The Peoples' Voice (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 18, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, August 20, 1909 Page: 2 of 8
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TROUBLE IN ROYAL PALACE.
The Peoples Voice :
By JOMTsTaLLEN J
NORMAN OKLAHOMA 9
NEW STATE NOTES.
Oil producers in the mld-contlnent
field hear Tulsa are up in arms against
the recent ruling of the department of
interior requiring that Indian owners
be paid royalty on production on the
basis of 41 cents a barrel.
Oklali oma Outl ines
What People of the New State are Doing Told In Short Paragraphs
Douglas H. Johnston, governor of
the Chickasaw Indian nation, says the
regular cession of the Chickasaw leg-
islature will be held at Tishomingo
ir September and at that time further
action will be taken to oppose the tax-
ation of the Indiana' land by the stat«
authorities.
Shawnee Wants Commission.
COTTON MARKET.
New York.
New York. Aug. 16.—Spot closed
quiet. 10 points lower. Middling up-
landr, l::.70c: middling gulf, 12.9Sc
dosed
mmission j August, 12.14c; September. 12.18Hc;
October and November, 12.05c: Do
Guthrie. Attorney Oe:i >;al West
placed his O. K. on the proposed char-
ter for the commission form of gov-
ernment for the city of Shawnee.
The next step is for Governor Haskell Sales, none. Cotton futures
to issue his proclamation < ailing an j barely steady. Closing bids
election to name the
ers.
Young Bride Disappears.
Samuel Sevier of Guymon is one of
the eighty heirs to the $300,000 000 es-
tate of General John Sevier which is
now in litigation, but which probably
will be settled to the satisfction of
the heirs in Ocwber by the Cnited )Uj j,as ijpar(i nothing of her.
State supreme court. j Mrs. Davis Is 19 years old. She
j was married to Philip Davis June 22
Bryan county is negotiating with > it Cleveland, the home of her parents.
Hominy.—Mystery surrounds the
disappearance of Mrs Phillip Davis,
wife of a Hominy barber, who was
last seen at 8:30 o'clock in the even-
ing. She had gone down town to a
show and failed to return home. Da-
vis has made considerable Inquiry
colony of several hundred German*
who want to come from Pennsylvania
to Oklahoma. Arrangements are being
made to enable them to purchase as
mnch land as they want in contigu-
ous territory.
Members of the corporation commis-
sion were in session again last week
but so far as public announcement is
concerned there was absolutely noth-
ing done in the matter of the removal
of W. L. Chapman, who was actually
fired by Commissioner Love.
Work began last week on the first
Une to be built by the Oklahoma Union
Traction company, which will run to
Sapulpa by way of Orcntts lake,
southeast of Tulsa.
Prof. I_ L. Hutchison, the assistant
director of geology, connected with the
state university at Normn, Okla., has
been investigating the asphaltum fields
n the Ticinity of Atoka during the
past week.
Oklahoma railroads have agreed to
terms suggested by the State Fruit
and Truck Growers' association and
will ship cantaloupes in minimum car
lots of 20,000 pounds.
The county commissioners in Tulsa
county have let the contract for a
bridge across the Arkansas river at
Jenks. It will cost $45,000 and will
be entirely of steel. It will be 1,620
feet in length.
Governor Haskell has issued his
proclamation for an election Septem-
ber 7 at Fairview, Majors county, for
a vote on the question of becoming a
city of the first class.
The board of education has award-
ed to A. D. Patterson of Purcell the
contract for a $3,084 addition to the
Hawthorne school building in that
city
There has been no trouble between
the two and the husband is at a loss
to find a reason for her Grange ac-
tion.
Matters Progressing Nicely.
Knid.—Since the sub-committee of
the executive committee of the Far-
mers' union last Friday designated ap-
proximately the location they desire
or prefer for the co-operaiive packing
plant, the parties owning land ir. that
vicinity have been at work getting
concessions which will satisfy the ex-
ecutive committee. So fa \ enough
land has been pledged to insure not
less than $7",000 for the packin?
cember. 12.04c; January and Febru-
ary. 12.03c: March and April, 12.05c;
May, 12.07c.
St. Louis.
St. Louis. Aug. 16.—Cotton steady;
middling, 12Sc. Sales, none; re-
ceipts, 489 bales; shipments, 559
bales: .tork, 13,318 bales.
Galveston.
Galveston. Aug. 16.—Cotton steady.
Middling, 12%c.
New Orleans.
New Orleans. Aug. 16.—Spot cotton
quiet, unchanged; middling, 12 5-16C.
Sales on spot. 12 bale3; to arrive. 100
bales. Futures closed steady. Clos-
ing bids: August. 12.11c; September.
12.05c. October. 12.01c; November,
12.01c; December, 11.99c. January.
It 02c: February, 12.06c: March.
12.17c.
To Vote on Waterworks Plant.
Waukomis.—On August 26 the vot-
ers of Waukomis will vot > bonds for
a twenty thousand dollar waterworks
plant.
CIUSliT ON TRESTLE;
HUMAN SWING SAVES
two men hang by arms hold
ing boy while train
□ ashes over heads.
St. Louis When A. C. Stalder and
Harry Herren, incumbered with a
basket and a six-year-old boy. were
caught on a trestle over a flooded In-
let at Chautauqua. 111., they saved
their lives and the life of a boy by
banging to the trestle, each by one
arm. and holding the lad between
them while a train rumbled past.
Herren and his sister, Mrs. Bertha
Leonard, and her little boy, Raymond,
were visiting at the Stalder home.
Stalder. Herren and Raymond went
down to Chautauqua to visit Stalder's
To Have New City Hall.
Vinita.—There were 306 votes cast
house company, but it is expected to j in the city hall bond election. The
increase the amount by more tha'i bonds carried by a vote of 260 to 46.
$25,000. :> majority of 214. The people were in
favor of the bonds by a vote of nearly
mcintosh democrats to six to one.
prepare for campaign
Checotah.—Although the state pri-
maries are nearly a year off. ihe Dem-
ocrats of the county are beainning to
orgauize for the campaign that doubt-
less will open in earnest about the ...
first of the year. 11. D. Howe, chair limtis, but instead of getting the
man of the McIntosh County Demo j Park the city has got some experi-
cratic Central committee, has called (,nce l^at w'" teach it to be careful
a meeting of the committee to bf> w'10 are aeents. An agent was se-
Park Deal Brings Suit.
Muskogee.—The park commission
of Muskogee purchased, or thought
it had. a twenty-acre tract for park
purposes at the edge of the city
Tidings Borne by Amateur Actor Suf-
ficient to Lead Hearers to Ex-
pect the Worst.
The Shakespeare club of New Or-
leans used to give amateur theatrical
performances that were distinguished
for the local prominence of the actors.
Once a social celebrity, with a gor-
geous costume, as one of the lords in
waiting had only four words to say:
"The queen has swooned." As he
itepped forward his friends applauded
vociferously. Bowing his thanks, he
faced the king and said, in a high-
pitched voice; "The swoon has
queened."
There was a roar of laughter; but
he waited patiently, and made an-
other attempt;
"The sween has cooned "
Again the walls trembled and the
stage manager said in a voice which
could be heard all over the house:
"Come off, you doggoned fool."
But the ambitious amateur refused
to surrender, and in a rasping fal-
setto, as he was assisted ofT the stage,
he screamed: "The coon has
sweened."—Success Magazine.
New Wall Style
The new fashion
in wall decoration has
arrived. Plain Alabastine
tints with attractive sten-
cil designs are now the
vogue, done in soft and
velvety shades with
The Sanit&iyWall Coating
Ask your Alabastine def.Ier how you
can secure the free Alatjastine service,
and our classic stencil designs. If he
does not know, it will pay you to write
us direct.
Alabastine Co., Grand Rapids, Mich.
A PROPOSAL.
Mr. Hardup—Good morning. Miss
Aughtumn—ahem! Tfcere is some-
tiling I have been wishing to ask you
for some time, but—er—the fact is, I
haven't been able to screw up enough
courage to—er—come to the point.
Miss Aughtumn—A proposal at last!
Mr. Hardup—Could you, my dear
Miss Aughtumn—could you lend me have^
five dollars?
The Artless Boy.
The boy bowed politely to the gro-
cer.
"I understand," he said, "that you
want a hoy, sir. Will you kindly look
me over."
"I only pay $3," said the grocer, ab-
ruptly.
"I understood," said the boy, "that
you paid four."
The grocer nodded.
"I did pay four," he said, "until I
saw in the paper the other day that
Millionaire Rogers began his business
career on $3 a week."
The boy smiled.
"But I don't expect to be a million-
aire," he said. "I don't care to be
rich—I'd much rather be good."
The grocer was so much pleased
with this artless reply that he com-
promised with the boy for three and
a half.
A geography of Oklahoma, written
by Professor Ck>u!d, has jU3t Come
from the press. The book is intended
for a school text, but at the same
time it contains a good lot of general
Information which will interest the
ordinary reader whose school days are
long past.
held at Eufaula, the county seat. Sep-
tember 9, when the memebrs of the
organization will become better ac
quaiuted and discuss plans for the
campaign. This probably will be the
first meeting of a political organiza-
tion in Oklahoma this year.
lected to purchase the park grounds
for the board. He went out and clos-
ed the deal, taking the property over
in his own name. As soon as this
was done he doubled the price and
refused to make the city a deed until
the price was paid. The city refused
:tiid will bring suit.
editor escaped
death
by margin
The Katy railrod began work last
week on its new freight depot In Mus-
kogee, designed to be the best in the
state, with a storage capacity for 150
cars
Will Whaley of Muskogee, deputy
state organizer for the Owls was in
Ardmore last week getting a big class
ready for organization.
Lon Allard Near Victim of a Drunken
Pressman at Shawnee.
Shawnee.—Ix>n S. Allard, editor
and publisher of the Shawnee News,
narrowly escaped being shot by Ern-
est Protoe, a discharged pressman,
while sitting at his desk. In a scuf-
fle that followed Protoe's effort the
revolver was discharged and powder
hole- were burned in Allard's shirt
lie then knocked his antagonist to
the floor, rendering him unconscious.
In the morning protoe attempted to
throw a metal base at Allard from the
composing room, but was prevented.
In the afternoon he got drunk and
appeared at the office with revolver.
OKLAHOMAN IS HEIR TO
ESTATE OF $300,000,000
Relative of General John Seiver Re-
sides at Guymon.
tiuvmon.—Samuel Sevier of Guy-
snags
mon is one of the eighty heirs to the
$:100,000,000 estate of General .John
Sevier, which is now in litigation, but
which will probably be settled to the
satisfaction of the heirs in October
by the United States supreme court.
Just subsequent to the close of the
Revolutionary war the United States
ceded to General Sevier, one of the
heroes of the revolution, 177,000 acres
of land in Tennessee, North Carolina
and Alabama. The grants were made
in return for General Sevier's ser-
The Engine Struck the Basket.
mother-in-law They tied up their
launch at West Bluff and crossed the
ISluff Line trestle to the Chautauqua
grounds.
When they started to return home
they knew no regular train was due
and walked out on the trestle with-
out hesitation. They were half way
across the structure, which is 60 feet
long and 40 feet high, when a freight
train rounded the sharp curve at
West Bluff, within a few yards of the
trestle.
Herren was walking ahead holding
the boy's hand. Stalder was just be-
hind them carrying an empty basket
on his arin. They heard the rumble
beyond the bluff. The next instant
the engine came into view.
Stalder's first impulse was to catch
up the boy and jump into the 15 feet
of water in the inlet, but he remem-
bered that it was filled with logs and
and he hesitated. Herren
aught the boy up with his left arm
and jumped to a stringer paralleling
tne rail at the end of the ties and
was lowering himself over the edge
with his burden.
Stalder caught the boy about the
knees with his right arm and also
lowered himself, holding to a stringer
with his left arm, on which the bas-
ket still hung.
There was nothing for their feet to
touch and they swung above the wa-
ter, each holding on by one arm and
With his face peering through a hoi' ; vices and money advanced during the holding the buy between them with
in the partition of Allard's office, war. In 18U> General Sevier ceded their other arms.
Protoe said: "I'm going to kill you j back to the government a iarge part Tht. eBgine struck the basket and
Allard." of the ,ands and government , the wrench uf the handle on Stalder's
Allard sprang from his chair an.I agreed to pa> S8,447,. 94 for them on i arra almost broke his hold and left
LEV/is1 "single binder."
A hand-made cigar fresh from the
table, wrapped in foil, thus keeping
fresh until smoked. A fresh cigar
made of good tobacco is the ideal
imoke. The old, well cured tobaccos
used are so rich in quality that many
who formerly smoked 10c cigars now
smoke Lewis' Single Binder Straight
5c. Lewis' Single Binder costs the
dealer some more than other 5c cigars,
but the higher price enablts this fac-
tor/ to use extra quality tobacco.
There are many imitations; don't be
fooled. There is no substitute! Tell
the dealer you want a Lewis "Single
Binder."
Aid Fight Against Tuberculosis.
At the recent meeting of the Na-
tional Association of Bill Posters, held
in Atlanta, Ga., it was decided to do-
nate to the campaign against tubercu-
losis $1,200,000 worth of publicity.
The bill posters in all parts of the
United States and Canada will fill
the vacant spaces on their 3,500 bill
boards with large posters illustrating
the ways to prevent and cure con-
sumption. The Poster Printers' asso-
ciation has also granted $200,000
worth of printing and paper for this
work. This entire campaign of bill-
board publicity will be conducted un-
der the direction of the National As-
sociation for the Study and Preven-
tion of Tuberculosis in co-operation
with the National Bill Posters' asso-
ciation.
The Newer Way.
Many ideas in regard to women
entirely changed, and among
the better and wiser changes is that
old thought that the women who
were given to good works must needs
be dowdy. It is undeniable that
"good" women used to wear dowdi-
ness as a sort of hall mark ef vir-
tue. As a matter of fact, dowdiness
is merely a mark of bad taste and a
sign of some lack in the mind. Wom-
en are no longer lacking in the wis-
dom that chooses pretty rather than
ugly clothing, and those who do not
make the best pf their appearance are
losing a golden opportunity of giving
pleasure.
a Realist.
"I am a great believer in realism,"
remarked the poet.
"Yes?" we queried with a rising in-
flection, thereby giving him the desired
opening.
"I sometimes carry my ideas of
realism to a ridiculous extreme," con-
tinued the poet.
Indeed!" we exclaimed inanely,
somewhat impatient to reach the point
of his witticism.
"Yes," continued the poet, "the other
day I wrote a sonnet to the gas com-
pany and purposely made the meter
defective."
At this point we fainted.
A Financial Epigram.
"H. H. Rogers," said a New York
broker, "always advised young men
to get hold of capital. He used to
point out to them that without capi-
tal a man could do nothing, nothing
He used to pack this truth into a very
neat epigram.
" Fortune,' he used to say, 'can't
knock at the door of a man who ha8
The state board of equalization has
raised the assessed valuation of faruf
lands in Nowata county from $11 to
$13 and acre. This is the only county
return that has been altered by the
state board this year.
Attorney Stevens has found Law-
ton's $125,000 issue of waterworks
bonds invalidated because of two or
three glaring legal errors.
Assistant State Superintendent
Vohn W. Wilkinson announces that
Governor Haskell has gone after the
book companies which, it Is alleged,
are refusing to give exchanges on
text books at Biaokwell. Mr. Wilkin-
son stated that all companies under
their contract with the state are re-
quired to give exchange on text books
regardless of grade up until Septem-
ber 14, 1909.
grappled with the man, getting pos-
session of the revolver after it had
been fired accidentally. Then he
pointed it at Protoe, but was prevent-
ed from shooting by an employe. The
men then clinched and Allard knock-
ed Protoe to the floor.
terms with interest at 6 per cent, j
The claim at this time aggregates
$300,000,000, none of the payment
having been made.
Among the heirs are Samuel Sevier
of Guymon, and Charles Hess and two
brothers of Norborne, Mo.
Find Liquid Asphalt.
Davis.—A large deposit of liquio
asphalt has been discovered here at
a depth of 33 feet and a contract
has been awarded by W. M. Findley
and James Draughon for the digging
of a shaft to the deposit It is be-
lieved that the liquid, which under-
lies a ledge of rock, drains into a ca^e
in the Arbuckle mountilns. The
asphalt is used in insulating wire
and making paint.
Purcell Cop Resigns.
Purcell.—Preferring charges ol
neglect of duty agaim:t W. T. Garrett,
ni ht policeman, the city council dis-
charged him but later agreed to keep
him another month on condition ihat
he give more attention to his duties.
This was not satisfactory to Garrett
and he immedately resigned.
NEW MINIMUM RATE ON
CANTALOUPES EST<VBLISHEL
have
FIRE DESTROYS THRESHING
MACHINE AND WHEAT
Hydro.—While threshing for S. A.
Burgess, the engine set fire to tne
stacks, and burned up the crop as
well as the threshing machine.
El Reno.—Oklahoma railroad
agreed to terms suggested by tne j About twenty acres of wheat and as |
Stale Fruit and Truck Growers' aasc mauy of speltz were stacked together
Printed copies of the laws enacted
by the last legislature will be ready
for the public in about three weeks,
is the announcement of the state
board of affairs.
Forty acres of an Indian allotment
adjoining the townslte of Clinton sold
tt Washington, D. C., last week for
$33 000. The Indian girl is well edu-
cated and handsome and has asked
a Menonite missionary to look after
her money for her.
In the field, and they had scarcely
commenced threshing until the fire
started.
it is estimated that the wheat would
have made from 23 to 25 bushels to
the acre, and the speltz about 40 to 50.
nacitv necessitated the crowding of Mr. Burgess' loss is about $800, and .
fruit -o that considerable damage et that of Mr. Miller, In the loss of the j 3Crea®8, _up*
sued and the commission secured an machine, will amount to several hun-
dred.
elation and will ship canatolpes in
minimum car lots of 20.C00 pounds.
The railroads held out for a manimum
3f 24.000 pounds, but the association
appealed to the corporation commis- !
«ion. charging that such a large ca
a scar. The trembling of the trestle
almost shook their grasp loose, but
the train was not long and they were
able to hold on until it passed.
GIRL TIES BABY TO COW
Little Sister Is Killed and Mother
Driven Insane as Result of
Her Pranks.
Paris.—Little Theresa Marceau,
whose age is seven, and who lives at
Le Mans, evidently is the type of ju-
venile monster that French novelists
are fond of introducing into thel.-
works. As the result of a prank of
hers, her younger sister Is dead and
her mother is insane.
Theresa's grandparents, who are
farmers, sent her to keep her eye on
some cows which were in a field close
by the farmhouse. Off she set, ac-
companied by the younger child, who
was only three years old. From time
to time, one of the parents looked over
the hedge to see that everything was
going on well, but after awhile they
went to work in another field.
Taking advantage of their absence,
Theresa proceeded to tie her small
sister to the tail of a cow and then
beat the animal to make it run.
When the parents, hearing terrible
Tlrey Were Good Mothers.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton is quoted as | ]]0 house'"
saying that a woman's first duty is to
develop all her powers and possibili-
ties. that she may better guide and
serve the next generation. Mrs. Stan-
ton raised seven uncommonly healthy
and handsome children, says an ad-
mirer of hers, and the children of Mrs
Julia Ward Howe testify to the vir a Green One.
tues of the noted woman as a moth i Do you loek for news of Howard's
er. The eagle may be as good a hunting trip in the sporting column?"
mother as the hen or the goose. 1 "No, in the obituaries."—Life.
Seeks the Man.
Tommy—Pop, what is the office
that seeks the man?
Tommy's Pop—The tax office, my
son.—Philadelphia Record.
agreement from the railroads.
Death Delays New Daily.
Tulsa.—The appearance of t).
Tulsa Daily News, due on August If.
has been delayed by the tragic death |
two weeks ago of Mark Bassett.
edltor-to be, but it is stated that the
Indorsed the Issue.
W oodward.—The election to author
ize the board of education to Issue the
district bonds in the sum of $70,000
cow, the child was dead with a frac-
tured skull. The mother's grief and
despair were so great that she has
lost her reason, and she is to bo
placed under restraint.
will begin publication within for a "«w high school and ward build-
After a lively c
V 1::
elected members of the
agricultur. from the thi
■
Ewe
White
fourth .n.i
i few weeks, probably some time in
September The News is to be the
organ of the independent movement
in politics, which has tapfured this
city, and bids fair to sweep over this
section of the state. Tho News has
just completed a large building and
lui> a fine plant on the w«
Ings resulted In the endorsement of
the issue by a large majority. Out
of a total of 359 vote3 cast, 27T> were
for the bonds and 84 a-.nil t on the
main school.
The city council has provided an
ordinance to submit the question of
issuing $26,009 water bo::Ja.
No Tips Forthcoming.
"How's crops?'' cheerfully inquired
the plutocratic-looking owner of the
touring car.
"None uv ye darn business, that's
how!" hotly replied the soil-tiller; "I
s'pose you're one uv them there board
o' trade high financiers just tryin' to
git a line on which necessity uv life
you'll try to corner this fall, he} —
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