The Claremore Messenger. (Claremore, Indian Terr.), Vol. 12, No. 52, Ed. 1 Friday, December 21, 1906 Page: 3 of 10
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County Lines the Bone of
Ji!fit in the rear of Charlie O. Frye, a
, Cherokee full-blond Republican de!-
PROPOSITIONS
Contention
at Guthrie
Guthrie—A strong and growing
1 ~« V" was to° p°°r to support n county gov.
contHuH "was argue., that Wag
constitutional delegates to do noth-
ing with the county boundary situa-
tion at this time, but to allow the
present Oklahoma counties and the
recording districts In Indian Terri-
tory to remain as counties until
aft^r the next federal census.
it la argued that new congressional
districts wll be carved out after the
next census and that the people of
the new state could not be otherwise
than friendly to the Democratic par-
ty If the county seat fights were put
off a', this time.
All the movement lacks at present
Is a leader, but if the sentiments aug-
ment-i as rapidly as during the past
few (lays a leader will undoubtedly
arise in opposition to the present
state of a multiplicity of counties.
The county seat fight Is growing
frenzied and every day this week
the lobbyists and delegates have
been caucusing at sny place or at
any time. The report of the commit-
tee will not be made until next
week.
The hearings on county boundary
matters were concluded last night
and the indications now nre thst the
Indian Territory will have forty
counties, nineteen of which will be
north of the Cftnadlan~'Y!ver.
It now seems that there will be a
division of Beaver, Woods and Greer
counties in Oklahoma and possibly
Comanche county will be split up.
There will not be to exceed eighty
counties In the new state of Okla-
homa and there may be but seventy.
The probable county se.it towns of
the Indian Territory will Include Mi-
ami, Nowata, Claremore, Vinita, Tul-
oner people had vested Interests in
Coweta and the aurrorndlng coun-
try and that for that re son Wagon-
er should have 'the country contlgu
oua to Coweta.
Later In the evening the Wagon-
er contingency discovered that they
would be tacked on to Coweta coun-
ty with Coweta as the shire town and
the delegation at once got busy and
is now trying to carve out a county
with Wagoner as the county se:it,
snd leaving Coweta out of the reck-
oning.
Coweta Is the center of a rich ag-
ricultural country which lies west
of the Verdigris river. TFhree-fourths
of the wealth of the proposed coun-
ty Is tributary to Coweta.
Twenty-one Tulsa boomers head-
ed by Dave Sleeper, ex-speaker ot
the Ohio legislature and a warhorse
Republican, came bursting Into Dem-
ocratic Guthrie yesterday to protest
against the boundary lines as pro-
posed for the county of which Tulsa
is to be the county seat. Tulsa
county. If the present plans are car-
ried out. will be a second "Goose-
neck" district, being 6 miles wld«
and 36 miles In length. The Tulsa
crowd are also trying to help Bris-
tow to land a county seat and thus
separate Sapulpa from the honor,
which the caucus had Intended to
thrust upon Parson Cobb's town.
H Is strange how quiet most of
the delegates sre nowadays; they go
about talking in subdued whispers,
hut it is not fear of being caught by
the lobby man. but due to natural
rauses, as nearly every statesman
sueffring from a cold contracted by
• gate from Salllatw. who tnk
terest In rending the Times-Demo-
crat.
C: pt. A. S. MiKennon of South
McAlester, has been piloting sound
unto -.ft the constitution makers In in
effort to have the great white mrn-
tel rf prohibition extended over th,<
entlte new commonwealth.
Myron Boyle of Tulsa, has been a
frequent visitor at the gay capital
of late, bu't It has not been county
lines that has caused Mr. Boyle to
neglect his printing establishment,
b t rather a mad desire to becomtt
postmaster of Tulsa In place of the
present Incumbent, Capt. Seaman
Boyle Is having some difficulty In
getting all the boys of 'the executive
committee, of which he himselr it
a mi rnber, lined up for him on thj
post Mastership.
O. B. Colquitt, stste railrotd com-
missioner for Texas, will address lb>
convention today.
P. B. Hopkins is again back at til«
post of duty In the convention, afler
ii wiek's absence in Muskogee. Mr.
Hopkins sits next to H«nry Asp and
Henry sits near th? big ess stove.
Col. Roy Hoffman cf Chandler,
and M. L. Turner of Oklahoma olty,
both United States senatorial aspi-
rants. are giving everybody the glad-
some hand and a'« being forced to
listen to the dry ti.les of the pioneers
—but they are both gams and uoth
wear the smile that sticks.
• , • ■ ** « V/IU « WllllHLlftl wj
aa, Coweta, Muskogee. Bar'lesvilI*. sleeping in some of the pigeon holes
Pryor Creek, Okmulgee. Okeemah. called rooms In the capital town.
Wewoka, Holdenville, checotah, Sal- There seems danger that the dele
llsaw. Stilwell. Sapulpa. Tahlequah, j gates may be won over to antl-pro-
and Wagoner, north of the river, and hibltion If this condition of cold
Ardmore, Pauls Valley, McAlester.
Duncan, Sulphur. Chickasha. Pu.
cell. Marietta, Tishomingo. Potear
Coalgate, Atoka, Ada, Wilburton
Talihina, Valliant, Ryan. Hugo and
Stigler will lie south of the Cana-
dian.
It Is claimed by many of the sup-
posedly knowing ones that Eufaula
will be cut out of the floclt of county
seats as Checotah has been maintain-
ing a strong lobby here to look arter
the Interests of that town It is ar-
gued that the Canadian r ver should
be the southern boundnry of tho
northern tier of counties and as Che.
cotah Is. g^-ranhlcally. better lo-
cated. It is thought the demands of
the Checotah delegation will prevail
wjth the convention and that Eufau-
la will be left out In the cold shiver-
ing atmosphere.
The Interests of Eufaula are bein^
looked after principally by C. E
Foley, the unseated Indian Terltory
delegate to congress two years bar*.
One of the most peculiar county
seat situations has arisen ove the
placing of Wagoner In the same
county with Coweta and making th
latter town the county seat. Ths
boundary lines of Coweta county had
been settled upon by the Third con-
gressional district caucus at mid-
night on Monday, but the Wagoner-
Ites succeeded in having the matter
opened for rehearing Tuesday after-
noon and Wagoner was placed in the
same county with Coweta.
The county as now decided upon.
If the agreement as entered into by
the Third dlstrlot caucus is not vio-
lated. gives Coweta c tunty four ad-
ditional townships on the east. In-
cluding the town of Wagoner.
Three townships, as originally de-
elded upon by the caucus, are cut off
the former southern hounarles and
will likely be thrown In with Mus-
kogee county. •
The present county with Coweta
as the county seat slM.wg u county ex-
tending 2 7 miles north and south and
36 miles east and west.
At the caucus Tuesday afternoon
the Wagoner representatives said
'they would prefer being In Coweta
county, us ti ,, i.md al> tut Wagoner
REMOVAL OK RB8TRICTION8.
Cherokee.
Robert E. L. Paden, Stlllwell.
Mlllnda N. Williams, Afton.
Nannie J. Blgbey, Evanfevllle, Ark.
James F. Pope, Centralia, I. T.
Henry F. Fields, Chappel, I. T.
Thomas Blgbey, Stlllwell.
King I,eabo!t, Hanson.
Susan E. Peak, Southwest City,
Mo
Mary J. Perkins, Council Hill.
Rosa Cowes Klser, Mark,
Joseph Johnson. I'n ontown. Ark.
Mallnda A. E. Richardson, Remy.
Edward Kincaid, Adair. I. T.
Charles M. l.oflln, Slloani Springs.
Don Grant, Grove, I. T.
William Hughes, Rowland.
Oliver Hogg. Black Gum.
Charley Whitmore, Proctor^
Mary A. Sleler. Bluejacket.'
Maggie L. Rogers, Mcl ain.
George Ross. Locust Orove, I. T.
Timothy M. Adair, Stlllwell.
James F. Phillips, Texana.
Laura A. Dege, Clnclnnattl, Ohio.
John H, Bailey, Vinita.
Alton E. Bracken, Muskogee.
Lewis D. Simmons, Sallsaw.
John Runels. Mineral.
James R. Harlln, Fairland.
THAT TOWN' 4ITE GRAFT.
How Territory Lite Were Secured
by the Speculator*.
Washington — WiJIIam Dudley
Foulke. whom the president sent to
the Indian Terrltiry to investigate
alleged crookedness and grafting In
connection with townslte deals, ar-
rived in Washington today. Mr.
Foulke will on Monday lay before
the president a m iss of evidence, to
which Judge Mott, attorney of the
Creek nation, has added a lot of a
similar nature The department of
Justice will proceod with the gath-
ering of evidence with a view to
prosecutions, and these towns will
fleure In such proceedings as it may
bring: Muskogie. Fort Gibson,
Tulsa, Wagoner, Sapulpa and Ok-
mulgee.
It Is alleged that there has been
wholesale grafting In connection
with the sale of the lo.- in all of
these townsltes. Under the law, al-
lottees are entitled to select lots In
the town, In lieu of acreage ground
ortslde. Persons who are charged
with grafting are r.lleged to have In-
duced "dummy" purchasers to se-
cure the lots and then turn them
over at a nominal figure.
One Instance Is related of ft r "«!
estate dealer connected with a trust
company who Induced one man with
seven children to make a selection
of eight lots In the names of hlmsulf
and each of bis children. The
agreement was that the f filer of
the children was to receive one lot
In consideration of turning over the
remaining seven to the dealer at the
apprised valuation.
Real estate dealers and others
have come Into possession of the
property, which thev have been able
to sell for many times its original
valuation, while some are holding
property valued at thousands of
dollars obtained at prlcet which In
comparison with what they are val-
ued at now are ridiculously low.
Some leading firms of the towns
mentioned are Involved In d 'als of
this character. It Is said, and there
will be some sensational develop-
nen's when the attorneys get busy
n the territory. bringing suits
against them.
In the case of a man wl^ trans-
ferred the eight lots the firm Is said
to have realized more than $12,000
__ _ from the deal, while the poor In-
'cratic nomination frot" the Third ! dlan has his one lot. If |t t to, has
H strtct, while W. H. Kornegay of not be n t .ken from him tinker some
rooms keeps up, as several have boon
contemplating engaging quarter.* at
some of the bar-rooms, the only
Place where warmth Is on tap and
where the lights shine brightly at"'
the lunch Is free.
Thos. H. Owen of Muskogee, has
been here mingling with the dele-
gates and big political guns. Demo-
cratically. Mr. Owen ts a member
of the state Democratic committee. Is
mixing much medicine and is said to
*>e taking a great Interest In the Har-
-11-Harrls contest case, which com?s
ip Friday. Mr. Harril has not as
ret withdrawn from the race, but it
is hinted by some of his friend! that
he win withdraw at the eleventh
hour. A proposition was presented
to allow both Harris and Hnrrll a
half vote each. Harris Is said to
have agreed to this arrangement, but
Harril Insists on having a man's size
vote or none at all.
Within a few days a new commit-
tee has been announced by Presi-
dent Murray, it being the Committee
on Imagination, with Henry Asp as
chairman. Nearly every visitor to
Guthrie Is an honored member of
this Important committee.
C. M. Bradley of Muskogee, the
"King of the Grafters," has been cir-
culating about among 'the •'-•'"men.
but says he Is after nothing In par-
ticular, other than to see that every-
one gets a good, square deal. Mr
Bradley's Guthrie lieutenants are
Bill Hart and Harry Bell of Musko-
gee.
H. B. Spaulding is weaving around
among the boys and his congression- j
al boom In the Third district Is said
to be assuming definite shape. The
name of J. J. Curl of Bartlesville. Is [
still coupled with that of the De
WASHINGTON
the secretary of
una? public, Ik In ti
veil. He exDreases <
rf!Tort« to r«?li
TIip annual i
Guthrie. Ok. Additional constitu-
tional propositions wei* introduced
an follows:
345—Hughes of Oklahoma City,
controlling sale of liquors by local
option. (Liquor traffic.
age of consent 16 (General provi-
sions. )
347—Edley, relating to railroad
regulations. (Railroad and public
service corporations. I
348—Baker of Wewoka, limiting
Indebtedness of municipalities. (Mu-
nicipal corporations.)
349—Henshaw, by request, re-
quiring corporations to have fifty
per cent capital stock paid up when
taking out charter and rest In three
years. (Private corporations.)
350—Henshaw of Madill, request,
regarding insolvent corporations,
Texas provision. (Private corpora-
tions. )
351—Henshaw, request, prohibit-
ing corporation campaign contribu-
tions. (Private corporations.)
352—Henshaw, relating to mem-
bers of legislature. (Legislative.)
353—James of Guymon, securing
economy In government of eleemos-
ynary institutions. (Public build-
ings.)
354 — Williams of Lehigh, defining
powers of corporation commission.
(Railroad and public service corpor-
ations. >
365—Williams, for board of ar-
bitration for labor troubles. (La-
bor.)
366—Johnson of Perry, classlfv-
Ing demeanors. (Crimes and pun-
ishment. )
367—Johnson, limiting right to
hold office. (General provisions. I
368—Johnson, limitations on bill
of rights. (Bill of rights.)
359—Williams of Durant, Texas
vtock and bonds provision for rail-
roads. (Railroad i
360—Mitch of Oklahoma City, re-
lating to physicians, surgeons, law-
yers and pharmacists In Indian Ter-
ritory. (Schedule, i
dred and ninety-*,*
Onthrl" Ok Thief In imnnrt. 1 nf wliest have I."Ti haryeste.1. ..
' 1 V ,ln in>P"rt- nt |i4v-,, ,s7 l bushels
ance among the propositions submit- Ht a valuation of ins. H,
tied yesterday was one by Plttman 1 tons "f hronm corn, showini
SUMMARY OF ANNUAL REPORT
OF SECRETARY HITCHCOCK
■port of |
iterior, recently ... t
mure of a fare- l ti& was
. regret that his I The numli
public domain "fr
intl. Alva and Weatherford. The enroll -
iplls In the public schools for
Whiles. colored. 5.4M.
orKunlied school districts rr(
vlous years. This oil avreagea In speciflo
Kravity Hum ij degrees in <1 t-j u.-areea,
Lie latter being ii.e highest gravity oil
produced (wuu the exception o1 a few
auuill wells drlllde In lhi- city limits ot
Muskonee, I. 'i./, west of the 1 vnnsyl-
tuhla and Weal Virginia Iteuls. 1 here
are at present .'Si oil wells in the Cleve-
land Held, producing 7.UUU barrels of oil
per day. and 1J ga wells, havlnK a dally
rapacity of 76 cubic feel. There are at
the present time l..',00.uuv barrels of oil
stored In steel and wooden tanks In the
Held, an the storing of oil in earthem
tanks was lound to 1,® unsatisfactory by
large loss by «eepa«ea and
of the
efforts to release the public domain "from was 3.0K3, and tne number of achcmiH rra*"n a 'ante loss by seepages
the grip of Ha despotlers has been met taught was 3,1!*') the bital numbeV of I ""P0""'0", 1 "e present value of
by every einharraasment that human In- days schools were tuiirlu lu-imr siT an i Produced Is 46 cents per barrel,
genulty could devise " lie declares that The dally average of attendance Proposed to make a vrey full ex-
|M werftil agenc ies have been combined was 46 4.17 females 44 sm Th..r« m-erl! cereals, fruit and other re-
to weaken the hand of the law and that ti. 144 school hoiiKca TJSre sources of the territory at the Jamestown
even iovai land officials have been sub- su ns. , hree thousand three hl.ndre.l exposition, which will be financed by the
Servient to such influences. j and seventy-two^^ "achei^^r^ci^M hJk'"hom" deration of commercial and
He makes the startling announcement ] were Isansd. The total number of tVaeh ,nd.!i1lrlttl organisations
that reports on tile In his department "In- lers employed whs :i \7 ,,r whnm I ■' ;<,' ""® most Important civil case pend-
dlcate that approximately 600,ODD acres were males and " 41* f1,.„ .'p., I i"s Is the action of the Territory of Uk-
and more of the public domain In certain j school lands'set aside hv onirre*. !,.! lahoma vs. the Amrek-an Bonding corn-
states and territories are by unlawful of the schools of the territory ajroreira.e' p#ny Baltimore, in which the district
means appropriated to the exclusive use | 1.loo.t76 ncrea valued hv |n •■timatL I 'ourt °' county gave judgment for
"'r1:"1: ir.,"^^i^B^?i*w,K',i^nl^.!1" T"0-■,,h# In,nrn* 5ur,"«;
He a> his official Influence will aoon vear being over The receipt*
terminate, but that he shall have the from nil unurces for school purposes £t-,
n-ell founded con- gregated tl.ms.00Z.S2. and there was ex-
of the prenldenf | pen<1e«i for all purponea $1.4SN.1W.88. The
.Ti-1 *te ynlv*r*lty |« supported out of the
*eneral revenue^ of the territory, and tul-
.11 the departments except
aued. A sthe hank for which the com-
pany was surety has paid dividends, the
claim of th« territory has been materially
-| | r*du°*d. arid now. less Interest, is only
nut nf tht. Hboul of the amount for which claim
out or trie _ iirlvInn II v
•omfort In retiring of
vlctlon that the act!
relative to this class of lawleasn*
l e so rigorous as to enable his auc«
to succesHfully administer the law. I Hon is tr*
That portion of the secretary's report in the school of fin.
which refers to Oklahoma and Indian I One of ti
Territories. Is In part as follow*: ' Inn th<
"The report of the governor. Mr. Frank horn
Prantx. Is a very full and lurid state- I of the _r_Illtni .
ment showing the phenomenal develop- state for educational and other uurnose^ n?en.t ln connect|
ment in the territory. which ts valued at the p?e2SStP?|X at rlcU,,UILal a?d mechanical college at Still-
1.10.000,000 The practice hc^ ^en from 1V4ter very gratifying Durin*
-he nr., to lease school"nd^ther ^ser^ th*,rar ?4 "0 :"'e f"r rr
'ands. thereby bringing Into the nchonl of I'iackleg of caltlc were dls-
md other needs a constantly Increasing fr't'Uted, and it is estimated that not
-evenue and causing the land io K- ,an Per annum has been
proved and develope.1 It now remains I actual y saved to the farmers and stoc*
for the ■ late to decide whether the"" I 1,lr"u*h ' "« 01>e hran.-h of the st -
L nds shall h« sold or retained, and if "" " *""r
of the greatest nroiiiema 18 deposited in 26 banks In the terrl
ie people of the J?ew state otOkU- Th,? ,otal outstanding warrant Indel
rill be that of lh." .^^"^^Hlon | n''"n",r onV^ti
• large area of land rrantnH t.. ths. K «arrieo on at the ex
M _ . . g' niMI lo in« m<>nf alulli.n In ,.r>nnur.t l,.n aaslOS.
>klahoma comprises 26 counties, and | t.io.ooo.ooo
the Osage Indian reservation In the north-
east. covering an area of 38.715 square
miles, each with a population of 2.500 or
more. There are 900 postofflres. with
delivery routes In actual
originally made.
'The amount of cash In the treasury
June 30. 1906. was $732.5*7 18. which
Is deposited In 25 hanks in the territory.
Indebted-
19.
prel-
700 rural free
pcelpts from the
"The climate Is mllfl In winter and
hot In summer, and the territory has an
elevation of 700 fnet above the sea level
ranges on the past and 4.000 on the west
"The Increase in population during the
past year has been very remarkable
Owing to the widespread advertisement
of affairs In the territory, augmented by
a constant tide of Immigration, the rail-
roads run frequent excursions Into the
territory, and are taxed to their utmost
to handle the passenger traffic. It Is
estimated that the population Is now
about 845.000 people. Including 12.000 In-
dians. and that the number of foreign
born does not exceed per cent.
"The crop outlook for 1906 Is most ! > ow
promising, arid it is stated that the corn ind
"normous figure of , school district.' provision 'must t*"made I '
12n.0D0.000 bushels, representing a value for Its common - - -
nt S17,r,oo.o«n. and that 300.000 hale* of i stnhllsliment and main
to provide for proper Investment J'""1* came. Matoy nermu.ia grass rooie
d protection of the proceeds. The total I Jttve been distributed to more than 700
- - -I. farmers. - — - - ~ ~
being
isldered de-
IM.M.'" of'whlch"all growing at the station to that which
VaY^, o^,' tn'-T,:;' e.sCnt,onKmhr,
'nnd. $79,329.61 being set aside for col- I ^"mm sslon exists for the protection of
leges I live stock thruoghout the territory from
"A very rigid law was enacted by the <''n«a*ious diseases, power being given
territorial legislature providing for aep- ,h* commission to make and enforce
.rate s, hools for white and colored chll- "'',7 "*• regulations thereto The rich
iren. prohibiting the attendance of negro P"".™ grasses cover ng the whole of the
hlidren at white schools as well as white ferrltory make cattle raising the chief
•hlldren at negro schools. Kvery child. I !,v* V"*"k Industry Quarantine iawa
( r. Is assured of school advantages.
here ver there Is a negro child In
have heoi
established to prevent eouth-
cattie from coming In owing to the
alence of the tick or Texas fever,
Min'/a^TAn kJ 'TkII strict rules have l een established
" L I the enforcement of this quarantine
I 1k a' n , > ,<o 11 In Kalnu ti ,1 m I 4 4 n/1 ovnanl I in .
ill he produced at a value of $15 -[ ♦< hool and empToyment" of "a" teacher or I Uw- no cn,,,w ^*0* dm1tt
000.000. Twenty-seven million, one linn- | ncndlng off the child at the district's d*r "trlctest supervlsloi
n htousand bushels expense to an adjoining district or to I have been appoint
alue the territorial school for negroes
ats langston. The white child is pr
I except un-
~ tn«
families in 1900. 60.0H6
"New town
up. and those
In population,
ufactorles ha'
ing skilled i
Vinita, and Job. M. Lah:>y rf Care
ntorf. are fllr'lng Homethltie "seni:
"Ions" with lite fickle political god
dess.
V. G. Turk, of Checotah, n mem
her of the Republican executive
com mi tee of the Indian Terrlto-y. I railwa.
nils li'-i'n enntitantly on deck and tltir- ' to the
Ing the sessions of the conv
pretext. It H under,mod that
firm hns ov r 700 lots In Muskogee
obtalued in this wa
*' ri
the
Knid Is sure to have
and paving, but want
first. It will 1
i-ty If the tracl
- -mention l;ild ahead of the paving, says the
sits over on the Thirteen Row, Wave.
• cars
r.treet
damage
annot
Money to Hum.
Guthrie. Ok.—Oklahoma's-TT7-
ances have now reached ther
high water mark, and for the
first time in the history of
the territory the territorial treasurer
had to refuse funds offered for de-
posit by other territorial officials,
for the reason that all of the terri-
torial depositories now have the full
litult of funds allowed them by law.
and no more can be deposited with
them until some of tn« present de-
posits are checked.
"I have refused to accept from
FIVK YKAKM Kolt WIKK IIKATKR
Tishomingo, I. T- In the Tnlted
States court Federal Judge Town-
send sentenced W. H. Kvans, a well-
to-do farmer, to prison for a term
of flva years for beating his wife
Shawnee. O. T.—C. W. Johnson,
a merchant at Dale, nine miles west
or here, was lined $75 tonight by
Juatlce Reasor, on • Jury verdict of
guilty. Johnson was charged wltu
assaulting W. O. Rroaddus, the Dale
srhool teacher. In a difficulty over
Johnson'a children.
Will ttitcnd Its Husinrss.
South McAlester, 1. T.—The
New Slate Steel company has be>n
absorbed by a new company with
a capital of 160,000. The New
State company last year did a bus-
iness of |3>7.000. The new com-
pany will extend It* territory all over
Texas.
The Wewoka Democrat takes this
■hot: "Borne people are born to or-
flce; they're Republicans; aome
achieve office; they're Democats;
jme people have oSce thrust upon
Ihem; thoy're carpel baggers,"
ireonvenlence caused by the present
situation.
"At the present time there is more
money to the credit of the territory
*han ever befo e. the total sum be-
ing 1919,012.15."
Secretary Wenner states that he
now has on deposit In the various
school land depositories something
over ISOO.OOO. On the first of the
month when Treasurer Rambo re-
fused to accept further dep 3lt«, he
had about $180,000 and has In-
creased the amount by about 120,000
since that time. This would make
«e«r.iarv I «• m"ZC I ,0,rI ">ount of the funds to
Lh™ i /i Wenner of the Oklahoma's credit $1.119 012.15.
funds O? ,and """ "JT Th' "Tltorlal treasurer's balance of
I now 11 l,1! /°r, .t 1919.012.15 on December 1. was in
Lv.nr ro m r ,K erkPd 01 Itself decided Increase over the
leaving room for other moneys,' . . v.
said Treasurer C . W, Rambo "Th. s3• 311.. •> on hand November t.
territorial laws forbid the deposit- t',e recel]>ts for the month of Novem-
Ing of any funds by the treasurer! her having been 1117.423 33 and the
above that amount which Is serure.l | expenditures onlv $33,722 til. The
by the bunk*, designated an deposi- i .
tories. I have for the first time monH> ls In thirty-one
roached the high-water mark and | banlts ""'f the territory.
It is Imposalble for me to deposlll It Is quite evident, therefore, that
any more money. Oklahoma Territory will not entes
r,r.c.v™r •••-«■-
depositories, all of which P'e fullv I dlan Territory's financial equipment
Letured, so that there Is realty no' Is not all that could be desired.
of Enid, providing that in five years
public service corporations must
have their service and equipment
In good condition, and that when-
ever the net income exceeds 12 per
cent of the cost of construction, rates
must be reduced until the income ls
below this limit.
B. F. Lee of Hugo, submitted a
proposition for a judiciary system
In which grand Juries and justices
of the peace ar« fllminated.
Because of the county line agita-
tion now three propositions by Hen-
dricks of Wakita, are of interest.
'All relate to county lines and county
seats, and provide that no county
shall be divided until it has a small-
er area than 600 square miles, and
that no part of a county shall be cut
off except by a Tote of the peopla.
To remove a county seat a three-
fifths vote Is required.
Bight propositions relating to a
legislative department were submit-
ted by Quarles of Fairfax, one ex-
empting pedigreed stock from taxa-
tion.
Additional constitutional proposi-
tions submitted today follow;
361—Hendricks of Wakita, no
county division except by vote of
people. (County boundaries.)
362—Hendricks, requiring three-
fifths vote to move county seat. ^
(County boundaries.)
563—Hendricks, no counties smal-
ler than 600 square miles. (County
boundaries.)
564—Pittman of Enid, relating t< 'ln ' nn>m pnrkimc
public aervlcp corporations. I Rati- 'nnd'*™;./ "w
road and public service corpora-[ mills, n. rrint. fi<t
tions.) irackcr and hlsiult
365 — Vllllems of Durant, regulat. | $"slTnnn*w'iii"b" V'j
Ing corporations. I Public service cor- I i-omitm ^-.iv
poratlons.) "Thcr* were in t
- 366—I.ee of Hugo, for Judicial d<>- h"r*«s anil'"in.,:. J
partment. (Judiciary.) *>■; *i,. .-p ;it .. t
367—Hausani of Cowetn, WlgttBSI SS 'i!!!,
to corporations. (Private corpora- ' vent..n Jl'iT'1
tlons.) [ Tenne«s«e,
868 — Quarrels of Fairfax, exempt-1 K.-'r/!!."u""i-'iti
Ing pedigree stock from taxation.
(begisint Ive.)
369—Quarrels, relating to execu-
tive deaprtmeni. (Executive.)
370—Quarrels, qualifications of
governor. (Executive.)
371—Quarrels, powers of govern-
or. (Executive.)
372—Quarrels, qualifications
atate officers. (Executive.)
373—Quarrels, terms of state of-
ficers. (Executive.) i
374 —Quarrels, terms of railroad 1
commissioners. I Railroad.)
last year, at s valuation of Sl.'iliX.-
3 || Fruit of I km.1m Ik ralse.l In Kr at
abundance In the terrltnry. In. Iodine
melons, apples, pears, cherries ami black-
berrlr
.. 'Ith whom
the force of the t'nlted States bureau of
-i.i.. i animal industry co-operates in ranch In-
„ ..JPBL apection. and the re „t
The re| ort then *oes on to describe Is'nctory. The Texas
w the Insane and criminals are cared I I7*n,*T T*"
r. the condition of the Indian i
.lid further
highly *at-
and cat t Is
, how the Insane and"iTlinlnals* are Tared ! TnRn**a ma,n disease* anion* t-at-
r..r II... .nmiition ... «„„ ...u i — i tie In Oklahoma, tuberculoids not being
oll,p known to exist at all In the territory.
"There are l.r.o.1 organl.ed churches in Jhe^ law further ret, ,ires that all anlmalij.
he territory. 3." fraterriHl liiMiirance mocI« . 1 .°' .which '■ ! e «ld for food.
I1W1I1„ , ■uiarn ti m„|p. fleKh Of Which is t'
Oklahoma Is primarily a lam) ot i til.*.' L'sf l.-Vrl't'orVnf' lmnki.'.''an<1''2s dal'lv" I "''iL1
homes and families, and out of 8>',. ox ?oj weekly. 1:1 monthly. 7- semi-monthiy I . The report fully
"heir own and 4 iinarterly publics-'ona. The re-
source. of all the territorial hanks
springing amount to 114.505,J71.S6, with an averaa..
Increaaed ] 1 . serve of 4« per rent, althouah a maxl-
mum of « per rent only Is r *mlred.
The Individual depnuitx amount to 19.121,-
Lirlng the last Hsral year the
- — 'f territorial banks ln<Teased
In town and . ountry. beinit convincing I In. the capitalisation 44;t.r,iin loans I'-
evident of thp n-nnilcrfnl rl>>t'oliintripnt . Dit Qit/I nn,i .a •. «.> aAn ..... " _ . "
Inexistcnce havi
New Industries
ve been entabllshetl reijulr-
d other lahor to t perate and 319.28,
lences are building everywhere number
and . ountry, being convincing I In the capitalisation t443 r..r.,
of the wonderful development, IV4H.900. and deposits 2.2f>n.4oS Two hun-
of affairs and Increase In population dred an,I sixty-two t.ank« were exam-
through ImmiKrat Ion. which for the most I tied and fees amounting to t4 07S were
pari ™m"* fro"} states | collected and turned over to the terrl-
rn slaughter."
rlbes the opening,
Dpment and conditions In the "new
\ country." tells of the opening of the "Big
. Pasture." the history and achievement
of statehood, and concludes with a de-
tailed statement of the Anadarko. Hobart
and Lawton town lot funds.
POPULATION OF CITIES
I "The
! business
19.1 91 w
companies.
Secretary McNabb's Biennial Re
port Shows Interesting Figures
Advance proofs of the second blen-
national banks In 1 nla' report of the Oklahoma board ot
C.
McNabb. of Oklahoma City, secretary
are prin- j torlal treasurer,
there be- "There were
value Of operation, with an set,|R| re—rve on hand agriculture, being prepared by
ai " ,r >2 V3 per cent although 18.62 per cent
-i" — "tiii I red.
It Is estimated that the
fully $:.7#.7r.3.r.24, as the pr
not to
and
true value. The amount
quired to be raised for the maintenance
of the territorial government, the educa-
tional and other Institutions, amounts to
$2:>H,o« ;.9r.. necessitating a levy of l
mills on a thousand The territory has
no bonded Indebtedness.
"The value of all crops for 19f>!> i* $'>n -
256.415. and of farm products 960.2W..14*.
isldernhle Increase over the
preceding year. pnss+d by th
"The manufacturlnsr outlook for Okla- effect on Jai
homa Is of the hr!ghtft*t. a« eastern the manufat t
capital Is finding Its way Into the ter- Ing stuffs and fertlll:
rltory, and there sre nt the present In Oklahoma to Pie
lit, and casualty insurance!of the board, are full of tnterestlns
Dllected as'priHrnum by "fire "R"res relating to population, rall-
' t fri,h The J roads, assessed valuation, production
was 181 3ri2%i *52Wr Uen bV a" rompanle" I of agriculture and other statistics of
"The Ijfe Insurance companies of Ok- I Oklahoma.
de risks amounting
which they collect-
the territory
rlpally engaged In agriculture.
Ing 143.7-" « farms, with a casl
92S2.081.776. averaging 91 «lt
"It must be remembered that the de
velopment of the territory has takei
place whilly within the last seventeei
years, ami that prior to April. 1*K9. th
time of opening the same to settlement.
there was not a domestic «
In the territory, nor had the ground been
broken by a plow.
"The a*se*se<i valuation of all property lahoma for 1905 wrote riMk« nmnuniin.! .... , -
In the territory is 996,625.604. although to 96.366.589 61. upon whhdi the^Uec * I A Ub,f# Rhow,nK the rank of the
value iM ed premiums aggregating 9825.oi6.27. hav-! various cities and towns over 500 is
has been Ing paid in lossen 9116 4.1''os . « «.«. « t.i
. . me-slxth. "The operation and enforcement of : KlVPn- *howlnK ""y 8'* Th*
d In many Instances one-eighth of Its the nursery Inn lion law lias become, table follows:
revenue "nT'the" pLrch^'^pu^ry^^^^ | Oklahoma City, 40,000; Guthrie. 27.-
a reiisonabie assurance that he will get W)0; Shawnee. 15.6f)fi; Enid. 13,248;
Lhn\Vrous^eeir;ndndi.,ean,esfre'" fror" | E> M42; Lawton. 5.421; Ho-
"The tieaith of the general publlr of hart, 6.033; Norman, 3,124; Perry,
i. - . t hi, t)rnn 2.961; Woodward, 2,804; Itlackwell,
latinir. "y na" 2.F18; Ponca City, 2,515; Stillwater.
fertiliser law 2.130; Mangtim, 2,4««; Alva. 2.416;
by the Inst legislature went Into . ' . ^
l 1906. snd re,,Hires Anadarko, 2.2.2: Tecumseh. 2.256;
f all commercial fssd- Kingfisher. 2.240; Newkirk, 1.889;
dth "the Hennessey. 1.830; Pawnep. 1.800;
• terrltt
last
ture e>
"The
offered for i
irks,
rork
■eta
of the
l^ard of agrlrul
•rtlflcate stating the crude protei
II fat content of feed stuff* and the
an<l Phosphoric acid c
•m pan led by a
c- of fertlll
of 920 r.fr 1
he "Th.
Ing ca
argei
fst*-
Chandler, 1.672; Edmond, 1.608; Ton-
rdtro- kawa- 1 ^35; Altus. 1.512: Cleveland,
•ntent 1.619; Geary. 1.424; Watonga, 1,378;
pe of Stroud. 1,240; Pond Creek. 1,205;
he. Weatherford. 1.1K4; JMk City, 1.134;
up?.?"- Thomas, 1.092; Cordell. 1.078; Clin-
f the, ton. 1.011, Cushing. 900; lexington.
J tho So4; Yukon. MS; Hook Island. M3;
"The
a and Ohio by
ids In Oklahoma
to their location
all road fa.
1 lands
of mineral
oin 91* to 9«.'< an i
l 9.10 per acre,
nd oil lands
nd
Oklalx
•al I way
rc' 'i itn I xed as a
novlng drv perh
♦ urnl product lor
•Vlvate Irricnfl.
tered promlscnoi
ern nart of the
II
paclie, 7^6;
I. Pragtis,
eep.o, 7*'V
of the highest
enterprises are
*ly throughout the
terrlt
' t,,
alnMt
Of 1
| are fortlfldi
2.611 miles of nillwsy with-.the harvesting
In the borders . f the territory, inclibl- verv b st quality are ,i^nw oaoiv
Ing four trunk lines, ami also 2.600 mile*, certain at the head in the number of negrueg,
nuie^'oVV.'.ienh'In" W"h 6'""" , ",A.*">«spread activity has t.een mini- having 7.278. The tola, ;.r.|.i-.lallon of
miles of t *lephone lines. Tested for securlna good roads an l nlanm . . - a.
"The public and private credit of Okla- nre under discussion for actlvs work Oklahoma U placed at 6b2.28t. With
a la Of the very uest and no puhll. looklna toward the Improvement nf put.- the exception of Oklahoma county.
I or s.-urlty ..f i.ri> kind Issued h,v lie hlKhwav. okhihoma .. . , ,, ,
i naiiruao I , territory or anv municipality ther-..f "it I, estlmnied that prop.r develop- the returns are from th..,,. ,,f the us-
37 5 williams nf lehigh , 'J' repudiated or the Interest ment of the m.It wells In ihe lonntrv sessors for the vear ending 1908,
" IIII.litis of I.ehiKh. relating ilefanlted J«. honl and munlclyal bonds would vleld sum.-lent nlt to sunt.lv ti,.- . . , , ,, , , ,
to Immigration t Immlftratlon ) I "n'1 "'rrltnrlal w.irrnnta all Hell at « whole anuthwe-t and It I. ,vpe. t,-d that whlt>h havp hppn prohahiy ifl.-d by
376 - Frve, of Sallisaw fr,r unl- *r" h after hy1 i„ time the ait Industry will heenme the county clerks. Included in the to-
for mlaxatlon. (Taxation and revd- | mitde at l> l-:'and R t Trent, farm lands 't'orv." ' ' mpor,*nt ,n ,h*' t,,rn tal for Oklahoma county is the estl-
nuea.) I IMSuially rankin* hlKh la ttnanelal elr- "Tiie sonnly of rvp.nm I, prn. tl. allv mated iiopulation of Oklahoma City.
„ , —; = • nt '"-j&T".',': ,n'Th"e ^nr'w e^nda-VnTm <' •«"•«. frt.m the estimale based on
Miiskosrec. ! T. -Arrangements -•'onsitierabie n. tivity is anticipated in nrthern Kanns t . central Te*ns school enumeration The table also
dlan Territory KducatV^nal •«" I! ™ - tua'ni.d with the r«nurce. of ties, and will he of Interest Juat now
Irv w
made
>d Medford, 799
! 77fi; Ralstrn,
lotlol Hill, 868;
|v 734; Perkln
l" Maud, 597; Wellston ^
r.76; Fairview. 56*; C
Sparks. 546; Waukomis
The home county of !
west- ! Nabb. Oklahoma, also ]
tract. |n poptilatlon anion
"nil ties. No fisrures are rIv
f the Kro population, and Logan
which
►rtlcul-
tvpe
Wanette,
TC9; Capi-
"lena, 610;
Arapaho,
rmen, 550;
542.
uetary Mo-
s a koo4
the coun-
i on the no-
placed
public hull.Una at tiuthrU
has Just Im-oii i-ompleted. and other pub-
lic bulidliiK*. IncludinK a capitol hulld-
In*, a huitdlna tor the school for deal
| and dumh. a penitentiary, reform school
i Itiaane asylum urn uric*
xlsiina law
BANK OF TAFT.
Articles of lacor|Mtratlon Piled With
t'nlted Htatrs Clerk Friday
Taft is to have a new bank. Arti-
cles of incorporation for the Hank
of Taft were Bled Froday. The bank
will have a capital stock or flO.UOi,
all of which haa been paid up K. T.
Colter is president and W. J. Colter
and O. E. Colter are director* of the
company.
TKKKITOItY IIANKMLK OIIUAM7.K
Aaaoclation Will Advocate Ksamiua-
tlon of Htate Hanks.
of an aasoclallon embraclnc alate
banka and trust companies of Okla-
homa and Indian Territory waa ef-
fected at a meeting at which aeven-
ty-flve institutions were represented
and which adjourned thla morning.
The officers are: Preaident. Frank
Phillips, Bartlesville; treasurer, J.
W. Orr, Vinita; secretary, K L Orr,
Chelsea.
Want Itoada Opened.
Tulsa. I. T.—W. R. Colt, vice
president of the Oklahoma aooi
Roads Association was here yes-
terday and made the statement
that unless public roads are open-
ed In the Indian Terrliory by
order of the Indian agents, prior
to s'atehood. that it will be neres-
sary for the state lo secure the high-
ways bv condemnation proceedlnga
at an expenditure of millions of dol-
lars.
tlon, which will he held In this city
December 26 to 29 Inclusive
One of the principal features of
Ihe meeting will be the report of
the committee appointed to suggest ' e.i
plan for the orKanlzatlon of the 'n
school system of th" new stale The } ","u,'',n Tll«'
ann ti election of officers will he ; ''""Vhe"' fenftor'y provide, seven in.ttt
held on the last day of the meeting tlons of hla:her leartiinie The stau unl
Hm °a^',,r"pneesil|<l.n,K n ^ Pr'^r'atoiy ^3' ."/"Von"
lime art. President, O. \\ Horlon. kswa The aarlrulturat Sn.l mechanic*
Colbert; vice president, J. A. Hums, college is situate.! at Stillwater, and the
Nowata; aecretarv, B. H. I.ocke. Mc-
Alester: treasurer, Charles Cotn-
•tock. Fort Olbson.
•tone
those acquainted
i VHhoma. Including as
sabhro. porphrv Hmesti
*ind dolomite the most
sandstone a'^bouvh r^an
| '"*ter quantities In the
tains
"Ther* are 7« flour mills In
area <
ill ! «•
ne sandstone I v*ew °' the talk of county dlvl*
burdant belna sion.
« Is found In i
STIchlta moun-
lilted to
oklahoma | in Oklah ..
pulillc In - ! i -. 000 barrels t
s fur the I proiluct. repn- «
7H.9S4 1. | over $3,000,000,
tors, averaging In cost S3.S0O each
"Coal, oil and *as have been discov-
ered In many localities, o«'currlnj| niostlv
In the extreme southern portion Th*
developments In the i^leveland. Pawnee
county, oil field, show a marked falling
off for the year Just ended as compared
with the Intense activity of ths two pre-
J. F. Chrlstensen, representing St.
operation lx>uis capital, announces that a new
• "of' the SSlahed railroad will be started from Mouett,
in inyrstmeiit ofj Mo., to run through the territory and
connect with a southwestern lino.
Chrlstensen refused to denominate the
line. He Intimated that the route
A'ould Include Tulsa and Oklahoma
City, with Ardmore as the southwest,
ern terminal.
Marriage Licenses.
!<ewU Aldrlch, 2., and Isabella
Brewner, IH. Fort Olbson.
Calvin Toney, 24, and l^ona Da-
vis 32. both of Porum
fed Harnett, 2 2, and Oerdle Smith,
ti, he. h of Muskogee.
Seven vice presidents for Indian
Territory were selected. President
Phillips will call another meeting la
ten days, at which seven vice presi-
dents for Oklahoma will be chosen,
these oncers to constitute a board
of control. The aasoclallon will ad-
vocate examination of state banks.
FOOT AMPUTATION. IDEAL FOR ANIMALS. TALKS OF RIGHTS OF INDIAN.
la Heeklng Beat Route. | |
Vinita. L T Kngineer Titus of How*v*r Womack Doss Not Lst It Circus Corr.psny Selects Territory for Declsrss Interior Depsrtment la
the proposed Arkansas A Oklahoma ! Interfere With His Mairiage. Winter Quartere. Agency to Protect the Indiana.
Northess'ern railway. passed I * MCBKOOBE: A purchasing agent WA8HINOTON Secretary Hitch-
through Mere today on a survey of RmpuUttofl G"f hU foot, wss not suf an animal show company has se- ^
the new road. He came from No- flrlent to cause William Womack of lected a tract of 400 acres of land near the only agency through which the
wata and Caney and left today for , Alva, to postpone his wedding which Muskogee to he used as winter quar rights of Indians may be secured
8pavlnaw. He will go to Fayette. | fame off according to schedule Wo- for ,he c|rc)|| against preying real estate agents of
*11 le, returning by a different way « <* WR" #lnJ red \ lhe sccldantal; ; mdlan Territory and Oklahoma. The
. discharge of his own shotgun, the load ^ axeni or tin snow nas Deen vi.h
n 1 taking effect In his foot and mangling i,,n* Indian Territory /or seve-al |
from th. one he Is now taking. •" | u^ng'effec't h',' h^rf.K^lnT'mangling "indlan"Terrliory" ior" ^'."l i ."V. ,he C°nr"1-
order o discover the route with best I ,h . ^. k 7 . . mangling .. . . ^ *!on of his testimony before a special
advantasia. " "° ,h*' 11 ha'1 to be «« l« k<n* for a desirable Iocs- ,rnale commi,tco whlch
<h. ..it. tion for a ranch.
Farmer"' luatltuta.
Guthrie. O. T.—C." A. McNabb,
secretary of the Oklahoma Board
of Agriculture, reports the elec-
tion of these officers at the I,ln-
eola County Fanners' Institute at
Chandler, the last one of the
regular Institute season: Pres.
Ideat, ■. M. Tardy, Chandler; sec-
retary. K. S. Ollphant, Chandler;
dekegnte to board meeting, J .8.
Newby. Wellston.
Ing the property rights of the live
It Is rumored that negotiations are I to the r«'«li g of animals of most ev
This climate Is ssld to be suitable, r,V|„Ied trlb9, w,th ,
t he ralalnv of Hiilnmlu .. t niftal av.
ence to the value of coal and oil de-
about closed for th. building of an I ^ ^ when th«y re properly cared |
Interurhan, to parall.l the Katy rail- He said that no law should be passed
rosd from Tulsa to Muskogee. The There can be no further doubt that wh,ch w°uld take the right of review
rapid growth of the many towns along Mr- Harrlman Is of the opinion that fro,n 'I" "Wee of the secretary of
this line necessitates more expeditious i much greater ability Is required to ,he Interior.
transportation. Coweta Porter. Brok- j run l,,e railroads of this country thsn
en Arrow, Frye and many other small I '* ne,,ded 10 eucceaafully run thu coun- A 20-ounce baby girl was born Sat-
but rapidly growing towns sre taken try urday to Mr| and Mrs. Robert Claw-
In on the road. The Katy has a dou-1 — — ■on of Thomas and the mite of human
bis train service dally, but this Is not, **sny an unsuccessful man would • r<«** tly and healtky. The
considered aufQclenL **.her preserve his dicnlty than bus- ,ln*llest baby on record weighed 14
Ue. nances.
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