Lawton Constitution-Democrat (Lawton, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 14, 1910 Page: 3 of 8
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AYERS
CAME
TELLS OF
INTERUR-
BAN PLAN
8AT8 MONKV 18 ALL KLADT AND
WANTS LAWTON TO GET
BI'SY ON LINE
GASOLINE CARS
Would Haul PaHsengers and Light
Freight. Best Line In
State.
Oscar O. Ay res president of tt > pro-
posed Arbuckle and Western Railroad
was in town last evening and brought
with him the written terms drawn up
in contract form for the construction
of the new line from Lawton to the oil
and gas fields of the eastern part f
the state. And in person he now
states that he has the money read,"
for the construction of the line ?s
soon as the right of way transfer to
•the railroad company can be put iu
legal form.
No Bonus.
The original contract for the Ar-
"bucklo and Western Railroad provid-
ed for a bonus of $30,000 to be paid
to Ayrcs in addition to ten miles of
right of way and terminal facilities
in the city. Mr. Ayres' proposal now
has dropped the bonus feature and in
JUST RELEASED:
ATTEMPTED ROBBERY.
Charged with attempting to burglar-
ize the depot at Geronimo, Enoch Saw-
yer was arrested late last night
Junction City and brought here and
placed in the county jail for safe
keeping.
Les than a week ago he was releas
ed from the reform school at Wash-
ington. D C., and at the time of his
arrest was on his way home some
where in Texas.
He' left this city yesterday mom
ing on foot for Geronimo, where he
hung around the station all day, ai.d
when it was found that *ome one had
tried to enter the station he was im-
mediately suspected, and the officers
south of Geronimo were notified,
causing him to be arrested at Junc-
tion
The boy is only 15 years old and
is said to be mentally unbalanced.
BELL BROIT.HT A LOST SOX.
St. Paul July 9.—Absent from his
home two years and thought dead
by his father, 17-year-old William H
Hatfield, the only son of a railroad
man of Belleville, Kan., met his
mother at the St. Paul hotel yester-
day. where he is an elevator boy.
She had arrived in response to the
message of a friend who thought he
recognized the boy in the elevator
two weeks ago.
"Did you ting?" Hatfield inquired
of room 107. The next moment he
was In the arms of his mother.
8ome trivial event caused him to
leave home August 19, 1908. He
took a train to Manhattan, Kan., with
but $30. At home the search had
been almost abandoned. The fam-
ily had seen the notice of the death
of a boy with a similar name in Los
Angeles and a second similar report
had confirmed the news for all but
his mother. She didn't believe him
dead.
AIRSHIP
Company to Surpass Dreams of
Jules Verne. Great Raloon
St. Louis, July 9.-The Incorporation
of the Universal Aerial Navigation
company has revealed plans for a com
mercial passenger airship that rival
the wildest dreams of Jules Verne,
stead he asks lawton for deeds to Officials of the corporation declare
right of way half way to Comanche, that within a year they will have
ship that will carry a hundred pass-
engers in a forty mile gale and at a
speed of a hundred miles an hour.
The ship Is the invention of J. W.
Oman, formerly of San Antonio, Tex.,
but now at St. Louisan. One is in pro-
cess of construction in the shop of
the inventor here, who claims that
his ship can start either from the
land or the water. He declares it
w'll ascend straight into the air or
can be launched in the manner of an
aeroplane.
The company Is capitalized at $5,-
000,000. F. A. Sifert of St. Ix>uis is
president of the company which has
a board of directors and a corps of
officers composed of St. Louis busi
ness men.
terminal facilities, and support in the
disposal of the bonds which remain
after the road is completed
To l(e Interurbun.
The distinctive feature of the road
which has never been brought out
before is the interurban facility of
the line. It is to be a comparatively
short line running direct from Law-
ton to Ardmore on an air line. The
interurbau facility is to be accomplish-
ed by the introduction of passenger
cars on the line driven by gasoline
motors. This will enable the roa^"
to run several cars back and forth c
the line during the day and give the
people all along the road the Inter-
urban feature. Numerous stoping
places all along the line will be es-
tablished and the passenger and ex-
press cars will be so arranged that
small freight can be loaded on at
these little stations. Dairy products
can be lushed to the cities by early
cars with great facility and the es-
tablishing of the line should be a great
.stimulus to this neglected industry
in this section.
The freight trains, however, will be
drawn by extra heavy freight engines
that can transport a large amount
of freight at a single load and will be
used for the heavy class of freight
alone.
A Great Opportunity. mio
Mr. Ayres Is very enthusiastic about . t * '\
the building of the line from lawton I'avvton'°kla * sa>8'
to Ardmore. In conversatin with the
representative of the Constltution-
Demociat last evening Mr. Ayres said:
"I have been personally over every
foot of the country. Much of it on foot
and I think the opportunity for the
construction of this line are the besi
in the state. | will be an enormous
paying proposiion. 1 have great faith
in the Wichita gas and asphai' field
and when I have this line connected
with the Arbuckle field and tlfese;
WEAK, WEARY WOMEN.
I,earn the Cause of Dally Woes and
End Them.
When the back aches and throbs
When housework is tortue.
When night brings no rest nor sleev-
When urinary dosorders set In
Women* lot la a weary one.
There Is a way to escape these woes.
Doan's Kidney Pills cure such ills.
Have cured women here in Lawton.
This is one lawton woman's testi-
mony.
Mrs. Joseph Hanskey, 910 H Avenue,
Since I used Doan's Kidney Pills
several years ago T have had no need
of a kidney remedy. My kidneys gave
me a great deal of trouble and Doan'j
Kidney Pills brought me prompt re-
lief. Nothing could lessen my faith In
this medicine. I do not think it has an
equal for curing disorders of the kid-
neys. 9*
For sale by all dealers. Price 50
cents. Foster-Miuburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
COUNT
OVER THE
NOSES IN
THIS CITY
SAYS COLONEL BARNES. AND THE
NUMBER WILL INCREASE
VERY (JHEATLY.
RECALLS INSTANCE
Where Oklahoma City (ialned the 1000
Mark In 1900 0?er
Guthrie.
Colonel L. P. Barnes, who has taken
an active part In many Lawton move-
ments that have required a large am-
ount of sacrifice and public spirit, is
one of those who feel that this city
In the face of the recent low showing
of population should ask for a re-
count. He thinks that recount would
show at least 9000 people and he call-
ed at the Constitution this morning
and has the folowing to say on the
subject:
"Ten years ago when the United
States census was taken in Oklahoma
the first count gave Guthrie a larger
population that Oklahoma City, and
the returns were so out of proportion
to what everybody thought relative to
the latter city that a recount was in-
sisted upon and granted. The recount
showed that several hundred people
had been overlooked by the enumera-
tors and the correct report was pub-
lished.
The government of the
TR 4PED l\ ELEV ATOR,
I NEW YORK July 9—An elevator
car crowded with passenger* stood
I just below the second floor of the
I twelve-story loft building at 45 West
Twenty-seventh street at noou today,'
land two of the women who were on j
hand fainted before the firemen saw-!
ed them out, ninety minutes later. I
The negro elevator boy started the!
car on a down trip at 12 o'clock after;
eight girls and six men had crowded.
in About Jve feet below tie seconJ j
floor and an equal distance above tho
first floor the car came to a halt.
When it was found that the c*.r was
stuck the passengers became nervous
and finally the girls besan to scream.
Two of them fainted.
The elevator boy was hoisted to the
grill celling of his elevator aud man-
aged to squeeze through a narrow
opening Then he dlmed up the eleva-
tor cable and got out on the second1
floor. No one else cared to attempt
th. feat.
The elevator boy hunted up the en-'
glneer of the building, but the eugi-'
neer couldn't start the car. He call-
ed In a policeman, who sent in a fire I
alarm. The men of engine company 11
attacked the roof of the car with steel'
saws and enlarged the hole through
which the elevator boy had crawled.
It took them nearly an hour to saw j
through. Then a ladder was lowered •
from the second floor and the prison- But the Mob Had so Pity for HU Curly
LYNCH
ANTI SA-
LOON MAN
WHO SHOT
KILLED I NRESISTING BOOTLEG-
01B IK A K \ID OH HIS
RESTAURANT.
ers then car" up one by one. The two
girls who 1 .nted had meantime
recovered ai *ere able to crawl up
the ladder with a little assistance.
On examination the hoisting ap-
II cud.
•What Will Mother
Say.*
Newark, Ohio, July 8.—Following
"BLACK MAMMY" MEMORIAL.
ATHENS, Ga July 9,-WIth the com-
bined object of building a lasting me-
morial to that swiftly-passing and
memorv-cherisbed figure of the old
south. "Old Black Mammy", and train-
ing her descendants in useful arts, a
movement has been started for estab-
lishing near here an industrial farm
which will include cooking school for
negroes. The idea originated with S.
F. Harris, principal of the Athens In-
dustrial and high school. |Qd On 014
Black Mammy Memorial," as the Insti-
tution will be known. Is assured, for
liberal douations are coming in from
sons and daughters oi former slave
owners and former slaves in grati-
fy lug volumes, and the movement bids
fair to receive support in all states
where the memory of " old black mam-
my" Is held in revererice. A beautiful
tract of land has been donated for the
school buildings and the memorial
workers hope to begin building opera-
tions within a few mouths.
paratus showed that the elevator cab-' his admission that he had killed Wil
le had slipped off the drums aud be-. Hani Howard, proprietor of the Last w
come wedged between two wheels. Chance Restaurant here and former column tables of wedding gifts are
chief of police in a raid of alleged
Don't overlook the fact that the "speak eaaies" Carl Btherlngton, 22
Nemo Corset is the leading corset' years old, employed Thursday night
made for the stout woman. They lead hy the State Anti-Saloon league
-all others follow. Garvlns, 422 D.
7-5 d it
MURMURS
Sink into Ominous Silcncc. Pic-
tures of Fight Tabood
blind tiger raider wis lynched here
last night. The heavy doors of the
Licking county jail were
SCRAP BOOKS AND FERRETS.
Chicago. July 9.—Chicago society
women will be unable to longer evade
the tax ferrets.
A big scrap book containing clip-
pings taken from the society columns
of the daily papers here has b—n
compiled by the board of reviews.
These clippings tell Just what the
society women wear in the way of
diamond brooches, tiras. pearl ropes
and pendants.
The book will be used as a guide
by the assessors. Clippings of the
distribution of bequests, payments of
alineation and damage suits have beeu
pasted In the big scrap book. Society
also pasted in the book, which has
been styled the "Doomsday Book," by
its keepers.
down and Etheriugton was dragged
from his cell. He was shot, kicked
and bruised before the street was
reached and the finish followed quick-
ly.
When news from the hospital that
Howard had died passed over the city
at 9 o'clock last night, the fury of
the mob took definite form. Large
battering ranis were directed upon the
doors of the Licking county jail aud
DETRO.T, Jjjty 9. Declaring that' % ^ ^
TTntfod1 Jeffries buncoed the public when he ,, , , , . L
States has no desire to do Injustice to raet Jack Johnson. Billy McClure. , Cj-ying piteously Etherington, a cur-
siates nas no desire to do injustice to gnent the last three winters b'-headed Kentuckian, who had been
any town or city In making up the' w"" "as speiu uie last inree winierB , atrikp breaker sine* Ha
census report for 1910, nor would I*'1"1 ,thf recently defeated challenger serving as a strike breaker since he
CATHOLIC CHCRCH.
Services will be held at the Catholic
battered | church tomorrow morning at 8 and 10
o'clock. The public is cordially In-
vited to attend.
CULEBRA
Ltherington's last moments, while
rected ere it be too late.
no man
that we have over nine thousand peo
pie within the corporate limits of the
city of Lawton and that a recount
is absolutely necessary to determine
this belief.
Under the constitution and laws of
Oklahoma the official census of the
United States is made the basis for
all matters political until another cen-
sus is taken In 1920. Therefore, it
behooves the people of lawton to take
steps at once to have the matter cor-
rected before the reports are publish-
ed at Washington. A committee
re it oe too late There is' He siS"ed up although he was an _ . . . ,
in this city but who believes ! a*'"* physical wreck and then had to h,iard the mob batter ng down the
have over nlne thousand peo- Mit, although he stood no chancewas pent In praying and writ-
and knew It at the time.
Picture Men Lay Low.
CHICAGO, III., July 9.—Stirred by
a growing sentiment throughout the
country against the exhibition o! the
Jeffries-Johnson fight films, George
Kleine, William Selig and George A.
Spoor, representatives of the moving
picture syndicate controlling the pic-
tures Issued the following «*&tement
Thursday night.
"No efforts will be made to show
ing a note to his parents, farmers re
siding near Wllllsburg, Kentucky.
"What will mother say when she
Hhould be appointed to take the mat- th<1 pictures In any city or town where
ter up with our district manager, Mr. adverse legislation has been taken.
Chapell, at Shawnee. 11 wi" uot be necessary to get out
We can well afford to pay the ex- Injunctions for this combine docs nut
penaes of a recount, thus relieving 'ntend to buck ^the law In any city
the general government of any lia-
bility whatever."
• See •
• J. W. YEOMAN i SONS. •
• For CltT I.oans. *
• Rooms 1, 2. and 3. W.olera BIdit. *
Phone M. ♦
♦♦+♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦
items alone will make one of the -States.
heaviest freighting lines in the coun-'
Remember the name—Doan's—and
try. Construction on the other end j take no other,
•of the line will be begun soon In fact j
as the complete specifications are fin-
ished by Engineer Forsythe."
Milo llruiirli Line.
The branch line of the road will
tommence at Milo, a very small town
on the line f the proposed road. Prom
Jiere the blanch will extend to Chick-
asha. The line direct will come through
Comanche and that town agrees to
furnish half of the right of way from
there to Lawton.
The advantages of such a line can-
not be overestimated and the prospects
are rosy for its completion within
reasonably short time.
Mr. Ayres is a practical railroad
builder having been in the railroad
building business all his life. He was
democratic candidate for railroad com-
missioner two years ago in the state
of Kansas and came very near being
elected in spite of the heavy repub-
lican majority which that state casts.
He is a Simple, practical man aud
says the road is a sure go. The Law-
ton Chamber of Commerce Is ready any
time to secure the land for the right
of way.
HALL GAME.
The strong team of Battery C of Fort
Sill returned this morning from Altus
where for three days they have gone
down in defeat before the semi-profes-
, slonal team of that city.
The first game was lost by a score
of 3 to l, the second game went 10 inn-
ings, Altus winning 4 to 5.
The game yesterday was the fastest
of the series, neither team scoring un-
til the seventh inning when Altus had
a batting rally, winning by a score it
5 to 0.
The Boldlers are planning for a game
V >Sunday with Lone Wolf to be played
at the fort.
WHEW! TEN TONS OF
A<>EI) EGGS BROKEN
New York , July 7.—More than ten
tons of frozen or dessicated eggs
shipped here from Chicago, were sei-
1 zed r.B fruit for human consumption
at the Kings county refrigerating
company's plant in Brooklyn Thurs-
under orders f'om'the department of
agriculture made the seizure. It Is
the largest Q"-: recorded.
We have moved our store four lots
west of former location, while erect-
ing new building, and where we can
now take care of our trade as before,
and shall be pleased to meet our old
■ nil niatnmer. Ren*
Elected As
Historian
U. D. ot Con.
MILLIONS
FOR LOVE
Spokane, Wash., July 9.—Mrs. Dol-
ly Baker of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, is
stated to be heiress to $7,000,000.
Twenty years ago she said goodby to
her girlhood sweetheart. Arthur B.
Travers, in Montana and he Journey-
ed to Australia.
The girl grew tired of waiting and
married Judge W. J. Grout, later di-
vorcing him and marrying Baker.
Now word came that Travers be-
came a cattle king In Australia,
cleared $7,000,000 and died, leaving
all to his girlhood sweetheart.
Attorney H. J. Filmore has gone
to Austraia carrying proofs of Mrs.
Baker's Identity, to caim the fortune
for her.
Jt'ST REACHED KEG IN TIME.
While swimming in the lake at
Medicine Park yesterday afternoon
Frank Yr. Wright, editor of the New
Republican, became entangled in the
heavy growth of water inoss coverin
the bottom and came very near
drownning.
It seems that Mr. Wright was swim-
ming up stream to an (empty) be.er
keg that was lloating in the wate \
The United Daughters of the Confed-
eracy yesterday closed a most suc-
cessful meeting In Oklahoma City.
Delegates were inattendance from
all parts of the state, making a total
of several hundred.
The ladles were entertained in prl-land just as he was about to take hold
vate homes, and many entertainments of it his lower limbs were caught In
were given in honor of the visiting, the moss on the bottom of the stream
ladies. and he was pulled under,
or state. We do not think that the
pictures are any different from those
which have been displayed of the
Johnson-Burns and John«on-Ketchel
fights, but if we find th 'ie popu-
lar sentiment is against . .j we will
lay them on the shelf and not show
them at all."
To be Finished by 1912. Then
Big Work will be Over
Washington July 9.—One of the
facts in connection with the excava-
tion of the Panama canal that gives
much encouragement for the early
completion of the freat waterway
is that the amount of earth removed
does not lessen as the bottom of
the ditch is approached.
This has been one of the chief
questions in connection with the
time of completion. It has been
generally supposed that, as the bot-
hears of this?" he kept moaning to! tom of the ditch was approached
the jailer. I or the canal prism In the official
In the melee, as the mob was leav-| language, the rate of excavation
ing the jail, eight prisoners held fori would become much slower. This
petty offenses escaped. Is not borne out by developments.
As Etherlngton mounted the block] ^he 'ate8t report of the canal
ready for the swing, he was asked to'Commissiion, as given by Col. H. b .
make a speech; 'l want to warn young l° e8', acting chairman, in fact,
fellows not to try to make a living the fh"ws th? ex?ct c° t™ry. All along
way I have done-by strike breaking Interest m the amount of excavation
and taking job<. like this,- he declared. centered in the Culebra cut. The
I had better have worked and I ,atofltK available figures on excavation
....... „ are those for the month of May.
wouldn t be here now. j The amount of material excavated
The n*Ing of the rope cut him short, from the prism In the Culebra sec-
He hu :£ .here for an hw.tr while the tion f the canal In May, 1910, was
crowd quietly left. A'v. the first ex- 1.099.279 cubic yards. This was the
citement, there was : o disorder. At highest record In that section for
the finish there were .'undwds of wo- the month of May, the highest pre-
men and little children: 'n the crowd, vioi record for that month having
No member of the m >V and no been in May, 1909, when 1,082,217 j
attempt was made to conceal Iden- cubic yards were removed.
Jcflf Slinks At Home.
LOS ANGELES, July 9 —When
Jeffries and his party arrived in the
city there was a notlcable contrast
between his leave-taking of several j. ,
weeks ago and his return. Only ai t4<
few close friends welcomed him at
the station upon his arrival
Jeffries virtually slunk into town,
silent, morose and receiving but lit-
tle recognition.
He took two treatments for his in-
jured eye and will leave at once for
his ranch where he will make prepa-
rations for a three months' hunting
trip.
tlty.
Howard, It is charged, did not re- 20 million cubic yards of material
sist the dectives when they entered he removed, whereas more than
his place on the outskirts cf'the cityfl 48 million cubic yards have ben re-
He, it is said, however, put his arms moved. This is the backbone of
about. Etherington, as if to hold him the canal. When It is dug out the
| when the officer fired a billet into his way will be fell open for the tran-
- sit of vessels across the isthmus.
BLOOD
MONEY
CAUSE OF
MIDLAND
LAWSUIT
S.iVS ATTOR' £i .OK LAWTOITO
HIti HOSTELRY. CAN SEE MO
OTHER KEASOM.
BLOCK PAID $18,500
Aud Thin Include* a Bonus of
For Ills Interest Says
Hie ten*.
"I can see no reason for the suit
against the Midland Hotel filed yes-
terday by Henry Schafer other than a
desire for blood money," were th
words of Hon. W. C. Stevens, attorney
for the Midland Hotel, in conversation
with the representative of the Consti-
tution-Democrat this morning. "Mr.
'Mock has paid Mr. Schafer every doi-
r due him and a straight out bomift
ut $5,000 on his interest in the
Midland Hotel. The records show that
Mr. Block has paid Mr. Schafer $18J5Q9
for his terest and that Mr. 8hafer*
lnvestim.it oiily totals about $13,0<ML
Trouble Over Insurance
Mr. Stevens explains that the trou-
ble arose when Mr. Block asked Mr.
Schafer to comply with his contract
and to transfer the Midland Hotefc
Company a $12,500 life insurano*
policy, which was issued together
with a similar one by Mr. Block to
secure a first mortgage on the Hotel.
The note Is held by au eastern In-
surance company.
Mr. Stevens states that Mr. Schafer
in violation of his settlement con-
tract. when he withdrew from the
hotel Is trying to appropriate for him-
self the Insurance which was never
intended for any other purpose than,
au assignment to the hotel company.
Won't Pay a Dollar.
"You can state," said Mr. Stevena.
"that the hotel company will never
pay a cent and that Mr. Schafer will
be held to his agreement and forced
to assign the life Insurance over to
the hotel. The original premium waa
paid by the hotel company and thei
payments will be maintained by the
hotel company. I have letters in my
office from Mr. Schafer's attorneya
stating that the insurance would b*
surrendered as per the contract aaA
although Mr. Schafer did pay one note
of five thousand dollars this has beea
paid back to him and five thousand
more bonus money."
Didn't Have the Money.
While the hotel was In an unfinlah-
I ed condition the time came, when tha
In th*1 Culebra cut there are about mortgages first Issued on the hotel
„>«,.« wertj an(j companies
ty, Mr. Schafer didn't have the mobey
were about to forclose on the proper-
to proceed with his share of the build-
ing of the hotel and Mr. Black paid
in about $20,000 while Mr Schafer
paid about $7,000. Mr. Block trusted
Even at the rate of excavation injMr Schafer to perform his share o£
FIRST NAT L.
May the Culebra cut would be dug
out by tne end of 1912. But as the
rate year by year averages consid-
erably better than that, It may be
expected the Culebra cut will bo dus
out before the close of that year.
The Blsfk ('on ueror.
CHICAGO! Ill . July 9. — Jack
Johnson is making preparations for
a flying motor trip to Milwaukee. He
will leave Sunday for New York City
where he will begin a theatrical en-
gagement at five thousand dollars a
week.
Johnson states that it is the small
boy of twelve to fourteen years of . , f
age that starts all of the race riots.
He makes some nasty remark in a
crowd which starts the trouble and
the grown-ups do the rest and a riot
follows.
Is Designated for War Depart-
ment Depository for Ft. Sill
Walter Woman
Wants Divorce
the contract and to assign over uu*
insurance and place it In the b!ink.
It Is this which has brought on tha
suit which was field yesterday.
In the election of officers Thursday
Mrs. K. J. Bass one of the prominent
club women of Lawton was again
honored by being elected to the office
of State Historian for another term.
Mrs. w. R. Clemant of Oklahoma
City w as elected president Mrs. W. A.
Johnson of Wagoner was elected sec-
retary, and Mrs. T. T Davis of McAles-
ter, treasurer.
Tho young girls clas No. C of the
First M. E. Church will give a lawn
social tonight at the home of Miss
Marie Dunn, 710 C Avenue. Ice cream
sherbet and cake will be served. Ev-
erybody Invited.
JOHN BARLEY CORX
TAKES LIFE TOLL.
Parties on tho shore noticing his
distress started out to aid him, but
before they could reach hi mhe ha1
gone under the second time. As he
came up the last time he managed to
catch hold of the keg and hold him-
self up until rescueu.
When taken out he was completely
exhausted, and It was several min-
utes before he could give an account
of the affair.
>EW TELEPHONE DIRECTORY.
This office has just issued the new
telephone directory and same are be-
ing distributed. If after the middle of
next week you have not received a
new one please call a«. manager's offi-
ce and get one or notify him and one
New York, July 7.—Peter Smith, a will be sent to you for the telephone
husky young tannery worker In Ne-
wark. N. J., drank 17 Jiggers of whis-
key in succession today, thereby win
ning a bet of $1. As he pocketed the
money, he fell to the floor uncon-
scious and died sooa after in a hos-
pital.
AI TO.HOBILE TOl RiSTS HERE.
Messrs. Heflin and Ckrrawi, two
young men of Sherman, Tex., arrived
in the city this morning from Hot
Springs, Ark., driving a thirty horse
power, Chalmers-Detroit, taxi-cab.
The young men are making a pleas-
ure trip through several states, and
stopped In the city only long enough
. . .
company wants every subscriber to
have the new issue. Be sure to destroy
the old one and avoid confusion of
numbers. Please call by numbers and
not by name.
EXCHANGE—House 5 rooms, value
$1,000.00 for city, town or farm prop-
erty within 100 miles of Lawton, Ok.,
up to value of $2,500.00. Give dis-
crlption. John J. O'Donnell, El Paso
Building. Colorado Springs, Colo, dlt
Soreness of the muscles,whether In-
duced by violent exercise or injury, is
quickly relieved by the free appli-
cation of Chamberlain's Liniment.
This liniment Is equally valuable for
muscular rheumatism, and always af-
Mexlco Wunt* Pictures.
CITY OF MEXICO, July 9.—Mexico
City will welcome the moving picture,
reproduction of the Johnson-Jeffries'
fight. Gov. Landay E scan don of the
federal district, said that he would not
interfere with an attempt to put the
fight films on under his jurisdiction,
but, on the contrary, would like to
have them exhibited here.
"Happily" he said, " we have no
negro question here."
Guy C. Robertson, cashier of the
First National Bank of this city yes-
terday received word from the Treas-
ury Department of the United States
government, that the First National
Bank has been designated as a de- ^ ®uit was fined in the district court
pository for the funds to be used In this afternoon by Mrs Jenetta Ross
the construction of the new fort, and Walters for a divorce from her
depositories of the husband Ayres K Ross.
War Department. | Mr. and Mrs. Ross were married in
This means vastly increased de- 1903, and have apparently been on
posits for the First National and at *he best of terms, the action for a
the same time will be much more con- divorce coming as a surprise to their
venient and satisfactory to the locil (
disbursing officer.
GETSTOLEN
HORSE BUT
THIEF SKIPS
MINERAL WELLS ( ROWING
IN PilPI'LAll FAVOR.
The following letter received yester-
day is self-explanatory.
OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRE-
TARY..
Treasury Department.
Washington, July 5, 1910.
First National Bank,
Lawton, Oklahoma.
Sirs:—By virtue of the authority
conferred upon me by Section 3620
Revised Statutes of the United States,
the First National Bank of lawton,
Oklahoma, a despltory of public mo-
neys, is hereby specially designated
Mineral Wells located "jU8t "easVof! [or the reception, safe-keeping and
• city is growing in favor and large disbursement according to law. of the
crowds journey out every night to
joy a plunge in the ccol water of the
large bathing pool.
Last night Post.nacter Parkinson
treated the clerks of the office to a
ride out in his auto and a swift in
the pool, which was thoroughly en-
joyed by the boys.
A large number of people are camp-
ing there, and every night sees many
crowds of picnlcers spreading their
tree.
lunch under some wide spreding
Few cities the size of lawton can
boast of a park that is as up-to-date as
Mineral Wells.
REAL VACATION' FOR TAFT.
funds advanced to officers of the Wai
Departemnt.
This action Is taken upon the re-. _ , .. „ _
quest of the Honorable Secretary of f . 52
War, duted 2nd Instant, In order that .55* \
officers of the army located at Fort
Sill, Oklahoma, may keep accounts
with your bank.
By direction of the Secretary.
Respectfully,
A PIATT ANDREN,
Assistant Secretary.
The sheriff was today called to ttia
Farmers' wagon yard, where he found
a horse and saddle that had been sto-
len from W. B. Jones at Doyle laafc
week supposedly by Ed Jones, who
took the horse to Snyder and thera
traded him off to a trader, telling tho
trade that he was going to Mexico.
The trader came on to aLwton and
put up at the Farmers' wagon yard,
and seeing the man from wnom he had
secured the horse in Snyder here, ho
Immediately became suspicious, and
notified the sheriff who went to tho
wagon yard, and secured a descrip-
tion of the animal. When he returned
to the office at the court house he
found a card from the man from whom
r, . ™ , r« t i f n . « the horse was Btolen with a descrip-
Raton Rouge, I.a July 7-By an ov- flou rt, Htt„a the horse here,
prwlmlmine majority Gov. Jar-i, Tu officer8 ,mnwdlately went out
Young Sander, was today declared,, B|iarch the thlef who waa re.
the choice Of both house, of the l.ouU- ^ w be ,n (own but he haii 8ilp_
una General Absem.ily for the seat pftd ou( |eav)ng a ll0rse that he had
| In the Lulled tSute Senate left vacant, | riding at the Comanche wagou
1.*' tho rofont «l..nth r\f Sunatrtr finmnol I , ®
yard.
. .. 0 , , Tho horse will be held until the own-
otes In the Senate gr £or Mm
against one for Representative Rob-
ert F. Broussard of the Third Con-
gressional District, and 92 votes in
the House against four for Broussard
of the most prominent families of
Walters, Mr. Ross being principal Of
the High School there.
Mrs. Ross alleges that she was
abandoned by her husband w'ho has
failed to support her for some time.
She Is now asking for a full divorce
with the restoration of her maiden
name, Miss Grosman.
SANDERS SUCCEEDS
WcENERY IN SENATE
FOREST RESERVE CHANGES.
WASHINGTON, July
Taft signed several
eliminating a total of about 652,400
and 12 for John D. Wilkerson of She-
veport. Sanders fulfilled the promises
which were made by his Wends follow -
In Senator McEner/'s death a week
ago. This term expires iu 1915.
Tomorrow both houses of the as-
sembly will meet In joint session and
President Sanders will be formally elected. H?
proclamations will retain the Governorship until D1-
PIG ATE 0Y-
NAMITE CAP
Beverly, July 7.—With not a single acres of land from the national for-
entry in his engagement book for the P8t :tn(j adding 4" 8.4.j3 acres to the
next 10 days. President Taft began a . —
real vacation period today. All re-
quests for audiences with the shief
executive have ben refused and the
only callers alloyed on Burges Point
up to July 16 wil be social friendsof
the Taft family.
The president's schedule has about
narrowed itself down to golf in the
morning and either a long automobile
ride or a short sail on the Sylph in
the afternoon. The sailing parties on
the Sylph always fnclude a number of
friends and tea Is served on the cano-
Qo to E. M. Whitehead and Sons
reserve. The land eliminated will
later probably be opened to settle-
ment.
The Cheyenne national forest of
Wyoming has been deprived of 39,-
965 acres and the name has been
changed to Medicine Bow.
ANTO LINE TO MINERAL WELLS.
Although Lawton has no street rail-
way it is fortunate In having an auto-
mobile line such as the one operated
by Fred Hanan to Sulphur Wells, mak-
ing the round trip for 50 cents
The cars will begin to rua tomor-
HIMMMMHI
cember, when he will resign and go
Portland, Ind., July 9-—A shoat
weighing 75 pounds* the property
to Washington. Lieut Governor Lam-} of Joseph H. Sell of Pennvill\ lost
bremont then becomes Governor and its life at the farm near Walnut
Senator Thomas C. Barrett Piesident Curner. when a dytiam'te cartridge
of the Senate pro tern succeeds Lam- that had been accidentally mixed iu
bremont. I lhe feed was discharged in the ani-
; mal's mouth. The lower jaw of the
Arthur Long, formerly of this city, shoat was utterly blown to atoma
now with an automobile concern of and its death followed instantly.
Oklahoma City arrived in the city last1 The dynamite cap was oue that
night to spend some time with friends j had been left in the barn recently
and relatives. j by men who had been blasting
j stumps. In some manner It waa
Dr. D. A Myers, president of the, knocked off, falling into the corn
Oklahoma State Board of Health left bin. Unnoticed, It was scooped n(^
yesterday for Altus, where last night j with other food and thrown to tM*
he delivered an address before t.hejhojs.
Jackson County Medical Association,
w hlch Is holding an o^en^e^islonthere^ _ Mrs. J. W. Knox of Temple waa *
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