The Jet Visitor. (Jet, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 9, 1905 Page: 6 of 8
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TERRITORY TOF1CS
- Anticipating Statehood — Antici-
pating statehood this winter substan-
tia farmers are coming to Indian
Territory and buying land They are
rapidly replacing renters who are
moving off and seeking other loca
tlons With this Influx of settlers
there Is an Increased demand for farm
land
Firemen Hold Carnfval -- The fire-
men of Anadarko having in charge a
street carnival will commence No-
vember 1 This will be the first affair
of that kind ever held in Anadarko A
large sum of money has been sub-
scribed for prizes which will be of-
fered during the carnival
New Guns Satisfactory — Colonel
William Howe of the Second provin-
cial regiment -of field artillery which
has been stationed at Fort Sill for four
months has completed his report of
practice drills and maneuvers He
praises the new guns which were test-
ed here and also the work of the
troops This was the first artillery
regiment to make a practical test of
the new guns
Lawton Bank Dividend — A dividend
of 20 per cent was paid to the credi-
tors of the ’defunct Bank of Lawton
by Receiver E C Knappe Ben H
McDuffie vice-president of the bank
bow a prominent broker of Wall
Street New York made goo$ a defi-
ciency amounting to nearly $4000
This is the third dividend the credi-
tors have received making in all 75
per cent They will get more at the
February term of the district court
Extension of Asher Line — It is re-
ported that the Rock Island is soon
to take up the question of an exten-
sion of the Asher line which was
built south from Tecumseh to Asher
by the Choctaw with the idea of an
ultimate extension on south to Balias
and the Gulf All work on the exten-
sion was stopped by the Rock Island’s
purchase of the Choctaw interests but
the line is practically worthless as it
stands and is said to be losing the
company agood sum of money each
year
Further Preference Rights — The
ty adopted resolutions declaring for
the reservation of a preference right
of purchase to the lessees that school
land west of range 13 should not be
divided into less than section tracts
that lessees of grazing school lands
should be given preference right of re-
leasing the same as with agricultural
lands that the appraising force of the
Bchool land department should pe in-
creased to such an extent as to insure
a thorough personal Inspection of ch
tract appraised and that the appraise-
ment should be lessees
New Mill For Goltry — Plans have
just been completed whereby Goltry
Is assured of securing a 125-barrel
flouring mill to cost $15000 The Gol-
try Milling Co is financed by repre-
sentative business men of the town
and farmers of the surrounding coun-
try and by A H Rife and A Kirby
ot Dallas City 111 The mill will have
the finest and best equipped outfit In
the west as Barnhard & Leas Plan
Sifter machinery is conceded to be
the best made The engine will be an
Immense 150 horse-power affair cost-
ing over $4000 and is capable of oper-
ating an Ice plant an electric light
plant or a system of water works in
conjunction with the regular mill
work The company will also operate
a regular grain shipping business and
will also do custom and merchant
grinding
Baby Burned to Death— Mrs Frank
Watsbn a farmer’s wife living near
Poarch left her two little children in
the house while she went to the spring
some distance away to get water Re-
turning she found the youngest of the
children dying from burns received
during her absence The wind was
blowing hard and it is supposed a box
of matches was blown from the shelf
and Igniting set fire to the baby’s
clothes The little one lived an hour
Oklahoman in Alaska — Lyman Sav-
age a former resident of Beaver coun-
ty came back from Alaska last week
to wed an Oklahoma girl His home
Is now at Fairbanks so named on ac-
count of Its temperature He de-
scribes the town as having about 5000
people and all of the conveniences of
more moderate climates being equip-
ped with electric lights and steam
heating plants The city also has a
system of water works made possible
by laying steam pipes alongside the
water pipes to keep the water from
freezing All the modern conveni-
ences come ‘rather high but are there
for the people who can afford them
Wlnnewood Wants Plant — The city
council of Wynnewood has ordered an
election to be held November 28 to
decide on issuing $28000 30-year 5
per cent bonds to build an up-to-date
systemf of waterworks It Is believ-
ed that the election will be easily car-
ried : ‘ -
New Suit Against McNabb — Wll-
Iiam H Hikes of Logan county filed
suit In the district court against Secre-
tary McNabb and the board of agri-
culture of Oklahoma composed of R
Kleiner D L Aikins A T Hawkins
W L Fullerton Bwers White Horaco
Newbury for $5000 damages
Condemned Man Dying — Grant Wil-
liams the murderer in the South Mc-
Alester prison who is sentenced to
hang is said by the officials to be
slowly dying - He has refused to talk
and has eaten practically nothing
since the sentence was passed upon
him four weeks ago It is believed
that tho president will delay-the sen-
tence for a short time It being the be-
lief that the condemned man will die
a natural death-
Will Try It Again — John Abernathy
who gets a glowing write-up in Presi-
dent Roosevelt’s magazine article" on
account of his wolf hunt last spring
la planning another big hunt in the
same “big pasture" which is soon to
be opened up for agricultural purposes
and will no longer be av-Ilable for the
coyote chasers The final roundup is
to take place on November 11 It is
expected that 1000 men will partici-
pate Greeks Create a’ Lobby — The Creek
council in session at Okmulgee pass-
ed a bill creating a delegation of four
members to look after its interests be-
fore congress this winter In connec-
tion with the settlement oftrlbal af-
fairs P Porter principal chief of the
nation is to be a member of the dele-
gation and by virtue of his office as
head of the nation to be the ex officio
chairman of the delegation The oth-
er members are to be chosen later
Hite Will Hold Over — By the de-
cision of Attorney General Simons
who was appealed to In the ‘matter
County Treasurer M L Hite of Caddo
county holds office until his succes-
sor shall be elected and qualify Jo-
seph Haskell ‘was elected last fall to
succeed Hite but died before he quali-
fied and Mr Simons bolds this leaves
Hite in charge of the office unless the
county commissioners should declare
t he office vacant which they refuse to
do
’ ORaoe’’--'—
of Congress providing for new towns
in the Osage Indian reservation pro-
vided for the sale of 640 acres for Paw-
huska 160 acres for Fairfax 160 acres
for Hominy and two townsites of 1G0
acres each on the line of the Midland
Valley railroad adjacent to stations on
said line not less than ten miles from
Pawhuska to be appraised and sold
as provided etc The townsite south
of here has been selected and named
"Bigheart” which said name will
perpetuate the name of an Osage In-
dian who for many years was aggres-
sively identified with all that pertain-
ed to the welfare of his people as a
nation
Comanche Wants More Water —
The farmers in the northern part of
the county are agitating a proposition
to have the reclamation department of
the 'United States construct another
irrigation system in their vicinity out
of the $1500000 appropriated by con-
gress for irrigation purposes in West-
ern Oklahoma The plans call for the
construction of a dam ’on Medicine
creek near Mount Scott which will
back up enough water to ' supply
15000 acres of farming land An
engineer of the geological survey has
recommended this system and will go
to Carlsbad N M to confer with
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Supervising Engineer B M Hall to
secure his recommendation of the pro-
ject to the department
Lottery Scheme Frustrated — The
end of the Monarch Investment Com-
pany’s scheme to dispose of town lots
at Warwick in Lincoln county came
during the week when the lots were
disposed Of at court sale to the people
In great part who were purchasers
of tickets from the Monarch Invest-
ment Company In September 1904
The court sale was made by blocks
and tracts the blocks selling from $5
to $30 each and the tracts from $80
to $775 each The majority of the
blocks sold from $15 to $30 each or
for scarcely enough to pay the court
costs of this famous case
Shot With His Own Gun — A L
Kennedy former postmaster at Dale
was shot by H J Hughey a black-
smith Hughey -and Kepnedy were
having a settlement A dispute arose
over 13 cents difference Hughey pro-
duced a knife and Kennedy a rifle
which Hughey took away and then
shot him with It Several residents
of Dale attacked Hughey and beat him
over the head with a weight Inflict-
ing serious Injuries before he ' was
captured
Accidentally Kills Brother — Carl
Schultz 16 years old accidentally shot
and killed his brother Ernest 14
years old when the two were hunting
near Gage
Custer County Prisoners — Sheriff
Barney Davis of Custer county regist-
ered six prisoners in ’ the Canadian
county jail They will remain until
the new Jail at Arapahoe is ready to
receive them The prisoners are Wal-
ter Mize John Billon alias John Doe
Harry Hansoft John Young E W
Felts and W P Cox
Mexican Cotton Picker Killed — An-
tonio Valeutlne shot and Instantly
killed John Santa Anna at a farm
house near Frederick Both parties
were Mexican cotton pickers and had
been playing cards when the contro-
versy arose Santa Anna was shot
four times in the head then beaten
with the revolver’ Valentine escaped
and an organized posse under Mar-
shal C C Shlve Is scouring the coun-
try for him
No Settlement With Choctaws —
The Chickasaw legislature in session
at Tishomingo after a lengthy debate
killed the report of the special com-
mlttee appointed to adjust finances
between the Chickasaw and Choctaw
nations growing out of coal and tim-
ber royalties The report recom-
mended that $16000 be accepted It
is alleged that the Choctaws owe the
Chlckasaws $70000
Santa Fe's New Line — The Atchis-
on Topeka and Santa Fe rail way com-
pany has asked the court at Musko-
gee to appoint an appraising board to
condemn a right of way from Tulsa
to Shawnee Okla one hundred and
twenty miles ' This will connect the
branch between Independence Kan
and Tulsa and the Oklahoma lines in
Shawnee The plan will make this
place the junction of two and possibly
four Santa Fe lines
Indian Territory Teachers — There
will be a meeting in South McAlester
November 18 of the superintendent
supervisors and teachers of Indian
Territory schools for the purpose of
formulating the ideas of these school
men into a memorial to congress stat-
ing what their experience has taught
them is the best plan for a school sys-
tem to meet- the unusual conditions
that have grown up in this country on
account of the diffrent races
Convicted of Bigamy — Lester Mc-
Call was convicted on ihe charge of
bigamy inj the district court McCall
was married to Ellen Moore In Law-
ton r year ago' whim7 first wife
forinPrIv Kiortn kurn '
formerly Electa Burgess was still liv-
ing and had not been divorced He
lived with his second wife a few
weeks when he sent her to her par-
ents stating he would follow jiut fail-
ed to do so She then learned of his
first marriage and had him arrest-
ed More- Sunday School Canvasses —
Religious statistics of several Okla-
homa counties are to be collected this
month by the Sunday School associa-
tions working on the same plan which
was used in the city canvass at Guth-
rie last week Blaine county started
the list with a canvass on Thursday
November 2 Comanche county will
take fts-religious census on Novem-
ber 15 and several others are to fol-
low later fn the month
New Land Contest Point — A new
question to be solved in a land con-
test comes from Beaver county where
Oscar Nores is contesting the right
of George Woody to a claim alleging
that Woody visited the claim only
once in every six months Woody
however claimed sickness In his
family an(I stated that he had applied
for a leave of absence and obtained
the same from the department but
after the contest had been filed
against him Will such a leave of ab-
sence stick? Probate Judge Meese
has the decision under consideration
A Coal Oil Famine — Parts of Day
and Woodward counties suffered from
a coal oil famine for several days last
week Merchants at Grand Arnett
Gage Shattuck and other towns In
that vicinity all happened to get out
at the same time and when a tank
was received no one was allowed more
than a gallon of the precious fluid un-
til a more bountiful supply could be
obtained The remarkable supply of
the whole matter is that no one seems
inclined to lay the blame on John D
Booker Washington to Speak —
Booker T Washington the negro edu-
cator will visit Muskogee November
11- and deliver an address The local
negroes are preparing to entertain’
him and assist him in familiarizing
himself with the condition of the ne-
groes of Indian Territory -
Has an Historic Wagon — William
Flint of Chandler treasurer of the
Lincoln County Fair Association Is
the owner of a lumbering old wagon
which was made before the Revolu-
tionary war Mr Flint had It shipped
to Oklahoma from his old home in
North Carolina
All on Account of the Weather
An Emporia man went around the
other morning blaming the weather
for making him sick Before he went
to bed he had three bottles of beer
several hamburger sandwiches with
onions cheese rye bread and finish-
ed oft with a particularly bad cigar
He says he didn’t sleep at all and no
one wonders But what has the
weather to do with his health? — Em-
poria Kan Gazette
Sisters and Brotl-ers
Don’t snub your brothers They are
lovely (‘nines to have around if only
treated half-way decently Unfor-
tunately girls forget that ' brothers
also grow up and they go on treating
them as If they were boys This leads
to friction and very often disagree-
able repartee when it Is least wanted
ahd is most disagreeable — New York
Press
A Big Claim
I have all my life leen made aware
when death has seized or danger
threatened those I love -Thus no fear
of evil things ever disturbs me so
certain am I that if the worst of all
calamities befel I should know 'It on
the instant of Its happening without
the need of any human agency — Hel-
en Mathers in the Daily Graphic
Cause for Rejoicing
The Pall Mall Gazette rejoices in
the fact that Canada Ls a “chip of
the old block” because a steamship
with supplies for the Hudson hay
mounted police has been kept wait-
ing at St Johns for weeks while the
police department and ministry of ma-
rine settle a dispute as to whica shall
control her movements
City Founder Is Generous
William J Palmer the founder ot
Colorado City Colo has given that
city $1000000 or more In the way of
parks large sums to -Its charitable' In-
stitutions built a driveway up the
Bear canyon and now has bought up
another large tract of ground with
the intention of turning it into a park
Catch Fish With Poison
The natives of Guam used to catch
fish by poisoning them with the juice
of the fruit of a tree known as the
Barringtonia speciosa The Spanish
government forbade this wasteful
method but since the Island has pass-
ed under American control it has come
Into use again
i Special Hearse for Giant
—j-jboarst'-had to he'Siecially made
at Rawtenstan iue urn
burial xf James JCuttall “the' largest
man In Lancashire’ The coffin
which was six feet four inches long
three feet wide and two feet deep
was carried by twelve bearers
Brittany Marriage Custom
Conspicuous among the adornments
of the bridal feast in Brittany is an ar-
tistic and elaborate butter structure
as fanciful and elegant as the most
beautiful bridal cake and into this
structure the guests stick split sticks
bearing coins of gold or silver '
Postmaster Under the Lash
Robert Cecil postmaster at Tipton
Ore convicted of wife-beating re-
ceived under sentence of court ten
lashes on the bare back in public re-
cently He is preparing to sell his
property now and leave the country
Wild Cats in Nevada
Wadsworth Nev once a lively rail-
road town of 4000 population hut now
a collection of deserted shanties is
overrun by thousands of wild cats the
descendants of two or three hundred
abandoned house cats
A Lesson in Humility
“ Says a Bill ville philosopher “The
automobile makes you feel too proud
for this world To get to heaven
you've got to be as humble as the ox
cart and go slow and sure” — Atlanta
Constitution
Suggestion to Motorists
It is suggested that English motor-
ists might save trouble time and ex-
pense by each carrying a supply of
live chickens and geese on his car
to replace on the spot those he kills
Originates Catchy Phrase
Frof Reulaux who died In Berlin
recently -is said to have originated
the phrase “cheap and ugly” or as
It is jnore commonly quoted in this
country “cheap and nasty”
Paper Made of Peat
Experiments have been made and
whilst it has been found that paper
can be made of log peat It cannot
compare in cheapness with that made
of wood pulp
Forty-one Years In Service
The Rt Hon Sir Frauds Bertie British-
ambassador in Paris recently
passed his sixty-first birthday having
been fortv-one years in service
Pioneer Bird Protector
Prof Theodore A Schurr who ha
just died in Baltimore was a pioneer
in the crusade against killing bird
for hRt adornments He had a collec
lion of birds and butterflies represent-
Ing 50000 specimens valued at about
$100000 He had in his possession
more than 1200 personal letters and
testimonials from presidents of uni-
versities and colleges regarding hla
exhibit
Memorial to Tom Reed
The memorial to Thomas B Reed
ls assured and the committee In Port-
land Me has now $25000 of the fund
In sight Among the contributors are
ex-PreBldent Grover Cleveland ex-
Governor Black eX-Governor Odell
ex-Vice President Morton General A
G McCook Colonel A C Paine Con-
gressman Littauer and Mayor Mc-
Clellan of New York Senator Crane
and ex-Congressman Walker of
Massachusetts Congressman Hitt of
Illinois and Henry H Rogers With
the exception of Colonel Paine who
was the first subscriber to the fund
and who gave $5000 the amounts ot
the individual contributions have not
been announced
Ask -Your Neighbors -Gelatt
Pa Nov 6th (Special) —
Mrs H W Sterns a well respected
resident of Gelatt tells In convincing
words what Dodd’s Kidney Pills have
done for her She says:
“I was a great sufferer from Rheu-
matism caused' through my Kidneys'
being'out of order I was subject to
It for years It would take me with-
out warning and while the attack
lasted I was so lame I could hot get
around So I had to send for Dodd’s
Kidney Pills I took them for three
days but didn’t feel much benefit but
on the fourth day I noticed a great
change the lameness In my back was
gone and the pains I used 'to suffer
were less I kept on with Dodd's Kid-
ney Pills and now I am glad to say
I have no lameness nor pain of any
kind I feel as if I didn’t know what
Rheumatism was I shall never be
without Dodd's Kidney Pills In the
house and I bless the day I first heard
of them
When a man Is out for the dough it
doesn't make him feel good to find
that his cake is all dough
Those Who Have Tried It
will use no other Defiance Cold Wa-
ter Starch has no equal In Quantity
or Quality— 16 oz for 10 cents Other
brands contain only 12 oz j
Some women love wisely but most
men are not loved any too well
be cured
by local appU attons an they cannot reach the dis-
eased portion of the ear There is only one way to
cure deafness and that is by constitutional remedies
Deafness Is ‘ ftiiM’d by no Inflamed condition of tho
mucous linliK of the Kuntachtan Tube When this
tube Is Inflvied you have a rumbling souud or lin-
perfect hear ag and when It is entirely closed Deaf-
ness is the result and unless the Inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to Its normal condi-
tion nearing will be destroyed forever nne canes
out of ten are caused by t atarrh which is nothing
but an inilamed condition of the mucous surfaces
We will give One Hundred Dollars for anv case of
Deafness (caused by catarrh! that cannot be cured'
by Hall's Catarrh Cure Send for circulars free
F J CIIENEY & CO Toledo O
Sold bv Dnigtffsts 75
Take Hall's Family Tills for const IputSoo
Remember that kind words never
leave scars
Important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA
a safe and sure remedy for infanta and children
and see that it
Bears the
Signature of
la Use For Over 30 Years
The Kind You Have Always Bought
An artful dodger ls often entitled to
more credit than the strenuous hitter
IMMENSE TOBACCO PURCHASE
Forty-Eight Thousand Dollars Paid
for a Fancy Lot of Tobacco i
' The biggest purchase of high grade I
tobacco ever made In the West by '
a cigar manufacturer was made last
Wednesday by Frank P Lewis Peo-f
ria 111 for his celebrated Single jind- '
cr cigar A written guarantee was
given that the entire amount was to
be fancy selected tobacco This no
doubt makes the Lewis factory the
largest holder In the United StatesflVj
of tobacco of so high a grading-Eerald-Tranacript
Peoria
- Marriage opens a man’s eyes and
his pocketbook simultaneously
Every housekeeper should know
that If they will buy Defiance Cold
Water Starch for laundry use they '
will save not only time because it
never sticks to the Iron but because
each package contains 16 oz — one full
pound — while all other Cold Water
Starches are put up in -pound pack-
ages and the price is the same 10
cents Then again because Defiance
Starch is free from all injurious chem-
icals If your grocer tries to sell you
a 12-oz package it is because he has
a stock on band which he wishes to-
dispose of before be puts in Defiance
He knows that Defiance Starch has
printed on every package in large let-
ters and figures "16 ozs” Demand De-
fiance and save much time and money
and the annoyance of the iron stick-
ing Defiance never sticks
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