The Orlando Clipper. (Orlando, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, July 23, 1909 Page: 2 of 9
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ORLANDO CLIPPER
BY DAVID DAHLGREN.
ORLANDO, OKLAHOMA
News of the World
Briefly Told
Moil laportiBl Events of the Pelt Week
Boiled Down (or Ike BuIt Reader
WASHINGTON.
J. R. Thompson, assistant private |
secretary to Senator Gore of Oklahe- I
ma has left for Oklahoma, where he !
will spend the summer.
Senator Gore will begin hi:? engage- I
ments on the Chautauqua lecture plat-
otni in Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, ana '
Kansas after July 20.
President Taft personally announc-
ed at the White House Saturday that
toe would Include at least two Oklaho-
ma cities in the itinerary of his west-
ern trip.
President Taft will win his fight for
free or reduced rates of duty on raw-
materials. Nearly every member of
the conference on the tariff bill con-
ceded this Saturday.
Congress will be asked at the in-
stance of President Taft to authorize
the issuance of bonds to the extent
of the latest estimate of the cost of
the Panama canal* which is $397,000,-
000.
A last effort by the conferees to in-
duce the president to consent to strik-
ing out the corporation tax amend-
ment failed.
After a lively debate the democrats
in the house have failr- In their ef-
forts to have a provision brought in
by Representative Tawney appropriat-
ing $25,000 for President Taft's trav-
eling expenses.
Nine million dollars of the $"5,000,-
000 of government deposits in nation-
al banks, called for late last month
by Secretary MacVeagh. is in the na-
tional treasury now. The remaining
$16,000,000 is called for August 15.
DOMESTIC.
The Standard Oil company Friday
announced a reduction in refined oil
of fifteen cents on the hundred gal-
lons, making refined oil in cases,
$10.65; refined in tank:* $1.75.
The Frisco railroad after nearly a
week's delay, announced Thursday
that the storm damage to Its tracks
Befit Kansas City had been repaired
and that it is again running over its
own rails.
Will H. Ohappell, attorney for the
republican state committee, has filed
a formal notice of appeal to the su-
preme court fr< m Secretary of State
Hill Crosj' action in declaring that no
petition asking the referendum ag i!n#t
the Taylor election law had ever been
filed with him.
The Pacific Express company has
filed a petition with the corporation
commission, asl/'ng exemption from
the uniform accounting order, alleg-
in gthat it would cost the company
$6,000, or more than its Oklahoma
earnings to make the required records.
United States Ambassador David E.
Thompson of Mexico City has ad-
mitted that he lost $13,000 through
the alleged dishonesty of one of his
cretarics.
An increase of approximately 140
per cent in the valuation of private
property in Mayes county over 1908
is shown by the county assessment
rolls.
Governor Haskell has Issued a pa-
role to OIlie Williams, colored, aged
16 and given two years at McAlester
f»r stealing sugar from one Guthrie
grocery and selling it to another.
Governor Haskell has appointed
delegates to the national irrigation
congress at Fpakane, August 9-14.
Assistant Attorney General George
Henshaw has prepared a motion for
the consideration of the federal courts,
asking that the suit by the Western
Union seeking exemption from pay-
ment of 1908 taxes, be dimslssed.
Three big tanks or oil valued at
? 100,000 are on fire near Ochelata.
The city council and mayor of Mus-
kogee are trying to find a way to re-
place the $40,0410, which an expert
accountant, working on the city books
alleges has been illegally spent.
The supreme lodge of the Knights
of Pythias and the grand lodge of the
state of Tennessee, joined in a bill in
which it is prayed that the colored
Knights of Pythias be perpetually en-
joined from using the name, emblems,
passwords, Insignia amj other proper-
ty or rights claimed by the complain-
ants.
Warden R. W. Dick, of the state
penitentiary, has stated that an in-
vestigation of the penitentiary ac-
counts is not needed.
Governor W. R. Stubbs has appoint-
ed his private secretary, John S. Daw-
eon, attorney to the Kansas railroad
commissioners.
H. E. House, secretary of (kt
llcan state committee; A. D. Craft on
of Shawnee; Charles E. Wtlron, Of
Muskogee; and Prank R. Long, editor |
of a Nowata newspaper, are all slated j
for appsintment as District Indian I
agents in eastern Oklahoma.
The water works plant now being ;
erected in Elk City will be- ready for
use within a few weeks.
William Cochran, who has been a \
special district Indian agent stationed
at Nowata will retire from the service !
shortly tnd will open law offices at ,
Nowata and Muskogee.
Forest Cecil Mingle, alias Harry I
Parker, was convicted by a Jury at Ok-
lahoma City last week on circumstan-
eiz.1 evidence for the murder of Mrs.
Prarl Pearson.
The Okiahoma City base ball team
of the Texas league returned la«t week
for a series of fifteen games at home, j
The United States government main- '•
tains fifty-seven wireless telegraph sta.
tion and has ninety six vessels fitted
cut with such facilities.
Dr. A. L. Edginigton has been ap- |
pointed pension examining surgeon at !
Watonga, Okla.
Witn nine blocks in the business sec- :
tion paved with brick and ten more
under construction. Elk City is fast
getting the main streets paved and will
later let contracts for some residence
blccks.
Governor Haskell has offered $300
reward lor John C. Barber, escaped lift?
convict who got away from the Mc-
Alester penitentiary.
The city council of Fort Gibson is
conducting negotiations with the city
council of Muskogee to split its ga3
suiplv with the old fort town.
The Canadion county bar association
will select a special judge to hear some
liquor cases now ready for trial. The
defendants showre County Judge Fogg
off the bench.
Statistics by Labor Commissioner
Daugherty show Oklahoma county's
manufacturing products for 1908 to
have brought $4,311,399; Washington
county, $2,043,343, and Garfield. Lo-
gan, Muskogee, Pottawatomie, Grady
and Tulsa counties all producing more
than one midllon dollar:!' worth.
Rain, which fell Wednesday and
Thursday nights, broke the backbone
of the most severe heat spell in years,
which has raged for the past week,
and placed the growing crops in east-
ern Oklahoma out of danger from the
drought.
The flood of the Mississippi river
at St. Louis reached its crest Friday
night at 35% feet.
Insurance Commissioner T. J. Me-
Comb has licensed the Calumet
Insurance Company of Chicago, which
does an exclusive fire business, to en-
ter Oklahoma.
The scramble for homes in the Flat-
head Indian reservation in Montana is
on in earnest.
At the soloeitation of Representa-
tive Scott Ferris, of Lawton, Okla.,
Director of Census Durand has order-
ed that an additional census district
be provided for in Oklahoma.
There are 650 printing establish-
ments in Oklahoma, ranging from a
daily newspaper to a job printing
plant, according to preliminary figures
furnished by Labor Commissioner
Dougherty.
Representatives of 21 towns of
southwestern Oklahoma have complet-
ed the organization of a commercial
federation and selected Snyder as the
next meeting place.
In a quiet election Wednesday, Kan-
sas City, Kan., decided to adopt the
commission form of government by a
majority of 1.400 out of 7,000 votes
cast.
The first case to come before the
corporation commission involving the
regulation of trusts and the sale of
commodities of public necessity was
filed Thursday by complaint of J. E.
Brenen of Tishomingo, against the
Tishomingo lee & Cold Storage com-
pany.
An increase of about $125,000,000 in
the assessed valuation of Oklahoma
taxable property will have been made
when the state assessment and equal-
ization board finishes its work.
Chairman E. J. Oberholzer of the
board of county commissioners of Lo-
gan county, reports that construction
was begun last week on the $18,000
steel wagon bridge which is to be
built jointly by Payne and Logan
counties at Coyle across the Cimarron
river.
STATE NEWS
WlM AtfvlM.
Endeavor to be ilviyi patient ot
the faults and imperfections of oth«ra,
for thou hast many faults and imper-
fections of thine own that require a
rwiprocation of forbearance. If thou
art not able to make thyself that
which thou wishest to be, how canst
thou expect to mold another in con-
formity to thy will?—Thos. Kempis.
HISTORIC GROUND FOR PARK. PERMISSION TO BUILD PIPE LINE
Muskogee Wants Old Agency Hill for Operators Jubilant Over Prospects of
Public Play Ground. Disposing of All Productions.
Muskogee, Okla.—Muskogee is try- Muskogee, Okla.—Oil men in the
ins to purchase from the Creek nation Muskogee district are jubilant over
forty acres of land a mile west of (the victory of the Prairie Oil & Gas
the city, known as Agency Hill. This co„ in securing permission to build a
is wanted for a city park. The mat- new P'PO line through the state from
ter has been taken up with the secre- the Glen Pool to the Gulf. The new
tarv of the interior who must approve1""" "" u
the sale, if it is made. If the city'
succeeds in securing this land it will
have one of the finest natural parks
in the state.
Agency Hill takes its name from the
old stone building erected upon its
summit by the government, forty years
a&o for the office and residence of the
Indian agent for Union agency. It is
a knoll such Is is common in the range
thst runs across several states In the
southwest and is 200 feet higher than
Muskogee. On the crest of this the
line will pass through Muskogee ®oun
ty west of this city and will give au
outlet to all the oil that can be pro-
duced in this district.
Many lease holders who were about
to abandon their leases will now start
drillers to work as soon as work is
started on the pipe line. It is believed
the production of the Muskogee fU'ld
will be doubled within six months.
Those who have been watching con-
ditions for the past few months have
been confident that permission would
finally be secured to build the oil pipe
line through the state to the gulf,
old agency building was erected. The
Wtion was selected by government "la"v sma" Prospectors, and some
agents under the direction of President larger interests have withheld
Grant, and is considered an ideal nloce !operatlons Pending a final decision in
11 he case.
for such a building. The knoil slopes
away on every side, and from tile sum-1
mtt a clear view of the Arkansas riv- J?"* M°0ve EPwor'h University,
er is visible for miles in either direc-1 °klahoma City.-Epworth university
tion ( nia.v through the sale of its present
The first Indian arent to occupy tl.ej"'1*' c°w* int° the possession of $250,-
building was S. W. Marston, who was I ,a"' „a *a0'000 lia11 for girls' a
made Indian agent in the early seven-;$"0'U1°10 haI f'Jr ^ and a cam'jUS
ties by President Grant upon'request i ^ Y ^ /"T M the °ne °n Wh'Ch
of the National Bantisr oreaniation school is located.
Novel Use for German Soldiers.
A curious role falls to the lot of
the private soldier who .may be quar-
tered in the garrison at Heidelberg,
Inasmuch as it seems to be expected
that any private may be brought into
requisition as an object for study by
the students of anatomy at the uni-
versity .--The Sunday Magazine.
The Woman Beautiful.
A woman Who would be beautiful
should avoid worry and auger, for it is
a well-known fact that they write fiae
lines, which deepen into wrinkles, on
the face. A season of rest and free-
dom from violent emotions will do
more to efface thein than all the toilet
creams ever invented.
A Smoking Suggestion.
The child saw Mr. Smith, wearing
a silk hat and smoking a cigar, go
past t'he house. "Mama," said she,
"why doesn't Mr. Smith fix the
draught so's the smoke'll go up his
chimney?"—Town and Country.
because of the great number of con-1
i-erts the Baptists bad made among the' P,ovlae a site farther
Cherokees. When the M. K. & T. rail-1 , 'f0rL ,hat occa^
road laid the first road across the old ,,nlversit5'. ,he new site to
of the National Baptist organiation, i . . ,
A local real estate firm has offere?
to provide a site farther north in
by the
contain
Indian Territory from north to south.!ttS m"y aCreS as ,he prescnt calR"
and opened up Muskogee to civilia-1 P"S' , company also ofTers to erect
Hon, the offices of the Indian agency i ij® ^uildi"gs and >,av
were moved from the old fort-like *-,0'°00 i,lto the university endowment
structure at Agency Hill to Muskogee,! U"U ' „ „
where the office has been maintained ,Dr; George H. .Bradford, chancellor
ever since. j universitj, ha unquali-
5 fiedly verified the statement that such
an offer had bee-n made. The prop-
Ardmore, Okla.-Oscar Avers, pro- ij""? 1Sf . fussed among
moter of the interurban between Ard- 'le"dfS °f ^ U°lverSlty and a "lept-
more and Chickasha, has had wordMne °' the trustees will be called
from a large financial institution to, S°°n'
come to New York and present his,
prospectus and if it is what is claimed
for It they will immediately finance the
Ardmore-Chickasha Interurban.
Keep Honey in Dark.
Keep honey in the dark, as it quick-
ly granulates if allowed to stand i<n
the light. Also keep it in a covered
'dish, as its sticky stitiface attracts
and holds dust in the air.
To Keep Shoe Lace Tied.
A way to keep the shoe lace tied
is to make a dow in the ordinary way,
then insert a button hook underneath
the center of the bow and draw one
ioop and one end through under-
neath), thus turning the bow practic-
ally upside down. Or draw one loop
through the other and pull the "an-
swering" end, so that the loops ara
knotted.
Merely Local.
Young Thomas, afflicted with a
green apple pain in his midst, thus ex-
plained his condition to his mother:
"Mother, I've got an awful bad pain
right in the middle of my stomach
but the rest of me feels fine."—Lippin-
cott's.
road.
Governor Issues Parole.
Guthrie, Okla.—Governor Haskell
Wednesday issued four paroles; Ben-
ny Barrenfeldt, aged 16, from Lincoln
county for second degree burglary;
George Thomas, from Choctaw county
Choctaws Claim Tax Exemptions.
Guthrie, Okla.—The question as to
the extent of the state of Oklahoma
must observe the old Indian treaties
j between the different tribes of former
Indian Territory and the United Stat
es, was received Friday when D. C.
McCurtain, the full-blcod attorney for
the Choctaw Nation, appeared before
the state board of equalization and
for attempt to kill; Harry Huges, giv- claimed exemption from taxation of all
en J5 months in Sequoyah for fraud'
and grand larceny; Elmed Hiteschew, j agreement, a
from Canadian county for horse steal
lng.
j Choctaw Indian lands involved in the
treaty between
the Choctaws and the United States
by which lands were exempted from
taxation for 25 years.
Indian Minors Can't Sell Land.
Muskogee. Okla.—Land men over
eastern Oklahoma are anxious regard-
The Jew in History.
Long before Socrates taught philos-
ophy, or before Herodotus wrote his-
tory, Israel had an organized civiliza-
tion. It has literature before most na-
tions had letters, and art while other
nations knew only war and savagery.
Draper says that "they (the Jews)
were our factors and bankers before
we knew how to read."
Indian Agent Retires.
Muskogee, Okla.—William Cochran.
lng the money paid to minors for who has been a special district Indian
lands. These men hoped to complete
the deal when the minors become of
age, but the supreme court in the case
of Prank P. Blakemore vs. Corey .John-
son, decided that a minor could have
a deed cancelled which he had made
to his allotment, and that he did not
have to rsturn the money paid to him.
Comanche County Bridges
agent stationed at Nowata wti] retiri
from the service shortly and will open
law offices in Nowata and Muskogee
M. Long, editor of the Nowata Aiver
tiser has been recommended for ap-
pointment to fill the vacancy.
FOREIGN.
Recently discovered deposits of as-
bestos in India are bright pink in col-
or.
Details are now published of two
new German airships. One, which
will shortly b > begun at the well know n
I.any, machine works at Mannheim.
Chao Ping-chtin, vice president of tho
Chinese ministry of interior, has been
ordered to retire, owing to his opium
habit.
The Shah of Persia was dethroned
last week by the rebelling nationalists
and the crown prince waa made th»
new ruler.
No Investigation is Needed.
Guthie, Okla.—Warden K. W. Dick
- rof t,ie state penitentiary, while before
Lawton, Okla—The county commis- the prison board here, stated that an
sioners of Co nanche county are adver- investigation of the pententiary ac
tising for the construction of nine counts was not needed as all "were
new steel bridges upon which con-
tracts will be awarded August 16.
Refuse Cement Shipped for Prison.
McAlester, Okla.—Eugene Gill, who
w-aa placed in charge of the construc-
tion work on the big wall at the pen-
itentiary by T. A. Chandler, member
of the state board of public affairs,
refused to receive nine carloads of
cement, now on the railroad tracks
here at $1.60 per barrel, when it was
found that the market price was $1,27
per barrel.
O. K'd by the proper board
in the auditor's office.
s and were
President of Kansas City School.
Weatherford, Okla.—News has been
received that A. E. Wilber, formerly
vice president of the Southwestern
normal and at present head of the
training school at Warrensburs. has
been elected president of the Kansas
City training school.
District Clerk Sued
Muskogee, Okla.—The first suit was
brought In the courts here Thursday
to force Toney Matney, charged with
embezzling $24,000 of the district
court funds, to return the money.
Matney resigned from office when h«
was placed under arrest last wint.«r.
Biggers Disbarment Proceedings.
Guthrie, Okla.—Tho disbarment
proceedings against Virgil It. Bigger*
self confessed bribetaker and former
county attorney of Pottawatomie
county, came up before the supreme
court Tuesday. Judge McKeown of
Ada, a member of the state bar as
sociation, who is pushing the proceed-
ings, filed a motion for a Judgment on
the pleadings and was given tyit.i
August 15, to file a supporting brief
and Mr. Biggers was given until tho
second Tuesday in September to an
Twer.
Soldiers Brought In Train.
In August. 1900, during the journeys
of a company of Austrian engineers
from Vienna to Triest, the engineer
of the train by some mlschanc* fell
from the engine on the track and was
killed, while the fireman under stress
of his emotion, fainted away. The
soldiers at once took charge of the
train; and, as a tribute to their ver-
satility, it may be added that they got
it into Thiest five minutes ahead of the
schedule time.—The Sunday Maga-
zine.
Clothing and Temperature
The whole theory of clothing and its
relation to temperature is condensed
by Dr. Wachenheim in the following
paragraph, which will probably sug-
gest where many mlsterious cokis
come from; "The nuda body of a
liealthy adult, when at rest, maintains
its normal warmth of 99 degrees most
easily at an air temperature of aboi't
SO this may be called the indifferent
temperature, and is reduced by very
light summer clothing to about 75, by
heavy winter dress to about (li> de-
grees under these circumstances we
feel just comfortable when lying down
or otherwise inactive."
oklahoma directory
Fend for Fainpl
Ii«»nr Life
ROOFING
rnr - your lidw A lumber
r REE dwlfr. Best pre-
pared roofing tuatie
THE OKLAHOMA SASH k DOOR COMPANY
N. S. Parting, PreiidcDl. OlUhomi City, U.S.A.
$S,000,000 Invested ib Printing Plantl
Guthrie, Okla.—There are 550
printing establishments in Oklahoma
tanging from a daily newspaper to a
job printing plant, according to pre
liminary figures furnished by Laboi
Commissioner Daugherty. More than
two million dollars is invested, a mil
lion and a quarter dollars were paid
in wages during 190S, and the gross
income was approximately $;s,000,000
About 1,850 people are given employ-
ment.
MONUEMNTS
We Have the largest stock of
Finished Monument* in tho
Southwest. Call or write
OKLAHOMA CITY MAR-
BLE & GRANITE CO..
128 West California Street.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
SCHOOL AND CHURCH FURNITURE
ssLsnswas, wwu sr.
for prices nnd tern., .fAPt'KK HPKS. Oklahoma City.
£;;s,':a deere implements
and VELIE VEHICLESas^your dealer
OR JOHN DEERE PLOW CO., OKLAHOMA CITY
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