Garfield County Democrat. (Enid, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 5, 1903 Page: 2 of 8
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Garfield County Democrat.
M<>(>111". Editor.
ENID,
OKLAHOMA
No Liv*st©ck Hi;gui.ation*«.—Nc*y
regulations received from Washington
read an follows: "From November 1
to DecernWr 31, inclubire, cattle from
the quarantine districts may be moved
to the uon-infooted area of OUluliouia
after inspection and upon written per-
mission by an inspector of the bureau
of aniinal Industry. In the absence of
. such inspection and permission all
Stiij. Havk Tkoubi.*.—The quawin- j movement of cattle from the quaran-
tine I a tv ih still causing much litiga- ; tino dihtOct. to points outside of such
tion. district in states and territories named
Fuou CarfxessKKSb.—At Aline, from j in the circular is prohibited, except as
a careless* act, much hay was burned, provided for immediate slaughter.
TERRITORY TOPICS
also the grass 011 pasture land.
Fierce Dust Storm.—A flerco dust
storm at Guthrie was broken by a rain-
storm, the first rain there for over two
weelis.
Mulhall Gets Paonks.—A fully
equipped telephone exchange is ex-
pected to be in use there by the middle
of November.
A Packing House.—The American
Dressed liccf company has tshen a
charter and will establish a packing
house at Guthrie.
Material R!:jk<tei>—A large
amount of brick and material lias been
rejected, the governor being determined
Important Division.—United States
Judge Town send bus rendered a de-
cision as to the right of municipalities
in Indian Territory to condemn Indian
lands for public improvements. The
case came from Tishomingo. It was
contended that the city had no author-
ity to condemn land outside the city
limits for waterworks; but Judge
Town send decided otherwise. It is
presumed that under the same author-
ity towns can condemn land for ceme-
teries and other public purposes with-
out regard to the flvc-acre limit as
fixed 111 the Atoka agreement.
Orchard Cultivation.-—Four-jear-
Uiat the territory should get value re- j old apple trees in Grant county bore a
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eeived for the money expended at the
Noriusn university.
Velvet foii Farmers.—The cotton
gins in Lawton arc having a grand
fight for patronage. The price for
ginning cotton has gone down to noth-
ing and the price of cotton se?d has
reached $10 per ton.
Under Pile of Coal.—Bruce L. Cos-
mer, a local freight conductor, on the
Frisco system , was standing under a
coal chute at Enid when the supports
gave way and buried him under five
tons of coal. His condition is serious.
Jack Mauker Captured.—He is
charged with forgery of a withdrawal
of a contest, and selling the claim,
using the claimant's name, to an old
woman for $1,400. Ho was captured
at Walla Walla, Wash., and brought
to Enid.
Vinita Waterworks.—The city
council of Vinita has awarded the con-
tract for building a system of water-
works. The next thing the council
has up for consideration is to sell the
bonds of the city amounting to £85,-
000.
Crowd Stoned a Trian.—A freight
train was passing through Sageeyah,
on the Missouri Pacific and some boys
threw rocks at the train crew. W. E.
Burroughs was struck with a rook an«l
he readied for a gun and shot Leonard
Simmons througlj the head, inflicting
a probable fatal wound.
Guthrie to Chandler. — Regular
traffic has been begun by the Frisco on
its line between Guthrie and Chandler.
The road is 48 miles long and was
built by the Choctaw, the Frisco as-
suming control only a few weeks ago.
This is a third new road operating its
trains into Guthrie withiif six months.
Kaws in Kay County.—The Kaw
Indians have duly attached themselves
to Kay county by filing for record 247
deeds to 160 acres of choice land.
There will be about '147 additional
deeds to about 240 acres each of the
surplus grazing lands. Some of the
Kaw families have farms of over a I
thousand or more acres. They arc j
land rich.
Growth of Five Years.—As show-
ing the growth of Woods county in
five years it may be said that in 1SQ7
there was but one bank 111 that county
with total deposits of between $.*0,000
and S6,000. Now there are twenty-
three banks and the deposits aggregate
about S3,000,000. This has come, tot)
from the enormous wheat, corn, broom-
corn and other crops, and the thou-
sands of head of live stock marketed
annually there.
A Kopino Contest.—The roping
contest held in the Osage country
across the river from Kaw City, was a
genuine cowboy affair. Seven cow-
boys made up a purse of 8100 and
roped for it. James Warren of S lver-
dale, Kansas, winning in 4( seconds.
High wind and dust made roping dif-
ficult
A. II. T. Association.—The Indian
Territory Anti-Horse Thief convention
at Wagoner convention continued in
session three days. There were 200
delegates in attendance.
Co-operate Shipping.—The farmer
co-operative shipping association now
has CO elevators in Nebraska, Kansas,
and Oklahoma, one of which is at Hil-
lings, O. T. At that place, there are
300 members and this season they have
hmidlcd 117,000 bushels of wheat
To Navajo Agency.—Dr. Charles J.
Logan, phvsiciah in charge at the Otoe
agency, has accepted transfer to Nava-
jo agency, New Mexico. Dr. Culp, of
Standing Rock agency, South Dakota
has been recommended for the position
just vacated by Logan.
Colt Sold for 8500.—J. C. Graves,
who owns the fair grounds at Perry
and is the breeder of sonic very tine
horses, has sold a spring stud colt to
Dr. Moore for §500. The doctor has-
the name of knowing what he is buy-
ing.
Foil a Jail.—The county commis-
sioners of Kay county have ordered an
election to vote bouds for an addition
to the connly jail, to cost 86,000. At
the same time the question will be
voted upon of locating the county high
school at Braman.
fairly good sample crop this year. The
best growers there say that in plant-
in;,' the trees large holes should be dug,
in that way the soil around the tree
retains moisture. They advise contin-
ued cultivation through the dry season
in order that the ground may not be-
come dry.
Allotment to Delawares. — The
secretary of the interior has given di-
rections to the Dawes Indian commis-
sion to prepare a revised roll of tin-
Delaware Indians with a view of al-
lotting lands to them. Thus far two
rolls have been prepared, and both
have been found incorrect
A 800,000 SnoivrAGE.—The report of
the experts who were employed to
check up the city books of Oklahoma
City contained 300 typewritten pa.ires
and covered the administration from
April 13, 1S03; to April 13, 1003. The
report shows a shortage aggregating
800,000.
Creeks G:/r More.—The government
has 8510,000 to be distributed out of
the fund allowed in 1870 iu payment
of Creek Indian property destroyed
during war, to the present heirs. Four
thousand heirs have been enrolled out
of a possible 9,000.
Federal Jail at Vinita.—Work
upon it is begun. The main building
is to be three stories high. It will
contain a jailer's o.lice, guard hall, two
tihrs containing thirty-two cells and
all the apartments necessary in a
modern jail.
Satisfactory News.—The late as-
surance from Washington that the land
frauds in Indian Tcrritary arc not so
great as expected, and that many of
the charges were inspired by spite and
for revenge, is satisfactory news.
El Reno Compi ains.—McAlester
coal sells in El Reno at 88 a ton. I
costs S'i.50 at the mines and $5.50 to
^•et it to the consumer. A car will car-
ry 30 tons which at 83 a ton for freight
would be 800 a car.
Oklahoma Editors.—Secretary P ei
j edict is perfecting plans for the Okla- j
honia Press association to go to St.
Louis in a body and try ^o capture the ;
national convention for some city in ;
Oklahoma.
Coal Prices Go Up.—Chickasha peo-
ple are exercised over the price of coal.
It has jumped to 88 per ton and dealers
say it will go to 810 before the winter
is over
.Schools in Lincoln.—There are 11,-
511 pupils of the common schools in
Lincoln county this year, an incrca.se
of 1,035 over last year.
Ambitious Cushing. It is the talk
at Cushing that from there the Santa
Fe is going to build an extension into
Muskogee, I. T., and ultimately to
Memphis, Tenn. Cushing also figures
on becoming a passenger division point
of that system some day.
Antelope and Wii.d Horses.—Herds
of antelope were seen for a week at a
time in western Heaver county recent-
ly by a scientific investigating party.
In the big pastures of the t. C.
ranch in Heaver county were bundles
of wild horses.
Coursing Association. -Dogs have
been arriving at Oklahoma City for the
National 1 oursing meet, fr in Kearney,
Neb., San Francisco, Victoria, 11.
Butte, Monnana, Enterprise, Kas..
St. Louis, Denver and other points.
The races began on October 1 and are
to continue until November 8.
Claims in IIeavi r. Several Chicago
young men were in Heaver county last j
week taking claims. All parts of Ok-
lahoma were the gainers more than
ever before known by the homeseckcr
business of the railroad.-.
An Educated Indian. — Walter Lat-
tice, secretary of the tribal council of
the Sac and Fox Indians, is said to
have been an associate of Miss Alice
Longfellow, lavoritc daughter of the
poet, lie is said to be the best edu-
cated man in the tribe in Oklahoma.
Tjaciiers Organize. —School teach-
ers in the vicinity of Erick have per-
fected an organization calculated to
aid them in culture along the lines of
general reading. There are about
twenty-five teachers who are in the or-
ganization.
Kay County Banks.—Tonkawa'®
two banks have 9222.858.70. Tne bank
of of Nardin has 858,800.21; the Braman
bank 930.0J0.48; the Kildare bank 8?7,-
258.28; Kaw City 810.720.13 and Aut-
wine 0,204.08, making a total from *hc
county of 01,404,740.00, 01 nearly 800
per capita for every man, woman and
child in the county. To the above
should he added another Kaw City
bank with 87,517.4 .'; Peckham also has
a bank with deposits.
Lini s Into Mountain*.-—Strong
talk is being indulged in to the effect
that C. (J. Jones, of Oklhoma City,
president of the Frisco interests in the
twin termories, will construct a line
from Elgin to the Wichita mountains
mini/.g region. Tiie distance is eight-
miles. The road would probably run
from Elgin to Mount Scott and Mount
Sheridan.
The Sulphur Tow.*;site.—The plats
received by Inspector Shocnfclt fioui
Secretary Hitchcock of the tov/usite of
Sulphur, leaves the entire business
section of the city outside the boun-
daries. There arc in the district
thrown out about 100 business houses,
many of theiu of stone and brick, in-
cluding a four-story brick hotel.
Rock Island Buys E. «fc A.—The
Enid & Anadarko railway with all its
stations, rolling stock and other prop-
erty has been sold to the Chicago, Hock
Island & Pacific railway. The con-
sideration was 90,132,000.
Fire at Hobart.—The Henry hotel
in West Hobart, is burned with a con-
siderable a:uount of furniture and
household goods. An office building
and the sheds and fencing of a wagon
yard were also burned.
Race Question in Schools.—One of
the most serious propositions tliat the
superintendent of the Guthrie schools
has to contend with is the race ques-
tion which has becofne troublesome.
Alfalfa Kino. —Sinclair Scott, of
Custer, Heaver county, has won this
title in Oklahoma. He has a large
area and his receipts from hay and
seed net him $SG per acre.
The Fourth Victim. —Lemon and
peppermint extracts, taken as a bever-
age, have killed four of the Sac and
1* ox tribe, the last case being that of
Harry Hall, 30 years old.
A Healthy Country.— liy consult-
ing the reports of the health officers
one will find that Oklahoma is one of
the most healthy of the states and ter-
ritories in the union.
He Will Succeed.—A robust 3*oung
man who hired out to a Kay county
farmer at 820 a month, deposited $300
in a Kay county bank before starting
to the farmers' home.
Apples to St. Louis.—Superintend-
ent McNab'i, of the agricultural and
horticultural exhibit, went toSt. Louis
with 500 bushels of the finest of Okla-
homa apples.
Hob he uts Gives Warning.—The at-
torney general lias warned the officers
and attendants at the Norman hos-
pital for the insane to stop ill-treating
patients.
IIkformed Bandit.—Henry Starr,
leader of a band of outlaws, has taken
a Cherokee maiden for his wife and it
is said that she has reformed him.
Fii:k at Ei.k City.—That town in
Roger Mills county has had a 810,000
lire which totally destroyed eight build-
n gs and much of their contents.
Enid's Light Plant.—The electric
light plant $lt Enid is finished. It. is
claimed to be equal to any in the terri-
tory and excels many in capacity.
Commercial Club*.—Their meetings
are becoming a feature of the smaller
towns of Oklahoma as well as of the
more important cities.
Tow \ Lot Sale.—Temple has had a
towa lot sale lasting from October 20
to 26.
Passed Quarantine Lini.—II. H.
Halm, territorial live stock inspector,
has been enjoined by a number of sub-
stantial cattlemen in the vicinity of
Norman, from having removed below
the quarantine line a bunch of 175
head of cattle. Hahn held they had
passed the linn illegally.
Shaver Requisitioned. Gov. Bai-
ley of K;inf; s honored the requisition
of Governor l Yrgusou for James Sea-
ver, charged willi having killed a pa-
tient in the territorial insane asy-
lum.
Scnooi. Bonds sold. The school
bonds of Muskogee were sold and 880,-
00C are now on deposit in city banks
for erecting school bnilhings. Three
-735,000 buildings will b.^ commenced at
hi ct, two lor whites ami one tor ne-
groes. Five hundred school children
area' present unprovided for on ac-
count of inadequate room.
Expert Tho-.'gu Hll* i> a blind
boy named MeNatt is nuininga broom
factory a' Mroud, one of the be t fac-
tories of tiiat kind in the territory.
He is an exoert workman.
Lawton's Wa. utiV.oRKs. —Consult-
ing Engineer Sam t rs o' liie depart-
ment 01 tiie imerior, is iu Lawton,
lie means to see to it that the govern-
ment system of waterworks be put in
at once. The preliminary v.ork is now
all eompleted and itiseertaiu tnat the
i<>? fund moin y will at last be used as
provided by congress.
Keokuk Js Dead.--Keokuk, aged 85,
is dead, lie v as the ohle-t Indian in
the Sac and Fox tr. « . Ilis name was
Mom > Keokuk, and he was a son of the
great Sac and Fox chief
SENATOR STEWART OF NEVADA
WEDS MRS. MAY AGNES CONE j
Y/rt. IT. ^
COMA
BY
At the Setting of the Sun.
When day is done, anil sunset
Is tlngeing all the west,
I build my castles airy-
The castles I love best.
With sighing wind and rustle
Of leaf that tumbles b>,
1 build each castle higher
And higher to the sky.
The forms are tall and graceful
In lithesome curve and irii ze.
And turrets pierce the heavens
And glitter as^I pleasej 0
When darkness comes serenely
And shrouds the castle high,
Nevada Veteran Follows Example of His Colleagues, Depew and Piatt, by
Marrying a Young Wife.
SENATOR TAKES A BRIDE.
William Morris Stewart of Nevad?,
Weds Mrs. M. A. Cone.
William Morris Stewart, the white-
haired senator from Nevada, has fol-
HEAR NEW MINISTER WEEKLY.
South Carolina College Makes Novel
Provisions for Students.
The State Agricultural and Mechani-
cal college of South Carolina has
lowed the recent example of Senators i adopted a novel method of supplying
Depew and Piatt and is now a bride- the pulpit of the college chapel.
groom. He was marled Oct. 2G at The Kev. Oliver Johnson of Leslie,
Atlanta, Ga. The woman who became j S. C., preached here last Sunday in
his wife was Mrs. May Agnes Cone the college chapel to the 700 students
of Madison, Ga. Mrs. Cone was the of the college. Until this year the
widow of the late Theodore C. Cone, j students were dependent for Sunday
son of the famous Francis S. Cone, j preaching upon the pastors of Clem-
noted in antebellum days as a lawyer, j son congregations, but the board of
The wedding was the culmination j trustees at the close of last year voted
of a courtship comparatively brief, j an appropriation for the purpose and
Since her husband's death, nine years directed the faculty of the college to
supply the chapel with ministers
selected from the state at large to
represent every denomination. A
different minister will officiate each
Sunday, thus enabling the students in
the course of a year to see and hear
the most noted ministers in the state,
regardless of creed. The appropria-
tion contemplates $25 a sermon as a
Senator Stewart met her in Wash- , proper price. All arrangements for
ington when he re-entered society the services are made by a special
after the death of his first wife. A committee of the college faculty,
few months ago the most intimate
ago, Mrs. Cone has spent her time
alternately in Washington and Madi-
son, Ga. In the latter place she lived
with her sister, Mrs. Joel L. Billups,
and her life there was rather quiet.
In Washington, however, she was seen,
much' in society, and in the foremost
circles of the capital she numbered
her friends by scores.
Fencing Popular With Women.
Fencing among women promises
to achieve a popularity this season
accorded the sport hy
friends of the couple became aware
that the friendship of the two had
ripened into something warmer and
not long after that they were inform : never before
ed of the engagement. , flr ^votees^ This is especially no
The bride is more than thirty years j ticeabie in the larger eastern cities,
Senator Stewart's junior. She is a j nearly all of whom have fencing clubs
brunette and handsome.^
Senator Stewart is
76 years old
and was first sent to the United
States senate in 1804. After twelve
years' service he resumed the practice
of law in Nevada, but in 1887 he was
again sent to the senate, where he has
remained ever since.
Senator Clark enjoys the distinction
of being the only man in the senate
who has never been shaved. His beard
began to grow when he was Ifi and
has been growing for sixty years. ,
Miss Helen Keller's Studies.
Helen Keller has just begun her
senior year at Radcliffe. Her studies
this year will consist of Prof. Kit-
tredge's Shakespearean course Dr
Neilson's English literature. Professor
Monro's course in Plautus, Cicero and
Lucretius, and Prof. Morgan and Dr.
Rand's course-in Latin, which covers
the annals of Tacitus, the satires and
epistles of Horace and selections from
Catullus. Up to the present time Miss
Keller has passed with credit all her
college examinations. When she has
completed this year's work, as out-
lined. she will have accomplished
more in the way of scholarship than
any other person who has been handi-
capped with the loss of sight, hearing
and speech.
Famous Civil War Soldier.
Major General David McMurtie
Gregg, who lias been chosen comman-
der in chief of the Loyal Legion, is the
man who led the famous cavalry
charge which contributed so much to
Meade's victory at Gettysburg. Lieut.
General S. B. M. Young, now head of
the army, was at that time a captain
of cavalry under Gregg. Gen. Brooke,
another famous fighte^, was chosen
vice commander, the junior vice being
rear Admiral Clark, whose record-
breaking trip with the battleship
around Cape Horn mad.' him a figure
of International fame.
Many competitions are scheduled, in-
dicating women's appreciation of this
exercise, which can be indulged in
by them without public displays and
without fear of acquiring "manny"
characteristics. The Fencers' club of
New York offers to its female mem-
bers advantages that tend to advance
the game. The officers of the Nation-
al Amateur Fencers' League of
America contemplate a series of
intercity team contests between the
fencing clubs of New York, Boston
Philadelphia and Washington.
Relaxation in Solitaire.
Pierpont Morgan finds mental re-
laxation in solitaire, in which respect
he resembles the late Col. Robert G.
Ingersoll. The latter always amused
himself with a pack of cards before
delivering one of his lectures. His
object was to induce a state of mental
repose and clarity. Throughout the
week he had been actively engaged in
the handling of important law cases.
He did not wish to pass from what
might be termed a legal state of mind
to a purely literary, philosophic or
ethically argumentative one. So ho
rested his brain with a game of soli-
taire.
"THE CASTLES I LOVE BEST."
I sit and dream contented
While night bugs bungle by!
Alas! When morn has wakened
The earth to fervent toll.
My castles tall are missing
With gold and glint and toil!
But nighttime tinds me dreaming
When shadows elimli the slope—
For while there's life there's pleasure-
In love and dreams and hope!
n?
Where the Wheels Go Round.
When the tall and graceful woman
that might be a stenographer or a
magnate's daughter on an early shop-
ping expedition left her seat in the
elevated train beside me. a neat silk
umbrella remained unclaimed.
"Madam," I bawled, "madam, yoti
have left your umbrella!"
A gentleman behind her stopped,
took the extended personal property
and handed it to her.
She thanked him sweetly and while-
I was feeling slighted the train moved
on.
Suddenly a nervous appearing wom-
an, of that type which is ever fearful
of pending calamity, jumped excitedly
from ber seat facing me and shrieked:
"That—oh! that was my umbrella!"
I gasped.
"That was my umbrella she took!"
she repeated, looking at me with ai
injured and presumptious mein.
"Yes'm," I admitted humbly. "Yes'm,
she took it!"
"Oh. no!" she tittered, s; Ider.ly
flopping into her sea' again, "it wasn't
mine, either! I remember now I left
mine at home in the vestibule!"
"Glad to hear it!" I ejaculated gal-
lantly.
And I was!
Over the Hills.
Over the bills and far away
Is the land of the summer weather:
Down In the vale, where the shadows
lie.
Is my heart on a silken tether.
Over the hills and far away
Is the maid of my passion's longing:
There 'midst the roses and columbines
Is the spot where my thoughts go
thronging.
Over the hills and far away
Is the girl that my love is folding:
There Is thtf one In the world for me.
Is the one that my heart Is holding.
Over the hills and far away
She stands with the bees and clover;
There is my queen In a garden old
There Is Eros, the god, the rover!
So I'm off to the hills and far away,
Where my heart, on a silken tether.
Clings to the fairest woman of all
In the land of the summer weather'
3 "5 3
What the Man Did.
A man built a castle.
It was in the air!
Woman in High Position.
For the first time the board of trus-
tees of the Carnegie institute in Pitts-
burg has elected a woman to fill one
of It* positions. Miss Sara E. Weir
has been cbosen assistant secretary
in recognition of her long and faithful
service a; private secretary to the dif-
ferent treasurers. In her new position
she will practically have supervision
over the disbursement of a building ; l'nc ,H>' <"(1 excite his Interest, how-
fund which amounts to over $5,000 ever, and this was a tiny jeweled bird
000. I which sang delightfully.
.
Titled Women in Trade.
From duchesses down, the haughty
dames of England are going into
trade. The Duchess of Abercorn owns
a flourishing creamery at Baronscourt,
Ireland; Lady Warwick has many
irons In the fire; another countess
bought motors and let them out for
hire, and Lady Essex is, or was, part
proprietor in a flourishing laundry
business. London laundresses leave
much to be desired, and a few society
women, including Lady Essex and
Mrs. Hwfa Williams, have started a
well-managed French laundry in one
of the nearer suburbs.
The World-Weary Shah.
The shah of Persia, who received
some months ago from his English
friend the Order of the Garter, is said
to have the most tired appearance of
any of the reigning sovereigns. His
eyes are wearied by the sight of every
luxury. During his visit to England
all the statuary was removed from
Marlborough house out of regard for
his susceptibilities, but he showed
small interest in his surroundings,
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"THE MAN."
"Just the thing." he said.
And he used it as a storehouse of
vain rogrets.
There is as much difference in wom-
en as in smoking tobacco. Some of
them make the home attractive, others
make it distractive. One woman will
create a heaven, where a man cannot
spend enough time; another wiU make
a hell where he gets dyspepsia hurry-
ing through his meals to free himself
of its sickening influence. There's a
heap of difference in women, my boy.
He careful when you pick one blind
folded!
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