Lawton Constitution-Democrat (Lawton, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 3, Ed. 1 Monday, April 25, 1910 Page: 3 of 8
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THIS WEEK
Willi HKTKIV B.IVM (HVEX. Ill 1
FOI'R DAYS VET REMAIN
FOR (OI NTINC..
EXPECT 10THOUSAND
If Alt HtjN tViHfir \re ♦ Near
' ~ Oeuhlc :f>n«iN Im
Est i m h I «4v*n m be r.
I hut I.a*ton\ population will
•#f* approximately don hie the ti fe-
ll res llfCR fej Ihe - ♦ i;il eei|||
Inker* iii-i prior (t statehood. or
more than leu thousand people.
Is thf estimate rhea by persons
most rloseh Intimute with the ex-
act tiifures on the rib's popula-
troii prelim i nun to actual an-
nonncemeaf oI tlic number of folks
Included within tin- borders of the
ooutlnteslern Oklahoma nietropo-
IK
lint -
Willi oal\ tiilern iluts trlten for
tlx- coil lit to lie taken in the cities
of the ir«t class, inly four divi
till- reniniader of this week—re-
main iintII report must lie com-
pleted and tiled with the census
authorities.
Aud-
it U known that ctery werson
resident w 1tJi*n the city limtts
mast he counted in order to iaise
the population as liitrli as lias been
estimated tor the past two .tears.
BIG GROWTH
IIOI.DIM* Of I'Holtl ( I Mi WEI.I.S
SHOW S OVER 01 \ Kll It *11..
LIO> IMRE4SK.
GUTHRIE, Ok., April 2«.—(Special)
—That the Prairie Oil and Oas Com-
pany has largely Increased Its hold
Ing of producing oil wells in Okla-
homa during the past year is proven l)y
the returns of the company to the
state board of equalization today. The
I'raille fixes Its 1910 valuation at !«.-
113,818, which is an increase of ap-
proximately three quarters of a mil-
lion dollars over the 1S09 returns,
(15,346,489. The-holdings of oil and
tankage are considerably reduced this
v a*; however; ami the new..piping is
not enough to make any great changes
In the figures.
The returns for 1910 show that the
Prairie properties are distributed as
follows; Muskogee county, $618,721;
Creek. $2,77(i.tilil; Nowata, $454,112;
Okmulgee. $7:18,128; Osage, $.",64.777;
Pawnee, $514,164; Rogers, $84,104;
Tulsa, '3,733,219; Wagoner, $N46;
Washington, $c,628.80l. The companv
increased its holdings in Muskogee
county about $250,000; in November
about $100,000; In Okmulgee about
$280,000; in Tulsa county $1 14.500.and
in Washington county about $10,000.
Osage county holdings decreased more
than $100 000, much tankage being tak-
en iown there. Pawnee and Rogers!
county suered slight losses in asses?-)
nicut" I
«OV. CHARLES E. HUGHES,
Of New York, who yesterday was ap-
pointed associate justice of the su-
preme court hi President Taft, lie
lias i.ccepted and will take the office
in October.
Guire bill, and told that it was beingI
denied lhat this bill provided for the
enrollment of negroes as Indians he
sal J;
rthat? They deny the import of
tbeir own bill? Why. a more brazen
and baseless misrepresentation never
cade from the pen of pettifogging
grafti it. Your statement of the lan-
guage of the bill Is correct and convlnc
ing. You might have gone further and
added That the text of this Mctiulre bill
which do not deal directly with 'he
transfer ol Choctaw and Chickasaw ne-
groes to the bloolcd tribal tolls Fur
jthermore, every argument submitted
jby Mr, Ballinger before Committees ol
Congress hag been In defense of his
negro claimants, and almost every
question propounded by Mr. McQuire
has been such an interrogatory
would assist in having these negroes
transferred to the blooded tribal rolls.
The title of the bill should be changed
and entitled, A bill Indianizing ne-
groes.' •• Congressman t harley Carter
is simply taking the lead In this fight
because almost the entire deal Is in his
district The majority of the boys are
with Charley and we will win out in
this contest."
I'pon being questioned, Mr. McOuire
aimitted that the purpose of his bill
was to transfer the freedmen to the
tribal rolls, and that if this freedmen
proposition were eliminated Ire would
oppose the bill.
Congressman Carter smiled about
the new (paper article and only ild ;
The die Is cast and we arc .ltisfied
with the Issue. It is a plain attempt
to despoil the Indian and cast a siignii
upon his citizenship. It proposes to
plunder the Indian for the pelf 0f the
coon, and In lhat contest I wish to be
recorded on the side of the Indian."
RETAILERS
ORGANIZE
Rdtire From Bench
for Taft's Benefit?
SCHOOL TEACH PR'S VTTIMIOV
Course of stuJy and program Tor
coun'y normal no .Vready bj mail,
38 cents. Goodner's Hook Store.
4-25 w5t
Mi;rtin A .Ianis arc Hie dirt(lest)
dealers in I.anten
ONE OK PAPER'S E \ 1(1.V
FRIENDS MAKES OHM E
c.,1 w A ti W'EAH.IXT <AI.L.MIVKKXUl OK NEW YORK
. .. r Thomas, one of th«- very < KI'TS \ W'Wt'Y 0\ THE
earliest friends of the Constitution- HI I'ltl-'Vl It KM 11
rat who rc rides ont in the edg< !
of the Wichita nenr Cache, wag in ihe
city to ay ami na'l" this office a very
pleasant call. Mr. Thomas, a lifetime
democrat, was among the first half
dozen in subscribe for this paper after
its establishment and has never failed
to "keep it in the home."
HUGHES GETS
COURT PUCE will GRAB
TIIIEF STEALS VENULE;
HIIP Mi YS \| ro.tioillI.E.
few nights ago while M.
Gib-
Healizing this condition, the Cham-
ber ot Commerce has provided fo
special helpers to go with the enum-
erators in all of the wards of the
city to set that everybody is counted.
But these special helpers, it is known,
are not keeping the < losest tab on the
woi k of the enumerators and it is con-
sidered impossible for one person to
< I tain count of every person in their
v.a within the fifteen days. I bona was attending a political meeting
No definite figures are obtainable as somebody stole his horse ami biui:>
to the progress of the enumerators in and drove awaj to parts unknown,
ti e various wards but all report very j Some time after that we saw "Gib" and
succcssful accomplishment. inquired ir lie ha 1 found his rig to
cial efio ts will hav< to be made,'which inquiry he replied "no." We are
1' ver. ii < very person resident In sorry for him if lie leses anything but
I a\. n is listed tn the census books' we are ready to venture ,'ie opinion
the close of the work. Satur-.tbat "Gib" will say of tbj horse and
dayi.r/ next. buggy, "let'er go." if he would say that
the reason would be—he has an auto-
i mobile.
j Yester lnv Mr. Gibbons and Levi Bow
man r« turned from Oklahoma City in
tln Ford which .Mr. Gibbons purchased the-
*\sn MEETIM; OE >11 lit II \ V | s
I I\Eli EOR TOM Gill lo
FORM \SSOI I \TIO\.
SELF PROTECTION
( hief Object of Organization Is To
.4 told Transient lihcnMiic t«mft-
er ami I'preet Mall Orders
"Kquitable legislation, eheaper in-
surance. mutual protection against the
dead beat, the advertising grafter, and
the catalogue house"—with these pur-
poses, as set forth by the Oklahoma
Retailer's Association, the chief ob-
ject in view, it is probable that a local
Retailer's Association will be launch-
ed at the Chamber of Commerce rooms
tonight at which time and place a
mass meeting of merchants and bank-
ers and business men in general has'
been called. r
Under the ausipces of the Oklaho-
ma Retailer's Association, a state or-]
ganization, which is in turn affiliated
with a similar national association,!
locals are being organized in the
towns of the state now at the rate of t |,|Pf iIIwlu« <lf i . w« *
from three to 74ve every day. Start- ™LJwMer.of !l,f -1 n,,ed
MELVILLE W. FULLER.
IMITATIONS
MIKItlKl. PIIO( KIIIINIi I NltKIt
\nVICE OK ENKORI'EMENT \T-
TORNEY TO N All lllfl \ KS.
CAPITAL PROTEST
FILED BV CITIES
from Mr. Hcwman. With the advice of
Mr. Bowman and the pluck of Gib the
| latter succeeded in running over the
road—and other things—between the
\TT0RSEl8 FOR GL'THRIE iXD
SHUYNEE Si IDIIT \ Rtil MENTS ili;it wo:,b| e.tus, Barnev Old:i • I ...
\ST MOYE.
WASH INC,'TON April 26—President
i Taft late today received from Govern-
or Charles E. Hughes of New York a
letter accepting a tendered appoint-
ment as an associate justice of the su-
p. 'ine court of the I'nited States. Five
minutes after the letter was handed to
the president the nomination of Gov-
ernor Hughes was on Its way to the
senate.
While ft is ex'iccte 1 Govern Hum -
es will be confirmed with little or no
delay, it is unde stood here he will re-
main as the chief executive of the state
of N'ew Yoi k until not October an I
will not take the oath o' his new offi-
ce until the fall term of the sup cine
court opens, the sc ond Mondav in that
no- tb.
There has been much
ever Since it was first intlmatf! that | in an apepaled hearinn is <
Governor Hinjbrs would lie tendered | in a communication just ret
a place on the supreme bench as toit.nerin Hufe I^Eorn from
whether or not hi* apnolntment wou'il jCaltlwell. stale enforcement
•-lte him out of the fall campaign in under Governor Haskell for
tate of New York, where republi-jhiliitlon s.atute, givins advice
relative to imitation
ing in the larger cities of Oklahoma.)
Muskogee,J Ardmore, Shawnee an ,
Tulsa, the organization was placed at
once on a statewide pla- •• and special 1
organizers are now out In the T*eld in- •
ter^ntlng the merchants of outlying
cilie.j and towns in the movement. A.
laeobson, one of these organizers
from Oklahoma City, wil Ibe in Law-
ton tonight to present the purpose of
the proposed association, he having
met with the executive committee of
th< Chamber of C'ommerce last week
and secured from that committee a!
all for tonight s meeting of merch-
ants
I Oklahoma WtraeU Fakes ith Rest.
' The extei iv** advertising of Okla-
homa over tIk . nlted States and the
|entire world is attracting grafters,
swindlers, fake advertising canvass-
ers and other fakirs of all sorts and
descriptl>m ." says Mr. .laeobson.
"and, in view of the fact that we have
noticed a well defined tendene
premc court, who, it Is rumored, will
retire at the expiration of President
Tail's term of oftice nith the possl-
•►ill!% of the ^resident succeeding
lilm.
unless thee ourts decree othervia^*
make th franchise worth millkta* «ft
dollars This grant gives tils conr-
pany the power to <-ondema inrtktm
lands, alloted or unalloted, for
Power purposes, and also the right
to enter any town or city and itrcd
i#oles an 1 string wires without a fwtfc~
er franchise from said citieg and iuvre.
I'nder this federal franchise tlK nm
pany will, when it builds a power plmL
demand admission o any city fete**.-,
it cap market i ower aui demand *-•
cess to the streets withoat interrup-
tion from the city entered, except r>*-
ulat ions governing the public safery.
But this franchise covers oni>
section of the state that was fora^rly
Indian Territory. But it is in *\m
section that practically all of tb«
water power sites are to be found.
It is estimated that there is easily,
100.000 horsepower j ossible of
opment on a paying commercial basit
in the eastern half of the state and fh«
control of the sites for Ui- u^vclap-
ment of such power is the rich atalia
which the two rival companies ra
contending for. Finding the land that
would be Inundated by the construc-
tion of dams in the rivers mentioa^.
the Washita company Is also getffag
very active to shut its rival out, aa4
l as a tremenduous advantage by rea-
son of the wide latitude of auttoorifjr
conveyed by its federal charter. Sa
long as the great natural gas supply
in the state keeps up to its mnvim>ia
production, the question of wafer pav-
er is not so important, because pawer
can be manufacture^ with natural
as fuel at three cents per 1,000 ciitoc
feet almost as ehcap as water powec.
But history has shown gas fields shovf
lived, and the control ot watrr pow*r
sites has assumed a trertlenduous im-
portance.
WILL BUILD
THIS SUMMER
TKEKn-TWO ARE
OIHd SEEKEiS
HKNHUM-IIHItl4 \ INdlKASI: ( U>-
nil. sunk ritiTAinnuiv rti
HI); III II KIM. >lt(VK.
KMillTKKV llKMOl KATS V *
KKI'I IILICANS FILE TIIKIK
NAMES.
GUTHRIE. Ok., April 26—(Spw"Td
— Eighteen democratic and four repub-
lican candi iates foe state offices fi)e«|
"For offenses committccd u^riifii-
^t the enforcement act. it is not
necessary for the state to allege
"r nrrie that substitute*, for the
Muds of liquors therein enumerat-
ed were intoxicating. In descrlb-
iuir such llduors, it fs siiffieient to
follow the lunuiiauc of section I.
i.rticle ill of the eiiforcement net,
< • to use Iniimuik,' of similar Ini-
port."
Preparatory to the commencement Itheir names with Secretary Will Lyai
uction of a monster hardware of the state eleci"
of constr
home, corner Fourth street and <
''"lte, the Benbow-Horton hard war
company has just tiled with the see
the part of retail dealers of this state n ,a,"> <>|- s,ate amended articles of
to spend their money for i.ieectual ,nro,'l,orMtlon. whieh have been accept
de-
ourt
This statement, quoted from
ifision of the Oklahoma supreme
ulation j iti the case of DeCJraff
ontaincd
pivel by
Fred S.
attorney
an leaders say he is sorely needed
President Taft would not discuss
tills phase of the ca^e in any way 10-
day. He has been anxious to secure the
best man he could for the supreme
court vacancy ar.u he feels that he has
done so.
drinks
which, under the various nann - of Yd-
iams Special. Manitou. Sunbeam. Vivl
Tonic, and other- attractive or mis
leading labels, are being sold widely
- . , — throughout Comanche county,
n n, I8. K0!f ' 1,1,11 .T" llls ,'a|1' " RO- Any malt or fermented liquors sold
'button hie nest, giasp tne stierinu 'he general opinion is that the ap-jas an imitation of prohibited liquors.
neei, inspect nis car, and get ready to pointinent of Governor Hughes willjor substitute therefor," writes Mr
5° some. eliminate him from the state cam- j Caldwell, "violates the law of the state
V T . TTTTu. • |,a!"n this tal1' The campa^n will be even though it may contain less than
■ '• Gi'hert left this morning lor only fairly under way at the time the one fourth of one percent alcohol.
.New York City After a brief stay in roverno; will be called upon to take Thev are sold merelv as blinds and
day by Charles K Barreit, acting for Jne metropolis he will go to Atlantic the oath of office anj enter upon his should be seized the «ame as other
,City to at ten 1 a meeting of the execu- judicial duties. I liquors shipped into the state"
:«.ve board 01 America.t bankers of, I i would like to serve notice on all
uhich l.oard lie Is a member ot three \ >EW I'OST.HAKTEK; .dealers in special drinks rlKht now "
jjeais standing. Mr. gilbert v. ill be Randlett has a new postmaster, anl said Shniff I.eFors this morn inir."that
[gone about ten days. news from that little city brings the in- from this time on, I on. going to pro-
formation that the new distributer of eee3 against their article and against
GCTHJMK, Ok.. April 26.— (Special)
Arguments in opposition to the state ;
capital location bill, on which an elec-
tion will be held June 11. were fllei
with Secretary of State Bill Cross to-
advertising mediums instead of spend
ling it with their local newspapers, w<
are using this organization, in part, to
put a stop to this sort of thlnp.
\t'ter Vd^ ert King ti rafter.
I The purpose of the association i*.
!among other things, to root out the
(catalog house, the deadbcat and the
|advertising grafter, and one of the de-
clared purposes of the association,
[both national and state, is to lOuflne
the advertising to newspapeis. the ex-
prriuice having been that tl#is gives [om'olrow
rsns the state ,remits for money fxpiyul-
I than any ether form of alvertising.The
through its remarkably prosperity, is
'becoming the dumping ground for the
idveitfhing grafter and we deuire,
11 n ..rn Mh^ngli thi? atsocialio:i. to protect
to local n ,ilil"' Bgal'ist them.
Ellis! lli.ll Elr.ler Houses.
In addition to this, the mail order
houses ate working the state to the
limit, are seeking through parcels
post legislation, to cut the throats of
the retailer, and organization, quick
organization is necessary for the safe-
ty of the Oklahoma retailer.
We are making a whirlwind cam-
paign throughout the state just now
for tb.
d by the state department, providing
for the doubling of its capital stock
from $50,000 to $100,000.
'I iie new buil ling, which is to cover
fou.* twenty-live foot lots.and be eith-
er two or four stories in height, will
be commenced by the first of .June is
the annouiKv ment of 1\ T. eHuhow.
president m tin company, tiday. A
number of archiln ts a) today con-
sulting with Mr. lien bow upon plans
lor the building and it is announced
plans for the building will be adopted
lection board today, for
Av places on the primary ticket. tfeJa >h^-
ing the first day for such filings Oa
the democratic candidates, the ukm*.
prominent are Secretary of State HiFI
Cross, who enters the democratic pri-
maries for the state auditorship; As-
sistant Secretary of State Leo Myers
for secretary of state; State Auditor
M. E Trapp, for treasurer; State Sup-
erintendent of Instruction E. D. Cam-
eron, to succeed himself. The Rev. Mr.
Randolph Cook of Enid, democrat,ftletf
for congress f om the first district at-
co .lames Kirk wood of Guthrie, demo-
crat.
HOPKINS CASE UP
AGAIN TOMORROW
FERRIS HAS BILL
TO AID RAILROAD
\II«il HEM'S I'tllt Hi: HE a iiim;
(din III I'd IIK I (II III OF w .
1*1 Al-Si AirilllNEVS I.EIVE.
the city of Shawnee, and Judge ,\ < . ( .
Brierer, acting for Guthrie.
The opposition arguments contend
that the proposed bill is a very unwise
measure, binds the people of the state
to extravagant expenditures, and is
directly opposed to and in violation of
the constitution and enabling act.
At'guun nts upon the matter of grant-
ing new bearing before th.« state cour.
of criminal apepais for Join Hopkins,
nvictcd wife slayer, will be heard
tomorrow and,
hope by this means, to form I.'//''" l,ef?r° '!?e
an absol..tel\ nerfee. organization ^efense mel (•oun'tv ''
throughout the state with which to j.-..!,, f()r ,
fight these evils. Me-chants every- .>' 0
where are accepting the new move-
ment with remarkably alacrity."
for the purpose of interesting the local «... ... .
merchant - in the various towns of the * u.1! ' * 'at# ;u,hrle 1
sti'te and hone by this means, to form I ' "
At torne.\
left today.
J.
Claude Miller Of Oklahoma City was
weeks.
T A. Whitener of Temple formerly
of this city was here yesterday. He was
t-nroute toCroswell, Texas.
K \M>LKTT SCHOOL NKWS.
Yesterday the teachers and pupils of
the Randlett schools took possession
of their new home. The building is not
entirely completed but sufficient ad-
vancement toward completion had been
made that they were permitted to
move in. School furniture was installed
in the new building Saturday and when
school convened Monday morning ev-
erything was in readiness for work.
School work In Randlett is progress-
ing nicely in every department
Cash Holderby has gone to Coldwat- mall is getting along nicely. Ithose who sell it just the same as I ,n Lawton today He went west to Sny-
ei. Kansas to visit his sister for a few w. W. Fowler is the new man in the have been against the regular liquor !^er an<* Altus on the Frisco this after-
Randlett postoffice. j traffic The substitute drinks are be- ,,oon
——■ - coining as great an evil almost as the
lieal stu and it was this reason that 1
[requested an opinion from Mr. Cald-
I well."
THE WEATHER.
Tonight fair, wurmer; Wcdno
da* laid.
OKLAHOMA DELEGATION
SOLID ON McGUIRE BILL
lilt, IIEIIAHH 10 I I I TI HK
<l\ Till MTV (IK \ ATI HK.
Cater Not Alone in Opposition to Placing Neg-
roes on Rolls
\\ ASHIXGTON. n. ('.. April , tween the general govirnment
(Special.)—The statement in some of I Indian Tr'l-f ^
j the Oklahoma papers to the effect that
I Congressman Carter is making a lorn
With the proceeds of (lie bos sup- .... , ' 1'. "" " repeat,
•r recently given by the gramnier .,'!,^'"!,a.i,n1si',nl suits, ,
per recently given by the
school that grade has pure
of Carpenter's Geographic
The schools in district 244 and at
The Indians have been subjected to I
.repeated injuries and the multiplied in-'
Thursday evening of this week. Dr.
j Kdwin PeRarr vice president of the
state university ami head of the chem-
istry department, will deliver a lec-
iT;ire at the First Christian church on
(the subject. "The Trinity of Nature."
The lecture is a number cf the course
mi : . 1 Riven under the auspices of the
" ( urernt Events club.
I'MON REVIVAL.
RIVAL COMPANIES FIGHT
FOR STATE'S POWER SITES
Oklahoma and Washitt Eletrics are Warring
to Control Water
find a market in Oklahoma City, Ard-
HIIIS KIKIM MI'SKdOEE KEDKBIL
HITI.IMMJ TO HE ADVEHTIME1>
KOR l> Sl'lUXtl.
WASHINGTON. DC., A pi:? 26_-
Ropresentative Ferris Monday ntro-
dueeil a hill granting additional ,-igbt
of way through two and half miles of
public .ioin.'in near Lawton to tb«
l^awton-Koit Sill Electric Hailway com
liany. With this granted nothing will
prevent early construction we.it on the
new line between Lawton and Medi-
cine Park.
Announcement was made at the
treasury department that bids for tbr
construction of federal building at
Muskogee would be advertised for i>
tile spring. The reason for this delay
is the fact the law forbids the treas-
ury department to make a drawing toi
the building until after a site for it
Is in the possession of the government,
and the further fact that seventy ott
er projects are ahead of the Mnsko-
gee building. A preliminary sketch ci
the building probably will be takpn up
next December according to informa-
tion obtained by Senator Owen ut tbe
treasury department.
CONTK ll'T >1 \IIK KOK WAS
HIM IN tLTUS llll VTIV
ALTUS. Okla., April 26.—(Specials-
George Read of Foster City, 13o.. ar ex-
pedienced oil and «aa driller, wifb
whom the Navajoe Oil and Gas turn-
pany of Altus has contracted to put
down wells on their leases near Al-
tus. is in the city with two assistants
oe• g.amme (h|s MK!ulre bl|| prov,d(J fo;, • no nsult and no injur, is The M,,Illodi(,
•al real,'- l" °< Imlian-■. troenJ Th wi'"n' unWush churches n, |la,
^ I" some surprise when shownl , -^t o, a una,
500 ODD FELLOWS
HERE IN MEETING
F1YK IIIMIHKII IIEI.'/ATES Wll
VIS1TOHS ES'll >1VTKII TO
IIK 1> I I TV
shown Li,, «.pnat
Rabbit Creek closed last Friday with ! w'i.hthe mcts'.' C°"Sr"S8 CO"VOr,an:
appropriate exercises. j 0n |)age 2 0j the r,jCGuire bill, (H. R.
' •'1 *< •'' will be fcund the following
i usitlve language •
j Tpon completion of the enroll-
I ment work under this act the Sec-
r< tary of the Interior shall cer-
tify to the Secretary of the Treas
my a correct list of all those per-
sons now enrolled as freednica
who are of Indian blood and de-
scent and who may be enrolled
under the provisions of this act
as citizens by blood
Any person enrolled under this
act shall be entitled to equal uar-
ticipation in tne property of tli"
Choctaws and Chickasaws with
th'? - > w'.iocc names now appear on
•he citizenship rolls as approved
on or before March 4th, 1H07.
ANADARKO. Ok.. April 2ti.— (Spec-
. I:'.'.!: •'111 '.If*11 1o! or OainesvlHe. Texas, and some | makinK ready to begin operations at
n . i 0 .p.' state i f Oklahoma is ; smaller towns. It is propose ! to de j once. The engine boiler and drilling
L.*n?tai. cf ? - companies are t liver cheap power from the Blue river apparatus has just been unloaded. The
and (Mirlatian lnhnrn h conip.any ol ok a; McAlester to all towns south on the'company is composed of local people
Randlett are now in the clviriei -.J i\\ vv'1 V'n- pV ! ' 1/' "i! K ^ '"ailroad to and including but; there is sufficient capital behinj
- ^ . union revival L pomnnnv / h! ^ieetric 1 ow- Dennison. Texas. There is a fine pow- the proposition to make thorough testa.
must remain I Great erowda nttemi itn> «t<>rvifu> 1' 1 c°rn,3ai,v ' l,tIa-Jng undei a federal rr site at Weleetka. 011 the Deep Fork
negroes. They can not b. tvansformei much interest^In ^.h meeting s" ,a"d rhar,i>r K™1"'''1 i'rlor to statehood, an I of the Canadian river, of de-
-- •mu- u 11,1,1the meeting Is manl-Supposed caiTy trcmPnducnj veloping 7.000 horsepower. Both com-
antage.«. j panics are after this site, it is pro-
The fact that these two ooinpanies, posc-d to bring that power to Musko-
are struggling to acquire and control 0:i tii Illinois river there are
Jill of the knovvn water power sites in two power sites capable of developing
j the state developed a few days since j 2.500 horsepower. The Grand river
I when oiitqirlp nrnmnln u ~ Jonl. Il«ar \l iI«U<h'm<- is "a pa bit' Of develop-
The negi'oef
imo Indians, They have already got- fef,
ten more at the expense of the Indians'
than they were entitled to. and shall!
jget no more. The red man shall be pro-
tected against this deliberate and win-
ton outrage, l am with Congressman
|Carter heart and soul In ibis
and shall go with
Jitch."
him to the last
SCHOOLS DISMISS
FOR HER FUNERAL
CARPENTER ROBBED
IN BROAD DAYLIGHT
No less emphatic in his views on
the McQuire bill was Senator Owen's
statement, which is as follows:
"Certainly Senator Gore and myself
and Mr Scott Ftriis and Mr. Charley
HIKE OK \SSI>.| IVI HIGH SCHOOL
PRINCIPAL llll ll \ I in
S1TIIIEM V.
Matthews Bros.. Dallas. Texas." Find
er return to Lewandowskl Bros, shop,
313 E, and receive reward. d4-19tf
Creager are strongly opposed to the 'i' <,p| ''!lls 01 the high
McGuIre bill an I I believe Mr Morgan n "l,mb,"r of 1110 >ow'"'
is too. McGuirc who Is^ fathering this ?' ",is morni'1- «
bill, is. | believe, the on v member "N"; «" permit ten,-here and student,
the Oklahoma deiegatlo i who take- v ■" tu""'11 "f Mrs A v
. .u. Xeisler. wife of the assistant high
Tills ought to settle the uuest'o'i as ! " S l,r"l,osnl- Certainly school principal, who died at r.:30
• ' i1,0 8u#ch bill can get through congress, o'clock last evening of heart failure
m!o( ,7SH in"l b7," an<1 d!:i '•"hough Mrs. Xeisler has been III
fill v! t McGuiree action in tor seve.al days. it was not thought to
matter. I cannot believe that it be serious an l the death came as a
* u- ? a Political purpose ben- sudden shock to family and friends,
to him In his own district where Funeral services occurei this morn-
Five hundred delegates and visitors
•ire estimated to be in th eclty this af-
ternoon attending the ninety-first an-
niversa y celebration of, the founding
of the southwestern district associa-
tion. The essions began at Odd Fel-
%r ws hall at two o'clock this afternoon
i will close tonight with election of'to the purpose of the bill.
officers and selection of next year's Senator Gore when seen in this con-
meeting place. nection said:
LOST—Sunday evening on military | feet of the'McG^Ire'^"ljli|C'is''to eonve'/ ?VP? a.Poll"c 'purpose ben
K\(l( KKI) IMI\>\ l\ SHOP HY l'\-
h\( \ VISITOK. LOSES
*1(1(1 l\ MdMEY.
reservation, ne black broadcloth ov- negroes into Indians. I am opposed to hV liae
ercoat, stamped on collar, "Made by this conversion. It is against the laws
of *nature. against the laws of God.
this conversion. It is against'the laws pro^ol'doPi1*"'wron? ?o "0t """ at 9:30 °'c,ock and '"",v Wlls
IK* (lin Ion o nf rt^.l 6 1 •
.... - Indian peo- shipped over the Frisco for Litchfield,
against the laws of the United SteteY'tio^^'hff^tX^ Pr?f '>'e,skr aud Mother-in-law.
&ni against the sacred obligations be-
on the Mc-
(Continued on Page Three.)
Hrrry Lindsay of Oklahoma City, at-
tended the body.
hen outside promoters went to lookineai' Muskogee is
lat v. bit*. The found that the Okla- Ing l~ .000 horsepower, but it is an ex-.
l.onia companv had already begun con- "en ,v' proposition, and as other com-
|demnation proceedings for th" nee- l|?"ies SW1" to have acquired prior
'essary ground tliere. InveBtlgatlon 'here, neither ol the two big Knocked down in his own shoit
• v. tb, furlliei -■ t ■ rt ling facts see,,, have tackled 1 Ninth and F ate ""t evening by «
"sited p. lings to ,.:-<„iire sixteen "'"Position as yet though both are j ^knowS strknwr us( Ss he wm
ether power sites in the state. Then [nvestigating. Ihe unknown quanity jinR (f) cIog(, u for lhe eveIlillK Willi-
i. was toutI I ihat th. Washita com- ^ Kiamichi l'^ ,(!,ev,'1t0|'t'"vlr lam Lowery. carpenter was robbed ol
pany was also after th.' same sit.s " Kiamichi i l\ei In the (hoctaw Na- j:!60 j currency which he had iust
and claimed a prior right l.v virtue "on- " ls helieved that great power ^'bu currency wmcn he had just
of their federal charter granted in ,he Kiamichi river in the Choctaw Na-
!!e)f, , can be developed there, but there are
It is well known that there
val-
no large towns in the Choctaw Na-
liable pow. r sites on the Washita near.lion m to mak<' a market for the
Pauls Valley, where the Washita com- Power- a'ul the Kiamichi has been ne-
pany already ha3 a power plant .level- glected as a power proposition.
oping 1 ,.t00 horsepower, and that a site! The Oklahoma Klectric company op-
just below this one will develop S.OOO . rating under a state charter is capi-
borsepower Both the Oklahoma :.nd talized at $5,000,000. It was chartered
the Washita companies are after the rs a domestic corporation. The Wash-
undeveloped sites. ita company is .operating under a fed-
On the Blue river in Johnston county era! law that granted some peculiar
there are two sites capable of develop- priveleges, and was passed bv con-
ing between 5.000 and (i.000 horsepow- gress in l!i06. glvint this company a
er. The power from the Washita will vested right prior to statehood, which.
drawn ftom the hank preparatory t
making a trip, and left unconscious
on the floor.
No clue as to the identity of the
robber is held and the officers are help
less to pursue.
RESPECTED CITIZEN DEAD.
After a long Illness, during which
great suffering was patiently endured.
Mr. Kerwood, a highly respected citizen
of Randlett died at his home Saturday
morning.
Constltutiou-Demccnat J"c per week.
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