Lawton Constitution-Democrat (Lawton, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 31, 1908 Page: 3 of 8
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N. S. Da\is, of Fort Worth, travel-j tlon. in order to avoid the posslbllty
ing passenger agent (or the For J of Kansas charging that she has
tVorth and Denver City railway cons- • packed" a committee to substantiate
pany is in the city today. Mr. Davis
says their company enjoys a good bust
ness from Lawton and for that reason
as well as for sociability's sake he is
always glad to visit this city.
He and Sam D. Leggett, local rep-
resentative of the Frisco are trying to
formulate plans whsreby the local
lodge of Elks can get cheap transpor-
tation and good accommodations to the
meeting of the Grand Ixidge of Elks to
be held in San Francisco in July.
in connection with the :rlp to Frisco
they intend to arrange for the party to
take in the Alaska-Yukon Exposition
at Seattle, Washington. This trip via
Colorado Springs. Salt Lake and otlier
cities along that route would make an
ideal trip, returning over some other
route.
Mr. Davis left this afternoon for
Snyder.
NKW DISTRICT ADM1MSTRA-
TION OF NATIONAL FORESTS.
WASHINGTON. D. C . Dec 26.—
(Special.)—The institution of six dis-
trict offices in the west by the United
State6 Forest Service, a big piece of j more and Guthrie,
work which has just been completed
invilves a complete change in the ma-
chinery of this branch of the govern-
ment as regards the handling of nation
al forests. As a result of the reorgani-
zation. the Forest Service force at the
headquarters in this city han been re-
duced to the general administrative of-
ficers and to those who are conducting
the investigative work of the service
outside of the national forests.
The six districts wh c have the
same boundaries as the tit* inspection
districts will be in charge of six dis-
trict foresters with headquarters in
Denver, Colo.. Ogden. Utah; Albuquer-
que. N. Mex.; Missoula, Mont.; San
Francisco. Cal.; and Portland, Oreg.
For nearly
her charges.
That the investigation will be more
of a formality than an actual probing
into the reputed mysteries of the
Kansas prison is already being widely-
said here. Such would not be the case
if the Oklahoma convicts continued
being kept at Lansing, but the Okla-
homa board of control. composed of
Governor Haskell. Mr. Connors, and
Attorney General West decided last i
evening to accept at once the Kansas
option of terminating the contract at
any time. No more convicts will be
sent to Kansas, and those there will
be speedily returned to Oklahoma.
In view of this the opinion among
the state officials as a rule is that
there is neither occasion nor necessity
for Oklahoma to participate in Kan-
sas prison muck-raking.
Although definite orders have not
yet been issued It is believed that
when the state prlscn board meets
Monday orders will be issued for the
immediate removal of all Oklahoma
convicts from Lansing to the various
jails over Oklahoma, principally those
at Oklahoma City, Muskogee, Ard-
them in their confinement. ; ment of Oklahoma prisoners . Gov.
Indian Christmas. Haskell addressed a letter to Gov.
At all of the church missions for the Hoch today, which was withheld from
Indian tribes of this section. Christ- ( publication until it could reach the ex-
mas was observed with appropriate ' ecutive offices in Topeka.
ceremonies, with Christmas trees,
feats and gift giving. A great Christ-
mas tree and a Christmas 'Mnner were
In addition to the cure*. etc., inves-
tigated by Mr. Connors, he was told
by • prisoner who was b charge of
the features of the Comanche Indian 1 the commissary that three pounds of
school observance and both at the Re- tea had to go around for 1.335 men at
form church missions, the Methodist
mission, and the 3aptist mission, ex-
ercises and remembrances were had.
real live Santa Claus visited the
1<-YEAB*0M) SON
HOBART. Okla.. Dec. 23 —A father,
temporarily crared by drink, slain by
his 16-year-old son. a mother *ereft
of her two nearest relatives in deep-
est mourning and affliction, and the
son flying to escape a probable penalty
of the law. is the Sunday tragedy,
which Mountain View furnishes. It is a
a meal. Thirty pounds of coffee per- j tragedy of a single home.
formed like service and twice a week The father, .lames Calvin Smith of
600 pounds of gross dressed beef was Big Spring. Texas, died this morning
served. 200 pounds of which went to of the mortal wound inflicted In the
ved there. Poorly cooked bacon was
given on^e a week. Liver came on
twice a week, but the prisoner stated
that it was never washed from the
time it left the animal until it reached
Sunday sch k>1 exercises at the First the kitchen department and was ser-
M. E. Church. South, held Christmas
eve and distributed the gifts and
treats to the hundreds of children who
were prect it. The church was crowd-
ed with happy faces come to hear the
excellent program of music and child
recitations had been prepared.
A missionary program was given at
the First Baptist church in connection
with the Sunday school Christmas ob-
servance and the evening was joyfully
spent in giving and receiving.
At The Churclie*.
INS V>Kf >V AMlERFR
TERRORIZES PEOPLE
< HRISmAS OBSERVANCE.
I bring good cheer and a smile," said
A modern instance of the familiar
Bible story of the prodigal son is the
story of a man found yesterday on the
Red river l ottoni8 and brought before
An elaborate program was given ai the insanity board of Comanche county,
the First Presbyterian church on | James Brown, who. according to the
Christmas eve at the time of the : opinion of the board, is but a fair ex-
Christmas tre and a special offering j ample of the hobo type who has lived
was made for foreign missionary work, jout alone and without money and food
This collection was liberally responded .and other necessaries until he has be-
to by the members of the church and i come weak of mluu. but not insane.
"And a sleigh well filled with toys,
"For I'm the Santa of world-wide
fame
"And I love the girls and boys.
"I love the boys and I love the girls.
"Ant the grown-up folk I love—
"So I spread good cheer and a smile
this day
"In the name of the Lord above-"
T. H. RECORDS.
Another Christmas has come and
gone and the people of Lawton—the
'rich, the poor, the red?kin, the black,
year preparation for the | the prisoner in his cell, the joyous
district organization i.aa ftune quietly youth and maiden, the whit -haired
but steadily forward. This lias thrown | grandparent, the lover and his lass,
an additional burden upon a force al-1 whether just wed or holding that bond
ready excessively Lusv, but the work j in immediate prospect—all are better
has been accomplished and accomplish-; for it. and all welcome the coming of
ed on time. The transition has been j the new year with a brighter face and
particularly remarkable because it in- ja brighter hope.
vol ved no material delay in the trans- J And all is caused by the visit of jol-
action of national forest business while j ly old Saint Nicholas, the modern San-
the change was going cn. j ta Clans, and the recalling of the gift
"The Forest Service," said Gifford! to the world of the Christ, the healer
PInchot, United States Forester, "is i tJf all sorrows and the brightoner of
putting a large part of its work into , all joys.
the field, where it belongs. The organ- And all Lawton revelled in the joy-
ization on December 1, of the national j out observance of the Yuletide and
forests into six districts, each in the coming cf Santa Clans! Not the
charge of a local force under a district j rich alone, but the poor, the downtrod-
fore§jter, is something we have been j den and the outcast were all blessed
working towards for a long time. That i by his coming. All i'eel the better to-
we have not done it sooner, is because ,iay and rejoice because of his visit on
we did not have a sufficient number of | Christmas eve. lie brought them hap-
trained men to equip the districts. I pJness. What more could he bring to
•The district organization will mean the child of fortune and of luxury?
k a much freer use of the national for-J This good Sandalphon, jolly, old Saint
pets by the people, because there will Xick—what more ccul<J he do? He. the
net be the del-.v inevitable so long as I distributer cf all the beFt things, who
national forest business handled blows upon the thistle and makes it to
from Washington. It Is also going to j bloom with beauteous hue and easeful
mean that there will always be offices j fragrance, who pluck a them
with the power to make decisions, near j from the pr.lm of poverty and hands to
the ground, who can look ir.to the . m. cry a rose of plenty—whet more
facts for themselves, wherever neces- j could he do for the child of penury
sary, without having to decide them at thr.n to drown his woes, as in a dream
long range. 1 believe every man who. QV a dram of nectar, through the few
uses the National Forest will realize, hort hours that ebb and flow with the
these things inside of six months. ' of the Yule?
It is probable that there | IU their homes a. I the churches
been new government ofhc started j the people of Lawton welcomed tJ"
with their procedure so fully and de- j coming of Santa Claii3 and Christmas
finitely outlined as that for the six | eve. They sat beside their hearths and
district offices of the Forest Service in j told the story of other Christmas
in the West. Jt has been possible to , times, days now gone. Holly, smilax
start all the offices well equipped with , : nd evergreens decorated their rooms
men with the training and experience j hove the door and many a wondeHnc.
to take up the work. A large proportion ! while many a piece of mistletoe hung
of them are men who have formerly j bashful maiden walked theiT^der.
been in charge of national forests and ! The various congregations of ijiw-
who have been promoted to higher po- I toil gathered in their houses of war-
sltions as th* direct result of their ef- j hi, - and there celebrated the coming
fldency. All the district officers are f Christmas and of Santa. The Christ-
familiar with Western conditions; mas trees, lighted by candle and by
many of them were born in the west! electricity, were weighted down with
and lived there before and after they • presents. The auditoriums were deco-
entered the Government Forest work rated with evergreens, festoons and
The names of six depositories which ! chiming bells, and iridescent crystals
are to handle the receipts of the United . -learned beneath the dazzling lights.
States forest service. b"ginn'rg this ! And not the least, in many instances
month, have just been announced, all (the greatest, of all the joys of Christ-
of them western institutions. The esti- mas were the bountiful dinners spread
mates of the receipts to be bandied by | upon the tables of the homes of Law-
these banks for the present fiscal year! ton. before the prisoner in the cells of
will be approximately $2,000,000, mak-1 the county jail, in the hut of the poor.
Ing the receipts for each of the six dls- J for the Indians at the school or at the
trlcts range from $275,000 to $300,000. missions.
Elks Join In Charity Work.
PRISON PRO RE One of the marked features of the
COMMITTEE 3AXED charity work of the city was the effort
| of the local lodge of E!ks who, after a
GUTHRIE, Ok.. Dec. 26.—A commit- thorough canvas of the city for needy
tee of which William H. Murray is a ! families, brought relief to fully twenty-
member was today appointed by Gov- five families and as many as one hun-
ernor Haskell to represent Oklahoma 1 dred fifty people Including the children
in the Kansas-Oklahoma commission to | of these famalies. Fred B. Hannan. In
Investigate conditions in the Lansing the roie or Santa Claus, who was
penitentiary. I chairman of the Elks committee, as-
The five Oklahoma members of the ; sisted by a dozen energetic members of
commission will be J. P. Connors.pres- the lodge, worked for practically
I the children of the Sunday school.
On the day before Christmas there
was one round of enjoyment at the
Congregational church. The children
were there, off and on, all day. playing
cames and having a general good time.
Dinner was served to them and their
parents and friends at 6 o'clock. After
this refreshment, Santa Claus appear-
ed in all his wealth of toys, and found
on the Christmas tree or in his pack,
a gift for every one. The beautiful
new church which has grown up with
the parsonage since February of this
year \Vas used to its fullest capacity
and the people were delighted at its
usefulness for Christmas and thankful
for its accomplishments.
Midnight mass was held at the Cath-
olic church here in Lawton and also
among the Catholics at Fort Sill.
Father Lamb conducted the mass in
the city and Father Isadore of Ana-
darko conducted the services at Sill.
At the post, the military orchestra
furnished exceptionally good music.
In fact, practically all r,t the church-
es of the cltv remembered in some way
their children and their poor.
Quiet In Police Court.
Only four drunks marked the jollifi-
cation results of Christmas in the city
police court and none of these had
caused distui es.
In fact. Chief Thomas reckons yes
terday among ti .etest Christmas
days of his life. •
"fifty" years. He
marked contrast between yesterday
and his Christmas of nine years ago
in the Chickasaw nation when at least
a half dozen robberies, murders and at
tempted murders were reported to his
office, as Deputy I*. S. Marshal and
which launched him into eleven days
of the most exciting chases of his life
ending finally in the capture of the
negro desperado. Dillahumbee. all this,
too. in the midst of the most severe
cold.
Many interesting stories, in fact, are
circulating today recalling former
Christmas days, especially among old-
timers who have seen experiences
among the Indians and soldiers of the
Southwest all of which snows many
marked changes with this fhe latest ar
rival of the Yuletide.
Reports had been coming into the of-
fice of Sheriff LtFors for the past week
of an insane man who has been won-
dering along the Red river bottom and
of whom the people of that vicinity had
become afraid. He talked in a half
wild, half delirious manner, ii was said
and. part of the time half clothed, he
had collected coats which were given
him. putting all of them on, until he
wore constantly four coats of various
cuts and fits, covered over withal with
Saturday night tragedy. His son-in-
Clj.ks in the local postofflce are
trying o memorize the fifty different
things on which the department has
s rved notice demerit marks would be
given after the first of the year. They
think the "New Year's" resolutions a
little hard, as a clerk must make 70
per cent In all his work under these
stringent rules and pass an examina
tion every month or he gets docked
$100 at the end of the year. If he
receives too many demerit marks he
gets canned." The clerks are living
iu hopes that Hitchcock, the new post-
GITTHRIK. Ok., Doc. 26.—There Is a
total of 713 officer a and enlisted men in
the Oklahoma national guard, all uni-
formed and equipped in accordance
with the regulations of the United
States army, according to the report
of the secretary of war. recently is-
sued. T he .'eport is based upon regu-
lar army Inspection for the year 1908,
and the figures exclude the Ardmore
and Durant companies.
The Oklahoma national guard con-
sists of one regiment of infantry .con-
sisting of 12 companies, one machine
law. H. R. Morris, with whom him- 'master general will cut out the red .gun platoon, hospital corps, engineer
self, his wife and son were visiting at tape. Among some of the things hard
Mountain View, is in the county jail
here awaiting investigation.
Reports which have reached here,
are that Smith, his son, John, who Is
but sixteen, and the wife and mother
arrived in Mountain View from Texas
Friday for a Christmas visit, with
Morris.
Saturday a consignment of whisky
was received by Smith from Texai
He began drinking it. Saturday night
he became quarrel some.and called con
tinuallv for more to drink. His rela
tives attempted to curb him.
About midnight Mrs. Smith left
the room, to make a hot drink, and
the son entered.
Then in the room, son and father
had trouble. None of the others were
present to witness. A pistol shot re-
sounded, and the others rushed in to
find the father shot through he abdo-
men. with his own pistol, a 4T caliber
gun, which lay on the floor.
to swallow in the new regulations is
an ordc«r "No smoking allowed." If
the nerk comes into the office smok-
ing even before working hours he gets
few demerits A person that has
been drinking also gets a few set backs
with many other curtailments of form-
er privileges.
corps and signal corps. It includes a
tctal of 53 officers and 660 enlisted men
Adjutant General Frank Canton of
Guthrie Is ex-officio quartermaster-
general, commissary general, paymas-
ter general and cbJr* )f ordnance.
FOR SALE-Fine. modern nine room
house. One of the best homos in law-
ton Enquire 70! E Strsot. 12-10 d tf
INDIANS LIKE < \NNE1> MUSIC.
HOBART. Ok.. Doc. 24.—Chief Lone
Wolf, head of the Kiowa Indians, has
taken a great liking to "canned" ran-
a worn out slicker. Wandering along sic. Recently he took a phonograph
the rive r banks , seldom vliiting a
house, he would at times crawl into
the fields with the hogs and wa'low
and root and grunt and feed with the
swine as if one of them. He even went
so far as to feed on the grass and
husks and corn that was given these
animals. No violence was ever exhibit-
ed by the man but his strange actions
had earned a general terror in the com
ni unity.
In response to these reports, Sheriff
LeFors dispatched Deputy Riley Hefley
to investigate. Brown, although at the
time he would give no name, was
round, clad as described, a rather old
man. with full growth of beard and in
a semi-wild state, and brought to Law-
ton an' presented to the Insanity
board veEterday 'vrnoon for exami-
nation.
After a the . examination, how-
ever. it was d. :ded that the man was
specially of the last j not jnsane i,ut only weak minded and
recalls especially a grown almost idiotic from constant
wandering over the country—a decrep-
id type of the modern ho' o. Instaed of
sending him to the insane asylum, then
the board determined to return hiir to
relatives In Texas, where he said he
had formerly resided, and he was given
money and transportation
journey.
ident of the state board of agriculture
and secretary of the state board of
convict control;P. J. Goulding of Enid,
business man and member of the state
senate; J. F. King of Newkirk, at.
ney; George E. Cullen, of Savannah,
mine superintendent; W. H. Murray of
Tishomingo, ex-president of the con-
stitutional convention and ex-speaker
of the lower house of the Oklahoma
legislature.
Gov. Haskell this morning wired
Gov. Hoch of Kansas of the ap-
pointment of the committee, giving the
personnel of the same.
The committee was appointed after
consulation with Attorney General
West and Miss Barnard, whose report
has caused the proposed investigation.
On account of the fact that Miss Bar-
nard Is, to use legal phraseology, a
party to the suit, she decided that the
whole week preceding Christmas in a
canvas for the poor of the city and
yesterday morning, with clothing,
food, trinkets for the children, and
many necessities of life for the whole
families, purchased with the funds col-
lected from the Elk members, brought
Joy into practically every needy family
in Lawton. "I was surprised at the
number of poor people in the city,"
said Mr. Hannan today, "and we feel
that the result was well worth the ef-
fort and money expended. Indeed ev-
erything we did was worthily bestowed
and even more would gladly have been
received."
Other charitable organizations of the
city and Individual charity workers did
much toward the relief of the poor on
Christmas day. The prisoners in the
county jail were served with a beau-
tiful Christmas dinner and are today
DESCRIBES METHODS
IN KANSAS PRISON
GUTHRIE. Dec. 24.—(Bulletin)—In-
srtuetfomi to R. W. Dick, superintend-
ent of. the Oklahoma penitentiary, to
Immediately prepare quarters for all
the Oklahoma prisoners at Lansing
were given in a resolution adopted by
the prison board of control at a nieet-
inir late this afternoon.
GUTHRIE. Dec. 24 —J. P. Connors,
president of the State Board of Agri-
culture and member of the Board of
Prison Control, returned today from
McAlester, where he talked with pris-
oners recently transferred to Oklaho-
ma from the Kansas penitentiary, and
he states that from the information se-
cured from them the report of Rliss
Kate Barnard. State Commissioner of
Charities and Corrections, was not ex-
aggerated or overdarwn where it men-
tioned the water cure, the "crib" and
many other modes of prison punish-
ment.
None of the prisoners see the cure,"
said Mr. Connors, "save those to whom
it is administered, but some told me
that they had seen men brought to
their cells on stretchers after going
through the cure. The hose used car-
ries water under eighty-pound pres-
sure."
It is understood that Mr. Connors
made the investigation with the Board
of Control's consent, and that he will
make a written report at Its next meet-
ins. It is also understood that recom-
mendatie^s will be made for the im-
mediate transfer of all Oklahoma pris-
oners from the Kansas institution. The
contract under which they are main-
tained expires Jan. 23, but it is stated
here that they have made overtures to
Oklahoma to renew It.
An additional hundred prisoners
were taken to McAlester today, making
the toital there 205, and leaving al>out
400 in Kansas.
It is planned to contract with the
large jails throughout the state in
which to board the convicts until the
penitentiary is completed. This would
include Oklahoma City, Ardmore, Vin-
ita, Muskogee and Guthrie.
and some blank records among his peo-
ple and had a number of the tribesmen
talk and sing into the instrument. He
then had the machine run off the new-
ly made records much to the delight cA
the Indians who danced about the ma-
chine and eyed it with amazement.
"Enclosed, I am sending you one hun
dred engraving * of one of American's
greatest son?. You may distribute them
among your friends as opportunity of-
fers." This v.*as the substance of a note
received last evening by Rev. O. P
Loud, pastor of the First Congregation
al church. In the package containing a
Christmas present from an eastern
friends. The engravings were one hun-
dred one cent stamps.
Mr. and Mis. T. D. Wagner, and
children. Joy. Catherine and Charlie,
of Lindsay, Okla., are coming to spend
the holidays in Lawton with their par-
ents ar.d grand partents, Mr. and Mrs.
C. G. Joy.
LABOR LEADERS TO JAIL.
HEARST BRAZES STILL ON
TRAIL OF GOV. II VSKELl
OKLAII(CM \ LADY FINDS
VALUABLE PEARL IN OHIO *
Mrs. Hattie Winters, wno re id- •
es a few miles from Lawton, has •
recently returned from her old *
home In Ohio. While ill the Buck- •
eye state she was fortunate en- •
ought to find a very valuable •
pearl. While strolling along the •
banks of the Miami river looking *
for mussel shells, to her surprise 0
she found in one of the shells *
what appeared to her to be a •
pearl. Not knowing Its real value •
she sent It to Tiffany. This firm •
did not set a value on the gem hut
(First Published Weekly ConsUtution-
Decocrat Dec. 24. *08. Last Jan. 7 09.)
NOTICE.
To The Unknown Owners or Owners
Of Ix t 29 Block 16 In the Town of
Waurika, Jefferson County., Former-
ly a Part of Comanche County, Ok-
lahoma.
You are hereby notified that the
above dcscrlb <1 lot of land was on
the 19th day of November, 1906, p.'ter
due and legal notice has been given of
said sale as required by law. for sale
of said land, sold by the county treas-
urer of said county for the taxes legal-
ly levied thereon for the year 1905,
which taxes were due and unpaid, and
the said tract of laud was sold for
the amount due on lame for taxes,
made he m offer of $2.' 0 and ask- * | penalties, coats and charges then due,
ed her to name her price. She re- *
rected the ofTer and still has the amount,
pearl which she brought to this
office yesterday In the shell In
which she found It.
and a certificate of puchase was issued
for 3ald tract of land for the following
THREE BRANCHES OK OIL
TRUST ARE OUSTED FROM
MISSOURI: FINED #">0,0P0.1 issued to htm according to law.
DAVE TALKJNGTON
\a)t 29. Block 1 .. ec 1:1 for $1.1!.
And you are hereby notified that un-
less redemption i> made by you from
such sal' rn or be'ore Fobrir —/ 23,
j 1909. the '.ludcrBlgi.v-d.I" ve Talklngton
as the legal holder and owner of said
certificate of purchase made by the
treasurer of said county that a tax
deed for said lot or tract of land be
JEFFERSON CITY. Mo.. Dec. 24.—
Declaring that the Standard Oil com-
pany of Indiana, the Republic Oil com-
pany of Ohio and the Waters-Pierce
Oil company of Missouri had conspir-
ed and combined to monopolize the oil
business in the state, the supreme
court of Missc:or! today Issued a decree
ousting nil three from the common-
wealth. and fining theism ? .">0,000 each.
The decree against the Wnters-
Pierce company Is tempered by tho
provision that it may continue in busi-
ness. if by January 1
Waurika. Okla. Dec. 24. 1908.
(First Published Weekly Constitution.
Democrat Dec. 24 Last Jan. 7. '09.)
Summon* by Publication.
In The Dlstrlqt Court of The Sixteenth
Judicial District of the State of Ok-
lahoma. Slttl* > jiHthin and for the
County of Comanche.
Mrs. Anna Welch, Plaintiff
vs. No. 2258.
Ford L. Welch, Defendant.
| Said defendant. Ford L. Welch will
' take notice that he has been sued in
| the above entitled court for an abso-
I lute divorce an dthe restoration of
1909, it can plaintifi's maiden name, Anna Bachert
show to the court that it has taken I and must answer the petition filed
steps to operate as an independent
concern and has satisfied the judg-
ment against it. The other companies
therein by said plaintiff on or before
the 3rd day of February, A. D 1909,
or said petition will be taken as true,
and a judgment for said plaintiff in
•ire given until March 1, 1909, to wind said action for divorce and restoration
of her maiden name, will be rendered
WASHINGTON. Dec. 21 — fwelu
months in jail for Samuel (Jumpers,
for the president: nine months for John Mitch-
ell. one of the >ice presidents, and six
months for Crank Morrison, secretary
of the American Federation of Labor,
were the sentences Imposed b| Justice
Wright of the supreme court of the Dls
oklahoma CITY, Dec. 24.—(Speci- trict of C olumbia today for contempt
al)—Hearsts agents in Oklahoma nave 0f court In violating an order enjoining
turned their efforts toward securing | them from placing on the "unfair" or
embarrassment of Gov. C. N. Haskell -we don't patronize" list the Ruck's
in the second legislature. Impeachment stoic and Ranire company of St. Loul*.
of the chief executive is the suggested \|| the defendants were in court
plea that is being held out to political v,hen sentence wan pronounced, and
enemies of the governor. 'notice of an appeal to the district of
\ member of the legislature whose ! Columbia appeaRate court was tiled,
attitude toward the governor was mis- j <;0mpers being released on $.">.000 bond
construed, was approached at the j Mitchell on $4,<KW, and Morrison oil
Threadglll hotel in this city Thursday j $3,000.
afternoon and given to understand I Roosevelt Appealed To.
that his influence and support in the The following appeal «as sent by the
proposed fight would be mado a lucra- , Illinois Mine Workers to President
tive compensation. The plan unfold- j Roosevelt:
ed so the legislator was given to un- 1 **|n the name oi 75.000 mine-worker*
derstand. was not only approved by i j,, Illinois, we desire to protest against
Attorney General West but had his {|H. recent decision committing to pen-
unqualified support. j al servitude those great commoner*
The Hearst agent even admitted ail(j representative* of the American
that West gave him the name of the ; iai,or mowmoiit. These men may be
legislator he sought to enlist. j cnlltj of a breach ef law, but 11 law
It is understood that several other > that denies the use or a free press and
members of the legislature who are j f„n S|K>ecIl Is a breach of the funda
democrats, have been approached
quietly to secure their opposition of the
their affairs in the state.
The decision, which was unanimous
on tho part of the seven Judges, is so
sweeping that Attorney General Had-
ley and Governor Folk hail it as the
end of Illegal commercial combinations
in Missouri and the former asserts that
in conjunction with the* decision of the
supreme court of the 1 lilted States in
the tobacco trust case. It will affect
similar suits In othea states.
The evidence has been before the
state supreme court for a year. Ow-
ing to its coal and mining importance
it was considered by the entire court.
All seven judges concur in the opinion,
which was written by Judge Wood-
son.
That the decision as to the Waters-
Pierce company represents a comprom-
ise is shown by separate concurrence
of the opinions 2*^ by Judges l^amm
and Graves.
Judge Lamm holds that tho Waters-
Pierce company should be fined $1,000.-
000. Instead of $50,000. Judge Graves
opinion is that the Waters-Pierce com-
pany should not be deprived of its cor-
porate franchise. He takes this ground
to protect the minority stockholders.
accordingly.
V.test OVE HARRIS.
Ctnrk cf Said Court.
By R. M. HOUSTON, Demit.v.
W. C. Henderson, Attorney for Plain-
tiff.
IU NTERS' l 11 1 NSK
LAW ADVOCATED
proposed impeachment proceedings.
ONK OF THK FIRST
CHRISTMAS WEDDINGS
Mr. Albert S. McVey of Verden and
Miss Clara Rolins of Lawton were
wedded yesterday at 2:30 In the Con-
gregational Parsonage. Amid pleasant
home surroundings, in the presence of
their friends, they started out on life
together. They go on a short journey
and then will reside in Verden . Okla-
homa.
* First Published Weekly Constltution-
Democrut Dec. 10, I^ist Dec 31, *08.)
PROPOSAL FOR BRIDGE.
Sealed proposals for the construct-
ion of a steel Bridge over West Cache
Crek, between Sections 21 and 28, Twp.
2 South, Range 12 West. I. M., will be
received at the office of the county
clerk of Comanche County. Oklahoma,
at Lawton, on or before the «">ih day of
January, 1909 and will b-1 opened the
following day at 10 o'clock, A. M.
Bridge No. 184, one steel span, 100
feet. Four panells, 16 feet.
fc'jnr steel tubes, 24 feet, Three steel
pile. 14 feet.
Three steel pile. 12 feet, six steel
pile, 8 feet. Fourteen feet roadway.
All bidders to furnish their own
plans and specifications.
Profile on file In the office of county
clerk, and county surveyor, and will
be furnished on application.
All bids must be accompanied by
certified ch ek drawn 011 some reli-
able and well known bank, in the am-
ount of ten per cent of bid. .n favor of
Commissioners of Comanche County,
and the Board of County Commission-
ers reserve the right to reject any and
all bids.
f SEAL.)
J. M. HAYNES, County Clerk.
CHICKASHA. Ok.. Dec. 24—Eighty-
mi iitul principle* ur country. Such - ven thousand quail conllsc:!'- ! «-\-
(l oMiw« <>nh tend to create emnity | w nse of ofll'i- receipts of of
and class hatred. We respectfully sollc-1 flc,; 1H are the principal items In
it ynnr intliieiice to preient the lticar-jrri" rt of State tiaine Wan!' .1. S.
ceratloD of these men." I Askew to Governor Haskell Mr. As-
Whether President Booserelt "ill kew report." that of the li«rs?e nuni- | derBOn
take any action, as he has been nreed I. r of quail confiscated evidence show ,
<o do. in telegrams received front dlf- wl that only aiioat S.ooo had been shot j
ferent labor onrtni/.atlon* throtiulioul the rest belnt; causht by trappers. I
•ludffe IVritrill's d -cis- j Thirtv-seven bird nets were confUcat-1 Son sale of Imported and home bred
been decided. It n- ed Five bunche* of tsame shipi*.-* registered Perchcron. Eeismtn and
mis , were broken up durlns the year. Shire horses, consisting of 20 stallions
not ilr. A^kew calls attention to the fact and 30 mares at Ilradstreet & Clemens
FARM FOR BENT.
flood place with good house, etc.,
2 miles from Gorenimo, 8 1-2 miles
from Lawton. See or address Arch An-
12-14 d 3t w 2t
HOUSES AT Al CTION.
We will hold our secono annual auc-
the connfry. on
ion lias no! yel
xtuted at the White House. It
explained that the president ha*
read the decision and therefore can-1 that in the state of Oklahoma there! Sale PavHIon^. January■ ifc
game than ill three-fourths M. NORTH & ROBINSON.
and that it Is a 12-24 w 2t Grand Island. Xeb.
Married Kt the Duncan House. In this
city on yesterday evening at six o'clock
Mr. Ariel P. Dobbins of Cache. Okla..
and Miss Jessie Elliott of .lanesvllle,
Ohio. Judge M. T. Perkins officiatinK.
Mr. Dobbins is an exemplary young
man. well and favorablr known In his
neighborhood. Miss Elliott Is a highly
respected young lady ill her former
city for her many Christian
not say if he i*ill tale any action, is more
There «ns an Intimation, boweicr.that of all the oi; r state
some action mteht be taken if the | fertile field for trapers an dshlpprs.
president should he convinced that the Hp r* com "• Jbaf for ;lie protection
sentence is uninst.
w aiter to start >eav
school nrn,i>i\G soo\.
WALTER. Okla.. Dee. 24.— (Special)
—Work on the |3r,.000 school building
will commence in a few days. Contract-
virtues or iici,eo(I of Lawton, was here yes-
and amiable disposition. The wedding , terday and let the contracts for haul
was a quiet one with but few Invited
guests and one sister of the groom.
Judge Perkins has a happy faculty of
tying knot*.
Rev. M. D. Early, pastor of the First.
Bc.ptlst Church, together with hlB wife
and family, leave tonioi row for Tem-
ple, Texas, to visit during the Christ-
mas holidays with a daughter. The
Baptist pulpit will be tilled daring the
absence of Rev. Eearly by Rev. Mr.
Gov. Hoch of Kansas has named a' George from New Jersey.
Ing sand, excavating, etc. He will push
the work and have the building com-
pleted by the first of July.
At the Presbyterian Church yester-
STRAYED—From S04 F Street, one
of the game a license system be adopt- rod and white sotted cow, 4 years old.
ed by the legislature. Under the pres- j Horns turn in branded cn one side be
eut game law It Is almost impossible fresh soon, reasonable reward for in-
to hold the warden's force together and formation. W. D. Xewlin. MM F St.
make an> . -lunatic effort to protect i: s w
♦be birds. The office cannot afford to ' —
pay the deputies for their time and BE A REPRESENTATIVE
expenses and the . eannr t bear the Qf J|,, tyfirelSSS TellgTlji Cfi.
pense themselves. The license s. m (|) p town; employee* earn-
would create a fund Lbat would be used jng 190.00 to $450.00 a week; you can
in propagating the species and to com- do the tame; no capital required; ap
I re 11 sate officers for protecting the ply at once. The United Wireless Te, -
graph Co.* Cooper Bldfl., Denver, Colo*
game. ;
Mr. Askew does not believe that all ( ~
(the birds caught in the state were se-1
day six new deacons were ordained and cured by oificers, but that probabl> .>s j
Installed. A. D. Boggs. E. P. AlcMahon. many more were shipped out of the ,
J. W. Haddon, C. S. Stephenson. J. M. Ustc. The b.rd eonfi^d were dta-1 Term,
Young and J. F. Tedford. | tribute* among he poor andthehos-, reaM|m!jl(, ^ lsfaetlon gliarantee<i.
The new officers for the ensiling pltals of the state by order or the, _«!««
year are J. E. Jarvts president, E. P courts trying the cases. The tines paid | *• "A11" •
McMahon secretary, and A. D. Boggs ! went to the counties where the viola- R. F. D. 8. I.anton, Okla.
treasurer. Jtlona occurred. | Telepfcoae la> F. M. Llae.
Auctioneer
will cry your sale -ind look after
% m ■
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