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THE INDIANOLA ENTERPRISE
VOL. 5 NO. 20.
INDIANOLA, OKLAHOMA. FRIDAY, FKlUU AltY 5, l!H .
WHOLE NO. 228
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News From All Over The State
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Larger Quarters. 1 T® Oppose Non-Partlunt,
The necessity of additional quar- The regular democratic organ lis-
ters in the countv jail has lead rhe tion haw called a city convention in J
county commissioners at Tulsa to Tulsa for Februarj 2 to nominate a
contract for another large cage. The ticket in the coming; election in op-
Jail lias been overcrowded for weeks, position to the non-partisan ticket
placed in the lield by republicans I
$40,000 Sewer Bond.. l-'pei.dc..t deworiaU OB W«*
Wagoner has just sold $40,000 of nesday night former Mayor H. It
Chicago firm of been mentioned as t!i j
s?wer bonds lo a
bond buyers at a premium of 1>4
per cent. The bonds run for twenty
•years and bear 5 per cont interest.
Pioneer Doctor Dead.
Dr George W. Clelland. one of the
most prominent physicians in Wag-
oner, died at his home there, aged
81. He was a native of Georgia and
was a surgeon in the confederate
army during the civil war.
democratic nominee for mayor.
To Changs Tax Law.
J)r. J. A. Butts Is contemplating
the introduction of a bill which will
change the laws relative to the sale
of property for delinquent taxes As
it is now, if the property is delin-
quent for three years the tax title
can issue. Under Dr. Butts' propos-
ed measure it will become delinquent
in two and the tax title final una
year after its purchase
lias issued a Compliment on Justice Kane.
Issued Requisition.
Governor Haskell
requisition upon Governor Stubbs of chief Justice Kane of the Supreme
Kansas for the return to Pottawato- fourt |)as received an Invitation to
mle county, Oklahoma, of Will Kam- deliver an address soon before the
merer, now under arrest at Wichita Knife and Kork club of Kansas City,
on a charge of grand larceny. The club Is composed of leading elti-
' zena of Kansas City, who meet to
House Burned. dine occasionally and hear addresses
The two story house owned and from men who have done things,
occupied by Otis Lee, eight miles ue states that he will accept thw
west of Ringer, has been destroyed Invitation, but has not yet announc-
by fire. The fire occurred while the P(i (he subject upon which he will
family was at church service and the j speak,
cause is unknown.
PC ACS
LEGISLATIVE MATTERS I
'From the Capital-
Death of J. C. Hagler.
J. D. Hagler, cashier of the First
National Bank at Tulsa, and one of
the most prominent bankers in Ok-
lahoma, died of consumption Saturday
aged 37.
THE WEST SWEPT BY STORM
Committee Visits Hugo.
The legislative public building com-
mittee arrived at Hugo Saturday
morning and was shown over the monster Irom
Largest Alligator in Captivity.
The Sulphur alligator farm and
zoo lias in its huthouse (rehibenia
tion) the largest alligator in captiv-
ity. The monster wighs 720 pounds,
has teeth three inches long and is
himself twelve and one-half feet long.
He was captured recently near Hous-
ton, Tex., and awakened from Ills
long winter's sleep. A large span
of mules was required to pull th*
his hibernating quar-
DAMAGED BY WIND AT WIDELY
SEPARATED POINTS.
Opera House at Lamonte, Mo., De
molished—Mining Plant. Near-
Joplin Wrecked.
city by a local committee. A ban
quet was tendered members of the
committee at the Hoffman House,
after which they left for Antlers.
Oklahoma C'ty Egg Famine.
There was not an egg for sale In
Oklahoma City Saturday. The price
w" it up ft day or so ago but the
ters in an alligator well."
Big Bridge Contract.
The Logan County Commissioners
have awarded the con ract for a I
bridge over the Cimarron at Coyle
to the Canton Bridge Cqmpany of i
Canton. Ohio, lowest bidder, for $1S,- I
ti 19. The bridfte will hi one nf tho'
price Is 110 object because there are best that crosses the river. It is to
no eggs to buy. When Uncle Sam | he 760 feet long, with a 16-foot road-
eggs
bought all the hen fruit to be ship
ped to Panama it took the supply
from Oklahoma.
way. The piers are to be steel cy 1
Inder tubs filled with concrete, which
will make the washing away almost
impossible.
Fire Destroys Residence.
The commodious farm residence of | Land Suits
W. A, Beaty, adjoining Cheyenne, has
burned. Tne origin of the fire is
unknown, as the building was vacant
at the time of the fire, the tenants
having moved on the morning of
the fire. The loss was complete,
amounting to about $2,500, partially
covered by insurance.
Tie Up Business.
"The filing of 10,000 suits in the!
Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations td j
clear title to Indian lands has pracj
tlcally tied up business In the Chick-
asaw country," declared F, V. Kin-1
kade, an attorney of Ardmore.
"If the land was gold dollars you
could not sell it under present con- j
ditious. That part of the country
suffered because of a shortage on
Four Mile Line Completed.
Four miles of the gas line from the cotton and the filing of government)
Hogshooter field to Bartlesville have j suits has completely demoralised
been completed. R. I>. Henry, the j business conditions."
president of the company, says the (
line will be completed by March 1. Oil Field Development.
instead of June i, the date required | Rich King, register of deeds, at .jra, Ho
under the contract. The line is Duncan, is in receipt of tile survey) str d
eleven miles in length and will car- ! from the Oklahoma Geological Sun
ry 25,000,000 cu^ ^eet of gas a day. j veying Department, which was niad^
Omaha, Neb.—Heightened by a
strong northwest w ind, a storm of rain
and snow struck Nebraska, western
Iowa and southern South Dakota
Thursday afternoon and by nightfall
the temperature had reached a point
which precipitated a blizzard condi-
tion, Communication, both telegraphic
and telephonic, became difficult i arly
in the night and telegraph companlss
were badly hampered. The storm was
particularly severe west and north-
west, where the wind was blowing the
snow Into drifts.
Not more than half a dozen tele-
graph wires were working out of
Omaha in any direction. Reports re
reived before communication was cut | returned
ofT, however, indicate that the storm j waters;
is widespread and in many parts of
three states It has developed inlo the
worst blizzard ill years.
Damage at Lamonte, Mo.
I.amonte, Mo.—A wind storm from
tho southwest Thursday evening
swept a path through this town de-
molishing the opera house building, a
two-slory structure and wrecking the
FLEET AT GIBRALTAR.
British
Give American Battleship.
Hearty Greeeting.
Petitions from Oklahoma City ask-
a constitutional amendment to
allow woman suffrage, were present-
ed by Senator Stafford.
A favorable report was madr by
llie legi.l advisor.* caiiunlttee on
Senator Cordell'* bill to allow the
lale of apple cider.
if the senat" committee on reve-
nue and taxation has Its way. the tax
ferret law will be repealed A re-
port was made b.v t lint committee
on Blair's bill for the repeal of the
law.
A special election held at King
fisher, November 10, litos, at which
$6,000 worth of sewer bonds were
voted. Is legalised by a bill Intro-
iuced by Senator Browniee.
Tlie Jnpp-Casteel resolution asking
:hat the time for the payment or
ease money on school lands, where
it Is shown the lessees ar« unable
o pay because of drouth or floods
was adopted.
A substitute for the Boyle Mil pro-
viding that corporations shall es-
tablish semi-monthly pay days upon
demand and pay only In lawful mon-
ey of the United States was passed
lo third reading.
The house killed the Wortman hill
Gibraltar The first division of the providing the duties of state normal
United States Atlantic Hoot, com
posed of the Connecticut, Vermont,
Kansas and Minnesota, under com
maud of Rear Admiral Sperry, ar
rived here Sunday morning from Vlllc
tranche. Although tin1 arrival lacked
the noisy accompaniment of thundei
guns, the formal exchange of salutes
being postponed until Monday In def-
erence to the day, the British wel-
come was no less hearty and cordial.
From the moment the glistening white
hulls of the American ships were
mere specks upon the ...ue watqr of
the Mediterranean, every coign of
vantage on the Rock of Gibraltar was
occupied and by the time they were
ready to round majestically Inlo the
harbor the entire population seemed
to be massed on the waterfront.
The two British battleships Alber-
marie and Albion, and the four ships
of the second cruiser squadron Just
from South American
the Russian battleships
Tzarevitch and Slava and the protect-
ed cruiser Bogatyr and Oleg, the
French gunboat Casslni and tin1 Dutch
gunboat Haimadal, lying
schools and the boards of regents
of such Institutions by adopting a
motion by liockwood of Lincoln
■ouuty to Indefinitely postpone.
A memorial to the legislature from
the people of Chandler asking for
legislation providing for the imme-
diate sulo of the Indemnity school
lands w is presented The phrase.
By the People," was the only slg
nature except the attest of It- J-
Dennis under the title, "Secretary of
the People."
Bills Introduced by Browniee. le-
galizing a special election at Kim;
fisher; by Hacliet (by request), cre-
ating Justice of the peace districts
and prescribing fees: by Echols, au-
thorizing tin- state auditor to ap-
point an assistant and clerical em-
ployes; by doubling, regulating firs
Insurance; by Blllups, amending
election laws.
An Indication that the sentiment
of the house Is adverse to the dis-
pensary system for the sale of In-
toxicating liquors for medical pur-
poses. a favorable committee report
I, ,, ' upon the house hill by Wallace fir
inside tho ,.,,p,,u| „r the article of the Bill-
breakwater with sides manned, flags prohibitory law creating the dls-
dlpping and bands playing greeted the 1H,lmary system. The report of the
Americans as each in turn entered j committee was unanimous.
and was berthed. The American bat1 —
tleshlps responded with flags and rail-
j in the summer by L. L. Hutchinson.
Cherokee Apparently Victorious. [assistant director of that department !
Cherokee has been victorious in J The survey was to locate any pos~i-
the county seat election for Alfalfa . ^ie oil or gas that might be in thi--i
county, according to what may he ac- j section.
cepted as authentic returns. There | An exhaustive report is accompan-
were four towns In the race, and !!,- jpj by maps showing the strata "f i
542 votes were cast. Cherokee receiv- , {he earth and the locations where
ed 1.312, Cameron 927, Ingersol 486 ! 0n an(j gas probably exist,
and Jet 217 Cherokee was named I
countv seat by the constitutional con- \v. M. Schrieber, the new physical
yen tion. director for the Agricultural and Mr-;
—— —— chanical College at Stillwell. who
Appraisement of School Land. win mi the vacancy caused by the
mocks of the merchants occupying the
floor. Several barns were de-
The opera house roof was
blown against a freight train standing
a block away. C. W, Kemp was
bruised and injured internally. W. K.
Ferris, the Missouri Pacific agent, was
cut by flying glass.
The Storm in Kansas City.
Kansas City, Mo.—The high wind
which brought Hie cold wave to town
did damage in several places. Tele-
phone service was interfered with and
telegraph wires were reported down
in several places. In Kansas City,
Kail.. 400 electric lights were put out
of commission. A large sign of the
sic, the band on board the Connecti-
cut playing the national anthem of
each country represented.
ANTIJAP LEGISLATION.
President Writes Letter to Governor
of California on Subject.
Sacramento, Cal.—Gov. Glllett made
public Sunday night the text of a let-
ter received Sunday from President
Roosevelt with regard to anti-Jay-
Bills reported favorably for pass-
age 111 the house; by Helms, prohib-
iting tho sale of cocaine and other
narcotic drugs except upon the pro-
scription of a physician, and by
Char'es permitting the sule of apple
' Cider The Tlllotson bill for Die cre-
ation of the office of state boiler In-
spector was reported unfavorably by
t.ha committee to which It was re-
ferred.
Governor Haskell has transmitted death of the late Prof. Boyd A Hill. Mjtchell Dry Goods company at 1009
the legislature supplemental infor- arrlved the latter part of the week. Majn s|rpw wag ,)]own (JowQ shortly
ation regarding appraisement of He ilas been assistant physical >1 o'clock Thursday night
„ <,,hnnl linrl The cost of appraise-1 the Pratt Institute, Brook arter p|*m o cio.K rsoay ni„
to
mation _
the school land. The cost of appraise- ( rector at the Pratt Institute.
ment was $S5,522.43. For the work i lvll N y. He will have charge of j
182 men were in the field, receiving a'n gymnasium classes and athletics
an" average salary of $100 per month j of the college.
and expenses, the latter ranging from —
to $186. Between September 15. 8ea8on Choco
$14
1908, and Jan. -2. 1909, 3 126,495.75 shipped 5,524 bales of cotton
acres were appraised, together with .Q0 ba]ea Qn han(J and in s|sht
the improvements thereon,
being about 2%c per acre.
making a total of 6.224 bales for the
season
Contest tho Oil Land.
The Bruner OU Company of Sa-
pulpa has filed suit iu the United
States circuit court against the Dem-
Harry Chapman of 1208 Oak street
was struck on the head. His scalp
was cut and three of his fingers hurt.
High Wind at Joplin.
Joplin, Mo.—A terrific windstorm,
which raged Thursday night, wrecked
i number of mining plants in tills dis-
trict. Many flumes and derricks have
l suffered. Telephone and telegraph
communication is partially demoral-
ized. No loss of life has been report
The YeagerStraln bill regulating
oil pipe lines, making them either
common purchasers or common car-
anese legislation, now pending In 'hi- rlers. was reported favorably by the
senate committee on oil and gas
Favorable re|H>rts were also made
m tin- Keys fish and game bill. Star
former Secretary of State Root t0 ,"dfl juvenile agricultural school in
Gov. Glllett and from a memorandum, ^ fjfth district.
pointing out that Mr. Root saw no ob i " —
jection to a law which treated all j g,.nator Hatchett has Introduced
aliens alike but that to avoid conflict
with the constitution such statute
t'allfornla legislature. President
Roosevelt quotes from a letter from
A bill by Sullivan Introduced in
the house, prohibits mining or iiiauu
factoring Institutions from engaging
In merchandise und prohibits them
from using script or other paper, ex
cept legal tender, lu the payment of
w ages.
The house committee on prohibi-
tion reported unfavorably a bill by
Helm of Creek county, making It a
felony to sell intoxicating drinks In
or about any pool ball or other place
of public amusement. A minority re-
port wus brought favoring the adop-
tion of the bill, A straight party
vote resulted lu the adoption of the
report of the majority, killing the bill.
The Blllups bill, providing that
the husband or wife could sell their
land In the other is Insane, was de-
feated 111 the committee of the whole.
The Mitchell bill providing for the
punishment of any one provoking an
assault, nnd the Sorrells bill limiting
the .mining boards to twenty day's
pay for a quarter, were passed lu thn
ouinitttee The Gouldlng bill, ex-
empting rural telephone rompanlra
from taxation was roreferred to tho
committee.
Itinerant peddlerB In Oklahoma will
be forced to take out a state license
each year. If the bill, which Senator
Blllups Introduced In the Interests of
homo merchant!* In the senate yester-
day ipomlng. Is enacted. The pro-
posed Hill provides that all peddlera
who travel the state on foot must
take out a license which will coat
the modest sum of $20, while thosa
who are more fortunate and who
drive one horse must pay $30. The
more fortunate fellow, the capitalist
of his calling, who drives two horses,
can sell by paying for a license the
sum of $30 Kallure to comply with
the law and conviction will subject
the delinquent to a flue of from $10
to $100.
A hill was Introduced In the house
creating a stste board of examlrars
for nursese and providing that alt
nurses practicing in the state shall
have a certificate from the board.
This would eventually bar all but pro-
fessional nurses. It provides that the
Oklahoma state association of grad-
uate nurses shall select twelve per-
sons from the membership of the
society and present the nums to the
governor, from which he Is to ap-
point five persons as members of the
state board of xeamlners for nurses.
A measure, which Is Intended to
make county prisoners work for their
hoard while under sentence, on the
roads of the county, was Introduced
by Senator Landrum. The hill covers
much ground und besides the above
provisions changes many of the pres-
ent township laws.
Its principal features are that the
township trustee is empowered to
employ labor, buy material, and must
superlatend t'.io construction of roada
and bridges as directed by the town-
ship board and that the township
board must let all contracts to the
lowest responsible bidder. There la
no option.
The township trustee receives as
compensalhm the sum of $3 per diem,
payable after the official has filed a
claim for the same.
A poll tax Is also provided for in a
section which reads: "Kach and every
male person between the age of 21
and 60, who has resided In the state
thirty days and who Is not a county
or township charge, shall pay a poll
tax of $2, which tax shall be col
lected as other taxes. A tax of $1.00
Is levied against every male dog and
$2 against every female dog over six
months of age. The tax Is made a
lien against all property of the own-
ers.
| by request
a bill in regard to Jus-
tices of
the peace, providing that
should contain an expressed provision , ,arh COUnty shall be divided Into not
excepting from its operations any more than ten Justice of the peace
rights secured by treaty between the districts. One Justice is allowed
United States and foreign nations. Mr. : ,,ach town of less than 3,000 and
Roosevelt says that this view has his mo for cities over that figure with
cordial indorsement. ! an extra justice In cltieB of over 20,-
J ooo for each additional 1,000 people.
Engineers Find No Fault With Canel. —
Panama—The engineers who ac- ; A bill by Allen makes It a felony
companled President-elect Taft to the to carry a deadly weapon concealed
ing Investment company et al. The , part|c|pat|ng in the common pro|if*r
suit involves the title to the ^Martha (v Choctaw* or Chickasaw^ '
Halahta land near Tulsa, saul to be t(j bp„jn sujt any district or fir
worth $10,000. The complain asks court to establish their rights
that a rcelver be appointee, and tpat , Th.g wou)d have the effect of re-
New Choctaw-Chickasaw Bill. . - .
Mr McGuire has Introduced a hill ed. The storm arose about five o'clock j*thinus and who have been examining about the p-.rson, or to carry sue a
—• • •- _-j j n cnurcD, Bcnooi room,
room or otb-
.... I >r nuuiit or sell such a
'he like. the canal, Lieut. Col. Goethals. They weaI)Hn to a minor. The offense Is
Bank Robber tlad "" falllt 10 "nd wlth ,hp na,ural nade punishable by Imprisonment
Tile parenis ol foundations for the dam and they re- ror not less than three years and a
giving all "who claim to bavp been Thursday afternoon and caused have oanaj construction, spent Sunday weapon into a /^U,!ir1r'
unlawfully dented or ejt^uded _frnm with street signs, limbs of trees and j at Gutun wIth ,h„ ch|pf engineer of ;J.e p^"|0PaTsemblage. oi
i weapon to
Young Man a
Springfield, Mo.-
Leftwich Homan, a young
from°interferfng'"with "the^operty j ci,lzPllshi" rolls of lhoSe cfeVk under'a^rTst at Fort Wor°th, ^ex . *am as being complete
until the controversy is settled. Opera House Nears Completion.
I The Jackson Opera House is near
Legal Change of Name. completion. When finished il
A bill defining the method by ! will be quite an addition to the city
which a citizen of the state may :
bank Sar(1ed the plans for safeguarding the Sue of not less than $200.
By Rose, authorizing each judge ol
the supreme court to employ a law
clerk who shal lalso act as steno-
grapher at $1,200 a year.
Uy Anthony, directing the secretary
of state to receive field notes, maps
and records, and all other papers re-
lating to United States surveys in
Oklahoma.
By Ward, providing for fencing
the rights-of-way of railroads.
By Wortman and Hose, relating to
teachers' certificates.
By Anthony, establishing the right
of dower.
By Knox, providing the method ol
purchasing county |K>or farms.
By Cook, prescribing the procedure
in actions concerning real property.
They will ! — j. By Lincoln and Dixon, creating a
make a renort to President Roosevelt The personnel of the stale audi- | judicial district out of the Ninth
ou * charge of rifling the safety de 'naK a [*!, , ? ,[ „ .. . tor's office force Is provided for In dl!itr|ct t0 include Creek and Okmul-
poslf boxes In the First National bank *nd 11 will refu e the i ntlcisms that t)11| by Senat0r Echols. It is to in- j counties to be known as district
of that city, will mak** every effort to; nav<* heen made with regard to the
change bis name has been introduc- Ca| Stewart Acquitted.
county RTb7dn|s?ricVte courV is given . The jury in the Cal Stewart case I
jurisdiction over such cases, and at Marietta, after being out all night
auy person who has been a resident rendered a verdict of not guilty at
of the state for a year or more may \ ;;30 o'clock on Saturday morning
make application to the judge in the The ciosjng scenes of the trial were j
county where he resides. He is re- mariled by the utmost interest !
quired to make a record of his own j ? gMUwell H RUSBell of Ard !
name and that ^Vap- more made the closing speech for I
^rs to The court there is'sufficient the defense. At the conclusion of.
reason for changing the name of the the trial the members of the bar in (
by Senator Echols. It is to In-1 counties to be known
, . elude an assistant auditor at II ,■ . | ^wentytwo.
Save him from prison. Diamonds and and l*3 construction. It is under* j clerk, $1,500; railroad and I)U i ^ajrj( psescribing the method of
jewelry to the amount of $7,000 are : stood the present canJ plans will be !lc service tax _ cl«k. ,nherlt'ancc ^ax ' loaning, apportioning and the invest-
ment of the school fund and provid-
sald to have been taken from the approved throughout by the engineer?
bank's vaults in the last year. Young I in their report.
Homan was arrested after $500 worth
of jewelry was recovered from a pawn-: Many Illegal Marriages.
shop. The dealer said thai Homan | Moines. Iowa -Two hun
had sold the Jewelry. Homan left \ dred couples scattered over Centra!
here four yeais ago
revenue, income
clerk $1,500; warrant clerk and sten-
ographer $1,500; bookkeeper. $1,200;
bond clerk. $1,200; stenographer, $1.-
200; stenographer, $900.
The senate passed two concurrent
snnlicant it will be oidered by the Marietta passed resolution* praising ! menus ls the result of tbe high price
court and shall apply to the children judge Bnwis of Prry for tho abla . now bslng asked for the meat-
aud the wife as well as the applicant. manner m which he had presided.
To Cut Out Turkey. for these 200 couples were performed
Chicago, Illinois.—A movement has tiy Mayor A. J. Mathls while h? was
begun among the leading restaurants j>ol!ce Judge. It has just been dlscov-
of Chicago to wipe turkey oil their | ered that a police judge has not au
tborlty under the Iowa statutes toper-
form the marriage ceremory.
Iowa believe they are married legal- regolutlong from the house, one by
ly. but they are not. The ceremonies Jahn memorallzing congress to pass
a law for the protection of migra-
tory game birds, and the other by
Turner memorializing congress to
add to the Piatt National Park at
Sulphur, the three parts of the town-
site of Sulphur cut off from the main
town by the pork. Neithsr met with
any opposition.
lug that an apportionment of the
common scsool funds shall be mado
whenever as much as $10,000 has ac-
cumulated In the bauds of the state
treasurer.
By Acton, authorizing the town ol
Crescent to acquire iu own water
works, electric light plant and llr
department.
By Acton, relating to public road*
and highways.
By Savage, for the incorporation ol
the town of Vinson In Qreer county.
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