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f (imond Enterprise.
HOUSE KNOCKS IT OUT.
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■DMOND,
OKLAHOMA.
NEW STATE NS*S
Claude Ray Kohl, who shot and kill-
Pictldent's Simplified Spelling Orde.
Receives a Death Blow.
WASHINGTON: President Roose-
velt will withdraw his simplified spell-
ing order to the public printer and
hereafter all documents from the ex
ecutlve departments will again b«
printed In the old fashioned style.
SUMMARY
OF
OF ANNUAL REPORT
SECRETARY HITCHCOCK
WASHINGTON: The annua! report oflmond, Alva and Weatherford. The enroll-
Representative Landis of the Joint | P.ubll,:- 18 in th,e "atuL®
*d W Dilworth nt ni/lahr mu pit* ... ... . , . WmU. He expresses deep regret that Ills
u w. r. iiiiworin at UKi&noma City committee on spelling had a confer- rfTorts to release the public domain "from
T hanksglving diy in an attempt to ence with the president, when th€ ihe Krip of its despoiiers has been met
rob his hardware store, plead guilty president said that he did not wish Jenuity''""'lie "tii'iit
and was sentenced to life imprison* to have spelling overshadow matters ;>owerful agencies have been combined
ment in the penitentiary. 0f greater importance and expressed ^fvTl iTb£5? .'ub-
a willingness to revoke his order foi lervlent to such lntluences.
Shawnee Knight, of Py.hlas are (he new spelling In ease the house ol in-
uuuung an earnest errort to secure representatives should go on record ttlcate that approximately 500,000 acres
the amalgamation of the Oklahoma as opposed to the system. Accord. J"ateT0™nd ' terri?o^ ure^by'unlawful
and Indian Territory commanderies Ingly, Mr. Landis introduced the fol- mean* appropriated to tlie exclusive use
at a meeting which will he held In lowing resolution in the house: of private Intercuts for private K ln "
tho .mi■ . He aaya Ills official Influence will soon
uie neat future. Resolved, That It is the sense ol terminate, but that he shall have the
■ ; the house of representatives that comfort lr> retiring of a well founded con-
Followlng the death of her husband hereafter In presenting documents or , tt?ttM *cla«s0of "lawlessness w"ll
who had been postmaster of Okemah other publications authorized by the i> so rigorous as to enable his successor
for some years. Mrs. Laura M. Allen law. ordered by congress or either %^,To«"on ^"'"J^Xry^Port
was named to succeed her husband in branch thereof or emanating from the j which refers to Oklahoma and Indian
charge of Uncle Sam's mall at that executive departments, their bureaus ! orl® 0'"t£er£o^rnor°Mrl Frank
place. or branches, and independent officers Franta. Is a very full and iueid atate-
• • of the government, the government ["£"{ ,.^1-^01^,lienomenal devel°P"
Goernor Frantz hns received an printing office should observe and ' "Oklahoma comprises 2# counties, and
elaborate Invitation from the board of adhere to the standard of orthography t,ie Osage Indian reservation In the north-
ji„„. , .. ,, . .... ,1 , . j, past, covering an area of 38,715 square
directors of the Alaskan Yukon-Seattle I prescribed In generally accepted die- ; mllPS each wHh a population of 2,500 or
exposition through which the board tionarles of the English language." more. There arc 900 postofficea, with
extends a cordial Invitation to the The measure was passed without JppV"J,ral frcc dellvery r0ute8 n
governor and people of Oklahoma at/ a dissenting vote, although Mr. Gillett "The climate is mild In winter and
tend the exposition nt Seattle In 190S ,,f Massachusetts, who made a fight ^vallon" of"'"™ "feet 'ai^ve^the^ca^vH
beginning June the first and contlnu- : 'or simplified spelling before the ranees on the e%n and 4.000 on the west,
lug until October lP.tta house committee on appropriation* p^^yew"h"s hee\",Pv''y^rcnuirkahle
—_____ J and has been regarded as the cham t Owing to the widespread advertisement
In the United States court at. Tlsh- j of the President's attitude, ex
omlngo Federal Jtidgo Townsend P'nlned that he did not wish to glv« roads run frequent excursions into the
sentenced W. H. Evans, a well-to-do ,he Impression that he had changed "'iTu
farmer, to prison for a term of fiv© mind. Mr. ( illett said he saw estimated that the population is now
years for beatin* hl« wif« the house was overwhelmingly fcbout 846,000 people. Including 12.000 In-
' 8 11 ue*un« n S w ire. A* |ua (Hans, and that the number of foreign
— against the innovation and conse ()0rn does not exceed 5 per cent.
At the smrirestlon of n deWnt« th« fluently he bowed to its will. J "The crop outlook for 1006 Is most
,1"" « Kgesiion or a delegate the promising, and it is stated that the corn
constitutional convention last week
voted to change the Initials of W. H. j
Murray, president of the convention,
to A. B. Murray. (Alfalfa Bill.)
NEW STATE MUST PAY.
rop will equal the enormous figure of
l?r .ft00,ono bushels, representing a value
of $37,500,000, and that 300.000 bales of
cotton will be produced at a value of $15,-
000.000. Twenty-seven million, one hun-
dred nnd ninety-seven htousand bushel?
of wheat have been harvested, at a value
Secretary Filson Will Quit Paying
Convention Expenses Soon.
The citizens of Chickasha nr« erv. GUTHRIE: "Whenever the money j liijjil.MTr j.mo.'TSl'"bushels*of oats.
, . ' runs out 1 will Quit paving" said at a valuation of $ti,063,lfi8, and 22,446
gaged In a voting contest as to what ™ , „ J, \ ill ' ,,1 tons of hroom corn, showing a d.
the name of the Chickasha county' hn,'es "• Filson, disbuislng oftlcei fmm laBt yPilr at a valuation of
shall ho ti.« i of the constitutional convention. Mr. soo. Fruit of all kinds Is raised lr
snail he. The most popular names ' )h„ abundance in the territory, Including
will bo forwarded to elegate Hays "son saj s the comptroller of | melons, apples, pears, cherries and black -
from which to choose a name for the
currency has notified him to contract berries.
nn ilehta bevonrt the *100 000 annro- "Oklahoma Is primarily a land of
county. no 1 s Deyond ine iuu,uuu appro honlPS and famnies. and out or 80,90S
______ prlated in the enabling act for the families in 1900, 60,036 own their own
Wounded In an attemnt to escane ,'ons,ltutl°na', convention, and the bomes ^ ^ ^ gpr|nR|nK
,. . P I elections incident thereto. The debts ; Up_ a(Hi those Inexistcnce have increased
arter being arrested, with Mr. and muHt ,)0 a|(, ln (lle or(]er contracted. population. New industries and man-
Mrs. Hugh Simnson ft>r th« theft nt . . ,, i -,ufactoriea have been established requlr-
i]i r,, i,, .. . Thus far he has paid out about $10,- (nlt and other laiior to operate and
siiks, ix>m simpson died in the fed- I jje j,as ,,ajci {U1f about $5,000 in new residences are building everywhere
eral jail here todav. ! ■. . . i - „ in town and country, being convincing
| mileage to delegates. He says. ^ of the wonderful development
"I suppose the money will run out i of affairs and Increase ln population
Crawling beneath a crosscut saw ' some time during the convention and
operated by her older brother, the 18- then I will quit paying."
months-old daughter of Matt Barnett He has already refused to pay cred-
of Tishomingo, raised her head and j it bills contracted by the convention
the saw's teeth plowed through her ' without his knowledge.
skull Into the brain. Death was in- In regard to the money necessary
The Santa Fe railroad is building
a large cattle feeding pen about a
mile north of their passenger station
In Shawnee, In order to comply with ..... j . i
the Interstate commerce rulings re- I re(erence to New Mex,co a"d Arl'
quiring debarkation for feeding onco "nnn "'>n,r!"'tln'!' riphts above lhe au_
each 24 hours. Three train loads ot
stock per time can be fed at th«
yards.
through immigration, which for the most
part comes from the states.
"The people of the territory are prin-
cipally engaged in agriculture, there be-
ing 143.7T.O farms, with a cash value of
$232,081,776, averaging $1,613 each.
"It must be remembered that the de-
velopment of the territory has taken
place whilly within tho last seventeen
for expenses of the first state elec- years, and that prior to April, 18S9, the
1 , flniA nf nnnnlnir thA aamA tr RAttlpmpnt
tion, there remains nothing to ha
done, he believes, excepting to let the
new state assume the debt, and he
believes further that the enabling act
zona contracting debts above the ap-
propriation applies to Oklahoma,
throwing the debt over to the ne\
state.
Salaries for Themselves.
To Be Court Martialed.
WASHINGTON: On the recom-
time of opening the same to settlement
there was not a domestic or farm animal
In the territory, nor had the ground been
broken by a plow.
"The assessed valuation of all property
fn the territory is $! G.625,604. although
it is estimated that the actual value Is
fully $579,753,624. as the practice has been
not to assess property over one-sixth,
and in many Instances one-eighth of its
true value. The amount of revenue re-
quired to be raised for the maintenance
of the territorial government, the educa-
tional and other institutions, amounts to
$2nS.06fi.95, necessitating a levy of 6 1-2
mills on a thousand. The territory has
no bonded indebtedness.
"The value of all crops for 1905 Is $50.-
256.415, and of farm products $60,208,340,
being a considerable Increase over the
preceding year. •
"The manufacturing outlook for Okla-
homa Is of the brightest, as eastern
capital Is finding Its way Into the ter-
ritory. nnd there are at the present
time meat packing establishments, can-
ning factories, creameries, plow works,
sash and door works, cottonseed oil
mills, acrrlage factories, iron foundries,
cracker and biscuit works, and box fac-
tories; a cotton mill with a capital of
$150 000 will be open the first of the
cdming year.
"There were In the territory on Jan-
given notice that he would offer ths among other things, the charge that uary l, 1906. 2.158 93B rattle. 766, /
■nn.ndm.nl. ... .... ... . _ i horses and mules. 1,346,90
WASHINGTON: By a vote of 108 mendation of the general staff the
to 108 the house of representatives ! secretary of war has ordered the trial
Friday refused to increase from $5,- by court martial of Maj. Charles W.
000 to $7,500 the salaries of senators, Penrose and Capt. Edgar A. Macklin
members and delegates. The house, j of Company C. First battalion, Twen-
however, by an overwhelming vote ty-fifth infantry, under the 62d artl-
Increased the salaries of the vice ole of war, for "conduct to the preju-
president, the speaker of the house dice of good order and discipline" in
and members of the president's cab- falling to suppress the riot at Browns-
lnet to $12,000 each. ville. Tex., last August.
Mr. Littauer, of New York, who had The specifications will include
amendments to the legislative bill
necessary to accomplish the proposed
increase, immediately secured the
floor after tho previous question had
been ordered on the bill, and pre-
sented an amendment raising the sal-
aries of the vice president and the
speaker of the house to $12,000 per
annum each.
j nurses nnu inui^s, i,<)io,964 swine, and
tho two officers named failed to ex- RQ659 sheep, at a total market value of
ercise due diligence in preventing the the enormous sum of $91,610.73, which
had been accumulated within the last
occurrence. seventeen years. It exceeds that of
■ Tennessee. South Dakota. California,
, _ _, Washington. Oregon. Colorado. Arkansas,
M. .T. Bentley, formerly Indian agent Kentucky. Utah, Nevada and Ohio by
at Shawnee, is going to Washington many millions of dollars
, , .j "The value of farm lands In Oklahoma
to urge the taxation for public pur- varies greatly according to their location
poses of all Indian lands except those as to city and market, railroad facilities
and the character of other lands adjoin-
of full bloods.
CUTS RATE ON FREIGHT.
lng. They range from $18 to $65 an acre
and average about $30 per acre. The
value of mineral and oil lands in south-
western and southeastern Oklahoma are
beyond estimate
"There are 2.611 miles of railway with-
in the borders of the territory, lnclud
Appropriation for Schools.
WASHINGTON: The Indian ap-
propriation bill for 1908, carrying
about $8,000,000, was agreed upon luther0 l!t°h ",000
day by the house committee on In* miles of telephone lines.
i mu„ n„nenn.ioHnn fnr "The public and private credit of Okla-
dian affairs. he ai p I homa is of the very oest and no public
the Indians in 1907 was $9,405,000 boCLU or security of any kind Issued by
..... . .. th* territory or any municipality thereof
The estimates submitted by tne ^ j|Rfl ever been repudiated or the interest
defaulted. School and municiyal bonds
Oklahoma Wins Out In Its Struggl#
With the Railroads.
KANSAS CITY: Oklahoma has
won ln Its struggle with the railroada
for reduced rates on freight. The con-
troversy was settled at a conference >. . ^ .
held here and participated In by Frank bureau of 'n<[lan affairs for 1908 ag
and territorial warrants all sell at __
Frantz governor of Oklahoma- w n gregated $7,970,000, or about $30,000 premium and are much sought after by
r> .. .. vini uuui«, . yj, k,. tk. eastern Investors. Farm loans are being
Cromwell, attorney general, and less than the bill as amended by the at 5 1-2 and 6 per cent, farm lands
freight traffic official! of the Rock committee. The chief addition to especially ranking high in financial clr-
Island, Santa Fe, St. Louis and San the bill was $150,000 for public schoola ; "h™ never"taken°place.aU ' ° "
Francisco, Missouri, Kansas and Tex- in Indian Territory for both whitej "Considerable activity Is anticipated In
. .u r-. .... . . . t ,, „ ! railroad construction the coming year
as and the Fort Smith and Western I and Indians, pending the establish- j
railroads.
The conference resulted In tho mil- j nia.
roads yielding to the demands of tha
j„, . , , . j . , « _ lie DUUUIIIK", iuwiuuiUK a uainiui uuiiu-
officials of Oklahoma. Arrangements are being made by ing, a building for the school for deaf
ment of a school system by Oklaho- ufacturing and extended agricultural In-
terests.
The new public building at Guthrie
has just been completed, and other pub-
lic buildings, including a capitol build-
Kansas scales of freight rates will be pany, owners of the coal gas plan
applied on grain, grain products and there, to pipe natural gas into the
As a result of the agreement the (he Shawnee Gas and Electric com and dumb, a penitentiary, reform school
0 - I and an Insane asylum, are urgently need-
ed. existing law prohibiting Oklahoma
from locating or building any public In-
„ ,, , Qom.iM stitutlon. The Internal receipts for the
merchandise, and tho Arkansas rates city from the fields near Sapulpa - -
on coal will be applied in Oklahoma. The company has a long franchise
The Kansas scale will reduce tho rate i with $1,000 cash deposited with the
1 cent a hundred on grain, and give j city as a forfeit if it fails to have
reduced rates on merchandlso aud natural gas piped Into Shawnee with-
other commodities. 1 in the next 15 months.
past fiscal year amounted to $78,984.91
"The territory provides seven Institu-
tions of higher learning. The state uni-
versity Is located at Norman, and the
university preparatory school at Ton-
kawa. The agricultural and mechanical
college Is situated at Stillwater, and the
Normal university at Langston. The
thre« normal schools are located at Em-
inent of pupils In the public schools for
19U5 was: Whites, 152,889; colored, 5,443
The number of organized school distdlcts
was S,998i and the number of st hools
taught was 3,190, the total number of
days schools were taught being 317,433.
The dally average of attendance for males
was 45,437; females, 44,801. There were
3,144 school houses, valued at $2,593,-
848.03. rhree thousand, three hundred
and seventy-two teachers' certirtcates
were Issued. 'I he total number of teach-
ers employed was 3,687, of whom 1,269
were males, md 2,418 females. The
school lands set aside by congress for use
of the schools of the territory aggregate
3.100.875 at res, valued by a low estimate
at $30,000,000, the Income during the last
vear being OV9T $500,000. The receipts
from all sources for school purposes ag-
gregated $1,816,002.22, and there was ex-
pended for all purposes $1,488,109.88. The
state university is supported out of the
general revenues of the territory, and tui-
tion is free in all the departments except
In the school of fine arts.
One of the greatest problems confront-
ing the people of the new state of Okla-
hom will be that of the proper disposition
of the large area of land granted to the
state for educational and other purposes,
which Is valued at the present time at
$30,000,000. The practice has been from
the first to lease school and other reserve
lands, thereby bringing Into the school
and other needs a constantly Increasing
revenue and causing the land to be Im-
proved and developed. It now remains
for the -tate to decide whether these
lands shall be sold or retained, and if
so. to provide for a proper investment
and protection of the proceeds. The totjil
-ecelpts from the school lands during
the past flcsal year amounted to $r 37.00O.-
186.86. of which all was expended except
$16.796.15. The largest apportionment
was $301.0°6.81 to the common school
fund. $79,329.61 being set aside for col-
lepes.
"A very rigid law was enacted by the
territorial legislature providing for sep-
arate schools for white and colored chil-
dren. prohibiting the attendance of negro
children at white schools as well as white
children at negro schools. Every child,
however, is assured of school advantages,
ana wherever there Is a negro child ln
i school district, provision must be made
for its common school education by the
establishment and maintenance of a
school and employment of a teacher, or
sending off the child at the district's
expense to an adjoining district or to
the territorial school for negroes at
Langston. The white child is provided
for likewise."
The report then goes on to describe
how the insane and criminals are cared
for, the condition of the Indian schools,
etc., and further says:
"There are 1,503 organized churches In
the territory, 35 fraternal insurance socie-
ties, 287 territorial banks, and 29 daily.
103 weekly, 13 monthly, 7- semi-monthly
ind 4 quarterly publications. The re-
sources of all the territorial banks
amount to $14,505,371.36, with an average
reserve of 46 per cent, although a maxi-
mum of 25 per cent only Is required.
The Individual deposits amount to $9,121,-
819.28. During the last fiscal year the
number of territorial hanks increased
30. the capitalization $443 500, loans $2,-
048.900, and deposits $2,200,408. Two hun-
dred and sixty-two banks were exam-
ined and fees amounting to $4,075 were
collected and turned over to the terri-
torial treasurer.
"There were 113 national hanks In
operation, with an actual reserve on hand
of 32.93 per cent, although 18.62 per cent
only was required.
"The fire, life and casualty Insurance
business has been profitable; $1,011.-
193.91 was collected as premium by fl^e
companies, with loss at $319,650. The
amount of risks written by all companies
was $81,352,219.52.
"The life insurance companies of Ok-
lahoma for 1905 wrote risks amounting
to $8,366,589.61, upon which thev collect-
ed premiums aggregating $825,010.27 hav-
ing paid In losses $116,432.08.
"The operation and enforcement of
the nursery inspection law has become
more fully recognized and appreciated
and the purchaser of nursery stock has
a reasonable assurance that he will get
what he purchases and that free from
dangerous Insects and diseases.
"The health of the general public of
the territory Is better than at this time
last year, with no epidemics of any na-
ture existing.
"The stock food anil fertilizer law
rassert by the last legislature went Into
effect on January 1, 1906, and requires
the manufacturers nf all commercial feed-
ing stuffs and fertilizers offered for sale
in Oklahoma to file each year with the
secretary of the board of agriculture a
crtificate stating the crude protein and
fat content of feed stuffs and the nitro-
gen, potash and phosphoric acid content
of fertilizers, accompanied by a fee of
$20 per brand so registered.
"The larcrest l-rigatlon protect now be-
Ine carried on in the territory Is the so-
called Javajo protect under the super-
vision of the reclamation service of the
ecological survey. It is loented on the
North Fork of Red River, which forms
the boundary line between Oreer and
Kiowa counties, and will cost approxi-
mately J3.000.00n. It contemplates stor-
ing and supplying sufficient water to
Irrigate 75,000 to 100.000 acres of hlphl
productive sofl. and will convert what is
recognized as a comparatively pood agri-
cultural community, yet subject to an-
novlncr dry periods, into a garden which
will teem with agricultural and horticul-
tural productions of the highest tvpe.
Private irrigation enterprises a-e scat-
tered promiscuously throughout the west-
ern part of the territory, whereby tracts
ranglnK from 10 to 1,000 acres of land
are fortiflde against dry weather nnd
the harvesting of bounteous crops of the
very best quality are made reasonably
certain.
"A widespread activity has been mani-
fested for securing good roads, and plans
are under discussion for active work
looking toward the improvement of pub-
lic highways throughout Oklahoma.
"It Is estimated that proper develop-
ment of the salt wells In the country
would yield sufficient salt to supply the
whole southwest, and It is expected that
In time the salt Industry will become
one of the most Important In the terri-
tory.
"The sunnly of gypsum Is practically
Inexhaustible. One of the most exten-
sive deposits in the world extends from
nrthern Kansas to central Texas.
"The variety and quality of building
stone and material is quite familiar to
tbose acquainted with the resources of
Oklahoma, including" as it does granite,
eabhro, porphrv, limestone. sandstone
and dolomite, the most abundant being
sandstone, although granite is found in
~-er,ter quantities In the TTtchlta moun-
tains.
"There are 76 flour mills ln operation
in Oklahoma with a total capacity of
15,000 barrels per day of the finished
product, representing an investment of
over $3,000,000. There are also 20 eleva-
tors, averaging ln cost $3,500 each.
"Coal, oil and gas have been discov-
ered In many localities, occurring mostly
in the extreme southern portion. The
developments in the Cleveland, Pawnee
county, oil field, show a marked falling
off for the year just ended as compared
vious years. This oil avreagel In pecin
gravity from S3 degrees to 41 1-- Uegniea,
uie latter being lue liiguest gravity oil,
produced (wlui the exception of a few
small wells drillde in tne city limits of
Muskogee. 1. T.>, west of the i'enusyl-
vania and West Virginia fields. Ther«
are at present 285 oil wells in the Cleve-
land field, producing 7,0u0 barrels of oil
per day, and 12 gas wells, having a daily;
capacity of 75 cubic feet. There are at
the present time 1,500,000 barrels of oil
stored in steel and wooden tanks in the
field, as the storing of oil in earthem
tanks was found to be unsatisfactory by
reason of a large loss by seepages and
evaporation. The present value of the
oil produced Is 45 cents per barrel.
"It is proposed to make a vrey full ex-
hibits of the cereals, fruit and other re-
sources of the territory at the Jamestown
exposition, which will be financed by the
Oklahoma federation of commercial and
industrial organizations.
"The most important civil case pend-
ing is the action of the Territory of Ok-
lahoma vs. the Amreican Bonding com-
pany of Italtlmore, in which the district
court of Logan county gave Judgment for
the full amount for which the territory
sued. A sthe bank for which the com-
pany was surety has paid dividends, the
claim of the territory has been materially
reduced, and now, less interest, is only
about half of the amount for which claim
was originally made.
"The amount of cash in the treasury
on June 30, 1906, was $732,087.18. which
Is deposited in 25 banks in the territory.
The total outstanding warrant indebted-
ness on June 30, 1906, was $751,038.39.
"The work carried on at the exprei-
ment station in connection with the^ ag-
ricultural and mechanical college at Still-
water lias been very gratifying. During
the year 84,720 doses of vaccine for pre-
vnetlon of blackleg of cattle were dis-
tributed, and it is estimated that not
less than $100,000 per annum has been
actually saved to the farmers and stock
men through this one branch of the sta-
tion's work in preventing the loss of
young cattle. Hardy Bermuda grass roots
have been distributed to more than 700
farmers, the same being considered de-
sirable because of the marked variety
growing at the Btatlon to that which
is produced from seed.
"The Oklahoma live stock sanitary
commission exists for the protection of
live stock thruoghout the territory from
contagious diseases, power being given
the commission to make and enforce
rules and regulations thereto. The rich
native grasses covering the whole of the
territory make cattle raising tho chief
live stock industry. Quarantine laws
have been established to prevent south-
ern cattle from coming in owing to the
prevalence of the tick or Texas fever,
and strict rules have been established
for the enforcement of this quarantine
law, no cattle being admitted except un-
der the strictest supervision. Seven In-
spectors have been appointed, with whom
the force of the United States bureau of
animal industry co-operates in ranch in-
spection, and the results are highly sat-
isfactory. The Texas fever and cattle
mange are the main diseases among cat-
tle in Oklahoma, tuberculosis not being
known to exist at all in the territory.
The law further requires that all animals,
flesh of which Is to bo sold for food,
shall be inspected before slaughter."
The report fully describes the opening,
development and conditions in the "new
country." tells of the opening of the "Big
Pasture." the history and achievement
of statehood, and concludes with a de-
tailed statement of the Anadarko, Hobart
and Lawton town lot funds.
POPULATION OF CITIES
2,256;
1,889;
1,800;
Secretary McNabb's Biennial R«
port Shows Interesting Figures
Advance proofs of the second bien-
nial report of the Oklahoma board of
agriculture, being prepared by A. C.
McNabb, of Oklahoma City, secretary
of the board, are full of interesting
figures relating to population, rail-
roads, assessed valuation, production
of agriculture and other statistics of
Oklahoma.
A table showing the rank of the
various cities and towns over 500 is
given, showing fifty-six cities. Tha
table follows;
Oklahoma City, 40,000; Guthrie, 27,-
000; Shawnee, 15,656; Enid, 13,248;
El Reno, 5,442; Lawton, 5,421; Ho-
bart, 5,033; Norman, 3,124; Perry,
2,961; Woodward, 2,804; Blackwell^
2,568; Ponca City, 2,515; Stillwater,
2,130; Mangum, 2,466; Alva, 2,416;
Anadarko, 2,272; Tecumseh,
Kingfisher, 2,246; Newkirk..
Hennessey, 1,830; Pawnee,
Chandler, 1,672; Edmond, 1,668; Ton-
kawa, 1.635; Altus, 1,512; Cleveland,
1,619; Geary, 1,424; Watonga, 1,378;
Stroud, 1,240; Pond Creek, 1,205;
Weatherford, 1,164; Elk City, 1,134;
Thomas, 1,092; Cordell, 1,078; Clin-
ton, 1,011, Cushing, 900; Lexington,
854; Yukon, 848; Rock Island, 843;
Medford, 799; Apache, 786; Wanette,
776; Ralston, 773; Prague, 769; Capi-
tol Hill, 868; Okeene, 755; Cherokee,
734; Perkins, 670; Helena, 610;
Maud, 597; Wellston, 579; Arapaho,
576; Fairview, 568; Carmen, 550;
Sparks, 546; Waukomis, 542.
The home county of Secretary Mc-
Nabb, Oklahoma, also has a good
lead In population among the coun-
ties. No figures are given on the ne-
gro population, and Logan is placed
at the head in the number of negroes,
having 7,278. The total population of
Oklahoma is placed at 662,287. With
the exception of Oklahoma county,
the returns are from those of the as-
sessors for the year ending 1906,
which have been probably certified by
the county clerks. Included in the to-
tal for Oklahoma county is the esti-
mated population of Oklahoma City,
40,000, from the estimate based on
school enumeration. The table also
shows the area of the various coun-
ties, and w'ill be of interest just now
In view of the talk of county divi-
sion.
•T. E. Christensen, representing St.
Louis capital, announces that a new
railroad will be started from Monett,
Mo., to run through the territory and
connect with a southwestern line.
Christensen refused to denominate tha
line. He Intimated that the routa
would include Tulsa and Oklahoma
City, with Ardmore as the southwest-
with the Intense activity of the twa pre- era terml« '
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