The Indianola Enterprise. (Indianola, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, October 23, 1908 Page: 1 of 8
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THE INDIANOLA ENTERPRISE
vol. :> no.
INDIANOLA. OK LA NOMA. Ih'IDAY. t>( I'tHlLI! J.i. ISHls.
NN 1IOLL NO. 213
HASKELL SU[5 KT
MILLIONAIRE ECITOR MUST D"
FEND $600,000
SERINE m W.IILE filjI'.J U f Kl
Sheriff Successful in 5 : ving P .pers
But Had to Batter Down Deo of
Stateroom Before Being Ac.
ted
OMAHA: W. R H
•iiior of New York F.ida: n. r
erred with a sumi m ti
him of a $60,000 lib* I ' '
igalnst liini by Govern o?
Oklahoma. The j :ipf4 *s v.ere \ j
rain, carrying the edit. i . • I ir
..ifoj'rom Sea tl« to New \
passed through Omaha an lr ar
midnight.
S oi Oin.'i.i, who are a • : •
.or Cov. ■;ior I'a-kell in t'.ie ti •.
ait
It wsts known t li at IT< • f v >
through (>..!. ha on hi
S tc New York an 1 plan v.
lahl :g1y.
IK r ' ^he;i:7 Stew. rt \v . - , i 1
with orders to m-.vo the - ane .
Hi ...t, but had a trying time in
in;.; io. A kn ok at the door o
Hearst's stateroom elicit* d the 1
hut bad gene to the d ;«>t to r-
SCHOOL LAND BILL INVALID?
Attorneys Hold the ! r. i *.ed Meagre
V c .ttes Constitution
C.' i : III' That the "Initiated
of Oklahoma s school
L*'< e the people of the
vote under the initiative
ia can have no effect
t. iitui oC the school lands
Ii. c u;• ♦ ;:ti( ti of lawyers who
v.- ie into the matter thorough*
n • atlon Is ba -< d upon the
tae ej ibling art provides
ale • Ui * school lands, if
i. i
TRAlNiNC FOR TH! NEXT MARAT 'ON.
*>i ~S?1 \ v,. — .(yfrC- T($
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TILLS COUNCIL VACANCIES.
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Green McCurtain of the Choc- | Unveiling of Statue *o thte Lit r 'cs
taws Makes Appointment*. ie'ent Harrison.
ot < ! I !nl« tilt t«an t tiuO ok. An'.inj-vnicut* .re in*
oil a i uwnt SCIiMKWYr inK mail to haw : t •' obs'T
i old Chtietaw Nation law, (lov. vaneo throughout Oklr.l" k i ou Oct
McCurtain, principal chief ot 1)7. the date of the unveiltmr of Urn
! .law* lui Itll' I \aeaiicie ; byjstatuo In Indianapol-H to tin- memory
a in« ut in both hou- and sen- I of former Pr« lilrut Harrison.
fi
the pi
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t;
• x «•:v . v - - •
/M&h iik. • ^ .v.-'-' ,v ^v-'
ill irrar.*^
d for ih«
it ol Olnc
le llOU
i nil
t:
Not to In
hcateil.
ntied admitl
sajtng
111 ti ll ho v.i
i siicd a dr.i
la tli • iivi
:i ! ii; in the condltit'U
ltuil ■ :ions for which
.i.int• .1 or douat> !."
el. of ilio terms or i!^ -
uiblhr-'' : i t makes ih<'
lesl. iativ.! ri'Hiulatlons
1 ■ of !;(• mol lauds
• ■' lation ; havh fur
:iy tho li sl.; laturo, and
Itlated bill should !><•
of tin1 i-t•.■;i!«■. 11 could
:v il lo fulfill the ri-
:n> l<vi: lature has had
i'i- to do with it. Th"
i; nd bills whkh wcro
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lie \ I
Choi
v all
SHiiT TWiliE Hi A PRIES
ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE A CHI
CAGO PAS i OR.
UNDER CIVIL be I; VIC L NOW
. m l to «-< at
lie tribal i r« a11«•
hli i n pa.\ i i xi
li ol | urpo s
I.all no loiitfi r N
ili«
•f the | oklahoma Territory was cm ted for
Aei • oecas settlement durin,. the Harri.cni Ad
lug 11in 1st l it ion II vu antli Ipated tluM
i ,,, i , jj I at lent a ball million peopl# wooU
• •uter the new district. In this ron
lo . tion n rabln« t na etin; \\ a • held
ubout March 10. 1 at which was
dinrussoc! the <|uesflon of providing
t! . ii -w Territory with locnl laws to
t itlnue until c'onnri1 could ir.akc*
t1 ij.'i ar> provision Aft«rv;ird
Ou 'ttli'inent wa^ made eitb -r by
Col lolin Noble. Secretary of
th* Interior or .hid e \V II IL Mil
ler Attorn- \ Cjeiv al. that Iho eon
clu Ion reached v * that a half a
million Anu'i'lean '■ could bo
<1 'ponded upon to mak • their < wn
local liwi whatevei ; need
until ( oir-i. could at! that Vm
• rlians, arcusti'iiied to rakln;, their
own law would meet i'i • rmulitloilM
in Okhilioma wiiiuai hi,. Iiomi th«*
W a hln ton di p irtn . ut The decld
eti, however, to put Into Oklahoma
Federal troops sufficient
the people in keeping the
that time only Federal
eretl the Indian coumry
The innn who made the
ston
f \ntlers. have
nate atld Dr.
\ has been ap- I
i plr • of John
i itel. i county.
! Dr Wright
• 111 \\ a .slilmx -
i |. IL4 wa.i
M ,or llacket t |
i'o Ileau uoinl- 1
ii dl orlct.
Ir« •; ! adopted
iln annual
• e a unit tale
«o il and
!..ud
(ho.
to assist
. • At
lav- cov
fir-i draft
Would-be Slayer Escapes After Being
Knocked Down by His l>
tended Victim.
re
u >" •; I.:s HlioitlC rs ;
ram <1 • crashcd thr"
ind w. na t by Mrs. 1
/ d'sroba 1 an t a; par
Nr::tlnr d'-.vitciL ;
'ANT covr
ballot for .i popr.l;
:r .• petitions is no
.ill anof the v * * i
prcserv::
1; Leantr cf America i Sportsmen Opca
Session at Lawton
p.l: 'or of
it l.ollc Chun
moon. At.
priest in t
•t ihe chilli
no< king do ■
ins in his w;
escaped. T
as of the eli
An C xe alive Order C
Government Offi_
We shin
ment oi.i
M any
govern
into the
Hill luture
iccord i ii;:-
; ioiie\ derived
• Indian schools.
ovld** that when
the stato for
royalty money
••('Piled ' <,r Mich Fedcrnl law>-, aa would ap
nlv to Oklahon a following the open
PRAr,' 3 INDIAN GIRD STUDENTS. ini, w;i-i .Imi ••• lioraco Speed, at
th.it time .oi attoi*ne> io Indlauapo
Woman S. yr. Ail Are Healthy and in ]tH ll|l(l |Ht..r mitt ti States Attorn
Gcod Spirits. i , v for Oklahoma The draft was
| .| |.\ i ..I'' t p • tut rlor nnil Attorn
. «piah
little
lie la.
Oi.
PI a.
ill till
|\ I
rule. .
the p
annoe
enipl
•ivil h
order
Krldn
and
inclmle
\o «.oor out
to'. ]rl riXj'M
i avc n a
l • Si ;(i
m idd I
|■'") "
He i i
.'iii. ia!ic
Two C'
Ou? J J
vest:,' ' • .1 ::
i!i1 d in the
. .1 favorin :
of elk and !•
: iK • a ;
annual rr-
having i' r '"'(1 a?
mica Lc.': C,f. the Route toc'.v I a-.d
F. An a.nc" !t d c'.nr'er vcrnmei:t; tha
J:1.'ier:a. Me\!co -X- Pa r.r ii-h cora1...;.
tary <•.' st i - . A eli ng • of a -' • '
outo is made i^a.ing cat Kiowa and r^am
To-aa • ■!. Is to -.itart at Oklahoma d«-ar.
, . n thro:.n'a C'aa:.';.-ma, C.ina !! :n, Wichita i it. "!a! \
i^addo. Washita, Custer, Dewey, Ki- preparation; and ti it su
Its. Woodward, Beaver, Texas and for his wo k be appropr
■ ii:'.'.i r"f n countlon, •. ia-. at Ken- nationa cong ess.
ton in the last named county. \ President O. O. Shield'
branch Is also contemplated from Ok- P< •: showed remarkable : -.•••
' o i.a City through Grady. ; lav*a far the pre. i-rvit!c:i of nam.
: and viine bird.- through-nit th«- Unit-
Want P.-ohib i'rn Law Repealed j Sta <
OKU\riO:.lA CITY: The Associa-
■ ion oT i^nnr of Washington, closing a Sapulpa's New Compress
two day.-,' secret session li re pass d SAPULPA: The compress i- mak-
• -solutions calling on the next, le.is- lag arrangements to begin work the
] iture to repeal tlie prohibition laws | latter j art of the week. Several tens
of the state. The present laws arejof cotton are ginned daily at each of
alleged to he Inadequate to prevent the gins here and the compress plat-
iola'ir ns of the liquor laws The form is being overloaded The ir.ana-
resolutions also deny that the asso- ger advlse.i 'hat advance orders have
iation Is aiding in any way violations been filed that insure a steady rua
of the present liquor laws. i until the last of next March.
' a< you
i *a pi ay ine."
the
i. e.I be. n
tj. chui i 1
upon a
to i apcr i
i !ieve till
nation ot I
killed I .
• derint
ion. in
• r\at a
cation, p
nation I
litioii: I
. em| •.
and ii i-;
: TV it ,
m th
■ a i i i
interpreters i
. 112 in all:
• ti iiR opm
land o lie *.
s' r an I
i neal parl;s
i het bureau
general
make my
waist than j
lo he sure to have :
■ r. won't you7"
i.a a w ho has he. u
I.' una ti-a art ment
ml the work of out-
In the Indiiui rlrlH*
i .. ' \ : I! d the
i•■> lor (Jilia here red
r their
I udgr
lie.
i I D i a"tments in thelcl
lpe ()' lahoma f ituation
| 11 if.: i e | • 'I t . id 'a ut (luth
suro ol the
•e . a\> tie i
• in r a
iv. aired,
(linn .* ilia :i
>1 woniapV.iuc
• V' .1 "I .11 pr
ve fjll.
ry Indian
In
' i ilie Indian
L. I a' it., tla
projects in ri-
ch rk and as-
lit 'pnrt.ni -nt, an
i in the I'.at
lary, ami teal-
r d pariment
: i* to those
i lass
ami la
imJ
.or,cue e. "Tie
rnc d bio ulna
•rltowin", with . '
r-' ! Mi':.no
ona'y among tbo
Id*'ii s as .i ■ 'ion a
«
a b u ht In con
K a I • a me pit
t seminarv bca'a-
p Undid
ltd the
a pr uin;., of her
are all npli ndldly
with health and
(1 apllit \ lid t he pulled tj
r! ii-elf mm ' o," t'r"
mi
1 \ In' ■n
oi the glrh;
all wijoin I have
ici \11 of them
i:vrry girl Ini
. ' i-e.- i.lllt lie
CTCAUOL HE WAS DIVORCED.
.'an Bereft of Wife and Children
Takes Hia Own Life.
(;< i , (>U1 a . I rend in a O-'.-r the fact
'-at hi v Hi i ( 1111 ■ sacurcd divorce
ni ti • p . Ion of his four email
( ildren. M. L Curlla. a farmer three,
nilh ... t of hero, « nd <1 his life with
■ t revolver. lie hid hitched up hl«
team wh'-n h" W.-a* s'd/.ed with the
t at 'it i' op airni. C.oim; Into the bnrn
lie laid down < n a piece of old carpet,
placed tlie plxlol over his heart and
tr d five ti: m Three
i t p.;: ' en!ir« lv through
. .a le leng
All o fth
and doa 1
ti 'it:
i - jn'ii ' r .♦ ai', I Lie heart
WANT 11 AIL? Y MINE INSPECTED.
Coal /Vir.fr.' Seek C.v-j of DIracter
That Killed Twenty Men.
skirl;
IN HONOR OF D Z 3 ATE.
Tablet to Mark the Place of the
Alton Debat'j in I8b8.
Fath
tayi' g
I-'ii
•a re
ti the
1 his
Alton, 111.
• ar . the plat
.u en Abraha
tiglas v\ s
itiveilod
1)0
memorial tablet to
wheivi the debate be-
Lireoln and S ;>!i -a
i id Oetoh r 1 >. 18.
here Tinir day. TJio
11 'inuer
pr«
IItS ltlt<
Tii
: r v.'a pre: < nti d to tin* city by
Itev. A. A. Turner, of Alton, and
aco pied by Mayt r l)dmond P. all.
:rsday ah* moon ;:ddr' si s on I.in
i and Douglas were t: liver d l>*.
ra/ al his .,,;i-ii li. Stevenson o: Hloomlnginti. ex-
it air fioin \ ire pit sid< ; t til the Fniied States;
. :k K. Carr, Oale. her •; J. McCann
I. and Hoi u o White
White was one of the
apcr m< u who r. ported the ori
hallway, final debate, his act
the cllil- \\ l it it'll for a ( iuea;-
unt having
new , apt -
CAN'T RAISE PHONE RATES
TE0T OF GUARANTY LAV/
Corporation Commission Says it Mu3t Hearing on Oklahoma La*/ Before
Approve Prices Charged the Highest Court
GUTHRIE: The corporation com- WASHINGTON: Tue. !a> the call
ulssion has made final the proposed docket of the I nltcd Statt h
order which provides that no person,1 sul)remP court ivas. bcL.un .or t.e
e.i ii against
Father Fielding
' : ockod iii' weapon awry jest in time
! ■ a «\«capc a l ii'I t whit
! ii!s temple.
j At the same time the pile t knock'd Davis. Springla
i 1 he eniprit down b •'a blow on I he fa • . \ w York. Mr
Hurriedly scrainl !ing to his feet tie
' man t ontinuod down tin
i pushing and trampling o - r
divn. At the bottom of the airway:
i e turned and fired anoii.er im ff.-etual Roosevelt to Viiit England.
shot at the priest, and tin n still bran- London. The Times is informed
dishing the revolver, ran Into the { that President Roosevelt will visit
street. A dozen children accompanied ! lingland after his African trip early
by Father Fielding ran in pursuit and, in 1910. He will deliver ti.e Romacs
were joined by a crowd t.l enraged lecture at Oxford and on the occasion
citizens, but the man escaped. The ot the university commemoration will
man is described as being about 30 receive the honorary d n-e of I). C
years old. roughly dressed, and was L. which Oxford aln ady has bektowed
evidently a Greek or an Italian. upon Kmperor William. According to
Under the conviction that one or the Times, President Roosevelt also
more men had entered into a con-, will visit Paris and deliver an ad-
spiracy to kill not only Father Field- dress at tin* Sorbonne. Neither the
ing, but other priests as well, the po- dates nor the subjects of the lectures
lice have placed extra watch over are yet known. The report is con-
these places. ' firmed at the White House.
rtrm or company conducting a tele-
i term of 1908-09, and the Oklahoma
. j bank guarantv law stands out among
;,hore exchange in the state can In-,^ Iir(;.ujll0n. caMS tp be te8ted.
ercase their rates abrve those now in Among matters of laijiortance to
ffect, without the consent and ap- (.0me up ar). the- ajijieal on the com
roval of the commission. A public modules clause of t:in Interstate
hearing was had on the ord^r some; commerce law. tlie V.'atf r.- -I'ierce
time ago, and the telephone companies case which Is an appeal from the
agreed to the Issuance of uie order courts of the stat<? of Trxas. in-po?;.-?
^a fine of $i ,000,000 on that corpcrt
I tion.
temporarily.
George Player, of S'.. Louis, recent- ]
, , i There is also a case recently dock
Jy selected by the commission as its, ^ wh,ch w)u ,pst ^ v ,,;1j,v ,){
elcpbone expert, w.i. an \e n a •"w .^e oklahoma bank guar?.n' law. Th<-
days, having been recommended b> York anti-game shlpplp? statute
the experts of the Wisconsin commis- wjtj COnie up for an 01 :n'on 'tid th"
-.ion after a very thorough test. i right of the pre .dent to <i ■. ivi . suin-
— marlly the negro troops from the
The Snake Indians are again In | army will also be decide 1. Th" court
eouncil at Old Hickory Ground. M. M. wj;i take np Justice Brew-r's decision
Lindley and W. W. Wright, McAles- jn the matter of the sentences iin-
ter. attorneys who represent the In ' posed upoa ihs Colurado timber
dlans. attending the meeting. j thieves.
I he wni t. (" ill iiri", — .Mine-, :i in tlif
I grown up Halley villa district have adopted rewi-
1111, ■ :-:i i. <|n i'Iiik (•''> Titor l.ii"kpl!
t limed:: • Ilive ., • Ml.' the eiiilSOM
CITIZENSHIP ROLLS CASE. nf tho H'ul' ' ' ("*a8tor wllir!l
. i ■■ ill.' Iiv• - nf n i.eore ot men.
■■d Befc -o the United Tl ' 1'n rnor to appoint
S ioreir.. Couit. ' ' ' nli l,' 1)1 ( l- m«" to bo <'(,lu"
I pii.>ed of i actleal mln r.; and mining
em'incei ■ , with full power to summon
' M • •'l11 wiiii' i-e* and it) take testimony on
Hi. The r. ilations char.e 'hat Die
n In!n;T inspc ( tor I s fa'led to fix tho
re , Iif.si llity lop the eli water.
It is said that the families of many
of the miners who were killed are
• nn<a in ; pending an adjujtineut of
their claims.
Argument Ic
Washlu: to. l). c
of the a. o former
Interior ilitebeor. . i
name* oi 1,50 ; India
izenshlp rolls of ti
tribe juer before ids
►cretary o
excluding
. ('in lie clt-
Pvt civilised
'tirenient from
COTTON PICKERS DESERT.
nfiiet-. M, rch I. I!iu7. is involved in a'
. .• v a a w as ; . i ti I Ylda. in the '
ipi iiie court of the United Stat'-a, j
and whi' i will probabl.. be decided'
v.:tllin th" a- i lew week': The rase i
" ' ' , Many, Fcarl.ifj Night Riciera, Leave
by, a h ckanttw InUati and Ida and Oklahoma Field,,
'i or)!" A111 -< ii. ' llerok •• Indian!'. .Mr. |
(In i H II hi' i In In .• : ■ i; ii tod for i
I. Illtelieoeli.
The Iu.il 11h e'-'lin the mnlssion of
their naiiii s \vn". unv arranted, and
i irj , I'uuaht Ki.its in tin eoui U of
tho District of Columbia t • > com pel
■ ii i< H.ilkin Tlie district courts
deeided In their favor and the kov-
inmen! appealed to the supreme
court Attorn. tien- ial I Iona parte
and Assistant Attorney Fowler ap-
p<aii I lor ti..' ;,ovi rnnienl, and Mor-
rill aii.i Kapplor of Washington and
<'. 11. I'lni iiheimer of Oklahoma for
tho Indiana.
(iuthrii'. u:.:a. I'.'rther r. iiorls have
■ ii ii'.M'lv' d iii'i*e that nlitlit rldorh
are feared In tho vicinity of Htuart
.■■ id thtil cotton picker there hav.i
Iii n pla 1 under the spoil of the
string" organization and have do
(.'il.'d the llelds. fllns are closed
down all ovi llint -■ et on of the «tat
and new sign contalniiiK threats am
eontinualiy being posted. The effect
of the f.'iir ol nl';iit riders has reached
the merchanls who are not buying any
goo is mil 11 thc\ aro c rtaln that a
dllls:.3terous result will not follow
the ni ;ht rider scare.
rtJRNITURE FACTORY FOR ADA.
Another Kansas Murder Conviction. Prairie Fires in Illinois.
Independence, Kan.—William Upsey ' Ouquoln, III.—A prairie tire has been
was found guilty of murder in the first uging in this, Perry county, for more
degree Friday afternoon on a charge ihan -I hours, and the "ff rts or farm-
of aiding and abetting Henry Itehner, .n to check tin flame:, have thus far
who was Thursday found guilty of; availed iitti. Hundreds of acres
murdering Tobe Sawyer, Pearl Behner, north, west and south of this place
tha murderer's lG-year-old daughter, I liavo been swept by the flames arid
■\as living with Sawyer, l.ipsey, a many large in.ri.s and haystacks have
former convict, was infatuated with' i . en destroyed
her. It was asserted that Sawyer I
had ruined the girl. Lipsey was • a Santa Fc Loss in Texas,
charged with planning the murder! Amaiillo, Texas.- Fir.'early Sunday
and of arousing liebner, whom he
drove in his carriage to Sawyer's
farm, where Behner shot Sawyer to
death. Both men will be taken to
i.ansing.
Murder Trial Is Delayed.
Neosho, Mo.—The trial of Bessie
Davidson, who shot her sister's sweet-
heart, Boy lUimsour, which was to
have come up Tuesday, has been defl-
nitely postponed until the April term
of the circuit court.
Cioiiiing destroyed the Santa Ke
roundhouse and shops entailing a loss
estimated at $200,000 Twelve engines
were burned, as well as several cars
loaded with coal, a large quantity of
eoal chutes, tho pumping station, oil
tanks and a great quantity of supplies.
Muskogee, Ok., Votes Bonds.
Muskogee, Ok.—Bonds for $550,000
for water and sewer extension were
authorized at a special election
Thursday.
School Building at Sugden.
Siii-'don. Ik Th" school hoard of
thU |.'i". h-i aw it-di d Die contract Capitalists Propose to Establish
for a |12,000 sobol bulidlng. Plant at Cost of $<.00,000.
I Ada, Ok—Ada's advantageous lo-
| cation as a commercial center, her
STATE TAX VALUATIONS.
Attorney General Says Board's Action
Is Final.
Guthrie, Ok.- Answering an Inquiry
from State Auditor Trapp, the attor-
iii ygineral ;-:n held that county
hoards of equn izallon must abldu by
the action of the : ute hoard In the
matter of tax valuations. The In-
nuli". was occasioned by the county
hoard or .leff.rson county, which
thinking It within Its power to revls •
the valuations made by tho state
hoard, reduced the valuation on bank
stock to corrosponl to the otate
todi'U's reducion In the valuation of
; e-M.iial property. County boards are
without power to alior tho returns
of th- stato boad no matter what the
splendid supply of wattr and the
natural resource" of this (Pontotoc)
country is attracting its proper at
tentlon. Northern capitalists have
had representatives bore, who bav
made propositions to the 25,00 Club
of this city for the erection of
a large furniture factotry.
The proposed company is to havn
a capiti.1 stock of not loss than
$200,000, and the city to furnish a
suitable site for the plant on th«
outskirts thereof. Committees re-
presenting tho club nnd the capital-
ists are at the present negotiating
for a final agreement
Retail Merchants Elcct Officers.
Oklahoma City, Ok—At a meet-
opinion o fthe county board may be, ^ ^wlng" offers
elected for next year: A. E. Monron-
the opinion recites.
Fire Destroys Barn.
Oklahoma City, Ok.—Fire from an
unknown cause Friday destroyed a
tiarn belonging to Fred Smith .con-
taining household goods, 500 bales ol
hay and a quantity of grain. The
loss is $1,500.
ej. president; B. C. Housel, vic
president; A. W. McKnead, secre-
tary. The association is preparing
for a new system of street lights
in the business section and tb«
streets where these lights are placed
will bo known as the Greet White
Way.
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Williams, B. W. The Indianola Enterprise. (Indianola, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, October 23, 1908, newspaper, October 23, 1908; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc269477/m1/1/: accessed April 18, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.