The Herald-Sentinel. (Cordell, Okla.), Vol. 15, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, January 25, 1907 Page: 4 of 8
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COUNTY SEATS FINALLY
LOCATED IN NEW STATE
HARPER COUNTY ALONE UNitTTLtO BECAUSE IT HAS NO TOWN
—PROPOSITION BEFORE CONVENTION PROVIDING FOR OFFL
ClAL TERMS OF STATE OFFICES—OTHER MATTERS CONSID-
ERED
OTTHir In a bard fought battle at- I The governor la to nil vacanclae In
«ead«i ith many .MUMUiooal feature* • >" nd «>«• <* ottictm and the county
Umporary county et.it *«• Snaily to- <*m,ml.*ton«rs shall fill vacad.* In town
ciod la seventy-few of th. ee*enty-r>. *hlp •«!«. It u referred to lt com-
cmiiiIm of (Jk^toom. by tb. constltu- mill*. on county government
tlonai convention and a report wu a! o One by Hopkins of Munkoge. provide,
adopted that rnakee It poeelbl. In both th« I that no railroad, or common carrier, or
t>«w and old count!.. In tt auu to r. any of the offlcere shall own any la-
■ova th. temporary location upon a ma- terest In any coal, asphalt. oil or timber
Jorlty vot. la favor of a contain, town land., and that no peraon or •"£" <*
unlaaa th. temporary Mat la within all ahaU own. lease or har. any Intereet la
■llee of th. geographical center of th.
county, whan It require a elity per cant
la which county eeate may
Th. propoeed awnlwi
• her. a chant* «f county .oat la do*
aired, not laaa thaa per ceat of tho
Inhabitant* ot th* couaty ahail sign a
petition to tha gqvwwur wlUla four
month* after th* ratification of th* con-
etitution. When iuch petition la fUed
It ahal! ba th. duty ot the governor ta
call aa election la tha county within 70
day.
T* b. placed on th* tl.ket, th* nam*
of any town must be petitioned for by
not leaa than M resident votera of th*
Murray and BaHer Ungate
In a Lively Gabfest Tuesday
Until th* county *aat ahall kave once
been locatad by th* poopl* la a coun-
ty and befor* th* year 1W9, th* couaty
Mtt may b* re«nov*d In any county by
a majority vota. Provided, however.
that where th* county iwt la wlthla
all miles of tha geographical canter of
th* county. M per cent of th* vote* ahaU rallr041j, etercla*d In Oklahoma. "It waa
GUTHRIE. Th* coaaOtatioaal conven-
tion T oeaday afternoon Anally com-
peted th* conaideraUon of tb. bill of
right, which ha* been under considera-
tion eince befor. th* holiday adjournment.
Th* aeaalon waa enlivened by a epeecb
tn which H*nry S. Johnston of Perry
rharged that th* railroad* bad dictated
Judicial appointment* tn Oklahoma and
that boom of th* formar railroad attor-
ney* In the convention, whlla wholly
honed In their In tact iona at tha preaent
lima, had become ao Impregnated with
th* germ, of corporation Influence that
it had shaped and moulded their entire
Uvea
H* aald that It waa only natural that
th* committee* of th* convention ahould
handle th* aubject of corporation and
orporatlon control rather delicately In
view of th. lmmena* power which tho
RAILWAYS ON THE ORILL
CaMimiaaioMe Prouty Appelated ta Con-
duct Hearing Mere—Shippers Ara
Judge <*harles A. Prouty ha* been as-
signed by the Interstate commerce com-
aquarely up ta th* d*mocrau f tha oea- J mtosloa to on,® to Oklahoma City ta
r«slion. ws. of whom hav* been trying (|„|-|r1 the investigation of complaints
to dodge th* question on tb* ground that , by ,hirper* who allege dls-
If they took any action of that jyrt tha? 1 ^^ation in freight rate* upon tha
I part of the Ro«k Island and other rail-
roads operating in Oklahoma.
This fact waa made known In a dla-
Th* only county Mat paaaed up waa
Buffalo. In tlarpw county, which I*
Claimed to ha only a pralrt* and I* under
fciveotlgatioo by a special committee. The
exceedingly warm In Mo-
Beckham count!**.
Sapulpa, barked by thrae members of th*
county boundaries committee and th* la-
bor union*, won over Bristow In Moman
county, although Bristow waa first deeig-
nat«d by the committee. Th* rot* waa
M to U. In favor of Saftilpa
A dramatic Incident In th* proceedings
whan th* convention adopted a
tton to reconsider the former action In
tho county aeat In Grant coun-(
ty from Pond Creek to Medford. Alderson
for Pond Creek, fought for his town.
Dslsgil* Hendricks, th* champion of
Medford * claim, arose and declared that
since the convention had fixed It so that
tha county seat conuld b* removed by a
majority .vote of tho peopl*. he would re-
quest the tlmporary location be given
hack to Pond Creek, but declared that
Medford will get It In the first election.
H* and Alderson, who had been oppos-
ing each other, then shook hands and
the delegates applauded loudly.
While the Sapulps-bristow fight was
on a lobbyist from Bristow violated th*
rules of th* convention by going upon
th* floor and whispering In the ears of
several delegates. He waa discovered
by Chairman Hnyaa of th* commute* of
tha whol*. who had him removed.
i tha county boundaries commit-
Prultt charged this lobbyist
with offering him $5,000 for his Influenc*
It locating the county seat at Bristow.
Herring of Elk City spnks for nearly
an hour on behalf of Elk City on the
ground* that tho preaent location at
Bayre will require a <0 per cent vot* to
remov*, but Sayre was finally named.
There was also a hot fight In Wagon-
sr county. Hauaam ot Coweta declared
that his town la more centrally located
and Implied that If Coweta was not
chosen It would be bad for the demo-
cratic party In that county. After the
vote on locating county seats president
Murray moved a reconsideration for the
purpose, he said, of settling the matter
forever. Haskell moved to table the
motion, which was carried, placing th*
iocatlona beyond recall. The other sec-
tions of the county boundaries amended
report aa submitted were adopted.
The elity days time allotted by congress
for making a constitution expired Satur-
day night at midnight. Up to date llttla
has been done by the convention except
to scrap over county boundaries and
county seats. The preamble and ordi-
nance la all that haa been paaaed upon
outalde of this matter. Secretary Fllson
announced that delegates will be paid
by the government until January 10 as
two weeks vacation la counted out. It
la estimated that the convention will
not complete Its labors l>efore March I.
Five additional constitutional proposi-
tions were Introduced In the convention
Saturday morning. Probably the moat
Important waa the one by Cobb of Sa-
pulpa fixing th* t*rma of stat and coun-
ty officers.
Under this provision all such officers
would serve for four year term*. The
first aet of offlcera elected would hold
over until January 1, 1909. the regular
election a tn be held on th* flrat Tueaday
In November. 1909. and every four years
thereafter. Juatlcea of th. peace and con-
wtahlea ar. also to b* elected for four
years.
more than 1.000 acre, of auch l "da.
Hogg of Orand provide* that no case
ahall b* dismissed by the courts for fail-
ure to comply with any rule of pleading,
procedure or practlco. but that caeee ahall
be heard on their meiita, regardloa* of
such consideration* Others were by
Hogg to define extortion and provide re-
lief. and by Mitch of Oklahoma City for
a provision In th. Judicial system to pre-
vent the law's delay.
ba required to move It to any town
which la not at leaat ona mil* n*ar*r
th* cwiter of th* county.
After January 1. 1*9. a two-third*
majority vet* shall be required to re-
move the county seat of any county and
elections shall be held no oftener than
one* *nch ten year*.
Th* commlttea made no recommenda-
tion on th* four countl*. that had been
referred back to them Thursday.
OUTHBIE: Alarmed at Inroads made
by Insurgents on the slate report of the
county boundaries commltt** locating
county seats temporarily, th* organisa-
tion forceo Thursday afternoon succeed-
ed by a small majority vote In having
the further consideration of th* report
taken out of th* hands of the committee
of th* whole, and referred back to the
county boundaries committee.
The committee of th* whole had pre-
viously voted to confirm th* locations of
all county seats as named In the report
except In Moman, Harper and Qeckharn
counties. The locations were pa«*d
over until after other locations had been
made. By this action the locations In
the** counties will be sldetraek<*d until
the county boundaries committee sees
fit to submit another report.
The first hols was shot In the com-
mittee report when by a vot. of 42 to 41.
Eufaula wa* given the county seat In Mc-
Intosh county, displacing Checotah, th*
committee's choice. Th* organisation
got Its second fright when a motion wa*
Wednesday on the removal of th* capital
of Grant county from Pond Creek to Med-
ford. The champions of th* report got
their final scare when the Inaurgenta got
together and dlacovered that th* county
boundaries committee, a majority of
whom had located county seats In their
own home towns, had practically made
the locations permanent by stipulating
that a rival town against each tempor-
ary location must put up a petition
signed by 15 per cent of the voters to
even get a plac* on the ballot.
A motion to give towns other than
the temporary locations a chance to get
on the ballot by securing the names of
10 per cent of the voters of the county
to the petition had aa good chance of
passing when the Murray-JIaskell organ-
isation succeeded In getting the whole
matter referred back to th* boundaries
committee.
The Insurgent forces wer* recruited by
the fact that a number of Oklahoma dele-
gatea. who came from Oklahoma towna
not county ■eats, want the two-thlrde
requirement abollahed, and want an op-
portunity of removing «nunty aeata on a
majority vote even In old counties. They
argue that the county seats In Oklahoma
wer* not fixed by the people and should
not be given an advantage. There Is
also a strong demand that county seats
may be removed In Indian Terltory by a
majority vote, regardleas of the geo-
graphical center.
The Initiative and referendum waa
called up and the first section providing
that the people shall reserve the right to
enact or reject laws or amendments Inde-
pendent of the legislature, was passed In
committee of the whole. Kornegay. of
Vinita opposed this section, declaring
that the proposed measure as now drawn
violates the terms of the enabling act.
In at least one doxen places, and that Us
adoption will he the surest way to get the
constitution of Oklahoma turned down at
Washington.
Late Friday afternoon the committee
at the solicitation of the Bock Island that
John A. McAtea. a democrat, waa re-
tained on the bench for four years after
the expiration of his term."
He further charged It was by a combin-
ation between Casaius M. Barnes, tha
Santa Fe and Rock island that certain
other Judges, who wer* unnamed, ware
placed on the bench.
Johnston's outburst came > st after tb*
1 convention had voted down his propoal-
lt developed Friday that Moman coun- (|on t0 immunity to corporation
ty had not been referred back to the off|cU1# and „«mtd |. the mood to vote
commute* aa wa* generally supposed. F. (]own imendaUnt regarding the
W. Hayes, chairman of ths committee ^ and of corporations, which
of the whole, stated that the convention h< prepared, but his speech turned
had adopted tha section of the commit-
tee's report asking that the county seat
of Moman county be located by the con-
vention and that action took It out of
the matters referred to tha committee.
A combination of the conservatives and
the tide In his favor, however, and hi*
amendment was adopted practically with-
out opposition. It was proposed as a
new section of the bill of rights and
reads as follows: "The records, book*
and file* of all corporations shall be. at
might Incur Praaldent Rooeevelt's dla-
pleasure and cause him to withhold hi*
approval of the constitution. The Tracy
proposition provides for separate
coachea. It I* to be submitted to the
peopl. and voted upon by them separate-
ly and also to be submitted to the presi-
dent aeparately. so that Us acceptance
or rejection can have no poesible effect
upon the success or failure of th* con-
stitution as a whole
Th* entire morning session was sp*nt
la th* discussion of th* question of Im-
munity for witnesses in trust pro**cu-
tlons. but th* convention was unable to
reach a vote before adjourning. During
the debate on the question Johnston of
Perry and King of Newkirk stood alone
favoring a provision which would
force corporation officials or employee to
give evidence agalnat themselves and at
the Bun. tlm. refuse them Immunity
from prosecution on th* basis of t**tl-
mony they themselves had given. Ar-
rayed on the other side were Haskell of
Muskogee, standing aide by aide with
Baker of Wewoka and Kornegay of Vin-
ita. who have been fighting him on every
other propoaltlon that ever cams up on
the floor of the convenUon; William* of
Durant. Roe* of Blackwell and Pitunan
of Enid.
It had been decided before debate com-
menced to Umlt each speaker to five min-
utes. but the question was manifestly of
so great Importance and the restriction
was taken off after one man had spoken.
patch received from Washington Satur-
day night, which states that this Is tha
first move In an aggressive campaign
under the new rat. law that has been
instituted by the Interstate commerca
prohibitionists In the convention secured a„ ttrrM liable and subject to the full
the adoption of an amendment to the
second section of the Initiative and ref-
erendum clause raising the per cent ne-
• essary to Initiate an amendment to the
constitution from k per cent to 15 per
cent.
Mscuaalon of thla section occupied the
entire sftemoon. and at the hour of
adjournment the section had been va-
riously amended but not finally adopted.
GUTHRIE: The special committee of
the constitutional convention on segregat-
ed coal and asphalt lands In the Indian
Territory made Us final report to the
convention Friday In the form of a con-
gressional memorial notifying congress
and the president that the state of Okla-
homa desires to open negotiations with
the federal government and at an early
date purchase ths lands.
The committee Is of the opinion that
(he lands can be purchased for about
$15,000,000. The lands embrace one of the
most valuable mineral deposits In the
southwest, and the committee proposes
stats ownership and atate operation.
BRANDS TILLMAN AS CRIMINAL
been set for
Chairman Oeorge Henshaw, of the
committee on suffrage, states that the
committee la at present working on the
proposition of woman suffrage and that
they will be ready to report In a very
few days. There have been two propoal-
tlona paaaed up to the committee on the
limitation of suffrage, one making an
educational qualification and the other
the poll tax clauae. It la very likely
that both of theae will be rejected and
that there will be a report favoring un-
limited euffrage. Speaking of the mat-
ter Mr. Henshaw enid: "I am In favor
of making euffrage unlimited. I do not
believe In restricting the qualification!"
of any voter. It makes a better political
and social condition and my opinion Is
that the convention will be very broad
on this matter.
Delegate Pete Hanraty. chairman of
the committee on Labor and Arbitration,
states that the work of that committee
Is well under hand and that In a few
days they will be able to report to the
convention. He says that the eight hour
there will be a provllson making all oper-
there will be a provision making all aper-
ators refer their labor troubles
state board of arbitration.
to
On Monday. Feb. IS. forty acres of land,
the homestead of Martin Lowe, a full
blood Creek Indian, will be sold by secret
bids. The land lies In the heart of We-
leetka, and Is desirable for townslte pur-
poses. Three acres of It have alrendy
been condemned for school purposes. The
bids will be opened In the office of Tains
Bixby.
Isltorlal and Inulsltorlal powers of the
state, notwithstanding the Immunities
and privileges In this bill of rights se-
cured to the persons. Inhabitants and
cjtlzens thereof."
Another enlivening feature of the after-
noon session was the tilt between Baker
and Murray. Referring to Judge Kllng'a
atatementa that condltlona have changed
and that the lawa ahould be changed to
meet them. Baker stated that the aer-
mon on the mount and the ten command-
menta were Just as binding today aa when
they were written. Murray Interrupted
to aay that he didn't understand that
there waa any propoaltlon up to repeal
the ten commandmenta. Baker aald In
reply that he was sure that any reference
to even the sermon on the mount or the
ten commandments would be absolutely
Greek to the gentleman who had Just
addressed the chair, and further Inti-
mated that no gentleman would have
made such a frivolous Interruption to a
speech on a serious subject.
Bilker also referred to the Capitol Na-
tion bank failure here and alleged that
the real wreckers of the bank secured
the Indictments of all the clerks and em-
ployes of the bank, but that the prose-
cutor. In spite of those Indictments, had
to guarantee Immunity to them before
any testimony could be obtained.
After three days of debate, the amend-
ments of King. Hughes and Johnston re-
fusing Immunity to corporation officials
or employes, were tabled and the sec-
tion reported by the committee on bill of
rights, granting that Immunity, waa
paaaed. after amendments affecting only
the wording of tlie section. ofTered by
Rose of Blackwell, had been adopted.
It wa* then that Johnston offered his
amendment In regard to the booka and
recorda of corporations.
Asp of Guthrie Joined in supporting
Johnston's amendment.
Ellis of Orlando wanted to reconsider
Section 23 In order to make "persons"
read "natural persons", but It was de-
cided that that point was sufficiently
safe guarded by other sections, and his
motion was tabled. A new section for the
bill of rights, proposed by Kane of King-
fisher. was referred to the Judiciary com-
mlttee, It reads:
In all Jury trials at law the Jury shall
return a general verdict and no law shall
be passed giving the court power to di-
rect the Jury to make findings on par-
ticular questions of facts or to return a
special verdict." Another additional sec-
tlon proposed by Kane giving the state
the right to engage In private business
i held to be superflous, In view of the
Act that the committee on general pro-
visions had reported favorably on a sim-
ilar provision.
The constitutional provision Introduced
by consent by Delegate Fred C. Tracy of
BURFORD MAY LAND IT
•Claim Made He Will Be Jud0e of th*
Waatarn Oklahoma Dletrlct
WASHINGTON: Judge John H. Bur-
ford. chief Juatlce of the Oklahoma su-
preme eourt, who la here pressing hi*
clalma for the poeltlon of federal Judge
«f the Western district of the new state
of Oklahoma, had an hour's conference
with Attorney General Bonaparte and
•Inter called Upon the president. West-
ern leader* who are onto the situation
«lalm that Judge Burford will win.
It Is praotlcally settled who the marshal
and clerks of the two federal dlstrlcta
will b*. United Statea Marshal Aber-
inathy, of Oklahoma, will get the marshal-
shlp of the Western district. He gets
bis pull through the president direct.
United Stat** Marshal Porter, of the
Southern district of the Indian Territory
Is slated for marshal of the Eastern dis-
trict of Oklahoma. He Is a cousin of
'Mrs. Roos.v.lt and gets the plac* on ac-
count of his relation, together with the
fact that h* ha* mad* an *fflcl*nt
official.
Charles Watson, brother of Represen-
tative Watson, of Indiana. Is to be cl.rk
ot th* Western district unless the pro-
gramme Is changed and I. P. Harrison.
«f Muskogee. Is to be the clerk of the
, Eastern dletrlct. He la now clerk of the
court at Muskogee. His pull comes
I through Speaker Cannon He used to
Tun a newspaper In Cannon's town.
|«2,000 IN ILLSOAL WARRANTS
Chickasaw Indian Officers Hav* l*tu*d
That Amount
WASHINGTON: Secretary Hitchcock
has submitted to congress a statement
showing the Chickasaw Indian officials
have Issued warrants amounting to $6t.-
'000 without approvnl of the department.
This mnk*'N them Illegal. The Items In-
rllida II I"" overdrawn as salary by
Governor Johnaton and 11.814 overdrawn
salar" by nieuil**ra of the oeuacll.
TWO PUT 27 TO FLIGHT
Battle With Wlncheat.ra on Territory
Oil Leaae—Invader* Hold th* Dcrrlck
SAPULPA: Claiming to be employee
of the Texaa Oil company. J M. Sloan
and J. B. Sharp, armed with Wlnchea*'-rs
drove a band of tnen. twenty-seven em-
ploye* of Litchfield * Sawyer, off the
Zeek Morris farm near Sapulpa and took
possession of a derrick which had Just
heen erected. In the controversy eeveral
shots were fired. The trouble arises o^t
of a contest over the lease.
Both companies have leases on the land
the precedence of which I* now before
the federal court for decision. A big
well recently brought In makes the lease
very valuable. Zeek Morrle. owner of
Ine land, Is serving time In the Kansas
p« rltentlary for giving fraudulent lease*.
Solan Is general manager of the Okla-
homa Iron Worka at Tulsa and Sharp is
in the leasing department of the Texas
company which la building a pip* « •
from Yul*a to the Oulf.
VACCINATE CHILDREN
In Brownsvlll* Affair
WASHINGTON: The feature of Tues-
day's session was a heated argument be-
tween Mr. Spooner of Wisconsin, uphold-
ing the president's right to discharge th*
r.egro troop* at Brownsville, and Senator
Tillman upon whom Mr. Spooner made a
bitter attack.
Mr. Tillman was not permitted to reply
at length, but at the conclusion of Mr.
Spooner's apeech declared that at an
early date he would take occaaion to de-
fend himself against "th* Insulting al-
lusions made to him."
Mr. Spooner explained the failure to
turn over to the Texas civil authorities
the perpetrators of the Brownsville crime
by saying It had been impossible to lden-
Ufy them.
"Sharing with them, black as they
were, the fame of a soldier In Cuba,
none can doubt that the president ar-
rived at his conclusion with deep re-
luctance and none can doubt his sin-
cerity In the course he entered upon,"
he said. Impressively.
When Mr. Tillman attempted to make
a reply Mr. Spooner declined to yield.
He criticised Mr. Tillman for the harsh
words he had hurled at the president In
untempered speeches. He condemned
Mr. Tillman for Impeaching the motive
of th* president, and ridiculed Mr. Till-
man's claim that he stood for tha fun-
damental principle of liberty.
The South Carolina senator was sub-
jected to one of the moat direct and
stinging Indictments ever delivered by
a senator against a colleague. Mr.
Spooner quoted from Mr. Tillman's ut-
terances defending the burning of negroes
at the stake, and said:
"No man ought to encourage such a
horrible thing as that. It Is a crime
against civilisation to encourage It"
He said he looked with admiration on
the efforts of southern governors to sup-
press mobs taking lives of negroes with-
out giving them trials.
"I often have been shocked." he said,
"by the attitude of the senator from
South Carolina when he haa apoken
here in Juatification and In aupport ot
lynching. If there la one man who ought
not to encourage It, It la the man who
aita here as the maker of laws.'
"And I want to say here," he con-
tinued. "that any man who encourages
lynching, murder and lawlessness will
have much to answer for, and the higher
his position and mightier his Influence,
the more will he have to answer for. No
man can come here with good grace to
Impeach the president for his dismissal
of men because they were not Identified
as criminals, who comes to that accusa
tlon from a lynching bee, or Justifies
one."
commission.
Sixty-five cases have
hearing In different parts of the l nltea
State* and the work will occupy tha
time o? the commissioners until March.
The hearings In Oklahoma have been
•et tor January 11 snd February 1 Com-
missioner Ur.e will take the PaclHo
coast cases: Judge Prouty will take la
Denver. Oklahoma and part of Texas. Mr
Clark will cover the middle west, and
Judr- Clements will make a round In tha
eouth Hearings will be had In Ban
Francisco. l enver. Houston. Fort *°«h.
Oklahoma Ctv. Wichita. Cedar Rapids.
Kansas Clf. Omaha. Chicago. St. Lou la
and other places.
The commission will be assisted In tha
Oklahoma City cases by Attorney Gen-
eral Cromwell and Charles West, special
counsel, of Enid. They would like to
have nil Interested shlppe's attend tha
proceedings and give testimony relative
to the alleged failure of railroads to op-
erate their property, and to give Infor-
mation In regard to alleged delays or
freight car shipments.
Shipper* are elated st the prospect of
sn opportunity to present their griev-
ances before the body that has authority
to compel the railroad* to observe uni-
form rate* and regulations. I elays In
fnlght service in Oklahoma have be-
come so aggravated that many dealer*
in cotton, coal, grain and other commodi-
ties are unable properly to conduct their
business.
SMALL COUNTIES OBJECT
Adraln Mslton Is El*ct.d City Attorney
TUTTLE: Adraln Melton of the firm
of attorneys of Bond and Melton of Chick-
aaha was elected city attorney fof the
present yew. vie* Attorney Burns,
signed.
ASVLUM BITE IS SAFE
S*nit* L*a*lli.e Act Locating It at Fort
Supply
WASHINGTON: The senate pasaed a
bill legalising the art of the Oklahoma
territorial legialature In locating th* In-
san. asylum at *Vrt BuPPlr- The bill
has alresdv passed the house. All that
now remains to make It a law Is the
president's signature.
The action means that th* asylum will
be located at Fort Supply, and with It
ends a feud of long standing In Okla-
homa aa to th* asylum location.
Oklahoma Board of Haalth Taking Step*
to Chock Smallpox
GUTHRIE: Strict orders to the coun-
ty health offlcera for the checking of
the smallpox epldemlca In the various
counties In Oklahoma have been laaued
hy the Oklahoma board of health after
Us meeting here and certain county of-
ficers are to be removed for negllger.ee
In the performance of their duties. Com-
plaints were received from several coun-
ties in Oklahoma of smallpox and failure
the part of physicians to report their
cases. The worst complaints come from
Comanche. Kiowa and Lincoln counties.
Orders are to be Issued for the prosecu-
tion of physicians falling to comply with
the law by reporting their cases.
A letter waa also sent out Instructing
the county health officers to summon Im-
mediately a meeting of the county board
of health for the purpose of requiring
vaccination of all school children in dis-
tricts where smallpox la known to exiat.
The county health officer la Inatructed to
ask the co-operation of the county euper-
Intendenta of public achoola.
Incidentally at the meeting auggeatlons
to the coramlttee on public health, aanl-
tatlon and practice of medicine and phar-
macy of the conatltutlonal convention.
•mlKHlylng the views of the board of
health on certain of the provisions that
should be placed In the constitution were
prepared. It Is suggested that a board
of health he provided for with such pow-
ers as shall be given hy law for the pre-
scribing of the qualifications of practi-
tioners of medicine snd surgery snd the
revocation of medical licenses. It Is rec-
unintended thst the board of health be
given absolute powers In quarantine mnt-
ters, the collections of vital statistics
and the supervision of food Inspection.
Work on ths oil well being put down by
the Hock Island system south nf Shawnee
Is progressing fast snd a depth of 100
feet h>w been reached. The Pennsylva-
nia wall north of the cltjr It now down
1,000 feet
Fear that Larger Counties May Take Un-
due Advantage of Them
GUTHRIE: J. M. Sandlln of Prague,
chairman of the committee on Judicial
apportionment of the conatltutlonal con-
vention. aaya his committee has only had
one meeting as yet. and will not attempt
to get any denlte results until after the
committee on Judicial department makes
Us report, aa any attempt at apportion-
ment would be futile until It la known
how many Judicial districts there will be.
The one meeting which the committee has
held was for the purpose of giving a
hearing to representatives of the Potta-
watomie County Bar Association. They
are very anxious to have Pottawatomie
county made a district #Hh the new
county to be formed out of the Seminole
nation. What they particularly want le
to be kept out of the same district with
Oklahoma county, as at present.
it's a noticeable fact," aald Mr. Band-
Un, "that the amaller counties In evjry
case object to being placed In a district
with the larger ones, aa they fear they
will be crowded out by their larger
neighbor. Pottawatomie county doean't
want to be In the aame dletrlct with Ok-
lahoma county. In the aame way Lin-
coln county doean't really want to be In
the aame dletrlct with Pottawatomie. Ob-
Jectlons are being made by the amaller
countlea In the Indian Territory to being
placed In the aame dletrlct with Muako-
gee, McAlester or Tulsa."
Carves Artificial Teeth.
Mlu Madeline A. Ilartlett, of Bos
too, whoae work* of sculpture have
been highly praised, finds a profitable
occupation In carving artificial teeth
Dentists send her the caatv and de
scrlptlon, with a sample of the color
and she does the work. Considerable
aklll la required In matching MUurai
939 TRUE BILLS
John D. Rockefeller, Archbold, Rogers
and Many Othere Must Anewer
FINDLAY, O.: The January panel of
the Hancock county grand Jury which
has been In session over a week, return-
ed 939 separate Indictments against the
Standard Oil company of New Jereey, the
.Standard Oil company of Ohio, the Ohio
Oil company, the Buckeye Pipe Line
company, the Solar Refinery company,
the Manhattan Oil company. John D.
Rockefeller. H. H. Rogers. Wesley Til-
ford. John D. Archbold. Frame Q. Bars-
tow. William Rockefeller and F. T. Cuth-
bert. They are formally charged with be-
ing members of a trust for oonsplracy
against trad..
FIND LOTS WORTHLESS
Kentucklane Unknowingly Bought Real
Estate and Charge Misrepresentation
WILBURTON: Evidence of what may
turn out to be one of the largest and
most cleverly operated land swindles In
the history of Indian Territory Is Just
coming to light through the presence In
Wilburton of Mr. Montgomery of Provi-
dence, Kv. Montgomery represent* soma
forty or fifty person* scattered over Ken-
tucky and several other southern statea
who have purchased lots represented to
be desirable building locations but which
on Investigation prove to be on a rocky
hillside and In the bed of a creek almost
Inaccessible from Wilburton and totally
unsatisfactory as an Investment.
Montgomery, who himself Is one of tha
"fleeced," proposes to begin action on
behalf of the many Investors to recover
the money obtained, so It Is said, upon
false representations and to punish th*
men who have been responsible.
Some time ago the Spiro Townslte com-
pany, a concern doing business In Spiro,
1. T., of which one Lowery Is said to bo
president, purchased a strip of land ad-
Joining • the town of Wilburton. Thla
land Is situated upon a hillside which 1*
a mass of boulders and* the lower part
along a creek bed which Is subject to
overflow. The strip Is In an out of tho
way place and the land Is of little value
for any purpose.
This land was platted and mapped out
Into town lots numbering about 200, Im-
aginary streets were marked out, photo-
graphs of neighboring houses which wero
on the town side of the hill In excellent
location were taken and catalogued and
used. It Is said, to represent new townslte
addition. According to the story repre-
sentatives were started on the road
throughout Kentucky selling these loU for
prices ranging from $60 to |90 per lot.
It Is alleged that false statements sent
through the mall and otherwise were
used to deceive the purchasers who will,
It Is believed, lose everything paid for
them owing to their peculiar location.
Several of the purchasers have arrived
here and have signified their Intention
of Immediately beginning prosecution both
for recovery of money paid and false rep-
resentations and the government will be
asked to take a hand in the case.
Resides the persons who have arrived
here and found they have been fleeced
the authorities are receiving many let-
ters from the alleged victims In Ken-
tucky.
They are of the following character:
J. A. Davis of Kelly. Ky.. writes: "I
have bought three lots and paid cash for
them. They are said to be level and In
first class location, but I can't get a deed
to them."
M. Roberts of Adair, Ky.. writes: "I
have bought and would like to know If
the lots are as represented."
Tobacco chewera are to be expelled
tom tha University of Nebraska. If
:lgaretta smokers were expelled, aaya
.ha Boaton Globe, from all our ualrer-
iltlea how many student* would there
t* left?
True.
There are men who neter go
ahead because they are so aura they
are right—Judge.
WOMAN RESCUED BY FORTES
Mre. R. A. Sulllna of
Hereelf In Front of Train
PERRY: Mre. R .A. Sulllns, wife of a
prominent buelneee man of Newkirk,
threw herself In front of a Santa Fe
pnaeenger train, but waa rescued by a
hotel porter. She and her husband had
been on a divorce eettlement and she car
rled on her person several thousand dol
lars. She had been acting strangely all
day and slipped away from the hotel
where ehe wae stopping. Her husband
was railed to the depot, and took
back to Newkirk.
DIES IN ARMS OF LOVER
Tulea Olrl Drinks Poison snd Fleee to
Her Sweetheart
TUL8A: With the cry, "I've taken
polSon," Gertrude Vann. a girl twenty
years old. staggered Into the home of her
sweetheart. William Grubbs, here Sun-
day.
Grubbs took her In his arms and hur-
ried to a physician's office. The girl
died In awful agony on a crowded street
corner on the way.
The suicide resulted from a quarrel.
She had taken enough strychnine to kill
several persons, according to the physi-
cian's statement.
Tuttle Will Hsve New School Building
TUTTLE: The city council passed a
resolution Instructing the city attorney to
draw an ordinance for the Issuance of
school bonds to build a flfi.OOO school
building In the town of Tuttle by the be-
ginning of the next school year.
Must Cssse Work Unless Westhsr Cleers
TUL8A: Unless ths weather clears up
for a week or ten days all work will
I* suspended In the Glenn pool and no
transportation of supplies Is possible. Mud
I* a foot deep and In some places deeper.
A number of people thought they could
get to the pool by driving out from Sa-
pulpa Suturday. In several Instances the
travelers were forced to tie their teame
two miles from the pool and walk In.
A Cincinnati drummer poatnic st
Richard Hardlns D*vla had the t|mo
of his llfo at the expense of Naah*
vllle's "400."
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