Mulhall Enterprise. (Mulhall, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, April 10, 1903 Page: 2 of 8
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Tht* Mulhall Enterprise.
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HE KNEW HER.
*>IM1U Water Manipulator ftn "Ctii/eii t1 <?■
De«rrlptlou ut Unre.
The dexterous manipulator of a soda
fountain and the cashier at a restaur- '
ant making a specialty of after-theater
suppers were exi han^in^ tout. i-j •
??hc is unlike other Kris. so natural
and sincere, explained the cashier.
' Looks at you out of the depths ot [-
her soulful eyes? vs hen she talks to you,
doesn't she?" Queried the soda artist.
"Exactly."
"Yes."
' Favorite song . , Oh, Promise
Me. '
"That's it
"And when shr >ing- it her soul
-i »n:s to fl> out 011 the wings of -ong
;«11«i >oar among the heavens?"
' Yes, ves -aid the . ashier, "but
how do you know? Are you acquaint-
ed with her0"
"Well, I can't say exactly but nil
last -ummer I was tied up with a sou'-
eature ot that class %^% ftrA
out if my 1 if• just ns the i. « ' •am
season was waning and the oyst»v mat-
ing days had com*1 in upon us. and I
ibought mayb* »-he had dri.':ed into
yours.*'
Then it was t*hat ihe cashier at the
r< raurant r» iii"in:»« i* i that if was in
the first of the series of months con-
tan ug the letter that his path and
that of tins fair mai l had become *n-
■: • ! and ti gi est and h< ai f
:ho :^htf»ili • -> fnrrn upon him
% ti.x.to oft l.irlft.
•
termining sax, soem 'o hare been ez«
; o ed bj remorseii - : e t. as so.oftoi
lappctis to theories, says an English
« vhange This has been a terrible
y. ar for babies of the feminine gender.
The czarina and the queen of Italy
] ive both given birth to daughters, in
8
lo. sons. I-ady ('hels.-a 1. - recently
bad to submit to the arrival of a lifth
da ighter, instead «>f the aid< at 1|-
hope.i for heir. ami the yming du«.hesf
'
of women of the British Isles Fe-
the market ;;t pr< • nt .:I. the gen-
i ;il feeling -n the fanii n*> ti us affliet-
I of UlV'iling ! Ut t " Ui'lcniQO
LANDS OF INDIANS
Rules Governing the Allotment Laid
Down by Dawes Commission
APPLICANTS MUST APPLY IN PERSOi
*1n» Ipptat for Mlfint €lnl«1»#fi
«tr lluftbantl for Ui«ft-l iu» Tirub#i to
ft* taWa Intft ( viitidfiatita it<
•c nine 1 ,,r ' 1' ut
The following ru.*s and regulation*
g \ernin? the m .«• <n cf al ♦ment»
and the designation of homesteaders in
I'hoeta* and Ch.- tssr.w nations have
beaa adoj ted by tk ooiu&iifioD i' the
five ; v i 1.zed tr.be>
1 Selection of all tmaata and deaif*
nation of honaataa •*i for adult oitiaen*
an<l selertirn f ui. ment» for a it t
trr : n.- » ;:i j •••: »<.•:. < \
oept «<• heraiiM tb u «v is< pr
2 Application to have land act apart
a: ' h< Uie»t» a - . sU'lint' d f-»r
iJentitied M•;-i Cboctawji mast le
n<n . p^rsonallv U fore the c jmnr.ssiou*
ers to the five c vili/e 1 tribes Fathers
mnv apply for their mioorcbiMren. ami
if the father be dea 1 the mother may
apply Husbands may apply for wive*
Appliiati ioi i : r, bans instw
^on§ and persons of unsound mind may
be ma le by a duly appointed guar , an
or curator, and for aged ami infirm per-
sons ar: l prisoners by agents duly au-
thorized thereunto by pow « r of attorney,
in the discretion of sai i commission.
8. At the tun- of the selection of al-
lotment each cit /■ n and duly id» ntiti •«,
Mississippi Cho. taw si.all dc.-ignat as
a homestead < ut of said m lectkm land
equal m value to 1 >'<>' acrcsof tin? : . ^r*
age aliotable land of the Choctaw nn .
Chickasaw nations as nearlv as mar be.
4 Ka h Choctaw and <?lnck-.saw
*>1 .Cl'-'l I ll It lift It
iu time and cost of handling. sta< king.
New York Ti t u I eg • . -
insured at its
well to Stand
:
I nolb t i Iiv .l.ip in.
hom it i tobl that in a tiine
ti." • ' a: I la i:ftli extra
teaching the art of foot-
time within y.x month* after tno t»!•
of their *aid identification
11. Persons authorized to mak^ *e
lections by power of attorney. a» pro
vided in rules and 9 hereof must be
the husband or wife of a relative nol
further removed than a cousin of the tirsi
degree of the person for whom sr.cb
selection i* inad<
It shall ba the duty of the Com
tiiisnoa w»f the five fiv.l'.ed ff.it *
see ti.at *- !c.*tions of allotments »
:»»ij?nat n# of homesteads for t:
^ft^TM *.s mentioned in tr.V« »
^ , - and »hereof, are made for the
l*«r laterents of such r>ersons.
ti< r.s ' i n. otments for .*
h frw n 4in i identitii' 1 M
aippi Ghoctaws, who have diad sabse*
.;u«-4nt?>' 8apt - 191 - :»r. I bafofamak
inga selection t f allotmant^ shall bi
by a nlya] ab 1 a .r inis^at :
orcxe uTc-i Iflie^ev-r sv.cb admin
istrat v oi n it m ij oiatsd or fot
: v ■ *. •. ansa sa b m • tioiit be n< t
ao made within a*. a«on^Meandpracta.c
e time the cotnmi»sir n to the ti\»
im .• 1 tr11• shall ♦- guate t.ie lands
tlins to bo allotte.i.
4 In ;• termining the valuo of tli*
» » ?ii .. Th api raist . value . f th« In*.
-• ,.<?ed aha.i l>* lncreasetl bv the €.}■
praised value of snob j ine t.mber on
»•. h land as has heretofore been esti
. Lted by tbi • unmiaii n to the Ati
civilized tribes.
1 S^electiou of allotment- may 1 •
a • < niy by citizens and freedm*»n
\\ 11 v». enrollment has been approve by
tl:»- se. retary of the interior, and by
% v- n« dul> id. iititi-d by the oomm.r
s.eiic.t ri.e five e v4 /ed tribes as M.
-»i--n . « hoctaw> ati• i by none other.
It. When :i selection of land ha«
v^n ma le l>v a citizen, freedman ot
i lentifled Mississippi Choctaw., and the
land so aelected is laimed by a person
\vl-.o-. rights as a cit./. ti or freedman
ha\ • not l>een finally «!ctermineil, >. :*
t«»t for the lami so >1. t« d may l>e m
^11tut» : by t)ic ]' i- ti claiming the h.n i
:' i m;;l aj vli< ; :u lc r th- land I t ;
first mad< as is required by tha ru ei
or practice in Choctaw and Chickasaw
freedman, at the tim of the select ion.
shall desigiij te as his or her allotment
of the lam> of the Choctaw and Chick-
asaw nations lands equal iu valu to
forty a of the average ailotabl-
land of the Choctaw ac 1 Chickasaw
nation
Citizens, freed men ami ident.md
Mis- -sij>pi Ch- taw< who are marri ";
whether they have attained their ma
ority or not, will be registered as of
ug - 1 oi the pur] -e "f inak . g
tions.
♦i. Selections may be made by citi- ^
zens and treedmen parents ft r unmai
ried male children under U1 yean- o'
age ami for unmarried femal < h iren
under lh years ot age. and male or en
freedmen may make selection fur J »
wife, if-she is entitled to selection^ un-
less she (thall. at the time or ])revious!y
thereto. prt>t«*«ted in writing
7 When- the father of an unmarried
minor citizen, freedman or identify •:
Miw Bsippi Choctaw is a non * a n
freedman or identified Mississippi Ch<
taw mother of such « hildrei must maLe
selection in jM-rsou in ^ half of -aid
children
S Selections of allotments and
designation of homesteads for minor
citizen" and !♦ ctiocs ot allotments for
minor !»• eduien niay be mad. bv th -
citizen father c>r luotlier or Ire* ,\n< ti
fatiier or mother as the a»»- may
may be i by a guard.an. cut.dm. or
uu adm m*trati>r having charge • t ti.eir
• •stat u orier named.
selections of allotments and <le-
signatii.us nt iMinestea - ?« nt»/cn and
seUctimis <d" allotment !> r 4re • 11 r: • ti.
prisoners, convicts, aged and infirm
pel-Mis and si i. t. t- and sai 1
Vnit» i Stat* s on duty outsid.
IV:r;ry may b made .iu!v
rtge r?s ti Ti u-r js.wer «»f att.-i'T!
ill" 1 1IJ ♦*! tel!r 1 ilan
othei »..iitjil p« r»» >ns akin t
14) Select'otis n av
homesteads designated bj duly ident
ti d M.-- i' • Ch. i taw*, who ba**.
within on year ft- r fit* •!at of their
l • ti! ' a* hi «> - ma -atl-t ■ '. rv
p ». , .f b. i' i ti i ti • ttl-in 'lit wit in i the
Choctaw Chickasaw country, at at v
hunter rtmovf.d
H a Mmii• I \ • • Itf » - • '* ta«• of
Sorm Mi \hK>ii i: Ottic al noti • of
reno'Val from thectl.cn ut s- refaiv
the Ch< ctavv ti.wmiite comtm-^ioti b:\<
bc< ti seat to Thomas Hunter by 8« en
tary H h. ». ^ ot th* int»-n. i j ait
meut Hunter wa- tin rival "f iu*
srnor McCurtain for election last-sun
om r and his reu oVa was mand 1 bj
McCurtain after tJ.. electu ti \ S
-dti •* r t \!* .. .. wb te n. i; has t •
i. i tut i.. * ? H*c vsIP-
S' retarv it th#« *•« imisi. * i), but vfas
reti ved to inuU p. e ti r Mr Hunt»i
Mr Hunt, r is n*. •• d om . t th
fnoftt hiw'hh * iu. t d Indian* iu tin
tel Jltc: v ail' .1 shrew 1 p«'l :'t; Mil.
>rs of th •
of Indian
appointed
•• alld fnl
tiKid.
M a lr .i !*;»»
!\ \VIA 1 sharp
-laims to have U wild .
t I; ivla a ruin • vn
• t t
Tli a v i l.
mcI • • \\ i le at tlx Mirfa. ■ 1 tlx gr« »and.
Specimens of the ore were exhibited
and , renounced by men who had w ork
ed in the mines at Joplin, Mo . to be
equal to tin be-r galena taken firm
ti, mine*, with pmlml ^ v n • si:\ ■ !
in if ( Hie en! huiast c pat I * - t.' rf. 1
* i. have offered $1 to ba ©it • wn
up. As the mill - > aniKd I w. rk« .
until nft»*r the land if alloted. it w;
pi bablj n • B o upt&U I for a year oi
two.
F
K ClVII 17
intermarried citizens
\ l.i\i •* I nn * 1'iition of i n tf rinat i i*-«i
« t. /.•»!»•. 11 r +1 nt \ i utin
Vinita: A convention of delegates rc»
pres titing the intermarried citizens ol
ti." Cher '.-e nation was held here f< i
t;p- puri »■-«» of preparing the defense ot
the intermarried 6iti2ens in the case :•
• • ntly t. !• rred to the court of claims
by the fe-retary ot tin interior. I' ve
linn.il- -i delegate^ attend* 1 the conv n-
tion. Capt. William Jackson of Wag-
oner. was elected president of the n-
ventiou and H A Hosey secietary.
The convention authorized tha em*
j.lcyment of Hti attorney for the inter
married citiscns before the court ol
claims. The fee is fixed at $4,$00 an J
cXprll-* s.
The question before the court ot
'aims involves the ripht of the inter-
married c.tizens t.» -liar, in the division
of tha Cherokee lands, ami no allot-
ments being n a le \\ • this class ol
citis-' ns { : .ling the decision of the
I'ourt of claim*. The convetition was
:iddre»»*'d \>\ «'ol. Satnii'1 Pet • of \r-
i ns is, Vtt( ru W liteof Wasl ingt< t:
W T. Her, mi?-- W \V Hh-tings and
W IV ibunj»-.f ,
\ \ aliiiihlr Ii«»itation
mi - uh ee: it is stated that (Jamj
bell Russell will donate to the Indian
Territory world's fair exhibit th* pro-
• • . : th>- *• a 1 • • «if two ut his tine tlior*
oughbred bu..-i instead of one< as «t
T r-t sti.t* i. Mr Unwell t- d- great
w«>:i in improving the grad« of s'ock
of ti is country.- and his << k is adv. r-
ti-Mig the terriiorv in the right v.av
ii • i- al- » a public - -ttifed man. as his
!■ fit donat ' to th- \V Fair < \
iubit show"
i*. !• r \ i, Iter < Jefferson has I * eu
appointed by Gi vernor FCrgusQn to be
a lie :nbei oftfc OkliJioma 11\ • -rock
sanitary ;ommission. Mr. Becker was
oi.c• -■ tai \ i t th" c mm:--.' ti
BABE. SERIOUSLY BURNED
■ title I uo o1*!- olil son ol It. \ .1 ..li («•«»■»
N. . • oikmhu In*. n« It. . t liur.it
.1 va 'I 1 tw \ ear-old s u of l !
A Johnson, who live- about <ighteen
ti :i - ft Ti 'i t:: . .♦ Lnh t:i i w .> c :i To
LANDS TO BE SOLD
Segregated Lands in Choctaw and
Chickasaw Nations to be Sold
PROCEEDS FOR BENEFIT OF THE INDIANS
Intftticr i lii.ftiit tfotiift I p 4 4 4,000 ■
%rre» of loal ami %*|i|i»|t llfila in tlir
Inn >ftlioi)i*>Ml» In I.* m ( liai^f "I
Ihrrv 4 om mi•• ioil*-r*
W ssniNi. tos V'our htindred and
fi»rfy four thousand acres i { coal and
asphalt land in the Choctaw ami < 'hiek-
asaw nations have been segregated and
will be sold. This act oti of the interior
department will give an impetus
to mining and busim »« activities d -
pendent on this industry which, it ha«
not h i i heretofore All ot the coal
lands segregated ar* iu the Choctaw
nation and the asphalt lands are m the
Chi. kasaw < untry. 1'iidei* se ction •*»
f the agreeineut hetw-eii tile 1 u.ted
States and ti - Cln -taw aud Chi kasaw
Indians it was made the duty of the
retary of the interior to asc rtain
wiiat lands were prii pall5 valuable
be au— of their c i-r aspiiait depi - ts.
including all lands covered at the time
hy h and these are t be sold foi
the benefit of the Indians
The total acreage the department
should segregate was tixe.: at om-half
million, aud the department has set
apart the maximum acreage p «-iL.*
All coal and asphalt deposits iu the ci r-
porata limits of any townsite in the ter-
ritory are to be soiil at p iblic auction,
ami a similar provision appli.-s to tie
coal or asphalt lauds not held under the
li asei
A commission of three mem" . «rs n\
conduct the sale of tie- Indian Territory
oai and n-; halt land, an i the sa --
must be male within three years aftei
tha ratification of the agreement. The
I commissioners am to be appointed by
the ] i••-'..lent, and »-a. h w 11 n v.- a
salary of 14.' " • a year '.)ne of th<
• i mmiasii uers is to I a appi linte . < in t hi
recommendation of tin- principal tdiict'
of the Choctaw nation, and another on
the recommendation of the gov. mor of
the Chickasaw nation. These com-
fnissioiiers are to b. jmi* 1 by. the Choc-
taw at:d Chickasaw nat on-. Th>- third
commissioner will be paid by the X Inited
State-. No tract* exceeding in area a
section of land under the government
survey will be offered for sale.
. atii
: g
\ fu-.gh! • t lia i i * * :i t . rn -. ,?UI
gras« in tin ta.t far fn in Mr
.'i hf.s t. - h.ui-c When the lir-* wa*
i . • • urne . < 11 e i ighbos .♦ ft it
Mr. .b h' - r. •• tw. .tti** U»vx. ag* i tlx •-
t v
tlVf
* «||<*IH li t; J»t «.ot* •'.»
.. t i sl «• t k' i • ;t' . hen
when in K. M Ctaujm*r wn* senouily
,• red bj %ndrew Byers rwi shots
took ctt-ct iti Crauj'tie!'h should, t.
T*• t •• t thi shooting Byers
was arrested and t.,k»ti t » Hobart.
... » ■ t a here re< utly i to
Sai ti K -u New xi 't. 1 "to at'
prominent n i. aud no * a' s. t au b
t .•»i
i ».»
SOONER CASE DECIOEO
I.ami nnrliiff «»••• ftosl* Decided in
Faror of Tirti Settler
wasiiiv-1on Justice White deliver-
ed the opinion of the Cuite i States sti-
preme court in th*- ase of 'licmic' ^
Potter againat Marv Hale. a?«. vmg
i ..4 ms t ...» . u O a ma ti r iu >
growing out o* tiie rush to •» ttie tii»
newly ojietied land in 1J tt« r v a<
einp!<>ved ou an hi lian reservaitf'ii ad
joining the land as a jwilice officer.
Acting iu tliat capacity he ordt red «»ft
tlie land, on which he afterward located,
people who had gone upon it pr *»i ti
tl*e ii* ur fined lor the stamjiede When
that hour arrived lie join* i in the rn«*ii
end as he had only a quarter of a mile
to travel, reached it in advance of th*
others The court held that as lie » »
taken part n the rush to the coveted
land and hud gone upon it from flit-
outside he was* ntitle I to the priz* be
wt)D The .(ecifion ot fii*- (*up'..--i 1.
(,-ourr Oklnhninu wh.i i l» !
Potter. WH!> ri-v,-r«fil. i court attirm
ed Um opinion, of the Mipreme court ei
(tklahouia in lli«' Kotieit i.
\Vm> i it'tin. I »hicll uno'r.Pt
sooner" cit"*
COMPTROLLERS STATEMENT
Nat loimt Hank Not. • liecreasnl l»titin«
Moutli of Man ». f if.M.M;
wa-hin' r. »\: The monthly circula-
tion state m< nt issued I y the comj t
of the currency shows that nt the c o e
of i usiness March Sly 1903, the total cir
cula.tion ot national bank notes was
$882,519,258 sn increase for.tlie y«ai <
$25,042,861, and a decrease for thi
n.i nth of "ST. The c.- ii a;i .•>
I»asad on \ 'n ted States bonds sl <-u • an
.ti -rea.se of •?. and a de r a?
for the month id *„'! >.-47"
C.rcillation se i.ied by lawful mon •
is -fU. b'c-H I. an increase for the ye.-
of $; ' I • aud an increase for th<
mon th ot '0.
Tbe am unt of United States regie
tered bonds >n deposit to sccure circu-
lation notes waa 1642,160,770, and to
secure public d< p sits, $134'^834f070.
Thi amount ot Stat • ami city h<
depo-.t t > si • ii' • pi.blic tit I' -sits v...
by the director of the mint shows.that
*" mint t m- k
RIGID GAME LAW
»i.. i
SHOT HIM THREE TIMES
lu v iua*t»-r «»f O/mi k Kuulr a Nfjjto
With W hom Itr \\ at t»wai rrll iny
Okmuii kf: Cieorge Ranch. a pay
master on the O. and C. C grade that
is being built by the Kenefl r. c instruc-
tion company, shot and killed John
Williams' a negro, a' Okm . ge» Raru 1.
according to the story, had al owed
some of the men to go to n restaurant
to get a meal and when the bill wus
presented, he was charge i with a dol-
lar for cigars. This dollar he refused
to pay. arid told Williams to < .!!< <•[ 1 -
c igar mouev fr m th»- men. if h- - u. .
William- grew ins', ting al • ' the i*
tcr ami. >vith some <»ther xiegroe* nn :.'
were standing about started a row,
Karick tired them out and ran t-
rest of the negroes down the street
Williams (struck at him and land,
three blow-on Rarick's h*-ad v. ti; th
1 utt ot his rev< lv. r. Rain k. who •
Kentuckian, whipped out a revolt
und shot Williams tin. Tune- t * fi• i
Hie nt ^.-ro . "u'.d use b - gnu to si.oot
I I llniu \tiK iiiaii lUporteil Sol.I
Mi Kknui It is report* i that th.
aii.v and we* My Am- r. iias b' **u .
♦ , M. >isi> C. M. Hill. < i f'awncc and .1
Hunter Wilaum-. f-rm i ..tor c-f t- •
Glencoe Mirror. The plant is a good
ue and i- ly i*' an • r ...
the city.
lONES* OPINION
'III ft % i kan«n« "Si-nator v»|,ai-:at«
Mateliuoif t«»r tin It I. 1
from
threo
.-.I til*. »|«,ftt 1 .'.II irlive
(.am* I a\% in I * i»teiic#
A r>Ti ^ The most rigid game pro
e tion law < yer enacted 1 y a western
j stat. will go Into effect upon approval
of Gov n.'ir I.anhum of the bill that
was passed by the legislature. it pro-
hibits th« killing of female deer ami
fawns for a peri< I of fiv< years an 1 re
Stricts the iiiinib- r of bucks which shall
ba killed by one man in a year to six.
The sale of deet meat aud hides and
horns ot the animal is absolutely pro-
hibited. Anteiope are protected for
fi\. years. The killing of all birds ex
cept game bir i- prohibited. The,
ojjen season for tjua I - reduce
four and < ne iialJ months t
mon the Bu/.zarus. owls an . -\ts
: ay ik id- l at any time
Ok hiliotita'ft New Oil |iin|>e< l«i
j (it riiuii I \ Ash ton of Chandler
:.a- a •«■ • t•: . v. appointiueUt of t^rri-
, •' I la! *..1 ij>; ' ♦. i li ► -a.aty wi l be
:. a year, with |600 for t utingent
• :.T • - - M i ••'ieve- that by s;».« t
' my j.- wil U> able to . .ilotvt t».o
lav which the lobby sought to mak<
; inoperative by an amendment cutting
1 w ll tilt: - ' f the d' ] etc -
•»..** Ok tu11<• 111.-ft i it >
(ah<»l \ Cith Chatles Tappcy,
... *.11 *• : William Tappcy. lias- li: 1
a .uai aga :.St ti., cify ft . . 'it:ar - n
th- -mil (•: The jw tilion alleges
tl-at tile jilaiut'dd s-.r.un- I a br..'- •- > l*-g
and other bruist ^ by getting saugli t nn
i dt t a bridge which caved in over a
. x wer
• Thi offi.ee of -Indian ajreht of tin Srto
j and Foxes will ba abolished July l A
I sup i in to n lent wil - c s« »d the age nt,
OKLAHOMA COUrt T SUSTAINED
KEEPING QUItT
Wanhinjton <"orie»poiidente R'H" '' It-
▼ettlgation of Oklahoma Probable
\y,-iuv;to\ Allhough ofli' :al- t
tin- interior ilepartmnut refnso t>. ii*-
cuss th* taTMtigfttioa of tha lagiilfttiv*
committee in Oklabonin. if i* uu-ior
,tooil tli 14. .-••« r.-tur» Hitf-hcn « »
«ooti m ud a nfwi inl agent to Guthrie to
iTjv,'Htl<" churRM XTiisniatiikT.
' ment nt the Huiiitunnm ati-i other in-
htitutiotis which »i« titi'U r the giijier
vision of tii« interior <iejiartriient It m
likely tliat the inventitjatioti viUlx- ou
Uncted a* quietly a« posdible. «■< It
said that liothiiu' would N' u out ti'
the departtu. nt on tli>- sulij. et In t'ai t
some of the officials there denied f.iuf
nn investigation would In made
Ir was learned, however, that .-•■< r>
tat v Hitchcock has s.-lecte t mi a^ei.t t
^.o to Oklahoma mid that h«* will (»*-L'iTi
hi* work at ohm Edgar W. Jones, ^
member of the oommittee that Inveiti
j»ut«'tl charges of corruption in the l .si
iegislatu!e, l.as i'«-eii iu \\ «s:i;iigt *t
nn 1 lie discnss.-d the facts develupe 1 liv
tlint iiivet tigiition with < retary Hitcii
cook It was Stated positively at th.
department that the secretary had not
le.|nested ,l>ine« to come her., f ! i 1 1.1
fer.-nce. It w as said that In- came ,.i>
other business. No t sj ecial lmpc*tan •
was attached to hi* visit
TRIED TO DIE
.* >t.t.-liant of Mt-iil'oril Atteinpl^tl o- I n.S
\II 11 itli Mm|ilitne
Medford: Thomas Adams, Jr., u
I r..imxiefit business man and jiropti tv-t
ol' a large harness ofctablishment here
attempted suicide by taking morphine
He k< cured the jioi^oti from the medical
case of young Dr. Schwartz, which w is
left in his otHc- After a slight a!t-: a
tion with a strang r in a saloon, he re
turned to his place of business and wrote
a letter to his wifi. His frit n Is th n
liecume suspicious t>f his actions and
summoned medical assistance, by
flint time lie had taken three mor • tab
let -. liiaUinp seven in all. Th- d"< tor-
sncct?eda*l in r.-lieving him and it is
thought that he will recover Mi
Adams is of a highly resi>ected family
Int t is baid that he has had some 1
mestio troubles and has been drin pg
heavily for tli jmst few months "h
family has many friends hero who
ii. •• lv regret his trouble- and In.; all
will yet end well.
INJUNCTION DISSOLVED
! iiu Milii|. tftftfftftOi-ft ftft i 1 i I.*' \ll«>wed to
Proceed I'tider New Asses inent 1
King b ishi a A'tti 11 uey (lent ral J
Hobhorts'returned to this city from
Ml Keno, where be aj»]>eaie t fo* tii#»
territory in the eases, whi rein Judge
Irwin has issued t< m] orary inj'un stions,
j. straining the township a-- ; • a«
provided under the new law, from com
p)t ting the nssesment of this yar
Judge Irwin had held that the
assessors having commenced tbeh s rk
were le^alh <loiu^r tln ir duty I corn
plete if .Indffe Hobberts appeared in
court at Ml Reno and within a short
time, the law having been gone oyer
w as able to c< nvinc*- the court of th
validity of the new law. Botl ti
junctions, issued in Custer and Cana-
dian countit • w.-re dissolv. <1 l.y th-
court and the o.wnship v.:
b" allow, i t<» re.urne their dut - uu
' . >mj I t.* tin- assessment^.
CLASSED AS LOTTERY
i \v
ra> • : . w a%
from t}»♦•.! i .i • ntnt w i.ttnthc .vine
in* . In h'tnio >v:ty r . youti^ci cliilti'h
• .* t .t:»* ••» .K'iit !-* .in ; two start •! on
at ii for h'?i.e Soon, hn\v» v» r the*
little i 11.- tei! in tli# n-.t 1, ti. or. tin t
•! tn t the J ,1^, M,?.<r>«
a trm 'licai^n 1 rrib \ M rnc-d the
: «" i ... by lix c 1 i t tu ' ; «>U1>.
ii ' . * - ' . :i:tti 'f . .mi"-
k .Ion*-- *'t \t k • -.is l- i d•?:.* • fe%v
inys \ • w V; i . .-tun*' ti' en 1 - Win i
a- • i lei In" vi^ws i • ti -i'i/ - * !
f> ■ Iti 1 an 'i'-irit ry. h st it- 1 that hti
rc„-..!d* ti In lia'i I". rr.torv fltte i f ■
-• j:r;11e -tatfin • v..' it ' uhtmia
lb mo«t emphatically ••ridor-ed t »•
ernor <»i *-n M ■< 'urfaiu's plan c ' < .t
me a • r-:itntional c t-i in'iof Iron-!
..tip ao-i wliitos and foitnin^ a ? m;«
i;iry ftfat. ■ r una ft ill r.o w* ...
tribal ptvcrnii.* 'its ar* :tN«li.»ht d. an
then Hpp^aliii^; ti . n-i<»>- t<*radm -
si r »,»•. * that ;>j1h v ha- * n
a l« nu *-*.n ish ! *.iif find ini^riit b
-r.. . i ii Indian I ♦ rnt< : v'* .»«»,.
1 il • SUJM iMli' . Oil I t . f
tli Mi -tat. - has atTinn- i r •
. n of the tei 1 \u rial saptt in
• •. thi. ? » in ti.* i a- . t - • . i* I .
of V bio cout ty, ( k ah ma vs 1 .
1 *t y f a?.d oth»-i tin ohm.' n .
*:• i -!•!;'* taxinu ca't.. at. ,. j ,
-• inal property ht I • • reserva
t - '! it- m } <»rity « f N .» rit\
- upht tt» l*-\ v a fa* < a • m!< i.,nn.:-f,
■ n t)j'» r.i!i-,t jiii'iOt". i - *. v i* • u
n n; t • mi. Ty. t i « *. fit v • t . -
. ■ • r th law «.f • I ut tli mt;
it. . that th i tax c itil • be ijjyied onh
r-r t' ti urn ii ; !}».—•- a- l un i ti
\ Kt ' Iu a 11* r t . t I V, ;« t
s« fill otb r wa** ii.a . t v Andrew
Carnegie t * • ity of Ardu • •• do
* :tv » • r r tli . ? t tai. ♦' ti i nblic
1 i-i. v 1 i t i ta ud • i tis arc
that t i citv f»hu!i futiiish . : ali i
la . r.t.i ti file Iti t ar \
| t it bout m .lie i.ll t
j vuluatii'ii
till «»ti Ml K N« ni \ ftIIitie
Vis;' a The Vinita Oil ntnW a- i. in-
pany ha» *trnck oil in if* d*»«»pv»-il n> ur
this city i f a k'<" 1 qualify The od ^ '
hem*: lrawn out wiiti v.-.i- r. and a t**st
s" It. ll.i- II t been nia« • a- ^ t. but «<•
- » ti if fl'.'t - imples • iti |«- hi! It \\
be test' t i i.*- c tiii anv^Mu % o.l at a
b } t i **t -4 f ana tli* .r ; if..- wil
• . Vf.T: lied t« *| *'l. tfl* t»ti | . pt.
A itii th* I «f * of 4 t t I J a i. iihin i
: <* • ii.,>.»tin. *,. < uu.',?
D SI N Tex \ nit ssa*< fi in C :
.but! I )"l .il - 111 111'' It a ! 1 \ .
> .if wer * all. *f. m at > tw- j; ( ,•
ii rtli ot < i i 11 I > I .;,f v M.ti ud ,f
f '• I >avi-. n i tin ••»., tli.fr t tu
hoisc - ron ii D. Brooke f ' •*. n, •. |
1 . at I Jurat.* I» ' *'»i no t« w . , j
w .• i
^ « n M
U News m
\v
1 ll
and
i at
- »- . here . v th. ( i' e
; ii-in : tli" »»ir;\.il ' 1
«dli' is :*• n \t\s •*:. * Al t a
y t ag Ml in» :• is all< g< :. was at'
i -i * ''li ti.- !,arj.• . t t wi • « • ti a
ate *i At wi od and sl alin^ f. '» be*
longing to the county treasury, il"
nn as tried and senteno< I to se\ n j ears
in the ; i nitentiary He t . k an a; jx»al
and while.on bond mad- i - . . -ape
\■ .1 1'. TI \t man i> • i • be
W;ii : in At W( < t on ti. .. ■.. of
burglary.
t r«n» l oiiililioi.ft at IOykH
I ■ s 8ii j several days of sot
« r.r hiivi ft > v tu. r ; wet |
.uatiintf has U^utt it: i .id
X ht ue.it of in - . r land J.,n been .
t M V! - 1 • ir k I lit ,bt
i aj ••• t ; lli, ,] ,
Hiv. •• it try ;| uv
i •! 11 • suv- If th ' Ml^.tiUhni,
Hell j" iv, w iH | uihi « n,
ftued for fnrmiBg pnrpoK*. «nd Whe>e I jong',h4 Mliwari. Kauu, ftDd TomI,
»»t vrai- w ; ncthiiv l.'Ul :i. n» «t rm|r,..,,i.
,("id v«stur« anil hri iN .-f .-utt - ti w
! ill I'O - i ll ti1. - l tlil'li. 1 ►- 'I :.:i i .it!" ''' ' : v .
: -.'In tv ot- .ti at Im ■ ,:! • ;
loiiM-n. A-fun- MUtMt« WOOld prob-1 tOWftslto snr-ov lll«tnrbluit nmiW
ibly be 600 ten* to om acre /armed I honaa* which at« dto'iirnd in tho atrv^t.1'
Ihia^Mur at again,t last. About ph.' I In attempting to conform to ihrt aurrer
Ulf of thia li cotton, abe •other corn, I tbare ara tnaBj. paopU iu town trriuy
and wheat 1 io buiM on tb« lame lota
t if
that
such
WJlO
omu
|'..-ll.ttl. •• It. |Kli till* lit M.ik.1 .1 Iti
\^aliiftt TouimiiP limn . -
W i i i in n, it; «)klah..;iia \.
c. ti i; i»t 11 • - I nt n ■ ht • i >l*-ait :t h-.
by the United States postoffice dej
me uti Ti d portmefit has ni t
parties < onne< ted wit li the sen ling
• : lit.-ratiire i cit . ar- r< l.t* .
drawing for lots that - 11 1.n_»• f
: nnd. r ti., ant; lotf rv law an I ni .-
Pi'' ■ .ti on *• and all inen.-v*
ha e b i u received for chap ot - f >t
a draw inp to b*- r< turued It m
tin pairing of hundreds of thbhsam
<b»1 iars i .i.-k t<» |.. • ti — in ti. st-,:--
j have nlvaiic.-t niotu-v for Ok lab
pn.jwi'tv on the dt.iwinp plan.
'! h. sum of •••'.. Waf. i.sti-.but ?
among IQOHacand Fox Indians at the
. la-t payment.
STOLE MAIL POUCH
I I I,., .(rt. >. M I. i i, „ (.^,,1
*»nt. i:.>b..iim >i„ii i-.. . i,
Si. Lot I si BntuBt Aids and Thoznaa
Gibjop, 15 and I8,)renri old, reapectivoljr,
ii.-i used of atea'ing a mail pooch ut
' ' 11 ii■ I.:• H fill. I 1 |\ 1 .J Ilii :ir
reatod by a deputy i nitod ,<t.->ti>« tnar-
». nl. ■ li ili;• i I • ■ f ..... \\
.' 'i-"i p"-t 1 .tli iti-ji t.n . • ti. Knn
'':u ' v i-i. 'ti- 'It. v \». r.'iinuiKii,.l
before the United State, comm.Uitonel
-ll 1 ll* I I t'» .M.'llT TI),- ii t ■;... 11 . ij
'• "l.t "111 If till, II I f,, t, ,
liut.iii I. i-rtti iy in ii ti w 'Invs, ii, th. .
Imv >i^iiili.-(l tli.ii «illiiifti.-» tun
timi It.. tii-»- n>.r m.ni poiii'li «...«
• - . ii iniiiii iii.il. ly ,itt' r it whs throwt
fimn 11 11 inn Ii i-i iu tu ill ,| very litt i
II •> i. UU '. It is In h, \, ,1. I,,, „.
I t|« |.« Il.llllu «| Ilk || ||,'I* ft
• •' ."iiitii I'. n-itdriiil Trennnret Hum
I'll ll I> t . .1 %v til til,, yov. 1-iior till, fimtri
• ml stut. ii. nt i- \. ntit. the in..nth i>:
mm I' " hIhiwh flu. liulatin. imw ,.r
l iitiiI »t ik.' s niiioiitit r.-ci iv.-.1 ilur
hi;, in iit'i ^, > s;.i CM , m|jti,ro„ ,
K"'i«'i' I'-viit:' tu i | » i.ir,.*, i-.itiiniiiii
" ''"'"I 1 ti '.II , I'liMi.. I,i„l .„fc
,l""1 »•-I ■ ii.l. i. sl i u ihilly l-ivlmu- .
' ur ii« March M i
1 .1 1 io!i.f of Stillwater iin^ written
» b':|V ♦ ntitl. d • i 4l.thonm in w* di
-• \> ral Hit a -ti - s., j.,., | { Oklahot n
f"1' h%. at truly and \ iv idly j orrrav-
• ! ^l' -lardiit hiiM had oamt v .-y T!,u
'• * 'k' 1 T from drstuat • t < up ti «*
oi tin i iv t»!r ho has n t »■ pt l
Jinicnd* to fit 41 put fb, , v
• ii %\ it la Ilium* talent
11.1 ii k lul Iv i ii yft i ,i||
Kiv -mi In- \y|:, r,,rr,,,onf
tag Uliaourl capital, htm docldoa t« n>
tabllili ii nut 11. ii ii 1 bank »t' tins nlace
Wil li ll < i,Iiitnl I,f J.M'.OOO l'l„. |mil, i,
10 I hi iriiily for luism, m thirty il.n i.
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