Lawton Constitution-Democrat (Lawton, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 18, Ed. 1 Monday, January 17, 1910 Page: 1 of 4
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TWICE A WEEK EDITION.
LAWTON, OKLAHOMA, MONDAY JAM IKY i;, i«.
VIOLATING
THE LAW?
Ml ARM: IS >1 Mil THAT LOCAL
CONTHACTOHS ON IM BLIC VVOHKS
S(;l AUK n AME SCALE.
PROBE INSTITUTED
Labor Commissioner In i oiiference
With Contractors Jl<*rc Toda*;
Agreement or Arrests!
From Saturdoy's Daily.
Are contractors on public works in
the city of Lawton violating the state
law relative to the wage scab- that
shall apply on public contracts?
That is tne Question which Charles
L. Daugherty. state commissioner of
Labor, has come here to investigate.
Under the state law fixinir the hours
for work on public contracts, the same
scale which applies locally wherever
work is being done, must be paid for
an eight hour day. That is, if. under
private contracts, a scale of two dolars
per day is naid for a ten hour day as
is usually emoloyed on private con-
tracts. contractors on public improve-
ments must work their men only eight
hours but pav the same scab*, or two
dollars per day. for the eight hours
provided under the ctate law. If they
work more than the eight hours, they
must pay "overtime" to the men em-
ployed.
High School And Paving.
It has been reported to Mr. Daugher-
ty that both in the construction of the
Lawton high school building and in the
laying of street aving here, this >ro-
vision in the state labor laws is being
violated and l"ss than the regular
scale for ten hours is being paid for
the eight hour day.
Mi Daughertv arrived In the citv
late laLt night and this afternoon is in-
vestigating the charges made in the
matter both of the hlwh school build-
ing and the trect paving contracts.
Unless agree:.; -nt can be reached be-
tween him ; «i local contracting com-
nanies, arrest mav follow. Ii is ex-
pected. however, that both Mr. Cros-
by. high scli ill contractor, and Mr.
Shaw, paving operator, will a°ree to
pay the regular scale for the eight
hours.
BUZZ WAGONS
COMING FAST
(All LI IA I) \ FT Kit I AII LOAD OF
Al'TOMOBILLS BEIMJ Sill I*- I
FEB INTO I UVTOX.
Commissioner from Lawton
District Proposes Purchase
of County Poor Farm Now
GEOLOGIST HARMONY
HAS REPORT IN MAKING
Why Save the
Chinese and
Not Youths?
From Saturday's Daily.
In line with the movement proposed
by the Constitution-Democrat for the
organization in Lawton of a Provident
association to look after the city's poor
County Commissioner 11. E. Julian of
the Lawton district has a proposal for
the immediate purchase and establish-
ment by Comanche county of a county
poor farm upon which all persons for-
ced to depend upon public contribu-
tions for sustenance may be kept. In
fact. Mr* Julian thinks ths neoessitj
for such an institution is so urgent
that he fa\ors the immediate decision
of the uroject to vote of the n#-o-
ple, probably at the time of the next
general election.
"As matters now stand," said Mr.
Julian today, "the county Is entirely
without adequate means of maintain-
ing its poor. It's true, we have regu-
larly levied an annual tax for what is
known as the 'poor and insane' fun I
from which all such demands are met
but the fund is totally inadequate to
meet all demands. With more than half
the year yet to run, the poor and in-
sane fund has been exhausted. There
are all the way from four to a dozen
nurooiiB all the time who must be
maintained at the countv's expense,
either in local hotels or hospitals and.
lu addition to these permanent drains
on the treasury, freqy 4 calls are
made for donations—an ie only way
ue can keen them is ti lace them in
an expensive boarding L^jse, or in loc-
al hospitals in case of illness.
"If the county owned its own poor
farm, all these cases could be sent to
the farm.
"In many places, the Incurable in-
sane are also kent on the poor farm,
especially in cases of harmless lflsanlty
This is another great expense that
could be saved bv such an institution.
It costs an immense pile of mon.;v to
transport every person adjudged in-
sane to the state 'nsr.ne asylum. And
a majority of the cases of insanity
arising are such cases *is toil Id iasily
be cared for on a poor farm.
Would He Self Sustaining.
"A county poor farm. Instead of be-
ing an additional burden on the tax-
payers if properly managed would be
self sustaining. Almost all of th J ten-
ants ot the farm could be employed in
some way In raisin e crops which, aft-
er the stuff needed for the farm itself
would be taken out, could be market
ed with profit.
"Under tile new state law, we have
arranged to work the county convicts
on the public roads and for this pur-
noBe have purchased a complete road
outfit. Including plows and scrapers
and teams. These, as matters stand,
barring the benefit derived from better
rc,T\ds. make an additional expense,
since we have no convenient place to
keep the teams. By the establishment
of a poor farm, we could use the farm
and its products in the maintenance
of the county teams and. at times when
there is little work to do on the roads
or in season when the work would be
more needed on the farm, the teams,
with the fnll force of convict laborers,
could be emploved in cultivating the
farm lands.
"It's a matter that 1 would like
mightlv well to see taken up by the
people of the countv and. since the only
way to get at it is to submit it to
vote of the people. I'm in favor of sub-
mitting It at the next general election.
Almost all of the older counties of the
state already have noor farms in op-
eration and thev are being operated
evervwhere with success. Comanche
countv is old enough and has acquired
a sufficient i mber of poor that she
should provic ^ similar means of car-
ing for them.'
WORK OF HI I N PARTIES 01 I
LINKII AMI HI SI I. i s U'-
COMPUSHED 101 0.
MINERAL NUMEROUS
IM 1 STUi UIONS SIIOH s I I II
BE llll II IX >1 \M KlMIS
OF BEF0S1TS.
i HN'I III.K t Mill I II II k\ E THE
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\KE I MTEI1.
WHIP OPTIMISTIC
Congressmen Desire To Hasten The
liiilllimer-l'iiicliot
line* ligation.
ANN YRHOK. Mich Jan 15.—(Spe-
cial) Why don't some of these Christ
ians who go down into their pockets to
christianise tb« heathen, dig down for
the voune bo* el eased from state in-
stitutions?
o the reform school
Guthrie, Jan. 15.—The anuuul report
of the Oklahoma geological siirve>
was filed with Governor Haskell todav
by Charles N. Gould, director.
The report shows Mint iv*o field
"arties were at work las! summer.
One headed by Prof. D \V. Ohern of
the department of geology of Ihe
state university, investigated the coal
oil. gas, limestone, clays, shales and
cement rock in northeastern Okla-
homa. The Ohern party outfitted at
Tulsa and worked east to Broken Ar-
row. north, past Catoosa. Chelsea and
Ceutralia to the Kansas lint
WASHINGTON. Jan. IS. Represen-
tative Hayes of California, who is act-
ing as a self-designated intermediary
between the house insurgents and Presi
dent Taft, announced today that lie
! nrobably would issue a statement at
an early day. This anoiincement was
jinade following a call at the Wl i e
House of a formal conference wl'.h his
colleagues.
Signs of diligent efforts to harmonize
the house regulars and insurgents on
matter of selectinir committt
west to I investigate the Balllnger-Pinchot con-
Lenenah. south to Nowata and Talalt (trovers.v are aparent on every ride, 't
then along Hird creek in the vlcini'y i's understood at the caplto' 'hat Presi-
of Ramona. Skiatook. Bartlesville nndldent Tafl win express his views on the
Copa. and finallv went past Avant t< ! and that as a result an ngree-
Pawhuska and south through Hominy ■ nient will be reached In advance of the
and Cleveland, where the party broke i Proposed caucus to select tne liou e
'members of the lolnt committee which
| will enable all the republicans to par-
ticipate.
\\ hip's Statement.
camp.
The second party, heade.l bv L. L.
Hutchison, assistant director of the
geological survev. spent th«* greater
WOULD GET
AN ARMORY
PROPOSE A
NEW OFFICE
Fred F. Thompson, the Maxwell deal
er has received four shipments of the
3910 models. The last shipment con-
sisting of Model I s and E's arrived
this week, and the factory shipped an-
other car load which will arrive prob-
ably next week. Mr. Thompson has
sold most of his entire allotment for
1910. This allotment consists of just
as many Maxwell cars as the factory
would allow him. Maxwell dealers are
usually sold out long before the sea-
son onens up and it looks as if he
miirht be.
PRIVATE RESIDENCE
DESTROYED BY FIRE
11OME OF MRS. F. F. HOW VR1> IN
SOFT!IE\ST PAKT OF TOWN
III'KIN'S IN NIGHT.
From Saturday'8 Daily.
While Mrs. F. F. Howard and lit- |
tie daughter. 215 avenue I. barely es-
eaped in their night clothes shortly
before midnight last night, their home |
burned practicallv to the ground, the
tin- department arriving too late to j
prevent disaster to the dwelling. The
dwelling was partlv covered by insur- i
ance.
The flames started, it is believed.'
from a defective flue owing to the fact j
that fire had been left In the stove at j
night and. warned only b** the Increas- j
ing smoke, the family, consisting only
of the two. made their escape just be- j
fore the names burst out and encircled
the entire building. The residence is
estimated to have cost aproxlmately l
two thousand dollars.
(II A.>IIt KK OF COMMENCE EAST
NIGH l FAVORED PUI I BGUE
FIFTY FOOT 1)UI.
From Saturday's Daily.
Acting favo;-;um' ujxm iha*. request
from Caj.-t. F. B King ot the Lawton
Engineering corps of the state militia
asking assistance from the Chamber
of Commerce in securing permanent
armorv quarters under the plan an-
nounced lr.it evening bv the Consti-
tution-Democrat. the Chamber of
Commerce at Its meeting of last night
appointed a committee of three mem-
bers, composed of P. G. Fullerton. E.
It. Kcrbv and I'. C. Moc"*3 to confer
with Captain King and take necessary
step« toward securing the building pro
nosed, the cement block building on E
avenue formerlv occupied by Clark's
liverv. to be used both as armory and
convention hall.
For Fifty Fool Ham.
Owing of this action, the most ini-
nortant taken bv the commercial club
was the appointment of a committee
composed of Col. R. A. Sneed. Col. W.
H. Hornadav. -nd P. I). Anderson to
urge upon the citv council the urg-
ent necessity of immediately raising
the present reservoir dam to a height
of fifty feet. The committee was also
instructed to act with the council in
serving notice on all land owners and
probable purchasers of land surround-
in'- the reservoir site that the land will
shortly be condemned for water pur-
poses. thus hoping to forestall anv at-
tempt to secure the lands for specula-
tive purposes.
Ral c Secretary's Salary.
Adopting the recommendations of
the executive committee of the cham-
ber. the bodv authorized the raising
of the secretary's salary to $150 per
month with an additional appropria-
tion of thirty dollars a month for the
emplovnient of a stenographer.
E. R Kerby. of the firm of Kerby.
Mavfleld ami Shaw, contractors on the
citv dam. notified the chamber of the
completion of the present contract for
twenty foot dam and invited all mem-
bers to accompany the representatives
of th > city administration tomorrow
or Monday on its trip of investigation
of the structure.
Upon invitation from the local union
of brick masons and carpenters, the
Chamber of Commerce adjourned and
attended a smoker given last night
bv those unionj.
COMMISSIONERS IAV0K LEGIS.
ISI.A'lJON < KEATING OFFICE TO
I.OOK AFTER RECORDS.
14et lvumu tjie presentsys^
tem of looking after the county's busi-
ness there is not sufficient real sys-
tem to tne work, the members of the
board of county commissioners of Co-
manche county are discussing with
local members of ti e state legislature
the protect of tli'j creation of the office
of countv auditor whose duty it shall
be to regulate the books of all county
officers, keep tab on things purchased
for and through the various offices and
recommend to the board of commis-
sioners whether or not bills present-
ed should be allowed It it is found
1 that the matter cannot be taken up at
! the special session of the legisla-
i ture, called for Januarv 20. repre-
sentatives from the county will be urg
ed to introduce such a ni as tire at the
' next regular cession of the law-making
body.
| "Under the present system." said a
, member of the commissioner's board
j todav. "the-e is really no efficient sys-
tem of regulating and auditing expen-
ditures. Unless we have a man on the
grounds practically all the time or
can go into each office and examine
ithe books thoroughly, we can't tell
! whether certain supplies have really
been purchased or not or whether cer-
tain work has been accomplished,
i Each county officer is his own book-
i keeper and business manager and we
(Continued To Page Four.)
part of the summer in investigatih? Renresentatlve Dwight of New Vo- k
the occurence and amount of asphalt the republican "whip", issued a state-
In southern Oklahoma. During th ■ ment today, declaring an agreement
vear he visited practically evory (had been reached between th° regulars
known exposure of asnbalt It the and th insurgents whereby the latter
state. Hutchinson also'went to Gran- would attend the party caucus on sel-
ite to examine th«' rqck formations *'Ction of the Balllnger-Pinchot inves-
around the proposed sit*' of the state j ligation committee, and would abide
penitentiary. thereby. Representative Hayes declsr-
The geological survev also answered '*<1 'his declaration was prematura.
20 petitions from that many various i The questions of the past have been
localities, and examlne^hJands for sus-1 forgotten. The tariff bill Is no longe.- a
pected mineral deposits. I matter for discussion. The speakership
Gold and Silver Found. 'tight is ended. The question of rule* i.;
At Sallisaw, zinc. lead, gold and not now an Issue. We are confronted'
silver were found on one tract ex-jwith the problem of redeeming the:
amined on June 30. 1909: at Yukon I Pledges of the republican party to the
October 11. PJrof. Gould found gold people." said Mr. Dwight.
oil eas. glass sand. etc.. on one ttaci j Department Probe.
I.pailjuiil g'lie foinxl nrar Vinita ! xh(, nlu.stinI1 ,)f whetlier witness™
in the Balllnger-Pinchot investigation |
"Most of us b. .. .mm
intending to turn over n n«> • * •f '
"Moht of us were u. rn uii the v. . u .
side of the street."
I There are a few of the statements ui
Robert McCormlck. graduate of the
' state reform school at Lansing and boy
| bandit on the eve o fills departure for
j states prison to serve a life sentence
for killing Henry 10. Minor at Ypsil-
antl Michigan university professors of
sociology todav declared the statement
to be the greatest social and human
• document that ever came to light in
this stat<-
Souls Not \aluuhlc.
' "Max be." continued the 20-year-old
murderer, "our souls aren't as ^valuable
v.s the souls of Chinamen. But we are
I kids when sent t« qcTiool and
while we know the difference between
right and wrong still mav be It doesn't
anneal to us as It does to the boy
whose parent? have been able to give
him the care that's the right of every
child born Into this world. We saw the
underside of life and sin was not to
be feared bv us as by other kids.
"Most of the kldB get Into the reform
school after some little offense.
"Now a bov's got to be farther down
than most of the boys that strike the re
form school If he doesn't want to
learn. But it doesn't take us long to
realise that somehodv has made a mis-
take. Before we have been there 24
hours we realize that we are consider-
ed 'criminals' though the worst charge
against us mav he that we are truants.
"Did von ever hang around a public
school where there were some kids
that were backward In their studies,
or some whose clothes were poorer
than the rest, or mav be where there
was some disgrace In their famllv.that
the other kids knew about? Talk about
vou're crueltv! You don't know what
crueltv Is until then. May be some of
us became truants because of such
taunts."
OPEN BIDS
ON SILLS'
BUILDINGS
I.I YKTEK \M> LOWK ARK LOW OW
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Continued cm Page 2.)
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YOUTH ASSAULTS
7-YEAR-OLD GIRL
1'IISM mill Itl.OOIIHOl M>N
ill mini; \ssaii.avi ok
OKLAHOMA I llll.11.
ORGANIZE AT
ONCE, URGES
shall be permitted to be represented
bv counsel and If so. what limitation
shall be place i upon their activities. Is
proving a serloin, problem to the con-
ferees of the senate and house who met
todav. It was practically decided that
when a witness found himself accused
(if wrong-doing, he could not be denied
jan attorney. It follows, therefore.that
is former Forester Plnchot. who was dis-
missed from the government service by
order of the president, would ?>e en-
titled to have his lawver present j the whole community, Jew and gentile
I throughout the congressional invest!-J saint and sinner md bestow our coun-
jgatlon Secretary of the Interior Ball . ty with u broad and Christian spirit In
linger likewise would be permitted toia business manner to those who are
* j have his attorney present at all times | worthy. 'God loves a wise, as well as a
cheerful giver.'—such is the statement
todav Of Col. It. A. Si eed. register of
COL. It. SN'KKIK PROMOTE It, PAY-
ORS llll!Kl>lATF PROVIOKNI
WORK: MANY FOR PLAN.
From Saturday's Dally.
"Bv all means let's organize our
Provident association for Lawton:
Procure a charter from the state;
make it non-sectarian, let It embrace
$35,000 CONTRACT
It'll llllllllTS Slllllllll WlMIITH llunKlUC
As lliirh us Hopiirlmtut
Must Approfp.
CAUCUS OF SENATE
MAY BE REVOKED
Muskogee. Okia. Jan 1" .— (Specli
Everv officer in Muskogee county
searching for George Anderson, an
year old white bo v. who is accused of
assaulting little Bessie Bobbitt, sevoi
1 vcars old. The child's life is despair
j of. though physicians are doing :hei
I utmost to save her.
i The crime was committed late ves-1
. terdav during the absence of Mrs.
Joseph Gordon, the girl's mother. I
■ Hearing the child scream. Mrs. Gor- j
don ran from a nearby house, and!
J seizing a chair, tried to strike And -r-1 KL RENO. Ok.. Jan. 15.—(Special) —
son. wh bad thrown the child to the • Lieutenant Governor George W. Bell-
floor. amy today Issued a call for a caucus
I Anderson leaned through the door of the democratic members of the state
and disappeared. After summoning at senate to be held lu the lone hotel at
j Physician. Mrs. Gordon notified Sher- Guthrie next Wednesday evening at
I iff Wlsener. who Imemdlately detailed 7 :.' 0. The caucus is to consider the mat
, his entire force with bloodhounds to ter of selecting senate employes and
I run down the criminal. | the appointment of committees.
What's the Matter With Our Country?
Asks The Chattanooga News Editor
deeds of Comanche countv, to whom,
in fact, the Instigation of a provident
association for Lawton is largely due
Many more favorable comments on
the project have been made voluntar-
ily to the Constitution-Democrat since
the movement was started—so many in
fact that publication of all cannot be
given.
It is probable that a mass meeting
of citizens will be culled for some time
next week to Inaugurate the movement
as Bugegsted in the Constitution-Demo-
crat for the past two days.
Another phase of the question was
suggested today by Judge S. I. Mc-
Klhoes: "I don't have a great real to
give to the poor." he said, "but occas-
ionally. especially at Christmas time,
I have a strong desire to heln those In
need and really don't know where such
(donations would be acceptable without
j :'olng out and inquiring—and a fellow
I don't want to parade his charity in
j that wav With the organization of
such a society, however, a complete list
} of the needy would always be on
i hands and all that need be done wo uii
i be to give to the society. It would he
DAUGHTERTY SPOKE
AT LABOR SMOKER
ROCK ISLAND CHANGES AGAIN.
R. F. Prettyman. local Rock Island
agent, anounces todav that, beginning
tomorrow, the Rock Island south
which last week was changed to 8.32
will change back to 5:57.
CHATTANOOGA. Okla., Jan.
(Special !—Setting forth some real of misrepresentation will chang
defects in the present methods of j facts an iota
J no amount of boosting and no amount
the
LIBOR COMMISSIONER TFLLS OF
IMPROVEMENTS WHEN
I N IONS FEED.
From Saturday's Dally
Reciting the advances in the condi-1
tions of labor in Oklahoma since the in 1
angulation of the more favorable demo j
cratic regime. Charles L. Daugherty.!
state labor commissioner, as the guest ,
of honor at a labor union smoker last
night at Eagles' hall, delivered an ad-1
dress of almost two hours while one I
hundred members sat as the guests of j
the bricklayers and joiners.
Invitations had been extended to all !
local unions and to the Chamber of
Commerce to attend and representa-
tives of practcallv all the organiza-
tions were present.The smoker was glv
en following a luncheon.
STATE LEVY FOR
SCHOOLS ASKED
OFFICERS WOULD DO AWAY WITH
DISTRICT TAX—LONGER TERM
WANTED.
GUTHRIE. Ok.. Jan. 15— (SpeclaD-
Resolutions were adopted by the State
School Officers' association today ask-
ing that district schools should be sup-
ported by a state tax levy rather than
by a dlstri' tax levy as Is now prac-
farmlng in southwestern Oklahoma,
with special reference to Comanche
county, and giving pertinent sugges-
tions as to remedies for such defec ts.
under the caption of "What's the Mat-
ter With Our Country?" Editor J. A
Man gam of the Chattanooga News this
week publishes the following:
"The facts presented herein will not
suit two classes of pesple—conscience-
less grafters and persons who are
anxious to sell to leave the country.
"Farmers who Intend to make this
country their home ami those who de-
sire the nermanent growth of the
towns will give the matter careful at-
tention.
"From Hohar* on the north nearly
to Red river on the south, from Sny-
der and Frederick on the west to
Lawton and Temnle on the east ex-
tends a bodv of land that is mainly
what is known as 'tight land."
"This scope of country is about 40
miles in extent and several towns are
vitallv interested in its proper devel-
opment and progress.
"Within the limits named farms are
worth $3,000 to 15.000. while all arounn
this thev are worth double. Is not the
oucstlon pertinent what's the matter
with this country"
"Within this territory about five per
cent of the land is bottom, less than
25 per cent Is loose' land, which
leaves more than 70 "er cent tight'
"Now. "what are vou going to do
about it?" What is the remedy? The
whole answer is contained in one
word: Diversification. Diversify the
crops. Do not dep •? ! on one or two
crops. That plan means ruin. Seven
years' trial has proved it. Similar land
in other places is farmed successfully.
"Government and state experiment
stations have been preaching the doc-
trine of Intensive culture and divers-
ity of crops for years, for some simi-
lar to ours. In most of the places
the plan has been adopted and pros-
perity always resulted.
"Whenever we decide to raise tne
JOHN RUSSELL'S
PLACE ENJOINED
DISTRICT <01 IM ORDER MAKES
ANSWER DI E FEKRI ARY
FOI RTEENTII.
From Saturday's Dally.
On motion filed In the district covjrt
bv Countv Attorney J. A. Fain charg-
ing that the building was being used In
the sale of liquors. District Judge J. T.
Johnson has Issued. a temporary re-
straining order cloning the building,
upon which answer js returnable Feb-
ruarv 14 Sheriff Rufe LeFors served
^ sure to be placed where it is most need
ores to which the soil and climate Is.e^*
adapted instead of the crops to w hic h
we are adapted then w- will succeed, U'KEIUTORS MEE'I
and not till then.
"Of course we can go on in our
stiff necked course and say 'I'm going
to raise corn* I'll he dammed if
SETTLE
I P CASE OF REED Fl'RNI'ITRE
From Saturday's Daily.
| A meeting of the creditors of J. L.
I Reed, bankrupt, was he'd yesterday af-
is no law to punish ubj ternoon v.t the office of B. M. Parmen-
,r. But so long as we con-|t('r- referee in bankruptcy. All the old
•f\ natural conditions, juat affairs of J. L. Reed's were closed up
don't.' Tin
in so doing.
tin ie to defy-
that long we will 'be dammed
enough.
"More than 70 per cent of this land
Is tight land, hence the intelligent
effort of the people should be directed
along the lines that science and ex-
"erlencc have proved best for such
land.
The bottom and nsrt of the upland |
will produce corn successfully, this j
should be planted to corn. This Is
not an alfalfa country, some spots
onlv will produce It.
Intensive culture wil la 1 ways pay
here. Deep plowing and nearly contin-
uous cultivation conserves the mois-
ture. There is no place in the
world where persistent cultivation is
more needed or nays better.
"This country Is all right. It Is
the methods of men that are wrong.
If farmed right It wil produce crops
everv year that are worth the present
nrlce of the land that raises th^m.j
md her assets divided pro rata among
tiie creditors.
A meet In" of the creditors of R. L.
Newton, estate, oi' Wr.urlka, was also
held at Mr. Pa run liter's office. A. L.
Walker, trustee of the eftate, was here
from Waurika attending. All matters
in that case were alio closed.
ASSAULT TO KILL,
NEGRO IS CHARGED
HOI.1.1 DA V BLACK ARRAIGNED BE-
FORE Jl'STICE \ RMSTRONG;
BOND FIXED AT |8,000.
From Saturday's Dally.
Charged with assault with intent 10
( kill on the person of Sam Stovall. na-
The inevitable effect of that will be'°ro George Moore, another negro from
more than double the price of he Holliday.ls in the countv jail pendln**
land in two years. (trial in the district court while Stovall
"The land here Is worth as much is lvlng at his home near Holllday in
as anv land in Oklahoma. With the danger of death. Moore's bond was fix-
Ight crops and il,rht cultivation with-ted today at $2,000 bv Justice of the
FORT SILL Okla., a an. 15.—(Spe-
cial. ) Bids for the construction uf
the four additional buildings provided
for the new post at Fort SHI were op-
ened here this morning by Capt. David
L. Stone, quartermaster In charge of
t!.e construction of the new post and.
while the bids thus submitted must be-
sent to the war department at Wash-
ington for aprpoval of the action tak-
en here today, It Is probable that con-
tract will be awarded to the firm of
Luyster and Lowe, present contract-
ors for the original fifty-four build-
ings. since that firm was again lowest
bidder for the new contract.
Ten bids were submitted, coming
from contractors scattered chiefly
throughout eastern cities, but. while
the figures submitted did not vary
more than five thousand dollars be-
tween the highest and lowest. Luyster
and Lowe, present contractors, had the
lowest proposal. Their bid for the
whole contract was for $115,000.
The buildings to be constructed in-
clude one guard house one quarter-
master's work shop, one quartermast-
er's storage house, one stable, guar#
and sh"op building. The contract pro-
vides for the construction, plumbing
and wiring of ^11 buildings.
Capt. Stone today submitted to the
department his recommendations, re-
la*' *he substance of the bids and!
recommending that contract be award-
ed to Luyster and Lowe, of Dayton.
Ohio.
If contract is awarded under th«
recommendations of Capt. Stone, the
buildings will Jie constructed with
those included In the original con-
tract. work on which is just now Bet-
ting well under way. The four addi-
tional buildings complete a total of
fifty-eight buildings for the new post
and entail an expenditure, together
with sewerage, light and heating plants
to be constructed In separate contract*,
something like one and one-half mil-
lion dollars.
DALTON PARDON
MAY BE REVOKED
MOVING PICTI RE SHOW DEPICT-
ING It \ N K ROBBERY CAUSES
GOV. STI''BBS TO ACT.
TOPftKA. Kans.. Jan. 15.—(6pecial>
Go.ernor Stubbs today requested At-
torney General Jackson to examine the
pardon papers of Emmet Dalton, the
onlv surviving member of the famous
"Dalton gang." to see if the pardon caa
be revoked.
Dalton was pardoned bv former Got-
1 ernor E. W. Hock. Nov. 2. 1907. Since
• then he has started a "wild west"show
j and has exhibited moving pictures.
showing a reproduction of the robbery
■ of the Coffeyvllle hank on Oct. 5. 1893,
at which the Dalton gang was broke*
! up. and for T.hich Emmett was senten-
ced to prison.
■
GREAT STRIDES IN
! TICK ERADICATION
I OVER 1.000 SOI ARE MILES IX OK-
LAIIOMA Rf SFD FROM
or \ R.;..TI>:\
Washington. 1). C., Jan. 15.—Great
strides are being taken by the depart-
ment of agriculture and various states
in the eradication of the tick in lite
stock. This is the gist of a report
lust made public. When the assistance
of the states, the department In the
last vear released over 800.000 square
miles from quarantine. Just 4,753
square miles were released in Okla-
• homa and 1.481 in Texas.
| The policy of the department of ag-
• riculture is lo work only In states
I and localities where the state and
local authorities are prepared to as-
sist and where public sentiment is
Favorable. Congress has appropriate#
S250.000 for the federal work during
the current fiscal year, and appropri-
ations by states aud associations ia-
creases the total sum available for
the v ear's work to approximately
$400,000.
There Is no longer anv doubt that
It is entirel- practicable to extermin-
ate the ticks throughout the entire
region now Infested by them," says
Dr A.D Melvln, chief of the United
States bureau of animal Industry, whe
Is In charge of the federal work. In
his annual report to the secretary of
agriculture, "and the accomplishment
of this result will tie of tremendosa
economic advantage not only to the
south but to the whole country. 1
rate of progress depends mainly
two factors—the amounts approprlal-
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