The Lawton Constitution. (Lawton, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 17, 1906 Page: 1 of 8
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OKLAHOMA CITY OKLA
Society
Lawton constitution.
OFFICIAL PAPER OF COMANCHE COUNTY AND OF THE PEOPLE.
Vol. IV
WEEKLY EDITION
LAWTON, OKLAHOMA. THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 17 iQOfr.
WEEKLY EDITION
No 10..
PRISONERS
Marshal Shives and
Sheriff LeFors Arrives
In City With Two.
From Wednesday's Dally Constitution.
City Marshal C. C Shives, of Fred-
erick, and Under sheriff Rufe I.eFors
arrived in the city at noon today in
custody of two prisoners, one a fugitive
from justice from Arkansas and rhe
other one wanted on the charge of
mortgaging property he Old not own.
The authorities of Arkansas tele-
graphed Marshal Shives to arrest and
hold Joe Crewes, who was working in
a restaurant in Frederick. Crewes is
wanted in that state on the charge
of burglary. When anestefi theie was
found on his person a diamond ring,
other rings, knives, etc. The sherill
from Arkansas is expected in today to
g )t the prisoner.
The other person arrested by these
officers i S. G.Senn, wanted form rt-
gaging property not his own I he
moitgage was made to the First State
Hank of 1 rederick Ijt $132. he was
arrested on Good creek in Texas and
was delivered over to the marshal at
Frederick. Both prisoners were
brought to Lawton for safe keeping.
i;d. Ure6n, colored, was shot Satur-
day night at Frederick by Henry Hend-
erson, colored. The shot took eff. ct in
the right arm which caused the arm to
be amputated. Henderson was bound
Was Found Dying.
From Monday's Dally Constitution.
A soldier from Fort Sill was picked
: up by Chief of Police Heck Thomas
| this morning on P avpnue. The sol -
Under dier was 'jing on the eldewalk as if
| dying. He was removed to the polic-
-tation where the city physician was
I called. An electric battery was used
and the victim was soon revived. On
his person w as found a bottle contain-
ing whiskey and another bottle half
full of coc iine. It is not the belief of
the < Ulcers that he took the drug with
suicidal Inteut, but rather to make
himself happy.
RAIN
BRIDGES
Skating Rink.
From Wednesday's Dally Constitution.
Toe skaticg rmk located at Eleventh
and 1) av> nue was opened to the pub-
lic last even. ig by the Lawton Skating
and Amusement company. Four bnnd-
ied of Lawton's citizens were present
and enjoyed ti emselves greatly. The
crowd was certainly a jnlly one. The
skating began at 8 o'clock and did
not ceas until lo;;t0. The rink has a
rk tti'ig capacity of two hundred and
fitly and in nearly every instance the
ILior was crowded The company had
applications for t venty five pair of
rkates more than they were suDplied
with. Those ti at were present on the
opening ni.'.lit were the very best peo-
pk in Lawton No other class of p
pe will bt solicited by the manage- places The largest lots of track wa
merit. They d—irc tu3 co operation one mile east of Hastings, where thirty
of the best people of the city in keep- feet of track is missing. An engine
ii away the rough and rowdy element, was sent from Hastings to Duncan last
I'he companj was much encouraged night to secure men and ties to repair
: the manner in which they were the track. Another train went through
patronized. There will be three daily Lawton this morning from the north
sessions. The morning session will be to assist in the repairing The regular
over in the sum of $1,000 which hejtIom g m toll a.m.; afternoon | passenger and freight trains of the
gave. Green, who was considered to |roIn 2:30 p. m. to op. m ; evenings I Rock Island road are south of the
be avery bad negro, had threatened | fl0m 8 p m t0 10;30 ra j washout. The passenger train from
the life of Henderson and late that j — 1 the south is expected at three o'clocl I
night had gone to Henderson's home Large Department otore. I this afternoon.
and attempted to make an entrance, j a A. Houck, a merchant of Cripple,' The low places in the city where the,
Henderson with a shot gun in his I |-reekl Colo , is in the city today look-j retaining wall for the sidewalks force]
Extremely Heavy in South-
west—Washouts Report-
ed at Various Places.
Small Railroad Wreck SERMON
A small railroad wreck was caused ;
at the south end of the Rock Island J
yards at two o'clock this afternoon,
\ loca'freight was passing along the gaCCalureate
From Tuesday's Vr .ly Constitution.
One of the heaviest rains that has
visited Southwest Oklahoma began to
fall last evening at 7 o'clock and con-
tinued the greater part of the night,
often with reinforcement. Fierce
lightning k^pt up during the entire
rain Reports from Snyder, Frederick,
Waurika, Temple, Waiter, Chickasha
Anadarko and all other points that
have been heard from tell of very
heavy rains. One noticable feature of
the rain was that it was not accom-
panied by any wind that resembled a
twister. The wind was a strong',
straight one and did no damage.
As soon as the rain began to fall last
evening the train and Western Union
wires into the city went down and all
communication was cut off. At a late
hour this morning one Western Union
wire bad been repaired. Train wires
are also working at this hour
Midland Bridge Company
Gets Contract For Con-
sti action of Four.
Krom Tuesday'! Dally Constitution.
Contracts for the erection of four
county steel bridges w opened to-
i .lay by the Doard of county commia- j trucks were tom from thecoal car and
flioners in th i pr^sonce of nine repre* it® contents dumped in a heap near
sentatives of as many bridge and con-
struction companies. The btidges are
main line When a car loaded with corn
standing on the side track was jarred
loose by a switch engine aid went
flying down the track At thejunction
of the switch with the main line the
car of corn ran into a car loaded with
coal, which the third car from the rear
of the local train. Tan caused several
ears to he rared up into the air. The
I the track. No rurther damage occured.
to be located as follows: Over Wolf
creek between sections 22 and i?7;
township 2 north, rango 12 j over
Beaver on section 19, township 4
south, range 8; over Little Washita
creek between sections t and 9, town-
ship 4 north, range 9; over Cow creek
on section 35, township 4 south, range
x. The total contract prices run from
$S,744 to $7,936.
Commencement Exercise.
From Wednesday's Dally Constitution.
The fourth annual commencement
exercise of the I/iwton high school
will take place Thursday evening r.t
the Ramsey op ra house. At this time
eleven graduates will receive their di-
plomas for the honors they deserve.
This is the largest class that has grad-
uated since the opening of school in
The bidders were the Canton Bridge , .
. j January 190l'. Prof. J. F. lax ton, A.
M., of the University of Oklahoma,
company, Wichita Construction com
pany, Champion Bridge company,
Johet Bridge company, Ottumwa
Bridge company, Midland Bridge
company, Kansas City Bridge com-
WashouU are reported from various; ps "y, John Oilligan Bridge company,
ajd J. W. Stokes.
The Midland Bridge company got the
contract late today for $7,998
will deliver an address on "Educa-
tional Values." The graduates and
| the subjects of their orations follow:
1 Miss Frank Uarner, "Sources of Civili-
zation;" Howard McKnight, "The
| Rush of Modern Times;" Miss Jessie
Rhoades, "The Private Life of the Ro-
man People." The other orations have
been given at special programs at the
! hi^h school building. The sualiad-
The county medical association met mission fee of twenty-live cents will
last evening in Hastings to hold their be charged to defray expenses.
regu'ar monthly session. Dr. J. M. '
Stevens of that enterprising little city
entertained the association at his
e. Fifteen of the practicing phy-
iei. is of tin county wnr* in attend
.11^ . Thejj from Lawton
County Medical Association.
Ohio Capitalists.
Marvin Woodruff of Van Wh;, Ohio
haS purchased the west half o, ihe E
were and W building from J. Roy V, i.liams,
hands went out of hous ethe fro>?1 the
rear and coming around shot at ti
with the foregoing results.
Classes Have Trouble.
Turner, l. "1% Meeker, Myers, Gooch consideration 910,000. The deal was
,and Msridul The out of county vis- made Saturday through the F. A,
his depart-1 the water to stand on the lots north of (itorH were Doctm.. c,..rkt 0, E1 Rt.no. ParkinB01) and the L. O. Baker, agen-
Youiig and Fergoison, of Oklahoma cies. Mr. Woodruff is a wealthy real
City. estate owner and banker, and has
Five good papers were read before twenty-five brick buildings upon vhich
ing up i new location for
i lit store, lie has made a tour of the I them, are turned into large lakes,
iv territories visiting shawnee, Okla j Water crept into several store rooms,
ti ilia City, Tulsa, South McAlister, | The North Boundary ditch aided con-
Law t in is Ins last stopping place | siderable in carr\ingthe water, 1 ov. | tHe association. A very tine supper he is drawing rent.
fore his return home. He is more Tug across the plains north of tow.-, j was served after the closing of the sen— T.G.Evans, a son-in-law of Mr.
Trouble which might have resu t . oranly iiopre -• i with Lawton than , off the city. [ sion. The association greatly enjoyed Woodruff has purchased the Warden
seriously had l'rofessc" LybGit n i,.- j... if th< oihei in. - ■■■ has seen. He J — tjie hospitality of the Stephens home residence on West Avenue A., consid
p ared at the opportune mornen .. ( :,e couM 'I • ircity wan on Paid The Count, . | aud tnat of Mrs. Stephens. It was a eratiou f.'SUi. Mr. Lvans is of the
moment i B |,e could see that our city was
passed off very quietly. A numbi of j tfc.. ave ,,f a lug jump up a; : that he
the high school boys from the eighth ; woujd try and get in on the ground
and Freshman classes surrounded inr ■ j ||.) j. Mr. Hrucl; has i large depart-
of the boys from the Senior class ;t t: i „„ ,lt store in ins home town, which is
noon hour at the south entrance to tin ! v- ,iue,j at UOO. Hi iitends selling
school building and b. gan to advotn out a portion ot 'i - cte before mov-
g If he decides ti' fate in Lawton
toward them. One of the Seniors
struck one of the Eighth graders and a
genera, mix up was on. Some of l• •
SophomOrc class, who were at r:
other end of the school ground, were
making toward the scene of amuse-
ment in order to unite their fore
with those of the Seniors. At thi<
point Mr. Rybolt stepped up and t':t
disturbance ceased.
.. . ,, late hour when the meeting adjourned,
Henrv Schafer today paid into the \
The association will meet in Lawton
will
jell larg
3 t'reek
jm ■ here
p in a
;k that lie
DROWNED
county treasury $225 that he was owing
the county on back liquor license.
This amount due the county was dis-
covered by the auditor aud it wTas the
lirst of the delinquencies to be paid in.
Mr. Schafer had paid county clerks
Gorman and Sampson only *25 a year
for county liquor license, when the
law requires that he shall pay -flOO a
year for a wholesale license.
Oklahoma at Jamestown.
Washington D. C., May 12—Gover-
next month.
Apaches Are Easy.
From Monday's Dally Constitution.
Sunday's game of baseball played that he has invested $2u,000 in different
Evans Bros., wholesale tobaconist. He
will move here and make this his
future home.
Mr. Woodruff did not come with the
intention of purchasing anything, but
he was so impressed with the country
upon the local diamond was a di cided
victory for the Lawton team. The
Apache Indians were simply outclassed
and Lawton played a splendid game,
with but few errors The game re-
sulted in a score of 7 to 0. Ihe In-
dians changed pitchers three times in
the game and each time the Lawton
properties. He wUl
home in a few days,
return to his
SUPPLIES
Charley McGurren Falls In-
to Creek and Perishes—
Body is not Found.
Indian Gives Bond
Chak-po-yah, a Comanche Inuiati,
who W'as arrested yesterday on the
charge of mortgaging property he did j
not own. was given a preliminary trial
' . 1 F'rom Monday s Dally Constitution,
and waived examination. Ins bocu j
was fixed at $500 which he gave. The Charley, the eight year-old soi
mortgage was given to Logan & Fain , Mr.
Jamestown exposition for the Okla- vigor.
homa building. He will urge the p^o- , sigroon had his fighting clothes on
pie to make an exhibit. j and he pitched a fine game. He struck
"With the assistance of the Jamas- out seven of the Apaches and allowed
town commissioners, who were very but one of them to hit. The Lawton
courteous, I selecteJ an admirable site, boys go to Bowie, Texas, tonight to
It is on a slight elevation and a build-j play a series of three games. They
Bids Opened Today at Fort
Sill for Yearly Provisions
—A Good Showing.
of | ing similar to the one al St. Louis will
and Mrs McGurren, living four look well there. Oklahoma people are
The amount of the mortgage waB II12 | tirles southeast nl \\ alter, lost his life
The Indian secured it with twenty t last evening by falling into a creek and
horses, a wagon and saddle. It is al- I h ing drowned. He, in company with
leged that Chak-po-\ah did not own j a number of small children of neigh-
any Of the property covered by
mortgage.
boring families, was playing along the
creek banks and by some unknown
cause, little Charley fell into the water.
His frightened ompanions immedi-
ately rati for aid. Those who were
assembled it the Mcliurren home went
to the creen and began to search for
the body. The news spread rapidly
Hobart Here Sunday.
Arrangements have been made with
the Frisco railroad, whereby that road
is to run an excursion from Hobart to
Lawton next Sunday. The train will j and men ffom all direction were soon
leave Hobart at 7;3u a. m., and arrive j at the scene of the accident.
in Lawton at no#n. It is expected that, The search continued throughout
fully 500 Hobart citizens will bJ here ; the night without the discovery of the
on that day, besides the many persons body. TX morning the search was
that will be added to the crowd cn the : taken up by new hands and it la ex-
way over here. The Hobart people ' peeled that during the day their ef-
will be accompanied by thsli crack j forts will be rewarded. The boy is a
base ball team, who will cross bats (brother of Wm. McGurren, the great
with the Lawton team on the local ; ball player, who was identified with
d umond on that day.
Fine Strawberries.
the Lawton teams at various times
The entire community of Walter is in
| excitement over the death of the
j outh.
anxious to show with the East what
Oklahoma is, this exposition will afford
the desired opportunity. I shall
strongly recommend a liberal appro-
priation for a« Oklahoma exhibit at
Jamestown."
He Came Back.
Ayera K. Ross has dropped in from
Kaw City, where he has closed a suc-
cessful term as principal of the schools,
Mr. Ross is a bright young man aud
was a member of the Constitution staff
before taking up the work at Kaw
City. He has come back home and
put his feet under the Constitution
table, and any favorB shown him in the
way of orders tor advertising, job
work or iubscription will be appreci-
ated by the management.
are confident that they will win two of
the games if not the three straight.
From Tuesday's Dally Constitution.
'I'he United States army officials at
Fort Sill will today award the con-
W. M. Moorehead, living at Fourth
and H avenue; a year ago last May set1
out a patch 50x140 feet of pedigreed rree Dirt.
strawberry plants. From the 1,320 from Monday's Daily Conswmiou.
plants, which he has, he expects to J. O. Severns, the city sidewalk oon
gather fully 1,000 quarts of the very tractor, has notified John D Kenuard,
iinest strawbenie* this year. He maJe c.ty engineer; that anybody desiring
the Constitution ofTi:e a presctit f from any of the excavations oti A
a box of the berries and they are cer- B or C avenues oati have the same free
tainly the fineat the editor lias seen for the hauling. 11 any of the prop-
11 lis year on • market. > ■'>' ownors ftlone th6,« "venues de-
sire to remove the dirt from their lots
thev will be allowed twenty-five cents
per cubic yard for the work There is
Anothsr Restaurant.
Elmer Terry is making arrange- one-third of the property owners on
meuts to open a restaurant at the cor- these three avenues that have not
n -rofTh. 1 and 1) avenue It will be l^t their contracts. The engineer is
p it in operation next Saturday and very anxious to have the contracts
will be first class In every particular, tiled with Into at once in order that he
I: will be known as the "Women's Ex* may loo them at the ^ame time
change." 1 he is lo ' the city contracts.
Lawton vVins Again.
A telegram from Bowie, Texas, this
morning staled that the Lawton boys
wjn a complete victory from the Texas
boys. Ray was in the box for Lawton.
Tne score stood seven to three in fav&r
of the Lawtou team. Onr boys have
made a ^ood record for themselves and
if they can oniy keep up the good
If Bowie does not bring in league trafcts for the supplies for the ensuing
material for the occasion Lawton will year that will be consumed at the lo-
have no trouble winning the honors eal post. The commodities to be bid
from the Texas team. The uniforms upon are fuel, forage, bedding and
for the Lawton team will arrive in a mineral oil. The character and quan
few days. The team will make a two tities of provisions desired at Fort Sill
weeks tour of Indian Territory, Okla- during the next year follow: 900 cords
homa and Texas next mon'h. Th>±y of wood, 1,250 pounds of soft coal for
will certainly look nobby in their new domestic use, 720,000 pounds of coal
uniforms. for steam purposes, 10,000 pounds of
oats, 210,000 pounds of bran, 80,000
J. P. Wilson Dies. ponnds of corn, 2,000,000 pounds of
From Monday's Dally Constitute*. : hay, 480,000 pounds of straw or hay for
J, P. Wilson died at Walter Saturday bedding, 7,500 gallons of mineral oil
afternoon at 4:15 o'clock of extremely for illuminating purposes.
old age. lie was eighty-six years old.1 All the fuel, grain, hay and oil fur-
Terry Wilson, his grandson whom he nishedthe war department under this
raised from childhood left Friday for contract must be the choicest obtain-
the bedside of his grandfather. The at le. The government is strict as to
funeral took piace at the Presbyterian j the grade and character of the supplies
church in Walter Sunday afternoon at that are delivered to thcin They re-
3 o'clock. Kev. J. E. McQuein con- tain 'he privilege of rejocting any and
ducted the services. The Masonic all parts of contracts that do not come
lodge assisted in the ceremony. The up tc the requirement.
processiou which proceeded to the x^e bidder is allowed to bid on
grave was one of the largest ever any portion of the supplies and may de-
f jrmed in the city of Walter. vide it up iu such a manner as to suit
' himself.
Youth is Arrested. s A number of local men are placing
Address By
Rev. Rankin—The Opera
House Crowded.
From Monday's Dally Constitution
One of the best attendances to greet
a baccalureate sermon in the city Wi-
llie one last evening at the Kamse.T
opera house. The graduating clasu ov
Ihe year 190H marched Into the hall ac-
companied by the high school tacnltj
They touk the front seats.
Rev. Hawkins, of the First Mfctho
dist church, led In prayer. The choir
singing was sung by the Ci fistiau
church choir. The scripture read^u;
was read by Kev. Satterfleld, of th-
Southern Methodist church. His Erst
lesson being from Proverbs third chap •
ter first twelve verses. The secoiK
iesson was the thirteenth chapter >
Mathew beginning with the forty-fiftl
vers'- and closing i> ith the 9fty*seoonc
verse.
Ifev. E. B. Rankin, presiding elder
of the Methodist church, delivered ti'
baccalureate sermon. His text w^
taken from the third chapter of Pro-
verbs. "Wisdom is knowing how to
apply knowledge" Haid Rev. Rankin,
"The time has arrived where a person
must have knowledge to succeed Th
favored few who are blessed with a
cultivated education will always find
plenty of opportunities. All must
come to a point where they will make a;
effort to secure the great heritage-
education." The dictionary defines
wisdom as truth; and truth as freedon
from falsehood. "Truth," said Rev
Rankin, "leads men to freedom frop
falsehood. We too often fall into error
because we are ignorant as to just what
is best for us to do. You should takr
life serious, bnt don't take yoursolf to
serious. Because you might be mis
taken. When one comes to face the
problems of this world, he can not leaves
Gud out of the account, but must taki
into consideration the creator of edu -
cation and mankind.
"There are no bargain counter-
where wisdom can be found at reduced
prices. When you have it, it is not fo:
sale. But 'hose who have attained it
are always ready to freely give of it
I wish to pay tribute to the men whe
have sacrificed the wealth of this worlc.
in order that they might educate their
children. When man has the principal
of education he has deep seated within
himself that WL.ich will make tiim suc-
ceed in his business undertakings.
"Those who make a dismal failure it
life or business enterprises are those
who have not made a correct analysis-
of their surroundings. All througt-
life you will find men who are not
ready to pay the price for education.
Those of you who are not yet througl-
school the price of your education it,
the consentratiou of your faculties i
hand.
The old and young a'ike should taki
time for recreatiou. Life is nut
drudgery; it is sunshine, happinew
and joy. If it seems dull it is becaus*
you are not getting all out of life tbat
there is iu it for you, because of the.
concentration of your mind upon ifc*-
business affairs of life. If one would
take the proper recreation his uaind
would be fresh for his next undertak -
ing. Life is not to be crowded into
twenty-four hours, we should dis-
tribute it so as to get some satisfac-
tion from it.
"Those who get possession of office
by pull or 'graft1 do not retain it loug
Position can only be held by tho«*>
who merit it. It is evident that the
world is growing better instead of
worse as some believe. The only
diffrence is that people at the present
are in possession of information and
they are not afraid ta. tell the world
what they have learned regarding the
corruption that exists."
All the available seats in the half
were taken long before the exercise*
were begun.
Became Skeptical.
Gl*n Hassell, a youth of this city,
was arr nted today on the charge of
Jake Talmadge, mayor of Junctiou
City learned yesterday on good author*
their bids with the quartermaster at j jty th#t an a^nt haJ been p:ac.ed i«s
Fort Sill today. Robert R. Stevens, ,har|fe of the Rocfe Island station ii
work they will have no trouble in win- ■ larcuny. He made bond In the sum of
ning the three games,
Tax Notice.
$50 tor his appearsnoe in the police
I court tins afternoon. He is accused of
the cnn.rof stealing the brass ll'tings
: from the engine at the Polar Bear Ice
, plant. The fixtures had not been le-
AU persons owing delinquent per
g.nal taxes are hereby nolitied that! moved in the easiest way possible, but , , ,
after May 23, 11(08,1 shall piaee war- had been broken and torn from -he good showing for our post,
lieut-nant colonel; chief qu irtermaster
at San Antonio, Tex , is authorized to
recei\e bids for t ie Fort Sill demands.
A dozen other iorts will open bids
for the same grade of supplies and
Port Sill is foremost in the amount of
yearly consumption. This is quite a
runts in hands of deputies for collet-1 engine. Mr. Lloyd, thejmanager of th«
lion. To save expense of milage and , plant, states tlm the damage to the
personal call, you should pay before ; engine is ?250 The boys sold the brass
t i?t date. I for $1.35 and states that the metal was
Graduation Address.
Senator T. P. Oore left at noon over
th Frisco road for Norman. He will
deliver the graduation address to the
,, ... ,, , - , . , i University class tomorrow evening.
Dated at Lawton, this May lo, 190b. given to him by another party in ex- , .J he WQfttor j„ a splendid orator aud
0. C. Hammonds, Sheriff. change for a meal, which young Has- , uie citizens of Norman will be favored
5-15-w-l-d-l ; sell furnished the stranger. ] with a great treat in his address.
shat point. I'.ut Jt'ke knowing ti u
seeing was beli-ving took a run down
to Junction C.ty last evening in ojiW
> to satisfy himself that there wag bc
| mistake. Mr. Talmadge did not pur-
chase a round trip ticket on this tri^
because he wishes to swell the receipt*
of the Junction office by buying a re-
turn trip ticket at his home town.
Mr. Talmadge has followed the town-
site tights from Topokti, Kansas, to tha
Colorado line until a townsite fight i a.
tonic to him. He has gained ttfte c<
pounds since the Junotion Oity light
has been ou.
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