The Mangum Star. (Mangum, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 18, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 21, 1906 Page: 1 of 8
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"OUJMK XVIII.
MANQUM, GREER COUNTY, OKLAHOMA TERRITORY, JUNE 21, 1906.
number si.
A NEW ★ IS RISEN TO THE NATION'S FIRMAMENT
The Final Chapter in the Six Year's Legislative Battle to Make
Oklahoma and Indian Territory a State Was En-
acted Thursday Afternoon at 3 O'clopk in
the Cabinet Room of the White Hou^e
Chief Executive Signed the First
Name "Theodore" With Gold
Pen and"Roosevelt" with
an American Eagle's
Quill.
GERMANY THERE
**EN PROMINENT IN THE TWO
TERRITORIES WITNESSED THE
8IGNING OF THE BILL.
NEW BALL PARK.
Man0um Now Ha* One of the Beet
Encloeed Ball Qrounde in
Oklahoma.
J0
CIRCUS WOULDN'T CREATE THE
INTEREST AND ENTHU8IASM
THAT THE POPULAR
LUST CHANCE FOR ARIZONA
"President Says the Opportunity For
Statehood May Not Come to Arlzo-
^ na and New Mexioo Again For a
Score of Y^ara and Congratulate*
the People//7the New State of
Oklahoma Up the Gaiiant Fight
. Made F^Afcdmisslon to the Union
\ —Pen y/presented to the Oklaho-
ma Hlf^#lcal Society.
Washington, June 16.—With a pen
'of gold for Arizona nnd an eagle feath-
«r for Oklahoma, President Roosevelt
signed the statehood bill ut the stroke
of 3 this afternoon.
The gold ipen he preaented to thu
Hon. Wm. Andrews, of l^ew Mexico,
and the eagle feather he presented to
the Oklahoma Historical Society.
The president was In
■when Delegate McQulre, Representa
tlve Ed Hamilton, the father of the
'house bill; Fred Denhard, assistant
enrolling clerk In charge of the bill;
C. M. Barnes, Jas. Cottingham, Claude
Baker, R. E. Wood, Jas. Wllks, Ja*.
P. Oandy, J. F. Sanders, Judge Ham-
mer ami Representatives of the Dally
Oklahoman, and St. lx>uls and Kansas
City papers, took possession of the
cabinet room.
In the course of the greetings, the
president said to Relegate Smith that
If Arlozna did not come In at this
opportunity It would be fifteen yeais
before she will get ano'ther chance.
To R. E. Wood, of Shawnee, he said:
"Yes, I remember you."
"t am golQg to attend the comence-
ment of the Oklahoma University In
June next year. I'll foe there sure,'
The last few weeks there has been
erected In Mangum an up-to-date en-
closed ball ground and Mangum in the
future will have a place where the
fans can go and enjoy a ball game
that will compare favorably with the
league teams. Mangum has enoug'i
good ball players from which a team
can be selected that can give the best
teams of the Southwest a "run for
their money."
Altus, Lawton and Hobart teams,
who have been defeating the majority
of teams with whlch^lhey came In con-
tact, will think they have been up
against tlfe "real thing" when they
tackle Mangum's aggregation of ball
players.
The management assures th« pub'ic
that In the fntjure when th y attend
a game at the new ball park that they
will unquestionably "get their v ouev's
worth." There Is no reason why Man-
gum should not have the best ball
team In the country, for wo have the
best town, tha best people and the
best state In the bos' country ou the
fpc.s of the earth
Mini SitS CONTEST OLESITSSTO CHI
SEES JOB AHEM)
|!HIEF JUSTICE BURFORD SPEAKS
OF COMING LABOR3 OF RE,
DISTRICTING BOARD.
WHAT OKLAHOMA BRINGS INTO THE UNION.
Area In *quare miles
Population
Indians
Negroes
Taxable property in millions dollars-!!".."j
Main line railroad mileage
Annual wheat crop In millions bushels!!!!!!]«
Annual cotton crop In thousands bales..!!.!!
Annual corn crop In thousands bushels... " .' *
Value In domestic animals In millions dollar*
National banks
State or private banks
National banks deposits in millions...!!!.!!!
State or private bank deposits in millions. ...".
Common school funds in millions
Cities with more than 15,000-populatlon..!....!
Cities with more .than 5 000 population
Number of Congressmen
I* Creating ;t the Present Time and
the Intefeet Will Increaae a*
the Contest Progresses.
Directors and Patrons Meeting.
A meeting of the directors and pa-
trons of the schools of Greer county
will be held In Mangum July 21, Ijegln-
ning at 9 a. m. Every school district
. In the ounty should have a represen-
' 0 tatlve present on that occasion. Quef;-
-fonroaomfl. • .
tlons of Importance relating to the
public schools will be discussed. It
will be an Important meeting and will
have a wtde influence in shaping the
policy In the management of our
schools.
It is realized that It will work a
hardship on some of our dlstriots to
be represented, but -we ought to be
willing to make a sacrifice In the
Interest of our schools. It Is hoped
every person In the county wh:>
wishes to see our public school sys-
tem Improved will make an earnest
effort to be present. It Will be if
special Importance to those district*
which have not yet secured a teacher,
as many of the best teachers of tho
county will be attending the normal.
By talking personally with the teach
— —. er the director will be better able to
as the president sat down .to a table Judge whether he Is a fit person to
The Star's Great Piano Contest Is
stm growing and as the the date of
Jts- closing approaches, greater inter-
est is being taken, and why not? The
prizes are something that are worth
working for. Besides the $400.00 Pla-
(which is now on exhibition at
gan, Jewelry Company's store) there
are several other valuable prizes given
by, the merchants of Mangum. The
names of these merchants and prizes
can be found on another page of this
paper, and those who are interested ir,
the oontest should make It a point_
•trade with the merchants who give
the prizes and for every dollar pur-
chase you make you should get a
coupon, good for 25 votes an I vots
them to the credit of you/ favorite
contestants.
The piano can T>e seen at any time;
at Logan's.'west slie square, and we
invite anyone Interested to call and
Inspect this fine Instrument, it will
bear the closest Inspection, for It is
one of the best pianos tU* r Is manu-
factured. And, girls,' thin*. that tho
handsome prize is yours by a little
work on your par*.
This Is a chance of t lifetime, an,:
don't pass it up, but get busy" aud ?e
cure this valuable present.
Relieve* That Arrangement* for Their
Selection In Oklahoma Will
Require at Least Three
Month*.
WANTS HEAVY DAMAGE8.
W. L. Davit Filed Suit Againtt West
ern Union Telegraph Co.
in the ante room of the cabinet
sign the bill.
Senator Beverldge entered.
The president, then wrote "Thco-
•dore" with the gold pen nnd "Roose-
velt" with the eagle quill, and then
pulled the blottor over the heavily
written name and handed tho blotter
<o Colonel Jim Gandy.
Candy seized It na though It were
a commission for the Woodward land
•office.
The president congratulated Dele-
gates McOuIre and Andrews hoartily
•on tho result thus far obtained and re-
ipeated his faith that Arizona and New
Mexico will come Into tho Union on
this occaqjon.
take, charge of his school.
J. E. TAYLOR.
County Superintendent.
Obituary.
DIED; At the fntnlly residence, In
Mangum, June 10. 11)00, Baby Robin-
•on. aged six months.'
And this Is all. Rlmply another
flower plucked from the lu.„<|y treo'a ^TOWNHEND
and transplanted In Henven. The! " BecreUry Demonic Central Com
Call for Meeting of the Democratic
Central Committee of Greer County.
The Democratic Central Committee
of Greer county, Oklahoma, Is hereby
called 'to convene In it he court room
at Mangum, Oklahomn, on Tuesday,
June 20, 1000, at two o'clock p. m.,
of said day, said call Is hereby made
that we may take such action as may
be neecBRary In view of the passage of
the statehood hill and to transact any
and nil business that mny properly
come before snld meeting .
All of the Democratic candidate* fir
iboth county and township offlcos aro
hereby requested to Uneet with said
committee at said time and place,
above set out.
J. L. CARPENTER.
Chairman Democratic Central Com.
W. L. Davis has entered suit against
the Western Union Telegraph compa-
ny for 2,000, the amount It is claimed
In his petition he was damaged by the
failure of the telegraph company to
deliver a message to him at Mangum,
Oklahoma, last September.
Mr. Davis Is a traveling ipan, and It
was Jils little child that was burnel
to death last September while playing
with a match. Mr. Davis claims that
his wifo sent him a telegram Inform-
ing him of it he fact, but that he never
received the message and was thus
damaged because he was not able to
reach home as soon as he would had
the company fulfilled Its part of the
contract.—Wichita (Kan.) Eagle.
Guthrie, Okla., June 17.—Chief Jus-
tice John H. Burford, one of the board
who does .the redisricting for tho
election of delegates to the constitu-
tional convention, sees a big job ahead
and believes it will take at least three
months for the Oklahoma board to
complete Its work. He says all th.
r# li trlctlng must be done along pre-
cinct lines Instead of ownership and
county, for the reason that the board
must not divide any of the existing
id ir. election precinots. In case this should
done, it would be necessary for the
commissioners of each coimty to
legalize which six months would Be
required under the law. To make tho
delegate districts, therefore, leavin?:
the precinot lines intact, means an!
additional difficulty which, it is said,
had not fbefore been taken Into con-'
slderatlon. Day county, perhaps, will
lie a delegate district in Itself, but all!
other Oklahoma counties must be di-
vided.
Judge Burford says that of course
visiting delegations from the various
eourities, wiill be heard relative to
suggestions regarding the districting,
and in some Instances these sugges-
tions may prove valuable In portions
of the territory with which the board
is not thoroughly acquainted. Llko
Governor Frantz, Burford believes the
full six months will be required by
the Indian Territory districting board
In completing Its work.
Charles H. Fllson, territorial secre-
tary and member of the Oklahoma
districting board, will leave for Wash-
ington In the near future to discuss
with Secretary Shaw regarding tho
disbursement of the $100,000 congres-
sional appropriation for holding tho
constitutional convention. Mr. Filson
will have charge of the disbursing of
this fund.
It Is reported that Congressman
Fred Landis of Indiana has been se-
cured to stump Oklahoma during the
first State campaign, and the Demo-
crats will Invite William Jennings
Bryan to do similar service for them.
JOBE DOES GOOD WORK.
Red Mene' Grand Council for Next
Year Comes to Hobart.
At the Grand Council of the I. O. R.
M. for the territory Just closed in
Enid, Hobart was selected as the city
in which the Grand Council will be
held next year. The date set was the
11 and 12 cf May, 1907. Other cities
from Southwest Oklahoma were can-
didates but when it was seen that it
was Hobart or none, they all joined
Mr. Jobe and were successful In hav-
ing onr ci'ly chosen. This is a big thing
for Hobart and George Jobe Is enti-
tled to., all praise and credit for his
splendid work. There will be about
500 delegates present besides :the
great number of visitors that will
come. Mr. Jobe is deputy grand
sachem for the territory and one of
the leading Red Men of America.
We take our hats off to George and
in the name of our citizens thank him
for his successful work for Hobart —
Hobart Chief.
The above is an extract from the
j Hobart Chief of May 14, and it wi'.l
be no surprise to those who know
Chief George Jobe that he exerted ev-
ery effort In behalf of his own, tribe
and worked in tbe interest of the I.
O. R. M. it the last council meeting
held at Enid. Chief Jobe, knowing
that R would be Impossible to laird
the next great council meet at Man-
gum, he did the next best thing and
worked to the Interest of our sister
city, Hobart and by his untiring eti
ergy and faithful work did much to
assist Hobart Tribe In capturing tha
next Great Council meeting, May 11
and 12, 1907. If a few more such
brothers as Chief Jobe will put their
shoulders to the wheel it will not be
a hard task to steer the next Great
Council meeting to Mangum. Bcwst
for Mangum.
Oklahoma
Indian
Territory
Territory
Total
38,830
31,400
70,280
750,000
760,000 1,500.000
11,945
87,980
99,921
23,000
38,000
61,000
500
300
800
2,600
2,400
5.000
30
10
40
300
300
600
30
42
7a
56
42
•
92
106
191
250
92
340
11*
9H
21
3%
10
14
5
19
3
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6
6
12
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THERE'S WHERE YOU NOW LIV«^
WHETHER YOU KNOW IT
OR NOT.
4GTH STAR ON THE FIAC
Lot* of Work Yet to Be Done Befora
the Machine Start*.
The governor, secretary and chief
justice of Oklahoma will divide thla
-territory in\> di.|ricts from which
fifty-five delegates to a constitutional
convention will be chosen, and the
commissioner to the five civilized
tribes (Toms Bixby) and two of the
justice of be designated by th«
president, will divide the Indian Terri-
tory to get fifty-five more. The Osage
nation will have two. This makes a
convention of 112 delegates. This
convention will frame a constitution.
Tho people of both •territories will
then vote whether they will accept
or reject that constitution and at tha
same time they will vote for state, dls-
trict and county officers.
All this is going to take consider*,
ble tlme. the Star guesses at least •
year.
LIKE MILITARY POLICE.
W. M. LaCmss, who hns been hero
for the pagt week, working In the — *— — wen
Interest of tho M. W. A., reports that ,ra,ned nion for service at tho Jamen-
Pocahonta* Guard* for U*e at the
Jamestown Exposition.
Norfolk, Va.—A select body of well
ho is being very successful In his ,OWni Exposition will constitute the
work and thinks that in a Bhort tlmo ^nhonlas Guards. Their duties, llko
he will have a larg<o class to ibe Inltl- 'hose of a mllltnry police force, wltl
ntecj into thnt popular order. The M. 1)0 to K nrd and protect property at
[w. A. Is considered to be one of the "10 Exposition nnd guide and direct
best lnsurnnco and fraternal orders v'8'tors at the exposition. Th^sespe-
In America. . clal guards have been found necessary
I at every big exposition. Their multl-
All who feel Interested and will.*udlnou duties require vigilance and
nsKlst In orgnnlrlng a cemetery hen" j,aeti BH Wt,H •" courage amd dlscre-
Ifying association are requested :o tlon. They will constitute the police
meet at the Presbyterian church next 'oro® of tho Exposition and will be
Tuesday nfternoon nt 4 o'clock. Thl*jon duty during the entire Exposition
Is n much needed move ns the weeds' Period and for several months prior
sun 11uiin|Miiiiirii in nenvon. I no '
parents of Ihls bright baby hnve the]
sympathy and condolence of the on-
fast taking the plnce. As we do
not enre to seem officious we will just
sign this, MANY LADIES.
to the opening of 4he Exposition gates
to the public.
The I'ocnhontaa Guards will be a
military organisation, maintained by
"H1WII.KBUUH, ■•mill vniii«TVI uy
„ . . The Red Barn had the misfortune, tho Exposition company nnd will be
^ iCh,ldren*' J 'to lose two good horses Inst Sndny comtnnnded by Cnpt. Henry W. Cnr-
ponter, of tho United States Marine
"TlwTS'ona was hurled ^ rhl,roh' A *0^1 With whnt th'ey call spasmodic coilc.
afternoon In tho Manaum con itarv i 0 pro*ram- '"ll "f mitslo wJll bo, No one enn necount for the complaint,
aftoruoon, In tho Mangum cemetery. rendered. Everybody come. L. lhey haj boon fod nothinf un,llual.
Corps, whom 'the Government ha* de-
, tailed for this work.
W. O. W. Entertain.
The Wocdmen of the World on last
ThurPday night, June 14„ gave an
entertainment and Ice cream supper
to Its friends and members. It was
one of a series or entertainments, and
possibly the last to be given this sum-
mer on account of the hot weather,
by that popular order.
The program was made up of recita-
tion, music, etc., and those entitled to
special mention was the recltutlf.n of
Misses Turvey nnd Richards and the
farce entitled "The Hearaphono," put
on by Messrs. Wlnburne and Faulkner.
After the exerclpts were nt no end
those present were served with Ico
cream, cake and lemonade, nnd lrom
expressions heard op every hun t the
evening waa heartily enjoyed by all
who were fortunate enough t-> be
present.
After the summer season is over
It Is hoped that the W. O. W. will
again resume the giving of Ihulr pop-
ular entertainments.
Success to the W. O. W.
In the mean time and to bridge tha
chasm. Delegate McGuIre has a bill
pending which provides for the con.
version back to the treasury of thu
money approprlatefl for holding the
next territorial election, and also
!decrees that no election for Terrko-
rial officers or delegate to congress
shall be held, ibut that the present
Incumbents of the various offices shall
bold over till their successors are
elected and qualified under the new
state laws. The resolution also pro.
vldes that the governor and other
territorial officers who are now charg-
ed with the duties by the law of said
territory are duly aut^rlze.f and
directed to carry oi t all contracta
with the Territory of Oklahoma for
the care and maintenance of cliarl.
Ul>i* and penal Institutions, and to
make payment therefor, out of .the
general fund of said territory, and to
properly maintain the various terrl-
torlal Institutions until such time as
the constitution and laws of the State
of Oklahoma shall provide therefor.
Good Cropa In Oklahoma.
A passenger out of Mnngum last
week remarked: "That tho fahners
along tho Rock Island were busy cut-
ting grain, and that tho ylold was so
groat It was Impossible to get the
necessary help to harvest It. notwith-
standing they were offered fabulous
prices for their work."
Card of Thanka.
To our many friends who were ho
kind anil sympathetic during our
baby's alckiuit*, wo desire to express
our grit tit iid<< and heartfelt thanks.
MR. AND ERS T. M. ROBINSON.
Beautify the Cemetery.
The ladles of the town will meet at
the First Presbyterian church next
Tuesday for the purpose of effecting
nn organization to Improve und beau-
tif.v Mnugum's cemetery.
It Is to bo hoped there will be a
Inrgo number of the ladles present
nnd the organisation perfected and
the good work started at once, for
there Is yet time this summer to make
many Improvements amd If everyone
will take an active Interest In the
work there will be a decided Improve-
ment In our cemetery In a vary ahort
tlmo.
Thla work I* badly needed and tha
ladles are to be commended for tha
Interest they are tah
short time Mangum will no doubt have
a cemetery that will bo a credit to any
city. Let us help to beautify Maq.
gum's cemetery.
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