The Searchlight (Guthrie, Okla.), No. 544, Ed. 1 Friday, September 25, 1908 Page: 4 of 16
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haskell oh oil values
Govtnor HaskelL chsir*** o< tie
state tausd board, has tosaed Ik tol-
lowlsg:
As ckairaai at At board of tarn-
mi*Aum*r% of the Uad offltt. I desir*
to tsaaariK tie hiKocy «< hid» »
oil laad aad the pr«*t[ Mds Sa «•-
dittos u follows:
That the (oar kaadrtd eighty «*«*
of school la sectioa %jr.f~a CIO.
towsship twemiy-oae •firth r»8|i
t-igb <«> east, (Pawae* eoaatyl, for
which «rtala oCI drillers are reported
to kite offered the territorial gover:,-
neat, sboat toor years ago. a ca*h
boaas of $i2>» aad oae-eighth royal-
ty of the oil produced sad which the
territorial aothorities retnsed to ac-
t*pt That at that time. said *cS-oolj
laad was Mac sarrooaded by oil
veils aad other laad owned by the oil
operators, aad that after tie terriu*
rial aathorities refased to accept sa-4
cash boaas aad the oil os^iajon con-
tiaaed to drill veils oe other adjacent
i.^. aatail a total of seventeen well*
were dril>d a*>sg the south, the west
aad the north bosadarle* of said
school each of said wells with-
is twenty feet of the laad Kae; *~3
that daring the iomr years which
bare since elapaed. wp to this date,
•aid wells hare bees constantly jramp-
td thereby bringing the Ml that be-
tasgi to the state from aider this
Mhool laad an til said sapping wells
nave decreased is their <lai!y prodac-
tioa to only a few barrels per day, and
yet the territory officials failed to pr>
teet the state
L'ader the law pasaed by our state
legislature last spring, we hare duly
advertised for bids for the oil that
may remain under said <W acres of
school land and hare received and
opened today the following bids:
Milliken and Larnberton, of Tulsa,
offer $2,500 cash bonus, and one-eighth
of the oil and gas that they may pro-
dace on said lands.
W. H. Johnston, of Bartlesville, of-
fers 14,250 cash bonus and one-eighth
of the oil and gas tnat may be pro-
duced on said land.
The Soutwestern Oil Fields com-
pany of Cleveland. Okla., offers $4.r,r,5
cash bonus and one-eighth of the oil
and gas that may be produced on said
land, and it is for the board to decide
as to whether or not the bid of the
Southwestern Oil Fields company
(they being the highest bidders) sha.i
be accepted or rejected, and if re-
jected a re-advertisement be made and
a chance for the interested parties to
bid again for the oil and gas lease
on this land.
1 un disappointed art the fact that
Hi.. t« rritorial government lost the bid
of >32,000 rash bonus offered four
years ago.
Of course, $4,555 cash bonus and
one-eighth of the oil and gas that may
be produced on the land is a hand-
some saving for the state; as com-
pared with the territorial govern-
ment's practice of laying still and
permitting the oil operators on sur-
rounding land to rob the state of all
the value, yet 1 now recommend to
the board that the highest bid be held
under consideration until the board
can, through a committee, make a
further investigation, so that the board
may act intelligently and secure every
dollar of cash bonus that It is possi
ble to get in the Interest of the state
of Oklahoma.
C. N. HASKELL.
Chairman Land Board.
est: A3 dealers to whom we have sent
beaks, either cash sale or consigned
utsatu. hare bees instructed to
xaie exchange*- Any report to con-
trary is ataoiitely false.
GISS * COMPANY."
Local book dealers claim they had
no isKncitu foe exchange of books.
tmi are today taking them upon ex-
change spoa the terms made by the
state in the contract with Ginn £ Com-
:«ny. The text book commission
granted 2» per cent of the adoptions
of text books to Ginn 6 Company, in-
cladsng a majority of the high school
books, which are high priced.
Ssperiatendent Cameron stated to-
day that his department would see
. that the companies furnishing books
-© the state would abide by their con-
tract or be would have their contract
cancelled. He reports no complaints
except on the Ginn k Company book3.
I O. T. Smith, law clerk to Governor
Haskell advised State Superintended
Cameron that a blank leaf out of a text
book was not sufficient ground for the
company to refuse to take the book
in exchange, and that if a company
• refused to accept such books the state
would take steps to cancel its cou-
f tracts-
has several cases to come before the |
commission at this time In regard to
interstate freight rates. From St.]
Louis the party go to Washington, D. j
C., where they attend the national j
convention of the railroad men which
convenes on October 6. Chairman
Love will hold sessions in different
parts of the state during the time Col.
McAlester is on the trip. The com-
mission adjourned yesterday after a
continuous session of two weeks.
DROUTH ON THE NOWER OH 0
ORVILLE IS DOING NICELY *
BOOK COMPANY HALTED
Having received numerous com-
plaints from over the state to the ef-
fect that the text books furnished by
Oinn & Company were being offered
for sale for cash only, and that the
book dealer refused to accept old
books in exchange, Superintendent of
Public Instruction Cameron sent the
following telegram to the book pub
lishlng concern at Dallas, Texas:
"Your books offered on cash 3ale
only: order exchange basis at once or
„ .1,1 eke
The company's reply as oltows:
"E. D. Cameron, Stat® Superintend*
Washington, D. C., Sept. 21.—Orville
Wright, says the attending physician,
is "do.ng nicely," and there is no
doubt of his recovery from the effecs
: of the catantrophe in which he partic-
; ipaled yesterday. Aviation is also re-
covering from the blow of the affair
as the details of the accident become
better known. In Washington no one
doubts that the accident was due to
no faulty principle, but to a mechan-
ical defect, such as might occur In al-
most any vehicle of rapid transiL The
war department, while reserved in Its
statements, maintains a significantly
optimistic view of the affair, and,
while regarding with deep sorrow the
death of one of its ablest lieutenants,
yet seems to realize that the fatality
was a sacrifice upon the altar of suc-
cess
Already the coming of Herring with
his aeroplane is being discussed by
the signal corps officers, and his ap-
pearance is awaited with considerable
expectation of important results. Ru-
mor has it that Wilbur Wright will
come to the United States to complete
the demonstration before the board of
tests just as soon as one of the six
machines that are in course of con-
struction at Dayton, Ohio, can be made
ready for the air.
Will Not Halt Aerial Work.
Major Squier, chief of the signal
corps, who was the second man to
ride with Wright in the aeroplane
said today:
"Wright has demonstrated to the
board unofficially, and to thousands of
people besides, that his machine was
what the world had long believed im-
possible. There is no question about
the value of it or of the importance
of what he has done at Fort Myer
The whole world has been terribly in
terested. His flights have aroused the
press of the universe, and particularly
that of Europe, where they were bet-
ter able to appreciate all that these
long runs through the air meant.
"Herring will be along here in less
than a month, we expect, and his
work will give another Impetus to avi-
ation. Furthermore, we expect that
Wright will not be long out of his ac-
tive place in his chosen field. Fly-
ing is not to be regarded as a dead is-
sue, or even a slumbering one. The
world should know today that this ac-
cident Is on a oar with the bursting
of an automobile tire, with the road
machine running at thirty-eight miles
an hour. How many people might
have been killed? Or if a chain
jumps a sprocket, what becomes of
the automobile. The analogy is apt.''
Evansville, Ind.. Sep^. 23. The
drought in 8 uthern Indiana. Southern
Illinois and Western KentucKy is be-
coming serious, and in many sections
wells, cisterns, ponds and creeks have
dried up. Farmers are greatly alarmed
over the situation, and in many cases
have been compelled to orrow water.
This is the sixth week of the drought,
which breaks all records in this sec-
tion of the country. Many creek3 in
Spencer, Warrick and Pike counties
have dried up completely, and farmers
have been forced to haul water for
many miles for their stock. The dust
on the public reads in Pike and Gibson
counties is said to be 12 Inches deep,
and farmers refuse to drive to town
except under most urgent circum-
stances. Corn is burning up. and for
the past week farmers have been un-
able to break ground for fall wheat
sowing
There are hundreds cf hay fever pa
tlents in Evansville. and there has
been a continual exodus of such people
from the city for the past two or three
weeks.
The Ohio river at this point is at its
lowest stage in many years. Both the
Louisville and Paducah steamers have
tied up. and only the smaller boats are
able to run. Many of the side streams
of the Ohio are now without water.
Lumber and log men along Green and
Pond rivers are unable to get their logs
to Evansville.
A special from Jasper, Ind., says that
the Pateka river at that place is prac-
tically dried up and fish daily come to
the surface of what water remains to
breathe. Water has become so scarce
at Jasper that the street sprinkler can
be used but once a day. A few nights
ago three trains on the Southern rail-
road were tied up at Boonville, Ind., all
night, as the pond at De Forest, where
trains generally take water, went dry
in a single day.
Fcrest fires have been raging for the
past ten days in Point township, in
Posey county, Ind., and thousands of
acres of land have been burned over.
The fire started in the vicinity of Rac-
coon pond, and all efforts to stop its
progress have failed. In Evansville
the atmosphere is heavy with black
smoke. Several forest fires are re-
ported to have been raging for the
past week in parts of Western Ken-
tucky and Southern Illinois.
poatedly asked an opportunity to dis-
prove the charge, and had been tub-
poenaed to appear before the examiner
who waa taking testimony In the
Standard Oil hearing, but that ho did
not so appear because the court had
ordered quashing of the testimony.
"I threatened to arrest Squires if he
did not give me the names of the par-
ties to the proposition, whereupon he
mentioned Frank Rockefeller, FYed B.
Squires and Charles N. Haskell, of
New York.
Monnett said further that Governor
Haskell, "phoned, wired and wrote,"
asking opportunity to exonerate him-
self and that Governor Haskell was
the only one of the three men who
did. "He said at that time," Monnett
said, "that there was a W. C. HaskeU,
who trained with the bunch,' to use
his own words, and he at that time
held some public office in Washing-
ton. That was the first intimation I
had received that there might be a
mistake In the Haskell alleged to have
figured in the case."
SAILING THE AIR
MON-TT'S MUDDLE.
Col. J. J. McAlester, member of the
Oklahoma corporation commission,
leaves here, next Tuesday with Attor-
ney General West and G. A. Henshaw,
counsel for the corporation commis-
sion, for SL Louis to attend the Inter-
state Commerce commission session
I next week. Attorney General West
Columbus, O., Sept. 23.—"If I
charged Governor Charles N. Haskell
wrongfully, it was because Charles B.
Squire gave me his name."
Frank S. Monnett, former attorney
general of Ohio today made this state-
ment on the private car of Wm. J.
Bryan, en route from Prospect, Ohio,
to Columbus. Monnett declared, how-
ever, he could not exonerate Haskell
from charges that had been made that
he was a party to the $500,000 bribe
fund of the Standard Oil company, nor
could he condemn him. "All that I
have against Haskell," he said, "is
hearsay evidence, and I have suggest-
ed that If the case were presented to
a grand Jury it would be shown
whether Haskell had been wrongfully
accused."
Monnett denied that he had made
speeches in Oklahoma exonerating
Haskell, but that In fairness to the
governor he had stated the facts as
they had come to him and said that if
the charges were proved he would re-
turn to Oklahoma at his own expense
and denounce him.
In justice to Governor Haskell, Mon-
nett stated that the governor had re-
Lemans, France, Sept. 22.—In the
presence of officials of the Aero club,
of Sarth, the American ambassador,
Henry White, General Bazain-Hayter.
commander of the fourth army corps,
a large number of civil and foreign of-
ficers and aeroplane experts and a
crowd numbering 10,000, Wilbur
Wright, the American aeroplanist, yes-
terday afternoon accomplished a sig-
nal triumph, capturing the world's
greatest record from his brother, Or-
ville Wright, with a marvelously im-
pressive flight in his powerful ma-
chine, of one hour, 31 minutes and 51
seconds, covering in that time an actu-
al distance of 98 kilometers, or nearly
61 miles.
At 5:15 after the direction of the
starting rail had been changed to a
point in the teeth of the breeze, which
was then blowing gently at about four
miles an hour, rhe aviator got away
nicely, sailing majestically up the
field.
Around the upper turn Wright swept
back to where the thousands were
gathered and began describing ellipses.
Round and round he went with the
regularity of a railroad train. The
crowd was at once delighted and
amazed at the remarkable stability
shown by the aeroplane. Wright at
first manifested extraordinary pru-
dence, flying so low that he seemed
almost to skim the earth, but on the
thirteenth round he rose to 60 feet.
Spontaneous cheers greeted the pic-
ture and those were redoubled as he
successively surpassed his own record
and then his brother's.
In the gathering darkness the spec-
tacle became thrilling. The aeroplane
could no longer be seen at the farther
end of the field, it appeared and dis-
appeared in tha -gloom like a white
phantom, but the sound of the cease-
less churn of the propellers told the
multitude, which had now grown fran-
tic, that Wright was still in the air.
Matches were lighted to keep watch on
the fleeing minutes and night had fal-
len, when at the end of the 32d round
Wright shut off his motor and came
lightly to the ground.
El Reno. Okla., Sept. 23—The hard-
est wind, rain and hall storm In years
passed over this section between 8.30
and 9 o'clock last night. Damage to
property is confined to El Reno, so
far as reported, and consists princi-
pally of the destruction of small build-
ings, tents and other property belong-
ing to the Parker Amusement com-
pany, which opened here yesterday as
a feature of the home products show.
The damage is approximately $10,000.
Tents, poles, lumber, fixtures and
paraphernalia were swept along the
streets by a gale from the north that
seemed to swoop upon the city in an
instant and without warning. A blind-
ing torrent of rain and a fusilade of
hail accompanied. Several thousand
people were on the streets when the
storm began. Hundreds were drench-
( ed before they could roach shelter and
a few were Injured by pelting hail
stones.
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