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Mangum Sun-Monitor.
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VOL. 14
MANGl'M. GREER OOrNTY. OKLAHOMA. THl'RSHAN
OCTOBER
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tUlttt WS ITA1KHINM1
IN DISTRICT COURT
mts i» riw IN *
RUNAWAY
FATAL
ttTKAMttfV TALK
I tttt* * Il k IN *
A FORTUNE IN SALT
Ml) HMCHI*
H* U»*r* UMi U
Btii Kb«r to (kt $3,000 p«r Uu
99 Ytm lor Vail on hi* Farm
ALIO A ROYALTY ON CEMENT.
A Greer County Farmer Who will
Get • Princely lncom« From
Hb Farm and Mav« No
Work to do Either.
Ilcn Ki«r, «hoown»oM ihc
faiuoti* n»U larum near Walton. thir-
ty-three mile* north-we*t of M*";
gum. •» Greer county. ha» lea*ed
the »alt privik|W of hi» farm for
Sj.ouo a year, the lea«c to run
ninety-nine year*. The Mime com-
pany ia al»o to i»ave the privilege
of niiniiiK |yp>W ttinl uiaiiufactur-
ing cement on tile place, and for
this privilege ia to pay Mr. Kiner n
royally of 10 |vr ccwt oil the cc-
ment sold. There arc extenaive
gvpstim Ix-d* underlying the sur-
face ol Mr. Ktaer'a farm, and when
this industry is once started hi
royalties will amount to a
some sum yearly
The iHimw OuM4m!• tm C
MMlltM Attn* !«•••!»* »•«.
why tMhiUnaM*.
ft A*U
Dr. W. M. M Oonn Drafged to
Death by a Runaway Horn.
OCCURRED NEAR HIS HOME
UlXHIIIVi I ——
w citUenn* convention ||f ^ fand Lyina UnconKlous
In llw Ro«d Som< Tim. AN«r
the Accident-Occurred
Thursday Night
Ot.t »TKte. OKU . Sept II
T« Tilt Vontaa or Attt
S w \jok T«»n#i»itii*»
Wheiea*. the cllUeu*' convention
«n June J,
me fur eommiaawuer for thi» di»t
net. and a* I appreciate the honor
ihu» cunfefted upon me tuutelM.
and feeling that it ia dm the |wo-
|4e that they know uimething of
me and my position uu the i«»ue» - ■ - -
of the ampaign. I take thU mean* injured la*t Thursday evening
i not bring financially ahle to make l<etng thrown from hi- buggy
a »y»tctnaticcaavtaa «»f ihe district) dragged by a runaway hor
Or W II II
lhnin wa» fatally
by
VOKIM Owe
llou tteuui* T Flynn. delegate
to tongic» lium Oklahoma, ad-
dicted a Urge audietite at the Kel
linn opeia lk»n«e lint Satnrda* at
it iituon He legoi by telhitg uf
the klndl) U cling he had fur lite
}«<>|>le ol Greer couuty. of hi* cX-
j«et ici.ce» iii the fil*t iaui|«lgu
through the county, aia year* ago.
when there wo no railroad we»t of
lil Reno* He *aid he came imo
September Term ol District Court
Ended Monday Evening.
A BUSINESS LUCE SESSION.
Judge Gillette Much Liked by all.
He is Fair but Positive and
is Conscientious in Hb
Rulings and Acta.
Jlldgl
Gillette adjourned th
rouuty September term of
and the cotinty from the Cheyenne court Sl«»nda> evening.
u.«rk»" »; » * — • Hej country and maae hu fir-t Greer The term just ended has t«cn one
m .mii mvaelf liefoce the|*oi»ie. diedebouttwenty-four houra alter county .jieech in a dugout ichool „f ihe moat btttetaa-likc of any
in tlM outlet we h»ve agrled to the accident The accident occur hou*e at Helhi. He eloquently eu- tcfm ever held in Greer cW»ty.
..i.l lo red uw hi. home iu Kto„. county tta l.mdtcd McKintey. ju.l« Uilkitr h.» fiv«n
wot^iuwetlmik beat for the better about twenty mile* east of Mangum. ciithu^aalically praised 1 resident satisfaction, notonly to the bar.
vote as we tmne u« had lieen summoned to appear Kooaevdt for hts reaolutiou of pur |>ut to the public generally. In
9 \Ve are'iiol willing nor ia it a at once in Mangum to attend court, jk^c. danug and honesty, and for looking over the record* of the of
.flnrvv, ,ru to take unaity DO The officer who brought the sum- ^ faithfully carrying out the jwhey fice of the clerk of the court we find
part of our work, to take upenypo | 4,flrk lh |of McKinley. He reviewed the that the following, among other
h»s ...o« n.
Jitical issues thai do not
strictly to the county-
First. I refer
adopted and set —, -
t, ins vention which nominated our ticket.
hand- We are not in the race for political
reasons nor for "pie." 1 defy you
man on the ticket
hat do not pertain mous arrived about dark. I* ol McKinley He reviewed ihe that the following, among other
' . I>„«»,! had l»eeu to Lone Wolf and history of the free home* bill and buaineea, was transacted during the
vou to the platform his horse was still hitched. He said told how he had necured for the tCnn:
[ forth by the con he would drive over to a neighbor's M.ttlcrs of (»reer county free homes CIVIL casks.
! .:_s.... ... . . ....... in tnl/i. ran* t\i his nf tf»t» iu rc> allil till' MUllt tO bllV . .. a a
lease is known as the Eggleston
Mining & Development Co. We
havi
not yet had the pleasure of
meeting a representative of the
company, but Mr. Riser informs us
that it is a solid institution and
means business. He says the ct>tn-
pany has a paid up capital stock of
$500,000, and is to begin work in
sixty days from the date of the
lease. Mr. Kiscr says the company
made the first payment last Thurs- 'to"remedy the evil
day and the contract has been H«nr
signed, sealed and delivered. . In^atr^C
They are to f-rect a big steam salt | nng. **e»
» Ult « —.
who sought the nomination. Doubt
less some of the nominees knew In-
fore they went to the convention
county free homes civil casks
to get some one to take care of his of 160 acres and the right to buy porly gvc motions and demurrers
:.tock while he was gone, as he. 160 acrea more at one dollar per were ^0^1 un u,d disposed of.
wanted to take his wife with him. acre on five years time, which lat- ' divorce® were irran
I He started for the neighbor's house j ter privilege the government had Thirteen dnorcee were ^ra
' alxnit a mile away. The officer re- not accorded the settlers of any oth- Twenty one judgments for
maincd at the house with Mrs. | er section. He told why he had in- collection of money r,*n el
Dunn, thinking the doctor would troduced the bill for statehood for
ciiiivu ^<„,T| tor wotua trouucea me ou» ior hikuuuu »u. . Sixteen cases were settled and
*r~< i,,. before l*e hack in a few minutes; but they 1 Oklah mia alone without the Indian dismissed.
that their names would be Deiorej oe oacx m « mnA -,„i ,ir»ed the oeonle. I
.1 ^ nv-^ntioii I had never con-1 waited until nine o'clock and he j Territory, and urged the people.
! .Sntld such a thing. Why did I did not come. Mrs. Dunn became; for their own good, to vote for lhrd
^£E5ta!5fW Be-! alarmed for fear something had McGuir* for confess, which was
'lh° democratic adininistra- hap^ued and the officer volunteered an indorsement of his action and
? ti couTi^s affairs had be- to go to the neighbor's and see if the Flynn statehood bill. He
1 ^different to the will and he was there. He started and about; showed that the Indian Territory,
Tr ^ nf ilie people that we could a half mile from the house he found | having 110 school tunds^ and no
t idure it longer without taking Dr. Dunn lying unconscious by the school lands, no public roads, bridg-
uot endure it lo g ^ rQad He got help and to<jk tliejcs or public institutions, it would
7,f what wav had the democratic injured man home. On the way he j be necessary for Oklahoma to divide
In what way ^ regained consciousness and told of her magnificent school lands and
• , ... u.. u~a .rona tn rii» «-ith the Indian Territory 111
ousness ana wm ui ner
..... - o , p..t in'extnivagant use of the the accident. He had gone to the | funds with the Indian Territory in
manufacturing plant, and later take F rsf, in §early or quite neighbor's and was returning home 1 any case, but that the election of
up the cement proposition. By the public mone>. / ^ v v.,v tr%r%\r fritrht and I Rill Cross meant the defeat of the
up bit*, ... X - -1'
contract the company is given con-
trol of only so much of the surface
of Mr. Kiser's land as is necessary
to successfully operate the plants
and business of the company and
storage of the products. It is evi-
dent that the company that has
c * qq ooo taxes collected in the when his horse took fright and
county^for the year 1901, and little started to run. In turning a cor-
made S l^e ^
that a railroad will ba bm t through andSalt Fork
or to the salt fields at an early date.
or 10 me san «uu, at ... M m Again, note the ac-
At present the nearest railroad point at*gu ( ®mUsionere. court
is Erick, thirteen miles north, 011 tion 01 uic . .
II
ti
the Choctaw.
Mr. Kiser made a contract for i
lease on his salt fields last winter
with some parties in Fort Worth
The lease was made on about th<
same terms as this one and placed
. A r U Knf tVIP> nartip»^
llOIl wi tut — 7 , .
when asked by the people not to
build a court house until the ques-
tion could be voted on at the gen-
-tn eral election. Arbitrary was it not?
the Or was the court listening to the
Mangum bank, but the parties ear to the enmity
in a 0-.
did not succeed in organizing
company, as they had expected to,
and the deal fell through. Mr. Ki-
ser says there is no doubt about it
this time, however^
ELECTRIC LIQHT RULES.
Manager Poth of the Electric Light
Plant Adopts the Following
Rules and Regulations.
First—We run this plant to the
best of our ability and want it un-
derstood that "kicking" or trying
to tell us how to run the plant will
do no good.
Second—We begin at sunset and
close at sunrise the year 'round no
time by the clock.
Third—All wiring must be paid
for when put in; all light or current
must be paid for on the first of each
month—thirty days in advance. If
not and we see fit we will call again
three days after the first with an
addition of 10 per cent for collec-
tion, and upon failure to pay all,
current will not be furnished.
Fourth—Rates of wiring, fixtures
and lighting will be gladly fur-
nished upon application at the plant
or by 'phone, No. 83, for we are
here for business and business alone,
and will do all in our power to
please each and every customer, if
m reason.
Fifth—In case of unavoidable
breakdown the consumer will have
to bear the loss of light with our
unnecessary expense, for break-
downs are costly and expensive and
no loss time will be allowed.
Respectfully,
Mangum Electric Light and
Power Plant.
E. W. Poth, Manager and Owner.
We'll Fit Yoa Right.
The best way for you to --
vourself as to our ability to fit your But - —
eves correctlv and at the same time for the opportunity to
give you the'best quality of glasses that if elected I can ai
is to give ns a trial. We will have will of ~ ***"
them ground to suit any defect of
vision and guarantee satisfaction.
R. L. WAGOOm.
Jeweler and Music Dealer.
county iu
improvements of a character that
were not and are not worth the
money they cost. For instance,
Ur was me <-uun —
Mangum citizens and turning a deat
_ at large?. Per-
haps they can tell you.
I hold that when a party organ-
izes so perfectly that they can, by
their ring dictators, control the pol-
icies of their candidates before elec-
tion they, by that same ring, will
control them after election. I know
of good men on the democratic
ticket who, at the bidding of de
boss." spurned the endorsement of
the people's convention because it
would not be "democratic"—dom-
inated by the ring; deaf to the voice
of the people, don't you see. What
could we expect of this man after
his election if the voice of the par-
ty was in one direction and the
people in another? Is it beyond
reason to suppose that if he would
hearken to the "ring" to obtain of-
fice that he would also listen to
them to retain the same? I think
Another ground on which we ask
support for our county ticket is that
our candidates for commisioner are
men of the people; men without po-
litical ambition; men whose time is
worth more to them at their places
of business than the office can
promise; men of the people who
know the people's interest, and will
do their will.
The present commissioners court
is evidently trying to reduce the
rate of taxation by doubling the
assessed value. (See the published
lists of increase of lanu values.)
One man's valuation increased from
than doubled. Surely the court did guarantees satisfaction or
not believe this would be published price. Trial bottles free,
until after the election, and they sizes, 50c and $1.
would then be securely seated for
another term of office.
Voters, I do not wa— —
for the pay. My time is worth antee it.
more at home than the office pays.
If you don't quite believe it come
itisfy to Olustee and I will "show" you.
rmintv for the vear 1901, aiiu owe swucu ^ — © -
or 110 public improvements in the ner he was thrown out and the lines
county? to show for it, and these becoming entangled atwuthis legs
^ . r . jig vvas dragged some distance, ihe
officer offered to go for a doctor ljut
Dr. Dunn said he did not need a
doctor, but would soon be all right.
The clothes were torn off from his
right arm and leg, and he was
bruised and scratched severely. He
soon went to sleep, after assuring
his wife that he would be all right
in the morning. He never recov-
ered consciousness again, however.
A doctor was sent for and he pro-
nounced the case hopeless. He was
dying from concussiou of the brain.
The sad end came about six o'clock
Friday evening. Mrs. Dunn took
the body back to Maryville. Mo.,
for intermenc.
Dr. Dunn was sixty-four years
old. He came to Mangum a year
ago last spring and ran a drug store
in the post-office building until it
was destroyed by fire last Decem-
ber. He came to Mangum from
Maryville, Mo., and previous to that
time he had lived neighbor to Wil-
liam J. Bryan in Lincoln, Neb. He
was originally from Ohio.
Mrs. Dunn is an excellent lady,
refined and cultured, and comes of
a good family.
They were living alone at the
farm, but have two children, a son
and daughter, both married. The
daughter lives in Cripple Creek,
Colo., and the son is a dentist in
Newark, N. J. Mrs. Dunn has
some warm friends in Mangum who
deeply sympathize with her in her
great misfortune.
Bill Cross meant the defeat of the
Flynn bill, and that meant delay in
securing statehood, and probably
union with the Indian Territory,
with Jl division of Oklahoma's
school funds. He said he had no
personal interest in the matter now,
but no matter how the people of
Oklahoma vote at the coming elec-
tion he will never be in favor of
taking any part of the school mon-
ey that belongs to the school chil-
dren of Oklahoma and giving it to
the Indian children of the Indian
Territory, and will fight it with all
his might until his term of office
expires. He showed that every
prominent democrat in congress and
the nation was in favor of statehood
for Oklahoma alone, and that the
Bill Cross democracy was not in ac-
cord with the democracy of the na-
tion, and if anyone doubted his
word to write to Senator Joe Bailey
at Gainesville, Texas, and see what
he said about the Oklahoma state-
hood situation. The argument
throughout was clear and convinc-
ing on this subject and should
cause all who heard it to think well
of their own and their children's in-
terests before they vote for Bill
Cross, for this statehood question
is the only real issue in this con-
gressional campaign.
Mr. Flynn met many of his old
friends before and after the meeting
liitncolf oc ViicrVilv
CRIMINAL CASES.
Thirty one motions and demur-
rers disposed of.
Four defendants acquitted.
Nine defendants found guilty.
Two attachments dissolved.
Two indictments quashed.
One bond forfeited.
Twenty three persons arraigned.
The following named persons
were sentenced to the penitentiary:
Joe Foster, for murder, life sen-
tence; Joe Barger, for larceny of
domestic animals, one year; Jet
Albright, for grand larceny; one
year; Art Yarbrough, for burg-
lary, two years; Geo. Q. Reynolds,
for larceny, two years.
It is understood that the next
term of the District Court for'Greer
county will convene the latter part
of January and continue in session
about six weeks, during which
time it is expected that the entire
calendar will be cleared for the first
time in the history of Greer county.
Dmkim**. Tea . !w|K »; Srna
tor J W lUilcy. of Gainesville
•twin the night hrtr leaving bile
tot* aflerttuoti h* home He gave
hi* opinion on Iudiau Territory leg
fetation a* follow*:
"I favttf ihe earliest powuble ac-
I non on the Indian Territory. There
! ia the richest country I know of in
the United State* It la not unit
1 m ' j »uat. r*|«cially to Texan*, to »e«
Oi»trict 1 v,.ry ticn aoil. but the Indian Ter-
Htory in belter than any other 1
knot* of, iu. thet the *oil i* very
rich uiid productive on ita surface
and underneath it are *ome of the
ridmt coal, asphalt and oil depos-
it* in America It i* a wonderful
country aud ahould have a territo-
rial form of government a* noon a*
poNtihlc. But it will be two year*
before thut form of government can
lie applied, at be>t. The govern-
ment has to go through the work
of segregating and allottng the lands
of the Indians aud winding up trib-
al affairs to get the Indian people
ready for citizenship. That coun-
try will soon l»e ready for state-
hood, as it has the population and
the wealth now to entitle it to mem-
bership in the sisterhood of states,
and with the ratification of the sup-
plementary treaty, the lands may
soon be segregated and affairs
wound up preparatory to statehood,
and the Indian Territory will be one
of the best states in the Union."
IN HONOR OF JUIKIE GILLETTE.
Copy of Resolutions Adopted by th
Qreer County Bar Showing Ap-
preciation ol the New Judge.
the evidences of thrift and general
prosperity.
Senator Fagin, of Guthrie, who
accompanied Mr. Flynn, made an
eloquent address after Mr. Flynn's
speech, but as the crowd had come
to hear Flynn many left after he
had concluded. The speakers were
introduced by Judge John A. Oli-
phant. -
Farmers, Attention!
A special meeting of the Greer
County Farmers' Association will
be held at the Court House in Man-
gum, .Saturday, Oct. 4th, at 1 =30 p.
m., for the purpose of discussing
matters concerning coal, cotton
Be it resolved, by the Bar of
Greer county, seventh judicial dis-
trict, that we congratulate the Ad-
ministration 011 the selection and
appointment of Hon. Frank E. Gil-
lette, as associate justice of the
supreme court of our Territory
and his assignment as presiding
judge of this judicial district.
Be it further resolved, that
we congratulate the people of this
district on having as their highest
judicial officer, this able, impartial
and distinguished lawyer and jurist.
Resolved, that we, the practic-
ing attorneys of the Bar, extend to
Judge Gillette, our cordial thanks
and commendation for the uniform
kindness and courtesy of his treat-
ment of the Bar, the court at-
tachees and litigants and we con-
gratulate him upon the large vol-
ume of public business so efficient-
ly dispatched during the short pe-
riod of the term of court just closed;
and our best wishes go with him to
his other fields of duty.
Signed, by members of Greer
county Bar.
and expressed himself as highly
pleased at the progress the county present
had made since his last visit, and H. D. Alldredge
Oil strike in Greer Co. Call on
Gentry & Sultan for stoves and
they will save you 50 per cent, on
matters concerning uw, wiwu the old reliable Bridge Beach &
seed and such other questions as J Co's Superior stoves.
may come before the meeting. j —
All farmers, and other persons! j. o. McCollister,
interested, are requested to be
J. O. McCollister, has a com-
plete set of abstract books of Greer
county, and will get up your ab-
stract promptly and correctly.
Goes Like Hot Cakes.
"The fastest selling article I
have in my store," writes drug-
gist C. T. Smith, of Davis, Ky.,
"is Dr. King's New Discovery for
Consumption, Coughs and Colds,
because it always cures. In my
six years of sales it has never
failed. I have known it to save
sufferers from Throat and Lung
diseases, who could get no help
from doctors or any other remedy."
Mothers rely on it, best physicians
une man s> v«u«UUu — — "• —* r ,
$1000 to $2200; many others more prescribe it, and R. C Hannah
.1 a -uiQttrplv thf court did miomnfMK or refund
refund
Reg.
n 01 uu«.t. The Mill buys your wheat. You
do not want the office should buy their flour. They guar-
a :*
Everything
on Wheels.
Wagons, Buggies,
Surries, Spring Wagons,
Hacks and Vehicles of
every description
are now on exhibition. We have been a little bit crippled in the Buggy business for^ some time
past on account of our stock being badly depreciated but we are now pieced to ^
we are prepared to offer you any kind of Buggy or Wagon you S VOu
prices, and that our stock embraces all the many styles. WeT^
want and guarantee perfect satisfaction in quality and price. I feel qmte sure that the Buggy
Peddlers whom the country was infested with some time ago, have not sold every body Kg>
^Ss one and to\hose that have not bought, we ask you to call and examine ourstockand
see iust how much money you can save by patronizing home dealers. e have new S^^s amv-
ing daily in all the different departments and are prepared to furnish your every want and give
you high-class merchandise at lower prices than yon buy inferior goods a^: other places.
Thanking vou for past favors, and soliciting a continuance in the future. I am
Yours Truly.
E. E. McCollister is preparing to
tstee and I will snow y ou. get up a set of abstract books, and
do want it for the honor and has employed Miss Pearl Franks.
- - ia •'clmu*'' vnti! u'itli thr Oreer Count v
my iu show" you j formerly with the Greer County
can and will do the Abstract Co.. to assist him in the
a majority of yon who* j work.
"*«* *«• t"' ~ For Ra.t-B.th boo ud S*
OUXCO, forC«»m~on « T
er. Altus and Navajoe Townships. U1
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