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Norman Transcript.
NORMAN.
OKLAHOMA.
NEW STATE NEWS
A wealthy Now Yorker has tits dog
kennels at Ponca City. The keeper U
paid J1.5. 0 a year.
Ok'ah"ma City will vote this fa'.! on
$.75/00 water works and sewer
bond proposition.
The n w b'll ding of the Cen'ral
aortal school was dedioit.d at Ed-
inond lar t w elc.
A rol'er skating rink
opened r.t Shawnee.
has bwn
The Hon. Albert Ro-n'e of Pa"I s
Valley has been appointed as assis-
tant United .States attorney for the
southern rllrtrict, with headquarters
at Pauls Valley.
LAST CREEK COUNCIL
Representative* of the Creek Nation
Convened at Okmulgee
MUSKOGEE: The la-t annual srs
■Ion of the Creek Indian nation
opened at Okmulgee last Thursday
Most of the time was taken up with
the read ng of the message of General
Pleasant Porter, principal ohicf of the
nation, in which the veteran leader
outlined the measures that, in bis
opinion, should be passed by the
council before the end of the session
3f thirty days hence.
Refe ring to the Indian approprl-
atl n bill providing for the removal
of restrictions upon the alienation of
the al otments of freedmen, or citi-
zens n t of Indlm blood, Chief Por-
tor deelar ff the law has had a bad ef-
fect on the nun-English s.aeaMng poo-
pie of the nation In that it Ins
created the Imp esslon among them
that they must sell their lands.
Ci let Porter dlsa.ip ov s cf ths
FOR A NEW STAR"
WERE TRAIN ROBBERS
COMMANDER OF RUSSIAN ARMY
SAYS HE IS READY
fS ALL SWELLRD UP WITH PROSPECTS
Cleveland !s fast b c mtng a gre t
oil field. During the past week three
new well* were reported. Thero is
ilso a good f ow of gas from ail the
wells, one putting forth 2j000,000
:ublc feet per day.
Tho Chandler cotton mill steamed
ap last week to try its ma hlnery and
"o run out w'.at seed there was on
hand, some of whl h w a green anJ
.1' e y to heat and spoil.
Alt is boasts that she lei New York
slty itss f in the prl e of cotton a
weak ago. Between 5C0 and GOO balc3
aave bcea glared nt this Oroei
county 'own since the season opened
Nearly all the railroad bridges
acro*i the Canadian river In Indian
Territory were either washed away
sntlrely or wer« damaged so they
wore not considered safe. Hallro d
traffic from Texas to- the north
was abandoned for two days.
W. A. Swaeker, an aged farrre
living near Red Rock, is reported to
havo been choked to death by a
•racker. Ho wis driving home fr m
town where he had purchased some
crackers. Ho opened the .apk and
bigan to eat one, a po tion of whic
lodged In his windpipe, and he died
In less than two m nutes.
During the q arter end ng Saptem
bor 30 the territorial secret'r-y's of-
fice r e lved In fees for filing var •
Otis articl s $2,02!).50, and for 11
censes 1072.50. D du ting tie quar
terly alowance for tha secretary,
o er'.t hire, ttc., It leaves a balance ol
$1,952 to the treasury.
The Pottawatomie county grani
jury, which has been In session
about half of tho last four weeks
has thus far returned more than 200
Indictments, most of them ag'itisl
Shawnee people for minor offenceJ,
including many violators of the
gaming and liquor laws.
A party frrm the Creek enrolling
departm nt of tho Dawes commiss o
Is In Okmu gee, to remain two weeks,
to sacure addit onal evl e ce rea.l. t
to a number of applications for en
rolling on the Creek list.
Captain Thomas Q. Donaldson,
United States army Inspector, makes
a Biost flattering report of the Okli
Ionia signal co pi. He sp aks ol
the work of the corps iu tho most
complimentary terms.
C. W. Rambo, tar Itorial treasurer
of O. lahoma, has issued hl3 monthly
report, which shows that the terri-
tory has on deposit to Its credit $557,
44 J .r0. The amount racelvt d f am a I
sources curing the last month w s
$G7,328.f5. This Is a cons der h e
increase over the report of last
month.
Vinita has twenty artesian wells.
The w ter is found a little le.'g than
50 1 feet beneath tho surface, and
when found flows constantly.
The Fir: t Nation 1 bank of Cornish
ha« boen authorized to begin buslnes-
with a capital s:< ck of $23,QC0.
Governor Johnston of the Ch cl;a
saw nation has appointed F. Ha a p
Willis of K ngston mineral inspecto'
for the Chickasaw nation. The posi-
tion pays about $4 0.0 a year.
Indians at Ft. Louis during the pre
gram >u Indian Territory day were
dressed In their accustomed robe .
Th"v attracted considerable at
tention.
The. $109,0 <0 bond is sue recently
voted by the city of Muskogee to Im
prove the water works :>nd sewerag
syntt m of th t town was sold ti
Limprecht Bios. & Co. of Cieve and
O, who will pay a premium of $2,500
for the bind-'. Tiny wee lssu;d In
103 b n s of $ ,0.10 each, ta bear five
per cent Interest ar.d payab e L)
twenty years!.
A meeting of the broom corn rals
ers of Canadian county was hold at
El Reno Saturday.
The Chickasaw legislature, whic'
has been in s ssion sinca Septembei
1st, has adjourned for a short v-c.i
tion.
Muskogee is endeavoring to pre
vent the erection of wooden or lra;nt
bui-lness buildings.
It is said there has never been a
lynching In Indian Teriltory.
KuropatRln Says Days of Retreating
Are Over—Russian Army Will Take
the Offensive—Has Confidence of
Complete Victory
ST. PETERSBURG: Following is
Jho text of an order issued by Gen-
eral Kuropatkin:
"More thin seveji months ago the
enemy treacherously fell upon us at
Port Arthur before war had been de-
con stru tion of the agreement as In-j elared. Since then, by land and sea,
terpreti d by Judge Raymond In tho i Russian troops have performed many
Noah Foster casa, which c mpe s pa- heroic deeds, of which the father and
rents to give bonds for the legal
management of the allotments of the
minor children. Many of the people,
he says, aie unable to make rep art
as required, of the manner :n which
they have handled the allotments of
their m nor children, and will have
to seouio the services of an at o ney
to do this tot them. This w.ll put
them to much expense. The allot-
ments of orphans and incompetents,
ho declares are In much mora de-
plorable condition, as no porson ex-
cept a citizen can bo made their
guirJian. Consequently a large per
c nt of them are rec iving no bine-
fit whatever from their allotments.
The motsage declares against the
promiscuous leasing of Indian lands,
and especially homesteads. "I
believe It would be better," it says
"to seru e the p arage of a law by
congress proh biting tho leasing of
tho homesteads for the same period
of time that sale is prohibited. Then
all citizens will have at least a home
for that length of time, and by that
time BUfllcient progress will have
been made by them to understand Its
value and through its proper use ob-
tain a livelihood "
In pursuance of a previous an-
nouncement Chief Porter expresses
his opposition in his message to the
sale of the residue lands, declaring
that such artion will be a direct vio-
lation of tho agreement. He be-
lieves tbat each a.lottee should be
given enough of the residue lands to
equalize liis a.lotments to the value
of $10010.
Duly brief mention Is made In the
mes-agn of annulling the contract
with the Creel: national attorney, A.
1' Murphy, wh ch re ulted In an in
vestigallon ana the filing of two daill-
age stills
Several minor recommendations
are made in the message. One Is
the re-account.ng of the expenditure
of tho Creek monies by tho depart-
ment for purposes unauthorized by
law will be made with the department
so as to sccuie an appropriation by
congress to cover If. It is also
recommended that an appropriation
of $7i>,H00 b*> made by the council to
pay the outstanding indebtedness of
the nation.
The Jury Taken from the Box
VINITA: A sensation was caused
In the federal court when Judge Gill
summarily discharged twelve of the
regular panel of Jurors from further
i vice. Tho Jury had returned a
verdict of not guilty In the case ol
Wairen Davis and Ora Rankin. w :o
were churged with a breach of the
peace, in tho face of direct evidence
of guilt and the Instructions of tho
court. Marshal Darrough was or-
dered to summon twelve citizens to
take their places. The first ease
called was that of Daniel and Edward
Price, charged with the murder ol
Thomas Qualts. Their lawyers im-
mediately attacked the validity of tho
panel.
MUSKOGEE GRAVES ARE MIXED
Wholesale Disinterment to Follow
Quieting Title to Cemetery Lots
MUSKOGEE: An examination
into the conditions'at the cemeteries
near this city revealed the staitling
fait that burials In thc:n havo been
made promiscuously and that, in
many cases, members of several dit
ferent families have been Interred in
a smglo lot. When the cemetery com-
mittee made an investigation It
found that uo one knows who are the
rightful owners of these lots, as no
deeds to them have ever been file I
and In most Instances thero are no
records which show who were the
ortginn! purchasers.
Muyor Kuiherford has Instructed
th* committer to Inquire Into the
matter and if possible determine who
were the first purchasers of tho lots.
It will then become necessary to
bn a wholesale disinterment of the
bodies which havo been buried on
other p uple's lots.
may Justly be proud. The enemy,
however, is not only not overthrown,
but, in his arrogance, continues to
dream of complete victory.
"Tho troops of the Manchurhn
army, In unvarying good sp'rl's, hith-
erto have not been numerically strong
enough defeat the Japanese army.
Much time Is necessary for overcom-
ing all the difficulties of strengthen-
ing tho active army so as to enable it
to accomplish with complete success
the arduous but honorable task im-
posed upon It. It Is for this reason
that, in aplte of the repeated repulse
of Japanese attacks upon our posi-
tions at Tatcheklao, Llandianslan
and Llaoyang, I did not consider that
the time had arrived to take advan-
tage of these successes and to begin
a forward movement, and I therefore
gave the order to retreat.
"You left the positions you had so
heroically defended, covered with
piles of tho enemy's dead, and with-
out allowing yourselves to be dis-
turbed by the foe in the full prepared-
ness for a fresh fight. After a ifve
days' battle at Llanying you retired
on new positions \vhi~h had be n
prepared previously. After success-
fully defending all advanced and
main positions, you withdrew to Muk-
den under most difficult conditions.
"Attacked by Generl Kurokl's
army, you marched through almost
impassable mud, fighting throughout
the day and extricating guns and
carts with your hands at night, and
then returned to Mukden without
abandoning a single gun, prisoner or
wounded man, and with the baggage
train entirely Intact.
"I ordered the retreat with a sor-
' | rowful heart, but with unshaken con-
fidence that it was necessary in order
to gain complete and decisive victory
over the enemy when the time cam a.
"The emperor has assigned for the
conflict with Japan forces sufficient
to assure us victory. Ail difficulties
in transporting these forces over a
distance of ln.ono ver ts are beirg
overcome in a spirit of se'f-sacrifice
and with indomitable energy and skill
by Rtiss! in men in every branch and
rank of the service, and every social
position to whom has been entrusted
this work, which, for difficulty, is
unprecedented in the history of war-
fare,
"In addition to numer'cal strength
{n all commands, from the lowest to
the highest, the firm determination
must be to prevail, to gain victory.
Whatever be the sacrifice neci s arv
to this end, bear in mind the import-
ance of victory to Russia; and, above !
all. remember how necessary victory
rs. the more speedily to relieve our
brothers at Port Arthur, who for
seven months have heroically main-
tained the defense of the fortress en-
trusted to their rare.
"The illustrious head of the Rus-
sl mi land, together w th the whole
of Russia, p-avs for you, blesses y u
for your heroic de ds. Strengthened
by this prayer and the small con-
sMousn ss of the Importance of tho
task that has fallen to us. we must
go forward fearlessly with a firm
de'enrioatlcn to do our duty to the
end wl hotit sparing our lives.
"Our army, strong In its union
w;th the emperor and all Russia, per-
fo-n ed great dee's of hero'sm f r the
f therlon 1 in ail rur wars and pa'ned
for Itself well merited renown
amongst all nations. Think at every
h"ur of the defense of Russia'® dig-
nity and rights in the Far East which
have been entrusted to you by the
emperor's wish. Think at every hour
that to you the defea-e of the honor
an I fame of t' e w' n o Pus-Ian nr-ry
' The will of Go l be w th us ail."
Men Who Thrrw Brakeman From
Train Prove to be Train Robbers
I.AWTON*: Thre iren, g ving f o r
nam's aa James and John Biack and
John Murphy, who were arrested in
the Indian Teriltory recently for
pushing a brakeman from a Rock
Island train near Walter, seriously
injurlug him, have b en positively
idpntlf'ed by an exnress ires;cnger
of the Santa Fe railroad and a busi-
ness man of Duncan as the men who
ha'd up a train at Tucumcari, New
Mcxlco, abcut two months ago. They
have been placed In the federal jail
at Chickasha. By the use of dvna-
mlte the robbers attempted to b'ow
th" sife In the express car. F-iPng
in this they re'I eve 1 the passcngns
of their mnnsy and vluabl s. They
then escaped arro.ss the Panhandle of
Texas and recently came Into Okla-
homa, where, ir an attempt to beat
their way on a train, they were com-
p lled to hnock the brakeman over-
bonrd in order to make good their es-
cape. Th y nro rou h lacking mon,
very uncouth In appearance.
KNOCK TO LEASES
INDIAN AGENT SHOENFELT TO
PCACE INDIANS ON LAND
TIRED OF THE FAIR
Cure as Bad as Disease.
Onions are recommended as a cure
for Indigestion, but as yet there has
been uo cure discovered for onions.
Delegate* to the Irrigation Congreo-
UU'l 1IRIIS: Governor Ferguson
has named the following delegates to
represent Oklahoma at the national
Irrigation cengicss, which will con-
vene In El Paso .Tex., on November
15 [)r W Woodward of Snyder,
W. F Kullerton of Victory, in Greer
county. J Campbell and .1. M. Havs
of Mountain Park, Wl llam A. Little
of Perry, Krnest Blake of El Reno
B J Murphy of Uono Star, F. F. Per
guson of Unloii, In Comanche county,
and Charles AL Thicker of Manyum.
Fifteen Murder Cases at Lawton
LAWTON: The O t her term of
court, which began here the 11th, will
have fl'teen charges o' mtir er to
deal with, either by trial or grn.nd
Jury lnv stlnatbn. The most Im-
porfnt one. or around which the
g-eatest Interest centers, Is the
harge tM Ht I,. T. Russell, former
editor of t' e Democrat, who mnr-
d r-d Colonel Hawkins during a con-
vention h^re.
Bank President Arrested
MUSKOHEE: R. M. McFarland,
rice pre iient of the National Bank
of Holdenville, which was suspended
by the national bank examiner Inst
June, was arrested here on a charge
of embezzlement and misappropri-
ation of funds, and his bond fixed at
$51,000. McFarland got wind of the
Indictment and came here prepared
to make a $5,000 bond. When he
found It raided to $50,000 he could
not leach that amount-
No More Attraction at Et. Louis for
Geronimo, and He Will Return
LAWTON: Geronimo, who has
been at the world's fair for several
mouths, has asked permission of the
superintendent of tho Indian school
on the fair grounds to return to Fort
Sill, and the leave has been granted.
Ho will leave In a few day3, and will,
within a week, arrive at his old home,
where he loves to roam about unmo-
lested by any one, and to do aa*1ie
p'eaaes. He gives as his reason for
wanting to return that he is tired of
seeing the crowds in St. Louis, and
also that he is homesick. Day after
day he sat in the Indian building
beating on his crude drum, singing
his Indian song, which no one has
been able to interpret, and occasion-
ally writing his name in the notebook
of a collector of mementoes of th«
fair.
TROUBLE IN GETTING HELP
Contractors for Sewers at Lawton
Find It Hard to Get Workmen
LAWTON: Contractors for build-
ing the waterworks system in Law-
ten are short of help. Tho pipe lay-
ers also are short of he'p. The scale
of wages has been Increased, but the
cotton fields offer too great induce-
ments and the people who can pick
cotton are in the cotton fields.
It was feared in an early stage of
the proceedings that the contractors
would disregard the claims of the lo-
cal laborers and bring in outside men.
This has not been done, but may be
necessary now if the company can't
get the ditcher they are trying to get
hold of. Tho contractors intend to
get the necrsary help to complete the
work In the agreed time, which is
some time in November. The depart-
ment has refused to grant them an
extension of time. A lot of new plpa
Is arriving daily.
LEASE HOLDERS SEND UP PITIFUL WAIL
DISREGARDED ORDERS
Missouri Pac'ric Passenger Train Ran
Head-on Into a Freight
WARRENSBURG, MO.: Twe-ty-
eigbt persons were ltl led and sixty
or more Injured by a collision on the
Missouri Pacific two miles east of
this place. The second section of
the passer ger train loaded with
world's fair excursionists, ran into a
heavily loaded freight train at a
sharp turn In the cut, known as
"Dead Man's Cut." Both trains were
running about twenty-five miles an
hour when they came together. Most
of 'he de d and injure! are Kansas
people. The engineer of the fra'ght
train had been ordered to sidetrack
for the passenger, but ran by the
passing track.
CRIME OF FOUR YEARS AGO
A Resident of Comanche County Al*
rested for Robbery In 1900
LAWTON: Deputy Unl'ed States
M'rshal Henry Frey arrested Jack
Thompson of near Stor ing on the
charges of assault and robbery,
brought by grand Jury indictment
made by tho United States grand
Jury of tho southern district of the
Indian Territory on May 22, 1900. He
was arretsed by authority of a fugi-
tive warrant Issued In the Indian Ter-
ritory. He was brought before
United States Commisisoner Blanding
and gave bond for appearance bo'ore
the next term of the United States
court in Hie Indian Territory.
The indictment against Thompson
charge* that he and another "arty
at a point In the southern part of the
Indian Territory assaulted a man
named Hlram Thompson, brutally
misused him and relieved film of
$40 In money. The men made their
escape and have been at large ever
i-ia'ce. Jack Thompson was rcently
lorated near Sterling, where he has
teen residing for several months.
Believes He Can Destroy the Weevils
MUSKOGEE: W. D. Hu=sung,
special bug exterminator in the ser-
vice of the M., K. & T., was in the
city rec ntly. He th'nks he has dis-
covered a remedy for the boll weevil,
and hopes to be able to pull down
the $50,000 prize offered by the state
of Texas for some practical way of
exterminating these pests. He had
a bottle full of weevils which he sM'
had been killed by his discovery, and
claimed that they lived but twenty
minutes after being subjected to 1'
Companies Say New Ruling Will
Bankrupt Them—Those Who Have
the Good of the Indian at Heart
Determined to Curb Grafters' Greed
MUSKOGEE: The announcement
of Indian Ag.?nt J. Blair Shoenfclt
that hereafter he wi:l place Indians
in immediate possession of the.r al-
lotments, regaidless of any leases
which land companies or Individuals
may hold on the land, has aroused
widespread consternation among the
lease holders In tho Choctaw and
Chickasaw nations. Already Mr.
Slioenfeit has received several letters
from large lease holders protest.ng
against the ruling, and daclaiing that
the new policy, If carried out, will
bring them Intlo bankrupfcy.
For the last two years government
officials and those having the good of
th« Indian at heart, have been casting
about for some means to curb the
greed of the trust and land com-
panies, many of which have taken ad-
vantage of tho Indian's lguorance of
rental values, and have leased the
ground as soon as it was allotted, for
a mere pittance, from five to fifty
cents an acre. A recent opinion of
the assistant attorney general In-
terpreting the supp ementary agree-
ment with the Choctaw and Chicka-
saw nations has at last furnished a
legal basis upon which the Indian
agent may act, and compel a 1 lessees
to get off of allotted Indian lands and
prove the val dity of the;r leases in
the United States courts before they
will be allowed to reoccupy them.
"I shall begin at once to put this
new policy into operation," said Mr.
Shoenfelt. In the Choctaw and
Chickasaw nations, which contain
the richest farming lands in the In-
dian Territory, nearly ninety per cent
of the allotted lands are leased Dy
land companies and then sub-let to
farmers. When the land offices were
opened man/ of the land companies
herded together a ?unch of Indians
who were entitled to allotments and
made arrangements to lease their
lands even before they were assigned
to them. Agents of tlie companies, or
'rustlers,' as they were called,
watched their particular set of In-
dians, and as soon as they received
their allotments they took them to
tho offices of the land companies,
where leases were all filled out. All
that remained to be done was to se-
cure the signaturs and the Indians
had signed away the use of their
valuable lands for five years for a
mere pittance. Most of the ground
that was leased In tho Choctaw and
Chickasaw nations for from five to
fifty cents an acre could be rented
for ten times that amount.
There are more than forty land
companies in the Choctaw anu
Chickasaw nations which make their
money on leasing Indian lands. Some
of these conduct a straight business.
These companies can regain posses-
sion of the lands by showing in court
that their Teases are valid and that
they reasonably compensate the In-
dians for the use of their properly.
There are a large number of 'com-
panies, however, who thrive on thou-
sands of acres which they have rent-
ed for a song, and It is thought some
of these will be put entirely out of
business.
SHAWNEE: A. B. Chandler of
this city has begun suit against the
Santa Fe for $10,000 for the death of
his son, Thomas, aged 19, who was
killed while working on a construc-
tion train last January.
RULING FAVORS DELAWARE3
MASTON MUST PAY RENT.
Important Decision to Oklahoma
School Land Lessees.
GUTHRIE: The territory of Ok-
iahoma was awarded judgment In the
district court at Chandler against W.
H. Maston for past due rent on school
lands. Maston refused nearly three
years ago to pay rent as a lessee on
the contention that the territory had
no power to collect. The terriory In-
stituted a suit for the amount due,
wi1 h interest, a second for damages
and another to eject from the lan 1,
but the defendant succeeded In delay-
ing trial until the present term. Only
the first case has been decided, but
this will result in prompt settlement
by a number of other lessees who
have failed to pay up, pending the re-
su't of the case against Maston. Had
his contentions been sustained none
of the lessees could have been com-
pelled to settle their notes.
Cherokeeg Must Prove Right to Land
Claimed as Delaware Surplus
MUSKOGEE: The secretary ol
the lntmor tas promulgated a ruling^
dated Otcober 4, 1904, which will help
the Delaware Indians ga n undispub
ed p.! B3l oa of their surplus 1 n la
and sell the"m before the time limit
for dlspaslag of them expires. Tha
ruing fnake* It necessary for any
Cherokee who has male apy lic tion
for land cl Imel by De a.vare,s as a
part of their surplus hollings to file
a c nt st before the Diwes commis-
sion and prove his rights to tha
ground before he may gain posses-
slan. The new ruing providrs that
these eases shall be made special,
wnicb Insures a fp e:ly h aring be-
foie tile comm ssion. The Da aware
tias possession until the Cheiokee can
provo his right to the land, if he has
su h r ght, and if he has not the
Delaware will be given an oppor-
tunity to sell his surplus lands within
eli.,1 vf'.t siVy d ys the time yet re-
maining fcr that pu pase. All sur-
pl"S lands md Improvements ot the
Delawarea not sold within that Kme
T!'l revert to tbo government and be-
come part of the public domain, benco
it can be se n thit a spee ly settle-
ment of all conte ts affecting tho
right to this land is of greatest im-
portance to the Delaware®.
There are about 30,000 a res of sur-
plus lands owned by Deliware allot-
tees. Most of this ground Is In tha
heart of the oil country.
On April 21, 1914, a clause of tho
Indian appropriation bill was passed
giving the Delaware Indians a right
to sell their surplus landB for a
period of six month i after the date o£
filing for their allotments. Immedi-
ate y afterward the Dawes commis-
sion sent out notices to the Deiawaras
to appear at the land office within
ninety d>ys and select their allot-
mrnts under penalty of having their
selections made for them If they did
not apnear in that time.
In response to the notice:s most of
tte Deiawa'e3 did appear and select-
ed their al'otments and the six
months' time for s lling their surplus
lands da'el from the time they filed
for allotments).
COAL LAND BIDS REJECTED
Congress May Increase Area and Irv
terest Big Companies
WASHINGTON: Commissioner
Jone3 has received the repart of the
Choctaw and Chickasha coal commis-
sion and approved their r c uimenda-
tion rejecting all bids submitted by
the various Individ uals and clrp lig-
ations for the purchase of the sev-
enty-four trac'B of coal land Included
in the South McAlester coal district.
Comm sisoner Jones agrees w th tho
commission that all bids submitted
are far below the actual value of the
property, and in no case Is it as much
as one-third the appraised minimum
value.
In his letter 61 transmittal, Com-
missioner Jones takes occasion to
suggest to the secretary the necessity
ot rsking coiisre-s to modifv the law
governing the sale of these lands.
The present law limits "the amount
of land that can be purchas d by any
Individual or corporation to SCO a-res.
This prevents the large coal com-
panies from obtaining holdings In
this district, for there would be no
pro lt in operating such areas. Com-
mbsloner Jfines suggests to the sec-
retary Chat he have congress remove
the3 limitations so as to Induce the
large coal companies throughout the
country to bid on these lands. There
is little doubt but that Secretary
Hitchcock will approve the recom-
mendations of the commisisoner and
that all of these lands will bo read#
vertised.
Grass widows are Just in their hey-
day in the vegetarian season. They
look good enough to eat.
A New Trotting Record
LEXINGTON, KY.: Major Delmar,
the great son of Delmar, out of Expec-
tation, marked a new trott ng record
when he circled the track in 2:01%,
clipping a half second off the record'
made by Cresreus at Columbus. Ma-
jor Delmar used no wind shieldg or
other speed contrivances. Twice be-
fore he had equaled the record of
Cresceus, the last time at Oakley
park. The fractional time in hi3
wonderful mile was 0:29%, 0:59*,
1:29%, 2:01%. He trotted the sec-
ond quarter in 29% seconds, the third
quarter in 30^4 se onds ^nd the
fourth quarter in 32 seconds. The
track was in perfect condition.
Law of Sacrifice.
Tho law of sacrifice is this—that to
those who win, to those who pay the
price, the sacrifice is no sacrifice:
that is to say, the element of pain is
not present
Two Creeks Murdered
MUSKOGEE: Jaek Ellis and Walter
Reed, fullblood Creek Indians, were
shot and instantly killed near Holden-
ville by an Indian reported by tha of-
ficers to be Baldy Flxlo. Fixlco, ft
is said, while in a Grunken cundition,
secured a shotgun, sh. otnj one <•'
the Indians In the back of the head
while asleep, and discharging the sec-
ond load into the bacK of the other vic-
tim. No motive is assigned for th«
deed, and the murderer is still at
large.
Sixteen Beer Sellers Arrested
ARDMORE: Sixteen dealers la
mild beer were arrested at the Ins.
tance of United States Attorney W.
13. Johnson of the southern district
They were release 1 on bond by Com-
missioner Roonet to await the action
of the grand jury. Recently Attor-
ney Johnson had the mild beer being
sold analyzed, a"nd tho arrest were
bas d on the result of the ana ysts*
Many ptaces are closed.
Shawnee Shops to Open Again
SHAWNEE: Orders were received
at the Choctaw shops h re to op^n
the car department ten hour* par
day for six days a week hereafter,
and other departments will follow
su t. This w.ll p it 500 men on al
fu 1 schedule. The shops have beei
running seven hours per day.
For the October term of the district
court at Atoka there are tweoyt-flvf
murder cases on the docket
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