The Western World (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 17, 1904 Page: 3 of 8
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A STATEMENHtown lot funds
DR, RUSSELL & CO.,
The Celebrated English
Specialists
204A_E. Oklahoma Ave , Guthrie
Entire Second Floor, Ten (10) Rooms
Especially Designed and Built for Our
Exclusive Convenience ^ j* J* j* j*
ON coming to Guthrie last
year Dr. Russell & Co.,
were of the opinion that the
facilities afforded by the Astor
House—it being popular and
among the largest and best
equipped hotels in Guthrie—
would be sufficient to handle
our constantly increasing prac-
tice, but as our superior meth-
ods and wonderful remedies
have become a necessity in
nearly every city, village and
hamlet in this territory, the ad-
joining and adjacent states, the
home of our birth could no
longer supply us with the re-
quired equipments and we have
been compelled to make a
change.
commodious building has been erected for
We will occupy one entire floor of ten
A large and
our special benefit.
or more rooms, each one especially designed for our convent
ence. X-Rays, Static Machines, Fensen Lights and Violet
and Ultra Violet Rays constitute a portion of our Electrical
Department. Two rooms will be especially appointed for our
Bath and Hydropathic Department, and every known medi-
cated bath in the world will be administered. A portion of
the building will be set apart for our Drug Department and
we will also install our own Printing Machinery. This build-
ing is No. 204 East Oklahoma Avenue. Watch the papers
for our page announcement in the near future.
Thanking the public in general to which we owe our
jhenomenal success and rapid growth and trusting we will
nerit a continuance ot the confidence reposed in us in the past
vt remain sincerely the people's humble servants.
DR. RUSSELL & CO.,
GUTHRIE OKLAHOMA.
Our Best Reference: \ot a Dollar Need be Paid
Until Cured
Night Phone 138
The Union Furniture & Undertaking Co.
tor. Harrison Ave. & Broad Sts. Guthrie, Okla.
Upholstering a Specialty.
Call and See us Before You Buy.
We Guarantee Satisfaction.
Phone 755
Join Our Association
Only 10 Cents
Deem not, O son, that glory one# at-
tained
Will last forever, spotless and unstained;
Neglected laurel speedily grows dry;
1)nwatered, soon 'twill wither up and die.
Net Fame's mere works can make Fame
nland alone.
Nor lteep its name on the remembrance
e tone;
It a«eos a hand to visit day by day,
•To cut the weeds and brush the mold
away.
fam« is a fabric delicate and frail,
racked by a breath and shivered by a
gale;
No height too great from which It may
not fall;
A word may Jar It from Its pedestal.
Detm not tjiat thou hast risen over men
Bo Rltfh that naught can pluck thee down
Who stands the highest on the social
walls
Shall strike the earth the hardest when
no falls.
Plant thou thy mem'ry In the human
heart,
Marked by some sculpture of diviner art;
Leave deeds of lava to clear away the
grime
And grave anew thy name threugh
changing time.
Thus shall thy glory and thy fai*~ eei-
dure
Upon the earth, immaculate and pure;
Time then shall serve but to enhance thy
deeds—
And Mem'ry's hand shall clear away the
weeds.
—Lowell O. Reese, in 8an Franclsce Bul-
letin.
Reduced Rates
to California
March 1 to April 30.
That long-looked-for California opportunity
i.o hero at last.
March 1 to April 30. the Rock Island System
will sell "tourist" tickets to principal points in
California at these low rates:
$25.00 from Missouri River Points.
$25.00 from Waurika, I. f.
• Tickots are good iu Tonrilt Sleepers, wliioh the Rock Island
run* daily, Chioego and Kunsas City to Lo« Angelei and San
Frnuoisco by way of El Paso; three times a week via
Colorado Springs and Salt Lake City. March and April are the
pleasantest months of the California year—doubly NO because,
at home, they ale usvally the very opposite.
Tickets and berths at all Hock Island ticket
or by addressing
J. S. McNALLY. 0. P. A., Oklahoma City
J. *. STEWART. C. A. P. 0., Kansas City
STATEMENT BY SECRETARY RE
GARDING EXPENDITURE
LARGE SUMS LEFT FOR IMPROVEMENTS
An Accounting of the Amount Receiv-
ed and Expended from the Lot Sales
in Lawton, Hobart and Anadarko—
Money Would Help Out Immensely
WASHINGTON: Secretary Hitch-
cock, responding to the Stephens reso-
lution, submitted a statement to the
house showing expenditure of the town
lot sale fund fry public improvements
In Kiowa, Comanche and Caddo coun-
ties. The funds realized from sale of
lots are: Lawton, $414,845; Hobart,
?132,733; Anadarko, |188,465. Total,
»7fi4,033.
Amounts remaining for Improve-
ments are as follows: Caddo county
court house at Anadarkb, $29,957;
bridges, roads and other improvements
$61,553; construction of water works
and school houses, $59,fiG4; Kiowa
county court house at Hobart, $29,-
971; bridges and roads, $17,724; water
works, school houses and other Im-
provements, $49,968; Comanche county
court house - at Lawton, $30,000;
bridges and roads, $185,337; water
works and school houses and other im-
provements, $149,5U0.
The secretary says the money will
bu distributed under acts of congress
from time to time as payments become
due. The difference between the
amount on hand and the amount ex-
ceived from sale of lots lias been ex-
pended In paying expenses of main-
tenance of county governments up to
January 1, 1903.
Secretary Hitchcock shows amounts
from sale of town lots In Indian Terri-
tory to be: Creeks, $332,168; Chick-
asaw, $157,092; Choctaws, $451,185;
Cherokees. $25,559.
TOWNSITE LAND IN QUESTION
Chickasaw Citizen Wants Francis, I.
T., as Her Allotment
MUSKOGEE: Testimony was taken
before Commissioner T. B. Needles re-
garding the contest which has arisen
over the allotment of the land upon
which the town of Francis in the
Chickasaw nation, is located. This
town is a division point on the Frisco
and has a population of 1,100.
Francis was located upon unallotted
land and, after it had attained suf-
ficient size, the citizens wished to have
the land upon which it is located seg-
regated by the government for town-
site purposes, anil the lots sold as in
other government towns. While this
question was under discussion, how-
ever, Mrs. Virginia West Henson, a
Chickasaw citizen, applied to the gov-
ernment to be allowed to take up this
land as her allotment. This stopped
the question as to segregating the
townslte and instructions were for-
warded the Dawes commission that
they should take testimony in the case
and forward a transcript of it to Wash-
ington. From this the secretary of the
interior will decide whether the land
should be segregated, or allotted as
Mrs. Henson requests. A conservative
estimate places the value of the land
in qustion between $500 and $1,000 an
acre.
The A. F. and A. M., the I. O. O. F.
and W. O. W. lodges of Durant have
formed a stock company and will be-
gin the erection of a Temple of Fra-
ternity within the next few weeks. The
present plans will call for a building
costing $10,000.
TWO DEAD BODIES FOUND
Farmers Supposed to Have Lost Their
Way Are Frozen
PRYOR CREEK: The bodies of
Ernest. ISratcher and William Adklns.
farmers, living to the southwest of
here, have been found at the- foot of
Osage mountain, near their homes. It
is presumed that during a bjizzard,
which this country experienced sev-
eral nights ago, they lost their way
and froze to death. The men were
moving their household furniture to
another place about two miles distant
from their old homes, and it Is now
thought that In the gathering twilight
and dust clouds they lost their way.
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BURGLARS AT HOLDENVILLE
Bloodhounds to Chnse Men Who Se-
cured $2,000 of Goods and Cash
HOLDENVILLE: The general mer-
chandise store of Messrs. M. M. Smith
& Co., one of the largest institutions
of the kind In Holdenville, was burg-
larized anil goods and money to the
amount of nearly $2,000 secured.
A jewelry store, under the manage-
ment of J. T. Warner, Is a part of the
establishment, and It was here that
the thieves made their heavy haul.
The robbery was evidently committed
by someone familiar with the store,
as all the cheap jewelry was discard-
ed and only the best, consisting of
watches mostly, taken. Cash to the
amount of nearly $100 was also re-
moved.
Arrangements were evidently made
to blow open the safe, where the goods
were kept, but the combination was
not on, and the robbers had no dif-
ficulty in obtaining access.
Bloodhounds from South McAlester
were rushed to the scene, but owing
to the dust storm prevailing here, they
were unable to take the trail. Large re-
wards have already been offered, and
all steps "will be taken to catch the
robbers.
STATEHOOD WILL NOT DOWN
Agreement May Be Reached by Com-
mittees of Both Branches
WASHINGTON: Statehood will not
down and an agreement has been
reached in the house committee on ter-
ritories to report a bill which a few
days providing for the admission of
Arizona and New Mexico as one state
and Oklahoma and Iudlan Territory as
another.
After several conferences the house
leaders have agreed, to give this bill a
chance in the house, and if this agree-
ment is carried into effect and a vote
taken it will pass. The measure will
go to an uncertain fate in the senate.
All the advocates of statehood save
one in both branches of congress have
agreed on this as a final compromise
measure. Delegate Wilson of Arizona
alone objects. His objection is large-
ly political, because yhile Arizona is
doubtful New Mexico is strongly re-
publican. Mr. Wilson, however. Is not.
expected to make serious contest.
Th^re is such unanimity on this
form of statehood among its advocates
that the bill which is now being form-
ed is expected to stand some chance of
being accepted by the republican lead-
ers of the senate.
TO THE
I SUBTIL
TICKETS ON SALE DAILY UNTIL APRIL 30, 1904
to ths principal Winter Resorts of Mississippi, Georgia, Alabama, Florida,
Tennessee, Sputh Carolina, Louisiana and Tsxas. Return Limit —Jan*
1st, 190*. Full details as to rstas, routes, eto. on application to
S93
B. Q. GARRETT.
C. W. STRAIN,
Division Pass. Agent,
Wichita, Kans.
K. WAGNLR OARHUH
G. Garret & Son
Loan and Real Estate Agents. Farna
ur»d Chattle Loans on Long or SHort
Time. & &
We will Lend you Money and you need not Pay it Back *r
long as you pay the interest and give Good security
Room 17 Drahe Bldg. * GUTHRIE. OKLA-
A. D. WRIGHT.
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rDEALER. IN:
Drugs, Paints, Oils,
Glass, Wall Paper,
Books, Stationery, Toilet Articles, Etc.
CHJtMDt.EH, OKLAHOMA.
The Agricultural and Normal
University at Langston, Okla*
Bird McGuire Exonerated
WASHINGTON: The department of
justice, acting upon the recommenda-
tion of Special Agent Langham, has
exonerated Delegate McGuire of the\
charges made by Mr. Harvey, iormerly
superintendent of the Pawnee Indian j
school, and others to the effect that
McGuire, while a member of congress,
had accepted employment as an attor-
ney for Indian claimants. The depart-
ment finds that the charges were with-
out foundation and the case has been j
dismissed.
The Next School Year Will Commence September J, 1903.
DEPARTMENTS:
Elementary, Normal, College,
Preparatory, Collegiate, Musical,
Industrial, including Agricultural, Mechanic Arts,
Sewing and Cooking.
Students admitted at or about the ago of fourteen.
Tuition in all departments free.
Furnished rooms in dormitories for young men and women free.
Board, including fuel and light, $6.00 per month in advance.
Washing, $1.00 a month in advance; also arrangements made for
students to do their own washing.
A branch of the Santa Fe Railroad runs from Guthrie to Pawnee,
O. T. Persons coming to the university should purchase their tick-
ets to Coyle, Okla. The U. S. mail hack runs from Langston to
Co^le, a distance of one and one-half miles.
For further information address,
I. E. PAGE, P"TL^:X. *ni Langston, Oklahoma.
Everybody Reads tHe Western World.
Gagged and Robbed
SHAWNEE: H. Kalnor, of Texas,
was held up by twq men with whom
he was walking. His revolver and $25
and two confederate bills were taken
from him, and then lie was bound,
gagged and left in a narrow cut on
the Choctaw railroad. Kalnor came to
Shawnee and reported the matter to
the police. Officer Burnett found the
two men. but one of them ran, and,
though shot at by the officer, escaped
in the darkness. The other, Jim Kel-
ley, had the money and confederate
bills. They evidently intended to rob
and murder Rainor, leaving a train to
do the killing for them.
SOUTH M'ALfeSTER: The Choctaw
citizenship court has rendered decis-
ions in five cases involving eighty peo-
ple and $400,0(10 in property. Wilson
H. Jones et. al. and Bet.tie Stewart
were admitted to citizenship. Ann
Thompson et. al., H. K. Killer et. al.
and W. R. Ses3lums et. al. were denied
citizenship. Nine were admitted anil |
seventy-one denied admission. The
court held that the proof of Indian
blood was not sufficient, but tile claim-
ants to citizenship must have fulfilled
all treaty obligations and resided in
the Indian Territory with the tribes.
SHOT AND BLED TO DEATH
Friend Accidentally Struck Trigger of
Shotgun While Hunting
HUAGGS: E. L. Maddox. owner of
the Fort Smith cotton mill here, was
accidentally shot by a friend while
hunting near here and bled to death
before medical assistance conld be se-
cured. The accident happened when
one In the party tried to catch a fail-
ing shotgun. His fingers struck the
trigger and the charge of heavy shot
entered Mr. Maddox's leg just below
the hip.
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The Oldest Seed Store in the Two
Territories
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The Walker Seed Co.,
mm/iff, Main St-mmt
/(''/.j, and Santa Fe Tracks
Oklahoma City,Okla.
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