The Darrow Press (Darrow, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 21, 1905 Page: 2 of 8
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THE DARROW PRESS
By GIDEON DAESCHNER.
DARROW,
OKLAHOMA.
NEW STATE NEWS.
One hundred eases to determine the
possessory rights to Indian lands were
up before the intruders' court at Ard-
more last week.
A Knights of Pythias lodge, with
more than forty members, was insti-
tuted at Wewoka last week.
EXPECTS CURTIS BILL TO PASS
Congressman Murphy of Missouri
has introduced a bill providing for the
erection of a $250,000 public building
at Muskogee.
- T^he Chickasaw legislature has ad-
journed until January 29, when the
Choctaw council also convenes. Tho
two bodies have a number of Import-
ant matters In common that must be
disposed of before tribal relations
cease. It is expected that a settle-
ment of these affairs will bo effected
at the forthcoming session.
A bill has been introduced In con-
gress establishing nn additional re-
cording district at Wilburton.
Notice of a general reduction in fire
insurance in Indian Terrilory, to take
effect in January, has been sent out
from the office of tho insurance rating
bureau.
W. B. Johnson has resigned the posi-
tion of United Stales district attorney
for the southern district of Indian Tor
ritory. lie has held the position for
eight years.
Tulsa is making an effort to secure
a wireless telegraph station in that
city.
The resolutions of the national
cjumeil of fhn Osage nation requesting
tflint if Oklahoma is granted statehood
thai the Osage nation be made a
county, with Pawhuska as the county
seat, has been• forwarded to Senator
Beveridge at Washington.
What is said to lie the largest cas
well yet discovered in tho Indian Ter-
ritory was brought in one mile west
of Okmulgee last. week. (Jas was
struck at a depth of 1..1R0 feet, and the
estimated flow is between seven and
nine million cubic feet.
Many of Tams Blxby's Suggestions
are Incorporated
MUSKOGEE: Tams Bixby, commis-
sioner to the five civilized tribes, re-
turned to Muskogee recently from
Washington, where he was in con-
ference with tlie interior department
relative to the proposed legislation
effecting Indian Territory. Many of
Mr. Bixby's suggestions were incor-
porated In tho bill introduced by
Congressman Curtis. It is believed
that the bill has a good chance of
passing, and that much valuable leg-
islation will be secured for this
country before the adjournment of the
present session of congress.
Some of the most important feat-
ures of this bill have to do with the
closing of tribal affairs in, Indian Ter-
ritory which takes place March 4,
1906. It is provided that the princi-
pal chiefs of the five nations be al-
lowed to hold their offices under the
interior department until statehood
government is secured. The Indian
executives will be allowed to handle
deeds and town-site moneys and de-
liver patents to allottees In the same
manner as the law now provides, ex-
cepting that they will not be repre-
sentative sof the tribal governments,
which will then bo out of existence.
Each chief is allowed to employ tho
services of a tribal attorney to look
after the legal business of the dis-
solved nations.
The bill contains a clause provid-
ing for the sale of all public property
of the nations at public auction. A
government appraisement is first to
be made of the value of this property
and the bids must come up to this
appraisement. When tribal build
ings are offered for sale, which the
new state desires to buy for county
court houses or public schools, the
state will be given the first privilege
of purchasing this property at the
appraised valuation.
THREE NEW LAWS
STOCK, FOOD, ROAD AND AGRI-
CULTURAL ACTS BECOME EF-
FECTIVE JANUARY 1ST
MANUFACTURES WILL FIGHT FOOD LAW
SOLDIER CONVICTS ESCAPE
BIXBY REFUSES
Dr. IT. L. Russell of Oklahoma City
has completed his studies in Europe
and will return to America about, the
first of Juiiuary.
John Mooney, a clerk in Kennedy
•Bros, dry goods store at. Oklahoma
City, has just fallen heir to $75,000,
left him by an uncle, who recently died
in Ireland.
Proceedings Against Commissioner to
Force Him to Recognize Citizens
MUSKOGEE: Dr. G. H. Braum
and others have filed mandamus pro-
ceedings against Tams Bixby, com-
missioner to the five civilized tribes,
for the purpose of forcing him to
recognize their alleged rights as citi-
zens by blood of the Choctaw nation.
The amount of property involved is
Said to be about $40,000. Several
years ago the commissioner refused
the'plainlitf's admission on the rolls.
Tho cases were taken to the United
Slates court, and Judge Clayton or-
dered that they be recognized by the
commission as entitled to all the
rights of citizenship by blood. The
plaintiff's allege that Commissioner
Bixby now refuses to obey the de-
cision of the court.
SCOTTISH RITE MASONS
Fred TIagen. nn Oklahoma City de-
tective, has begun suit against G W
Garrison, sheriff of Oklahoma county,
for damages in I he sum of $0,000 The
complaint alleges lhat the sheriff ac-
cused the detective of standing in
with a bunch of crooks.
Fire destroyed the Crossfield &
Dorn business buildings at Carmen
last week, entailing a loss of $10,000.
The St ill well hotel and Carmen Na-
tional Rank buildings were saved by
hard work upon the part of the fire-
men.
The Oklahoma and Indian Territory
division of the Texas Cotton Seed
Crushers' association was organized in
Oklahoma City last week. George
Dashner of Ardmore was elected presi-
dent and r. A. Morris of Ada, secre-
tary.
The Ponca City Gas company, at a
depth of 509 feet, struck gas, the test-
ed flow of which is one milion feet per
day. It is vastly slronger than any of
the other six wells heretofore brought
In by this company.
South McAlester to Entertain Them
for Five Days
SOUTH MCALESTER: The Scot-
tish Rite Masons of the valley of
South McAlester will hold their next
reunion in this city on January 22-25.
The day of the 22d will be given over
entirely to Master Masons, and to the
ceremony of the laying of the corner
stone by the grand lodge of the new
$125,000 Scottish Rite Masonic temple.
The Scottish Rite degrees will be
conferred, fourth to the thirty second,
upon a class of about one hundred. As
the railway companies have made spe-
cial rates for this occasion, it is ex-
pected that a large number of Ma-
sons from both Oklahoma and Indian
Territory will be present.
Frank Martin, who was convicted in
Caddo county on December 15, 1904, of
assault with a deadly weapon, and sen
tcnced to one year's imprisonment,
has appealed his case to the supreme
court, and asks for a new trial.
New Road Law Provides for Election
of County Engineer, Which Is Op-
tional With the Different Counties—
When the Agricultural Board Meets
GUTHRIE: Three laws of consid-
erable importance, passed by the last
Oklahoma legislature, are to go into
effect January 1. Probably the most
important is the one providing for
the inspection of commercial fertil-
izers, and of condimetal, patented or
proprietary poultry or stock foods. All
manufacturers of such products Who
wish to sell their goods in the terri-
tory must pay an annual license fee of
$20 for each brand, and must file wilh
the secretary of the board of agricul-
ture a certified chemical analysis of
the products to be sold. A similar
printed analysis must also be attached
to each package sold.
The secretary of tho board of agri-
culture is empowered to take samples
of such goods offered for sale for an
alysis to see whether the goods agree
with the printed analysis, such an
alysis to be made by the agricultural
experiment station at Stillwater. 11
is required that analysis be made in
that way at least once a year. Vio
lations of the law are punishable by
a fine of not more than $200 for the
first offense and not more than $500
for each subsequent offenses.
The new road law also goes into ef-
fect on January 1. It provides for the
election of a county engineer, who
may also be county surveyor, and
who shall bo supreme in road build-
ing in the county. The election of
such an official is optional with the
various counties, but it is provided
that the commissioners must call an
election whenever petitioned by not.
less than one hundred freeholders
within the county. The county is to
be divided into road districts, each
district to have not less than 5,000 in-
habitants, and to contain not less than
thirty-six square miles. A supervisor
of highways* is to bo appointed for
each district, to report to the county
engineer.
The salary of the engineer is to be
from $1,000 to $1,500 per annum, ac-
cording to the population of the
county. He must give bond in the
sum of $3,000. In counties of more
than 25,000 population, the engineer
may appoint a deputy. The law lim-
its the road tax levy to five mills, and
places the annual poll tax at $2, allow-
ing the working out of poll tax if so
desired.
The third law which is effective
with the new year is the one chang-
ing the time for the annual meeting
of the territorial board of agriculture.
It Is now provided that it shall meet
at the territorial capital on the third
Tuesday in January annually,- at
which time new members shall be
elected. The new law also provides
that immediately after the annual
meeting of the board the members
must hold a session and elect officers
for the ensuing year.
Guard Must Now Prove That He Did
Not Assist Them
LAWTON: Fred B. Wallace and
George W. Munger, two prisoners con-
fined at Fort Sill, escaped while un-
der the supervision of a guard, Chas.
Hastings. The men were about a mile
east of the post when, according to
the story of Hastings, the two prison-
ers overpowered , him and escaped.
Hastings alleges he was riding horse-
back behind the two prisoners who
wero seated on a wagon loaded with
dirt. While his attention was at
tracted in an opposite direction bolh
of them suddenly sprang from the
wagon, one grabbed his horse by Ihe
bridle and the other secured his car-
bine and by pointing it./at him made
him give up his revolver. He was or-
dered to cTismount. and climb Into the
wagon, which he did, while one of
the prisoners mounted the horse. They
drove southeast to a point on Cache
creek, east of LaWton, where they
abandoned the wagon and horse after
hitching the animal in tho timber.
Tliey walked some distance down
Cache creek before It became dark.
Then they removed the firing pin
from the carbine and gave it back to
the officer, and started him homeward.
Sergeant Hastings hurried to Lawton,
reported to the police and sent word
to t-he commanding officer at Fort Sill.
Several detachments of soldiers and
a sheriff's possee wore immediately
started in pursuit, of the men.
Later reports from the post, say that
Sentry Charles Hastings of T troop,
Thirteenth cavalry, who was carried
from Fort Sill by two deserting pris-
oners, has been arrested by military
authorities and placed in the guard
house to await investigation by court
martial. * 1 last ings* story of having
been overpowered and marched away
may be false, and he must prove that
he did not actually assist Wallace and
Munger to escape. These men were
sentenced for that very crime. They
were guards placed over prisoners at
Fort Leavenworth, and it was proven
that they assisted prisoners to escape.
The penalty for this*crime appears to
be more severe in the eyes of the mili-
tary authorities than the crime of de-
sertion. Active search for the desert-
ers has been abandoned. They for-
merly ljved in Kansas City.
CHILD VICTIM OF THE CORNERS
OKLAHOMA MILLERS MEET
Car Shortage and Freight Rate Dis-
crimination Discussed
OKLAHOMA CITY: Fifty mem-
bers of the Oklahoma Millers' associ-
ation held a meeting here and dis-
cussed conditions as to car shortage
and the alleged discrimination in
freight rates, said to have been made
by some railroads. No definite action
in anything was taken. The situation
j with reference to the shortage of cars
has been somewhat relieved, but great
| damage is yet being done by a lack
of means to market grain. No con-
tracts for the movement of grain are
R. L. Williams and W. T. Sprowles bpin£r and man? of the m,lls j
The memhers of the Eagle lodge
of Lawton dedicated their new hall
last week. A banquet was one of the
features.
The new wagon bridge constructed
across .the South Canadian river at Rl
Reno will be open to the public in
about two weeks.
Contract for German Reform School
GUTHRIE: The Rev. Vandeberg
of Cordell, representing the local In-
terests In the proposed German re-
form school, has let the contract for
the school building's erection to I. J.
Wing of Chelsea. I. T„ for $11,600.
The entire cost of the building will be
$12,500. Work will begin at once
and must be completed not later than
April 24 next.
ENGINEER GORDON PROMOTED
attorneys at Durant, have been permit
ted to practice before tne Unite*
States supreme court
Representative Murphy of Missouri
has introduced a bill providing for the
appointment of public administrators
in Indian Territory. It prescribes
that they shall be appointed, one from
every recording district, by judges
having probate jurisdiction, and that
they shall give a bond of $5,000.
yet running on half time. The wheat
crop in sections represented by the j
millers here is reported as being in a '
remarkably fine condition, considering '
that no rain has fallen for several {
weeks.
Oklahoma Town Lot Funds Will Still
Remain Under His Supervision
LAWTON: Charles E. Gordon,
chief engineer of the geological sur-
vey, with headquarters at Lawton,
has been appointed supervising engi-
neer of construction for the state of
Kansas, by the United States recla-
mation bureau. Engineer Gordon
will leave as soon as he has completed
his December accounts with the gov-
ernment for Garden City, Kas., the
site of the largest pumping station In
America. The Garden City irrigation
proposition will be pushed to com-
pletion by bim after January 1. He
will still retain control of the Oklaho-
ma town lot funds, and will retain
his office at Lawton, returning here
once each month.
Killed by a Man Who Had Been
Drinking at the Notorious Resort
SHAWNEE: The notorious "Corn-
ers" saloon, in the southeast part of
this county, on (He Indian Territory
border, has added another to i|s long
list of murders, charged directly and
indirectly to it. Walter Copeland, a
young man whose home Is near Cen-
ter. close to the line, became intoxi-
cated at the "Corners," and on his
way home fired a shot Into the chest
of Thedie Jones, aged thirteen. He
rode into town firing his revolver, and
the horse on which the girl was ridina
became frightened. Women nearby
shouted to Copeland to stop shooting,
and for reply he turned bis weapon on
the child. A mob formed soon after
the shooting, but Copeiand's father, a
well-to-do farmer, led his son to jail.
The child died the day following the
shooting.
The "Corners," the most notoriom
resort in either territory, in situated
on the line of the Seminole nation,
and during the past two years has
been the scene of fifty murders. Bad
men from both territories congregate
there. Center is a small town, a few
miles from the "Corners."
A. J. King, a Lawton attorney, ha
given notice that he will ask pardons
for William Smiley and E. M. Dixon,
who are serving a term of two years
each in the Kansas penitentiary, for
the killing of Ed Wynne, a homestead-
er in the Wichita mountains in 1903.
LABOR TROUBLE IN OHIO
Miss Syhllla Davis of Helena, who
lost her voice a few weeks ago while
teaching a class in mathematics in the
puMic schools, just as suddenly re-
covered it last week, and is cow in as
good condition as ever.
Burlington is a new town on the
Denver, Enid & Gulf railroad in
Woods county, about half way between
Cherokee, Okla., and Kiowa, Kas.
Already a bank has been chartered
for the town, with $10,000 capital
stock, by Woods county people.
Three Buildings Wrecked and a Car.
penter Murderously Assaulted
LORAINE, OHIO: Becanse the mas-
ter plumbers declared for an open
shop here three buildings were
wrecked and a carpenter who indorsed*
the action of the plumbers was mur-
derously assaulted.
The journeymen plumbers made de-
mands lhat the employers insisted they
could not meet and they retaliated by
declaring for an open shop.
The action was followed by tho raz-
ing of one block which was nearly com-
pleted. The building is three stories
high and the braces on all three floors
were loosened, a rope was attached to
the building and it was pulled down.
In two. other blocks the plumbing
was pulled out or destroyed.
J. W. Seiser, a non-union carpenter
was assaulted and beaten into insen-
sibility and thrown on an electric rati
way track where he was fortunately
found before the passage of a car.
Union men declare thefc members
had no hand hi the outrages. The
police so far have failed to apprehend
the miscreants.
AFTER HOLIDAYS
STATEHOOD BILL, ACCORDING TO
REPUBLICAN CAUCUS, WILL
BE HUNG UP AWHILE
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NOTHING BUT AN OMNIBUS MEASURE
Both Statehood Questions to be Con-
tained in One Bill—Can't Get Okla-
homa Cut Loose and Considered or
Its Own Merits
WASHINGTON: The republican
members of the house in caucus unan-
imously declared in favor of admit-
ting Oklahoma and Indian Territory
as one state, and by a vote of 110 to
65, declared in favor of admitting
Arizona and New Mexico as one state.,
Both statehood question are to be
considered in one bill. The confer-
ence which resulted in this action
took place immediately at the conclu-
sion of a session of the house, and
occupied an hour and a half. The
only opposition to the program was
directed against joining Arizona and
New Mexico, and it is understood
Mr. Adams of Wisconsin and Mr. Taw-
ney of Minnesota were the two speak-
ers on this side.
The program of the leaders was
presented at the outset by Mr. Hamil-
ton, chairman of the committee on
territories, in a resolution which he
offered. It declared it to be the sense
of the conference that one state be
made out of Oklahoma and Indian
Territory and one slate out of Ari-
zona and New Mexico; that the com-
mittee on territories be requested to
formulate this plan in one bill.
The Hamilton bill already intro-
duced contains the necessary provis-
ions to meet, this resolution and will
undoubtedly be the measure reported
by the committee. Hearing on this
bill, on tliA question of embodying a
constitutional amendment prohibiting
the sale of liquor in the two terri-
tories, has partially been given a
hearing. Aside from this question
the bill is practically in shape to re-
nort. The liquor hearings will not v>e
hurried, and the plan now seemii jto
be to delay reporting the bill ui^tl
after the holidays. When it is re-
ported a rule will be brought in ior
its Immediate consideration by tjhe
house.
The conference had not proceeded
long when the debate was limited to
five-minute speeches, and this action
caused complaint by those opposing
the admission of New Mexico and
Arizona as one state.
Speaker Cannon took the floor and
spoke vigorously for the two-state
nlan. After Mr. Adams and Mr. Taw-
ney had opposed it, Mr. Grosvernor of
Ohio took the opportunity to read a
number of newspaper clippings giv-
ing an account of what be termed a
"junket" which a number of members
of the bouse had taken through the
territories last summer, at which
time they bad publicly stated they
would oppose the admission, jointly,
of Arizona and New Mexico.
Questions were asked as to the
binding character of the conference,
and replies emphatically indicated
that a conference of republican mem-
bers of the house should he consid-
ered as binding on members partici-
pating in It.
Perhaps her visit to China and the
persistency of the question, " How
Old is Ann?" set Miss Roosevelt to
thinking that the lime might come
when people would be asking, "How
Old Is Alice?"—Kansas City Journal.
Dr. J L. Rrown, the territorial vete-
rinarian, reports having killed five
horses in Blaine county which were
suffering with glanders.
ARGUED OVER TRIBAL MATTERS
One Indian Who Favored Dissolution
Killed by Opposing Faction
SOUTH MCALESTER: Word has
reached the office of the United Stales
marshal here to the effect lhat four
Indians had beaten another Indian to
death in a row which took plaea at a
farm house twelve miles northwest
of here. Deputy marshals were sent
to the scene, but they returned here
without having made any arrests.
The victim, whose name was Silas
Folsom, lived near Scipio. He was
known to favor dissolution of the
tribal government, while his assail-
ants are members of the "Snake"
clan, opposing any change from pres-
ent conditions. An argument arose,
hot words followed, which led to
blows, and it is said Folsom was beat-
en to death with clubs.
The statehood boomers are de-
termined that Oklahoma shall have a
fair show at this session of congress.
They are giving one themselves In
the corridor of the capitol.—Kans j
City Journal.
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