The Wapanucka Press. (Wapanuka, Indian Terr.), Vol. 3, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 17, 1903 Page: 2 of 8
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The Wapanucka Press
A IK II K McGILL 11
WAPANUCKA
IND TER
NOTES OF TWO TERRITORIES
At Mountain Park a company with
lllomi capital ha been organized t
bore for oil
Charles of boodllng In K1 Reno ard
Cniiuillun county are occupying the at-
tl Ilona of federal official at preaent
PROBATE COURTS
PART OF BILL DRAFTED THAT
WILL BE GIVEN TO CONGRESS
IN EACH DISTRICT IN INDIAN TERRITORY
Tha Indian Courts aro Held to Ba a
Mara Mockery— Bar of Indian Terri
tory Will Aak Congress for Relief-
Appointment Made by Judges
ARDMORE: There la a crying need
In the Indian Territory for probate
court especially for the protection of
Indian estates A tbe law now exist
the United States courts have no juris-
diction in Indiun estates The Indian
court aie a mere mockery any In-
dian ran be appointed administrator
i A bond I required but It' a mere
In response to the remark that law form and annual settlement are not
I leakers are scarce during sessions of required The evil Is coming to the
the crund Jury tie Shawnee News surface and the bar association of the
suggests making the grand jury pep j Indian Territory baa taken cognizance
pi tual ! of It At a recent meeting of tbo asso-
I elation held here A Kddleman of Ard
Hartshorns will hold a special elec- more Robt L Williams of Durant and
fion Saturday tbe 19th to elect two J O Rail or Atoka wore appointed to
l ew school director j draft a suitable bill which would be
i submitted to congress for enactment
The Daughters of the Confederacy Into law The bill prepared by Mr
oi:anied at Cherotah last week Eddleman In part U as follows
"An art to establish probate courts
CORN GROWERS INCORPORATE
BANKS SHOW UP WELL
Purpose of Association to Promots Twin Territories Incrsass Exceed that
Growth of Corn j of Any Stats
rDTMIllK: Tbe Oklahoma Corn WASHINGTON: That the national
Growers' association lia len granted banking business In Oklahoma and In
a charter by Territorial Secretary ' Jlun Teritorle I prosperous I eon-
Grimes with tbe prlnrtpul place of cluslxely shown by a statement Just
business at Newkirk and to run for' made public by the comptroller of the
twenty-live years The Incorporators J currency From March 14 19(H) to
all well-known agriculturalists of the November 30 1903 eighty national
territory expert this to bernme one of banks were organized In Oklahoma
the lmiMirtant farmers' organizations with a total capitalization of $2243
In the entire west 000 In Indian Territory during the
The chief purpose of the association same period there were seventy-seven
Is to promote the growth of corn In 'national banks with a total capltalia
Oklahoma and adjoining states encour- !tlou of I 2 130000
age the Improvement and breeding ol I Of the eighty national banks organ
seed corn and enable corn growers to I Ized In Oklahoma during this xrlod
seeuro pure seed and Improved seed ! sevcity-one had a cnpltali 'at Ion of less
The Incorporators figure that In this than $30000 each footing up a total
way Oklahoma may be made one ofjrf $1793000 capital stock In Indian
the chief rorn centers of tho United
States In tho Arkansas river valley
near Newkirk the axerage yield of
Territory there were sixty-four banks
in this class organized with a total
rapltul stock of $1603000 Nine na-
In the Indian Territory and for other
purposes’
"Be It enacted by tbe senate and
Geary hns a new curfew ordinance house of representatives of the United
and it is having tbe desired effect States In congress assembled
I "A probate court is hereby estab-
E! Reno has liquidated her water- I lished for each recording district in
works debt of oxer $7000 the Indian Territory to be known as
j the probate court of recording district
John Sullivan of Norman one of tbe No —
three Oklahoma livestock inspectors' "Chapter XLII entitled ‘Courts of
has handed in bis resignation to Gov- probate’ of Mansfield's! Digest or the
r-rnor Ferguson to take effect January Laws of Arkansas Is hereby adopted
j-t and put in force in the Indian Terri-
tory All guardianships and adminls-
Thieves entered tbe store -of S‘ T-' tratibns pending Tn the Indian courts
Dent ley at Bennington recently and' Rhall be transferred with the records
took about one hundred pocket knives d all original pajiers therein to the
n dozen razors jnd coup! of 'guiis ' probate court or tbe recording district
allied at $139 and made good ttv dr i ln which the property or a part thereof
escape Is situated where such guardianships
' ’ ' and administrations shall lid conducted
The Purrell Register takes little rcnnired by law All Indian courts
rtxk in the Texas suggestion that n Indian Territory are hereby abol-
seiMi'ific agriculture be taught theIshpl and full atifi complete jurisdic-
citiens of the Indian tribes The Reg- tjon s hereby conferred upon the
Uniteil States courts in Indian Terri-
tory and said probate courts”
The judges of the said courts shall
be appointed by the I'nited States
judges for the several districts of tbe
Indian Territory shall lie lawyers of
recognized ability residents of record-
ing districts for which they are ap-
pointed shall hold their offices for a
term of four years from date of their
appointment and qualification shall
take the sa ne oath of office as re-
istcr thinks that a Jot of thrifty fa-m-ers
vould do more by example than
Bnv experiment station
The Oklahoma City police one night
recently rounded up twenty-four
”vags'’ and saloon bums and the total
amount of ca-h posM-s-ed by the num-
ber amounted to eighty cents
corn this jear was fifty bimhels per tloual bunks were organized In Okla-
acre and some of it went easily as homa with a capital stock of $30 not)
high as seventy five bushels These are or over for each bank the aggregate
tho figures of ex-Governor W M Jen- I capital stock of the nine banks being
kins of Kaw City one of tho leading I $630000 There were thirteen similar
farmers of that locality national bunk organized In Indian
The association would also eslab- Territory during the same period with
Ilali a staudurd of perfection and per-
fect a score card for use In Judging
corn provide a system of registration
of known and original varieties of
corn and encourage better methods
of selecting and caring for seed corn
The association will hold convcn-
a total capital stock of $775 000
The increase In the growth of na-
tional banks In Indian and Okluhoma
Territories exceeded that of any state
in tbe union
Tbe report also gives some valuable
Information with reference to national
tions in tho counties of the territory ' ban'8 organized throughout the en-
for instruction In
MeCUIRE'S BRIBERY BILL
Oklahoma's Delegate Introduces a Bilf
to Suppress Official Corruption
WASHINGTON: D' Vgate McGuire
ha Introduced tbe following LIU for
the suppression and punishment of
bribery und oftlclul corruption in tho
territories of the United States
Tlo It Enacted by tho Sena'o and
House of Representatives of tbo
United States of America In Con-
gress Assembled
"That If any executive legolatixe
Jtidlclul or administrative ollleer In
any of tbe territories of the United
Inspectors Annual Report to Inter I states or If any member of the b'gls-
lor Department — Enormous Increase I Intive assembly or any clerk cr co-
in Population and Reaourcea of the I ploye of any legislature In any of the
Indian Territory I territories of the United States or If
WASHINGTON: The annual report ony territorial district town hip tlty
of the United Statea Indian Inspector 'U1"- or “thr amr 1unU‘r
for Indian Tcrlrtory says the five civ- ho lawa of ay of 110 territories of
Illzed tribes In the Indian Territory he l nlteJ SlnM or nny ol"fk' ““I-
Including Indians and freedmen num- ‘P d“Puy or a!”“"ant aiy
berlng 840110 people who hold over °nu'- or any PrHon receiving con
19000000 acres of land The report pensatlor from any public fund be-
announces a material increase In popu- l"klng to the United States r any
lation in tho terrltorp and culls atten- territory or any of Its municipal tub-
tlon to the duty imisised on tho gov- I divisions ahull directly or Indirectly
eminent under legislation and agree- I 8Hk receive or accept or promise to
meats to allot In severalty the lands I recolvo or accept an gratuity re-
of the five civilized tribes after town-1 wnrd compensation emolument or
site and other reservations have been I bdbo t°n any agreement or under-
made and to wind up tbe tribal af- ‘‘ailing express or Implied Hint his
fairs limiting the life of the tribal I Vot' opinion or action upon any mat-
governments to March 4 1906 ! pr or question then pending or which
Under existing eonditions Indians I may bo by l°w brought before or sub-
are authorized to lease their lands for I ndt'd to him for any action ad such
grazing pur)Kses or for agricultural officer e'erk or employe snail be In-
fluenced thereby be shall be guilty
(or lusiruenon corn judging and cooutry In November 20 nation- purposes for five years without super- f uoon conviction shall
will Issue certificates of qualification ' al-banhing associations with aggregate vision or approval of the secretary of I imniKilfi hv Imnrlsonment at hard
to expert Judges of this grain- also I calital of $783000 were organized of ‘he interior Continuing the report bt punished by Imprisonment at hard
to expert judges of this grain also
will publish for the benefit of the asso-1 wbcb 18 with capita of $4G0G00 were
ciatlon'8 members all matter of inter- ! banks with individual capital of less
est pertaining to the com plant Such ' fban $30000 and 2 with capital of
county conventions together with an I J325000 banks with individual capital
of $200000 and $123000 respectively
In corporating the organizations of
the month with those effected since
March 14 1900 the total number of
organizations to Mate' Is 1785 with ati-
thorized capital of $103278000 the
x'of the Oklahoma Experiment ! 1)001 deposit tfs security for eircula-
at Stillwater who at present I Ooa UD1°unting to $25468350 Classi-
fled by cnpitrriL 1166 of the associa-
tions with aggregate capital of $30-
408OO0 of $74 $70000 with individual
capital of $30000 or over An addi-
Sentenced 'to Death by Judge Gill for ! tionaI -lass'catin shows Jhat there
Criminal Assault j have been chartered 1009 banks of pri-
VI NIT A: George Shelton colored nary organization with capital of $51-
was returned from the United States ' uG8 with capital of $56860-
eourt at Pryor to jail here Shelton 1 0 reorganizations of state or pri-
was tried and convicted to be hanged V6'e hanks liquidated for the purpose
a(frthmin!li7"'1 -OS conversions ot state banks
with capital of $1393:5500
At the close of November there
The school land les-ees in Conian-
fie countv have organized They will
send five’ delegates to the territorial fibred of district judges and shall re-
nn ( ting at Guthrie January 5th ceixe an annual salary of $2400 to tie
paid from the treasury of the United
Beginning Januarv 4 tli mail service States in like manner as the salaries
will be established over the entire sys- of he Strict Judges are paid”
by the neck until dead for the criminal
assault recently committed by him on
Ellen Taylor on Lynch's prairie near
here His victim was choked until
she became unconscious and then
criminally assaulted
The negro was arrested and taken to
Pryor Creek for trial where a jury
were in existence 5139 national bank-
ing associations a net increase of 1-
3 52 since March 11 19U0 additional
capital I1300240o0: bonds $140014-
36" circulation $1CC 704249 the lat-
asM-ssed the death penalty for the ter-i''jtb tho exceprion of $6060 cov-
crime Judge Giil sentenced the ne-
says : i labor not exceeding ten year or by
"There Is no doubt that many In- a fine not ‘tecdlug five thousand
dians especially full-bloods have beeu j dollars or by both flue and Imprison-
and are being Imposed uion in the I went and in addition thereto shall
matter of IcasLnjg t' -ir lands Many J bis office -or employment And
agricultural leases aro for an Inade- 1 be f°revr disqualified from boldipg
quate consideration and do not provide J any °dle® under the laws of the nit-
the number of acres to be plfieed under I States 'At flny ’ferritory- '
cultivation each year or what If any "Section 2 This act shell rot lie
fences or other Improvements shall he I beld to repeal or suspend any of the
placed upon the land Furthermore I aw8 °f auy territory of tho I nlted
it does not appear that any parties states upon the subject of bribery but
furnish bond or givp security guarab- nt('Pded to be'- supplemental to
teeing the faithful compliance with flic I anjr aucb laws and to supply any de-
provisions of their lease contracts On I ecs or omissions therein and prose-
the other hand many leases have been I c°n may be instituted and carried
entered into in good faith and parties I on rifler under the laxys of tho I nit-
have entered upon lands placed the I e State or any toxritory’ undef tlie
same under cultivation and erected j Provisions of tiiiu act -bi a eouvb-'
improvements thereon" j tion or acquittal undor tho territorial
Legislation is recommended making a"’9 fr tbo same offense and a con-
It an offense to enter into leases with I ''ittbm ’ acquittal under tjie laws ol
minors full-bloods or aduit incoiupe- an-v territory rliall be a bar to further
tents without first submitting the pnecution for the same offense und i
leases for the consideration and ap-1 tbi act-'
proval of some proper authority The
report recommends legislation provld-I WINTER WHEAT COMPARISON
ing for greater government supervis-
ion of the Chickasaw- Indian schools Acreage of Kansas California and Ok-
gro to be hanged in the jail yard at
Virnta on Jan 13 1904 No except ons
eri J by lawful money representing
an addition to the circulation secured
by bonds The authorized capital of
were taken to the rulings in the casd t!le har'Ks on November 30 amounted
to $766332 09 bonds on deposit
at tbe trial and no appeal will be
taken
$384623930 circulation secured by de-
posits of lawful money $380S8493
total circulation covered by bonds and
Store
Will Pay Creek Claims
MUSKOGEE: The loyal Creek money $4110699
tem of the Ft Smith & Western road' “Appeals and writs of error may lie I claim $400000 is to be paid Major
Alt iieu-h part of this line have been' Ptet-ei uted in all cases from said pro- I James McLaughlin Indian inspector t
completed fr month's citizens living bate courts direct to the court or ap- received instructions from Washing-' D
at towns on the road have been com- P°als antl wris of error are now Pros' to tbe roils there for approv- A of Aline Burned a
polled to depend upon the star routes to sai1 cort )f aPP'-s from al This request was in response to a TT AS°
for the deiiverv of their mail the dlsnct rourts The marshal recommendation sent by him in which i ALU- Sheriff Oates arrested and
' ' shall serve all process from the said he suggested that such claims as had ' turned over to officers from Ohio J F
Approval of the sccretarv of the In- colrfs of probate and shall receive the been proven might as well be paid as ! Davi(1son of Aline upon the charge of
tf rior has been received bv Chairman same fcPS therefor as are allowed sher- tbe people were in need Up to date having burned a store building and its
Tams Bixbv of the Dawes 'commission iffs fr I-be service under the statutes there has been 1200 claims proven nte"tS n!n?tee“ r?? T
t-r the unrestricted akenation of six- of Arkausas heretofore adopted and and including the heirs this makes!0’ It is claimed that the building and
tv-two acres of land adjoining Holden- pnt in forc in the Indi?n Territory To fully 60(H) beneficiaries There are Con‘eut1i "bicb were burned belonged
the extent of the jurisdiction hereby I but 318 more claims to be foiloxved up I to Davidson and his brother and was
conferred said probate courts shall I so that at least 80 per cent of the 1 heavily insured and Davidson's brother
have all the powers both legal and $310000 of which the award by con- was arre8IetI on the same charge sex-
in view of their unsatisfactory condi-
tion and the large expense of their
maintenance
Recommendations also are made for
adequate road legislation and for plac-
ing allottees In unrestricted possession
of their lands
BUTTED AWAY FROM OFFICER
lahoma Shows a Falling Off
WASHINGTON: Returns to the
chief of tho bureau of statistics of the
department of agriculture indicate
that the newly seeded area of xvinter
xv heat is about 2660660 acres a de-
crease of 6 per cent from the area es-
timated to have been sown in the fall
of 1902 The condition of winter xvlieat
on DDecember 1 was 8CG as compared
with 937 in 1902 867 in 1901 and a
nine year average of 927
The following table gives figures ol
Negro Uses His Head Against an Of-
ficer Knocking Him Down
MUSKOGEE: By using his head as
a battering ram James Pryor negro I the principal states:
from Wybark escaped arrest at the Kansas 94
hands of Paul Smith a posseman under I California 8S
Deputy Marshal Bass Reeves and is I Oklahoma 10
still at large Average condition December 1
Reeves and Smith were searching Thi3 r Nine-yr average
for Pryor but had separated In order Kansas S7 92
to find out if the man they sought was California 97 96
in a clump of bushes As Smith Oklahoma V’V 80 98
stepped into the road he saw Pryor j The newly seeded area of winter
xille This land is the property of El-
zora Lewis It is the purpose of the
owner of the land to sell it for town-
site purposes
Indictments have been returned
against twenty of Enid's saloon keep-
ers The charges were filed by
young men representing the anti-
saloon league The Indictments as ‘
returned find hte saloon men guilty of the prpservation of property ail such
keeping open Sunday selling intoxi- orjers ping returnable to the district
eating liquor to minors and having
screens in their places of business
eral years ago pleaded guilty was
sentenced to two years in the peniten-
Former Mayor Indicted j tiary and died before his sentence ex-
GCTHRIE: Tom Hensley of El Reno pired- °a'idson is said to havg been
they may in the absence of the district I was indicted on eight counts and ex-! a J‘ounS man when the crime Is alleged
judge grant temporary restraining or- City Marshal Len Crosby on two i ° have been committed but now has
ders injunctions appoint receivers I counts charged with bribery and hood- a we and severa children He has
and make any orders necessary for img in office during the last two years -stood we n tbe community in which
Attorney General Robberts at Gov- he resided Prior to his arrest having
Ferguson s request is prosecuting the
cases - '
been in the mercantile business in
Aline until recently
C R Lzj’iis of Wottimka was acci-
CHICAGO JUNE 21ST -
SALOON MEN INDICTED
WANT COWDRICK BOUNCED
dentally shot while returning from a I pace and Date for Holding the Nation
hunting trip He with four compan- a Republican Conveneitno
ions were riding in a carriage when ' WASHINGTON: The republican na
liis pistol was discharged the ball en- tional convention will be held in Chi-
tering his left side just above the
hips
ENID: Warrants for the arrest of Oklahoma Medical Association Prefer
twenty of the twenty-two saloon own- Charges Against Him
ers in Enid were issued on charges! GUTHRIE: A committee appointed
made by a number of young men com- by the Oklahoma Medical association
cago beginning at noon on June 21 posing an anti-saloon league the mem- filed charges with Governor Ferguson
next the republican national commit- Uersbip or which is composed of against the president of the Oklahoma
tee reaching this conclusion and ad- church workers : board of health It Is charged thaf
Near Waurika while -out hunting J Journing subject ' to call Pittsburg The saloon men are charged with Cowdrick the president Illegally reg-
L Finn was attracted 1 a racket in a andSt Isuns were rivals of Chicago keeping their places of business open Istered graduates from diplomas that
ing pecan tree and shooting into the for the convention Each city was on Sunday selling liquor to minors he has written unprofessional and dls-
foilage was surprised to seP a large well represented in oratory before tbe ad having screens in front of their j courteous letters answer to ques-
and advanced toward him
rye is provisionally estimated at 98C
1 nefnr0 a!’?lei wIth a Win‘ I Ppr cent of the area sown in' the fall
Chester rifle but did not attempt tojofi902 The condition of winter rye
on December 1 was 927 as compared
fire until close to Smith and his aim
then was rendered inaccurate by
Smith knocking down the muzzle of
the gun
The two scuffled for a time and
while so doing Pryor managed to strike
Smith a terrific blow on the head with
hi forehead The white man fell to
the ground unconscious and remained
so for fully a half hour xvhen he re-
vived and told what had happened
with 981 on December 1 1902 89S
on December 1 1901 and 966 the
mean of the average for the last nine
years
California winter rye acreage as
compared with last year is 99 -pet
cent Averages of condition on De
cember 1 for California are: This year
97 1902 98 1901 90 nine years aver
age 90
SHAWNEE TO BE GOOD
City Council to Stop Gambling and
Close Bawdy Houses
SHAWNEE: The city council at its
last meeting expressed very forcibly
resolutions against slot machines
gambling and houses of ill fame glv-j
WOULD SELL CONVICT’S LAND
i
Money Thus Obtained to Be Used ic
Getting a Pardon
MUSKOurlE: Tiie Dawes eommis
sion has under consideration an appli
ing Judge Woods the city attorney I ration for the sale of the lands of e
stringent instructions in that line The coavitt- which presents some peculiar
judge has since been at xvork on the 109- Fhillp Scott Is the convict and
matter and the question of evidence tho PPcation comes from Sam Che
was referred by him to Chief of Police 0Oe Scott's best friend who appeared
Hill who has secured evidence against bfr°re tbe commission as attorney ic
alsuit forty slot machines bad women fact'
and the like The comnlaint hava -Scott is now serving a aentence ol
wh-e of large prooprtions 000 Chicago lio000 and a hall and St jn securing evidence the young men ! clan Governor Ferguson says 'he bcn Prepared and tho city court will Py nlne years imposed on him sev-
made personal trips to the saloons on does not believe tho charges have I hpar the cases as fast as arrests are pral year8 aRH' after convlctlon on 8
Kail Rogers a l-jear-old boy ol stood 4 for Chicago 7 for I ittsburg j Sunday and bought liquor The bot- much foundation but that a thorough I ITiade- charge of felonious assault Before
lies were labelled with the name of investigation will be made and if thej The slot machine business here has I bs fon'"i‘iion Scott took out his allot-
the saloon the bartender and tbe hour 1 charges are sustained Cowdrick will become infamous as have several of I mcn and the land so chosen consist
Fort Scott Kansas xxas killed near - and 1 for St Iouis
Sapulpa while out hunting The boy A resolution was adopted prescrlb-
was leaning on his gun when the wea-! Ing that the convention should he
pon w as struck by a dog running called in the exact language of the call
and accidentally discharged the en- : of 1900 giving the states four dele-
tire load entering the boy's bead : gates-at-large and two delegates for
each congressional district arid to the
The Elk City Oklahoma-Mxico col-' territories six delegates each Dcle-
it was purchased This evidence was 1 be removed
turned over to City Attorney McKee-i
ver who immediately prepared to pro- ' Made an Assignment
secute the liquor dealers i
It is understood that the saloon men '
LAWTON: C D Cummings who
-iit (--( tu j came here from Plattsmouth Neb a
will light the case The penalty for
the opening made an assignment Mr
L E
ony will leave Elk City about January! gates must be selected prior to May 24 I keeping open on Sunday is a fine of
fth They propose to charter a train1 I $100 for selling to minors a revoca-' 0urrinlin8’3 liabilities arc $3860
with sufficient cars and coaches to Manhattan Island has an average of I tion of tbe license and for placing' Hartwell of Omaha and the Citizens'
transport their goods aud families tc ! 132 people to tbe acre while London I screen ln front of the saloon a fine S’talp bank of Lawton are the princl-
the southern clime
j as 60
of $25
At the Woif ranch near Ardmore'
George Foster was shot and seriously)
wounded by his brother Tbe two
brothers were drunk and quarielied !
resulting in George being shot I
EX-GOVERNOR SEAY ILL
A lone highwayman near Davis held -op
two farmers named C:irgi3 and!
LValdin and faiii-g to secure any'
money took one of their horses and'
escaped
The American National Bank at!
Tishomingo has opened its doors for
business
He Went to Oklahoma From Steele-
ville Mo at the "Opening
KINGFISHER: Ex Governor A J
Seay Oklahoma's second governor
serving over two years and who Is now
one of the prominent bankers state-
hood advocates and republicans of Ok-
lahoma is dangerously ill at bis borne
He came to Oklahoma from Steele-
ville Mo where he was a republican
candidate for congrera
pal creditors
Bank Fixtures to Be Sold
DENISON TEX: The receiver of i
the bank of the Chickasaw Nation at i
Tishomingo has asked for an order i
for sale of the furniture and fixtures
of tbe bank This was rendered neces-
sary in view of the fact that parties j
are here for tbe purpose of starting !
another national bank and desire to ’
purchase tbe fixtures if possible and 1
open up in the old building It is es-
timated that $3060 will be realized
from the outfit
Teachers Meet at Chickasha
2IUSKOGEE: The annual meeting
jf the Rock Island Teachers’ and Di-
rectors' association held a two days'
cession at Chickasha last week Ow-
ing to the fart that most of the rail-
roads through the Chickasaw nation
-un north and somn there are two
tea-her‘ associations one for those
:n the c i t and one for those in the
western p-rt of the territory The
Heeling at Chickasha Is the western
nctirg tr-l will lie attended by teach-
ers from Oklahoma as well as Indian
'r itory
the other evils of the city and the ° arres near Morris eight mile
authorities propose to stop the affair I f’ast Okmulgee Checote asked
before some harm results There are tbat bo bc alowctl to sell the land
about forty slot machines in active for his frpnd 80 that tho money might
service xvith gambling houses bawdy be utilii!ed to Bet a pardon Scott he
houses etc The negro and white sad- s now near death with consump
dives on South Broadway and South I °on-
Beard street will be closed entirely
and prosecution of the other resorts I Coalgate w111 so°n have a branch oi
is expected to bring about similar re- I tbe international typographical union
suits established there
OKLAHOMA CITY: M C Binon
c'-'puty sheriff of Luther brought Wil-
liam and Albert Cole and Sam Clark
of that place here to answer to the
charge of instigating a riot preferred
by Grant Stanley recently a candi-
date for representative In the legisla-
ture in the Indian Territory The riot
consisted It Is said in threats to
‘trounce” Stanley consummation of
which was averted by a deputy sheriff
Stanley was attorney for a railroad
man who was disputing an account pre-
sented by the three accused men They j
stave bond here for their apeparanc I
In tha Interests of Lessees
GUTHRIE: Fred C Dolcater whe
recently purchased the Oklahoma
State Register says the paper will bt
continued in tho interests of tht
school land lessees the paper will en-deax-or
to give ex-erythlng of interest
to the lessee and will contain weekly
every school land Information obtain
able Tbe first issue under the new
management wii appear this week It
Is stated that John Goloble will rn
main with tbe new paper as editor lr
chief with Mr Dolcater as buslresj
manager
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McGill, Arch K. The Wapanucka Press. (Wapanuka, Indian Terr.), Vol. 3, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 17, 1903, newspaper, December 17, 1903; Wapanucka, Indian Territory. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1708992/m1/2/?q=del+city: accessed July 2, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.