The Claremore Messenger. (Claremore, Indian Terr.), Vol. 10, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, May 13, 1904 Page: 2 of 4
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CLAREMORE MESSENGER
Issued Every Friday.
J. M. LYNCH.
Editor and Publisher.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
Due Year #1.00
•Si* Months 50
Kntcrcti at thr Postottice in Claremore,
I. T„ as socond class mail matter.
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No discount for quantity of space or time.
Headers or I^ocals per line, each insertion. Se
111 bold face or large type |oc
Obituary, cards of thanks, resolutions of
condolence, etc., half of regular rates
Poetry, per line 10c
The right reserved to reject questionable
advertisments.
Telephone No. 46.
SALUTATORY.
The Messenger makes its ap-
pearance this week under new
management. H. D. Routzong,
who lias been at the helm for the
past three months, having dis-
posed of his interest on Monday
last.
In instances of this kind it is
customary for the new editor to
make a number of promises to
the readersofliispaper.hu t in this
instance the time-honored custom
will not be followed. We will
content ourself with saying that
The Messenger will be just as
good a newspaper as our abilities
will permit us to make it and
after a quarter of a century
spent in the jouralistic harness
we will cheerfully confess that if
we can not furnish a readable
paper our mission on earth has
yet to be discovered.
The Messenger will be enlarg-
ed at once and we wi!l aim to
make it a newspaper that will be
a credit to Claremore and Indian
Territory. How for we shall suc-
ceed in this effort wo will leave
our readers to judge.
We have jiarchased The Mes-
seagc. as a business venture
and it will be conducted 011 bus i-
ness principles. .Iu polities it
will remain of the same faith as
heretofore, but we will not feel
called ui>on to preach a continual
sermon to our readers, nor to
insist upon throwing in a dollar's
worth of |K>litical doctrine with
every order for job printing. We
hope to dwell in peace and har-
mony with our fellowmen, and if
we can not agree with them on
every public question, neither,
l>er!iaps. can they with us, and
nothing can be gained by quar-
rling over the matter. We will
say in conclusion that we have
established a home in Claremore
and will not be disappointed if
we do not pile up a fortune this
year or next, Having unbounded
faith in the future of the town
and district we are content to
trust to the future for our re-
ward. and when Claremore de-
mauds a daily newspaper The
Messenger is prepared to supply
that demand.
Mr. H. D. Routzoog, the retir-
ing publisher lias kindly consent-
to remain with us, at least for
the present, and the office latch-
string willbeeveron the outside,
to all except those who may have
an insane desire to whip the
editor.
As will be seen by the call
published elsewhere in this issue
the Populists will hold a Territo-
rial convention in Claremore on
Juno 14 for the purpose of per-
fecting an organization, at which
time delegates to the National
convention will be chosen and
three National committeemen
named. Claremore is becoming
the popular convention city of
Indian Territory, and our peo-
ple will extend the glad hand
to the Populist brethren. I. D.
Hurdick, M. D., of Fort Gibson
is the National commit tee ma 11 for
Indian Territory.
AS TO CLAREMORE'S FUTURE.
The Wagoner Record says
"the prosperity of a community
always depends upon its natural
advautages and citizenship."
These thirteen words embrace a
volume of philosoply, for while
natural advantages count for
much. without perseverance,
loyalty and public spiritedness
on the part of the people of a
community, the straggling vil-
lage will never develop into a
bustling city.
"It is not wealth, nor rank
uot- state, but get up and git
that makes men groat." This is
homely philosophy, and may
even be said to be lacking in
elegance as to phraseology, but
that it is the compound essence
of condensed truth, none will
deny. What is true of the indivi-
dual applies with equal force to
the community, and if Claremore
is to be the city which we all
expect it to be there must be a
united endeavor on the part of all
citizens and every possible effort
mafic to keep the natural advan-
tages of the place before the pub-
lic. Those of our citizens who are
blessed with a liberal share of
worldly possessions must prove
their faith in the future of the
town by investing their surplus
means in local enterprises and
encouraging others to do so also.
It is not to be expected that we
can all agree upon every question
that presents itself, but when
we differ we can differ honestly,
and each can respect the opinion
of his neighbor even if he can
not agree with him. The man
who has an object in view and
strives constantly to reach a
certain goal is more likely to
score a success theu the one who
exists iu ahapliazzardsortof way
and permits himself to be tossed
about by circumstances like the
pointer on a weather-vane. And
so it is with a community. Clare-
more has the "natural advan-
tages" and the future of the town
defends upon the loyalty of the
people.
In this conection it may not be
out of place to call attention to
our radium water, which is now
attracting so much attention. It
has been proven that this water
possesses remarkable curative
powers and the company iuto
whose hands the property has
passed is preparing to erect a
large sanitarium here and will
expend a largo sum of money in
buildings and improvements.
The enterprise will add to the
value of all property, not only in
the city, but throughout the sur-
rounding country. It is the duty
therefore, of all citizens to lose
no opportunity to impress ui>ou
visitors the merits of this radium
water. Every visitor who comes
to town should go away a travel-
ing advertisement for Clare-
tnore's radium sanitarium, and he
will if all citizens do their duty.
A New York minster lmfonned
his congregation that there are
no women angels in heaven. Well
maybe not; but if not we will
wager a years subscription to this
great family uewspaper that
there are uo men angels there
either.
wound ing the feeli ngs of thei r fel-
lowmen, they may conclude that
jiosterity has some claims upon
them and that the line must be
drawn somewhere.
In the interest of harmony,
The Messenger would suggest
that Judge Parker and W. Rand
olph Hearst might draw straws
for the Democratic Presidential
nomination, the loser to be con-
ceded the nomination four years
hence. With all due respect, the
idea is submitted to Umpire
Bryan.
Tulsa is to have two daily
newspapers, one representing
the Republican and the other the
Democratic party. In any section
other than Indian Territory a
town of 3,800 inhabitants would
not be regarded as an inviting
Held for even one daily paper,
but here is hoping that our Tulsa
contemporaries will both escape
the journalistic bonyard.
Dave Price, city marshal of
Kemp, was bound over last week
on the charge of murdering Ora
Taylor, a druggist of that place
and was committed to jail with-
out bail. We were under the im-
pression that the murdering of
druggists was a privileged pass-
time in civilized communities, but
it is apparent that the practice is
to be discouraged henceforth in-
portions of this Territory.
The Democrats of this district
will meet in delegate convention
in Claremore 011 Monday next to
elect delegates to the Territorial
convention, which meets at Dur-
ant for the purpose of selecting
delegates to the. National con-
vention. While The Messenger
is not standing sponser for
this movement, the delegates
will find a box of non-partisan
cigars on tap at this office, the
pump will be in good working
order and there will be absolutely
no restrictions on any of our visi-
tors that day.
Why not try tin; tflMt of
Claremore's radium water on the
Democratic delegates who will
assemble here next Monday?
If a dose of that beverage will
notcovince a Democrat of the
error of his ways be is past
redemption
An Oklahoma woman has be-
gun an action for divorce, alleg-
ing among other things that her
husband compels her to live in
Oklahoma City. That ought to be
sufficient to insure for her a de-
cree without considering any
of the other charges.
The Oklahoma City liar Asso-
ciation has adopted a resolution
favoring the consolidation of the
liar Associations of Oklahoma
and Indian Territory. While the
attorneys of this Territory are
generous and self-sacrificing,and
arc) always careful to avoid
Iu accordance with a sugges-
tion by President Roosevelt the
following notice has been ]>osted
in the city postoffices: "Hereafter
preference will be shown to
clerks who are married, espec-
ially those with large families."
If this suggestion is to be taken
into account by the civil service
examiners in deciding upon the
qualifications of applicants for
l>ositions in the postal service,
will a young man be accepted on
probation who is using his best
efforts to induce some fair one
to take him for better or worse?
Not withstanding the fact that
the last appropriation hill |>assed
by Congress contained a clause
forbidding the Oklahoma Legis-
lature to consider the erection of
a capitol or other f tate buildings,
it is now claimed that there is a
defect in the bill which will per-
mit the erection of a peniten-
tiary. Taking advantage of this
alleged defect, it is now stated
Governor Furguson will recom-
mend to the next legislature
the enactment of a law provid-
ing for the erection of a pen-
itentiary and it is argued that if
a territorial prison Is permissi-
ble there is no reason why a
capitol and other buildings may
not also be provided for. Can, it
be that Oklahoma is afraid Indian
Territory will deny her a prison
intheeventof joint statehood?
BRISTLES ON THEIR BACKS.
The re was a game of ball T ues-
day evening between the Clare-
more and Tulsa nines The for
mer did uot make a single score
while the latter made eleven. At
the outset i t was a little close, but
soon the Tulsa boys had the game
their own way. Hogey, the pitch
<sr for Tulsa struck out twelve
men showing himself to be an
export twirler. There is some
excellent baso hall material in
Tulsa for a rattling gooj nine.—
Tulsa Democrat,
Klevun runs! Great guns! The
Clareinoro boys did not want that
ganiej any way and the Tula*
playt/rs might have won it with
half laN many tallies.
DEALING WITH THE INDIAN.
To illustrate the boom which
is now on in Indian Territory the
Kansas City Journal says:
Tahlequah, a town with a nor-
mal population of 3,000, has with-
in a few days grown into a busy
community of 7,000 people, with
more still coming in. The land
office for the Cherokee nation is
located at Tahlequah, and the
thousands who are swarming
there have either got land to sell
or money with which to buy.
The game is on between the
Indian and the white man, and
the conclusion reached by the
shrewd prospectors who went in
to do up their red-skinned broth-
ers is that they are up against
the hardest proposition they
ever struck. They have found
that the old notion that the way
to close a bargain with an Indian
is to give him a bottle of whisky,
does not apply to the members
of the five civilized tribes in In-
dian Territory. The Indians there
seem to have developed a cunning
sagacity which shows that their
experience with tricky tradesmen
and grafters in the past has not
been in vain. The Cherokees
especially are displaying a
marked capacity to handle their
own affairs in a safe and busi-
ness like manner.
If white men and outsiders get
any land in the Cherokee nation,
it is highly probable that they
will have to pay full value there-
for; and if they get desirable oil
leases, it will be only at top notch
prices.
The Indian's taciturnity and
imperturbility are unusual and
provoking peculiarities with
which boomers and speculators
have heretofore not been com-
piled to contend on such a large
scale as now. "Do you want to
sell.' says the white man. "I don't
know," replies the Indian. "Will
you take tt^OOO?" A contempt-
uous grunt is all that is heard.
"Will you take f2,000?" Another
grunt. Four thousand is the tlnal
offer, and "the Indian he say,
maybe so, maybe so not," This
is about all the progress made
with most of the propositions
presented to the Cherokees, and
many boomers who set out with
rosy hopes a few days ago are
coming back to Kansas City in
order to take a long, deep breath
aud get further instructions and
money from their associates.
The New Judges.
A dispatch from Muskogee
says:
There is considerable specula-
tion here as to the significance
of the clause in the Indian Terri-
tory court bill providing that all
the judges shall have probate
jurisdiction over, all matters. It
seems, however, that it confers
no additional power upon any of
the judges except those of the
Ce ntral and Southern districts.
The others have always had pro-
bate jurisdiction, but owing to
the existence of the.Chickasaw
and Choctaw tribal courts, the
judges in those districts have
heretofore had no probate juris-
diction.
The new judges will, it is
understood have as much power
at trial courts as the old ones,
but they will not be members of
the court of appeals. The Indian
Territory court of appeals for-
merly consisted in reality of only
three judges by reason of the fact
that one was always disqualified,
since the cases are taken up from
one of the four courts. Now how-
ever, it is understood that in a
case of appeal from one of the
new courts, the four old judges
will sit as an appeal court.
Mr M M M M jM
New PottmuUrv
Tlie following postmasters were
appointed during the |tast week
for Indian Territory:0
Parks, District 20. Charles H.
Stone, vice Jesse P. Weaver, re-
signed. Savannah. District 15,
Charles K. Wilson, vice William
R. Haley, resigned; Sawokla,
District 10, Thomas J. Way. vice
R. F. Hard ford, resigned; Say lor.
District 14, James M. Cook, vice
Marvin L. Rumley, removed;
Story, District 17, Thomas J.
Dabyus, vice Howard C. Hawk,
rasigned.
Wheat
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Corn
Products
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CLAREMORE. £
UNDERTAKING DEPARTMENT
A. full line of Cas-
Kets, Coffins and
Robes always on
hand.
Calls answered day or night. All Work Guaranteed by
Barndollar, Battles & Neilson.
TOOMBS & BROWN,
Blacksmiths and Wagonmakers. j
Shop near phone office, Claremore. f
Wagon and Plow work well done. We have no superior in
our line of work and guarantee every job we turn out
Steam Engines Repaired.
Several years experience in repairing and rebuilding steam
engines and threshers enables us to do it quickly and right.
YOU JUDGE A BUSINESS
House largely by the appearance
of its representative. If he is
well dressed and pleasing in
manner, you are lead to do bus-
iness with him. So it is with
your representative, your STA-
tionery and other Printed Matter. If
it is neat and attractive it creates a favor-
able impression, and is therefore a good
investment. We print that kind.
This office is well equipped with mod-
ern machinery, type* stock and inks, and
has workmen skilled in their use. You
get the benefit of these in the quality of
the printing we turn out. You can't af-
ford "shoddy" printing; we can't afford
to do any but the best. May we do yours?
OURS COSTS MORE-
IT'S WORTH MORE.
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