The Weekly Times-Journal. (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 15, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, July 31, 1903 Page: 4 of 8
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V
THE CROP m
Wueldy Statement of Government Agents
on Crop Condition*
HOT AND DRY WEATHER
leported from Most Counties—Corn in Fsir
Condition- Cotton all Right
Oklahoma O. T., Tues., July 28. 1903.
For week ending Mon., July 27, 1! 03
GENERAL SUMMARY
Scattered showers occurred over
Greer and Woods counties on the 21st,
and Lincoln county, the Creek, Choc-
taw, and Chickasaw nations on the
27th. Generally the week was marked
by hot and dry conditions, with maxi-
mum temperatures reaching 100 degrees
or nbove on nearly every day.
Ths precipitation was Insufficient to
do any material good, and In conse-
quence of the prevailing drouthy con-
ditions all growing crops are needing
rain, and the ground Is becoming too
hard to cultivate.
Threshing continues over all portions
with light to good yields of wheat,
and poor to fair yields of oats reported.
Corn Is generally In fair condition,
but has suffered considerable damage
over some counties from hot, dry,
wind?: the early corn Is about made
over the southern portion and the pros-
pect is for light to fair yields; the late
corn Is needing ruin to properly fill.
Cotton Is generally being laid by, Is
blooming and fruiting well, nnd making
a good growth; the present stand range*
from a one-third to three-fourths
of the average condition, and 1h small
and late; web worms and grasshop-
pers are reported doing dumugc over
the Chickasaw nation; heavy rains
would be beneficial in forcing the
crop growth.
Oane, kafflr, and broom corn, and
castor beans are making good growth
and heading well.
Millet Is being secured with light to
fair yields reported.
Hay harvesting continues with good
yield* of a line quality secured; the
second . rop of alfalfa is being secured,
with the third crop ready to cut over
the southern counties.
Early potatoes continue to be gather-
ed with fair to good yields; late po-
tato planting Is In progress.
Pull plowing has been nearly stopped
by the hard condition of the ground.
Range gross is good and water still
plentiful, and stock are doing well;
pastures are generally drying up.
Gardens are drying up and are need-
ing- rain
Cantaloups and melons are ripening
and with fruit are being shipped.
Follow ing are the reports from the
different portions of the section by na
tions and counties;
EASTERN DIVISION.
Cherokee, Northeast portion.—Hot
and dry; corn promises a good yield,
but is needing rain, cultivation about
completed; some cane being sown yet
wheat threshing out better than ex
pected. but a light yield, oats about
a half yield; hay harvesting out a fine
yield.
Northwest portion.—Dry and hot; all
crops needing rain; corn looking well
but growth retarded by hot winds; cot-
tor: Is doing well; wheat threshing out
a poor to fair yield; oats a short yield;
grass go<h! and stock doing well; gar-
dens drying up; haying in progress, a
good . rop put up in fair condition.
Southern portion—Dry and hot; can-
taloups are suffering Home, are being
gathered with a fair yield; corn and
cotton ure needing ruin; cotton small;
com Is In fair condition; haying Is in
progress, fair to good yields; pastures
good and stock doing well.
Creek. Northern portion.—Wheat
threshing well advanced with a fair
yield, corn doing well but needing rain;
oats a (roo«l yield; cotton doing well but
late with a prospect for a half crop,
haying Is in progress and a good crop,
but a small acreage.
Middle portion. Hot and dry; corn
needing raJn badly, but not injured yet;
cotton doing well and growing rapidly
haying progressing and crop maturing
fast: gurden truck needing rain; stock
doing well and starting to move to
market.
Southern portion.—Hot nnd dry; corn
Is making a fair growth and doing
well, but needing rain; cotton Is grow-
ing fast, and being laid by in good con-
dition. with late frost a fair yield is
pro in lead; huylng Is in progress with
a lurge yield; stock Is doing well
Seminole.—Early corn doing well, but
late needing rain to (111 well; late cot-
ton is doing well; haying Is In progress
with a fair yield of a good quality
range grass good and stock doing well;
gardens Irv fair condition.
Choctaw, Northeast portion.—Dry
and hot; corn looks well but is small
and Is needing rain; cotton Is laid by.
is fruiting well and making a good
growth, and has about a two-thirds
stand haying Is In progress with good
yields. June corn, gardens and grass
need rain; stock is doing well; millet
and potatoes are a good crop; late
potatoes are being planted.
North west portion.—Dry and hot;
all crops ore needing rain, but none
damage*! as yet; rorn and cotton ure
doing well; rang* grass Is good and
Stock are doing well; hay is >elng
harvest-l with good yields; potatoes
are yielding well; gardens are need-
ing rain.
Southwest portion.—Dry and hot;
crops are doing well but are needing
r/itn: cotton Is generally doing well
but small; rorn Is doing well, but will
be badly damaged unless rain comes
soon; haying Is In full progress and
is a flne quality; gardens are dry-
ing up: water Is still plentiful nd
stock Is doing well.
Southeast portion.—Dry and hot;
crop* are needing rain; cotton Is mak-
ing bolls and doing well, and Is about
a three-fourths stasd; having Is In
progress; stoc k water becoming scarce
rn Is In good condition
CENTRAL DIVISION.
Osage and Pawnee.—Hot and dry
'Jl crops need rain; threshing con-
in u«s; corn and cotton making good
Growth; late potatoes being planted;
Aay making continues; fruit of good
quality but scarce; plowing in pro-
can# and Kaffir corn rnaklnc
good growth; buckwheat blooming
grass and Mock doing well.
Kay and Noble.—Hot nnd dry, rain
needed; thneehlng continues corn • . ^
rs In badly: cotton makim •<,
growth, fruit being gatn^
In progress; hay of fine rjw
made; millet bsinrr ctit w| :
grsag mm£ stock
rant and Garfield.—Hot and dry;
rain needed; threshing continues; corn
n«*eds rain badly; too dry to plow:
H"< ond crop of alfalfa being cut; hay
being made, light crop; millet heln*
cut, short crop; pasture* drying,
stock doing well.
Kingfisher and Canadian.—Hot and
dry; rain needed; cotton making good
rrowth, some cotton reported as yel-
low; haying well advanced with an
abundant yield; potatoes being har-
vested; too dry to plow; pastures dry-
ing up.
T.ogan and Oklahoma.—Hot nnd dry;
rain needed; threshing continues; corn
In good condition but needs rain; cot-
ton looking well, about laid by. will
make one-fourth crop; second crop of
alfalfa being cut; hay making in pro-
gress. good yields; too dry to plow;
stock continues In good condition.
Payne and Lincoln.—Hot and dry;
rain needed; threshing continues; corn
nearly made, will make a fair crop;
cotton showing Improvement: cotton
blooming, very late; potatoes being
planted; hny making continues, good
yields; Kafflr corn In good condition;
astor beans doing well; otock in good
condition and fattening.
Pottawatomie and Cleveland.—Hot
and dry; rain needed; threshing con-
■tlnues; corn doing well but needs rain;
cotton making rapid growth, but will
be late; haying clontlnues. fulr crop;
fruit ripening, good quality, potatoes
making fair yield; cane and kafflr
corn heading well; third crop of al-
falfa ready to cut; grass drying;
stock continues in good condition.
Chickasaw. Northeust portion.—Hot
and dry; rain Is needed; threshing
continues, fair yields; corn Is doing
well but needs rain; cotton Improv-
ing; web worms working In some locali-
ties; millet making a fair yield.
Northwest portion.—Hot nnd dry;
rain Is needed: threshing continues
with fair to good yields; upland corn
Is shrinking some, all late corn needs
rain; cotton Is small and late, but Is
forming well; grasshoppers, web and
I*>H worms are still at work on cot-
ton: cane planted to stubble not up
yet; hay Is yielding a good crop;
stock doing well.
Southwest portion.—Hot and dry;
rain is needed; corn is reported fall-
ing; grasshoppers working on late
corn: cotton Is making a good growth
nnd generally In a fair condition; some
grasshoppers working on cotton; stock
doing well.
Southeast portion.—Hot and dry; rain
Is needed; threshing continues with
light to good yields; corn generally
made, no serious damage but corn
needs rain; cotton Is making a good
growth and squaring: and blooming,
some boll worms reported at work on
cotton; potatoes making a fair crop;
bay making good yields; millet doing
well; late cane and June corn not do-
ing so well; sto. k doing fairly well
WESTERN DIVISION.
Woods.—Generally hot nnd dry, good
rain at Jenkins on the 21st: corn and
broomcorn are generally needing rain
and In some parts crops are suffering;
threshing still In progress, wheat mak-
ing good yields; melons looking well;
plums ripening: stock In good condition
Woodward —Hot and dry; all growing
crops needing rain; threshing In prog-
ress. good yield; haying In progress
and crop being secured In fine condit-
ion; com damaged by hot winds.
Beaver.—Hot nnd dry; all growing
crops need rain and considerable dam-
age has resulted from hot winds; sec-
ond crop of alfalfa in the stack, fair
yield; stock doing fairly well.
Dewey. Blaine and Custer.—Hot and
dry; some hot winds; corn on the up-
lands badly damaged; kafflr, cane, and
millet doing fairly well; grass drying;
cotton doing slowly; threshing contin-
ues; wheat good yield and quality,
oats light; ground too hard to plow;
fruit still In good condition.
Day and Roger Mills.—Hot and dry;
corn damaged by hot winds; threshing
In progress, fair to good yields; cotton
making fair growth; haying in progress,
good yield and quality.
Washita and Caddo.—Hot and dry;
corn on the up-lands damaged by
drouth: cotton holding up well and
making fair growth; forage crops at a
pastures need rain; haying In progress,
fair yield; stock In good condition.
Comanche.—Hot and dry; early corn
made, light yield, late corn badly dam-
aged; cotton in good condition and
making fair growth; forage crops at a
standstill; Pastures drying; haying
In progress, fair yield and quality;
threshing continues.
Kiowa.—Dry and hot excepting In the
extrenw west portion where rains of
the 18th placed crops In good condition,
In rest of the county, all growing crops
need rain and much damage has result-
ed from hot winds: cotton doing well;
stock In good condition.
Greer.—Rains of Inst week placed
growing crops in most parts of the
county In flne condition but more rain
Is needed for pastures and stock water;
cotton growing fast; corn will be a fair
crop; millet being cut, good yield, hay-
ing and threshing continue, good
yields; melons and plums ripening.
C. M. STRONG.
SECTION DIRECTOR
FEARING DEATH,
vill be
FLEE
Thousands Will Come to America Because
of Kisliineff Massctre
UNDESIRABLE IMMIGRANTS
lasy Matter to Dodge the Restrictions on
Immigrants Agents Connive Frauds
DROWMD IN A POND
A South McAlester Youth Meets a Waterv
Grave
South McAlester News: Jesse Am-
nions. the 11-year-old son of .James
Amnions, the restaurant owner, was
drowned in the Choctaw pond in the
second ward at noon today.
It was stated by bystanders that
young Amnions was standing up in a
skiff, paddling bis way across the pond.
had done this every day for a long
time without mishap. But on this oc
aslon he lost his balance and tumbled
Into the pond head froemost.
He was In the last part of the pond
which was ten feet deep. It seems that
the little fellow was helpless at such a
depth.
The alarm was sounded and many
would-be rescuers rushed to the scene
but they were too late The boy had
risen and sunk and risen and sunk un-
til he no loviger rose.
A party st once began a search for
the body. A messenger went to the
house and broke the news to the dls-
tracted mother as gently as such terri-
ble tidings could be broken. Mr. Am-
nions was ill HaleyvlHe and did not
learn of the news until after the body
had* been recovered.
Before tins body was found there were
about fifty agitated spectators. Full>
a dozen man stripped and swam about
the pond unsuccessfully diving with
hope of finding the body. Finally a net
was secured and with it the pond was
dragged. In a few moments the little
fellow's lifeless body was brought up
In the net. This was nearly un hour af-
ter the accident.
Drs. \\ I leon and Riddle employed all
known means for resuscitation but life
was extinct.
fBy the Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON. July 2H.-The arri-
val of a Hood of Hebrew Immigrants
In the I'nlted States will be one of the
results of the Kishlnef massacres, ac-
cording to a report that has Just been
received by Commissioner General of
Immigration Sargent from Marcus
Bruun confidential agent of the immi-
gration bureau In Europe.
Mr. Braun says that very few of
those who would be desirable acquisi-
tions to the population of the United
States are willing to leave the country.
He was Informed by a wealthy Hebrew
a member of the relief committee, that
the committee had under advisement
the question of sending a large num-
ber of families to the I'nlted States by
way of Copenhagen. When Mr. Brum
called his attention to the fact that
under the Immigration laws of th*
nlted States, assisted immigrants
were not admlsable to the United
states, the committeeman said that
that matter would be left to th« Jewish
Colonization.Association and the B'Nai
Brlth in th«> I'nlted States.
As illustrating the way In which the
Jewish Immigrants are aided In com-
ing to the United States. Mr. Braun
says that he found that there was a
regular shipment of about 300 Jews j>er
week from Roumanla to America. A
few of these go to Canada, but the
gi^nt majority of them are bound for
the I'nlted States. They are in charge
of Jewish societies, hut he was told
that they were not assisted financially.
It was represented to him that they
simply asked and received the moral
support of the Jewish societies to
avoid trouble with the authorities of
the countries through which they pass
Mr. Braun traveled through Rus
nnd visited many of the centers fi
which the United States receives
large proportion of the Hebrew I
migrntlon. He says:
"From persona! Interviews with
great number of these would-be imml
grants, I found them to be absolutely
of the undesirable class. Hut by the
time they arrive at some port of the
United States. I am afraid they are
well Instructed and purified."
In a separate report from Jasay
Roumanla. Mr. Braun says that h
talked with an employee in a steam
ship immigration bureau who "bluntly
answered my question as to why they
book so many Immigrants to the Unit
ed States by way of Canada as fol
lows. ^ ou see there are two reasons,
In the first place the control at Cana
dtan ports Is not as strict, and. second,
It is about twenty rubles cheaper.*
"At my further questioning as
why they fenr the control which Is
established at the ports of the I'nlted
States, he said that in many Instances
an immigrant family has one or two
members suffering from trachoma
and. on account of that, the whole
family Is sent back. 'It Is true,
further said, 'that the Canadian au-
thorities are not so strict about It when
they And that the Immigrant In ques
tlon goes to the United States.'
"I asked whether he was aware thst
the Inspection at the Canadian border
was Just as strict as at any seaport of
the United States and he told me that
he was, but that these immigrants,
having In most cases relatives In the
United States are Instructed by them
to stay In some plate In Canada until
they call tor them, and that these in
structions are carried out In every
I while the Chocta • lands
: partlvely cqptouch4f.
j They .ire not n< ■ atly incensed at
the Indiana from'the Choc t i v nation
coming In and taVlng their allotm
as they look upmi them as neighbors
and friends: but there is a strong
tipathy to the Mississippi Indl
Most of these foreigners are full-blooda
totally uneducuted, many of them un
abb- to speak a single word of English.
They are looked upon as interloper*
and. Instead of aiding or assisting I
the growth or development of th
country, they will prove an effectur
barrier to further progress. The local
Chlckasaws say that the Mississippi
Choc taws will make no Improvement*
on their lands whatever, that they are
coming hure not for the purpose of
making advancement in civilization or
to better their conditions, but merely
to secure lar^dii and speculate on th'
portion they are allowed to dispose of.
Wherever possible they are settling In
colonies, and this fact seems to bear
out the assertions of the Chlckasa
At Minco and Pocasset a great many
of the c'hootaws have taken allot-
ments and the Chlckasa ws have failed
to make a settlement of very much of
the land In that vicinity. The land
around Pocassett is considered among
the best In the Chickasaw nation, even
better than the allotable average land
of the two nations. Scarcely any of the
choctaws have made any Improvements
up to this time, ar.d there Is not much
p ron pec t of their doing so until com-
pelled to.
Mr. Braun reports that while In
Vienna he investigated the methodi
employed to avoid the allen contract
labor laws and found that those laws
are laughed at. Intended immigrants
sre put through a course of instruc-
tions. as a result of which they are
able to meet all of the questions ask-
ed The btMtMMR of supplying stave
cutters for the Tennessee woods is car-
ried on extensively In Vienna. Labor-
ers under contract as stave cutters are
sent to Newport or Galveston, and
from thence to Tennessee by rail,
uimre. Austria. Mr Braun foend
large traffic In United States pass-
ports and naturalization papers.
Mr. Baun expresses the opinion that
25 per cent of the undesirable Imml
grants could be kept out of the United
States If ail the "little tricks and
crooked practices of the Immigration
agents were known. He Is continuing
his Investigations and is furnishing in
formation that will probably be made
the basis of charges against many of
the steamship companies and their
agents He says that a favorite routs
by which undesirable Immlgrsnts
wotten Into the United States is by
sending them to Mexico and then get-
ting them across the border Into Texas
at some place off the railroad where
there are no immigration or customs
dfflclals.
AT JONES CITY.
Anangements have been made for i
• and ball lo be given at the lone
b .i v next Saturday e< n
i.umber are expected t<
ram this uty.
DISCONTENT IS SPREADING.
ARDMORE. July 27.—A s|>ecial from
Chickasha says at the rate the Mlssl-
slppi Choctaws are coming to this coun-
try to take their allotments there will
be little left for the Chlcasaws when
they are through. At Duncan yester-
day there were sixteen families of full-
blood Choctaws. just arrived from Mis-
sissippi who came to select their allot-
ments from the rich, fertile soil of the
Chickasaw prairies and surrounding the
place. All of them had money and
they stated that Just as soon as they
had selected their lands they would
make improvements enough on It to
hold It. Thla morning six more Choc-
taw families arrived In Chickasha from
Atoka In the Choctaw nation, also to
secure allotments in this part of the
country. All of these were full-bloods
and none of them could apeak a word
of English. Thsy had an Interpreter
with them, however, and as soon as
they had breakfast they started to look
at ti** land.
A jf*eat many of the Chlckasaws arc
no®, taking kindly to the encroachments
of the (Thootaws, and they are rw«t
slow about expresolng themselves, al-
though by the terms of the supplement-
al agreement the Choctaws and Chlck-
i saws are privileged to take their al-
lotments In either nation. The dissat-
isfied Chlckasaws believe that the re-
salt of alloting these lands to the Choc-
taw! will be to overcrowd this
A NEW PROOSITION.
Mangum, July 27 -R K. Kelley. the
chief promoter of the new railroad that
Is proposed from Mountain Park west
was in Mangum .uonday and to the
Mangum Business Men s Club railroad
• oinrnittee submitted a new proposition.
This time the proportion has none of
the elements of the Li-ger-Orient deal
and is one that the whole town can
unite on and have none to stand back
nnd view with suspic ious eye or speak
of with an ominous shake of the head.
Mr. Kelley s latest proposition is that
- will build his rood and have it in op-
eration from Okluh -ma City to Man-
gum within eighteen months if ike peo-
ple of Mangum will agree to give the
company 120.000 In cash and flO.Mi of
town lots depot and yard grounds, and
there Is not a cent to be paid or a lot
deeded until Mr. Kelley or his author-
ized agent rides Into Mangum on a
train on the new road and demands the
"go< ds.". There Is further condition
however, and that Is that Citizen s of
Mangum take $2,000 worth of shares
In the Oklahoma Townslte Comp-
which company Is handle all of th
c ompany's lots and townsites on
lylne of the road from Oklahoma City
to Mangum. This latter will be an
easy provision, however, as stock In
such a compariy will ' e pretty sure to
prove a paying investment.
Up to noon yesterday sixteen thops
arid dollars of the money had been sub'
scribed and it Is thought the town will
be ready to do business with Mr. Kel
ley the next time he comes. This rail
road is going to be built through Greer
county nnd If It comes to Greer all of
Mangum is agreed that it should come
to Mangum.
Jf;
nne*
oC/on Store
OA/aAoma City, Oktahoma.
Cut Price Store.
How can we soil everything at cut prices? We buy at cut pricss. Scarcely a
day passes when we do not close a big deal with some eastern maker or jobber—
they want to sell big lots in a hurry. We buy them (if go)ds are first-class) for
Spef Cash. Bargains like these are not to be found every day.
It is our aim to make this
the mightest saletf Under-
muslin we have ever
planned:
IQc for Children's Slips
Underwaists and Drawers,
and Ladies' Corset Covers.
I5c for Ladies' Drawers,
Corset Covers, Gowns and
Children's Waists.
25c for Lace Trimmed
Fine Muslin Drawers and
Gowns and Corset Covers.
^ 50c for the fineer grad s of Muslin Garments.
All are extra well made and handsomely trimmed.
Summer Corsets
at greatly reduced pricss.
50 and 75c grades of cor-
sets, good styles, perfect in
fit. To make a quick sale
they go at 39c.
£1.00 Corsets, the Warner
make. Every woman knows
of the high quality of these
corsets, while they last 49c.
Ladies'
Black
Hose
5c, worth 10 cents.
Don't miss this chance—Ladies
and Misses trimmed Hats, worth up
to £.J00 each, we offer you the
choice of the entire line for 2^c.
Men's
Fancy
Hose
7c, worth 15 cents.
(!J)8REp5
THAT INVESTIGATION.
In accordant e with the much herald
ed fact that the allotting force and In-
dian agent was to be Investigated, the
personal representative of the president
Hon. Francis Leupp. is at work inves-
tigating the facts relative to a memor-
ial purporting to have been prepared
by a certain citizen of Anadarko nnd
a few Indians of Lone Wolf's following
and addressed to the congres of the
United States, reflecting on the conduct
of the affairs of the Agency here
charging dishonesty and corruption
with the alloting of the lands and
dealing with the funds of the tribes.
The distinctive feature of this Inves-
tigation Is In the fact that the president
has personally ordered It and has sent
a personal Investigator. Had It been
a departmental affair It would have
created no attention or comment. Su- h
hysterical irruptlone have become
common that the officials had become
to regard then* as a part of the routine
of office; they have transpired often
and fell flat by reason of their own
wanght and foolishness.
Mr. Leupp commenced his work here
last week Thursday and Is giving ev-
erybody a full opportunity to be heard
who has the least grievance or thinks
he hus. That the matter will be thor-
ough and complete and the report for-
ever settle the matter Involved goes
without saying, as our Teddy Is behind
the Job and Mr. Leupp has a national
reputation for thoroughness and sin-
cerity. (
Respect for the president and for Mr.
Leupp prevents us from forecasting or
predicting the result of the investiga-
tion. Suffice to say Col. Randlett
Col. Nessler court and inolst on a most
searching light being thrown upon all
matters pertaining to their official
acts and ask that the Investigation be
made ag public as )>osstb!e that all
may form their Individual estimate of
the foundation for the charges made or
Inferred.
While not forecasting or predicting
the result of the present inquiry, we
betray no confidence nor exceed our
journalistic perogatlve In making a few
observations in passing. Thaf there
should not have been some mistakes
made In the allotment to these Indians
Is too mush to be hoped. A person to
hnve made a thoroughly correct allot-
ment must have been personally ac-
quainted with the family history of
every member of the tribe. The
Indlsn character, as we have
observer It. is wily. treacherous
and avaricious. The alloting
agrent was entirely at the mercy of the
honesty of his interpreter and the
Indians. It Is too mui'h to even sug-
gest that he could have had a personal
acquaintance with the Indian's family
affairs, the number of children and
the condition of the female members
of the family, with reference to allot-
ments to prospective arrivals. That
there were mlstukes made Is a wonder;
but the honesty of the allotting agent
can not be successfully assailed In
our Judgement.
As to the charges affecting the work
of the Agency here and Its head offic-
ial. Col. Randlett, there can be but a
theory—you can't satisfy some people
and no Indian who Is looking for trou-
ble and Is advlged by designing attor-
neys who "need the money." Col
Randlett Is one of the oldest men In
the service and one whose record and
character aro beyond cavil of meddle-
some tricksters or suspicious malcon-
tents. We await the promulgation of
Leupp's report with a great deal
of Interest, knowing thai It will be so
thorough as to silence all future cor-
trovcrstes of thlf character.
Tribune.
Another b g pur-
chase of Umbrellas.
75c grade of Men's
umbrellas at 49c.
1.50 grade of Ladies
umbrellas with the
newest novelity
handles at 75c.
*2.oo and 2.50 gr de of Umbrellas
both men's and women's, very nobby
h.snJles, your choice for 89c.
Men's
Work
Shirts
i9 c.nls.
We've just closed
a big deal w hereby
we sec red an en-
tire line of Fine
Laces and Embroid-
ery at less than
manufacturers tost,
2nd are offering
these at lower p? ices
than such ^oods
were ever s..]J be- ^
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these bargains.
Alan's suspenders 25c and 35c
k nj for 19c.
Men's linen collars, 15c grade
for 5c.
M en's red handkerchiefs,
(slightly damaged in color) 10c
quality for 2c.
Alen's N gligee Shirts 50c, 75c
and Si.00 values for 39c.
Ladies' Sunbonnets reducod from 31?c to
15c each, all colors. Also fancy stripes,
you can't afford to waste time making these
bonnets offered at rcc.
Union '
Made
Overalls
33 cents.
Cut prices on Dry Goods, Notions, Fancy Goods, Ribbons, Men's and Boys' Cloth-
ing, Hats and Caps. Cut prices on everything.
an enth'plast on the proposition of
calling a special grand jurj' to Investi-
gate alleged boodling. grafting an<j
frauds In the Indian Territory affairs.
He says that it is too hot to be stirring
up a mass in the Territory. In spite
of the fact that Secretary Hitchcock
' has for some time been thoroughly
impressed that there should be a
searching Investigation of Indian af- ments,
fairs by more effective means than he
Is authorized by law to- employ," the
district attorney is loath to start the
ball rolling. The secretary Issued a
statement from his department at
Washington In which he extended to
the district attorney a gentle hint, by
saying: , "Hut whatever may be done
along that line, all the power Secretary
Hitchcock has will certainly be exer-
cised to thoroughly Investigate not only
pending complaints, but all the condi-
tions and situations under his juris-
diction In the Indian Territory."
Notwithstanding this reminder the
district attorney has developed no
signs of the strenuous life.
So far as Mr. Mellett is concerned it
Is a case of "After you, my dear Al-
phonse."
After reading the press dispatches
from Washington today. Mr. Mellett
said: "I shall not call any special
grand jury to investigate allegod fraud
and boodling. It Is too hot. The weath-
er Is very warm and very little. If
nythlng. could be accomplished. The
regular grand Jury will be (ailed next
October and It would be useless to call
a special Jury now. If there are any
charges In October they can be tried
then. I shall not be coerced by the
public Into calling a grand Jury. I
have no evidence and no Information.
Should someone furnish me evidence
and Information, I'll prosecute the
and information, I'll prosecute the
up to me to go out and run these ru-
s down. The interior department
has better facilities for doing that than
I have.
I have had no offloial correspond-
ence with the Interior department re-
garding a grand Jury—not a line. I
don't know whether this press dispatch
In which the secretary is quoted Is true
or not. I am here to see that the law
is enforced. I shall do in the future
I have done In the past. I shall
prosecute cases when I have evidence."
ceedingly well. Cattlemen assert that
they ure better prepared to do business
today on a safer basis than during the
days of large ranges and during the
time when the Indian territory was
breaking away from tribal relations.
During the time when- conditions were
more or less chaotic commission com-
panies hesitated about placing invest-
simply because of conditions
which existed. To-day the companies
have more confidence in the stockmen
who are doing business than they have
had for several years. ("Cattle leases
are more set ure and range conditions
could hardly be improved upon.1* There
are now hundreds of small pastures
where there was one a few years ago.
DR. N. Q. NUDQETT
CANCER SPECIALIST
Guarantees a positive cure, only one fail
ure in 200 cases. Only safe and sure cure
yet discovered. We defy competition. Cor
respondence solicited. Kef en e given on
application. Address A. G. NUDGETT,
Enid, Okl i.
CATTLE RANCH LEASES.
ARDMORE, July 25.—Cattlemen who
have been facing a serious problem of
retaining leases on buids they have
been holding In the Chickasaw nation
are experiencing no trouble In renew-
ing rental oortracts. It was feared by
the stockmen that owing to the uncer-
tainty of land tenures and In the allot-
ment of the lands the cattle industry-
would be unable to hold or renew leasers
and much has been written of late con-
cerning the situation. It is remember-
ed that the lands are being allotted in
severalty to the members of the trlb.-
and the Impression has prevailed that
In the rapid settlement, stockmen
would be prevented from making leases
with the Indians.
The story has been published that
farmsrs have practically forced cattle-
men to relinquish grazing lands in
order that the country could be devel-
oped. The fact about the matter Is
that l following the allotments cattle
nem are experiencing no difficult)
whatever in leasing lands for th lr
herds. It Is asserted by them that
the land condition, which was not un-
certain, inasmuch a* the allottee Is free
to do what he pleases with his land ex.
cept to sell it. has been of the greatest
possible benefit to the lessees. Prior
to the allotment there was some doubt
WILL DO NOTHING
MUSKOGEE, I. T-. July •$.
•taus District Attorney Mtlleu
ardlng the right of the Indian to
Anadarko j I >-*o his land at will, but the treaty
settled that matter. Competent au-
thority say that the right to lease is
opflonal with the Indian.
In the readjustment of affairs In this
country U* cattlemen buvo fared back Into the f*nis hore a few minuted
-TTnlt«i
U Se MtJ <
MET ON THE TRESTLE.
The Mouth McAlester Capital says:
A fatal wreck on Ihe Choctaw was
narrowly averted at 6:12 a'clock this
morning just east of the city limits
at a point where the track curves sharp
through the mountains.
East bound train No. 253 arrived here
about 8 a.m. in charge of Conductor
Scott, engineer Hudson and fireman
Swofford and received orders to wait
in the yards for the west bound freight
No. 303. The engineer misread his or-
ders and started out of the yards at a
fast rate of speed. Just before reach-
ing a sharp curve in the track a short
distance beyond the limits of the city
the engineer saw smoke ahead of him
coming over the mountain top. He re-
versed his engine and brought his train
down to a normal speed. Calling to his
fireman they Jumped Just as a freight
train stu^k its nose around the sharp
curve that was about 200 feet east of
a steel trestle which spans a creek
about thirty feet wide. They escaped
without a scratch. The west bound
train with conductor Ed O'Bryan, en-
gineer Bruce and fireman Rob't Pope
was running at a lively rate of speed.
Just before reaching the fatal curve en-
gineer Bruce saw a farmer near the
track waving his hat wildly. He threw
on the brakes and called to his fireman
to take care of himself as he feared
there was something ahead, possibly a
section car. The train thundered around
the curve and It was then the engineer
and fireman had their first intimation
that there was a freight ahead of them.
Not over 200 feet ahead and coming
towards them was a freight train.
Engineer Bruce reversed the engine
and leaped from the cab taking the
precaution to jump from the lower
step. The fireman rushed madly from
his seat and leaped out Into space on
the same side of the cab as the engineer
did. He struck on his shoulder, dis-
locating that r,f mber and receiving
other slight bruises about the shoulder
and ankle Engineer Brace's hand was
crushed slightly. Conductor O'Bryan
was In the caboose and the crash caus-
ed something to fall on his head.
The great engines n.et squarely upon
the steel trestle that spans the creek
which flows peacefully beneath at a
distance of thirty feet. The speed of
the west bound being greater than that
of the east bound, the west bound en-
gine knocked its fiery enemy back and
off the trestle, leaving It derailed on
the track fully forty feet from where
they struck. The west bound loco-
motive sustained the greatest Injury.
The pilot was smashed off, the tender
derailed and pitched over on Its side
and a box car loaded with coal which
was Immediately In the rear of th •
tender was smashed into a great ma.«-<
of splinters and Its steel mixed badly
with the cab of the engine. In fact
the engine and box car were cemented
together.
The engine left the track but remain-
ed standing on the west side of the
trestle. The second car from the en-
gine was derailed but was not over-
turned or injured In the least.
Not a single ear of the east bound
train was even derailed. It was pulled
afterwards and the engine is now In
the east yards.
A wrecking crew arrived from Hail-
eyville and is now clearing up the
wreck. East and west bound passenger
trains transferred at the wreck and
the passenger traffic was not Interfer-
ed with in the least.
The bridge was not Injured although
the rails over the bridge were bent and
badly twisted.
It was a miracle that someone was
not fatally injured.
TATIM I.NDIR ARREST
The Man Who Raised a Check is I'nder At
rest in Texas
The Chickasha Express says: J. R.
Tatum, the man who last fall attempt-
ed to swindle the Citizens National
bank of Chickasha out of a large sum
of money, has been arrested In Dallam
county, Texas, by Sheriff J. N. Webb,
who acted upon the authority of a war-
rant from an indictment found by the
Tarrant county grand Jury eight
months ago. T .turn was brought to
Ft. Worth Thursday from Dallam
county and placed in Jail, where he
will await trial.
Tatum s crime will be well remem-
bered by the citizens of Chickasha, as
It was fully reported in the Express at
the time of its occurrence. Tatum came
here nd was in the city two or three
weeks before lu attempted to operate.
He introduced himself a.s a stockman
and cattle buyer. He deposited $25 at
the Citizens National bank, securing
a certified check for the same. He then
raised the check by adding a few ciph-
ers and commas and words to $2,500.
The check thus altered was deposited
In a bank In Tarrant county, Tatum
drawing $S00 of the amount for per-
sonal use. He then skipped the coun-
try. while the raised check, after pass-
ing through the regular channels of tbe
clearing house, finally turned up at the
Citizens National for payment. It was,
of course, turned down, and an Investi-
gation was set on foot by the officials
of the bank which finally laid bare the
whole transaction, and placed Tatum
In a very unenviable light. The mat-
ter was brought before the Tarrant
county grand Jury with the result that
Tatum was Indicted for forgery.
Since then the officers of hoth the
Indian Territory and Texas hove been
looking for Tatum high and low, with-
out result, until a few days ago. when
he was located at Dolhart. Texas. IT.-
was practicing law In the town, hung
out his shingle and apparently had
the respect and esteem of the Inhabi-
tants. He was accompanied to Port
Worth by < \ It. Step, a Dalhart attor-
ney, who is very much interested In
his case.
THREE CARS Of STEEL
Shipment Received bv the Street Railway
Company
Three curs of steel for the Metropal-
Itan Electric Railway Company arriv-
ed In the city to-day. Men and teams
were Immediately put to work unload-
ing the material and hauling It to the
routes of the proposed extensions. The
company will proceed at once to finish
the double track on Main street In order
tt) allow the pavera to finish work on
that thoroughfare. The contemplated
extensions In various parts of the city
will be made without delay.
MAT LOCATE HKR1?.
Mr A. F. Mnrtln, of Phnwnee, was In
tho i'tty ye.t..rday una to-daj- im
locate here.
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