The Foss Enterprise. (Foss, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, August 17, 1906 Page: 2 of 4
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Foss Enterprise.
WILD DEER IN OKLAHOMA
SCHEDULE IS OUT
N«W ST ATI NEW)
Balphui hat voted watri
Tka Garber carnival *Ui i ImM aa
Ik* till. :th and Mb of S* l iMftn
The r*rm ri I ulan ip Olit^aii
Bow claim a m cm ft* Mb* 4ft W6 mm
tad Bur* lodam apt M«t tnapt*
The posioflM* m A««mu w«h «s*e*
tlaued \u«ut( I'aU and mm*m of
•hat offer wrn f* Hhrwsl •> iftr a*n>
M A after.
Thaw MM hi* • nwant' 1'iftaa
cotton yawl at Mr) '•[■ti iiu. ttm**n
. wtk-h will haw the pstrenage of
about alt I yea I u
While drlvlug 10 bit home near Oi
lando. Charles Johnson. tu >|H larni
er.when but a few mile* out of Kerry,
•at tkrown from hit buggy l > hit
taam of mule* running awa) and re
-eived Injurlet which will probebly
prove fatal.
• UtATORIAL COMMITTEE IN
INDIAN TERRITORY
Tha dlraclura uf the Kay t'uunly
Log Hulling association met at Punca
City aad telected Monday Sepleoibei
I. at tha data or their nest animal
loft rolling. The big picnic will be
bald In Ponca City, and Woodman ana
tlraady arranging for an Inlereatlng
program for thai da>.
Complaint Com,, From Wood, County
That They Ara Destroying Croat
GUTHRIE Kugene Wairout terri
torlal game warden la conaultlng with
OKLA Governor Franti and the attornev gej
■■eh eral concerning a rvvielon of the game
lawt now on the glaiute oookt in tev
eral of the ttatea and will make aft
workt efort liMoie tftr neal (rglalfttuie to
u have a %>ie game law
pftftaeft
csbp 1 alfti 'be retort that wild
•«« wa* '«■!) fe «- .aaM
the *aitni*tloa of era** Mr. Watroim
«M that -t<* * cenftitlaa ftMd '•*•«
iwftere-d te turn aad that he hail 11
v.-han.-* H aid (aaad it t! W ta
•fcMiNBt. a firmer iwMlti, a. Hal
iftMi la Woods ut>aat>
*•' * <iidua at Kald In an etort to
t •« mit-tni to kill Ihe large oum
ft«r id wild iieer Which are lulalug --
h* rtiftt, He aalil they bail atterlv ''""""I"** of l e I ulled titan-, senate
ift'ttroveil hit 1 rufi of cowiieat Then " """""'gate affair* and conditions in
later he • phtnt«d 1h« (round In kaflr '"J'*" T*r"tor>.
corn which they alao ileal roved, and . re"' *"rl1 of 'he coniltti
aow aa hla crop of inelona la coming
on they are devoured at fatt aa they
rl|>*n. The game warden could give
hliu no relief lie aald there are large
numbera In Ihe limber turroundlng hla
farm and adjacent nuufttry
There la uo ti|ien season
deer In Oklahoma
county farmert will be compelled to
make the bett of II Any effort at fern-
log would do no giaid time the deer
can eatlly get over or under the ord In
arv fence. The penally la never# for
killing deer
Canvlcttd of Murder M« Sttht fUlaaaa
——— | Via Haftaaa Carpua Route.
ITlMtaaav ia — - - GUTHRIE In appealing to tha Ok
*"*OONCtO FOR uiioma tupreme MM, fiorn ibe dlt
I irict court of Oklahoma county , at
torneya for Larry W. l-eedy of Okla
homa City make the claim thai the
Oklahoma county court houte. which
waa recently completed at a coat of
HAVE MANY IDEAS
people of oklahoma have
different views on new
state constitution
BOLTON SET FREE
BUA.KC1C III (CMPiii recentu completed at a coat of ... _ been engaged In Ihe theep bual
MMRalft Ur tftrtUAi MrUftlANCf lloutsMi, >• outtlde ibe rouaty set' of POLITICAL PARTIES PECUUAR1Y APART thai country for thirty year*.
Former Clark of Lagialatura la Eaenar-
attd of a Murder Charge.
PERKY Hon. T H. Doyle baa la-
turned from New Mexico, where ha
went laat week to defend L. D Bolton,
In bit preliminary trial for the kill-
ing of Carl Gllft at Clayton.
Gllg waa a wealthy rancher and haa
been engaged In Ihe theep bualneaa lb
> art to ftt can
MWMC1NB iXHXJE Heftatorc hea
called on the !'r 1 l"" * J" « returned from
Kenter Where ha haa been attending
Ihe county, becauae It la oti an add!
| tlon to Oklahoma t'lly, and not on ihe
'•ttiftM, ft<*>oaal of original alte aa eatabllalo-d b> con Prohibit.on.ttt Hava laautd Thair
'« LaRftft aftft Ltaa.ng K|r " In the organic ar t Heedy waa
Ul-
Irled and convicted In tbla courthouae
and therefore maket the above clalma.
•ourt houae la located on
The 1
dltlon. which waa attached to ibe city
la IMS
The appeal of Keedy to the aupreue
and organization of the a^ctai I r,0"''. " 'D ,h«' ""
■— tpectal t „u|, fur M wrU ,lf habe-11
the prellaiiuary meeting to conalder
timatum, Labor and Farmara Get To-
gether and Initiative and Refern
turn Seema a Favorite
The gut-in ion uf paramount Import
ance to Oklahoma now la. What prln
clplea ahall be Ibcorporated tu the
countIIution ol the new Male'.'"
Prohlbitlonlatt have gone far-
lloltou had been bealeu up by
other partlea ami tbot Gllg. who waa
au Innocent byatander. by mlatake
The latter exonerated Holton by aay-
Ing hla death came by fale and that
Bolton waa not to blaine
Holton la conaldered to be Inaaue.
yet on account of the high standing
of the deceaaed prejudice la very wuch
agalnal him.
Since the fight he haa beeu unable
to leave hit bed and waa carried to
CHECK THE PLOT
SCHEME TO REESTABLISH CO
LOMBIA'S SOVEREIGNTY IN
PANAMA
PRESIDENT AMADOU WAS UNAIARMED
Executive Attended a Mut.cai Event
After tha Conaptratora Were Arrett-
ed and Placed in Jail by tht
Pallet
PANAMA An alleged plot on tht
part of the prominent Colombian lead
l ertbrow Pretldoni A Ilia
■ ■« ,. . " 'w 'r" r « !■ urti «uu Win lU
It a prominent labor union leader In , clllient, ,uu from the court ro..m at the court
(iklfthfiltib fill lit. . _ Mllll hu 1 ftt iaatliiil ti... •• 111 «• _ a..... • I
Indian Territory, will be commenced
November 13, and will be completed
November
The commiti«*e coiuliii of the follow
Ing members f| rk of Wyoming
l-ong of Kan tat. Hraudegee of O
for killing Teller of Colorado, flark ol 1 In',""'" JT" Z"' ,"'"Ve 'h<"'r
nd the Wi.Hlt Wyoming | ,n, th.,
limit. The attorneya for Keedy will
Oklahoma City He waa convicted of
1-hooting Charlea Hwlnghauiiner
llar> Since the ahootlng on urred l,rol tMtlon la
Heedy bat been elected president of "re 'M'1'"* and are 1
Ihe Oklahoma City Trades aaaembly, '"corporalIon of
and the various union a of Oklahoma Prl,1,'|l'lea of thai party In the basic
JEALOUSY CAUSES CRIME
Ihe chief clerk of the Ic
Ihe Revenlh Oklahoma
On* Man Killed. Ona Wounded, Pre
aumably by a Rival.
MI'HKOOKK News hat reached
H l« Hty of Ihe murder of Bee Griffin
Within a very abort lime Ihe Kort ""J. '•" '" «« ' Krank Brown
W ill KobliiMoii. m young iiimii who |lv -n
III llie Country alt in I lea from Tamaha,
la charged with the crime Near the
Hoblnaon home there Is a farmer who
haa four daughtera Koblnaoii is tald
lo have been Jealous of the young men
or tha neighborhood who paid Ihe
glrla attention Griffin and Hrown
heen calling on Ihe young women.
The other nlghl Griffin and llrown
were going lo tee the glrla, and they
paaaed hy Ihe Robinson home It It
claimed Rohlnton taw ihem He took
a ahotgun. accreted himself behind the
corner of ihe atone chlmuey of Ihe
houae, waited until they were wlllilu
twenty ttept and fired both barrela
Griffin was killed Instantly, and Brown
badly wounded. Robluaou escaped in
Ihe woods.
1 house .
nibly.
HE OBJECTS TO COOLIES
Itnlth ft Western railway will be run
aloft through paste after service to Kl
Reno via the fit laiult. Kl Henc A
Western, the fori Smith having re
3Wtly acquired a controlling Interest
la (ha Outhrle to Kl Heno properly.
A young Indian nv the name of Coon
waa at ruck by a freight train al Te
cumaeh Junction and to teverely In
lured that be died ahortly afterwarda
Ha was drunk and failed to get off
lha track before the train leached
lm Oa Ihe 4th of July another
drunken Indian. Jltn Morris, waa killed
by a train near the same place and
>■ the tame manner
Charlea McDanlelt. a farmer, while
brlaftlas In a horae from Ihe pasture
tt his home, a mile north of Perry
waa thrown off. and falling upon hla
laad and ahouldert, tuffered an Injury
to the aplne which has resulted In
total paralysis
DRAINAGE MEETING
present themselves at different
tlons where there will bo testimony
taken, and make suggestions. The
committee may summon such aa can
give the committee Information
and have issued the ultimatum that houae.
- , . , •*> dealrea the aup chief Juatlce Mill, haa ordered him
non uulon man. and waa sentenced to p"rl aull aaloon element mutt removed to a sanitarium If hla health
imprlaonment In Ibe penitea •",bllrl> Hedge himaelf In favor of a ,|< ., „„| Improve at once
shooting occurred """" l'fuhibltlon law. The Socialists j Mr Holton has a homestead In Bea
king lo secure vt-r couuty and haa been engaged In
of ihe pet Ihe real ealale bualneaa al Clayton. At
- 1 <he lime of the ahootlng he waa making
"I Oklahoma. The Social..,, have all c,nvaiul for dele„u, lo tl|e
■rat'Ii .oTi't. n,"n"""" wi,h the Bemo consiliullonal convention from the
-rats and l opull.t. aa to what the ,on Heaver dlslrlcl Hla family haa moved
Th"> «•' >««• to be with him t.nlll hi.
m « "V ","1 «• ! <he trial the mldde of September. Bolton
most rigid control of railroads by the moved from Perry some veara ago to
ttate Ihe labor unions of the two Hobart and from there was choaen
territories are also active and hav«
called a convention to meet at Shawnee
for the pur|>ose of discussing what
Ifley will Stand for In Ihe constitu-
tional convention. Farmers unions.
with several Ihouaaiid members In Ihe
two territories, are organized along |
labor union lines.
With three political parties and the '
labor unions standing for Ihe Initiative
and referendum, this principle of got
eminent will probably bring up Ihe
greatest amount of discussion In Ihe
convention, Willi Ihe possible excep-
The
. South
Dakota sec 111 a to be the favorite oue
with Oklahomana. The law there pro-
vides that the people have a right to by the government upder the
propose any measure to be enacted by teuse that conditions there are dir
the legislature, and If Ihe same Is not ferent than thev are In the t'nited
enacted to coui|iel a submission of It ' Slates It must appeul lo the varies!
to Ihe vole of the electors of Ihe state tyro that If eight hours work la re-
to detennlue whether It should become garded as sufficient in the compara
a law*. The people also have the right , lively tem|ierate tone of the United
to require that any action of Ihe leg : Slates, certainly ten, eleven and even
Islalitre lie submitted to Ihe vole of more hours of lalair a day In Ihe peat-
the electora for their expression as lo Hernial and Miasmatic atmosphere of
HERITAGE OF CIVIL WAR.
Thousand* of Soldiors Contracted
Chronic Kidnaj Trouble While
la the I at lea.
The experience of Capt. John L. Ely,
of Co. E. l?th Ohio, now IIvine at UK)
Eait Second ttreet, Newtoo. Kaniat,
will Interett the tbou-
tandt of veteran*
who came back from
the Civil War <ulfer-
Ing tortures with kid-
ney complaint. Capt.
Ely taya I contracted
kidney trouble dur-
ing the Civil War.
and the occasional
attack* Anally de-
veloped Into a chronic case At one
time I had to use a crutch and cane
doregovernment and proclaim Co- ,0 get about My back was lame uod
lombla s sovereign!) over Panama meak. and beside* the aching, there
again has beeu frusiiuled through the wa, a distressing retention of the
activity Of the police aud government kidney secretion* I wis in * bad
authorities Compromising document* way when I began using Doan'i Kid-
said to ftlve ludoubtable evidence Dey Pills in 1S01. but the remedy
of the plot are reported to have been cured me. and 1 have been well ever
selxed on two of the conspirators, since."
10 Colombian general* said lo be im
make an attempt to have the
vanred 011 the aupreme court dor
so thai It may be heard at the i
tember session
MAYOR WAS IN EARNEST
Chlsf Esccutivs of Mounds Would En-
fores Mandate* With a Knife.
TCI48A: It I* reported that the
, '* chairman of Ihe committee
\t Its Denver meeting Ihe commit
lee decided to first visit Kansas City.
Mo, Mouday. November 12. The com
lull tee will leave that eveulng for In-
dian Territory The following achedule
will be observed:
Vinita - November II. 14, u; MUa-
kogee November l«. 17. Ik, 1 ; McAl
eater November III. 21. H; Ardmore
November 21. 21. 26; Tula*- Novem
her 27. 2#, Bartlesville- November 2 , mayor of the town of Mounda, C
,U' 1 Nation, recently attempted to enforce
It la believed by Ihe committee that. , h'* "Hrlal mandates through Ihe In
by v tailing these five cities, which are "'••Bee of a sharp knife
the most Important In Indian Territory j Th *UM franchise of Ihe town of
loiidltlona may be ascertained and I Mounds Is held by Ihe firm of 81111th
hearlngt held to advantage | * Swan. Tbla firm II ap|ieara have
The committee will w-ave Battles ' drilled several wells In Ihe vicinity
vllle December 1 for Washington, to ,h« l" " but failed to find gas At w, , , ^, ,|K , '
be present al convening of congress, |'♦'ngth they arranged with Ihe Ogels i)Hkolll
Monday, Decemlier :i. | by company lo supply their customers.
At each of the places mentioned. '"''Is arrangement, so the story gi -s,
hearlngt will be given by the commit- . ,"1' ,,<n 'be 'approval of the
lee, and testimony taken for subsc- " a>'or, and he pra-anptorlly command
quent use In connection wlih leglsla ed Swau to pipe ihe gaa for the town
tlon In congreaa. Opportunity will be from * w<-" designated by him Mr.
given Ihe people of ludian Territory. | Swan lefused and proceeded to pipe
Indiana, wbltea, and all others who are "
Interested In condlllous stiil affairs, to
Sold by all dealer*. 50 cents a box,
Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo. N. Y.
Chamois Skin of Commtrtl.
Charles C Druedllng. of Phlladc-I
phla. baa written an article for the
American Journal of Pharmacy ou Ihe
Generals Kulx Sandoval and Castillo subject of chamois akins What 1*
and Colonels Dlax. Getlndo aud Moa- known In the market aa chamois skin*,
quera and nine other Colombian of- he aay*. ia really an oil tanned sheep
flcials are reisirted to be the ring- or lamb akiu lining. The supply or
leaders of the alleged plot. They had akins from the chamois auimal it very
confederates Their plan limited—enough could not be obtaiued
plicated in the conspiracy were seize<
by ihe police. President Amudore
haa decided lhat all ibe obnoxioua
Colombians said lo be Implicated In
Ihe plot shall be expelled from
Panama.
Presldtnt Gomptr* of American Fto
•ration of Labor Crttlelaa* Ad-
ministration
WASHINGTON: Samuel Gomper*.
Preaideut of the American Federation
of Ijibor. is out in a slgued statement
criticising the action of the Isthmian
Canal commission in Introducing
Chinese laborlo the work of construct
Ing the Panama canal. He aays:
In Ihe most extraordinary manner
the eight hour law Is annulled In the
>alest public work ever undertaken
pre-
hIs gas from the well of the Ogelsby
company In the Glenn field six miles
distant.
He Is reported lo have gone to
Mounds on business connected with
the line. The mayor espied anil ap
proached him The lie was passed
whether It should heci
The Republic*
1 law.
greatly divided
Nearly Evory Firmer In Boar Crttk
and D*op Fork Valloys Attended
CHANDI.KK Mr Thomas L Can
n°n o' 8t. Iiouli,executive secretary of
Th. appraisement value, of the lea. lrrl* ""n •••"elation. «
*4 land In reaerve No. 3 were filed hy lh*P Kolk drainage meet
board of appraiser, con.lstlng of ('h«"dl«r 00 August 15th. The
lohn M. Thomas. James M Seger and Ir"* '' n aaaoclatkM it *gl
W. M. Plum. In Ihe lawton laud office puthlng a propoaltlon to ex
Bach lessee will be permitted to make *nd purpo^a of the
lOBMtead entry upon a quarter action r"cl m"""n l,w ,h l '« "1
oaly, though be may have mure leaned 'lu"* drainage developmeaU as well
hy paying the amount of the apprals " "rrlgallon. Mr Cannon Is a think
•d value. "r "" *•" *■ a talker and nearly every
Interested Deep Pork and Bear Creek
Tulaa'i city couacil hat provided l nd owner ■•d® '« • Mnl lo alletid
la It* street railway franchise for ,hw al Chandler laat Wed
thiwe cent fare* for nch.s.l children '6. and hear him
r II year* of age
" •" tumiiniirr lUlill UIMIIOI1 |||| t (If mill 1 ur lie was |IU HtMI liti .
various subject* that will come up I "d things happened The mayor ,L
for consideration in regard to Indiun 'K " lnan and evened matters . some wantl i'l " 7
of congress.
Subjects
which this
of sjiecial Importance
onimlttee will liH>k Into
Thl* I* the week of the annual old
Midler*' reunion at Aline. Woods
MMintv. Among the speakers are ex
Uoveraor Ferguson. Dennis Flynn. T
P Gore, Win. Cm**, and Key Hodge
W. O. Cromwell, attorney general of
Oklahoma, has begun his Investigation
uf railroad* In Oklahoma at the sug
tlon of Governor Franli to ascer
tain whether any road has violated Its
charter by discriminating In freight
rata*. Mr. Cromwell I* Interviewing
patron* of rallroada In dlffereut towns
lo learn If there have been any vio
la tlon*.
Broken Arrow I* agitating Ihe ques
•Job of complete waterworks and
lewer *y*teni An electric plant is
now being installed, and Ihe cltlxens
believe another railroad Is possible
within the near future.
The comptroller of the currency has
approved the application of K F.
Johns, of Chickasha. II P Kills. H I'
Smith, J. A. Slston. George W Hill,
and others to organize the First Na
tloual bank of Rush Springs I T
Betsy Camp, a Choctaw Indian llv
lns near Antlers, died recently of old
age She was 103 years old, and came train,
from Mlailtalppl more than fifty w
year* ago.
Wlf* I* Proatrated
CORDELL: The young wife of El-
mer Davit, his parents aud neighbor*
living southwest of Cordell. In Wash
Ita county, are at a loss to account
fur the mysterious disappearance of
Davis one night last week. He came
to Cordell, hitched his horae lo a rack,
went to the bank and borrowed |2il
HI* team wa* found hitched tu the
rftck at 1 o'clock In the morning, bill
all effort* lo locate Ihe missing tnau
have ao far proven fruitless. The
young man wa* nol embarrassed In
any way. nor was there any family
trouble to cause him lo leave the
country. No trace of him can be found
His wife Is prostrated.
TRAN WRECKERS CAPTURED
Indian Territory Young Mon Conf***
to Wrecking Cannon Ball.
ANTLERS: Carl Hrown and Sain Jor-
dan. who are accused of wrecking Ihe
Frisco Cannonball express at Kosoma.
I. T., on July 2#, were captured by-
Messrs. Sam Allender and Penn, ape-
dal agents of the Frisco, assisted by
I'nlted States Marshal Lee Pierce.
Jordan made a complete confession,
saying lhat he aud Brown decided to
wreck Ihe train because of their desire
venge for being put off a freight
Territory matters In the next session ; liy 'be employment of a knife He stub
lied Swan In the side, but the Injury
Is said to be slight.
BRAVE MRS. COUDRAN
With Baby in Hor Arms Sho Preserve*
Her Honor Againit Negro.
SOl'TH M ALESTER: Ed Powell,
a negro thirty years or age. entered
Ihe home of Mrs Couilran. at Gowan.
when her husband was absent and at
tempted to commit the crime of as
sault on her.
Notwithstanding Mrs. Coudran was
handicapped by having a four-month-
old baby In her arms, she succeeded
in fighting the negro off until assist-
ance could come.
The negro was Immediately Identi-
fied by a party of men and was taken
to South McAlester by Deputy Dowell,
who made a six mile run with the
prisoner In order to avoid the mob.
The negro confessed hla crime, but
claimed that he was drunk on Choc-
taw beer.
1. Removal of restrictions of the
tale of surplus lands that have been
allotted.
2. The queallon of the disposal of
coal and aaphalt landa together with
Ihe leglilatlon necessary for leasing.
3. Oil and gas lands.
It la poaalbie that the above program
may be modified to aome extern from
time to time by the committee, but
It will be adhered lo In a general way.
All the members of the committee
attended the late Denver meeting.
Senator Clark of Montana, leaving
for Euro|ie immediately after the
meeting. He will return lu time, how-
ever, lo participate in the inveattga-
lion after election.
Mad Man With a Gun
NEW YORK: While Ihe ocean walk
uti the Howery at Coney laland wus
i-rowded an unidentified man fired
two shots Into the back of a waiter
at Staunch'* restaurant and then
turned the weapon Into the crowd
and fired four times. Four persons
were wrllhing In agony on Ihe board
walk when the man fled toward the
ocean, threatening any person who
would pursue him.
NO SHORTAGE OF SCHOOL LAND
The new |«.u00 building al the Ton
kawa preparatoy school Is practlcallv
completed and will be ready for is-
cupancy by Ibe time school o|ien«
which will be early In eplember
Kaw City will have a grand corn
carnival on August It! and 17th. El
iboratc arrangements are being made
0 entertain the large crowd.
W A. Graham will build an elevator
ftt Pryor Creek. It will be 40 feel high
aud have a capacity of 30.000 bushels
The elevator will be ready for Ihe
enormous corn crop this fall.
"We told the conductor who put u*
off," Jordan said, "thai we would get
even with hltti. Then I put a spike on
the track Brown said to me. Put
on another." aud I aald. 'No. one Is
euougli.' Then we went Into the
wooda near by to watch what would
happen."
The two men were brought to Ant
let*, and a preliminary trial was held
before I'nlted States Commissioner
Hackett The prisoners were then
hustled across the country In buggler
to the Atoka Jail.
On* Million and a Hilf Aero* Ha*
Been Filed Upon by Board.
The atateinent ha* been published
by various papers under Washington
date line lhat there waa not enough
vacant government land in Oklahoma
to enable the school land board to Hie
on the 1,500,000 acres donated for
school purposes by congress. The story-
Is without foundation and a little In
vestlgatlon will prove such to be Ihe
case Fred I.. Wenner, secretary of
the school land board state* that all
the land has been Died on lhat
necessary to make up the amount do-
nated by congress and there are still
quite a number of thousands of acrea
of government laud yet vacant with-
in Ihe boundaries of Oklahoma.
A charter has been Issued lo the
Mutual Telephone company of Car-
men. with a capital stock of (5,000
The directors are S. K. Browyer.
president. P. W. Watrus. secretary:
II A. Boyce treasu-er T. R Ijik
ley, c M Robins. D. II Corn and W
L. Illack. all of Cartneii and W. H.
Slack of Augusta.
referen-
Inst it 11
'gnlatlona.
the Panama zone are not only Improp-
er bnt outrageous and brutal.
" The existing law excluded- Chinese
laborers aud coolies from the I'nlted
States or any of lis possessions. The
Panama canal xone 1* a possession
and It as much a violation of the
law to bring Chinese coolie* there as
It 1* In other portions of our country."
duui. some wanting Ihe
tlons under civil service
some wanting a Republic
tlonal convention thnt will draft a Re-
publican document, aome wanting a
railroad commlaalon with fullest possi-
ble power*, some wanting a corpora-
tion commissioner lo tie elected by the
people, with supervision over the
chartering and admission to the state
of all corporation* other than trans ,
portal ion. telegraph and telephone ',an<' laVf'11' of Norman,
lie a ir n. menced a suit In Ihe Ui
SUES FOR MILLION DOLLARS
companies, and 1
Norman Woman Was Cheated Out of
Valuable Mineral Land.
NORMAN: Attorneys for Mr*.
have com-
nlted State*
anting a gen ,
eral primary law for the nomination 1 <uurt 81 Minn., against a big
of all public Officers. Including i'nlted ' ,ron f,r"' for l'.#®®.#0#. charging
that the firm had secured a deed from
their client to forty acres of valuable
ore. The suit I* to set aside the deed
and to recover pay for tht ore already
takeu out. The contention is that
representatives of the firm visited
owners of the land some years ago. aud
by representing that the property
Stales senators. Other issues that
receive support from all parties are
liberal homestead and exemption pro-
vision* and a reaaonable tax exemption
to heads of families while residents
of the state: iiermlttlng the state to
engage In auy business deemed bene-
ficial and for public interest; prohibit
At Ihe time of the attempted assault |l,,n Purposes aud 1
the wotiiau's husband was working as
night foreman at Mine No. 8, at Gow-
Ing common carriers from producing practically worthless, secured deeds
or dealing in commodities hauled bv ,m nominal sums. Mrs. lovell recelv-
them, a graduated laud. Inheritance U'K" than ,10° for ,he ,ort>' acres
and Income tux franchises aud "be sold. Several other suit*, similar
law
icted by a tw
ivlslon that
-third* majority
! to this one. have been brought by oth-
I ers who allege they were defrauded
was to achieve a coup d'etat by which
President Amadore would be over-
thrown and then proclaim Colombia's
toverelgnity over the country that
was to achieve a part of that nation.
An Interview that the two generals
sought at President Amadore's palace
aroused the suspicion of the police.
Both generals were selxed and com-
promising documents ure said to have
been found In their |s>ssssioti. It was
re|M>rted that one of the generals was
killed resisting arrest, but this Is de
nled.
President Amadore took the discov-
ery of the plot calmly. After the ar-
rest of the generals he attended a
musical entertainment given In cele-
bration of the national holiday of
Ecuador.
INDIAN TERRITORY FARMERS
Proceedings of th* Union Meeting At
South McAleiter.
SOl'TH M ALESTER: The follow
Ing officers of the Indian Territory
Farmers' I'nlon have been elected as
a result of the .eferendum vote:
President. G. A. Fannin, Brady.
Vice President. A. J. Malcrom, Mans
vllle.
Secretary-Treasurer, J. 8. Murray,
Emet.
Chaplain, J. 8. Week*. Victor.
lecturer, R. T. Wallace. Bradley.
Executive committeemen—J. C. El-
liott, Pauls Valley; Chas. Ward. Hew-
itt; Kufus Merrell, Swink; Win. A.
Reynolds, Victor; J. R. Karnes. Oak
taha.
Conductor. T J. Urowu, Claremore
Doorkeeper, P. W. Williams. Harts
horue.
The plan of building cotton ware
houses In every recordlug town was en-
dorsed. The union passed a resolu-
tion favoring the erection next fall of
warehouses In each of the thirty towns
of record In Indian Territory, the clt
les being asked to donute building
sites. The Idea of holding the cotton
and selling It in bulk waa heartily ap-
proved and will be adopted.
The meeting also discussed the
marketing of other farm products. It
decided to hold the crops until the
to supply the Called Slates
than a single day He made
apeclal Inquiry ou a recent visit to
Switzerland about the annual crup of
the chamois skin and ascertained that
from 5.uou to li.uiio skins would be a
fair average >eaii> crop This skin I*
heavier than the skin of the sheep or
lamb, also much coarser For strength
and durability the chamois sklu It pre
ferable. but for ordinary use and ap
pearance the oil-tanned sheep sklu
lining would. In moat Instances, be
preferred
Sheer white goods. In fact, any fine
wash goods when new. owe much of
their attractiveness to the way they
are laundered, thl* being done In a
manner to enhance their textile beau-
ty. Home laundering would he equal-
ly satisfactory If proper attention waa
given to starching, the first essential
being good Starch, which haa sufficient
strength to stiffen, without thickening
the goods. Try Defiance Starch and
you will be pleasantly surprised at th#
Improved appearance of your work
Veteran* Rapidly Palling Awiy.
Veterans of the civil war are dying
now at the rate of 100 a da>. accord
ing to records of the I'nlted Stales
pension office. The monthly reports
for several months past have shown
the death rate among the old soldier*
to be In the neighborhood of :s,noo a
month Pension office officials who
have watched the figures closely and
know the tendency of the death rate
are of the opinion that the number of
civil war pensioners hu* reached the
maximum and that hereafter each
succeeding month will show a de-
an.
W. L. English, recently elected dl-
ector of the Oklahoma Experiment
station at Stillwater to succeed John
Field*, will begin hi* duties on Sep-
tember 1.
shall lie deen
constitution
he held unconstitutional but ,1"'lr lunils 1111,1 ,h^ lomPanv ha price demanded is secured
1 amendment to the
of these by paying large
ommlttee was selected to con-
fer with the Federation of Labor for
— Tulsa's new park was formally Indian Territory and Oklahoma, which
Carl Holtschue. a Rough Rider. Is opened Tuesday by a reunion of Ohio meets soon at Shawnee, to bring about
1 candidate for iiostaster for Oklaho- an(| Indiana people of that section. " PU* !ble, a co-operatIon on all such
IMMEN8E LOSS BY FIRE
City against Elmer E. Brown, the
lent Incumbent.
DAVO L. PAYNE BOOMERS
affect union-raised pro-
THE METH00I8TS MEET
UNLAWFUL ENROLLMENT.
Lightning Strikes Oil Tank and $60,000
Lo** i* Result.
TI'I^A- Gleun Pool, the richest
ir not the largest oil field In the entire
southwest, was struck by lightning
and burned several hours. For some
Big Gathering Will Be Htld at Tonka
w* on November 28.
At a meeting of the Payne Menior- '
lal association held at Tonkawa last
Big Fruit Harveat. Thorn
I .A M O N T The southeast part of of Klov
Chickasha will alao ohser
Day September 3.
Labor
a colony of Menaoaltes It to be lo
"ated somewhere la Oklahoma, pass!
bly In Blaine couaty where there is
tlready a large settleiweni of ihl*
strange rellftlou* sect
The citlaens of tlw o.-ume aatton
tre holding a three duvs statehood
j convention and picnic al barber-
I Grove. iwent> miles nortlwetl of
Pawhuska The features are wild
performance* Including lopiaa and
broncho-busting a haselwll gum* :vad
horse racing
Grant county I* enjoying one of Ihe
biggest fruit harvests It has ever
ex|>erlenced Peaches of almost all
varieties are plentiful and selling for
i>0c tier bushel. There I* plenty of
grapes, but not a* plentiful as if the
frost had stayed off lale laat spring
Apples are doing line and staying on
the trees well, with little trouble from
Insect* This year has proven lhat
with favorable clluiatic conditions Ok
lahoma figures largely In the frail
market* of the ritlea
# W Cot
, county
nor. county attorney
has sent forth his
edict that Ihe saloon* mu*t obey the
liquor law to the letter. No gambllug
or gambling device* are to be allowed
In any salixin or room adjoining a sa
loon Cards and tables are barred
from saloon* and no game of chance
for fun or for pastitne is lo be played
within a drinking resort
The ill 1 ei-lors of the state fair as
aociation of Muskogee estimate that
the total amount to be offered in
premiums and other Inducements will
he tio.ixui
Oiitrict Epworth League Conference
at Edmond Reiolute*.
EDMOND: The district conference
and Epworth league convention of the
H was decided to hold a big Oklahoma City district was held In the
nticn of "Roomers at Tonkawa. Klrst Methodist church of Edmond,
time It 8H*nn (l the whole tmik farm November 28. The 0. A. H. of th«* ler^ during thf week. A resolution, pre
ould be destroyed. The population of rltory. the territorial press and the rented by Rev. A. M. VirDen was
Mounds au I surrounding country- HMtorlc.il Societies of Kansas aad Ok adopted, asking the annual conference
lahoma will be invited to attend aud be to provide for an annual sununet
represented on the program school of theology to be held for a
The followers of Payne are widely period of ten days at Epworth unlvers-
scattered. and an effort will be made pj, for the s|iecial beueflt of the un
to bring them together at this meet- dergraduates. at the close of which
lB*- shall be held the regular conference
The Payne Memorial association examination*.
was organised April 20, 1S01. at lira , The committee on temperance sub-
man Ihe puriiose was to have ihe mitted revolution*, which were adopt-
remains of David I.. Payne removed ^d. pledging themslves to do all In
from the cemetery at Wellington and their |siwer to seure the election of
burled at Guthrie; also to secure funds delegates lo ihe constitutional con veil
to erect a monument over the grave. ,|on favorable to prohibition. A coin
The officer* are: President, Capt mlttee coni|>osed of Revs. VirDen of
Isolds Weythman. Tonkawa: first vice j Edmond. Kalnsliergei of Cushing, nnd
president. P K Watkins. Braman: McCreary of Choctaw, was named on
second vice prealdcnt. D. W. Stalling*, the dangers that confront the church
Blackwell; recording sec.etary
Kreb*; corresponding secretary.
Atliey, Blackwell.
fo'
turned out to a uiun and battled hero-
ically with the flames, lu two and
a half hours eleven thousand one
hundred barrela of the finest oil pro-
duced In the southwest had been con-
sumed.
This piece of misfortune following
immediately upon the heebt of the
floodlug of the fields only a few days
ago. renders Rs weight doubly hard
on Ihe operators. fCO.OOO Is consider-
ed a conservative estimate of the loss.
The cotitpfroller ol .he rurrency has
approved the application of L. T.
Tryon. M. Hughes. Mike Meyer, George
W Hicks and J. II Carson to organ
ire the Roff National bank, of Roff.
1. T.. with tZS.OOO capital.
A territorial charter lui* b *a kwu
| ed to the Minnesota Nevada la«*r'
uent company, uf Oklahoma cm , ap
tal stock $1,000,000. with O S. Derlftft-
Alfred Patterson and R T HI*
I >ee. Incorporator!
The "fcesK" State
GCTHRIK: In a contest carried na
by the 8Ut« Capital ia an ( lo te
cart Ihe must popular nickname for
th* b*w itat*. the word ' Itoonivi
received .\n overwhelming majority
Oil M a list of aa even on* hundred
aad oa* aaaiss It polled aUausi a Sfth
.if the votes, having 2.1.7S2 of the HO.
271 votei cast. The Baaaer State re
calve4 many supporters, while the Me
Giir* State and the Rough Rider Stale
were not far behind Grafter an<t ow
I'cr.ma were al*o mentioned. N'e
Major McKnight aseert* that dttrlng
his incumbency aa reglater of the
Mangum aod 1-awton land offices he
has affixed his signature lo papers
and documents coming under hla de-
partment of the work mote than two
and a half million times.
Investigating Fort Sill Water.
LAWTON Major lavena arrived at
Fort Sill from Washington to begin
the Investigation of the water aupplv
al this point to ascertain If there
la a sufficient amount to accommodate
a brigade post. It I* reported here that
another set of engineers are now mak
Ing surveys to find the beat sanitary
location looking toward the building
of a brigade post al Fort 8111.
Potatoes yield IM bushels per acre
around Chickasha and the price la fto
cent* per bushel.
Governor Trunk Franta will attond
and make an addrees at the fruit grow-
ers' carnival at Civ scent City aa Sat-
urday. August 16 Th fruit crop In
lyigan county thin yew Is unprece-
dented and some elaborate displays
ill be among the features of the car
Lawton District Enlarged.
WASHINGTON The general land
office, by order effective October I.
changed the boundaries of the El Reno
and latwtoii districts no that all Kiowa
lands to be dls|«ised of will come
within the lawton district. This af
fecit the two most northern pastures,
but is planned so that all the business
can be handled from one office.
la the new state li wa* voted to hold
the next session of the district confer
ence at Chandler.
Committ** Appointed to Look
Evidence in Crc*k Nation.
MU8COGKE: Cub McIntosh. George
Stidham and J. K. Davison have been
appointed as a committee from Ihe
Creek nation to look for evidence of
unlawful enrollment In Ihe Creek na-
tion, $5,000 having been recently ap-
propriated by the Creek council to be
used for this puriiose. The member*
of the committee will each receive
$75 per month salary.
The work has already begun and It
is reported that five cases of Illegal
enrollment have been discovered as a
result of the investigation. A state-
ment by M. L. Mott, national attorney
for the Creek nation, to ihe effect that
in his opinion there are IfiO persons
who have had their names placed on
the rolls who are not rightfully en-
titled to allotments, wus partly re-
sponsible for the movement.
Mangum has taken steps before
Governor Krautz to lie declared a city
of the llrst class.
El Rei
bonus t«
cern
i Is trying to raise a $2ti.u
secure a large pottery n
Frltco Exten*ion to Cornish.
From official headquarter*
the announcement that work on the
grading of the Frisco extension from
Oklahoma City to Cornish. I. T . where
connection will be made with the
Rock Island rallwav. will lie commenc-
ed al once under the su|iervlsion of
A. L. Phillips, euglneer in charge of
the preliminary work, who has been
Instructed lo open headquarters In Ok
lahoma t'lly The work of purchasing
the right of way is progressing rapid-
ly and will be Mulshed shortly .
MAIL CARRIER HELD.
Dan N w, of Mountain View, I*
Charged With Opening Mail.
LAWTON: Dan New, of Mountain
View, the star route mall rarrier. who
was arrested In Mountain View a few-
days ago on the charge of o|>ening
mall, was taken to Anadarko and ar
ralgned lieforeMhe I'nlted States com-
missloner. His bond waa fixed at
$50il, which he was unable to give.
nd he <
Preach from Automobll**.
A novel method of preaching tha
gospel wa* recently tried in Franca
with atriklng «ucces*. Pastor Uelat-
tre from Koame i Reformed church|,
In company with Pastor Sainton, of
the Baptist church. In Paris, visited
with an automobile the departninnta
of IjOire, Rhone. Alter, Saonq el lA)lre,
within a radius of about 0 miles.
Pastor Delattre writes: "During near-
ly two months, front our automobile,
we have been able to preacb the
gospel on market places, from fair to
fair, distributing thousand* of tract*
and celling no les* than 2.600 copies
of the New Testament."
Rich Womtn Have Troublei.
The Idea that fashionable women
are too busy and had too many Inter
est* to feel acute aorrow over tbelr
broken crockery wa* disproved the
other day when Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish
went Into the principal dry goods
•tor* la Newport with a friend who
stopped lo watch a man who wus
selling cement for cut glass and called
to Mr*. Fish: "Oh. here is a cement
for cut glass which not only mends
it but makes It ring as clearly as If
it were new. Mrs. Fish called back:
"My servants break so much of my
glass now that It Is heartbreaking ami
If they knew It were possible lo
mend It they would break It all, tu 1
don't care for any, Ibank you."
Convtnicnt Engllih.
"We become accustomed to •
phrase," observed an educator at a
teacher*' convention, "but when we
Introduce a new oue along exactly
the same lines. It startles the hearer
"A number of ladies were seated In
a hotel parlor, and _ne cf thein. com-
menting on a woman who was stand-
ing In the hallway, said:
Mr* Loralne seem* unusually hap-
py thl* morning.'
'Ye*,' answered a companion,
knowingly, the ladle* of Newark gave
a tea lu her honor yesterday But
doesn't her husband look gloomy and
dejected "
That is true,' admitted the flrit
speaker I presume the gentlemen
of Newark gave a beer in his honor
last night.'"
A WINNING 8TART.
A Perfectly Digested Braakfait Makes
N*rv* Force for th* Day.
Everything goes wrong If the break-
laced In the county Jail fast lies In your stomach like a mud
to await hla lieing transferred to the
federal Jail at Guthrie.
If Ihore I* anything lo photograp'.
about the Thaw tragedy that has not
baea photographed and
A new- paper will lie lauuv. ed In
Guthrie 'he flr*t of September. F W
Jacob*, former manager of th* Popu-
ntnpalgn*. will be the editor and
The paper will be called the
State Constitution
nlvi
I
Three new rural roui«. will be put
on la Oklahoma. October It. Two
will be out of laitvni1. Beaver coaiity.
serving nine hundred people, and one
at May, Woodwind county, nerving
440.
WAUKOMIS The rural free deliv-
ery carriers at this place use antumo
biles on their routes. Two machines room
ar* now In use. one Is ordered and I erect
the other two carrier* are considering Orne
Beside* being saving in the matter
of attention and feed the use of Ihe
automobile on the rural route makes
th* carrying of the mail merely a
short pleasure trip each day With
wagons and horses It look Ihe carrier
fretu six tu elgin hours each day te
SMUe the rua. Now, with the help
•f the niaahlnes, the work is only a
matter of some two hour*.
Physician Shoot* Physician.
PURCELL ■ At Maysville, west of
Paul* Valley a shooting affair oc
curred In which Dr. Pattersou killed
Dr. Herrod. shooting him with a double
barreled ahotgun on the street near
pie. Wrhat you eat does barm if yo,
can t digest ti—It turns to poison.
A bright lady teacher found tills lo
be true, even of .in ordinarv light
breakfast of eggs and tuaai. SU«
says:
Two veurs ago | c intracted a very
annoying form of Lidigestlon. My
stomach was In *uch a condltlou Uiut
Col. Cal Orner, for many year* a
stalwart republican aud high in the
lis of his party, ha* decided to
a $200,000 hotel In Guthrie. Col.
aud an architect from Kansas
City. Mo., have been at work formul
latlng plans for a modern ateel struc- 'be postoftlca. The quarrel lesulled a simple breakfast of fruit, toast and
ture four stories In height with all ,ronl bad feeing which had existed e*E E"*e nie great distress.
modern coaveniences between the parties for some lime, ' was slow 10 believe that troiibta
Br. Patterson having sold hi* practice fou'^ rome such a simple diet
Ret Milliard, Indian agent of the '■> Maysville lo Dt- Herod some time Ibally had to give It up, and
Osage*, has made public a statement ** • *nd then later returned to May*- 'ouml ■ great change ii|>on a cup of
lhat "imo" and simlllar beverage* vWe to again engage in hit profestlon hot •"<! Grape-Nut* with
Dr Herrod * death occurad at 2 tt In Preinl- 'or my morning meal. For
th* afteronon.
Th* American Firmer IdtntiB.d ■•I"'11 a time their was
Th* American farmer who plant* la boy who hau uevei beei
"d. dirty brick pay.
sold at substitutes for beer, will be
banished from the reservation
papers. „ be ^ i X'uM
la entirely unfit lo print A great deal 1 ,, V" Uncro,WDM kln« «b*
:hat ha* been produced ..r/Zdy coum tlou.. ' ' *
lav* been dl*pen*ed With
. without tin-
I jalrnient of th* public Intelligence o'
I sorali
No Parting.
Mother-*-No. child, there will be
[ >artlng In lieiveu "
Child—Won t that be nice Our
flnl i
j The American who goes abroad the
I first i line Is a I mott stapefled bj the ex
tent to which genuine courtray pre
* or a downtown Mieet. valla. RnJIroad guards, policemen, bell
Into he country When I, • boy*, all seem to have Imbibed this
. . ' 'awn, over which charming expression <* lov* for their
" hJ . " ,re'n' fr™b grass, neighbor. cxpre*ted In ISi.tlnctlve
Professor Crook* of the Chleato hltiU n |l|"!« * began to pick kludmsa of voice, politeness of man
university, insist■ ibat m Income of " V «*refullv hoarding net and expression of fiu-e The Paris
$5,000,00.) It .wollen lo unwh^Mom. .,T i"""'"' ,l""f "" «h«> he atldre***.
proportions Slid r«i bevond nrooei Inn t tv *hl,h would lake him I a waltm ami calls hliu "immalem
l«. What ha. Ih* newspaper f a * In r'"'< " This I But the EngH.hB.an and English worn
A l.tMiO-at
Maine land
liauftoi that does uol yield
nourlahmtnl lo support a co
the season will feed two or three rab . r*eentl;
bits to every roil and furnish hoopt foi became
ill the lime caskt that are sent out or U|ent
Li of wornout, hlllv Thoutands of the bett looking vounr
he neighborhood of >•<)'« l Korea are langsilthing In
lufficlent *Pla*terhood owing to an extraordl
through n,rv of the government, issue :
three rib • .recent'-v A year .1*0 the Crown Prince
wer. and the govern
tent out of mel" officials all over the kingdom
the state As a byproduct of the bar ,1RVe been Instructed to forward to
ren ground, the men who cut hoop- s"<"'l 'he name, and full descriptions
poles und snare rabbits make some nf eligible brides Meanwhile Instru
•Psre change killing the foxe* that "ons have been Issued by the govern
along to assist in controlling the """ ">at no young women of the bet.
that the grav 'laatet are lo be married until the
holly extermln , Yown Prince hat annouuc«d hi*
Fir* from M*av*n.
On one of hit ex|>eultlons Into C*n
tral Africa Prof Drummond found
lunaint .i""1"1" ,rMnnlbal" <■" hreakfa.t mean. 1 tivli
longing eyes on h.a petnon H became force for the entire dav
n *T 'MHAt'V t<i inu L .. ... *
riblili population,
blrvhe*
•ted
j cholr«
necessary io make an Intension
Drummond produced a powerful mag
nlfylng glaa* and. after an elogueut
exorU.um. called down Are from
heaven by netting light to aome long
liaaa by concentrating the rayi of thr
stiu through the glaat After thl* the Creek. Mich
native* had no appetite for a white There
tnaglclau. and Drummond went on hla
way rejoicing, laden with native of
lariug*
more than a year I have held to ihi*
course and have not s lftered except
when Injudlclouily varying my diet.
"1 have been a teacher for several
years and And that my easily digested
tavlng of nervous
My gain of
ten poundt in weight also causes me
lo want to teatlfy to the vatu* of
Grape-Nut*.
"Grape-Nuts holds first rink at our
table"
Name given by Poitum Co. Battle
a reason " Read ihe little
book. "The Road to Well vllle." In
pkgi
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