The Ames Enterprise. (Ames, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, May 6, 1904 Page: 2 of 4
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THE AMES ENTERPRISE
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TERRITORY TOPICS
Telegraph Service — Carmen haa
a Western Union telegraph offioe in
the Orient depo '
iOkabcbr Organized— An oil coal
and gas company la getting down to
buainesa at Olcarehe
Eira nr Custer — The hear! eat raina
within a year hare fallen in Cuater
eonnty reoentiy continuing for three
Att Caora Stimulated — Heary
ahowera fell at Tulsa Not for montha
haa the water run so freely in the
ereeka
Saw Joan Scale — Thla jest haa
been discovered on the fruit treea in
Logan eonnty Measures are being
taken to prevent Its spread
Educational Display— Professors
Ed S Vaught of Oklahoma City and
B V Temming of Chandler are in
St Louis to arrange the Oklahoma ed-
ucational display at the World’s fair
Annual Address — Senator C Porter
Johnson of Oklahoma City has been
selected to deliver the annual address
before the students of the Wentworth
Military academy at Lexington Mo
this year
Buy Gbanitr 'Lands— Indiana cap-
italists have purchased ninety acres of
granite lands near the town of Granite
in Greer county They will put in a
quarry to get out monumental and
building stone
Without Bail — The preliminary
hearing at Lawton of L T Bussell for
the killing of Colonel Hawkins result-
ed in binding the defendant over
without ball to await the action of
the grand jury
Odd Fkllowb Temple — The con-
tract has been signed for the erection
of a temple for the Odd Fellows of Ok
lahoma Territory in Oklahoma City
The temple will cost $40000 and work
will begin some time in May
T akin a Chances— Joseph Davis of
Clyde Ok and Miss Lettie Collins of
Graysville were married at Dnionville
Mo and departed for their Oklahoma
borne The bride and groom had never
met until the day of the wedding
Aw Electric Link — Surveyors are
in the field near Wynne wood rnnning
the preliminary survey for the elec trie
line from the famous 8ulphur Springs
- to Oklahoma City It is said that the
new line will run parallel to the Santa
' Fe from Davis to Oklahoma City
Recording Deeds— The land com-
panies at Muskogee are doing a rush-
ing business as a result of the removal
of restrictions upon the alienation of
Creek freedmen Deeds are being re-
corded at the court house in rapid suc-
cession and in most cases the proper
ty is bringing good figures Four-
fifths of the allottees are transferring
everything bnt their homestead rights
and would probably sell these if the
law Aid not provide that they must
bold them twenty-one years
Indian Schools ’Display — Despite
the fact that the secretary of the in-
terior ruled that the apropriation for
Indian school displays did not apply
to Indian Territory a very creditable
allowing will be made In the main it
represents the voluntary work of the
pupils of the various Indian schools
the principal features being work in
carving drawing mannscript needle-
work and patchwork It has been
found Indian pnpiis excel in each of
these arks especially in carving manu-
script and drawing
Nxoro Takes Patents — Thomas
Jefferson a negro of Langston O T
bas secured two patents one for a me-
chanical cotton picker which picks
the bolls from the plants the other a
jackscrew which works with a system
of cogs He has gone south and hopes
to interest capital in placing the cotton
' picker on the market and will take
the jackscrew north for the same pur-
pose Skykbb Tornado— A tornado four
miles south of Fsirland demolished
farm houses snd barns and killed stock
Again Hopeful— From almost every
part of Oklahoma word eomes sinee the
t yalna that crops have revived and
- ((farmers are again hopefuL Wheat in
f yaany sections was Injured by the diy
iweather and much of it haa been
plowed up and the ground will be
(planted to corn and cotton
f’VicNio FOB Five Counties— Tbs
: 'kittlwi of ths original fivs counties of
held a picnic at Patrick's
' f Grove Excelsior township Kingfisher
I 1 county on the fifteenth anniversary of
the first opening Chicago -
Cbansb in Date— The date of the
Sunday school convention as published
to be held at South MoAlester i May 10
11 and 12 has been changed to June
38 80 and 80 that some of he Inter-
national Sunday school workers who
have attended the World’s Fourth
Sunday School convention just held at
Jerusalem may he present It is de-
sired that every Sunday school shall
elect and send delegates to this meet-
ing A New Method— Under the new
law after the secretary of the interior
and the Indian agent remove the re-
strictions a citizen of Indian blood
will have the same power that a Creek
freedman now haa to dispose of his
property This will be quite different
from the method in use before the
passage of the bill in that under the
old law the government itself made
the tale
A Kansas Team in It— The livery
stable run in connection with the Hotel
Leland at Pawhuska has been burned
with all its contents Twenty-one
horses were burned pmong them be
ing a team belonging to Adams and
Shafer of Cedarvale Kaa worth $400
It is believed the lire was of incendiary
origin!
Awaiting Instructions — Already
fnll blood Creek Indians are asking for
permission to sell their allotments
under the provisions of the Indian ap-
propriation hill but Agent Shoenfelt
has as yet received no instructions
from the interior department as to
what regulations will be required
New Creek Attorney — Chief Por-
ter haa appointed W E Motte of
North Carolina to succeed A P Murphy
as attorney for the Creek nation and
has asked the secretary of the interior
to approve his appointment Motte is
brother-in-law of Senator Pritch-
ard Deputy Marshal Dead — Paden
Tolbert formerly one of the most dis-
tinguished deputy United States mar-
shals in Indian Territory died at his
home in Weleetka L T of pneumonia
He was forty years of age and is sur-
vived by family
Wheat 25 Inches — A week or more
since a farmer brought some wheat
into Apache that measured twenty-five
inches from the ground to the tip of
the leaves It was raised eight miles
northwest of town and there are about
twelve acres like it
An Orient Report — There was much
interest in Gnthrie in the report that
Kansas City parties closely allied with
the Orient were to organize a company
to bnild a line of railroad from Guthrie
to or near Fairview to connect with
the Orient
Children’s Sayings — The Enid
Wave says that the moot sympathetic
part of the Citizens’ bank tie-op is the
savings of the children Two or three
hundred children had saving acounts
ranging from $5 to $50
All in a Bunch — A new lanndry a
new dry goods establishment a new
drag store a new gas plant a new
creamery and a new railroad extension
were launched at Enid within
week
Masonic Banquet— The Masons of
Hobart gave a banqnet in honor of
the departing worshipful master John
A Me Keene He goes to Illinois to
make his borne -Has
Reorganized — The Citizens'
bank of McLoud has reorganized with
stockholders from among financially
substantial citizens
One Quarter Left — There is only
one quarter section of school land left
in Noble county that is not covered by
a lease
Bonds are Sold— The waterworks
bonds of Cordell have been sold and
the system will be completed
Medical Examiners — This bill
which was passed in congress provides
that the Indian Territory Medical As
relation shall appoint boards of ex-
aminers in each of the five ' nations
and that no person shall be permitted
to practice until he has beeivexamined
and given a certificate by one of the
boards
Good Rains— Reports from many
places id Oklahoma show heavy raina
and it ia felt by the farmers that with
it wheat even in its damaged condi-
tion will yield nearly half a crop
School House Wrecked— Near
Pawhuska the Cstboliu school build-
ing a large three story stone structure
a mile from town lost its roofs and
porches by a wind storm Also the
numerous outbuildings were wrecked
In the town two livery barns and two
residences wars blown down Only
one person was injured
Pbbudbbt Boyd— The head of the
Norman university baa had a severe
time with his throat and none and bad
several operations performed while in
Indian Curios — Miss Alice Robert
son superintendent of Creek schools
has gone to St Louis to arrange her
eurlo fibliectlon in the Indian Terri-
tory building at the World’s fair
grounds Miss Robertson is paying
her own expenses In fact she has
made the entire collection at a eon
siderable expense to herself not one
eent of the government’s appropriation
having been awarded her This col
lection consists principally of curios of
the primitive Creeks 1 Many of the
articles are much older than American
civilisation and many are of historio
importance '
Aged Comanche— Quinlte an aged
Comanche Indian died of old ags He
was perhaps more than a hundred
years old When the doctor gave up
hope be was pushed to one side and
the deacendents of the old savage drew
around hia bedside and there performed
the ancient ceremonies which he be-
seeched them to do with his dying
breath It is said that in his younger
days Quinlte was a great chief and un
til a few years ago waa one of the head
counselors of the tribe A procession
of over 300 Indians followed the bier
to the grave
Delawabk Curios — J E Campbell
of Alwee Cherokee nation has con
tributed to the Indian Territorial ex
hiblt at the world’s fair a rare collee
tion of Delaware curios among them
the historio wampum belt presented to
the Delaware or Lenni Lenpe tribe
by William Penn The collection also
contains a number of letters written
by Penn to the Delaware Indians
well as many other historic relics The
genuineness of these articles is not
doubted -
Indians Complains — Many of the
Sac and Fox Indians are complaining
bitterly over the action of Chief Mah-koh-sitt-tah
in employing a Washing
ton attorney at a salary of $10000 a
year to look after their interests in
the litigation with the Iowa contin-
gent of the tribe They fear congress
will do nothing with the matter at
this session and the lawyer will de-
mand another $10000
Pink Timber Lands — The Dawes
commission has decided not to begin
immediately the allotment of the pine
timber lands in the Choctaw nation
This decision was the result of a meet-
ing at which the situation was di
cussed in detail
School District Bonds — The house
of representatives during the last days
of the session of Congress passed a bill
to authorize adhool districts of Okla-
homa having a population of 5000 to
he used for the erection of school
houses
Cost of Disloyalty — The price that
the Creek Indians must pay for join-
ing the Confederacy in the Civil war is
12 million dollars’ worth of land This
is demonstrated by the rapid sale of
land by the Creek freedmen to the
whites
Allotment Delated— The Dawet
commission his decided not to begin
immediately the allotment of the pine
timber lands in the Choctaw nation
Railroad Building — There are in-
dications of an era of railroad build-
ing in Indian Territory and Oklahoma
about to be inaugurated
Drilling Begun — Under the con-
tract drilling was to be started at
Cleveland by May 5 but the work be-
gins a few days earlier
Good Roads— The geological so-
ciety of the Norman university dis-
cussed "Good Roads and their relation
to Oklahoma”
Shawnee in Earnest — That town is
in a determined mood to secure the
honor of being the capital of tlie new
state
Stop Sunday Drilling— The Oliver
brothers evangelists have succeeded
in stopping the drilling of the militia
company at Pond Creek on Sundays
An appeal was made to the officers of
the company which failed Then a
complaint was made to Governor Fer-
guson snd he issued the necessary
order
A Brest Ordered— Judge Raymond
in open court at Muskogee ordered the
arrest immediately of United States
commissioner C F Trotter on a charge
of criminal negligence
A Fatal Tornado— Six people were
killed by a tornado which swept
through the country about four miles
south of Pryor Creek L T Reports
have been received that a number of
other were injured The storm started
near Choteau on the M K A T eight
miles from Pryor Creek and swept to
the northeast cutting a patch from
one-half to a mile wide and about
twenty long
Odd Fbelows— There is no part of
Oklahoma but celebrated ths 85th anniversary
Windows in Dairy Barns
More light is needed in most of out
dairy barns Last week the writer
visited a dairy stable in Which nine
cows are kept It was the smallest
stable for that number of cows be
ever aaw and the wonder was that
the cowa could have lived through
the winter just past when the cold
was so great and continuous that the
stable must have been' kept shut up
for days at a jlme K was not more
than ten feet In height so far as avail-
able space for air was concerned and
the cowa were packed ns closely to-
gether ns - it was possible for them
to stand with a feeding floor only
six feet wide in front Tliere was a
single window in the west Yet from
this stable went out milk to supply
the neighboring villagers ' Conditions
were almost at that point where n
board of health could be justified in
stepping in Ypt the owner had tried
to be up-to-date and had laid cement
floors both in front of and behind the
cowa Over the cement were laid
planks to make the cows more com-
fortable This showed enterprise yet
the great lack was light In the
building of a new stable the addition
of the proper windows is not a hard
matter and in the case of stables' al-
ready in use this should not be neg-
lected Few of our cow keepers fully
appreciate the health-giving powers
of light
Producing Good Milk
The whole secret of producing good
milk can be generalized in a few
words: Healthy clean and well-fed
cows having n dean comfortable
table healthy clean and quiet milk-
ers having a disposition to treat the
cows at least fairly sound clean and
sterilized utensils prompt cooling and
protection of the milk This Is the
secret that is bringing success to some
dairymen while their neighbors ' fall
These conditions could he introduced
easily cheaply and profitably into
thousands of dairies Too many dairy-
men make the mistake of thinking
that large outlay of money is neces-
sary before high-grade milk can be
produced They are scared off by a
phantom1 The fact is many dairies
could be changed to a sanitary from
an unsanitary condition without the
expenditure of a jingle dollar in cash
More light more fresh air better ar-
rangements for bringing the feed and
for removing manure a little time
each' day to clean the stable and the
cows a coat of fresh whitewash once
or twice a year to cover and kill the
bacteria on the walls and partitions
— these things are not expensive — and
perhaps a new celling or floor above
the cows to exclude dust from the
hay mow — R A Pearson
The Stanchion 8hould Go
In spite of all that has been said
gainst the stanchion it still persists
qn our farms That it should be dis-
carded is the verdict of about every
man that does any thinking along thla
line The rigid stanchion may be easy
to build and easy to understand the
construction of by the ordinary farm
carpenter that haa built no other kind
in all hia life but that does not make
it a humane arrangement It does not
permit the cow to place her head in
sleeping as nature intended she
should It does not permit a cow to
lick her haunches ns cows do now
and then if they are to be comfort-
able The cow in the rigid stanchion
is very much of a prisoner with little
chance to move her body for any pur-
pose There are numerous stabling
arrangements now on the market and
many ideas in addition have been et-
pressed in the public press that are
not controlled by patent rights There
are probably few localities where some
sort of humane arrangement is not
in sight and cannot be inspected by
the cow owner that wants to make
his animals comfortable
Ths Maiden Blush Apple
In Its report on crab apples the
Virginia station Includes the Malden
Biuah of which it says: This Is an
old variety of American origin (?)
Tree a fairly vigorous grower forming
n roundish head limbs have a tend-
ency to interlock Trunk and limbs
rather stocky trunk at base measures
18 Inches In circumference at bead 16 1
Inches First bloom noted in 1893
and first fruit In 1896 but this variety
has never borne n heavy crop of fruit
Fj-uit rather large for crab color n
greenish yellow ground with beautiful
iliac colored bluab on exposed cheek
Flesh creamy white crisp flavor
quite acid but nearly free from aetrln-
gpney quality food Ripens In Sep-
tember Tbs unproductiveness of this
variety Is Its greatest drawback we
do not recommend 1L
Pigs ae well as nil other animals
require n variety of food No single
article of diet can ever In Itself meet
all the requirements of an animal’s
system
Work is tho one euro for worry
WOMEN’S WOEB
Much of women’n
dally woe is fine U
kidney trouble Sick
kidneys cause back-
ache languor blind
headaches dizzi-
ness insomnia and
urinary troubles To
cure yourself yon
must cure the kid-
neys Profit by the
experience of oth-
ers who have been '
cured
Mrs' William W
Brown profession-1
al nurse of 16 Jane 8t Paterson N 1
ays: “I have not only seen much suf-
fering and many deaths from kidney
trouble but I have suffered myself At
one time I thought 1 Could not live ' '
My baek ached there were frequent
headacheu and dizzy apellz and thG
kidney accretions were disordered
Doan’s Kidney Pills helped me from-1
the first snd soon relieved me entire-
ly of all the distressing and painful
symptoms”
A FREE TRIAL of this great kid-
ney medicine which cured Mrs Brown ''
will be mailed on application to any
part of the United Staten Address
Foster-Milburn Co Buffalo N Y For
sale by all druggists price 60 cents
per box -
About nine-tenths of what people -ay
doesn’t amount to anything
Dealers say that as soon as a cue-:
tomer tries Defiance Starch It la im-
possible to sell them any other cold
water starch It can be used cold
or boiled
’ Two Asbestos Curtains
Drury Lace theater is to bavo two
asbestos curtains — one inside the pros-
cenium yrsll snd the other outside-'
They will be operated by separate ap-
paratus — one set controlled from the
prompter’s side of the stage and tho
other from the orchestra
Invents New Pood for Animals
A German scientist has succeeded
by treating the cleansed vegetable
fibers of peat moss with the waste
molasses of beet sugar manufacture
In producing a compound that serves
acceptably as food for domestic ani-
mals -
Beware of Ideate
There le one kind of Intolerance
which is right and necessary this le
intolerance of any failure on your part
to ba your best self or noble man
Take no other person for your stand-
ard or Ideal Think out a type accord-
ing to your own nature and hold to it
as your beet possession There is no
other greatness possible
i Subsidy for Cunard Line
The Austro-Hungarian government
has agreed to give a large subsidy to
the Cunard company for ten years on
the' stipulation that the Cunard com-
pany provide twenty-six ships direct
per annum from Flume and Trieste -This
will take from the Hamburg lino
the immense business of carrying the
emigrants from southwestern Europe
to America i
Fad foe Abalone ’
In California there is a fad for eat-
ing atalone a large mussel which
furnishes the beautiful shell used for
ornamental purposes The Chinese
have eaten them for years but until
recently Americans scorned them ns '
food Now abalone chowder soup
nnd even abalone steaks are consid-
ered great delicacies in Son Fran-
cisco SOAKED IN COFFER
Until Too Stiff to Bend Over
"When I drank coffee I often had
sick headaches nervousness and bil-
iousness much of the time but about
2 years ago I went to visit n friend
and got In the habit of drinking Poe-
tum 'I have never touched coffee since
nnd the result has been that I have
been entirely cured of all my stomach
and nervous trouble -
"My mother waa Just the same way
we all drink Poatum now nnd have
never had any other coffee in the
house for two years nnd we are all
well
'A neighbor of mine n great coffee
drinker was troubled with pains in
her side for years and was an Invalid
She was not able to do her work nnd
could not even mend clothes or do
anything at all where she would have
to bend toward If she tried to do
a little bard work the would gat such
pains that eh would have to lie down
for the rest of the day
"1 persuaded her at last to stop
drinking coffee nnd try Postnm Food
Coffee and she ‘did so and she haa
nsed Poetum ever since the result
has been that the can now do ber
work can ait for a whole day and
mend and can eew on tha machine nnd
she never feels the least bit of pain la
ber side in faot the has got wall and
it shown coffee was tbe cause of the
whole trouble
"1 could also tell you about several ’
I other neighbors who have been eared
by quitting coffee and using Poetum
In 1U place” Name given by Postnm
I Co Battlo Creek Mich
Look In each pkg for the famous
little book “The Road to WsUvllle"
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Switzer, H. I. The Ames Enterprise. (Ames, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, May 6, 1904, newspaper, May 6, 1904; Ames, Oklahoma Territory. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1761430/m1/2/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.