Lehigh Leader. (Lehigh, Indian Terr.), Vol. 16, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 18, 1907 Page: 1 of 8
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LEHIGH IND1AN-TFRRITORY THURSDAY JULY 18 1907 NO 38
FRANTZ MAKES
A CORRECTION
i
Announces That He Will Give
' Time For Legal
Registration
Guthrie Okla July 13— Gov-
ernor Frantz tonight denied the
statmentsmade by some mem-
ber of the convention that he
had agreed to call an election on
30 days notice He pointed out
that the Oklahoma law' allows 40
days for registration and said he
would insist on 40i days not be-
cause the law required but be-
cause it would take that long to
get ready for the election
That it would take two or three
weeks to dispose of certificates
of domination and contests ' and
that it would take four or five
weeks to get the special paper
required for the ballots He al-
so stated that he would insist on
the filing of the constitution and
ordinance with the secretary and
would not be satisfied with their
deposit with him as Custodian
He expressed himself as being
indifferent as to wheher the con-
vention adjourned sine die if on-
ly the documents were filed
I is stated authoratively to-
night that the convention will
adjourn Tuesday and the consti-
tution be filed at once No dele-
gates will be allowed to sign the
constitution after it is filed
TAKEPTBY
SURPRISE
Jack Baldridge Accused of Kill-
ing Marshall Sapper Ar- -rested
by Deputy
Muskogee I T July 11— Bud
Ledbetter of the Muskogee Mar-
shal's office was sent to make the
arrest of Jack Baldbridge charg-
ed with the murder of Deputy
Marshall Sam Roberts and the
wounding of Deputy Marshal E
J’ Sapper at ftrum I T a
week ago After the heavily
armed posse returned to this city
today with his prisoner having
taken him unaware on a lonely
road in the Canadian bottom
near Whitfield accompanied by
his brother The appearance of
the Marshal was a complete sur-
prise to the men "
Baldbridge has been scouting
ever since the killing and had
sent a message of defiance to the
Marshal’s' office Baldbridge
heavily ironed was placed on
the Midland Valley train atStig-
ler News of the capture of Bald-
bridge spread like wildfire and
as the train stopped at the sta--tions
on the way to Muskogee
the platforms were crowded with
curious ones Baldbridge is now
in a heavy iron cell in the Feder-
al jail here
A Question Answered
“Hasn’t the president already
settled upon Mr Taft as his
successor?’’ sneeringly asks Mr
Bryan's Commoner Hasn’t the
Commoner already settled upon
Mr- Bryan as the candidate the
democratic party must nominate?
—Sioux City Journal
The Commoner has not
“already settled upon Mr Bryan
as the candidate the democratic
party must nominate’’ The
rank and file of the democratic
party will select the democratic
candidate The democratic par-
ty has no master into whose
hands has been given the blat-
ter of providing the candidate
and outlining the issues —Commoner
PAY fORBUILD-
v INGSAND
Indians to Benefit from Order of
the United States Indian -Agent
The United States Indian
Agent acting under a provision
of the stone and timber act pass-
ed by Congress in 1904 has pro-
pagated that order that royalty
of 5c per cubic yard niust be paid
to the Government for the use
of the Creek Indians for all sand
removed from streams travers-
ing the Creek Nation: 1 In the
streams of the -Creek' Nation
particulary Arkansas River are
inexhaustible ' deposits of fine
building sand which has been
used for years without eenumer-
ation to any one This order of
the Indian Agent means ' a biff
revenue to the Creeks and may
be extended to include the other
four ciyilized Indian nations
' A Wreck
Sunday afternoon while the
switch engine was placing a
string of cars loaded with coal on
the south'- switch four cars
jumped the track and was badly
wrecked The wrecker came
out from Atoka Monday and
soon had the cars back on the
track
Vice-President Not Honor
Enough
Pauls Valley I T July1 12—
When the Oklahoman reached
here this morning containing a
statement to the effect that Del-
egate George Woods intended to
see that Win'1 Murray was nom-
inated as vice president with W-
J Bryan as nominee for presi-
dent Moman Pruiett of this
place sent him the following tel-
egram: ’
“Don’t nominate Cocklebur
Bill for vice president' Nomin
ate him 1 for God He would
make a good God and would get
the unanimous support of the
delegates" to the constitutional
convention: Seriouoiy
“MOMAN PRUETT”
Pruett' is the man 'that intro-
duced th‘e resolution at the dem-
ocratic meeting in Oklahoma
City seme tiijte ago pledging the
support of the democratic party
to prohibition on account of the
support accorded Haskell by the
prohibitionists and was hissed
from the platform '
DAVE MUSK-'
- RAT IS DEAD
Cherokee Orator and Statesman
Passed to the Great
Beyond
Muskogee IT July 13— Af-
ter an activelife of GO years
during which time he was among
the leaders in the government of
his people one of the most no-
table events being when he or-
ganized the council of the full
blood Cherokees and in session
impeached W C Rogers princi-
pal chief about two years ago
Dave Muskrat is dead at his
home on tho head of the pictur-
esque Barren Fork of the Illinois
river He was considered one of
the most convincing orators of
all Cherokee statesman and
spoke no language but his own
Tesla is talking to Marshall
right The only trouble is to
get a response— Philadelphia
Public Ledger
Judge Landis is making the
Standard Oil magnates dance
but the people who buy oil will
have to pay the fiddler "
SURVEYORS WORK
Santa Fc is Carring Out A Plan to Connect Lakes With Gulf— Sur-
veying Party Now in the Field
Shawnee Okla July 13— Following closely the announcement
made at New Orleans by Santa Fe officials that a line of railroad
was to be built connecting the gulf with their northern routes by a
cut-off starting at Center Texas including several short lines of
Texas road absorbed by the Santa Fe during the past winter and
taking in the Oklahoma Central an Indian Territory line running
from Lehigh to Byars I T Surveyors have reached here to com-
mence work At Byars a connection is made with the Shawnee
division of the Santa Fe From Shawnee a survey is to be made
to Tulsa where a connection with the Santa Fe line now in opera-
tion to that place
This plan has long been contemplated by the Santa Fe ' It af-
fords a close route from the north to the gulf and contemplates
three sea ports New Oleans Galvestion and Sabine Pass '
When the Santa Fe was granted authority by the Texas legisla-
ture last winter to absorb several short lines in the' Lone Star
state it was with the intention of building the necessary - line to
complete this great system from the lakes to the gulf
A short line from Center Texas north to connect with one of
the small systems recently absorbed and two other short connec-
tions between Paris Texas and Lehigh I T and between Shaw-
nee and Tulsa— not more than 300 miles in all is all that will be
required to complete this system'
MUST GIVE
INFORMATION
Authorized Census Enumerators
Can Legally Require It '
v ‘ ' - ‘
In connection with the special
census to be taken of Oklahoma
and Indian Territories there is a
penalty for refusing to give to
authorized enumerators such in-
formation as may be legally re-
quired The act of March 3
1899 governing the last general
and rll subsequent census pro-
vides: v
A-THat each' atfdPVery person
more than 21 years of age be-
longingto any family residing in
any enumeration district or sub-
division and in case of the ab-
sence of the heads ' and other
members of any family shall be
and each of them hereby ig re-
quired if thereto requested by
the director supervisor or enum-
erator to render a true account
to the best of his knowledge of
every person belonging to such
family in the various particulars
required and who shall willfully
fail or refuse to render such true
account shall be guilty of a mis-'
demeanor and upon conviction
thereof shall be' fined in a sum
not exceeding $100’’
The increased cost of living
has made our honest gold coin a
50-cent dollar sometimes it is
net more than forty cents— St
Louis Po?t Dispatch'
The sixty-cent wheat harvest
ed by the farmer is now selling
for a dollar
Election Date has Been
Fixed
September Seventeenth the Day Named in the Ordinance Passed
By the Convention Monday
Guthrie Okla July 15 —The convention today adopted a new
election ordinance with the election date September 17th giving
six days between the proclamation and this date
If the convention files official copies of the constitution and ord-
inance immediately with Governor Frantz he will issue his proc-
lamation promptly otherwise he will refuse until they are filed offi-
cially President Murray today says the convention will not complete
its' Work Until tomorrow Many additional delegates arrived today
to sign the constitution
It is decided that no change will be made in the Goebel election
provision as Delegate Hayes holds that similiar clauses are in one-
half of the constitutions of other states
‘ Governor Frantz today claims to have the republican nomination
cinched 'and will open his campaign at Ada Saturday
Both Hopkins of Muskogee and Stater of Stillwater republican
delegates announced today their intention of supporting the con-
constitution ' ' '
ON LEHIGH LINE
CALL REPORT
PREMATURE
No Application for Supercedeas
! in County Division Case
i‘ " 4
Guthrie Ok July 14— Attor-
neys for the constitutional con-
vention say the report of an ap-
plication having been made to
the United States Supreme Court
in' Washington for supersedeas
in the county division cases is
premature A telephonic con-
versation with 'Alva' attorneys
today discloses that the Woods
Cfcahty'' people will perfect the
application within ten days as a
basis for which the record of the
Oklahoma Supreme Court sus-
taining the convention is being
completed the convention is
keeping in touch with the situa-
tion and will endeavor to be rep-
resented by soma of the legal ad-
visory committee and show the
serious ' consequences of the
court granting a' supersedeas
since it may mean an indefinite
delay to statehood Action by
the United States Supreme Court
is purely discretionary
Base Ball
The Oconee ball team came
over Saturday and played' the
Lehigh 2nd nine The visitors
were a gentlemanly set of boys
apd played a clean game the ab-
sence of disputes being conspicu-
ous The game was a good one
it requiring 14 innings to decide
it Oconee winning by a score of
6 to 7 His Honor Mayor Cam-
el on carried off the honors
GATHERING
STATISTICS
I I
Commercial Congress Wants In-
formation About Re-
sources The local members of the ex-
ecutive committee of the Trans-
Mississippi Congress are gather-
ing data from the new state of
Oklahoma to be exploited at the
annual meeting of the congress
in this city next November
A C Trumbo who has charge
of the work has divided the
principal resources up into class-
es and has designated certain
active men to get accurate infor-
mation as to the extent of the
state in the class assigned to
them'
Of course agriculture comes
first in the classification as Ok-
lahoma and Indian Territory are
both agricultural territories
Second in importance 'is listed
the oil and gas and third the
coal lands
This will probably be the most
accurate and comprehensive
statement of the resources of the
new state that has ever been
gathered— New State Tribune
If Rockfeller is orderd to come
into court to testify he may con-
sent at least to take the matter
under advisement — Chicago
News
CITIZENS YET
ARE WARDS
Widely Discussed Question is
- Finally Decided in The Fed- ’
' eral Court
Judge H C Townsend of the
southern district Monday gave a
decision in which he holds that
while it is true that the govern-
ment has made the Indians of
the five civilized tribes citizens
of the United States yet the
government retains sufficient
jurisdiction over them as wards
as to permit the government at
its own volition to bring suits in
court for the benefit of the In-
dian This has been a widely dis-
cussed question on which lawyers
have disagreed '
The case came up over fraudu-
lent leases in the Chickasaw na-
tion The Indian aeent brought
suits to cancel leases acting for
the Indian There was a demur-
rer filed holding that the govern-
ment had no right to enter a
suit for the Indian without his
consent The court ' held that
this is not true
Hundreds of fraudulent leases
have been made in the Chicka-
saw nation and this decision will
knock them all ouf ' It was a
bitterly fought case and was ar-
gued three days by the attorneys
Was Hired to Slay Two
Checotah I TJuly 13— Jack
Baldbridge in jail here charged
with the murder of Deputy Unit-
ed States Marshal Roberts and
who was captured yesterday by
Bud Ledbetter today at the pre-
liminary hearing of Eugene and
Ben Titsworth charged with
complicity in the same crime
turned state’s evidence and tes-
tified that the Titsworth who
are wealthy agreed to pay him
$3000 if hq would kill W E
Johnson United States liquor
inspector and Deputy United
States Marshal Sapper
Ever read what Washington
had to say on the third term
question? Never mind Wash-
ington was an ‘old fogy”—
Sioux City Journal
TO EIGHT STATEHOOD
Big Fund Ready to Throw the
Negro Vote '
One of the most prominent re-
publicans in the new state stat-
ed last week that the managers
of the whiskey campaign hr the
new state had advanced $8000
to the state organization of the
colored suffrage League of the
state for the purpose of conduct-
ing an anti-constitution campaign
and that more would be forth-
coming if it was needed It is
pretty certain that the negroes
of the state will vote against the
constitution if they are organ-
ised because they do not like
some of the suffrage features -and
this money is being put up
by the anti-prohibition forces to
defeat statehood It is estimat-
ed that the negroes have 30 000
votes in the state— New State
Tribune
Meaning of The Confederate
Flag'
As the symbol of the strength
and power of the American na-
tion we as united people love
and venerate the star spangled
banner As the time approaches
when the embers 6f hate into
which the flames of passion kin-
dled by the civil war slowly sub-
sided shall he smothered out by
the ashes deposited by fleeting
time and history written by an
impartial hand The same peo-
ple irrespective of locality are
coming to feel a kindred pride in
the flag of the Confederacy It
does not symbolize the sovereign-
ty of a nation nor the desire of
a single individual to ' tear one
stripe or obliterate one star from
the flag of our country It marks
an era in our history full of
heroism the passing of a civili-1
zation developed in and peculiar
to the South It is a badge of a
people whose very traditions
placed honor above all else -It is
a token of the baptism of blood
that in the very nature of things
our country must needs undergo
before vital questions of nation-
al policy could be settled and
America enter upon her real mis-
sion The deeds which the flag
commemorates are a common
heritage of the nation and will in
time be loved and esteemed by
North and South alike -Ada
Democrat
OFFICIALS
MAY QUIT
’
Notice Given That Appropriation
Run Out July 1
9 '
' Tulsa I T July 13— Owing
to the fact that no appropriation
was made at the last session of
congress with which to pay the
salaries of federal officers in Ind-
ian Territory it being supposed
that statehood would soon be ef-
fected when the new state would
be in a position to pay its own
officers the government employ-
es may all resign
Notice was received here today
that there will be no pay forth-
coming for the US commission-
ers constables clerks and deputy
clerks for the fiscal year com-
mencing July 7 and unless some
special provision is made it is not
likely that any of these officers
will continue t o serve a a
emphatically object to working
ing without pay
It is believed here however
that funds will be provided to
tide the matter over until the
state government is in effect
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