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VOL. 14—NO. 57.
SHAWNEE, OKLAHOMA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1909.
NEWS WANT ADS PAY WELL.
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HALF MONTHS'OF J, J, DOSS
Four and a Half Months.
The 100th anniversary of the birth
of Poe will be celebrated at the Car-
negie library, Tuesday afternoon,
January 19th, at 3 o'clock.
Mr. Victor E. Harlow will give a
talk on Poe, and an enjoyable time
is insured all. There will be no ad-
mission fee and everyone Is Invited.
The Harmony club will be enter-
tained by Mrs. Wallace Estill, Wed-
nesday, Jan. 20, at 2:30 o'clock.
J. J. Doss, a pioneer resident ot
At a meeting of the school board1 Shawnee and a prominent citizen,
last night, a resolution was passed died this morning at his home 23-
making a term of four and a halt .North Bell street of heart trouble j
months in this district the require- after an Illness of only a few hours,
ment for compulsory attendance. The ( Mr. Doss was one of the most gen-
state law makes the minimum three I erally respected residents of Shaw-:
months and the maximum six months. t nee, which had long been his honii
The board struck a mean betweep He was G8 years of age at the time
of his death and leaves his wife and
several children.
Funeral services will be conducted j
from the M. E. church south, Wed-
nesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock.
these two.
Clothes! Clothes! Clothes! Clothes
pc everybody at Schloss' big "water
damage sale."
SURVEY OF OSAGE NATION.
Tulsa, Okla., Jan. 19—The final
survey of the Osage nation, just com-
pleted and filed with the federal gov-
ernment, may result in litigation
with the government acting for the
Oaages as the department acting for
the Osages as the defendant. The
Arkansas river forms almost the en-
tire distance the western boundary
of the Osage nation, and in determin-
ing the western border, islands
hitherto regardedj as belonging to the
Pawnees, Noble and Kay counties
were thrown into the Osage, thus dis-
possessing the old-time homesteaders
of land they have always regarded as
theirs. These islands are some of
the very richest farms in the Arkan-
sas valley, which is regarded as the
mostfertile region in all Oklahoma.
Rather than relinquish their farms, it
is said these homesteaders will go
into court and fight for their rights.
EXPLAINS THE
TAX PROBE
THE BIG CLOTHING SALE BE-
GINS 9 A. M. MONDAY MORNING
AT SCHLOSS'.
OKLAHOMA GETS A FACTORY.
Guthrie, Okla., Jan. 19.—A special
from East Liverpool, Ohio says:
"Negotiations will be definitely
closed during the month between the
commercial club of Bartlesville, Ok-
lahoma, and Robert T. Hall and R.
T. Beakin of this city for the erec-
tion of a ten-kiln pottery at Bartles-
ville. This will be the first general
ware pottery to be built west of the
Mississippi river. Freight rates how-
ever, from St. Louis east, are consid- j afternoon, Jan. 22nd.
ered by the parties quite excessive,
and K may be that before these
rates are amicably adjusted no move
will be made by Hall & Meakin to-
ward starting construction."
That suit you have long had your
eyes on may now be bought at less
than actual manufacturers' cost. Call
at Schloss' big sale and see.
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
The E. M. B. club will meet Wed-
nesday, January 20, with Mrs. R. A.
HofT.
The Ladles' Aid No. 1 of the Chris-
tian church will meet Thursday, Jan.
21 with Mrs. J. B. Ellis on N. Park
street.
The Woman's Missionary Society
of First Presbyterian church will
meet Tuesday 19th at 3 p. m., with
Mrs. S. M. Abernathy on North
Broadway. The annual election of
officers will take place at this time
and all members are expected to be
present.
Mrs. H. H. Smith and Mrs. Grace
Hall will entertain at bridge, Wednes-
day afternoon, Jan. 20, at 2:30 o'clock
complimentary to Miss Mary Ozias,
of Elizabethtown, Ky., and Miss
Fields of Kansas City, at the home
of the former, 632 North Broadway.
Mrs. E. Cofer will be hostess to
the Ladies' Aid Society of the Grace
M. E. church, Thursday, Jan. 21st.
Mrs. E. Dahlinger will entertain
the Wednesday Thimble club, Wed
nesday afternoon, Jan. 20.
Mrs. Norman Nelson will be host-
ess to the Waukahoma club, Friday
Hugh Gerner, assistant state
aminer, attended the session of the
county commissioners last night to
explain the governor's position in re-
gard to the tax probe, which, he
stated had been generally misunder-
stood by the commissioners.
The determination to investigate
levies," said Gerner, came when it
was learned that representatives of
the railroads at a meeting held in
Guthrie had decided to fight the pay-
ment of any taxes at all, on the
grounds that certain levies were il-
legally made. The agents of the
railroad had investigated the tax lev-
ies of all counties thoroughly and
knew more about them, Mr. Gerner
asserted, than the county commis-
sioners did themselves. The gov-
ernor learned of this and calling the
railroad representatives to his office
gave them a straight talk, the out-
come of which was that they agreed
to pay half their taxes under protest,
and the governor to undertake to
correct the levies where illegally
made. This, said Mr. Gerner, was
the reason for the probe. Many of
the levies were illegal merely on
technical grounds, while many of the
township school levies were excessive
and illegal. It was the governor's
intention, said he, to correct all lev-
ies which hadi been illegally made,
in order to save trouble in collect-
ing taxes.
Mr. Gerner's explanation was heard
with interest, and he was frequent-
ly interrupted with questions.
ARE EXCEEDINGLY
BUSINESS LIKE
| The county commissioners of the
! state of Oklahoma are the most ener-
| luetic and businesslike bunch of men
lever gathered here in state conven-
A fight between a number of print- tion_wlthout cxcepUon. And their
i sessions are lively.
It is very evident from the full dls-
ing companies who are after tho
county business in Oklahoma develop-
ed at the afternoon session of the
cussion given every point that comes
county commissioners Monday, when up be(ore ,he convenUon that u,e
Conkey's Laying Tonic going fasl
Clarke & Keller's. Poultrymen
j take advantage of free offer.
OUR REPUTATION IS BEHIND
EVERY ARTICLE SOLD AT THIS
SALE. SCHLOSS'.
CHILDREN KILLED.
Guthrie, Okla., Jan. 19.—Giving car-
bolic acid by mistake for cough medi-
cine killed, the 3-year-old son of Clar-
ence Gee, living nine miles west ot
Alva. The mistake was made by the
child's aged grandmother.
The big clothing sale at Schloss'
is the big attraction of the city.
W. G. WRIGHT DEAD.
Oklahoma City, Okla., Jan. 19.—'W.
G. Wright, who came to this city
from Waxahatchie, Tex., four years
ago and who has been engaged In
business here, died suddenly from
cancer of the stomach.
The Entre Nous club will meet
Thursday afternoon, Jan 21. at 3 j
o clock with Miss Ferne Ford.
The Sterling Thimble club will
meet Tuesday afternoon at 2:30
o'clock with Mrs. Catalin.
About three hundred invitations
will be issued in a few days to a
musicale to be given by Mr. and Mrs.
J. W. Rubey, for Mr. and Mrs. H. M.
Rubey of Golden, Colorado. The
GET INCREASED PENSION.
; Guthrie, Okla., Jan. 19.—The con-
gressional record shows the name ot
I Cornelius Harrington of Guthrie as
receiviltp an increase of pension
i amourttmg to $24 a month. He was
| a member of Company E and A,
forty-first regiment and company K,
fifty-third regiment, Illinois volun-
teer infantry. Another citizen, Mar-
io,l3T3rrlter' 's panted an increase
amounting to $36 a month. He was
musicale will be given Tuesday even- & meagkr of a of the sev
Ing, Jan. 26, at 8 o'clock at Chrisney (,ntJtg|£th n]|noig volunteer infantry,
hall, after which there will be a sup- He )g ^ father Q( fomer 8herjff
per and a dance. j cj,arieg g Carpenter of Guthrie.
Don't miss "The Iirish Senator" at
If you know a bargain when you
see one you can't help but buy
suit of Clothes at Schloss' big sale j of Mrs. W. O. Deason, 401 North
this week. I Park street.
The Woman's Council will meet
Tuesday afternoon at 3 o clock withjtije Becker Tuesday evening. Lots of
Mrs. H. G. Newcombe. fim frouc an{j music. This is a big
The Ladies' of the Round Table'show-
will give a musicale Friday. January qeath qf p|0NEER
22, at 2:30 o'clock at the home ot
Mrs. J. M. Aydelotte on North Broad- Guthrie, Okla., Jan. 19—The death
way. Each member will be accom- occurre<i last night of William A
panied by a guest. j ueyer, aged 70, a pioneer of Okla-
- honia, and the father of Arthur and
The Daughters of the Confederacy uugene Beyer, officers of the Guthrie
will confer crosses of honor upon Savings bank. He was a native of
several veterans, Jan. 11, at the home Germany, and moved **Hh his wife
and two children to Southeastern
a representative of the Oklahoma
Engraving Printing Co., asked for
five minutes in which to address the
convention on patronizing home in-
dustry. He had scarcely started up-
on his statement which he read from
typewritten copy when ihe was in-
terrupted by representatives of the
Dorsey Printing Co., of Dallas and
others. The chair ruled, however,
that he had been granted the privi-
lege and should enjoy It, and he pro-
ceeded with his statement. Why, he
inquired, should Oklahoma county
commissioner send away from the
state for their stationery and other
printing, put up in non-union shops,
when his company could furnish just
as good workmanship, just as good
paper, just as prompt service, etc,
etc., as the outside companies could
do. Hhe then cited several instances
of where commissioners had been
imposed on. In one county of 3,500
people, he said, the commissioners
had purchased 1,000 insane commit-
ment blanks. In another county a
big bunch of bogus receipt blanks
had been unloaded. Why was this,
he asked. And no one answered.
They only voted, in spite of protests j
from other firm representatives, to.
keep the publishers' and printers' j
fight out of the convention at least j
until they had time for it.
delegates all have their own ideas,
and came here not only to get the
ideas of others, but to try their own
upon their associates.
It is further evident that every
county is well represented, and that
the various commissioners came to
the meeting Intending to accomplish
something. On all points of any
moment, the delegates are practical-
ly agreed. It is only in the matter
of minor considerations where there
is an decided difference of opinion.
The resulting debates are full of
eloquence, fire and ginger. Some
notable flights of oratory, such as
would not have been expected at
such a meeting, were heard at the
various sessions.
The earnestness of the debaters
was at times such that it was diffi-
cult for Chairman Greer to keep to
program down to one or two speech-
es at the same time, but he succeed-
ed admirably, proving himself a
model presiding officer.
Strong resolutions, by far the most lease on the subject in the courts it
important for Oklahoma of any con- j would be well to await the decision
sidered at tho present meeting of the of tho courts.
county commissioners of the state,
were adopted this morning by a; Next Meeting at McAlester,
unanimous vote. They were the res- The convention adjourned this aft-
olutions asking the legislature to in- ernoon after selecting McAlester as
corporate certain things in the road the place of the next meeting to bo
and bridge law of the state that the held next December, and voting a
commissioners from experience know resolution of thanks to Shawnee for
to be needed.
The resolutions as submitted and
adopted are in full as follows:
Resolutions Adopted:
Mr. Chairman: We your commit*
the entertainment, accorded the mem-
bers of the association while in the
city.
Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Rubey of
Golden, Colo., are guests of Mr.
Rubey's brother, J. W. Rubey. Mr.
tee beg to submit the following res-'Rubey is cashier of the Woods-Rubey
olutions embracing out ideas as to'National Bank of Golden.
the needs of legislation along the I Drs. M. A. Baker and G. S. Baxter
lines of improving tho public high-'of Casa, Ark., have located in Shaw-
ways. I .ice and have taken a suite of office
"First. We recommend the en-1 room a in ihi« Mammoth building.
Farm to rent; mules tor sale. Re-
liable man to take care of team.
Call at 933 N. Louisa. 14-tf
CROWDS VISIT
SCHLOSS SALE
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actment of such laws as will give the
county commissioners the right to
provide by levy sufficient road and
bridge funds for tho consistency and
maintainance of all public highways
and bridges In the several counties
of the state of Oklahoma, giving
them general supervision of all roads
and bridges In their counties.
"Second. To give boards of county
commissioners power to work on tha
public highways of the county or
other county works all prisoners con-
victed' and sentenced to hard labor
or fine for misdemeanors in any ot
the courts of the county.
"Third. That the boards of coun-
ty commissioners be authorized to
issue bonds to an amount not to ex-
ceed two per cent of the assessed
valuation of such counties, said
bonds to run for a term not exceed-'
ing twenty-five years, the proceedr
derived from sale of such bonds to
be applied to the road and bridge
fund of such county.
"Fourth. We recommend a poll
tax of two dollars per head on all
male persons between the age of 21
The *and 50 years and said poll tax re-
Unparalleled crowds are visiting
the big clothing sale being conducted
by Schloss as a result of his recent
loss of thousands of dollars by burst-
ed water pipes leaking water on his
stock from the floor above.
nice cutting bus had the desired I'~«Pt t answer as a certificate to a
effect and Ihc buying has been very'voter subject to a residence in
stnte and county.
"Fifth. We recommend that all
iliids for contracts be opened on the
same day that bids are advertised to
close.
Sixth. We ask that road over-
I brisk. Some rare bargains have been
j obtained by dozens of people of
Shawnee and the surrounding conn-
j try.
The store has been cleaned up
since the "deluge", and has been
Chas. McCoy, the intrepid city
marshal of McLoud, made an import-
ant capture Monday and incidentally
won a reward of $500. Upon infor-
mation furnished' by an Indian he
took into custody Henry T. Arm-
strong, wanted in Noble county on a
charge of murder. The state offered
$300 reward and the county $200.
Armstrong is accused of complicity
in the murder of Isaac W. Fell, a
squawman, Dec. 25, whose body was
hacked to pieces, hauled 25 miles |
and thrown in a well. A young man
was arrested for the crime and is
said to have confessed and Implicat-
ed Armstrong.
Since Christmas Armstrong has
been at the Joe Whipple place neiV
McLoud. Saturday he was in Shaw-
nee but avoided the business sec-
tion.
seers be allows $2.00 per day for
dried out, so that it is once more a
comfortable place to trade. About the1 "me actually put In on tie nuns
only evidences of the water damage! "Seventh. We recommend a worx
is the prices that are marked on the!able road tax on real est*e, If no.
worked out to be paid to the county
I treasurer as other taxes and assigned
goods.
That suit you have long had your j to the road and bridge fund of the
eyes on may now be bought at less j county.
than actual manufacturers' cost. Call j "A. L. Hausam, Chairman,
at Schloss' big sale and see. i "Geo. F. Clark, Secretary.
HUNSICKER THOMAS WEDDING. Today s sessions have been exceed-
Allen B. Hunsicker and Miss Josiel'"^ llve'y. and the be8t of s00d
Thomas were married Sunday even-1 bumor has prevailed.
At the morning session the com-
« 11 HEAVY BATH ROBES AND Kl-
Imittee on township organization, law- ^ ^ ^ ^ MAM_
fence and free range reported
ing at 6 o'clock by Rev. Grace of the
M. E. church south, at the home of i
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. Mar-i^"1
tel. 114 West Hayes. There were I'"at they had failed to agree and
about 40 guests present. The cere-iwere discharged.
' followed by a wedding The report of the road and bridge
j law committee was read and approv-
A warrant was issued Saturday for
Ben I^eonard, charging larceny from
the person. He came voluntarily be-
fore justice Johnson this morning
and gave bond for his appearance
Saturday. Leonard is charged with
robbing a drunk Indian.
The water damaged the prices
more than the clothing at Schloss'.
See the big bargains.
ALFALFA MEDICS HAVE MEET.
Helena, Okla., Jan. 19.—The Al-
falfa County Medical Society met at
Helena in its annual session in the
office of Dr. K. F. Slaton and the fol-
owing officers were elected for the
ensuing year: W. M. Bassett of Jet,
president; B. E. Briscoe of Cherokee,
vice-president; E. D. Elbright of Car-
men secretary-treasurer; T. A.
Rhodes of Goltry, delegate; J. E. Un-
derwood of Carmen, censor. The so-
ciety has a membership of sixteen
out of twenty-two doctors in the
county.
You can buy good second hand
heaters for a song at Thompson &
Senner's, 118 N. Bell. Phone 685.
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NO GRAND JURY NECESSARY.
Mangum, Okla., Jan. 19.—Judge*
Brown and prosecuting attorney,
Henry have both held that under the
existing laws in the state indictment
by grand jury was not necessary to
the prosecution of criminals, and that
a grand jury except in extreme cases
was a useless expense on the coun-
ty, therefore no grand jury has been
called in this county since the ad-
vent of statehood, the prosecutions
all being made by information. The
supreme court of the state has re-
cently passed on that point and sus-
tains the position heW by Judge
Brown and Attorney Henry.
mony
luncheon.
OLD OFFICERS RE-ELECTED
At the regular annual meeting of the Directors of the Bank
of Commerce held Jan. 13, 1909, the following officers were re-
elected for the ensuing year.
W. S. SEARCH, President.
Wallace Estill, Jr., Vlce-Pres.
Claude D. Rorcr, Cashier.
L. C. Webster, Assistant Cashier.
BANK OF COMMERCE
SHAWNEE, OKLA.
Missouri some forty years ago. I.om
Missouri they camo to Oklahoma In
the pioneer days, arriving here April,
1889, where he and his two eldest
sons took a claim in this county.
Don't fall to see the gas demon-
stration every evening, between 8 and
10 o'clock, and get prices on gas
fitting. Estimates free. The Mills
Gas Store, 130 North BUI St Phone
1249. M-f
BURGLARS ARE STUNG.
Tulsa, Okla., Jan. 19.—Burglars en-
tered the office of the Chastain-Ca-
they Lufber c mpany, in the east
end of U.V B. 8' o cracked the safe,
but were <ilstpi.onted in their expec-
tation of getting a big haul of money.
Seventy-five cents was the extent oJ
the loot.
There was considerable discussiou on
Monday evening a party of about e<*-
50 friends of Ihe young couple char- On motion three bills now pending
Bakery for Sale, in town of 1600, avariated them and were treated to before the state legislature on prac-
population. Call 103 West Main |ce cream, cake and cigars. ilcally the same subject eri i .id.
street, Shawnee, Okla. 16-3t
Clothes! Clothes! Clothes! Clothes 'the subjects at issue.
Boom your manufacturer the same for everybody at Schloss' big "water
as you are booming your city. White ,ianiage sale."
Seal cigar is a home product. 4-tf
Never in Shawnee's history was
ORIGINAL COST HAS BEEN
LOST SIGHT OF IN SCHLOSS'
CLOTHING SALE.
DR. G. H. TAYMAN
...DENTIST...
Office over Shawnee National Bank
PHONE 9 2
MOUNDS GETS HIGH SCHOOL.
high grade merchandise sold as re
sardless of value as Schloss' will
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Afternoon Session. COAL! WOOD!
The afternoon session started of! <%^TA FE C0AL ca pH0NE 369.
with a whoop. WE SEU_ COAL—WOOD—PORT-
A resolution to ask tho legislature LAND CEMENT.
to change the law regarding county
prisoners to provide for allowing
such prisoners $1 per day instead of
$2 per day as at present on fines
for each day incarcerated, passed
Sapulpa, Okla., Jan. 19—The elec- sell ti,em Monday.
tlon for the establishment of a High
school In Creek county resulted in ROFF'S NEW SCHOOL BUILDING.
a complete victory for MoundB very
largely through the heavy vote of Roff, Okla., Jan. 19.—The new
fckpulpa. The wi-st section of the $20,000 school building is now in with cheers llils, it was iiuugi..
county was opposed to the location, i-ourse of construction and when com- would break up tin) i".u ce o -i
but was unable to muster sufficient pleted will be one of the most com- certain element who l"1 <iri,t a> ng
modlous and up-to-date school build- in jail to paying out rash for fines,
ings in this section of the state. Rolf The liquor question came up again,
is an applicant for one of the state and a resolution to ask that the leg-
normal schools. | 'alature pass a law providing for the
state paying counties for liquor cap
Schloss' cannot afford to keep lured In the counties and turned
water damaged merchandise In his over to the state was Introduced,
house. He will sell them at less Mr. Cleveland of Tulsa Co. suggested
than manufacturers cost. that as his county now had a test
GET OUR PRICES. PHONE 369.
PROMPT DELIVERY.
H. G. LARSH, Manager.
votes to defeat Mounds.
A girl wanted to do general house
work. Apply at The Shawnee News
office. *
Several drunks, a vag and some
disturbers of the peace were fined
in police court this morning.
J A Good Place to Trade.
s
H
O
T
The Misery of
a Severe Cough
can be cut short
in a hurry with
Hill's Honey & Tar
25 cts. a bottle.
O
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SHAWNEE DRUG STORE
Main and Broadway Telephone 95
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