Lawton Constitution-Democrat (Lawton, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 25, 1907 Page: 4 of 8
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*>0*0 W>tewaiy i Dally CmaUtvOMt
FRISCO ROAD MAY CHANGE DIVISION
■wTta^Pr^OOMfrwCitMlCicke.
ftj Ml N*« Awwats I* horn $7,000 LOOKS BRIGHT
r SAVS JAKE
f It 18 currently rei>ortfd that *«e ( ""
nisco is seriously considering a Pro' Oklahoma City. O^la . July 2|.
position from the city of Cache for Hod. J. L. Hatuon. chairman of the
the location of the freight division j.t re<<ublican state central committee,
that place. It is well known that the arrived in the city yesterday :rom
Frisco people have had complet" blue lawton. Mr. Hamon will spend a ew
prints and specifications out ior some days at republican state headquarters
time, for a rou«d house to be built in arranging matters for ;h > state con-
the isco yiids at this place. For vention, which meets at Tulsa,
some reason the work has never start- august j.
ed and the Frisco engines are stalled Asked if he thought the change
tinder the canopy of heaven. The city |11U(je j„ the constitution would nave
•f Cache mad*' a proposition of forty any effect upon the republican sentl-
tcres of ground for yards and plenty ment, Mr. Hanion said:
of water with a cash bonus be.s.d >n. (jQ nol think that the lite change
That the Frisco people are seriously n,ade in thp constitution are material
eonslderlug their pro;>oaal is ev.d nc- unrf consequently will not have any
ed by the fact that the roadmaster has ejfaet upon the republican attitude to-
tnadt several trips of investigation to Wanj jt. Concerning what will be done
Cache and the source of water supply at 8t&te convention, I do not think
and quality of water is being Inve.«ti- jn vjew of my position that 1 can
gated. Should this move occur ihe gay anvthing as to that. Everything 1*
dispatchers crew and trainmasters of- looking brighter each day for repub-
lice would probably *o to Oklahoma jjcan success on whatever is the attl-
City where the Frisco is completing a tude or declared policy of the party.' :
large office building for occupancy in j ^jr Hamon will be in the city aev-1
about thirty days. Rumors generally eraj (jay8 During the day conferences j
lave a source and while It is not al- ^ v(>re wjth prominent republicans
ways reliable, no chances should he o{ tlle cjty and others throughout
taken on the possibility of the.r truth. Btate jy long distance telephone.
The Chamber of Commerce should , llnder tht, djrectlon and manage-
get busy und investigate the source of Jnent of Hon. Charles Curtis, the press
the talk and take the necessary steps bureau is again coming into propiin-
tr> confer with the proper railroad of- 0QC6 and considerable campaign mat-
firials. The Frisco road has nevtM (ter is being prepared, to be released,
asked anything of Lawton but what ajj state convention ad-
, visitor has led to a revival of the
discussion regarding eotnet% prevelent
last March, when alleged LClentific
men gave f orth many s *n*atioual in-
terviews regarding the possibility of
a collision with the Marchetto comet.
At that time a statement.purporting
to come from l*rofes3or Matt^ucci.
the distinguished astronomer of the
Vesuvius observatory, was published
ir. nearly eve ry paper of the world
containing the astounding announce-
ment that the Marchette comet would
strike the earth or came so near a*
to consume all the atmosphere.
While this dire prediction was not
fulfUed, there are many Washington
scientists who believe that such a
catastrophe is by no means impossi-
ble and that it has occured before in
the world s hiatory.
DEMOCRATIC
CAMPAIGN OPENS!
mm w«dn«a*r« contitatxm.
WEIL CELEBRATE
RECOMMENDS
MOKE PAY
Oklahoma City. Okla . Julj ' !
Chairman E. O. Cassldy of the demo-
cratic campaigu committee has com-
1 pleted arrangements for the owning
| < f the campaign. The first big meet-
j ing will be held at McAlester on Aug-
I ust 5.. All the leading candidates
on the state ticket,including C. N. Has-
j kell. uomiinee for Governor; T. 1*.
Core and R. L. Owen, I'nlted States
Senate; William secretary of
state; (ieor'*c 'lei fa my lieutenant gov-
ernor.. Jatr.es Mentfee, statr- treas-
urer; Miss Katele Barnard, commis-
sioner of charities, and a number :>f
legislative cindidates, will be the
speakers of the occasion. This will pro
bably be the biggest meeting of the
and complete a system of storm wat-
ments have been made for rates on all
the railroads from all parts of the
two territories. The meeting will la t
through the afternoon and evening.
journs.
THE FARMER
GOTTHE MONEY
they have been fairly and satisfactor-
ily dealt with and it Is hardly prooa-
ible that they would even contemplate
any change of program that effected
lawton without our official knowledge
Tte Frisco now has a pay roll In Law-
ton by reason of the division offices
that are established here of from $7,000
to $8,000 per month and tbi* would ra- I
ildls increase with the completion of I Sterling, Ok., July 24.- While Ed
lull division >hopa and offices.While Julian and H. M. Parmenter were
this is not at present a big thing lt P«dlng through the country toward
adds that much to the circulating med Sterling in an automobile the machine
Jum each month and contributes its >" n over a dog and killed It instantly,
quota toward the volume of business A man cai lying a shotgun accotnpan-
transacted b> themenhautB.ach mont led the animal and Immediately de-
The aggregate of the monthly payrolls n.anded damages. Mr. Julian forfeited
«f all concerns is what makes a sub- *5 and Attornty Parmenter delivered
Manual business city and Lawton a speech of ietret. following which the
>a*tH every institution that furnishes' fa" KitUfactlon and informed
employment thc ,lutoi?,s ,h« he was taking the
dog down ti. the branch to kill it any-
way.
Miss Sarah T. McElroy of St. Lou-
is is the guest of her sister, Mrs. D.
.Horning.
Subscribe for tfic Constitution.
COMMISSIONERS MAKE
A LOW TAX LEVY
It is believed that the annual tax
levy in Comanche county, for county
purposes is less than that of any oth-
er county in Oklahoma.
The commissioners hold that nine
mills will pay the county expenses
and they have levied that amount for
the coming year. This 1« much mal'
er than the levy made by the older
and wealthier counties of the territory
"(Tor instance the levy last year in
"Kay county is 22 mills while it is
mills in Logan county.
Comanche county has a democrat c
boa 10 of county commissioners while
Kay u..d Logan counties have the hab-
it ot returning republican majorities
in their county elections. Democracy
stands for economy and efflcency it*
the public sen ice and in Comanche
county the people have learned to
look upon their democratic board of
commissioners just like they re8ar(1
other blessings that have been showere
upon us. The democratic majority in
th:s county Is an asset that can be
figured upon the same as the rich al-
Washlngton, July 24.—Kecommenda.
tlon for the increase of the pay of
privates and officers of the army will
be made by Secretary Taft to Con-
gress next December. Army experts
are unanimous in saying that legis-
lation authorizing higher pay in th«
army is necessary if the army is to
be maintained.
It is pointed out that at present
the army Is 17.000 short of the author-
ized strength and prediction is made
that unless the pay of enlisted men is
increased it will be 25,000 short w ith-
in two years. The probable recom-
n cnadtlon will be that enlisted men
and non-commissioned officers receive
a 25 per cent increase and commission-
ed officers 10 per cent. An increase
for officers, however, is not regard-
ed as Important and most of Secre-
tary Taft's message will be devoted
in convincing congress of the nec-
essity of more pay for privates. He
has a staff of men gathering infor-
mation from other governments con-
cerning the pay of soldiers.
"It is an erroneous impression,"
said an officer today, "that our army
Is better paid than any other nation.
Canada on the north and Cuba on the
south pay their soldiers more than
we do. While Europeon countries may
pay their men less, the buying power
oi money is greater there than here.
You see the army is recruited large-
ly from mechanics and laborers.
While the pay of our soldiers has not
been Increased since 1870, the wages
of mechanics and laborers have doub-
led in that period. The desertion evil
is largely due, I think, to the poor
pay. Under the circumstances It is
very difficult to secure recruits and
soldiers seldom re-enllst, while Many
desert before their terms expire."
luvial soil and the downpour of rain
at thc right time. It makes real es-
state worth more money. Th" low
taxes are due to the good manage-
ment of a democratic board of com- j
missioners and low taxes encourage
moneyed people to invest their money .
In a community and raise the price
of property.
If you are inclined to grumble at |
your taxes don't growl at the amount |
used for county purposes for it is in-.
finitesimaly small compared to tha
people who live in counties so un-
fortunate as not to have democratic
board of commissioners have to pay-
Nine mills to your county, only a lit-
tle more than that paid to the territor
, less than that paid your township and
I about half the average amount paid
for district school purposes.
The people of Comanche county know
a good thing when they have it. A
democratic board of commissioners is
a good thing and the tax payers of
this count} will not have any other
sort.
Wittl Ail. Happenings
L COMET
I MIGHT BURN US
Almost every want advertisement
that is printed causes "something to J
aPPpn" in this city Washington, Ju'.v 21. Oi>portuu!ty
And the wonderful thing about it ] ^ ollothf.r comet ..scart.- w)ll be
all is that In practically every busl" I afrt tomorrow, when, according
ness transaction which is brought ( ^ observers, the Daniel comet
about between two people trough, a ^ ^ ^ approac„ t0
■want ad .both pat ties are pleas ;d. both th0 oarth beltlg but a mere matter of
are gainers. % 17O.MO.OOO miles away. The celestial
For about all want ad. traQ8 ct ° visUor „ m)W snld to he steadily ap-
*re based upon two "wants Instead h ^ bp 8„e„ tonight
rt one-the want-to-sell and the^ want Ummnw nlgh, with the naked
to-secure. One ad satisfies both ft,m r,8p about 1:30 0..,0cU
tbeae wants-and.so.lt Is ell named ^ constellatlon o( Tauru8,
a want ad. | Th)a comet wns discovered 011 June
— I bv j rofessor Ualilel of Princeton uui-
r c . I | verslty, who later lost track of it.
Ice Crejm iociw ; Un June 22 u was rf.-(Hscover(d by
Professor R. T. Crawford of the Unl-
The Willing Workers cf the Con- verslty of California observatory.
r- gational church will give an ic? I 8ince that time it has been 8 ' " "
tream and cake social on the lawn of ily growing brighter and for the as
\V. W. Dunlap. 321 Avenue A. j few nights has been plainly visible
Everybody come and enjoy the j through an opera glass. Its location to-
mogram. which will be given and help night, when it may be seen by any-
pleasant evening.
NEGIIO TROOPS
FOR PHILIl'INES
Chicago. July 21.—In l/ursuanee of
the policy of the war department the
two remaining troops of negro caval-
ry at Fort Sheridan left today l >r
the Philippine! and no nior. color d
troops will be quartered at ihe ; ost.
Their places will be taken by s v-
eral squadrons of the Thirteenth ca\
alrj, which will come iu Se^temUt r
from Fort Riley. Kan.
Nine squadrons of the Ninth Caval-
ry regiment, colored, were brought
to Fort Sheridan from a post in Ten-
nessee last August. A few days after
their arrival numerous complaint-
were made regarding the presence of
negroes by citizens of the vicinity, the
citizens of Kvanaton and Ijike 1-oreat
raising a veritable storm of protest.
Requests that the negro soldiers be
moved as soon as possible were l^id
before the war department by Sena-
tor Shelby M. Cullom, but fc r a time
no action was taken n the matter.
It was the UrownsvlHe affair, accor-
ding to Fort Sheildan officers, which
convinced President Roosevelt that t
might be well to send all the colored
troops to the Philippines and Ouba.
All of the black warriors formerly sta-
tioned at Fort Sheridan, excepting the
two troops which departed yesterday,
are already In the Philippines.
EMPLOY JAPS
TO PICK COTTON
Guthrie, Okla . July 21. The an-
nual shortage of cotton pickers in
Oklahoma may be reduced if the plan
propost d here today by M. Chumu, a
Japanese labor broker of Omaha,
should be successful. Chumu propos-
ed today to W. H. Coyle, one of (h^
most extensive cotton dealers in Ok-
lahoma. that upon a satisfactory guar-
antee of employment 500 Japanese nor
working on railroads and In the beet
sugar industry in Colorado would he
brought to the cotton fields of Okla-
homa this summer.
Chuma said that his countrymen
were dissatisfied with their present em
ployment, many of them being too
small physically for railroad construct
ion work, and that frequently they
were defrauded by sugar beet growers.
Mr. Coyle agreed to y the railroad
fares for the &00 Japar • e laborers
from Denver to Oklahoma If Chuma
would make a satisfactory contract
that the men would work for a speci-
fied price. Chuma said that he would
be able to make such a contract. Chu-
ma started today driving oyer this
portion of Oklahoma to ascertain from
farmers if thejt-would employ and
house the Japanese luborer -
Chumu proposed that the Japanese
should be pa id $1 a WO for picking
cotton and that he should be paid 10
per cent of fhelr wages as commission
At the close of th' «rrtton picking
season which cont mtil Decem-
ber, the Japanese w -> v engage in
other farm 1 abor or In railroad work
until the beginning of the next cotton
season. Mr. salfi today
there was work, in Oklahoma this
year for 2.000 cotton pickon from ft;ha
states.
so far as Comanche county is con-
•t rned.
The deed to the land from the above
heirs to A. E. Shaw went on record
and the land will be platted and the
official plat filed this week. The land
that will be turned into the town of
Kinerson is situated on thc survey of
:he Lawton. Wichita Kails and Nor-
thwestern railway, twenty miles south
jf lawton. Th* location is on West
Cache a nd p.u ideal place for a town.
The town cou.;.a«^ have arranged /or
an auction sale of the lots and Knier-
aon promises to be the real metropo-
lis of the big pasture.
INDIAN GIRL
DRAWS CLAIM
Tulsa, I. T.f July 21. in th. draw-
ing for the second selection of lands
among the Omge Indians , which has
just been completed first choice fell to
a full blood orphan girl, Dcnnle Cole,
a member of the Hlack Do? band Ver-
ba De Cotey and Emniett Delieu.niixed
bloods got second and laird choice, re-
spectively. The d' iwing was eon-
ducted under the supervision of the
allotting commission and proceeded
very satisfactory and without a hitch.
The commission has recommended to
the department of the interior that
the number drawn in this selection be
reversed for the third and last selec-
tion.
Members of the tribe holding num-
bers from 10 to 50 will begin filing up
on their lauds on August those drav
lug from 01 to 100 on August fi and
soon at the rate of 50 a day until all
aie f lied.In this way ti e filing will
be completed by the first, of October.
Fourteen birti.* have been recorded
Since the rolls were made up for the
June payment and of each of these it
can be said. "He was born with a tor-
tune in his hand. '
COAL TRUST
GETS GOOD
BIRTHDAY
CoomiHets Ot Bur—Will CrreWitc (he Day
iwl Show All Viatin * Fast d Firitu
Time Ends With Firmrlu.
The executive committee tar the CTh
of August celebration held a long busy
session last evening and mapped out
the program for the anniversary party
of the founding of lawton and open-
ing of the new country.
They h ave planned a long, busy day
EMERSON WILL BE
BIG PASTURE TOWN
Ob have a
7-24 d 3t
i
one who cares to look, will be near
the bright star Albedam, According
to thc orbit c omputed by government
scientists, the comet Is moving in a
other woman has go'.ten ,,iane inclined nine degrees to the ec.l
let in tier shopping out ef ptlc. It will make Its nearest approach
than you have out of six. t0 the sun on September 3, w hen it
Made Gun Pl?y
It is reported that a fisticuff over
an unpaid board bill that o-:curcd this
morning on D Avenue ended in one cf
the fye!lgment8 pulling a gun.While it
was not used and in this instance no on
was killed, not even an innocent by-
stander. yet if the gun was there the
statutes against carrying concealed we
Pons was clearly violated. Thc av-
erage killing would not occur if the
glut wa« lot tl erc.
Shawnee Okla., July 24«—The In-
dian Territory Coal Trust now wants
to be good.
It has promised to HI the farmers'
union coal at greatly reduced prices,
in fact much cheaper than those; for all comers and visitors can come
quoted the coil dealers McAlester to Lawton and enjoy a real celebra-
ant y lump at $■' and I s i < the al-! t ion without spending one cent. We
luring offer hold out uy the trtst. | will treat you to a real barbecue with
Representation if the coil combine i plenty of bread and lunch on the side
have been In Shawuee interviewing i Mayor Jones and M. S. Simpson will
the farmers' union \v c;iti\e commit have charge of this feature and see
tee. They < ,,.rd a dssire to get I that no one goes away unfed Ice-
in good standii ? with th ' organized. water will be placed on all the streets
produce rs 01 . ul-h. realizing that I for the benefit of the women and child
ihe rejection • ;'i - 1 men offer to rem Besides plenty to eat and drink
buy fuel in the past his wrought some' the committee will amus< you all day.
thing of a hornet's nest in politics, Governor Frantz, C. N. Haskell, T.
and politics in 10 have something to p. Gore and Robert Owena have been
aa> to the coal trust before the year j invited to furnish the oratory of the
is out. occasion.
Although o prompt refusal wan glv- j A.n inuustrial pageant will be a fea-
en last year when the union asked to ture of the day. The i arade will In-
buy coal by the car load, the trust is | c|Ude merchants floati, farmer*' floats,
now w illing to sell to locals or in any Indians, lodges, clubs, and the calat-
othet way, just so they sHl the coal \ hum pi ana. Prizes have been offered
tothi- organized farmers of Oklahoma.; jor the bc t floats in tlv* various
This statement of fact was made classes also to the lodges and club®
by an officer of Ihe union yesterday. for the best display in the parade.
He said the locals would take advan-' jndlaft and novelty races will be
tage of the Busby and Puterbaugh s pulled off oa the streets in the fore-
sudden conversion and get coal wiiil. noon. In th? afternoon th" ainuse-
the prices were dowu. rnents will be puJUd off at the lair
Just what thc new state #'n • ■' al- grounds, where the com nail tee has
A^Ai f«ir hirnnwu rriPPS rUUIllng
provided tor harness races.
ers' association will o
arrangement • atii'.ot Le learned, al- ra(.e8> Indian and squaw races .ftuto-
though somethliv; like a long anJ loud uf0biie race.;, military racca armers
protest ia scheduled when tliey learn iaces in fact every kind of race that
'.hat the pric has been cut and the tne committee knows of or can find
farmers are to be 110 longer depend- jcut about. BlVetythlng Is fre^e.. The
ant upon them for their fuel. | visitors can go where they please and
see all there is. to see as guests of
End Three Week March | the business men of Law ton.
A ball game will be arranged be-
tween the Lawton club and siune oth-
Leavenworth, K - July Jl^-Troopa ^ dub from Comanche county.
I, K. L, and M, the tliirvl squadron cf | Guy R0bertsou and G. V. H. Saltz-
the Thirteenth Cavalry, arrived at Kort ga|)er the ,,oninljttee• on Indian and
Leavenworth Irom Kort Sill. Ok„ yes- nove|ty racea art open for auggest-
terday. Til,, squadron had been on lons of any nnvelty that they have not
the march nearly oil the time for three h0.ird about They wllt give special at-
v:ech . The last pari, cf the inan h. tent(on tQ thest, (,atures and. see that
j since patislng through Fort Riley, wa* t]iey are u)) The committees
' hnr/l mu inc tr\ v mine and f'KCPS- . . il.n thnu
hard nwing to heavy rains and exces-
sive beat. flo®f who wcr taken iEl
on the way came by raiL The horani
were thin and worn with the lone
niarch-
was because she spent
time in reading the ads
lid.
will be less than 50,000,000 miles
way *
The appearance of a new celestial
GREEN 11UGS
IN CORN FIELD
Arkansas City, Kan., July -4. -A re-
port coming from points south of Ar-
kansas City in Oklahoma says that
the green bug has been found in corn
fields by the millions. Near Red Rock
several fields have already been at-
taked and it is believed there is dan-
ger of considerable damage. The bugs
vvtrc found in the tassels in great num
bers to just what extent the fields
will be damaged) can not be told at this
time. In one cornfield southeast of
Arkansas City an Investigation of the
tasselB shows that there are many bugs
In the fields. Some of these are little
green bugs and closely resemble the
l.ugs which did so much damage to the
wheat. There were found a good many
chinch bugs also, and It is feared that
they may do some damage.
rrrrni Monday s Dally constitution.
The government towns in r/ie big
Pasture are ab«mt to meet the flnt
real rival in ti* townsite field* When
the big pasture- was opened tei settle-
ment the department selected five
tow 11 Kites and under a special act of
:oiigress opetW them to settlement
>n the auction p'ivn similar to* She Law-
ton town lot auction that will go
down into, history as the biggest real
estate deal that ever happened. The
five townsltes in the big pasture have
jeen sold and because they were,
what Ls known iu western parlance as
government towns, the people bougat
the lota. A government town Is sup-
posed to have the siKx-ial protection of
I'ncle Saiu and die average -jteculat-
or expects that tJiis protection will
bring railroads uuui business interests
that go to make a permanent! town.
The iajid was *11 opened to.settleme
under the homestead laws and award-
ed to the highest bidder except these
'ive townsites and the Indian allot-
ments. Now the lands homefcteaded are
not available far townsite purpose*
for at least fourteen months or until
the homesteader can make final pro f
by commutation. The 1'idlan allot-
ments are subject to the restrlcticws
by congress awl must b« held intact
for twenty-five years.
When au Indian dies, however, the
allotment may be sold and the noney
dej>ositcd with the United States for
the benefit of the heirs of the deceas-
ed Indian. While it Is not genera-1
ly known there are several deeded
farms In the big i**ture that have
been obtained In this way.
The town of Emerson will be launch
?d on a deeded farm obtained in this
v ay. The quarter section belonged
to We-chi-woon-ard, who became «
v.ood Indian, on May 4th. 1006. The
3eed is signed by the eight heirs ol
the deceased Indian maiden and ap-
proved by the Indian agent and the
secretary of the Interior. Of the
ight heirs. Wy-yer-chy. Tabby-to-sav-
lt, Che-mi-rae-ah. Per-na-bitty, and
Mem-a-roquo signed by mark. Quit-tali
nl, Pe-sah-tet-tah and Nellie Cox
made their own signatures and proved
themselves well up In the art of writing
; Nellie Cox the only minor Is present
at Carlyle, Penn., and 1b a grand nelc
Df the deceased, and Is nineteen years
Did. Emerson will probably be the
first official town In the big pasture
Christian Cbirch Revival
I
A large rnunbei were bat it. 1mi at Ihe
close of the service at. the Christian j
revival last night. While so many are
joining eirery night, rhe ordinance
baptism will he adirrirob'tepedU'raill who
are prepartd i« reeeive It it any I
service.
Tlie mubv conducted by EVange- j
Wst Clyde Lee Fife continue*- a* lw ;
a drawing card. New music will b * I
liken up again tonight and ihe or- I
ehestra will: begin playing at 8:10
Mvn are af liberty to- come wrthouu |
their coats and plenty of fans and u-e
water Is provided for the comfort 1
rite people who wish to attendi Tht- (
members of tihe church will gihilj giiv j
t'icir s eats oo those who are not mem-1
h.rrs of the- church too rdfertrtat thi-*> j
i :oy hear tbe preaching and have a
ljtf*orable <vi)ortunltr>- to obey the
gjbpelt Monliers wittli little ohlltftien |
uif especially invhrd- to uttend: ajad .
si-t 011 the west tide of wuditorlism ,
•■far tiie n trsery where tlier can owe
for the little folks with ease whPiinheyl
l>ecome fretful. The.ie little folks are j
entertained in the nursery while the j
anthers h« r the gospel.
The subject tonight is "The >la-i j
*rhu Watted to rte Saved His Own 1
Way." A large attendance is ex- I
pected arwd arrangements are made ."or (
Mie comiibrt of aS w ho. desire ui at- j
tend.
All preparation look forwand to j
next Sunday as the gnat cloung day
•f the revival. A rally in the Sunday
school at 9:4f> a. m.. preaching at 11
m. wid a service for the new
e'onverts at 4:30 p. ni. At this ser^
vice the comanuion service will
.eld Instead or at the moraing s r-
vic^_ To thl;s service, all the membjrs
of idiechure-A are ia.vit.ed to answer to
their names at the roll caJI* At the
close of this service, all tbe new con-
verts wilil receive the hand of fellow-
ship in ^ formal! way and it is ex- ]
pected that this will be one erf the I
most Interesting sights ever seen in
Lawton In the way of religious ser^
vice. Then at night, the great clos-
ing scrvice wilt be held. ^
This meeting is attracting the atten-
tion of tnany ministers and laymen
from other p arts of Oklahoma and the
Indian Territory and tlioy are invited
to attend and are very welcome at
all tte services in the cloalng days of
this which is already the greatest re-
vival ever held by a Christian church
in Oklahoma or the Indian Terrl-
toly.
Union Prayer Mectij?
Meet tonight fsr the uaion prayer
meeting, of the week In tlie Congrega-
tional church at ^ LV
The subject for ifiscussion is, "TVe
-vam Vbints in the ChrLstian Rellg-
ioi .'
Let -v-a innke aa effort to be pri-
Sotne Ji.hcre, In or near tills cily, i:f
a piece of. property which you shooil
own—which wonl t, be waoth. more to
yon tlvui to anyone eJbe—and 't
may be advertised today'
Ther«t will be a mothew' nntin.f at
the Methodist Vrotestaint church to*
morrow at u o'clock. All mothers in-
J. P Lovinge* of Iiastlng3 is doing
buslnerjs In the city today.
have awarded more money than they
have 011 hand bat feel that they will
be able to raise the balance necessary
to carry out t he full program a*
planned.
Professor Haddon of the Indian
school will be invited to participate in
the industrial parade as well as the
Fort Sill sold lent, the national guards
and the various lodges and clubs.
The committee*has appropriated mon-
py for the following prlz e in the
parade.
Pest three floats, $25 ,$1R, and $10.
Pest display by any lodge or club,
*10-
Best three fsTners wagons) $15. $10;
and $5.
Iie.st features i n calathomplan par
-ade. $10, $5 i.cd $.'!•
The best and most artlBUcly dressed
Indian, prizes for best buck Indian $5,
and $2, ami'the same 1 rizes will be
awarded the best dressed Indian
squaws.
The day will be terminated with a
grand display of fire woekg. The most
gigantic pyrotechnical display ever
witnessed iit the s ou thwest is prom
ired.
FRANTZ ISSOES
THE PROCLAMATION
Special to- Constltatlon-Dflnocrat.
democratic Heaiquarteri, oKlalapma
•Cliy, Oklj*., July 'J1.—Governor F/antz
Has to-lay slgneoi the lo.ig looked, for
proclairjation th^t will gjve us- state-
hood The attor.nev generaiH spent a'.ii
day «. estcrday In checking ap the elec-
tion; <irdinanc<> and drawi ng the I'ormj
of tiie proclamation. September 17th
is the day Bet that settle# the fate vC
statehood.
Tbe Indies Aid Society of the
Presbyterian church will meet In the
srfiurch parlors at 3 o'clock Thurs-
day afternoon 7-24 d lt
Dick Calloway,in charge of the Wal-
ter branch oftlueWofld Fair store is
in the city toda^.
COMMITTEE AT WORK 70 GIVE LAWTON
VISITORS THE TIME OF
THEIR UVES
Prom Saturday'* Constitution.
The ex.ecujtj.ve coiiunittre met in
*he Chaosber of Commerce last even-
ing and perfected the preliminary ar-
rangements for the sixth of August
celebration . The finance committee
^reported about $1300 raised as a fund
for the expenses of the day's enter-
tainment. There was soim* santlment
on the committee for a two days cele-
bration and many business men fav-
or the extending of the carnival ovei;
the second day. The committee if suc-
cessful in raising a fund that will
justify two days of amusements will |
arrange to extend the tlme.The com ml
tee have formally extended an invi-
tation to C. N. Haskell and Governor
Frantz also Colonel Robert Owens and
our own Senator Gore to be present
and participate.
The celebration will be the largest
ever held in Southwest Oklahoma.
The railroads will advertise excurs-
ions within 100 miles of Lawton at
one and one-third fare for round trip
good from August 5^h to 8th.
The barbecue feature will be made
the biggest thing in roast beef that
ever haponed in Oklahoma.
Some good ball gana.es will be skedu-
led and races of all kinds aranged
for. Some Indian dances and races will
be pari of the entertainment and Ft.
Sill has been invited to participate
in tUe celebration. A big time la plan-
ned and all the new country will be
especially in vlted.
J. P. Gallagher and Mrs. Gallagher
are in the city visltlug old friends.
Mr.Gallagher was an early s^tt er here
and now owns a valuable farm two mil
es south of town which he drew In
Uncle Sam land lottery and made fi-
nal proof upon. He is at present ci-
vil engineer with the Midland Valley
Railroad and located at Midland, Ark.
a few miles out of Ft. Smith.
The average person is liberal—and
yet wants the fullest possible value an
advantage in buying. Shakespeare
wrote: in the way of bargain, mark,
me, I'll cavil on the ninth part of a
hair." Bargain ads. are, therefore im-
portant reading matter to most pc«-
ple.
T. M. Roberts passed through Law-
ton on his return from a visit with hif
son at Duncan.
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