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The Democrat-Topic teachers organize union
Pass Resolutions Endorsing Knie and
Praising Secretary Harvey Lynch
CORDELL: Resolutions were pars-
ed by the Teachers' association or
Washita county commending the work
of County Superintendent Robert L.
Knie and giving him end rsement for
' the office of state superintendent of
public instruction.
In thanking J. Harvey Lynch, sec-
retary-treasurer of the State !• {'dera-
tion of Labor, or giving an address,
1 the resolutions say:
, "We believe that teachers as wage
earners should be organized and
The Rock Island road has pleased should act as a unit with other labor
Shawn''' by luslnnlng the erucUon ot organlxatl- m for Hie uplirtlnB anil
a now puMDgar atatton. Jwttoring of the laboring «•! *-*:
' we believe through an organized ef
Towns arc growing rapidly In Okla- f"r' the teachers of Oklahoma < nn
him, i Mam farms us. '1 for growing more nearlv bring about the ideal cm-
corn last year aro this year being laid dltlon so tuuch talked of for our l>ub-
out in town lota.
fUBLISHED WEEIILY.
BY MFSS A t AUH.
NEW STATE NEW*
The Cherokee land offico was r©-
opened March 11.
Craig county, in the Indian Terri-
tory, lias announced twenty-one can-
didates for office thus far.
STATEHOOD
IN UANGER
COMPLETION OF R. F. D.
! Superintended
REPUBLICANS THREATEN
FEAT OF CONSTITUTION
CALL BIG CONVENTION
WHICH WILL DEFINE THE PAP.
TY'S ATTITUDE FULLY
No Coi^nty. Legislative, Judicial or
Congressional Candidates to Be
Nominated Until After State
Convention Is Held ana
Stand Taken
■ He schools.'
Following are the officers named by
Muskogee'* Cty 7~.™Uon OKLAHOMA C.TY: Th, republic-
pos. to vote a salary ■. association adjourned: M. B. nn state central commute.- met ! «•«<
annum for the miyor. ,1. m.™ Knie, Tuesday and effected preliminary ar-
rangenwnts for a big state convent:
which was organized after the teach
ers' association adjourned:
Keator, president; Robert L.
Tupelo was visited recently by post- vice
offico robbers who blew .he safe and tary-trea «rer; Ma garet Pettlgte. to fctormta « alld lr ,avor
S(.cure„ some funds and valuable ar- Conj Pon*ng ticket
union organized In Oklahoma.
TAFT IS AN AVOWED CANDIDATE
Spilman Fixes
Date at 1912
WASHINGTON: W. R, Spli
superintendent of the rur.l fre<
j livery service, h • fi d i1 - as
'outside limit f-r the (ompleti
DE the rural delivery :cn In
United tates. By that time e
farmer In the United State . '■
a few in the sparsely settled
tricta, will recel
HV.;| <1 'Of. \
j celve two delivei
a day will be mad
J of the routed
sections.
Four-fifths ef the fanners
| "workable" area of this conn
now receiving one delivery a
I The department h
I pieces of mail month
trary standard for the a v.
Where the number of pi:
) is more than double the «
department is getting re.u!
the carrier service, or i
, r lutes half. Where t wo
placed on the same rou
ADJOURNMENT
TAKEN FRIDAY
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION
QUITS UNTIL APRIL *6
THEY MAY
is mull
of thein
Vf* thickly settled
RETIRED MEN MAY GET VOTE
Convention Changes Drastic Clause ^
OUTHRIK3aTn'addltion to granting i All HQ F[|[[
to women the privilege of voting a# MLL UU I 11 U L.
school district elections, the constitu- |
Hon a I convention Tuesday afternoon —
mad,- another important amendment posilELE EFFECT OF TRANSFER
to Its suffrage report by inserting a RING CRIMINAL CASES
provision allowing the franchise to re-
tired officers and retired privates of
IN SESSION 94 DAYS' CONGRESS IS ATTACKED
ENGROSSED COPIES TO BE PRE-
PARED FOR SIGNATURES
flx;'d
as the
dl« d
Letters of Incorporation have been
Issued to the Heaver County Fanners'
Institute of Reaver City; Incorpora-
tors. W. T. Qulnn, Thomas P. Braid-
wood and John Nichols of Reaver
City; H. T. Spear of Hlbbs and
others.
In Comanche county a farmers
wife kept account of her butter, egg circiimstn
und milk money and for last year it
amounted to $480.
pian (V M. Cade to prevent all county,
legislative, judicial and congressional
That Was Settled at Conference Be- nominating convent! us until i: < i
tween Deneen and Roosevelt the state convention lias d«*tin« «i
WASHINGTON: The political con- whether the party shall supp rt in-
ference between President Roosevelt reject the constitution. The inteii
and (r vernor Deneen of Illinois has tion of this proviso is to prevent tin-
definitely settled three propositions: influence that a multiplicity < f candi
First, that Roosevelt will under nq dates might have in favor of the con
stand for a third term
The high mark for land in Wagoner
county was set last, week, when a
farm near Wagoner sold for $05 an
acre.
Sapulpa has raised a $4,000 bonus
to secure a $.10,000 opera house.
Indian Inspector Wright has been
Informed "that tho bonds Issued in
South McAlester for water works and
school purjioses have been approved
by tho sercertary of the interior.
Active preparations are being made
by the Orient to closo the gap be-
tween Altus and Clinton. Division
Engineer Smith advertised last week
for lf 0 laborers to begin unloading
100,000 ties which have arrived.
Chickasha Is going to build a cof/.
ton mill. That la the thing to do.
Oklahoma shouldn't ship out raw cot-
ton and freight In sheeting.
Oklahoma City Is breaking the rec-
ord on setting out shade trees this
spring. If she forgets tho cottonwood,
It will provo no blunder.
Fallis came near emulating Chica-
go. This time It was a cat that kick-
ed over the lamp, but happily the
blaze was discovered In time to save
both the town and tho pussy cat
Leading property owners of Ard-
more instituted mandamus proceed-
ings to compel a city election on April
2 It was contended that under the
enabling act the Oklahoma laws aro
In force In Indian Territory.
Oklahoma City residents to the num-
ber of thirty have reorganized the
Country club and have secured forty
acres of desirable ground for their con-
trol.
A. B Brown of Carnegie loaded a
ear with era for Texas destination.
Thirty days later the consignee com-
plained that he had not received the
rorn. and asked Brown to trace the
shipment. Tho car bad never been
moved from Carnegie.
The board of agriculture at its meet-
ing last week voted to allow the Ok-
lahoma Jamestown E\j osltlon com-
pany to use Its exhibit of fruita and
grains for that exposition The com
panv is required to give b-<nd to re-
turn the exhibit in good shape, and
to reimburse the board for money
expended in its collection and prepar
ration.
Second, that Taft Is an avowed can-
didate for the vresidential nomination.
Third, that Roosevelt proposes to use
all his Influence t land Taft
stitution, and to pr mote a uniform 11
Tor instance. New York
start at one end and th" ot:
other. When they meet
turn around and make an
lection on the way back U
Where the routes arc cm
twice a day service will
II shed.
The number of rural rout
. pertation aggregates 37.32
the United States is completely eo\
ered the number will reach in thi
neighborhood of 50.000.
The central west has tne
share of routes. That Is due
dous thicklj populated
Resolution Passed Commending Presi-
dent Murray and He Weeps as
He Thanks the Delegates—
Woman's Suffrage Bare-
ly Escapes
GUTHRIE: After being in session
for ninety-four days, the Oklahoma
i> : • e j constitutional convention practically
one will completed Its work Friday afternoon
to dotibl
lorten th
rnent of the military report heretofore
adopted.
The question as to the rights of
women to vote came up on the sup*
plemental report of the suffrage com-
mittee, which was tabled some days
ago and later replaced on the calendar.
It followed the provision of the Okla-
homa law. which provides that women
may vote in all school matters. W ii
liams of Durant insisted that this
would allow women to vote for state
superintendent of Instruction, and
even for the governor, as he is
policy throughout the state in the .
conduct of the campaign.
The meeting of the committee sug-
gested a wide divergence of opinion
I II lr> IWIIII' III W l«M>« .< ■ . . , .. .
In reply In tho chargc Hint Ilonse- ln the ranks of the parly throughout * 1
' ' • ... 1,'tS -.iiiil I mil,ii I,.
has 1.761 routes, while illln is has
2,755 Wisconsin has 1.522 and Min-
nesota 1.485. Kansas has 1,615. Mls-
ka 918. Oklahoma
velt is trying to dictate his own sue
cessor, It Is pointed out by a close
the two territories, and the antic n
stitution sentiment developed In sur-
friend that he is simply doing what ,)r|King quantities. Ex-Governor Sen>
certain presidents In the past have |ed the fight on the adoption of the
tried to do, but failed. constitution, and he was sup/ported
No president has named his sue- ,)v judge T. M. Roblnet of Ardmore.
cessor. He has brought about his own Charles Hunter of Oklahoma City.
ren •minatlon, but has never been able Charles Campbell of Ardmore, .i. W.
to direct the party. In addition tc Hocker of Purcell. Sam Murphy of
this, presidents who have attempted oklahoma City and many others.
to name their successors have been Judge Dlckerson of Chickasha and
"miffed" and "pouty," and the oppo Henry P. Bobbins of South McAlester
6ition has always patted them on the waged the battle in favor of adopting r>' dally the government weather pr
back for support.
WILL SCRAMBLE FOR LAND
and Indian Teritory 52.
The rural service demands good
roads. It has done more than any
other one agency to Improve the pub-
lic highways, especially in the cen-
tral west. No service on bad r n!.;
Is the department's slogan, and this
has spurred the people to road im-
provement. For the purpose of still
further encouraging r ad improve-
ment the department has now ar-
ranged for each rural carrier to car-
and adjourned shortly after 2 o'clock
Al ; until April 16, when the delegates will
' ' 1 reassemble to affix their signatures
t t to the engrossed copies of the consti-
. ^ lutlon, which are expected to be ready
for them by that time.
tow In The election ordinance and the
When i schedule were the last things placed
on third reading and final passage
before adjournment. The provision
gn.iiting the school suffrage to woin-
lion .4 en which has all along had a trou-
, jr, | blesome career was .also held over
until Friday afternoon and had a very
, ^jv narrow escape.
When the roll was called the pro-
vision was considerable short of th^
fifty-seven votes required for final
passage, but after considerable skir-
mishing around the sergeant-at-arms
rounded up enough members to insure
the passage of the measure.
Tearful farewells were again in or-
der as at the morning session. Presi-
dent Murray was thanked for his serv-
ices in a resolution introduced by
Henry Johnston and wept a little In
the course of his speech replying to
the honor. A resoution recognizing
the press boys was introduced by
flint Graham of Marietta, and adopt-
ed by the convention.
typify the alleged fraternal feel
vagon; also a placard telling
1 farmers when to drag the roads.
Discovery Near Cleveland Believed to
Be Forerunner of Big Find
TULSA: Following t.h«> discovery of
oil on the Meadows farm near Cleve-
land. Okla., thero Is a big scramble,
WOULD END HIS LIFE
for leases ln that section of the coun- event of its adoption. Henry P. Rob
try. Prominent operators from this hins took tj„, opposite position, and
place are getting leases and available saj(, thaf j, W(m|(1 j)0 better for the
land within a wide radius of the new- n.|)ni,ucan part> to stand for state-
est oil field in the new state will be and swallow the democratic
leased up In a little while. constitution, rotten as it may be.
The Meadows well gives evidence rather than thwart the desires of the
lonstitution
Henry Asp of Guthrie was given a
rousing ovation when he appeared be-
fore the committee to denounce the
constitution. He said that unless his
part> Instructed him otherwise he .
f . „ Much Wanted Man Frustrated In Sue
would vote against the constitution.
hit reaoons WnR that the state I 0KLAH01'A eclTvemAPlbert T Ryan
said to be a much wanted man. was
dictions display, d in blK iyp.' on his ^ now „sl5,inK between the Okla-
ouid suffer untold misfortune In the i
of being a great producer and is be-
lieved to be the forerunner of another
great oil pool. When drilled Into
deep sand, oil operators predict 1C
will make from
dally of oil which has tested 42 grav-
ity. a high grade product.
The Rig Wolf company, composed
of Wisconsin men, own the well and believed that it would receive
overwhelming majority, if for
other reas n than that the detnoer
vast majority of the territory citizens
who have been praying for statehood
for the past fifteen years.
C F. Hunter of Oklahoma Cit> sug-
50 to 1.000 barrels gestod that a special election be held
r week prior to the regular election
on August 6, at which the republican
nstitution should be submitted, and
arrested here by Detectives Cochran
and Hagan of the city detective force.
Immediately after his arrest Ryan at
tempted to commit suicide by taking
laudanum, but the attempt was frus-
trated by the officers.
Ryan, it Is said. Is wanted in Mat-
toon. In., and Herman, Mo.. . n forgery
homa and Indian Territory delegates,
Haskell for Indian Territory and
Henry Johnston for Oklah ma, shook
hands ln theatrical style across the
middle aisle of the convention and
the delegates hiked" for home after
they had sung "In the Sweet By and
By," led by Chaplain Naylor.
FOR OPTIONAL PRIMARIES
Committee of Whole Adopts Oklahoma
Election Laws
GUTHRIE: The convention, in com-
mittee of the whole, abandoned the
; Idea of trying to force mandatory pri-
marles for the nomination of all state,
SENDS FEDERAL COURT ACTIONS
TO STATE COURTS
Delffg?'es Protest Against Oklahoma
Paying Half a Million in Court
Costs—Fear to Refuse Be-
cause of the Effect on
Statehood
_ GUTHRIE: There is a strong pos,
member of the state board of eduea- nihility that upon the admission of the
Hon. An amendment was then pre- >;atc all prisoners with criminal casea
pared by Williams and Deering re- l ending in the courts in Indian lerri-
striding their vote to school district torv will go free.
elections. This was almost the unanimous
In opposing the proposition Presl- opinio n of the ablest lawyers In tho
dent Murray declared that if the right discussion of the portion of the sched-
sort of women would vote he would ule report which complies with an
not oppose the proposition, but that amendment of the enabling act enact-
it was the negroes and lower classes ed by the last congress transferring
who would mostly avail themselves of all criminal cases pending in th©
the privilege. McCance of Mutual federal courts of Indian Territory to
took the other side, and brought down the district courts of the new state,
the convention by declaring: These laavyers also agreed that
"I wish to say that the remarks ihere are grave doubts as to the val-
of the president are very unbecoming idity of this act of congress on the
to the fair sex, be she white or black." grounds that congress cannot trans-
A proposition to allow cities to pen- fer to the courts of the states potter
sion meritorious disabled firemen was to prescribe penalties U r violations
adopted after considerable debate. The committed against federal statutes,
proposition as originally reported pro- The discussion arose when I^ed-
vided for state pensions, but this was netter of Ardmore moved to strike out
strenuously opposed by the rural del (he section of the schedule report
egates who insisted that firemen dM which makes this transfer of criminal
not protect rural property, and that pases. He declared that congress had
they should therefore not be taxed worked a great injustice cn the new
for that purpose. state by saddling these cases off on
The report of the committee j>n the district courts, the.eby costing the
manufacturers and commerce provid- state from $500,000 to $600,000 to he
ing for oil inspection and reducing the borne by the respective counties. He
oil tests was adopted, and the section 5aj(j that the amendment to the enab-
prohiblting discrimination was still ling act providing for tho transfer is
under discussion at adjournment. The contrary to the cv nstitution of tho
legislative apportionment report was United States and a long line of court
placed on third reading and final pas- decisions extending over almost 100
sage, as was also the one on levees, years and Is absolutely void. He
drains and ditches. therefore favored striking out the seo
Hon.
LASHED FOR WHIPPNG WOMAN Haskell, Hayes and others objected
to this motion, declaring that it ii
Husband's Drunken Carousal Paid for n(>t f(>,. ty,e convention to question the
When Citizens Become Aroused validity of the acts of congress, and
MUSKOGEE: News has just reach- that the constitution must ocmply
ed here of a mob that took a citizen wItb th€ enabling act provision. They
out of the jail at Wetumka and admin agreed that not to accept the transfer
1st ered a severe flogging to him be would defeat statehood and in tho
ciuse he got drunk and mistreated his event Oklahoma should become a state
family. the failure of the convention to in-
A marble cutter, known .as "Scotty." corporate a provision transferring the
got drunk, went to his home and ran criminal cases would throw them out
hii wife and daughter away from the >f court entirely upon admission of
hor.se. Then he went to the home of -iie state and be sure to turn the crim-
the city marshal, kicked the glass nals free. Mr. Hayes declared that
door in. when the marshal stopped his there is a strong enough possibility
lease.
CLAIMED HOME WAS RUINED
Excuse of Man Who Had Committed
Murder
EL RENO: W. K Rhea, a cornice
maker, returned from Fort Worth and
Sunday walked into the confectionery
establishment of Mr. Newell, on the
principal street of the city and fired
five shots at Newell, killing him In-
stantly.
Rhea stooped over and put out the
fire on Newell's clothes, then stepped
out on the street and surrendered to
the chief of police, saying: "I would
kill any man who ruined my home.'
HOMESTEAD ENTRY BEGINS
would ignore the election.
Headquarters of committee moves
!rom Guthrie to Oklahoma City.
No City Election at Ardmore
ARDMORE: A decision was hand
d down in the United States court by
Judge Townsend denying the writ of
property owners for a mandamus to
ompel the city officials to open books
3f registration for the coming election
pril 2 Judge Townsend ruled that
tlh enabling act did not apply to the
ities of the territory in conducting
municipal electi< ns.
GRUESOME FIND IN RIVER
He was rrn «ied three weeks ago in senatorial and concessional officers I "sood time" by bitting him over the j >f the congressional act being void
Me was «• 11' u<' KS - 111 , , . i i . i head with a six-sho ter "Seottv ind the subsequent freeing of the pns-
Uttle Rock, and while ,n route to In the first state election, and adopted nead *un a ier. w , ,/
an ordinance putting the Oklahoma went home and proceeded to throw his ; niers as It is.
■ ! ft Ion laws into effect. This pro- i wife and daughter's clothes Into the
vide- for oftional primaries, allow- Uoove. Then he was arrested and
ing lhe state or county committee of : 11'ieed in jail.
each party the privilege of choosing The next morning the story had
the primary pl n In case the primary i read over the town and a ^nob
plan is not s« 1 cted, nominations are- j formed, went to the city marshal,
made by the convention method. oveipowered him. They to k his six-
The election laws of Oklahoma Ter ; shooter and the key to the lock-up.
.Mattoon escaped from the offic
Piedmont. Mo., by jumping from
window while the train was ri
at high speed. Ryan will be
to Mat toon fr.m here.
Election Board Organizes
Gt'THRIE: The supreme election
Iwmrd. created by the constitutional
convention to have In charge the elec-
tion of tlie first state officers t'o lhe ap / ah!e. I he> ^ippl> in
counties In Oklahoma. The
The Ledbetter motion was then ta-
bled and the sections adopted as re-
ported.
Py a section In the schedule the
debt, created by the constitutional
convention and by the holding of the
two elections, which is not covered
In the congressional appropriation, is
are put into effect as far as j Then they went to the jail and took _1 .,I**'V
all old
new state, organized by the election
of J hn M. Young of Lawton as pres-
ident; .1 E. Wyands of Muskogee,
secretary, and C. H. McClelland of
Pond Creek as vice president and
treasurer. Neither of the republican
members were given any official rec-
ognition. The hoard wnl have the cre-
ation of the local eection machine
machinery now provided bv Oklahoma
law Is recognized provided that re-
turns shall be made to the supreme
election 1> ard created by the consti-
tution. This board is composed of
five members and Its duties ln addi-
I tion to canvassing the vote extend to
creating the election machinery |n
"Scotty" out, strung him up by the
election ! thumbs, stripped him to the waist anil
adn.mistered 30 lashes with a cat-o-
nine talles. Several prominent citizens
have been accused of being in the
mob. but it seems impossible to prove
anything.
The American Express company is
building a new office building in Mus
1 '> I new counties of Indian Territory and i i-oePf, for own llsf.
in about sixty out of the sevent> five I - - . . - I g 101 118 own U8e*
I Okah
ma
•ountiej-
OKLAHOMAN SLAIN IN IOWA?
There are disputes over the posse-
sion of about fifty farms ln the big
pasture recently filed on ln Oklaho-
ma and trouble Is threatened. On
each c«f the farms two or more fam-
ilies have settled, each claiming to he
the rightful owner More trouble for
the laud office.
The city council of Sulphur has cut
the salaries of city officials for the
ensuing year which will result lu a
•aving of about $2,000 to the city.
A quarter section of land in Heaver
county, which o uld hardly have been
given away ten years ago, sold last
week for $ *00
An election authorizing the Issuance
of $260,000 in municipal b uids t i the
purpose of extending Lawton water
■y&tcm, extending her storm sewer
system, and placing her streets to
grade preparatory to paving, resu',-. I
In an overwhelming victory for the
bonds, more thus $00 vote b< • ; cat!
for an i less U an 100 ca I
Misa Olive Jones of Temple Is Award-
ed Claim No. 1
LAWTON: Miss Olive Jones ot
Temple Okla.. who came to the new
-nintry from Cleveland, Ohio, about
•iwe year ago. made the first home-
stead entry on the much lauded half
million acres of Kiowa, Comanche and
Apache Indian pasture lands of this
County Mond \ She was .awarded fr<
Claim No. 1 by the general land office ,
under the scaled bid plan of sale
idopted by that office for disposing
if the remaining Indian lands. Miss
I ones is a pretty little damsel with u ,h«.
rosy cheek and attractive eyes She ,jmVn.
anie west for her health and has re-
gained it to a marked degree Fifty
successful bidders filed on the pasture
lands Monda> More than two thou
and will have filed when the entry
ucriod elosi - April IX
Badly Decomposed Body of Unknown
Mm Shows Foul Play
HOBART: What proved to be a
r*-.stly and gruesome find was made
litrt Sunday by J. SV. Rogers, who.
w'UMc duck hunting, discovered the
c ipse of a man burled In the
of Big Elk creek, three mllf
Body Found in Car Believed That of
Bert M'Fadden
A body answering the description
of Bert McFadden. a real estate man
wIki mysteriously disappeared |rom
aters i Enid several months ago, was found
west Tuesday morning huddled in the cor
f town. Coroner Burke at once went ner of a box car at Sioux City, la.
scene and the body was taken Evidence p ints to violent death,
he water. j and It Is thought that the man was
On Investigation the corpse was murdered. The body was clothed In
found to have been foully dealt with, ordinary working garments.
there being a bullet hole ln the back ( The authorities at Sioux City tele-
f the head, and a heavy railroad Iron graphed Oklahoma City police for in
k to hold the body formatio about McFadden and his
: whereabouts.
When last heard of McFadden was
in Denver That was three weeks
bo;
county commissioners
t>. Okahoma. has ap
I a tiuii: el, count \ attor*
I Luther Martin, re-
Excitement from the supposed mur-
r runs high and the county at tor-
will make an Investigation. The
id> wa -. In a badly decomposed con
tion. The man appears to he about
•ears if age. Nothing was found
i the bod> which could lead to Its
entiflcat ion.
PULLS OUT OF THE RACE
Not a Candidate for Lieu
tenant Governor
I' (} Kldwell of Pawnee has beei
LF \PS INTO SWOLLEN RIVER
lody of Wei -to-Do Chickasha Citizen,
a Suicide, Found
< H1CK\SHA The i> !> of L K
The Oklahoma Jewelers' associa-
tion organized Monday with these of-
ficers Preside.i: Joe Majors Mc-
Alester; vice president. W C. Psafle,
Enid; secretar-. F C Bo < en. Okla-
homa City; treasurer. T F. Miller.
Came to Him in Bunches
M rSKOGKE it there U a:i;.thlM_'
in luckv anil tinlui-kv numb' s. John-
ountieg cut out of extsting Oklah ma
counties.
The supreme election hoard fep- |
points a county election board of three
members, not more than two of whom j
shall belong to the same political
party, in each of these new counties.
It Is made the duty of the president
of the convention, within thirty days
after adoption of this ordinance, to
give notice of the election provided
for 1n the constitution.
Brings Hi —: $50,125
MUSKOGEE: A fifteen year oil
lease on seven and one half acres of
land near the Glenn oil pool, prop-
erty of Robert Pitt man. jr., a Creek
miik r. was sold bv Clark J. Tlsdell,
master in chancery, to the Associated
IV .'lucers' oil company for $10,300.
or $1,273,33 1-3 per acre. The remain-
ing 150 acres of the minor's land
divided into three sc|>arate tracts sold
for $o9,82."> The Producers company
bought another forty-acre lease at
fi:to an acre, the Pulaski Oil company
a TL'ljj-acre tract and the Chapman
(l och an I McFarlin company a for-
Great Oil Well at Cleveland
TI LSA: Excitement was created I
i:i oil circles by a report that a 750-
, barrel well at the remarkable depth |
, i.f 2,M0 feet has been brought in on
APPEAL IN GAME CASE
vides that the legislature shall make
an appropriation to cover such a de-
ficiency, exclusive of the per diem of
tho delegates. Some of the delegates
wanted to Include tho delegates' pay
also, but most of them agree to leave
this matter to the patriotism of the
legislature.
Tho salary of county Judges and
county attorneys Is fixed at $2,000
minimum, to be Increased according
to population of counties
A provision of the schedule as
adopted provides that the terms of all
county and Uownsh.ip officers, ftrot
cleeti d or appointed under the new
state government shall expire on the
first Monday In January, 1911
Several reports were finally adopted
by the convention, including those on
suffrage, Degislative department, de-
natured alcohol, and trusts and mo-
Wells Fargo Seeks to Avoid Time for
Shipment of Quail
GT'THRIE: The territory of Okla-
homa won a judgment for $500 and
costs. $171,65, In the district court
of Payne county against the Wells-
Fargo Express company for receiving
quail for shipment outside the terri ,
... . , , i„ , ,i,.. nopolles, salaries and compensations
torv, and the company appeals to the , .
supreme court.
In office and regulating the Inspection
It Is charged by the territory that an<l teK'9 ,or *en ene oil.
F. F Miller, the Wells-Fargo agent
at Cushing, received four barrels for
shipment to New Orleans on January 1
?1. 1901, the barrels containing tur-
keys, ducks, rabbits, jack rabbits and
Fixed ud a Dummy
Claud Roy Kahl, an Oklahoma pris-
oner tfw serving a life sentence In
the Kansas state penitentiary, tried
larks It is also contended that one to P3ra"e b>' fixlnK "I1 tt ln hl*
barrel contained quail in vl datlon of r" "" lna,i" ,hH ,,ummv
• he territory game law. Under the "l."'" « '"•covered * "•>
law the territory sued the compnnv fhonlt It an<l a f-Iioc dropped off. K. hi
and recovered $500. Of the c(wts $100 waa "'"at by ceils,
went to the attorney for bringing the although It developed that he man
action in behalf of the territory.
The democrats of Enid have nomi-
nated George Emery, formerly of Ok
Irhoma City, as their candidate for
mayor of Enid at the coming spring
election.
he Me
This
well, it le
of drilling f
aid, has been In
The
iallsts
of Dev
ni«« ' at T.ii«> a Ap: d
purpose of perfecting
ganization.
Enid c
Ing of ti
tei i
lion * m
with nln
ertalned the annual
The
eli in the mid-t
oil
md Is the
ntinent ol
OKLAHOMA CITY; Leading repr
sentntives of both branches of ti
Methodist church of the two ten
lories held a meeting in this city ;
devise plans for the amalgamation <
the I'Orth and south divisi
hurch ln the smaller local!
now state This mov< men
, 'ed 011 t a gen- t al '
' ■:c two churches at Enid la
ibis Is really the first st.
ns of the
les in the
was de-
it fall, L ■ i■;
on '
I urj
David S.
aged to drop out on returning from
dinner. After discovering the dummy
Kohl was found In hiding in the pris-
on yard. He had a rope around his
body under his coat intending to use
It to scale the wall after dark It Is
believed that Kohl had outsldo aid
In getting the rope.
DEMOCRATS TO MEET
Party Leaders in First District Decide
cn Convention Date
GUTHRIE: Representatives of the
democratic party of the First congres-
sional district met in this city and
decided to call a delegate electi n for
tho purpose of nominating a candi-
date for congress in Enid on April 24.
John M. Sliepb • of rawn- .' a cbos
gresslonal com-
of Perry, sec-
en chairman of t
ni it tee and J I.
rotary.
ver Is Appointed
organized five years a
members and 95 per c
of the plumber of the two terriU :
now belong to the organization.
The Broom Corn National bank Is
the name of a new institution soon
lo be started at Gap
True.
There are men who never go
ahead because th«> i« so bui« they
axe riiiht.—Jud£«.
ti ranee rompany
of which F ('..
Mr Flteon state®
i been shaky fof J
? been pa; Ing its
ight to have con*
Th* Cherokee land office wri
I opened March 11
permit ting land grabber!
I their valuable Oklahoma
JAPS WILL BECOME FARMERS
Five Coachloads Emigrate From Tex-
as to Washington
MUSKOGEE A special train
farm land?
niitteemen and
l layer Attempts Suicide
ARDMORE: Sidney Coggins
II, ,1 In ill here for the murder ot earh county w
i . tion Foreman Marshal of the Katy
i ar Ada, Is seriously 111 from self.
if]:.' ed wounds and cannot live Lid
i iner at Denlson has b en notified.
if ter tlio murder Coggins attempted
uiciiie.
he territorial com-
juntv chairman of
declared the con-
gres ional committeemen of the dis-
trict until the county convention in
the various counties select a new com-
mittee.
Notify Burton of Release
ABILENE: A message received at
his homo fr in Ironton, Mo., where ho J
Is In jail. : ays that ex-Senatct J. R.
Burton of Kansas, convicted of con- j
11 racy in a "get-rlch-e.uick" swindle, j
wii ; <it • ' . 111 v notified Friday thai he j
will he released from Jail March 22
He will, he win - bo ln hi: old! uiciue. . i The receipts at the Chickasha pout*
. n \ • th< ••• ng «i.i • it j — I office for the quarter ending March 31,
j, stated vesU-ruay that Mr. Burton 1 J. H. Parker, a s<hool teacher neap ; showed an Increase of ninety-five per
•a ;im b' h- Id In jail an additional j Bixby, wa sh< t In the leg and Serb cent over the samo quarter last year,
j iiv nth in view of the fa< that hi# fhi. misly injured 'by H:i :y Cobbev, a The total receipts were ciom to $20,-
of $: . o has DOt been paid. patron of the School, 000.
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