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TLHKITOHIAL NEWSPAPERS.
Eastern Part Is Well Supplied With
Bailies and W«*Mw.
Muskogee, I. T.—About 200 pub-
lications, the greater part of them
weekly newspapers, will engage In
the political war which ha* already
been declared In that part of the
new state now known as Indian Ter-
ritory. According to the directory
of 1906, 105 of these are partisan.
The Democrats control sixty-six.
There are two Independent Demo-
cratic papers and one Independent
Republican paper.
Out of this entire number of pub-
lications there are but fifteen dail-
ies, nine Democratic and six Repub-
lican. The Republican dailies are
the Muskogee Phoenix, Bartlesville
Enterprise, South McAlester News,
Tulsa World, New Star, Chickasha
and Comanche News. The Demo-
cratic dallies are the Times-Demo-
crat. Muskogee: Tulsa Democrat.
South McAlester Capital. Ardmor-
<te, Ardmore; Chickasha Express.
Vinita Chieftain, Durant News, Ada
Evening News, and the Wagoner
Daily Savings. The policy of the
daily sheet of the Comanche News
Is of a local order, while the week-
ly is decidedly Republican.
There are twenty-nine papers
whose policy Is described as local,
eighteen independent, and twenty-
one that are non-committal as to
their policies. The latter will prob-
ably become either Democratic or
Republican during the present cam-
paign, although many of them con-
fine themselves to politics of a pure-
ly local nature. This is said to be
largely due to the fact that the ma-
jority of them are weeklies.
The National Cherokee Advocate
Is probably the oldest paper In the
territory, dating back many years
before modern newspaper methods
had reached the eastern part of the
state. It ranks among those who
do not have to take coid wood and
potatoes on subscription. The West-
ern Breeze Is a semi-monthly paper
and the Tahlequah Herald prints
twice a week. With the coming of
stntehood there will be many
changes in the newspaper circles,
and already several new ones have
sprung up which are not sufficiently
established to appear upon the rec-
ords. The editors who have been
many years In the territory and
know every man in their particular
town by slj?ht If not by name, are
already writing paragraphs pungent
with satire. In lieralding the ap-
proach of the Eastern man who Im-
agines there are no newspapers In
the territory printed in other thnn
the Indian language. The editor of
these paragraphs knows full well
that he has an advantage of past
history which the Eastern paleface,
who knows not the Indian nor his
ways, cannot compete with.
HOLDING MlIVATE SESSIONS.
Federal Marshal M.iy Create Sensa-
tion In Bootlegging Muxes.
Tulsa, I. T.—Federal Marshal
Bennett and Assistant I'nited States
Attorney H. A. Leaklev, of Musko-
gee, in connection with the trial
of alleged bootleggers captured In
Tulsa last week are holding "star
chamber sessions," In which wit-
nesses for the government are ex-
amined privately. This Is along
the line of the famous Itrn-h
court ' of three years ago. when the
marshal and c' aputles held court,
traveled 1 a wagon all over the
Western district. At that time 498
indictments for selling whisky re-
sulted. Prominent men spent terms
In the Fort Smith jail and many
tied to Mexico to escape sentence.
Sensational developments in Tulsa
rae expected to follow as the result
of the secret inquiry.
KILLED IN PRISON.
Indian Territory Outlaw Fought
Willi (ieorgla Warden.
Atlanta, Oa. — In a desperate fight
within the walls of the I'nited
States prison here yesterday after-
noon. Edward Richmond, serving a
ten years' sentence for train rob-
bery committed in Indian Territory,
was shot and instantly killed by-
Guard Frey.
PREACHER AHMED IN PULPIT.
Attacked by Man With Knife, He
Fells Assailant With Revolver.
Elk City. Okla—Rev. Frank
Alexander, an evangelist, while con-
ducting a protracted holiness meet-
ing at Oarber last night, was attack-
ed by an unknown man with a
knife. The minister quickly pullled
a revolver and felled his assailant
with a blow on the head, rendering
him unconscious. Alevander was
uninjured.
GAME OF FIU5EZEOUT.
What the Standard is Doing to
('rush Life Out of Independ-
ent I'rtxlurers.
Bartlesville. 1. T.—Oil operators
in Indian Territory and Oklahoma
are confronted with ruin, unless
the national government or some of
the big eastern operators come to
their relief. The Standard Oil com-
pany absolutely controls the pro-
duction of Indian Territory and Ok-
lahoma, because It has the only pipe
line to market, and freight rates
are too high for the Independent
producer to compete with Kansas
producers for a market for their oil
as ,fuel.
A year ago the price for oil at
the well was 72 cents per barrel. In
1904 the price fas *1.38 at the well.
The 7 2 cent price was believed to
be low-water mark. At that price
the producer could go ahead and
make a little money, and he was as-
sured by the Standard that condi-
tions were such as to Justify a
strong belief In a higher market
In the fall. So the Independent
producers went ahead taking up
leases and developing them. The
price remained stationary during
the fall, but In the winter the re-
duction set In. Two cents was
lopped on the price In December,
and then came reductions right
along In January and February, till
the highest price was 72 cents, or
just a shade above cost. Still op-
erators held on. They could not
believe that there was a deliberate
plan on the part of the Standard
to freeie them out. But all doubt
was dispelled this month when the
price was cut 10 cents per barrel
In twenty-five days, the maximum
price now paid being 4 2 cents per
barrel.
Many Drills Now Idle.
The result Is that all drills that
can be stopped In the Indian Ter-
ritory are Idle. But, unfortunately
for the producers and fortunately
for the Standard, all the leases ap-
proved by the secretary of the In-
tr-rior contain a clause tlist so many
wells trust be drilled within a giv-
en time, and these wells must be
drilled regardless of market con-
ditions. The purpose of this reg-
ulation by the department was to
prevent speculation lt^ territory
leases and to encourage the full de-
velopment of tbe great oil pools In
the Indian country. The present
condition, where the regulation
works a positive hardship on the
producer, was not forseen, and. If
the Interior department responds
affirmatively to the appeal of the
producers, it will go a long way to-
ward alleviating the present dis-
tressing conditions, though it will
not entirely cure them.
Territory producers assert, and
the assertion is backed up by the
statement of Secretary Hitchcock,
in a pamphlet recently issued by the
department, that the department
has been Imposed upon In the mat-
ter of approving leases, and that
many of the people in whose names
the leases are held are really dum-
mies of the Standard; that In this
way the Standard or Its subsldary
or affiliated companies has been able
to get hold of tremendous acreages
In the territory. !n vioulatlon of
the spirit of the secretary's rulings.
This matter came up during a re-
cent conversation between Theo-
dore Barnsdall of Pittsburg, Pa.,
and Secretary Hitchcock.
The secretary's firm stand has
given the Independent producers
hopes that many of the leases which
have been recorded In the names of
the Standard dummies will be re-
voked and other hompering reserlc-
tlons removed.
Producers al Standard Mercy.
As things go the Standard has all
the oil field south of the Kansas line
absolutely at Its mercy. Unless
something la done quickly many
men will be absolutely ruined and
the Standard will buy In their prop-
erties at public sale, and when this
Is done raise the price of crude oil
pgnin and go on smiling as It has
always done.
Christian Church May Build.
So. McAlester, X. T.—At Its meet
Ing in this city next Tuesday the
Christian church of the state will
discuss the question as to whether
or not It will build a school for the
denomination in some town away
from the state university or whether
It will follow the Michigan-Missouri
plnn and build at Norman the seat
of the Oklahoma University, so that
Its biblcal students may have the
advantage of a university training
while they are studying theology.
It Is not known what plan will
be followed by the denomination,
but one thing is certain, the terri-
torial convention will take the steps
that will result in a fine school with-
in two or three years. Oklahoma
has more members of the church
within her borders than any other
denomination and In the territory
the membership is growing oon-
stantly.
Should the plan of building apart
from the University be adopted, the
school will go to the town which
will put up the most money for It
or give It the best opportunity to
grow and become a large Christian
university.
THINK THEY HAVE HIM.
Hock Island Train Crew Capture Al-
leged Train Wrecker.
Red Rock. O. T.—The crew of a
Rock Island fast passenger train
captured the man who attempted
to derail the train by placing loose
ties across the track. The engineer
saw the obstruction In time to bring
tbe train to a stop within a few
feet of it. During he excitement a
clue was found and the crew, as-
sisted by several passengers, caught
a stranger, who. it Is alleged, con-
fessed to the attempted derailment.
The man was taken to the Red
Rock Jail.
Wants to Incorporate.
The town of Sasaska wants to In-
corporate. A pe'ltton signed by for-
ty-four of the clti ens of the town
asking for an order of Incorpora-
tion from Judge Lawrence was filed
with the clerk of the United States
court Monday.
Delegates lo Convention.
President Trumbo of the Com-
mercial club has appointed delegates
as follows to the Deep Water Ways
convention to be held in St. Louis
Nov. 15 and 16. under the auspices
of the Business Men's League of
that city. I). N. Fink, Cris Brad-
ley. T. il. Martin. C. N. Haskell. P.
B. Hopkins, Franklin Miller, Ira L.
Reeves. Chas Madison.
Pawhkska Wants a Road.
Pnwhuska. O. T. —The residents
of this city are making an effort to
secure the proposed railroad to be
extended from Caney, Kan., to Paw-
huska. Philadelphia financiers have
agreed to furnish the necessary
funds to build 400 miles of the road
and they have agreed to have the
money ready by October 4. It Is
understood that the road Will not
ask a large bonus of this city, but
will extend the line here If the peo-
ple will lend encouragement to the
project.
TO SPEAK IN OKLAHOMA.
William J. Bryan I 'romlsea to Give
Two Days to Democrats of the
Ned State.
New York - Wlmmlas J. Bryan
will take part In tbe Oklahoma cam-
paign. He made this promise to-
day to a delegation composed of
Roy Stafford, of Oklahoma City;
Thomas E. Doyle, of Percy; T. P.
McMechan. Oeorge Whltesurst, Csp-
taln Stlne and W. L. Eagleton. Mr
Bryan assured them that ha would
spend two days In the new state,
making speeches at points to be
decided upon later.
Not the Men Says Father.
Tulsa, Ind. Terr—Joo Murry.
Phil Howell, and Joung Jack-
son. all negroes, had their prelimi-
nary hearing yesterday biforc Com-
missioner Hyams. The Mien are
charg-ed with murdering little Harry
Pricster some time ago.
Th? father of th.: Priestcr hoy
says theyare not the men who kill-
ed the boy. Eugene McQueen, the
star witness in the case, carre Pear
getting killed here a few ilays aso
hy several negroes, f. lends of the
men who are charged with the hor-
rible crime, fot tipping it off to the
officers. ......
A large crowd witnessed the trial
and much interest is manifested.
New Hate law.
The new railroad rate law went
into effect last midnight. It is n 't
possible for all the railroads to com-
ply wit'n the law in so short a time
r-nd they will be allowed an exten-
sion.
One of the principal features of
the new law is the published freight
tariffs including the "extras." Here-
tofore the switching, icing, elevator
and other charges have been made
separately. Now they must all !>e
included in thf quotation of rates.
The railroads are also required to
keep their books open for inspection
hut this provision does not go into
ffect until June i of next year.
Tulsa. I. T.—In order to handle
the Increasing traffic the Missouri
Kansas & Texas will Install two ad-
ditional passenger trains on this di-
vision from Osage to Muskogee.
curing hands to gather the crop.
Never Better.
Ardmore, I. T.—W. P. Lane, a
cotton buyer of Davis, wait In Ard-
more today. He has been buying
cotton at Davis and Pauls Valley
for a great number of years and has
had much experience In observing
crops. In his opinion the acreage
In the Chickasaw nation Is 30 per
rent greater than last year and the
yield per uc^ will be much larger.
He estimated that the crop in this
section will make about 50 per cent
more than It did last year and says
the only trouble expected Is In se-
Shawnee. Okla.- Assistant Chief
Tom Hewlett shot a Klckapoo In-
dian named Mah-Wah-Tow-ah, aged
30 years, at the Rock Island freight
office early today. Hewlett and Offi-
cer Earrall were attempting to ar-
rest three big drunken bucks, when
Mah-Wah-Tow-ah drew a gun and
started after Farrall. Hewlett pulled
hia gun and ran toward the Indian,
but stumbled and the weapon was
discharged, the ball passing through
the Indian, who died In an hour.
Hewlett was exonerated tonight by
the coroner.
"lull" Fossett Now n Saloonkeeper.
Lawton, O. T — William R. Fos-
sett, who was United Stales marshal
of Oklahoma until recently, was al-
lowed a saloon license by the coun-
ty commissioner to sell liquor at
Wautlka, a town southeast of here
on the Rock Island.
WILL USE III.OODHOUNDS.
Plan to Exterminate the Kolves on
Wichita Forest Reserve,
lawton, Okla.—A pack it' blood-
hounds were received toda f by Su-
pervisor B. F. Morrlsaey, of the
Wichita forest reserve. They were
sent here lo he used In cleaning Ihe
reservation of wolves and other vic-
ious animals which are detrimental
to the propogutlon of gnme. The
department la making preparations
to receive the herd of twenly-seven
buffalo to be sent her* from New
York this fall.
Federated Clubs Will Meet at Tulsa
Tulsa. I. T. The Federated clubi
of Indian Territory will convene In
annual session at Tulsa from Octo
her 30 to November S. Inclusive.
Two hundred delegates ara expect-
ed to attend.
Shawnee. Okla—The Shawnee-
Tecumseh Interurbaa line was com-
pleted clear through tonight and ■
full service Inaugurated Service
half way has been In progress for
two months.
Ardmore, 1. T.—George Tuegles,
an Ardmore boy, who entered the
civil service sometime ago and was
assigned a place with Ihe United
States treasury department at Wash
Ington, has been appointed federal
meat inspector anil stationed at Ft.
Worth, Teaaa.
Menace to Health.
Guthrie. Ok., Aug. 2D.—Unless
soniethln Is done within the next
few days the health of Oklahoma and
Indian Territory farmers along the
hanks of small streams will be seri-
ously endangered. The recent over-
flow is responsible for an unpreco-
dented state of InBanitatlon, espec-
ially among the lower bottoms of the
country.
In many places the Insignificant
streams become rivers of from three
to five miles in width. Avres of
green corn were Inundated and the
stench left, after the waters receded,
is fearful.
Many families along such routes
are preparing to move unless the
smell can he reduced soon. Two-
thirds of the corn along the Washita
vailed Is ruined together with the
greater part of other growing crops.
Cotton also suffered heavily by the
overflow.
Maids i,f H< nor Are Chosen.
Lawton. O. T.—Miss Katelirine
Ross, of Lawton, who was selected
by the United Sons of Confederate
Veterans of Lawton as sponsor for
their reunion to be held here Sep-
tember 11 to 13, has chosen as her
maids of honor Miss Mary Lou John-
son and Mary Timomns, both ot this
city.
JOHN EMBREY
U. S. District Attorney of Oklahoma. Chandler. Okla
PRIZES FOR CORN.
Farmers State Hank at Morris En-
couraging Fanners of that
Section.
Morris, I. T.—The Farmers State
Bank of ,norris will give $30 In
prizes to the farmers who bring the
host samples of corn and pumpkins
to that bflnk befori ■ ""
Wife of Judge Reavers Dead.
Chickasha. I T.—Etta J. Beav-
ers. wife of Judge M. M. Beavers ol
this city, died yesterday at the fam-
ily houie at Sixth and Kansas av-
enues. Mrs. Beavers has been sick
for several months and her death
was not unexpected.
Mrs. eBavers leaves a large fam
September 29, ">' consisting of her husband and
when the prizes will' be awarded, 'he following children: L. L Beav-
The awards will he divided as fol- •"'« of Mount Ida. Ark.. ■
lows 110 00 for the first dozen Beavers of this city; M. M. Beavers,
belt ears of yellow corn. *5.00 for Jr of Berlin OWU., D. I. Heave,.,
the second; $1.50 for the third: of Aberdeen. S. D.: Mrs. O. M. C ay-
$10 00 for the best dozen ears of,<omb. Rletta Beavers and Allen
white corn. *5.00 for the second. Ayers Beavers of this city
The funeral took place from the
family home this afternoon. Rev.
Fait, -i the Presbyterian church of-
ficiating.
Mr. and Mrs. weavers were mar-
ried In 1875 at Boonevllle, Ark..
$l"50 for the'third; fl.OO for the
tallest stalk of corn.
Cavalrjr Company.
Tulsa, I. T.—1st I.leut. Joe Matulys
of the cavalry company at |™ chickasha a bout" ten
the cavalry company stationed at ^
Tulsa said this morning that there .IlldK„ Beaver8 ,B ono of the prom.
were over forty-five ^mbers now ^ attorney8 of this clty.
in the company and they would (
commence drilling In a few days nolnK Completion.
Tulsa has two mHilary companies. TuIga , T _ The Uncle Sam oil
Infantry and cavalrj. . I refinery is terribly rushed with Its
Captain H. B. Talley and First nf thl, M„„roJlph.
Lieutenant Joe Matulys will have
charge of the cavalry and Laptain
The Weekly Constitution will
commence the publicstion of a daily
in Monday. September ,lrd. That
will make the second Democratic,
and third, daily for Tulsa.
MUST BE NATURALIkED.
So. McAlester. I. T.—W. H. H.
Clayton has decided that foreigners
with first Intention papers only
cannot vote In the election which
will be held for the constitutional
convention. All foreigners who
have not completed their naturali-
zation before September 27. when
the naturalization law goes Into ef-
fect, will also be debarred from vot-
ing. This decision affects a large
iforelgn population In the mining
belt.
Crop Damage Small.
Wynnewood, I. T—A careful In-
vestigation of crop conditions
through this part of the Washita
Valley shows that the damage from
the recent high water will be very
small.
... C. Adler and Firs. Lieutenant
Charles Brown, the Infantry. The
boys will furnish their own suits
and other paraphernalia, and ns
soon as an appropriation is made
by the government the money paid
for their outfits will be refunded.
Wood Reserve to Open.
Marlow, I. T.—Scores of prospect-
ors ar< dally pouring In to look at
the wood reserve which Is soon to
be opened to settlement.
This body ot land comprises 25.-
000 acres none of which Is allot-
ted or reserved for leases or school
purposes. It Is a fine body of lanad
much of which is either fertile
prairie or rich bottom lands. It
will be opened about Nov.
/ork on account of the approach-
ing cold weather. T large force of
men are working night and day
Installing machinery and putting
things In Bhape for this winter's
business.
The business of refining oil Is
much better In the winter than sum-
mer. The plant here is being en-
larged anil many valuable improve-
ments added.
The Choctaw-Chickasaw per cap-
ita townslte payment party Is now
located at Atoka, where they ex-
pert a large payment Indian Agent
Dana H. Kelsey will leave tomor-
row for Atoka to spend a few days
with the party. From Atoka the
party will go to Caddo and then to
Durant. The party will be In 'he
field until Christmas At Atoka
there are a number of Mississippi
here
Smith A Harris are
Waurika, to put In a dry pressed
brick plant. The demand for build-
ing material never was greater, and
the quality of the shale here Is as
good as can be found anywhere so
It Is expected that the enterprise
will meet with great success.
lst- Choctaws to be paid,
from
Hugo. I. T.—M. L. Webb, at the
last meeting of the city council, re-
signed the office of mayor. He gave
as his reasons the press of private
business. Upon his insisting the
council accepted It and elected
former Mayor Jones as his success-
or. Dr. Jones was mayor In 1904-5.
Republican Press Club Meeting.
Tulsa, I. T.—The Kepubllcan
club of the Third congressional dis-
trict will meet at Vinita and com-
plete the organization tomorrow.
Early In September on call of the
president, another meeting will be
held at Muskogee at which Govern-
or Frants. Delegate BfVd 8. Mc-
Gulre and ex-Oovernor Ferguson
arc axpected to apeak.
At the Catholic Mission near An -
darko, an eight ye f old Indian boy
was killed by a pet bear
Labor lHajr Picnic.
South McAleater, Ind. Terr.—
The Labor Day committee la pre-
paring to celebrate with a big
picnic at Dow Lake not far from
this city. Th*rr will he a free bar-
becue dinner, two balloon ascen-
sions and band concerts innumera-
ble.
Political speakers will be on the
ground and the issues of the day
will be discussed from both stand-
points.
A new court houqp for Greer coun-
ty, Okla.. la being built at Mangui
Farmer Jail<-d.
Ardmore. I T.—Will Evnns. a
farmer, was placed in the federal
Jail today for cruelly beating his
wife at their home near Tishomingo
The woman's Injuries may prova
fatal
The Farmers Union at Sapulpa
has begun the construction of a
cotton gin at that place, and exepect
to have It completed by October
1.
Chickasha. I. T.—There Is a
movement now under discussion of
providing a permanent display room
for Chickasha where the select ex-
hibits of the coming fair may be
permanently located. It Is thought
such an exhibit would be an excel-
tal- I lent advertising card for Chickasha
People in that aection are consid- j as wouid be a constant demon-
erably wrought up over Evans' ac- gtration of what this country will
Hon as It Is said to be the second produce.
_ , , ... H„ w„_ hroueht A cotton stalk, measuring six
offense of this kind. He was brought I ^ th|rty^lKh, bolu
here by the officers flio feared mob | whJch wa8 Krown nwir checotah,
violence in case Mrs. Evans should evidence of what the recent rains
die have been doing for the cotton crap
Thr l «outb "^"r'T TlG~W
pound abroad in tha Chort"x-I Mansfield, of the lrm of Mansleld.
en nose of the de-.uty marshals. ' McMurry and Cornish, who has been
pert nosi in , , „ i so cited to announce himself as a
The new booze appears to be a ^ ^ cOMt(tutUjna, conv„n.
combination _vUkev in com- tlon from this district, has decided
cloves I .Tr o v can not bed"- ^at he will not make the race and
hlnntlon the wlh!'k*yji c"""Ot be ae ^ ^ lnformed h,s frlend8. Mr
teeted either by ^he smell or ^ ManBfle|<, wJ„ >oon rt,,urn to Mc-
su'niptlon of the article, which 1« Alester from his summer home In
Schools In "rtiree Nations.
Schools under the supervision of
Superintendent Benedict In the
Choctaw, Cherokee and Creek na-
tions, for the whites, Indians and
negroes, will open next Monday.
There about 600 of these schools
that will commence at that time.
Some of the day Bchools in the
Chickasaw nation will also com-
mence on Monday, but the boarding
schools there will not be ready to
open before October 1. as the fur-
nishings will not be ready until then.
A misrepresentation has been
made in Oklahoma to the effect that
the Indian Territory part of the
new state was short of teachers. In-
stead of there being a scarcity, Su-
perintendent Benedict says that
there is a surplus of teachers In all
the nations. The wrong Informa-
tion circulated has caused numerous
letters being written by Oklahoma
teachers for positions In Indian
Territory.
Young Man Commit" Suicide.
Elks. I. T.—George W. Collins,
iged about 26 years, killed hlm-
<>-lf todav at 12 o'clock in the gar-
len at his mother s home by shooi-
ng himself with a 3H-callbre Colt's
revolver. The ball entered the left
temple and came out on the right
Aide of his head. Death was in-
Uantaneous, as he was dead before
members of the family could reach
him- . j
The young man was arrested yes-
terday afternoon by Deputy Havens
it Ardmore for connection with the
.'heft of a steer, which it is alleged
he had dtolen from u man named
Gray, who lived on Wild Morse.
Deputy Havens placed Collins in the
ustody of a posseman and went af-
ter another party. Intending to re-
rurn bv way of Elk and take Col-
lins back with him to Ardmore.
Collins has had considerable trou-
ble in the courts, having been ar-
rested several times for various of-
fenses.
The first Modern Woodman Camp
was organized at Lyons, Clinton
county, lowa, on the evening of Jan-
uary 5. 1SS3. with 21 charter mem-
bers. The first Head Camp meeting
was held In June 1883. at Fulton.
Illinois. At this Head Camp, five
local camps were represented by
fifteen delegates. On May 5, 18S4,
■harter was granted the society by
the state of Illinois under which
It has sinve operated. In J n®'
1905 the last eHad Camp was held
at Milwaukee. Wis. There were 11.-
060 camps ! ■ presented with a mem-
bership of over 700.000. Aug. 1.
1906. M. W of A. had more than
11,500 camps and a membership of
15,000.
A cabbage weighing twenty-four
pounds has been brought by 8. C.
Cooper to the Lexington Leader. It
Is believed to be the largest cabbage
yet raised in the new state.
Big Elevator.
Skiatook. I. T.—The Midland Mill
& Elevator completed Its large ele-
vator at this place and Is now ready
to handle a large part of the Im-
mense corn crop of this section. Last
year the corn was dumped in huge
"piles on the ground.
The new elevator Is three stories
high and will be managed by H. C.
Sullivan of this poace. Over 200.-
000 bushels Is the estimate for the
-tniount of corn which will be mark-
eted here this year.
Tulsa. I. T. In commissioners
court here today the negroes. Sid
Howell, Joe Murray and Younger
lackson, charged with the murder
of Harry I'rlester In West Tulsa, two
months ago, were held to the grand
Jury without bull.
MURPHY-POUTER CASE.
Number of Y.'ltuesaea Leave Mimko*
gee for WayneKvlllc, Mo., to
Testify.
P. Porter, chief of theh Creek Na-
tion, Hon. J. Blair Shoenfelt, ex-
United States Indian agent. Clare-^e
B. Douglas, C. W. Turner, and a
number of other witnesses left Sept.
3 for Waynesvllle, Mo., where they
go to testify In the damage suit of
A. P. Murphy, Congressman from
Missouri, against P. Porter, chief of
the Creek Nation.
It will be remembered that Mr.
Murphy waa summarily dismissed as
attorney for the Creek Ration by
Chief Porter In 1903. M. L. Mott
wsb appointed by the chief to take
Murphy'a place. Murphy began a
suit In the United States court for
his salary as attorney, notwithstand-
ing th« fart that Mott had been ap-
pointed. He won this suit and act-
ing on advices from the Interior De-
partment the case was carried to the
United States court of appeal, where
it Is now pending. Murphy imme-
diately Instituted suit for damages
In the sum of 125,000 In theh court
et Waynesvllle, Mo.
Rural Itouti-s From Vinita.
Vinita, I. T.—Postmaster J. H.
Butler Is pushing the plans for two
rural routes out of Vinita, and has
Just received word that theh inspec-
tor will be here to-morrow to go over
♦hem and make a report to the
postofflce department. One of the
routes runs east as far as Frank
Franklin's farm, while the other
runs northwest to the Will Claua
farm.
said to produce a furious Intoxica-
tion. Five quarta of the mixture
were seized recently by United
States marshals.
Rogers, Ark.
The commercial Natlonol bank
has been organized here with a cap-
ital stock of *15.000 The follow-
ing officers end dire-tors were elect-
ed: T. L. W ide, of Marlow, pres-
ident; W H Pattv, of Comanche,
vice president William Wade. Wil-
liam Binder. O. W. Melllsk, P. H.
Peck. H. A. Hall, Oeorge B. Bord-
ner and A. B Weakley, directors.
This bsnk will be ready for busi-
ness Just as soon as the charter is
received. This makes three nation-
al banks for <he town.
The contract has been let by the
Enid council for twenty blocks of
asphalt paving.
Sapulpa Celebration.
Sapulpa. 1 T - The farmers un-
ion and the commercial club of Sa-
pulpa held a celebration yesterday,
the event being the opening up for
traffic of a new steel bridge.
This is the first steel hrldge in
the Eighth district and 4000 peo-
ple attended the di-dlcatlon of It.
The farmers exhibited sample* of
the growing crops which were very
fine.
ON SIMPLIFIED SPELLING.
Supt. Benedict Believes Few Words ■
Should Have Been Adopted
at a Time.
John D. Benedict, superintendent
of schools, has received an official
list of 300 words, giving the simpli-
fied form of spelling.
In many of the words there Is no
change from the present way. For
instance, "honor" is spelled that
way. The old English way Is
"honour."
"There Is a gradual change In the
form of spelling constantly going
on." said Mr Benedict. "For years
the spelling of words has been
changing slowly—so gradual has
been the change that people have
hardly noticed it." Mr. Benedict
believes the adoption of a few words
at a time would have been suffi-
cient and the American people
would have taken readily to the new
form. He believes that three hun-
dred words changed at one time will
not meet with success at the begin-
ning. It requires time for the peo-
ple to get accustomed to changes.
LAWTON BREAKS ITS RECORD.
Lawton. O. T.—The city public
schools opened to-day with a great
Increase in enrollment over any pre-
vious year. The number enrolled
this morning was 1.078, regardless
of the fact that this was Labor Day.
This number is 24 per cent greate^
than that of the first week last year.
The rchool buildings are crowded
beyind capacity. The board of edu-
fsilon met to-night to elect three
riore teachers, making theh number
of teachers twenty-three. They also
made other provisions for handling
the pupils.
Thirty Inches Rain.
Quinton. I. T -The storm of Sun-
day night and Monday morning has
damaged crops in this vicinity. It
is estimated that over 30 inches of
rain fell during thhe two days, which
Is more rain than the Texas panhan-
dle has had within a year.
Col. McAlester was to have made
a speech here on Labor Day, but the
heavy rains shut off all railroad traf-
fic and he did not Bppear The rail-
roads will be capable of nothing ex-
cept the slowest travel for theh next
two or three Mays. In many places
the track will have to be reballasted.
First Bale at Hugo.
Hugo. I. T Hugo received her
first bale of cotton last Friday. It
was sold on Jhe street and a pre-
mium of $25 was given.
ANOTHER WELL AT OKMULGEE.
Believed it Will Make Six Millions
Easily.
Okmulgee. 1. T. Dr. L. 8 Skel-
ton drilled in another large gas well
to-day The well will make six
millions easily This well will give
Okmulgee an unlimited supply of gas
that will be piped in nt once. Tools
and pipe are here on the grounds.
Several manufacturing plants that
kMI be.>n waiting to Come here will
come in at once, as the supply of
gas Is now sufficient to meet any
reasonable consumption.
Freedom for Good Conduct.
Ahromre. I. T.—Judge Dicker-
son has Issued an order to the Unit-
ed States Jailer here to relesae
ti rover Whltesid*. 20 years old,
The saloons at Ralston, on the
line of the Osage reservation, have
at last been closed up.
To Set the Docket.
N. O. Gubser, BenJ. Rice and D.
N. Martlndale. attorneys of Tulsa,
have been authorized by Judge W.
R. Lawrence to set the civil docket
for the Tulsa term of court. The
. intarf „f Kdultrv be-: Tulsa bar association was also au-
who was convicted of adul ry b,. , fhoM tg nppo,nt exllIIltnlnK
for# Judge Dicker son at Chickasha j tQ recelve applications of
members who wish to practice In
Tulsa.
and sentenced to one year In pris-
on. Judge Dlcksrson became In-
terested In the youth and as a re-
sult of his exemplary conduct since
his confinement in prison, liberty
waa given him.
Tho census of Ada Is to be taken
with a view to voting on bonds for
waterworks.
Underwood Held.
Harvey Underwood, the negro
who killed Dan Nichols, another ne-
gro. at Haskell, for Interfering with
his domestic affairs, has been held
to await the action of the grand
Jury.
The unions of Muskogee will go
to Tulsa uext Monday and Join In
the Labor Day celebration there.
This decision haB been made, after
a reconsideration of the fare
charged bv the Midland Valley rail
road, which has offered a rate of
$1 for the round trip.
A special train will be provided
with ample accommodation for all
who desire to go.
The Merchants' band of this city
will accompany the local unions,
and also participate, as It is com-
posed of union men.
Marriage Licenses.
Marriage license wns issued to J.
A. Lawson. 34, and Mrs, 1.1 vine Col-
llns, 27, of McLain.
Numerous fires have occurred at
Oklahoma City the paat two months,
and most of them were evidently of
Inrendtary origin. At a recent fire
several boys were seen to run away
and when one was apprehended by
an officer, he confessed that the gang
of boys he had been running with
had started most of the fires to see
the departuiiut make a run.
Blliles for the Jail.
Guthrie. Okla The board of
county commissioners of this (Lo-
gan! county this week compiled with
the provision of the Oklahoma stat-
ute which makes it mandatory for
the county commissioners of each
ronnty fo provide Bibles for the Jails
and prisons of the county, nnd pur-
chased of a local firm a number of
Bibles, which were placed In the
county Jail here for the prisoners'
use. Very few people knew that the
law was on theh statute books, and
It has not been very generally ob-
served.
Oyster Bny, N. Y The President
has decided to leave for Washington
October 1. Three days later he will
make a flying trip to Harrisburg and
York, Pa.,, where he will deliver
speeches.
Marriage Licenses
Frink Ballweg, 25. Muskoge*:
Mlsa Marie Klrkmeyer. 22, Plerc*
City. Mo.
Peter Orlffln. 25; Miss Emma
Nauman, 22. Boynton.
Allie Simmons, 21; Louisa Low,
21, colored. Broken Arrow.
Council Hill claims that they alao
have some oil wells.
Illlsa Not Shot.
Coalgate . IT. The report that
Herman lillas, the murderer of John
Caredo. theh Italian merchant of
Krebs and Bache, had been shot
near this city by United States mar-
shals, has turned out to be utterly
unfounded It Is nald upon good
authority that Bliss Is somewhere In
the Creek nntlon snd that he will
be captured there If he Is tnken, as
he has mnny friends In that part oC
the Indian Territory.
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