The Duncan Weekly Eagle. (Duncan, Okla.), Vol. 17, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 29, 1911 Page: 6 of 8
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The Duncan Eagle
DUNCAN OKLAHOMA
STATE HAPPENINGS
At Hobart fire of unknown origin
fiestroyed a vacant livery barn and
two residences entailing a loss of
£2000 with no Insurance
Harvest is on near Medford a num-
fer of wheat fields yielding twenty
ushels In spite of the unusually poor
rear Corn is still looking good but
(s needing rain
A conference of the leading members
f the Choctaw tribe convened at
oodland academy last week and held
a two days’ session Governor V M
Locke presided
Fred Colllver a driver for the Was
ters-Pierce Oil company was killed
when he was thrown from his wagon
and run over while the horses were
running away
The barn of W C Patterson at Hugo
together with a lot of feed was burn-
ed A pair of horses were sp badly
burned they had to be shot The
fire originated from sparks from a
locomotive
Road overseers from all parts of Ki-
owa county held a conference In Ho-
bart relative to stamping out the Rus-
sian thistle on Kiowa Indian lands
the red-skins failing to comply with
the state law The thistle will be ex-
terminated bjr the road overseers and
charged to the Indian lands
H A Splelberger who was manager
of the Busby theater of McAlester the
past season has surrendered the lease
turning the bouse over to Colonel Wil-
liam Busby the owner Colonel Bus-
by has been arranging the bookings
for some time in anticipation of the
change
A Parks and Jack Randall died in a
well they were digging at Rex eight
miles north of Muskogee being over-
come by poisonous gases Parks went
down first and was overcome Ran-
dall went down after the body and he
too died before be could be gotten
out Both wer negroes
W F Dunkle of McAlester last
week perfor—ed a marriage ceremony
at 12:30 In the morning at the par-
sonage uniting H G Marshall of
Oklahoma City and Miss Maude
Trout of Terrall The couple ex-
plained that there was really nothing
extraordinary abouut the hour Mr
Marshall having come In on the west-
bound train and fliss Trout having
come In on the west They conclud-'
ed to have it over with
William B Herod special assistant
federal attorney spent some time re-
cently In Chandler Oklahoma City
and Tecumseh Investigating for the
government the status of the Kicka-
poo Indian land cases wherein the
purchasers of such lands are turning
their deeds back to the United States
following the holding of Judge Cotter-
el that such titles were void It Is
understood most of the return deeds
have been made and to ascertain this
fact Judge Herod is making the In-
Yestlgition The battalion and band which rep-
resented Oalanoma at the Modern
Woodmen of America Foresters at the
National encampment at Buffalo last
iweek received the honor of being de-
tailed as escort to Head Consul A
R Talbot of the national order The
honor was awarded the Oklahoma
delegation because it was the first
full battalion and band to report for
encampment duty The Oklahoma bat-
talion was In command of Major E
G Fry of Oklahoma City and com-
posed of teams representing the local
camps of Oklahoma City El Reno
Muskogee Guthrie Lawton and Sa-
pulpa Game "Warden John B Doolln re-
ceived from J W Owsley the stuffed
remains of "Fighting Bob” a ring-
necked English pheasant four years
old which was said to have whipped
every bird which he had ever fought
and to have killed four of them The
bird makes a handsome addition to
Warden Doolin’s collection Mr
Owsley has been very successfuul In
raising pheasants He now has fifty
old birds and nearly 100 young ones
Mrs Genette Elliot of Oklahoma
City will read an original poem July 4
at the unveiling of a monument erect-
ed by the federal government near
Springfield Mo over the grave of
Timothy Scruggs an officer of the Rev-
olutionary war The ceremony will be
unique Few if any other of the pa-
triots who fought in the war which
gave the nation its birth rest In
graves so far removed from the scene
of their Etruuggle for Independence
from a foreign yoke The exercises
will be under the auspices of the Sons
and Daughters of the Revolution Mrs
Elliot is a great grand-daughter of the
man whose memory will be perpetu-
ated by act of the government
A fact that would delight the heart
of Theodore Roosevelt was disclosed
In the death of Frank Williams col-
ored at Sapulpa The negro died at
the age of 105 and is survived by hit
widow and thirty-fpur living children
One child died The youngest of this
very unusual flijck is a daughter of
thirty and at the head of a family of
fcer own as are all of the remainder
of the children Asked how many
grand and great grand children sur-
vived the answer promptly was
Lawdy mercy I don’t know ”
IN FAVOR OF
NEW STATES
ENATE COMMITTEE REPORTS
HOUSE RESOLUTION
TO VOTE ON RECALL
Condition Is Made That Features of
Constitution Be Resubmitted—
Recall to Be Voted Upon
By the People
Washington — By a ballot of 3 to 1
the senate committee on territories
voted to report favorably the house
resolution admitting New Mexico and
Arizona to statehood with the con-
dition that the provision providing for
recall of judges shall be submitted
to the people
Delegate Cameron of Arizona asked
the committee at its hearing Friday
to strike from the ATlzona constitu-
tion the provision for the recall of
judges but the committee decided to
let the matter go to the people for
their decision A feature of the hear-
ing was a clash between Mr Cam-
eron and his predecessor in congress
Mark Smith
Senator Nelson of Minnesota act-
ing chairman of the committee con-
trasted the constitution of Arizona
with that of New Mexico to the dis-
paragement of the former Declaring
the New Mexicans had sought to pro-
tect the rights of the native Mexican
citizens he said the whole intent of
'he Arizonians bad been to disfran-
chise the same class
Delegate Cameron declared former
Delegate Smith had cast reflections
upon his attempt to get Arizona into
the union but he said he hadpurBued
the only course open to him Mr
Smith confessed to the use of sharp
language and said he was satisfied
with Mr Cameron’s sincerity as an
advocate of statehood
State Guard Meet In August
Oklahoma City — Final arrange-
ments for the holding of the annual
encampment of the Oklahoma na-
tional guard which was first sched-
uled to take place here during the
state fair have not been completed
and It Is now possible that plans may
be changed so as to hold it during
tne encampment of the Spanish War
Veterans whtch is to be held here
In August Many of the members
of the guard also saw service during
the Spanish war and to hold the en-
campment at that time might be a
matter of gratification both to the
guardsmen and to the veterans Ad-
jutant General Canton Is trying to
get either a battalion of Infantry or a
battery of artillery from Fort Sill
sent here at the time of the encamp-
ment to take part In the maneuvers
of the state troops
Poor Crops In Illinois
Springfield 111 — Regardless of the
fact that there was a heavy rain
throughout Illinois from Aurora to
Cairo and that It has helped the crops
in Illinois the harvest taking the
state as a whole will be the poorest
this year than any for many ypare
This was the substance of a state-
ment made by Secretary H A Me-
Keene of the State Farmers’ institute
The condition of tbe crops is duo to
he scarcity of rain
Princess Dies
Turin — Princess Clothilde widow of
Prince Napoleon Bonaparte who was
nicknamed "Pion-pion” on account of
suppose cowardice in the Crimean
war is dead here She was an aunt
of King Victor Emmanuel Her sister-in-law
Dowager Queen Margherlta of
Italy and her children Including the
pretender Prince Victor Napoleon
were present at the time of her death
Lights On Missouri River
Kansas City Mo — Now that navi-
gation has been resumed on the Mis-
souri river between here and St Louis
the government will on July 15 be-
gin establishing lights and day sig-
nals along the stream The govern-
ment boat Lillit will start from St
Louis with a crew that will do the
work Until the lights are installed
the boats of the Kansas City Naviga-
tion company will make only day
trips
Chicago Pioneer KPIed
Chicago — William H Gale said to
have been the oldest whito rcs’dent
of Chicago 'vas killed by a railroad
train here Mr Gala was 77 years
old and lived here 76 years He and
Fernando Jones then infants were
brought to Chicago on the same boat
Financier Dead
Colorado Springs Colo — Daniel
Duncan aged 36 an ofiicial of the
American Security and Trust com-
pany of Washington D C and for-
merly a member of several exclusive
clubs there died here of tuberculosis
Child Is Drowned
McAlester Okla — Martha the 11-year-old
daughter of Charles Z Grlsty
while wading with other children in a
pond In Choctaw park stepped over a
rock wall into deep water and was
drowned
Accident Fatal to Child
Muskogee Okla — Edwin Martin
five years old ws run over by a street
car here and both feet crushed ao
badly that amputation was necessi-
tated The child lived only a few
hours after the operation
Among the distinguished men who have been mentioned as possible
choices to succeed Woodrow Wilson as president of Princeton university is
Dr David Jayne Hill Dr Hill is still serving as ambassador to Germany
but has resigned that post bis resignation taking effect next fall Born in
Plainfield N J In 1850 he graduated from Bucknell university and studied
several years In the universities of Paris and Berlin He has been president
of Bucknell and of the University of Rochester assistant secretary of state
and minister to Switzerland and to the Netherlands and is a member of the
permanent administrative council of The Hague tribunal
GEORGE V IS CROWNED
CORONATION IS MOST BRILLIANT
IN ENGLAND’S HISTORY
George and Mary Formally Installed as
Monarch in Presence of Thou-
sands — Ceremony Solemn
and Impressive
London Eng — On the day of the
crowning of George V king of Great
Britain and Ireland and of the British
dominions beyond the seas nothing
was wanting to make the solemn and
Impressive ceremony one long to be
remembered not only throughout the
country but In every corner of the
great empire
Perhaps never in history certainly
never in the experience of any person
who witnessed it has there been an
historic scene so magnificent as the
ancient abbey of Westminster present-
ed June 22 when George V and Mary
were Beated in state upon their
thrones
The ceremony In the abbey con-
sumed more than three hours The
stately ritual of the established church
combined with the coronation rites
surcharged with the traditions of
faded centuries and the solemn music
all united to make every moment one
of Intense interest
WRECK AVERTED BY
WIFE OF FIREMAN
Finding th Bridge Ablaze Woman
Flags Approaching Train in Time
to Prevent Accident
McAlester Okla — A bridge twenty-
four feet long twelve miles north of
McAlester was burned on the Mis-
souri Kansas & Texas railroad The
Katy Flyer and fast mall southbound
and the Katy Flyer northbound were
delayed A section foreman’s wife dis-
covered the bridge on fire and flagged
the southbound passenger train just in
time to prevent the train from plung-
ing into the burning bridge doubtless
saving scores of lives and preventing
a disastrous and costly wreck
Recognizes New Government
Lisbon — The United States has of-
ficially recognized the republic of Por-
tugal This followed the opening of
the new constituent assembly at which
the president of the chamber read a
decree proclaiming tbe abolition of
the monarchy and the banishment
from Portugal of the royal famil yof
Braganza which was approved
Preacher in Jail for Selling Liquor
Guthrie Okla — Deputy Marshal
John Paul Jones brought to the fed-
eral jail Rev W F Ham and A B
Bell farmers living ten miles east of
Stillwater who were recently Indicted"
by a federal grand jury at Enid on a
charge of selling intoxicating liquors
without a government license
Tramp’s Leg Cut Off
Cblckasha Okla — John Ryan a
tramp had his right leg cut off Tues-
day In an accident In the Frisco
yards
TARIFF TROUBLE REOPENED
SENATE COMMITTEE REPORTS
ADVERSELY ON HOUSE BILL
Finance Committee of Upper House
By Its Report Reopens the Whole
Question of the Revision
of the Tariff
Washington — Refusing to accept
tbe instructions contained in Senator
Gore’s resolution requiring a report
on the Underwood wool bill before
July 10 tbe senate finance committee
decided In special session to report
the bill adversely and at once there-
by throwing it back Into the open
senate and reopening the entire tariff
controversy
Eight regular republican members
supported the adverse report Bailey
of Texas Williams of Mississippi La
Follette Simmons and Kern voted
against it
As a result of thin action a general
revision of the tariff during the pres
ent session Is probable Congress and
the country are consequently con
fronted with an all-summer session
Mexicans Still Fighting
San Diego Cal — Advance guard ol
Governor Vegas’ force of federals en
route from Ensenada to Titjuana en
countered General Mosby’s outposti
at tjparrizo about twenty miles south
east of Titjuana
Peace In Chicago Strike
Chicago 111 — Peace followed death
and riots in the peddlers strike when
Mayor Harrison announced that the
hawkers might cry their wares in the
streets between the hours of 9 o'clock
In the morning and 4 o'clock In the
afternoon until the city council took
further action concerning the repeal
of the anti-noise ordinance Scores
were severely beaten and one man
was slain in encounters resulting from
the strike George Metroropous was
shot to death
Plunges to Death
Utica N Y — With a view of show-
ing John Buroughs the naturalist the
beauties of the Trenton Falls gorge
Eugene A Rowland one of the most
prominent attorneys of Rome took
Mr Burroughs to that point fell into
the stream from a rocky path and was
drowned Mr Buroughs and Mr Row
land were proceeding along a narrow
path about twenty feet above the
stream when the latter tripped and
plunged down the embankment into
the water
Silver Serivec for Tafts
Washington D C — A massive sil-
ver service has been ordered from Al-
lisons In Jerusalem where the silver-
smith’s art has been carried on for
a thousand years by the Jewish rab-
bis who were guests of President and
Mrs Taft at the silver wedding cele-
bration at the White House
Commission Form Adopted
Trenton N J — Commlslon govern-
ment swept Trenton by a majority of
1902 In a total vote of 11682
ALASKAN COAL
PROPERTY SAVED
LAST SETTLEMENT FOR LAND
CLAIMS 8AYS FISHER
NEW LAWS ARE NEEDED
Department of Interior Disallow the
Cunningham Entries and Says
There Is Need for New
Laws Relating Thereto
Washington — The famous Cun-
ningham Alaskan coal land claims
through which It has been alleged that
the Morgan-Guggenheim syndicate
had planned to extend their vast in-
terests in Alaska and to control one
of the most valuable coal fields in the
world were finally disallowed by the
department of the interior
Secretary of the Interior Fisher
having approved the department’s de-
cision as banded down by Fred Den-
nett commissioner of the land office
the last door Is believed to have been
closed to the Cunningham claimants
Their attorneys have threatened an
appeal to the United States supreme
court but such an appeal can be
based only on some point of law In-
volved and not on the findings oi
fact as announced by the department
The Cunningham claims have been
in the public eye for more than two
years They brought about the Bal-linger-Pinchot
investigation by con
gress and the dismissal from public
service of Chief Forester Gifford Pin-
chot Louis R Glavls a chief of field
division in the land office and several
minor officials Both Messrs Pinchot
and Glavls were dismissed for insub-
ordination incidents to their attacks
on former Secretary Ballinger whom
they claimed was favorably disposed
toward the claims '
In announcing the decision of the
department Monday Secretary Fisher
who succeeded Mr Ballinger declared
that new coal land laws are needed in
Alaska if that territory is to be de-
veloped properly
In a statement the secretary skid:
"This is a final decision of the Cun-
ningham claims bo far as the depart
ment of the interior is concerned
Any further proceedings will be mere-
ly formal for the purpose of perfect-
ing the record in case the claimants
think there are questions of law
which they desire to present to the
courts It is my understanding that
it Is concluded that the findings upon
the facts by the department are con-
clusive "It is the intention of the depart-
ment to proceed at once to a final de
termination of all the remaining Alas-
kan coal claims so for as can properly
be done denying those that should
be denied aqd granting those that
should be granted as rapidly as po
Bible”
Hatpins Prohibited
Berlin— Another important step has
been taken in Germany against the
use of long hatpins The railway
administration of Saarhrucken has
given orders to its officials that la-
dies whose head-dress is transfixed
by these weapons are to be requested
to remove them and If 'Aey decline
they shall be prevented from travel-
ing by trains and be called upon
to leave the stations If they refuse
acquiescence they will render them-
selves liable to pay a fine
New Crop to be Planted
Denison Tex — Denison merchants
report calls from many farmers for
June corn during the past few days
Grayson county farmers are planting
quite an acreage of it foUowing the
general failing of the early corn crp
which perished in Nortn Texas dur-
ing the recent hot winds
Hotel Wrecked
Estes Park Colo — The Stanley ho-
tel built at a cost of $500000 was
partially wrecked by a terrific explo-
sion of acetylene gas Eight persons
were injured one seriously None of
the gueBts were Injured Elizabeth
Wilson of Lancaster Pa a hotel em-
ploye was hurled from the second
to the first floor and both ankles were
broken
Mine Owner Injured
Pittsburg Kan — James L Rogers
president of the First National bank
of Pittsburg was seriously injured in
an accident in a zinc mine he owns
in Arkansas His family and doctors
left on a special train One leg had
to be amputated
Port Arthur Is Burning
Port Arthur Texas — Fire broke out
following an explosion here sweeping
through the oil tanks and warehouses
of the spring district Several lives
are already reported to have been
lost and a loss of nearly $1000000
done
Marriage In High Life
Washington — A wedding of interest
was that of Miss Anne Francis Bay
ard granddaughter of the late Secre
tary of State Thomas B Bayard and
daughter of Mrs James F Baya-M
and Norman Underwood of this city
Weather Halts Race
Utrecht Holland — Bad weather
again halted the circuit of Europe air
race high winds preventing the avia-
tors from starting from here upon
the fourth leg of the flight to Brus-
sels -
WESTERN CANADA’S
GOOD CROP
PROSPECTS
Yields of wheat will likely
BE 25 TO 30 BUSHELS
PER ACRE
In an interview with Mr Vf X
White who has charge of the Cana-
dian government immigration offices
In the United States and who nas re-
cently made an extended trip through
the provinces of Manitoba Saskatche-
wan and Alberta in Western Canada
He said that every point he visited
be was met with the one report uni-
versally good crops of wheat oats
and barley There will this year be a
muchlncreased acreage over last
year Maqy farmers who had but
one hundred acres last year have in-
creased their cultivated and seeded
acreage as much as fifty per cent
With the prospects as they are at
present this will mean from $12 to
$15 additional wealth to each He
saw many large fields running from
$00 to 1000 acres in extent and It ap-
peared to him that there was not an '
acre of this but would yield from 20
to 25 or 30 bushels of wheat per acre
while the oat prospects might safely:
be estimated at from 40 to 70 bushels
per acre In all parts of the west
whether It bn Manitoba Saskatcb
wan or Alberta north and south east
and west and in the districts whbrr
last year there was a partial failure
of crops the condition of all grain is a
universally good and claimed by most
of the farmers to be from one to two
weeks In advance of any year for the
past ten or twelve years It does not
seem that there was a slugle foot of
the ground that was properly seeded
that would not produce
There are those throughout western
Canada who predict that there will be
200000000 bushels of wheat raised
there this year and If the present
favorable conditions continue there
does not seem any reason why these
prophesies should not come true
There is yet a possibility of hot
winds reducing the quantity in some
parts but with the strongly rooted
crops and the sufficiency of precipita-
tion that the country has already
been favored with this probability Is
reduced to a minimum
The prices of farm lands at the
present time are holding steady and
lands can probably still be purchased
at the price set this spring ranging
from $15 to $20 per acre but with a
harvested crop such as Is expected
there is no reason why these same
lands should not be worth from $20
to $25 per acre with an almost abso-
lute assurance that by next spring
there will still be a further advance
In prices
Mr White says that these lands are
as cheap at today's figures with the
country’s proven worth as they were
a few years ago at half the price
when tbe general publlo bad but a
vague idea of the producing quality
of western Canada lands
The land agents at the different
towns along the line of railway are
very active A large number of acres
are turned over weekly to buyers
from the different states In tbe south
where lands that produce no better
are sold at from $150 to $200 per
acre
Tbe homestead lands are becoming
scarcer day by day and those who are
unable to purchase preferring to
homestead are directing their atten-
tion to the park acres lying In the
northerly part of the central dis-
tricts It has been found that while
these are somewhat more difficult to
bring under the subjugation of the
plow the soil is fully as productive
as in the districts farther south They
possess the advantage that the more
open prairie areas do not p'ossess
that there is on these lands an open
acreage of from fifty to seventy per
cent of the whole and the balance le
made up of groves of poplar of fair
size which offer shelter for cattle
While the grasses are of splendid
Strength and plentiful bringing about
more active stage of mixed farming
than can be carried on In the more
open districts to the south
The emigration for the past year
has been the greatest In the history
of Canada and it Is keeping up In
record shape The larger number of
tlioso who will go this year will be
those who will buy lands nearer the
line of railways preferring to pay a
little higher price for good location
than to go back from the line of rail-
ways some 40 or 60 miles to home-
iiead Mr White has visited the different
agencies throughout the United States
and he found that the correspondence
at tbe various offices has largely In-
creased the number of callers is
greater than ever
Any one desiring information re-
garding western Canada should apply
at once to the Canadian Government
Agent nearest him for a copy of the
"Last Best West”
Real Optimist
Bull Dog — Gee but you look fierce
with that can on your tail
Cheerful Dog — Ah get out Tzars
Jewelry
Not Guilty
"Do you Fletcherlze your food
Auntie?”
“No ma’am! I pays for every bit
I gets” — Judge
Rea Vn8 Ball Blue makes the laundrese
hnnpv li kea clothes whiter than snow
All good grocers
The most hopeless man In the world
Is the man who Is drifting — Hans
Backs
Me st sharp retorts are made in
blunt language
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