The Oklahoma Democrat. (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 5, Ed. 2 Thursday, April 23, 1908 Page: 1 of 6
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THE OKLAHOMA DEMOCRAT
Section Two
Volume 2.
ALTUS, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1908.
Number 5
OKLAHOMA'S
COAL DEPOSITS
INEXHAUSTIBLE
Bryan Accuses Roosevelt
of Having Bad Gas Fixtures
murray says segregated
area will last 3,000
years
Legislature Discusses Coal and As-
phalt Land Commission Bill
Appropriation — Other
Business
Guthrie, Okla., April 16—That work-
ing at the present rate it will re-
quire more than 3,000 years to mine
the coal contained in the segregated
area of the Choctaw and Chickasaw
Nations, was a statement made by
Speaker Murray today in discussing
the segregated coal and Asphalt
Land Commission created by the
Constitutional convention. The mea-
sure under consideration was by Mr.
Harrison of Hughes County, confirm-
th
appointment made by the
•ntion, continuing the commis-
until revoked by the legislature,
the members' salary at $6
day and appropriating $10,
ry on the work of investi-
ilirect-
.'iitio
providing
each per
000 to ca
tion The commission was
ed Ly the Constitutional con
to arrive at the approximate valu
and reach a tentative
ith the tribes through
w^'ic'lT'the State, if it desired, could
become purchaser of the property.
TO TAKE MORE TESTIMONY
i intention to ! there
At the for- j Mr
of the
the commission s
more testimony.
It i
take
mer s<
rison's stateme
bill only those
in creating thi
lands were of little
ared. Mr. Harrison
Senator Clark of Montana, that the
proposition was worth $100,000,000.
To make it valuable, Mr. Murray ex-
plained, it must be a monopoly, and
the monopoly should be in the State
if for no other reason than to insure
coal to the people at a reasonable
figure. He advocated sale of the
surface to homesteaders in limited
acreage.
The Indians would ask much less
from the State than they would
from corporations; in fact,, he ex>
plained, the Indinas did not want cor'
porations to get the property at al
By State ownership, the Indians knew
he told the House, they would retain
an undivided interest. Sale of the
land had heretofore been opposed by
the Federal Governmant, he stat
under the belief the Indians would
not get its value; olas for the pur-
pose of perpetuating places for poli-
ticians which for many years had
been a controlling factor in the
Indian affairs.
SAYS THERE'S PLENTY OF COAL
"Coal operators haev been inflam-
ing the public mind by statements
that the coal might 'run our' and the
State would be relieved of its money"
Speaker Murray said. '"The mines
were opened thirty-five years ago by
Col. J. J. McAlester, now a mentier
of the State Corporation Commission,
and up to this time there have only
been worked 5,000 acres of the segre-
gated area- The total i« 442 000 acres.
At this rate there i< coal enough
for the next H,056 years.
Murray stated that the charg-
Grand Rapids, Mich., April 16—In
speech here last night, Mr. Bryan
said: "I do not blame President
Roosevelt for the financial depression.
If I had been president I would have
been blamed for the trouble. Roose-
velt says he only turned onthelight.
I Only blame him for having a ges
fixture so bad it has taken him five
years to turn it on. The Republican
party sold the country to Wall street
in 1906 and delivered the goods. When
a gamblher in Wall streetgatis .cold
today the whole country has to shiver.
•No one in the United States gets
more pleasure out of what the pres-
ident has done than I do. I think
I am his greatest benificiary. He
has made my ideas respectable. And
WHOLESALE MURDER
CHARGED TO FRIAR
the people use me better, too. The
papers speak more kindly of me. The
cartoons are not so bad. They used
to make such horrid pictures of me
that I was afrauid to have the pa-
pers come into the house."
Mr. Bryan described a cartoon! Qome, April 15.—Padre Valeriano,
showing him as a featherless bird I frjar 0f the Order of San Pasquale, and
sitting on a limb beside ac nest j re8ident chaplain of the late duke of
which the president, depicted as a
bird, was Sitting. And the presi- Monforte, has been arrested at Naples
dent's nest was feathered with tea- | «*. charges involving robbery and whole-
thers taken from
Only one feather
form—and this the president had giv.
en warning he would take aft
Padre Valeriano Held in Connection
With Duke and Duchess of
Monforte's Death
pros
a- ,
the Bryan bird. Ba^mU^er-
•aii loft—ti riff re- The old duke expired suddenly last
' year at his villa, Lidia, near Naples,
lection.
"Well, I am willing to raise fea-
thers if the president will use them,"
said Mr. Bryan.
BACHELOR'S EPITAPH
SAYS LIVE NOT ALONE
His Only Dying Request — Put
Warning Against Single Life
on Tomb
Spokane, Wash.. April 15.—James
—Woodery, a pioneer packer once
wealthy, but during the last few-
years a public charge wt Lewiston,
Idaho, left one request when he died,
afew days ago, imploring the author-
ities to place the following epitaph
on his tombstone :
A bachelor lies beneath this sod,
Who disobeyed the law of God ;
_ j which he had specially contracted in his
youth as a present to his young English
bride. After the wedding day the duke
and duchess of Monforte were absolute-
ly boycotted by the other branches of
the ancient family because the duke's
bride, who was of Protestant ancestry,
declined to embrace the Roman Catho-
lic faith.
The duchess of Monforte was, how-
i ever, an attractive figure in aristocratic
circles, and she endeared herself to
I Neapolitans not only by her surpassing
beauty but by her beneficence. The
: last years of her married life were em-
bittered by the fickleness of the duke
and the intrusion into the sumptuous
Advice to others which I give:
Don't live a bachelor as I did live.
Woodery was 57 years of age, and
was known as a woman hater during home of the pretty young German gov-
the years he was in the Snake river | erness named Francosco Bugner. Then
country. Nothing is known of his
early life, but it is believed he was
jilted by the one girl in the East.
Several years ago he expressed him-
self freely to an acquaintance, say-
ing he was tired of liivng alone.
Shortly afterward he was sent to the
almshouse, where he passed the re-
mainder of his days in advocating
marriage.
the duchess was removed by a sudden
and unaccountable death, while not
many months later the governess met a
similar mysterious fate.
All *his time the duke of Monforte
had besides his chaplain a special fa-
| yorite in a Calabrian valet, bearing the
j name giciliani.
The friar and the valet play a big
part in the drama recently unfolded, pawned jewels.
for the police accuse them not only of
having stolen the Monforte heirlooms
and title deeds, but having poisoned th
duchess and the governess, and finally
the old duke himself.
Wher. the duke's relatives came from
Paris on his decease to take possession
they Mere amazed to find the sealed
strong-room quite empty, though the
sells were not apparently tampered
with. They tried to keep the affair
secret, but the Naples chief of police,
after discovering that Padre Valeriano
had pawned about $20,000 worth of the
Monforte jewels, pounced upon him as
he was bidding his mistress adieulbefore
taking his departure for America.
The superiors of the Order of Pas-
quale, to which Valeriano belonged,
disclaim any responsibility, as they say
the friar has lived outside his monastery
for over a year, and had previously
been suspended as a sequel to the dis-
covery of a disgraceful correspondence
with one of his fashionable penitents.
Little is known of the aged duke's
last days, as, after his dual bereave-
ment, he lived a retired misanthropic
existence. Since the duke of Mon-
fort's death the renegade friar had
been living in the finest hotels in
Naples under an assumed name. His
arrest was quickly followed by that of
the valet.
According to their version, the old
duke, just before breathing his last,
made a present of all his jewels to
Valeriano and the bonds to the valet.
The valet, needing ready money, gave
a parcel of the bonds to Valeriano who
paid him out of the proceeds of the
,,s it seemed from Mr. Har- es of graft in connection with the
ntement in support of the | proposed trade were groundless,
tvho were interested charging that they had been circula-
impression that the ted by the coal barons for the pur-
value had ap-, po*e of jeopardizing the idea of
thought if the'state ownership. The Federal Gov-
State and the Indians could reach ernment, he explained, would have
an agreement based upon the eommis- to scrutinize the trade, collect the
• s work the trade could be con-j money and the world would be in-
mated w ithout interference on j formed as to how much had been
the*'part of the Federal Government, j paid and who ha.l received it.
explained that before 1
peai
YOUR FIRST
DEPOSIT
the
stion would |
j the people for j
would also be
It
State could trade, the
have to be submitted t
approval. The Indian.
given an opportunity to register
their preference.
WILL ASK FEDERAL CON8ENT
trade
By
If the
■d partiei
SENATE PASSES BILLS
i vote of 19 to 18 the Senate
passed finally the bill creating a
board of examiners for the chiroprac-
tics who treat physical ailnvt '
backbone jadustment and manipula-
tion. Senator Hatchett's anti-nepot-
agreeable to the J ism bill prohibiting the employment
Mr. Harrison in-1 of relatives to the third degree by
districts, coun-
d on Moii-
memorial, it was stated,! day, was recalled and amended to be-
wouId probably go to congress be- j come effective thirty day
before the legislature adjourned.
ing authority forb the State to
come a purchaser. Sp .
thought that if the State could get | appointment of a committee from the
th. segregated area for something House and the Senate to determine
less than f20.000.000 it would be a|the advisability of locating the State
valuable investment, and he recited j capital at a central point, around
by United States which the State would build a town.
quired, what objection could be urg-1 officers of the State, distric
ed by the Washington authorities? ties of municipalities, passed
H
effective thirty days after tho
ask- j bill is signed and approved by the
be- Governor. The Senate also passed
Murray ; Senator Russell's resolution for the
statement made
Represents your first step
towards success and inde-
pendence, Your savings account
will supply you with money for
the dav of opportunity. Don't
delay to start an account. We
treat small accounts with courtesy
THREE STINGY MEN
CITY NATIONAL BANK
Ai/n s.
OKI,AII< IMA
From Thursday's Daily-
It is said that three of the stingi-
est men in the state were in the city
yesterday. One of them will not
drink as much water as he wants
unless it be from another man's well.
The second forbids any of his family
writing anything but a small hand
as it is a waste of ink to make large
letters. The third stors his clock at
night in order to save wear and tear
on the machinery. All of them de-
cline to take their county paper on
the ground that it is a terriable
strian on their spectacles to read
newspapers, even in the daytime.
Your home paper comes to you as
an old friend and neighbor, telling you
all the home news while the large
city daily enters your house as a
stranger. A local newspaper is ab-
solutely necessary for local news.
When there is more than one local
paper, of course you want the one
that gives the greatest amount of
news. Then subscribe for the Okla-
homa Democrat. If you live out of
town and off the rural routes, take
the weehky edition, if in the city
or on the routes, take the daily.
THROUGH LIFE WITH
NO AMBITION
From Thursday's Daily. | ty of the world, realizing that they
.. . , n have been negligent of the needs for
The world js full of people, stag-;
' mature years, and at last go down
j gering from pillar to post, stt ing i ^ death "unknown, unhonored and
i they cannot fill, and whose i todeath'unsung." And with all these
situations
CITY OF HOMES
Fiom Thursday's Daily.
The name of our town stands for
a picture in the minds of all who
have lingered even for a few fleet-
ing days within th* charm of its
•voointf beauty. It stands not alone
as a ptMnt picture, but as the fu-
ture ideal of Its own loyal citizens.
It is unique among its sisters in
thi* county, as an ideal city of homes
even as the county is unique for its
wealth, fertility and manifold attrac-
PRESIDENT
RESIGNS FROM
REFORM CLUB
WOMAN ELOPES AT
68; BRIDEGROOM 73
Declares He Is a Republican Before
He Is a Tariff Reformer
Divorcee Becomes Wife of Widower
—Pair Have Twenty-Eight
Grandchildren
reasonable here as at other points.
Able architects and contractors are
ready to satisfy every demand, hence
to own a home is within the range
of possibility, no matter how mea-
gre the salary or limited the mean*.
If a man is honest, upright. and New York. April 15.-President, ^ today in Plymouth that
display, a willingness to help him- Roosevelt, who was elated to^ • ^
self, there are people here, many who ship in the ^formc^' left recently, saving she'was going to
II give him whatever help is need- tion composed of all the gw«t and the, n. J., and was there married o i
March 27 to John P. Johnson, who is
so long as ti
'«<-oa
within the bounds
hon
tha
her.
The
of "i
• nk'
word
mother
•■r uttered by hu
refuge the horn •
cither*! Ho
t s glimpse of
hive m
pride
"home"
is th
in their
is when th
■ irlad
hom-'
-este-t
What
dark.
POLICEMAN KILLED
BY KANSAS JOINTIST
hen William Garr Meets Death at Hands
near-preats who see. or think they see,
a chance to reform the world all at a
jump, has resigned his membership.
The President in his letter with-
drawing from the organization says he
is a Republican before he is a tariff re
, .v. . i . ,w-. not expect they would be married.
former, and that for that reason he . . ' .. ...
. can't be classed among the original re
formers and think it best to withdraw
todeath'unsung."
ability is w holly inadequate to meet j object lessons staring in the face the
the requirements of modern methods' younger people, one sees them blind-
of business, agriculture, science or\ ly plunging into the whirlpool of
art. unfortunately they believe them- a strenuous world with no education,
selves fully eqipped to do that I no special training, no real knowl-
which seems easy for others, but edge, no nothing—just following the
wjien put to the test they are dis-1 the footsteps of those who have
charged for some reason unknown gone before; going thru life with
to them, but which is entered on no weapon but gall, no qualification
the register as "incompetent." They but instinct; no anything that's ele-
stagger along, cursing their ill vating. no determination save a good
luck, never looking within themselves time. It is a great pity that there
for the real cause of their mis- is not some automatic air braek at-
. fortunes. Not even blessed with suf- tachment which could be applied to
\\ ilkesbarre. Pa.. April 15. — News j intelligence to ki%ew that they this branch of human industry to
do not know (and indeed this is a further prevent flooding the land
blessing) they tread life's pathway with fools, fops and useless grub con-
with no real purpose in view and sumers.
wors# still never equipping them-j There should be as much attention
selves to do any one thing well, given to raising high grade humans
In liter years they find themselves as there is to the live stock industry,
dependent upon the uncertain chari- But there in'nt—McGregor Mirror.
73 years old.
They met several months ago. and
were infatuated with each other, but
while their friends knew this, they did
•pi
bu
(
>1 him from
>rief period !
of Mark Killion Near Caney
nnd« At* For.
Johnson is a widower with four chil-
dren and Mrs. Emmons, who is divorced,
has three childn n. Together they have
twenty-eight grand-children.
They will live in Morristown. N. J.
is deposited in national (Minks and it
! ia estimated that one third of these
institutions have either applied for
the privilege of the guaranty law or
are actually operating under it now.
e a as ai rl.* which
Mavor to bend Notices tc non- ,11 be affected by Mr. Marr's ruling.
$800,000 WILL
BE WITHDRAWN
\ nigh!
short <
Kan . April 15. Wil-
wptchman at Caney,
listanee from this place.
Bad hv Mark Killion
Complying Banks Monday
April
A>lded to the amount of
threatened hy Mr Metefe
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deposits
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