The Tulsa Chief. (Tulsa, Indian Terr.), Vol. 4, No. 33, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 29, 1907 Page: 1 of 8
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TULSA INDIAN TERRITORY. TUESDAY. OCT. 29. 1907
NO. 33
The Wishes of Our Patrons Carefully Attended to. Phone 93 Wm. T. Baxter, 16 So. Main,
Constitution to be Signed
November 16th Says President Roosevelt—
The 46lh “Twinkler” an Assured Fact
and Oklahoma is Jubilant
All doubt is gone. The newl«l®« of incipient authority, the
state is here. Roosevelt 'will is-! insufficiencies of jurisdiction
sue his proclamation on November the anomalus conditions of tribal
16th giving statehood to Oklaho- ’ rule, and their attendant effects
ma the 46th state of the Union ; through which Indian Territory
This marks the consommation of has finally struggled to her pres-
the great event which had its ori- ent crown of glory, is an open page
gin in Oklahoma on April 26.1888 to the people of this great conti-
with its final opening to settlement nent. And as we look forth and
and in the Indian Territory with see the "46th stare glowing bright
the appointment of the Dawes m the W‘f th®
Commission to the Five Civilized ; ffreatar Southwest. 0Ut from clouds
Tribes some fifteen years ago. 0f darkness the silver lining upon
The chimeras of hope the strug-! thy crest."_
Mail Order Question
£A dry goods merchant was start-
ing down town when his wife re-
minded him of his most important
duty during the day: "Now my
■’ear, be sure and don't forget to
sr i to the city for that new Stan-
', so we can have it by Sunday.
TiiOw our old buggy is getting
so it’s not fit to be seen."
No doubt in his own town the
same vehicle could be had from
the local dealer at the same price.
Why order from a foreign house
when your local dealer has the
same article?
Why send your money away and
thus impoverish your local dealer?
Is he not vour neighbor? Isn't he
interested in your own home town
in its institutions, its progress, its
wealth and prosperity? Yet you
read the advertisement of the mail
order house, and think you get a
better article, but the truth is the
rig when you receive it proves to
be an inferior article. Your local
dealer has his reputation at stake
and is careful to give you a good
article. The mail order house
sends you the vehicle and there
their responsibility ceases, while
they immediately begin looking
around for another victim.
Bub Ledbetter.
Bub Ledbetter, for the past fif-
teen vea s a d£Dutv United States
marshall, and one of the most
widely known of the forces of the
Southwest, has been intrusted with
a mission to the Nation's capitol.
His mission is to take five youths
to the National Reform school.
long and efficient service entitles
him to marks of attention.
Returns from Conference
Annual Conference of the M. E.
church has closed its session and
the clergy of this district have their
allotments.
The decissions of this confer-
ence were most just and equitable.
Tulsa has gained from conference
what she most expressly wished
for, the return of Fred. W. Hart.
D. D.. to the pastorate of the First
M. E. church of our city,
Mr. Hart in the past year has
labored zealously for that church.;
and Christianity at large. No task :
has been to great or small for him.
when the betterment of true
Christianity was in view. Mr.
Hart is a hard worker, an eloquent
preacher, and deep thinker, and a
man whom one feels intuitively
they may trust. His work in the
M. E. church at Tulsa has been
productive of grand results, and
we feel safe in saying that his com-
ing year in Tulsa will be even
more fruitful.
Commercial Club Elects Officers.
The Commercial Club met last
Friday night and elected the fol-
lowing officers: H. 0. McClure,
president: A. Grant Evans, vice-
president^Erwin Covey, secretary:
G. M Lundquist' treasurer. Di-
rectors—H. P. Anderson. J. M.
Hall, L. N. Butts. M. H. Mosier, J.
0. Mitchell, G. E. Williamson and
J. G. McGannon.
Coming New Ere in Tulsa
Cotton Report
j
The census bureau at Washing-;
i ton have recently made known re-
i ports of special agents on the
’ quantity of the cotton crop up to j “
: the 18th inst.. as follows. ..... ~ ^
Total showing 4,089.238 bales, as Old Land Marks Move Out, Displaced by the
compared with 4.931.721 bales Modern and Methropolitarw/rulsa Now
ginned to the same time last year.;
Not the Village of the Past.
That Tale of Woe
When the president runs into
that bunch of Oklahoma ' office-
seekers. statehood-busters, and
ditto boomers at Washington and
begins to listen to their tale of woe
Ledbetter has a record in Indian i he will wish he was back in the
Territory that is the envy of the j Louisiana cane-breaks wrestling
whole force. He captured more j with that cinnamon bear that run
criminals and desperados than any off with his snort.—Musk ogee
other officer on the force and his , Phoenix.
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The Crawford Store
Ladies’ Ready-to-Wear Department
DRESS SKIRTS
CLOAKS
SUITS
SHIRTWAISTS
We Shew e Very Complete Line et Populer Price
llll I INFRV* Our Millinery Department shows the Latest
ffllLLin * Stules in Ladies’ Misses, children’s headwear
Shoes.
All of thet bes kinds
of Shoes, Best Values
RELIABLE 600DS
Dress Goods
New Line, Just Received
See the New Silks
Lowest Cash Prices
Crawford Bros* Mor. Co.. Tulsa.
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Horses Burned
Fire broke out last Monday morn-
ing in George Dennison's barn two
miles southwest of Skiatook and
totally destroyed the barn and
three hegd of horses perished in
the flames. Also harness and feed
were burned. The cause of fire is
supposed to be incendiary.
Scalping the Dead
A special wire from Cheyenne
River reservation of the Ute In-
dians. states that Sergt. Baker, in
! charge of the distribution of ra-
tions. there, has been killed. There
; is also a rumor, that the scalping
I will not end there. The troops at
j Fort Meade are getting rfcady to
I take a hand in the affair.
Inanimously Elected
One of Marryville's rising young
politicians made application for
the hand of his sweetheart in the
following unique manner:
Mr. dear--1 hereby an-
nounce myself as a candidate for
your heart and hand, and shall use
all fair and honorable means to se-
cure the nomination. 1 know there
are many candidates in the field,
and 1 hesitate long before entering
the race, but now 1 am in to stay.
You know I favor the gold stand-
ard after marriage, if you decide
to confer the favor that I ask,
please fix a date for a caucus with
your mother. 1 have no objec-
tions to her acting as temporary
chairman of the permanent organ-
ization. Should the result of the
caucus prove satisfactory, we can
hold the primaries and select the
date and place of the convention.
I never belied in long campaigns,so
if you decide to honor me, I will
ask you to make the convention
day as soon as possible.
Devotedly yours—--—
The young lady's telegram an-
swered it thus: "Convention un-
necessary, nomination unanimous.
Come at once and fix date of rati-
fication.—--
—Maryvillee (Tenn.) Times
Had the above occurred in Tul-
sa, perhaps the unanimity would
have smacked loud of Democracy.
A New Postmaster. ,
It is with sorrow we are com-
pelled to cite the fact that Tulsa
must have a new postmaster.
The regime of Capt. J. D. Sea-
man as postmaster has been one
of unparalleled prosperity and pro-
gression. Under the skillful and
generous management of Capt.
Seaman Tulsa's postoffice has been
for the past six years the institu-
tion of envy to all*the cities of the
territory. Other cities have watch-
ed its phenomenal growth with en-
vy and chagrin.
Capt. Seaman was a model post-
master, thoroughly aware of the
needs of the public, active in giv-
ing the public the best service pos-
sible, he was unanimously like by
both Democrats and Republicans.
The closing of his life deprives
Tulsaof a public-spirited.generous,
whole-souled officer, that we fear
will be hard to duplicate in our
midst again.
Tulsa's postoffice—as second to
none in the new state—should
k have a postmaster of experience
I and ability, and who is thoroughly
"Things must change with time."
is a saying that in every particular
fits Tulsa. Time was when the
people of the village of Tulsa
could walk on mud sidewalks.go to
church or social gathing. wade
the mud with streets dark as Ere-
bus. and this, too, with perfect
good humor. But. this time has
gone, gone to never return. And
in place of the uneven mud walks
I there are miles of beautiful, wide,
I cement sidwalks. where the dain-
i tiest ladies mal; tread for blocks
' and scarcely soil the soles of their
i shoes. The asphalt pavement
extends in all directions for many
block from the business center, its
white, smooth surface thick with
rigs, teams, drays, autos,bikes and
other modern conveyance.
Only two or three years ago,
where cornfield, orchard and plow-
lands, only. met the view, now
stands modern three and four
story brick blocks and the electric
car now goes whirling over ground
that scarce a year ago blossomed
the wheat or cotton field.
No other city in the greater
Southwest not even excepting
Oklahoma City's famous boom—
has ever exclipsed Tulsa, for. rap-
id, substantial growth in the same
length of time.
And again leaving the decision
to the many disinterested visitors
who are constantly coming to see
the great oil fields—there is not
another city in the greater new
state, today, which has a brighter
prospect for future growth and
prosperity.
Two or three years ago the cry
went forth that Tulsa must have
factories, a bucket brigade to sup-
port her business interests, or col-
lapse. go dead in the succeding
year. To this knocker's cry all we
can say is, that if to collapse, go
dead, means the strides, the open-
ing out of vast possibilities Tulsa
has grown into in the past year,
then give us more of this collapse
and go dead. If the advancement
Tulsa has made in the past year
is collapse and go dead, then fill
our measure with collapse and go
dead; yea, varily, and let such
measure overflow and run out up-
on the broad acres of our relm._
_■ —— -
posted on the requirements at the
hands of the great oil center’6
postmaster.
L. L. Lewis Obtains Letters Patent
L. L. Lewis, who has been a
resident of Tulsa for the past ten
years, has recently.. obtained let-
ters patent for a rotary engine,
upon which he has been working
for the past two or three years.
The engine, is said to be the
most complete piece of mechanism
ever put together, and yet from its
simplicity presents a startling sur-
prise that it has not been patented
before. Mr. Lewis has, by his en-
genius patent, placed himself in
line for a millionaire’s berth in a
very few years. Mr. Lewis’ en-
gine simplifies and will revolution-
ize engine building in all its mod-
ern branches. It concentrates in
the simplest form durability, speed
and economy. We predict from
his patent that engines of the fu-
| ture will be built upon lines many
times less cumbersome, a many
j times increase of powerand effect-
iveness and with great saving in
oprerative application. In a word,
the engine of the future as an out-
growth of Mr. Lewis’ invention will
conform to lines closser to na-
ture’s laws. We congratulate Mr.
Lewis upon his success and feel
proud to state that Tulsa, Oklaho-
ma claims the home of the invent-
tor whose apparatus is destined
to revolutionize the motive power
of the world.
Notict
E. L. Wilson's shoe Shdb is lo-
cated 4 doors west of Knight’s
Clothing Co., West First stree.
First class work at reasonable
prices.
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Henry, George. W. The Tulsa Chief. (Tulsa, Indian Terr.), Vol. 4, No. 33, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 29, 1907, newspaper, October 29, 1907; Tulsa, Indian Territory. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1173636/m1/1/?q=music: accessed July 18, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.