The Snyder Signal-Star. (Snyder, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, June 17, 1904 Page: 2 of 8
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I on th«* governor to hold any in*urrcc I
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Th«* rlofeltiK of the Portland mho* at I
j Victor by Adjutant <i**n«rat Ih'l after
th* rlotlriK- *a* lin|H<rtant In (hat I' .
!*vrly in (‘rlppU* fro'lt under per*
it ron*lllion* Jodie Ho haa t« l»
lonctj nit* not »• return to (*ri|i|»le
’ok until military rule haa been
Mitutod. The condition# In the dl*
in at preAf nt are Mirh that I do not
i-l It Ih «t to hold any court th*»r.*
'»hall h«dd court here for a week for
^SciaIa The «m
to the V___ www|-
i»r my r« * |thr bell had bin plated on a *?•«
■t. but 11 tally prepared fbuit. ait*l. arrow*
f the mob I panlr-d by * fetpiad of mountetl prdlt-e
th« atfAir«I*ti»| a Iona line of military oraanua
a* ae|| a*||J*|ft*, th# fata*>u« old bell wan taken
to the eapo*iti«m, where formal n<
crrlaca wrr© rarrut out
The gat* % had k*t» thrown i»«»*n 7T~Zm% - ..
H-hool rhUdrrn of ,h. rMy
pmpi-fly an.! |a»4 ito Jay haj l»*.-n proclaimed a
h<JiJay lijr Mayor Wall*. |i u ,»{(.
Wa«t..| iimi o*.ir 6.1 im>o lu'hiMit riill-
Jr* n funited a |n*r t it in uf the I in in on re
throng* that n»N the hull when It
entered the yhimitli Tlii cere tm*nn *
Iwir* In IJ in tlii. plaaa uf Kt |*ou|*
IA rburus uf I.iMWi high irhuiil im;itll
| -an* ••Concord." after which Chair-
Fift'tl tiif. i t Mui| l*««r Tw*l
T«»r Air Nef iMtiwiH in band
VI PKtniKK Tha :*«> ritipl.i)hi
'n the gitVvrym.* t|t ol
ce|%e«t ntvflcr fr«*ta t
Ihu ii.n iM..i-n calli
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tflrr Hie flr*l uf inly
fntiet make itaih lhat
fieri* J With Itlf IHflHpeOC ilf lllllj 10
Indian land*, or I* n**t itnlint In !*■* n
tufa !■ »fiirr he ran draw hla par Th*-r«
• r« f*-H Ilf the rtllplifTera l>f th* •
rrirti* til who have Iwiii hrre ant
who hat* not Uiuaiii miir
town i' ta. and a cruat many <tf c. m
hav
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paiiP - Thl* aim appll< a tn ih» run
ml*afc>nrra ihrrn»td%r* aa wall aa n. »»t 'll*
nf thr Indian oiti.-r nftl. nl*.
Cnn*rn*ua nf opinion am< ne t1 *
arnploywea la in *iand pvt on th«ir
rtetila. Thera la talk uf thr i.mployr •«
| lolnlni; In a Irtter addrea.o d t.i Hie
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eun rer.'ijiiy in*>ialh«t at that puint,
and a fi w da*a as • whit” al pran|.-«
Mi the tatfirt at a dl*(wi nf twrnty
Jacob Crft*. whnaa fp. > •>
Meight Indian land* and h>d-l llUrhw.il. |* a eunmr «n the new
halflr*iiip Maine While at prnctlca
rr*^rfitly hr hit the lare.’t, 1 f'.fffi ynr.lt
nt. eleht flinr* nut nf rlctil ah»t«
while the ahlp wa* ntntilne at tl u
raltt nf tWrite knuta atl hnitr.
six WERE DROWNED
i bo haa Rime mat. u man U ... ■ ay «.f tha (oUtt a-wclal
*. T. ai.it. n ..I ..r •»... ..fltt.i.i. I ru if limit f.... ..i ........... ... u...i- . ... ponin; t*»lnnrr* a eluis what they In
knnwri nnirng oil of the nmdala|comm!tfm of council* of Philadelphia
to the fliapfi*
fi*» hav.- li ft Ti lhr rounty lhat fhoac ll>maani«<| Lllu rty Mil
official, who m rr raintht them wore altlon.
fnrrllily taken Ilf-fore a cnmruitle# ami
Were n»kej In re.lgn Ihelr nfllee*
They were a*ked to nit flown at n
fnlile nn which two rn|H-a with the
fend to do wllh their holdtns*. Tl.o
employeea are likely to ftdlow ault
j wa. aeeompllahe.l p -ac-aMy. and will | haiutman’a m.i.e tied In the emM were
J dnubtlt .* r<'*iitt In a )n llclal notice be | lylniE '
I'lnna have Iti-.-rl niutlff for nn elec
trie *tre<t railway nt Mu.koi:* e. Om
uf the official* ha
chuMf material.
Th*- Santa K»- railmad hn t op.-in <
up a dlvl*lon freiKht nfllee In Oklu
linnia City In eharire of F. C. O’Neil |
formerly agent of the road at tha
place.
The physician* of Custer emtntj
have perfected a county urganl/ation
The meeting was held nt Ara|ml-
An it her nu etlng will lie held i
Thomas on the third Tuesday In July
Hobart's ministers lire protesth
ogulnat Sunday base ball. Every
member of a ball club and all maiu
gers have been served with a nutlet
that they will be prosecuted If they
persist in violating the Subbath.
There were ISO teachers at the re
cent session of the Choctaw normal al
Jones academy. The appointment
teachers for the coming year will not
be made until the disposition of tbt
flii.uoo appropriated by congress V
known.
Two highwaymen who attempted t
hold mi J. \V. Cpdlke at Ponca City
were later arrested in a camp they
had made and taken to Newkirk tc
jail. They are believed to be th;
men who have held up other person!
in this city anil vicinity recently.
Altlis, formerly Leger, is to have t
new oil mill The contract has beer
let to Oklahoma City contractors nnc
work "ill begin at once and pushec
ns rapidly as possible. The plant li
to be lirst class In every particular.
The republican editors of Oklahomi
met in Guthrie last week and namec
the following delegates to attend th;
national association in Chicago dur
ing the republican national conven
tion: O. K. Benedict, Hobart; J. J
Burke. Norman: F. II. Greer, Guthrie:
and John Hinkle, Ripley. Anothei
meeting of the association will b<
held early in the campaign to organ
ize for concerted action.
Ing taken of the *ltuatlon by the fed-1
era! court*, since the Portland coat- I
pany I* organized under Iowa law*.
Thi* mo.t *crlou* dl*a*t«*r of the I
week was the event at the Indopend- I
cnee depot, when thirteen non-union
miner* were killed anil many others
f,on< i a.l to pur injured by dynamite, exploded under
thi- depot platform. The old trouble
of year*’ Htandlng was opened afresh,
j and never since the four thousand
union miners w.-nt on a strike nearly
a year ago has the situation been so
serious.
The mine owners ami citizens alli-
ance* were not only incensed toward
the union, which they believe respon-
sllile for the dastardly dynamiting nt
Independence, but the militia was
rushed Into the distirct and at once
began arresting union miners by the
wholesale. Before night 175 of them
were rounded up in the bull pen. Dur-
ing the afternoon two riots had dem-
onstrated the Intensity of public feel-
ing. seven men had be -n fatally shot
during an open air meteing and twenty-
union miners had been shot at their
hall by militiamen. That night the of-
fice of the Victor Record was wrecked,
presumably by union miners, for ad-
vising editorials that the strike end.
Adjutant General Bell hurried to
Cripple Creek, ami the Citizens’ alli-
ance nt Victor forced the resignation
of Sheriff Robertson. Marshal Connell
and other public officers, who were led
into a meeting ball, the most conspicu-
ous articles in which were two ropes
with hangman's nooses ominously ad-
justed.
Feeling against union men was still
further Increased by the finding of a
bundle of marked photographs of non-
union miners, whom, it was presumed,
had been marked for assassination.
The deportation of union miners con-
tinued during the rest of the week,
and it was announced that the district
would be rid of every semblance of
unionism.
Later In the week this spirit spread
to other trades and professions till a
general boycott was declared against
all forms of union labor in the Cripple
Creek district.
Governor Peabody and General Bell
still hold the reins and the wisdom of
martial control is being demonstrated
in the gradual pacification of the dis-
turbed elements and the cessation of
rioting with deportation of miners.
Oklahoma City's
shows t;. 7 2 9 school
the city limits.
school census
children wlthii
The comptroller of the currency has
authorized the National bank at Nor
man to begin business with a capita
stock of $25,000.
The competitive shoot of the south
west military division will be held a
Fort Reno some time in August. This
will be quite au affair iu army circles
South McAlestor was chosen as th<
next place of meeting of the Twit
Territory Federation of Labor, whicl
organization held its meeting at Eni<
last week.
Citizens of Ardmore are very en
thusiastic over the prospects of dis
covering oil and gas within the city
limits. An expert recently visited th<
city and gave as his opinion tha
both oil am! gas underlaid the place
Vpon the strength of his recommend
at ion a company has been formed t<
start a drill.
The body of Frank Lane, drowr.et
three weeks ago in the South Can
adian river, was recovered from thi
■water south of El Reno.
Indian Agent Shoeufelt is daily ex
pecting advice from Washington re
garding the status of the Creek ioya
claim payment. This payment was
recently held up on account of thi
roils.
A RIVER CHANGES ITS COURSE
South Canadian Leaves a Bridge at
Eufaula
MUSKOGEE: The South Canadian
river, which flows into the Canadian
fiver several miles front Eufauia. per-
formed the feat of cutting a new
channel a day or two ago, while the
whole country in that neighborhood
was under water. After the high
waters had receded it was discovered
that the South Canadian was moving
along in the even tenor of its way-
several hundred yards away from the
course it had pursued prior to the
heavy rains. The most astonishing
part of the whole affair is the fact that
a toll bridge which had been erected
at an enormous cost by the citizens
of Eufaula was still intact, but it did
not span the river as it had before.
The bridge now stands as an evidence
of the energy displayed by the citi-
zens of that town, while the river rolls
on in another direction entirely-. The
bridge will be a total loss.
Judge Seed* |.t at present holding
court In Kiowa county, and will not
r.turn to the Cripple Creek district
for the present.
GIVE WAV TO OKLAHOMA
Illinois Farmer* Can't Compete With
Its Broom Corn Production
G! THRIE: B. Mitchell, a broom
corn magnate of Centralla. Illinois. Is
here looking into the culture of thr
crop in Oklahoma. He says the 1111
I ru.is mowers are viewing the Increase
I hero with alarm. Charleston. 111., the
j home of Mr. Mitchell, is in the very
I center of the famous Illinois broom
corn bolt, and yet, as a r-stilt of the
I large growth In Oklahomn. the acre
age there this year, he says, has
greatly diminished, as farmers say
they ennnot compete with the Okla
henna product.
' I was told," he said, “that Woods,
one of vour western counties, raised
as much broom corn last year as the
entire state of Illinois, and I was in
dined to doubt the statement until 1
looked up the matter and found that
(his county was six or eight times as
large ns Coles, my home county, which
is credited with being the banner
county of Illinois. The Oklahoma
product is put on the market at a
so much lower price that our farmers
simply cannot compete with the west-
ern fellows. Our land is so expensive,
while your is so cheap, that I expect
the farmers hack there will have tc
take up some other crop.”
The growing of broom corn In Okla-
homa. however, is not confined to
Woods county alone. It is rapidly
becoming the staple crop for Garfield.
Grant. Beaver. Dewey, Comanche and
Kiowa, and the acreage this year is
fully 25 per eent more than in former
years. In 1900 only the states of Illi-
nois, Missouri and Kansas surpassed
Oklahoma in the production of broom
corn, and since that time the territory
has forged ahead of all of these
states.
MANV FARMS AT STAKE
Najro and Hi* F ve Children 0v»f*
turned In Deep Water
Ml'FKOGKE: Alfred A. Lie. a
freedmun and Id* flvo children were
drowned In a ulottgh filled with bark
water fro:n the Arkansas, which I*
very high. Taylor lived In thl* city
and had a farm In the Arkansas rlv< r
Tin* Daw. * coni- j <>'.o banner crop for Ccoiancho county ,!ren W(>rl( Ih„
Into the slough not knowing how ibs-p
Comanche'* Cotton Crop
LAWTON: Cotton In thl* section
'* showing up exceptionally well, and
Oate of the Burning of a Pert Houi: while early In the «• » -ui for fore-
an Important Matter 'art*. It I* confidently assorted that
MUSKOGEE:
mlilsan ha* In hand the settling <-f un 1 *"* raised thl* year. The mere-
important rase, which. *h<-n adjusted. W?* »»*« b<,on materially Increased ,f w>11 The waK„„ overturned
will hav, a hearing on many more of >V«T that of last year. The largest ,n f)ff(,(.n f(.rt f>( wat<.r and W,.PB
a similar nature. In this particular Rev " drowned. Uiborora In field* nearby
case the right t.. ten line farm* In "pbb- «*» cx-Confederate. a republican rl„hp(, „1<t a„Mnnc«, ,hl.
the Creek nation by the allottees , ®n«> » Methodist minister. He. to-,,,,,, were lie late to aave them. \l!
Is the point t„ be settled. either with hi* son* and a rranason. th„ wpr„ rpcovcn,d und WPr„
In the latter part of ISbS there wa* 1 cultivating a field of 150 acres., lirollcht hf>rP nbo,„ M n
nn epidemic of smallpox In the Cre .1; an'' declare It should yield over a
nation and many dt-ith- wi re the re. halo to the acre.
Stop Gambling
OKLAHOMA CITY: County Attor-
ney Ralph Ramer issued an order
elosing all gambling houses and ques-
tionable resorts in the city. The Sun-
day closing of saloons Is also included
in his edict.
DELAY POTATO DIGGING
Heavy Rains Cause Postponment of
Work in the Territory
MUSKOGEE: The Arkansas val-
ley potato growers have been delayed
in digging more than a week, owing
to the heavy rains and high waters.
Several hundred bushels have been
dug. and unless the rains continue
the first crop will be ready for mar-
ket in a short time.
The only thing that saved a great
loss to Indian Territory potato grow-
ers was the fact that the southern
Kansas fields were inundated. This
prevented the market from becoming
clogged and also kept the price up
A citizen of this city, who has a crop
of 150 acres three miles north of
here, started a gang of diggers to
work a day or two ago. He says his
crop is yielding 150 bushels an acre,
and he expects to realize at least $1
a bushel, if the product can be placet
on the market at once.
A second crop will be planted on thi
site of the present one. The fail
crop generally brings about fifty cents
It seems to he the general opinion j a bushel, and will ordinarily pay the
suit. Pest houses wero established
all over the nation and the fedora’
government, in conjunction with the
Ur* e lt nation officials, made nn eft’or ,
successfully, to stamp out the dis-
ease. In one of these pesthouaes oc-
curred the death of the ten pnrties
to whom was allotted the farms in
question. Tills was about the first of
April. 1859. It is claimed that parties
who died prior to that tine were- pot
entitled to allotment, nnd where
deaths occurred niter that the allot-
ments went to the heirs of the de-
ceased.
The ten allottees mentioned were
all full-blood Indians, nail wero prop-
erly enrolled by the Dawes con-mis-
sion. The Creek nation sinee claims
to have proof that the deaths of the
parties in question occurred before
the date mentioned. it is r.-aimed
that the pest house was burned about
April I, 1R99. The date of the burn-
ing of this particular pesthouse is
the important point in the question,
for if it was burned before April 1,
1899, the Creek government will have
won the case and the heirs of 'Tie al-
lottees will have to vacate Ihe valu-
able lands now held by them.
If these heirs or allortrcs lose in
this case many others of a similar
nature will likewise lose their allot-
ment.
All the work of investigation has
to be dene through an interpreter,
and the old records do not amount
to much, as they were not properly
kept.
Sheriff Carpenter of Logan county
arrested John Gates, ex-city marshal
of the negro town of Langston, for
the murder of Councilman A. L.
Yates. Gates and two other negroes
were accused by Yates in his dying
statement. The trouble grew out of
the recent city election.
«<!<! nnd tin- children drowned ranged
from 5 to 15 years of age.
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<aty Files Suit Against Bcndsmen
SHAWNEE: The Missouri, Kan- Negro Chased Out of tfadill
van & Texas Hallway company has ARDMORE: Trouble betwe n
lilf-d suit against the seventy bonds- aI11' negroes at Maiiil. can -d
z.u n who guaranteed the payment for *'•' n IlpFrn knocking on tho door 'if a
the right of way through till* city whl,c '-'oninn's house, terminated by
when the road was about to he built, 'f1'' w,iitcs running the negroes from
rile greater part of the money was R,e t<>v\n. Twenty or more arm d
raised by note, but this bond was put cll**ens went to the negro houses,
up, signed by business men to secure sh'*t through tho houses and friglit-
the road in the collection of the notes, "ru't1 tho negroes away. A negro wera-
several thousand dollars being unpaid. 1,11 namct* Conner returned the fire,
Tho road now being in operation, the wounding an unknown white man in
suit has been brought to force pay- ,ho thigh. District Attorney Johnson
ment of the bonus,
without trial.
It will be settled
Highway Robber Convicted
ARDMORE: In the United States
court here Bill Poe, charged with
highway robbery, was convicted soon
nfter the crime was committed. His
says be will thoroughly investigate
the matter and thoroughly pri,3Ccuto
the wrongdoers.
Injunction Is Dissolved
SHAWNEE: District Judge Bur-
well has rendered a decision dissolv-
ing an injunction against the corn-
alleged accomplice. Sloan, was shot missioners of this county which en-
hy a posse and nfterward died here, joined them from paying $:l,500 to an
Poe Is well known throughout the j expert who recently completed a nine
southwest. j months’ investigation of tho county
e,.- “—— - - records for the past seven years. The
rtTTHRiF-0 FmmnFik0ritv t<= rn 1 PxpfTt ^0’In,, ,haf *20-000 had been
Gl THRIE. From Elk City Is re-1 paid (’legally in fees to various offi
ported the sale of the Elk City Nation-1Pers ™ , ”OJ.s T
, , , , .. , _ , „ cers, ana suit will be brought to col-
al bank to the National Bank of Com- lect from ,hoae w|lQ h ^
merce of Oklahoma City, and the lat-1 aettIed with tho treafiurpr T’h
ter a officers are now in control The jllnction was brought b ti .
national bank examiner is reported to, („rM bv t!lp v ?
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flood condition. D. A. Mayer and J. ganty o( th0 tnveatlgatton.
N. Cook of Elk City remain as direc*__
tors under the new regime.
Young Woman Suicides
PERRY: As the result of disap-
pointment in a love affair Blanche
Ditto committed suicide. She was
, ,, the daughter of J. D. Ditto, a nromin-
ance at a council meeting here, was __ 1 ‘ “
v... ------------- ent tinier living seven m es south-
A Langston Attorney Shot
LANGSTON: A. L. Ayers, an at-
torney of Langston, while in attend-
Tht- third annual session of the B.
Y. P. U. was held in Enid last week.
that charity should begin at
body else’s home.
Leases Are Wrongly Stamped
MUSKOGEE: Secretary Hitchcock
does not like the manner in which
some of the gas and coal companies
stamp the leases, which they sub-
expenses of growing and digging both
crops
Nitro-Glycerin Plant at Muskogee
MUSKOGEE: A company has
been organized hire having for its oh
ject the manufacture of nitro-glycer-
ine. and a plant is to be put in for that
Fire destroyed an entire busines-
block in Nardin iast Meet The loot
is about $ 10,i.Y0.
mit for his approval through the In- ( purpose. The factory will net turr
dian agency in this city, and in a re- ' out anything except this one explosive
cent letter he instructed the agent 1 the demand for which in the countrv
not to receive the leases where the around Muskogee is already consider
company applying has stamped the able, ant! is growing every day. owing
document over the place where the ! to the fact that so much of the stuff
secretary's signature is to appear. Mr. is used in shooting oil wells, etc The
Shoenft-It in almost every cast.- has to * plant is to be !• eat l about two mile-
demand a new- ltase. i from the city.
Grimes Misses a Holdup
GUTHRIE: By refusing to wait
for the ’bus to take him to the hotel
in Baxter Springs, Kas., recently,
Territorial Secretary Grimes saved
his wallet. Mr. Grimes had gone there
to look after private interests near
that place, and arrived on an evening
train. The 'bus driver refused to
start for town on the plea that he
must wait for another train. Mr.
Grimes “hoofed" it. He had gone
but a few seconds when two masked
men entered the waiting room and
robbed those within. Mr. Grimes says
he had a “hunch’’ that something was
going to happen.
shot by an unknown person. During
the progress of the meeting Mr. Ayers
stepped to the door of the council
chamber, and had no more ’ than
opened it when a shot rang out in
the darkness, and without a word Mr.
Ayers reeled and fell. It is not
known whether Mr. Ayers’ injury will
prove fatal.
Designs for Precious Gems.
Tlie leaf of the geranium, the fru’it
of the vine, or the flower of the poppy
may serve as models to be carried
out in precious gems. It is by these
things that the Jewels of this age will
be recognized by future generations.
One is glad to notice that artists are
not confined entirely to copying de-
signs of the periods of Louis XIV,
Louis XV and Lcujs XVI, but that
some scope is given to their original
genius.
MUSKOGEE: Homer Needles,
who has for a number of years been
connected with the Dawes commis-
sion, has resigned, to accept a posi-
tion with the Cudahy Oil and Gas
company. The new job pays $15* per
month.
Mr. Needles has been stationed at
Tahiequah. and it is probable that his
knowledge of the various classifica-
tions and locations of land in tho ter-
ritory procured the place with the
pil company.
Colonel Tom
commission.
Says She Is Not Insane
ENID: Mrs. J. T. Douthitt, who,
while in a jealous rage, recently shot
and probably fatally wounded her hus-
band, has been examined for her san-
ity and found sane. She has twice
shot her husband, and declares he
abused her. It was on this account
that a brother of the injured man
asked a commission to hold an in-
quest as to her sanity. She is now
under arrest for the shooting of her
husband, hut action in this case will
be held pending the death or recov-
ery of tne man.
THE DIPPING OF CATTLE
Plant at Fort Worth Is Pronounced a
Complete Success
GUTHRIE: Secretary Morris of
the Oklahoma live stock sanitary com-
mission reports the cattle dipping
plant at Forth Worth a complete suc-
cess. and announces that the Okla-
homa commission is thoroughly satis-
fied with the results thereof. The
Oklahoma and Texas commissions,
together with representatives of the
bureau of animal industry, officially
inspected the plant last week.
For Passing Bogus Checks
OKLAHOMA CIT5 : A stranger,
saying he was from Missouri, and giv-
east of this city. She was twenty
years of age. At a dance she quar-
reled with her sweetheart, a young
man living in Perry. She then’ went
to a drug store and purchased an ounce
of laudanum. She was discovered ly-
ing in her bed unconsicous and in a
oying condition. A uoctor was sum-
moned, but could render no assistance,
To Bore For Oil at Lawton
LaWTON : W. A. Gray of Chicago,
reprecenting a company of capital-
ists, writes J. B. Chapman of this
city as follows: “We are pleased to
advise you that the drilling outfit Is
now being loaded for shipment to
Lawton, where we will commence
work on the first lease taken. Our
man who will have charge of the
work is now in Lawton, and he will
proceed to put up the derrick and
have the same ready by the time tho
machinery gets there.” This is the
most encouraging news received in
the Lawton oil district for some time.
About six months ago a large oil der-
rick was destroyed by fire and since
then work has not progressed rapidly.
Work on New Road to Begin Soon
MOUNTAIN PARK: Officers of
the Mountain Pari;, Et Paso & South-
western railroad have been here for
several days closing contracts for the
right of way for the road. It has
been announced that active construc-
tion would begin at once. The road
will first be hull; from Oklahoma
City to Quanah, Tex.
New Bids for V/oodward Court House
WOODWARD: An injunction, re-
straining the county commissioners
ing his name as C. Updfke, was ar- from paying the bills for the erection
rested here charged with passing of the new court house at Alva has
bogus checks. He had cashed one been granted by Judge Beauchamp,
for $50 on the Katv bar. Others for He held that while the commission-
$27.50. $17.10 and $10 were found in ers had the right to contract for the
his possession. erection of the new court house, they
had erred in not advertising for bids.
It is stated that Governor Ferguson Steps will be taken at once to rectify
is opposed to county division in the this. A company has been organized
He is a r.ophew of case of Woods and Greer cour.Mes. and $40.one raised as a starter for the
Needles, one of the Probable court litigation is the reason new building. New plans will be
' assigned. adopted and new bids called for.
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