The Weekly Times-Journal. (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, July 18, 1902 Page: 3 of 9
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GOVERNMENT
CROP REPORT
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l.ate Crops Throughout Two Territories
in Fine Condition.
WHEAT AND OAT CROPS
Are Being Threshed—Greatest Prospect
Possible for Fruit of all Kirds.
made. I dlclal purposes. Nearly $50,000 in taxes
Canadian.—Corn generally doing well, I was collected, although this is said to
but damaged some by drouth; cotton represent only a nominal portion of the
and other crops in good condition; tthaxes actually delinquent, as there
wheat threshing out from 5 to 15 were numerous compromises.
bushels, and oats from 40 to .0 buahd? Objection was made at the time to
per acre; fruit plentiful. Speed s employment by persons who
Oklahoma.—Corn damaged some by said that the attorney of Pawnee coun-
drouth but recent rains assure thc^ty should be required to do the work,
crop; cotton in good growing
Oklahoma City, Okla., July 14. 1902.
Scattered showers occurred over the
section nearly every day of the week,
being general on the 10th; generally,
the weather continued fair and warm.
The rains delayed threshing over a
portion of the section, but were very
beneficial to the growing crops and
fruit, which made good growth and are
in fine condition.
Wheat threshing continues with light
to fair yields reported; oats are giving
a large yield of a good quality.
The hay karvest Is in general prog-
ress with large yields reported.
Barly corn is made, and the rains
have placed late corn in a fine grow-
ing condition ;the early corn was dam-
aged somewhat over localities by the
preceding drouth condition; a large
yield of corn is in prospect over nearly
all portions of the section.
Cotton is in excellent condition gen-
erally, having a good stand and color,
and blooming and boiling rapidly.
Cane, kaffir and broom corn, castor
beans, millet and grass are making
good growth, and promise large yields.
The second crop of potatoes are being
planted, and the fall wheat ground be-
ing prepared.
Melons and fruit are in good condi-
tion, and being marketed, with good
yields reported.
Stock continues in good condition,
with grass and water plentiful, except
over a few localities where water is
scarce.
Following are the reports from the
different portions of the sections by
nations and counties:
EASTERN DIVISION.
Ottawa—Wheat a poor yield and poor
quality; oats a good yield; corn a fine
prospect, and first planting made; gar-
dens and potatoes extra good; stock in
fine condition: good growing showers.
Cherokee—Over the northern portion
warm, dry weather prevailed enabling
the grain to be placed In shock in good
condition for threshing, wheat yielding
from 10 to 20 and oats from 35 to 40 bu.
per acre; corn doing well, but rain
would be beneficial; fruit and vegeta-
bles a good yield; stock doing well.
Over the middle portion fair warm
weather prevails; wheat threshing out
a half crop, secured in good condition;
corn Is in good growing gnndltion, and
early corn is nearly made; cotton is in
fine condition; cabbage and potatoes
are a fine crop.
Over the southern portion fair
weather with occasional showers pre-
vailed ; nearly all wheat and oats have
been secured in good condition; early
corn is in roasting ear, and late silk-
ing and tasseling. and in fine condi-
tion; cotton continues to square and
bloom, and Is in fine growing condition;
cane, kaffir, corn, melons and garden
vegetables are making good growth;
fruit is doing well ;stock water scarce,
and stock not doing well.
Creek—Over the northern portion fair
weather with occasional showers pre-
vailed: wheat threshing out an average
of 16, and oats an average of 45 bu. per
acre; corn crop Is made and gives
promise of a very large yield; cotton
is boiling and promises an extraordin-
ary yield; corn and cotton are in fine
condition ;fruit, grass, and gardens are
fine, and melons are being marketed.
Over the middle portion the heavy
rain on the 10th assures the corn crop,
which with kaffir corn is growing rap-
idly; cotton is blooming end boiling
rapidly, the crop is in good condition
but it is a little too wet for it; fruit
and vegetables doing well; a large crop
of hay; stock doing well; cane is grow-
ing rapidly.
Choctaw—Over the northern portion
showers were general, and crops are
making j-apid growth; corn is making
rapid growth, and has a fine prospect;
cotton is growing fast and boiling, and
promising from a half to a bale per
acre; cane and millet good; grass and
stock doing well; fruit good; melons
plentiful; hay making a good yield;
oats a poor yield.
Over the middle portion showers set
in at the close of the week, and con-
tinue; corn Is assured, estimates rang-
ing from 40 to 70 bu. per acre; hay is
a fine yield; threshers report wheat as
yielding from 20 to 35 bu. per acre, of
good quality; cotton is doing fine, good
stand and color, and well fruited, no
estimate of less than a half bale; stock
in fine condition.
Over the southern portion fair weath-
er prevailed and hay is being rapidly
< ut and bailed in good condition:
threshing in progress; cotton doing
well, growiBK fast, arid being laid by;
earn is nearly amde; melons and fruit
good crops; vegetables doing well;
grass and pastures good and stock do-
ing well.
CENTRAL DIVISION.
Osage.—Rain is needed; cotton bloom-
ing; hnying in progress; stock doing
•ondl
tlon, blooming and squaring; fruit do-
ing well and plentiful; cane and Kuffir
doing well.
Lincoln.—Rains benefited all crops,
and the early corn is assured; cotton is
growing rapidly, and promises a full
crop; cane and Kaffir corn are in good
condition; grass is good and stock is
doing well; wheat and oats a fair to
good yield.
Pottawatomie.—Heavy rains on the
9th; early corn Is made, and late do-
ing well; cotton is well cultivated, and
bolls are forming well, a large yield is
expected; fruit Is a good yield.
Cleveland.—Good rain on the 9th,
which benefited all crops; corn damag-
ed some by drouth, but now doing well;
cotton is doing well; fruit a good crop.
Chickasaw.—Over the northern por-
tion hot and dry weather prevailed
during the week with a fine rain on
the 9th and 10th; corn and cotton were
greatly benefited by rain, and are in
good condition; all minor crops doing
well.
OVer the middle portion the dry con-
dition was broken by rain on the 9th
and 12th, which greatly benefited con
and cotton; early corn is mude,
corn is doing well; ccr* n Is n fine
condition.
Over the southern portion hot and dry
weather with scattered local showers
prevailed during the week; corn
short and being damaged on uplands
by hot winds; cotton continues in good
condition but needs rain; haying in
progress; cane, melons, fruit and stock
are doing well.
WESTERN DIVISION.
Woods.—Wheat in shock and thresh-
ing out about 15 bushels per acre, re
tarded some by rains; corn is making
rapid growth, and Is assured by recent
rains; oats a good yield; cane and
Kaffir corn doing well; potatoes yield-
ing well; fruit good.
Woodward.—Wheat threshing out
about 12 bushels per acre; corn doing
well and benefited by rains; potatoes
made a good crop; grass is very heavy
and stock is doing well.
Beaver.—Wheat a short crop but
secured in good condition; corn need-
ing rain; early peaches and apricots
ripe; haying in progress.
Day.—Wheat threshing out from 4 to
12 bushels per acre; good local showers
are Improving corn rapidly; grass much
Improved; minor crops doing well.
Dewey.—Good rain on the $th; a fine
corn crop asured; castor beans, broom
and Kaffir corn, and cotton are very
promising: wheat threshing out a poor
to good yield; oats yield good; fruit,
stoc k and vegetables doing well.
Blaine.—Rains assure a fine crop of
corn: wheat threshing out
bushels per acre, and oats from 40 to
80 bushels; Kaffir corn, cane, and
ton growing rapidly; grass growing
fast; fruit improving, but apples drop
ping badly; potatoes a good yield.
Custer.—Fine rains placed corn, cot
ton, cane Kaffir corn, castor beans and
grass in fine growing condition; oats
largest crop ever raised; wheat thresh
ing delayed: alfalfa doing well; fruit
doing fine; stock In good condition.
Washita.—Good rains have occured
over the county and all crops are do
ing well, and are in good condition.
Comanche.—Continued dry weather
until the 9th has damaged early corn;
late will be benefited by showers; grass
drying up; stock In good condition;
cane, Kaffir and cotton are doing well;
some corn being cut.
Kiowa.—Rains on 9th and 11th done
much good; early cotton is blooming;
Kaffir corn and milo maize are heading;
sod corn not doing well.
Greer.—Rains benefited corn, cotton
cane and Kaffir corn, and they are
making good growth; corn is assured
for an average crop; cotton is chopped
to a stand and doing well; wheat a
fair and oats a good yield; stock doing
well.
C. M. STRONG, Section Director.
For the last two months a bitter w
Speed has been waging in Pawnee
county. One newspaper charged him
1th having bribed a member of the
board of commissioners. An effort was
made late last spring to present Speed's
ase to the Pawnee county grand jury,
but nothing came of It, although re-
sentment over the failure was such as
to threaten to Involve several persons
suspected of undue friendliness to
Speed.
"I have just returned from Anadarko
and know nothing about what the Paw-
nee grand jury has done," said Mr.
Speed when asked about the charges.
"I am glad, however, that the suit has
been brought, as it will settle the con-
troversy. Pawnee recovered a lot of
money by reason of my employment. I
was requested to go to Pawnee and
enter into the contract. I never asked
for it myself. There are now men in
Pawnee county objecting to the fee paid
to ine.'-'
Clothes Washers and Wringers in great variety.: Screen Doors, Wire
Cloth, Bale Ties, VV ater Coolers, Refrigerators, Ice Cream Freezers.
AT DILWORTH'S.
TRE BATTLE WITH MOROS.
Garfield Holliday, a lieutenant In
the Fifteenth cavalry, writes to his
father in Sumner County, Kan., about
the famous battle had by American
troops with the Mohammedan Moros
a few* weeks ago. Here is an interest-
ing paragraph:
"In assailing the Moro fort there
were dozens, If not hundreds of per-
sonal encounters In bloody hand-to-
hand struggles. One officer, formerly
of the Fifteenth. Lieutenant Wigmore,
now in the engineer corps, In a hand-
to-hand fight with two large husky
Moros armed with kriss and spear,
succeeded in killing both of his adver-
saries by his skill In the use of a sa-
bre. Wigmore was the only officer on
the field wearing a sabre, and he was
laughed at for so doing, but he had
repeatedly insisted that some day he
would be repaid for the inconvenience
of carrying it.
The fort assailed by the Americans
is the one where the Moros had so of-
ten slaughtered the Spaniards, and
in 1896 annihilated a force of 600 Reach-
ing the walls of the fort we were more
protected than we had been before.
The Moros had never dreamed that an
enemy would ever come so close, and
they had provided no way to fire di-
rectly downward. The fort is a study
in Itself. It has stood longer than
the traditional history of the island
which runs back hundreds of years.
The fort proper is about fifty feet
square, walls six feet thick formed of
growing bamboo, encircles by three
lines of trenches, and then for a dis-
tance of about thirty yards ar: plac-
ed bamboo sticks with sharpened ends
exetnding upward—then manholes, pit-
falls, etc., all around the place.
"It was Indeed a wonder how sj many
Moros could have been killed. Over
300 were actually counted, and for three
clays afterward as I rode over the,fields
making new trails I saw at least fifty.
We learned, however, that they would
fight, and that was more than the Fili-
pinos would do."
agency In the United States with more
obliging officers and employes. Mr.
Lewis says he had a great time among
the Indians and saw something like
1,000 In full dress. Of the Inidans at
-awton, only three really attracted
special attention.
First, Geronimo, who Is looked at as
If he were a grizzly bear, to see some-
thing noted for being fierce and cruel.
Second. Quanah Parker, whom all
desired to see, as the most noted living
Indian. Mr. Parker, says Lewis, Is tall,
straight, hns a fine face, and Is very
Intellectual and fully understands the
American Indian institution. The intel-
ligent and progressive Indians among
the Comanches have implicit faith In
Quanah Parker, for his course is al-
ways for the best, and with care he
looks after his people's Interests. Qua-
nah Park?r has a war record as well as
one now for peace. It was Quanah
Parker who courageously led the fight
at Adobe-walls, and there he distin-
guished himself for leadership, bravery
and generalship.
Third, Quanah's favorite wife, Too-
Nice, said to be the handsomest woman
among the Comanches, was the third
Indian to attract attention at the Law-
ton street fair. During the parade, on
the Fourth, all eyes were turned on
Quanah Parker and Too Nice.
Quanah is tall and straight, with
dark, piercing eyes; she Is plump and
brilliant and gaudy, and proud In ap-
pearance as she rode by his side In the
parade. Each has a career yet bo-
fore them. Quanah Parker is striv-
ing to lead his people out of Indian
paths to the ways of civilization.
When one gets money he tells him
to buy a pig or a calf and to save that
which he has. Her mission is to help
him and induce the women of the
tribe to change their ways and her task
is more difficult than his. for the In-
dian woman, like the white woman, is
bound by the demands of society.
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From China and Japan are here—ready to ma\-e yovir hom?1?
and comfortable.
Ohinese Mattings.
Tough and strong. All colors, shades and designs,
reasonable.
Jaoan Mattings.
Prettier this year than ever before.
gren and led.
and price
Handsome effects in blue.
eli.
Kay.—Corn and cotton benefited by
rains; wheat threshing out an average
of 8 bushels per acre; oats about 65
bushels per acre; fruit doing well; stock
in fine condition.
Grant.—Rain placed corn In fine con-
dition; threshing delayed, wheat yield
averages from 8 to 12 bushels per acre;
forage crops in good condition.
Garfield.—Good rain on 9th; early
corn will make a good crop: hay
turning out weir; fruit plantiful;
threshing delayed; wheat yielding 5 to
10 bushels and oats 40 to 60 bushels per
acre; ot^ne and kaffir corn doing well.
Noble.—Wheat threshing out from 4
to 16 bushels per acre; oats a good
yield; com and cotton doing well; fruit
good sweet and late potatoes look well;
hay being cut.
Pawnee.—Light showers; corn grow-
ing rapidly and looks well; cotton in
fine condition; fruit of all kinds doing
well; stock in good condition; second
crop of potatoes being planted.
Payne.—Wheat tMeshlng out
average of 12 bushels per acre; oata
about 40 bushels per acre; cotton do-
ing well; fiuit nicely; potatoes a good
yield; corn assured by rains.
Logan.—Wheat threshing out from 5
to 16 bushels per acre; oats 30 to ,85
bushels per acre; corn doing well; cot-
ton blooming and looks well; cane and
Kaffir corn in good condition; hay a
good yield.
Kingfisher.—Wheat threshing out a
light, and oats a large yield: rains
greatly benefited corn, cotton, Kaffir,
melons and fruit, which are in
SPEED IN A CONSPIRACY
The Pawnee county grand jury late
Friday afternoon filed with Judge Bay-
ard T. Hainer a report of its investiga-
tions of charges that certain county
officers were short in their accounts,
and that by means of a fraudulent con-
tract Horace Speed of Guthrie, now
United States district attorney, had re-
ceived fraudulently from the county
certain sums of money. The report
was read in open court and declared
that the amounts retained unlawfully
by county officers were as follows:
William Leagleton, probate judge, $2,-
463; T. M. Broaddus, register of deeds,
$2,234; John H. Crismon, sheriff, about
$147.
The county commissioners were in-
structed to take such steps as might
benecessary to recover from the county
officers the amounts In question. There
is a dispute between the officers and
the county as to who is entitled to the
money. The amount of the discrepan-
cies was ascertained by an expert ac-
ountant. When Speed's name was
eached in the report much Interest was
manifested. The report paid in p:irt
that "on September 11, 1899, Horace
Speed through and by means of a
fraudulent conspiracy to defraud the
county of Pawnee entered into a con-
tract whereby Speed was employed to
collect certain taxes; that under and
according to said fraudulent contract,
Speed received from the funds of said
county, $8,789.22."
It is charged further that Speed en-
tered Into a conspiracy with one R. W.
Dunlap, then a member of the board of
commissioners, who has since died, and
that by reason of this conspiracy with
Dunlap. Speed was able to get the sum
of $8,789.22. The grand jury alleged al
so that this money was never paid In-
to the county treasury, but was fraudu-
lently appropriated to Speed. As in the
case of the county officers, the board
of commissioners was Instructed to be-
gin suit against Speed to recover the
money paid to him. This will be a civ-
il action, but there is a movement to
begin criminal proceedings If proper
evidence can be found.
The charges against Speed are the
outcome of public feeling that has been
intense in Pawnee county for months,
The case has caused much comment
owing to Speed's prominence in Okla-
homa affairs. He has been twice Unit-
ed States district attorney and his re-
putation for Integrity and strlghtfor-
wardness has given him strength both
at home and in Washington. In mat-
ters relating to Oklahoma, especially
where the fitness for applicants for of-
fice was in question, Speed has been a
confidential agent of the Department of
Justice. The present charges against
Speed grew out of a contract made in
1899 between him and the commission-
ers of Pawnee county by which he
should receive a fee of 20 per cent of
all delinquent taxes collected In suit
|by hlin from cattlemen and non-lndlan
Itl/.- ns In the Osage reservation, whlc h
PERJURER BARRY BEHIND THE
BARS.
Wm. M Barry or Win. M. Berry, or
whoever he may choose to call himself,
who committed perjury on the stand in
the preliminary examination of Elmer
E. Brown to determine as to who was
responsible for the death of W. T. Mc
Michael, who was killed in a pistol duel
during the month of June, was today
placed under arrest at La Junta, Colo.,
and Is now behind the bars at that
place. The arrest was made today by
J. H. Melvln, the city marshal. Last
night a message was received asking
if there was a reward for his capture,
and stating that the man could be
eaught. A telegram to the effect that
there was a reward was sent and the
news of the arrest came by wire this
morning, to Chief of Police Cochran,
who will leave Sunday morning with
requisition papers for the prisoner. The
capture of Harry is due almost entirely
to the untiring efforts of Ralph Coch
ran, Oklahoma City's efficient chief of
police. Immediately upon receipt of
information that a reward would be
paid for the apprehension of the fugi-
tive, he had posters printed concerning
Barry to which were attached photo-
graphs of Barry. The photograph In It-
lf was *he most complete description
of a criminal ever gotten up in this
ity. These posters and pictures were
sent to all of the Important cities In the
United States and on more than one oc-
aslon he was on the trace of the fu-
gitive and up to a couple of days pre-
•dlng his arrest .
When it was made known today that
Barry had been arrested the men who
offered the reward ordered the requisi-
tion papers taken out and the proper
warrants issued. An investigation is
being made today as to what extent
Barry is wanted in Georgia.
crime for which Barry stands
charged Is that of perjury. He
swore to a conspiracy In which
he alleged that he had been of-
fered $5,DUO to kill McMichaels.
His story was an incoherent tale with
but two or three specific dates of meet-
ings with those whom he claimed made
the alleged proffer. In each case It
was shown that those he charged with
the crime were elsewhere. The evi-
dence on this point can be made much
stronger than it was in the preliminary,
and will establish to the satisfaction
of even the amateur detectives that
the man Barry was telling an outrag-
eous lie. He also located a conference
In the woods on the McMichaels place
on one of two nights at which time he
said the moon was shining brightly
muking it. necessary to get in the
shadow of the trees in order not to be
observed. There was no moon on eith-
er night, nor during that week, and
rain was falling at the time indicated.
He swore that he witnessed the shoot-
ing at Day's but it was proved that he
was elsewhere at the time of the shoot-
ing, and knew nothing about it for a
half hour after it occurred. His story
was unsupported by any corroborating
testimony of any character. During the
progress of the hearing It came to the
knowledge of the defense that the man
was an escaped convict from Georgia.
The case was adjourned, and for a
couple of days the Georgia authorities
were communicated with. The result
was telegrams confirming the report.
It was while making these Inquiries
that Barry ran away, hp having learn-
ed In some manner that his record was
being looked up.
ENRY SCOTT BOBS UP.
The Anadarko Democrat prints a two
column article to the effect that Judge
Henry Scott has discovered rich find
of gold In the Wichita mountains. Ho
is said to have the backing of New
York capital. The main facts of the
story are as follows:
Assisted by a score of expert pros-
tors and accompanied by the best
assayer in Cripple Creek, Col., he bid
goodbye to civilization, donned miner
suits and spike nailed shoes, and for
six long weeks he tramped the moun-
tains over an area 60 by 35 miles, al-
ways securing samples of ore and hav-
ing them assayed on the ground. He
took every possible precaution to guard
„alnst a mistake and the result Is that
he has located about 25 miles west of
Lawton in the very heart of the Wlchl-
a mining district that practical
thorough assays prove will be a very
Eldorado, a gold camp that will rival
the Klondyke. He has secured over
800 acres of mineral lands, 280 of which
have been platted into a townslte
A Cozy Bookcase
Is a great luxury, See our Globe Wer-
nicke Bookcase and Filing Cabhet.
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hlch Is named Iron, at a cost of $100 $
or more. On the fite he is erecting g
a $15,000 smelter whic h will be in opera- £
tion in about two weeks. Landing from X
the canyon, where the most valuable V
ore Is secured to the smelter Is a 900 $
foot tramway. The ore sheds are al- £
ready erected and the new town wll. '
be thrown upon in a few days. Thous A &&tit fit f 0 ® ■ JS ft ft
ands of miners are ready to rush in nnc wwvwwrww WWVWT.
contracts have been made In advance J
for hotels, and business houses which
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to some girl on Satur-
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good growing condition; bay being was attached to Pawnee county for ju-
D. C. LEWIS TALKS ENTERTAIN-
INGLY.
D. C. Lewis has just returned from
the Kiowa and Comanche country,
where he has been with officials of the
Indian service, adjusting right of way
matters for the O. C. & W. R. It. Co.
over Indian allotments. Mr. Lewis
speaks in the highest praise of the kind
and courteous treatment he received at
the hands of Uncle Sam's agents, and
says he doubts if there is another
will be erected with all possible speed. 8lrlltp m(, w||h hlf. r,Kh, hnn(t Thpn
I was compelled to whip out my knife
THE A. O. U. W. ORDER
One of the greatest endorsements
ever made by the people of Oklakoma
Territory has been made to the A. O.
U. W. since January 1st, 1902 on which
date an efTort was commenced at Okla-
homa City in the interest of the order.
During the month forty-five applica-
tions were written and eighty admit-
ted; during the first half of February
thirty-one were admitted in Enid and
seventy-five in Okmulgee and Sapulpa,
I. T., In May one hundred and ten were
added to El Reno lodge and twenty-
five In Kingfisher.
Efforts now being made In Guthrie
shows that one hundred and twenty-
five of its best business and profession-
al men have united in the last ten days
and on the 31st of July, four days prior
to the meeting of the grand lodge,
Guthrie lodge No. 1 will admit a class
of one hundred and fifty new members
in the presence of every grand lodge
ofTlcer In the jurisdiction.
Such an endorsement as the leading
cities in the two territories have giv-
en the A. O. U. W.. It has been through
an opportunity to learn of its many
merits, of which its business plan of
equalizing the burden of cost to its
members and the straight business con-
tract as a policy is In chief the cause
of the open endorsement this order has
received.
Over 2,000 new members have been
admitted during the year and the juris-
diction is now In a position to carry
protection on the homes of Oklahoma
cheaper than any other societies who
have adjusted their business on safe
and solvent lines.
WAS STABBED BY AN OFFICER.
Thomas «'ook. a negro, was stabbed
In the stomach by Officer Lett, a new
member of the police force this after-
noon and as a rrsult may die from the
Injury sustained. The patient occupied
a stretcher at the police headquarters
when the Times-Journal went to press
and Dr. Witten who was 1 ti attendance,
stated that it was doubtful if he would
recover. A reporter sought an in-
terview with <\>ok, but he was In too
serious a condition to talk. Officer Lett
In conversation with a representative
of this paper stated that Cook was
drunk and disturbing the peac e on <all-
fornla street when he happened along
and told him to move on.
"Instead of doing so," said the offi-
cer. "he told me he would do as he
pleased and said if I arrested him thdt
I would not arrest anyone else. I
pulled out a gun as he started to run,
but I did not want to shoot him and
put it away. I chased him among some
box cars on the Santa Fe tracks where
he show. d fight and I hit him a couple
of cracks with a club. He broke away
from me and started to run wheti the
Santa Fe flagman caught him and held
him until I arrived. I had my club In
rny hand and was compelled to strike
him. As I did so he caught my club
with his left hand und
and in order to protect myself
stabbed him In the stomach."
officer exhibited the knife which
had two blades, the longest one be-
ing something over two inches long.
Mike Goodwin, colored, was with Cook
hen the officer first came along and
stated that Cook was only fooling.
THE PRIZES AWARDED TODAY.
The prize gardening contest which
was inaugurated last fall by A. H.
Classen was brought to a close today
when the judges made the final inspec -
tion and awarded the prizes. The fol-
lowing judges took up the work yes-
terday afternoon and completed the
tat-i this afternoon Mrs. Helvyyn
Do igla;. Mrs. E. M. Jones. Mrs. VV. I'.
Dilworth, Mrs. Geo. Gardner, It. E.
Kroh, Chas. Stiles and J. G. Troburn.
Prizes were only awarded where there
was extra interest and good work. The
awards wen made as follows:
For the best arranged, neatest and
best kept front yard—First prize. $7.50.
Frank MeEwen. 225 Noble; second prize
$5, Louise Phillips, 17 west Sixth.
For the best arranged, neatest and
1"■ st kepi btok yard Be ond prise, $',
Earl Hemperly, 107 Chickasaw.
For best row of street trees.—First
prize, $5, Harold Bradley, 602 west
California.
For the best bed of
prize, $5, John West, f
nia.
nuals First
Ut < \llifo! -
kept
irei Sec-
ast Fifth
For the
nd prise, $!
street.
Best arranged and neatest kept lawn
First prize. $7.50, Willie Upshaw, 126
est Tenth street.
For best bed of ennnas— First prize.
Willie Hoef r, 10R potta< :.tom!e.
vegetable garden.
Burton Humphrey.
Fir
st shall till out a blank appllca-
N"
ntestant
til
the
ard of mori
more than
than on*
wo prlzet
first prize or
In the aggregate.
3. In making the awards the judges
shall take into account the taste mani-
fested ;md the care and labor expend-
ed. rather than the financial outlay.
1 Each contestant should be pr« -
pared to give In detail an account of
the time and money expended and
seeds and plants purchased, If any.
6. Competition for prize essay shall
be open to all, regardless of whether
writers receive other prize or not.
SII WVN 1:1: AFTER THB '
In the plans of the M. K. o. rail-
way that la now onstruet4f} ' '
r.,.r <>i i city to
CoffeyvIUe two routes fron Oklahoma
In to the Indian Territory at or neac
ommenced to Coalgate and Atoka are proposed and
New Schedule of the Choctaw Route.
Memphis
Forest City
brlnkley
Lonoke
I ittk Rock
I Ittle Cock
Danville
Wister
South Mi a,
Nu «.
m |8 of
Of 1910
1 < p m 11 OJ
2* 1020
several cities are making Inducements
to the road to construct through their
boundaries. The principal work that Is
being done to secure this road Is that
of Shawnee and one of the plans of the
company Is for the construction of the
road from the Junction point where
the branch line will go northeast Into
Guthrie to Coalgate via Shawnee and
Asher and thence southeast Into Coal-
A committee hns been formed at
Shawnee to raise ■ the largest bonus
that can be secured to make a definite
proposition to the management of the
road and as soon as this amount is se-
en red the officers of the company will
be asked to make a decision of the
ute
lere are several large forces of men
vork on the siding out of this city
on miles one, two, three, five, six,
n. nine and this week there will be
tional forces added to the graders
the wor): will be pushed. The to-
nmnber of men at work on the line
i>en Caffeyvllle and Oklahoma City
stjmated at about four thousand
the contractors will Increase this
ibor ns rapidly as possible so as to
pli-te the Hue line Into this city as
1 as possible. ^4
e other plan of the company is
uild direc t from Oklahoma City to
[gate and as this was the original
of the company and the estimates
"ere made for this route it Is more
than a possibility that the road will
l" built from Oklahoma City If action
is taken to secure the road The route
from this • It> to Coalgate has a num-
ber of advantages that are not posses-
■ d 1 tbi >tber routi 1 nd tbi u Hob
Vl th< • any In th< a< U< tlon ..r the
ro-|e Is one of great Interest to the
people of this city.
LAWYER AND EDITOR MIX
An Impromptu 1
Justice Widmer't?
day afternoon In
and Attorney T. .c
dpals and Judgi
stable Scoenfeldt
Mr. Cobb was 1
which Russell w;
tked that
s as good
orney, who
or the jaw
Neither la
Ize fight occurred in
court room yester-
ivhlc h L. T. Russell
Cobb were the prln-
Wldmer and C'on-
rere referees.
torney In a case In
1 interested and re-
r man In the room
> great deal better
and some a great deal bet-
H usee 11.
the fiery editor hot und
uppercut at the Texas at-
replled with a right hook
ind
10 they clinched and
the 1 feiees made them break
both were groggy and playing
dnd. After that the trial seemed
all wind, and no further d laturb-
occ urred.—Lawton Enterprise.
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