The Lawton Constitution. (Lawton, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 20, 1906 Page: 2 of 8
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OPEN BIDS IN
(WRT ROOM
Land •flu* IobiV'QU v!e F t Tills lis
ormofc; Tuk
MAT TRANSFER A LEASE
By ■aaoat trig \ffsilint th.ut TkBm
Mr \'*u Candi/I n Rf St' l a
IV # verti« 'M tujadge.
Ifi Xay'w IMMr MuMrjiQ
A™*p*ii*nl8 wer> iii - it last *vai:
Im; taf * • 1 in I officiiis In «Tr^ <4
t 'v up Mug *i'h Mie nnr; irffirt-
nls, wkr-o-bv ihe dis'rict «<iirl roita
11 ii.>4 to qn«n, read and reaord
the btdu on .he b'g pasture land. The
I ..nd office was found laad ijm'f f< -
the ra«* v of 1111 bUln, mvl the rxir
r-'H« of <h ■ CI y No tnal bink wis
u-: d br iy>v rum.-ii: f-ir tills pur-
po.se.
Bogrnni' R «: tii:u- o'clock M illy
nr rning the boxes containing thebids
will ke taken <ii tli>* court room, whiff"
the w irk 'if niiealng will <v>mm.mo-
lt i« exp.-otcd Hii' a number of bid-
ders wiil iIcmk1 to be in'i iv iU lilt'
time t/> wM«uvs t.he w irk A large
number m oterks will lie asiigivd to
tills teak Mid It will pnioed wilh r.n
much dL*tah :ui possiWe.
A■ urn oulmrv'l lessee uny trans-
fer lite. IT', i"« In the promises by rx"-
cuJi® *,n af-fi^ivit tdiowing tlist lie
can kosfc.'i liV ooiiidUJon Mid thait if
hia faaily. if he is a mirried man.
with *e |eaA nioiuey tlian he c*n by
holdiig 13'e faital The poirty purchas-
ing tfce livun> is required to make oa
affidavi', s-vulng forth th" fat that
he win's he |*"" for grazing, firm-
ing or ' v* grazing n.s t'n«> (vise may
be. All that in tvecoanary is to sit-
isfy tilie Indian agent tint it is a le-
gitimate tr«utiaic!.'.r n and that both
parties r'ie ;u-.ing in go-ti faith. Til"
first applic. h u to b" filod with tli>"
I d'a.u a-;klng such a transfer
a I in e, «ik taken before W. I.
■ 1c <" i. v.ili-wit ;rt the IN a'ore. in
nhich HtrririOii d •- ■ - <1 to rulinquisii
his r'Rhi*. lo 1'. Johnson, a Kon.'uc.ky
s ockman. 11. 'rroe-ii withes to bid i 'i
I ad in t'l-t big |v.i'ure a.id I'stahlis'ii
' is home. wliUe .ln' iii "ti wacii.8 tlie
li'vse upon, which to raise som ifiuj
Keir.ui-ky bi'id stock.
Liegrainc tJW th «e In oil rge of
K14 xrn from Wash:'is on, dt U
';'ken for gpm'-.d by f '-m ■ of those
mm eaidowed wi'Ji a. krvnv-
Ic.lge ■* evi*ryt'i::'.s coanectixl wU.h
I nd One young lidy sp-
pw.iiied .ludp-i Wi <..n y s-orday car-
rying in Ivr h i. ids a p;u k use, wiiicli,
w t*n unwr ju'ed, proved to lx>
■ vera! hnndsfiill of Comanche county
soil. She wonited (Vc jiLlig" «,-> pa. i
Judgtut-i'' on, the chiirac'T of *nl. lie
explainod thei lie was IWI *p i't
thait lii«. Shiii watii'ed t<> know il' i
was Uft1)! luiid an i- mie on..; hid told
tur (• was. Tlie j'idgp very kindly
told her he wu.s no chemist mad th-it
he o^uld n®1 analyze it.
TO R A15W lio^rt MONBT
C.hsmber of Cirmmw*® BtrilM N rw
M«hod 0i Pra««4ttr«.
rr«B ■«Tartar's MiMMM
A ■ •: plan for miarng '■• bm
u -« f.ir the b*wt« . Wiebi'* Fwlln
'Id N-rthw >t' r aid th« WiefciU
y a i aid Or.aat r .lraa<> >M*ib
ra"'/*1 -o thd Ctaintrar f C««nvir«
lasr eTAiia< n r.he fr>r« of a raaom
maate'toa. Wi-oM i: aia*< witk Lke
^ppriital nf th* tiimai'.'w *o wkirh
wu rafarrad aid tka a'tk m af Ian-
taa, i ■ ai' atT k< pr Vaai af aa
aana« a« ma.da wi'koa tka all«. af
baii. in' w >al4 • • ax aaai^sbla •<
jaavaien' nf tka ^raaaaiiiok.
IV Ork tv paopia *r nine tkaatl#
f.T • a iaounloa of IN.Mf n aa«k aid
n rifk -of-war a<T'>aa '.l a altr **■*,
wlife •.! • Ki.:y r.oiapaar * ragita"-
g i similar r a ; jf- i| of aity,
and a r.gii:-of-w iy from tne aonh n
b ik'uliiry of the b; p% 'ur , njaaaot-
: ig with ih« oi. y park IH*. It in ief-
an miles to Uie j-eierre and the road
ij pro|X)s<-d, ruas ac.ro« school ls.nds
and Imli. i aliom«ii s for s'rvi1. milei
,ind up the s.^Lion Une for three mileuj
It is -*.imated that '.liLs rodte oouid
be struri'd f >r less hvn tl,000 a mile,
thereby niak ig the approxlmVie nash
to be rainiHi t aecure tbo t.wo roids,
leisa Ulilk $27,000.
The resolu ion t'aToned tke raiaiog
of that sum by asking «aoh properly
o*i>t ia the ci'y ami the adjoining
addition* .to pay six per cnnl of «.he
ak ««seii Tiiluaitloa of hi* real wat.ala
to tJne road. This wrald tai a $1*,-
Sl . wluir.il is six |>*r a ' of I4M 000,
tie a*ae«*e,i value of tke raal m'* -
in ihe city. It is statml tint ii tkia
manner the bnrden of raising tk« moo
ny would be placed upoa tkose woo
would rtwtTe thie ben*fi/t to be de-
rircd from the railroads. The a ty
council lias already gratveKl bo:Ji eyi-
tems the ua- of the ciiy iiark ad n
rigH-of-w«y.
M i;srs. Andereon, Martin, Kaich,
J irvis and QulnatAe were appoint<*l a
commitu e to lo;>k in'o -he pr >j>osii-
Opening
Land
Bids
N'lW THAIN BHBTTCB
FVIiaa TT'm Imt>roTa Fatalty Far Aa-
avmciadating Trarelhic Publia
Land Office Officials Hold Forth at
Court House
BEGIN THE ENORMOUS TASK
Homeseekers Have Given Them
Much Work to do-Something
About The Bids
rro- Umkir'i Daily j ,,ried UliL, ()f Ju]|a ^ M,.r, of
Not until th« tirst faw bidi opeined Deni&on, T x«h, No. 6J7, and her kigU
an.d read wai the aaormoua task ba-; est bid waa *1^50. Irwin MiQuin. of
fore Judge Wittea and h. abla carpi Hobart, No. S #4, wU tha fourii wiik
of aiilatanilj raal lead Aa tka mlotita
band pa<aaed otw tka dial af tka watrk
held by Jadsa Vf I'taa la lailiaata tkat
tba nivfek hour kad arriTid, tka tia-
inihha caiaa forward aad witk tha
use of <kair iia'ruaiaais tora off lAa
top of two ti a aana, wltkout iijuring
the aaa<l plaead upon tk<Mn by tha of-
the hi<h, bid of 30# . Hwry J. Fui-
lentan, of Lawton, No. ((St, kid tu
hlgli aa $2619 and placed lararat kiidi
on tha unscheduled laads ia tka wood
resarT* Thoinis L. Brcslia. af Law
ton, No. 7052, with a bid u. to$l3S9
was tha sixth uiu. Oa aa araraga
the«a six bids sain ad mora tkaa six-
ty seciaratf tracts and it required aigk-
ficiali. Ttai* largest tin box wis the
f i-fi to ha?e its con'ents upaet upoa toe.n rn nutes to read thetn. makln«afi
the flotyr of the court room A. E. Els-; average of three min.ut s tx> each b'd-
ton,, of the Indian department, wi/th a ler.
piitchfork in hand, begun to «hufflej At the rate the bidding started off
the bids so as to thoroughly mix them !.,nly 140 bids couild be read in the wor
Then the bids held by the smajller box ing diy of se^veu hour xivd id wc.uld
i.on and devls<> ways and means forthe were thrown ore.r the other bids and require more dan nine weeks ^o open
securing of the two roads. If H 1m he entire bulk of the bids went thr- ynd read the bids numberlr.K 7621.
thought the plan is no a fcas-ible one i nigh Use fiw. process. I Nine 1 litionul clerks were placed
then .they arc to igro on some other. Oilier el *>"ks assisted in piliug tlie :lt. work this morning to make reoani
plan, sc.uttered bids llia/t they might be mere of the bid?. Thiee of thase clerks will
"1 do not think a bond issu" would thoroughly mixed. Stepping upon t.he^ |)e engag<u for lour hou-s, working as
carry in the ciy for a bonis to a. rail-[ platform Judge Wit ten said, "The fast &a they can, and then they will
road," said Mr. Anderson, chairman of. hour has now arrived for the opening r st ' ig' ' hc.ii.rs and again resume
the committee this morning, "but ifjof bids. We. will only announce tJie| their lobors. One of the clerks will
the people of the city would ti'-jret' on j blddems' mini", the schedule siurnbcr^ i^ad the bids i second time ito the two
he plan as set forth in the resolution: of the 'not a/nd .he amount bid. How- other clerks who will record t-hcro in
I believe th.'„* the money could be r il-' ever, if there is any bidder present^- t.vo boolus, one ' > remain in the Law-
sed and it would ct-riio-i-1> b
most just
sum."
r.iy ia wlii,:-h
who, when h.is bid is read, desires to ton land office and the other to go (to
i have the tracts rud, we will reuid, the general land office a: Wasin'n.gton.
JHEI'ARL) IS HKW ClfflU"
fleo.
ti« 8uc.ce <1s Him
ion Cam Dap.irtmeuii.
Sian ittiniajd, of the lAit'eii lire
d iiwaw *inii ii iii app '«n4<vl br
M<t|oa .law*, no Jtjko the place of L.
vi lladley clitef, 'h^inming witJi to-
mvqr lh« J.i.y ill it M'. Kadley'
SigiaaWcti tnJo.s effort. Mr. Sliep-
■d has l ii m iii-niber of the depar-
eat foi the i>i.si three yeans and W(
i it.pp >(n inotn by his faiit.hful and
vol' ready willingness to do his duty,
■argt* Hopkitia liii boon app".kii:ed
uao«H Svn Mr. Hopktna lieus Ik
•anaoi 'd wi.J: this and the Olilaii)-
i City fire depor xiion's for the last
ur yens .nwd is a c >mpeient firoman
r Hie place. Til se two nio:i havv
aociai<il with them Kolicrt M"(.v,1-
a/t, whicii will oompoee the fons? irf
lie regulu' pud fin- depur nun*.
NSW OFFICERS.
A« Bow sv« of offioers wsjs
eot«*d tu do. aasutng year by the
'lambeir if Ootrotnorce lait nigiw The
■*itiiin «ai HcluNluled to htv t'k -n
aoa Tuasdn# .'v-ni'ig at-jd bocu'-ise. of
e jvvw a'tmi J oi/w th" elic'ton wis
rationed it no I lis' evening . The of-
eers chrvMi wen- as foil >ws: Ohar-
I M. Myers, iw wid.'iit; W. H. Quln-
e, first vie.' j>i Yiii1eii'; E. E. iJVpl<.y,
iwl V'oe liro d n'; Hol>eit l^n-
b iT^aty, \V. M. W. Moll, treas-
The bo'jrd (>f d root.ors are; f.
I Myorw, \T. It. Quiuette, E. E
IpJey, I). R R'.nkln, U. F. H. IJar-
r, I'. I) An.-Vtfs.in, audi'. V. Ben-
w.
V lifting !■ ..i b««n wdored in the
Ji «< w*ii4t'' upon the rei>ort of
iM WitoKier, l&w clerk in thetown-
! division. wh. came here law wim-
r to l«ok iivo the case. W. J. Py-
it, mar* lias bun yermittsd to ap-
tor a ketuiag
DKLEGATES
ARE AGREED
Edley, Tucker ftnd Carr, as to Divis-
ion Of
COM A NCHE c0 U NT Y
Smith/wow to Siioede, Oth'eirwise Coan-
ty Will Remain Initiot—
•ignivl Agreenneot.
0«Unie, Okta.. Dec. IS.—The lobby
of the convention hall tv"". erowded
ynBt.-rdar af'er*H>e, all easer w a«t
iato the eountfr boandary room to
what wes doin£ The del ®at«a aaa
being admititod to preaemt tkeir mepa
v>.d protests. The maps show tha* Co
m tne.he couniy wi< to be divided in-
to three oounrles, but delegate Edley
who has fought division of the coun-
ty, presented the Hollowing u> tlie com
mit.tee yes'erday.
"We, the undersigned delegates from
Comanche coun y and repreaeating the
win lie of said oouiaty, have agnxid lie
follows:
"That a county may be cut off of
the s uthweat portion of said county,
but that no other change or cut be
made within said Comanche county."
Respectfully submitted, Wm. H. Ed-
ley, 53rd district, John M. Carr, 54Lb
district md G. M. Tucker, 55tli dist-
rict.
The convention decided yesterday
to take two weeks vacation for the
holidays adjournment on Eriday, De-
cember 21st, to Thursday, January i.
Mr. Edley lias in roduced two more
mi« rtaiiiit inroposltiotis. One relative
to sal iries of demised officers; the
other to railway oorporaitiene.
The prohibition delegates niwi rym-
pa.th.izi rs are still working f iii hfuHy
There are nine votes in the rommi'tee
that will report out a constitutional
provision, and fifty three votes in tlie
convention thus far known thit will
support tlie provision.
J. M. Ristine, of Hastings, is (n
the oity in the interest of the King-
fisher college glee club. If he oan se-
cure enrj*igh suUscriUirs for the nd-
varriesmemt, they will come January
8th. This club is composed of twenty
members under the directorship of
Homer C. House. Several y^a-g act
this else duk played to a large house
la this dty aad waa for themseJvas
a reputartfo*.
' ■'mm. We are g ing to work night
'end day fr tn now until the bids are
,IV, aided. I want to take rhis oeca-
l sion to thamk the bidders end the cit-
! izons of Lawton for helping me con-
duct th© bidding. Nothing buit the
best of order his prevailed in the city.
You have shown nie thai your cil y
hais the highest type of American cit-
izenship."
A large audience greeted tlie open-
ing of thie bids and a number of those
interested, attempted to take downithe
bidding tu it waa read, but they soon
aaw tkut
gaiva up
laiw.oc la te reoeifa better trail
•eiTica avar tka rriaeo, beg'-tiat $a«
day, IJaoanl^r 1* Tnr mtny maa'ki«
tka iapr vaaanta kave kaaa ndar
advlaemaat, Aa idditkmal
•raia will b« put oa l>5.;w -a Lawioaj
aad Qaanah, Tixaa It will leava Law j
■ji u I II a n arrlvtai la fiiydat
a- 1:11a lb retaralacit iaaraaQaaa
rk at 4 It a ai . arrivlag a/. Saydar at
( W,l«a.vlas at T il a aeaaakiagLa
toa at I H |i ■ Tkia tj-aji will
■aka aeaa*e'i«ia wi k all train katk
aortk aad aoa'k oa tha He* llaa at
5n dfracid will maka direr: aoaaaal-
lona witk all aorth aad west trains
over tha Tort Wort,k and Daaver at
Quanaih.
No. 411, tha wn« ixnind train, will
leave Oklahoma City at 10: SO a in.,
and rei/ih Lawton at. 2:10 p. m. East
of Oklahoma City the Frisco '« doing
a groat businesw, both passenger and
freight. This train i* met ar Okla-
homa City inntoad of Sapulpa. 1. T.,
as in the past and is a c usolidation
of the Kansju City and St. Louis M')-
tor.
The east bound passenger train. No.
Tlie east bound paaaemgir main, No.
414 l* due a: Law on at 12:S0, nnorn,
and leaves at 12:55 reaching Oklaho-
ma City at 4:40 p. m., two hours be-
fore tlie train leaves for t.he east. The
Kansas City Uetor leaves Oklahoma
City at J:4S p. m.. arriving iia Kan-
fttis City at 7;16 a. m. the next day,
while the 8t. Louis Uetor leaves Okla-
homa City at :10 p. m. reaching its
destination the following day at 11:10
a. m. in the past the trains have split
at Sapulpa., while n-iw they go strai-
ght through.
From Oklahoma Oity the St. Ixiuis
train goes east making all the stops
between Oklahoma City and Sapulpa,
while the Kmnsas City train does not
stop be'ween the two citieu.
A large numb r of additional thro-
ugh freights will be put on the Law-
ton division at this time. A rip track
is being bull: in the lawton yards.
CHANGE IN ItOX RENT.
Beginning December 20th. the rent
on th" postoffice boxos becomes due
and is payalil" before January 1st Un-
der the new regulations the ixiymen'
for these box-s ha'.; In- n chnuged for
THE C0CNTT
B0UNDRIES
'■ ™«si ta« l* Re^av Twmdtf ar Wert
Thie clerks are James E. Weibb, 11
R. Blanding, Frank ii. King. E. E.
Gore, H. H. McKnight, F. Wray, J.
IJ. Brewer, Cyril Eps eiu.
Liter:—After thi? clerks become
more familiar with the reading of the
bids, they have reached a better speed |
Everythimg tha' can be eliminated!
from the reaxling is being done Af-
ter they begin to read a bid and fiawl
that, a large number of the amounts
bid are Ihe Siun«, thay read oaly t.he
numbar of tha tracts and me>atioa thait
they ai-e all of tha sami amount. By
lit was impossible, ao tk«y I this method it ia aatimatad tkat fully
ad warv iato tha room oc ] thrai kundied bids aaa ba read daily^
tlie first tein days
'lie last ten days
quarter. In side i f
ted that a uniform
fid for all boxes at
offic.-s n th • 1'iii'
of til,
of th.
quarter to
praceedXng
ir it is expec-
wtll be i narg-
virioiis post-
eapiad by tka clerks tkat weja record- it this rate it will require tweatj-t.we
iaj ike bidi, wkara a mack slower pre workisg day* la eoenplete Ube leadiiaa;
aeai te keiac « ad la tka readiag j J. T. Malay, ekiaf alirk af the la-
Doa C. Cart pea««i bka first kM tarter da(iartmeat. hae aaftlflai
aambarad H eim«eid g with Na. 1, i Witkaa tkait ke will give iia Ml *!*•
aad alaa a«nk«iaf dii aeoaMjiaayiiae elarke aaeixsl «t iaiwiaa aad la ?/a«k-
ckeok tka Mn• mabtr I' waa a« , ia#)taa, ha ras* ike we*k #• Sara
sad oa to aiwtkar dork aad tkaa ta^ha ckief eiork's aoafidasilssl bob, w l
J. B. Calllhan. who read It alemd. , laavi for Wsakiagtoa tasighd to f*i«
Daniel S. Gallop, of lawton, whoae
envelope bore No. 6788, was tha first
bid to lie opened amd i«ad, and line bid
ran from $800 to $1000. Moairoe Hat-
ris, of Duncan, I. T., No. 6904, was
the second bidder,and. his high mairk
was JS.108. Thi third bid to bi cp-
cha-rge <:rf the luids a* tsay irriva at
th« general land offlee.
A. E. Elston, one of tj e raadiig
clerks, w.id this afternoon, 'Tka bifla
are on scattered land ind from proa
eat indications it looks as though all
the land would go."
ROCKEFELLER'S
[every day of tlie year is therefore $184
| 383.52. Every hour of twenity-four was
T T TA.T(, |in« or sleeping, playing folf or sknt-
M I LL10NS in« sitting in church or superintend-
ing the new house at Cocari; Ico, John
j D. Rockefeller' is sure that $8,840.98
accumulating for him.
DYCHE STEPS US'
As Appoiin ed Terri rin 1 Audi nr By
Governor Fran'c.
GOOD MAN FOR PLACE
lawton People An Pleased JH « Fat
low Of Seholarly Attaia-
maits.
NRW COUNTIES NAMRD
Ku -* Will Prailpiaaka Wg 7 cut on
Flaar af Cmraaltoi—Oaa« t
•aa/ riaaa
ffatkrlo tUo, too 1< - Tha laen
■ fttao oa aaaav kiaiiartia kald Us
flaai koarug yaatards^ ■#<■( Aa* K
woald glvo aa haid ta fintkar pMl>
in aad aldra«i*a Tka
is tinw a', work oi a ataqp of lidian
tarritory aad sueh port!as* af Okla^
homa as are asking fur aoaaty il v;44ioTi.
Tho oommittoe expaeta ta aubmit its
mip and report to the aoaviajoa e-
bout next Tuesday or Wad«esd*.y. Aad
whatever that report may bo it will
not t> adopted without a aoateit aid
much speech making oi tka floor of
the oonven ion.
The committee ia it's report will
name the diffeirw couri'ie s created
It is oonisid ring three suggea: ions as
to county seats, one being to nam '
them permajie-vly, which has notknv
of adoption; a second is to make no
recommanda'ion as to tke looaMoa of
county seats: and a third to came the
county aaats temporarily, giviig Uitt
people sathoriry o> vc.ta oa tke perai-
anent looatioi at tkair optaoa Dm of
the ooavsatloi leaders oakl bm gkt th
Ii kis opiaion tki lsat flaa woald be
followed
President Murray anaottuead today
the resign*', on of hn privati owatary,
L. T. Russell, of Ardmore President
U array w ji displeased lately over ti*?
publicity g.ven the story of a-n «gre<'-
ment beitween L. G. Niblivk and Rus-
sell, that the lat'.er was to ,-eeeive
one-third of tho profit of the conven-
tion printing, which is being done by
Niblack's comj^niy Russell claimed,
Nlblack reifustU is agreement
Presidaa: Murray said that be did
not wish ' make : stiitemant when,
asked ■o.iight if Russell's resignation
was due to the eon'|oversy over the.
prin ing. Ruivll w "l hold Ills ]Kaslt-
lon Uiatil DenemlKsr 21.
De.lcgai'.e W. Hughes, of Oklaho-
ma City has kvtr >du"ed a a pcopo-Jt-
ion on the liqti r traffic thai1 probably
will receive the support of conserv-
a ive members of the con/ventlan, who
doubt th" utility of constitutional pro-
hiibiMtra., and ar? ye: unwilling to ham
a wholly liquor s:a'e. Huglets' prep-
osition is for municipal local option,
t lie s i.le of llqu >r being prohlh'ted out-
side of ir.rxwporiv« towns wlvre cit-
izens may vote oil the quesr.un ev> ry
two yoars by a petition of 25 p'r oent
of the voters. For each lic«nse graut-
*d $300 shall be p vld to the Hl^L r for
the e"lir(ol fluid, $."i00 to the coimi'y,
and to the town such a sum s^ may
be filed by local ordinances.
His Close Associates Claim the Mag
tva'e's Annual Income Is
COUNTERFEIT MONET
SIXTY
MILLIUN DOLLARS A|^,0 Ruisenl Paper Money Is ia Clr-
i oil la'ion.
Nearly Sevn Thousand Dollars An1
Hour, tli^ Kate at Whic-h Hie
Fortune Increases.
rrom Satnrlay'i Dad? <
Considerable counterfeit money and
raised paper bank noteB are in circu-
lation iin the nenw country. Tom Wal-
ker, United States marshal ha.s pick-
ed up several quarters end hfJf dol-
lars in tlie pas few mo:i i.s s. niajy
New York, Dec., 13.—From au'hor-
ities that should be absolute. John D.
Rockefellers annual income has ber>n I different iKiints in his territory. Yns-
f r the first time authentically given; lerday he took possession of one dol-
out. 1- will be s x y mill'on dollars at I t-r bill that-had be^-.n very shri-wdly
the close of the y ur 1906. i r.bleed to a '■ wen:y dollar bill. So
Hanry H. Rogers and John I). Arch- J smooth w as the work that It would
bold wre talking w It a finauoi n, r'*kI tile ordinary business man If i,
when the subject came up of how fost! were flashed upon him. No arrest
the all king's millions wore piling on have been made for persons passing
one another. Said Mr. Rognrs:
I know for a fact that Mr. Rock-
efeller's income this year will be 69
millions."
Mr. Archhold assented. Thrse two
me® are closer to John D. Rockefel-
ler's finances than my uUi<>r two in
tka warld
tills money mnd everyone should be
on their guard no as dot to acoeqH any
of Uie spurious eoia or pejier.
The next meeting of the En.tre Nonis
club will be held at the hnrne of Mrs.
8. U Cunninghan, Jan. 9, 1907. The
Mr. ReK!kWaU<r's income1 Chriiwjnas number will ha amlrAed.
•uitkiii, 8k1«., Deo 13.— Gereraor
Fro nts today ea non need the reijgaa-
tioa of L. W. Baxter ia territorial en-
pirln'tendont ef public laatructlrao. ox
office auditor amd his appointment of
J. E. Dyc.ho of Ijaw'on to succeed Bax-
ter.
J. E. Dyche, waa until a f<*w days
ago, assistant post mas:«r and h;is
•he disttaotiom of being a republican
meimber of ,the board of county com-
missioners cf Comanche county.
Mr. Dyche is s graduate of the Kan-
sas universvy and was formerly «
teacher i:i tha state f >r a number of
years. He Is personal friend of Gov,
Frs.ntz, the two having lived a-' We.l
lington, Kansas, in the earlier days.
NOTICE.
No . e m section 1 of the Corum
che Couniy Tescher's association.
There are to lit lour points for pre-
liminary or township contests. These
are to be held January 5'h as follows
lows:
First at district 25, iincluidliuig dis-
tricts 7-8-130-13-11-9-20 and 21.
Second at Elgin, including districts
118-114-2-22-15-9-17-16—18—53.
Third ;r district 31, including (1U-
' riots 31, 24, 12, 26, 27, 2S, 32, 30, 29,
34, 36, 44 and 127.
Fourth at Lawton, including *3,
38, 33, 37, 45, 46, 47. 48, 57, 56, 54,
d2, 188, 189. Judges to be selected by
teachers entering pupils in (v>mest.
S. M. Barrett, Pres.
J. A. Johnson, V. Pres.
Mary Hansen, Sec.
John Gilhreth, of Clinton, Mo., n
prominent attorney of that «ta/!.e, Is ia
tlie eity visiting friends and looking
over the city.
( RATIFIED CHECKS
Mori thai kalf a millioa dolnrs in
certified ckecki wiro madi o«r k«f the
tkrea aaiiloiel baakt of tke ait?, ex-
eltuiva af Umm iaauod by «4ie
skita baaki t.hraagh tko aMiaan.1
baako.
E It >kipioy. aiokiei of dio City
Mtioool kank nld ikia moraiait "We
iiiaefi aeorly owe tkonaaid oortifk-'l
chocks to anc/im|ia.i7 t.ke bids o« the
big pasture iitd wi eatimati tkat th>-y
iverage more thaa $240. Tki (MiaaJlest,
one was for $60, on a fractional piece
of land,, a,nd the largest wm for $1,-
000.61."
Guy C. Robertson, cashier of the
First National bank said. "We esti-
mate the average amount of the certi-
fied checks Issued by us wss not tiny
more than $270 and we issued aoaiie
less than one thousand checks. The
smallest one was for $36 afid th.e larg-
est was for $1,266."
T. H. Dunn, cashier of the Law-
ton National bank said, "We figure
that the average check made by our
bank to accompany bids was a little
over $280, while the smallest waa fcr
$160 and the largest was for $1,000.
We issued more than 450 checks. "
GAMBLING ON TRAIN.
Freia Thnrxlajr'i Dally Conatltutlan.
Ira Harness was arrested Tuesday
evening on an outgoing north bound
train by the Rock Island special agent
on the charge of gambling on the trai
It. 13 alleged that Harness was playing
"Short Monte." He was taken to Area
darko, where he was turned over to
Tom Walker, United Slates Marshal,
and brought back to Lawton and pla-
ced in the county jail.
J. L. Jackson, of Cache, conatahla,
is in tha city.
Ma.lcomb Kennard, son of John D.
Kennaurd, city engineer, wrote hisfu'h
er under recent date from debourna,
Texas, telling him uha.t he would be
married Snnday to Miss Ella Byars.
Malcomb assisted his father in tike en-
gineer work and Is well known herf
He has th« best wishes of his friends
for a happy aad prasparaus wadded
Ufa.
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Williams, J. Roy. The Lawton Constitution. (Lawton, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 20, 1906, newspaper, December 20, 1906; Lawton, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc118047/m1/2/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.