The Mangum Star. (Mangum, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 19, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 28, 1907 Page: 1 of 8
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Mangum sjffe.
MANOOM, ORlUt COUNTY. OKLAHOMA TfRRITORV PIMUAftV M MS7.
SHE IS IIBEIUTY
A , OCM OF ARCHITtCTURAl
■KAUTV It MANOUM'S NCW
COURT HOUM
■EST Hit IISTITE
The Several County Official* now In
Their Now Quarter*—All
Happy.
The now court house la now com'
pletod except perhaps a fow flulnhiug
touches of palm aiul varalah, aud la
without doubt tlui very boat, moat
comfortable and convenient court
house In Oklahoma. ,
Tho building la a credit to Architect
La/ton, Contractors Leo & Campbell,
and especially so to Commissioners
Adams and Frost, Indeed commissioner
Adams has been especially vigilant
and attentive to see that the contract
was being Observed to the very letter
both In material and workmanship
and there Is no doubt but this devotion
to a public duty has secured to Oreor
county the worth of every dollar In-
vested.
The contract price wa« ninety-five
thousand dollars., but on account or
some additions and alterations deem-
ed advisable it will, together with the
furniture, probably reach one hundred
«fld twenty-five thousand dollars, all
money well and economically expend-
ed.
The entire ibuilding is heated by
steam, hot and cold water, closets
and lavatories on every door. Indeed
tt would be difficult to ueslgn a more
elegant, comfortable an% convenient
building.
The furinture being put in the court
room and indeed In all the rooms, is
of the most up-to-date in style and
solidity, the court rooms being furn-
nished with nice, comfortable easy
opera chairs.
The Star 1s sorry to have to deny
"Uncle Frank Aycock any of the credit
for this 'beautiful structure, but Unc'e
Frank would have none of It.
Nice stone walks will now be laid
from the streets to the four doors of
1 the building, east; west, north and
south and then a iwalk around the en-
tire Bquare. And when th park Is
cleaned up and nice seats (placed at
convenient places In the shade of the
beautiful trees already there, It will
then be one of the most delightful
spots on this earth to invite our coun
try cousins to "rest under the shade of
the trees" when they come to Man-
gum.
•n'i -H CantM in Reps mi Had
Amputate*.
Tom Wei's. mm of A. f. Welle,
living about So m!l*« uortbvoat of
Mangum, met with a peculiar aeet-
dent on ibe 17th, Inst.
Young Wells, who la about M years
uf two. aaa eli ti na la ihe rear end uf
ib« wagon leauiug « mule, on bis way
uotue from Manama. wu*u la m
uoaceouutable way, tbe rope which
was a very loug one, became eotaailnd
in tbo spokes of tbe bwvl and oauant
young Well'a log, aud as tbe wh«ei
turnod tbe rope drew ilgbtor and Ush-
er, and before tbe aagou could be atop,
pod tbe ropo bad aqueexod lb« muxclos
of the boy's leg In such a n.aunor that
H was necessary to amputate tbe log
In ordor to sate his life.
He fan brought to this city and
L)rs. DoArmau aud Nortou a.npuUt.i
the unfortuuato boys log and tast
Tuesday ho had so lar recovered that
ho was ablo to bo removed to his
home.
It was a narrow escape and but for
prompt attention, tho accident would
undoubtedly have proved fatal.
Judge Kelley Returns to Mangum.
Judge James Kelley returned last
Saturday from his trip to the Soldiers'
Home near Leavenworth Kansas. The
judge was quite sick for five weeks,
but of oourse had the best of care and
medical attention, and he speaks very
highly of everything connected with
the home, yet his louging to leave the
snows and bitter cold of that rigorous
climate and get back to dear old Man-
gum and ureer county, was too strong
and he left there perhaps-a little too
soon as the trip home was very try-
ing in his weakened condition, so he
had to go to bed a-ain and Is atfil
very weak, but was able to get to the
Star office Tuesday where he was
heartily welcomed by the entire force.
OKLAHOMA NATIONAL BANKS
T«UI
l Last Call
la Have Bees MiNJU.
fcdiowtng are ibe principal iimh
la tbe abstract of t% ate lament a of
tbe coed 11 Ion of tbe National baaka
la Oalabuow under tbe laat call of
tbe Comptroller of tbe Currency:
Total resource* fSSJIMM; loan*
l discounts li.Jofc.ti . overdrafts
ll.3flv.6oa, lawful money reserve
fl.?4«.&ufi
Liabilities: Capital stock 94.4I7.SOO
surplua fund W99:>, National bank
inoiea outstanding |3.&#S.o9o; Individu-
al deposits 933.94S.4U; per outage of
deposits to casb on band 933.93.
Following are ibe principal Hems In
tbe abetract showing tbe condition of
tbe National banlta in Indian territory
Total resources 933.. 89,. 81; loans
and dlseounts 919.fii9.860; overdrafts
91,1^8,999;lawful money reserve 91,-
3'..997.
Liabilities: Capital slock 96,704,000
surplus fund 91.694,44.; Olldivlded
I rot It* 9963,6.7; National bank notes
outstanding 9-.o58.647; Individual de
posits 9-7,'66,376, per centage of leg:1
reserve to deposits 17.20 per centage
of deposits, of cash on hand, redemp-
tion fund and due from reserve agents
35.58.
A Pleasing Entertainment.
The Hawthorn Musical C'ub was
greeted by a large audience Monday
evening at tbe school buil'iling. No
one was disappointed in the entertain-
met as it proved to be all and more
than was claimed. "A trip to tbe
County Fair" and "A trip to New
York" was received with great ap-
plause while everyone was surprised
aad highly entertained by the "trick
violinist."
Tbe ladles of the Home Mission So-
ciety are to be congratulated on se-
curing such high class uuertainment.
Accidentally 8not.
A brother of Shelby Powell, about
24 ywrrtr <if lige, living 5 miles east of
this city, was accidentally shot in the
arm with a target rifle one day last
week.
He was riding in a wagon with the
gun resting on his knee, when the
wheels on one side of the wagon drop-
ped in a rut, which caused the gunto
be discharged and Mr. Powell receiv-
ed the contents in bis arm.
He was brought to this dty and
Drs. DeArman & Norton tound It
^necessary to amputate the injured
arm. At last aocount he vas getting
along nicely.
HON. ROY V. HOFFMAN.
Hon. Roy. V. Hofffaan is perhaps In his personal, family arvd
the best example Oklahoma can" pro- fessional- relation he has stood above
duce, ct able young manhood, coupled reprcach. As the captain of one of
with loyalty and fealty to democracy, the Oklahoma companies in Cuba and
He has without question, served as colonel of militia In Oklahoma, he
more time and spent more money In has made a brilliant military record.
Dchalf of the ijarty than any other if such qualifications as these count
Oklahoma citizen. for anything. Col. Hoffman deserves
He is an able lawyer, a brilliant ora- 'ttTOd one of the senators from Okla*
tor and a men of unswerving Integrity.noma, to which office he aspires.
ri
Protests Against New County.
Guthrie, Okla., Feb. 2..—A delega-
tion of 25 citizens of Chandler and
Lincoln counties came to Guthrie to-
day to protest against the creation of
Roosevelt county out of portions of
Lincoln, Logan. Oklahoma and Payne
counties.
It Is anderstoon they were Informed
by Chairman R. J. Allen of the coun-
ty boundaries committee that there
win be ao farther creation of counties
attempted. He said that It would be
Impossible to raopea the county boun-
dary matter.
1 ■dies' AM
The lad'«s at' society of the Cen-
tra: Christian church me- «rh Mr*.
UalMl# Maaday. New oSemwsre
installed. Mr« Mafltf - • *• an-
*r4at<* pmMr-t and M s «' r
wldMl aad Mrs Me
airl Mia. 1Tr«*pi«
<fNs wtl* >> (H4 *e
Cemetery Improvement.
The ladiies of the Cemetery Associ
ation have been indefatiguable in their
afforts for the improvement of "Our
City of Dead," and whose suocess has
been remarkalble under the circum-
stances, have made a further step that
promises more rapid improvement.
They employed Mr. Gardner of Wax-
ahachle Texas, who devoted 30 years
to the care of cemeteries and who '.a
highly recommended as a land scape
gardner. He began bis duties Wed-
nesday but was s to piped by tbe rain.
Preliminary Trial.
The preQumpary mai of Dr. F. D.
Beauchamp for the killing of Chas.
Thomas about two weeks ago at
Hobart began yesterday. The trial
will be watched with much interest
as both parties were we'l known here.
The territory will be represented by
Thomas W. Connor .prosecuting at-
torney; Fred Gillette, Judge Henry of
Mangum and J. E. Thomas of Lawton
while the defendant's attorneys are
TVHbert A Hays of HcOart; Judge
Powers and S. B. Garrett of Mangum
and Judge Poinderter of Cleburn Tea.,
who has attained such prominence .n
the late trial of Senator Bailey.
Mangum's Fire Department. j A Woman's Revenge.
The city fire department will soon "A Woman's Revenge" which was
<:e In shape to fight fires equally as playeJ at the °Pera house Ti*58*1*
well as some of our oitles of a larger . Whyte Dramatic Corn-
population. ,'pany, was played perhaps In the mo at
The new fire wagon was shipped manner ever witnessed in Man-
from Kansas City on the 13th and Is gum- There was not a weak P°int
expected to arrive at any time. |in 11 anywhere along the line, but
New harness will be purchased ana every on€ ot the company plaed up to
arranged so at the sound of the lire his and her part ssplendidly. Mrs.
alarm the horses can be in the bar-1 Wh>"te in the leading role was especi-
ness and ready for the run in a few a">' stl*ong as she always is. In aJ-
seconds. Idition to her other charms she dis-
Joe Cruise in charge of the horses,'played Bome ot the mo8t €legant and
and who will be the driver, has his beautiful oostumes ever seen in this
team looking as sleek as a new silver
dollar.
city. She sang a couple of songs In
that wonderful voice of hers, which
Merchant's Carnival
The merchant's carnival given at
tbe opera bouse last Thursday and
Friday night for the benefit of the
Presbyterian church, was well attend-
ed and a nice sum realized for the
church.
The representation cf the different
business houses in the city were good.
They were all good and deserve
special mention, but like of space pre-
vents. )
Several musical selections were ren-
dered during the entertainement,
among which was a vocal slection by
Mrs. Capps, and Miss Pauline Martin
rendered the popular song "When the
Evening Breeze Is Sighing" in a very
pleasing manner which <wf$l ro President Wi
celvedbythe audi«ice. <r« .ii
Little Lticy Snow and Lucile Martin
also delighted the audience by sing-
ing a very sweet selection.
Th entertainment was voted a suc-
cess in every particular.
Retire from Business.
Will O'Connell, who uas Deen for
the ipast eight years postmaster at
Willow has resigned his position and
will Jeave soon on a prospecting trip
to New Mexico
O'Connell Bros. lone and Will.have
also been in the general merchandise
HE IS IMOCEIT
MNATI OCCLAKM HIM
CAT* WITHOUT WAITING
FOR At PORT.
SUM PUB IIIIISC
State Capital i« Agog With Thlg
Action of Senate—Regarded as
Wttjiout Parallel.
Austin. Texas, February 28.—With*
out receiving a report of any kind frma
the oommittss wblcb It tent out flva
weeks ago to investigate and deal with
the charges against Senator Ballsy,
tbe Texas Senate today Is ooatsaUr
uiscbarged aaid committee retulved
with emphasis that the testimony tak-
en had completely ex honors ted aaa
vindicated Senator Bailey notwtth*
standing it bad received no report of
the testimony and further ordered
that inasmuch as the bouse inrvestt-
gatlon committee had ordered aaid
testimony to be printed tbo Sonata,
suddenly stricken by economical
thought do .not have the testimony
printed In its proceedings. Thereby
the ma>ority of the Senate avoided
the danger of a report from the nu^
jority Vof the committee adverse to
Senator Bailey. t
The State Capital is agog (with this
action of the Senate which is regard*
ed as without (parallel or precedent.
A PROMINENT VISITOR.
II of tbs Rock I*
land Visits iVangum—No Pres-
ent Relief in Sight.
President Wlnchell of the Rock Is-
land road spent a s^ort hour in this
city yesterday evening and was met
iDy previous appointment by a dele-
gation of our business men who
went, hoping for a promise of relist
from present and past conditions with
reference to car shortage and delays,
with a clearer conception of tbe reas-
on why.
The object of Pres. WincheU'a vis-
it appears to have been for tbe par-
Four of the firemen, J. W. Cruise, never fails to ^lease thoE€ who hear"
C. H. Rutter Seldon WakefleU and
Forrest Shell, sleep at the fire sta-
tion and their phone No. is 250. Fol-
lowing Is a complete list of the lire-
men.
Jno. M. Logan chief; Chas. H.
Rutter, assistant chief; Thos G1UI-
land, captain Co. No. 1; B. E. Dou-
glass captain Co. No. 2; A. T. Rig-
The Whytes are playing their fifth
engagement in Mangum and the fact
that they are' now more popular iwith
our people than ever before .attests
their ability and personal merits.
Free Trip bo Jamestown.
In last week's issue 'a plan was pub-
lished whereby a given number ot
ers, iplugman; Seldon WakefieM,"lst' Parties 0411 6ecure free transportation
hoeeman; J. M. Green, 2nd b-scinaa; to lhe Jame8towra Exposition. This
Percy Cornelius, secrete and line- is a rar? Opportunity and should ap-
man; T. S. McAnaUy, noz/'eman- I *** to teachers and those
Jno. R. Daniel, norzloman; Will
Douglas's, nozleman; Chas. Carson
W. R. Mitchell, nozzIe<ran.
Following are the linemen: C. H.
Hall, M. B. Blake, C. P. Hamilton
W. T. Funderburk, J. !). Sentell.
J. W. Cruise is in char^o cf horses
and wagon; Henry James, ensiueci.
who can spare a couple of hours
each day for canvassing. Those in-
terested: would do well to confer with
Chas. M. Thacker. wtoo Is one of the
board f managers, for further infor-
mation.
Hotel Changea Hands
The Gladstone hotel, which has for
the past two years been conducted by
O. F. Cox, has changed bands, the
new proprietor Delng Joseph Leoleand'
ly Hint.
WIU G nthe and Jim Hunter were
playing ball laat Saturday and la run-
ning after a "fly" they cams la ooo-
tsct with each other with almost fatal
results. Will Gen tbe has a bead al-
most twice tbe natural Bias aad«lm
Hunter Is coasldt-rably braised up.
fa the futare wren the toys are try-
ing to do a faaoy catch thev will look a
testis ood "
Ts Have a New Cbsrtfi.
The C«>atral CkriMiu cbareh mem
•era tfli ma be aMe to wora*> m
the4r ewa «ew ptK *IMm* l b
■ Is he eraried ea Hr W . as
vsrth rd
la
r
Dr. Z. C. Denney.
We call attention to the card of Dr.
Denney in this Issue who has just lo-1 ^ ^,y"CJinie ^ from Michigan,
cated in Maugttm and btted up an of-1 Mr Cojf vlth hia f^yy who have
Acs ov^r the Mangum Drug Co. The Hved to ^ ^ for ttoe put flre oi
doctor comes from Missouri wnerehe ,- wlU go to Mineral WelU
baa practiced medlcino and surgery! TmaBf mhrTft ^ wi)| cooduot a bote
for ^be last 28 yean. He is a gradu-! that pises aad the best wishes oi
ate of two of the boat med>cal col-; t]M a.Mr — ki.«
le«ee in tbs Uai:ed StUes and la ad-
dltloo to that sas spent tarn ssgaiate
ears la the hospitals at Strops. Me
■wises wih blgb reeoaaai^adatton* fro
'be phr**clans where b
rsctIcing la Missouri. Aad la tea 1
•ring b!a rcrrlre* K> the people oC
business st Willow whioh :hey hav« • of CulUvaUng a closer personal
disused of but own a largo tract ofjreutlon with the patrons of the rost
land near there whi.'.h they will re-j^d ^o have an opportunity to as*
^n. I plain tbe reason for tbe congests*
A post office inspector, whj visited
the office at Willow for tLa first time
in eight years a few days ago, paid
the retiring postmaster a nice compli-
ment when he said the postoffice had
been conducted in a manner thai
would do credit to some of the salar-
ied offices.
Will's white bull pup, '.Cap", whom
everybody In the neighborhood knows
will be sent to Denton county, Texas,
and Mr. O'Connell says his old friends
as well as himself, deeply regret part-
ing with faithful old "Cap."
Might Have Seen Serious.
Mrs. Coleman, wife of J. S. Cole-
man. of tbe Racket Grocery met with
a very painful and peculiar accident
Saturday night at the store, on the
north side of the square. She was
in.the act of passing around a show
^ase. when she fell over a box wh'ch
tad been left lying in the passage
way. In the fall her Hp was cut
ind one knee bruised considerable.
>ut It Is not thought to be necessarily
langerous.
Freak Killed by
Boh Heatly, living two miles north
of Jester was la tbe dty last Monday
bringing with him tbe akla of as aaw
nal that resembled in
Jtr aa
conditions existing.
He^ assured those present that tbs
same conditions existed' all over the
country and was the result of an ea-
oess of work for existing equipment;
■ iiat the condition was made worse
by lack of terminal facilities at Porta
of entry the west, being* especially
handicapped by lock of facilities at
hicago, Ga'veston and New Orleaas.
In answer to a demand for mors
alfroads and ibetter facilities be ra>
.dyed that tbe road could not handle
* hat milage they already had and jtor
tbe same reason could not lmpriows
:helr equipment the lack of men J>
ng the imperative necessity; be aW
ng that his own road lacked last year
.wo million dollars or spending its ap-
>ropriation for improvements because
>f its Inability to get men to do tbe
work and they now want 5000 extra
employee. Asked if there was so
mmedlate prospect of relief he re-
ilyed emphatically! that one of two
.hlngB must occur before relief could
come. The country must have a
series of crop fallurea or the Katloaal
Congress must repeal Its exclualoa
icts so as to furaiab an adequate latar
supply.
PreaMsst Wlnchell asfls
M hiwHa< with m
*aettea by oar loeal R. F. D.
aa they I
nop
ifter th-y wO!
•ad sf Hl-N par pesr.
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Echols, R. C. The Mangum Star. (Mangum, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 19, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 28, 1907, newspaper, February 28, 1907; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc281956/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.