Lawton Constitution-Democrat (Lawton, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 9, Ed. 1 Monday, December 13, 1909 Page: 4 of 4
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College Addition Lot Sale, Starting Tuesday, Dec. 141
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They will make money! Now listen, we will tell you why. The Lots in College Addition will gain rapidly in value.
This College
District Big
and Good
There arc iniiriccii counties among
which are the laws! mid lust in the
vtate, comprising tin* fourth Mult* A if.
HeiiItiinil College district. now liutiim
about lite linn«lr«*«l thousand | « | ulii-
lion. If onl) ouc came from each thou*
mid llierc would lie live Iiuiidrill html-
fnlM to start the college work when the
urw building* lire roaily. Naturally this
enrollment will lurreuse with tin popu
Uition in tlii' district. It Is fair to pre-
sume that before mini} years we will
kaic one thousaiul pupils attending
this college, because there is no oilier
slate mJiooI or similar college of any
kind in this whole Southern Oklahoma
district.
Way Service
I.an ton lias granted a street raih\a>
anil interurlian franchise. Hie com-
pan) is tins) ns bees l n% inar rails, ties,
material, and rolling stack to start the
line, t olleiff \ildition will hate railwa>
seniee, without question, as soon as
the demand .1 untitles This will bring
the loeation within a lew hloeks of
Lawton's eonimereial renter, consider-
ing the short time it will lake to make
Hie trip. The time routing would he no
lonirer, than u few hloeks people ron-
sume in wnikiiiif. Kterj col lege in the
suburbs of a thriving city has street
railwa) service and the Cameron Slate
\ifrieiillural ( allege will hate the
same, thus enbaueimf the value of the
lots as now appraised, several times
over.
Terms of Sale
..The purehaser will pa> per eeut
easli, and 'J' per rent eaeli thirt) da>s
without Interest, und tie Milowed per
eent diseoiilit for cash on deferred p«t>-
merits. \ prise eaeh da> of one lot will
be presented to the person pa.ting the
most for lots purehused. \ wagon wilii
auetioneer and clerks, and another
witli free luitrli ami hot coffee, will
niote from one block to another us
sales are made. \t the prlee and terms
offered, nearly any citizen of Lawton,
Comanche Count) or aii) other county
can hii) these lots. There will he more
families wanting lots in College Addi-
tion. than lots to he delivered. The
frisco railroad forms (lie south line;
the farm part of the col lege work Is to
the west, and the plat of about three
hundred und lift) pair of lots in ( oil-
ege Addition, will he nil lliut can be
furnished in this addition. The plat be-
ing recorded Is only for the lots that
lire to be sold.
Farmers
Urged to Buy
The worst disappoiuted people will
lie those who do not buy home places
or lots for investments in College \d-
d it ion. Farmers are especially iniited
and urged to take adwintage of lots
offered in College Addition, in order
that the) may have splendid surburiiun
home places near the college, to edu-
cate their sons und duughtcrs und fur-
nish rooms, hoard and accommodations
for the hundreds of students who wiil
utteud the college as soon us buildings
are ready. Farmers in this state col-
lege district, and those from other
parts of the state, or other states,
should "mukc lui) while the sun
shines,** und secure lots, without full,
ut the sale starting this Tuesday, lie.
eemher Mb.
The Time;
The
Place
The hand will start plating at
o'clock Tuesday morning, ut Lawton
City Hall. All iutitcd to come with
their uiitomobiles, carriages, wagons,
and * chicles to help take friends to the
College Vddition, and auction sule start
at 10:00 n. m. Itring your friends, a lit-
tle money, u glad hand, and the Law-
ton spirit. This sale is not for special
gain to ail) person or coiiipaut, but to
furnish money to pa) for the Ian J
promised the state for the college site,
and to furnish homes near the college.
DON'T FORGET THE DATE—-TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14
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$20,000
to Start |
Buildings :
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This sum N non Hvuiliilili', n|iproprl-
iit«*a4 lij the t*l<\ In start ronstrurtioii
work us soon as deed to the land is de-
livered to the stute, and contructs can
be let after I icing advertised. Sew
houses by the score will at once he
erected to furnish homes for the farm-
ers who will wan* to live in tills vicin-
ity, us well as people from the cities
and towns, for home pluccs and to fur-
nish hoard and rooms for students, be-
sides being convenient to the college
for their young people to attend, also
to accommodate the many teachers and
assistants. This d< mnnd will sturt .it
once and continue for all years
THEKE ll. LBE STREET RAll-
MAY LAND DIVISION
FRISCO OFFICIALS HERE SCGGEST
THATLAWTOX COI'M) LOCATE
RAILWvi «M0r«.
Present Frisco Project Includes Sniull
Shops and Round House; Might
Re Enlarged.
If lawton gets sufficiently busy, a
Frisco division point, with shops,
round house, and all attendant indust-
ries may lw located here very shortly
At least that Ih the hint dropped by
W. Henry, master mechanic for the
Frisco system, and W. E. Foote, travel-
og engineer for the company, who aro
Quanah, TexaH, the present terninus
of the southwest line. And Lawton's
p.bundant supply of water of the best
ROOSTERS MEET.
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project itself. He esimated that tho
kind for furnishing engines affords an' fifty-six miles of railroad would cost
attraction that will enter largely Into $702,352. But. he said, it would tap one
the consideration when the Frisco
conies to locate its division shops."
Chamber of Commerce Busy.
of the beat trade territories in the
world southwest, bringing b neflts both
to Oklahoma and to Lawton. Hecall-
Secretar.v L. P. Arnold of the Lawton ing the former railroad project offered
Chamber of Commerce has already . by him to Lawton the construction of
held a conference with the Frisco offl-1 what is now the Frisco—Mr. Jones ad-
clalB and is planning Immediate efforts I mltted that ho felt that Lawton had
to land the prospective division. It Is! not treated him exactly right but. feel-
belleved now that the present plana for ling with Abraham Lincoln, that the
small round house and shops is but American people if given time would
the starter for complete division equip
mont which will result ultimately in
one of the best railway industries ever
today attending the sessions of the j attracted to southwestern Oklahoma
ITnited States court on some railroad I
litigation now pending.
While both gentlemen, high In the
councils of the company are herej^®'* MAN DEAD AMI ONE I VII 'RED
COLD W WE HAS FATAL HESCLT.
primarily in the interests of the mil-
road connected with the pending law
aaits, they are working also on on fut-
ON ACCOUNT OF LOW
TEMPERATURE.
OKLAHOMA CITY. Okla . Dec. 9
uri- plans of ihe railroad connected Cold wputhnr Wednesday caused the
with Lawton. In fact, plans are now I death of one inan and the serious in-
lieius drawn, declares Mr. Henry, for jury of another. Harry Johnson, a paup
ihe location here of a small rounder, was found dead In a shack at 521
house and minor shop equipments but West Home street early In the mornlnK.
these, he intimates, could be enlarged
if the business men of lawton are suf-
ficiently interested to urge the point.
The present plan Is for the establish-
ment of a small round house of four
;--talls and repair shops which will prob
atil.v employ superintendent and dozen
mechanics to look after the work loc-
ally .Bat there Is 110 serious reason,
suggest the railroad officials, why the
round house plans should not be en-
larged to include at least fourteen
.stalls and the shops planned for com-
plete division equipment.
lawton Logical Point.
"Lawton is the logical point for the FOR SALE-One Percheron Horse,
location of a Frisco division," declared Horse, two Jacks, cash or terms. These
Mr. Henry. "Oklahoma City wher
small repair shops are now maintain
Johnson's body was perched on a
stove, improvised from a lard can. In
a plate by his side was a crust of bread
while his clothing was thin and ragged,
in the extreme. His back was turned to
ward the north, whence the wind
whistled through inch-wide cracks in
the side of the hovel.
Going to his work Wednesday morn-
ing. Fred Haas, an employe of the Wat-
ers-Pierce Oil company, slipped on the
snow covered sidewalk, and fell, break-
ing his leg. He was removed to his
residence in an ambulance.
| jacks were shipped from Ponca City,
pd | Okla., by .loe Du Rain. Inquire C. S.
is too close to Sapulpa, where the nea.- Thomas Mule Ham. 10-2(1 w tf
tai division point is located, and, not
only that, but there is no availabl
lo-
cation at Oklahoma City for division
tfite and the water problem at the big
metropolis Is becoming serious even
l« r the supply of ordinary household
use. Lawton is just about the proper
distance from Sapulpa and approxi-
mately half way between there and
lHt. \. F. KENNEDY
Surgeon Dentist
always make things right, he declared
he was "just watln'."
Referring to this matter, later, the
Chamber of Commerce, on motion of
E. W. Kirkpatrick, voted to take imme-
diate steps to repay the amount due
Mr. Jones, something like $lf>,000.
Eearly in his speech, Mr. Jones de-
clared that with probably the single
exception of Ardmore. Lawton has the
natural facilities for building a larger
city than atly other town in the state.
Even Oklahoma, he said, although his
own home, cannot compare and, within
the next few years, he expressed the
expectation of having to vote on a ten
million dollar bond issue at the state's
dns juapigns oj sjiodojjetu
ply from the Wichita mountains.
A committee composed of A. R. Mc-
Lennan, Jake L. Hamon, E. W. Kirk-
patrick. J W. Kieff and Col. R. A.
Sneed, was appointed to confer with
Mr. Jones relative to the proposed con-
struction of the proposed Randlett.
Wichita Falls and Lawton railroad.
New Railroad Projected.
H. Ram son, recently of Boulder,
WEST WON'T RUN FOR
(■OVERNOR, IIE SAYS.!
GUTHRIE, Ok.. Dec. 9.—(Special)—
Attorney General Charles J. West
when questioned today about the report
that he expected to make the race for
governor of Oklahoma, said:
"No, I don't think 1 will be a can-
didate. I have been sufficiently hon-
ored by the people by being elected
their first attorney general, but If
they think I have done my duty in
enforcing the law and want me to
run for any office, even if it is justice
of the peace. I would do so, 1 would
rather retire to the practice of law."
SHERIFF 111NION
IS NEW OFFICIAL.
OKLAHOMA CITY. Ok.. Dec. 9.—
M. C. Binion. for eight years a deputy
sheriff, has been appointed sheriff of
Oklahoma County by the board of coun-
ty commlsioners to fill the vacancy
caused by the removal of Harvey D.
Garrison.
WALTER ROOSTER HERE;
TALKS TOW VS UROWTII.
I JONES MAY BCILD LINE.
OKLAHOMA CITY CAPITALIST
WIRES ANMIIX EMEM OF NEW
PROPOSITION.
W ill Meet W ith Chamber of Commerce
To Discus* Building of
Randlett Road.
Telegraphic dispatches received
here today by Secretary L. P. Arnold
of the Lawton Chamber of Commerce
from C. G. Jones of Oklahoma City,
capitalist and railroad promoter, also
prospective candidate for the republi-
can nomination for governor of Okla-
homa. announces that Mr. Jones, to-
gether with officials of the Lawton,
Wichita Falls and Northwestern rail-
way company will be in Lawton Fri-
day of this week, tomorrow afternoon
and meet with the Chamber of Com-
merce tomorrow night for the purpose
of submitting a proposition for the
immediate completion of the Randlett
line.
TOOK CASE FROM JI RY.
•H'IMjSE COTTERAL INSTRITTS FOR
VERDICT FAVORING RAILROAD
COMPANY.
Refused Damage For Water Overflow,
Will liuild Dike To Flood Rail.
road Property.
From Fridrv'g Daily.
Taking the case entirely out of the
hands of the Jury, with the exception of
clerical d 'es of returning verdict,and
disregard*.. n former opinions from the
Oklahoma supreme court. Federal Jud-
ge John H. Cotteral today gave explicit
instructions in the case of Davis ver-
sus the Rock Island railroad company
in which Davis asked damages for flood
ed property, that a verdict for the de-
fendant company be returned. The ver-
dict was returned as instructed and the
plaintiff was ordered to pay the costs
in the case.
The case in question is that wherein
W. T. Davis, a farmer residing three
Scrap Iron
WANTED
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® market price for all kinds g
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t LAWTON MACHINE I
t SHOP & FOUNDRY ®
Cor. First and F
For more than a year the projected' miles north of Walter, asks damages
Randlett road has been hung up, with j for the flooding of his farm. He alleges
grade complete only from Devol, a in his demands that the railroad grade
George D. Lathram of Walter one of ',0'n* 0,1 Wichita Falls and North-j forces water both from the north and
the city's leading citizens, the "daddy '
of the town was here this morning 011
his way to Memphis, Tennessee, wher
he is going 011 business. On account of
his health failing him Mr. Lathram is
not actively engaged in work but is ;i
Walter "booster" right. He says their
new $40,000 school building, justly the
pride of Walter, will be completed by
January first.
Many other improvements, are con-
templated in their town. On Dec. 14
put in electric lights, sewer system and
possessed by towns much smaller than
Wal'er.
Colorado, a*ho is now grading on con-.* , . ,
,, bonds are to be voted for $90,000 to
nectlng links for a railroad proposition
extending from San Antonio, Aransas
Pass, and other Texas points, through
Lawton and extending northward, pros
ented his proposition also to the Cham
ber of Commerc. his plan for reaching
Lawton being to come to Chattanooga
and run in on the Rock Island tracks.
Another committee composed of R. E.
LAND FOR SALE.
Buggies Buggies Buggies j
We have just received ;i car of Hacks
aud Buggies. Prices to suit all.
Cooper, Weber and Columbus wagons.
Why buv an inferior wagon when you can
get the BEST for about the same price?
Stoves for everybody. Also the most
complete line of Hardware in the city.
Come and let us figure your contract if
you are going to build
Implements; J. I. Case complete line.
Boltless Lever. Harrow, best made. Disc
Harrows, all sizes. Case and Blackliawk
Listers. Let us show you what we have,
and get our prices before you buy. We can
save you money.
Lawton Hardware Company
BROE'S
lliri' Is a Kami Harirniii Ip> Powers
1 ami ami Loan Company.
We have eighty acres, well located,
Montgomery, R. W. Thompson, J. W.: with Lawton In view; has free mail
Martin. M. S. Simpson and A .D. Hoggs, j by the door; a good modern, well
wat: appointed to confer with Mr. Ram | hnllt house, plastered and with fonn-
son. They held a conference after the
meeting last night but as yet no agree-
ment has been reached.
On motion of Senator Thomas, the
Chamber of Commerce agreed to pay
the expenses of Robert Landers and J
T Wtiite, delegates appointed by Gov-
ernor Haskell, to the national good
roads association to be held at Topeka,
Kansas, Tuesday and Wednesday of
next week.
KI.OKI1U M t\ t\ t NTS TO INVEST
l\ IMII STRIAL UHMTinV
"Moriunna, Fliu 12-1-09.
* "(Iklahoma Realty and Develop.
* 111 ent Company,
Lawton, Okla.
(jcntlemcn:
"I will take stock iu your com-
pany to the amount of $1<hi.
"l am a property owner in Law- *
* ton. *
"Yours truly,
*8. >V. JONES."
S. I am ready to pay my lit-
tle *100 ut the proper time.**
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The alone letter Just received ♦
hew. Is self explanatory, showing *
that other men Interested in Law- *
ton outside the city limits are boost *
v ers for the southwest metropolis, *
and anxious to promote industrial *
' development.
dation; five rooms; a stable seventy
feet long; good cave cellar; pasture
with spring and hog wire fence
around it; young bearing orchard;
two wells, an ever flowing spring
stream; timber lined, across one end
of the farm, with some creek valley
land. This farm for quick sale at
$.'!7 per acre, easy terms. We have
160 acres with an extra good spring
well never falling water; good two
room house; stable; big cave cellar;
this farm is fenced and cross fenced;
has free mail and telephone past tVi
western, to Randlett, with no definite
prospects of completion. Since the tak-
ing over of the control of the company
from J. M. Bellamy of Lawton to T. H.
Lindley and L T. Poole of Oklahoma
City, president and vice-president re-
spectively, negotiations have been un-
der way for proceeding with construct
ion work. It is now the proposal of
Mr. Jones to finance the road, provld
ed satisfactory contracts can he se-
cured all along the line and with th«
operating company. Just what his
proposition will be to Lawton is not
known.
But, whatever the proposition Law-
ton business interests are just now
more interested in the Randlett line
owing both to the valuable territory
which it will tap and the fact that Its
construction will mean practical so-
lution to threatened county division
movements. Walter, realizing this last
contingent, is also anxious for the
road and anxious to thwart Lawton's
chances.
south down to a point opposite his
house where it is then permitted to run
through a large culvert and forced university before
rMYEKSITY ENROLLMENT
SHOWS STI'DV PREFERENCE.
NORMAN. Dec. 9—(Special)—The
registrar's office of the Oklahoma
state university has just completed
the compiling of a statement show-
ing how many students are enrolled
in the various departments of the
school. The statement is Interesting
from the fact that it shows the in-
clination of students In the prepara-
tion of themselves for usefulness in
life. More students enrolled in plvfX
sical culture than any other stun.v.
This is no doubt due to the fact that
a certain amount of this work is re-
quired of every student attending the
Sl ITS ON HEARING HEFORE LAND
OFFICIALS INVOLVING
WICHITA MINERS.
Fro* i Friday'? Daily.
W. W. Scott, chief of the fild depart
men' for the general land office in Ok-
lahoma, and W. H. Williamson, speci-
al agent from the office at Washington,
representing the government, are
here today apeparing in suits filed by
door; not far from good school and tht' landf department against a doz-?n
church, close to railway station,
place; not far from Lawton; all till-
able and the biggest part now in cul-
tivation; forty acres winter wheat.
ten acres winter oats, green and ex-
tra fine. This land is nearly level,
rich, sandy loam soil. Price for a
quirk sale. $;{,'{ per acre. We have'have been forfeited In that they have
160 acres school land at a bargain. I not been properly developed. It Is be
or more men holding mining claims
in the Wichita mountains seeking t
annual the mining leases. The suits
are being heard today before the reg
ister and receiver of the local land
office. The alegations of the land de-
partment are that the mining claims
across a forty acre field, where water
had never before run except natural
rainfall, and under his farm house,
three different times having destroyed
the crops in the field and during those
three wet seasons having caused un-
healthful conditions to exist around his
home.
The court decided, however, that the
case was not sufficient to demand dam-
ages and that the railroad company
could not be forced to take care of the
rainfall which might he Impounded
along Its grade but could turn the wat-
er anywhere it pleased. According!)
the verdict instructions vere given.
Will Retaliate.
An appeal is being considered from
the action of the federal court here to
the United States circuit court at St.
Souls but Davis declares that he does
not particularly favor an appeal but
would under the rulings of the court,
retaliate 011 the railroad company by
building a dike which will force the
water back on the right of way and
flood the tracks. If the company does
not have to care for the water, he says
then farmers can act under the same
rights. He declares that he expects to
start a force of men to work Monday
morning building the dike.
The railroad company will probably
attempt to enjoin the dike construction
p.id Davis will he put on the defensive.
Urund Jury Still Worklmr.
The federal grand jury is still at
work. It will probably report tomor-
row.
The court sessions this afternoon are
on the ease of L. W. Roper and com-
pany versus the Davidson co-operative
supply company arising out of a ship-
ment of gats.
he can secure a di-
in £'!v school of the
ploma or degre
university.
The largest number of students en-
rolled in any real school study Is in
English, the number being 356. The-
next subjects and the number enrolled
therein follow: History, 268; mathe-
matics. 2; 0; law, 16H; German. 139;
physics, 2.r>0; law, 166; German, 139;
physics, 121; chemistry, 1109; Latin,
101; botany, 98; sociology, 80; geology. '
75; economics. 74; theory of mualc,
64; French, 58; drawing, 51; pharma-
cy. 38; physiology, 3,r.; education, 35;
public speaking. 31; anatomy. 30; po-
litical science, 27; zoology, 25; carpen-
tering, 38; Spanish, 23; psychology,
18; pharmacology, 18, pathology and
bacteriology, 18; Greek, 13; physiog-
raphy. 13; mechanical engineering, 12;
civil engineering. 10; journalism, 9;
astronomy, 1; electrical engineering,
7; forensic medicine. 5; claslcal arch-
ology, 4; and philosophy 4.
Concerning the above statement It 4
is interesting to note that of all the
studies given at the university the
literary, history and economic courses
are by far the most popular. It is
also interesting to note that th« school
of law really ranks fourth in the
number of students enrolled, although .
this is the first year of its existence. )
It is also to be noted that there is not
much demand for Greek in the uni-
versity. while Latin fares much bet-
ter, due probably to the fact that a
large number of preparatory students
are enrolled In the university and a
certain amount of Latin is required ofV
them. Of the modern languages aside
from English, German is In the great-
est demand. French coining second and
Spanish third.
$1.00 per acre cash payment, balance j lieved that the suits will have import-
easy terms, will enable the lease, ant Influence upon mining operations
owner to make this farm pay for it-M" the Wichitas.
self. We have five and ten acre lots. I
suburban property, and lots for busi-1 On trial at Cache before Justice of j stonach "and "bowels^and'lsof
ness and dwelling places, in the city [ Peace Thomas, Tom Lance, charged. biliousness, sick headache, feverishness^colic totSeoce^tc^Tr
of lawton. Free souvenir map cards, with running a deer with dogs, was ® ® ™' '
printed matter and price lists. Pow-' found guilty by jury. Lance will ap-
ers Land and Loan Co., 329 E Avenue.'peal the case to the county court. The
Lawton, Okla., Call, phone, wire or j hearing, prosecuted by F. B. Swank
write. Automobiles to show bar-. and defended by A. E. Hamomnds both
gains any day in the week except Sun-[of Lawton, attracted widespread in-
dav. ^ it.ift.ri an* «'tf in
Physicians. Advise *
0pen and Prevent fe poisons of undigested
the greatest possible efficacy In constipation, indigestion,
cnnAcc rr\H/- fl.tnlnn — .i. Vp J
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LAXATIVE
LIVFR SYRUP
party on j nanasgiving evtmiug.
uceessfullv savs Mr. Kimble. C. I House, corner Third and B pays high-1 added. imperturbably. 'And where art j
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