The Lincoln County Journal. (Stroud, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 20, 1906 Page: 2 of 8
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OKLAHOMA TO START
WITH HUGE DEFICIENCY
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WILL HEAR PROPOSALS
TWO DAYS EACH WEEK
Harrtll vs. Harris Conies. Seined by
Hsrr.ll Withdrawing—Division of
Orssr County Crsstss lntsrsst—».er,|'
Measures Reported Out.
OUTIIRIKl I’lai lug lal emphsele
ti|H>r. the nrrrerllir of riiiii'lliil lulu the
ionetllullon of Ilia ro w Mat* laws i»r«»•
vlillng for Ilia tto.i.rol ami regulation of
adyta-allng (he Inlllal.r* and referendum. '
the reading of a teller from William Jen-
Kings lit van lo lha mrnilirrr of I lie con-
elltullonal • onvrnllou waa the paramount
feature of faturdal'a ereelon of Ilia body
Which Is framing Oklahoma's constitu-
tion.
aa drl.'iral* from llo* aeveniy-flrat dla-
trlet waa withdrawn l.y Mr. Ilarrlll. In
a Idler I*. I'halrman n*.*e of Ihe rc*n*
teat committee, Mr. Ilarrlll elated that
ha waa withdrawing la-rauaa hn rotreld-
■Ted II for the licet |nfcreate of hie pally
and Ihiil loo mu* h lime eliould iml la
Mr llryan, with hi. teller, addre.eedl hr|i „„„ ........... „lr
tha following note lo iTr.I.Irnt Murray L„ ,lf „„lrr ............ nim, ,
•I wrote you a few dav. ago e«prr«*„,g|trf|i|^ h|- ,.|u|I|M| „m, WI„
$*)*«* t«*<| to tint |MisiUon, In view of th*
wtllidrinANt. lh«« rommlfIm*
ttm| Mr. IVarrl* !*«• $|cfliire«| to
my €lrr|» A|.|ir««< lutIon of flic honor (tour |
tnc by th« convention In Invlttn* in*
to fultlr*** It. end my r«afr*t that tti*
work which I have on hand prevents my I the aeict whic h he now hold. On motion
••-.-eplanre I then promleed to preaeol . > f ||l>|>k|n. of th„ „„
•ome auggeetioo. in writing, and thee. IIM4. , ep«c|a| order for Tue^lay moral..*
J herewith Inrlone, In the h»*|»e Hint they
riiltiw «»n rule*, m »u«i nnoihrr by Kan*
of K»figfUI$*r, In r*£uf«J to majority ii*4
mlnofity rfftoiiB
A |*riiiifr«i from n im»«»l**r «*f
of Kt*l*l. lolilnf Ihe • oin ml ion to elim-
inate rertaln r»IMfioo* main* re, waa |oe
tsetile«| cfut pefrrr• «l to Ilia • oimmiIIire on
hllla of rlfthtft-
I |*»tiHt MMfVet that the convention take
a hall*lay reeeaa fr«*ni Hftlur»l*v. I nfihrr
J!, •«» Thnrailay. JututEry I At the vu|*
grathtfi of William* of ftlftclchotfn an«l
oilier* who hint a tony way lo travel to
yet to their honiea. Ilie tiiollori waa
rhanyeit ao a* lo rnnke the !•«•••» I*eyin
after Ihe aeaalori of fVlilay. I^itmlirr
• !. anil waa |*<v,*«n| In tlicet form
A feature of the mornlny'* a* Melon of
the I Oh V I til Ion Waa the |*i eaentatlofl of
a allver • M|* to l#rc*l*l* nt Murray by l«lt
tie <*lara O'ltrlrn of oklaliotna City* who
waa Iril nnluie«| by Ireleyale John l«
Mltrh Murray klaaesl the little ylrl
[after Ihe proeeniMlIoii anil wa* applaud**!
% Igormi*!)'.
FOR DOLLAR WHEAT.
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION
DECIDES IT MUST OO MORE
BUSINESS
| son t>f IVrry w«« ii|ip(>M*d to this
I ainrnduienl. fesrlnc tlmt It troulcl cli-
ft ft trsaft|M>rtkilun rowianin, ami
el«-c-; ing rars r himr>n rarrttfre
Two |*ru|Mfltluo* wen* imdcntnl
that are luiiwriaat la roaaly g«*vcrt»-
I nr eat One by UrCsace tusWes Hie
county judge a iueu.brr and the (.;«•
I aiding offic er of the he.aid of omuils*
! sinners, four Hlirr niewbars to he
I ••levied from dl.trtr ■ * in w hich the
'counties .hall lie apportioned. The
.alary .ball Im* not lees Ilian IS for
**a<h actual working day. Akers haw
able eom« dlagrunilec! delegate, who ,,r0|M,»ui„|, f,ir the Pvallon of coun
lit he dlaaatl.fled oye r tOUt7|scat. I*> a ■SjOfll) vote. WbM
BUllt«fB, (0 NfllH lO ftlg.l Ud U *y m| j. fiVC< mile*
bold up the contention. Delegate Kl nf ||,„ ,.,.tl|,,r „f ihe county It cannot
Anotcer Impurtant Measure Creating ,(f OlWa SBOODd iWlNlMMl t„. i„,i\. .| SMIpl b] .* ■ v».. • l>11*1 rote.
I of the convention, madu a mot Ion Mcf’ance alurt has a proposition pro-
that the preaident of the convention hlhlllng legislators voting on proposl-
lie |M‘iu.ltled to sign llr.t, then t*>»* tinriw In which they are personally In
Judiciary System—Flag to bs
Hoisted Ovsr Every School
House—County Lines
Still the Theme
, first Vice -president, but waa told
ihat this was already provided In the
or!gli.nl resolution
to res ted.
A cointnl«slon of five members who
are lo get their salaries from the leu-
Among thu coiistltuilonal proposl■' i.inture, but are to he ap|a>lnled by
| Hons In. foduced, wus one l.y Dele President Murray Is provided for by
may bn of aninn sorvb n .■> the* sariics.
men who are ciikhhciI In the Imporltcnl
work of framing n constitution fur tin
new stnts of Okli.hnmn.
The fullowlug ure the essential features
sdvocntecl l*y Mr. Itryun In III. letter:
FVeedom of rellgluun belief, freeiloin of
speech and freedom of the press.
Jury In equity ruses, majority to re-
turn verdict. Jury In contempt cases If
desired.
Judges to be elected by the poople.
IakuI self-government,
l.lmlt upon time for bond Issues.
Representation of ull parties upon elec-
tion boards.
Community to bear cost of elections.
Direct primary.
Initiative nnd referendum.
Control of corporations.
Municipal ownership.
Franchises to lie granled by vote of
the people.
Legislatures to have plenary power In
matter of taxntlon.
fjibor laws, fixing time of work day
and minimum age at which children may
be employed. Arbitration of labor dif-
ficulties.
A supplementary report from the special
commltten on expenses of the constitu-
tional convention Saturday morning was
submitted ns « second report, the hist
having been withdrawn the first purt of
the week at the request of the chairman
of the committee. Mr. Asp.
The second report fixes the total esti-
mated cost of the convention delibera-
tions at $226,000. or a sum about $20,000
less than the previous estimato submit-
ted by the committee.
The Item of $40,000 estimated ns the cost
of the convention printing Is still main-
tained, although Chairman Asp of the
committee stated In presenting tho report
that the committee hnd no means of re-
liably or even approximately estimating
this Item.
The figures submitted, according to Mr.
Asp, are based on the fact that the aver-
age cost for printing at the different ses-
sions of the Oklahoma territorial legis-
lature has been about $20,000. As the
constitutional convention Is composed of
a membership of over double the number
■ In a legislature. Mr. Asp argued that
lit would be proper to suppose that the
printing expense would be double that of
the legislature.
The report went over until Tuesday,
when It waa to bo made a special order
• of business.
A recapitulation of the committee's rc-
.port Is as follows:
■Kstlmated cost of first election. .$.12,270.00
Estimated cost of printing..... 40.000.00
Estimated convention expenses.. 49.980.00
Estimated expenses second elec-
tion ............................ 84,550.00
Total .........................$226,800.00
Appropriation .................. 100.000.00
Estimated deficiency .......... 126.S00.00
The division of Greer county was the
TO PROBE CAR SHORTAGE.
Chairman M**tre, of ihe coimnlHee on
federal relations, reported nut coiistltu
tlolial provisions Including Hie six Item
required by the enabling n* t lo be In
scried In the constitution, for religious
toleration and prohibiting polygamy; ng
uhitlng the llipior business In Indian Ter
rltnry, prohibiting restriction of suffrage,
reguritlng Indian lands, assuiiipllun of
debts and providing for free schools.
The same committee also reported out
two resolutions referred to It. one tie
elarlng that the United States const I lu
Hon should be amended so ns to provide
for tho election of United Slates sen;*
tors by popular vote, nnd the other asking
an amendment of the United States con-
stitution so that nn Income lax could be
Imposed, recommending that both of them
pass. The consideration of both resolu-
tions was postponed Indefinitely.
A straight local option provision for the
handling of the liquor question was In-
troduced by Delegate W. ('. Hughes of
Okluhontn City. It provides lor city licen-
ses In the parts of the slat** not affect-
ed by Ihe prohibitory sections of the
enabling act. The license fee for the state
Is $.100 annually nnd for the county $200
In addition to tho city license, the
amount of which Is to ho determined liy
city ordinance. On petition of 25 per
cent of the voters, the question of Issuing
license Is to he submitted to the people
of the city at any general election of
city officers, but not oftener tlmn one
In two years. The provisions are also
to be extended over the Ituliun Terri-
tory side, whenever the restriction to the
sales of liquor there are removed.
Mitch of Oklahoma City Introduced a
provision providing for the admission of
physicians, surgeons, lawyers and pharma-
cists now practicing In Indian Territory
upon the transition to state government.
Williams of Stockholm, chairman of
tho special committee appointed to In-
vite certain agricultural authorities to
addres tho convention, submitted replies
from F. D. Coburn, of Kansas, and E. A.
Culvin. of Dallas, president of the Farm-
ers’ union of Texas. Mr. Coburn regret-
ted that bo could not come, but urged
the creation of a department of agricul-
ture, with ample facilities for statistical
work. Mr. Calvin thought that he would
he able to get here before the convention
closed, nnd promised to let the committee
know when he could come.
The resignation of I*. T. Russell of
Ardmore, as secretary to the president,
was announced. It Is understood that Rus-
sell has put in n bid for the convention
printing and wants to be in a position
where he ran inuke an active light for
the contract.
The members of the county bounda-
ries committee were all excused from
the regular work of the convention In
order to continue their committee work,
nnd the delegates from the fourth dis-
trict were allowed to join them quite
early In the session.
A resolution which may change the
NEW STATE FARMERS TO HOLD
UNION MEETING AT
STILLWATER
tiTILLWATh.lt. A convention of
paramount inijsdTance to Uiu lump
tut* in mu new si.ito will t>u mat
of thu OiUahumu Statu Union of inu
Aiuencau Society ot tCquity at Stub
water on January J and 4. i'JoT.
I him convention will be ot inoro
ilii.it uaiial Importance from the fact
iliat at tne recent nutionul t\mvolition
111 Last St. Louis It waa decided lo do
all it in Its power duiing I'.HJi to per-
iod Hie urbanization ot local unions
throughout tile United States. This
means the otillining at Stillwater ot a
whirlwind campaign in Oklahoma to
completely organize the wheat grow-
ing counties and to promote ttm
thorough organization of the growers
ot cotton, corn, broom corn, l cull and
other crops in al pails of the now
state.
Tho new state claims a goodly por-
tion within her borders of the 1150
heaviest wheat prducing counties In
the entire country, which control 60
percent of the product, it is hoped
thoroughly to organize these counties
in 1007, with the hoped for result that
tho farmers will get the price they
themselves set on their whaet. Tho
recent important alliliatiou of tiie or-
ganized farmers with organized labor
which has aroused such groat interest
everywhere, will come in for its full
share of attention. This afilliation is
especially strong in the two terri-
tories, as a result of which the two
classes combined elected a majority
of the delegates now sitting in the
constitutional convention.
This will be the only Oklahoma
state convention of this society of the
year, under the revised national con-
stitution, and officers will be elected.
Every local union in the state is en-
titled to representation, and an invi-
tation has also been extended to all
members as well as the friends of the
society.
The society of Oklahoma has four
thousand members and their slogan
is dollar wheat.
j. a. Hill of Noble county is presi-
dent and S. C. Younger of Okeene,
secretary.
In the entire United States there are
now more than 1,000,000 members of
this organization, the majority of
them in the wheat-growing states of
the north and the western states and
territories.
Since the affiliation with the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor, one of Ihe
demands of the Equity Society is for
union labeled vegetables and fruit.
gate llcury K. Asp of tlulbrW. |»n*-j |,«.nhy of I'awhuska In n proposition
Hdlng Unit a United Himes flag I”' making it ihHr duty lo ascertain the
fil’TIIKIK: The main topic of dls |
cusslon Thursday In the convention j
was In regard to a report of the com-
mittee on rules, prohibiting the fui displayed on ivery school house, Ihe nt,,i value of the mineral lands
ther Introduction of const.tutlouul *un.e lo bo luiulfhcd by Ihe hoard °f *„ ip,, sogregatiql district, ami also of
propositions excepting Mondays and • duration, m ell lee, uud rural school (he surface, getting Information from
Haturdays, when they shall bo consld boards In tho country. The proposl- proper tribal nnd government nuthoiP
•red the last order of business. tlou was r* le'red to Ihe educational, ties and reporting as siK»n as juisal-
Chairman King of tho committee on c« miiiltteo. (n the last legislature *tble
rules dissented from the majority re-1 hill providing similar provisions j Another provision by iJ'nhy I* for a
port, and the report, which wan was Introduced by Representative J perpetual school fund, held as a trust,
adopted, was made by Hayes of I Norton, speaker of the house, but It the principal never to be reduced, the
f hiekasha. I received considerable opposition und j interest only being available. All
In dissenting. King held that here was amended so as to provide for u money derived from the sale of school
after no more pro|H»slilons should be display of thu Hag within each school n|,,j nil Hifts to the schools shall k<*
Introduced In Ihe convention, but they house,
should bo aent direct to the commit- Delegate Cochran of Hartshorn In-
lees for anion, thus not taking up traduced a petition from the Pharma
any more of the convention's time | cent leal associations of Oklahoma and
Indian Territory, asking thut the Uni-
ted States pharmacy laws, now In use
In the territories, be continued by the
constitutional convention until other
luws may be enacted by the state
legislature.
with such mutters. He spoke at
length In favor of his proposition and
was sup|s>ried lu speeches by Cau-
dill of Hobart, Hanks of lloss and
others.
Caudill stated that It was time to
cut out expeuHe nnd get down to
work.
Chief among tho nine additional
propositions introduced was that by
Kane of Kingfisher, for the estab-
Into this fund. It provides also for
Ihe submission of the question of sale
to the jieoplo. nnd for the leasing of
mineral bearing school lands, the agri-
cultural lessees to be reimbursed for
damages to their property.
McCance of Mutual, chairman of tho
committee on public printing, intro-
duced n provision for the establish-
ment of a state prlntery and the elec-
A delegation of fifty citizens of t|on nf a state printer. The printer
Tulsa have started a fight for the re i|H to be elected by the people for a
tentlon of the present recording dls- term of two years. The prlntery shall
tricts as counties in Indian Territory. Ljo all the public printing, including
Editor Styker, of the Tulsa Demo-
llshment of a judicial system in the crat, former superintendent of pub-
new state, nnd It was referred to the lie instruction In Kansas, said:
committee on judicial department, of
which Judge Ledbetter of Ardmore is
president Tho only proposition thus
far Introduced on tills subject was by
Judge Ledbetter.
The intention of Delegate Kane is
to simplify, and, therefore, he pro-
vides for only a supreme bench, su-
perior court of counties, justices of
peace and municipal courts. The
five members of the supreme bench
"The convention will not make
small counties in Indian Territory,
but in my opinion will retain the pre-
sent recording districts, if the coun-
ty boundaries committee reports for
small counties we will carry the fight
lo the floor of the convention.”
Tulsa was aroused by the attempt of
the map makers to cut off some of
its territory on tlie north, east and
southwest and give Sapulpa a couniy
are to be nominated by districts, but seat. The Tulsa people claim that
elected at large, and the judges of they will now be able to secure the
the superior courts are also to be adoption of their recording district
elected at large, although nominated as a county. After Wednesday night
by counties. The clerk of the su-1 lobbyists were not allowed to appear
preme court to he elected at large before the committee, but the com-
over the state and the superior court mittee will devote its time to hear-
at large over the county. The sal- ing the interested delegates on the
ary of the supreme bench members | county boundaries proposition,
is $5,000 each per annum, and of the
school books which are to be fur-
nished at cost, it is further provided
that any school district desiring to do
so may purchase books from the state-
ami furnish them to pupils free.
TWO IMPORTANT PROVISIONS.
Interstate Commerce Commission
Plans to Come to Oklahoma City.
MINNEAPOLIS: As a result of
continued compliments by farmers of
Oklahoma and Indian Territory, the in-
terstate commerce commission is plan-
ning to go to that region soon aTter
the Christmas holidays and probe for
the reason of the alleged car short-
age.
According to the complaints that
have been filed with tho commission
It has been practically impossible to
secure the prompt shipment of cotton
FARMERS BURN CORN.
Limited Supply of Coal Gobbled Up
at $10 and $12 Per Ton.
GRANITE: A coal famine is being
experienced in this part of southwest-
ern Oklahoma. The few cars that
come in at long Intervals are gobbled
up immediately in small lots at $10
and $12 per ton rates.
Many farmers are burning corn.
Some few have bought corn for this
purpose. Corn is selling around 25
ceuts per bushel.
Owing to muddy and sinking' con-
dition of roadbed, the Mangura branch
Asks For Labor Provision.
GRANITE: At a meeting of the
local branch of the Granite Cutters
International association of America,
resolutions were passed and recom-
mended for insertion in the constitu-
tion of the new state of Oklahoma, as
follows:
"Resolved, That the. constitutional
convention embody in the constitution
of Oklahoma an affirmative statement
that the state convicts shall only be
worked on the public roads of Okla-
homa or In the manufacture of ma-
terial for the construction of such
roads, and in no other way that might
conflict with free labor."
Jn manv parts of Oklahoma and Indian of Rock Island which traverses this
Territory and it is rumored that some section will have to suspend freight
prions chafes of discrimination have operations if rainy weather continues.
been made against the railroads. Rirj<i NUMBER 7 621. Sour Milk Pancakes.
It Is said that the southern region _ • Heat one cup of sour milk for flvo
Is suffering great Injury because of Rece!ylng wind0W at Lawton Closed minutes, add an egg and beat again.
the shortened traffic.______ Saturday with $3,000,000 Tied Up Add a cup of flour and a half-cup of
Bank Robbers Captured. j AWTON* When the receiving Indian meal, a pinch of salt, a table-
OKLAHOMA CITY: Two men. glv- winjQW Wa8 closed at 4 o'clock Satur- spoonful of molasses and. last of ail,
Jng their names as Dave McCullough . afternoon. ;,62t bids on farms in two thirds of a teaspoonful of soda,
of Wichita. Kas.. and A. W. Franks ,h K,owa> Comanche and Apache in- unsolved in a little hot water. Have
of Hlgglnsville, Mo., were arrested Sat- „ pasture country had been re- the griddle smoking hot and cook the
urday evening in the Frisco hotel, in ceJved; cakes to a pretty brown,
this city, charged with having cracked There is probably an average of 30
She safe of the State bank at Asher tract8 bid for bv each applicant, mak-
op Wednesday night, carrying away lnR a total of nearly 300.000 separate
county superior judges $3,000 each
per annum, six terms of court pet-
annum In each county being required.
Delegate Kane secured his ideas from
Oregon and South Dakota systems.
A resolution introduced Wednesday
by Johnson of Perry, was adopted
Thursday by the constitutional con-
vention upon the recommendation of
the committee on rules, providing
that there shall be seven copies of
the constitution of the state enrolled,
one on parchment in longhand to be
preserved in the archives of t*ie
state; the other six on linen in type-
writing, to be disposed of as follows:
One copy for the president of the
United States for his action; one
copy for the congressional library at
Washington; one copy to the Okla-
homa Historical Society; one to the
Oklahoma state supreme court; one
to the printer; and the sixth to
the secretary of state for reference.
An amendment to the resolution,
proposed by Pittman of Enid, receiv-
ed a second from Edley of Lawton,
and was adopted, providing that the
delegates sign the constitution in
numerical order by districts. John-
Are Introduced in Convention by Dele-
gate Mitch.
GUTHRIE: Two important con-
stitutional provisions were introduced
by Delegate John L. Milch of Oklaho-
ma City. One provides for the crea-
tion of a permanent code commission
for the correction and codification of
the laws of Oklahoma. It is to be
composed of six members, to serve for
a term of six years. All judges or
other officials are to file with the
secretary of state a statement of all
rases wherein there seem to be con-
flicts on ambiguities in the statutes.
The code commission shall meet at
AFFECTS COUNTY GOVERNMENT., iPast sixty days before the session of
the legislature and shall recommend
County Judge to Be a Member of the
County Commissioners’ Board—A
Permanent School Fund.
GUTHRIE: Two important propo-
sitions were introduced by Hayes of
Chickasha Wednesday. One provides
the form of the oath of office that
must be taken by senators, represen-
tatives. judicial and all other public
officers. It provides for a declaration
in the oath to uphold the constitu-
tions of the United tSates and of
Oklahoma and in addition that no
money was expended in securing tho
office except as proper under the law.
and that nothing was done to secure
the election in violation of the laws
of Oklahoma and that no money or
anything of value, except the com-
pensation provided by law will be ac-
cepted during term of office. Viola-
tion of oath or false declaration in
it, constitutes perjury, and bars the
person convicted from holding any of-
fice in Oklahoma. The other provi-
sion introduced by Delegate Hayes
to the legislature bills intended to
correct the defects so discovered. It
shall also sit continuously during the-
legislative session, correcting and re-
porting back any bills in which errors
are found, and shall nave charge of all
enrolling and engrossing.
It is further provided that the first
legislature shall hold two sessions.
The first is to be for general legisla-
tion. After its adjournment, the code
commission shall codify its work in
connection with the laws now in force
in Oklahoma and Indian Territory, and
the second session shall be held only
for acting on such recommendations
as the code commission may make.
The second provision is for the
creation of a county auditor. In Mr.
Mitch’s opinion the necessity for such
an officer is proven by the fact that
the various counties now regularly
have to employ an expert accountant,
at great expense, to inspect the books
of the county officials.
Friday morning the convention was
makes telegraph companies, pipe given to the offering of many reso-
lines, railroads, telephones, express, iutions.
MOODY AT LAST CONFIRMED
Senate Also Approves Metcalf, Straus
and Bonaparte
WASHINGTON: The senate has
TERRITORY BANKERS ORGANIZE
ASK TO BE REINSTATED
tion of State Banks
BARTLESVILLE: Organization of
confirmed the nomination of William an association embracing state banks
H Moody, of Massachusetts, to be an j and trust companies of Oklahoma
associate justice of the supreme | and Indian Territory was affected at
court of the United States; Charles I a meeting at which seventy-five in-;
J. Bonaparte, of Maryland, to be at-; stitutions were represented. The
torney general; Victor H Metcalf, of officers are: President. Frank Phil-
California, to be secretary of the j lips, Bartlesville; treasurer, J. W.
navy and Oscar S. Straus, of New
Y'ork, to be secretary of commerce.
The opposition to Messrs Moody Seven vice-presidents for Indian
and Bonaparte, which had been rais- Territory were selected. President
ed by a number of Democratic sena- Phillips will call another meeting in
tors,’was not strongly pressed and j ^ days, at which seven vice-presi-
no roll call was asked for. Ou the
viva voca vote for Mr. Bonaparte.
dents for Oklahoma will be chosen,
these officers constitute a board of
control. The association will advo-
however, there were a number of neg- ltR examinat!on of atate banks
ative votes on the minority side, esti-:__
mated at about fifteen.
Association Will Advocate Examina- Six Troopers Deny Knowledge of the
Brownsville Affair
WASHINGTON: The immediate
result of the memorandum of Sec-
retary Taft to the military secretary,
signed last week, outlining the pro-
cedure to be followed by enlisted men
of the Twenty-fifth infantry who were
discharged without honor, was the
visit ro ‘he war department of six
who applied for re-enlistment, de-
claring that they were innocent of
all complicity in and knowledge of the
affair at Brownsville.
The evidence submitted at the
White House by Gilchrist Stewart, of
the Constitutional League, in behalf
of the discharged nogro soldiers, has
been turned over to Secretary Taft.
The president's answer to the sen-
ate resolution calling for information
will be sent to that body shortly be-
Orr, Vinita; secretary, E.
Chelsa.
L. W. Baxter has resigned as ter-
*4'000' . . . .
The men when arrested had
Ancestral Pancakes.
bids~on about 2.500 tracts of land. One pint rich, sour milk or butter-
Deposits of certified checks with the milk, three eggs, one teaspoonful
their possession more than $1,200. b,dg bavp averaged $300. making near soda, one teaspoonful salt, two table-
most of which Is In currency. Some mxt.oon tied up in the bids.
___ _ spoonfuls molasses. Dissolve the soda
cTf~this currency, probably $50. Is bad- officials of ,h<> lu^tior department i in a little warm water and stir Into
ly torn, and appears to have been bpean opening the bids Monday morn-
scorched. The silver money Is also jt wjji require six weeks to com
blackened as If it had been close to plete the task.
• powder explosion. --
the milk. Thoroughly beat the eggs,
and add to the milk. Stir into the
mixture rye meal enough to make a
thick batter. In order that these fa-
mous pancakes he successfully made
they nut be thick enough to drop
from the spoon or they will soak fat.
Thcy will be nearly round and not
•auction the rljuJai of Pegasus with ^ warpath. The habit seems to rough with Irregular points If tightly
Surveyors for a pipe lino from Ard- fore the holiday recess.
Senators Culberson and Carmack more to the Wheeler oil and gas
led the" discussion against both Mr. fields, 20 miles south, has been com-
Moody and Mr. Bonaparte. There pleted. and a petition sent to the sec- rltorial audl,or and school superin-
was no opposition to either Mr. Met- retarv of the interior asking pertnis- '’'^''ciit. ^and Governor Frantz has ap-
sion to construct the line.
ca>f or Mr. Straus.
MODEL HOME
pointed J. E. Dyche of I^awton to suc-
ceed him.
Buffalo for Oklahoma
—-- LAWTON: The local United States
Farmers Wife Gets Fortune She Will land office has received instructions'
DON’T WANT FREE SEEDS
Use in Oklahoma
to set apart 9.720 acres of land in the
GUYMON: After having spent a Wichita forest reserves in which to
life of hard work and trying to make j establish a buffalo preserve for the
Western Farmers Ask That Their Dis-
tribution be Stopped
WASHINGTON: Members of con-
gress cannot understand why the
The Santo Domingan rebels agreed
No. Eupbonla. poetic license will j lo |Srren(|rr ud be good, and then
scarcely stretch a point ao far as te ; went back on their word and took
a be chronic anJ incurable.
, thickened.
-j! a* t'rganisattons of .be
z* ™ —* - r,A, ” :£ sr-ru
Moore of Guymon from Scotland tha. ^ jB rvadj- tlon of garden seeds by the govern-
accordlng to the will of relatives An appropriation has been made br ,n,'n* And -TCt ,h« »* » $*»ct The
there, she had come into possession jy,r a jjiph fenc, ari>and !hp earT,,'n seed trust has been trying to
of $250,000. Mrs. Moore wUl use the und a„d ltlp contract has been let wl,"‘ out ,he trc* distribution of
money to make a model farm home.. ft*r building the fence. ' r’,°n *<^ds for years, but congrats
! has kept it uo.
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Hubbard, J. H. The Lincoln County Journal. (Stroud, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 20, 1906, newspaper, December 20, 1906; Stroud, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc405211/m1/2/: accessed April 23, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.