cillor Campbell, now democratic can-
didate fer attorney of Oklahoma
county, by showing that he voted
against advancing the bill on the cal-
endar. The record pilnted by the
Ok ahoman in its unfortunate defense
of Mathews was not on the pissage
of the bill as claimed, but no advanc-
ing the bill on the calendar. No at-
tempt was made to deny the direct
charge that Mathews was among the
enemies of the bill In the committee
of the whole.
been
with George W. Scarborough ns post
master
Washed 200 Mila*.—The foreman
the gang engage,I tn repairing
Hock' Island tracks mar Calvin, on
•i-.. Canadian, has found part of the
of
the
(Ills fall by the use of them.
Killed by Lightning.- J. A. Howard,
Burrell bridge washed out some time
ago. lie recognized It by Purcell ml-
vcrrtliementa pasted on it. The tim-
ber* were carried about 2<>0 miles by
the river.
Burned to Death.—During the ab-
arnee from home of the parent*, three
small children belonging to Jesse Kv-
____ „ well-to-do furnier living near
' Jlk
It, woods county farmers are atlver
Using for
Ion ^Asphalt Mining" and Refining Co. j a farmer residing northeast ofShaw
with headquarters st Oklahoma City ; nee. was struck amt instantly killed by
with the power to hold meetings : lightning during (he rain s orm near
anywhere In the United States tleslg Shawnee, while on his way t° town
tiated by lhe directors, has filed Its nr- with a load of cotton. I he shock
tU l. s of Incorporation with Secre-' caused him to fall from hi* wagon at
,rtrv Grimes. The capital slock of the when picked up a few minute* «
,.onM)l„,v Is a quart, r of .. million dol- It was found that the shoe on M* rlgh
’ foot was literally tom to piece* am!
is
Ha is
will hit
company
liirs.
Output Doubled. The Hasting* gin
I* now approaching 1,000 hales of col-1
mid half has not yet bean baled,
i» double the output for last
the blood was oozing from his ears
It was supposed that Ills right (md "a;
upon the Iron brake and that the
lightning struck that point
ed through 111* bodjr,
and pass
tho ground.
The sch ol land lease.■* of Okla
homa have learned beyond doubt
where Frank Mathew* and Ills man-
agers stand on tbe school land ques-
tion. They are opposed to tile les-
see*. and made It plain at Oklahoma
City In the resolutions commHlea,
where they tried to strangle any dec-
laration that wss satisfactory to the
lessees. The plank f nal > adopted,
and which was prepared by Him Mas
slngale. Frank Mathews’ man igcr In
hi* race for I ha nominal Ion, mean*
nothing and doe* not ennnnlt the
democratic parly to any specific post
As an aristocrat. Frank Mathews
lnay feel proud of hi* record, but a.; a
friend of the labo'rtng man and the
common people he has falle 1 to make
good.
largest Diamond.
Unfortunately, the largest diamond
In the world I* not of tha crystalline
non used a* a gam. If It were n.
value would be fabulous, for It la sev-
enteen limes larger than the fatnoti*
Victoria diamond, tho largaat of mod
ern finds, which was sold tor $1,500
000. II* value depends upon tbe use
to which It can be put when broken
up. for It Is of the amorphous kind
known loohnleslly a* carbon.
Frink Mathews voted against Kea-
ton and Callahan, both cand date; of
hi; party, because he thought the Re-
publican n mlnee c uld do most tor
Oklahoma. He certainly eannot criti-
cise any democrat who does the same
thl.ig this yeir. Tne voters know
that McGuire I* the only candidate
who can do anything lor them ir elect-
ed.
Glaaa Bottle Market.
Louisville is (he lergeal glass bottle
According to Jesse Dunn. Frank
Mathews Is the champion of that wing
of the democratic party that abhors
northern democrats and refuat s to
support a northern democrat for con-
gress. Dunn made this statement In
a speech at K.ilrvlew, Wood* county.
He luis never denied It.
Attribute* of Beautiful Woman.
A beautiful woman I* a practical
poem, planting tenderness, hope and
eloquence In all whom sh* ep-
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