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TTIF. OK7.AHOMA POST—THURSDAY.
AUGUST !>, 190#,
THF OKI AHOM A POST n on*oruH8ion ,haJ the greatest dun- dians and bows and arrow*, all of i/ing thoroughly and compactly and
I llE, l/IVL/illUl I/\ I \JO I ger he saw !0 (he welfare and main- which were abolished there Ion* ago. ( vhen the campaign open.s It w W bf
(DAILY AND WEEKLY) lenance of the union was the accura- For two-thirds of a century the 'Onducied in a dignified, aggressive
filiation of great wealth In the hands Indians of the Indian Territory have j manner and at no time will the!;* -and
I of a few people. In Lincolu'S time a governed themselves, each of the big of It degenerate !nto a wild race for
I millionaire was a rarity. A Rock- tribes having a complete political individual advancement.
BY THE POST PUBLISHING CO. pfe,lor- or H Carnegie, or a Morgan system-—executive, legislative and Ju- —
or oklahoma CITY okla would have been inconceivable In dicial The term five civilized tribes, SayR a Kansas exchange: "Officers
; those days, yet the reflective and as applied to the Cherokee*. Creeks, were raiding a Joint when a music
R.A.WHITE. Editor, penetrating mind of Lincoln read the ("hlckasawH, Semlnoles and Choctawa, l,ox which they had by same mlitake
J.K. JENKINS Bttstnw M nitg r. f||ture lt Js the abuse of meant exactly what it said. These I ^'ot ho,d o{< struck up, "What yo'
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. power created by vast wealth that is tribes have been civilized for two gen- ^°,n' to 1,0 when the rent comes
|J0 giving us so much trouble today, erations and more. They have gov- ,oun'? Hnd they dropped it like It
K*5|0ur courts and legislatares—both i «rned themselves so long as quasi- had ^en a hot box. *
Both the democratic and republi-
can territorial committees of Arizona
Daily.
P«r Week, by carrier
P«r Month, by carrier
Per Year, by carrier
Per Month, by mail
?*rSo"°ir.,1,bybm«ir'1 "0<I |"" jn.i.ic «."mi i suupnnoti una seir Kovernn
SKJCaJZ.-sind.™ - w«.k D.y. 2c: On ,b" representatives of great wealth community. In which the whites will i ,
8i«w Copie. Sundar* h. IHr. -— — ,nrR,.ly ln „,,, prop,)n,wllI «".! New Mexico are combined HKaln„t
-JS sltt,u H'Kl na,lon"|-a,,e hurnuMed III Independent peoples that the change lo
2.001an endeavor to obtain Justice between statehood and self government. In ;i
Trains 5c.
Weakly.
Per Year, by mail
Six Month#, by mail
Three Month*, by mall
11.00
and those of limited means.
It Is a mistake to think that lean | put ncl Hpet lal strain on them. In the jJolnI 8la,eh°od, and we don't hlame
enable people are against lhe nccum I new slate of Oklahoma there will be|"'em' territories are as unlike
illation of great wealth because of the 105,000 persons who are technically ' aS are lhe I,'gi 'Blan(i8 an|l the farms
denunciation of Rockefeller and men classed as Indians, only about 27,000 of old
however, are full-bloods. |
Oklahoma State Notes
Reduced One Way Rates to Easterrt
Destination® via Santa Fe.
Chicago, 111 $17.60
St. Louts, Mo $14.60
Tickets on sale August 4, 5, 6. 11, 12
. and ' *• °n same selling dates,
ci r - correspondingly low one way rate®
hi Reno Democrat: A number of Muskogee Phoenix: Dana H. Kel- will be made to many points east ot
Cheyenne chiefs came to town otday j sey is unable to be at. his office on Chicago.
and boarded the afternoon train for account of illness, caused from be- F. J. BEST Agent
Guthrie, where they propose to lay ing in the hot sun too much during . . _. ~B . , —'
before Governor Frantz their griev his trip last week to Stigler where Let The Post follow you on you*
ances, of which they claim to hav^ the Chickasaw payment is stationed. vacatl°" tr'P; No e „? ^harfle- Pos-
plenty. tal card or 'phone will do the work,
A few days ago Col. Slouch, who Chickasha Express: President E. V. phone 741; postal card 1 cent,
had long filled the Indian agent's of Zollers, formerly of Texas Christian 111 ■ -j
fice, was succeeded by Mr. Shell. The University, will deliver an address
Indians are not pleased with the at the Christian church tonight. He
is one of the best known and most
successful educators in the southwest,
and has already been Instrumental in
establishing two great universities.
President Zollers is making a tour
with a view to selecting a location
ADVERTISING RATES.
Furnished on Application «t the Office or by ,,f fh„| We are all in pursuit of nf whom
Clarence Walter*. Advertising Manager. , n0ni /\
— I the almighty dollar, to use a homely The w|)1 8tart out wlth about 1rh,
'c- but a fitting phrase. The crying evil 1,400,000 white residents. Yet in pol ,
CALL FOR THE REPUBLICAN CON-
GRESSIONAL CONVENTION FOR
THE SECOND DISTRICT OF
OKLAHOMA. \
change—at leas! those who were here
are not. They claim that their new
boss is harsh and arbitrary with them,
and that he put the lid on ♦Hah- danc-
es and certain of their religious ob-
servances. Hence, their ire, and their
trip to the capital city. One old chief, for a great educational institution in
; who had evidently heard one of Bob the new state, which he proposes to
Forest's Fourth cf July orations, found. He will explain his plans in
A Kansas girl sent a dollar to a Khook hifl he«'l and declared that the his address tonight.
hn . J constitution of the Ufaited States gave .
e 01 a sine pie\enta- jle 1 ndian. as well as the white man, Chickasha Star: The democratic irict °.£'Oklahoma an the congressional committee
tL; ,l„h r ,Ql toot ... * u for « d district and.recommended that a delecat*
Pursuant to the action taken by and in complf
ance with the direction of the Republican Terri
torial Central Committee at a mpetinjf held in
Guthrie, Oklahoma, on July 16. 1906,, at which
time said committee by a majority vote of all its
members determined to hold a delegate conven-
tion to nominate a candidate for conffresa In i he
said Second congressional district.
The Republican Territorial Central Committee
designated the several members in the various
counties comprising the Second congressional dis
I Is that vast, accumulations cause the ji|,.„ ,hfl Indians are not likely to be """l. reCeiVPtl 0 I'.iv'. brana of rell«'on that club met last night but most nf the convention be held in ««id Swond di.trict
j possessors to forget or n.glect their j effaced. In the many decades In i Kee" ntf thp "
obligations to their fellow men. And , wh)ch ,hn red m(.n nf tho Indian The citizens of Wewoka "have raised
besides the love of gain for the Sak. ; Territory have been managing their 1 „ purse of 2;i00 to protect and pro-
of gain metely is apt to nterfere with, own affairs Ihey have developed some j mote her interests as a county seat
if it, does not fully destroy, the love politicians to whom neither Boss in the new state.
of country. With the decline of pal Murphy of Tammany or Boss Piatt of .
| riotism the nation begins !ta dbwn fhe republican party could teach any
Th# Post is authorised to announce ward course. It was so with Rome | nftW tricks of value. The aborigine
i™trV™Zn°f^eth\a S^idat Co°r Whe" wealth' "nd "***• ln(l lndolt,nCB Of the O K. Slate may he relied on
congressman ra > Induced corruption and tha greatest
ANNOUNCEMENT.
"People's Forum
Jreasional district of Oklahoma, sub-
ect to tha action of «he republican Power on earth gr.iJinlly crumbled
fiom4narflng conventions. tway. What American looking into
I the future could yontemplate with
We are authorized to announce the (.H)mneas the fft|e Gf OUI. country,
ZZZZ'Z* —Id tt follow the fate of the Ron.an
to the decision of the repub* empire? And yet through inordinate
llcin nominating convention. wealth are we not showing signs of
. —g=n= / ■ . ■ .. following the footsteps of Rome?
A MARVELOUS 8HOWINO. There are those who will laugh at
To fully appreciate the marvelous fearR here coniemplated. At any
development and substantial growth rfl,e niay 8av ^lly f"8'
of what is termed the "new country," solution come. After us the deluge,
comprising the con a ti as of Caddo, Is It not a comforting idea to
Kiowa and Comanche one should '-^'nk that during our lifetime we
have visited the anniversary celebnar i contributed to our country a downfall,
tions in those counties the first of although such may not happen until
to look after his own political inter-
ests with considerable success.—Globe
Democrat.
delegate
. , ■ n v v.* V..W rimvenuon u« iieiu in saia second district or
tie might desire. business was postponed till the next Tuesday. August 28. 1906. to nominate the candi-
The chiefs who were here today regular meeting. dat«ft r the Republican party for eongreta In aald
were dressed in their best Sunday R- Williams, of Durant, demo- In compliance with said recommendation the
clothes, and if the governor is at all cratlc candidate for governor, had in- congreasional committee aa above designated
susceptible to thp charm of gaudy | dicated to the executive committee [ itoi'Sitt of Sld*dStrie™'
apparel, his visitors will get every- that he would be able to sneak here deary. Oklahoma, on the 28th day of August,
thing they ask for. about August 15. if it can be arranged i!J^'ttJ0o'jluk,a-Jn',for th8 purnoje of nomi.
Among the visitors to Guthrie were for him to be here at that time a "Re^res^tatio'^romTh^various^ountieaOTm-
Little Hand. Little Bird. Henry Ro meeting of the club will be culled to Pri n«^district wasoj-dered based as followsj
man Nose, Little Wolf. Little Heart, hear him. The club decided last night
Three Fingers and Hix, with Philip to make an effort to get, W. J. Bryan
Cook as interpreter. , to make an address here some time
. | before November. The initiative and
this wee-k and nobed the amaring
conditions in that country at the end
of five yeara of settlement and cul-
tivation. Probably no section of the
country in the United States has ac-
complished as much in this direction
as the "new country." All of the prtn
long years after we have been laid
away and forgotten. But the Amer-
ican people nre not Romans; we are
too ejever and our resources too great
to meet with a national collapse, ar-
gue our overly pessimistic citizens.
Rut Rome had all the advantages that
el pal towns of those three counties SV(t h«d more, and material wealth
held a fifth anniversary celebrntion loured in upon it from all parts of
and the sights that confronted the vis- 'he world, with statesmen, and poets,
Itor were nothing less than an inspir- i,n(* orators and men of action, and
atlon. It is true that the three count j vet Rl' faded into nothingness because
seat towns of these counties had the of the neglect, shortsightedness or
bill
Experiments in Constitutions.
We see many articles in our news- Muskogee Phoenix: Paving in Mus-1 referendum proposition went over as
papers, urging that nothing experi- kogee under the provisions of the did an amendment, to the constitution
mental be placed in our new state Curtis act will be a reality within create a permanent transportation
constitution. That is simply the cry 'he next few weeks. Five improve- committee.
of non-legal progression. Constitutions j ment districts were formed Monday
'and law must progress and move for- night at the council meeting under Chickasha St.a-: Word has been re-
ward as our people progress and condi- ordinance recently passed com- ceived here th'it the Southwestern
ONE REASON SIDETRACKED.
Hlocc 'he piissatre of 'he statehood
>ve hhve heard so much fror.i j tions change. Would our people be Hying With the terms of the Curtis State Normal at Weatherford, Okla-
that colerie of denioc-atic paper1} ' content with a copy of some st4tt.e hill. noma, will open again September 3
exploited that experiemntal phantom ; ron®tituUon of one hundred years | During the three that the
they christened the constitution of the i
state of Sequoyah about the hostility 1 tn
chool
Muskogee Phoeniz: Walter Fal-j'^8 heen open the enrollment has in-
One < 1 delegate for each one hundred votes and
major fraction thereof cast for Hon. Bird S. M >
Guire in 1904.
Upon the basis herein adopted, counties will b«
entitled to representation as follows:
VOTES IN DKLE-
. . 180* oatpis
Blaine county 1642 18
Oklahoma county 8448 .14
Caddo county . 2761 2S
Canadian county 1741 17
Custer county IMO ]f
Day county 678 7
Woods county 4070 41
Woodward county 2528 25
Dewey county. U43 11
Beaver county. 1011 10
Total 204
The committee further recommends that cau-
cuses be held in the various townships at 2 o'clock
the wards or precincts of cities at 8
...... . .. , . f , , . . , °ur, Present conditions? (Creek nation, is in the Seminole na- rear there wore .127 students while ddiS&to bddfi
or tne inaian to tne joint statehood, j Our law has been steadily progres- tion geiting detailed information c?v- 'he last year there were 410. In Sep the different counties on Saturday, August 2b.
On the contrary the burden of the !8in* for over a thousand years and . ring the cost of conducting Seminole !,ember of Ia8t >'ear the first year of 19ByiHer oMhePCommittaa.
Bourbon song just now is why the nl- v0t- forward step has been, and schools for the fiscal year ending Jun
dian should vote the democratic tick- wa® w?0n faken- an experiment. Many an. 1906. This information is necessary
j such steps proved to be mistakes, but before Supt. Benedict can complete
et. lhe refrain of that song is that the mistakes were so;>n eliminated and his leport and make estimates of the
the republican party has violated 'he good has been retained, and now nmount, of money to be spent to main-
treaty rights. Of course these papers rema*ns a fcreat. blessing. Habeas tain Indian schools next year.
know, if t hey know anything at all ! FreedT
' / ® to believe, preach and worship as one s
about the subject in hand that no conscience should dictate, free from
treaty with the Indians entered into interference by others, was an exper-
by the United States government"has ! In.'e°t- 9ne of ,he <,ar|y advocates
the sub-normal department was dis- g«o. Brophy,
continued, thus leaving only two years Secretary.
of work below the regular normal j
course. Had the course stood as be- CALL FOR REPUBLICAN COUNTY
Core there would have been over 500
students the past. year.
No student is admitted who has not.
ever been abrogated or modified in
of that idea was driven out of a Pro-
CON VENTION.
At a meeting of the Republican Con*
—isional Committee for the Second
Muskogee Phoenix: The federal j finished the first eight years of the patriot of the Territory of Oklahoma
•lulling,on received a teiapho-e m.,. common school course The school is j {&'.' • !4"ol'ilton" was 'adopted au/hor'
sige from rfroken Arrow Mo.idev nf much value to the southwestern \7.ing and emr oweriiig the Chairman and
ternoon Ticrn
who said
mn • i.amed Wilton. [ Part of the state,
off I co boxes h.iJ
advantage of a considerable amount
of money derived from the sale of
lots and expended in the way of iin-
indifference of the people.
We are beginning a new state here
and while none of us may expect to
provements, such as waterworks, court possess a fortune of collosai size can
houses and school houses But, in ad- not console ourselves by reflecting
ditlon to these one finds electric lights, 'hat. the maintenance of the integrity
granded streets, miles of cement side-
walks. large, commodious and beauti-
ful business edifices and homes far su-
perior to many cities of the country
that are a half century or more old,
and what, is true of the towns is
equally true of the country. Farms that
five years ago were virgin prairie, are
U*tM.y the equal In improvement and
convenience of farms in other sections
•f the country that have been improv-
ed for years. It seems incredible that
this great accomplishment could have
k«wn reached in five short years.
Probably the greatest Illustration of
Intelligent industry and gratifying re-
kwlts in the way of town building in
•he world Wi the city of Lawton. Never
of Oklahoma is away beyond the un
necessary accumulation of riches?
Pheonix.
TERMS UNCONDITIONAL
SURRENDER.
Mr. Bryan has said enough to in-
dicate that the gold democrats must
come to him, and take a place with be-
comiag submissiveness, in the rear
row of seats, if they are to move
forward under his leadership, lie will
not go to them, and he has just said
that "The worker who came late
would, if honeet, be too modest to
assume an attitude of superiority over
those who tolled during the earlier
. hours." Having drawn this distinction
k.. tlwre been so "much .oeompllshed l ,n"r' Br>"n wl" ^ ,hl" ■ nl"
*v miv cltv in the world in the satue MBrT"d "« hol(ls ,h ' he has
l.nrth of time as h«s heen bv this 'Ight on «h. double standard, and th t
city in von. In acMlltnn to ,h* 801,1 '««><l>.rd democrats were
•tter modern Improvements that Law- ron* bo,h in 'heir opinion and ae-
ion etijovs she is now preparing to "ol1 They must revise their currency
pave her principal streets. The char are to march under
•cter of buildings that have been ,l>* Brysn banner in 1S08.
erectled in the last two or three years muRt somewhat palling to Mr.
•n tint city Is the wonder of every ,,r'r"n 10 reaUz# that ,h<' 8°l11 d<,mu"
one who visits there, and what muv ''t'ats were winners when he was a
fan enid of I-swton tusy be said In a ,0" r. evBn now Present thorn-
lesser degree of the other two county- se'ves as believers in ths idea that
•eat towns. ,hp currency question has been set-
The anniversary celebration of these their way as opposed to the
three counties was attended by rnulti- Ri*yan way. In this situation exists
tudes of pec>ple, and the evident pros- i,n *vrepreesible conflict unless there
per it v of the people was the predom*, 'H complete (Capitulation on one side
Inating feature connected with the eel- °r 'he other. It is not likely that
•bration. It illustratec what has of- "ryan will give way or modify his
ten been said of the American poopla. Many gold democrat** voted
that the dominating characteristic ot for him In 1900 on the ground that
the western part of the United Statee 'he gold standard is firmly establlsh-
1s that of recognizing and grasping the «n(* I hat they could agree with
•pportunlties presented and the devel- him on material |>oints. The latest
opmeni of these opportunities in an Bryan utterances are notice served
aggressive, progressive and enterprls- *he gold democrats must put
4ng way. There are other sections of "P 'he white flag with all that it im
five country that probably possess all , 1>H®S, take the 16 to I oath of loyalty,
otl the natural attractiveness and re- H*t wNl hark
sources of this southwestern country
hut that feature of continuous appli
earlon and taking the greatest ad van
tage of the opportunities presented is
ti-I Secretary of the County Republican
Ventral Committee and the member of
. . I testant religious community to find | twen broken into and money taken | Chickasha Star: The recent rains 1 !=.',?(, , oUTtT'"o i^fl" aVonvenTlon'm «h«U
tne stigniest uegiee by tne republican a home, first among the Indians, and [ out of letters. No names or details j have not damaged construction work respective counties tor th^ purpose of
patty, except by another superseding j later In a colony of his own. 1 refer of the robbery were given. It was "n the new Rock Island bridge which : r^veiftlolf'held 'at Gea'"""'"tha
treaty more to the advantage of the ! *° R°Ber Williams. If the experi- j stated at the court-house that a man ('s being built across the Canadian day nf August I9M.
Indians and not onlv accentahls to Iment of rel|Kiou liberty had never had been placed under arrest and "ver. "Enough of the masonry work Pursuant to the action taken by and In
' ':M, "'Y a™epahle, been tried we would have been with- would be brought to Muskogee today.! ^ "> «> that nothing short of a cloud- ^SbSc^ ™ W 1, !" c
them, but favored by them. Any out our religious liberty guaranteed burst can delay work much now," I th, gecond Slatrio? liTok-
other policy than that pursued by i by constitutional safeguards, today.! ei.,,... Mows- m™ isai<i Superintendent iMcCall this morn- lahoma Territory. . call is hereby made
the republican party would long ago | Our very United States gov^ment It-! by The fa™ that the local ! ... T. 1S,P!!i!5!.-0i ' ?.e b7
the various pre-
Oklahoma County Is
)ne delegate for eacli
and major fraction thereof, ca.«6
have transferred every acre of the ®<"lf.wa® °nce an « writteo expert- hotels are always crowded to overflow-! ry ,w.ori'® " completed. It is estl- d,,y August, 190.;.
Indians' patrimony to the coffers of , Statesmen of the old world i„g, that Shawnee would accommodate mli -fd ^ f er the masonry is all
Indians patrimony to the coffers of sneered at It as "an experiment that a la hotel than an 8he now h n It will require sixty days to finish Okl,
tho rinriuiru♦ ir*u o i*i iho o-i-ofta<- an.i i miiot f«ii • i 'i tne bridge. The iron for the super- 1 --
the corporation and the grafter, and j must, fail
it
j a number of local capitalists are pre-
everybody knows it who knows! Ail their writings of seventy-five i' arln- to bulld . new hote, whlh structure is on the ground now. The for Hon Bird 8 McOuire In 1904. Upon
straight up. 0' it. and yet our ^111 be sTx storfes in height and which hrid^ wl11 h"Pln Pr'C'n"-" 0kU"
Tt is ndticeable that 1 n talkrinir f')Ve'"]lment- remains a gieat blessing, xvill cost, unfurnished from $75,000 to p.. , . Q. „ _ D ,
il is nqnceauie tnac an tailing | the direct, outcome of an experiment. *i00 000 Chickasha Star: B. B. Bridges and
about good faith the super-virtuous Public schools were once an experi-! ' H. Jeffries, tax assessors, have
democratic organ grinders never ment, now a success. Grand juries Kingfisher Free Press- Every farm- finished the work of correct-
revert to the conditions under which b®fn abolished nine jurors have er in this county knows the story of
been allowed to return verdicts, ini- *ua ,,-hioh fho teal eBtate books kept by the
the ancestors of the
nt to
city
have
Territory allowed to return verdicts, ini- j the wheat pool, which existed here
. - . , . ' tia,,ve and referendum, power to re- t|iree years ago. Since that time, up Q AAA f . ,
Indians of today were expatriated move from office for cause by the to this year, there has been little 59,000 were found. All of them were
from their ancestrial homes in People themselves, representation of wheat raised in this county. Not
Mississippi, Georgia, Alabama, Flori fhe 4mllior,4ty4in le8i*lat,,r<>R amend- on0ugh to supply the local millers
da. and perhaps other states, and
Errors which will aggregate about
$9,000 were found. All of them were
| clerical In nature. The tax levy which
homa County will he entitled to repre-
sentation hs follows:
Precinct A 1st Ward fi
B 1st Ward 4
A 2d Ward 7
B 2d Ward «
A 3d Ward h
" R 3d Ward &
4tli Ward s
A 6th Ward 10
B Ward
enough to supply the local millers ®ho,,l(l i"1™. bKeen madf. in has k« v
Thia .i. been delayed by correction of errors, rrutcho
.... . . . ... rect action of the people without leg- P(j a temptation for the re-enactment
colonized In this then wlldtraess- . lalaUve consent, have all passed Into „r the pooling business that prevailed
an outrage upon the civilized con- Hn" become a part of the constitution three years ago. This was. and is,
science equalled, if at all, only by ^ some states within the laat twenty- against the interests of the farmers.
the brutal oxmilslon of the Hucrmo's yeftr8- eTe17 OBe ® thenJ httJ'e oUr town could afford It Heretofore
t!i, Druiai expulsion or tne Hugt. no.a provetl and haVft bettered the hUBlne8g combinations bv which nrices
on the revocation of the Edict of condition of the people, and the gov- havp bp6n flxP(i have d(m(> ,heWtowu
Nantes, and palliated not in the ernment, where adopted, and many of ,lntoid harnl A few men have tempor
these experiments were first tried
slighest degree by the fact that, after
arlly prospered at the expense of the
the lapse of nearly a century the ,lie ,Wl many. Men who ent-er into such com-
me lapse oi neariy a ceniiir>, tne there was a movement started for con- |llno (f,.e h,.„i.flrl| nnary
wilderness of that time has become stltutional reform in California. The frfv competitive market Ik alwavs
the rich commonwealth of the Impend first public meetings were held in San t)eat'for the community from the print-
lng morrow. Not one of the Indians J^nciaco, on^ some vacant sandy lots ■ off|ce down ^
from which the movers were dubbed
driven from the campkng grounds of "sand-iotters." ——
their fa4here and dumpod upon an ex The result was an entirely new con- Morning Democrat: A Waaiuriood
panse supposed then to be worthless stltution for that state. When this 1" Char?",l
new const it ntioD wqk hrnmrht forfH if murder of Ben Oolllns, at the latter s
survives to reap the benefits of a pi r«« dl|bbed RR R -Hand.lo4 expert- home, near Emmet. Wednesday night.
, . .. . . ^ 4 - - Hand lot expert-
ly adventious fortune, and it is little - ,t waB Wtteriy aaeailed as be-
c.onsolation to their po 4erity that ing full of untried experiments, etc., Chickasha Sar
:vhl4e tnese lands tlioy Inherit cover
A masg meeting of
.Tunc lunnr uniui ul-t ■.Ui«3vii tuiei but lt waB adopted, and proved to he a" tn* People of Chickasha in
u« , i & glorious sucoessi and also proved Interests of a county fair" project, will
competent s to be developed, .he )he b€neflreiU 9fl(>ct of Pxoerlmeot be held Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock
lands they would have inherited hut
for this unparralleled robbery of their
forbears, have been for years and are
now the garden spots of the conti-
nent, the sites of populous cities mil-
lions of wealth burdened whites. The
experiment.
Who In California today would do Bt the of Third street and
away with the control, sale or lease Chickasha avenue. It. was voted to
of public franchises as they eiist there ral1 ,h' mee'lBR at a session of the
naw' This world Is one of experi- ™mmercla! club last night at the club
meirts. The world of machinery is a rooms- So f*'' as the club is concerned
glorious example of what comes from county fair proposition is settled.
Experiment." Fronj our simpHest The fair shall be held, is the club's
democrats do not tell Utls as a reason household devices to our great rail-; • a|"' 't is the determination of
why the Indian should vote the demo r0®d"- our mighty ships, our mon- 'holt to'
strous bridges, our tall skv-scrapers all , make It lhe biggest and host fall cels-
cratic ticket, for the Inexorable finger th„ r„Iu|t of an() ,„lteo^e of Pxp„rj_ hration every given In Chickasha
of truth would pelnt out to the under ment. Shall our new constitution draa
standing of even the untutored Indian behind? 1 hope not. I hope It will be luster Courier: They tell us that
that this Infamv iu>nn a helnless raco shoved to the very foreground of le "lp P*ach Crop In this vicinity is the
that this Infam, upon a helpless rac. . ^ ,nrl(.al and lhP hPf, ever known in
conceived and perpetrated by a „„ 0„r ve,.y begt an(j p,arR „ on |h<( this vicinity, as is also the apples
white man's government, every branch picket line of progress do the best ('raPpR arp ®lso splendid. Thp fact is
and root of which was under the de that human thought can now do, in country js fnst developing into a
spotlc sway of the democratic party. >,e®rB
from now. and probably in P|«*<lid fruit country.
THE INDIAN IN POLITICS.
Joe I* Hay, a prominent Cherokee
is an acllve aspirant for nomination
lacking and the result is that develop to con*re § in his district of the com
ment is slow. There is one thim; in* R,a,° of Oklahoma. Will Durant.
that is now accepted as a fact, that congress. Pleasant Porter, chief of
the "new country" is one of the most ( rerl'<!, wl,° f'1*' ^ost known
Attractive portions of the great stat>j *n(^'an 'n the United States, has his
of Oklahoma, and the acceptation by nftrm' coupled with one of the sen
the masses of this truth has been the atorshlpa. Douglas Johnson.
result of practical and hustling tar governor of the Chlckasaws, has been
tic which the poople of that section m®nlloned for several offices under
have pursued and forced the inhabl* new H,a,f'
tants of other sections of the great c^pf °f the Seminoles.
atate of Oklahoma to observe by IHuh 1 hiR w111 be rather suprlslng to th,. I drives to picnics, perpetrating them
tratlon and results. country at large. Four out of ever- selves on the unprotected public, clam
The Post wishes to congratulate the *ive P*r8on* ♦•asi of the Mississippi ! oring for support for offices that do
... . twenty-five years, it will have fallen
A democratic congress passed an act bflh|nd Make our constitution easv to
of expatriation ,a democratic presi- amend, and so lt can be amended by
dent ordered and signed the warrant our people without legislative action,
of the red man's banishment, and a an<? tbPn '/ niistakes should be made
. , ... . . . . either against the people or against
democratic military carried it into pr)va(e intPrf>sts fbey Van ^ l^Uy
rigorous execution. remedied, but b\ all means listen lo
Therp will awavs be one insupersble the order issuerl on the shores of the
and supreme reason wh> the Indlan .Spa' ^'hlch WHK: "Speak to th<
" rhlMton
should not vote the democratic ticket.
—McAlester News.
~This Date it
Every cereal that grows out of the
soil In this cllmale is good this year.
The alfalfa crop has already heen cut
twice, and the third cutting will he
heavy. Most every farmer has a few
acres, hut. it is only In Its experi-
mental stage, but as the county gets
older this will be one of the largest
alfalfa producing sections in the state.
ment books are absolutely correct
lOST ~
Irinting
LEASES
ARTICULAR
EOPLE
HONE 741
I Choctaw City
Dewev Township ...
" | D* ep Fork
De^r Creek
1 Klk
Ivlmond TownShlp ..
Kdmond City
Greeley
Hartsell
T.wth^r
Lincoln
Mustang ......
Oklahoma Township
Pottawatomie
Sprlnir^r
Spring Cre k
EXCURSIONS.
Via.
$22.10
$29 60
$67 10
$33 60
$20.45
$25.45
$k3.00
$66 00
OKLAHOMA CITY
St. Louis. Mo., and Return.
On sale daily until Sept. ;I0.
Chicago, 111., ana Return.
On sale daily until Sept. 30.
Boston. Mass., and return.
On sale daily until Sept. i 0
Milwaukee, Wis., and return.
On sale daily until Sept. 30.
Memphis. Tenn.. and return.
On sale daily until Sept. 30.
Denver. Colo., and return.
On sale daily until Sept. 30.
Pueblo and Colorado Springs,
Colo., and return.
On sale daily until Sept. 30.
Portland, Ore., Seattle and
Tacoma. Wash., and return.
On sale daily until Sept
134
lion to he held In Okla-
a City on the CBth day of August.
1906, will fleet. S4 tes to the Con-
gressional Convention to he li«ld tn deary:
on the '28 day of August, 190*
The Committee recommends that r%
caucus l* held In the various County
preclnrts of Oklahoma County at J
oVln. k p. m and In th« precincts 11
the cities of Edmond and Oklahoma City,
nt R o'clock, p m . Tuesday. August. 2J,
1906. to elect delegates to the County-
Convention to he held In Oklahoma City}
on Saturday. August 215, 1906 at 10 o^cloelfl
, a. m.
[ July 28. 1906.
GEO. J. TCACOCK.
LEDRU GUTHRIE, Chairman,
Territorial Com J. L. FRANCIB.
Secretary,
LOCAL TIME TABLES
children of lurafl that they go for-
vard."
THE CONTRAST.
In contrast to the mad scramble of
the democrats for nominations to of
flee is the dignified attitude of the
republicans of Indian Territory. Dem-
ocratic candidates have for months
So has .lohn Brown. | paMl heen chasing each other up and
iown the country making frantic
persons east of th
"new country" upon their wonderful an(* of Oklahoma and Indian
progress, and to assure their people ' ^rrttory, thre«* out of every five
that we share with the citizenship of l*rBon* we8t of Miasissippl, think
the three counties of Caddo, Kiowa ('herokees. Creeks. Chickaaaws,
nnd (V>manche a gratifying satiafac- ^m'noies and civo<taws as barber-
tion and supreme admiration. The fu lans fhey will be astonished at the
tare of that country Is assured and <ouP"n® °' 'he names of Indians
Its rapid development ia the most elo- any Pi"°n lnent political offices
quent testimonial that it is possible in " (,°m,nunJty 'n which the whites
to produce. Hre >*r|fely In the majority, in fact.
for many years past, the name Indian
Territory lias conveyed a wiong Im
President Uncoki poiMmod a vein I passion to the country as a whole
*/ propht*;y. Me *adly remarked up- J it has suggeeied tepees, blankets In
LINCOLN'8 PROPHECY.
not exist,, until even the campaign
committee of that party became so
disgusted that a public statement was
Issued from headquarters calling the
soonors off the stump. The* republicans
on the other hand are quietly wait
ing the trend of events, the officei to
be arc seeking the men, there is .to
unseemly pushing and VUllin^ nor
are the voters or the future hammed Vigilant at Cow
o annoyed by the long winded h u IM#—Hurricane in
r mguej oi voluminous printed spc cS' drowned.
es of seh'seeking professions: j>il
History, August 9.
1631—John Dryden, poet, born. Died
1701.
| 1673 New York surrendered to the
j Dutch.
j 17f 7—Fort William Henry surren
I dered to Montcalm.
1809- Non Importation act proclaim
ed by President Madison.
1H13 Battle of Stonington, Conn.
1830- Louis PMIippe proclaimed
king of France.
1841 €Jteamei Erie burned on I^ake
Erie; 175 lives lost
1856 Mrs .Charles Matthews, act
less. deld.
t86- President Lincoln called for
300.000 men for nine months.
1871 Celebration of the Sir Walter
Scott centenary at Edinburgh.
188.' Dynamite conspirators at Llv
erpool sentenced to penal servitude
for life.
1893 Severe earthquake shocks In
California.
I89t The yacht Britannia beat the
West Indies;
1903—Pope Pius X Crowned.
„ , ., 1904—Ex-Senator George (; West,
ticians. lhe republican party is orgnr. ( ()f Missouri, died. Born Dec, 6, lfBO.
Have You Decided on Your Summer Trip?
M. K. & T.
Trains leave—
No. Ill Shawnee, Ada, Coal-
gate and Texas points ... 7:40 a.m.
No. 26 St. Louis and Kan-
sas City 10:40 a.m.
No. 22 Kansas City and
St. Louis 6:30 p.m.
Trains arrive--
No. 21 Kansas City and St.
I'Oil is . 10:15 a.m.
No. 25 Kansas City and St.
Louis 6:20 p.m.
Very low rates to all summer No. 112 Shawnee, Ada, Coal-
resort:; in United States an<t gate and Texas points ... 7:25 p.m.
Canada. For particulars call
c. farr'ngton, t. p ... •awassr
I.T.~£.r ss"5K:88i:
Ok la. City, Okltt Train 116 Lv 7:35 a. m.
SOUTHBOUND.
Train 405 Lv Vi 12:0,r) a. m.
Train 17 Lv 12:25 n m.
Train 116 Lv 3:40 p. m
Here are a Few Rates
Offered by the
w* Here are a Few
Rates Offered by the
Denver, Colorado, and return $25 45
Pueblo, Colorado, and return 23.00
Colorado Springy, Colorado, and return . . . 23.00
San Francisco, Calif. I
Us Angeles, Calif. i and return * ba0°
Portland, Oregon, and return 66.00
St. Paul, Minn. i j OQ n,,
Minneapolis, Minn. * and return * 28-70
Chicago, 111., and return 29.60
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and return .... 33.60
St. Louis Mo., and return 22.10
Buffalo, N. Y,, and return 50.60
Atlantic City, N. J., and return 63.85
Asbury Park, N. J., and return 63.85
Return limit on tickets to all above points October 31.
For information regarding rates, routes, sleeping car reser-
vations call on Ticket Office Passenger Station. Telephone (>41:
oto. S. stun, Dial. Pa... Agt. c. w. minch, P.m. and Tlok.t agt
Frisco.
Eastbound— Leaves
Train 414 Meteor 5:05 n. m.
Train 412, St. Louis ....^ 9:55 a. m.
Westbound—
Train 413, Quanah 9:15 a.m.
Train 415, Lawton 5:30 a. m.
Train 413, Meteor (from St.
Louis and Kansas City).. 9:15 a. m.
Train 411, arrive from St.
Louis 4:15 p. tn.
Train 414, from Quanah 4:40 p. m.
Train 412, from Lawton ... 9:25 a. m.
Rock Island Lines.
Effective at 12:01 a. ra. Sunday
June 3d trains will arrive and depart
from Oklahoma City as follows:
WESTBOUND.
Arrive. Departs.
Train No. 1. ..6:00 a. m 6:30 a. m.
Oklahoma Citv to Amarlllo.
Train No. 3. ..1:45 p. m 2:00 p. m.
Oklahoma City to Sayre
Train No, 7. ..7:15 p. ni 7 !0 p. m.
Oklahoma City to El Reno
EASTBOUND.
Train No, 8. ..8:45 a. m. o 00 a. m.
Oklahoma City to Port Smith
Train No. \ ..: ->r, p m ;.;10 p m<
Oklahoma Cltv to Memphis
Train No. 2. .10:30 p m 11:30 p m
Oklahoma City to Memphis.
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