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VOL.
THE KIOWA SENTINEL.
KIOWA. CHOCTAW NATION. INIMAX TEHKITOKY. F HI KAY. N<>\ KMKKH 25. ItMU,
NO. 4U.
IRRIGATION PLANS
DELEGATES ATTEND A MEET-
ING AT MOUNTAIN PARK
OKLAHOMA HAS A LARCE FUND ON HAND
Two Million, Seven Hundred Thou-
sand Dollars Are Available for Irri-
gation Work In Oklahima—Citizens
of the Territory Are Interested
GUTHRIE: Oklahoma is finally
becoming thoroughly awakened
the beneficial results of irrigation.
Until la.«t season, when the drouth
nearly destroyed the entire wheat
crop of the territory, the farmers as
a rule looked upon irrigation as un
necessary, but their views are fast
changing, and now, if left to a popu
lar Tote, there would he no oppo-
sition. This was manifest by the
mommoth Irrigation convention
storage capacity of th« reservoir if
estimated at upward of 6,000,000,000
cubic feoL The dam will b? bu>J'
in a narrow gorge where Otter crjfcV
passes between two mountalni oi
granite.
Thirty miles to the northwest &
Otter creek dam It is planned to con
struct a reservoir on the north fori
of Red river by building a darn slxt)
feet high and six hundred feet long
The site of this dam is also flanked
by granite mountains, and its estl
mated storage capacity will be about
as great as that of the Otter creek
reservoir. The bottom of the Nortt
Fork reservoir is about one hundred
and fifty feet higher than that ol
Otter creek, so that it can be used tc
supply the latter as occasion demands
through the canal. The north fork
of Red river has a catchment arei
that is many times as large as that ol
Otter creek, so that it is known that
the supply of water will be ample.
Western Oklahoma is fortunate ir
having such opportunities as are of
fereil by the projects In Kiowa anc
Comanche county—the North Pari*
project—and in Beaver county, when
a reservoir is planned to hold 11 ,#100.
000 cubic feet of water. Their rea
AT MOUNTAIN PARK
FARMERS' INSTITUTES
IRRIGATION RESERVOIR PRO-
JECT OF OK! ' <OMA GOES
CHIEF ENCINEER NEWELL RECOMMENDS IT
List of Placet and Dates Completed
Until Christmas
GUTHRIE: The county farmers'
institute period has begun In OUlu-
| honia. and will continue until Christ-
mas. On account of the great amount
| of work In the office of J. It. Thoburu.
! secretary of the territorial board of
| agriculture, he will attend but few
of the Institutes in person. The work
has grown to such proportions that
the board found It necessary to ap
l olnt a special agent to look after
Institute matters, and G. L. Bishop of
Cordell. Washita county, has been
given the place. Secretary Tboburn
and Mr. Bishop have completed the
ANOTHER RULING
\NTERIOR DEPARTMENT PRO
MULGATES A NEW PROVISO
ORDER TO PREVENT UNJUST SPECULATION
Oklahoma Delegates Secured the Ap-
proval of Engineers for Mountain
Park Reservoir—Decided to Drop
Beaver County Plan ; ,|inprary o( „u. |attPr (n conducting j
EI. PASO. TEX : The Oklahoma , various Institutes, as follows:
delegation has secured the
Time Limit of Thirty Daya Given for
Submiaaion of All Leases to the
Secretary of the Interior—Applies
to Lands In Two Nations
WASHINGTON: Acting Secretary
at Mountain Park. The delegates value will become apparent only aftei
from St. Louis. Illinois, Texas. Mia-1 they have been put to practical use
sourl and Oklahoma, on their way to Their influence in supplying a great
the national Irrigation convention at °r amount of humidity to the atmos
El Paso, stopped off at Mountain phere and tempering the local effect
Park, as prearrangement by the head;0' so-called winds will be o'
officials of the Frisco system, and in [ nlni* Kt direct benefit to Iarg * area*
addition there were 5,000 farmers
present, each of whom had signed the
provisions of tho contract deirrinded
by the government before the work of
constructing an irrigation svsjpm
would be begun. It was beyond ffmbt
the most enthusiastic reception ever
given a visiting delegation in this
territory, and a drive over the pro-
posed location for dams was suffi-
unirrlgated land as well as thosi
the soil of which the water Is ap
pllei
CHANGES IN ARMY UNIFORM
approval
of the engineers of the arid land re-
clamation service of the United
States, who met here In conference,
for the Mountain Park irlgation reser-
voir project of Kiowa county.
The delegates decided to drop their
Heaver county plan, and the Mountain
Park project will be pushed with vig-
or. Mr. Newell, chief engineer of
the United States geological survey,
agreed that the recommendation
would bo made for an appropriation of
at least $1,250,000 to build the reser-
voir. which, it is estimated, will re-
claim 123,000 acres of arid land.
In a hall, tho decorations of which
are the national colors of the United
States and Mexico, the twelfth Irriga-
tion congress was called to order
Tuesday morning. A band, sent as
a special compliment to the conven-
tion by President Diaz, will render
the music. Roberto Gayol, secretary
of agriculture of Mexico, is here as
the special representative of the presi-
dent, and fifty other Mexican dele-
gates are present, making the meeting
of international importance. The
first day was devoted to addresses of
Secretary Taft Approves Recommen
dations of General Staff
WASHINGTON: liy direction ol
the secretary of war, orders have
cient to convince the visitors that I issued carrying into effect the
what the Oklahomans are asking for . recommendations of the general stall
is both plausible and necessary. i making changes in the uniform o: welcome and responses, appointment
The government, through the na•!,,,,' army. The provision for substl of committee, reading of telegrams
tional irrigation act of June 17, 1902. i tntin^ as collar ornaments the letter! , and letters and routine matters,
agrees to use all that fund derived ' instead of the coat of arm! j
from tho sale of public lands in the j take effect June 1 1905. As r EX-OFFICIO DUTIES TOO MANY
so-called semi-arid belt for the con ru,°' various articles of the new unl !
structlon of irrigation systems in I 'orm for ' nlisted men will not b« A Bi" be Introduced to Relieve
Garfield county, at Enid, November ttyan of the interior department has
21 and 22; Grant county, at Pond issued an order amending the regula-
Creek. November 25 and 20; Ka> lions for the leasinn and sale of lands
county, at Newkirk, November 28 and In the Cherokee and Creek nations In
29; Noble county, at Perry, Novom- 'Indian Territory so as to require that
ber 30 and December 1; Pawnee j uereaftvr all future leases which
county at Pawnee, December 2 and 3; must bear the approval of the serre-
Pay no county at Stillwater, Decern- tary must be submitted to the agent
her 5 and f ; Kingfisher county, at at union agency for transmittal with-
Kingfisher, December 7 and K; Can- in thirty days after the time of exe-
adlan county, at El Reno, December rutlon, and also requiring that all
9 and 10; Dewey county, at Tale«a 'eases which have been made hereto-
Decembor 12 and 13; Custer county, fore must be filed with the agent
at Arapahoe. December 14 and 15; j thirty days from date. The orrt r
Kiowa county, at Hobart. December 1 provides that no lease shall be valid
10 and 17; Blaine county, at Watonga, ■ where these requirements
December 19 and 20; Oklahoma coun- | complied with. The purpose of the
ty. at Oklahoma City, December 21
and 22; Logan county, at Guthrie,
December 23 and 24.
those states and territories so io-j'ssued until the coresponding articles
cated. This fund for Oklahoma alone of tho ol(1 pattern shall have been ex
now amounts to $2,700,000, or more hausted. 1 he cap prescribed is ir
than the fund of all the other states i tended for habitual wear In the garri-
and territories combined. The gov- son with the service uniform, but the
ernment furnishes the experts to con- j °ampalgn hat is retained for wear on
Territorial Officers
GUTHRIE: It has been learned
that a bill will be drawn and present-
ed to the next legislature which will
be far reaching in its results, as it
will eliminate the territorial auditor
struct the systems, and also furnishes ; certain occa: tons. The wearing ol j as a member of any territorial board
the money out of the fund, but the|t,ie white uniform is made entirelj j whatever, and thus leave him un
money so used becomes a lien on the j °ptional with both officers and en
lands so benefited by the irrigation ,i9te'l men Enlisted men are for
system, and must be refunded In an- t'M'len to hay,- their clothing altered
nual payments to the government, i mv'nB t° their tendency to make tlu
This agreement has been signed by J elothlng. especially about the chest
every farmer who attended the Moun- ,0° tight a fit.
j scribed that no d<
tain Park convention.
The proposition at Mountain Park
includes the construction of two Im-
mense dams, one across Otter creek
and another across the north fork of 'iUV forbidding such wearing whil«
not on duty. A woolen service uni
form is prescribed for the I'nitel
State3 and cotton khaki for tropica
wear.
trammeled and without connection
with any l>oard. whose salary and
expense bills it is his duty to pass
upon and audit.
Under the present system the audi-
It is also pre I tor and treasurer are the members of
coration receiver | practically all the territorial boards.
Hed river. These two reservoirs.
thus connected, will be connected by
a canal thirty miles in length. This
system will irrigate 123,000 acres of
land, and in addition will be sufficient
to Irrigate the entire Indian pasture
and reserve of 480,000 acres, or 1.150
farms. The land lies along Hed river P°rt received here,
bottom, and must be irrigated in j Springs appraisement
great part in order that it may be
productive. Hills are
from foreign governments shall b< I They act with the boards in making
worn by officers and men while oi i out and passing upon the bills, and
duty with United States troops. th* | then afterward the auditor approves
them and the treasurer pays them.
The bill will ask. also, that the treas-
urer be eliminated from the terri-
torial boards.
Mr. Baxter, as territorial auditor, is
a member of the territorial school
land leasing board, board of railway
assessors, board of equalization.
l>oard of education of normal
schools, board of regents of Langston
college for negroes, territorial board
of education, board of health, and Mr.
Rambo, the treasurer, is a member of
I the territorial board of education of
normal schools and of the Langston
school. Mr. Baxter first audits the
bills of the various boards of which
Sulphur Appraisement Too High
ARDMORE: According to a re
the Sulplun
made by Col
Church and sent to Washington fo.
pending approval, has been considered exces
in congress providing for the open- sive. It is understood thrt a new
ing of this large tract to settlement, appraisement will be ordered.
The estimated cost of this system.
in the vicinity of Mountain Park, is Burglary at Wanette
$12.90 per acre for the 123,000 acres WANETTE: The business honn<
of land. As above stated, the cost of P. Wesley Stovall was entered bj j he is a member, after assisting In al-
of construction is to be defrayed by burglars and robbed of $100. The> lowing them. The treasurer assists
the federal government from the na- dynamited a fine safe, which was
tional reclamation fund, and the ad- rifled.
ministration of these Irrigating works
remains in the hands of the officials Oil Machinery at Cache
of the reclamation service until the LAWTON: The drilling outfit foi
r,ume are paid for, at least. the oil well at Cache, twelve mile!
THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION
Governor Ferguson Calls Upon All to
Observe November 24th
GUTHRIE: Governor Ferguson
has issued the following Thanksglv
Ing proclamation:
order Is ot prevent the unjust specu-
lation In leases In Indian oil lands.
! which has increased to an enormous
extent recently.
ROGERS AGAINST GRAFTERS
Will Assist in Helping Victims Regain
Possession of Their Land
TAHLEQUAH: In his annual mes-
sage to the Cherokee council, now in
We have much for which we should session here, W. C. Rogers, principal
be thankful. The people of Oklahoma 2hlef of tho nation, calls attention to
have, during the year which is now
drawing to a close, been the recip-
ients of many blessings. There Is
plenty In the land. Health conditions
have been good. Evidences of pros-
perity are apparent in all parts of
the territory.
Peace and good will prevail. Provl-
the large amount of grafting In leases
that has been going on. and he prom-
ises to give the victims of these
methods every assistance In gaining
redress.
Chief Rogers also states that sur-
veys of townsltes have been made to
discriminate against the nation and in
dence has bestowed bountifully and favor nf certain oil speculators, who
the hearts of the people have been . captured the townsltes. He de-
made glad. Let us Join with the na- c]are8 j,e iia8 made vigorous protest
tion In prayer and song. against tho recognition of flimsy
"Conforming to custom, and In ac- > ptructures that have been erected in
cordance with the proclamation of • ilifTerent towns for the purpose of
tho president of the United States, I holding title to lots. These temper-
respectfully recommend that Thurs- j ary 8iiackn, the chief says, were par-
flay. November 24. be observed in tlcularly numerous at Fort Gibson.
Oklahoma as a day of thanksgiving Attention is called to the inadequate
and prayer, and that all public bust- Jaws for the protection of the public
ness be suspended to enable us as domain and the holdings of farmers
one people to assemble at places set from trespass by cattle. He declares
apart for public worship and render tjie Indian agent has no authority to
thanks to Him, 'from who all bless* enforce grazing laws, and the Indian
ings flow.' " police force Is declared to bo Inade-
quate to furnish such protection.
Strike Sulphur Water rp^e message recommends that
LAWTON: Two miles and a half steps be taken at. once to prepare a
northeast of this city, where drillers defense and employ an attorney to
have been at work for the past month represent tho interests of tho Chero-
endeavoring to find oil and gas. a nation in the $750,000 stilt insti-
strong flow of artesian sulphur water tuted against the nation by interinar-
has been struck, which Is considered rj0(j citizens, who claim a share of all
to be of the very finest quality. The the per capita payments that have
flow rises to several feet, although been made or will be made In the fu-
PECULIAR SITUATION
Persona Who Are Entitled to Quarter
Sections Fail to Claim Them
MUSKOGEE: Tho novel situation
of being compelled to send out a
searching party to induce Indians to
go to the Cherokee land office at
Tahlequah and select allotments now
confronts the Dawes commission. It
is not usually supposed that anyone
>uld allow 100 of good land to
go begging, but hundreds of Indians
of tho five civilized tribes are doing
this.
When the enrollment lists were de-
clared closed at tho Cherokee land of-
fice in June. 1902, there were 2,209
persons entitled to allotments who
had not even taken the trouble to
enroll. It Is estimated that there
are now nearly 1.000 ludlans, mostly
fullbloods, among the Cherokecs
who have not even manifested suffi-
cient interest in securing their allot-
ments to go to the Cherokee land
office and file upon them.
Tho locating party will be sent out
from the Cherokee land office, and Its
duty will be to hunt up such of these
persons as can be found and Induce
them to file upon allotments. The
party will consist of five persons, and
most of Its time will be spent in the
mountain districts and the woods,
where the fullbloods live.
Among those who have not taken
allotments are the Snake Indians,
who oppose the allotment policy of
the government.
These people are called "night owls"
In the Cherokee nation, because they
hold pow-wows on the hills on moon-
light nights. There is also a class of
Indians who have no Idea of the value
of land, and who do not consider It
worth their while to make any effort
to secure a quarter section of ground.
There are others whose names appear
on the Cherokee rolls who have re-
moved to other Indian nations and
have selected allotments there. There
are numbers of this class, and their
names will be stricken from the rolls
of the Cherokee nation so noon as
tho facts In their cases can be ascer-
tained. Doubtless a number of per-
sons whoso name? are on tho rolls
have died, and their relatives or
friends have failed to notify tho com-
mission of that fact. The searching
parties will endeavor to secure a com-
plete list of these, and wherever pos-
sible see to it that their lielrs receive
allotments.
According to present arrangements
the Cherokee land office will be closed
some time between January 1 and
July 1 of next year. it Is necessary
therefore, that the business of tho
office be disposed of as rapidly as
possible. The searching party will
take a complete camping outfit and
live among the Indians in true abo-
riginal fashion. It will be accom-
panied by an interpreter who can
talk to the fullbloods, most of whom
cannot speak English.
MARKET REPORTS
COTTON
Galveston—Low ordinary, 6f ordi-
nary, 7 1-10; good ordinary, 8 5-16;.
lov middling, 9 3*16$ middling, 111*16*
good middling, 'J 15-10; middling fair,
10 15-10.
New Orleans—Ordinary, 7 2-10;
good ordinary, 8 7-10; low middling,
10 3-16; middling, 9 10-10; good mid-
dling, 9 13-10; middling fair, 10 G-16. ,
LIVE STOCK
Chicago
Cattle—Good to prime steers, f'.OO
75; poor to medium, $3.50@5.*i0;
blockers and feeders, $2.004.20?
cows, $ 1.25<ft 4.75; heifers, $1.76®5.25;
canners, $1 25(02-40; bulls, $2.00
4 25; calves. $5.5006.50; western
steers, $:{.00^5.05.
Hogs—Mixed and butchers, 94.65ft-
4 82; good to choice heavy, f4.80<Q>
4.85; rough heavy, $4.45ft4.C5; light,
$4.05@4.80.
Sheep—Good to choice wetherw,
$1.:?5(G 5.00; fair to choice mixed. |.TW
(ft 4 30, western sheep. $3.00©'.00;
native lambs, $4.50(0 0-20; western
lambs, $4.00#6.00.
Kansas City
Cattle—Choice export and dressed
beef steers, $5.00®6.25; fair to good.
$3.60@6.00; western fed steers, $11.50
(05.50; sotckers and feeders, $2.25t()
4.10; southern steers, $2.50<S)4.25;
southern cows. $1.50@3.25; natlvo
cows, $1.50® 4.00; natlvo heifers*
$2.50(3)5.00; bulls, $1.75(03.50; calves,
$2.50® 5.75.
Hogs—Heavy. $4.80®4.95; packers.
$1 r,o®4.80; pigs and lights, $4.00©
4.80.
Sheep—Native lambs, $4.25 CP 5.85?
native wethers, $5.75® 4.60; natlvo
ewes, $5.75® 4.30; western lambs,
$4.25®5.85; western yearlings. $4.00
@4.75; western sheep, $3.75®4.25;
stockers and feeders. $2.50® 4.00.
GRAIN
The Otter creek reservoir proper H west of Lawton, has arrived and beet
to be constructed bv the erection of placed in position. The best expert!
a dam eighty feet high, and two hun- hav% reported this as an A1 prospect
dred feet long, and will cover a tj-act and it is expected before long the
of 7,000 acres with water, a large town of Cache will be able to boast
•tart of this lake being from thirty-j of having more than one flowing oi
five to fifty feet deep. The total well, and plenty of gas.
in allowing bills and then pays the
warrants.
The measure, as it will be drawn, pro-
vides that these two territorial offi-
cials shall not act as members of any
board. It will relieve them of any
official connection with the boards,
and therefore result In giving them
free rein to audit, approve and pay
without compromising them in any
way. On several occasions they have
been put in unenviable positions in
their work in this way.
tests have been made with pipes,
which caused the water to rise to a
height of twenty feet. The llow of
artesian water increases with tl\e
ture to Cherokee citizens.
The chief asks that the council
take action looking toward an Imme-
diate settlement of tribal affairs. He
Chicago
Wheat—No. 2 red, $1.15® 1.16; No.
3 red, $1.07® 1.13; No. 2 hard, $l-09ft
1.14; No. 3 hard, $1.03® 1.10.
Corn—No. 3, 45® 46c; No. 2 white,
45®46V£c; No. 3 yellow, 47®47Vfce.
Oats—No. 2, 29Vic; No. 2 white,
32®32Vfce; No. 3, 28V6®29c; No. 3
white, 31c; standard, 31®31%c.
depth of the well. The water was suggests that a commission of three
found when the drillers had gone j,e appointed to go to Washington and
down 200 feet. The well is now
1,332 feet deep, and the drilling Is to
be continued in the hope of finding
oil.
WARE HAS RESIGNED
The Pension Commissioner Makes a
Place for Somebody
WASHINGTON: Mr. Ware, the
commissioner of pensions, has ten-
dered his resignation, and it has been
accepted. It becomes effective on
January 1.
Commissioner Ware refused to dis-
cuss his action in any way, except to
state that the newspapers of the na-
tion had been "resigning" him for the
past two years. For at least a year,
however. it had been definitely
known that Mr. Ware would retire
from his office soon after the fall
elections, and returned to his home in
Kansas to resume his law practice.
It is believed here that Commissioner
Ware's action was not due to any
suggestion that the severance of his
• dations with the pension office
would be agreeable to the president.
On the contrary, it has been no se-
cret that Commissioner Ware, soon
efter assuming his duties found the
work of his office distasteful to him.
and that this distaste steadily in-
creased. There is no intimation as
to his successor.
MUST GO TO JAIL
Territorial Druggists Cannot Escapt
Serving Sentences
MUSKOGEE: Six Tahlequah drug
gists, indicted for selling liquor
pleaded guilty in Judge Gill's court
and were sentenced to thirty days Ir
the Cnlted States jail at Vinita, anc
to pay a fine of $200 each.
The druggists involved are wel
known citizens of Tahlequah, anc
very influence, political and social
PAT CROW BOBS UP AGAIN
The Kidnapper Has Reformed, and
Wants Indictments Quashed
SIOUX CITY. IA.: D. W. Cannole,
president of the Anthon, la., State
bank, has been in St. Louis visiting
Clarke Brennan, a traveling sales-
man for Armour & Co. While he
was there Pat Crowe, the alleged
kidnapper of the son of E. A. Cudahy
of Omaha, went to Brennan's house.
Brennan and Crowe were boys to-
were brought to bear on the court gether on neighboring farms in Scott
Increase of Cotton Acreage
Reports from throughout the Indian
Territory show an increase of 20 per
cent in cotton acreage over last year.
Taking local recipts in towns as a
basis, the crop will reach 400.000
bales, the greatest output in the his-
'ory of the territory. The late crop
is being materially improved by fa-
wrable weather.
to free the men, but the judg<
fused to consent to any sort of a
compromise and insisted that tlie>
meet the penalty of the law. Owing
to the standing of the men in the
community, they were not taken tc
Jail by the marshal, but were ordered
to report there on November 20 to be
gin serving their sentences.
Meritorious Plea.
A Los Angeles woman is seeking arrival home,
divorce because her husband beat her
when she tried to read her poems to
him. The husband will probably ie>
feat the suit If he Is wise enough to
plead self-defense.—Washington Peat
county, la., twenty years ago. Crowe
asked for a loan of sufficient money
to take him to Chicago, and got it.
He said he had reformed, and expect-
ed soon to make a settlement with
the Cudahy family and to have the
Indictment against him at Omaha
quashed, after which he proposed to
return to the Nebraska city. Crowe
Is now In Chicago, according to
Connole. Who told the story on his
A New Bank for Wilburton
WILBURTON: James Degnan A
Co., mine operators, are having erect-
ed a handsome stone and brick build-
ing, to be used by that firm as a
banking house. It Is the intention
of Degnan & Co. to open and operate
a banking institution Ih connection
with the extensive mining interests I
represent this matter before congi-ess
this winter.
The message of Chief Rogers urges
all Cherokee citizens who have failed
to. file upon their allotments to do so
at once. The energetic citizens, he
says, are rapidly selecting the best
lands, to the loss of those who re-
main at home and neglect to file.
The Santa Fe Won Its Case
GUTHRIE: Because the high
waters in the spring of 1903 prevent-
ed tho Santa Fe Railway company
from handling freight promptly, a
suit was begun against the corpor-
ation In Woodward county for $21,-
000 by E. D. Herrlngton, which sum
asked for Injuries sustained on
,400 head of cattle, detained by the
flood. The case was heard In the
Woodward county district court and
was decided In favor of tho railway
company. Ex-Governor W. E. Stanley
of Kansas represented the plaintiff
and Henry E. Asp of Guthrie was the
attorney for the Santa Fe.
controlled by the firm,
now has two banks.
Wilburton
A Lost Cherokee Found
Since the land office has been
opened at Tahlequah there have been
some remarkable instances of Chero-
kees who have been gone for years
and all trace of them lost by their
families, who have suddenly shown
up to file on an allotment. One of
the most remarkable of these was
when Mrs. Ina Adams, formerly Miss
Ina Foreman, came from New York
city, where she lives, to file on an al-
lotment. She Is a Cherokee by blood
and is well remembered by many cltl
zens, who knew her when she was a
student in the seminary for women
Morgan for Register at Woodward
GUTHRIE: It is seml-offlclally an-
nounced that Governor Ferguson has
Indorsed Dick T. Morgan of El Reno
for the appointment of register of the
government land office ai Woodward.
ARRESTED THE WITNESS
Girl Placed Under $5,000 Bond for
Appearance in Court
MUSKOGEE: Idema Greer, a
girl nineteen years of age, was placed
In jail here in lieu of a $5,000 bond,
which she could not make, for her ap
pearance as a wlntess In a case which
has been In tho courts of this dis-
trict for more than two years. G. P
Reynolds, a merchant at Henryetta
was Indicted on a charge fo adultery.
The girl was the principal witness.
Each time the case has come to trial
this witness has mysteriously disap
at Tahlequah, the Cherokee national Peared. Before the opening of the
A Warm Time Expected
GUTHRIE: According to the opin
Ions of leading republicans and demo-
crats throughout the territory, th€
school land lessee vote hail much to
do with the re-election of Bird S. Mc
Gulre to congress. The big political
question now is, what will become of
the lessee, and what will the republi-
cans do for him? Locally politicians
are expecting the warmest times oi
European Food for Powder. I,h® ncx' le«,,la,u"! to arise °ver th<!
In time of war France puts 379 out sch001 ,and Q"ea«°n- ">ere are
of every 1,000 of her population In ti* j saW to bf *'me Particularly warm
field; Germany, 310; Russia, 210. |oncs antloJf tf'
The contract was let at Wilburton
fast week for the erection of a $5,000
school house, which is to be heated
by steam and lighted by electricity.
Within the past few months it has
developed that a great number of
fullblood Cherokee Indians are be-
coming cocaine fiends. A little in-
vestigation shows that druggists are
disposing of great quantities of this
drug. but. what is more startling still,
is the fact that a great number of
persons have been going into the
rountry and selling cocaine to the In-
dians. It is said the drug Is being
bootlegged, as It has been the custom
to bring in liquor. The authorities
Will start an Investigation.
school for girls.
As Miss Foreman she went on the
stage. She was a member of the
"Blue Beard" ballet, and was playing
at the Iroquois theater in Chicago
when the great fire occurred. She
narrowly escaped with her life. The
experiences of that night took all the
charm of stage life away, and she
went to New York, married, and Is
now living there. Cherokees have
come from the Atlantic and the Pa-
cific to filo on allotments.
present term of court special officers
were sent out to arrest the girl and
bring her here. They arrested her
as she was preparing to leave th
territory. When Reynlods learned
that the witness had been arrested
and would be compelled to appear at
tho trial he Jumped his bond of $2,000
and has disappeared. The $5,000 bond
under which the girl was placed Is
one of the heaviest that was ever re
quired of a witness in the territory.
Hunting for their Member
MUSKOGEE: A party belonging
to the religious sect known as the
Israelites of the House of David Is In
tho city looking for any member, of p of the traln> wa8
the lost tril.es of Israel who may be „med' lnstautly. The fireman, Wu.
here. Tho Israelites say they can tell ]lamg although ,)a,Uy scalded, will
their people by their long hair an<l probably recover. Nono of the pas-
beards. They believe it a sin to put sengers were injured. Traffic was de-
An Engineer Killed In a Wreck
ARDMORE: Tho south bound
Santa Fo passenger train was
wrecked In the north end of the yards
here, caused by tho engine leaving
the track. H. E. Bemls of Cleburne,
a razor to the face or to cut the hair.
They believe the overturning of the
Gentiles, with the dawning of the mil-
lennium is at hand.
layed six hours. Tho body of tho
dead engineer was taken in charge by
the local lodge of Eagles. The burial
will be at Gainesville, Texas.
Young Toughs Are Fined
PAULS VALLEY: Several boys
were tried for gaming and carrying
weapons, nearly all of whom were
given light fines and placed under
heavy bond to keep the peace for
three years.
Muskogee plans on having Btreet
car service by Christmas.
To Mandamus the Governor
ARDMORE: It is reported that
mandamus proceedings will be insti-
tuted in the United States court for
the second district to compel the gov-
rnor of the Chickasaw nation to sign
tho patents to allot lands In that na-
tion. Similar action, it is said, will
taken In the central district of the
Choctaw nation. Hundreds of deeds
are In the hands of the tribal execu-
tive, who, for some reason, will not
Issue patents, ami leading Indians
and allottees are weary of the delay
The Issuance of these patents Is re-
garded as being of vast Importance
to the business interests of the terri-
tory.
Kansas City
Wheat—No. 2 hard, $1.0G@1.08: No.
3 hard. $1.04®1.05; No. 2 red, $1.08®
1.09; No. 3 red. $1.05®'1.07.
Corn—No. 2. 47c: No. 3, 4G*4'f74tc?
No. 2 white, 48c; No. 3 white, 47V4@'
48c.
Oats—No. 2, 30c; No. 2 wlilto, 31c.
FLOATERS ARE NUMEROUS
No Coroner to Inquire Into Causs 0C
Mysterious Deaths
MUSKOGEE: Tho badly decom-
po:%l body of an unknown man was
found floating In the Arkansas rlvel*.
near Wybark. There was a bullet
hole In the back of the head, and In-
llcations are that the man was mur-
dered and his body thrown into tha
river.
Bodies are frequently found in tlie
Arkansas river of late, and some of
them bear evidence of foul play. No
coroner Is provided by the laws gov-
erning Indian Territory, and It Is,
therefore, hard to obtain the facts In.
connection with such cases.
The body of a young negro girl Was
found In a house at Boynton, whero
the young woman had evidently been
murdered. The name of the girl Is
not known, and there is no clue to
the Identity of the murderer.
Mrs. Russell, widow of Henry Grin-
nell Russell of Providence, R. I., Is
the richest woman In New England.
Sho has $20,000,000 nnd no children-
By the caving In of a "dug-out" In
the Kay Indian country the infant of
James Chubbs was killed instantly.
Tho mother rescued three sick chil-
dren from the cave, but could not
roach the baby In time.
"A little learning Is a dangerous
thing," but the danger Is not in the
learning, but in the littleness. Get
more! Get more! So oniy can you
be safe.—Phillips Brooks.
Populism Has Fallen Off
TOPEKA: Officials returns show
that Tom Watson's vote was so small
In Kansas that it should go in tho
scattering column. When the demo-
crats and populists held their conven-
tions here last August and nominated
their electoral tickets It was predict-
ed that Watson would get more votes
than Parker in Kansas. This claim
was based upon the fact that there
were more populists in the state than
democrats, and that the populists
would vote for Watson. But the re-
turns do not show it. Watson's voto
will likely be the lowest of all presi-
dential candidates. Even Debs, the
candidate of the socialist party, and
Swallow, the prohibition candidate,
will lead Watson.
Fire at Cement
GUTHRIE: Fire at Cement de-
stroyed Nunnelley Ai Wllllamsou's
general stock of merchandise, the
hardware stock of Williamson Bros.,
the business building owned by J. H.
Cates ami a store building owned by
Mrs. T. W. Sprouts. The total loss
is $15,000; partially Insured.
In accordance with 1 A Railroad Company Sued for $10,000
ARDMORE: In the United States
court here Mrs. Sallio F. Dixon has
filed suit against the Gulf. Colorado
& Santa Fo Railway company, asking
damages in the sum of $10,000 for
the killinfi of her husband, who was
run over by a train near Dougherty
recently.
ARDMORE
an act of the Chickasaw legislature,
Walter Colbert of this city has been
appoicted special commissioner to In-
vestigate and determlno the value of
the segregated lands in the Chicka-
saw and Choctaw nations. Mr. Col-
bert, it is said, will engage experts to
assist him in the work. The nation
wants to ascertain the true value of
the lands and make the information
public. The bids made on these lands
last month were rejected, because It
was believed the prices offered were
too low.
Money that talks does little else.
Money that whispers re-echoes whero
least expected. Money that acts
might save many a broken heart from
a suicide's grave.—Tbyson Marr.
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