The Chelsea Commercial. (Chelsea, Indian Terr.), Vol. 10, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, November 18, 1904 Page: 1 of 8
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THE CHELSEA COMMERCIAL
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jTw. i/uiNN h.«..T.iiK«r CHEI.BKA, INDIAN TRItRITOItV. FRIDAY, NOVKMBKIt IH, 11104. VOLUME 10, NUMBER 12.
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Indian Territory Coal.
Thnt tlui Indian Tarritury w
destined to Imk'OIUu « ih* of tin*
greatest foal producing countries
• >f the Southwtwt in testified U> by
the latest Annual r<-|H.rt of the In-
(linn Territory coal in*|>ectar to
Hecretary Uitclieock- Mr. Came-
rnii says the output for the last
. year would have reached the 4,000-
(11)0 tons murk, liml it not I men for
the general depression in South-
west business circles, notal)ly in
the cotton market. A short cotton
crop, causing a general business
depression, which naturally reduc-
ed the demand for coal for steal"
purposes. Another reason assign-
ed for this lack of demand in the
last half of the year is found in
t he fact that dealers and consum-
ers, anticipating :he probability
• >f an average and perhaps severe
winter, and oxpecting an advance
in prices, laid in a heavy stock of
coal. The Indian Territory in-
spector also assigned the violent
weather of the last months of th§
past fiscal year for the great slump
in production. Many mines were
flooded, he says, to an extent re-
quiring months of pumping to re-
duce, and causing many thousands,
was 1,8711,402 tons, while the sec-
ond half allowed a decrease already
recited. Continuing, the lusptK'
to said: "The work of the
inspector increases each
there now lad fig 116 initios in act-
ive o|ienition besides a large num-
ber of small mines lieing worked
on |iermits, all of which it would
be impossible for the inspeotor to
visit even were it his duty to do
so. As the advent of railroads iB
constantly extending and opening
fields that could not heretofore lie
profitably worked, the area cover-
ed by the ojierations is constantly
widening, rendering it more ardu-
ous and difficult to cover the
ground. There are now about 116
mines and about 233 openings in
number.
"In regard to the operators,' he
said, "I take pleasure in saying
that it is the expressed intention
and desire of the operators gener-
ally to comply with the law and
to adopt all necessary measures
for the protection of the miners,
and while I have had at times oc-
casion to criticise and call atten-
tion to defects, this has been gen-
failure of
from this uause, ami only two
proved fatal. I shall not relin-
quish my efforts to maiutaiii, so
mine jfar as I mil, the standard of good
year,' ventilation which exists fn the
mines of this territory.- K. C.
Journal.
erally caused by the
some employes to carry out the
U1C8, fllltl CHUSlIlif II1UUY LIlUUBtillUB i . , , i 1
. , „ f . . 4: orders given them, and such rle-
jf dollars of expense to again put; , ... ,
, .. , A , feels have been speedily remedied
the mines in working order. As1, 1 • „ . ,
. , , .. i ii ' when the attention of the officials
this occurred at a time when the."", , , , ...
. . , . L..1 lieen called thereto. It, is
market was recovering and oruers
with great pleasure that 1 am able
were coming in more freely, there *, ' . . t
, , . . ... to snv that constant efforts to lim-
is no doubt that a serious curtail- J ,, . . . i -- o—
ment wa3 caused thereby. Not- prove the ventilation of mines | overalls, a pair of cheap shoes, al-
withstanding all of these draw-;thls t<frrJtory huH re8ulte(1 111 a most new, and undarclothing were
backs of the past fiscal year, the inar^ed ^jninutiou of accidents j found on the lwdy> but no ct or
total increase exceeded that of fr°m ,Tt oil ,5u'|Ve8t A BheU char'" WUh 8 "**
VMY.) by over 76.000 tons. The For the year ended Juno d0. 1904, I { gQj(| wir0 attAt-hetl, and a souve-
output of tlie first half of the yaar there have been very few accidents < ujr charin with a one cent
EvMcRlly Fool Play.
Sunday morning the news was
brought to Wagoner by Frank
Lane, a farmer who lives near
Gibson station, that the Iwdy of a
man was fouud floating in the
Verdigris rivor just west of that
place.
A party com]h>sed of Commis-
sioner Peter Deiohmait, Deputy |
Marshal John O'Brian and a num*
lier of Wagoner citizens left for
the scene to investigate and found
the body of a man floating about
eight feet from the bank of the
river. The body was liadly de-
composed and it is lwlieved had i
been in the water for at least tliir- j
ty days.
The body had Iwen in the river
for bo long a time that the head
fell otf while it was being taken 1
out. The flesh hod all slipjied
from the head, leaving nothing in
sight but the skull bones.
A bullet hole was fouud in the
head just over the left eye and an-
other just back of the right ear.
The bullet hole seemed to have
been made by a 88-calibre revol-
ver.
A good shirt, a pair of blue
J. T. Mi HMiiukk.
I'maliliuil.
W. 0. Mil.AH.
VU-Hr.
Krnaltlrtll.
('**■. WiapiMN, Amkubi ra iii«r.
'"Aft""
Bank of Chelsea
1896-1904
Does a General Banking Business and Solicits your Account.
CMR86TORSI
J. T. MiSIWODKS I.. UNK W. Y. Mi-srADDKS' W. 0. MILAM
J. M. SHARI'K W. J. KTHAN'UK JOHN D. IKXJTT.
Any ci'llnrllnn. yna il.~lr inmlr n Dak mm t<> l n e with u . Wn rruiit unitay of eollMtiim
A. a. VOUNO.
PrMldant.
6L.VOB P. VOUNO,
Sac'y. and Tpm*.
City Bank St Trust Co.,
Chelssai Ind. T r.
We Invite the Accounts of Individuals and Firms.
All aeeonnt* no mutter how •ronll will rrc*i?« rarefol attention and w« will b
to mwi or oorrHNiK.ii.l witJi tl o^« who conUmpUti) making chanir*M or opening n«w ac-
ronnta.
paying rooms, according to the
rolls.
Mr. Bixby was told at Weleetka
that the Indians wno could be
paid by presenting themselves
would never appear. This he did
i not believe at the time, but is al-
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We Ar© Now Showing
A Fine Line of
Double Width Suiting for Fall
and Winter Wear.
A Full Line of
Childrens' and Ladies' Under-
wear, Men's Underwear, Over-
alls, Work Shirts, Work
Pants, Dittman'6 Fine Shoes.
Penfield Brothers.
in the center, were found
trousers of the doa<V man
The floater had the
of a man
piece
in the
Loyal Creek Payment
Of the $475,OCX) disbursement to
the Loyal Creeks, over $400,000
have been ]«iid out, and there re-
mains from $75,000 to $80,000 yet
to be paid.
their
in this citj in rooms o and 6, Ma- lmoney) we learn from Mr. Bixby,
sonic block, with Major J. Mc- \ belong to the Chito Harjo band of
Laughlin in charge, assisted by I dissatisfied Snakes.
George Bixby, Jas. Lynch and R. Since the payment has begun
B. Eisenberger. ' j thi8 ^ vfry le money hn9
15 _ {been paid out.—Phoenix.
"It is our purpose," said Mr.
Bixby to a Phoenix reporter, "to Mrs. J. T. McSpadden had :i
Dixoy wj it jruotiiiJk i«J -• r— - - -
«7snon „ 'close call to a serious accident,
pay off the remaining $7o,000 ™ Wf>dnead morni in front cf
- -. r:- . „ s°<™ a8 possible, however, we ex- j Pooye>8 st<)re. 8h% WHS sitiillg in
iter had the api>earniK e j,erjpnc.e 8onie difficulty as a large | iler buggy waiting for Ernest
about twenty-five years; jg wrapjMH] Up jn gurne kind j Johnson to come to the front
of age, and by close investigation,
all indications showed that, he was
a white man.
Commissioner Deiclnnan, who
j was in the city yesterday, said to
| a Phoenix reporter that there
I seemed to be no doubt in his
| mind but that the man was mur-
I dered, but at what place is a mys-
a tery, as the body may have floated
down the river for miles. The
body was not identified and a col-
lection was taken up and given
two men, who agreed to bury it on
« i the bank of the river.
* j " This is the second floater that
* j has been found in the Verdigris
*' river during the past ten days.—
_! Muskogee Phoenix.
of contest. We are very anxious ! door, when Clarence Canady drove
to have the Creeks come in and by with a young horse hitched to
, JV . .. ... a cart. By some means, the horse,
get their money. The rolls will sheered over to one side of the
lie kept open as long as ]K sible, street, and the cart wheel caught
but really can't lie kept open long- the buggy wheel in such a manner
er than December 1st." as to crush the latter. Mrs. Mc-
There is about $40,000 of the «Pfddf. ,8ho?k.
, ... , ., but not in the least hurt. It was
remaining sum that will be paid one of tho8e accidents in which no
out to a number of Creeks as soon one is to blame, and no one de-
as they present fhemselves at the plcres it more than Mr. Canady.
COMPANY
MILLER
u ruber
C11U
Shingles
houw
Money
FIRE! TORNADO!
• Archibald Konds represents reliable fire and tornado j
2 insurance companies. Insure with him. |
| OFFICE ON WEST SIXTH STREET. |
D. C. Bowers.
If you want
Good Harness, Saddles or Repairs
upon Saddlery, Call and Seft Us.
OUR WORK IS RIGHT. OUR PRICES ARE REASONABLE.
Offices in Chelsea.
Mr. Dean R. Low, of Topeka.
Kansas, came here Sunday, and
this week fitted up oflices over the i
hank of Chelsea, and will repre-!
sent the oil company of which he1
is a stockholder and member here.
He is drilling out on the Bibles
farm on the Verdigris river, and;
will put down ten holes as fast as |
! they can lie drilled. This is a
! good piece of territory, lying be- j
I tween the Panther creek work and j
— the C. O. & G. lease. There is no!
• 1 doubt that oil will be produced in 1
• paying quantities, and tliat tl.e
• business of the company will lie a j
good thing for the town of Chel-1
sea.
Mr. Low is a pleasant gentleman j
and the Commercial welcomes him
to Chelsea, and hopes that he may
become a fixture here, and thereby
add to the prestige the town en-
joys in the business world.
Oil well supplies of all descrip-
| tions at Robinson & Nelson's.
A special train said to have tieen
loaded with Frisco "brass collars"
j passed through town g^iug east
j Tuesday afternoom
SAVES YOUR MONEY
SAVES YOUR HEAI/TH
SAVES YOUR FLOORS
BUY A CAN OP ,
THE MOST PERFECT OF FLOOR PAINTS
T01) CAN APPLY IT DRIES WHILE YOU S
Made in Ten Suitable Colors
Pot up in i Gallon, Half-Gallon and Quart Can*
Sampl* Ca*d n *h*
NOW!
Is the time to begin to
select a present for your
friends.
CHRISTMAS IS NOT FAR AWAY.
and those who want
to remember the dear
friend with something
valuable and the same an
ornament, should come
and see what there is in
the way of nice furni-
ture to present.
I HAVE
the Largest and
Best Selected
Stock fbr you to
select from ever
brought to Chel-
sea, and every ar-
ticle is the best
that the factory
can turn out.
COME AND SEE
jno. r. mcintosh.
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Quinn, J. W. The Chelsea Commercial. (Chelsea, Indian Terr.), Vol. 10, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, November 18, 1904, newspaper, November 18, 1904; Chelsea, Indian Territory. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc175080/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.