Weleetka American. (Weleetka, Indian Terr.), Vol. 5, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, October 26, 1906 Page: 1 of 4
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AMERICAN
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Weleetka Creek Nation Indian Territory October 26 1906
No 29
Your vote for W B Hudson is a vote in favor of Equitable and Just Laws A Constitution for all the People Vote for Hudson
A Millionaire State
The people of Oklahoma have
just cause to felicitate them-
selves upon the fact that the new
state will enter the union under
more favorable auspices than any
territory ever did Its assets are
greater its natural resources in-
calculably great and there will
not be a dollar of indebtedness
chargeable against the state by
January 1 1907 The last bonded
ineebtedness was wiped out three
years ago and the treasury holds
a balance of nearly $800000 with
which to liquidate the warrant
indebtedness of $500000 not in-
cluding the territorial taxes to be
paid this fall
One of Oklahoma’s greatest
advantages will consist in her
splendid school endowment In
the enabling act congress voted
an appropriation of $5000000
for the public school system as
a gift to Indian Territory now
the eastern hah of Oklahoma
to offset the school lauds of Ok-
lahoma Territory In addition
to this cash fund congress also
appropriated 1050000 acres of
land for the benefit of colleges
and higher institutions of learn-
ing in Oklahoma Besides these
rich endowments Oklahoma has
2056000 acres of lands which be-
long to the common schools
These school land3 bring an an-
nual rental of $3000000 but the
statehood bill provided that they
may be leased for mining pur-
poses and when this is done the
annual income for schools will
be enormously increased These
lands mostly lie in the rich oil
and gas belt where an acre oft-
en means a fortune and they al-
so include rich coal zinc and
lead deposits which are still vir-
gin awaiting the hand of cap-
i al to develop them The new
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state will have the right to sell
these lands and establish a per-
manent fund but it is hardly
likely to be done in view of the
fact that the rents and leases
will support the schools hand-
somely and leave enough surplus
to build all the new school houses
that may be required without
calling on the legislature fora
cent
With this generous provision
for educational purposes together
with her 300 banks and hun-
dreds of churches the social life
of Oklahoma will rest upon
broad and secure foundations
The inpouring tide of suostantial
homeseekers from the North
and Middle West particularly
the farmers of Illinois Indiana
Ohio and Iowa will lack nothing
in the new state that made their
lives pleasant in their old homes
The little red school house on
the hilltop will ' over’ook the lit-
tle brown church at the cross-
roads and both bespeak the es-
sentials of a refined Christain
civilization and a happy social
state
In point of material resources
the new state of Oklahoma sur-
passes any common wealth in
the family of states Her mines
forests and fields contain untold
natural wealth and the rivers
and streams of pure water as-
sure steady crops and fine pas-
turage No state in the Union
has such a 'diversity of crops
ranging from wheat corn oats
and potatoes equal to those of
Michigan to cotton tobacco
rice and the luxuriant truck
gardens of the South Fruits of
all kinds flourish in the greatest
abundance while the melons
and berry crops furnish plenty
of pin money for the farmers’
wives One of the most profit-
This
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W B UUDSON
Republican Nominee for the Constitutional Convention
William B Hudson whose likeness appears above is a
man well calculated to inspire and merit the confidence of the
voters to whom he appeals To be successful in directing the
affairs of state while possibly not absolutely essential yet one
should be able to successfully direct his own business affairs
Mr Hudson began life as a saw mill hand and is rather proud
of the fact Only in the last few years when by careful
management and industry he had gained a competence has he
given up manual labor for lighter activity
His liberality an3 public-spiritedness are too well known to
need further comment Your ballot for Hudson is a vote with
the assurance that you have performed both a duty and a
pleasure
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able crops raised in Oklahoma
strange to say is rice grown on
the uplands near Muskogee and
fully equal to the famed pro-
duct of the Louisana lowlands
Better than lands or money
Oklahoma will start with a pop-
ulation made up of educated
energetic citizens without any
of the unprogressive element
that holds back other statbs
The Oklahomans are proud to be
called “sooners” and they de-
serve the title by virtue of their
energy and hustle thrift and
enterprise The people repre-
sent the cream of the young ad-
venturous blood of the older
states North and South com-
bined with the steady inflow of
expert farmers from the Middle
West The vast possibilities
open to such a picked race in
such a natural paradise are be-
yond the calculations of mortal
man One thing is assured
within five years Oklahoma will
take giant strides along the
road of prosperity It has done
wonderful things as a Territory
as a state it w ill certainly sur-
pass all previous records in
magical growth and develop-
ment v Printing the Ballots
Muskogee I T Oct 23— The
election board today announced
that it had done its work so far
as placing of names of constitu-
tional delegate nominees on the
ticket is cnncerned The official
ballot was sent to the printer to-
day and within the next few
davs 40000 ballots will be print-
ed and distributed to the election
commissioner in each of the
delegate districts These ballots
are being packed up and sent by
express as fast as they come
from the printery
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Affair at Mrnkogt
The Indian Territory elec tic n
board has decided ' that P B
Hopkins of Muskogee is a regular
republican nominee and that C
W Raymond may go on the
ticket as an Independant can-
didate in the 75th district Geo
F Bucher is the regular repub-
lican nominee in the seventy
sixth district and C J Jones a
negro must run independently
upon petition James Parkinson
has been re-instated as an inde-
pendent candidate in the Ok-
mulgee district having made
sVisfactory proof of his reai-
depce ‘
Robbtrt Loot t Bonk
Guthrie Okla Oct 23— Rob-
bers blew open the safe of the'
State Bank of Sparks at Sparks
Okla fifty miles east of here 4
early today They secured $5500
and escaped afer exchanging
about a hundred shots with a
number of citizens drawn to the
scene py the explosion ' "
The robbers are headed for
the Creek country apparently
and a special train with officers
and bloodhounds hss been start-
ed from Shawnee in pursuit
Rev W B Toneys Sanday
subject for Oct 28th 11 o’clock
a m “Sacred Music and its Re-
lationship to the Worship "of
God” 7:30 p m "The Relation
of the Human Race to the Eco-
nomy and Why did God Permit
Sin or make a Devil?” All lovers
of music will miss much if they
fail to hear the 11 o’clock ser-
mon And all who have a think-
er will certainly not fail to hear
the Sunday evening discourse
Everybody cordially invited
Mrs Keaton visited relatives
in Okemah the first of the week
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Moore, Lake. Weleetka American. (Weleetka, Indian Terr.), Vol. 5, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, October 26, 1906, newspaper, October 26, 1906; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1718708/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.