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OKLAHOMA CITY OKLA
LARGER CIRCULATION THAN ANY OTHER TWO COMANCHE COUNTY NEWSPAPERS COMBINED
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All of The News
That's Fit to Print
LAWTON CONSTITIJTION-DEIVIOCRAT
OFFICIAL NKWSl'AI'Elt OF COMANCHE COl XTY AND THE CITY OF LAWTON.
Readers of These
Columns Knowlt's So
6JXTH YEAH NO 2li
WEEKLY EDITION
LAWTON, OKLA., THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 7, 1!)07
THE TRUST OCTOPUS IS NOT PINCHED W1
WILL WALL STREET REPEAT THE PAST FOR
CORTELVON S SERVICES. NOT A SINGLE
OCTOPUS HAS SUFFERED FROM THE
ROOSEVELT FIGHT ON THE TRUSTS. TED-
DY WAVES "BIG STICK" WHILE THE TREA-
SURY PASSES IN THE NATIONS COIN AT
THE BACK DOOR NO HELP TO THE
WEST TO WOVE CROPS BUT MILLIONS TO
PROTECT STOCK MARKET ON WALL
STREET
Washington, 1). <\. Nov. o.- Those
ele me* rats who hiv** be en congratu-
lating themselves that the republicans
would uot b<; able to e-oiumaud great
sums of money f rom the big corpora-
tiouH and the men high in finance in
Wall street are beginning to realize
that they laughed too soon. Kvents
secret nr\ of commerce and labo
taim-d iun/rmation concerning
methods <Af the trusts in conducting
bus jut s$. which he u.^'d a-i a club to '
ccmpel enormous contributions to
tlm campaign fund. Of course- it
was understood that he promised Im-
munity from prosecution return for
the close relations existing netwt.u
the prvxldcut and the now dis-redit-
• u railway manipulator-
Indeed, it was practically «-taollsh-
«tl by that celebrated controversy |
t^wt the determination of the pr >i-
c>nt to pursue the* railways and other
«crlKjratious of the country was r a ii-
I Washington. D. O., Nov. G. Presi-
I< cut itoojj*'v<*4t is •erioujii> consider-
ing modifications of vHut pail of ihe
j rough draft 01 the message he w 11 sen hound baby boy had >♦•<
to ixmgress In IJwcniber relating to! wife tlie other day h€
;.*rat organizations of capital.
Tin* financial condition in New Yorl
dui ing the past week, w ith it-, accom-
.i.i'iying threat of panic g uer Uy 'hro
the country, has causeei him ;o
p fleet gravely on the subject, and
thorv ts p'asou to believe thai he
cioubt* the wisdom,of urging any
♦reme views ' upou the senate and
house at this lime. It is impossible
io say definitely now what course he
..NEW STATE CITIES
FOR COMMSSiON
the "gnaw" lor tile campaign. i .i after the election.
Judge Parker cnarged this, and Mr.' |t has been absolute!} established
Uoosevelt denounceo charge. Parker that tlu great insurance companies,
did not reply further than to p iterate which wep- doing business in «iolation
the charge. There ran be no doubt of the laws in various particular9,colu
tht t his failure to substantiate, his t* !I>uc<h1 many thous.eiels of dollars to
charge against Mr. Cortelyou cost t h« republican campaign luud in 1904.
the democratic ticket many thousands . The only punishuieut inetiel out io
j of voles. Indeed it is not ineonceiv- ullV of these? was throueb slate laws.
j ;il le that had Judge Parker come back And, finally, it is n spectfully sub-I will ultimately follow, but that he is
j with facts, supjiortcd by affidavits, miuod that no trusts ha\«? liee-u i at j giving ear to suggestions from certain
which could have been procured the out 0j buslne.-s through r.ej% eminent- influential quarters there seems robe
I roult of the election would have been ;,i prosecutions, nor have the prices I no doubt.
of th« past week or are causing | the defeat of the republican ticket.* nf their products failed to Increase | h has been pointed out to Mr. Hoose
them to recognize 'he fact th. t ihep- •« is known to but few persons that with almost weekly regularity. ! velt that he should make it plain to
is not going to be the slighte>t strin-lthe three men from whom Judg" Par- ltut to return to the abilities -of j the country that in his pursuit of a
head-il<r obtained his information origin- %;rt Cortelyou as a fat-fryer. L i* I few dishonest "higher up" officials of
n'ly refused to allow him to use f that he turned over io the state j combinations of capital, he has no in-
tla ir names whe n he went to make < ,mmittc<« of Ne* Jersey^ West v.lr-1 teutlon of striking a blow at small
reply to President Roosevelt'* flam- piria, Massachusetts, Connectleuit, In- stockholders, nor to make the insti-
bo>ant statement. Had they pursued diana, Illinois, Wisconsin and Ne- | union* in which they are interested
a different eourse and permitted the . i{q., soniething over $<00;000. No i suffer.
iUe of their names, the democratic rniouui is fired a« to the money spent i n looks as though
gency at republican national
Uarteps next year.
George Ilruce <\ rtelyou, seer t iry
or the treasuryf until pv-atly chair-
man of the republican national com-
mittee, aud. iu fact, though not in
name'. the national chairman at pres-
ent, is responsible for this change of
attitude and conditions. The «!istin-
i'mshed services which .Mr. Cortelyou
hi^s rendered the banks of New York
niici Pittsburg recently ill depositing
with them upward of $30,000,000, to
be loaned in si e mm lag the disaster
which threatened to eiverwHclm so
many speculators, an- bound to be1
P warded There wjJl be no better
candidate w< uld not have eui such a
sorry figure be-lore the. country.
The frequency of trust prosecutions
syue Mr. 1 toosevelt was elected would
indicate that Chairman Cortelyou, in
promising immunity to the .rusts, ex-
ew-ded his authority, and "acted w ith-
out the knowledge of his chitf.
Hut there are some other things to
be considered. The controversy the
time to discharge the debt than next other da> between, ihe president and
«tir. when the sine-ws of war are need
ed to prosecute the campaign against
t lie democrats.
It is recxiUid that in 1904 Mr. Cor-
telyou in bis capacity of chairman of
the. republican national committee,
raised $1,806,000 to help elect Roose-
velt and Fairbanks, and had $100,000
|i bank to the n <dU of the committee
when the campaign ended. The t i-
nc r in which that money w as raised
van regarded at tlw* ttiue ns scandal-
ous. The charge was openly made
oil all sides, save the republican, that
Mi. Cortelyou, in hit position
K. I'. Ilarriman, in which ii was de1-
v-loped that Ilarriman raised upward
of *200,000 which vas siient for
KooseveJt in New Yorlc, aft r co./i1 t-
ence with the president, showed the
' ' heme friendliuess e>f ihe president
toward Wall street then, and vjca vers
The letter written by the president
to Mr- Harrinian after the ele tioii.ami
before the e-onveniug of congress in
I'm .• mber. in wiiich .Mr- liarrinvaa was . ,kj as soon as the
invited to come to Washington, that f.-iveo the word lie will se
th« president might go over certain
poj-jlolis of his message l° congress
a <th him, aJM> indicated positively
direction
it? .New York that year through Gov-' which the president's message takes
e; nor <Mell, chairman of the rcpuliii- I ill this matter will depend largely upon
cr.n state* committer, but it must | the sentiment expressed througout the
ln.ve been enormous, in view ot the (country prior to the meeting of con—
Sli'K-'.^Oo and over raised by Harri- grebes.
man alone. I Already Mr. Roosevelt is receiving
Xir. OoBTteH'ou is understood to have I potential support for such a course
cxiw-rvded over *..50,000 for literature here jn Washington. and it seems pro-
ir that campaign, and $150,000 foi j | able that the question will be thor-
:; laries and headquarters expenses. oughly threshed out betweeu now and
The largest siugh eontribuJor to | Int.-2.
Ihe fund was a man who gave $100.- j The general beli« f he- is that
<#0C, Mr. Cortelyou and Tr> asui r j <!iere will also be discrimination in
Hiiss havi alwa>s said they did not i ihe handling of corporation matters
know the identity o. the gene-rous | by the department o!'justice, the bu
partisan. |i*au of corpoiatioiiB and the inter-
There are few who doubt that . state commerce commission.
though -Mr. New has succeeded Mr. j one matter that is being urged on
Cortelyou as the real handler of the- j the president is a change in that part
coin, the fceeretary of the treasury j Df uu. Sherman law which prohibits
i-. thv real power behind the throne. om company haviug an Uitenst in
committee I auotlier.
to it that j |
the big corporations contribute as I
liberally to th * campaign fund as > I{i j, n„t bc ier to own your owrt
they did in 1904. j home than to pay rent? See the
Waldman addition.
!>es Moines, la., No\ • Wlun As-
lant Attornex Qenernl Cliarb ;? W .
-on.of Iowa, diacove re d that a ony-
i born to his
linnrdiat -Iv
jjndered an invc stglat|on of the
Moines Ice Trust. Orctin:iril\ ba.-i «
«"d ice have uo intimate conne -ia.
Hut iu this mstaucs the> had.
When the baby was born the other
^a,v the* prow«l :ath"r-lt was his first
1 orn-imimdiatelv called tor a pair < f
rcales to weigh the youUgHer. l ls •>**•
mand could uot be supplied from the
house furnishings, bat It so hapj^ncd
that the ice man came aloite.
A pair of scales to welgu the baby?
said an iceman to the questioner, • to
!" sure, I have what do >ou think 1
weigh my ice with?"
liring them in" said the attorney
general. Then the nurse* eapiuilybun
died up the baby aud carried him out
to the ice man. The beam oil toe R-'ai
shot up when the baby bundle was
attached to it.
How much dors he weigh'*? ques-
•.loiied the au.\ious father.
Jusi forty "ounds," aid the i e
rian, who was it bachelor.
I knew he was a husk> young uu*"
said the proud father, who also did
not know much about babies, and he*
hurried off to his office at the state
!:<>use to tell the glad news and pass
r.round the cigars.
i!o v much does he weigh," was
the first question put to the Joyous
lather.
• Forty pounds." tiie assistant told
Attorney tJeueral Hyers.
•Why. you must be crazy.' said
(icneral H.vers. Then Lyons tol l the
attorney just hyw he knew the babv
vejghcd forty pounds., i guess all
the trouble is that ice man has bee.-n
heaiing you out oi thirty pounds of
ice every day this summer," was Mr.
l:*c;\s comment. And now a petition
is about to be filed to dissolve ihe ice
.i-wv
(lUtliric, Ok., No\ i. Within the ^ that body Presldeut 11. \. Thompson
next few months at least four Ok la- bus uppoiuted a committee of five,
lucuf cities will hold chart r elee- j to investigate the matter aud report
t> ider the authority along that the result or lis inquiries. At the
I Pf inted by the ecinatitution, for | weetinp at which the apliointmeoi
in express purpeme of putting into if thin committee- was authorized
I foi re the commission plau of inunlei-1 r*acticall> all of the members of tV
i al government, which has a large <'haml.e,- of Commeree expy• sa-.'d them-
! number of strong adherents in the ."Ives as favoriug the commission
(new state-. liuld, Oklahoma City,1 ulan, and Mayor Scales gave it hif
Mut-ke gee and McAlester have already j b arty indorsement.
taken definite steps in that direction | II i s expectul tliat the report to be
and others of the larger citb s of the j submitted by the committee will pro-
He are expected to loilow their e<-j*lde lo; a complete reorgmizatlon of
ample as soon as they get themselves j Oklahoma City's system of fiunklpal
ae.juste d to the new coudlt.ons under government; the abolition of the city
statehood. |council; the elimination of i>olltics in
Some efforts vere made to secure a i pjitintive offices and the elimination
definite approval e.f that form ol'vity of ward lines.
;ove'rnmeiit in the Oklahoma consti-! Viider th,. plan now In Use in H m
ttitkni, and several mee tings of cPy | .N.'oiues, la., Oalve'stou, Tex*. :Uid e .her
j officials from the larger cities of the e iiies. w ith the same general prlnci-
two territories were held he re to agree pies In each ease, which seems o he
t.isin th.. sort of a provision which j ir.cored by the OUlaboma City com-
Should be submitted. A more- •: m ral j :.iiticc. the city council is eliminated.
Psovisjon was. however, finally agreed The city government, is directed by
ui on and incor| orated in the const!-! n commission of five men, who are*
tut ion on the recommendation of Chelr Known as the mayor and aldermen
man Hughe s «>r the municipal coroor-j < l the city. All ward lines are remove e
t.tions • mini it tw. | ::nd the voting for each member of
I'nder this provisiem any city of th,- commission Is at large. No nc m—
more than 2000 population can frame I n ations are made l">.v any political
a charter for its own government by parly and each candidate must sun
electing a board of freeholders, i *o j ndt his name to the people w ithout f
from each ward to lie chosen at an.v . litical preference.
general e r special election. Tney are The 'wmniission ha e no appoint! v
to prepare tli«' m-w charter within j ja wer. Kmploycs of every department
i lnety drvs,, have it published lor iu the city ap' selected by civil service
t we uty-oUe days, ami the- citizens vote aud hold office until removed for
on It within t hirty, though not less | cause*. The either p i sons elected by
than twenty days ofter its pu«dication, J ihe people are the menibers of the com
If adopted by the iwople it must be* mission. The elt\ government i^ eli--/
submitted to the* go ernor .or his a!>- vided into five depart air, its and ewhf
i roval. and If approved b> him It goes « .enmissloncr is ftiveu cor*.rol o. eroyc
Into e ffect at olive. department. He receives reports trop
All of the1 movements which have so his subordinates and In turn reports
far been Instituted looking to the adoP to the commission. Offlcera, sue'h^as
tiem of new charter have for their
p-ipose- the installatlo.. of the com- [ misslouer
mission
l ots ai ' selling iu ;h</Waldman
elpion. Hid you bin one? If n
rvl v not.
SOME LAND
DECISIONS
Derisions
•veral very ImjKirt-
:int contest cases, which date* back a
number of years have just been re-
ceived by the Lawton land office.. The
seeming delay had h''' )! occasioned by
a vast amount of work thai
thrown upon the offie e by the
was
onsol-
and
/datiou of the Maugum offic
the opening <>:' the pasture r-serve.
Aong the mo>t intcp?Sting and close-
ly watched cases was the- one of Mun
l ullard vs. the First NationaJ Oil Co.
This case was decided formerly in tu-
«>r of the oil company but now is
reversed, in giving the decision, this
office rule's "in order to procure a
mineral patent them ineral appli-
cants must first., hv good anil suffici-
ent evidence show the charactei of
the laud. Such showings will not he*
the opinions and certificates of <x-
perts, assayists and others, it must
he by showing a valuable mine or a
producing well, and such showing must
be by actual production In such pay-
ing quantities as to leave no doubt.
' ntil such showing Is made no cle-
cisions will bcni ade for the mineral
contestants. They must uot expect
a decision on a mere superficial show-
ing and expert opinions and should
not complain unless they have no
i i .disputed claims." The- former de-
cisions will be made for the mineral
as inerhal was absed on w hat appear-
ed at that time as sufficient to prove
the mineral character, and It was be-
he.ved that the discovery made would
be followed up and oil produced and
narketed. but It is a fact that not
one day's work has been done, or^ one
gallon of oil produced since the de—1
e isioti of this office holding the land
clearly shown that the land is more
valuable for agriculture than for oil,,
mineral, or gas purposes, and the of-
fice holds, and after careful consider-
ed, on of the testimony, and all mat
land j
entry-j
man upon motion to raview was de- !
nied a new hearing. Later ihis v.as !
granted. It then developed that the
io'ltcstants tailed to make out a
case and the local office now revom- .
m« nds that the contest be-dismissed.
BAPTIST ELECT
COMMISSION
appealed it. Welch filed a motion for from said decision and general
ltview and the secretary ordered ii I oifioe affirmed it. Then the
uew trial. On the date set the entry-
man appeared but no one appeared for)
lie mining company. The former de-
cision in favor of the mining company
was based on evidence then preseut-
<1 which warren ted such opinion. And
i ince then it appears that the com-
pany has wholly abandoned the land
and no attempt is made to further
ne\cio:. the mineral resources if any
really < .y ts in paying quantities, and
this I;'.-: together with the testimony
submit ted We lch strcngf hens '
belief thai there is not a paying mi.ie
nor that mineral exists thereon sut'ljcj
em to pay =or mining.
hi ihe c.i.-c of O. L. Gibbons vs. T.
J. Wells lir tlie southwest quarter of
secthn :. ownshlp s north, range 24
west, it is r*eommended that the
e olitcs; j dismissed. Thjs jS a hoine-
.-.'e ad r.pon w! >ch Wells entered oft
March j 1 and on April U.*>, 1905,
submitte-.'i |-'oof tlibbcPs filed a pro-
test agal!i*t i l! i n< - of the conimuta
:u>i. p i (f cn i ping tii.c the entry—
x*imi bad not i ■ aide d <. lie? land for
r.i.tc tha • t • .i ire * !'s aud was
noi i ic i'le: t >; the land. August
2- folleHv.ng, the office rendered a de-
cision eli .missing the protest. The
protest ant appealed and it was then
found i bat the protesiant had failed
io pre ve his charge.
A charge of collusion was made by
Frank Sage against 0*car Pen nick, in-
volving the ownership of the north-
east ijuarter of section 24, town-
ship 1 south, range 17 west. Robert
Hart made homestead entry on the
land October 1, 1901 and March 1,9th,
next, relinquished and Winfred H-
penujek made ^ntry. September 19,
1902 filed a contest against Peunlck ai
leging that the entryman did not en-
tei the land in good faith, but for
Fpeculation. John W. Holt on March
30, 1902 filed a contest charging ab-
andonment and collusion with con-
testant Oscar S. Pinnick. The follow-
ing September 22 Sage filed afiidavit
of contest charging abandonment.
These cases were consolidated and
FIRST NATIONAL
START NEW BUILDING
The
1 he- closing session of the Ok-
lahoma Baptist's convention listened
lo reixirts of committees on Sunday
schools, on literature, on obituaries,
a"d o^i resolutions.
A treasurer and auditor were elect-
e'd, matters which bad been referred
lo the nominating coniittee
the convention. Messengers to tne
two great general conventions o.f the
baptists in tlie I'ulte.d States were
likewise choien.
The education commi:tie- and i>'e
board of trustees of the university
are le> meet in Oklahoma City em N'o-
With all the tala of panics and fl-
j iianclal disturbances in the east and
, its te-rnporary effects in the west this
e ity is not losing any faith in the ulti
j mate outcome aud the general Pros—
jperlty. Improvements that will be
J a lasting remembrance to th city
j ate? being pushed without inL i rupt-
j Ion. Monday the Masonic lodge will
la\ the- corner stone to their new Ma-
sonic Temple, now in course of con-
i11 ] st ruction on Fourth street. This
building is being pushed as rapidly
aK possible to coiiiph l'ou.
Among the most modern and up-to-
date buildings now in contemplation |s
the First National bank building, to
be erected on the southwest corner
of Third and C avenue. The con
\e-Miber 13, from where they will gojtract |1JUl })epn jet for the excavation
to El Reno to vjew ihe? site chosen b>
the convention on which to establish
work and a large force of men are
, working dally upou this.
Uu- institution. Til,, members < f tlw; , ,ni ,011(,s the nrr.ilftect and
icieational tonuuissioa .irI su)v-rlut«'tid«-tu. of tlie buildiun, and
Wolf- Shawnee; J. A. Wayae. j h( saj(, lhis afteruooll. "There is uo
Ardmore; .1. L. Bennett. Chickasha; H
U. Wallace. Kdmond; L. H. Jiuxion.
Oklahoma City; T. J. fallen Maiiguni;
i\ 11. Carleton, Wilburton, C. Slub—I
hle.ield, Durant; J. |,. Walker, 'Hair !
will be four feet deep over which
there wiill be a balcony. In the cen-
ter of the building on Third sti'eet
there will be another entrance almost
as elaborate as the main entrance in
I's ornamental parts. This entraiiere
will lead Into the stairway and eleva-
toi, running from the basement to the
third floor. The stairway also I ads
up to the third floor. In this entrance
is a doorway tei the rear of the bank, j
.lust, to the north of the eentral
entraiice 0n Third street is a stair-
case to the basement, while each en'
the store rooms will have direct
connect ion with tlie basement. These
form of governme.nl
pi Inclpnl argument advanced for it
are the practical elimination of poli-
tic^ from the administration of city
: .rl'alr , the* p lac J tig or the- city govern-
ment on a business basis,and ihe' pos-
sIMlity of having the officials give
their whole time to the city business
and receive* an d equate coinpensation
therefor.
I At both McAl <r and Knid the?
mutter has been taken up by ihe pre-
vent city councils. Ai McAlester a
committee of three now has the mat-
te i in charge and is investigating ihe
i ysteins as adopted and modified In
\aiious cities.The majority is under-
• iood to be* In favor of the- (ialvesion
: yst« ni without niodlfleratlons, aud wjll
-o report to the- con neill in the mar
future.
The twelve ah! Tinan composing the.,
Ill llll" « Hl||Ul|nii|Uii. "ill", on- ii —-
e hie-r of IMlllce. fire chief sueet .^6ui-
nupsloner, city clerk., city treasurer,
etc., ust get their position' ou
e'ouiite'tltlve e^aminatloi,.
After any ipun bus been elected as
a member of !• « commission hv may
b' remove '>f u office by the i npera
t ■ ve nianda The plan in us*1 or
this purpose is a circulation of a
etltion anion^, the voters of the city.
When 25 per cout e f the voters hall
lir.ve signed this petition charging eith-
er graft or incompetency, the incum-
bent is forced to compete for election
again against a candidate selectee!
I > an electoral commission. The win-
ner !*.i this election serves out the un-
r \pired term.
The commission form really originat-
ed in the necessities exiierieuc-rd by
(. ,i\cstoii just after the flood. Extra-
ordinary conditions iiao f«> be met,
sincl It was found impoasibl? for a hoard
ol alderiuen who could not give more*
iv couiicj] of Knid by unanimous ii.au two or tl^fee nights a month
\ote adopted a resolution, which aiso
le-eeivi-d the hearty approval of the
mayor, declaring in favor of the e:oni-
laission plan of gencrJ.nitiit as soon
a; it could he obtained. Their a t-
ion of course was merely recommen-
e'atory. as at the time the resolution
t he city business to n)i>: with the sit-
nation. The > determine^ upon a com-
mission form of government and *e—
cured from the legislature a charter
picviding for a mayor and four « om-
niissiouers. to be paid gojd salaries
ai.d devote ail their time to the city's
passe*il no definite action could I affairs.
he take-n until after statehood. Strong
: citation in favor of the plan is go-
r'ouis are* supplied with teijle-t roomi ing on
at Muskogee, and several al-
The members of tin- board of tius-
lers coming to their knowledge that | August 17, 1903, Sage filed a supple-
mental affidavit of contest. Having
failed to prove his charge of collu-
sion the contest of Sage is dismissed.
The heirs of Dawn M. DeWolf charg
ed Nellie R. Mewre with entering the
northeast quarter of section 1*S, town-
ship 2 south, range 11 west, when her
husband, who is now dead, was the
160 acres
of land in Iowa and California. This
office formerly held that the entry-
man was the owner of more than 100
ae.'ies and thereby was disqualified
and recommended that the entry be
cancelled. The entryman appealed
the mineral application be re'je cted.
After deciding a case iu favor of
the miners iu the Wichita mountains
the land office upon additional exam-
ination decided In favor of the entry-
man. It Is the case of the Shawnee
mining company- against Eliza H. Wei
eli, This is a ease wherein this of-
i ce after hearing and considering the proprietor of more than
evidence found the land to be miner-
al in character and rccoinmcnded the
cancellation of the homestead entry
of Welch. This decision was affirmed
by the commissioner on appeal, and
lurther appeal to the secretary again
he said this afternoon,
building |n O.lahoma /or the size- of
ii that will exceed this buildlug ia
lie sign and general appearance and as
to interior arrangements it is equal
to any in the state'."
Forty thousand dollars Is the esti-
mate of the cost of the- edifice when
completed. It is expected i liat the
contract for the building will be jet
Henry M. Furmau. Ada; \ l". Ross,
Ottrant: t;.*M. llarrell, Holdenvjlle(
J\ Selvige, Ardmore; E. A. Wesson.
1 ' ■ ' v s- - ' 1 ****** '>•! up jM ';|:i|;-kly an'
H. Phillips. Yukon; K. I). Cameron..
Sulphur; W. W. Chuucellor, McAlest-
er , T. J. Lee. Rocky; J. L. II. Haw-
Tlie fronts of each of these will be
cdorned with plate glass and
l-eysam and will be finished up with
the most modern methods of con—
s-juctiiig store freint.s.
All the glazing in the bank will
he plate glass and the floor for the
Q-jj-ridor to tile bank will be cons!
ructed of cereuilc mosaic tyle, while
the- woodwork throughout the inter-
ior will be of old English mission
oak.
The ceiling over the entire first
floor and basement will be* orUjnienta!
steel. The basement will be divided
cfj into three large cellars iu the
south end. while the part beneath the
entrance will be used as rooms tor
kins, Duncan.
Congregational Social
The 1-adies society invites all Con-
Pie nationalists ami their friends lo
come to a social at the church next
Friday liiuht. Money fs not in the
reckoning. Some may have special
work hut all are Invited.
Excellent music is assured. Col.
and Mrs. Hornaday will speak of their
trip to the national encampment in
N*w York state. Judge Troaper tm
Mrs. Trosper will tell of their journ-
ey to Chicago aud Mr. Loud oi his
work at the National council and in
Massachusetts, the "Laud of Liberty
and peace.'
Refreshments will be served.
IX-cember 1st and that It will be fin- the steam boliers, elevator aud fuel.
The- front will be used as storage
It will front fifty feet oil C avenue \aults and basement rooms. If will
and liiO feet on Third street and will be lighted up well and so construct-
run back 71 feet on the alley. The as to be perfectly dry and tittt«*d
fij-st floor will be used as a banking i every practical way as though it
loom, occupying the entire space frOm we're on the ground floor.
front to center of building. The rear. Twenty-five office rooms w ill con-
from the center back will be divided s Uute each the- second and third
into three* large store rooms facing floors. These will he supplied with
on Third street. two toilet rooms. The office rooms
With the* bunk there Is a large \ j|| be finished up in the very finest
vault 12x12 feet with a smaller vault style, in keeping with the most mod-
6x8 feet for the accommodation of 600
safety deposit boxes. Heneath ibis
there is a storage vault with a great
spiral stair leading down from the
first floor. The directors' room is at
the rear of the vault and will be 13
by 20 feet. Kntrance to the banl: will
be on a level with the sidewalk, ou
C avenue. There will be granite col-
umns eiu either side *>f It, while the
e ther portions of tlie recess will be
of gray marble with marble pilasters
ou each side of the door. The recess
e . n Plea of office buildings. The e x-
terior of the bank building facing on
C Avenue and Third Street will be
constructed of a fine quality ejf press-
ed brick, terra cotta and cut stone.
I lenty of fire escapes have been pro-
vided. This is something a large
number of the buildings iu various
portions of Oklahoma are lacking.
The iron fire escapes are on the alley
on the west end of the building. They
e xtend from the third story to the
ground.
deriiieu have expressed themselves as
lu'oriiig the change but no formal
ai tion has been taken as yet. The
Matter Is also being agitated at
iShawuet hut receiving consider-
; pi, opposition there on the ground
that it is not sufficiently democratic
r'iu removes the' powe^r too far from
the people. Alva is also discussing the
matter as a result of the agitation in
other cities.
At Oklahoma C t> the iniaiive
In the matter has been taken not
by the city officials but by the Cham-
!•■ r of Commerce. fly authority e f
The results which they accomplished
nmazed the whole country. Invasi-
on decided thai a form of government
that could accomplish so much at
such a small eost would be a good
thing to continue pei nianently. Hous-
ton, Fort Worth, Dallas and Denlson-
Profited by c.alvesjoirs experience and
are now under a commission form ot
government, which has proved satis-
factory and successful beyond their
c.nee'tatloiis. he's Moines. Iowa, liaK
adopted a form of government model-
e<; along the same line and Tooeka.
Wichita Fort Smith and other wettera
cities are now agitatinir its adoption,
with apparently good enhances of suc-
cess.
SCHOOL FUNDS
TO START COUNTIES
The counties under the pies in okla-
homa l.iw do not make a tax levy uti-
le' next July. To carry ejut these- plans
and to advance other legislation in
which the counties are interested the
following committee was named si* a
lobby to represent the counties. Al-
t' rney lleneral-elect Chas. West, W.
A. la-dbetter of Ardmore, Kd Trapp.
or Oklahoma in their meet. J auditor-elect, Chas. Taylor, of Fond
Cieek, accountant-elect, and Hugh Gar-
lier. of Shawnee.
Guthrie, Nov. 6. The county clerks
lid other representatives for new
countie
i':g ln re today, endorsed the plan ad-
veicated by Governor-elect Haskell to
use the- school fund e f the territory
to finance the* new e?ouuties until they
can make a tax levy.
Governor Haskell in his address to
the convention pro|>osed that instead
cf issuing script to be sold at a dis-
count, the forty-nine new counties, s-
sue- bonds to cover the imlebtedness
of the first year, and that the state,
with the school funds purchase ihese
bonds. Bcsjdfs school lauds valued at
SSO.OOO.UOO, the stat - will have
000 in cash, a gift from the United
States oongiesg to the school funds
for the state.
Ladies Tea
The Oliver Wendell Holmes Tea.
will be given by the ladies of the
Christian church Thursday ai'ternooa
and evening at the home of Mrs. ti. p®
W. Crosby. SOI E avenue. A silver of
leriug will be taken.
HAGS, HAGS, 11AGS, wanted at the
Coustltutliou-Democrai; office.
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Williams, J. Roy & Bixby, T. M. Lawton Constitution-Democrat (Lawton, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 7, 1907, newspaper, November 7, 1907; Lawton, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc119611/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.