Woodward Dispatch. (Woodward, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 50, Ed. 1 Friday, February 12, 1904 Page: 2 of 8
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WOODWARD DISPATCH
O. m. K BLLOOO. IdltM
WOODWARD.
OKLA
TERRITORY TOPICS
Delinquent Taxes.—P. C. Simons, Chief Porter Warns.—Chief Porter
the new attorney general, holds that ! of the Creeks has issued this circular:
all taxes do not become due upon the : “I would earnestly warn the people
first half becoming delinquent. lie against signing any paper or making
says: “I construe this law to mean j contract of whatever kind respecting
that the first half of the taxes be- | their lands, either lease, rent or sale,
come due on the 15th day of December unless they are fully conscious of its
New Gas Plant.—Work has been
commenced on the gas plant at Guth-
rie. It will cost about 880,000.
Taxes Received.—The amount of
taxes paid into the Logan county treas-
ury during January \vas8l 14,832.
Thuek New Firms.—The El Reno
commercial club has l>een successful in
securing three new wholesale firms.
A Reduction Mim..—A company of
Lees Summit, Mo., will ltegin work on
a $10,000 reduction mill af Roosevelt,
Kiowa comity.
Office Boy Now Cashier.— Amos
Seaton was elected to be cashier of the
Sac and Pox hank of Stroud. Four
ago he was the office l*oy.
Am. Want Pi.ack.—The Oklahoma
world’s fair commission has applica-
tions for 000 places at St. Louis with
only five or six places to till.
Goon Roads Meeting.—Februrry 20
is the date set for a good roads meet-
ing of Kay county people at IVekliam.
The poll tax problem will also receive
attention.
Closes Monte.—Indian Agent Rand-
lett demands that all monte games in
Lawton be closed during the Indian
payment which is soon to take place
near the city.
For Next Year’s Snow.—Ponca City
has already mihscribed $150 in cash
and other premiums for next year's
show of the Northern Oklahoma Poul-
try association.
Humphrey llurs Interest.—S. G. ]
Humphrey lias recently purchased a
half interest in the El Keno Globe and |
the firm conducting will hereafter be
known as Tndloek Humphrey.
Almost a Panic.—At the Prairie
home school house near lilackwell, (
when the program of the literary was
about half completed, a lamp hanging
to the ceiling fell with a ern*-h to the j
floor. Every one rushed to the door
and a panic was narrowly averted.
Run ding Rejected.—The normal re-
gents refused to accept the Southwest-
ern normal building at Weatherford
as there several alleged defects: in the
equipment of the building and also in
some of the construction work there
were defects, according to the board’s
judgment. The townspeople have been
able to make an agreement with the
contractors to go into the building on
February 9, prior to its final accept-
ance.
Route Selected.—The route for the
Santa Fe extension from Woodward to
Weatherford is being selected by di-
rectors John Morrison und W. I). Card-
well and Civil F.ngineer M'Carthy of
the company recently chartered to
build the line. They visited the cities (
of Taloga, Selling and Leuora in Dewey
county and and made propositions to
1 he citizens to build through that local-
ity. They were received everywhere
with great enthusiasm.
Much Work Going on.—Work on th;» !
water works and the sewerage systems
of Okmulgee has commenced and the
total cost of both systems will lw* 870,- ;
i*00. Work will begin on the public ;
school on February 8. The cost of :
this building will l*o al»*ut 820,000. •
The Okmulgee National bank building
is almost completed and will In* one of
the finest bank buildings In the‘ Twin"
territories, the cost of it lieing 848.50**.
Two three-story office buildings have
just been completed, costing 8..“.’,<><10.
Within four mouths all these will Ik*
completed.
following the assessment and the sec-
ond half becomes due on the 15th day
of the following June. If the first
half is not paid by the third Monday
in January following the assessment
of taxes, then the same becomes delin-
contents. It would lie infinitely bet-
ter for our people to retain their laud,
even if not so much profit accrues to
them, until they Iieeome better ac-
quainted with the laws governing the
use of their land. It may be admis-
quent. If the second half is not paid • sable in some instances for our people
by the 15th day of June, then they
will become delinquent on the third
Monday in January following.
To Drain Vai.i.et.—'The first move-
ment of a plan began this week in the
kteginning of the work of draining the
big bend of the Salt river valley in the
southern part of Pottawatomie county.
Rack of the work of reclaiming these
to make a sale of a portion of their
land, but as a rule the policy of re-
taining is by far the safest course to
pursue.
Fob Rond Issues.—A measure which
means much to the principal cities of
Oklahoma 1ms l»een introduced by
Delegate McGuire. It is iu relation to
the issuance of bonds by school dis-
lands is Oklahoma City capital, and j having a bona fide population of
there arc also interested in it capital
ists from Texas and Mississippi. The
first district to be drained includes 30,-
000 acres of as rich bottom land as
there is in Oklahoma, but which, by
reason of overflow, has been rendered
unfit for cultivation.
Will Cloud Title.—An Atoka dis-
patch says that whatever the outcome
of the suit of the M. K. &. T. railroad
company to recover alternate sections
along its right of way in Indian Terri-
tory, there is no doubt that the suit
will cloud title to a great deal of land.
The city of Muskogee is located on an
alternate section claimed by the rail-
road. The ease rests upon the
right of congress to grant lands, for
which the government had no title, to
railroads.
Creeks’ Adoptions.—Captain F. R.
.not less than 5,000 persons and author-
izing the issuance of such bonds for
erecting necessary school buildings
and the purchase of ground for the
same. Under the old law there were
requirements hard to meetand in mnny
of the cities it is impossible to comply
with them.
A Car Roiired.—A local freight ear
was robbed between Waukomis and
Ilenuessy. of considerable of its con-
tents which had consisted of shoes,
! coffee, under-clothing, bar glassware,
whisky in eases, etc. Some looters
had taken one case of whisky, a part
of the underclothes and probably shoes,
as the latter were scattered loose all
over the ear.
A Telephone Mkkgeb.—A merger
of several telephone lines formed a
ex-
To Cure a Gold in One day.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money if it fails to euro. 25c.
The barlier should have no trouble in
scraping an acquaintance.
PUTNAM FADELESS DYES color
more goods, per package, than others.
A turn for tho bettor—the roulette
wheel.
More Flexible and Lasting,
won't shake out or blow out; by using
Defiance Htarch you obtain better results
than possible with any other brand and
one-third more for same money.
The unwritten law of society con-
siders every man guilty until he i»
proved innocent.
ALL UP-TO-DATK HOCSEKEEPEU
Use Red Cross Ball Blue. It make.i clothes
clean and sweet as when new. Ail grocers.
Silence is an excellent remedy for
gossip.
Insist on Getting It.
Bonne grocers say thev don't keep De-
fiance Htarch because they hare a stock in
hand of 12 ns. brands, which they know
cannot be sold to a easterner who has once
used the 10 or. pkg. Defiance Htarch for
same money.
Severs, of Muskogee, I. T., claims to ' system which will control 25
be the only white person now living ‘ changes, 2,000 miles of pole lines nnd
ever adopted by the Creek tribe of In-
dians. As far hark as the Creeks have
records they show the adoption of but
five persons of white blood.
Young Lady Homesteaders.--Misses
Emma Johnston ami Ida Huintnel are
two young ladies from Oklahoma City
that are homesteaders. Their claims
arc in Bearer county on the Six Mile
Creek and they are now shaping them
up for the next year’s crop.
New School Buildings.—The hoard
of education of Oklahoma City has
passed a resolution asking the city
council to call a special election on the
voting of S50,000 for the purpose of
erecting two new school buildings.
Kick a poo Contests. — Ex-Atty. Gen.
Robberts is in Washington to repre-
sent, the territory before the interior
department in a contest affecting the
ownership of 100,000 acres of Kiekapoo
lands contested by 250 settlers.
1 oi ni> Dead. Miss Elsie Small was aiuj js by far strongest flow,
found dead in her bed at Muskogee. I _,
. I For trade Extension.—The shaw-
Hhe was a daughter of ex-Congressmam : , , ,, ...
... , .. , 1 nee Chamber of Commerce Is planning
Kirkpatrick, of Iredoma, Kansas. It , . , .
.... i a trade extension trip of two da vs or
appears that Mrs Small was addicted
3,000 miles of wire circuit, mostly in
the two territories, but it nlso extends
to Carthage. Mo., into southern Kansas
and to Denison, Texas.
Melons at Mtstaxg.—Over200ncres
of cantaloups have been contracted
for nnd the acreage will probably be
raised to 300 and over 100 acres of
watermelons have been contracted for.
Resides there w ill be the usual products
of sweet potatoes and peaches.
Object to Sewers.—The Kiowa In-
dians are making a fuss about the
sewer* being constructed at Hobart to
empty into East Elk. They say the
sewage will spoil tho water of the
creek and make it “small heap bad'*
and “make ponies heap siek.
More On. at Lmvton.—oil hasagain
been struck on tho Ileal addition at a
depth of lt',0 feet. A strong veiu of
•lark lubricating oil was found. This
makes the third well on the addition
Soldiers and safe robbers arc obliged
to do a lot of drilling.
Feet Comfortable Ever Bine*.
“Isuffered for years with mv feet. A friend
recommended ALLEN’S FOOT-EASE. I
used two boxes of the powder, and my feet
have been entirely comfortable ever since.
ALLEN'S POOT-EASE is certainly a god-
send tome. Wm. L. Swonnstedt,Washing-
ton, D. C.” Sold by all Druggists, 2jc.
It is well to let sleeping dogs lie—
also sleeping babies.
Love makes a young man sober and
an old man giddy.
Danish Bacon Factories.
Danish co-operative bacon factories
now have about 65.000 members, and
last year they killed C36.000 pigs and
10,000 head of cattle, amounting in
money to |10,b70,000. The price re-
ceived for bacon in the English mar-
ket averaged 4 cents a pound above
the uverage price for bacon from
other countries.
to ti*e use of patent medicines.
850 a Heap.- In this payment every
man. woman and child in the Comanche I
tribe will receive 156. This money
would quickly pass to the three card
monte men if the games were not
closed.
Governor to Speak.—Governor Fer-
guson has accepted an invitation to ad-
dress the Live Stock Association at its
annual meeting at Oklahoma City Feb-
ruary 23, 24 and 25.
Working for Statehood.—Cole
Younger and Buffalo Jones have
hitched up together on a still hunt for
statehood. They are in Washington.
Thiclet* at Fairvikw.—Dr. Bind-
ley, of Fairvievr, rej*orts triplets, two
boys and a girl, at, the home of George
Ilyfield, and all living.
General Manaoei:.—W. I*. Iloman
has heen made general manager of the
St. Louis, El Ue.no .V Oklahoma road.
longer over the Santa Fe lines through
the territories and into southern Kan-
sas.
Sheriffs Organize.—The sheriffs of
Oklahoma held a meeting at King-
fisher to organize in the interest of se-
curing fees in misdemeanor east's.
They will probably make a test ease.
Found in a Reno y.—James Hopkins,
aged HO years, was found near Manguni
in a buggy, lie was unconscious and
died after lieing brought into town,
before regaining consciousness.
Ciik ken Fa.m ikiis.—Those residing
in the Osage valley have organized a
poultry club which proposes to give a
show nnd sale nt Jefferson on Feb. 13.
A Liiikhai. Town.—At a meeting in
Waukomis 82,500 was raised in a few
minutes for the good of the town.
A Righteous War.—The Enid Eagle
has commenced a war against tho
wouden awnings.
Formic Acid a Stimulant.
The Journal des Debate recites ex-
periments with formic acid, a secre-
tion of ants. Eight to ten drops of
the acid taken three or four times a
day had a marked effect in stimulat-
ing muscular activity, which might
be continued a long time without re-
sultant fatigue. “That tired feeling”
also disappears under the influence of
the acid.
Fire Caused by Snow.
A snowstorm started a fire on tho
premises of a farmer living at Hebu-
terne, Belgium. He placed a quanti-
ty of quicklime near a shed on his
farm, and left it there all night. In
the course of the night snow fell on
to the lim<*„ and tho heat thus devel-
oped became so great that It set ‘he
shed ou fire, completely destroying
it and Its contents.
Popular With the Ladlce.
There were few plainer men of his
generation than the great Lord
Brougham, and as few who took so
little trouble to Ingratiate themselves
into the favor of women. Yet he
might have picked and chosen among
the fairest of society beauties. To a
question where Lord Brougham was.
the answer was onoe given, "Whore
the ladles are tho thickest. Ry fol-
lowing this significant guide he was
generally run to earth.
Whet Ice Will Bear.
It la said that two Inch Ice will sus-
tain a man, or a regiment of properly
spaced Infantry; four Inch Ice will
• arry a man on horseback, a squad-
ron of cavalry, or light guns; six inch
icc, heavy field guns, such as eighty
pounders, eight Inch Ice, a battery of
artillery, with carriages and horses,
but not over ouo thousand pounds u
square foot on sledges; ten-inch Ice
will sustain no army, while on fifteen-
Inch ice a railway can be built and
operated.
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Kellogg, O. R. Woodward Dispatch. (Woodward, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 50, Ed. 1 Friday, February 12, 1904, newspaper, February 12, 1904; Woodward, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc407358/m1/2/?q=j+w+gardner: accessed June 16, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.