The Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 17, No. 260, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 14, 1906 Page: 2 of 8
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THE OKLAHOMA STATE CAPITAL, W^PTEST>AY MOTlXTXfl, FEBRrAUT II, 1006.
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IT'S IP TO
THE EDITOR
Herman Stevens Must Sub-
stantiate Graft Charges
to oust somlbody
If Allegations are Proved Out Go
Democratic Officials—Other-
wise Stevens Will
Suffer.
ABCORT
ARROW
ill -'PECO SHRUNK—QUARTER SIZES
CLUETT, PEABODY & CO.
KOKflta or MUITT AND MONARCH (HINT*
Special to The fHate Capital.
Berlin. Okl« . Feb 13. At Hie meeting
•f ti.'- ^MKKIfAth COUtlt) MBtltl OWBUlt*
toe held at thin . :i was -I' ided ' '
l;nve I he, democratic primary on Auguat
4th, and requests to the dlflf« rent cvimmlt-
t..n will I* made that the primaries fur
representative of Hie twenty lifth district
und councilman from the thirteenth dis-
trict be held on the wme date.
John C. Hendrix was sleeted secretary
of the committee ti plu • or Hobect
Francis, reigned.
The mule quartette of Berlin nave some
of their excellent mu.-n Many candi-
dates. also prominent democrat* of the
< utility. attended ths inretlnf. Hon. W.
r. Francis WHg one of the speakers on
the various dlacusslons.
Arraagenients were started to have a
big banquet for democrat* of the county
Nt *omr futur- flat. when prominent
speakers from abroad will be naked to bp
present. The committee an chlrge of the
hanpuet an, J. O. l/ ng. Hayr. Fi. E.
Kchols. Klk lit), and John Hendrix.
Cheyenne
The following rcsolJtlons weia adopted
| > the convention
Whereas. Herman Btevens, editor or I
the Elk City Democrat, and a membei I
of the democratic county central com |
mlttes, from Buffalo precinct, has re j
pen tedly accused certain democrat Hi
county officers of dishonest conduct In
the performance of their official duties,
and
Whereas, The said Herman Stevens
has repeatedly, through the columns of
the Elk City Democ at. by Insinuation
tnd direct charge, cn*t reflection u| on
fliD honesty and Integrity of certain dem-
on atlc officials, extract* from which are
hereto attached, arid
\\ lie re as, These charge*, coming from
a member of the democratic county cen-
tral committee, has had a more baneful
effect upon the public mind than they
could have had coming from a rep lean
soiree, and
Whereas. The members of the demo-
cratic central committee of Roger Mills
county desire to go on record as opposed
to "graft" "t any kind In the official con
duct of publlo servant* elected by the
Suffrage of the democratic voters of
linger Mill* county, therefor be it
Resolved, That the chairman of the
democratic county central committee ap-
point a special committee of five whose
duty It shall bo to Investigate the charges
preferred by said Herman Htevena against
democratic officials, and ascertain the
truth or falsity of his accusations.
Resolved. That Inasmuch us the accu-
sations have been publ! i> made by said
Herman Htevena. It devolves upon him to
prove his allegations t• be tun , and for
the purpose < f allowing ample time and
opportunity to present his evidence to the
apet lul committee, that said special com
mittee set .1 date not earlier than ten
days from Febr mry 10th, 1906. for the
purpose of hearing any evidence he may
offer in support oh his accusations, ami
that the county central committee meet
at the earliest time practicable then
•ifter for the purpose of considering and
taking auch further action as they may
deem propei
Rtsolved, That It is the sense of the
committre that In the event the. said
Herman Stevens proves
to the iiatlafactiou of the special coin-
r 11tee that nta accusation* are trm Hi. 1
and m that t ase the tlcmocrati'
of Roger Mills county who are guilty
dishonest condm 1 ought out of reape t
for the democratic voters who placed
them In office be requested by the dem-
ocratic county central committee to re-
sign tnelr respective offices, and be It
Luther
Resolved That If the said Herman
fttevena 'ails to prove to Hi. -mtlsfacti 1
p pci i ll « .intuit 1. • "*"■ . ' -
town, to quell a fight, and as he went it
appears that lie used a vile name In ad-
dressing one Lester Brock, a brother-in-
law of Chambers, the blacksmith. As
Dancer returned Chambers tailed him
Into the blacksmith shop and asked if lie
had used the name In reference to Brock.
On being Informed that the nlghtwatch
,,;td. and meant It. too, the blacksmith
drew . gun and the fight commenced.
W..tnen.ieg are divided as to which drew
f'.rst. but the condition of the # ins proves
that nine shots were fired, five by the
blacksmith and four by Dancer. Dancer s
gun slipped on the fifth shell nnd hung
fire.
A horse standing near the shop was
killed by a stray bullet, and Dancer
was idiot twice, both shots striking him
In the abdomen. It wns apparent that
one of tile shots had glanced round the
cavity, but It was feared that the othe«
had penetrated the Intestines. Three of
Dancer's shots struck Chambers, one In
the center of the breast, und the other
twi lower down. As Chambers fell, Dan-
cer rushed up to Ivlni and clubbed him
twice over the bend with his revolver,
cither stroke being sufficient to have
caused death. County AJtorney Freellng
stated tills morning that there would bo
no prosecution should Dancer survive-
WELL HINDER
CONTROL NOW
Hobart's New Gasser Flows
Million Feet Daily
roars likfc a train
When Turn On Full Capacity
Flames Shoot 100 Feet In
Air Hobart to Have
Gas Now
l-30th
J ev#ry year by the makers of
Laxative Bromo Quinine
"Cures a Cold In One Day"
e.W.UROVK'S signature on box. 25c
DON'I NtLD BOOM
Special to The State Capital. ,
Hobart, Okla.. Feb. U.-Hobart s new
natural gMH well i-- '"'W undei Control,
und the gas was turned on last night b>
the proprietors, Lee & Williams, and
while at no Unit was the f ill force of
the gas turned on, yet it was plainly to
be seen for twenty lles around. The
most conservative estimate of the ii-.w
of this well Is a million cubic feet per
day. When turned on at half itf- ca-
pacity tlie flame would shoot out for 1W
feet und the noise of the escaping gas re
sembled the roar of an approaching train.
The proprietors *if this well have al-
ready arranged with Mr. Kelsey. who
controls a franchise lor lighting the city
of Hobart, and arrungements have al-
ready begun for piping the gas into Ho-
bart. where It Is Intended to furnish It
to. the consumers at IS cents per one
thousand feet.
Several ol wells producing fn.ni twel i
to twenty .barrel* daily have tieen sunk,
nnd none to a greater depth than 000 feel.
There Is un oil well within 1,-VO feet or
this gas well which produces twenty bar-
rels of oil dally, but no gas The. town
df Gotebo, sixteen miles distant from
Hobart, Is supplied with gas. and has
several paying oil wells .in Its Immediate
WANT BIQ LLAShS .
Independent Oil Producers Claim
Bartlesville Meeting was "Snap"
— ToSeeHitchcock.
Special to The State Capital.
Bartlesville, I. T-, Feb. HI.—The action
of u Hmull party of producers in advanc-
ing by one h >ur the. meeting called for 2
o'clock and appointing a committee to
go to Washington, la n >cnted by a large
number of local and visiting oil men
who came here to attend the meeting of
Indian Territory oil producers, called
laM week, ami rescued the hall at the
appointed time, only to ilud the meeting
In the hands of men who are known as
pro-Standard, although Independents aiso
had part In the meeting.
At tiie opera hotifje at 1 o'clock. M. A.
Low, of Tupeku, was math chairman,
und Victor Martin. ;ai\. A general
committee consisting of M. A. Low. C. B.
Wiser, E. R. Kemp, it. B. Anderson, C.
L. Bloom, W. S. Raydure, O. i'. Boggs,
J 8. Glenn, W. 8. Mowrls, M. L. Lock-
wood, R. D. Rood, J H- Evans, John
Shell, W. H. Hoffman. David Gunsbery
and W. II. Johnson was appointed. This
committcc met In secret session and ap-
pointed two sub-committees of five each,
one on by-laws, and one to go to Wash-
ington. The members of the latter com-
mittee are M. A. Low, W. S. Mowris, L.
R. Kemp, O. P. Boggs and W. H. John-
ton, The secretary declined to state tue
pmrpose of the. visit to Washington,
which Is to be made at vjnee. It is
known, however, that the committee will
for one thing ask a modification of Sec-
retary Hitchcock's rule which requires
that one well be. drilled within a year of
the approval of each lease.
There Is no prospect of the Prairie Oil
and Gas company at any time In tht
near future taking the full production ol
the fluid. Many producers believe tiiat
tin Prairie has refrained purposely from
tuking the products. In order to thus
give excuse for the low prices. Engl-
[rlng this movement, the Prairie would
iA Vhiffc catarrh of lungs
•3/4*2-!^ so common in winter
BY TAKING PE RU NA.
mad dog scare
VIRGINIA
CflVWlNH
RAMONA CITIZENS JOIO IX HUNT-
ING CANINE.
Sjwrtal to the State Capital.
Ramon.,, f. V l'"b. 13 V .l«g «W -
cd to l). ,11.nl. Jfrayett Into town recent-
ly from the dir'tlon of thr Osaio reser-
vation \bout lift:, men an.l boys Joined
!„ the .'lull"'' .'tier liini with sun. and
revoiv.rs Thr dot! run IhpoiiKh the,,
sirens, down an all" and out Int.. ....
„f the addition!. li.-forr lie wa." killed. I
Fully llttj -hota w.ue tired at him, on,
whi.'li went into t. residence and tur f
rowlv mi . d a Utile Islrl. 11 I* rrpom |
that the dog bit other animals hotoij
he was killed.
OAS COMPANY SELLS
.
OIL
MAN BUYS orr RAMONA C
CEIIN.
Special to the State Capita"
Ramona. 1. T„ Feb. 14—An Impoi
deal has been made by which ti*'1 o
.•f the local gas company is transtorr
The puivhas« was mad>
Hea«lev, a well known oil man.
new arrangement taken effect tie
Inst. The present Officers will ret;
an entirely new management will,
charge.
Hail
li'
.J
Enid is Enjoying a
Growth, Says
C itizen
Steady
vicinity. The whole country is being
rapidly leased and It Is now absolutely I |,|-,.ak down one of the ruleg of the sect. -
certain that Hobart Is located In the ceil- i t lIV ,,f n,e Interior as u preliminary to
ter of an enomio is oil and gas belt. A |.miking down that other rule which pro-
large number of reliable cmpanles are ■ j, bits one individual from holding leases
upon the ground, leasing and drilling m excess of 4*0 acr« s One i romlnent
wells at various places, and the spring «>r | i..-Htantlard man I* alleged to be largely
trvi
or if
ir before said committer to defend h*9
non fcPd offer evidence to prove the I
iHtfnlriets «>f ids charges, (lieu and in I
tt t as* It is the HetiHc \>f this commit- I
that he l e debarred from taking fur- |
*r part In the proce* clings of this co>n-
tte ■, hut he is- not recognised by t ie
n craey of Roger Mills county as a
mocrst, and that ho be publicly brand
.i* a traitoi to the democratic par'v.
d I t radtu«r of h neal men s char-
taken in
I shall fc
.1 commP-
f the sp« •
•jtpense of
puld b\
haracter
ed.
Special to the State Capital.
El Reno. Okla., Feb. 13—Judge Henry
Sturgis, of Enid, whs a visitor In the
c'lv yesterday. Speaking of his home
town he said: Enid Is not scheming for
u boom, we do not need one. our town
in filling up rapidly with hundreds of
progressive cltlsens and 1 can safely say
f.,r Its age It is the lurgeet and bent city
hi Oklahoma.
•'There I* no belter farming country
In any state or territory than that from
which Enid draws her support Car-
Held counts soil will raise anything In
the shape of cereals, fruit or In faot any-
thing that ■ an be grown within the
fines of the United States.
t)ur people are progressive and law
abiding Our schools are the very best,
our churces cannot be Improved upon.
Our railroad facilities are beyond com-
pare. We are sure of another railroad,
. a federal building A new opera
house that will cost at least $30,000 l J
c. r.templated, A street railway i* com-
ing to us In the spring along with oth-
er enterprises not yet given to the pub-
lic.
Judge Sturgis in answer lo what lie
knew of a change of Judges In the tlftli
district said "That is something I know
nothing about. 1 have heard several re-
ports and read a lot more out of the
newspapers concerning the removal of
Judge Beauchamp hut from my own per-
sonal knowledge 1 know nothing I have
heard that E E. Blake of F.I Reno, is a
candidate for the Judgeship but d«> not
kt'ow how ho is succeeding In Washing-
ton."
On the statehood question he said:
Yes I am certain we will get statehood
before congress adjourns."
SAYS IT'S NICHOLS
Mayor Lassen Returns From
Washington, and talks
I'ostoffice
Special to the State Capital I
Reno. Okla. Feb. 1'. Henry Las-j
mayor of El Reno, returned vegter-
froni Washington. Ills honor Is pos.
• we will get statehood Inside of thlr- ■
lav s. The reason I am so positive. '
Mr lessen "is this, I had a talk
i >.• !!• ridue be for# l>.t> tig
<hington and he told me that s;.«te-
I- for Oklahoma and the Indian Ter-
190fi will witness a most marvelous de-
velopment In southwest Oklahoma.
lax-ets for
the bowels
Only 6 cents per ho* -Lax-ets. a new
sweet toothsome laxative for constipa-
tion, sour stomich. bad breath, bad tast<\
biliousness, etc. Unless you try I/ix-et*
you will never know its value and onlj
5 cents at druggists or by mall for 3 2
cent stamps. Dr Shoop. Racine. Wla
filling lip RAPIDLY
IN
he feels tha
WEALTHY FARMERS i.oCATB
CUSTER COUNTY.
Special to the Stab Capital.
El Reno, Okla. Feb. 13 Senator Oeorce J y
T. Webster of Weatherford Is iti t "
city today on land office business.
lr looking ftne and
way.
Custer county owes Ccrge T. Web
■ter a debt of gratitude for it was j
through his efforts that the Southwest ;
Normal school was located at Weather- j
Card. He had a strong opposition to
overcome but he did It in a workman- j
like manner.
Talking of his countv rtnd town
George said: "Custer ..unity Is being
rapidly filled with wealthy farmers from j
the northern states. Neailv every quar- |
ter section In the county has a farm
house upon It. We had a fine .-nop of .
cotton and corn last year and the good |
lxird Is willing we will have a big I
one this year."
"You remember the condition of,
Weatherford three years tii<> You ought
to see the town now. I do not want to i
be accused of boasting, so I will l«> as ;
modest with you as i can ana tell you ^
a few simple truths.
••West of El Reno there Is no better i
town than Weatherford. The town is
up to date In everything Honest pro-
fessional men. square dealing merchants.
Best school teachers In the land. Hand-
somest women and prettiest • hlldren in 1
the territory. Homllest men folks west
of Arkansas More Improvements made
the past two years than In any town
In the territory ami more coining In the
spring. Nothing slow about u.< we aie
;.!wa>s up and doing, have no time for
Interested In leases far in excess of the
prescribed number of acres. Many pro-
tiucers here arc anxious to have it known
at Washington that the meeting held
here t- day was not representative, and
that the committee, represents the views
enly of Its members and the. smaller
number who participated n the short no-
tice meeting. What Is wanted by the
independent producers is an inquiry as to
why the Prairie, which monopolises the
field, does not take the production. Un-
less Hie committee takes up the matter
with Secretary Hitchcock t will not fully
rc present the desires of the Independent
producers here.
The membership fee iu what is known
as a business association for mutual
advnnlage and protection, temporary or-
ganization of which was effected by the
early meeting, was llxed at ££, and the
irly dues at $1".
Sore Throat Develops Into Bronchitis.
Takes Pe-ru-na As a Preventive.
Mrs. Addle Harding. 121 W. Brighton
Ave Syracuse. >.' Y.. writes:
"I have been a user of Perur.a for the
past twelve years. With me it is a sure
preventative for colds and many other
ills.
"Two or three times a year I am
troubled with my throat, a kind of raw
amarty feeling lasting three or four days
and turning to something like broneltls
or croup. I have always had to have
the serv ices of my physician two or three
times In each case.
"About two years ago. when I felt a
spell coming on I tried Peruna to check
it. and to my great delight was not
troubled with the smothered and chok-
ing feeling and never have been since.
I can check it every time with Peruna.
"I earnestly recommend it to all. In
my home can always be found a bottle
of Peruna."
Chronic Catarrh of Throat and Lungs.
Mrs. Virginia Caliana. room Cam-
bridge Block. Portland, Ore., member
of Companions of Forresters and De-
gree of Honor, (branch Woodmen of
the World), writes:
"I was a chronic sufferer with catarrh
of the throat and lungs for a 1 >ng time
before Peruna was recommended to me
"On the advice of a friend 1 gave
Peruna a trial, although I thought at
the time that It would be just like other
medicines ^nd do me no good
"I was pleased to iind thai I was mis-
taken and my improvement began in
les than two weeks and continued un-
til at the end of four months 1 was en-
tirely well and certainly looked like an-
other person.
"I had gained nearly fifteen pounds,
had a splendid appetite and am indeed
grateful for what your medlcidne has
done for me. Success attend you."
Peruni it a safeguard—a preventative,
—a relief for all the catarrhal ailments
of winter, whether acute or chronic.
If you, who read this, are suffering
from a cough or a cold, buy a bottle of
Peruna and take it according to direc-
tions. It will relieve you
Coal Miners Strike.
Scranton, Pa. Feb. 13—The miners nnd
laborers at the two collieries of the
Jcrmyn Coal company at Rendham. near
h re, went on strike today. The men
claim the company has discriminated
against them in reduction of wages con
trary to the award of the strike commis-
sion and that the reduction Is an enter-
ing wedge to again cut wages to be |git | the animal to town Mond i
New I. O. O. F. Lodge.
Special to the State Capital.
Ramona. I. T.f Feb. 1-! Ramona
No 208. I O. U I-".. has been inst.
with a good membership. Several ,<p
cations are on lile and the lodge g
promise of rapid growth.
Pythian Order Instituted.
Special to the State Capital.
Ramona. I T.. Feb. 13—A lodge of the
Knights of Pythias has been instituted
here. The lodge starts ofT with eighteen
members and expects to grow rapid'..
V.siting knights were present from Col-
linsville, Bartlesville. Nowata and other
towns
FIGHT IN DARK
FARMER WORSTS ANIMAL IN LIVE-
LY TUSSLE.
Special to the State Capital.
Orlando. Okla.. Feb. 13-Nat Slelner,
wl.o lives five miles northwest of Or-
lando tells us of .in ex itlng scrap he had
last Thursday evening. Ho says that he
was returning home from the timber
about dusk when he was attucked by
what he supposed to be a vicious dog.
It Jumped so near his head that It
knocked his pipe from his mouth and
made things lively around there for a
while but Nat landed several times on
his wind with his number ten and finally
put him out of business. lie brought
In effect In tin
ward of the
pril 1. Twelv
- I vdved.
entire region before the
commission expires on
hundred men are In-
dcelare it is a bit
thing It Is a cross between a w
a shepherd dog. hut Nat says w
it is he isn't looking for any mor
and w lile
wolf, others
f. ollshness. We
hood then keep ;
oeuntv ; good da
g<
r left
ng to
gel stnte
on Custe
Resolved. That the evide
Ibis case be typ. written
I ihmltted tv. the county cei
l". together with the repot
nl committee, and that th<
"rtK'nt *atd evidente *hall he
. i< .' mo. tatlc officials who. ,
and reputations have been ass.i
TO <1 Rl A t'OLD 1% «M Pit
•Nkf 1AXATIVH BHOMO IJuiniua Tablets,
l'rx Kgi t* refund money if .t fails to cum
K. W. (JKOVK'H signature is on ear'; box. ito
ft.'
aki
offi
he
the El Rei
will be no appointmmt
isi three days yet, and It
At .1. A. Nichols will get
did not lake in
Washington;
both house*
1 and had si
e leading st
f the
at-
Orlando Personals.
S|«e. al to the State Capital
Orlando, Okla . Feb. 13 li
and Ulemet Tucker made a
(Jithrle Sunday.
It tui
little
Poweis |
trip to
us n eall I
ome busl- J
HOOD'S *«!•«" |M*ri I la Is the modi,
cite tor impure blood, eruptions,
wes km .s and «cnctal dclulitv -it
j>'.sitivf\\ ami absolutely CURES.
OANCLK MAY UVE
t \LLtl) PtOPLt
■w -l.,ninr''i.: st.ron :■ aim^t I
begin business. They are only |
on a pari of the machinery. | j
* t. M«lt> MA r
HAS FAIR
. is! to I he State
Shawnee, Okla, Feb
|he nightwatch at M
territory line In t i*
ipposed io have 1
t Ah C mbeis S.
much better today
chance for recovery,
led Sunday.
ristuiday evening
o'clock he was call,
"ee. wh eh is the < s
I T OFFICER
HAN«"K
'apltsl.
ti 4 and
order of the
HKNSIKY HEAD BACK TO
\ EWHHAPER FIELD.
ul to the State Capital.
He.to Okla . Feb. IS—T. F Hens-
mayor of El Reno and his t on
le took a trip t.i St. I ouls yester- j
Mi Hensley Informed tho State
al corraspondent that he waa going
ie Missouri city for the purpose of
an up-to-date outfit for a prlnt-
>ffit ■ . When asked If he Intended
gal . enter ihe Journalists lleld he
I shore am. The clergy get csll-
^ pel and yo i l i. *
is has been called by hundreds of
ring people to took after their fi-
ti interests and to give them a pap-
* buok up their wants." Travis did
state the pla> e where the tUoresald
r would be launched.
n Hall w
ek to take
• i few of the
•atly for spring '
fair and the
g condition.
Oklahoma City
se In a business
ire get- |
•t looks |
l ti good
It is i uinored that Orlando n ill have
another . ittou gin next fall We hope It I
e ill materialise for tv ate well able to
furnish enough business for two good
I
Arthur Paul nnd Miss A . Roberts
were united In marriage at Perry Satur- 1
da>. The couple has many friends In I
Orlando who wish the young people s
very t>rosperoua and happv Journey
through life.
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