Watonga Herald. (Watonga, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 12, 1906 Page: 2 of 10
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BLOATED WITH DROPSY.
The Watonga Herald
HAS PECULIAR AFFECTION.
President Roosevelt Thinks Arizona
Will Mistake Refusing Statehood.
TUSCON: President Roosevelt la
OKLAHOMA ONTOP
DISTRIBUTION
FUNDS.
W A TONG A.
OKLA.
NEW STATE NOTES.
During a thunder storm. In the vi-
cinity of Berlin, lightning struck the
house occupied by the Reese family
and instantly killed Wear Reese, aged
seventeen, and severly injured father,
mother and son.
so anxious tor Arizona to become a I GOVERNMENT REPORT
state that he has written a personal CONDITION OF HER COTTON
,u»fnKt°th. Sop'JTi wS ti‘ta'S CROP TO EXCEED.
mitted with New Mexico. The pres- _
ident sav* that he believes if the pres \
out opportunity is not seized it may cTATICTirc Tf II A WONDERFUL STORY I the richest pwple per
be many years before the opportunity 0IAII3IIUd TELL A nunutnruL oiuni ^ Qf the g,obe
President Has Signed Bill for Dividing
Osage Money.
WASHINGTON: The president has
SHOWS | signed the act providing ior the distri-
bution of the funds and lands of the
Osage Indian nation in Oklahoma and
under its provisions the interior de-
partment will during the near future
proceed to apportion the wealth or
■ capita on the
The Heart Was Badly Affected When
the Patient Began Using Doan's.
Mrs. Elizabeth Maxwell, of 415 West
Fourth St., Olympia, Wash., says: "For
three years I suffered with a
The Roger Mills county f:ilr. to be
held at Berlin September 12. 13 and
14. promises to be the largest ai.d
best over held by the association.
John Embry, whose nomination as
United States attorney for Oklahoma
was not confirmed by the senate be-
cause of the delay in the inspector’s
report, has been given a recess ap-
pointment by the president.
A great many Oklahoma farmers
are experimenting with sugar beets.
Payne county has a lady school
teacher who is a blood relation of tho ^ ^ ____
late famous Edgar Allen 1‘oe tho itu- ; Creatplains and” in the Rocky
mortal author of “The Raveu.
uiav be had again.
President Roosevelts letter further
sa\s “if the people of Arizona come
in now they will achieve what every
self respecting American ought to wish
to achieve—that is. the right of self-
government If they refuse what is
proffered them, and what in my opin-
ion is proffered on the only proper
and permissible terms,'they condemn
themselves to an indefinite conse-
quence of a condition of tutelage.
“1 have a peculiar affection for the
people of the four territories which,
under the act of congress l have Just
signed, now have the opportunity to
enter as two states Into our federal
union. These territories are tilled
with men and women of the stamp for
which I grew to feel so hearty a re-
gard and respect during the years
that I. myself, lived and worked on
Diversified Farming Reaches Its High-
est State of Perfection—Oklahoma
Produces Best Wheat, Corn, Cattle, I COngress when it did they would have
The Osages have been endeavoring
for the past two years to secure the
passage of such an act by congress.
But for the adjournment of the last
Potatoes, Fruits, Etc.
Oklahoma is still way in the front
of the other states and territories or
the union in the condition of the cot-
ton crop. The government report Just
issued shows that on June 25 the con-
di..on of the cotton in Oklahoma was
90, in Indian Territory, which stands
nearest Oklahoma S7. in Arkansas 86,
and in Texas S3, while the general
had their hopes realized and been in
possession of the pro rata shares in
the division now. Captain Frank
Frantz, now governor of Oklahoma,
was formerly agent for the Osage na-
tion, and came to Washington a >ea»
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dropsical condi-
tion without be-
ing aware that
It was due to
kidney trouble.
The early stages
were principally
backache and
bearing down
pain, but I went
along without
worrying much'
until dropsy set
In. My feet and ankles swelled up, my
hands puffed, and became so tense I
ago last winter with ^ biil providing J CQuld hardly ciose them. I had great
• .« —ii— Tne Din “tt*
for the distribution». i— difficulty in breathing, and my heart
terior and was reported for passage ) would flutter
by the house committee on Indian ; could not walk far without stopping
a'peot>tef°in Oklahoma have become j affairs, but was left on the calendar again and again to rest. Since using
Pick Rlue. a Kansas politician has
decided to locate at Bartlesville be-
cause he likes the name
A short residence in the new state
will convince him that the place is
even better than the name.
mountains.
"It was from these four territories
that I raised the regiment which took
accustomed to such figures, but they
tell a story the country ia just be-
ginning to learn. Oklahoma will pro-
duce better cotton than Texas, better
wheat and corn than Kansas, better
and more oats than Nebraska, and is
a better cattle country than elthm
bill
the
at adjournment.
This year the nation sent a
prepared by themselves along
same lines and approved by a majority
of the nation. It was prepared in
consultation with the Indian bureau,
but a few amendments were recom-
mended by that bureau after the ln-
four boxes of Doan’s Kidney Pills the
bloating has gone down and the feel-
ings of distress have disappeared.”
Sold by all dealers. 60 cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Texas or Kansas, the winters being -------- ^ . ... . .. . ,h-
irtlesviue no- ----- ------- —---- , „ milder here than in the Sunflower dian committee had submitted it to the
of Oklahoma. Part in the Caban state, whlie our herds as a rule, are officials there.
J »- under no circumstance I wolud ad- • Texas fever which is The bill is
ALL. FOND OF PEANUTS.
J. W. King, a Dover negro, has berm
committed to the federal jail for vio-
lating the jHWtal law. There are four
counts against him. of using previous
cancelled stamps in sending mall.
vise the people of these territories to
do anything that I considered to be
against either their moral or their
material well-being. 1 feel that for
them now to refuse to come into the
union as states would be at the best
mere folly.”
a handicap on the cattlemen of the
satisfactory now to the
Osages. the department and the pres-
lx>ne Star states Then in peanut rais- ident. who has approved it. The only
Delicacy Relished by All Animals—
Even the Hippopotamus Dovsurm
Them with Pleasure.
ing. potato growing, truck gardening. opposiUon to it at any s^s®. f,r°™ The peannt is a delicacy relished by
FUTURE OF OKLAHOMA.
fruit and berry culture and many
other things. Oklahoma is coming to
the front. Our population is cosmo-
politan. drawn from every state and
territory in the union. The best ideas
of the country on horticultural and ag-
Kthe naUOn’ * all creaturessaid a New York animal
bTbe Kaw^ians "oT Kansas were ! I^~7E»e"^ to this 'conclusion
the first tribe to ask the government after-having offered it to every animal
for the allotment of their lands and
funds. They were induced to take
in the Central Park zoo, and having it
Dirt has been broken for a now ■ . .. T...!tArv Atiamev Predicts Re-
public school building in Eldorado to lnd,an Territory Attorney Presets no-
cost 19.000. This will be one of the
finest school buildings in that part
of Oklahoma. It will be two stories
ricuitural subjects are being brought this step by Representative Curtis of j ..0h. I know it isn’t allowed; but I’m
markable Boom for New State.
WASHINGTON: The greatness of
the new state of Oklahoma is a theme
of interest to Edgar Smith, an attor-
ney of Muskogee. L T.. who is at the
Raleigh. "The Immense amount of
advertising given to the agricultural
and industrial advantages of Okla
homa and Indian Territory through
__ _ the discussion in congress regarding
proved d: vision oTt he” Seminole na- * their admission as a irtabe" saidhe-
«>■'» *-<• to“ - * ~"n-
here and Oklahoma's wonderful va
refused by none.
Kansas, a member of the tribe him- not one o( those individuals who offer
indiscriminate numbers ot
riety of resources makes possible the I self. Before that allotment^had j animals
testing of all of them. The result is ’ "
that Oklahoma, agriculturally speak-
netv t‘l rrauuiutNs ui .i ntro i ----- -----' .. Kll* nmuidis mumvi uu.uuw —------ ~
testing of all of them. The result is iably been forced upon the Indians but eggs, frankfurters, cheese
..... ...*- 1 Mr. Curtis showed the people of ms 1 — - -
high, of heavy concrete fonudation.
walls faced with Oklahoma City
piessed brick and trimmed with Kan-
sas buff brick and cut stone.
inc‘ is “with The possible exception I tribe that it was to ^rt^o^nuisanL8 th™PruleUabout
email section of me country ir- | to take allotments and develop their j ma(le A 8lngle peanut can’t
A meeting of citizens will shortly
be held at Wewoka to discuss the
ty with that city as the county seat-
of the small section of tue country
rigation, the most stable portion of the own lands,
union. Here diversified farming has
reached its highest state of perfection.
Some crops may fail in certain years
but all of the crops will never fail in
the same year. Oklahoma will always
raise enough for the needs of her
people to take cart- of herself.
MEMBER OF CASEY GANG.
John Shinn, a freight brakeman on
Smith & Western.
FRISCO IMPROVEMENTS.
1 ne accident occurred between rto-
koshe and Coal Creek. His home is
at Port Smith, where he has a moth
or and s*s!er who are mainiv depen-
dent upon him. No hopes are enter-
tained for his recovery.
Increase In Train Service.
HOBART: Beginning at Hobart,
the United States, whose attention
.... was never before specially called to
tho FY»rt ^mi'h £ Western was fa- the richness of Oklahoma, have been
•.,11, tD,ur—.{ '.Hi., from hi. .rain- B*"*,,"’» B*«“n '2.'A?tlCiP.*tl,‘’." *"
and I look for an immense immigra-
,.on to set in immediately.
Oklahoma is big enough for all that
ni&v come- There is room for the ag-
riculturist and the manufacturer. The
farmer can raise almost anything that
grows anywhere else in the country
and the manufacturer can locate his
mills adjacent to coal fields, while
»t me same time his market will be
ruin the digestion of a camel—or of
any other creature, for that matter,
and I never visit the zoo without a
Horsethlef is Captured in a Pistol Duel ( bag or two of those legumes to dis-
hy Vigilance of A. H. T. A. J tribute.
FA1RVIEW: The day of the horse j “yes, the camel is fond of them—
thief is doomed in Oklahoma. M itlj wary; and so are the peacocks. The
a perfect network of rural telephones, hippopotamus obligingly opens hi»
which connect with almost every farm- j to
house, thus giving the news ot l mouth
let me toss one In, bat ths
so large and the peanut so
wsa sMzssrffs j ryssiraisrjr
away.
ggsgm&imM essi tssss£&
city the entire distance
Texas. Other branches of the road in
will be done llkewia*
The Coweta Courier says the rev-
enue derived fronr potatoes by f^-m-
ers in that vicinity this »«-oson will
amount to S'- '. OO
covered about three hours afterward 'more. The elephant, deer, ostrich, and
and pursuit instituted. Marshal Mc- ■ even the lion, are all lovers of the
fs^said this work^is twring done with J sist him. McEwen went at once to the
the intention of patting on an
A farmers* union was organised at
Agra recently an 1 steps are ceing
token towards building a cotton g'.n.
Already several hundred dollars of
stock have been subscribed and there
are plans for a co-operative store to
buy direct of the manufacturers their
groceries, machinery, lumber, cte-
at his very door. The great advantage creascd train ^^ice when it is com
made in cotton growing the past few
' ears is bound to be kept up w,.h
the result that cotton mills are sure
to be located there in the not far
distant future.
PUBLIC OWNERSHIP.
According to reports receiv'd from
Pottawatomie county, nearly 500 cars
of potatoes were shipped from Shaw-
nee durlns the past month. The threw
railroads entering that city have made
reports rs follows- Sant.. Fe. 15? cars;
Roc., Island, 150 cars: Katy. 115 cars.
The crop has been practically all hand-
led this year, and it is believed to have
been the largest ever raised in that
section of Oklahoma. The general
average > ieM fcs.s been 21” Pnshe s
per acre. The potatoes were marketed
In Chicago and Colorado points.
Tuisa Will Vote on Public Parks and
Waterworks Bonds.
TULSA: The city council has called
a special election to vote bonds for
pleted. Only a year ago the Frisco
put on an extra train from Oklahoma
Citv to Lawton, making two trips
daiiv. and the service has proven so
successful that increased service is
contemplated. During the past three
months the road has nandled such an
increased business, bout passenger and
freight to the southwest, that added
facilities are necessary.
bridge across the Cimarron river,
about ten miles north of the city. At
this season of the year the Cimarron
river is always bank full and no one
would be foolhardy enough to cross ex-
cept on a bridge. Watch‘he bridge
all night and not apprehending their
man. they went to a point near Ring-
wood. and there by means of the tele-
phoning of the night before, they
Ho
In one of
Improvement. v
the Sunday schools fat
Malden. Mass., recently the teecher
of • class of small boys inquired off
each one if he thought he had been
a better boy during the year. Each
answer was. in the affirmative except
one little fellow about eight years
old, who was conspicuous for his si-
lence. The teacher put the question
struck the tiail and captured their .to him a second time, when with con-
nublnc parks and the building of a
citv -s ?.rk. For parks *2o.OOO mas voted
upon and for a water system *100.000
The citv will first attempt to purchase
OFFERED SCHOOL BOOKS FREE.
Remarkable Proposition of American
Book Company in Oklahoma.
OKLAHOMA CITY: When
«*»«• *•«*«*“
Score’ary Werner of the s'hoV land
board, is quetod as saying that there
wia be no government land ir. Okla-
homa after the board gets through
making Its selections of the 1.•'*>•.<' •>
given it for the colleges by the state-
hood bill; in fact, there will not be
sorts enough to fill their requirement.
That is settling the homestead ques-
tion in Oklahoma in a hurry and it
will become a state without an acre
of government land subject to home-
s', ead law. except through rel’.nquish-
ruent. No other western state ever
came in so thoroughly settled as Ok-
lahoma.
Dan Murphy, of Los Angeles and H.
p Anderson of Tulsa, and associates.
If it cannot be purchased the city
will construct its own plant and go
into competition w-.th the private
' plan* With ?:5.444 the foundation
for the first extensive park system in
the Indian Territory will be es-
tablished. A large tract of land will
be purchased while several smaller
tracts inside the corporation limits
will be secured, all of which wi.1 be
improved extensively.
whose bids had been filed with the
board of education of this city to fur-
nish books for the coming year, had
heard the result of their b:ds at the
meeting of the board, with the result
that the Mavmard and the Ginn book
companies had been awarded the con-
tract. agents of the American B.«ok
company made a proposition to the
board to furnish looks free.
net reduced to writing and
It was
man, near Helena, after a stubborn
resistance on his part during which
several shots were exchanged. The
property was recovered and the thief
turned over to the deputy sheriff from
Custer county. The* desperado gave
his name as Bill Buzeli. but officers
who have seen him. believe he Is a
member of the Casey gang, which has
been making much trouble in the In-
dian Territory.
The days of outlawry are fast com-
ing to a close, thanks to officers like
McEwea and his deputies.
siderable earnestness he replied:
am Just as worse as I ever was."
"Did my diamonds call .forth any
comment?” asked Mrs. Cumrox.* "Yes,
Indeed,” answered Miss Cayenne. “I
heard several people refer to you •*
the human chandelier."
DOCTOR’S SHIFT.
Now Gets Along Without It.
Railroad Rumor.
GUTHRIE: Negotiations are undet
ay between W. S. McCaull. president
of the Guthrie, Fairview & Western
the board promptly refused to con j raiiway, and the officials of the Fort j
sider such a proposition. The latter
has been furnishing tbe
looks for the post five years and it is
claimed entered into the election of
A bureau of information will socm
be put into operation by the Lawton
improvement association to take care
of the communicatioTis and persons
who may come to Lawton seeking in-
formation regarding the city and the
opening of the pasture reserve.
!
twelve, son
was fatally injured by the aedden
tal discharge of a six-shooter with
which he and two neighbor boys were
playing, the bullet penetrating his
brain.
Smith & Western railway, for the j
purchase of Mr. McCaull’s projected
line to run from Guthrie northwest ;
throueh Kingfisher to Fairview June- ;
’the ^“thirtfcer^oJdi'uisd enough j tSon. Oklahoma. The Fort Smith nnd
Penetrated His Bra n.
GVTHBlt: U* 1^' «P'1«
of IV.-uty Skfrffl -re. - - p t ronld lan d enough
men favorable to them to get the con-
tract for another year. A fight is be-
ing made on the American all over
the territory.
DECLINED. THEN RECONSIDERED.
LIGHTNING HIT AN OIL TANK.
The case of Thomas Nolan vs the
St. Louis A San Francisco railroad
oomp'sny has been appealed b\ Nola«
to the supreme court of Oklahoma
*lhe company has leased a portion of
its station at Lament to Nolan and
sued him for a cancellation of the
least on the ground that be »*s roam
taining a nuisance. The company won
In the lower conrL
T Horn as W. Butcher Finally Concludes
to Accept Normal Presidency.
GUTHRIE T. W. Butcher of Well-
ington. Kansas, has reconsidered his
action in declining the presidency
the Central State Normal school at
Edmond, and accepted the position be-
1 fore a meeting of the board of regents
for normal schools held la this city.
Professor Butcher left for Edmond
i immediately to look over the school
and make arrangements for securing
i a residence. He sail assume the dut-
ies of the presidency Sep*emt»er 1.
After the recent removal of F. H.
UmhoJtz as president off the PchooL
I ihe board of regents announced that
Professor Butcher had accepted the
jicv* tiou but Professor Butcher later
refused on the grounds that tenure td
offoe under the state administration
Western is contemplating extension
northwest and the purchase of the
Fairview line Is regarded as the roost
feasible plan.
LICENSED PHYSICIANS.
Since the school land board has
filed on all the vacant land in Okla-
homa the land offices In Arizona and
New Mexico are experiencing a boom
Roport* come from west am Reaver
county that fcciuesecV.er» »ho went
to Beaver county hoping to file oa
vacant land are now flocking across rolght be unc'crtnin-
th e line to the land office at Clay ton.
N. M The two territories to the west
of Oklahoma will profit by the fact
that there Is no more land to
stead in this country and it is expected
that the rush will continue until all
vacant land available for agricultural
p-ui sosea U taken up.
Even the Ground Caught Fire at a Ter-
ritory Tank Farm.
SAPUl-PA: During a heavy rain
storm lightning struck the ILW-hzr-
rel oil of the Chesiey-Galbreath
company at the Glenn oil fields, five
gjQts east of this caty. Only about
four feet of oil was In the tank at
the time The Came* shot high in
the air. amd the ground, which is sat-
nmted with oil. was ablaze all about.
By hard work the various oil well
crews qwenched the fire after It had
burned about four hours. No dam-
age was done except the burning of
the one large tank. About thirty
Bowing wells surround the Cheslev-
Galbreath well, and It was only thu
hardest kind of work that prevented
a apread of the ft
A physician says: “Until last fall
I used to eat meat* for my breakfast
and suffered with indigestion until
the meat had passed from the atom-
I ach.
“Last fall I began the use of Grape-
Nuts for breakfast and very soon
found I could do without meat, for
my body got all the nourishment
necessary from the Grape-Nuts, and
since then I have not had any indi-
gestion and am feeling better and
have Increased in weighL
"Since finding the benefit I derived
from Grape-Nuts I hare prescribed,
the food for all of my patients suffer-
ing from Indigestion or over-feed Ing
from
Thirty-Seven Applicants Passed Board a^®° JOT t^ose recovering
H.iith Examination. disease where I want a food «
of Health Examination.
GUTHRIE: Out of the forty-flvw
applicants who took the examination
for physicians certficates held here
last week, the following were granted
diplomas:
J. C. Spell, R. B. Hayes. E. Heady,
Jett ; E J. Ritsley. J. T. IVneon. Drum-
mond: B. S Harris, Fort Worth. Tex.;
C. C Taylor, Maud; N. E. Ruloh. J. T.
easy to
take and certain to digest and which
, will not overtax the stomach.
*T always find the results I look
for when I prescribe Grape-Nuts. For
| ethical reasons please omit my name."
Name given by mall by Postum Oo..
Battle CrtM'k, Mich.
The reason for ths wonderful
amount of nutriment, and ths easy di-
Ben ham. O. H. Penny, W. V. Tucker. | v i L
Beaver; J. W. Dunn. Fnllls; George D. Ration of Grape-Nuts is not hard to
•Lowery. Hooker; Georg® W. l.lndall. I
He was further urged to accept- with
the result tfcil after discussing the
____ matter with the board he finally
borne- | agreed to take the position,
T. V. Butcher Is ccJy kft years of
age and is the youngest normal pres-
ident that has ever held office In
Oklahoma
Witt Ask for ths F*"-
EL RE.NO: H-w. John Trotter, late
receiver of the land office *t Mangurn,
was la the citv. John says when the
state public building* Wf located
strenuous effort# will be rosde to place
the penitentiary in Greer county.
There la a never failing supply of
granite In that country that can be
utilised In ths erection of a peahen-
Cash ion; A. C. Madden, a. M. Edmond-
son. C. M. Morgan. Chandler; G. H.
In lha first place, the starchy part
of the wheat and barley goes through
Applewhite, G. E. Hughes, Shawnee; . various processes of cooking, to par-
ty. A. Aiken, C. M. Smith. Cherokee; j fectly change the stareh Into Dextrose
A. J. MeKennni, Washington. D. C ; O. I or Dost Sugar, In which itate It Is
J. Baker. Kaw City: W. T. Blurt,
Maud: J. N. Stoup. Teenmaeh; Will- J,"‘'T'~ "
iam Shelaher. Kiel; F. L Carson. W. i
R. Covalt, F. B. Irvin, W oil a ton; J. IV
Hunter. Shawnee; C. R. Andrews. 1*.
B. Leashed, R. Underwood. Crescent;
j. L. Hamilton, Snyder; J, W. Swank,
Kremlin; W. B. McDaniel, Jefferson,
Nearly every loan In the two terri-
tories celebrated the Fourth of July,
Ths boon of statehood gave them
. additional cause ior rejoicing.
ready to be easily absorbed by the
wheat and
barley which Nature can make uso
of for rebuilding brain and nerve cen-
ters are retained In this remarkable
food, and thus the human body to
supplied with ths powerful strength
producers so easily noticed aftar one
has eaten Grape-Nuts each day for a
week or 1« dayw, "There's a reason ”
Oct the little hook, "Ths Road to
WsUvUK" In pkga,
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