Woodward Dispatch. (Woodward, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 37, Ed. 1 Friday, November 11, 1904 Page: 2 of 16
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WOODWARD DISPATCH
WOODWARD,
TERRITORY TOPICS
Kxttauats School Fund.—The Creek
council at Okmulgee has appropriat-
ed $75,000 for the maintenance of
Creek schools for the coming year.
As tribal relations will be dissolved
within si* months of the expiration of
the year il is likely that no further
appropriation will be made for the sup-
port of tribal schools/ If this should
prove true the Creek Indian children
will be entirely without schools until
Swallowed False Teeth-W P 14 "*««" '« inataI,ed by the new state
Henderson of Paul*, alley. I. T.. died f«Vern"’«n* »"'<** con^8« ^ould
In a hospital at Oklahoma City as a *'J,.? I*"*'
result of a surgical operation. He Kllled Educat.onal Bill.-The Chick-
swallowed his false teelh several davs _ legislature has killed the bill
ago. Surgeons removed the teeth from > P.™ J "R f",r ‘. aW»Priation of
his stomach, but the operation proV- j Sail? V I, m T \
is* "ve * ~i ?r i ~ r,r irsiti
men, residedEJn Phll.Mp”. | Ml re,u«1"* “
v i authorities in maintaining and estab-
Naw Choctaw Delegate.—The Choc- J lishlnK new schools. The interior de-
taw council has chose W. H. Ansley. Payment will not permit Indian chil-
former mayor of McAiester. as dele-
gate to represent the nation at Wash-
ington this winter al a salary of
$3,500 a year, vice D. C. McCurtain.
Mr. Ansley managed Governor Green
McCurtain’s campaign in 1902 and
1904 and is regarded as one of the
shrewdest of Indian politicians.
dren to attend white schools without
paying tuition. Indians are also op-
posed to white children attending
their schools.
Poisoned Whiskey.—John M. Hunt,
a bill poster. 32 years old. died at
home in Guthrie as the result of drink-
ink poisoned whisky.
Brakaman waa Killed—Charlea Don
nellan, a brakemaa employed oa the
Billings branch of the Rock Inland
while twitching cars at Bald, step-
ped In front of a rapidly moving coal
OKLA fear, and waa knocked down. His
clothing eaught on n brake beam and
he waa dragged 326 feet, his body and
limbs being ground beneath the
wheels. He died In less than five
Payment Completed.—At Ardmore mlnutes after tb® accident
the townsite payment of $40 to each
Indian is completed. The force will
visit Paul's Valley next. About $60.-
#00 was disbursed at Ardtnore.
Their Only Chance.—The appoint-
ment of postmasters in several towns
in Indian Territory- this winter is of-
fering the politicians their only chance
lo engage in political scrimmages.
Brakeman Killed.—James B. Wyche,
a brakeman on the Choctaw, was killed
west of Oklahoma City while on his
run. His body was found by trainmen
shortly after the accident happened.
His manner of death is not known.
Will Have a Respite.—At South Me-
Aleater. Grant Williams whose sen-
tence of death for the murder of two
railway contractors at Halleyville, was
affirmed by the court of appeals last
month will have a respite at least un-
til next June. Justice Joseph A. Gill
has made the order which gives Wil-
liams a re-hearing.
Sign All Patents.—As a result of
heavy pressure brought to bear upon
Governor D. H. Johnstone, of the
Chickasaw nation, and Principal Chief
McCurtain, of the Choctaw nation,
these two men agreed to sign all the
patents to land In the two nations and
to date them from the time the pat-
ents were Issued. This will soon make j
If possible for the Indians to sell one-
fourth of their land.
Aaleep on Track.—At Ardmore R. 8.
Cole has Hied suit against the Mis-
souri. Kansas A Texas Railway com-
pany for $5,000 damages. Cole's 17-
year-old son, Claude, was killed on the
“Katy tracks several months ago near
Caddo. The petition says the boy
waa silting on the tracks asleep but
that the track was level for some dis-
tance and that the railroad company's
engineer was negligent in not giving
the alarm.
Died From Wound*_J v nnntk I __ — ——“ *“■ rv-uuui, mus --------- — —
Itt. who was shot three times by hfs B,aVlng th* t“payer8 of ^at county ; to bu,ld be,t" highways,
wife at Enid last Anril died *■ » ' iat Fum of money- I Secures Building.—Deputy Terri
torial Secretary James McConnell
closed a contract with W. H. Merton
Thera Is ns Rochelle Salts, Alum,
Lima or Ammonia In food madewR
Calumet
Baking
Powder
-NOT/.V THE BAKING POWDER TKf'SP—
It makoa pure food.
The liquid was
Parents as Guardian«.-The Creek 1 'al‘‘‘ntiaf SKund8y; the supposition
council adopted a resolution la which * l '* ' !!' ,0'Ue ‘"Which be received
congress is petitioned to na«« * ta-'lT, 1‘?,' * <,"aDMt' °f woo<1
alcohol. It is not known hi what sa-
loon he obtained the whisky as he did
not regain consciousness after the first
i serious attack.
Rabies in Kay County.—There is ai.
epidemic of hydrophobia in a section
of Kay county. O. T„ near the Kansas
line and many dogs have gone mad.
Several farmers report that their
horses, cows and cattle have been bit-
— .........: ten and they are experimenting with
the title of a case filed In the supreme medicine of various kinds to prevent
court at Guthrie. Glenny was con- , them from going mad. The farmers
congress Is petitioned to pass a law-
making the parents the natural guar-
dians of the child without bond. It Is
claimed that the present system of
requiring bond throws the estates of
minors into the hands of siieculators
because of the fact that most parents
cannot give bonds.
In Buprame Court—Charley Glen-
ny, plaintiff in error, vs. Territory
of Oklahoma, defendant in error, is
victed in the district court of Com
anche county on a charge of assault-
ing J, V. Lobdell with a deadly weap-
on. The deadly weapon was a pock-
et knife.
To Mako Rocommondationa—Gerald
A. Matthews, chief engineer of the
United Stated geological survey, has
expressed his willingness to recom-
are considerably excited and have
warned hunters with dogs to stay out
of the neighborhood.
For Good Roads.—Sidney Suggs, of
Ardmore, who was elected organizer
of good roads In the Indian Territory
by the Good Roads' Association which
met recently in Oklahoma City, has
isssued a statement that he will com-
Bismarck on Liquor Drinking.
News that beer drinking is steadily
declining In Germany,the average an-
nual consumption per head of the
population having fallen from about
225 quarts to a little more than 110
quartR. would have grieved the “iron
chancellor." No one did more than
he to ex ter l and popularize beer
drinking throughout the fatherland by
precept and example. He had re-
markable views about wafer drinking.
In a con versa t ion recorded by Sidney
Whitman, he lamented the disappear-
ance of England's “three-bottle men’’
and expressed his fear that the fash-
ion of drinking water was due not
to a sudden zeal for sobriety, but to
a shrinkage in the dare-devil qualities
of the national character.
When You Buy Starch
buy Defiance and get the best, II oa.
for 10 cents. Once used, always used.
Any man can gain time by stealing
a watch—the Judge will give it to
him.
, n,end to the secretary of the interior mence organizing good roads clubs
| ,hat out of the Lawton lot sale $50,000 ' over ,be territory, and asks the
be set aside for public school, thus co-operation of the people in an effort
wife at Enid last April, died as a
consequence of his wounds. Since the* Through an Oversight.—The county
shooting Douthltt has been entirely i clerk at Lawton through an oversight
paralyzed In the lower limbs and this -------'"-1- --------- *
condition gradually spread to his vi-
tals. He left a sworn statement exon-
erating his wife and the charge of
shooting with intent to kill under
which she is now held on bail, will be
dismissed.
4 Praise U. S. Marshal—The Choc-
taw council has passed a resolution
praising the administration of George
K. Pritchard, United States marshal I
of the Central district, It was the
l hnctaw council which passed an act j
two years ago condemning the admin-
istration of Marshal Hackett. Marshal
Pritchard's predecessor, because of j
his alleged Intervention in Choctaw
politics. This was the first step of
a movement w-hlch ressulted in secur-
ing the removal of Marshal Hackett
Shawnee’s Roundhouse.—The con-
struction of the Sants Fe round-
house at Shawnee is to be completed
by January 1st. The house is to be
buMt of rut stone, contains sixteen
stalls and rooms for offices and ma-
chinery necessary for heavy work.
house for handling the oil for oil bur-
ners, enormous well, sixty feet deep
and 100 feet square, all covered, ice
house and other buildings, including a
t«n room dispatchers', roadmasters'
and other division headquarters are
about completed. The plant thus far ....... ...........- —
will cost $300,000. A stone shop build- nrm for horm‘ consumption
ng 240x115 feet, two stories in height. 1
and a boiler room of large size will
be started ns soon as the roundhouse
failed to publish for the required num- for ,h" ,,He of a ,ar*e bric'* building
her of days the order passed by the *be drs- block south of llarrisou
county commissioners railing for an * 8ven,!e on 8econd afreet in Guthrie,
election to ascertain whether it Is the ?k-' *°r ,be ,,se of ,bo territorial leg-
desire of the county to have a county isla,ure at ,,R next meeting. It is
high school, so the question will have ,the same building used by the Iu*;i8-
to go over. lature ,wo >'eara a«°
Another Artesian Well.—Last week ,Fre® E- T Morri»y. super-
another artesian well was struck on T °T W,chi'a fom,t reserve, has
the west side of Sulphur near one that been a,lvi8ed by ,he interior depart-
had been abandoned some time ago | ®e,U 3 000 h<a'J °f hor“f“8 and cat‘
The new well was struck at a depth * ' be allowPd frw range in the
of something over ion feet, and has I!**™* Januar/ 1 to Member
31. 1905. Not more than 125 head may
belong to the same person. Must or
the range will be given by Comanche
county farmers.
Frisco Bridge Burnod—On the night
of Nov. 4 a bridge on the Frisco near
Manitol, O. T., caught fire and was
burned. The damage was discovered
in time to save an early morning
train. The authorities are making an
investigation believing the fire to
have been of incendiary origin.
Duelist Still Lives.—Nap Brady,
who shot and kllled Arthur WilMms
in a pistol duel at I^iwton la himself
a strong flow of pure, clear water sim-
ilar in taste to the springs that have
made Sulphur a summer resort.
Need Cotton Pickers.—The greatest
crop Is the history of the Chickasaw
nation is being marketed, yet the far-
mers are complaining over a shortage
of cotton pickers, and as a result
many fields are untouched. Labor
has been imported from Texas and
other states.
Prominent Oklahoman.—Edgar \V.
Jones, twice prosecuting attorney of
Iatgan county, a member of the lower
The coal chute, with gas engines, oi. | l^se In the ias".^"^re .ndToT ,n “ P‘8to1 dU°* at »■ himself
house for handling the oil for oil bur- merly clerk in th.. land .8tl11 alive- a,thou*h be dangerous-
merly clerk in the land office at Lar-
ned. Kansas, Is dead at the age of 34
years.
Big Meat Consumption—Fourteen
beeves ami twenty-three hogs were
IUainj»ii<>u.ali«]rii pain, cure*wind colic. Ztk-ebutUo.
One wav to expand the chest is to
carry a large heart in it.
PIno's Curs in the best medicine we ever used
for all affections of tin throat and lung* --WM.
O. Knmii.it Vantiurm. lud , Feb. 10, 1000
Many a man only succeeds in fooling
himself when he tries to fool others.
Defiance Starch la put up 16 ounces
in a package. 10 centa. One-third
more starch for the same money.
Some men can't air their views with-
out a lot of blow and bluster.
Catarrh or the Hladrferaad KMm* Trouble
atanlutetT eurel l,v l>r l*.M K.ru.et/. r»*ortto
Wiwtiy. R ortd fiiiioiHi for over 1 ycgri. fI a MrtlH.
Lots of people get beyond their
depth In the sea of matrimony.
Blank* Coffee Wins Everything.
St. Louis. Nov. 8.—World’s Fair
gives C. F. Rlanke Tea a Coffee Co.
highest award, grand prize and gold
medal, on coffee, also five additional
highest awards on Grant Cabin Tea.
Quaker Ceylon Tea. China Ten, Shld-
suokaken Japan and Formosan Teas,
making greatest number grand prlsns
ever awarded one firm.
Never gel between a dog and bis
bone or between a man and hia hobby.
Try On# Package.
If “Dcflatirc Starch” does not please
you, n-lurn it t<> your dealer. If it
does you get uii. third more for the
aarne money, it will give you satis-
faction. and will not stick to tho iron.
Things that formerly came to those
who waited now go to those who hus-
tle.
PILLSBURY’8 BK8T
ly wounded in the hings. William’s
remains were taken to Sterling for In-
terment.
Teachers' Meeting.—The annua)
meeting of the Chickasaw Teachers'
Association will be held at Ada. I. T„
November 25th and 26th.
Pecan Crop Short.-The pecan Kafir Yields Well—J E Miller ol
crop in Comanche county is short. A j Custer county has raised four hundred
blight stunted the nuts' growth and bushels of Kafir corn from twent*
caused i hetn to fall off acre* ■
killed at Tonkawa last week by one
Takes Three Grand Frisee
At the 8t. Leula Werld'a Fair.
The Grand Prize for the highest
grade of flour, a Grand Prize tor the
finest exhibit end a Grand Prise for
the best loaf of bread.
What has become of the old-faahlon-
ed man who ate molasses on dried ap-
ple pie?
The Beet Results in Starching
can be obtained only by using De-
fiance Htsrch, besides getting 4 oa.
more for name money—no cooking re-
quired.
Women are Imposed on, In moat re-
apeeta. but when It comes to kin, tksy
have tbeir way.
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Kellogg, O. R. Woodward Dispatch. (Woodward, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 37, Ed. 1 Friday, November 11, 1904, newspaper, November 11, 1904; Woodward, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc406987/m1/2/?q=%22~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.