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THE ONLY SIMON PURE DEMOCRATIC PAPER IN OKLAHOMA.
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VOLUME 17
GUTHRIE. OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY DECEMBER 3 1908
NUMBER 10
TEMPORARY RESTRAINING
ORDER AT PAWHUSKA
Ouster proceedings against the In-
dian Territory Illuminating Oil com-
pany were begun in the name or the
State of Oklahoma by County At
torney L. F. Roberts in the court of
County Judge T. Bennett of Osage
county at Pawhuska yesterday even-
ing. Judge Bennett granted a tem-
porary restraining order preventing
the company from doing those things
alleged to be in violation of the con-
stitution and the law.
The i>etition prays that the com-
pany be restrained from carrying in-
to execution such violatory action
and prohibited by the forfeiture of
its license from further doing busi-
ness in this state.
The case is styled. The State of
Oklahoma versus The Indian Terri-
tory Illuminating Oil company and Secretary Garfield will renew an.l pre-
the petition was prepared and pre-
sented in accordance with instruc-
tions from Governor Haskell. O. T.
Smith, special attorney to the gov
ernor, and T. J. Leahy, of Pawhuska
Hamilton, hnid: Henry E. Asp, Guth-
rie; Hoy V. Hoffman, ('handler; K.
P. Blake, Blackwell.
Second Congressional District.
Thomas B. Ferguson, Watonga; Dr.
D. H. Patton, Woodward; - . K. Gil-
lette. Anadarko; Paul Nesbit, Okla-
homa City; \V. B. Walker, Clinton.
Third Congressional District.
GENERAL LEGITIME
Wells, Fargo & Co. The last men-
tioned leads in the amount of mileage
ACCEPTS PRESIDENCY Company a close secoul. These 6
leading compani- nperat 7 pci
^cent of the total mileage in 1890, and
: S7.."i per cent in 1907. T ie decrease
e3y Associated Press.i J in the percentage is accounted for by
Port An Prince. Dee. 2. People ot the increase in the number, rnd con
Charles J. Wrightstnan. Tulsa; j Port Au I iince have revolted agaiust i sequent!) in the mileage, of smaller
josepn Butler, Vinita; O. W. KiUun, the foveruinent ami an- now ii poi companies and departynentg ol rail
Grove; Oscar Hays, Webber Falls; j session of the city. There was no roaJs. an I by the inclusion at the
Fred Pfendler, Sapulpa. i fighting with i■ government troops present census of mileage operated
Fourth Congressional District. \ provisional government has been es- in Alaska and Porto It i rritorie-
O. \N. Phillips, Caney; D. N. Robb tablisbe] and General Legitime has ac- a i I c i i have been opened to the ex
Atoka; A. L. Severance. Durant; I cepted the presidency of the new ad- press business since 1S! n.
ministration. It was not thought the Distribution Of The Mileage Operated
(utbreak would occur so quickly, or 'In the number of miles covered by
voulel be successful without siiediiing express companies Texas ranks first
of a dro. of blood. among tiie states and territories, fol-
^ The pecple of Port Au Prince have lowed, in the order tianuvi, by llli-
Granite; J. O. Long, Sayre; J. 11.An- turned against Nord Alexis and the noi-. Iowa. Ohio. Pennsylvania. New
derson, Snyder. palace is surrounded by an infuriated York, and Kansas. Tliq use of steam-
mob calling upen him to leave the • it lines is mo«t extensive in Alas-
landowners like logamachv country. Almost everybody in the ka, where uatn route# furnish prac-
crowd is armed. Haitian 'women, be tlc&lly the only facilities for trans-
Washington, I). < .. Dec. 2. —-It was .-ide themselves with rage, are calling 1 11 ation. In Maine, New York,
t stated today on excellent authority that j down curses on the head of the aged Washington, and Michigan, th ■* steam-
man who was today deposed from the boat mileage is also large. Electric
presidency of the republic and hurling roods are usoj by the express com
coarse epithets at him and his family. Pauley in only 20 stales. Seventy
— — 'wo per cent of the local mileage by
YOAKUM writes letter electric lo;. s is in Oh|
in.I California. In only) lf> states^arc
interesting information relative to stage lines still use
B. Spraggins, Ardmore; Ed McKenna.
Poteau.
Fifth Congressional District.
J. F. Bishop. Chickasha; S. C
Massingale, Cordell; J. W. Ryder.
RESISTED PAYING
DOUBLE LICENSE TAX
A. Foster, John H. Brennan, II B.
McBride, Kenneth K. .McLaren,
n oniyi I«> states an
ised h.\l express com
>er ceift of .ie mile
his recommendation that legisiat
authority be given for the sale of the
segregated coal lands in the C loctaw
and Chickasaw natiens.
... . There is more than a half million
will assist in the prosecution. No non,8 f land in the.-• segregations, and
Hu* tor a hea"n« of f much of ti Is valuable for (arming par-1 the development of th<- Southwest in I
„„„„ .... I"-'-- The white P l.alatinn Ha, for i.-n >• it's. inf<irin.tr:<.n (if spe «S«- of such lines Is In th, Western
are res it enu u' k il, , wt. I • :l~ time urged this il spositi. tIf rial Imp f. < kl:.li..ir. i. U nt:iii:ed :""s- Prlneliwll) California an.l
a e residents ol Oklahoma. who <-on- |a„«| f,„- the on that. aside nun |„ , „ r .
stltute the hoard of directors of .he , lvh;;„ w.ll„.rs. h ,I.mu H •• V I i,,. , I l'r
lndla.il Territory company, me nam- w wrtar.-.,. th.- taxable are:, , n„
ed will, Barnsdall us deiendants: II. T,... ,, ,, „ , , .. ,
i in iinikins .i\< as st« .niiiy oppos- .\ot oue-iiaif of our resources hav<
ed the .sale of the surface, an-d Cliie! h.-en developed, and t'lie 09 per cent of
C.narles W Willard lames \ Sim 1 >l'' ur,a'n 'lis 'asf "'essage to the entire urea of the ITnit« d State.-
mons, James s. Glenn, M. I. Duel, A. ( l,,,";uvs jjjg • •si,",1-;''ly vigorous in lying west of the M srfoslppi river, not
C. Foucher and H F. Stillwell. nis jle,un,nation o| this pr.,position. including A a ska. , rv I by pn
1 lie Indians leai that i sell the 8111 cent, of the total railroad mileage o!
lace ' i the mine] i lands will subtract |_jj« country. A large pr portion of till
materially from their value as minim- t undevi-I med area is
\m4
The petition recites that the oil
company is engaged in the transpor
# tat ion and transmission of natural
gas through pipe line to various
points in the state, more partieularl>
in Osage and Washington counties,
and that It maintains and opcrat s
more than 60 miles of gas pipe lines
in the state.
It is alleged that this company
through Its directors or its agents,
and in particular through T N.
Barnsdall, is negotiating with cities
and towns outside the state for the
sale of natural gas and that it is
about to lay and construc t pipe lines
from the gas fields of Oklahoma ovci
the highways and roads of the state
and across the state line to connect
with other lines without the state.
It is charged that the company is
trading, dealing and trafficking in
real estate in violation of the law and
the constitution, in that it sublet*
parcels of the 680.000 acres of land
controlled in Osage county, and in
that it withholds from its sublessees
all gas privileges, and Is seeking to
negotiate and sell gas privileges u a
combination headed by T X. Barns
dall and the Standard Oil company
That Barnsdall and the Standard
company have entered into a collu
sion for the purpose of controlling all
the gas output of the state is charged.
The petition states that this alleged
combination now ocntrols 500,000
acres of gas producing land outside
Osage county and that this with the
880,000 acres in Osage county pra
ticaily constitutes the gas field of the (
s;alc.
CASH CAGED
i. By Associated Press.)
Peppercll, Mass., Dec. 2.
thousand dollars in cash was
Nevada.
Of din ::i companies' operating in
1007. 19 operate I, in only I state; of
the remaining \7, only |i operated it>
mole than 5 states awl only the <1
lending companies in more than 10
Employees. Salaries, and Wages.
Among the companies reporting In
1907. 7 departments ,«f railways
(operating 480*57 rallei) could not
segregate the data for employees and
wages from the genera,1 accounts )!
the rail:oa 1 The 27 remaining com
panics reported nfe following offfi
eers and employees, with their com
pensation: 138 general officers, with
Fourteen tion of thrifty people, will, et|ualjiros- ru..'*rs.' jlaliiiMIH?'^ °'
comprised ot
the Southwes'ii-rn states of Missouri.
Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, l.ouisi
ana and Texas, all laden wil!i fheir hid
den wealth, and when developed, ca-
pable of sustaining as dense a popula-
cured
perity, as any part of the United j
790 general-offic<
men
were professionals. Thr
a the party and although seen escap-
ng in an automobile, pll trace of them
■ as soon lost.
by burglars who ( arly today blew open states
the vault of the First Nailonal bank ' Vi,e'money required to furnish ade
here rhe thoroug and skillI with raH ,Klli.m f„(.m,ies for
which • lie work was performed has (h(. n„x, tPn _ a,.coriMnK Mr
-olivine • ! the police ti,at the burglar: Voakm,,. can nofbe conservatively esll-
mated at less than $000,000,000 a year.
and may reach $1,000,000,000. This
sum must all be furnished by private
investors, and Mr. Yoakum emphasizes
the importance of avoiding legislation
jolly johnston jollies joker which will drive private capital away
from the railroads. He says:
"I see thai some one as ruled that The splendidly built and equipped CONVENTION cONS
we have no members I the state legis railroads of America, eosting CONSERVATIVELY
lature, " aalil Henry S. Johnston, preal- 000.000, compared wit a the lmideqnatt ~
dent pro temiuxe of the senate, "but w-.uei-juys under the parsimonious pjl , „.ji| V, ' '' Washington
you let Governor Haskell and Lieu icn and methods i f our Government ... , e" 8P m'x'
tenant Governor Bellamy leave the; e.earlv illustrate the difference in ser I nan
stfiite at the same time and
c! rks. $2,7C2,50S; 29.388 local agents
$9.:*9r,.s iS; I2,r 30 local offic • clerks
$S.326,440; It..".21 drivers and deliv
ery men. $7,827,271; 9.416 other loca'
employees, $4,«r 2,018: an I S.907 mes
sengeF.-. helpers,, and guar Is. $4,.142,
024. The total number of employee?
in 1907 was 79,284. or 73.4 per cent
gr< ater than In 1890; and the tota'
wr.ge^ or salaries paid, $39,491,032, oi
141.1 per cent greater.
whether, vice to the public favorable to the rajl L'^nib"'^,0',al i".8C0pe an(l J,UI'l ose. us
dozen organizations
ope and purj
The National Riv
or not the gentleman from Perry has roads. The inadequate navigation facil ] National Ui\ersan<
not s aie sort or hold in the way of Hies of the Government clearly lore , . , f; ' ^mltl"'™ tom
official position. You are now print r ists what would happen if priv.i e eap of"(.:r' " ,J"!h '"Ilal ,C"""
ing a decision from the Supreme court nai |s forced out of railroad building crvatlon romml«iinn ^ , r "a
on Senate Hill \'o 1:1 ev 11,-i.sstv ,... commission conference witl
on Senate Hill No. 61. expressly stat through unfair and restrictive laws ii,H -i mu '/.f n!' ,wu,« '
ing the legislature al.ays in,ends to with ,> .sibllily of Government .on -j IrSnrtldS
3s are the
ranged in which much inter-
st ceir-'rs. Aside from ;iiese gather
ngs will be the convention of the Na
nal Liijuor league of America am
National League of Democratic
clubs.
The Indian Territory Illuminating r™trawise 1,a* accomplish.ed the lea' t;„ Gulf of Mexico, including Okla-. .in'meT'l),"'.''; an!!'"''''The coiwret-
Oil company was chartered in .New j 01 ovort'trntogc very spirit of gov l .nia. Kansas. New Mexico and Co.o ! is one of ' interpi, tat ion, and it seek
j e deacr'bp the resources of the Soutl
onforin to the laws, and that there is trol
n, such thing as law ceasing to exis; .Mr. Yoakum further says tlnit.
It applies in that particular case the Texas coastal canal would furnish tin ' •
same as all others. There is ever an main artery of commerce to be fed by 11>
officer for the position specified in the the rivers and railroads, not only in
organic law. and whosoever dreams Texas, but for the country tributary t
Jersey in 1901. A copy of the charter ' lhis every ther state rado.
is on file with the secretary of state i w* ha\c officeis. and there is no such 0 tjlal ,|, W|10|tl Nation understand'
of Oklahoma. H. V. Foster of Bos- thing as having no state legislative STATISTICS ON EXPRESS AFFAIRS |„ comi.o rcia! possibilities of I
ton' is president, and M. F. Stillwell 1'IT<-"lber^ other officials whose .euth One, hundred of the Souths
of Bartlesville, secretary and treas- 'uues aie distinctly specified. I ndei Washington. D. ('. Dec J —The Mil- ading < -mmercial associations wil
urer. The company's Oklahoma heaa- stand. it is not ot grave importance at i-ean of the Census has just issued a < iul d .'gates and business men fron
quarters is at Bartlesville. This com*|-^'8 time, and may nen er be. but one; report giving the results of the sec- ,n parts <d' the
pany succeeds Edward B. Foster, who j s«ife proposition to be handed di wn is ond census of the express business. The National Conservation^cwiimls
secured the original lease, which cov-! that under no condition can there be a Tne statistics presented cover th. sion will meet in conference with tin
ered the entire Osage reservation. An lapse of law enforcing or lawmaking ot fiscal year ending .lime P.O. IO117 (e\ overnor-! of states beginning Dec s
act of congress later reduced the ! ftotals tin this or any other state. A1 r-ept in the case of a few report: The Coui,< il of Commerce whict
holdings to 080.000 acres. This com- reports to the o ntrary are made with which cover the calendar year), ana „as inaugurated by Secrelarv Strau
prlics practically the entire gas pro I out proper conception of the intent ot relate to those express companies ; :!<?| De.-en,ber. will meet on Dec ie
ducing area of Osage county. law. And, after all. intent lias much which forward freight and valuables sixty commercial bodies in the leadine
All developed lands In the nation to do with all legal matters." over some steam, electric, water, or ; nic ; < f the united Stat-3 will be ron
were in 1900 leased for a term of ten! Senator Johnston laughingly added stage line, and which do business in nt. <1. Scr-iarv Straus emnhasi/eri
years, over protests of the Osage In- ; that a state w ich can not afford t more than one town A brief review (jle faot ,jia) |j,,.(,UKi, 1 hjs oru-'n/'-ii i'"
The supreme court this morning in
a unanimous opinion granted a writ
of habeas corpus to I W. Unger, of
Chandler, who was sentenced to
thirty days in jail by the police judge
of ('handler for at? alleged violation
of an occupation tax ordinance. Ui
4cr was ordered imprisoned for rt
fusing 10 pay his tine and was givei
over to the custody of the city mat
shal. He gave bond and appealed hi
case to the supreme court, alleging
that he was being illegally held.
The Chandler city council passed
an occupation tax on auctioneers and
contractors. A painter working b>
the day was charged a tax of $0 a
year under the ordinance and a con-
tractor $20 a year—1'nger was ar-
rested 0ti the charge of violating the
ordinance for taking a contract to
paint a house, after he had alreadj
;>aid the $0 license fee as a painter,
'he charge being that in performing
work under contract he became a
contractor.
The supreme court in passing upon
the case held that Unger was not
really doing contract work and that
it was only "an odd job," bill held
that under -the legisaltlve powers
granted to cities by the legislature
I he term "contractors" in an oceupa
Hon tax ordinance is not sufficiently
generic to cover "persons doing con
tract work." The court held llr.it
that part of the occupation tax ordi-
nance seeking to impose a tax on
'persons doing contract work" was
void. The syllabus of the opinion fol
lows:
A grant by the legislature of taxing
lower to a iminicipal corporation is
to be strictly construed and any fair
'y reasonable doubt concerning the
■xistence of such power is resolved
by the courts against the corporation
md the power is denied. All acts be-
ond the scope of the power granted
ire void.
2. The power is granted by the
legislature to a city of the first class
o levy by ordinance an occupation
tax on "contractors;" held, that tin
term is not sufficiently generic to
♦over "persons doing contract work"
md that that part of an ordinance
■seeking to levy such tax on "person?-
lolng contract work" is Illegal and
/old. *
3 Habeas corpus will lie lo dis
harge a petitioner restrained of his
liberty by virtue of a conviction
based upon a void ordinance.
\RKANSAS R|lVER
THREATENS FUNE BLUFF
confidential and dangerous, and havi
not yet I een found.
colorado cattle caught
ACQUIRED LEASE THROUGH
ROOSEVELT'S ASSISTANCE
| said:
"l\
(Bv Associated Pres*.)
Denver, Colo., Dec. 2. -Thousands 01
cattle on ranges in Colorad are report
ed to be starving with the prospec
there will be unprecedented loss t
cattlemen during the wiinter wlii<!
opened early and has caught a majorl
ty of the stockmen unprepared. Feed
is selling at almost prohibitive prices in
range districts, hay now bringing
twenty-five to thirty d lairs per 1011 ( .
in the Arkansas valley and Park range '
districts. ' company
fields ha
MARRIED IN ABANK
Eddy. Ten., Dec. 2 A. B. Smith, of ^
Oklahoma, and Miss Bessie Pentacost,
who lives near Bell Falls, about eight
miles south « t here, were married in
the Bank of Eddy, Rev. M M. Morphis
officiating.
At I o'cl ck Mr. Smith appeared on
1 he street in search of a minister, lie
had but a short time in which to catch
t ie northbound train, the depot was
full of people, also the stores, and tin
question of where the ceremony might
be performed was discussed quietly
The bank seemed the m st likely place
and when application was made to the
man behind the grating, he agreed
When the ceremony was performed,
Mr. and Mrs. Smith took tin north-
bound train for Ada, Okla.. where they
wi l make their future home.
v. Morphis said after the wedding
that he had been marrying people for
thirty years, thai he had married them
in a variety f places, in depots, in
stores, in public places, in churches, in
the middle of the road, but that he had
never before married a couple in a
bank.
Pawhuska on behalf <
against the Indian To
nating Oil company 1
>rv Illumi-
or Haskell
he
time
ie company
making fair ia < We don't
to this fact but we do know
history of the Standard Oil
1 li 4 eastern g is
demand a fancy
price tor u.is after they completely
monopolize its control and production
I heretore this company should not
be permitted to monopolize the gas
tor use within this state, nor he per-
mitted to pipe it outside the state.
By the assistance and co-operation
It tills Standard
secured a monopoly
• as if was
>f President K
Oil ofT-shoot ha
of this gas field. In
possible for the 111
but
• •lit
aid
borh
county attorney of
ceunty and the uovernor are
niphatlc in their belief that the
president's grant to a foreign cor-
porn Hon of interest to real estate in
Oklahoma is void and ' > (t |„, at.
tempt to monopolize the ■-duc-
llon is also in violation 1 vs
and constitution of our
This Is the same con
President Roosevelt ^
lease 011 (180,000 acres
nation. Tin- governor's investigation
•aIs- showed him that tills company
had retained the gas rights in every
sublease the* 1...,! made of the oil
privileges; iliat this same company
has also, with the knowledge and co-
operation of President Roosevelt, ac-
quired 1 he gas rights on nearly one-
hall' million acres in tho Cherokee
and Creek nations.
Tile result would be that this Stan-
dard OH agency would in fact control
and monopolize the natural gas pro.
duct ion.
It is also true, as confirmed by the
governor's Investigation, that Barns-
dall has promised the city council of
Louis to ig Oklahom. gas to
'"hat clt\ Barnsdall relies upon his
abi ty to have the United States
court override the Oklahoma consti-
tution and laws
heretofore d
forts on th
ompan.v to
Hie governor has
iliree separate ef-
ae Standard Oil
ipe line across
our state Ii 11« and will make the
fight ol his life to defqat this effort
af the Barnsdall company.
dians. Nearly all the company's keep Its official-roster complete is en* 11 the history of the express business
holdings are sublet and the subles- j 1 itied to same little criticism, especially j in this country is followed by ;i state
sees do the developing. It Is claim-! when such roster is without cost to the ment of the principal functions ot
ed that the Indian Territory com- taxpayers, or such cost already paid. j,lle companies and the usual form
pany had made only a small invest
ment.
The Pawhuska Oil & Gas company
is the only sublessee that is allowed
to open new territory, ine company
pays a royalty of $100 per year for
each well and one-eighth of the pro-
duction to the Indians and receives
royalties from sublessees of one-fifth
to one-sixth of the production.
CITING CENTENARY CEREMONIES
With the view of Oklahoma taking
its place in the front with a fitting
observance of February 12th, 1909,
the centennial of the birth of Abra-
ham Lincoln, our martyred President,
Oovernor Haskell has appointed a
committee of five of the leading cit-
izens from each of the five congres-
sional districts, with Judge Jesse J.
Dunn as chairman, to devise a plan
for a statewide observance of the
day. The object is to hold memorial
services and to form a state Lincoln
centenary committee, to co-operate
with the Lincoln Farm association in
the preservawon or tne Lincoln birth-
place farm as a national memorial.
The movement has been heartily en-
dorsed by the late ex-President
(Irover Cleveianc., President Roose-
velt and President-elect W 11. Taft.
The Association lias raised some-
thing more than $100,000 of the
needed funds, but about $80,000 rtiore
is required to complete all the work
and provide for a future mainten-
ance. More than 80,000 people have
already contributed. The deficit is
to be raised, if possible, from the
rank and file of the American peo-
ple at the centennial celebration in
donations from 25 cents, upward.
Chairman Dunn In a few days will
issue a call for the committee to
meet. The persounel of the commit-
teemen follow:
First Congressional District.
W. L. Eagleton, Pawnee; Fi'ank
of their contracts with carriers
stealing steel Development Since 1890.
STALKERS STAKE SAVINGS |:,07 mere were 31 express com
! panics as compared with 18 in 1890.
Chicago, 111., Dec. 2.—An increase of !0,ll-v 10 of ,hc companies reporting in
$750,000 a month in wages, the re-em ;wore in existence under the
pi vmeivt of 3.000 workmen w<ho hav< , ssime name in 1907; the remaining 8
been Idle ti r more than a year, an 1 th< mpftnlw have gone out of bui It
employment on full time of n.oot. 1 ;™ve been absorbed by other compan-
ethers who ave ibeen working only j jl's or are operating under
half and thdrd time are things expect na™t8'
ed to materialize at the big South Chi ! 0 ,olal oxlm'a8 mileage
cago works of the Illinois Steel e 111 I
pany by Jan. I.
Open hearth mill No. 1, which ha
other
has in-
reased from 174,059 miles to 235,-
I 0.j miles, a gain of 35.5 per cent
i itoth the mileage operated over rail-
been closed down for fifteen months |
was started up today and 250 men put j
to work there. Other parts of the plant j
Icii have long been idle will be open-
ed gradually.
F run r employes are being given tin
preference by the company in recruit
ing its force to prosperity strength.
Most of its workmen live in South Chi-
cago.
The cause of this resumption of sus-
pended activities ct the steel mills n
found in the quickening demand ail
over the country) f r steel rails and
structural steel.
KILLS SELF AT OKLAHOMA.
Special to Daily Leader.
Oklahoma- City, Okla., Dec. 2,-rrMrfc
Dei via 11 finxMer, siged 20, killed heraeif
hbre by taking strychnine. Sue left 2
WEATHER FORECAST.
(By Associated Press.)
Chicago, 111., Dec. 2.—Fair and
warmer tonight; Thursday warmci
with -increasing cloudiness and rain 01
snow.
The little daughter of Mr and Mrs.
Sam Smith Is very ill with pneu-
monia.
.•oads and that operated over water
lines show large gains, the former
laving increased from 160,122 to 216,-
>37, or 35.5 per cent, and me latter
from 10,882 to 17,796, or 03.5 per cent.
A large part of the gain in steamboat
nileage is attributable to the exten-
iion of the express business into
Alaska. The company operating in
Alaska and between Alaska and Sen -
ile was unable to segregate itd coast-
wise mileage from the ocean mileage
operated. Ocean mileage is not in-
cluded in the reports of the other
companies. There has been a de-
crease from 3,055 to 1,134 in the
mileage operated ov^r stage lines,
due to the abandonment of such lines
upon the construction of railroads in
territory hitherto accessible only by
stage.
Ninety-one per cent of the total
mlleag^ in 1907 is operated over
steam railroads, *7.5 over steamboat
lines, nine-tenths of 1 per cent over
electric roads, and five-tenths of 1
per cent over stage lines. Fourteen
companies report tae use of electric
roa.is for express transportation; and
of these, 5 operating 205.30 miles, use
such roads exclusively.
The Leading Companies.
In 1907 as In 1890 the express com-
panies was dominated by tho follow
ing 6 companies: Adams, American,
Pacific, Southern, United States, and
through this organizalioi
2cmmereial interests can be advisee
fd trade opportunities abroad, and
hat the business departments of im
Government can keep in touch with
trade expansion. The council seeks
he establishment of a permanent bu
tenu here te keep in touch with the do
irrtments of the Government having
io do with commercial affairs in ordei
'hat the department may £ommunicat(
to the special interests it is intended
reacii important matters not now
publish'd because of their confidentifo
nature.
The National Rivers and Harbors
congress will be in session Dec. ! to
11. The convention will plan its cam
• aign boone the congress for the es
U'blishment by the Federal Govern
ment of .t permanent and comprehen
sive polic of water improvement
I'01 this object it will urge the appro
I riation ct fifty million dollars.
judgi juggles joyfully
Ada. Okla.. Dec. 2.—County Judge
lerrell rendered a decision which will
largely aid the officers in securing
actual prohibition enforcement, as Ch
m in who conveys a vial of illicit goods
around on his pers 11 will understand
that he Is as guilty as the whisky j>ed
dler who sold it to him.
In the case in question it developed
on the trial thtt the defendant had
purchased a pint of whisky from n
tranger in the roar of a building 011 a
ide street in Ada, placed the same in
his pocket and proceeded to go down
Main street to a point where he was
placed under arrest by the she-riff.
The trial was before the court, the
lefendant having waived a jury, ami
(By Associated Press.)
Pine Bluff, Ark.. Dec. 2.—The Arkan-
sas river reached the stage of twenty-
hree feet early today and is rising
"apidlv. The bank of tihe river in the
•ear of the Jefferson hotel and county
•oitrt house began falling Int the river
11 large sections this morning. The
jourt house annex has been vacated bj
officials, who consider the building un
?afe.
GERMANS PREDICTED
FAURE'S DEMISE
Paris, Dec. 2.—The government has
uccessf. :ly staved off a parliameiMa-
•y inquirv into the way the police have
andled tho Steinheil case, but pub-
ic interest is centered wholly in the
olitical mystery. The name of Felix
"aure and theories of his murder are
?n every lip, while the murdered paint
r and his mother-in-law are almost
orgotten.
In La Llberte Henri Deschamps
piotes a resident of the Impasse Ron-
1, who from his window saw the
ody ot Felix Faure carried from the
teinheil house by two men, one hold-
ng tho head, the other the feet, and
if ted into a carriage which had wait-
d for an hour in front of the llluniin-
ud house. Others relate that Faure
Ms not dead until laid out upon the
table in the secretary's room at tho
-lysoe, where a priest gave absolution
n extremis and doctors were sunimon-
d to draw up the ambiguous death cer-
tificate.
The political nature of the crime
which removed Faure is no longer
I lost foiled. The Eclaire states that
nontli before his death the German
mbassy predicted the death of this
man, who stood in the? way o( resusrec-
tion of tho Dreyfus case and named
Loubct as his successor. Tho very
olson given is no longer a secret
The I'j i is Journal explains that Mme.
Steinheil'H services in executing this
rime insured her long Immunity for
die assassination of her husband and
mother. It was only in spite of the
•olice authorities and by reason of her
iwn folly that die was ever arrested.
Already the government organs
re assorting that this woman of blood j
DECIDES PAVING CASE
The syllabus of the oplnieyn handed
lown by the Su|ireme court in tlie cast
of Mails C. Paulson vs. City of El lieno
■I al.. appealed from the District cour;
>f Canadian c unty:
1. Whenever, in a city of the first
doss, the properly owners on an\
street or part of a street of not less
than two thousand feot in length, b>
petition signed by a majority of such
property wners, request the city cemn
II to pave such street, or part thereof
witill any material used for stuudurd
paving, to be designated in such peti-
tion, 'it then and there becoming the
duty of the city council to proceed t«
pave such street, or part thereof, ii
accordance with the pnayer of suol
petition, it (being provided by statute
that no resolution or notice of such In
tent ion to pave, or publication thereof.
shall be necessary. It is not requires
that saich improvement shall he direct
ed and made under an 1 irdinance.
2. When 1 majority of the proper* >
owners on any street or part of r.
street of not less than two thousand
feet in length, have duly petitioned t'n<
city council of a city of t.he first cias
ti. pave such street, or pari thereof
with material use I for standard paving
designating the same, and sahl eounci
having proceeded to pave such stree
in accordance with the prayer e>f suol
petition, 110 resolution or notice of in
tent ion to pave,, -r publication thereof
being required, such improvement wil
not be restrained, or tihe power e>
equity permitted to lie intvoked, to steq
such improvement, on account of h*
regularities in the procedure subsc
quetit t. the presentation e>f the peti
tion as provided by law. when there h
neither any allegation nor proof a> t'
fraud, or that the party complaining
sustains any specific injury on ac
count-thereof, or that there was reasoi
to believe that there w 11 Id have beei
a less bid for such paving—especially
w'hen the complainant never protester
against said contract or sought to have
such irregularities e r defects remedied
corrected or amended before said
council, and afterwards stood by anc
permitted the o infractor, without warn
ing or -protest, to -prexreed under said
contract or undertaking, prejudicing
OUTLINE IECI5UW POUCf
improvement. j
a PREDICTS BUSINESS SESSION reeeotatives and senwtorwiHMrt to 1 he
I Second legislative assembly here yes*
D I terday, held in response 'n a call is-
Repiesentatives \\ K Gilmer and sUO(1 by State Chairman .I
John It. Whayne, both of Carter
drowned in creek.
Special to Dally Leader.
Tulsa. Okla . Dec. 2.—While attempt-
ing t ford Little Hear creek, up fre>ni
the heavy rains, .lames McFall. a well-
to-do farmer, was drowned near Perl-
ton. Okla. His son. who was with him
in the buggy escaped.
oklahoma OIL SUPPLY
Tulsa, Ok.. Dec 2- Oklahoma, ac-
xrdiug to statistics compiled from
month to month. Is. every month,
producing more oil than all the rest
>f the country combined. Wiih legal
technicalities removed, whereby ihe
entire state could he developed. It
s claimed It would not be long un-
til oklahoma would be producing suf-
ient (di to supply the entire world.
During the months of summer when
there was a (dash over the question-
>f compelling the St.. <1 1 1 Oil com-
•any to take out a sta barter, the
)il business suffered, for the- Stand-
ird Oil company could 1101 complete
needed pipe lines. In the last two
months, however, or since a truce
was patched up in this official war,
additional pipe lines have been built,
and in every section of the oil belt
there has been increased activity.
While the great Glenn pool shows
evidence of a gradual slump, other
promising fields are being opened and
the general production is 011 the in-
crease.
speeches were made by
county w..,-.. <a|,ltal city visitors, seller, or Alva; Omar K
and each had much to say o Inter. C. U. Jon,«, of Oklahom-,
est concerning the next egislatlve , „ |lu|,
session Mr, Gilmer, by the way a r\.,ltV .- r.,-i,„ . i
receptive -candidate foi speaker, and,! ' ' '
in event of a deadlock, might prove
formidable, coming from a section j
long improved and well organized.
"Almost every one ym meet has a' *V
bundle of Ideas about the coming ... .. . a
legislative session," said Mr. Cillnter. lll,we- A'*l '''' Senators truest B.
.1. P. Calhoun, of Wagone; ; Robert J.
Dixon, of Weleetka; Geo. O. Heim, of
Mound; Isaac .1; bs, of Muldrow; S.
Murphy, of HMtnond; John S.
•tirer. i f Logan, and .1. .1 Sullivan,
■m- .|.„.g ma. mis woman or uioou Ilfl. ,. mil,lhmu, .... Chapman, jof Tonkawa, and Frank M.
.nil Intr ;rite is mad. Her family are |„.Kjsia,w||| |„, Hke'lv m revise t'";vllle. .Mustang; National Commlttoe-
•Ib and 'r °' "l"8 hyi,0t,,,r i Sny «} the ILrmer measures. ' That ' « Will-
Is and relate many early eccentri. ;u 1 1. .1 Lam Hush v. of South .McAlester: John
cltl«« M ,J „ I. "f^'itne seSBlon will he one whero'radlcal 1:1111 "1,sl,v ■,llf Suml1 McAle«ter; John
^il ear, h worms and^l'fe ^wa^s I ^ ^ '! °' —
mad^to' end d^b V,IU ,b0 me'. •1"<l |)<'i'ha|is"th^t^enUnient can I negro is killed.
Z „ Scamlal by placl"K he announced as general. Your ml- .
i?v i,.,, !, u'use norlty predictions are not different Oklahoma Cit.y, Okla., Dec. 2. Her-
Everywhere one touches ihe story;from „,,, lls|la, i,.llnlp^,in* of help- man Unckner. negro, wh.^ it U charged,
, !™. If .h 7' . „er sa "" I?®8 Iw solons, all largely due to the Re-' «h<" ami klllcl "scar Rollins, i negro,
InH h . , « kn"W" Polltl publican members desiring In coil- i Friday night. arrested hea^e today,
and the most influential men, among vl„C(, ,h„lr runstituems thev an. of > * unllefl to ;. reuse In Butt Ok-
(..hers£ Emanuel Areni'. the young an« sunle vahie lo the state, mid win ■ Jnboma'Uhy!«>,v A,dQ Hudson, a tiegro,
powerful senator from Corsica. La aillmm, lo no morP the personal who turned Idm <>. u the sheriff.
Pa r e 'tales that two days after the l1.,lverUsinft secured by such manlfes- —
muiders cf Steinheil and Myne. .lapy i m-blunderlngs.
he young senator was removed to an1 m, have met many of the mfimbera
Judge Terrell, after hearing" the' j lcweT quirk"™' ™ d0a,h fo'-1°f ^ assembly and believe we can
iler.ee. found the deremlnnt ..un., ,.i m I . ... ... slate this will be a hardworking. — ... ..
moving intoxicating Honor tnm, ™ , L, ii i j'lif1''8 0 , Po1"lc01. business session. The lobby will be : art. residing near this ciky. was shot
part of the state f Okltbone. ! .l-ollce Is lo und the many letters writ- unpopular and whoever thinks he t ami fatally w unded today on a road
other as cha ued i. ^1 n '. t0,' V",'' : '"' r 'o Margueri,,. steinheil can gway the members by lobby i near his
am -.ssesse l' his ... t.h.n . ! l^" ,wo ypars of ,hp,r «-'l" ln- bluff will meet with nulck dlslllu,
and assessed his punishment at thirty!lance. One package was found coil- ment
days in jai. and a fine of $«.j. | t itling: of love letiera and personal
notes, bu* other letters in which tli«
man S - • * lawton.
Special to Daiiy Leader.
Lawton. Okla., Dec. 2.-
-A. II Stew-
ae-qualn- hluff will meet with quick disillusion-J
Lyeiick Named Regent.
J. D. Lydick, of Shawnee, was t day
Councilman R E Ovprinn iu . . .. i T". ",,,v;u ",T i«> the District court today the di appointed regent of the State universi-
1 "i!u , kL,V suffer-| ^nireiate s events leading up to Vorce case of Dui>iig vs. Durllng ty at Norman, vice A. J. Ri. ten house.
ne ui 'ytus revision are extremely was set for trial for December lOih. j who resigned ou account of il'l-Uealth.
ing with a badly sprained ankle.
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