Oklahoma Leader. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 11, 1901 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME 9
GUTHRIE. OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, JULY 11, 1901^
NUMBER 33
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THE WELCOME
Groceries at Wholesale Prices
Why Swelter
In the Hot Sun at El Reno, Taking
an $800 Claim, when a chance at
$5,ooo cash is presented you?
The Welcome Grocery
Has made arrangements to give every purchaser
of goods at their store a chance of his life to gain a
rich reward without a dollar's risk.
$9,725 in cash and $4,466.75 in
Valuable Articles given away
By the Kansas City Convention Hall directors to
holders of tick ts to a series of concerts in Con-
vention hall beginning October 30, 1901.
Get your tickets at the Welcome Free. We have
deceided to give away free of cost to you a guessing
ticket with every $5 worth of good, purchased
from us until the contest closes, some time is Octo-
ber, We do not ask you to buy §5 worth at one
time. Save your bills given with your purchases
and when they reach 15 get your tickets. We will
continue our warfare on prices.
A DISASTROUS ' SOCIETY WOMEN HOW CLAIMS AND TOWN
RAILWAY WRECK DABBLE IN POLITICS
LOTS MAY BE TAKEN
Two Chicago and Alton Washington Matrons Think
Trains Collide with the Next President will
Fatal Results
Scripps-McRae Press Ass'n.
Kansas City, Mo., July
10.—A
t
Come from New York
Under the Proclamation Issued by the President Cov-
ering Opening of the Kiowa Country
Sfrippe-McUae Press Ass'n. j Tlle homestead laws, to which refer-
. Washington, D. C., July 10.—Society once ,s 1,1 tllL> president s proc-
freight train collided with a Chicago wjunen are entitled to figure among lamation, were enacted to enable
and Alton passenger train from Chi- tne keen politicians of the country. every citizen of the United States
cago near Slater, Mo., this morning, 1®ey arc interested in every person- over years of age or the head of a
killing three passengers, both en- ality which looms large above the po- family to acquire title to 1<>0 acres of
gineers and the freight conductor. li|ical horizon, but their attention Is 'anf' 'or 11 home.
Thirty were injured and the coaches net particularly attracted by his as- In order to prevent the fraud and
were burned. A relief train has been ttSte or diplomatic gifts. The first outlawry which has characterized
sent from Kansas City. j question concerning a new political1 former openings the lottery plan was
lifeht is, has he any family, and if so | agreed upon. This change from the
REGISTRATION COMMENCED aje any of them young and attractive, "foot race" plan forced additional du-
THIS MORNING. /Riis interest pertains to the presi- j ties upon applicants, all of which are
dency as well as to the lesser offices, outlined in the president's proclama-
Slnce President McKlnley has de- tion. The homestead laws, however,
lifterately eliminated himself from the will control and must be followed
npxt contest society women are eag- j from the time the number is drawn
efly canvassing the presidential possi-} which will permit the applicant to
bllities. The greatest peculiarity of j maltq his selection.
Thousands in Line and Department is
Appealed to for Relief.
Our Motto is, Large Sales and
Small Profits, and one price to all.
Jenkins Merc.
WELCOME GROCERY.
El Reno, Okla., July 10.—Registra-
tion for applications for lands in the
Kiowa and Comanche reservations be- their discussions is the absolute cer
gan this morning. Several thousand tainty with which they discuss topics
people were in line when the office which fill columns in the newspapers,
opened. Fully one thousand stood in when the society woman turns poli-
line all night. The great influx has | tician she is always superstitious and
caused a shortage of food and water. I it is a noticeable fact that the gay set
At Fort Sill the suffering is greater j never picks a favorite in the face of
than here as the facilities are even j any 0f the unwritten laws or super-
less complete. 1 stitions. Both Senators Fairbanks
The failure of the president's proc- j aC(j Foraker are extremely popular
lamation to permit registration at all with the grande dames of society, but
the land offices in Oklahoma has pro-1 even their warmest admirers are
voked much complaint and), acting j loathe to build hopes of their future
upon the request of Oklahoma City, [success. "Oh, what s the use," says
Perry, Guthrie and other land office j the women, "both of them are sena-
towns, Delegate Dennis T. Flynn has j tors an(| n0 president ever comes
appealed by telegraph to the interior! from the senate." Even the great
department at Washington asking j an(j powerful Senator Hanna does
that all land offices be given authori j not attract the wagers of the society
ty to accept registrations. His re-. woman when she forecasts the future
quest will be supplemented by tele- 0f ttie government. It is an impossi
grams from citizens in the different j iity for a society woman to go
towns. j against the fates and her enthusiasm
As the matter stands now El Reno <]'oes not bubble over for any man un-
will be practically the only land office | der {-he ban of destiny.
where homeseekers will assemble, as: ^t present society women have
Lawton, the other office named in the | made up their minds that the next
proclamation, is twenty-five miles president will come from New York.
Therefore they are discussing possi-
bilities involved in the careers of
Vice President Roosevelt and Gover-
no.- Odell. The interest of society is
not, however, with the political views
DEMOCRATIC MEMBER
RETIRED BY GOVERNOR
Resignation of D. P. llarum,
of [Alva Nor=
mal Asked
Regent
correspondence is
The following
self-explanatory:
Guthrie, Okla., July 9, 101.
Hon. D. P. Marum, Woodward, Okla.
My Dear Sir: In view of the fact
that there was some friction in the
management of the Normal schools
I have deemed it necessary to make
some changes in the personnel of the
board.
I assure you that it is not from any
personal reasons that I have deter-
mined to ask you for your resignation
as a member of the Normal school
board of Oklahoma. Our acquaint
ance and social relations have been
very pleasant, but in the interests of
the schools I have felt It best to ap
point another man in your place, and
I would thank you for your resigna-
tion. Very respectfully yours,
Wm. M. Jenkins,
Governor.
This letter was mailed to Mr. Marum
at Woodward, but he arrived in
Guthrie before receiving it. Secre-
tary Wenner saw that he got a fresh
copy this morning. Ten minutes after
receiving Governor Jenkins' letter,
Mr. Marum sent the following to the
governor:
Marum's Letter.
Guthrie, Okla., July 10, 1901.
Hon. Wm. M. Jenkins, Governor,
Guthrie, Okla.
Your Excellency: In response to
your letter of yesterday, I herewith
tender my resignation as member of
the board of education for the Normal
hoois of Oklahoma territory, to take
effect ai. once.
In severing my connection with the
school work in this territory, I sin-
cerely hope that the new board will
fully investigate the causes of fric-
tion mentioned in your letter in re-
gard to the management of the Nor-
mal schools.
That in the future, as during the
past four years, sectarianism and poli-
tics will be excluded from our educa-
tional institutions, and that the teach-
ers who have exercised the rights of
American citizens in their appeal to
the board, instead of being slaves to
the whim of one man, will not b«
sacrificed to please any person.
Hoping that the Normal schools of
this territory will push on to even a
higher level than that already ob-
tained, and promising my humble
support as a citizen and tax payer of
Oklahoma, to assis', in the upbuild-
ing of the schools, if so conducted,
I am, Yours sincerely.
D. P. Marum.
The removal of Marum is due to his
opposition to Ament as principal.
from a railroad.
El Reno is wholly lacking in facili-
ties for caring for such a crowd as
will go there if the other towns are
not designated as places of registra-
tion. Five thousand strangers would j Qj ejtber. So far as the feminine
overtax its accommodations, and as! wori,i js concerned Mr. Roosevelt and
many as 20,000 people are expected j (jovernor Odell might be protection-
in the event that the other towns are j |S^S Qr jree traders. The social at
not named.
SCHOOL LAND BOARD.
Settling Lar.d Will Not Give Frior
Right to Lease School Land.
The school land leasing board met
this morning to devise rules and reg-
ulations for leasing the school land In
the Kiowa and Comanche country.
No definite conclusions were obtained,
except the board agreed to send the
appraisers there at once and appraise
all the land reserved for school pur-
poses. It was ruled that settling up-
on land would not in any way consti-
tute prior rights to lease the same.
J. J. Houston was formally consid-
ered the secretary of the board to
succeed Mr. Filson, who will remain
in the office until the 1st of August.
The office will be transferred then.
The work of transferring the office
will necessitate considerable work.
Over 15,000 leases and notes will be
NEW STATE BANK.
mosphere of the white house is the
main thing with the women. For this
reason Roosevelt with
family is the favorite
Ode'.l through his long service in poli-
tics and his intimate connection with
people at the capital has a host of ad-
mirers. Mrs. Odell is quiet, serene
and hospitable, but the advent of
Governor Odell to the presidency
would not revive the brilliancy of the
administrations of Van Buren and Ar-
thur. These two periods, stand in
social annals as golden eras and the
Jmpression lingers that New Yorit
sends the most sociable men to the
white house. Following Arthur came
President Cleveland, surrounded by
such brilliant entertainers as Whitney
and Endicott, so that New York holds
a warm corner in the heart of the gay
world.
The desire of society is, however,
that Vice President Roosevelt should
be promoted. His charming wife and
two daughters would make the white
house pleasant for the gay world, ne
The applicant for a homestead must
state his age, residence and postoffice
address. He must make affidavit
that he is not the proprietor of more
than ItiO acres of land in any state or
territory, that he is a citizen of the
United States or has filed Ills appli-
cation to become such; that he is the
head of a family, or 21 years of age,
as the case may be. It must be fur-
ther sworn that the application is
honCBtly and in good faith, made for
the purpose of actual settlement and
cultivation and not for the benefit of
any other person, persons or corpora-
tion, and that he will faithfully and
honestly endeavor to comply with all
the requirements of law as to settle-
ment, residence and cultivation nec-
essary to acquire title to the land ap-
plied for.
It must be further stated that the
applicant is not acting as agent, of
any person, corporation or syndicate
in making such entry nor in collusion
wl;h any person, corporation or syn-
dicate to give them the benefit of the
land entered, or any part thereof, or
the timber thereon, that he does not ap-
ply to enter the same for the purpose
of speculation, but in good faith to
obtain a home for himself and that he
has not directly or Indirectly made,
and will not make, any agreement or
contract in any way or manner, with
any person or persons, corporation or
syndicate whatsoever, by which the
title hwich lie might acquire from the
I government of the United States
his young j 8jj0Uld inure in whole or in part to
Governoi | tbe benefit of any person except him-
self.
It must be shown that since August,
1890, the applicant has not entered
under the land laws of the United
States, or filed upon, a quantity of
land agricultural in character, and
not mineral, which, with land laws of
the United States, or filed more than
320 acres, and that he has not there-
tofore had the benefit of the home-
stead laws, and must pay the legal fee
and that part of the commissions
which is payable when entry is made.
On compliance by the applicant with
the foregoing requirements, the re-
ceiver will issue his receipt for the
fee and that part of the commissions
paid, a duplicate of which he will de-
liver to the applicant. The matter
will then be entered on the records of
the district office and reported to the
general land office.
A settler desiring to make final
proof must file with the register of
listed and will require the aid of ad-
uitional clerks to complete the same ar|stocratically connected, well
by the time it is expected to take ^ed. young ^ fttnd of socW life., ^ ^ offlce ft wrlttGn notlc^
P,a°e' „ ♦ ..m that no changes The f°ndeSt h°PeS °' S0C'ety, "T" In the prescribed form, of his inten-
Mr. Houston said that no changes | ^ hlg aapiratlona and tingle when- j ^ ^ dQ sq whj(.h noUce w,„ be
ever his strong personality attracts pi|bliahed by the reglater ln a news-
the regard of the populace. ] paper to be by h,m deB|gnated as
j nearest the land, once a week for five
BOARD OF REGENTS. successive weeks, at the applicant's
Oil Company Incorporated by Okla-
homa City Parties.
The Bank of Fort Cobb was grant-
ed a charter today by Secretary
Grimes. The place of business is Ft.
Cobb, Okla. The capital stock is $5,-
000.00. The directors are George B.
Roberts, Ft. Cobb; Wm. Grimes, Guth-
rie; J. C. Roberts, Kingfisher.
would be made in the clerical force
of the office. That the needs of the
ofTice were such that it required ex-
perienced men, and he thinks the
present force is as good, if not bet-
ter than can be arranged at the pres-<
ent time, at least.
Notaries Public. .
The following were appointed no-
taries public today:
Chas. E. Hunter, Enid, Okla.
H. C. Barnes, Guthrie, Okla.
!expense
Of Normal Schools Meet Tomorrow | proo(g can on]y be made by the
With Governor. 1 homestead claimant in person, and
The territorial board of regents of can not be made by an agent, attorney,
For a Pardon. . , , .
,Ion. R. E. Wood, of Shawnee, ap- the Normal schools of Oklahoma will assignee or other person, except that
neai ed before Governor Jenkins to-5 meet tomorrow at 9 o'clock with Gov- j in case of the death of the entryman
day and filed a petition asking for a ernor Jenkins. Proof can be made by the statutory
pardon for H. C. Lewis, convicted of | Some changes in the Alva Normal j successor to the homestead right, in
manslaughter in Pottawatomie coun- school faculty will probably take j the manner provided by law.
ty March 11, 1899- Lewis is serving place as a result of the meeting. m
a four-year sentence at Lansing. It is reported on substantial author
ity that President Ament will remain
Time flies and that is where it the president of that school, and the
gets the bulge on the average flying existing differences will be amicably
machine. I settled.
What the Proclamation Means
Wichita, Kas., July 10.—The Eagle
sayB:
The proclamation is clear, and al-
though one or two readings may
leave many in doubt, careful study of
it will reveal its exact meaning.
In the first place registration be-
gins at the El Reno and at the Law-
ton land offices on July 10, and con-
tinues until July 26.
In the second place at El Reno and
at El Reno only, there will be a draw-
ing. It will proceed rapidly and will
be completed in a very few days. Some
seem to think that only 125 names
will be drawn a day. There is no such
provision ln the proclamation. The
force at work may draw 5,000 names
a day, if they can, or 10,000. While
men registor at Lawton and at El
Iteno, no drawing will take place at
Lawton. It occurs at El Reno alone.
The public has nothing to do with the
drawing except to witness it. It is
officially conducted, and occurs July
2!).
The morning after the drawing the
El Reno office will give out a long
list of names in the numerical order
in which they have been drawn.
Now on August 6 the first 125 men
drawn will appear at El Reno and No.
I will come forward and file on the
claim ho wants; No. 2 will follow and
select. If No. 3 is not on hand, he is
set aside for the moment and after
the rest of the 125 have appeared may
appear; and must then appear and
take his choice of available land. But
because he was No. 3 he can not
choose any land selected by men
numbered higher than he on that day,
for the simple reason that he forfeited
his right to prior selection when he
did not appear just previous to No. 4.
On August 6, at the same time that
this is occurring at the El Reno office
125 men will be selecting lands also
at tho Lawton land office. In other
words 250 men will select and file on
claims the first day.
That is the whole story. It is not
difficult to understand and any mental
confusion In the matter may be swept
away by another reading of the proc-
lamation and by weighing every word
in it. When the government says
•'must" it means "must."
To explain the modus operandi:
Suppose John Jones of Oklahoma, de-
sires to enter this trial for a claim.
He goes to El Reno or to Lawton on
July 15, or any other date from July
10 to 26, gives proof of his qualifica-
tions as an entryman. At the office
his name is taken; his sJdress and
identification. He is asked if he is
to select his claim in the Lawton dis-
trict or the El Reno district, and this
is registered. He is then given a cer-
tificate, which certifies that he is duly
registered. This certificate entitles
him to go upon the reservation and
look the ground over. He can not
settle, he can not file, he can't do
anything but look and make a mental
choice (he will make naturally sev-
eral). There is nothing else for John
Jones to do until August 6, except to
keep his eyes open for the result of
the drawing. On July 29, he will be
alert. He will be watching eagerly
for the list of names drawn.
On July 29 the drawing will take
place at El Reno. Lawton will have
nothing to do with it. John Jones will
be in El Reno. The next morning a
long list of names drawn will be an-
nounced, perhaps many hundreds of
names, not exactly 125. They will be
announced under two headings, El
Reno district list; Lawton district
list. Jones having announced when
he got his certificate that he would
take a claim in the El Reno district
glances eagerly down the El Reno list
and with great gladness sees some-
thing like this: "No. 127, John Jones,
Oklahoma City." That means to him
that early August 7, he is to be at
the El Reno land office, and he must
have his certificate of registration
along. The day previous 125 men
have filed. He goes to the land of-
fice and there is just one man ahead
of him, No. 126. No. 126 is satisfied
and John Jones looms up at the
couniei and says he will take such
and such a quarter section. The clerk
tells him it has been taken the day
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Niblack, Leslie G. Oklahoma Leader. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 11, 1901, newspaper, July 11, 1901; Guthrie, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc121528/m1/1/: accessed April 23, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.