The Lawton Constitution. (Lawton, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 21, 1907 Page: 2 of 8
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PRIMARIES RECOMMEND
OPTIONAL, CHURCHESUNITE
TEXAS
r. M. C. A.
Balls*. Tex., Mar. 1 —The ...T.
convention 0f the Yoong Men s Chris-1
tian association. which op xi on the
Guthrie, Ok., Mar 15.—T*u* coaven-: Oklahoma City. Mar 14.—Recom-
•k n abandon^ th« trying to forc-j ■endstions for the ( dmt.'ra of «)i
mandatory primarv* for the n^mina ' cfcur*><« of the M itbodiw Kfc>«scfcopal
«i0B of all state senatorial and coo- d the Eptechopel' Hth and wUl "*"**" °°
gressional oXcers in J*., fin t atatej In ail towns in OkUh.<n andlths 17th was full at nnall^t^J1^'
faction. and adopted "a ordinance put the Indian t«imrv. wher- chart*? to ove-v christian thlT^h
«l g th* Oklahoma election laws into|«n<l <« W<r are abl. to supply thejt-^deC whHe j Q IhTchu
•effort- This provid e for optional pri
snaries, allow n* the -*sta4e or county
cmnmiu-.e of each porty the privilege
ml Choosing the primary plan. In c.uie
♦he primary- plan fa not s-t-<t-d mmi-
faatiens are made by the convention
..-•ntihod.
Th« election laws of Oklahoma TAr-
paitory was put into effect as far <w
-applicable Th jr annly la all old
<«jnties in Oklahoma. The elationI when acted on in the small r town.
' achm<ery new p-orlded by Okiaho-I wiil pare th way for th® ultimate fed
1 <Bft law io (ycogMed p-ovided that. !••- ration of the twj . . h it Uri
r,;ms shall t> made to th> supnem 11
HI ' «wo conations UnuUh orga^oos bar® b^n «^v
Kned. were made by the sate commi ; moved. The attendance « S*v
. ° cooJaraxKB < f thalaosm^oted bv the ,~n-r>us work^
two churches. their at Kp-1 railroads and by th- strong advert*,
worth University. Tuesday afternoon tng that the, officer ta charg. J
and evening The commits s were re,,he convention exercis d fr >m fi«t to!
'A"e ofaTDtw A Spirit °r 'el!owahip p.^l
of ,he ,w" M-thoJUt churches, vailed to a hgh d-g-^ <v-vbodv h J
i iLTth"d,hT,"9a r"P^ T?'y It!:aS !h IM*r of"«r«rybody th y
te believed that the rec^m^datton^. nu.. no m-t -: wh th r tW Ware
from T.-xas. North or South Carolina.
N w York, Kentucky. PconsylyaniB
At the
New
store
424 Ave. D
Twenty - five patterns
down as low as - • -
* -iietion board created by th?
UitkJB. This b«rd is compos-.-d of
' f numbers end its duties in addi
•km to canvaat-!'<^ thi v v.es exterd ••
<rt*tir.g th > elecet'm machinery n
*w counties of th« lnd an Territory
and counM s cut oat of ox siin; Ok-
lahoma caunttas.
The M'pn?me etet'oa board ?ppoi-
Bts a county election board, of thre-
ffl;jnb -rs, not nu t than two of waich
Bhall b--V*ig to the aatni poiitirai Par-
ty, ti eACh of thea? ti -w counties. It
U mad? the duty of the president of
the ^invention, within thirty days af-
nr the adoption of this ord nance, to
or &•.!: U| . The speakers w-re ..
h_gh ord«r. and awak n.d gout .c-|
thus asm. Ther« iaust har, Ue.*n a
strong representation of Methodists
:md Baptists, judg ng by th? outspok-'
len manifestations of approval ihat gr-j
| eted ev.ry gold point or st-ikizig
To Receive Applications AH . .
$2.75
HEti'lN MUMIU
Babv Jumpers—Mothers' Friend
Baby Walkers-Child's Delight
Preparation Made For
Quick Work
Tree Planting
Every hi, jsin redness f„r the b'J Nurs Jmen n"v^ hpd b ' P^««
ta-k of receiving appl*ationa fromi ' southweatm country. It
"Favorite" Folding Go Cart,
* <- m uuiu ua v- j wu uuiii/C |ia
ticularly these points found in no other Go Cart. Patent n^'ining tixtr.re. "folding devic
nutless axle, hub latch and double coil springs Price so low you can't afford to carry baby.
House Furnishings
The Cart that follows the Stork.
Superior in construction, exclu-
sive in design, artistic in finish.
We would have you notice par-
Patent reclining fixture, folding device,
HT the adoption of th's ord nance, to en rym«*i, wM h Work w;il b gin at th | ^ fa'"r y 111132 to s«3 the amount
S're nolice of the oixtion provided fo I land o.'floe Moniay. For thr Hi ' B,-ock sent in each y ^ But the
.i, .. ..... (. "* ** ^ • fr*" * t.-r v.w _. ...
In thi coastituCon
Parisious Eat Horseflesh
j f.-fty per day, w:ll h accomodated, for
,:wo days seventy fire, then on, hun
_ Jrv<1 each day. The work wUl oorupy
fuH month, and Roceivej- Max will
Parji, M.ir.
^ttpr PM^'g
graater woodsr is what becomes of it
'f it all liv -d or if only one-fourth of
it flourish d the country w >u'd 1^
glutted Iwfore th s. But the fnct is it
«ys the office will k*-p up wlh the!f ? f"Tl 85 =cnor''r,t ^
'■"k it «■«« help has to h- serur^l! ^ /*®;ITed- w',h :nd;;f ^,
witn lack o( cultivation and;
•*, hot watcher the young tr
Perfehs or betome f*-M > that bor-1
I n«w clerks have been addsd t.-l^'",'1.
.... . . I* >h d
n detail d
bave b en cart-h irsta, some isiv car
riagi li irs 's and have draw:i dsin'y' J^CU03fi
ih-o'ie"* th, h>i,™ I NOTICt- TO Sl'CCESSFTL BIDDER?
WHO \RE TO MAKE ENTRY
FOR PASTURE LANDS.
I'ilT.* commfoccs, Monday, Mircb
jl' h. 19<>7. Numbers 1 to 50 inclusive
will be tailed on M::rch IS. Numb?-s
bsd.ee throus1! th, h-ill ant thorough
lares cothkiK more brlllkmt a'on
th-s Boiileva-ds t'.ian th ac lf-sam
1 ors s that now aerv? as good for Pa-
rte c>*ly pe ij>l , but sorii also for
fcer gourmands. Th* forty thousan
animals eaten repr.-«->nt about 11,900,
51 to 100 'nclusive, March 19'.h; Num
animais eaten repr,«?nt about 11,00-' • • ->uf"
•00 kilo?ramm s ..f hor^fl«h. a.< , .,m I ^ J01 150 lnClu5|Te- Ma"eh
pared w th «lk tas-T f.eur « ,v ;xi! I 151 «« 225 Inclo Jv.= Marcr 21
when a total of only 6.000,000 was
«aten. The busin es wms to be grow-
itg capidly so that the ho.ise butcher
it- aesuci :\g th.^ prop>r:i. n of quit? a
respectable comivli'or with the b e
butche- Horse butcJur with a
gilded horse h ad above the door. ;>.r?i
summus in certain a ctions of ih
«ity. attd horse butchers ar> rapidly
yreemptl: g g'.aJU *:n h-- luiik^lum
!l Is charged that tlvs doctors are ki
Jt«gne w.th the butchers, as they are
more and mot recommending hors
A«h for c vtain pati nts.
Blind B^ys Play Football J
Stone blind huj-s play foot ball with
t)oy and sometimes win. Thi
•Kentucky InsUtut. for the education
"the Mind has had a team in the Md
-tor three years. During the second
teat*)* nine g.ur.^s were playod. Ther?
-gan .s w<-nj tied one w.ts won and the
.Ti*! were lost. Last fall the t-.an
Numbers 151 to 223 iaclusire, Ma*"h ?2
After sa'd 1 :ist mentiwd d:it > 100
numbers w l be called, bpg enag wit
;iul and so on until April isth, 190?
inclusive. The low«£t number for any
day named will be call?d prompUy at
nine o'clock, and so on in nuui n ical
order during the day, and applicants
w.'l be cipected to be tvady when
number is called, with appl caUon and
honiest.ad affidavit al.-vody prapared
signed and properly brt.f d. Those wh
are not raadvwi'h prop<>rly dre;>ared,
sijnkad and briefed papers, and th;
f'l'ng fee, wUl be passed until the cl-
ose of the l!n j for that day.
The filing fees are *14 for 160 a-
cres; $13 for 120 acres; *7 for 80 acres
and t6 for 40 acrt«.
Black applications an<i a/f davit
will be furnished by this offio? to ap-
plicants, but the offio force ran not
prepare papers. Please have all thi
properly dane before number ie caii-
cd
All affidavits must be sworn to be-
fore the register and receiver, except
those executed before United States
commissioners wichin the Lawton land
district Please have exact amount of
,ade a better showrng u u~u r.ease nave exact amount o
A d^en quests have probai.lv t.-Jf;!hlg f(> reBdy jf p;BS;blfl re.
T h ^ r,^ K ,'V Iy c<,'ver wJ1 '*u< check for amount
fcnotv who has the ball? Threy do , , .
to t>e rjtumea to applicants
knoar; they are absolutely c?rtain;
they always tackle th1 right man
TtK-y themselves say they know it b
cause the fat. of the man who is car-
rying the ball, strikes the ground virh
... , I"*" i-<™ wiui ma, sucn m&t-
* #V,r,"r 'har'"': and m:,r? lnU*Hurs have be.«n passed upon by the
Wow than the f«H of the Interferersj ^ aJ, ^ ^ p>
and they dive uncTTjigly for the -und. qu:^ in 6uch be ^ Bua
lie by transplanting
Otsi-rve th se nil's:
1. When your tribes arrive don't
lose a minute in g-tting th-nj home
covering th'm on the way. ont of the
sun and wind. This means that you ar
not to go shopping, nor run errands,
nor stop to talk, nor tb ek of ar.ythi
ng but the trp s on that trip.
-• As soon as you « • home un-
iosid your sco;k in a sh Iter d plat*
whore you hav previously dug a shal-
low hole about the s xe of a la~g tub
and haw otirr-;d into a creamy mud
of clay or rich earth, deep enough to
imm.\rs? tho roots of th: ti-jes in. Ha
ve all this r.ady before you start to
high !=( hool w;re royally eli-ercaitied
ers and insects finlslt-them.
(cho s from the hard fight mad i
by th> fri nds of Comanche •■oti-.-y |< I }?\| I \ i L'C
UiUai' "A Eiilll.0
of the constitutional convention, as a-
gainst certain overxeelous town boom-
ers, who would have carved out a b:g
chunk for Temple as a county sea*,
took the form of a pervading sensa Hon. Henry Fuman was greeted
of good feeling at the Chamb^of Com. with a good crowd last night to whom
he laid down in a masterly style, the
fe:
€
From Cellar to Garret
favorably m caring for and stock ng!
the national game preserve in the'l
Wichita moun'-alD8.
GOOD CROWD
m-rce last evtn ng Elmer Thomas
who is a good man at drawing up reeo
lutzons, pr-sented one to th*? Commer-
cial body in this connection, written 1
his own clever and half humorous way
The resolution provided that, Inasmuc
as D.legate Henshaw of the Choctaw l_uc
nation had been reported involved in s'-tTto
personal altercation in th« defense ofj
Comanche county Lnteresu, that the aeBtn«, very forceful in his ar-
ch amber of Commerce extend toiirn gutnentatfve power. He fivo~s injec'lng
doctrm s which he would adopt if elec
ted to the United States senate. Mr
Furman made his position very clear
upon the removal of restrictions ard
the disposition of coal lands to the
He is a man of strenuous car-
—Undertaking and Funeral Goods—
E. P. Sessions,
Licensed Embalmcr
REED'S
The house that
has the Goods
Phone 472 424 Ave. D
Thc City National Bank
United States Depositary
Where the applicant is a naturaliz-
ed ajtizev, or has declared his inten-
tion to becom? a citlaen, or is tiak-
ing a s cond entry, and so stated to
his affidavit filed with bid, such mat-
the fact in the proper place in the ho-
t i.&tead affidavit, and add ng. - As
shown with hid.1'
In , ases wh re persoos who are na-
turaliiid citizens, or have d<*!ared
their inteotion to become such, or who
hav? heretofore mads homestead entry
and failed to state in th ir b dall such
a vote of thanks, provide for him
banquet at his convenience and assure
him of their h:-arty support as fa- as
possible In securing for him any hono
which his ambition might suggest
This starttd the ball rolling and !>•>.
fore the matter was deeded upon a
wasagre d to make this manquet and
smoker, a state wide affair and Invib^
Cotcnly a full quorta of fri. nds and
supporters of Comanche coan'y's inter
e«ts, but some of those citizens of Ver
pie, good fellows, who had b en eng-
ulfed by their ambition for their own
good Comanche county town.
A committee was appointed to con-
a little of thd strenuous life into the
work of the United Stat s senate, and
tuene is no doubt but that his efforts
will be beard from if elected- Mr.
Furman'a addrtes was earn st and in-
teresting.
Capital and Surplus $60,000.00
The First ;Bank Organized in
Comanche, Kiowa and Caddo.
Counties.
CONSERVATIVE flND PROGRESSIVE i
Directors
F. M. English E. E. Shipley Lock Davis
J- W. Martin
S. M KINO
Surprise Party
_ We R«pectmily Solicit Your flccouot
presontfd her with a lovely ring. The
(er w.tfc Sanator Gore and John Youj« guests w re: Willie i>elninger, Clar
with saccharine u't-raur s
On the night of March a'h. a num- raping fe^t and 1
ber of Dixie Sanders' fri^ids, assist hkl , . . ^ 33 ha*
ed by her mother, Mitertain d her with wl?l1 hysterical shriek-
party, in honor of her 11th birtJhday. jlngs 10(1 th - wariag of the ensanguin-
As a small token of friendship theyj*1 ««« He is stronger in his eUen
in gating np the invitaUon list for
this proposed love f;ast <>' good fel
lowslrij), and report a favorable date.
Among the gentlemen mentioned Wdr
ence Bass Ruth Shepard, Albert Younj
Leo Otis. Crit Lathram, Arvin Turner,
Ora Clifton, Verda Caldwell, Alma
llarlln.
ce and apparent submiasion to the to-
dies of his household than th- mc«.
blatant vulgarian who prate, of dom-
•tic domination. PUc* aux dam-s is
Certain seeing players have the kniu k
of tailing what opponent is going to
carry the ball before the play begins
br the way he plants his feet. It does
®ot eoem incredible then that blind
Ptoyert can locate him by the sound Of
Dm roaning. How th y pet under the
feaU on the kick-off and on puats, is j
another question. \s a matt r of fact , s iOTwmuaH«i w-.«- uarim, uzzk> uoaman, Cabell H<11 l^e tnan a phna> tn k„ „ ,
ST"i,k*- "•w- ^ <- trZ
fast of the back field, who have parti-
al alght—and they only cm v=ry t - :bt
•dUy —th y raake no effort to catch h
toll. They wait BU it strike thegrj-
- oouuo mio Mii to appear or oar
«*h th7zz iLffitirE to hojd ^
go* through the air. A tootbail is one attached. mark«i "A"
«T the man perr<«* of all inanimate; Have all preiiminary matter. M-
«bje«s -he. it bounds, owing to lu fed befor, paper, ar., panted
Apple Growers Convention
smitted to ths gsn.val i,-*id off ce ffc
cona'd ra kn of ths cotntnfasiorwr
All otiter qu ti.fixations set up in ths
homes t ad affidavit must exist oo date
entry
Carr.
A. C Cooper, of Fort Sill, deputy! Paul Owens, J;ssts Howe, Dale Sneed^l " ' JU"B nim to aacriflce. his
game warden of the territory, was pres l yd Oenham, Florence Ruse, Nora I °*n Godgvan privU:«e«. I'poa th;
. . , nt at ths m^'-ing and propotied to! BaoAKe, Kinory Carson. J. B. Sand-rsl faCe of ^ earth or upon Uie wat
'_• . xh* bodv ^ ** Mutation be extcad- abd Dixie Sanders. While all was' thareof no more chlval-ou. t,
°r ^ naU°nal ^ Amer^ Mc from without, furnished by.lnS ^ Ute American g-enU-man T
thrIn rrferred W ****** sportsmen to hold their next annual mirth w thLn Uurnn cr.to.. «./ PW.'s.
Rateigh. N. c„ Mar. 15-Tha first
in th? °f aPP'e 8roWert ovor held
^ the state of North Carolina is tak-
ta3 pIace l Telford Lowe orchard
In the Brushy mountains today. Th>
s'^te entomologist is in attendant
besides several other experts and some
V ° Practical and useiful talks are be
mg made, the farmers who have at-
tended displaying much Inters* In the
show. This m ating te t0 ^
of much value to the apple grower, in
the mountains and Piedmont section.
«, and it would seem m if these-
players had animm -cs^ advantag
s capturing It. Yet that fant sw h
*is to the blind boys, almost what eye-
sight hi to UkUr oppon. ts,and though
ther doabti.es dread a punting game
4Mr records do not rfiow that it bu
-Veiled dtoaEter for them.
there will he no time for extended d«s-
cuasion. If you are unable to prop-
«!y prepare your papers, gat some
competent person to prepare th?*n for
rou. Do not dep nd on the office for-
ce to correct or prepare papers.
H- D. McKnight, Re« star
A W. Maxwell, Receive.
m^efing at Lawton.
Mr. Cooper has b*o invited to at-
t nd ths meeting this year, April 5th
•nd 6'h, at Norfork, Virginia. The
Chamber of Commerce extenid the
Invitation to thre league and appointed
a c«umittee to raise $125., to asslEt in
defraying Mr, Cooper's expenses to Nor
folk. For «ach subscription of a dol-
lar, a year's membership In the Lea-
gue was allowed. It ia thought that
some action of this body would wait
mirth within, beautiful strains of mu-
gro ajrenadotis. Del.<i< as r«freehmcn
W werv served and so quickly did th«
tims pass that reluctantly at a lat;
hour the gueets wended their Way
homeward.
ln^° hN' D Mlr —This City it
to enmm *eT* ent out ahead
to commercial m^ but these, as nsu-
* took ioattM"ii fii(\ _ .
nor bis doll. Ha slaply treats her w* through juat the ^
Attitude Toward Wo«mn
Toward wom.n the Am r.can man's
attitude is fine. She |s neither hi* deity
Extend Thanks To Gore
Four Conventions
■ At a meeting of tfe Chamber of
Commerce last night. Senator Gore
*as present, and In response to a call
^ a<Jdr«s. review d briefly the
*ork that had be-n done la Guthrie
to bahalf of Comanche county inter*
e ts. The Chamber of Commit* pas-
sod a vote of thanks to Mr. Gore for
hla untiring efforts to behalf of Ot-
tnsoefct county and Lawton.
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