The Lawton Constitution. (Lawton, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 46, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 21, 1907 Page: 8 of 8
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Over the County
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Coettltetjee U not Aires*? Keprevcete* Sesd S «*fc Letter. Sl «M Es * c
,.d Srt«r tkM *T* K F nii^d A« £*■«"""«
Steal* *■ Si;K< >i< react tke OwuUnes kj '
TweUsy el Esck «k-
CHIPS FROM HULEN
Re* J W. C,re«
ular Ai^iBUnent
and Sunday. \ ery
N> 1 S 2- more
Feb IT
fillod hi®
don?, and hs Btcrt of ha'dw^xv ,s com
ing every day. It will be only afew dy
now until he vi'l bars i full fiB'ock 03
ha: d. This mak s ih.^ne b* hiirdwan
&" rf* vc have and r.x«o for more
THE WATER SUP-
PLY STEPS TO
INCREASE IT
MOW IN CONVENTION
M«sk .. ana
(Prom Page One)
Baker Hurl Miaa<ia« e"o
Epithets
OCTHRiK 1 te legates HsskeH of Mus-
koc^r and Baker at Wewoka enlivened
Ike procetdmics Saturday by burlias
nlaa.k* and epithets at eacii ®'her 011
Ita floor of th- convention. The H was
passed and Haskell seised a pal- ' weight
and threw it at Baker's head Baker re-
turned the compliment by throwing an
mk stand full of uk at Haskell. the
Matter dodging behind his desk to avo.J
personal Injury The paper weight miss
•4 the otb.T streams of that socr-on.
Recent communica iona from A'.ish
netun indicate that I ho Interior d tv ~d Baker's head by a fraction ofan Inch
irtmect will at once take up th* eh'
ter of giving LawU o lmm-d.«te r?l:ef
The commRtira wis contbui d tad
was UM&fBCted to take such s ;« as
i- dacmod necessary lo perfect arrange
t ta for setting all the neotsaary *
and struck a desk. splitting It The
«el<«ates then started toward each other.
Sergeant-at-Arms Imrant cleared MI
Jesks and made a foot ball tackle on
Baker, while his assistant "«• Oats,
seised Ha?k-*1L
tor in the gallery. The
■ Jeer In a loud tone of
LEGISLATIVE
apportionment
named grand patron
state
Oklahoma's first
omjiosed «' 41 ten
GUTHRIE
legislature will be cumfo"" " -
.tor* and 1M representatives,
pr_en, plans of the legislative
.■vmttirc rvinain unchanged.
mint committer r*u«"
^ Waa) number of both branch-. -
.<11 be' chosen from the
the legislature will be #
oklahoma and
the state, the 41st se
Indian Territory side, of
nator coming from a
to
~. ..<1 of Payne county
district comrof-d or ™
and Moman county. L •
will b.
feat -
P. 1
pat:.*
be
A spe* 1
coaching
brought
of
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put
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time w
mi-w no -- ra ^
t-ift d
Mfie Ht.' ^
« f hr r n *hbf«
try a"M T .
Tis;u>n S-S-i}
reporvl
F W.'kln* —lftng pri-piratlocs
to IraT# th.^ country and gu to Sul-
phur
Emory 5 tvm ore did not vent tire out
try far Sunday. > suppose he w.ia
to gire the pixia a r«6t
Jeae- Stiemore and KuOver Gentry! tient. Is improvitig.
haye gon-into the b<* bualn^ J Prof. W S Yt un« haa been ta d up
The farmers are glad to e* nice two weeks w,th a spell of gripp but is
wee the* for a lew days. Some arc ti- j able at this writing to resume his du- j
j.vin of eow.ng oata.—Chock 1 ti« at Prairie Valley
BBTHtU
(District irr.i
Er ery body is try rig to g'-t done
picking cotton. Pickers are at a pro-
m:um.
School adjourned from the 6th to
the 35th Inst, on account of small pox
Fred Vanbooe r. our smalt pox pa-
ls d
the
he right occurrt i i
,f the raiiroaA pre
Haskell declared that Baker
taken in a'.l of his assertions ;wra.r,st
the measure. m*hen the latter replied
•1 hope that Mr Haskell, who has
all along denied his railroad affiliations,
will not tsow display the cloven hocf
"If yxm make such a mean insmuAtioa
as that you are a contemptible liar,
nearly replied Haskell.
"Then you are a liar." retorted Baker.
. . . . .. and the missiles began to Py
city hnd stored to the rear Both mtn apologlzM to the conven-
Oklahoma
The senators
districts, in 10 of
will be elected
Oklahoma county
senatorial district,
ator
Tee represents ti v
tioned mainly by <
ha%ing at least ont
sentatlves, aw.
districts made
elected from 31
hich two senator.
will be a serrate
entitled to one sen-
districts are appor-
representative.
s It w 11 r lict:
y ciasideraby, a
manu'acturing pi n'i
o! ibs city are us ng water fiom i'.ie
domeat c supply mains.
Hv-ck Tbooias. chief of th-*
made a report sbow.ng that
on -fcaif of the leuding houses of busi-
ness in t BOin m*a — I — ~ - . ...i^iritv
of its place inflamible ma'j?-i£l. The ttor, but not to each other Delegate return a sure democratic maj j•
property owners were O'dro- O clean UcCance declared tlat If any more | wll b, republl.-an and 14 uncerU .
up lh?ir n~r m^ee inside TO days «en« of the kind w^ e^ted ^ndan^
v foppe gerlrg the safety of the delegates, ne
Qrand Chapter of Eastern Star Conclude*
Session at Enid
ENJU; Marked enthusiasm and in_
creased attendant* favored the sewlois
at the oklahoma Grand Chapter order
or tlte K as tern Star, whlih adjourns^
Friday. Mrx. M. Alice Miller of ti
KeiiO. right wt-rthy grand .onductresa 0(
lh,- gran 1 chapter cf the world, gave ao
interesting anil Inatructlve address on
ritualistic work of the order, anil , losed
the meetings by Installing the fullowing
officer.:
Grand matron. Mary K. Alvertoa.
Blackwell; grand, patron. C. D. leach,
Oklahoma City; associate grand matron.
Anna C. Wade. Perry; associate grand
patron, W. E. Gilpin, i-iiilnss; nand
cerretary. Kittle I*c. Abercromble, KtlU.
water; grand treasurer, Mrs. Mary Dun-
can. Carmen; grand conductress. Lula
B. Evans, Btroud; assistant^ rand con-
unty ductrens. Flora Parker, Anadarko, crand
The lecturer. Mrs. P. M. L. Kay, Guthrie;
repre- ; <rand Adah, Mrs. Hogan. Cashion, ::rand
" addition there are 14 j ituth. Mrs. Blackcrt. Geary; grand K -
n ''- part, of different ; ther, Mrs. Howell. Lawton; grand Mar-
J tha. Flora Cain, Taloga; grand Elects,
... . two reorescn- i Mrs. F.llen N. Fall. Alva; grand chaplain,
"J . lUrf auu-lct I. composed Mrs. Cawle M. Wakefield. Mangum;
ta ,>es ■■ ty and partly grand marshal. Mrs. Maggie Gamble,
Partly of Oklahoma count> and P ^ Mrs. Sear, y K,k
of Cleveland county. ^ CUy, graI)d wardtr, Mrs. Kate Sucton.
So county in the s i c]ereluMj; grand sentinel. J. J. Mridaey.
two representatives^ Norman.
Of the 41 Jemo. Guthrie was selected as the next —
tlmat^i that ^ -^n^d^rlublfu, !nual mating ri^.
cratic, nine republican and rour oo . —
Of the 1M legislative districts 62 win TERRIFIC ROCK ISLAND SMASH
28
WEST CACHE.
The senatorial districts as practically
i t _ agreed on by the committee are under-
bid 3 ty dmf the po .vt force to' c'a\e the Offending mem- | ,toodw t0 be as follows;
has Do u Instructed to enforce th: ordi of ^ convention expelled. jj0 i, ottawa. Craig and Coweta ™un-
Pii sections of the provision which t!fs; Washington and Tulsa; 3.
U1 regulate the railroads and other pub- j oDer ud okmulgee; t. Hughes and
J „ , . nc service corporations of Oklahoma I fuskfte; 6 Seminole and Pontotoc; b.
netr on North Boundary and Th;rd St mcorporated In the constitution In ,^nor, latimer; 1. Pushmataha.
Mm -aeplor Is out agahl after bins I for sidewalks. An adveniKment wis ttw of the whole Saturday. Any | MK-urteln ad Choctaw; 8. Pittsburg.
f..- fi^vc.-al days I ordered published covering the con- railroad, oil pipe line, car line, express. John,to!, - Jd Coal; 10, Jefferson and
the three thor- tekgraph or telephone corporation or | gteTenl; u Qreer. Woods. Woodward
nance to tbe letti*.
Surveys have been made by city -gi-
: confined to her room
s:ruction of walks on
j with the gripp-
' Mrs Young is able to be up again oughfarrs.
„n l The following bills allow d.
$17 80
i District 9<>
Mi*-«- Far and Grace Longshore v.t and says pUose excuse her from an)
,,e«l their Bister Sunday. more gripp. . U' ° ^ '
m- liariK-r is to move on the Slvl- Walter Ferguson is all smiles sine? | Distributing bill
,on puce and Will make a crop tier. \ U dre> north w^t 31 2 north. ; Texas Mfg t, . supp ies
Lri Piku. who has b:co «***1 M ss Maude Smith, our Uacher. u|oity eng neer pay roll ..
11 at Mr. McBntire's hou e is up a- en the dodge from the email par
Elmer Johns, m de a flying tr.p to
Duncan Friday and came back Sunday
What for Elmer? You had hotter keel
your eys cm the dag.—Alkali Ike.
..10.6.
97.50.
42
gain
Prvf. J. W. Slaughter visited Law-
ton Saturday.
Sunday's attendance at Sunday sch-
o-".. was 30 in all. nearly 50 per cent
les^s than the previous Sunday.
During the w.nter months abundeno i
•I rain has fallen softly and qu. "ly ui
tur mtot and our hearts ar.- fi.l.-d|
wl'h gratitude for this gr:-at blessing
The run has come out and brightened
land and hearts, warmed the earth,
tM'ned into life se>:ds and roots, till
nov , as far as eye can see, the fresh.
Ilcatc, green buds clw>?r the farmer j
■_ of coming crops
Wandering Willie
SEl.MS NEWS.
HEAVER ITEMS.
We are havjig soma fine weather.
It is getting very dry.
Mr. Dan hams, who has been sick
with gripp is improving.
Some of Mr. Simon's fim'.ly are down
with the gripp.
Mr. Hsartman and sou ar? sick.
Little cotton In this vicinity to pick
I yet.
. 1 i'u.
. .85.50.
200
.50 00
association organized or authorized to an(J E1!ii. n Beaver, Cimarron. Harper
do business under the laws of the state Texas; 15, Garfield; 16. Grant and
shall have the right to construct and Kay; 17 Koble. Osage and Pawnee: IS.
operate its lines between points within payI)e and Moman; 19, Logan, 20. King-
the state, and to correct at the state i fuher anJ Canadlan; 21. Oklahoma.
line with like lines and shall have th*> ( cf t;ie foregoing districts are
right to cross or Intersect any rai'road , Mti0ed ,0 une ^nator and the follow-
or other such line. 1 jllg ten ve entitled to two each:
The seconu section compels every puh- j N> Adajr, Cherokee. Delaware,
lie sen Ice corporation to transport eac^. ^ Rogers. Sequoyih; 23. Mu.-ko-
other's passengers, tonnage and cars
loaded or empty, without delay cr dis-
crimination. under rules prescribed by
the legislature or the corpo-atlon enm-
.28.25 mission. It Is made mandatory upon
S 50. every oil pipe Une t<t transport the oth-
er's tonnage of oils or other commodi-
ties under rules prescribed by the leg-
° . isiature or commission, and every tele-
also
[.ut SlUur
tD.stiict 1331
l*jRS Nma Hood is v<"ry ill with pn-
eamonia.
Mrs. C c N. ni- s- very sick
Robb'r.s.
Ed VttiU" •[ Faion. was
day af'er h -s c*>.':i.
M-. and Mis. O. B ParkhUl and Mr.
atvd Mff. Bwley. of Chattanoog".. w. r.
out to the s;ile Saturday.
A. E. Oman's s 'le Saturday was larg-
ely attend d and the so> k sold at goo
prices.
Mr, Oran and family will move
Lawton soon.
Aria Pile, of Chattanooga was in our
vicinity Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Zoolo Carr, of Sunny
Slope, were visitors at Mrs. Arnold's
Sunday Rosa
Mr and M"S. E^ino' son. of t.*>ar \al
j ley View visiter, horn• folks Sinday.
Mrs. Dunbai visitld at Mr. Parmer's
Sunday.
Mrs. Ury son went shopping at Wal-
ter Ui^i week, also v s.ted M s. Sii 1-
ton.
Th? school at Beaver ^ progressUig
nicely w th Mi-s C.K>n t:-ichor.
Mr. MuVey is during quit!: a g <od busi-
net4? with h'.s fc w mill.
Misses Delia . id Jessie Bryson., ve-
iled a Mr. Briii ?od Sunday.
Mr. Frederick, of Walt:r, was can-
vassing in this vicinity last weok.
Miss Jessie Bryson has entered the
Corum school. She reports Mr, Da-
to' v.3 a fine teae-her.
| Mr. Parm.ra hnvo moved to the bot-
tom til- iu.
Correspondent please sign communi-
cation hereafter.—Bd.
Comanche Light & Power Co.
L Lozfer, cross.ngs
C Plumm?r, gravel
street ar:d brldja pay roll
Morrow k. Northop
Orient Oil Co,
Jack King, labor
Smith, Thomas & Davis
R A Jones, filing suit .. .
J A Jackson, hay 6 30 phone or telegraph company operated for
Comanche LUh. & Power Co, 379.10. hire shall transmit each other's mes-
<i-5 sages without delay or discrimination.
H Oonkl'.n, 1 I' tnmjlg ' j AJ| raI1road, heretofore or hereafter
constructed are made public highways. Texas, 1. _
! nd i'l ra'lroads and other public serf- Custer. 1; Dewey. 1; EUls. 1; Garfield. bruises.
From Monday. Daily Constitution. aM ^ do,n(f bu.,n„!,? ln ,he Grant. u Jackson, 2; Kay, 1; King- w. A. Tover. Oklahoma City
H. L. Todd, of Enid, is in the City. .tate ^ ^amtain an office in the fisher. 1: Claremore. 2; Lincoln. 1; Lo-J bruises.
S I McElho.S is at Cement on law „tate where all and records shall gan. 2. Major. 1; Noble, 1; Oklahoma, .: I
k fcr inspection. Including a'l In- Pawnee. 1; Pottawatomie, 2; R/ger Mills, bruises.
formation in regard to stock, assets and J; Tillman. 1: Washita. 2; Woods. X; | J Rodger..
liabilities At leaat one meeting of the Woodward. 1; Osag<\ 1.
stockholders shall be held In the state The following districts In Oklahoma
Haskell and Mel to V. 24. Carter.
Love and Murray; 25. Cleveland. Garvin
and Mclain: 26. Caddo and Grady; 27,
Brvan, Atoka and Marshal; 2S Beck-
ham. Roger Mill, and Dewey; 29. Wash-
ita, Custer and Claremore; SO. IJncoln
and Pottawatomie; 31. Comanche. 1111-
man and Jackson.
Representatives are apportioned to the
various counties as follows:
j Alfalfa. 1: Beaver. Beckham, 2; Blaine
Oklahoma City the Scene of Head-on Col-
lision, Injuring Fifteen
oKUAJiOMA CITY: Fifteen persons
were bruised and painfully injured aa a
result of a collision between Bock Island
switch engine No. 181. in charge of En-
gineer Frank Wilson and Fireman A. *N.
Nichols, and westbound Hock Island pas-
senger train No. 7 at T:30 o'clock Thurs-
day night 150 yards east of the viaduct
near the water tank. Both crews were
at fault. The Injured:
Engineer Frank Wilson. Oklahoma
City; partial fracture of the tibia, se-
\ere scalds and severe bruises.
A. N. Nichols. Oklahoma Clt>; rib
1 roken, severe bruises.
N. E. Hall. Nevada. Mo., collar bon
[ bm!k«n.
L. C. Featherstone. Featherstone L
T.; face cruised ;md lip cut.
L>r. H. J. Hughes. Muskogee. I T.;
i '^htly bruised.
l>r. F. E. Fisher. Muskogee. I. T ; head
k and ba/Jc bruised.
Elizabeth Cronn. Yukon; nose broken.
H. B. Kernportx, Choctaw; nose and
cheek cut.
W. F. Thomas. Muskogee. I. T.; Up
j cut. teeth broken.
H. W. Gruinawatt. Muskogee, I. T.,
i face bruised.
W. If. Carver, Oklahoma City, chit
1; Caddo. 1: Canadian, 1; Cimarron and cut.
Cleveland. 1; Comanche, 2; George S. Sterndorff. Wichita, slight
business.
j. D. Cusscnbcry. uf Sterling, i«
the city.
L e Jamison of Davidson, is a Law- ,nnually and the president or superin- Territory are comprised of parts of dlf-
tm vi=IL-r tender: shall report annually or as often {,r(.nt counties:
bv law to the corporation Oklahoma and Cleveland. 1: -^"ttn-
J. B Riilkle, of Red river tow.-Sh.p com!r § slon The rolling stock or other watomle and Lincoln. 1: Kay and Osage,
is in the City.. 'movable property of public servie- cor- j. Kiowa. Custer and Washit I: Cad-
Mrs. Frank Hurt is in K':nsos City shall be considered personal d0 and Grady, 1; Comanche and Stevens.
"'■=i<irg fri nds and reiat'ves. property and Its real and personal p op-
S -he etv shall be liable to execution the
same as property of individuals, and the
legislature can pass no laws abrogating
this provision.
The remaining sections of this report.
twenty-seven in number, were consid-
ered Monday. The provisions are taken
almost bodily from the Texas and Vir-
ginia constitutions amf statute laws
II. Everett. Oklahoma City;
Waxahatchie, Tex.
slight
slight
sprained.
SETTLES
AN IMPORTANT CASE
CHATTANOOGA NEWS
Fobrtiary 19.
" Tire roost of the farmers are throug
geesiing oats and th^re is a good many-
done picking ootton or wjl be done
thie w.tk.
I, ops:«l wemt to Lawton y-stcrday
to serve as grand juror.
LAWTON R R NO. 2 GLEANINGS
February 17
V'pt ather wo are hftv'ng. Why
couldn't It have been before, 1 won-
der.
Carl honhams family who havob^sn
sick are able to g« around aga n. a s ■
Chas. Watk ms and M ?s Dora Watk n
are around again a^ter a 6iege of la-
1: Beckham and Dewey. 1: Jackson and
Tillman, 1.
The following is the apportionment ln
the Indian Territory counties:
Adair, 1; Atoka. 1; Bryan, 2; Carter. 2;
Cherokee, 1; Choctaw, 1; Coal. 1; Rogers
1; Craig. 1: Delaware. 1: Garvin, 2. Gra-
dy, 2: Haskell. 1; Hughes. 2; Jefferw n.
1; Johnston. 1; latimer. 1; LeFlo--' 1;
1 l^ote. 1; Marshall, 1; Mayes. 1; Moman,
Delegate Asp of Guthrie (republican), ^ llrray, l; Muskogee. 2; McClain, 1;
the entire
Charles Ti' omton, cashier of
bank of Comanche County at Faxon.
is in the city.
Mrs. 5. A. Parslry, loft yesterday for
St. Louis, where she goes to purchase
her spring line of mlll ti?ry goods.
Lee Carter, of Fr d?rick. s in the
city today on crutches. Some time ag<
lie accide-nially shot himself through Introduced a substitute for
t t railroad report but it was tabif p okfuskee, 1; Okmulgee, 1: Ottawa. 1;
_ . , tleclared that the committee repo t Is pittsburg. 2: Pontotoc. 1: Pushmataha.
Mr. and Mrs. T. M Gay, of r?mple, cumbfr80me and makes no provision 1; seminole. 1; Sequoyah. 1: Stevens, 1:
-re in tb? city. Mr. Gay is cashier of wtiatever for the control of elevatorior 1; Wagoner 1; Washington, 1.
The following Indian Territory coun-
ties have floater representatives:
Johnson and Marshall. 1; Bryan and
Atoka. 1: Pontotoc and Coal, 1: Musko-
gee and Haskell. 1; Pittsburg and
Hughes, 1_
McCurtain, 1: McIntosh. 1; Noweta. 1:
Jtck Howard and Peat Young haditr;ppf
a car load oi horses shipped in Sat-
urday.
Roy Stodard had a car load of mule
and hors « shipped in Sunday.
Th- new houses in the big pasture
are beginn'ng to loom up.
F M. Broker, w.fe and daughter visit
Mtss M naie'Kendall. the Phe'ps sc-
hool teach r, who was unable to teach
on last Monday, to:k up her task a
gain on Tuesday.
Mr!. Victor Boahnm* Is at the pr:«-
mt writing sick with lagrippo.
LitUa Everttto Smythe has bem
'.he Farmer's National tank of his compress companies bythe™^"^
He also declarcf that If a.lopted it wiu
ncTne town. ; future railroad building in the
Harry Cralty, a graduate of theUm- 9tAtt
vtrsitv of Oklahoma, schol of phar- Baker and others also pointed out that
macy, is now employed in Tuckar's the committee provision wouldglvethe
Santa Fe, Missouri, Kansas Sl l exas,
drug store. j and Rock Island Unes a monopoly
Mr. and Mrs. Don Bohlman. of Gar-] m th<a buf,iness of the state, as new
net:, Kansas, have^moved to this Cty companies would be discouraged from
and have gone to house-keeping at 711 building.
B Avenue.
R. F. Prettyman, Rock Island agen*,
has r-nted tbi1 Frank Hurt res d no gight-Year-Oid Muskegee Boy Loc <e^
at 310 A avenue and w.ll move into tt j Up In Refrigerator Car
'mm:d atdjT 1 MTT8KOC.ee Sealed ta a refdger t«-
Mr and H.r, Joe F. Bwnnhelson k t car of the M.. K. A T. Rai!.-v.y ccmpany
toda7 for Jefferson City, o.t where
tVy w 11 visit th lr parents. Mr. Bren
nh son is county auditor.
Veas'es Kf!l Three
DUNCAN: Three children of Mr. and
Mrs. W. T. Ferris have died with the
measles within two daj"s.
Attorney General Decides Title to Val-
uable Territory Oil Lands
MUSKOGEE: The allotment « ntest
rase of Kerr vs. Schnell, a Chero^- <• eaf
over the possession <>f valuable oil lands
near Bartlesville has been decided by the
attorney general of the United States ln
favor of the contestoe. The decision is
an Important one. involving the question
as to whether -actual possession or as-
sertion of right to public domain gives
the better claim. The case has been
before the department for four years,
the department reversing Itself in its
decision and the attention of the presi-
dent of the United States having once
been called to the contest.
The commission first rendered a de-
j v ision in favor of the oonte.itee. An ap-
peal was taken to the commissioner of
i Indian affairs who reversed the ruling
! of the commission. An appeal was then
taken to the department and on June 9.
'.9<K. It affirmed the decision of the
' commissioner of Indian affairs. A mo-
tion to review the decision of June 9
I was then asked for. and the case was
referred to Frank Campbell, first assist-
ant attorney general. Attorney General
Campbell render**! a derision rescinding
the action of the department! n uphold-
ing the commissioner jn Indian affairs.
SIX DAYS OF TERROR
MAY LOSE BOTH ALLOTMENTS
•BtllM
Bet
Clifford Green, an eight-year-eld
of this city, was rescued at Fayettevliie
Ark., and released from his prison, hal
. dead from privation with his finge-s
Mrs. C. A. Thorn hill return d t*diy because of the futile attempts
from a vis.t to Dallas and other poln 3 which he had made to claw his way to
freedom through the thick walled sides
of the ear.
The boy was driven from his home
In this city about a week "ago and
wandered inte the M . K. & T. railroad
rarda. He climbed into a refrigerator
car and was soon sound asleep.
When ke awoke the car wis bsmping
aver the road and he was locked fa*t in
fets prison. The car was finally side-
tracked at Fayettevile. Ark. When it
was epened the Lad was reaped more
dead than alive.
For six days and live nights he had
keen locked In the Impenetrable *ark-
in Texas. Her mother who has been
quite ill is much better.
J. L. Jackson, of Guthrie, lightwat-
''aTran, at the f:doraJ jail is in the cit.
oiay. He has been making kis fana-
!y t visit at Cachet They will soon
i eve to Guthrie.
FOR SALB
Nw 1-4 of section 1J t i B. r . lm
provements, one 6 room residence
smoke house, cellar, well soft water,
a yard. Garden and yard fenced with
poultry netting, blacksmith shop, log
crib lumber sheds, extra good tank
half the place In cultivation the re-
mainder all tenced. 2# acres of farm
fenced, good young orchard. Hog pen
with pond ln it. 11 miles east and 3
north of Lawton, 13 miles due west of
Marlow, I T. J. F. King. 1-26 w4t
eti with John Murphy and fam.ly Sat- j ucabV3 to att:nd school on account of
urday. FYed was down here last Jur.? j ^kaees.
wbri our town was just starting toi Emma Jewell left the 5th o'
boom and he says It don t look like: ,,eb for Bridgeport to visit hT broth
the same town. j er Goorge. She win stay and go to
Paul Thomas has been clerking for Bchooi.
L. Opsal the last w?«k. M'ss Minnie Kendall went to lawton
Albert Put'kamor has his new bouae pviday evening a/'.er school to spend
BUSt ready for his new bride. We do Saturday and Sunday w th hnr parrots.
■ot know who she is yet we are all Mildred Cline has b—n sick w th la
(uessng. ' grtpp? but is around again.
We ar-> gewng uo have anoiher b'g Re«elacd holds literary every two
building on Ma n street. 24 by "0 feet w con F"riday night Ov d Guthrie,
The lumb rmen are busy these days editor of the Roeeland Chroulcle,
•< lliog lumber and unloading ears.1 rr,^jj, his very Inerestlng pap?r at tvei
From three to four ears of lumber: g night.
Mme In every day. Mrs Sanders, the lady who purchas
Srtne of the people are getting their, me Vandewark school quarter, has
gardens s ! built a tine p?s:denoe, which she is oc
gajdons ready. Think thr y are rush- cupylng —"E !rab :tli "
Ing the soasons a little as this te; —
pretty early and we might got a little j Sam A. Simpson, of Augusta, Kans.
cold snap f-om the north yet. ; ex-«ashicr of the First S itlonal bapk
Robert Armltage is one of the lucky'of Augusta and orv> of the su"c«sfu!
ones in getting a claim in uk big p bidi-rs has arrived ln the otty nr.d he
pasture. He got one In three miles of • will go to his claim at onco. H.; con
town and a dandy. Too eood for you templates the e«- bl'shment of a lum
JVl^ ber yard at Faxon. His claim Is oneait BlVf presesslon at once. Enqu're a'
Uf Yount's now hardware build'ngls a half m.les from JUiidleti |'-he Ltwton National bank. 2-9 dl *4
SENATE PASSES SILL
Confcence Report on Immigration Bill
Containing Ffoosevelt's Idea
WASHINGTON: Folowing a day of
sensational dvbrite, the senate late Sat-
urday afti'rnoon, without a roll call,
adopt'i'I the conference report on the
immigration Mil, wklch contained the
prti'lent's plan of excluding Japanese
lalMu*
| When the report Is adopted by the
horse it will U ive completed this gov-
ernment s part rf the agreinent entered
j Into by the United States and Japan
to adiust the difference growing out
the San Fnuvdsco school question
Co'bert's Descendants Need
ter Leoal Advice
MUSKOGEE: The descendants of B1U
Colbert, a famous cha -arter of the Choc-
taw and Chickasaw nations, will In all
probability lose their olaim on their al-
otments, which amount to thousands of
lcres, because they took unreliable legal
advice.
In 1898 Colbert and his descendants
made application to the Dawes commis-
sion as Chickasaw freedmen and receiv-
ed their allotments as such. Later,
through an attorney, a petition was filed .
asking that these names be transferred 11 «" <"<d; rstood JheJ.mor house will,
te the roll of the Chickasaw Indisns on
the theory that they were Chickasaw In-
dians by blood. The commissioner reo-
the case, that the petition asking for
the transfer be denied. The department
approved the recommendation of the
omtntnded, after a hearing w&j given
commissioner, but expressed a doubt as
to whether the applicants were slaves
sees ef the cax without food er drink, | of the Chlckasaws.
He was able to give his nusM ana the
drcomstances ef the trip to tfce offVowrs,
but his relatives te tfci* dty kave net
yet keen locat ed.
MAV TRY LOCAL OPTION PLAN
At a hearing before Commissioner
Bixby recently the Colberts denied that
they were ever slaves of the Indians. B*-
«*iuse ef tkis they may lose their rigfcls
as Cbiekasaw freedmen.
FOR SALE.
A good school quarter one mile
frjni town,145 acres under cultlvat on.
Will sell cheap. Easy terms, and
at once.
Convention Expected te Change the Pro-
hibition Clause
GUTHRIE: It is imported that «ke
convention may Lark-track on its action
mat ve to submitting state-wide pro-
hibition to the voters of the state. C.
N\ Haskell Saturday re#ived several
telegrams from prominent citizens of
Muskogee, asking that a local option
clause be Mitmitted along with the state-
wide pro*!* .on.
Th?re is a disposition among some el
the leader* to favor reconsideration look-
••g to such action.
government Reserves Bumino
LAWTON: Xo+rly one-half of tke
l##.(XX^aere government fo-wt reserve ta
the Wichita mountains, ten miles west
of here, is threatened with devastation
by a raging forest fire. The fire is one
of the worst ui the history of tho south-
west. and assisted by a strong wind Is
rapidly eating Its way eastward. As a
result of the valiant efforts of the super-
visor and his assistants the damage,
which already amounts to thousands of
dollsrs. has been greatly checked.
Forestes Morissey Monday called for
aid from the nearby towns and several
1 hundred citizens went to his assistance.
u.'l upon tho rooprt Monday.
Under this act the president will be
given authority to refuse entrance to the
rnntlnnntal territory of the Unitod States
to any allen who has been given a pass
port to any American insular possession,
or to tho canal zone, when he deems
such an entrance to Ijfc to the detriment
in
of labor conditions
he United Ste.tes
Postmaster Nominations
WASHINGTON: The president Satur-
day sent to the senate the foUowinK
nominations of postmasters:
Oklahoma—F. C. Hughes, Busch: C.
€. Ourtia. Cordell.
A Washington note says: Two seats
are being reserved on the democratic
side of the senate chamber for the new
Oklahoma senators—when they corns.
This does not mean that the senate offi-
cials regard It as assured THifct they will
be democrats, for all new senators—ex-
cept Charles Curtis of Kansas—have to
serve a probationary period on the demo-
cratic side because of the fact that after
March 4 two-thirds of the senate will
be republican. The Oklahoma seats will
be In tho neighborhood of those n«w
occupied by Knox. Burkett, LuFollette
nnd Dupont. the big powder man vrtx>
is Delaware's latest senator.
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Williams, J. Roy. The Lawton Constitution. (Lawton, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 46, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 21, 1907, newspaper, February 21, 1907; Lawton, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc118065/m1/8/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.