The Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 58, Ed. 1 Tuesday, June 28, 1904 Page: 3 of 8
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THE OKLAITOUA STATE CAPITAL, TUESDAY MORXIXO. JUXE ;s, innt.
"r
if
MAY HAVE BEEN
MURDERED
r
Chicago Man Dies in Pecul-
iar Manner.
1
IS FOUND UNCONSCIOUS
Alleged to Have Said He Was
Struck by a Policeman-Taken
to Jail as a "Drunk"-True
Condition Discovered.
6pecial Dispatch to the State Capital.
Oklahoma City, June 27.—W. D.
Richardson, of Chicago, who has spent
the past month in Oklahoma gather-
ing data for a write-up of the terri-
tory in Bonds and Stocks, a financial
publication issued at Chicago, died at
the Baptlat sanitarium here last night,
under circumstances that will bear
the fullest investigation.
It is said that Richardson was
drunk Friday afternoon. Several have
Biated that they saw him in this condi
tion. About 12 o'clock last flight he
was found In front of a restaurant op
poslte the postofflce and taken to the
Illinois hotel. At the time he was
found it is said his case was given in
at the pc Mce headquarters as a "com-
mon drunk/' but that he was in such
condition that a physician was nece«
nary. On examine.'.'on it was found
that he was injur *d, a wound being
found on the back of his neck. Whetn-*
er he was .struck I v some one or
whether he fell on the sidewalk is the
question that carries the mystery
which warrants the fullest investiga-
tion. whiffy will be made. It is said
that Richardson did not become con-
scious until 9 o'clock Saturday morn-
ing and when asked how he was hurt
said a policeman struck him " '
county and discussed the question of n
council convention. It wan decided to
hold the convention at ICintltaher on the
9th of August and to give the two coun-
ties the calm- representation ax at the
territorial convention. This will give «' -
nadtan county 17 votes and Kingrtsher
15 votes.
Want Cooper Removed.
Special Dispatch to the State Capital.
Enid, June 27.—The depositors of the
defunct Cltixenn bank, of this city, are
after the official scalp of Paul F. Cooper,
territorial bank examiner. A petition is
being quietly circulated among the de-
positors of the bank, asking Governor
Ferguson to remove Mr. Cooper, and re-
nin* the fact that Mr. Cooper Is said to
lave acknowledged that the bank was
insolvent last July, when It was last ex-
amined. The petition says: "The com-
missioner Is not competent, ot ix lacking
In that high degree of integrity required
of public officials In the discharge of his
dutv or he was. in the caso of the «'itl-
xena bank, of Enid, criminally negligent
os bank commissioner."
ie petition Is being signed by every
depositor to whom It is presented, anil
111 be forwarded early n<-xt week. This
Is the same bank through which Harry
Pentecost lost his position.
Land Certificates Withheld.
Special Dispatch to the State Capital.
Muskogee. I. T.. June 27.—The Dawes
commission received an order tinlay to
Withhold the certificates from allottees
Whose allotments nirlude any of the land
on which there are improvements which
wore owned by the Cherokee asylum for
orphans until the allottees pay for the
said Improvements. About a year ago the
orphan asylum burned and the home was
moved to another part of the nation.
There were many Improvements uslde
BACKACHE AND DIZZINESS. COW COUNTRY
Host of the Ailments Peculiar to the Female
are Due to Catarrh of the Pelvic Organs.
Sex
NO MORE
|
THE REASON WHY
You should buy your
The \ alue of the Improvements will run
into the thousands of dollars ami the In-
dian agent is instructed to see that the
proper officers of the asylum get the
money for the Improvements before the
allottees get their certificates.
Shot from Ambush.
Special Dispatch to the State Capital.
Denison, Tex., Jnno 27.—Watt Ashley, a
prominent farmer residing about three
miles east of Checotah. 1. T.. was called
outside of his house last night about 10
o'clock and shot through the heart, the
bullet entering Just below the left nipple
and coming out near the backbone. The
person who did the shooting Is unknown.
Mr. Ashley is one of the ftfofftlnent citi-
zens o' the country and a prominent mem-
ber of the Antl-IlorseThief association
and hits been vigorous in assisting in the
prosecution of horse thieve, which is be-
lieved to have been the reason why his
assassination was attempted.
To Develop Oil and Asphalt.
Specie! Dispatch to the State Capital.
. . Ardmore. I. T.. June 27.—Capitalists and
witnesses are being held for the in- rspreM-ntutives of capitalists of Memphis.
niif.Kt in the morning and until their Term.. Who are heavily Interested in oil
qiHBl 111 ine morn ug. auu ;infJ asphalt land, are in the Chickasaw
testimony is heard the most rename IIHtlon wlth a V|ewfl it is said, of develon-
information can not be secured. At i ing the lands on an extensive scale, it is
this time, however, the case seems to given out that the Memphis parties will
be shrouded in mystery, and it is hard '""*"
Several |
WOMEN WHO SUFFER.
Listen to What Dr. Hartman Proposes
Do for Vou Without
Charge.
Doubtless hur.dee-ls of thousands of
women all over the I'nlted States have
seen Dr. Hartman's ofTer In the papers-
how he has undertaken to treat every
woman suffering with any form uf
female disease who will write to him,
free of charge.
To those who have not heard of tills it
may be said that Dr. Hartman Is a phy-
sician and surgeon of great renown in
medical circles, especially in the treat-
ment of those diseases which women
alone have to fear.
Ho has arranged to answer all letters
that are sent to him from women
troubled with any form of female weak-
ness, free of ch'trge. giving the benefit
of knowledge which has cost him forty
years to accumulate.
* The medicines he prescribes are with-
in the reach of any woman, and she can
get ihem at any drug store.
All she is required to do Is to send her
name and address, together with her
symptoms, duration of .-sickness and age.
Address Dr. S. B. Hartman. President
of the Hartman Sanitarium. Columbus, <1.
Mrs. P. Schug. corner L ike ,and Orange
Streets. Appleton, Wis., writes:
"Before my daughter was born I suf-
fered with intense backaches and a
very tired wornout feeling, and felt that
I must take something to sustain my
strength. So many of my friends had
used Peruna and prals<^l it so highl;
that 1 decided to try a bottle or two.
found to my great relief that It reduced
my backache and really strengthened
uie In a wonderful manner under t|v
circumstances."—Mrs. P. Schug.
Catarrh of one organ Is exactly the
same as catarrh of any other organ
What will cure catarrh of the head will
also cure catarrh of Mhe pelvic organs.
Peruna cures these cases simply because
tires the catarrh.
'e have on tile many thousand testl
menials like the ones given here. W>
only give our readers a slight
glimpse of the vast array of unsolicited
endorsements we are receiving every
month. No other physician In
world has received such a volunu
enthusiastic and grateful letters
thanks as Dr. Hartman for Pernua.
t a $50,000 plant within the next slxty-
ivs near Woodford for the purpose of
fining asphalt, and that oil wells will be
nk in the vicinity of Ardmore.
to tell what will be deducted from the
coroner's inquest. The inquest was to
hav-i been held this afternoon, but
owing to the inability of the county
attorney to secure some important wit-
nesses ii was decided to postpone thQ
JnqueBt until 10 o'clock in the morning.
WAS A COOL SUNDAY.
Special Dispatch to the State Capital.
Oklahoma City. June 27.—Sunday (,raft and c,e(
■was a cool#day in Oklahoma City The ,|on,; J. c. Wright, vh
Tain of Saturday continued all through
the night and most of the day yester-
day. A keen, penetrating wind begap
enrly In the forenoon and the atmos-
phere at once became cool. The ther-
mometer sank to about the 50 mark
and stayed there. Many, overcoats
could be seen and fires were a com-
mon thing where the occupants were
fortunate enough not to have taken
their stoves down. No serious results
came from the immense fall of water
here this time with the exception that
the police headquarters were again re-
moved to the city clerk's office.
OA8TORIA.
Bears the /} Kind You Have Ala.iys Bouglit
Craft Oil Well.
Special Dispatch to the State Capital.
Shattuck. Ok.. June :7. The stockhold-
ers of the Craft Coal Oil company m t at
cted David Sehultz. pros!
e-president; O. E
Null, secretary; K. A. Moody, treasurer,
and Chas. Swlndall. attorney. It was de
elded to place $50,000 of stock on the mar-
ket at 10 per cent and devote the proceeds
to drilling further In the 376-?oot hole and
nt other places. The outlook is very en-
couraging.
Creek Allotment Destroys
Pastures and Meadows
WILL GKOW CROP'S INOW
Drugs,
%
Paints, Oils, Stationery and £
Druggist Sundries of
| Renfros Drug Store 1
Removal of Restrictions will Re-
sult in Breaking Out Pastures,
• and the Cowman Must
Move Again.
Special Dispatch to the
Muskof. .1 T Jin
nation Wits once the «,<
the south wes
and I
lined
It 1
t pus tun
Hut the present seast
of the cattle season
the Creek pastuivs
,• ato?ii poods will bJ
his spring and sum
ost not let
hie
MRS. M. BRICKNER.
Mrs. Brickner's Remarable Re-
covery Due to Peruna. ,
99 Eleventh Street,
Milwaukee, Wis.
••A short time ago I found my condition
very serious. I had headaches, pains In
the back, and frequent dl«y «P« J*
grew worse every month. I tried two
remedies before Peruna. and was dis-
couraged when I took the first o«, bu
my courage soon returned. In less tnan
two monthi health was restored."-
many failures to
similar '" ' 11 •
'disc
Brickner.
The re;i
cure ease
'act that
leculiar to t n «•
female sex are
lot commonly
recognized as 1, .
log caused by c.ilnrrh.
catarrh wherever located.
FEMALE TROUBLE
NOT RECOGNIZED
AS CATARRH.
~ I'ei una cures
Visitors at the Fair.
Oklahoma Sarah Iv Snow. El Reno; J.
r Howell. Skeedee; Win. Cipher. Chilocco;
IV 11 Dlld iy. Wichita Eagle; S. B. May-
hew. l'err . Mrs. J. M. Gross. Mona; Clyde
Miller. Mulhall; Wm. Neely. Enid. J II.
McDonald. Alva; II. E. I,ee. Oklahoma
City; K. S. Sawyer. Caddo; A.I. Hendricks,
Newkirk; Chas. C. Post, Oklahoma City;
Jennie Spltler. Yukon. Milton Rhodes and
■wife. Lawton; Mr. and Mrs. J. 1'. Becker,
Medford; I'earl M. Linn, Lena M. IJinn,
Shawnee; Wm. wiev ig. Alva; Mrs. Fred I
AY Edcnds. Helena; J E. P.-nner an.I I
Wife. Etta .!>. Dale. it. .] Harbour. El
Iteno; J. R. Carter. Mrs. .1 S. Corlev. Vir-
ginia Corlev, W W. Griffin. J. 8. Jenkins
end wife, ii Mitchell, Oklahoma City, Roy
C. Smith. Norman; John Goltry. Okla-
homa Citv; Mi as Edith McKav. Shawnee;
lailo Ma. Wray. Elk City: A. D. W. issen-
herger. Maggie M. Weisenberger. Enid; W.
3:. Welch and wife. Hobart; David Lee and
wife. Enid; Dr. E. B. Miller. Wakita- O.
V. Phillips. Shawnee; Miss Mvrtle Mo-
Ray. El Reno; T. E. Dwver. Oklahoma;
A F Ruenting, Coyle; E. C. Hamilton
end family. Oklahoma City; W. D Fos-
pett. Guthrie; C. M Cade. Shawnee; R S
Mayhew. Perry; Alice Boyd. Prof, and
Mrs. D. It. Boyd. Norman; J It. Vincent,
Morrison; John Miller, Okl/ihoma City.
Indian Territory -Lou Conner. T. A.
Chandler. <I). Neville. W. II Dar-
lough. Vinita; Fred Schacht, W. F. Ram-
ie ndu hi. B. Bracken. Bob Taylor, Tom
walklnahaw. Reginald Reyes. D. F. Dic-
key. II 11. Bell. H. B. Spaulding John
ji Benedict. Wm. M. Mlllette, Edna
Block. Wm. T Hutchlns. Luke Smith,
Muskogee. 1'. L. Loper, II. F Smith. C.
II Collins. Vinita; Annie Sevier. Webber
Falls; Jas Elliott. Krebs; E. G. Borton.
j>ewev; orena Brown. Boynton; Rosanna
Homage. Alta Hickman. Spencer Gray,
lenora Gray. Alice Thornton. Glare Wal-
lace, Minnie Reuse. Tahlequah; Wm. II.
II. Clayton. W. 1' Freeman. J. M. Bell,
Ed J. Fennln. South McAlester; Thos.
King. dsud Gentry, William Holmes.
Kenneth Walker. Sam Conner, Solomon
Cronner. Frank Prophet. Earl Jemlson,
Frank Whitener. Ed word Bluejacket. Ja-
cob Walker. Claude Walker. Frank Bear(
Joe Sacte. Roy Zaur, Charley Clarke, Wy-
andotte.
Rural Free Delivery.
Special Dispatch to the Stale Capital.
Washington. June 27.—Rural free de-
livery routes will be established August 1
us follows:
Oklahoma— Glencoe. Payne county:
length of route. 24 3-4 miles, area covered
23 square miles; population served. 140;
number of houses on route, 110. Snyder
Kiowa county; length of route. 25 miles;
area covered, 26 square miles; population
served, 432; number of houses on route.
106.
Normal Institute at Snyder.
Special Dispatch to the State Capital.
Snyder. Okie.. June 27.—Over one hun-
dred teachers of Kiowa county are in at-
tendance at the normal being held in
Snyder. An efficient corps of instructors
are in charge and the normal is meeting
with great success. The visiting teach-
ers are well pleased with the entertain-
ment they ore receiving from Snyder
people.
Railroad Payroll at Snyder.
Special Dispatch to the Stale Capital.
Snyder. Okla., June 27.—Yesterday was
payday on the railroads converging In
Snyder, and the local payroll'has reached
a size to make this an important monthly
evnet. Several thousand dollars passed
into the hands of the railroad employes
on the different divisions running out of
Snyder and the business of the merchants
is proportionately brisk.
Crow-Monroe.
special Dispatch to the State Capital.
Norman, Okla., June 27. -Ray Crow, a
member Of the faculty of Armour insti-
tute. In Chicago, was married today to
Miss Florence Monroe. Both are gradu-
ates of Oklahoma university. Following
the ceremony the couple left for Chicago.
Asher Editor Marries.
Special Dispatch to the State Capital.
Asher. Okla . June 27.- Thomas R. Mc-
Cabe. editor of the Altruist In lit. city,
wan united In marriage with Miss Edna
Shaver at the home of her parents near
this city.
Kingfisher Gets Convention.
Special Dispatch tn the State Capital.
El Reno, Okla.. June 27—The committee
appointed by the democratic county cen-
t:al committee on last Saturday met
with a like committee of Kingfisher
Three New Buildings.
Special Dispatch to the State«Capltal.
Snyder, Okla.. June 27—Three white
sand stone buildings. "f> by 100 f, et each
ore In process of erection on Main street.
Thev are being erected bv Perry Orifiin.
T. B. Davis and T. J. Cole.
Fine Rain at Anadarko.*
Special Dispatch to the State Capital.
Anadarko. Okla.. June .'7. The finest
rein of the season is filling here today.
It Insures a heavy yield ror early corn
even If no more ruin falls -this summer.
Interesting Normal Institute.
Anadarko. Okla., June 27.—Caddo coun-
ty normal Institute closes this week. The
attendance Is eighty-three somewhat
smaller than last year, but the work done
has been much better.
PAYMENT AT
PAWHUSKA
Osagcs arc Getting the Coin
This Week Per Capita
ROLL 16 LONGER NOW
Traders' Claims are Being Paid
to the Amount of $142,000
which has Beet) Often
Deferred and Scaled
Special Dispatch to the State Capital.
rhuska, I. T., June 27.—The Osage
reservation and Pawhuska In particu-
lar are just now very lively. The big
payment has started. The full bloods
take their time to do everything. Part
of the Hominy band is camped east of
town and another band north. This pay-
ment is what they call a '•big" one about
>42 being credited each Osage, the pres-
ent. roll showing 1,916 annuitants, a no-
ticeable Increase.
The claims of traders, both Inside and
outside the reservation, aggregating
000. are being paid, some of the Osages
having nothing left from their checks.
These claims have been accumulating for
twenty years, and. In some instances, In-
terest runs as high as $000. Some trad-
ers went broke and sold their claims as
low as 55 cents on the dollar. These have
In turn been scaled until the purchaser,
even at that figure, will lose his Inter-
est At every congress It was expected
that action would be taken on the matter
and the traders kept selling to the In-
dians, That large class of the tribe who
conduct their affairs intelligently are
very sore at having these bills deducted
from their annuity, and it is this fact
that makes the present election so bit-
ter. All tlio!-. dealers at points outside
the reservation take their own risks in
selling to the tribe on credit. The licens-
ed traders and banks have sixty per cent
of tiie payment reesrved at the agency.
In one instance four Indians were order-
ed to quit trading at Ralston or their
withheld altogether.
lines
direction
irksome to those members who apf. try-
ing to advance.
The fullblood element, represented by
James Bigheart, John Palmer, George
Tinker, the Revaids.* the Connors, and
that class of men. are making a deter-
mined fight for the protection of individ-
ual rights and for the tribal fund policy
for all oil and mineral wealth. Circulars
have been Issued by both sides and the
contest has become almost personal. Vot-
ing begun Thursday uul will continue six
days. There are 262 fullblood votes and
202 mixed bli
ly close and will be this time.
Revard, senior, is on both tickets, and
Is one of the strongest men in the tribe
financially and as. a patriot.
FOR OIL LANDS
morrow the work of arbitrarily allotting
lands to a large number of Indians who
e failed to come to the land office
and get their allotment. The commission
has equipped a field party of several
men, who will be In charge <>f 10 E
Gilmore and the allotments will be rush
ed The party will travel overland and
it will take several months to complete
the work. The cnmmJ sion has practical-
ly completed ordinary allotments
The field party does not anticipate any
trouble with the fullbloods near Conway,
who are reported as being In an ugly-
mood and who have heretofore resisted
allotments. They will be given poor land
as the best grade has already been filed
upon.
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the
Signature of
ii. m
nougl
is that you get the best
goods for the least money.
$1.00
50c
4Qc
5 c-
5c
marketed
and next year there
n think, be hardly
erl*e this as a "cttttli
distinction it has enjoyed ever
Texas cow punchers hegnn lm-
n the Creek full-bloods, as the
>assed over the old nation years
The Spaulding ranch, fifteen miles west
known as the Cloud Creek
i shipping to St. 1.«>uls and
weeks ago and during
ison will ship eighteen
e are always sent from
about Thursday. The
n from $4.16
Phei
POTT 10U1N1Y POTATOES
Shawnee Alone Has Shipped 360
Carloads This Season Bring-
ing $126,600 in Cash
Special Dispatch to the State Capital.
Shawnee, Okla,. June 27—The potAto
trade and shipments for the week Just
closed has been about what It was out-
lined several days ago as nearly 100 cars,
which makes the total shipment from
this point foot up :W0 cars, which Is a
falling off of from _'i 0 to 500 cars from
that of last year and two years ago.
In order to give readers a comprehen-
sive Idea of the volume o? the business
done here within the past three weeks
the writer ha.- taken the pains to Inter-
view C. W. Sutherland, the South Uro id-
way weigher, and Buyers Morrison. Mil-
ler, Doss. Farris and others, who are
of on*' mind, and that Is that the sea-
son, while short on receipts. Is long or
the amount of money obtained by tin
growers of the ertip.
Mr. Sutherland, who hy reason of tin
fact that he has weighed and sent to th
cars the gnat hulk of the crop, and who
Is also a Idg buyer, said yesterday
I know whereof I speak when I tell
of the city
ranch, began
Kansas city t
rest of th.
s a week.
city market
vailing price
J4 67 1-2. depending on the grade. In each
hlpment there are about 600 head of
steers and 350 head of calves, and the
number yet to be sent from the Hpuahl-
Ing ranch this season Is In the immediate
nejghborhhod of fi.000.
>f the extensive ranches
like the Cloud Creek, of "6.not) acres, and
iome of them still larger. Is due nf course
to the fact that the land is rapidly being
taken up b\ the allottees, and it Is no
longer possible to get many expansive
tracts either by lease of purchase.
10 TURN THINGS LOOSE
Program of Snyder's Fourth of
July Celebration Indicates
That There will be Fun.
Spec ial Dispatch to tile mute Capital
Snyder. June 2T.—Snyder Is preparing
to enterain fifteen thousand visitors in
a grand three days' celebration July 3rd,
4th and 6th. Visitors are expected from
all over Kiowa, Greer and Comanche
counties nn.L northern Texas.
The large posters being distributed,
state that "The Devil May-Care Happy-
Go-Lucky element that is In us will be
allowed to vent Itself regardless of law
anil order."
Chief Quanah Parker and seven hun-
dred of his tribe will be In Snyder
during the entire three days and will
entertain the visitors with Indian daines
and exhibitions peculiar to the noble
red man.
Fire works during the nights from the
top of a mountain joining the town will
be a drawing feature of the cclebratlo*..
No other town in the southwest will
celebrate and Snyder will be the mecca
of all Fourth of July celebrators in ISAM.
CROP OUTLOOK GOOD"
TC.NMOTINO
Best House Paint, per gallon
Quinine, per ounce
P & W Insect Powder,.per.lb.
Envelopes, per bunch
Wall Paper, per roll
♦
and everything at a very low price. 4
0, R. RENFR0, ;
X 206 Oklahoma Avenue, * Opposite Postoftico ^
-- ♦o*o^o*o o#o*o*o4o^o*o^o*a
-T—- T,
1 . Do Vou Know
t I
You cannot build a city unless you support an Elec- 'i
2 trie Light Plant? An ■ electric light plant cannot live I
^ unless supported by the people. You are getting bet- 2
t ter light and better service at lower rates than you £
2 have ever had. Will you help us in building up your 2
♦ city? X
♦ $
^ The New Electric and Gas Light Co. ^
+ Phone Connections. GALEN CROW, Manager *
Lte Capital.
-With anjph
simply mag-
SNYDER VICINITY
DIZZY GOOl
Special Disputch to tin
Snyder, I. T., June
rain fall, the corn ar
the vicinity of Snydei
ent. Southwest ot town is an en-
scctloh of corn in full tassel and silk
with well developed ears; other smaller
fields are In similar condition and the
mtlook could not be better. The acre-
ige of cotton Is greater than ever b
fore and nearly all wheat fields have be.
planted to this produce; thfc. crop
thrifty nnd from present indications
thousands of bales will be marketed here
this fall Snyder now has two gins equip-
ped with electric light plants prepared
to run night and day to take ci
enormous crop.
Hoover Brothers' Livery Stable, f
FINEST RIGS. - - BEST HORSES.
PHONE No. 128. 218 S. SECOND STREET $
MliiliOHia SliileMTcx! M
B LAI R A BOOK
ON
The Territorial Policy ot the United States
IS NOW PRINTED AND READY FOR DELIVERY.
I of the
you that there hi.
es are being tightened in every potatoes shipped ti.
n and the pressure is getting very | 1h|s y(..ir .,t 'which
1 G-Q1N&!! GONE!!!
Herplclde will Save It. Herplclde will Save It. Too Late for Herplcide.
NEWBRO'S HERPICIDE
I THE RABBIT AND THE GWNU-PIG
O Prof. Unns. the world's greatest
♦ dermatologist (ask your doctor
D nhout him) was the first to dls-
♦ cover the mlcroble and contngloua
O nature of true dandruff, llis dls-
♦ covery was verified by Dr. Sa-
5 bourand, of Paris, who denuded a
♦ rabbit with human dandruff fiakes.
V Also by Lassar and Bishop who dressing. Stops
X Druo Stores, $1.00. Send 10c., stamps, to HERPICIDE CO., Dept. H, Detroit,
z! Mich., for a sample.
C. R. RENFRO, Special Agent, £
stu-
dent who was losing his hair, und
having made a pomade of them
with vaseline rubbed the same up-
on a guinea pig and the pig be-
came bald. Newbro's Herplclde Is
the original dandruff germ de-
stroyer. It kills the mlcrobia
growth and permits the hair to
grow as nature Intended. A won-
derful hair-saver. A delightful
•sslng._ Slops Itching instantly.
forwarded to the markets fifty-nlm
and I have just been making a <•:
tion whh'h show.® that the potato
ers here have so far received *1.<
good, hard cash for their product
"That the crop Is about m.i
everyone .agrees." said Mr. Suth
"and that it is smaller than w
peited Is true, and re.illj I dor
peot more than ten oi twelve car
week, but the price. 70 cents p. 1
el, which has been maintained 111
has been so entirely satlsfi
' a kick com In
as a result the local market oper
have been most harmonious and pli
to all concerned.
f
u'ht nnd
CHEROKEK LAND OFFICIO IS HAV-
ING IU SY TIMES
Special Dispatch to the State Capital.
Vinita. I T.. June Li 'Hie Cherokee
land office of the commission to the
five civilized tribes Is being rushed with
work again. There was. during the past
three weeks, a lull in the filings In the
oil belt, but the oil men have rushed
to the land office with allottees with low
admission numbers, and the filings are
now runniiiK as high as they were when
the land office opt-ned In May last.
The vacant land in the Bartlesville oil
field has been practically all taken up
and the oil men are now giving their at-
tention to Hillside, Skiatook. Ramona
and Turley, where'there is u showing of
Rose Peterson, Sec
I tary Parkdale Tennis Club, Chi-
I cago, from experience advises all
ONE LOYAL CRLLK PAID >oun8 8'rls whol,avePainsand
I sickness peculiar to their sex, to
use Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
|Nocuc Fixico Did not Need the
Money Very Badly, Hither,
Being Well Fixed at Okemah
oil.
Bartlesville is located In township
north, range U Mil and there is not
now a foot of vacant land left in the
township. In the township east*of Bar-
tlesville, only a few fortlct
allotted with allottees at the land office
door clamoring for admission.
In the contest department over l.WO
cases are pending and healings are being
had every day. During August the con-
test division will hear cases ;,t Vinita
and In September all Bartlesville.
POOR LAND
I'HIfK ASAWP WHO REFUSED
Special Dispatch to the Slate Capital.
Muskogee. 1 T.. Juno 2.. Noeuc Flzlo,
of Okemah, was in the city ye.slei «la;,
transacting business with" the Indian
agent. Fixico I. one of the original loyal
Creeks ther-- being only three or four of
them living. He came here from Alabama
with the first settlers, and Is now about
70 years of age. He Is large nnd portly,
and" has a prosp«TOUs appearance—In fact,
he is prosperous, as his allotment hap-
pened to be the hind on whi>ii the town
of Okemah Is located, for which he re-
ceived several thousand dollars. ■
The .object of Fixlco's vlait here wnn to
remain un- gr.t what was due him as a claimant for
lund nffim „ proportionate share of the loyal Creek
fund and having no heirs, there
of course, nothing to bar him.
Klxlo's original claim en thi* fund was
SR.000. but be got only J600. that amount
having been paid to him yesterday. This
monev was placed in a small satchel, and
the Indians on the slreet watch..! him
Jealous eye as Fixio walked to the
t for home.
his departure Fixico told some
or his friends that he had not lived in
vain, and that "atl things come to those
who wait." He said, furthermore, that
that $600 would ko further now than the
$6.000—the amount of the original claim
would have done hud Im rcucived U
Ihe time It was duo v •" c' \
depot f
B«fore
This book was prepared by Chas. A. Blair, of the Guthrie liar, assisted
by W. C. Barnhardt. It Is one small volume and is recommended and en-
dorsed by the leading educators of the territory as u text book for tia
schools of the territory, and by the leading lawyers and public men of tho
territory as a voter's text book for the public In general. It is ab.tolutely
non-partisan. The territorial history of the United States from its begin-
ning down to the present time, is traced as it exists: not as It ought to exist.
At the concluskm of the main body of the work the respective sidej of the
question of statehood for Oklahoma are ably presented by two of Okla-
homa's most prominent men.
&Ae Contents of the BcoK,
The book consists of three main division- «nd an appendix and contains
In all 13 chapters.
DIVISION I.
HOW TERRITORY 13 ACQUIRED
Tbls division contains two chapters. In the first the different ways m
which territory may be acquired are presented and illustrated, namely
by treaty, by oonqrest, and by annexation. In the second au historical
sketch of the different acquisitions, the cause and results of the acquis!-
tioa and .topography and resources cf each, "are uiv«
DIVISION II.
HOW TERRITORY IS GOVERNED.
This division contains three chapters. In the first the power of Coa.
gress in the two territories is discussed. The praottre of the government
Id dealing with every acquisition und the decisions of the Supreme Court
In connection therewith are briefly stated, special importance being given
to the action of the government In the insular possessions and the Forto
Rlcan decisions. In the "second, military government is presented, its
nature and length of time of existenco in each territory. In the third,
civil government Is given. Tills le the moat important chapter in the book.
The Ordinance of 1787.1s briefly anallzed and traced down to. and Includ-
ing the territorial government In Hawaii, Porto Rico and the Philippine
islands. The different grades of t*rrttor1al government together with ,
the name and' duties .of every territorial officer, are started. The dtoea^oa
of county and municipal government is batrd largely on Oklahoma.
DIVISION III
HOW TBKKliORY I? ADMITTED TO STATEHOOD.
table Cotr,pound.
II6w many beautiful youn? girls de-
velop into worn, listless and hopeless
women, simply because sufficient, atten-
tion has not been paid to their physical
development. No wopian is exempt
from physical weakness and periodic
pain; anci young girls Just budding into
womanhood should be carefully guided
physically as well as morally. Another
woman,
Mips Ilnnnoh E. Mention, Col-
«* lings wood, N. J., gays:
••J thought I would write and tell
you that, by following your kind ad-
vice, I feel like a new person. I was
always thin nnd delicate, and so weak
that I could hardly do anything. Men-
struation was irregular.
" I tried a bottle of your Vegetable
Compound und began to feel better
right away. 1 continued its use, and
am now well and strong, and men-
struate regularly. I cannot say enout;h
for what your medicine did for me."
— $8000 forfait If original of «6*oe Irtttr proving (loth.
genuln*nou> imnnot fee producei.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound will care any woman
in tne land who suffcro from
womb troubles, inflammation of
ttoe ovariob, und kidsicy troubles.
This division contains four chapters. In the first the requisites or a
territory for statehood are stated, namely, area, popnlatiou. governme.nC
aud the capability of making a self-supporting state In, the fecond the
proceedings of the territories and those of tho fedorel govennnarrt In.
granting statehood are briefly summarized. In the third the struggle of
all of the territories for statehood Is fully reviewed. Most -of the terri-
tories have had such a struggle In securing statehood as Oklahoma is now
having. This chapter' contains ovijr SOOfl words and a.s the problem of
admitting territories to statehood has been continuously before the Amer-
ican people ever since the establishment of our govertifment, It contain?
much interesting history and Is itself a brief history of the TTnlted 8tatea
on this subject. In the fourth the reconstruction policy Lo relation to bow
the Confederate States were readmitted into the Union Is summarized.
APPENDIX.
This part of the book Is devoted to the question of statehood for Okla-
homa. Both sides are presented. Hon. Sidney Clarke presents the argij-
mciits for Immediate statch'od for Oklahoma alone; Hon. C. 11. Aiue*
immediate Btatebood for Oklahoma and Indian Territory. Wvery lawyor
and public man tn the territory should read the book 'for these two arr|.
cles alone They are the ablest that have ever been written on the subject.
Both Mr. Clarke aud Mr Ames «re recognized authorities on this compli-
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for the public as well a« a good text book for the schools of the territory.
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