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C1TV ELECTION MAY
BE ENJOINED BY COURTS
Such a Movement On Foot
At Oklahoma City
Wofl.li HOLD ON
MASONIC TEMPLE
TO BE BUILT
THIS YEAR
Present Officials Ir.fatuat'd
With Their Places. Oth-
ers Cities May 11 w
(>ki:ih« ma I i >. M th. «i  *:
MnrM * <1 th ' li'P ■
i C ft ion tli- ropiih'*«M>i «• iv admin
lefrtii n   mid ti b setk.: « ths
tHc nf min* p nx«n « f firmness who
will   jij'< n ni'\i. from priceed't",
with th ci > <lac .on next mm h
A nsinibc of Oklahoma >A t- will
as. h.n >■!. ' >iis fi*r city offic e >H:s
aprili# yiless cotnpeikd to do so by
mvi-i i U s The mayor of Gutbr'#-
h.i- not favor d holding m ehctlon .-n
Ln'd * II no' 11*lev h ve th • oppor-
tunity to choos Ji"W offU rs
Som  of the offiee holdr s ;ir^ qu
av tsc to luak cik a cainpa urn. !i ini
Ibj: tju!*.'  la"m- d it outlook. Th<*<
ar*> f:i d to be d' veloping   movement
tlw! win isk for a'l inJiMv tlon :|ir tub
the oiftrict court, that th y may iv
iuK<ih r y «r at loust C ty Att y
Haul h:'s held at dlff;rtit times tha' it
w:*  Ule^'U t   hold ail eleriitjn th >«-.i
for city affic. rs. !«ut It :s not
wliuhe he s b h 'el tile m<>v ill n'
Slnie Kru*st l„ Green has boeom-
 unh a strons cand.datr for th > r puli
i:can nomination for « v attorney, the
yoltUal oppon-nts of City Attorney
Paul are nel nde to tiiink th t th -
|ires*Mit legal adviser of the c ty is i x-
•rtiiii; s it r:c effor's to |>eru tua'e
the select few fo: ami tiler t« em w 'h-m
the grucliiii: con «s tha w II i'Umi n
about four w eks
Expedition To Asia Minor
N( w York. M ir. J.- \ Co-noll i-x-
^edifl ti i • M not "'d < A ■ t- -
yro- Biiiyhi'. n Oriap i which wis
lc i'* Kt il bv | -i V K. Ste"a ft of th 1
«r-eh il . ill n . aa led from here
today for the Mist A group of New-
York fi'i ■nciirs sul**- bed most of the
mney iju d • 1 >'at ih" exi^-
<Ht<on. \m 'he suli-c lx'   t1"
fund w \V. !\ v • id 1) 1 . Audi, w
Ciinn p !a(* ii 1 "?eU ff. -1 m 1. eh
J. I'. M it 'l -)• li ek. M 111 I-
 < h ff sua .!; jii s SuHmin Th metn-
fcars of ihe exp <1 taon ar  Ur. T
Oimxte d. i li w in :H. \m t en
tfcboci of \v lia il gj .  J u.«u m.
B. H. Caari s, ,u<s :v ■> !> '11 -
tn Cornell, and J E. W .-'ch, a'n 1 re
wettUy a fellow n Eu o;><. ti history
Hi the V'niTHrsl'y of W scorislii. Dr. t.
O lUir'.'Ws a fell w n tli' Am > n
School of Classical S*ud< u s at Ath-
ens. will m 'X the party m ConsU<n-
ainople and accompany ih «n on the
Urj) The ob> ct of the expedition is
to make an accurate survey of the si-
bo <rf the ano eit olU -s wh c'i th> y w .1
v^it-, to Vjcat? them accu.aiel) :uid
to construct maps for accurate d i . i
The old inscr.'p; ona V'.U b- ' msl a-
«d .ni l copi 6 brought to Amer c >.
The State Departmeiit s*< ured he 11
cg-A' J passi'ovts for th ' expi • r.v
That a Miison i Ti mplc will In- e «•-
t d :n I- w ;on h s v ar is practlciJIy
a-snr d Y s . r.'ay a"«rnc<i«i at f t
. V't« k th M •- eilc comni t e opened
sealed ; ropoa. < to fell at a in l ca-h
prv. a plot of ground Mx 100 fi< t. Id
tN*bn^ iiss ini ion of the c ty for h.>
purj of \v-c ng a ihne or fou
s'ory temple.
Thi6 movem nt *• > put mi finit * x
months ago and lat r a conimitt-e
oompoMd of K M. English. G. M F  -
chill. P. T. Bfwbow. E. .1 T'-cllterni n
mid J. K. Dyehe was appointed to tike
charge of the preliminary plans sn«l
details of the work For the past
month this committe bus been adv r-
t'eing for bids accord ng to the above
smcifications, same tn be opened on
the 28th 'if Fob-u'ry. Elcht bd- wer
submitted and conskl-red. but no <1 -f-
lute a' 'J'«n w's taken because thf
full coturn tte> c.mld not be jr eseir,
and ii thing con be learn <1 is y t
about fli" probable location.
Th" Masons had been o'f.ired «
build up site free of coat, but the lo-
cution was not in the business part
• town. It was realiz d hat the stnu
lure com' mpla*od w uld be a b nefw
to any lo -ility and the plan adopfal
waa underf'ki ti to give all p ope' ty
own rs au opportu i y to oun'ii
Jiut as s ai as a site is <1 c d-
ed iiiK-ii "i l n?c s-ary arung'nuti's
can be ni'd ■ tha rection of the te m-
ple will b ^ p as t s he desire of !>■ 
( ommi tee to complete It this yea".
It is 1 arti d that "Ji*1 edit <•? will b<
iiOxlaO ar least :h ee sto i s high ! 1
will cos not les^ th;m >2Tile
th rd sto > will be t t'd up as a mod-
ern temple, wh 1' th fv-st w II be
med for stor. rooms and th< s.'i iiid
for offio s.
TO SUPPLANT THK
NEGRO COTTON
PICKER
Along ab>ut cotton pi kirg ti:i>a
thte s cUoo of the coun'ry Is ofte" con
front d Snth a ha vu bounteous and
'alxe.c* f w I is <■ a m d tha' K
cikt< i field i« tN- noural sph -r <f
act on for a ii g o, <1 many are .m
]H.rtaL' dm- • g klii busy reason. | > va
of tbr fact that Ins qmstion will he
e a.- m  re s- u>us as '11" ai-e sr a*id
y Id inCT as s. atc i n is rail d
. i'-t ale taken fr
lu 'K s. e, conine n
ti', an gruwi *s n
b Ho t St on s wl
Eebru iy Rev w of
"Mr. S'ore sh w«
r not only suptnte
■ni the Scu'hwest
: up n Itali i
\ kausaa," by A'-
■ h .ipp >a s ri th >
Rev ews;
t>'at the Tallin
to he negro as
A FINE
"Charter Oak" Range
Given Away Absolutely FREE.
amount nor to the one who bin s at alL .^«r. k,.| entitling them to one chance to
thoir tirket> will lie invalid.
New Tehauntepec Railway
\ a t'rux, )1 -x. M r. J. rht few
railroad just u;ki: ii for trajfic across
th« Isthmus of Teh 'imiepee s exp e;
ed to prove of gr M importance t i
the world's comm<Tce. For the time
being the new route will lie d r e iy
av i laid for he transportation of
America tn ffic only. ;iii t rst FteHin-
sh p convections l*itig those prov del
by the Ameri-;ui 11. wa: n St nish p
Co. Under a t -eight contract, -. a eli
ihe st ajnship company sign d ti J
about 300.000 tons if sugar will ! 
shipiHtl anrnially ft- m Honolulu via
Tehaunt pec to New York, phlladelphl
and New 0 1 ans The disUuice irom
New York io Honolulu va T haunt -
pec is 5.99 nautical ni lee, whUe the
d stance via P ' am i is li.fiss milts.
.< co: ' >u producer, but li • gvs fig-
jur w t< show thai th ■ forni.ni c n
i v« more pr isper usly ttvvn t' e black
laborer of the south. Basing h s th •
o y upo« the too Ut'W known but un-
i deniable fact that th greater par' ef
ti-« colton of his country is asid i'!-|
ways has been pioduc<d by Je wh te'
maai, Mr Stone uiki-s for specif c ex-|
ample the exp rimen s ha hav b on I
ill de w th foreign la ho- In Ch cot'
county. Ark. and thereby p- seats a
v-ry strikng cotitia^t the th*if"y I'al-
ii>n on the one sal1 and th • .ti.lolent i
black man on the othir.
"Durng the sx years from lS99ti
1904, inclusive, the Itaii*n made an an
•iual ave age of 2,584 pounds of I "
(otton per working Wind, and h
jgro an ave ag? of 1,174. pounds "saysl
th writer. Th s repr-ecn's p d"ff r
enc* in money va u% Including c>t-i
ton se< d. of $118.S9 |K>r hand, or 115 s
per cent in favor of h Italian, end ef
IIS.41. or 69.8 p r c nt n vn'iie p rj
aore. The Italian cult vaUil 6 2 ceres
per work, g ' and, and 'ha neg o n.l j
"To he It 'l an squads who m il
crops in 1904 h r w s paid n • ash
'bilai'cis bove ail accounts tli sum
of I3S.T64 68. "Il ave ufe of $5S7 U.'i ]'•
squad. Th  re w re 110 negro squads
on ihe place, and of thrs- '.wo dc w
b. larn s ,un ii ? to $480.5y wh I ■
ino". ham $6 000 il d to b • ca i ed
ovei for the ot!:e"S or chS"-g <l o'/ to
| profit and loss. At he end of 1905.
there why- 107 Italian squads, and of1
th-se 104 owned 1-3 'ted of work
stock to the to al vain ■ of t^3.100. A ,
th? clrse of 19(Vo t^or" were th ty-|
e.ght negro squ ds still on Ui P'oi '
e-i>. and if these *w nfy-on ow.i. ti
stock to th< vaiue of $3,360 wa !. s-i-
ent H-n had noilii"'g t all."
WE DO THIS
F1KST—Because w > want to show our appreciation of the patronage of our ous-
t<i1 neiis aiu^frieiuis.^^ iiidi|uenient {o the Kt>Iu.rai pul.iic to come in and see what our
consists of.
You have all to gain and nothing to lose! i ickets are
ready for dist Sution now.
The drawing ^ lake place in front of our stole oil
Sat. March 30,2 p. m.
Only such tickets as are at the drawing anil in the possession of the party to \\ lion 1
it was issued will lie valid. In other words, if a certain number draws the CHARTER
OAK and the ticket with that number on it is not presented within .<0 minutes it will
lie drawn for again. When you come to our store for your ticket we will explain how
it is to be determined to whom the CHARTER OAK will lie presented.
In giving this fine CHARTER OAK awav, we have decided on a*plan by which
we will have nothing to say as to what person shall have it. The plan is this:
We propose to number 3.(MX) cards, from one to 3,000 consecutively, and we will
give one of those ticket^ to every grown up person who calls for one, free of charge.
until they are all gone. We will then write to the Charter Oak Stove and Range Co.,
of St. Louis, to put a number between one and 3.000 on a card, seal it lip and send it to
the bank here addressed to Mr. T. II. Dunn, and at
2 p. m.t Saturday* March 30th, 1907,
Mr. T. H. Dunn will open that package in front of our store, and the one holding the
number that we have given away to correspond with the number in Mr. T. H Dunn's
hand will get the Stove if presented within 30 minutes after the result is announced,
by the |ierson who received the number from us.
There can be no favoritism in this plan, no rich. 110 poor. 110 high, no low. all come
on a common level. Just the asking secures a ticket for you. and the presenting of it
gets a CHARTED OAK. if you have the lucky number.
Phone
472
REED'S
The House That Has The Goods.
424 I)
Ave
Court Happenings
To Aid Russian Starving
New York. Mar >.—N chol s A
Sh shk.iff, member of th' counc 1 of
the empire in Russ a the last Duma,
spoke in the Co«>p " l?nn !i lasi night
about the ho— rs of the grrat fam 'ie
which is par'.lyxlag fvn'raJ and south-
ern Ru.-ns a He comes to "his coun-
W? to ask aid as a privite ciii*«i, but
 t the same ttme as a rept--s ntat ve o
ihe Ztms'.ovs the local g ivernm&n
hoards, which w.«-<? doing more to al-
leviate .'amine condft'xiTis then s the
jot j-nmeDt of Russia. He is arm <1
vhh photographs taken in province
•f Satna~a and el^-ewhsre. sta-i^t.cs,
ssmpiee of the kind of f'>*d that the
people must at or s'arve, ard hte ow
tkiqunDce. He expecis to ^Ust th.
sympathy of Americans, so that a
fearge sum of money wtll be ininv-dia e
ly raised to rei>ve the mo* preening
■eewsiths of th? starving Russian pea
■ants. Aftar the meetjfig an American
•omnuttee was started the first nam^s
given being those of R Fultoo Cut-
teig Dr. FVlix Adler. Bishop Greer, Dr
N. N. Butler. Jamiw S|i?yer. Jacob H
Bchilf and J. Pierpoot Mo*gsn The
etivoy of the Zemstovs says that over
an area three-Quarters tike sue of th*
Fu:ud States 10,000 fam * urickeo
Rush:, as are fighting hung* acd d
aeat* w h pitifully small resource of
their own. The wh at crop Is prart J
tally ovtT arkl is a e* mple ^ faiiure i
Baptist Sunday School Rally
Th ■ liaptists of Oklahoma wtl! hold
their Sunday school rally here at Law-
ton. beginn ng March 3'd to 5th. We
prify llod that the church m: y do its
duty and make this rally a success,
for surely th Sunday school is great
work Brother Stt'lcup, of South Me-
Alister I. T.. who is s ci tary of tb
s ale ui ss ons will address til ' church
Sunday morning tit 11 a 111. Brother
Slalcup is a very ntereetiug t ilker imu
« w i,i!d he fii'd f everybody couit
hear Ii ni ltro her W. S. Wiley, sup^r
Inteudent of h d pirunent of eli ■ -
ency w.ll adur-ss the church at 7:30
p. ill It will be worth your while to
hear the.-c ni 11 of long xperience .in
Sur.diy scliinii w > k uvk. Everybody
invited to b? present
Thare will be special music rend r-
! rd by th choir Everybody cordUilly
nvited. J. K. W.ckman, Pastor.
W. H Andrews, Supt. S. S.
New Rules For Railroads
Washington, March. l.-The n w rul  
promulgated by th? Interstate cum
mere® commission for filing tariffs fo'
railroads came into force Uxiiy. Eve-
ry carrier must in future publish, post
and Cle ssparat* tariffs containing in
plan ar.ij specific form and terms 1 '1
th? terminal cha-ges md allowanc a
together with all other charge end
rules which may in any increase or de
crease the amount to be paid on any
shipm ot as slated in the regular tar-
iff The paa^«og r tariff regulation
wh-ch also come into force today, con-
tain gen rcJ rules r ^tinTng stopcivers,
baggage affd excels baggage w eh's,
and special provision is made for the
arrangement in local and intordt vision
al tar.ffs and tor the s atem jit show-
ing th rating. The n w ragtilalioni
w II entail coos df-r' ble extra ex^wnse j
00 the railway oomp oies
rrom Saturday's Dally constitution.
An mjunoli/111 su t ovei a lio'e in
the ground in th- W chita nexin' visia,
lu's dev loped ixuue points of ir> -r-j
est In the action of Percivtil and Wad
cla ni t'K .1 1<9 year le. S;^ f om "hf j
original hon •*: ider, w -e "d v r
Ing to reetra n Sou nirrd & \\ lib from
inlerfer ng with ih ir rights "md priv-'
11 gen on a ten acre tract where they
hive located certain mining cliims. I
A question of met ;s and bounds w s
involved, the surveyor's cert ft<a e <«i|
t-le in the register of decjs off.<- wua
found to be defective and not sufficien
to convey leg vl notice. Plaintiff of-j
fered to prove actual notice, which 111*
court hold could not bs don u id -r ti 3
pi id tigs. The i-afe w s dismiss  1.
Fort Smiih Chair Co. secured ,1 ver-
dtict agn'nst G. A Dunn for a bil ni^e
due on bill of goods amoi;nti:'g to $6B.
VV. S. Shields, vs. City of Lawton, is
on the boards i.h s aft nxxiii. Tht
plaintiff ia (h s action s su ng for
$1200, exp uses zicured a/i i sei'vic-s
performed in the prepna ien of pia s
for watorwo ks and s' w 1- syst ni !
the city of Lawton utid r the adm.n -
tratian of MayOr ito s.
KEEP SMILING
^ZZ
Fred Thompson
iH-al^r in
Knglnes, AutumohUeti and Bicycles
Firearms and Ammuuttion Practical
ser«M<-e  on cashre^ttter^^lot machlnet
typewriters and safoH. (iiihsmtthlnw
lockftinithlnK and general repair work
*218 Avenue O. Tel 15W. H *  T.-l 4*4
It's easy it you trade at
M. KOEHLtR CO.
and save on every purchase.
lint continue business
U[i. through ihe year 1907,
And v.-
Dr. Stewart W ds
F^cia Thursday'® Daily Cona'ltutKn.
Dr. A. H. Stewart, *>f Indlahotu'.
and M ss MitUe Hampton of Juiv't-
<on, were quietly niarri d at the Keeg-
hn hotel today by the Rev. J E. Wick
h.iui ot the Baptist church.
Dr and Mrs. Stewart have maiiy
frVends n Lawton, to whom the sud-
denness of this announcement wi 1
coma in the nature of a surprtee. Tha
(Vctoi was one of the pioneer gettiers I
of thit city. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart kft!
Ik is afternoon for their home at In-
diahoma. B«-t Stewart, of the post-
o*'ke, and R. Lf« Stewart, of India-
homa. sons of the doctor, will drive
out this afternoon to b? pr sent at the
widdmg supi-or.
ill pell eherp for cash, or good notes; y< ur credit is
good at our Store. We are just in receipt ol a large car of
Rock Island Implements, Stalk
Cutters, Sulky Plows, Riding
Lister Planters and Two-row
Planters,
also a full stock ot General Hardware and Shelf Goods.
Call and see us and buy goods cheaper tlnwi at any othi r
store in Comanche County.
THORNHILL BROS., Thceut^ce
"Do You Swap
Sight Unseen"
A  you did in boyhood days?
222 C Ave.,
Lawton, Oklahoma.
Have you been buying
from mail order houses?
"That's Trading
Sight Unseen"
and lessening the value of your
own real estate in favor of
j values in Cook County Illinois.
Keep your money at home and
get better values for same
money. Same values for less
money. See what you Buf.
| Let me Show You.
Rex Conditioner is the Best.
HUBER'S
Big Harness Store
Corner 6 and D, lawton. Okl* 
Elected Off cers
rrom Thursday a Dally Constitution.
Th ladies of the Prvsbyterian mis-,
if ion society m- t yesterday and elect-i
ed the following a'ficere; M-a Morgan
1-rcSid nt; Mn. Orubb. frst vie? presi-l
deft; Mrs. M xw I,  .-«ond v'ce prce-!
Idea': Mrs. 1-ewis, aecie'ary; aii!M"s.|
Morning, treasurer. , I
LADIES' CHOICE
Full and complete assortment of
Pictorial Review Patterns
Just received at
3-1 Av. C, Mitten thai's old stand
Call and see them,
beauties, only 10 and 15 cts. each
I^ahion  heet  frr free distribution D1 
rhore 100
Yeakel's,
Dr. H. A. McCALLISTER,
DENTIST.
Lawton.
a. nmin
Oklahoma.
Lawton Tent and Awning Co.
Ave. C H. E. WH1TK. Prop.
Min'if&ctarere of Tenti and Awnlnft
agon Oovers. Horae Cover#, Pan vat
Ootton Picking Hack*, Canrri
Ooodaofall Kind*.
Lawton. - - . Oela