The Foss Enterprise. (Foss, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 41, Ed. 1 Friday, August 10, 1906 Page: 2 of 4
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Foss Enterprise.
NEW •TATS NIW .
[L RENO TRAGEDY
about octobeh fibst
Recording district So. IS has I*
IU people.
Woods count) rtiiM ~i bu he!« o!
Pssta to the acre
Second In Oklshoms Be Celled en Ac-
count of Format >on
OKLAHOMA CITY The 'Goose-
neck." tb* Second Oklahoms eagre*
slonal district. comprising tb coun
ties of Oklahoma Canadian Blaine
Caddo. Cu*trr Dewey Day Wood*
Woodward and Beaver la perhap* the
noel Instance of a political
gerrymander
This dlatrlcl extend* across a coun
try ISO miles IB length. and at
talc of ths B>g Pssturs Landa <s Not
Far Oiatant
| LAWTON. Tbo appraisement of
COUPLE HELD UP AND ROBBED th« pasture landa near Duncan dura
TRAIN IS DITCHED
THREE HUNDRED DROWNED
AND WOMAN OUTRAGED WHILE
WALKING IN RAILROAD YARDS
OFFICERS IN PURSUIT Kill UNKNOWN MAN
not pave tbo way fw competitive bld-
dine, aa baa IwB presumed by some.
but merely places a value npo« tbe
landa In order that tbo lessees may
make entry In .ceordance with th- SWITCH HAD BEEN TAMPERED WITH
homestead lawa of tbo United Stab
Emigrant Ship Strikes Rcaf and Sinka
I With 800 Persons on Board
CARTAGENA. SPAIN: A terrtblo
FATAL WRECK OF FRISCO PAS- marine dlaaater occurred oB Capo
Paloa. Tbe Italian steamship Blrlo,
from Genoa for Barcelona. CadU,
TO EXTEND PROBE
SENGER TRAIN AT JOPLIN. MO.,
KILLING THE FIREMAN
by fllln* with the register and receive!
— _ of the United States land office at
place more than SO to «0 miles In two Man Arrssted for th* Crime Have wtl,n k „ quarter section ahould
width Hence, the appellation of B#en p0„ iy«ly Identified by tna (j<> >(((
"gooseneck In the Beaver count >
Norman entertained tbe district ron- portk.r of the district It !• b-.unde l
km, of the Epwortli lrs<ue tbla by four atatoa— Kansas Colorado.
twt \v« Mexico snd Texas The length "f
the dlatrlrt la within Oft) mile. of
CattlO thieve* have been operatlnf ' the dlatanre 'rotn Oklahoma l It) to
In the ricinlty of Yeager recently. Oue Kanaaa Clt>. and twice a* far a
JS Krad by theft. , from here to Dallas and rort Worth
. Teiaa The length of the dlatrlct la
Tbo Tuttle Minerals Mining Co.. twothlrda of Ihe dlatanre eaat an.l t(J a .„.|U4led tpot ,nd criminally a.
baa been organised In the Chickasaw .eat acros* the new .tate of Mtlllwl ll(.r Tbe Dian made hla eacape
nation with s capital ol STi W« horns nd tark "nl> 11 ■" ' t,, to«n and reported to the of
— being equal to the dletance acro «
The Cbelaea Fair aaaoelatloo ha* north and south
increased It a capital stock aad adver
tiaed It* annual fair lor Seplenrt er *
appraised at II JOO. the leaaee la
Woman Who Waa Found in Bami grautH<j th. privilege of fuming here
Conacioua Condition. and making hla tiling by paying thla
EL RENO Samuel Roland and amount lnto the hands of therecelver
Miss Corinne Jones were held up and
robbed by two t ram pa while out
walking on the raldroad. After the
vllllana had stripped Ihelr vlctlma of
ery thing, they carried the
of the land office and no other per
son has the prlvliege of making a
higher bid ou the land and securing
It In place of the lessee.
J 11 Thomas, the head of the ap
pralslug committee, has atated that
the couimltt«e will take carv to he
very conservative In Its appraisement
It Is quite probable that the forty per
Montevideo and Buenos Ayrea. with
about $oo persona on board, waa
wrecked oS Hormlgaa Island.
Three hundred emigrants, most of
them Italians and Spanlarda. wen-
drowned.
The captain of the steamer com
mlttod suicide.
The bishop of San Pedro. Braxll,
also waa loat and It 1a reported that
another blahop la among the mUtlng
The remainder of the paaaengeri and
GOVERNOR FRANTZ'B INVE8TIGA
TION OF RAILROADS LEADS
TO OTHER CHANNELS
PUTNAM FADELESS KiTES do S"t
stain the band, or apot the ketue, eaoapi
given and purple.
A thing ceases to be a luxury after
we have money enough to afford It.
Mrs. Wtoslow • Bo«*hlo« syrae.
liarae WMSIaa auftaaa it. r.i a. reeoea
auajoab.c
MANY CORPORATIONS UNDER SUSPICION
Fireman Pinned to Ground In Bed of
Hat Coals. While Being Burned
Alive Camly Directs Rescuers in
Their Work—Two Injured
JOPIJX Frisco passenger train No
301. from Wichita to St Louis, was the officers and crew got away In the
ditched in the heart of tbla city
Mike O Neil fireman, was killed E.
J. Warren, engineer, sustained injur
les necessitating the amputation of an
arm. and may die. George Shelton
express messenger na* burled against
the side of his car and his arm broken
ship's boats or were rescued by ineaus
of boats sent to them from the shore.
A number of fishermen who made
attempts at rescue were drowned.
! The Slrio struck a rocky reef known
as Bajo* Hormlgas and sank soon af-
ter x't-rn first. Hormlgas Island lies
The office might still seek the man
1 If the politicians didn't blindfold 1L
The greatest cause of worry
ironing day can be removed by lauMt
Delia nee Starch, which will not sfU*
Question as to Whether Oklahoma^ (Q (h(, lruQ #v«ry S r«, It on.
Anti-Trust Lawa Apply to Farmers' f(jr 1(R
Unions—Lumber, Elevator and In-
surance Companies Under Fire
, a RIUM «" 'IM'I'-1" ll««- BUIIW —
GUTHRIE The determination Of tnl0 plecea saeb
Governor FranU to investigate the slnB|1 co!n that one lsvarlablv ap-
ralroads doing business In Oklahoma (Mgrs poor -Carmen Bylva.
may lead to a general probing of other
course of caBveri«*to« ono,
must change the aulid mM4 ut one a
fleers i
\ mail and smoking car left the tr
j All the victims of the
, to .
f The Mcrvtary of the ioteHor hue
Approved tbe McAlealer bond Issue
of llTi.OW. wbkh has been under eon
| aide ration for aotiie time
A boom has been launched here
fpt John D. Benedict for governor of
Oklahoma. Ho Is superintendent of 1 the state
tbo Indian Territory schools
ho started Immediately for the «ent plat, of appraaement. aa was car
— rled out In the sale of tbe Latwton
Many of the states do not eitend scene of the crime U>WB loU w||| adopted, placing a ....
over the country In either direction As the off leers were paslng a bo« each quartrr aectlon of Monett Warren la ts years old and
aa far as this congressional district car In tbe railroad )ards a man )umk (,,rty p^r cent of the value of another married O'N'ell waa 24 years old and
Ita agricultural producta on account ou, tnil gI rt«-d to run. Thlnkln., gM-tlon of Improved lands out slngl.-, as also Is Shelton.
Tbe engine, combination baggage al(uul two and a half miles to tbe east-
and express car. and combination ard of Cape Palos.
of the climate, range from cotton,
which is almost an eirluslve south
Oklahoma crop, to corn and wheat,
raised In the more northern tier of
counties, because of the temperate
line dividing the frigid from the more
mild climate of the aouthern part of
Andrew A. Veatch Is the editor and
publisher of a new aeekly paper at
I ^latftila. Oklahoma count) It Is en
I titled Mie Newalla Weekly Record
'At a mooting of Hobart ex Mlasourl |
I JM It waa decided to bold tbe annual !
State picnic tliere of all ei-Mlsaourtaim
•Vein* In Oklabuttia on September 4
>f the parties, tbe ofllc
commanded lilm t" halt and on his
falling to do so. they shot, mortally
wounding blm.
Later the two men who are thought
to have committed Ihe crime v.ere
candidate canvassing captured about a mile west of the
his district, even titough accommo- city and were landed In Jail. The man
dated with the best transportation fa ho was killed and all other
cllltles possible, would have to spend
with tbe affair i
' straugei
almost twelve or fourteen hours con-
stantly on the road to get from one
end to the other
OFFICERS SAVED NECKS
Notrees Who ffiurdorsd Harry Pries
tsr Cams Near Being Lynched
TULSA Prompt action on the
irt of officers prevented the possible
nerte«l
h*rv.
The woman positively Identified the
prisoners, after recovering conscious
neas She was badly bruised and re-
lates a thrilling story.
GAVE HIMSELF UP
side of the reserve The train was in charge of Conduc-
It Is learned officially that the ssle | t„r ( Shipley, of Monett. snd con
of the pasture lands will begin about I sisted of the cars that left the trai l-,
trie flrn of October, and that the lands two day coaches and two sleepers,
of the "big pasture" and of the re fbe wreck occurred at a dangerous
nialnltiR |Kirtlon of the Duncan pasture po)ll, partly where a disastrous
will Im sold at the lawton land otllre fr^lKtit wreck occurred two years ago
Tin tract lying a few miles south of Warren was running at about thirty
Hobart will be sold In Hobart and the mil,., an hour, rounding a sharp curve,
tiart l)lng In bolh Comanche ami Klo an,| the engine left the rails at a
wa counties will be sold at Anadarko Mwltrh leading Into
This Information Is authentic and dli
The steamer bad 645 passengers on
from 1 buard and her crew numbered 127
men The Slrio had 570 passengers
when leaving Genoa, but additional
Spanish passengers were taken
board at Barcelona, where the vessel
touched a few hours before the dis-
aster.
SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION
corporations. The Oklahoma anti-
compact law la the most stringent
on the statute books of any stale or
territory, as It forblda combines of
any kind to operate In the territory.
The law became elective December
25, 1**0.
Tbe onfy question aa to this law
applying to railroads Is whether or
not freight rales constitute a commo-
dity. If they do, a railroad may I*
punished under lta provisions oa the
matter of freight rates, pooling and
discrimination. The law provides a Wwi- Dlonysius Ijirduer, a noted
In ( Pinch, Use ALLEN'S FOOT EASE.
A powder. It cures painful suit-
ing, nervous feel and Ingrowing naUa.
It the greatest eonstort dbieovery of
the uge. .MuIwm new shoe* eaay A
certain ear* for sweating feet Sold
bv all druggleta. «Sc. Trial package,
FREK Address A. 8. Olmsted, Le
Roy. N. 1.
Ancesiry of Dion Beucic.jlt.
The name of llouelcault la French
in origin Dion bxucicault was the
win of n French refugee who Jed to
Ireland and married nn Irish girl He
was named Dion alter his father's
The Tulsa Country club Is a thin* lynchtM of tbe three negr«ie«. Ps< k
I .A. b.olhw ~ .
s Hi tbe past, the grounds having keen
I by Carl C Magee s loral
Wire will convert It Into
j heme
Murray arid Howell
tbe outrage and murder
PlieMsr
Allied
Harry
Alleged llerderer 'Phoned te Shtriff
ti Com# Aft%r Him
CHICKASHA Bob Brown who shot
•nd killed I,. G. llllliitet near lreioti
i* few dtya *47° W*M brought into
Cblrktsha by Urpuiy Burk. Brown
Probsble That "Big Pasture" Claims
Won't Go By Sealed Bids
LAWTON The latest unofficial In-
formation received here Is to the ef
socn ■ fwt Klowa Com.nche county
The engine plunged Into the ground Indian pasture lands of one half mil-
crad.t the report that a |«,rtlon of the ,.etwwn the track, of the Y and Hon acres In Comanche county will
lands will be sold at El Reno Filing*. I turned over, half burying Itself In the be sold at public auction instead of
however will he made at the land ! Krollnj The force waa so great that by sealed bid plans A letter from
offices In the respective land districts | tMI1(lrr llftrd entirely over the actln* s.-cretary of the
in whlffll the lauds are located. | lhe t„,||er and landed bottom in.ward Judge Hvan received at the Ult«l
I with the forward end turned toward! States land office In Uwton, Indl-
A PARTIAL CENSUS (b> |n |tM flight the
~ ■ . . , tender stripiied the cab from the en-
Indian Territory Population |s_Piaced Th. |)14KK1MI, and e«pres car
folkiwlng skidded to the left snd
stopped with the rear end <« the
Tbe mall and smoking
penalty for comblulug to restrict
business, holds companies reeponsible
for violations by IU officers. It places
the responsibility to prosecute viola
tee W b ef Cedmrn-he. whleh rks d
k those Jidr *«. he* ri samsl beat-
toSMits riywn. wknkB slock
tn Hie hwMwm. N said le
snm«d Is* Ms reepswl—
>ese>d «* «
mMa Iks rsst Bvw
*h«w he we hw* *■—lU by Ihe
probate cttuet. 1 a**r+m ih—•
I ..or be rly oitssto sl^
: Oft Ol
United ! « «• nMsrwsy. repreHwtlww
J^lfOwmdy. indue Irsrlw. at K B^i
admitted Growty te bassd la ths swm
• Of I1.00D. C.road) Is In toil at Te« em
•eh tbr MWnB « Tw-UWe. at Kew
I KWfs,
Tbe aMatn.r>«a «srrr > w jmrmR the
I billing Of deve swd p*over betwwen
August i nod Uewswksw 31. These
birds are satd te he nsose pWwlltel
this seaSQO tlwn «m l. and hum ins
I parttes are tektog sdvawug. of ths
■
. to • *M*te ' tl Bgkt at a thrwehlng
machine near thwy, Reye. ths pho
tographer. woe cwt la tbe bark and
beaten peer Use bond with a piub
fork Me wtB recover Thrse bi>ys
named HVIees are sold to havs b^s
bis a*se«go*e
The Ednratlfloal and Co
Operative t'ntoa of Amerl<* Clearing
Hbuse aaaoctelkai of Fletcher, Okie
borne OsMvt No. 22 has lieen char
ICSWt. Ttre repltel atoek Is l .u««
Tbe (Mrssrtom are 0 M. Allleoe. Iliigtil
Qlrfp.; W. J *ataa, A par be Okla
O, H. Mbatoaedl. L G l!wla*. C W
Comftow. C F. No d. all of Elgin
■ Okb ; Wm Tsrwsr W P PI
" u L. KIOTbs ail rrf Flet.hei
Tha city was thrown Into a wrlld had phoned In to the officers from
Mate at escltement by aenaptloaal Undasy oBerlug to give himself up
Aavwtopmats la the rase, which whea llarke was sent to In lag htm In
i*iimil that the bo) had been aia He was takea to tha tail here to await
dered with tha letae of s huiaas leg , g|H pssllmlnar) trial
Im ,i ke lefneed to repeat a besui According to Brown s story ha kill
tallty whk h two of ti* negn e ba.1 ,1 HiHegar la self d. fence He
I,vred hla to commit siatee that he drova up bi the house
Angry marmers were hewrd ia et ,,f Mhermaa tiisabe where Mllieaai
ery atreM enssr sad tearing that >u (taring and 'be two got Into a
Bight fall might usher la a tragedv when Ittllegar pulled kis r<n
Ua, utte.-Ts sptrtted tbe prttameee
By Commiaaion at s2s.000
MI'SKOGEK The coramlsslon to
form fifty-live district..for.conaUW- , „
tlonal purposes out of the Indian Ter ^ ^ )( gh< ( ( (he H((ht k,ull#.
riiar) mat havs mt b<Uiww*«< without
accoaipllshlttg anything owing to tha
ta. t that ludge Claj ton has not got
i-nsus returns In from tbe
townships In the Chtalaw and Chick
natloaa
The i niriDiisslooers snnnuncw
tha aftetwna Eaty Irwia and berried
• hem le the federal tail al Masko
Bse.
tarrrtM Me<|usea who g «e tbe lo
finmnlli s leading to the arrest of
the aroused wss aet upoa hy a nu b
of mirM ia Weet Tulsa beaten lnn>
lit ran alii 11f and left lo die
He revived during the night and
though badly encoded managed to ge'
to tha office of I psty United States
Marshal Hanna at Sapulpa ui aak pro
tectkra.
While Hanna stepped aside s mo-
mmm* Mcyueen disappeared and has
he fired ia self-defense kliilnk Hllle
gar Ihe dispute Is said u. have
grows out of sn alleged debt to Brown
wbu had forwieiiv worked for Hllle
gar It Is said that Brown had been
la (start toef.we for stealiog cattle, but
waa ant c<aivleted
WEATHENPORO INTERORtAN
WALKINO TO OKLAHOMA
Tsmterial Charter Haa Sean issued to
Weatsrw oa lahoma Company
GI'THHIK A territorial charter
was issued to the Wealhetiord Inter
urbaa Hallway aad l.lght company,
of Weatherford, with IIH.Wtl capital
stork The Incorporators are Dr Rob
ert A Wade Charles C Penn A I
Sights. W P Fowler and W. V*
Brown, all of Weatherford The cha>
A Lang Jaunt fee Health's Sake by |rr |lf,„tdea for four lines from Weath
Taw Oklahoma Veuthe ertord. ea«b ooe seventy Bee miles ia
CHICAGO Hugh E. Galft. a I'al ia„#th the first, northwest to Talo
verally isf Chicago student and a sub> f„ |n |ssr> county, imsslng ihrough
1st In s band, with Harry Velter. of , and l wey counties; the se.
Puad Creek. t>klah< iia. have started ^ thrmigh Custer and R««ei
no n kng dletaiM-e walk lo that city M)na ,.,,unttro In Cheyenne; the third
a Journey of lis miiea. tieult s M,utba«>st tbrough Custer. Washita
baaltb la not pud end neither Is Vet ni| Kiowa r>«intles to Hobart and
ley's, and when Velter arrived here |fcr (..arth auitheaet thn.ugh Custer
tha other day he suggested that ts*b ^,ahita aad Caddo to Anadarko.
could ' brace up" through •.long walk
embankment and stopped
Vltb the rear end on the track, the
wo cars forming an acute angle with
nellie lying aiiuarely between
O'Neill was caught beneath the fire-
th 'box and pinioned. His death was due
lo burns and scglds from steam. Two
cales that President Roosevelt will Is-
sue his proclamation much in advance
of the time expected by all and that
ihe commutation act under the home-
stead laws will be tn full force and
allow a prospective purchaser the right
to prove up on the land after four-
teen months' settlement by paying
the deferred payments. The plans of
auctioneering the land will be set out
In president Roosevelt s proclama-
tion.
WATER SUPPLY FOR LAWTON
approtlmata populathm of the various e|-1)M>d as extrl System Will Be Constructed Under
nations as foib
Cherokee 2i«.tsm.
Creek and Seminole US.**
Choctaw and Chickasaw «•*> 100
fudge Gill states that the • i>mmit
teeman apisSnted to make the Chnro
k«e census report Mo.WXt. and the
•stmaster s re|H>rts show l ri,i ai. Ow
ing to ihe large sh..wlng made la the
cated. While being burned to death
by the hot cinders In which he w s
lyias sad Ihe escaping steam, he di-
rected ton workers ho* to release Utf
He died en route to g hospital in an
ambulance
Fsdsral Supervision
LAWTON The interior department
haa sent Engineer George L. War-
ner, of the I'nlted States geological
survey to lawton to manage the ex-
peudlture of the 100.000 appropriated
the engine careened, j by the last congress for the exten
was hurled out of the cab through , slot! of the lawton waterworks ey-
ing to the large showing made la trie ^ ^ (jigtinp, Q( nrtv feet, strlk tent Knglneer Warner will open an
Vhtwtmw rblckMyw he ^ ^ Kroun(i | office h#rt and begin «urvey through
m>« h* will f< re*d fo %tf. c>Aft ajn, Wag torn almost from the Fort 8111 military reservation to
r '|* rt
Judge lilll thlnka an elecibm prue
lamatlon will be issued not later than
September 1 There muet be sUty
days' uotlce of clecttoas
l)ne i dl< y has been determined by
GOVERNOR FRANK FRANTZ
Who Has Started Investigation of Al
leged Unlawful Combines.
tors upon county attorneys. The pen
Ihe body, snd he was also badly ] the large springs at the head of Medl- j |ty for the first violation is a line
humed and scalded He nearly bled cine creek near Mount Scott, as soon | not less than $50 nor more than
to death before surgeons could stop , as a permit for making the surveys j;,nfl, and for the second ofTense a
the flow of blood. and laying the mains can be secured I flm. double that amount, and also
On the train were two mail clerks from the war department. From this t forfeiture of corporate rights.
None was hurt source an abundant supply of the pur- There Is a question whether the
tme |«mcy nas i- — - #B|J % baggage man None was hurt source an abundant supply ot rrre pui- There 1s a question whether tne
the committee They will not split ^ (niofc|ng car was unoccupied ost mounUln water caa be brought to oklahoma antitrust law will also af
townships. All shai s In distrkti
may result, hut townahlpa will remain
lnta<-t.
As s.a.n aa the districts are made
maps will be printed showing the
townships in ea«h district and th.ise
will l distributed br>>adceat over the
territory.
Inveatlgallon showed that the wreck the city by gravitation. The reservoir ft.ct |n„uranre companies operating j KUardian of the Bastlle
i caused by the engine strlblnu a 1 contemplated will be 2U0 feet above ln oi,i,honia which enter Into a un- 1 (k>romlnl was a character.
British writer oa physical science.
This la No Joke.
Hunt's Cure has saved mora peo-
ple from the "Old Scratch' thaa any
other known agent, simply because It
makes scratching entirely unneces-
sary. One application relieves any
form of Itching skin disease thai evet
afflicted mankind. One box guaran-
teed to cure any one case.
China to Own Postoffices. •
After the return of tbe Chinese ml,
slon which Is now making a tour of
Kurope and America for the purposes
of study, the Chinese government In-
tends to assume control of tbe entire
postal system and at the same time
to abolish all the postofflces In China
now maintained by foreign powers
Sargent's Pictures Rare.
Only three pictures by John 8
Sargent have been offered at auction
In recent years. A head of a girl
wearing a red shawl brought $7.10 at
Christie's. A portrait of Kllon Ter-
ry. which fetched I ti.noli and was sold
subsequently for $15,000. and a half
length portrait of a lady sold la 190$
for $685
For Twenty Ysars.
Other chill remedies have sprung
up, flourished for a brief season, then
passed away—even from memory—
but for twenty long years Cheatham s
Chill Tonic has been in the field of
action. The reason Is simple. It has
the merit. It actually cures Chills
and Fevers, while the majority ot
others merely promise to. One bottle
guaranteed to cure any one case.
Foromost of Frcnch Veterans.
The French government has just
pensioned off Francois (Seromlnl. the
column.
He left
rocked'' or half-open switch
ductor Shipley fotrnd the swtch lock
lying on tbe ground and the switch
turned half wsv Several boys were
seen about the switch shortly before
the wreck
the highest point In the city,
OKLAHOMA BRYAN COMMITTEE
ion,
Fr««k
Chickasha townslte promoters havi
commonly designated.
The law a!«o would aEect milling
Namea of Thoaa Who Will Attend and lumber companies If It was found
New York Raooption Ciat they are combining on prices.
Gl'THRlIC: Judge Kichard A. Bill- j Beports have come in of an alleged
tips, democratic national committee- millers' trust, also an Ice trust and
for Oklahoma, has announced the a lumber trust In Oklahoma.
boart?" companies, as they Corsica 60 years ago to serve ln the
It Is
city to li
i and
fVttnvtrtt the nr«RB!s ".« of an
tnUtorKethUrf scwlety at Tulsa rsm«
two dnrto* thefts of horses is broad
lay light Wlllhua Hnwnycatt. .11"
Dakota and a aegro answering the
name of "th*u." are aader srrast
rttaraitd wMh stealing two |s«rles from
Uto kite lain* rarlf oa Heist ■* street
Bin - sanely has a mamoih crop
«( awtona
i eaasBctafies aptolated
called lo assist
(Ml. one of the com
I, to divide the Indian Terrl
Into constitutional delegate dl«
trkrte la Setermlnlng tbe tiopulatlou
Ig lbs fifty recording districts of which
pymw Creek Is the court town, have
jhw«hed their work and report lr>
rt- peopte In the thirty two u.wnshlpr
ruaiposing the district.
Tbe picnic and barbecue at Prior
Creek last week of three days dura
Hon was a gigantic success and epell
bteder* galore -entertained the large
sniw.br foil glorified themselves snd
tbe splendid new state
The Arapaho Commercial club has
devised ways snd means for construct
|gg an ggtomobllc line from Ar pahn
to Tsloffi and connecting other wek*
tern towns When constructed the
litre will oi>erste on the same fifln
tlples as a railroad The advancerl
tendency Js to discard the steam ert
glue and provide motor power Ihrougt-
Clectrlclty.
Indian Attempts Life
MI'SK(>G>: : Tom Spaniard, art
Indian ess placed In jsll her.; charged
with having tried to antlmsh Deputy
Marshal 1. D Shswhau of Wetumka
Slrawhan rlalnts thai Spaniard shot
at him from ambush while he was rl.l
lug along a country road.
QUARANTINE PROCLAMATION
issued at tt-e Requsst of the Swins
Breeder* ef the Territory
GUTHRIE In accordance with (he
as ths Is^sn county wheat king. 1 requests of swine brserlera of the terrl-
is the Srst farmer In thla baallty to tory. the live sKrck sanitary comttrls
plant Itermuda grass for exclusive pas Hon hss iss«a«l s sew quamailne pro
i'ha eaperiiitont sta .lamatlon. uiuendlng rule $ .d the pro
jas decided to return to Vrtler s
h<<me lo t>klahoma without aid of ar
llftrlal IranepwrtatloB The start ws-
made early la the day and the two
ex|«cl lo earn their provision* on
(hs wsy They hope U« reach th.ir
deatlsstlon by Beptemlier 15 The)
frill go via Kauaas City.
•ENMVOA GRABS FOR HAV
Logan County Wheat King Eapsn
menta Mflth OtBcigl Suggestion
(il'THRIK: Jos H Norris, known
Sparks, la Um-oln
,.ussed an ordinance prohibiting boy
under the age of eighteen frequenting
the pre,I balls ur smoking cigarettes
^l^o. s rtcb farm^
yet lscklng a decision from the at
lorrrey general as to Its constitution-
Bitty, will lie welcomed by the cltl
zens' of tbe little town. It could Ire
applied to many of tha larger towns
of Oklahoma with considerable
benaflt.
Norway. Al-
namos of twelve Oklahoma democrats ' believed the Investigation started by
„w _ , bho will represent Oklahoma at the 1 Attorney General Cromwell Into the
ready several business lots have lieen forthcoming Bryan reception In New 1 affairs of the railroads at thejnstance
mill and building is commenced It Is
ssl.l the town is situated In the cen
F. W. Hill, a Marshall banker, was
allot at Covington by Clarence Stark
i Hill's
I saved.
watch snd thus his life
grenadier* of (he imperial guard
fought in the campaigns of Algiers
and of Home, and also In 18"" with
liourbakl He was made a prisoner
and tnken to Darmstadt and at the
fall of the empire became concierge
of the Ilastlle.
Laundry work at home would b*
tnnc't more satisfactory If the right
| York city. They are Ray Stafford, ot the governor will lead him Into ".UffneYs1 It'Vusually'nlces'
Oklahoma City; L. C. Ml,lack. Outh- un investigation along all other lines desired s ffn^ s la nstrnny ne.es
rle C C Worrall. Hobart; Frank 1 where Ihe laws of Oklahoma may be ««ry to Me so much starch tllgt tM
Hamilton, Enid: W. L. Kagleton. Paw- vlola.ed by corporations. A well beauty and flnanesa of the hbHe 1.
nee; Hen Blakaney. Shawnee; Tyler, known cor,K,ratlon lawyer expressed hldd™ WhM a^pastc
T. Wavles. Weatherford; K. K. Thur- ( the opinion that three-fourths o. i.e ' . . . sffpcts the'wear-
mond Sayre George L. Howman. lumber, mill and elevator comrsu.es appearance, but alwaBects the wear
Kingfisher; Charles Swlndall. Wr«d- of Oklahoma are carrying Insurance lag WW * f using De-
! Bard; J B. A. Robertson. Chandler; m companies not authorized to op can l>e entirely overcome by using oe
J. A.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
JOINT COMMITTEE SELECTED
Menefee. Fort Cobb.
IMMENSE CORN CROP
erate In Oklahoma.
BOYLE BUYS A BANK
lure pur|i
tlon at Sllllwatei haa long been ait
vncatlng the tree of Barmada In Ok
lahoma for both poeture and ha>. but
for soma reaaon the farmers have I
slow about taking hold
Norris expects (o have a thlrt
(lamatlon Issra-d last May. a
-end;
Secretary Weaner of School Land
•oerd Submita July Report
GI TIIKIK Secretary Fred I, Wen
ner of the Board of leasing School
l,ands submitted to the board his fl
rranclal statement for the month of
July. IS
Win
That no swine shall be shipped
from any |*>l«t outside of the territory
to ati> poll it within the territory of
Oklahoma for feedlli* or stiak pur
acrw tract exclrrslvely In Bermuda poses unions they shall have u certlfl
? srs :zr:: r irs ss k 1.. . ■*** * a
slopes snd valleys leading toward (he (ry ...
- - - The old rule applied only to swine
sblpiM'd from public stockyards
As a result of the clean tip recently
made liv tbe cattle lns|iectors In tbe
western half of Payne county, a new
quarantine law was established
through that county on the range litre
between range* 2 and 3 east.
hibition in Oklahoma
OKLAHOMA CITY; Rev. C. E. Din
Widdle. of Washington, superinten
dent of national legislation for the
Antl Salimn league of America, has ar-
rived ln Oklahoma, making his head-
The total receipts far the month quarters In this city, and will lead
I>uring the the flaht for constitutions! problbl
Havs Charge of Fight for Pro- The Ossge Country Will Yield s Large ; Conaolldation of Important Institutions
Yki. taienn a* ClrAiifl
Crop This Season
FORAKER; There will be an im-
uense corn crop in the Osage reser-
vation The lssl ten days have been
amounted to 123.032 1*
month fS.ott1.t7 were paid on ex|>ense
account and $I3.10e transmitted to the
territorial treasury, reaving a balance
on hand August 1st of $«.8#8.S2.
The hoard for leasing school lands
tlon for Oklahoma, remaining in the
territory until after the constitutional
convention has completed Its labors.
A Joint committee selected from
j fiance Starch, as It can be applied
I much more (hlnly because of Its grent-
I er strength than other makes.
Still Seek "Treasure Island."
"Treasure island" Is still a mystery,
at Stroud | 8teatn yacht Rose Marine, which
OKLAHOMA CITY: J. P Boyle, ' u.f, Kng|an|| October. 1S03, to
formerly In the banking business ln S(.arch for the (reasure which (radl
(his city, and a stock company own- tlon says pirates concealed on Cocoa
very favor-able and the early corn Is ing the CitUens' Bank of Stroud. Island, in the Pacific, has returned to
shout made and the late corn so far have purchased the First National Southampton. Capt. Mathews the
advanced that It Is now practically I bank of that city and combined the . h h,
sure of making a c*,P. There never two to be known as the First National *nd •>"'* >«
were belter prospects for a bumper Bank of Stroud. The postoflice build-
crop. Chriaman A Baker have 2.000 ing has been purchased and the new
acres that will make fifly bushels to institution will be moved there irame
(he acre, and there are thousands of dlatelv. The officers of the new bank
both 'territories, composed of l'ap(aln acres in this section that will turn out are: J. P Boyle, president : H. M
A 8 McKennon. of McAlester: Rev fully as well. There are about 15.000 Jarett. vice president; 8am W. Stroud
Gran( Evans, presidenl of (he a,-res of corn ln (he Foraker neighbor- | assistant cashier.
belief In the project has been strength-
ened The work of searching the la-
land Is very dllficulL
HI n t IBI aaaww • -r i i A. VII BUI >' • " . t-
receipts of tbe college fund from Jan Honry Kendall college at Muskogee hoIJ<i which means at least 600.00(
Cottonwood river, which cuts (
hla farm In twain.
Modern Woodmen Picnic
STILLWATER The Modern Wood
men of America of Payne county will
enjoy an all day pleulc at Morena Sep
t«• ruber 8 Extensive arrangement*
<ib being mode for a grand time and
A D hiutitn. of Oklahoma Cllv, and
others will speak,
Fraudulent Allotments
PAWHUSKA: The Osage national
council has handed (o (he agent here
the names of 2.1* people now on the
Osage rolla thai they wanted Invcstl-
Alva
Big carnival nt Comanche, I T . on (
August Ifi, 17 and 18.
Goes After the Railroads
Gl'THRlE: Governor Fruntx has
Instrncled Attorney General Cromwell
to Investigate aliened violation of the
Noflalnger demurrage law by some
1st last among the seven educa-
tioaal Institutions, towlt:
A * M College. Stillwater.
1'nlversity at Norman.
Normal Schools at Edmond,
and Weatherford. —
University Preparatory School at t() he inaugurated Immediately.
Tonkawa.
Colored University at langston ; pi^y roi,i ts said to have been
Earh Of the seven InstiluOonB re discovered In (be WlchlU mounlalns
ceivlng the sum of $1.11$.7E. gnlj L«wtob Is excited.
Wants Exemption Clause
S. A. Horton. an attorney of Okla
| homa City. Is writing letters to his
1 clients and Jobbers all over,tbe new
state urging organised effort along
„. Z Hollman. of Checotah, for (he bushels ercorn (o harvest.
Indian Territory, and 1 C. Rankin, of
Guthrie; Mrs. Abble Hlllerman. of The socialists of Lincoln county wll
Cushing and J L Brown, of Okla hold a sonslltutlonal encampment oi
homa Citv for Oklahoma, was selected ,he lincoln county agricultural fai. ^ _
and will have charge of the rsrtti.aign K,,„inds at Chandler. August 3. 4 and the Mne of reformed exemt -
S J«-k Woods and other pronrlnent He wanu a pro vision enacted In the
speakers will In- present A glee club ! new state;
bus been formed and other fealures
combined sill make an attractive pro
gram
I tate exemptlona In order that wealthy
I men and all who are able to do It
i may be forcwd to pay their debts.
ITS MERIT IS PROVED
IIECIIIIII Of t HEAT MEIICIME
A Prominent Cincinnati Woman Tolls
How Lydta B. Ptnkham'e Vegetable
Compound Completely Cured Uer.
The great good Lvdia E. Pinlcham'a
Vegetable Crjmpound ia doing u trio rig
the women of America Is attracting
the attention of many of our leading
scientists, and thinking people gener-
ally.
i the
said rolls Baa obtained by fraud
The allotment bill that recently passe
congress encourages this Investigate
and It Is very likely thai nnles
Omahas. and Is fact all of those In
question, put up a pretty stiff fight
There will be a county reunion of |h(>y w,„ ^ thrown from the rolls
old soldiers at Tecumseh August So Tbu B(jht wlM ,H. wutrhed with In
to September 1, Inclusive. I i,.regt,
gsled," claiming that their right tu be miimads operating In Oklahoma
Some general complaints against rail .
roads alleging violations have reached
Ihe governor'* office
Member of the Committee MORE OKLAHOMA INSPECTORS
PAWHUSKA; Th. <>« «• aatlonal
•ounril reached a vole upon their Bureau of Animal Induetry Adda Seven
holce for a member of tbe alhitlng to Force
ommlttee The hrraor fell upon Cerv 1 GUTHRIE: Dr. L. 0 Allen, chief
Blackdog. who taa neither read. („r the animal Industry In
—_ 0ktah(>BMl gayg that seven additional
'd In this terri-
The ex Confederali' reunion of Ok
lahoma and Indian Territory will be
held al Law (on on Sep(ember II,
| IS. U.
speak or understand the En*
llsh language His ai<polatnieot to
lire place If a|tprovad hy the secretary
practically knocks ibe rewrvatkm Mr| a
from an> repreaeatallaa on tha alkrt
ling committee. It Is generally ho|*d
here that the secretary will not ap
profe of the appointment.
| An Old Landmark Deatroyed
SUPPLY In the midst of a cloud
bursl which flooded the old Fort Sup-
ply military reservation, lightning
struck the west building, one of the
j old landmarks here, and completely
destroyed it, with $600 Iona.
Baby's Peculiar Death Deputy Marshal Removed
ENID: Pauline, (be llltle baby of j COALGATE Win Ittadshaw
Mr and Mrs J H. Illeronlmous. Ilvlnn has been United State* depot
•t 1121 Walnut, died very suddenly
Not Made Into Flour
TLU8A Official* of the Frisco state
(hal (he car of whea(. In which Ihe
I. located at ( decomposed body of Harry Prlester
e.l as such waa found, has been disposed of for
shal for a number of
, ■ Coalgate, has been ret. - —
and without any previous aymplonrs of by (hp hlg|w.r aulhor|lleg The charge hr# feed and not for flour 1 hat i*>r
alckness. The father came home from | gainst the deputy being that he wa* tlon of It which as visibly damaged,
work and picked the Utile girl up from not strict In the enforcement ef (he however waa aepara(ed from the rest
playing, to' law prohibiting the manufacture of and burned.
beer and other beverages by parties
who live here.
aud a
Is bet
locate
here.
tbe floor, where she
caress her, when she suddenly r
In bis arms
iplred 1
The old soldiers are having
union at Clinton tbla week.
The Simple Way
The girl was daintily dinging the ,ral Arrlra frof Drummond
grains of corn from ber rob by
of a fork
"Why don't you take It In your
Unger* and eat It aa 1 do?" asked the
msri she was with.
"Becauae," replied Ihe girl. "I don't
wan( lo get the outter on my eara."
No Parting.
Mother—No, child; ihere will be no
parting In heaven "
Child—Won't that be nice Our
cook will have to atay with us theft,
wiih't she'"
The famous Boston Bloomer girl*
re louring Oklahoma and putting up
wry good quality of baseball.
Fire from Heaven.
of his expeditions Into Cen-
lound
Comprehensive.
A corraapondmt reports seeing thla
comprehensive sign over a store:
'Healers In everything, from a rat
skin to a ranch."
"Prealdent Faunce. of Brown tml-
veralty. regards athletlca aa a train-
Wants to Start Sihosl
MUSKOGEE: \V. E. Glenn, an edu
ited negro from Mon(gomery. Ala.
disciple of Booker Washington.
> looking Into a proposition to
a branch school of Tuskegee
He slates that that school now
haa twenty-three branches and that
he considers Muskogee a good place
to locale another lie wants 100 acres
of land within five miles of town and
says thst it will (ake $5 ooo to build
aud equip the necessary buildings to
start the school.
A P!t(sburg Inventor claims to bava
Invented a device by which a tele
Inspectors will be pli
tory making a total of Sfteen federal
territorial Inspectors now at
I Oklahoma The original
ag:eenreat waa that the government
shoalS furslsh only an equal number
of Inaiiectors as did the territory, but
Ihe bureau of animal Industry Is con
vlnced that Oklahoma Is doing such
good work In cooperating with the
federal authorities that It deserves a
greater number of inspector®.
Preparation# are being made for a
big coyote drive on the large Indian
pasture reserve In Comanche county
Thanksgiving day to commemorate
the exit of the cattle king and (he
entrance of the farmers
that President Roosevelt has
to U 8 Marshal John Abernathy
he will be on hand to participate.
Farmers' Plenic at Edmond
The farmers' union of Oklahoma
county will hold a big celebration and
picnic at Edmond on Friday, August
17. State President 8. O Daws Is ex-
pected to s)>eak. Other addresses will
be mad. by Green B. Patterson. 8 1 ,niHr^ leeway
l Hampton. J. Harvey Lynch, of qdtHRIE James Peck, an aged
Lawton, has been Invited to represent B|atne county farmer^ was fataHy In-
Jured In
nlon labor on this oernslon. Big
.reparations are being made to ester
aln and care for the crowds.
runaway accident at Geary,
his team becoming frightened at on
automoblls.
Wi/jon
Accidentally Shot Himself
SNYDER. Miller Shaw, superln-
Wheel CriMhed Hie Skull
GUTHRIE: Floyd Craw
u-ndent of (he Snyder compress, accl- old. son of J. W. Craven
dentally dropped a revolver from living near Mulhall, this county, fall
which he was extracting the bullets. fron) „ ioaded wagon under the wheel*
and the weapon wa* discharged lire and wa3 lnslantly killed, one of the rsxnlts
bullet struck Shaw In the right leg. . rushing hla skull. : I1"" *' - i 'Bkiaun -
lnfllcttnit a serious wound, but it Is "About trine montb* ago I wss agrent wif
thought that he will recover " ~ . frr. rwrth futrtal- troubl.
The following letter Is only one of
many th.-n*aa<U which are on ttle in
. Hnk hum otUcw. u<l go to prove
farmer be rood queMroo that Lyd.u E. link
ham's Vegetable Compound mirnt ho a
remedy of greut m«rrt. otherwise it
e..u!d n>.t pro.!u<* *uch rmirv.l.ms
ig sick and uiliag nuann.
The U. 8. district attorney's office is
Cub Hatnel, president of the Fallis
" qu
failed to nOJevu
CttUMti II
wr,, , pain, eitmno mtvoua w aitJ fr^
bank has arrived at Hamburg. Ger- iTJS .S^'TtrW Lydta K Knf
H d|" said* prosecuting the Amsden and Mtnne many, and Is arranging to bring over J ^'ln., Vegetable Couiptnrn.1 arr.l within a
a Indicated Lka L«h.r companle. for alleged 1'^
nathy that violations of the anti-trust laws In John heartily recommend your Cpuuuurid a* a
Wood* and Kay counties.
Matto 0rosso, the Braztllan state
where a "terrible" revolt has Ireen re-
Ing school for arbitration, says the phone opera(or, after she has connect- por(ed. by way of Llabon. has half a
A military band In the Phlllpplnee
which knew only two tunes. "Always
In the Way" and "A Hot Time,'' haa
stirred up plenty of trouble by play-
A woman s aong having charmed
mountain Hon. paragraphers will marry d.Kf
himself among catrnlbnls, who cast New York Sun lion William Lloyd ed two telephones, cannot hear the million aquare miles of territory. and ,ng yje former at a soldier's funeraL
longing eyes on his pe.son ll became utrri(0D regards football as ths font conversaUon between the subscrlbsrs. 'e*11 than l00-000 lnhabltan(s Any The cj,0lce seems difficult, but the
necessary to grake au Impression,
Drummond produced a irowerful mag
nlfylng glaas and. after an eloquent
exordium, culled down ' fire front
heaven" by aettlng light to some long
graaa by concentrating the ray* of the
and origin of war." What a dlsap
polntment It Is to the meek and
lowly mind when such wise men dis-
agree.
Custom requires that European
sun through (he glass After • his the kings shall klaa each other coptoualy
natives had no appetite for a white when they meet. Sovereign Amer-
magician, and Drummond went on his lean cttlsena, If they had to do that,
way rejoicing, laden nilh native of might feel like throwing up their
fe rings job. 1
If this be (rue. the telephone com "lid-eyed Insurrection might ram- pref.rence of the boys themselves
pace around In that wllderneaa with- OU4ht to be reapected.
out doing much damage
heartily * -- t
splendid female tonic. It niakea tlw nioiithly
iM*rio>tM regular anil without paiu; and what
- Itltwing it i* to find «uch a reta^ly aft«*r so
mountain non. par«r.j,u... ....
please refrain from making unkind Mnt wilson, ai East ad StreiLt'inciu-
remarks about the phonograph In the rrati, Ohio.
fu.ure | If you have suppressed or painful
periods, weakness of the stomach,
Looking over the rim of the frying indigestion, bloating, .pelvic catarrh,
panles may have to raise the wagea
ef the operators or put a male fores
St the switchboards
nervous prostration, dizilnrr
Another first place haa been takes
Some of ths geographers are aak'
Ing ft tbe earth Is shaped
pear. Ths trusts think It looks
Uke a plunk
A New York speclallat aays bridge by this country, ln eight years the
whist Is responsible for much of the , United States In the manufacture and
_a nervous prostration among women, consumption of cocoa and chocolate
... |t || more responsible for tbe nervous haa moved up from fifth place to tbe
* disorders of the husbands of ths j (op. The Increaae since l$7$ has
" mor* bridge women. been $.000 per cenL
a crosscut saw. A San Bernardino catlons female weakness, or sorno
(Cal l man is «ulng a hardware com- derangement of the organs, lu such
nany for the price of a revolver Just eases there is one'tried and tree remedy
Lcause th. weapon missed fire whsn 1'^hams
he tried to hill himself. ^
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