The Chandler News. (Chandler, Okla.), Vol. 13, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 17, 1903 Page: 15 of 22
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JHh 11 i \.M)I,l£R XKWS. TillRSPAV. PECKAIi'.KK 17.
HlOl.
WOMEN SECEDE
territory school plan
INDIAN TERRITORY WOMEN'S
CLUBS QUIT OKLAHOMA
VOTE ON PROPOSITION NEAR UNANIMOUS
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Much Moral Suasion Brought to Bear
on Those Opposing the Plan—Tem-
porary Organization was Made Per-
manent and the Women Separate
ARDMORE: Club women of India 1
I erritory, representing many towns,
convened here in response to a call if-
> sued by Mrs. Mike Conlan of Atoka
to consider the plan of withdrawal
from the Oklahoma federation, of
which Indian Territory has belonged
°ver since the federation was formed
live years ago, and decided to wit! -
draw.
The meeting was called to order by
Mrs. Conlan, vice president of the
federation, as temporary chairman.
Prayer was offered by Mrs. Eakin of
Madill. Mrs. Barnes was selected as
temporary secretary. The committee
011 credentials reported, showing dele-
gates from eleven towns present.
1'ew clubs opposing secession pre-
sented credentials and the meeting
was a one-sided affair. It. was moved
that, (he report of the committee be
adopted. It was evident early that
reat pressure would be brought to
bear 011 visiting delegates favoring
the secession movement and much
moial suasion was used to convince
1 hesn delegates that withdrawal from
Oklahoma would almost disrupt the
organization in Indian Territory. How-
1 \ or strenuous the ladies were in their
efforts to change the sentiment of op-
posing delegations, those favoring se-
cession apparently could see 110 wis-
dom in the advice of the friends of
, Oklahoma and remained as firm as
ever.
'I lie object of this meeting was to
consider the plan of withdrawing from
the Oklahoma federation. It was
moved and carried that the tempor-
ary organization be made permanent.
, Letters from the Sorosis Club of
Chickasha, Merry Wives Club of Pur-
cell, Entre Nous Club of Vinita and
Alternate Saturday Club of Pauls Val-
ley were read opposing secession. A
letter from Mrs J. C. Roberts, presi-
dent of the Oklahoma-Indian Territory
federation, was read, which expressed
the hope that Indian Territory would
not withdraw from the united federa-
tion. pledging her fidelity to the or-
ganization. The women of Guthrie
-ent a friendlv gn eting to the meet-
ing and asked an opportunity to enter-
tain the ladies ne:;t year
The 1 nited Clubs <>f Ardmore sent
a communication to Mrs Conlan. stat-
ing that after due consideration, it
was decided not to participate in the
meeting, giving as reasons that a rail
discussion of the question could not
be had. that the call for a convention
had injected politics into the clubs,
which would lead to divisions and re-
tard club work.
It was moved and seconded that the
clubs of Indian Territory withdraw
from Oklahoma, which was discussed
only by those favoring withdrawal.
The vote was almost unanimous in fa-
vor of withdrawing.
Indian Superintendent's Views in His
Bill
MUSKOGEE: While John D. Bene-
dict, superintendent of Indian schools,
refuses to make public the bill pertain-
ing to Indian schools which he drafted
at the request of Secretary Hitchcock,
his views on this subject are known
and it is presumed he but incorporat-
ed them in the bill.
Mr. Benedict has studied the prob-
lem of education as it is carried on
111 the state of Illinois, from where he
hails, and keeps posted on the ad-
vancement of education in other
states. The problem of consolidation
of rural schools is one which appeals
to him strongly and he thinks it. could
be used to advantage in Indian Terri-
tory.
Recently Mr. Benedict said he
thought insipid of consolidating
school districts in Indian Territory,
districts approximately the size of the
I combined districts could be formed,
j His idea is that the school distric ts
! might conform readily to the congre-
gational townships and by placlngfcthc
school house near the center of the
district 110 child would be compelled
to go more than three miles to school.
"That isn't -0 far down here," he
said, in defending his idea. "People
go much farther for water in many
cases, why should not the children be
taught that education is worth going
after'1 As the countn became more
settled and the population grows larg-
j er, two school houses could he used
| if they were needed.
"As to the support of the school s
! the personal property of the people
** THE V®ICe—
THAT
WAS' N°T
STILL.ee
j could be called upon for taxes. There
is no way now by which the real es-
tate could be taxed, but there is a
great amount of personal property
and as more people settle here the
amount will be greater, so that the
burden would grow less and less un
ti! the time conies when : >al property
may be levied upon."
DELAWARE SEGREGATION
Dawes Commission Orders Officer, in
Charge to Procecd
MUSKOGEE: There was a meeting
of the Dawes commission and definite
action taken in the matter of the Dela-
ware segregation. The commission
| decided that the regulation should be
made and ordered the commissioner in
charge of the Cherokee laud office to
proceed.
'I his is the first time that the com-
mission has agr >1 that the segrega-
tion shall consist of the lands shown
by the records to* he held by living
| registered Chore'-cos as shown by the
j treaty of 18(17. and there shall be HiO
acrcs per capita. This al.-o includes
lands and improvements belonging to
the heirs of deceased Delaware;-. If
necessary additional land sufficient
to make up th< require ! I-'7,0(10 acr>
shall be selected from the public do-
main of the Cherokee nai'on.
The commission will proceed at
once with the segregation regardless
of all previous action taken either by
itself or the department of the inter-
ior. At the meeting f.iero were pri
ent all the members of the commi
sion and the attorneys for the Del:
ware and the Cherokee*. Bv He i-,|
ing the D: iaw r< aie entitled not
only to the j.cgre .-ation Bt1 but to
an equal share with th>> Cherokee-, a>
well,
When the poet imparted the sooth-
log information that
"Silence, liko a poultice, came
To tieal the blows of sound,"
he didnjt live in a flat across tin* hall
from a person who practiced singing
from early morn till dewy eve, with
several hours additional thrown in for
good measure.
On "\\ est End Avenue, in an apart-
ment adjoining the one occupied by
a well-known actress, dwells a young
woman who fancies she is cultivating
her voice, says the New York Times.
In the apartment underneath that
of the human—or inhuman—screech
owl lives a real singer, whose hus-
band is director of an opera company.
The other day, driven almost to dis-
traction by desperate attempts of flie
scale torturer to dislpeato her vocal
cords, the lady hastened up stairs and
1 ang the bell of the melody-mangler's
flat. The song without words sud-
denly ceased, and the offender herself
opened the door.
"Whom do you wish to see?" she
sweetly asked.
"I wish to see if you can't ho per-
suaded to stop that awful noise," snap-
ped the unwelcome caller.
"Noise? What noise? You certain-
ly can't mean my singing!" gasped
the astonished young woman.
"Singing? You don't call such
screeching singing, do you? Why, it
has driven me to the verge of nervous
prostration and it almost makes me
ill."
"'4'Ww. this is no place for you. In-
stead of coming to mo to bo cured
why don't you go to a sanitarium?"
angrily retorted the iudignant music-
murderer, slamming the door with
such violence that the back draught
nearly blew the intruder down stairs.
The opera director's wife retreated,
vowing vengeance, but the young
woman whose feelir#; had been frac-
tured determined to seek protection
against further protests. That after-
noon she visited the ofllco of tho
Board of Health and said to the of-
ficial in charge:
"Haven't I the right to sing in my
own home?"
"Certainly, madam, if you wish to do
so," he courteously replied.
"During what hours?" she inquired.
"Why, from S o'clock in tho morn-
ing until 10 at night, if you choose."
"Will you give me that permission
in writing?"
"With pleasure," said the official,
and he dashed off the permit so rapid-
ly that even the strains of "Hiawatha"
would have been too slow an accom-
paniment for the proceeding.
Armed with the permit the young
woman returned homo tind until an
hour after tho "curfew tolled the knell
of parting day" she made tho most
strenuous efforts to lacerate her
larynx.
And the last state of that apartment
house was worse than tho lirst. If
poor Sullivan had lived there ho never
would have composed "The Ix>
Chord.,r
s New Miracle
Choctaw Laborer Killed
YUKON: John Beatty, employed on
ii construction train of the Choctaw,
was killed near this city, lie was
sitting on the end of a car. The en-
gine backed another car un against
the one 011 which Beatty was sitting,
knocking him off and beneath the
wheels, which passed over his bod.
Nothing is known of the dead man e .
cept that his name was Beatty. aud
if he has any relatives it is not knee 11
here.
Four murder cases are listed for
trial at the term of court at S*?vJpa I for • tb
Bill to Make Hugo Recording Place
W A SI 11X1; T( 1 \ Kepresentati v<
French of Idaho introduced a hill pro*
viding that h -1 • ■ • iff,- rmi> d State •
district court in the central judicial
district 01 India 1 Territory shall bo
held at th( town el Hu^o, ('hoctaw na-
i tion. instead of at
j ent. a.'d Hugo sl> '
| record! •; place for
number twenty-fen:
recording records
from Anth. - to I.(
of tins court now I
shall routine th
i to be located uiul
next >'. 1
as at pres
!i Tier be thy
nd all court and
1 be transferred
and the ele:!:
ted at \i>t!ei:
rk of the court
lis bill a !Ju / j
in
Mr. Edison is not a man given to
naking startling promises which do
not result in performance, so that his
claim of having at last solved tho
problem of generating electricity at a
trifling cost lor common use may be
accepted as tho announcement of an
accomplished fact And sucn a fact is
littlo less than a miracle, for it means
tho production, at will, of an almost
Imiith and widely adaptable power,
'ttho electrical generator which Mr.
iidison lias perfected after years of
toil derives its power from a so-called
fuel of marvelous potency. It will
mako it possible for the day laborer, as
well as the millionaire, to light his
home with electricity and have some
sort of a motor vehicle. For a few
cents a day light and power may bo
produced in sufficient quantities to ,
WHY NOT USE PAPER?
English Teachers to Carry Bottles of
Slate, Disinfectants.
If. has long been suspected that the
sucking of slate pencils by children,
besides being a distressing habit from
tho point of view of any person of re-
ned sensibilities, is one which is ex-
tremely unhealthy.
The correlative habit of cleaning
slates with the means that, nature has
supplied instead of using a timely
sponge has also nothing to recom-
mend it; and in the opinion of more
than one medical authority may bo
responsible for spreading epidemics in
schools.
' strongly ha: this, view been
urged by tho medical officers of health
for Derbyshire that in future the ele-
mentary school children of the county
are to be instructed on the principle of
"one child one slate"; and the slates J
]
supply the needs of any family, and
tho generator is so simple that any
person of ordinary intelligence can act
as engineer. In the inventor's own
words: "You can wire your house for
electric bells, telephones from room to
room, or do anything electricity will
do, and tho batteries in your auto-
mobile will operate them. Tho cost i
so trifling after you are provided with
jour plant that it is not worth men
tioning. * * * it has always hc«n
my ambition to bring the uses of elee
tricit'y within the reach of men of mod-
erate means." Mr. Edison warns tho
public that there is yet much work to
bo done before tho harvest ho ha:
sown can be reaped. But the inveii
tion is perfected and the problem of
cheap electrical generation i definite-
ly solved.—Harper's Weekly.
are to be cleaned not by the childr< 11
themselves, but by the teachers, who
are to bo furnished with bottles of
disinlecting fiuid, etc:., with which f<>
effect their purpose.
The idea may,, perhaps, raise a
smile, but it is only by the nicest at
tontion to such elementary hygi> no
that the health of children'; school:
can be preserved.—London Graphic.
No Compromise.
1 ho trouble with tho average Anna
ican, remarked the placid philoso-
thai. h' dor 11 1 Hop ork
long enough to digest bis food. He
doesn't appreciate the importance of
the alimentary canal."
My friend replied Senator Sor-
ghum, ; he hastily signed another
letter, "there's no use in trying to
ring in any new ones. It'll be either
Panama or Nicaragua, or none at all."
—Washington Star.
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Gilstrap, H. B. The Chandler News. (Chandler, Okla.), Vol. 13, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 17, 1903, newspaper, December 17, 1903; Chandler, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc117736/m1/15/: accessed April 28, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.