The Shawnee News. (Shawnee, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 75, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 9, 1909 Page: 1 of 6
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VOL. 14.—No. 75.
SHAWNEE, OKLAHOMA. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1909.
NEWS WANT ADS PAY WELL.
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SAYS SECRETARY GARFIELD THE
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COUNTY NEEDS THE COUNTY SEAT AT SHAWNEE
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Washington, D. C., Feb. 9.—That
:he interior department in its inves-
tigation has suffered by the legisla-
tive limitation of the use of the sec-
ret service force of the treasury de-
partment was admitted by Secretary
Garfield when he recently appe
.before the subcommittee of the house
committee on appropriations, in hii
testimony just made public. The sub
committee is drafting the sundry civil
appropriation bill, in which the sec-
retary hopes to see incorporated an
item of $500,000 for fighting depreda-
tions on public timber, protecting pub-
lic lands, etc.
Secretary Garfield in his testimony
«aid the $500,000 appropriation asked
for (twice as large as that asked for
last year) was needed to unearth
frauds committed years ago.
The secretary said the public land
laws had not been vigorously en-i
forced in former years, although it
is difficult to fix the responsibility
for such laxness. He absolved con-
gress from blame.
Secretary Garfield explained that
prior to his administration, both spe-
cial agents of the interior department
and men in the department of justice
which was described as procuring se-
cret service operatives from the
treasury department for this work,
investigated land fraud cases. Now
the cases are investigated only by
special agents of the interior depart
ment.
On the contrary, when Chief Wilkio
appeared before the committee he
said, in discussing the discontinua-
tion of the use of the secret service
men in investigating land fraud cases,
that he believed if it had not been
for this proposed restrictive legisla-
tion that certain classes of investi-
gations already on hand would have
been continued, because they had
reached the point where the men
were out in the field collecting evi-
dence.
When asked if the discontinuation
of the use of the secret service men
procured by the department of justice
from the treasury department to in-
vestigate land frauds was due to the
anticipation of the limitation, Secre
Ury Garfield told the committee it
was not. He added that he "wanted
to keep the investigation of land
frauds entirely within his own juris-
diction."
Members of the committee brought
out the statement that the new plan
of investigation was agreed on be
fore Secretary Garfield had knowledge
of the proposed limitation.
"There was a force under the de-
partment of justice that was doing
work of which the land office had no
connection, and I found," he said,
they were engaged upon cases upon
which our own men were engaged,
and there was overlapping of work,
conflict and friction between them.'
The hearings also brought out the
fact that records show that the only
secret service man "loaned" or "trans-
ferred" from the treasury department
to the interior department direct to
investigate land fraud cases, William
J. Burns, had not been paid for his
work. The transfer was made be-
fore Mr. Garfield became secretary
and he doubted that such a transfer
was proper.
Mr. Garfield admitted that although
the limitation referred to prohibited
the loaning of men in the secret ser
vice division of the treasury depart-
ment, it did not prohibit the "borrow-
ing" of men from the new secret ser-
vice force of the department of jus-
SHAWNEE NEEDS YOUR
VOTE TOMORROW
Get Out Tomorrow and Vote and Work for Best Inter-
ests of Shawnee and the Entire Countv
POLLS EARLY! THEN HUSTLE ALL DAY
And Thursday we will Invite the County to Join With
Us in a Huge Celebration of a Well-earned Victory
President William Garrison of the
Oklahoma State Farmers' Union, has
issued a call for a delegate meeting
of the state union in Shawnee Feb
16 to consider adoption of the ware-
house plan inaugurated by the Ten-
nessee union recently. The questions
to be considered are. shall the state
unions leave it to the option of the
local companies as to the selection
of the warehouse men, and shall the
state or national officers be excluded
from membership on the boards of
control. The national executive board
of the Farmers' Union recently in-
dorsed the Tennessee plan in the fed
eration of warehouses, and recom-
mended that all states having a mem-
bership in the union present the mat-
ter to the local unions for action.
DeWltt's Kidney and Bladder Pills
are the best pills made for backache,
weak back, urinary disorders, etc.
Sold by C. R. Harryman. *
FAREWELL GREETINGS.
There will be an "at home" at the
First M. E. Church Wednesday even-
ing, from 8:30 to 10 o'clock, to visit
and bid adieu to Rev. G. W. Martin
and family, who leave soon for Kan-
sas. All the members of the church
and other friends of Mr. Martin are
invited. Refreshments will be served.
All come. COMMITTEE.
BACK FROM TENNES8EE.
C. H. Eckford of the Shawnee Mu-
tual Fire Insurance Company has re-
turned from a visit to Memphis,
Tenn., and his old home in Missis-
sippi His visit to Mississippi was es-
pecially pleasant. "They still have
the same old rail fences and big pas
tures down there," he said, "with the
great fire places filled with 'hlck'ry'n-
'ash.' The only difference Is that
the young negroes have grown up
and the older ones are «• little older."
$3,000 FOR 3,000
BUSHELS OF POTATOES
Maulsbury and son. living two miles
and a half southwest of Shawnee,
have sold 3,000 bushels of potatoes
for an even $3,000. These are pota
toes that they have had buried at
their place in an immense trench,
covered with dirt, and they are said
to have been in perfect condition.
By securing the location of the
WeBtern Ice & Cold Storage Co. here
Shawnee has made it possible for the
farmers of the county to secure col I
storage room at a mderate price, so
that produce of all kinds may be kept
for a good market. The use of this
establishment has already made hun
dreds of dollars for some of the more
progressive farmers. Its chief advan-
tages over the old method of storing
in cellars ^re that it keeps the pro-
duce in perfect condition and is at
all times easy of access.
Croup positively stopped In 20
minutes, with Dr. Shoop's Croup Rem-
edy. One test alone will surely prove
this truth. No vomiting, no distress.
A safe and pleasing syrup—60c. Sold
by Wallace Mann. •
From the discovery of America by
Columbus mahogany has been held in
high esteem, not only for its beauty,
but its hardness and durability as
well. There is no wood that has
been used as long in the manufacture
of furniture as this wood. Furniture
made of mahogany is the pride of
every one that possesses it, and ma
hogany furniture is known to be
handed down from one generation to
another.
Why not own a few pieces of this
highly prized furniture? The Gal-
braith Furniture Company of this city
has in stock a few pieces of mahog-
any furniture which they are goins;
to close out this week at prices that
are less than it cost at the factory,
in order to have room for more new
goods. Their stock of this fine fur-
niture consists of mahogany parlor
suits and odd chairs, upholstered in
leather and silk damask, and a bea'u-
tiful line of mahogany library tables.
As it is the pride of every house
keeper to own a few pieces of fine
furniture, why not take this advan-
tage you have to purchase a few odd
pieces for your parlor? Remember
that you can buy them now at a
I price that means a great saving to
you.
HANDSOME MEAD
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8! J. P. ROLL
Harry Mead has sold his handsome
North Broadway property to J. P.
Rollow, president of the Shawnee
Milling Company, for an even $7,000
He will give possession in thirty
days. The deal was made through
the Geo. E. McKinnis Company.
Mr. Mead expects to still maintain
his residence in Shawnee, for the
present at least. He will rent apart-
ments and. while he will continue to
devote the greater part of his time
to looking after the extensive inter-
ests of the Mead company in the east-
ern part of the state, Mrs. Mead and
son will remain here until the close
of school, when they will leave for
the north to spend the summer
months, returning here in the fall.
Would you appreciate a cigar that
would lift your weight of care? If
§o. smoke White Seal Be cigar. 4-tf
DEAD IN ALLEY
WE WANT
Your Banking
NO MATTER HOW SMALL
NO MATTER HOW LARGE
Taking good cart of all business entrusted to our care has made
this bank one of the successful banks of Oklahoma.
WE WOULD WELCOME YOUR ACCOUNT
BANK OF COMMERCE.
SHAWNEE, OKLA.
WINDOW GLASS.
All sizes. No charge for glazing,
if Bash is brought to store. At Wirfs,
9th and Broadway. 3-lm
FARMER FATALLY INJURED.
Pawnee, Okla., Feb. 9.—W. N. Hall
of this city was fatally injured while
breaking a young mule to work In a
wagon. The vehicle was overturned,
throwing Mr. Hall under It and in-
juring him so that he died shortly
after.
It Is contrary to law to take intoxi-
cating liquors into the vicinity of a
polling place, or to go to a polling
place under the influence of liquor.
Bee that the law is observed.
J. W. Mahoney, an aged man from
Forest City, Ia„ was found dead this
morning in the rear of the La Grace
rooming house on 8outh Union av-
enue, death having evidently resulted
from exposure. His remains were re-
moved to the Fleming & Brown mor
gue, where they await the arrival of
relatives.
Upon the body of the dead man
were a number of articles to establish
his identity. A bank book showed
that he had recently deposited $76 in
the First State Bank at Corwith, la,
a tax receipt showed the recent pay
ment of $40 in taxes, a key ring has
his name and address on it, and
number of letters further established
his Identity. He also had some lit
erature of the Security Savings &
Loan Association of Oklahoma In bis
pocket.
Mahoney arrived In Shawnee yes
terday, and in conversation with some
men, said that he came from Okla-
homa City, where he was visiting a
daughter, and further said that he
was going to get drunk. Last night
early he was again Been In a mod-
erately drunken condition. When
found this morning his bottle was by
his side, empty.
Coroner Fleming this afternoon
reached Mahoney's daughter, Mrs. N.
L. Baker of 603 Durland avenue.
Oklahoma City, by telephone. No In-
structions for the disposition of the
remains were given.
OFFICIAL RECEIVES
THREATENING LETTER
Oklahoma City, Okla . Feb. 9. —That
Oklahoma City is to be wiped out by
fire is the threat contained in a let-
ter sent to Secretary W. H. Toan of
the city board of health. The city
has undertaken to have its garbage
hauled out of the city and dumped
at convenient places. Some require-
ments are made as to the vehicle em-
ployed, in that it must be tight, and
that the garbage must not be allowed
fall out and scatter along the
road. Garbage haulers have found
this kind of business lucrative, and
make a strong bid for it. Numerous
complaints have been made by people
living on the roads taken by the
haulers that the latters' wagons arc-
in such condition that much of the
trash is dropped by the roadside and
becomes very obnoxious, besides dan-
gerous to residents. Some of these
haulers have been arrested because
they did not comply with the require-
ments put on the wagons. They bit-
terly resent such action by the city
and construe it as a partiality against
them.
The letter received by Secretary
Toan is: "To the Board of liealtn
Officers: If you don't want to get
this town destroid from the face of
the earth by your damn fooling you
are trying to stop men from making
an honest living if you ever arrest
any man for haling trash out of town
we will wipe it all out take this warn-
ing if you like then see. Read this
note careful. LABOR.
Several letters have been received
by different officials of the city hav
ing to do with the garbage question,
but no attention was given them. The
last letter was directed to the secre-
tary of the board.
OUTCELT Q01TS
GOV'T SERVICE
. FOR
Guthrie, Okla.. Feb. 9.—The grand
lodges of Oklahoma and Indian Ter-
ritory Free Masons will merge and
become the Oklahoma grand lodge, at
a session to be held hero Wednes-
day. Fob. 10, and the act will const I
tute the first juncture of this char
acter recorded in Masonic history.
On the day previous the grand lodg ■:
of either jurisdiction will convene at
McAlester and Guthrie to terminate
their existence, so between the time
of that action and convening for the
new order the state will be without
a nominal head In Masonry. The new
Oklahoma jurisdiction will possess a
membership of between 17.000 and
18,000 affiliated Masons. 2,000 of
i whom are expected here for the cere-
monies.
The present Oklahoma grand lodge
was organized in 1892, when it with-
drew from the jurisdiction of Indian
Territory. These members will wel-
come the Indian Territory grand
lodge upon arrival here Wednesdav,
and sessions will be held in the
Guthrie Scottish Rite Temple. D. D
Hoag of Anadarko, grand master ot
the Oklahoma grand lodge, will pre-
side over the opening ceremonies,
then yield to L)r. Leo Bennett of Mus-
kogee, who was grand master for In-
dian Territory when the Oklahoma
lodge# withdrew, in 1892. J. S. Mur-
row of Atoka and Moses Anderson of
Waurika, grand secretaries, will servo
as such. In the election of grand
lodge officers they will be taken alter
nately from the two previous juris
dictions.
The new constitution, which has
been prepared by a committee com-
posed of Judge Henry Furman of Ada,
U. C. Guss of Guthrie, Judge George
W. Clark of Oklahoma City and W.
A. McBride of Atoka, will be sub-
mitted for ratification. This docu-
ment will be accompanied, as an ap
pendix, by a complete statement of
the ancient landmarks of Freemason
by Albert G. Mackey, with the
committee's recommendation that It
be so adopted.
Naming of Lodges.
In merging the two grand lodges,
there arises eight conflicts in names,
which the lodges interested will ad-
just. The lodge at Atoka, organized
in 1868, took the name of 'Oklahoma
Lodge" long prior to the formation
of Oklahoma Territory, but after or-
ganization of a grand lodge in the
western part of the state, the Okla-
homa City lodge, theretofore known
as the North Canadian lodge, became
the Oklahoma lodge. Atoka will have
the preference of the name for the
new grand lodge. Similar conflict
arises between Albert Pike lo^lge of
Guthrie and the Kame of Stigler, and
while the latter held the preference,
It has yielded to Guthrie, owing to
the Scottish Rite Temple here, and
the lodge named In memory of Albert
Pike, the philosopher of Scottish Rite
Masonry and its grand commander
for forty years.
Caddo will retain the name Caddo
lodge, while Fort Cobb will find an
other name. Cherokee, in Alfalfa
county, will yield the name Cherokee
lodge of Tahlequah, Harrah will yield
the name of Lebanon to the lodge,
Cache, the name of Cache to the Mc-
Curtain lodge, Bristow, the name of
Tuscan to the Ingersol lodge.
George Outoelt of Tecumseh, assist- Lodge numbers in Masonry are of
ant United States attorney, has ten- historical record, and once a number
dered his resignation to John Embry, jia given an organization it remains
to take effect Feb. 28. ! so forever. Lodges of former Okla
The resignation has been accepted.! homa Territory which withdrew fron
It is said that the ruling of the gov Indian Territory and assumed
ernment requiring the office force to numbers in the Oklahoma jurlsdic-
glve their entire time to the duties of t ion will return and reassume the
the office is responsible for the resig- ! numbers they left vacant.
nation. _
Outcelt says that there is not Oklahoma Had Ten Lodges,
enough attached to the office, which When the Oklahoma Territory
pays $1,500, to make It worth his ^rand lodge was organised it did so
time, as other business requires hi 8 with ten lodges. Prior to the organ
following In the order named and
numbered in sequence, Oklahoma
City, Sept. 17, 1889; Edmond, May 5,
1890, Norman, July 28, 1890; Still-
water, July 4, 1891; El Reno, Oct.
29, 1891; Kingfisher, Feb. 3, 1892. The
first charter granted by the Okla-
homa grand lodge after Its organiza-
tion wns for Crescent City lodge No.
11.
The grand lodge of Indian Terri-
tory was organized in 1874, with
three lodges. Eufaula, Doaksville (now
Grant, Choctaw county), and Caddo.
These three charters had been grant
ed by the jurisdiction of Arkansas.
Eufaula on Nov. 9, 1855; Doaksvin \
Nov. 8, 1871, and Caddo, Oct 14,
1873. Oklahoma lodge at Atoka also
secured a charter from Arkansas,
Nov. 18, 1868, but did not affiliate
with the grand lodge until the year
following the latter's organization. At
the time the Indian Territory grand
lodge was organized, in addition to
the lodges named, there were In that
jurisdiction two lodges, being Alpha,
at Fort Gibson, and Flint, at Still well.
These charters had been granted by
Kansas. The first charter granted by
the Indian Territory grand lodge was
for Vinita, Sept. 7. 1875, the next
being Pauls Valley, In 1876.
There ar«* In the Oklahoma grand
lodge 191 subordinate lodges, and in
Indian Territory 194.
VOTE EARLY AND THEN ;
♦
GET YOUR FRIEND. f
KIRST WON HIS
FIRST CASE IN
POLICE COURT
Chas. Kirst, the "King of Broadway
Heights," won his first case in pollco
court Monday, and his client was a
negro—a Dutch negro. The way it
happened was this:
A negro was under arrest on a
minor charge, and when hauled into
court could not make himself under-
stood. The officers were in a quandry.
Charlie Klrst was standing near by.
'Why, he's a Dutchman," said Charlie.
"Take the case then, Mr. Kirst," said
Chief Sims. And Mr. Kirst took the
case, with the result that all things
were satisfactorily explained and the
negro's acquittal was secured.
This is the first time in the history
of the Shawnee police court that a
negro who spoke German exclusively
has been found. Mr. Kirst was elated
over securing the liberty of his
"client," this being his first case In
the court.
attention.
SHADE TREES.
Maple, Elm. Locust, Catalpa, Box
Elder, Lindas of all kindi. 26 per
ce>t discount for next 60 dayi. E.
C. Finney, South Draper street,
Shawaee Urn
Prepare to vote early tomorrow ami
thus give others a chance.
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DR. Q. H. TAYMAN
...DENTIST...
Office over Shawnee National Bankj
PHONE 9>
ization of a territory there was but
one Masonic lodge in the area now
comprising the western part of Okla
homa, and that at Anadarko, which
had been organized under a charter
from Indian Territory, May 15, 1884.
The second lodge to organize was
that of Guthrie, Aug. 29, 1889, then
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can be cut short
in a hurry with
Hill's Honey & Tar
25 eta. a bottle.
SHAWNEE DRUG STORE
Main sad Brotdway TeJtpboM *5
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