AUCTION SALE
OF UNCLAIMED PACKAGES HELD BY THE UNITED STATES
===== EXPRESS COMPANY  
Lawton, Oklahoma, Saturday Nov. 2,1907
CERTIFICATE
OF RETURNS
he certiflcat
onstltutlon and
• filed with
America. Tnr
Guthrie,
naming
! The follow iiii*.
j ^nt accompanies th
I election a returns, to
President Roosevelt;
The United States
j1 Uor> of Oklahoma, •
We, the undersigned, Frank FYant*
governor   f the terrltor. of Oklahoma
slid \\ il'iani II, II, Clayton, ujgde
*nior in service c.f the I'liitcd States |.n silent. They
court of ippeaU for tho Indian Terrl- Ul(fton Sunday.
Governor-* 1« i
TACnCS OF DELAY
COSTS BIG SUM
Okla., O t. 24- The state
board completed its work
inn (iov. FVnntz  nd .)u<Ir* lla
U>n It'ft today with the certilleaie*
and copy of the constltuion tor the
will arrive In Waih.
ioty, do -weby certif; that the above
iimi loregoing iiiesruuiciit is a true: . 11,01 Haskell stated thl
ind perfect copy of a constitution i ,,UJI 'hat lie would he willing to
lawton, OMa., Oct. 0, 1907. [Walsh \v E, Wise A l„ Wright-Bright
To Whom It May Concern;-. •"■"p Co. Wenuer E A. Wascow J 1.,
Notice Is hereby given that prop-plC8teni Halter Co, Warneke F and
«1y as per list below, remaining u,.''1 WebCT C' We'  11 ll|st
claimed or otherwise, |n office «
the I'nltcd States Exprt*H Company
"ill lie sold at Public Auction tc
the hhgiest bidder on Saturday thi
second day of November, ISijT, at
nine o'clock In tile forenoon, unless
aine shall be .called for and all
charges be paid thereon.
D. II. Rawson,
General Superintendent r s Ex.
1 ompauy.
I Williams II K, Yale .1 H. Zachery 11.
I llrainnier C.. Sullivan 1<\, Stamwood, TI.
Bl SHVlLLE Williams A 1!.
ST. JOSEPH I leach H, .1,
Gibson E M, (iibbs J. A, Hansen M,
Houston A, Kiuehas 1-ockwood W,
List Larrlmer C, Melton (' W,
Munsel] F V, Osden .1 A, Pollard G,
Shay c, Schoal A M, Slang 11, Kil-
deu I! O. Vorls E, Williams I'', Weld-
man J A, Wick 1{. A.
L'ondle W, Toiizalos
O. R. Rooher,
Agent, Lawton, Oklahoma Ter/'
Shipments for On-lland Sale, Novem-
ber 2nd, 1907,
MISSOURI
Kansas City Asltln and M, Adams
1'., Am Chew Gum Co, Brown Fred,
Benson W H, Ilognrd .1 M, Raker 1),
• Routelle W. Barber G, Hell J W, Bak-
■ i. W. Burnett, H. Burnett, J.
Bryiiii, T. W. Brat ley. .1. nUyer, J. C. I
Brooks L T, ilyrd C, Burton V,
Creston, T. Casey, J., Coffman
■i. Cad we 11 A, Cent. Mere. Co, Church-
liNl J, Clark Bros, Coney M, Collier
1* F, Davis Bros, Disney R I), Davis
T F, Dcrasse. it. E„ Davis T \V, El-
iiciiL c w, Edgar W, Edmonds C .1,
Kisen Bros, Ehrmon W ];, Fehmer-
ling G B. Flood P, Farals D, Flan-
i-'in J. Fields C, Francessco' I,,
I'ord F E, Frank E R, Farm Folks,
1 - rguson M, Canghorn 1', Garrltty .1
■K Green C, Gardiner J II, Gilluni R, I naynurst L, (Alden) Fredregili and
llarber N M, Ingles B D, Johnson A|So". Mathews J J, McCall Bros, Mc-
f.Joy V,, Kebbier C F, Kelly A, King Pherson W C, Morris N, Nelson J V,
R L, KennaC V. Lc.;ran W, Laupher. Shaw .1. Smith S, We tr|ck J, Wallace
Kitty Hat Co, Lesalr X 1!. Lynch J, '' Genurig j w.
NEW MEXICO.
Cl'RVO.
LOGAN
Roiner0 *p.
santa rosa kh-h j, neigodo k,
i Puerto De Luna), Heneber J, (Tolac^
Thompson C F, Bayless C W.
1' CI .MCAlti Cooper E, Chapman
Hittson W J, Livingston, X, Mar-
tinez C, (Rcmeito).
i oklahoma territory.
ANADARKO Bair.l J J,Conper E
!•'. Hart J E. Jewell E Is. Jersey il R,
Ilambre —, Jlunday S C, Xlurry C B,
Natl Bank (2 ps) Townsou J A, Tex-
as Pipe Co, (2 ps), Ward E.
APACHE—liaison G, Nagle J.
billings, roiling g.
bin'ger—Clark l. Cox, O. ii.
thoiiy ji,
BISON. Larruk j A.
t AKNEGIE-Brink, 11, Carpenter
Cole L, Dean JI .1, I Alden) (2
llayhurst L, (Alden) Fredregili
g'  M.
GRANITE- Moll |[ Kite 1! K.
GUYMON Barrow .>f J, Burt C,
Coon C, Cooper R, Denny L A. Hill
Harris W, Harrison L, McNeely S
E, iMcCulIough G W, Nicholas A, Phil-
lips J It, Schilling T, Spuucer F,
Smith H, Tedder l- W, Woods J, War-
ren N J, Walker L.
HASTINGS- Penn, R. A., Abbott, J.
i.-
HINTON Jackson, J. E.
E.
Dawson, 10
w.
Bain, O. T
., Hanan, II.
Gill .1 i:
! 1 j TCIM 'Ov'i< iesojej
HOBART—Cody, W."
I)., Morgan, L, B., W.vatt,
HOOKER—Alton, I'. C
Calhan, A. E., Carberi'y,
li., Young, ji,
I iSABKLLA Wright, w.
JEFFERSON—Mitchell,
Cox, J.
KlNtli'isiIER Bosonko—Alton JI.
[ Co., Craig, W. C.. Fry, F. Hasell, i.,
Jlc-intyre, J., Taylor, W.
Lahoma Braham, 1'. JI.
LA\ytON litmii,-. j; . Duiinaway, 1 \,
Enslcv, II., Jim, j, irwin, F. D., Ki n-
ney, E. U, JicDuffle, C., Jlclwnn, W.
Jlui'rhelder, W. Pas'ons, r., Reynolds,
!1. Thomas. J. E.,'I.cve, w.
Lone WOLF— McCaiin W.
JIANGUM Bulls (;., Crissman, J. L.
Speer.
 H)YD Riddle j#
BRIDGEPPORT li'rown
G JI. X'aiiquex A, Spena E.
BRYSON tialia^an .1 1
Co. Tyler c C.
t IIICO- Brock, j li Bra
llton j w.
HELHaRT--Armftrong J
E. Hannon a, Bunton
I and ordance8 adopte,| |)y the con-
stitutional convention of the pro-
Posed new state of Oklahoma, filed
by said convention with the secretary
"C the territory of Oklahoma on the
-2nd day of July. 1907, as provided
f'>! b> act or congress entitled "An
■'*' t to Enable the people of OUlabo-
nia and the Indian Territory to form
:: constitution Into the union on a"
ci,Ual footing with the .'rlginai states,
and to enable the people of New Jiex
, sign a statement that he can prove
"tat the saloon men. breweries and the
I statehood obstructionists hud made an
i agreement with the canvassing board
to delay the arrlva' rf 'lie results of
the vote on the Oklahoma chat ter at
the White House until Monday. Octo-
ber 23th. He says: •They are trying
to make a bluff now that they will
" ach there Saturday to tease and fool
tile public."
Governor Fra tx and .ludgi Clayton
let and Arizona to torn, a' constitu. i"""1 thls "'"'"I"* that they would
P tit'll and state government to be
Couch JI, Bl uff..i W E, Bolton W i! into th,. union on
Marriott W. ' "  
DALLAS straw K. Rltter I'. Guth-
He T II. Bryant 1.. Robinson .1 Far- .""''"on which was separately sub
- " — ' milted
ad-
equai.
tooting with the original states." and
!,t the proposition for statewide l ,-,>-
tomorrow morning over the
Katy'1 f(lr Washington.
A prominent state ofrieer-eh-ct said
'day: "Dn Governor Krantz and
iid//e Clayton realize that tli' lr time
r|s .1, Tliuiheman J, Ncwcomb 11 A
Martinez P P, Holbrook E, Hudson .1.'
Clauslcmnn J A. Hon, w 11, Beebe
( c. Gray J D, Graham O R, Plats-
|e' k N. Boren Z II, Williams 11. Bom-
'"K, J N. Riddard A, Seellg E, Sin-
Hair B, Westler C. Ualston J, Bruns-
wick 11 C Co, Hall J, Hoden W H.
i T. WORTH Halley \v 1-;. Bustoul
F. Urokaw H A. Barchof( S. Brachfoi'd
L II, Blott 11, Cook W II. Dorsey n v,
Foster E. Guthrie S .1. Hudgens T JI
Hurley F E. Hall JIm, Johnson c!
Lambert E, .Miller I). Marks II, Jlont-
boiuiry c It, McDuffey B F. Jlc-
Henry s A. O'Connell j, pelt0n A A. .
Reed and R, Rubey N E, Sheets t
Skidnior
l-eak E G, Lyon Bros, Jiills R, JIc-
Laughlln T B, JIcCov J. Jloore V,
McPetcrs W, JIaudin it S, .McClel-
land J, Jloore S .), Menks S, Mausel--
lc T, Merritt R, Nichols E C.O'Con-
ntr J, Olwell .1 C
xter II F. Rtese
Rice G E, Richards .1 C. Robinson W O, Payton L B. Dotson
A Iteid T, Sullivan P.- Schouby 11, Francis G, Jiartin I" 1'
it C. Stamwood k, Shellabarger R Stewart M F, Shultz. W k. Taylor G
Jf. Smart M, Sylvester .1. Smith F, Schlant J P. Chipinan .1 o
Sharp, .1 W, Stlne D, Tilden B 0. gan P, Howard JI L.
Turner W J. Tregent C S. Vanberger GERONlJIG Richard f
C. Vlncf-1 W. Walters A, Williams 0. GRACEMONT Cole
DOVER overman O W, Wright W.
i'L RENO Crabtree S II, Hall F
, Traders Compr. su Co, Ypung W
O- Kerly E. A.
enid Ch|c B and JI Co, Cent
Ottm X, Poin- j Merc Co, Monufngton F, Wllortenley
. Robinsin J. F, Iluttrey o I., Heajies C II, Ernest
► L, Cox L.
Allen J,
\
Mov-
lioliey, J. II.
-MOU NTAIN VIEW Bowfn W.
Sargent, .1.. Milllan, M. C., Lee,
White, \\. a., Kincaid, J. (;.
OKaKCHK Austin civling,
St ice, ,j.
to^he people lor i: eir votes,
;l!,t* l',ut at an election held pursu-
it to said act upon the n venteenth
,!i;y of September, U 07. as appears
from a certified copy of the returns
! the canvassing board provided for
l>v said act hereto Rttached, the said
<■institution was ratified by the fol-
lowing vote, to wit:
There were
c  iistitution, one hundred eighty thou-
•;i d, three hundred thirty three 1180.-
votes.
There were east against thhe pro-
lV^ed constitution, seventy-three thoU-
sai.d fifty-nine (7o,n. 9j votes:
And that the said statewide
h'bition preposition separately sub-
"liited to th
'hi h-pal voters of said
hilling and trifUns with the people**
'if;btH as they have been for the
fifteen days in their efforts to delay.
•;r defeat statehood is the occasion of
loss to the people in many respect*?
!n «m * item alone, th<> inttrest on the
live million dollar school fund i ro-
' ided in Hie enabling art, the state is
losing at the rate of #|1 >.!)3 every da>
 tafe|>ood is delayed, and for the fif-
day« unnecessary delay that
l'raut* and Clayton have already ©c-
a«iomd, the loss amounts to
s tin government pays the state three
per cent per annum on the five million
dollars so loug as the state leaves tin-
i!;oncy in the I'nited States treasury.
It would begin to bear interest the day
• atehood is proclaimed.
•IIIIS j . onjv ( n,, 0f tj„. lnany |o>Sey
ai d incoiiviiCJonce that the people or
this state aie suffering due to the fact
fl,at its affairs are unfortunately in
the hands of men who disregard their
''tfieial duties in the intereat of their
iclltical scheme's.
"Can ti ese men have hope to be
M'uSttd by the people again?*'
SEES CONFCSION
IN TRANSFER
<Iuhtief
conditio,i
01: la., Oct. L'l. A serious
of affairs will result In
    £ .  ■
Wright F. W. Yates II. F. Wilson F,
t GRAHAJI—Adams C. Ardis A B, j
v., I Burton W. Boley T It, Haul .1 K Cull-:
j nlnghain E, Grain, J. H„ Eaton G 1-.
L, Elliutt C B, Jones A. King W 1,
POND < i'EHK -nuff lldvv Co. S ^
f,s^rrL- vv;f •
RlNG WOOD Kerr W j ^.i Al KSMOKQ-H. -i,,, cll,,sti:„, E_ ,
TExtiO-MA James c r T, ... . T • ljask,I1-s }{r0s. Granam 'n vvltneS8 whereof we have here-
Quiiiu JI Theis o 1' Tul'eti' n"' 'i " lltlt0" w "• J nnd i: telephone '>'to subscribed our names and affU-
TYRONE Bone II JleiiilvlitW IV. 'T" " WJ " " ■ rt offl<'l!" designations at the cltj
ton H, Newman I T. O'Neal O T Guthrie, in said proposed state of
some of the departments of the terri-
cast lor the proposed I.... .
  N when statehood go«-s Into effect,
""less some provision is made '>efore
that event.
That confusion una disorder v ill nee
"ssarliv be a part of th   program h is
en general knowledge, but a state
| of ailairs bordering on actual ehaos
" Is liuniinent. li is Hie fault of neither
tile present incumbents nor tile new
VV'.^ ' " ( r|lir|,rs who will serve under the state
... luoposu regime, it js aliparentlv an inevlt-
ate by th, following vote to-wlt, '   
There were cast against the scar- ,,lory jm„ „ fu|| f,edged state
ue prov':> on for statewide pi'ohi-j
b'tio'i, one hundred twelve thousand
C F, Parker
Tackett h.
Hone ii, .Mcadvilla
Spencer II S. Starvllle R.
;wo hundred fifty-eight (112, J.*iS  Vot-,
To all of which we officially certi-
un nts. Hut unless the time is made
known at least two weeks in advance,
it will be of litcle help to the t'easur-
«r. ,
'ti the school land department the
• >tw officials will find another bar
sinister. Secretary Fred Wennc r ays
U will take at least three weeks l"
■ wind "P" business. The annual pay-
' .< nt on the school lands is coining in
How. This will mean more or less coil
fusion in the transfer to new hands.
None of the other departments will
be hurried by the prospects of relin-
quishments. -It will take ni * about
thirty seconds to turn over my office.
«ald Secretary Filson The attorney
general will have 110 trouble in hand-
|iv- over the r<-lus to Charles West °l
K'.id. Governor Frantz can step out
with 110 hindering details. All of the
remaining departments are in excellon
shape, -ready for tli<> milennium" as.
'"-son M, Lay ton J
L, Cullinlioube 11 AI
enian
Todd (J A.
JH, Hod-
; Si;;,,"-""
VERDEN -Hopkins .1 A. Glntfelt- L Anderson
t L. Scott S 13. Sanders R, Jiilli-1 Kenialn w L.
'jVAL'rrHl0'-J' I N0R''"H KT- WORTH-Cvrus g
AL1ER Siininons JI R, Gardner | PARK SPKiNGS-Gaso V-
H G. Rishart J P, Haley Drug Co, j RINGGOLD- Dlckerson g Alexand
{er .1 J, Hales C H, Kainey A E, Ncl-
!>()U W li. Vermillion 11 >1.
! MKATpoRI) lbown .1 T, Hunter
jG W, jetter O, Wilson j.
Speer and VINEyAKl
Weidon .AI. j Oklahoma, this
f>U'
lud,
Wiiilam If. H.
Frank Frantz.
' senior in service of the United
Vicker OH,
watonga
waurika.
texas.
bowie—BroWll r p
Hinkle 0, Smith B.
Ti
  weekly Oct 10 last Nov
SHERIFFS SALE.
In the district court for Comanche
x county, Territory of Oklahoma.
The Ilank of Commerce of V/alter,
Oklahoma, Plaintiff,
vs
(I. W. Robbins and Rhoda Robbins,
Defendants.
Ily virtue of an order of sale issued
to me out of the District court of Co-
manche county, Oklahoma territory in
ih" above entitled action, I will on
Saturday, ti,e mth day of November,
11*07 at 2 o'clock p. m. at the east
front door of thecourthou:;o in the city
of Law ton,-county of Comanche, Terrl
toiy of Okla., offer at public sale and
sell to the highest and best bidder for
cash in hand, all of the following de-
scribed. real property. The said prop-
' rty appraised at the amount set op-
posite each lot number as follows; lot
No. twenty, 20, block sixty-nine, 69,'
value SlL'.iO; lot number twenty-one,
n, block sixtynine, G9, value, $1250;
lot number twentytwo, 22, block six-
tvnine, CD value, $G00; lot number
twenty-three, 23 block sixty-nine, 69,
*alue $6. 0. All of the above de—
J-^rihed lots and blocks iu the addition
to the town of Walter, Okla.
Lot lumber twelve, in block forty
two, 42, value $50; lot number 13 in
bloc k forty-two, -12, value $50; lot nun?
ber fourteen, Li, in block 42, value,
K>0-; lot numbe; fifteen, 1."., in Llock
forty-two, 42, value $100; lot number
sixteen 16, in block fortytwo. 42 value
•100. All of the said lots and block lo
rated in town of Walter, Oklahoma.
The above described property must be
\.ald lor not leas than two-thirds, 2-3
0:' the appraised value as above stated.
The above is taken as the property
Ke® N. Robinson ('.
1-4 section S town-
1 o w, by Stejjhen E.
, In which it is al-
ntryman Uas wholly
more
1''"-*, for the ne
hip 4 11, range
•w:« !lars. contest* e
'' v« d that naid t
abandoned said land for inoVe than
Mx nioT>ths said absence not being due
to military aervice. Saitl entryman
l as never established a residence up-
on said land, that said six months
j.bandonment was prior to the expira-
tion of five years from date of entry.
Said parties are hereby notified to
ppear, respond and offer evidence
touching said allegation at 10 o'clock
a. m., on Decembeer 1G, 1907, before
the register and receiver at the United
States 'land office, in Lawton, Okla-
Rule 13. The said contestant having
111 a proper affidavit, filed October 7th
set forth facts which show ti at
after due diligence personal service of l-Mt'&t: j
bis notice can not be made it is here- ' ".y T. II. Wilson
TAMPERED WITH, ;
oy ordered and directed that such no-
tice be given by due and proper pub-
forsaid, setting forth tint the under >|<|]F DrTIiniW
•^'gncd applicant is a person of respett I Hr. Ill4 | |||||U\
uLiiuniij
resident of the tei'rltory of Oklahoma,
praying that a license may be issiied
to him by the county clerk and coun-
ty commissioner^ Qf said county for
t'10 sale at retail of malt, spirituous
and vinous liquor? 011 the ne 1-4, of
sec 26 twp 2 11 r 15 w I M. said pe-
tition and application Will be heard 011
tile 4 day of October A. 1)., 1907 nd
llcciise will be issued, unless there be
110 objections and remonstrance filed
in the office of the aforesaid county
cbrk before the aforesaid date.
Witness my hand this the IS day
of Sept, 1907•
Chas. R. Cox and Company,
Applicant.
Houston,
Co. Clerk.
THE SECRET
OF SUN SPOTS
WATER SYSTEM
LOOKS GOOD
The change win be felt more acutely
I'crhaps, in tl)e treasury department.
Between $900,000 and 8*00,000 will be joll<? clerk expressed it.
turned over by C. W. Rambo to his j —   
successor. James Menefee. it will
take at. least two weeks to cheek up
the accounts before giving a receipt
In lull, in the meantime the auditor
will have taken his place according
to the schedule provided by statehood.
-3rd day of October, u lvf|, bfl pract|cally |n,1)0Mlble fol. a
g'.cen* official to check th<  treaiur—
<l:l!,on' 11V accounts. Warrants will be issued
up until the last day of territoryhood.
C,,, ,, . , . M host it Will he a herculean tusk
d'a'i Terrl,or" ' "" ">r J'*"" "
'™"or °f t,,e Te,T't0ry °'claco" j dotal]" "of 'his'department, "n he'iire'^
<nt auditor, J. E. Dyche declares he
'a|!1 turn over his robes of office 011
denianjt presumably, following the
president's proclamation admitting the
now state.
The ieqUest to Attorney (jeneral Bo-
"< parte of ChlV fust,ice J. H. Burford
for the announcement of the date «f
thr Issuance of the statehood procla-
' lation, is commended in the depart-
arlisle, Pa., Oct. 25.—James Elliot,
farmer and grain dealer of Elliott-
son. Pa., has evolved a remarkable
theory regarding the causes of sun
spots and their effect upon earthly pile
nomena.
Elliott has outlined his theory to the
bureau of plant industry of the federal
weather bureau, and has been compl|-
1 mented upon the way lie sustains his
' 1 '<in t on t i. .1.
J F. Donice, of Oklahoma City and
. H. Rhoades of Chicago, special
ii^ents for the Continental Insurance
company are in the city looking into
matters connected with their insur-
ance business. Mr. Rhoades said.. '1
am well pleased to note thp present
prospects for the Improved water con-
bitiohg iiu your city. With the sys-
t°ni carried out, that you have li 
coiiteniplaticn, you will have one of
t!.e best water systems and fire fight-
ing facilities of any city iu Oklaho-
ma- I his will be worth gold dollars t< -
Uawton and will have more to do with
Hit building of the city than any one
thing it could expect."
.Muskogee, I. T.. Oct. 24.—Tlie re-
Luriis of Muskogee county, as brjujiht
back from Guthrie and presented to
M e Lawrance board of commissioners
lo be counted by them, are in a very
queer condition to say the least, and
are decidedly different from the re-
turns that left here for eighteen or twe ' contention.
ty of the poll books are missing. Many ' Erom his studies of the fluctuation
of the certifications by the judges of ' °f grain markets and of plant growth,
t!ie election precincts are gone, and Particularly wheat and corn, he was
other returns arc undoubtedly shauged j'<>ll 10 his remarkably conclusions
roni their oiglnal condition. | The grain dealer physicist assume;;
CITY COUNCIL IS
CLOSING BOND DEAL
'he city council is in special ^s
ion this afternoon to take final act
cl'at electricity is a gas, either
The pipe line will be about twelve
-9m ..««/„ U# time iiuai . 1 .. j
ion on the closing of the sale of the I 8 l0"B rtnd Com,ect the cit>'
Deputy.
iication.
if. D. McKnight,
Register.
NOTICE OF PUBLICATION.
Territory of Oklahoma,
Comanche county.
In the justice of the jx'ace court in
and for the city of Lawton, township
before S. Armstrong, justice of the
peace.
A R HinW- Plaintiff,
A R Glover, d' fendant.
Said defendant A It Glover will take
notiec that he lias been sued in the
above named court upon an account
and must answer the bill of particu-
lars filed therein by said Plaintiff,
or before the 25 day of Oct 1907,
or said bill of particulars will be tak-
en as true and a judgment for said
P aintiff for the amount of $13.00 will
said defendants G. W. Robbins and 1)8 rBn|lered and the attcahment there
■r.lioda Bobbins, and is directed by
*Taid order of sale to he sold, and will
'••e sold to satisfy said order of sale.
C. C. Hammonds,
*hiriff of Comanche county Oklaho
>)a Territory. _
By H. C. Hammonds, Dep-
Batid at Lawton, Oklahoma terri-
fy, this 1 day of October, A. It. 1907-
First pub weekly Oct. 24 last Nov U 0
CONTEST NOTICE.
Department of the interior, United
States I.ar.d office, Linvtuu, Oklahoma,
0<tober, 7th, 1907
A sufficient contest affidavit having
been filed iu this office by W. C. Hen-
dreson, contestant against homestead
entry No, 8885, made February 28th,
in had and granted will be rendered
accordingly. s. Armstrong,
Justice of the Peace.
Hudson and Key, attorneys / for
Plaintiff.
9-26 W3t.
liquor license notice.
To whom it may concern.
Notice Is hereby given that !, the
undersigned, Chas. R, Cox and Co., did
on the 18 day of September, A. D.
1907 file in the office of the county
clerk, of said county of Comanche,
and territory of Oklahoma, my appli-
cation by petition of the required
number of residence taxpayers of twp contract.
2 u r 15 w I. M., and In the town
of Indiahoma couuly and territory a- i 8-22 w tf
| NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
Lawton, Ok„ Aug. 20 '07
Bids will be received by the hoard
of education of Law ton, Oklahoma,
til 8 p m September 19. 1907 for
the erection and completion of an 8-
room, brick, ward, public school build
ing, according to plans and ppecifica-
tioiis made by J. Ira Jones, architect
and superintendent, of Lawton, oklah
ma.
Plans may be seen at the office of
the architect or at the office of the
clerk of the board of education, or
to be had upon application to the arch
tect after the 2nd dayof September.
All bids must be accompanied by
certified check approximately in the
amount of 5 per cent of the bid, macIV
pcyable to the order of the check of th
brard of education. /
The board reserves the right to
reject any a„d all bids, to waive all
Informalities and to accept any bid at
its discretion.
All bids must be in sealed envelopes
addressed to Alli^rt J. Burton, Secre-
tary of the Board of Education, and
marked on outside "Bid for Public
School Building."
Contractors may have the exclusive
use of plans until day of letting by
d«*|K.siting $io. with the architect ns
a guarantee that he will put in a bid
and return the plans, the amount to
b" refunded when the bid has been
rfcelved and plans returned to the
architect.
The heating, plumbing and electric
wiring will each !>e let under separate
NO EXPLANATION
OF CAMPAIGN FUND
Washington, Oct. -4— Secretary Cor
telyou is known to see no occasion
tor, nor does he expect occasion will
arise requiring statement or explan-
ation by him of the manner of rais-
ing the campaign fund of 1904, ad-
ministered bv him as Chairman of the
republican national committee. Should
occasion arise Mr. Cortelyou is confi-
dent of his position in the matter.
•• !"d as air or an element as hydro- | r 'K"uls ill,d awarding the contar.|j ' ' w;th tlle lilke  o be built at
. n, and of «'quul density, uniform !": lh'' '"vin* "f the pipe line to the [ Nlt- Scott. When the dam and the cou-
tetnperature and equal pressure silB  « tll<: '<*« of Mt. Scott. Mr.  e, tinf link in the way of the
throughout the uiilvme. lie believes ' ""lniu" the special representative Iiu, lB completed, the
that solar metallurgical activities re-. American Light and Power Co. j
' ulre large masses or electrical gas I tl"' M( l)"atters Plumbing and Ma-
frequently and absorbed the same in ! '"n|l|:llly came iu last uigllt
enermous quantities from large areas :"il1' the ,,«e!iKary autliority to rom-
ia the sun's atmosphere. 1 l'"1'' "" details and close up the cou-
■Now, as Elliott admits the umlulat- "'nlt' Tht' contract contemplates that
ory theory for short Impulaes of eneri; ,!" Vl|iericau Light and i'ower 10111-
s'li li as transmission of IlKlit,, and de illl<' ll"' McQuattera. company,
it for larger movements and sub-!<lt.v live percent
Mltutes the theory of a swifr. moving v'atPr at Par and In payment
current along straight paths of least K'vr l'10 city $25,000 in cash
resistance, he thinks that the vacuum !
«" d complete tlie water pipe line ac—
aused bj£. the withdrawal imo the Bun j l" the |,lans u"(l Bl ecificat-
The flat statement is made on Mr. ]of large bodies of electrical gas causes1 ' " ' ' tl"' city engineer, for the rc-
Cortelycu'g behalf that to his nokv. i- mi rents to flow "in from earth and :ilul"i"'' <175,000- Tile plan of pay-
(,<lge to the time 110 contributions we'j; planets. j ment for the work by the bonds, is be-
receiving from corporations will,.,, j Elliott asserts tltjt space, robbed o- conBl<lerrd and it Is probable
might benefit through the election 01 electrical gas, becomes opaque, there. wl" placed In the hands of
the republican ticket, and absolutely 110!tile seeming black lie ss of the ,l trus,"e to be turned over to the
that no promises were made to any- mi spots. He diiuks that the same tors as the work progresses In
one of returns for contributions. phenomena occurs In the case of the ! 8ame manner that It would be
The story of Cortelyou's side of the j earth, when after vegetation has de-illulle " t1"' bonds had been sold to
Case is that he was wholly ignorant of t lectrified the earth, thereby withdraw ",l">r parties. Several othei plans are
the insurance company and Harriman | i g electrical gas, dark days, and dark ,alkl <l °< but the one mentioned seems
contribptions, which have since been j new before thunderstorms, as well as ;to be thp 'aKiest ami simplest and
brought to light.. This shifts respon-| Lghtning storms, are produced. He :l" '""',lra equally protected In the
siljility to Cornelius N. Bliss, treasur. l.elieves that ball lightning |3 solldlfle | d"al'
cr of the committee, out of whom no clectical gas.
one yet had been able to pry a word _
of elucidation. '
New Harness Shop
pipe
water prob-
is forever solved for Lawton,
'■'lie supply Will be iiiexhaustableand
pure mountain water will be astaud-
!1; * advertisement to the city.
'I'iv remaining >-,.euo will be ex-
1 tended in water extension to the
ileal addition. The plans and speci-
fications are completed for this work
and advertisement for bids will be
made in a few days. The ttOOOO in II,e
hands of the interior department to
tiic credit of the city will probabl*
be expended in building the duill at
^'t■ Scott. The whole water project
t onteniplateg the «X)>endIture of $200,-
i" completing the new system. Af-
ter it is finished the city will hare
a water plant that furnishes its own
Power and the expense of engineers
i-'nl pumping plant will bo dispensed
with. 'I he engineers estimate that
the pressure of the fall from the dam
vill be much stronger than is now car.
ri,d from the pumps. Lawton within
six months will have plenty of pure
water and the cheapest in Oklahoma.
J. C. Diss Leading Optician
A. J. Burton,
Clerk of Board.
dh a full line of harness and horse
j fin lushing goods, and have a repair
section joining Frederick, and believe department in connection
es he is entimd to $l.*i,000 for a right-
of-way across his land. The commis-
sion has taken ihe matter under ad-
visement.
.1. C. Diss, leading optician, 411
D. ( . S. W. Who Is prepared to do
opti'ai office at the optical parIor8i
Out
at's October, Cache, Mon-
'iny Oct 21; Chattanooga Tuesday
and W'tonesday, Oct. 22 and 23,
Mr. Mc-1 Walter, TI ursday Oct. 29; Temple,
l Hire, the manager, Is an old real-: Pridaj. O,. 0: Hastings, Saturday!
dent of lawton, and his ability as an j Oct. .:!. Call a; usual offices. Res-
expert ^arness repair mau ha® long i pcctfully. Optician Diss.
been recognized... 10-9   _>t
J. A. Morris returned this morning Xhe Lawto„ 8addl(,rv Company „
ron, a trip to Frederick, where he j ncw coll(.„r|, „ave U|) a har.
r ,lol"e°,rlee««
Wichita Falls and Northwestern rail-
road. Mr. tiolloman, owns a Quarter
The Lawton band will go to Walter
next week to furnish music for the
four days carnival and the fair. They
will entertain the citizens of that en-
terprising city 011 Tuesday, , Wed—
i esday and Thursday.
The Lawton Harness Co. handle on|
the best, of harness or horse furnish-
ing goods, and do first class repair
work. See them, 228 D avenue.
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