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NOWATA
STRIKE A FAILURE
TEAMSTERS AT CHICAGO LOST
OUT AFTER FOUR MONTHS’
OF FIGHTING
A CONVENTION OF NEGROES
WHOLE STRUCCIE PROVED FRUITLESS
Fifty Per Cent of the Striker* Will be
Unable to Secure Their Old Posi-
tion*—No Concession* to be Asked
—Employers’ Terms Agreed To
CHICAGO: The teamsters' strike
which so greatly disturbed business
conditions In this city In the last 105
days, has been declared off bv the
members of the teamsters’ joint coun-
cil. The men have been ordered to
seek their old positions, and It Is es-
timated that less than one-half of
them will be re-employed. The men
have made a complete surrender, and
will apply for work as Individuals,
and without an agreement of any kind
with their former employers. The
action on the part of the teamsters'
joint council was taken at the end cf
a day, the events of which clearly
forshadowed the collapse of the strug-
gle. Three of the unions had already-
voted to return to work as far as pos-
sible. and it Is certain that the organ-
izations which have not yet voted on
the question of ending the strike will
take similar action. The joint coun-
cil, believing that further efTort was
useless, decided to call the strike off
at once.
The first break in the ranks of the
strikers came when the lumber team-
sters voted to return to work regard-
less of what action might be taken
by any other union. This action w-as
followed by the drivers for depart-
ment stores, and the drivers for rail-
way express companies voting to call
off the strike and seek their old posi-
tions. It is expected that about sixty
per cent" of the employees of the de-
partment stores who struck will be re-
instated. The express wagon drivers
declare that about one hundred of
their members will be reinstated in
their former positions. The express
company officials have declared, how-
ever, that not one of the men who
struck will ever be re-employed.
They Will Demand That They Have a
Part in Statehood Preparations
MUSKOGEE: The convention fever
has struck Indian Territory. The
negroes have called a convention, to
meet in Muskogee on August 2, 3 and
4, for the purpose of organizing to
promote statehood, and to secure the
election of negroes as delegates to
such meetings as may be held here-
after, and which have to do with the
making of laws that shall govern In-
dian Territory. The call for this con-
vention is signed by Frank Reed, a
Muskogee negro, well known locally
as a politician. The call says on;
delegate will be allowed for each 500
negroes in each recording district,
one for each 1,000 population in the
incorporated towns, a delegate fol
each 100 inhabitants of unorganized
community or school district. Every
negro minister or school teacher who
has charge of a school or church shall
be an honorary member of this con-
vention.
On® of the purposes of the call is
to put organizers in every recording
district and ascertain the number of
negro voters, so that a demand based
upon percentage of population may be
made on the whites for representation
in the future conventions. The names
of places for holding mass meetings
to elect delegates to this convention
are given in each recording district.
Another Important and amusing fea-
ture of this call that may wreck the
entire plan, is in the statement that
each delegate shall bring one dollar,
and each alternate fifty cents, for the
purpose of defraying the expense of
the convention.
It is estimated that there are 100.-
000 negroes In Indian Territory, which
is a trifle less than fourteen per cent
of the population.
FIFTY ARE KILLED I
ADVERTISER, NOWATA, I. T.
YELLOW FEVER RAGES
BOILER ON THE GUNBBOAT BEN
NINGTON EXPLODED IN SAN
DIEGO HARBOR
INJURED NUMBER FULLY THREE SCORE
THE SCHEME FAILED
WILL EMBRACE BOTH
Land Companies Were Too Conspicu-
ous at Colonization Meeting
TULSA: After being in conven
tlon four days, deliberating and voting
on a scheme to dispose of their prop-
erty in the territory, appointing a
committee to visit the president to
get a permit to sell, and a committee
to go to Mexico to buy cheap lands,
2 000 Indians gathered north of here,
stampeded just before adjourning and
cast a final vote to reconsider all ac
tlon taken in the matter, and left for
their various homes. Seven Indian
nations were represented in the gath
ering. Several land companies were
represented at the convention, and
much sentiment was created in favor
of colonizing in Mexico, hut the Uhero-
kees and Osages, who were only half
In favor of the project, moved to re-
consider all action taken, with the re-
sult that the whole affair fell flat.
Officers to Patrol “The Corners”
SHAWNEE: The authorities of
this county are preparing to put an
armed guard at "The Corners” saloon.
In the southeast part of the county,
on the Inman Territory line, owing
to two more killings near the saloon.
In the Seminole nation. Two negroes
killed anothev negro, and a white land
owner was killed bv his lessee. A
petition to Governor Ferguson has
been prepared here, asking him to
abate the saloon on account of the
great number of crimes committed
In its vicinity. Another petition front
the residents of Ada is also being pre-
pared for the same purpose.
WANT CLEAR TITLES
Governor Ferguson Will. Include In-
dian Territory In Annual Report
GUTHRIE: Governor Ferguson’s,
runnel report this year will contain a
supplemental appendix dealing with
Indian Territory. Statistical infor-
mation in regard to Indian Territory
has been difficult to secure, but an
effort will be made to get all the in-
formation possible through private
sources. The governor will ask the
railroads to furnish statistics in re-
gard to mines. In addition he will
write a number of letters to postmast-
ers askng for information.
The report will contain statistics in
regard to population, freedmen and In-
dians, estimated valuation of prop-
erty and money, agricultural resources
and development, timber, newspapers,
social conditions, schools and churches
and farm products, manufacturing
plants and wholesale houses, etc.
ANOTHER BANK FAILURE
City
National Bank of Kansas C
Affected by Devlin’s Drop
KANSAS CITY: The City Nation-
al bank has failed as a result of the
closing of the Topeka bank which
C. J. Devlin was Interested in. The
City National bank held paper against
the First National of Topeka aggre-
gating upwards of $100,000. Imme-
diately after the failure of Devlin the
comptroller of the currency ordered
the officers of the City National bank
to repair the capital of the institu-
tion. which was done by borrowing
money from a local capitalist. The
man who advanced the money, how-
ever, became insistent for the return
of his money, and this demand forced
the bank to the wall. The City Na-
tional was one of the youngest banks
in the cltv. and none of the other ins'i-
tutions will be affected by Its failure.
Henry W_ Rule, territorial agent for
the Doming InveitTment company, at
Oklahoma City, has been arrested
upon the charge of being a defaulter
in the sum of $4,700.
WILL STAND BY THE CALL
Tams Bixby Asked to Straighten Out
Mill Creek Townsite
MUSKOGEE: Tams Bixbv, com-
missioner to the live civilized tribes,
has returned from a trip through the
territory, attending to official busi-
ness. He took additional testimony
in the Mill Creek iownsite muddle in
the Choctaw nation, and the matter
will again be submitted to the depart-
ment at Washington for adjudication
Some time ago the people petitioned
the Dawes commission to have ninety-
eight acres of land added to the gov-
ernment townsite of Mill Creek. The
government did not see fit to make
the addition. Sht'ce that time forty-
two houses have been built on this
land, and It has been laid off into
town lots. The citizens who origi-
nally owned the Improvements on the
land sold the lots, giving quit claim
deeds to. them, before it had been a’-
loted, afterward filing upon Tt. The
people who bought the lots have be-
come frightened and have appealed to
the commissioner to have the ninety-
eight acres added to the government
townsite, so that they may se<
clear titles to the lots.
Officers Ceught Him in a Postoffice
ARDMORE: Federal officers have
placed under arrest J. Walter Cog-
gins. charged with being a fugitive
from Justice. It is alleged that Cog-
gins assaulted C. W. Fugate near Mus-
kogee, and a reward of $100 was o>
fered for his apprehension. Coggins
had assumed the name of W. I. Fo» 1-
er. Two officers surprised him when
he was calling for his mall at a small
town west of here. He will be held
pending the arrival of officers from
Muskogee.
Indan Chiefs Hold a Conference on
Statehood
MUSKOGEE: In a conference held
In this city by Chief Porter, Chief
Rogers, Mr. Scolt, representing Chief
McCurtain, and other well known In-
dian citizens, it was decided to stand
by the call heretofore issued for a
constitutional convention for a state
comprising the five nations. Those
present will exert themselves with
their respective tribesmen to get rep-
resentative men selected as delegates
on August 7th. A letter was received
hv Chief Porter from Governor Brown
of the Seminole nation, saying he fa-
vored the movement, and would do
what he could to make it a success.
The Boat Was In Readiness to Put
Out to Sea When a Defective Boiler
Burst—Faces and Bodies of Victims
Badly Scalded
SAN DIEGO, CAL.: Broken and
blackened, with her flag flying at
half mast, her hold filled with fifteen
feet of water, the United States gun-
boat Bennington lies beached on ibe
shore of San Diego harbor. Thirty-
nine of her crew lie dead at city
morgues, the fate of a dozen more is
yet undetermined and three score are
stretched upon beds of pain. This
is the result of the explosion which
wrecked the trim little naval craft
and wrought such terrible havoc
among her crew. The placid waters
of San Diego bay have never before
been the scene of such a disaster, and
the city of San Diego has never before
been Btirred oy such scenes of death
and suffering as those witnessed on
the Bennington.
At the time of the accident the gun
boat was lying in the stream Just off
the Commercial wharf. The warship
had received orders from the naval
department at Washington to sail for
Port Hartford, where she was to meet
the monitor Wyoming and convey
the vessel to Mare island. The steam
was up and everything was In readl
ness for sailing when the star board
forward boiler exploded with a deaf
ening roar. People standing on the
shore saw a huge cloud of white
Bteam rise above the Bennington.
Columns of water were hurled into
the air, and for a distance of nearly
twice the height of the Bpars of the
vessel.
It was apparent immediately that a
disaster of some sort had happened on
board the warship. A large number
of launches and other craft went to
the assistance of the Bennington and
every assistance possible was ren-
dered.
At the time of the accident Com-
mander Lucien Young and Surgeon A.
E. Peck were on shore. The two of-
ficers hurried to the water front when
they learned of the accident, and Com-
mander Young took charge Immedi-
ately.
Terrible scenes wpre presented on
board the boat. The force of the ex-
plosion had torn a great hole tn the
starboard side of the vessel. A sec-
tion of the upper deck was carried
away, from stern to stern. Bloojl^and
wreckage were distributed over the
entire ship. The after cabin and the
vicinity of the ship adjacent to the
exploded boiler resembled a charnel
house. Over all hung the great cloud
of white smoke, which slowly drifted
toward the Coronado shore.
The news of the explosion spread
rapidly throughout the city. it was
reported at first that more than half
the members of the crew had been
killed. Later this statement was
modified, rumor having it that the
number of dead would be fifty.
The scene of hurrying ambulances,
hacks and carriages of every descrip-
tion, which had been summoned, ad-
ded to the excitement. Every phys-
ician who could be reached by tele-
phone was called to the water front.
Within a compaartively short time
nearly a dozen doctors were on the
scene and attending to the wounded.
A dozen or fifteen members of the
crew were blown overboard by the
force of the explosion.
It Is claimed that the boiler which
exploded was regarded as being un-
safe. Commander Young stated that
during a recent return trip from Hono-
lulu the steam pressure was kept at
as low a point as possible in this par-
ticular boiler. At the time of the ex-
plosion Engineer Nelson was making
an inspection of the boilers, prepara-
tory to leaving port. He was not
seriously Injured.
Thirteen Cases Reported In New Or
leans with 81x Deaths
NEW ORLEANS: Official notice*
wore sent out by the state board of
health that an autopsy on the body
□f an I tall'n resulted in a verdict that
he died of yellow fever. He con-
tracted the disease in an infected dis-
trict in the Italian quarter near Char-
tres and Phillip streets, and died
after four days’ illness. Representa-
tives of the Loutsana state board of
health. Alabama state board and the
United States marine hospital service
were present, and all agreed that it
was a well-developed case of fever.
It was further announced that ur
to date thirteen suspicious cases and
six deaths has been reported from the
same locality. It is confined to the
densely populated Italian quarters
from the old French market.
Dr. Souchon, president of the state
board, says the disease Has not spread
and la confined to tne same foci of
infection.
He adds that drastic measures are
being taken to stamp out the disease
right where it is and believes that
present methods will succeed.
Meanwhile the quarantine slapped
on by Alabama, Mississippi and Texas
completely stopped all traffic, and
passengers and baggage for points in
these states. Fretgnts, however, are
not affected, thereby causing no In-
termption to business.
Local people feel aggrieved at Mo-
bile for slapping on the quarantine,
charging that the Italian fever cases
were traced from a steamer at Mobile.
SPOT COTTON
Galveston
Low ordinary. 7 9-1G; ordinary, • ;
good ordinary, 9 4.16: low middling:
10 2-16; middling, 10 1416: good mld-
WOULD BETTER GO SLOW
Farmers Should be Ready for Peddlera
For Outside Grocery Concerns
GUTHRIE: . Several agents for an
(astern grocery house are taking or-
ders for provisions in the territory,
and they are making promises which
it seems improbable will he fulfilled.
Mr. McNabb, secretary of the tern-
agriculture, has been
10 2-16; middling, in n-iu. torlal board of
dling. 11 4-16; middling lair, 11 10-16. , notlfled ^ regard to these agents, and
if he finds that they are attempting
New Orleans >
Ordinary, 7 15-16; good ordinary,
9 2-16; low middling. 10; middling,
10 6-16; good middling. 10 15-16;
middling fair, 11 4-16.
GRAIN MARKET
Chicago
WHEAT—No. 2 spring, $1.04@1-10;
No. 3, 95; No. 2 ret. 93c.
CORN—No. 2, 57c; No. 2 yellow,
58c.
OATS—No. 2, 32c; No. 2 white. 35c;
No. 3 “white, 32c.
LAST DELAWARE PAYMENT
Kansas City
WHEAT—No. 1 hard, 85©87c; No.
2 hard, 84@87c; No. 1 red, 86c; No.
2 red, 85c.
CORN—No. 2 mixed, 52c; No. *
white. 54.
OATS—No. 2 white (old), 34@35c;
No. 2 mixed, 28@29c.
LIVE STOCK MARKET
In
of
Indian Agent Kelsey Begins to Mak*
Oat Rolls
MUSKOGEE: A committee of the
Delaware Indian citizens visited the
Union Agency here and conferred
with Indian Agent Dana H. Kelsey
relative to the Delaware payment that
is to be made soon. Mr. Kelsey will
begin soon to make out the rolls to
determine who are entitled to share
the payment, and the committee
Delawares will be called in for
conference occasionally. The commit-
tee is composed or George Bullette,
Tulsa; John Young, Copan; John Sar-
coxle, Bartlesville; John H. Sacory*
nue. White Oak. and Henry Arm-
strong, Beedy’s Bluff.
The payment about to be made tc
the Delawares is the last they will
ever receive. There are something
over 2,000 members of the tribe and
the payment amounts to $150,000.
The Delawares are the poorest In-
dians In the territory, and perhaps
In the United States. They lost their
national entity when they sold their
valuable lands in Kansas and Mis-
souri shortly after the civil war for a
mere pittance, at the dictation of un-
scrupulous leaders, ✓nd removed to
Indian Territory. Here they took up
their homes under the sovereignty of
the Cherokees. They have been giver
allotments along with the other citi-
zens of the Chertsee nation, but
time the Delawares were the richest
Indians in the United States.
Chios gp
CATTLE—Good to prime steers,
$5.25©5.75; poor to medium. $3.60@
5.15; Stockers and feeders, $2.10©
4.40; cows, $2.40@4.40; heifers, $2.25
©4.75; canners, $I.40©2.40: bulla.
$2.25©3.75; calves, $3.0rt@6.40; Tex-
as fed steers, $3.00@4.60.
HOGS—Mixed and butchers. $5.35
©5.95; good to choice heavy, $5.75©>
5.92; heavy, $5.30@5.C0; light. $5.50®
6.00.
SHEEP—Good to choice wethers.
$4.75@5.40; fair to choice mix d
$3.50@4.60; western sheep. $4.00®
5.25; western lambs, $5.00@6.50.
to Impose upon the farmers he will
expose their methods.
These grocery agents are taking or-
ders among the farmers for supplies,
to be delivered on the first of August.
The groceries are to be paid for upon
delivery. And in return for the pat-
ronage the agents fill out a contract,
agreeing to buy all the eggs these
farmers have for sale fAr the next five
years, for twenty-five cents per dozen.
They also agree to buy all the butter
their customers will sell, paying for
it at the rate of thirty cents per pound.
Of course, the farmers who refuse to
buy the groceries cannot sell their
butter and eggs to this firm. T he
agents say they are representing a
large firm which proposes to erect x
great cold storage plant in Oklahoma
City, and have it in operation by the
first of October. The butter and eggs
will not be purchased, say the agents,
until after the cold storage plant has
been placed in operation.
Secretary McNabb believes these
agents are promising too much, and
he is afraid something will happen
which will cause the "big firm” to
change its mind about building the
cold storage plant in Oklahoma City,
which case the farmers would have
nothing on hand but a stock of poor
groceries, for which they will pay a
larger price than the same goods
would cost them if purchased from lo-
cal dealers. Mr. McNabb believes
this graft, if It Is found to be such, is
worse than the mall order graft,
against which a war is being waged
by the country newspapers of Okla-
homa.
and
fair
fed
and
Kansas City
CATTLE—Choice export
dressed beef steers. $5.00©5.35;
to good. $4.25@5.00; western
steers, $3.75@4.90; Stockers
feeders $2.75©4.35; southern steers
$2.75®4.25; southern cows, $2.25®
3.00; native cows, $2.50® 4.50 native
heifers, $3.25@5.25; bulls. $2.25@4.00;
calves, $3.00 @5.75.
HOGS—Top. $5.6S: bulk of sales,
$5.55© 5.62%; heavy, $5.50© 5.G0; piga
and light, $5.50®5.60.
SHEEP—Native lambs. $6.25@7.15
western lambs, $5.15@C.75; ewes and
yearlings. $4.25@5.00; Texas clipped
sheep. $4.25@5.00; stockers and feed
ers, $2.60©4.00.
TIMBER RAPIDLY DISAPPEARING
KATY SUIT WITHDRAWN
A Movement for Better Roads
ANADARKO: A general united
effort Is being made between the busi-
ness men of this town and the farm-
ers, working with the county commis-
sioners and township officers, to im-
prove the condition of the roads
leading Into Anadarko. The com
merclal club has also become inter
ested In the matter.
OKLAHOMA CITY: Sunday. July
30th, the Witchlta base ball club of
the Western association will open
series of threp games with the Metro-
politan club of this city. Both of
these teams are fighting for first
place, and the games will be fine ex-
hibitions of the national sport. Wichi-
ta expects to send a trainload of root-
ers. and all roads entering Oklahoma
City will run special trains for the
first game, and make excursion rates
for Sunday. It is expected that fully
6,000 people will attend.
Britt Is Still Lightweight Champion
SAN FRANCISCO: Jimmy Britt
is still the lightweight “Champion of
the world. He was awarded the de-
cision over Kid Sullivan in a twenty-
round contest in Which Britt was the
bright and shining star. He outpoint-
ed Sullivan In nearly every round,
and, although he did not knock the
husky youngster from Washington
out, he demonstrated beyond all doubt
his superioriity.
As the referee said: “It was a
stake horse against a selling platter.
Britt gave a marvelous exhibition of
scientific boxing.
Ex-Confederates at Ada
ARDMORE: The annual reunion of
the Chickasaw brigade United Con-
federate Veterans was in session at
Ada last week. All business houses
were handsomely deporated with con-
federate colors, and the visiting con-
federate soldiers, their sons and
daughters, were given a royal wel-
come. The address or welcome on be-
half of the city was made by J. W.
Dean, and on behalr or the sons and
daughters by T. D. McKeown. The
response to the address of welcome
wns made by J. P. Wood, brigadier
general of the Chickasaw brigade.
Roff was selected as the place for
holding the 1906 encampment and W.
W. Hyden of McGee, was elected
brigadier general.
Killed Over Price of Hay
SOUTH McALESTER: W. E. Mc-
Cain a prominent citizen of Red Oak,
was stabbed to death by E. R. Haw-
kins during a quarrel over the price
McCain and Hawkins each
hay presses. McCain sold
his bav for $4.50 per ton and Haw-
for $5.00. Hawkins asked Me-
Milllons of Feet of Lumber being Tak-
en from Indian Territory
SOUTH McALESTER: The valua
ble timber land of the Choctaw nation
are rapidly passing vnto the hands of
the big lumber companies. Million*
of feeLare changing hands daily. The
average price for good lumber is $1.50
a thousand feet. Dozens of sawmills
are in operation in various parts of
the nation, and the timber is rapidly
converted into lumber worth $18 and
$20 a thousand feet.
The land upon which this timber
grows is unfit for agricultural pur-
poses, being hilly and covered with
rocks Some of the lumber compan-
ies give the land back to the Indian
atter they have stripped it of its
valuable timber. The tine pine tint-
I her will soon be a thing of the past
in the Choctaw nation, and instead
there will be miles and miles of bar
ren land, fit only for a goat ranch
or some institution of a similar char
acter.
Railway Company May Take Some
Other Course to Secure the Land
MUSKOGEE: The suit of the
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway
company against John Bullette, an
allottee in the Creek nation, to force
him to give possession of his allot-
ment a test case, has been dismissed
In the federal court here upon motion
of the plaintiff company. This was
the first suit filed by the Missouri,
Kansas & Texas company to secure
possesion of land In Indian Territory
valued at forty million dollars, which
the railway people claimed under an
oW land grant, made by the govern-
ment about thirty years ago. The
fact that the railway company has
withdrawn the suit, means that the
attorneys for the road either have a
new scheme on foot to get possession
of the land or are afraid to let the
matter come to trial, fearing an ad-
verse decision which would take away
the claim to the proper)?, which has
heretofore been a valuable asset.
Goes to the Panama Railroad
ENID: C. P. Gibson, for fourteen
years In the service of the Rock Isl-
and Railroad company, and for sev-
eral years roadmaster of the Enid &
Anadarko division, has resigned to
accept the position of superintendent
of the Panama Railroad and Steam-
ship company. He leaves the em-
ploy of the Rock Island August 1.
The first duty of Mr. Gibbs will be
the employment of section foremen
and extra gang foremen, engine and
trainmen, and these he will select
from employees of American rail-
ways. His headquarters will be in
New York city. Mr. Gibbs is about
forty years of age, and formerly lived
here. He now resides at Ohickasha.
EXTRA SESSION OF CONGRESS
NATIONAL GUARD ROW
of hay.
operated
kins _ _ ,
Cain to raise the price. McCain re-
fused. A quarrel followed. Hawkins i
stabbing McCain three limes in the .
left breast, almost severing the heart, j
Hawkins Is still at large. He Is a
dangerous man and may not be taken
alive.
The Prairie Oil company is install-
ing a 65-ton pump at Cleveland, which
will be powerful enough to force oil
through an eight-inch pipe, without
relay, from Cleveland to Bartlesville.
Re-United Flv« Bays After Divorce
MUSKOGEE: Five days after
semiring a divorce, E. D. McNair and
Mollle Sinclair were reunited tn mar-
riage In the United States clerk s of-
fice here. The couple was divorced
on July 13. and Mrs. McNair was giv-
en her maiden name. It did not take
long to effect a reconciliation, and
the second wedding of the couple was
the result.
Another Prohibition In Kansas
TOPEKA, KA9.: Marriage cere-
monies. In which either of the con-
tracting parties Is a divorcee, no long-
er will be performed by ministers of
the Episcopal church in Kansas, dur-
ing the lifetime of the other person to
the previous marriage contract.
Bishop MUlspaugh of the diocese of
Kansas and the heads of the churches
representing three-fourths of the Epis-
copalians. have signed an agreement
to this effect.
President Calls National Lawmakers
to Meet November 11
OYSTER BAY: President Roose-
velt will call an extraordinary ses-
sion of congress to begin November
11. It was originally Intended to ctril
the session for a month earlier, but
the president has postponed the date
until after the completion of his
promised trip south. So many In-
quiries have come from members of
congress that Mr. Roosevelt decided
to authorize announcement of t
date. ...
In his message tbe president win
lay stress upon the necessity of rail-
road legislation. Panama will un-
doubtedly play a part. It Is also In
tlmated that some plan will be pre-
sented for congressional considera-
tion to overcome the organized boy-
cott by the Chinese against American
trade In retaliation for the exclusion
act now In force. Mr. Roosevelt feels
he has gone as far as he can in modi
fylng the lightening of the strict en-
forcement of the law by saving CM
nese merchants and travelers from
In entering the country
annoyance
Tahlequah now has
system.
a fire alarm
Qroceryman Resist Tsx
HENRYETTA: The Indian police
met resistance here when they
attempted to collect the tribal
taX from Joe Baker,
runs a grocery store and
In the back of the store bulding.
notified the police that he would give
them the whole store before he would
pay the tax. He claims that the pollc#
have no right to close his front door
when he lives in the building and
the door furnishes him Pie only front
passageway out of his living apart
“<saU.
Atoka Sheriff Removed
MUSKOGEE: David Hodges, Indian
Sheriff of Atoka county, has been dis-
Bsker charged from office by Governor Mc-
' Curtain, of the Choctaw nation, who
H* ' claims that Hodges refused to make
a settlement for fees due the county
from the sheriff. The county clerk.
In rendering his statement last April,
reported that he had been unable to
induce the sheriff to report on per-
mit taxes collected. Thomas Bell, of
Kiowa, has been appointed to fill th#
vacancy.
Governor Will Not Name Date Unless
the Internal Strife Ceases
GUTHRIE: Unless the Internal
strife In the Oklahoma national guard
is brought to a close there may be no
anBual encampment this year. Gov-
ernor Ferguson has said that there
would he no uBe in holding ^n en-
campment with the officers fighting
among themselves. They would not
have time to do anything at the en-
campment. The gathering would ne-
cessarily bring together the officers
whose authority seem to conflict and
bring about unpleasantness whlcn
might disrupt the guard. At the
state at which affairs have been for
the last month the temper of some of
the conflicting officers might result in
a fight and disgrace the whole organ- .
izatiori.
When asked if he had set a <U*o
for the holding of the enmexpment
Oovernor Ferguson said:
"No, the date has not been set and
there is not much use in holding the
encampment if the officers are going
to fight all the time. They are too
busy fighting to attend an encamp-
ment. The usual time for the en-
campment is in September, and I had
been In hope that the fight among the
officers would die down before that
time."
Officers who are acquainted with
the situation doubt the advlsabilltj
of an encampment as long as the
present state of affairs exists, but
they hope for a reconciliation of the
differences of the Hoffman-Burlingam*
affair before September,
this Is Impossible.
Some say
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