The Chelsea Commercial. (Chelsea, Indian Terr.), Vol. 11, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, August 11, 1905 Page: 1 of 8
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THE CHELSEA COMMERCIAL
J. W. QUINN Publisher.
CHELSEA, INDIAN TERRITORY, FRIDAY. AUGUST 11, 1905.
VOLUME 11. NUMBER 7.
THE MONEY HERE
BOUBT HAS BEEN BANISHED -SCHOOL
HOUSE NOW CINCHED.
f BIDS ARE NOW IN ORDER
August IS Will Determine Who Gets The
Building Contract—To be a $10,000
Structure.
Wednesday, J. W. Quinn, Sec-
retary of the School Board, receiv-
ed a check $(>000 to be spent in
building a school house in Chelsea
for n public school. Long has it
been a doubt of tlie ability of the
town to secure thu funds to build
this house, but with the funds and
hand and those just received the
success of building is a certainty
We will soon see a $10,000 house
fixtures and lots included, standing
in the vacant north half of block 21
August 15, bids will be opened
for the erection of the building,
and from that date will l>e a new
order of things in progress in
Chelsea. Old things will be put
•way, ami new ones brought out,
and the town made better. Chelsea
will not only take rank as one of
the leading towns in point of in-
dustrial growth, but she will be-
come famous for her public school
that every man, women and child
will support. Watch us go forward.
Horses and Buggy Stolen.
Thursday afternoon, a darkey
went to the livery stable of R. B.
Cates and ordered a rig with which
to drive his wife out to his home
in the country a few miles. The
next thing that Mr. Cates knew
was that the negro was a thief and
was making away with his team
and buggy. He telephoned in all
directions, and found the gentle-
man at Vinita, and by noon the
following day had him safely in
hock in the Federal bastile at
Vinita. He is supposed to l)e a
partner of the negro who was ar-
rested for stealing cattle on the
of Chelsea Thursday afternoon,
Mr. Cates may congratulate
himself upon the result of his
experience with the coon who
wanted to take a ride. /
A RICH COAL FIND
SIX HUNDRED AND SIXTY FEET TO THE
TOP OF THE VEIN.
10 MILES FROM CHELSEA
Vein is Eight Feet Thick and Coal of
the Best Grade of Semi-Anthracite —
Means Much to Chelsea.
J. T. McSpadden
President.
, W. G. Milam.
Vico-Pn>«iH«it.
J. Bk UiD Pabk . .Uaistant Cutiler
J*o. D. Scott
Cashier
Bank of Chelsea
I89G—190S
Does a General Banking Business and Solicits your Account.
owotomt
J. T. MrSPADDEN C. L. LANE W. F. MrSPADDEN W. Q. MILAM
J. M. SHAHI'E W. J. STRANGE JOHN D. SCOTT.
Any collection* >on <Je*ir<j made we ask you to learo with u*. We remit on day of collection
Another Fight On Judge Raymond.
The tight to secure the removal
of Judge Raymond of the Western
judicial district at Muskogee, has
been renewed and a special agent
of the department of justice will
go to Muskogee shortly to inquire
into the charged which have been
preferred by a lawyer at that place.
The charges were transmitted to
President Roosevelt by Senator
Berry of Arkansas, and President
Roosevelt directed the attorney
general to make an investigation.
Jmlge Raymond was under fire
about a year ago, Clarence B.
Douglas, editor of the Muskogee
Phoenix preferring the charges.
Leslie Fuller, a special agent of
the department of justice, became
demented while in Muskogee and
was relieved from duty before his
findings had been properly pre-
pared. Raymond was allowed to
remain in office, tnough it is al-
leged that he could not hope for
reappointment. He was denounc-
ed by many attorneys in his dis-
trict as a tyrant, and his conduct
oil the bench insufferable.
Wednesday morning Mr. Win.
Douglas came to town from the
Bard farm with the information
that in drilling for oil he had dis-
covered an eight foot vein of semi
anthracite coal, 605 feet below the
surface.
Mr. Douglas had samples of the
coal and they were beautiful to
behold. There has long been a
knowledge of the fact that coal was
to be found in that locality iit
paying quantities, hut up to this
time just where the best place to
put the prospect drill was not
known, and in fact there hasnevmr
been any prospecting done because
the Interior department has pro-
tected the progress and lifealm<>4
ont of the business of the country,
and was it not for a definite
knowledge that the bands of red
tape that have been enmeshing us,
are about to,fall wander, there
wonld <be little hope for the drill
man now. The end is in sight,
however, and those of us who have
lived in the spirit of hope and
prayer, now see shining afar the
consumation of our fond dreams
and the certain glory that will
shine as a halo on the brow of the
coming state.
When that time comes one of
the big diamonds in tho said halo
will be coal fields of the Cherokee
nation and in the midst of the best
will be the good town of Chelsea.
A Chelsea Boy Out West.
Doctor Dickson who went some
days ago writes his family from
Hood River, Oregon, that he is
there and never saw a more in^
spiring scene than the eternally
snow capped mountains in dis-
tance from the town of Hood
River.
He said that he saw a net cast
into the Columbia river for fresh
water salmon, and that it was a
half mile or more long. He said
Charged With Stealing Cattle.
Leon Cooper, colored, was ar-
rested here Thursday, oharged
with stealing cattle. H« brought
six head of .settle under suspicious that nearly all kinds of tish were
circumstances, and sold some of j in the catch, sturgeon that looked
them, one to Hicks Bros., and to him almost as big as a whale
othes to Joe Hogue. Louis Wright and tons of salmon.
is supposed to be the owner of From Hood River he will go to
part of thorn and an unknown jnau Portland and see the sights of the
the others, branded G. T. He was big exposition, and from there
put in jail and as we go to press is
still there. JThere are v.-itnesscs
that positively assert that he is
guilty. '
Johu Ketchum was out from
Alluwe this week and said that his
neighbor, Dan House had lost bis
luck as a fisherman. The imp lout
his luck in the same line several
years ago, but it was attributed at
the time to fishing on Sunday.
to San Francisco, and othqr
points south. He will get back
to Chelsea by the time the frost
falls upon the pumpkin, and the
fodder is put in the shock.
Dr. Levin of Vinita was in the
city this week,administering to the
wants of those who have afflicted
eyes. He is an ooculist of much
ability and experience, aud is a
very pleasant gentleman.
Pulling Rig
i * * us*
% $ ww
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jrT*t
:
s OUR NEW WANT-FILLER. n ,
One team, one man, pulls your rods or tubing, and keeps your wells producing.
We have a Complete and First-Class Stock of Water Coolers, Refrigerators,
and Ice Cream Freezers. Also a Good Supply of Camping Outfits and Tents.
We have as we always have had—a Complete Stock of Oil Well Supplies, Fit-
tings, Belting, Cables, etc.
Bessemer Gas Engines, Roller Powers, I Advance Drilling Machines
Bovaird and Seyfang Boilers and Steam Engines.
STUDEBAKER AND SPRINGFIELD
, WAGONS.
Also the McFarlane Buggies, Surries, Oil Country Buckboards and Runabouts.
We constantly keep in stock a full line of Wagon and Buggy HARNESS.
flam Supply Co
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Quinn, J. W. The Chelsea Commercial. (Chelsea, Indian Terr.), Vol. 11, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, August 11, 1905, newspaper, August 11, 1905; Chelsea, Indian Territory. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc175183/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.