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The Sun - Monitor
H. L. CRITTENDEN. Pub
NEW STATE NOTES.
C. 11. Barrett, secretary of the board
of agriculture, who Is ex-offlclo Btate
engineer under the old territorial law,
has approved the application of Alii
■on and Putnam of Guymon to use the
waters of the Beaver, or North Cana-
dian liver, for irrigation purposes and
order the publication of the notice.
The Guymon company proposes to irri-
gate a strip of land 011 the north side
of the river, nine miles long and in
some places a mile wide, which they
own or have under lease.
Fifteen young women of ('handler
last week appeared before the locating
board of the district agricultural
schools, president Connel of the state
A. and M. college, superintendent Cam-
eron and president Connors of the
board of agriculture. Arguments wore
advanced for the location of the third
district school. provided by the legis-
lature, in Chandler.
The state Board of Puolic Affairs re-
cently created, let its first contract
last week. It Is for the printing of tho
session laws of the second legislature
and was awarded to the Oklahoma
Printing & Engraving company of Ok-
lahoma City. Contract price, f 1,860.
Three thousand copies of &0 pages
each are to be printed.
During an electrical storm at Ben-
nington, east of Durant, recently, u
bolt of lightning struck near the
school house, rendering two of the pu-
pils, Roy Shumake and Ollle Gray,
unconscious, and severely shocking
Nathan Rigor and Loreiia Harris. In
the panic that ensued, many of the
pupils were trampled and Buffered se-
vere injuries.
Gradiug has again started on the
branch of the Frisco between Wau-
rika and Ardmore, and enough teams
will be placed on the Hue to hasten
the completion of the work. Part
of the work of grading was done la
the summer and fall of 1907, but was
stopped on account of the panic.
John H. Buford, former chief jus-
tice of the territorial supreme court,
has been retained by citizens of Tex-
as county to protest the enforce-
ment of a law enacted by the recent
legislature, which locates a branch
of the Texas county court at Hooker,
the main court being at Guymon, the
•ounty seat.
The announcement last week from
Johnston county, the home of former
Speaker "Alfalfa Bill" Murray, that
his friends have determined to stand
by him financially if he decides to
make the race for the Democratic
nomination for governor.
At least eight counties In south-
eatsern Oklahoma will combine In
holding n summer educational Insti-
tute at Durant as the result of a meet-
ing of county superintendents held
there last week. The matter was very
thoroughly discussed by the school
representatives, and the institute will
probably be one of the inoBt Important
gatherings of educational interests in
that section of the state this year.
The nges of all women in Poteau
were printed in a local paper and now
the editor is trying to square himself
by telling them it was necessary to
do it if the city got a charter as a
city of the first class.
Judge J. Henry Shep.ierd of McAl-
ester, Okla.. who has been for some
time a special attorney in the depart-
ment of justice at Washington, has
been re-appointed to the same posi-
tion under the new administration.
Three state convicts held in Jail
at Vinita waiting to be sent to the
penitentiary at McAlester made their
escape from guards last weok.
At their recent convention in Chick-
asha $200,000 was appropriated by the
Knights of Pythias for the purpose of
establishing a home for tho widows
and orphans. The location is yet to be
selected.
Three gambling games running
In a Sapulpa church, whose congrega-
tion Is composed of negroes, were
raided by the police last week.
Ardmore has started its new com-
mission form of government and In-
vites other cities to watch Its prog-
ress.
El Reno is getting the interurban
fever. Immediately following the clos-
ing of (he Oklahoma Clty-El Reno
deal a proposition was started on an
En Id-El Reno road and now Anadarko
is the objective point of a road south-
west of El Reno.
Gotebo has brought in another gas
well which shows a stronger pressure
than any other found there. The
town is also considering an oil re-
finery to handle the output of Its oil
wells.
Petitions are being circulated In
Rogers county for a $200,000 bond Is-
sue for a new court house and jail.
Six hundred conversions and 1'iirty-
four indictments is said to be the re-
sult of the Evangelist Uulglu's work
at Shawnee.
QUESTION JURY'S RIGHT
HASKELL'S DEFENSE WILL CHAL-
LENGE ACTION.
SECOND GRAND JURY HAS BEEN CILLED
Sccond Muskogee Town Lot Investi-
gation Begins—Decision Has No
Bearing of Prosecution 8ay*
Governor.
ALORICH DELAYS TEST VOTE
VOTE ON PIG LEAD SCHEDULED
TO TAKE PLACE SOON
SENATOR BRISTOW LEADING INSURGENTS
Kansan Attacks Proposed Tariff Rates
For Benefit of Smelter Combine—
Senator Cummins Will Offer
Alt Amendment.
GOV. HADLEY TAKES A HAND.
State Will Appeal From Decision of
Federal Court.
Kansas City.— "There has been so
Tulsa, Okla.—Governor Haskell and
the six other Oklahomans will, it is
stated, move that the federal grand
Jury, called to re-inveatigate the Mus-
kogee town lot cases, be dismissed.
The ground set up for dismissal will
be that ill the enabling act whereby
the Indian Territory an.l Oklahoma
were permitted to become a atate,
there Is no method prescribed by con-
gress for investigating cases committ-
ed in the territories rior to statehood,
and that the federal court has no jur-
isdiction over such cases.
The prosecution has 100 witnesses
to examine and the district attorney
is quoted as saying the investigation
would last two weeks and possibly
a month.
After eleven men had qualified as
grand jurors to ait In the second Mus-
kogee town lot Investigation, Monday,
Judge John A. Marshall adjourned
court until Tuesday. An additional
ventre of eight is to be selected in the
meantime from which the remaining
Ave men are lo ba chosen.
Governor C. N. Haskell issued a
statement Monday respecting his con«
nection with the so-called Mott civil
land aults and the action of Federal
Judge Campbell, who at Muskogee on
Saturdy last, overruled a motion of
the defendant.
The decision, the governor says, was
In the casus rough! by the govern-
ment to recover additional moneys for
other Creek towns.
"Judge Campbell's decision," says
Governor Haskell, "merely overrules
(he defendants demurrer to the gov-
ernment's petition which was princi-
pally a question of the jurisdiction of
the court to hear these suits at the
Instance of the interior department,
and after overruling the demurrer, the
court gave the defeudant's permission
to answer, putting the facts alleged in
the government's petition on issue for
future trial. In the civil cases tb*
government alleges that there was «
conspiracy between the owners and
schedules of the lots and that the
Creek nation and the government offi-
cials had no knowledge of the plans
of scheduling. The investigation of
the criminal rases discloses the fact
that the United States officials not
only had knowledge but approved the
plan, and the decision has no bearing
on the criminal prosecutions.
The suits Included other Creek
nation towns as well as Muskogee.
Three thousand acres of Muskogee
townsite could not be Involed because
the government townsite only contain-
ed 2,540 acres, total area of which fully
four-fifths had been scheduled to the
owners of Improvements thereon and
the government does not question such
scheduling. Less than one-fifth of the
town plot was pastui e lots and culti-
vated fields, without Improvements,
and It is a part of this one-fifth only
that the government now questions."
Ousts Officials and Seats Othera
Okemah, Oftla.—Judge Bailey of
the seventh judicial district Saturday
handed down a decision in the famous
Okfuskee county election cases, grant-
ing the contention of the republicans
and unseating the democrats.
Truck Growers Organize.
Tulsa, Okla.—The Tulsa Truck
Growers' assaciatlon has been orgar-
Ized with more than thirty farmers
and truck growers as members. The
purpose of the association is to se-
cure just freight rates, better facil-
ities to foreign markets, establish a
market place, a scale of prices and
protect the members of the associa-
tion against unreasonable prices on
farm implements, tools and eeedg.
Lessees Organize.
Wellston, Okla.—To create a senti-
ment favoring the sale of the indemn-
ity school lands, under provision of •
bill passed by the second legislature,
n hundred lessees of Lincoln county
have organized the Indemnity School
Land lessees association.
Many Candidates Want Office.
Woodward, Okla.—Northwest Okla-
homa has a large number of candi-
dates for appointment as receiver of
the I'nlted States land office at Wood-
ward, a vacancy having been recently
created by tho death of K. S. Wiggins.
Kellog WilJ Resign.
Washington.—Frank B. Kellog
special assistant attorney general 'In
charge of the trust prosecutions, In-
formed President Taft Monday that he
would close his relations with the
government when he had completed
the work he now had In hand, In con-
nection with the effort to have the
Standard Oil company dolared a com-
bination In restruint of trade, and the
fight to dissolve the Harrlman lines
It wi!) probably be a year before thee*
eases can be cloae.l up.
Washington,- Senator Aldrlch stav-
ed off the test of strength on the
PlK lead schedule by refusing Sat-
urday afternoon to consent to a vote
ou that schedule. This development
came after a day of hard fighting, in
which Senator Bristow of Kansas led
the attack of the proposed exorbitant
rate for the benefit of the alleged
smelter trust.
In the debate Senator Bristow forc-
ed Seuator Aldrlch to admit that the
finance committee hud not gone ex-
tensively Into the lead schedules, but
had accopted the statements of the
experts of the smelting interests.
He defended this course upon the
theory that the consuming public la
entitled to no consideration, but that
it shares in the benefit# resulting fr.i.n
tariff legislation.
The duty he proposes to Impose up-
on pig lead is 2tyc a pound. This is
flv«-eighths of a cent above the duty
on lead ore, while the testimony of all
the experts is that the cost of ex-
tracting the pig lead from the ore la
bur three-eighths of a cent.
Senator Cummins has prepared and
will offer an amendment to give the
lead trust protection to the full cost
of its manufacturing process, which
is Ihree-eighths of a cent higher than
the duty on lead ore, and this, it is
believed, will receive the full strength
of the Independent vote.
The matter is important because it
illustrates the attitude assumed by
the "progressives." They are willing
to allow adequate protection to all
American industries, even if some of
those industries are trust-controlled,
but they oppose the rates fixed by
Senator Aldrlch, which far exceed
the protective point.|
The progressive republicans believe
that they can overthrow the proposed
pig lead rate. The hard, stubborn
fight that they are making gives indi-
cation that unless Senator Aldrich
yields on the principal schedules af-
fecting the necessities of life, he will
have a fight on his hands that may
hold Congress on the tr.rlff job until
well into August. •
Engraves Name as Labor of Love
Washington,—L. B. Home, of Wil-
kinson county. Miss., who Is cutting
the name of Jefferson Davis agatn
into the granite slab on Cabin John
Bridge, is doing the work as a labor
of love, a personal tribute to the mem-
ory of the former president of the
Confederacy. Jefferson Davis and Mr.
Home were reared in the same coun-
ty in Mississippi.
Cabin John Bridge as built while
Jefferson Davis was secretary of war
of the United States. His name was
engraved on It, with that of Franklin
Pierce, president. When Mr. Davis
assumed the head of the Confederacy,
War Secretary Stanton ordered the
name of Davis cut from the slab.
A few days before President Roose-
velt left office, he ordered it re-
stored.
much talk about the decree of this
court in the Missouri railroad rate
case that it seems strange to m* that
an appeal has not been taken from
that decree. Do you intend to ap-
peal ?"
"Yea, sir. A transcript is now be-
ing prepared for an appeal to the su-
preme court of the United States."
Judge Smith McPherson, presiding
asked the foregoing question, and At-
torney General Major, of Missouri,
testifying, gave the answer Wednes-
day afternoon at the hearing in the
federal court to decide whether or not
the temporary restraining order of the
federal court, enjoining the state from
interfering in the rate cases, was to
lie made permanent. Judge McPher-
son had recalled Attorney General
Major to the stand to ask the ques-
tion.
The attorney general was the cen-
tral figure around whom the proceed-
ings took form today. He was sub-
jected to a crossfire examination by
the railroad attorneys, with an oc-
casional question from the court, be-
cause of his action at Jefferson City
yesterday in filing quo warranto pro-
ceedings against the railroads of the
state. At times the din was so great
that the court stenogr ipher, regard-
less of the dignity of her surround-
ings, would scream "One at a time."
But through it all Attorney General
Major preserved Ills equanimity and
maintained that he believed the rail-
roads of the state had combined and
conspired to 3x freight and passen-
ger rates and that he regarded that a
violation of the law. He was not
concerned, he said, about what rates
were agreed upon.
Governor Hadley, at Jefferson City,
declared that the telegram sent by
Frank Hagerman of Kansas City to
the attorney general of the United
States regarding the passenger rate
controversy in Missouri, was Inac-
curate.
"When Hagerman states that 'ev-
ory preliminary injunction relative to
freight rates was made with the
state's consent, he is as far from the
truth as he claims that Congressman
Murphy's resolution is," said the gov-
ernor.
"I have no desire to mix up in this
controversy, but If misstatements are
persisted in I will submit a full state-
ment of the facts to the attorney gen-
eral and the president of the United
States."
CRUSADE FOR PURER FOOD
STATE HEALTH OFFICER DR. J. C.
MAHR PLANS CAMPAIGN
WILL HIKE INSPECTIONS OVER STATE
The Practice of Shipping Unsalable
Food Stuffs Into Oklahoma by
Dealers in Surrounding
States Must Stop
MARSHAL KILLED IN BATTLE.
Hugo, Oklahoma.—Deputy Mar-
shal Lon Holden was killed by moon-
shiners about G o'clock Friday one
mile above where Turkey creek emp-
ties Into Little river, 30 miles from
this place.
The moonshiners were surrounded
in an old house by a posse consisting
of Sheriff Connell of this county, the
sht>riffs of McCurtaiu and Pushmataha
counties and six deputies, when the
battle ensued In which Holden lost
Ids life, and two moonshiners named
Lee, father and son, were captured
and are now being brought to Hugo
for trial.
A man named Meyers was also cap-
tured, together with a still outfit and
15 gallons of whiskey.
Oklahoma City, Okla.—That Okla-
homa is being made the dumping
ground for unsalable foodstuffs by
dealers in surrounding states is the
statement of Dr. J. C. Mahr, of Shaw-
nee, state commissioner of health,
who was in the city yesterday.
"Other states have had and now
have well organized corps of pure
food inspectors, strict laws and liberal
appropriations with which to enforce
those laws," said Rr. Mahr.
"It Is only recently that Oklahoma
has had a pure food and drug law,
and when the inspectors threw stuff
out of the mraket in surrounding
states, it was promptly shipped into
Oklahoma. This is the practice which
we are given power to shut off un-
der the present law, and we are go-
ing to do It as rapidly as possible.
None of these articles will be permit-
ted to go on the markets here if dili-
gence and watchfulness can prevent it.
We have had our inspectors all over
the state, except in the three counties
of Beaver, Teaxs and Cimarron, and
within the next thirty days we shall
have inspections made there.
"For Instance, in some of the bor-
der counties stale bread lias been
shipped over the line. In some cases
we have discovered grocers who haw
made it a practice to buy stuff out-
lawed in other states. Then they of-
fer it for sale here at greatly re-
duced rates. A good deal of this class
of merchandise should properly have
been thrown in the sewer."
Swelled cans of vegetables and simi-
lar foods are confiscated wherever
found. "Swelled cans" are those which
have been improperly soldered, permit-
ting air to leak In. Fermentation
and formation of gases follow, render-
ering ptomaine poisoning extremely
probable to those who consume the
contents.
A NARROW ESCAPE
Chickusha announces that the Girls'
Industrial school will open next Sep-
tember. Campbell Russell's referen-
dum bill does not seem to be bother-
ing Chickasha any.
OFFICIALS ARE INVOLVED
Former Servants of Government In
Sugar Scandal.
New York.—Former officials of the
treasury at Washington will be in-
volved in the criminal p-osecutlons
Instituted against Oliver Spltzer and
six others who were associated with
him as weighers In the employ of the
Havemeyers and Elder refinery, ac-
cording to the present indications.
The seven men wore Indicted Friday
on the sharge of swindling the United
States out of millions of dollars In
duties ou sugar, imported by the su-
gar trust.
The government claimed $9,000,000
and the trust compromised by the pay-
ment of more than $2,000,000 In fines,
in the hope that such payment would
settle the matter. The indictments
returned on Friday were In effect a
notice to the trust that criminal pros-
ecutions would be pressed regardless
of the civil suits.
Two New Postmasters
Washington, D. C.—President Taft
Tuesday sent tho appointments of two
Oklahoma postmasters to the senat«
for confirmation, they being E. Rath-
burn at Coalgate, and Thomas Fen-
nell at Fort Townson.
Posse Brings in Moonshiners.
Hugo. Okla.—Sheriff Connell and
posse returned to this city at 10 o'clock
Saturday having In charge A. Lee and
J. W. Lee, two modnshlners .caught in
the Jack Fork mountains. The lG-year
old son of Lee was left at home on
condition the illicit 'still was pointed
out. This was done and it was brought
to the city with the prisoners.
High Pennsylvania Railroad Officials
Ride in Burning Car.
Chicago—High officials of the Penn-
sylvania railroad experienced a thrill-
ing escape early Friday from fire,
which destroyed the special car on
which they were traveling from Pitts-
burg to Chicago. Officials were First
Vice President Joseph Wood, Second
Vice President J. J. Turner and Chief
Engineer Thomas Rodd.
The fire was discovered by Wood,
who immeriately signalled for the
train to stop and shouted the alarm
to tho others. Rodd and Wood es-
caped in extreme negligee attire as
the train came to a stop. Turner
occupying a compartment in the rear,
arose only to fiud all exits in flames.
He was rescued through a window.
The fire Is believed to have started
from sparks.
Rewarded by Re-Appointment
Washington. D. C.—Judge J. Henry
Shephherd of McAlester, Okla., wno
has be^ii for some time a special at-
torney In the department of justice
at Washington, has been re-appolnte»d
to the same position tinder the naw
administration.
It Is understood that the re-appoint-
ment was due to his success in secur-
ing Indictments In the Klckapoo land
fraud cases In TexaB and Mexico.
Interurban Project Meets With Favor
Kingfisher. Okla.—The propose i In-
terurban road from Enid to El Reno
is meeting with hearty co-operation
along it* entire right of way.
Mandamus for Payment of Back Taxes
Guthrie, Oklahoma.,—The supreme
court Friday granted an alter-
native mandamus returnable May 18
to compel County Treasurer McCaffer-
ty of Oklahoma Ciunty to proceed
with the collection of back taxes on
property reported withheld from as-
sessments in Oklahoma county by C.
H. Pittman, chief "tax ferret" of the
state. The mandamus was granted on
the application of Attorney General
West. County Attorney Reardon of
Oklahoma cluuty and C. 11. Pittman.
Freedmen May Go Into Court
Washington, D. C.—-The court of
claims has rendered a decision which
will enable one thousand four hun-
dred Cherokee Prevdman applicants
a chance to go Into court and prove
that they were unjustly rejected by
the Dawes Commission when they
were entitled to enrollment and allot-
ment. If they should win, It will have
the effect of re opening the Cherokee
! rolls.
Great Suffering in Adana
Washington, D. C.—The greatest
suffering exlstB in the ravaged Adana
districts according to Ambassador
Leishman who has cabled to the state
department from Constantinople.
Smallpox has now broken out and an
epidemic is feared owing to unsani-
tary condifliouB caused by unburied
dead, while many thousands are shel-
terless and without food, thus adding
to the horror of the disaster.
Waters-Pierce to Sell Lots.
Austin, Tex.—District Judge C. E.
Wilcox Saturday entered an order per-
mitting Robert J. Eckhardt, receiver
of. The company has already pur-
sell certain lots situated in El Paso,
hitherto used by the company a» tho
place of concentrating its oil for local
distribution. The lots are in the flrd
limits and therefore must be disposed
of. Thee company has already pur-
chased other property In El Paso for
such purposes. This is the first order
of Its kind since the state's receiver-
ship went into effect. It will probably
be some time before the court issues
an order to sell out the property.
Dickinson Inspects Canal.
Panama,—Secretary Dickinson, with
Col. Goethals, made a minute inspec-
tion of the whole extent of the canal
work Sataurday. They went alone, but
at the Culebra Cut were met by Jos.
B. Bishop, secretary of the Canal Com-
mission. Mr. Dickinson has Inquired
carefully Into every detail of the canal
construction and will have first hand
knowledge of JuBt what is being done.
SEN. OWENS ON INCOME TAX.
Washington.--The income tax was
the subject of an address by Senator
Owen of Oklahoma in the senate Fri-
"I do not agree that th edirect tax
referred to in clause four, section
nine of the constitution, means a tax
on property of the individual citizen
at all. Its real meaning as shown
by its history, is a direct tax on the
United States, to be apportioned on
the several states according to the
plan of apportioning representation in
the constitution."
A CUF
The Treatment Is to Accomplish
What Science Has Been Strug-
gling to Attain for Centuries.
The intense interest that has nee I) mani-
fested throughout the country by the won-
derful cure* that are being accomplished
daily by epilepticide ttill continues. It is
really surprising the vast number of peo-
ple who have already been cured of fits
and nervousness. In order that everybody
may have a chance to test the medicine,
large trial bottles, valuable literature, His-
tory of Epilepsy and testimonials, win be
sent by mail absolutely free to all who
write to the Dr. May Laboratory, MS
Pearl Street, New York City.
Grievance of Suffragists.
The suffrage papers are still griev-
ing over their mistake as to Swedes
having granted the ballot to women.
The dispatch which caused the mis-
take read "to all inhabitants of 24
years and over." The suffragists la
other countries are asking If Swedea
does not enumerate Its women among
its inhabitants when taking its cer
■us.
With a smooth iron and Defiance
Starch, you can launder your shirt-
waist just as well at home as th*
■team laundry can; It will have the
proper stiffness and finish, there wilt
be less wear and tear of the goods,
and it will be a positive pleasure to
use a Starch that does not stick to the
Iron.
Nothing But the Truth.
Attorney (much baffled by the an-
swers of an Irish witness)—Well,
you're.a nice sort of a fellow, you are!
The Witness—Shure, an' I'd say the
■ante of you, sir, only I'm on me oath.
Last Chance.
"Why should I be married in a dress
suit?"
' "For two reasons. It's fashionable,
and then you'll have a dress snit."
Send postcard request to-day for sam-
ple package of Garfield Tea, Nature's herb
remedy lor constipation, liver and k*™«T
diseases. Garfield Tea Co., Brooklyn, N.I.
Woman Brick Worker*.
Prussia's brick yards employ nearly
20,000 women.
Look before you pay. Tho spear aad
the name WRIGLEY'S always go with
the delicious mint leaf flavored gum.
German Proverb.
Though you drive Nature out with
a pitchfork, she always comes back.
SORE EYES, weak, inflamed, Mid, wake*
and swollen eyes, use PETTHrS KYfc
SALVE, 25c. All druggists or Hewavd
BroB., Buffalo, N. Y.
Some men are content *ot to de
mean actions, I want to become in-
capable of a mean thought or feeling.
Look for the spear or you won't lltoe
the flavor. Insist on WRlGLRfS
SPEARMINT.
That it Is necessary for a man to
drink liquor is a theory that will not
hold water.
YELI.OW CI.OTIIES ARE! UJiSI(;llTl.T.
Keep them white with Red Cross Ball Blue.
All grocers sell large 2 oz. package, 0 cents.
Some roses are known by the
cheeks they decorate.
5 "Guars"
woritget
lite delicious
edmint
leaf flavor
nlessyousee
thatspear
mem
at!
THEoianest THEMOST
THE LIGHTEST COMFORTABLE
P0MMELI
SUCKER
and
cheapest in the
end because it
wears longest
♦352
Tow* w Co. Bwiyi. lis*.
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