The Cleo Chieftain (Cleo, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, July 10, 1908 Page: 4 of 10
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AVERAGES 757 PER CENT
WOMAN SLAYER PARDONED
But Some Oklahoma Wheat Counties
Report Better 8howing
GUTHRIE: That the average wheat
crop for all parts of Oklahoma this
7ear was 757 per cent of a normal
crop is the estimate made by the
Oklahoma state board or agriculture
fn a bulletin The proportion of the
normal yield of the state wil be con-
siderably above that figure as the
eight big wheat counties which pro-
duce one-third of the crop of the
Btate report an 8525 per cent crop
The oats yield for the Btate Is 729
per cent of a normal crop The grow-
ing condition of corn on June 25 is
reported as 665 per cent and cotton
562 per cent
The general average is reduced by
the greater flood loss on the east
side of the state The corn condition
in old Oklahoma was 79 por cent but
in Indian Territory only 54 TJie ten
big cotton counties also show a con-
dition 10 per cent higher than the
state average
DENOUNCED CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
Coroner’s Jury Says Fanatical Belief
in Christian Science Caused Death
OKLAHOMA CITY: With relatives
renouncing all treatment except that
given by Christian Scientists declar-
ing that only the methods that Jesus
would have employed had he been
present would avail little Vera Wal-
lace 13 years old daughter of Mrs
Ada Wallace died at the home of her
mother in this city Poison taken
with suicidal intent eight days before
caused the child's illness Denounc-
ing Christian Scientists as fanatics a
coroner's jury returned a verdict plac-
ing the responsibility for the early
death of the girl upon those who had
her in charge
ROB DEPOT OF $100
Young Robbers Enter Depot in Broad
Day and Relieve the Till
MUSKOGEE: After robbing the till
of the union station of the Iron Moun-
tain and the Missouri Oklahoma &
Gulf railways at Cowetta of $100 in
broad daylight and setting Are to hay-
stacks and buildings in their mad race
to escape James Miller 19 and J B
McCall 13 are in the Jail at Wagoner
having confessed their crime The
robbers entered the building Just af-
ter a passenger train had pulled out
They secured the money and Jumped
a freight train at Fort Gibson Offi-
cers tried to arrest them but they es-
caped A posse which formed quickly
chased them three miles across the
country before both were captured
On the way they set Are to haystacks
to retard their pursuers as much as
possible
Killed Man Who 8hot His Dog
SNYDER: While Ernest Strain 19
ypars old was passing the residence
of L A Spate he was shot and killed
A week ago Strain shot and killed
Spate's deg while the dog was seek-
ing to bite him as he passed the place
The killing of the dog is believed to
bo responsible for tne killing of
Strain It is reported that Strain's
horse ran for 300 yards before Strain
fell to the ground He expired shortly
Mrs Loudenbach of Orlando Will be
Released from Penitentiary
GUTHRIE: Governor Haskell has
granted a parole to Mrs Ella Lou-
denbach convicted of killing John
Hall near Orlando and sentenced in
1907 to a term of three years in the
penitentiary Clemency was extend-
ed after a hearing in which Attorney
Ellis of Garfield county a member of
the first legislature appeared for the
woman
The Loudenbachs and Hals were
neighbors They quarreled frequent-
ly because Halls’ pigs devastated the
grounds of Loudenbach It was one
of the bickerings that ended in the
traged Mrs Loudenbach was con-
victed largely on circumstantial evi-
dence Persistent attempts were
made to secure her freedom her case
having been appealed to the supreme
court
SQUATTERS MOVED OFF LAND
Indian Police Remove Those Who Will
Not Pay Rent
MUSKOGEE: Snatched from their
homes away from their crops and
with their household goods piled
across the section line a dozen fam-
ilies have been forcibly ejected from
the segregated coal lands of the
Choctaw nation by the Indian police
acting under instructions from the de-
partment of Interior
These families are regarded as
squatters by the government They
went on the coal lands and refused
to pay rent Notice after notice was
served upon them and finally a detail
of Indian police was sent down to
put them off No resistance was
made There are many other "squat-
ters” scattered over the half a mil-
lion acres of segregated landsfl
CLEARS NUMEROUS TITLES
Oklahoma Supreme Court’s Ruling on
McCumber Act Relieves Many
MUSKOGEE: The decision of the
Oklahoma supreme court holding that
the McCumber amendment extending
tne restrictions on full blood land
does not apply to dead claims clears
the title to thousands of acres of land
in the Creek nation especially and to
some extent in all the other nations
C' M Bradley of Muskogee had
bought 10000 acres of dead claims
The decision of the supreme court
makes bis title to this land good Had
It been the reverse the money he
had paid out would have been lost
Another Instance of this kind Is the
late Alex Posey himself an Indian
He had bought a lot of dead claims
and his estate will be increased in
value by at least $25000 by the stat-
us of the title as fixed by the courts
Want $10000 For 8on’s Death -McALESTER:
Mrs Mary Day baa
filed suit against the Rock Island
railway company for $10000 damages
on account of the death of her son
who was injured while working for
the company in the capacity of brake-
man The petition alleges that the
company was careless In bulld'ng its
track too near the coal washer and
that it was dangerous for employes
to step off and on at that point
Gompera’ Anti-In Junction Plank Will
be Modified — Haskell After Nation-
al Bank Guarantee Law— Opponents
of Bryan at Work
DENVER: While there la some op-
position to Bryan as the presidential
candidate for the democratic party
that opposition will scarcely be felt
when the convention begins ballottlng
The real fight will be on the man to
run on the ticket with the Nebras-
kan At present it looks' as though
Charles A Towne of New “York had
a shade the best of the others In this
race but it is no certainty that he is
the man The followers of John A
Johnson are still refusing to allow the
Minnesota man to be mentioned for
second place Many believe that this
Is only a ruse and a boom may be
launched for hi many time as it Is
practically certain that be stands no
show whatever of winning the first
place on the ticket as the opposition
headed by a few New Yorkers will
not be strong enough to make any
showing
Under the leadership of Colonel J
W Guffy of Pensylvanla'the oppon-
ents of Bryan are laying plans to lop
off his vote at the convention to such
an extent as to prevent his nomination
on the first ballot if possible through
the application of what is known as the
unit rule of voting With the first
ballot out of the way the opponents of
Mr Bryan declare that all instructions
will then be ofT and the convention
can proceed to the work of nominat-
ing a ticket entirely free from obliga-
tion to the Nebraska leader
Since giving his approval to the Ne-
braska state democratic platform
some m oaths ago it is stated upon
authority that Mr Bryan has not
written a prospective platform for
submission to the national convention
nor has bn made drafts of planks to
be Incorpt rated In that document
The Nebraska state platform how-
ever was drawn entirely upon nation-
al issues and Mr Bryan has let it be
known both at Lincoln and Denver
that the planks in this document rep-
resent precisely and exactly his
views upon every public question In-
tended to be brought forward in the
coming campaign
That Gompers will not get all he Is
demanding in the way of anti-injunction
legislation is evidenced by the at-
titude of the Kansas and ’Missouri
leaders now on the ground ’ They
have been in conference with Bryan
recently and no doubt express his
sentiments when they declare that
nothing shall be said In the resolu-
tions that will tend to show that the
democratic party wants to destroy the
courts or to refuse protection to life
and property
The democratic leaders are some-
what tangled up on their plank in re-
gard to the physical valuation of rill-
roads They have been following the
Nebraska platform on that subject It
not only calls for a valuation based
upon cost of duplication but also on a
basis to protect profits In capitaliza-
tion Governor Haskell of Oklahoma
pointed out to them that the two prop-
ositions conflicted and that the con-
vention should take one or the other
but not both
The eastern democratic "push” Is
alarmed at the headway Governor
Haskell of Oklahoma Is making In
manufacturing sentiment for a bank
Insurance plank In the platform The
eastern wing of demooracy Js against
It as a species of socialism But
Haskell combats this argument with
facts and figures and shows how the
law works la Oklahoma
Attorney General Stops Pipe Line
From Further Work— Haskell Wires
Orders to Stop Proceedings— ' West
Refute:
GUTHRIE: The controversy which
has been pending between Attorney
General West and Governor Haskell
developed Into an open breach when
the attorney general filed the suit ask-
ing for a temporary injunction ' to re-
strain the Prarle Oil and Gas com-
pany from building an interstate oil
pipe line from the shallow sand field
In the Cherokee nation to Caney Kan
Governor Haskell had previously
reached an agreement with the com-
pany by which it might build through
the atate by purchasing its right of
way from the owners of the land and
securing permission to cross the pub-
lic highways from the county boards
of commissioners
Attorney General' West contends
that the governor had no legal right
to make such an agreement in the face
of the constitution and he contends
that the provision of the constitution
is that no foreign corporation can ex-
ercise the right of eminent domain'
in the state applies in this case
The contention In the suit Is that
the crossing of the highways Is a part
of the exercise of this right and that
the Prairie company must therefore
take out domestic charter before It
can proceed
Tbe suit was brought in Logan
county because it is technically the
residence of the plaintiff which is the
state in this Instance The suit asks
thrt the company be compelled by or-
der of tbe court to tear up all of the
pipe line already laid across public
highways In the state
Th6 Prairie oil company clalma
that securing right of way by pur-
chase and through the boards of com-
missioners as it Is now doing is not
an exercise of eminent domain
Following on the heels of the suit
filed by Attorney General West to pre-
vent the Prairie Oil and Gas pom pan y
from extending Its pipe line through
Nowata county and the granting of
the temporary Injuctlon by District
Judge Huston came a telegram from
Governor Haskell at Denver in-
structing Acting Governor Bellamy to
order Mr West to begin no'lltigatlon
without instructions from Governor
Haskell
The governor concluded his point-
ed telegram by the statement that "he
would tolerate no other procedure"
Asked for a statement in connection
with the governor's message Mr
would say no more than this:
"I have received a request from
Acting Governor B6lamy that I file
no suit I see no reason for changing
my course of action
Mr West would not be drawn into
any comment on the contents of the
telegram from Denver He talked
freely on the prospects of the pend-
ing suit but not for publication
Govdnor Haskell apparently was
not cognizant of Mr West’s filing suit
when he sent the message His tel-
egram follows:
George W Belamy Acting Governor:
Please order Attorney General at
once to bring no suit for state except
on direction of governor If he finds
law being violated he should report
facts to governor for his considera-
tion I am satisfied he is misinformed
but of course I may be mistaken but
attorney general should report what
he learn do governor's office and
await Instructions I will not tolerate
any other procedure PlTase let me'
hear fully
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Bishop, John W. The Cleo Chieftain (Cleo, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, July 10, 1908, newspaper, July 10, 1908; Cleo, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1859753/m1/4/: accessed July 11, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.