The Snyder Signal-Star. (Snyder, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, July 8, 1904 Page: 2 of 4
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Thoms* flbaw, a n*;<o employ'd I'T
D- Wolf A Hob*. 1* holer alo R'l""'
dealer* In Oklabmna FHy. waa »bot
and killed by .fid Willoughby a bar
leader. Willoughby order'd Hhaw In
remove Mi bal upon *nl*flog lb* >•>
loon, anil lairaua* of hi* laHnrn t" do
go b* »a« abol
Tb* lolal iifimin of lb* rrrrnl
Mttlemea's rnnvrnllnn nl Oklaboma
Rlty amounted lo $14,592 1 bo •»' »n
urer of ihn coinmllt«< r0 port oil n bub
anra 0.1 band of lljKQ. I hi* fund
waa raized by prlvain aiibjwflpllonf
for Ibui nnlerlalotnenl of Ihn dole.
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Them bavn heen shipped from fbr
rant thf•* »"a*on twenty alx oar load*
of Irlnh potalora, iwrlvo earn of «cgn
and rhlnkcn* and Iwo of borrloa,
pear hr-x and apple* wMj.b burn licit-
ad th* larrnern about $$5,444. The
tat crop, which I* ulMuidy iroglnnlng
lo arrive, la expected In not $90,000,
in 100 car londa run expected.
Charles Weber, who llvea twelve
mile* aoiitbwenl of Berry, Itilnka bo
baa discovered gold beating amid ! 11 11
pronk running through hi* fnrtn Tho
Dlacovery wan made early In the year,
and several usruiya mndo In Knnnaa
City urn laid lo nliow eooablerahle
precloim metal, Ihn laleat run being lo
tho neighborhood of $l(l n Ion.
The forthcoming report of rinvernor
RorgiiMin to t he Heerelary of I ho In-
terior will he (he moat elahornln one
aver pent In It will ileal willi all
branches of Induntry ul eonnldemhlo
length. 'I he fact that It mny he the
lant territorial report will havo anrne-
thing to do with malting ll a limn.
m nr.
Tho learhem of (’omancho cininty
hnvo organized an naaoolnlion
Hapiilpa now haa mi organized band,
With J. A. Hhttelt mi InHtructor. Tho
InitnimentH owned by tho bund are
rallied at »7W1.
Tho Indian Ten lim y Plundny achool
convention ronveued ut Sonlli Me-
Aleater last iveoU.
Oklahoma t'fl.v has a chance lo no-
Mire a paper mill, which will mnnu-
racluro wrapping paper, building
haper and el raw board. Tho local
Chamber of Commerce haa tho mai-
ler In charge.
T. .1 Allawny of tircor county waa
krrOHtod al l.ono Wolf and removed
lo Jlatu^mn on the charge of robbing
k patotenger on the Ttoek Island train.
Miiakogen haa enLerod U|wm the
Capltul fight for the new state. A
romnilUee of eltlzene has been au-
thorized lo offer n capitol costing
|l,000,000 as a bonus for locating tho
Bunt of government In that city.
Iturglars dynumited the safe of the
Prison at Wellston one night Inst
ireok, securing about $00 In coin ami
Mu valuable papers.
About thirty five, nr practically all
the cotton gins in C.reer county, tune
been bought up by the Chlckuslm Cot-
ton Oil company.
1 The Minnetonka Oil company last
ffeek slrurk a flow of gas on the
farm of Mr 1-owrcv. In 1 I- veland. at
k depth of t.fnn f.ot Drilling for
all will be cuntinm 1
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fie I —Wilbuilow Kligler dla'rlrt
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No l lAhlgh Afdmofr dlk'.f ft con
'alnl'ig (3 432 arrr-a
Hu 0- t'rii»*»*d **gr*rat. d aaphalt
Und« eoatalblng acres
llela for iht purchaaa of trarti willi-
In tho M< Alerter dl.trlet will I n
opined by tb* loinrfilirlun .' of In
dUn affair* at hla office. Washington.
Oituber 3. 1144: the WllbuHOfi Htig
ter district on f»ei ember 1444; Ibe
flowe I’oteau dTalrlct ft hi at* 4.
iM.t I hr MrCuitaln Mas'y 1i*trtCt
Af.nl .7, 1945; the f^ higb Ardmore
dlrtrlct June 5. 1945, and for unboned
•egregalcd asphalt luuila Augu l 7
1445
A KNOCK ON THE MEAD
A Chicago Newspaper Man Ole* From
Injuries at Oklahoma City
OKLAHOMA CITY: W IJ filch-
ard.inn. traveling reprcaoptatlva of
Honda and Mortgage*,"' a financial
poirtial ptlbllahwl In Chicago, died
from Injurlea Inflicted upon one of
ilia principal nlfeela In thin city by
i.nliin unknown. About one o'clock
Hiindav mortiltig a waller In tho Tip
Top restaurant beard a noise outside
tho ichtuurnn' which ultradoti lilt, nt
lentlon When Ii* ran out lo sec
wtint Ilia trouble was lie noticed a
man lying 011 llm pavement and an-
other lean 1 milling away Tho In-
lured nigii was taken (o Ihn Illinois
hotel and biter removed to thn Hap-
list aanltailulu, whore lie died llicli
ardson waa under the Influence of In-
toxicants at the Unto of the blow. A
aboil lltno before he was known to
linve upwards of $300 In Ills posses
slop, but when found ho had no
money. The young man, shortly In-
line bis ilealh, claimed Ihe blow was
sit tick by ;i potleeinsu lint Hits is not
generally 11 erred I fell Till* state-
ment, however, Inin ruuand the city
ami manly authorities to stall r,n
Investigation.
Dr I'oil-oatn says the Insane etiloy
mlislc. We havo often wondered
where the umllcmcn eninc from for
some of tills olunslcnl intiale.—(,’hl-
VIOLATED QUARANTINE LAWS
Indian Police Drove Cattle Across the
Quarantine Line
MUHKOOKIi: Captain John West,
chief of Hie Indian police, lias re
turned from a trip to Cl.'ire mo re,
where ho went lo collect entile taxes
Captain West state slhnt a Kansas
sheriff bad warrants for the arrest
of three of Ills men. Hint 110I long
sinee lie ordered some of hl-> force to
remove a bunrh of cattle from Ihe
territory for non-payment of taxes,
and llml they were driven Into Kan
■ms, contrary to tho iiiiHrnntio laws
Captain West also staled tlint two
citizens of the Cherokee nation were
willi his men at tho time, and that
the same sheriff also wanted them.
To be at the Rosebud Opening
LAWTON: Fifteen Lawton real
eslute men have left for Honesteel, H.
D. to attend the Hoselmd Indian res-
ervation opening These men have
boon through Oklahoma openings,
and no doubt will be able to hold
their own in the rush for land In the
Sioux reservation Joe linker is in
charge of tho excursion.
ftraaaf >v*ty
After Ktlv; all uf Ik* balk they 4*
• tl««t (be pallid U.jt Mailed tap fiver,
Capiela Van Wait ibief pet of tk«
Mamin t/,<>b Ik* b*ifit and pointed
it afut a
rrwr»«itufta c«*l
PwrlM by I H
ttr r»*afv uf tb* 1
H-r4 —4 pJa'k.Mt- 1
• a* yunyl* by tb* party
la aAAitkik to tba plaaka
liquor ppviia* |( 4klarva lb* party
« 1* it f*»«r ut ictitti-<•**! arbitr*
'me and a auffragu law ba» *d on m*n-
'vi aad mocaJ q.aiifiratkdk* uolforto
■aw* for tb* country and d*p*A<t*a
if popular ilwni of ivatiMi civil
••rvlen *it*naloo aad tb* Ibltlbtlv*
vad r*f*r*b4um Tba trust qu**tloe
• aa r*c<>cnI**'! by a demand for a
right application ut tb* principle* of
luallee to all organization* of capital
and labor A rafona of divorce law*
■a fc
Qw<k
ill* a
tba cifc-iiq at
ian4*4 oil for
furl* In m bi
i* foil-wing i*
a wart
m that I
f hat* 4*>*
•tythia*. I*
Tb* b- *t
sauhr after tb«
In nafna full
dar that tb* public may r*ah»a wh*r
baa 4**0 sola* on fielding to tba
ptawdlag* of at wif*. I bate de*i 1
mined to do bit I can U. slua* f •
ay via* agaiavt tba pubtl*. Thv P*
pla of At Unit avenn ow da not
rewllra bow they ba*a ba*n pa*nt«t-
ently pluaderad for >**f* and yeaiv
by tbe men they at
for tb*m ‘
i-cted to make law*
TO DISSOLVE STANDARD OIL
Hv'a «t»l tb# eoppar flower# and oil.
The gold and al'var. too
Kelt thing hall hk*« tba atnloapbrre
And there II be 10 breath for you.
— IndlaaaoBUa New*
ul to ihe |niyri.an ibe evact court* .» demanded nad polygamy detmuneed
General Mile* put an end to th--
mov>-m<nt to nominate him for pre*l-
Jent by aendlag a telegram to Juba
G. Woolley, which reached him abort
ly after noon, asking that bis nam-
he Beit presented This was consul
taken by iha Ktocuin raptala Van
Wart lelirvM ibal Captain Van
itcbaicb. in tunning hi* v***e| U
| North flrother laland, did tba bast
flirt could lu d in* under the elf* um
• lance*
UP TO FEDERAL JURY
Untied 6idtr« Auumci Control of the
fciocum Cate
A New Jacaty Atiornay Say* Roche
fallar a Company I* lllapal
THENTON. N J Charlea U H*n
d-*r*OD. Jr., of Jersey City and Joseph
M W Ni wlln of Pennsylvania, toon
*e| for George Hire of Marietta,
have fllevl Id tho court of chancery
TEACHERS' EXAMINATION
From 1710 «o Peasant Tim*
VINITA Dr Emmet fltarr or #up#r,BUng#nl Baatar Arvrvcuncra
I Claremore. the Cherokee li»«torlan. Date* and Condition*
1 baa compiled a Hat of tbe eblefa of f;i*TIIRlE: Hupertntendeot Baa-
Ibe Cherokee# a* follow*: Maytoy of (),r ,nDOUnc-- that thera will *>* an
Telllcu. April S. 17:;0. to 1700; A"*' , xamlnatIon In this city July 13, 14
.... — ------ - ----- ------ , „,ut.an ..• Rtmn- 1 rul*bF'l,*A' »° 1TV5; Oganoatota ani, l5 |Q enn|Be tbe fttness of
[5.7- on c^pMi,. bgr^SdS:
>*'•» *• »»l: a. follow.:
DijC; william , Eaeh cmnJid#le |8 required to
other nam*’ being considered.
More than 114.440 waa raised bv
subscription p.<dgc* frr,m the floor of
•. KW U'llK Through an agre.- the convention, which with $11,444 in
poratu.n charging that the company . ' _
I* Illegal and that It exl.ta In viol. MI“rk Fo* or EnoM'
tlon of the antl-trn«t lawi of
Coltixl H'ateu and of the iK-elglon
i Pathklller. 1811 to
l'l* IHleka. I8I*> to I82S; John R°»A ffuB' preuent tho requisite testimonial be-
Utcober 13, 1828, to August 1, 18GC: for<? f-ommenclng the examination.
... 1 Tilted Htxti. District Ihe ir-.uury. will be the nucleus of <hl* «•«* T'm lw,lu*m P-’lUit-t.'lEEE «® 1««7; Dewl.
in^ui ____________________
Attorney Hurnett and Distrl. t Attor ,h" f»ropwign fund Mr. St.-wart th-
i.ey Jerome llm cares of the persons 1 T*,l"n»' chairman, and Mr fate, th -
named by the coroner's jury a* be | aaUonal ac-r-'-ry. were re-elected,
log reafioiislble for the General Hlo
bill c!,
2. Tho examlnrglon questions In
The prohibition editor* organized
that the Standard Oil _ , mu*. r'harlt'-*
,n ,i1.,iar.il Illoeal DownlnF ,8f,‘ 10 -ach branch mill be given to candl
f , \ ... h . fhat , Th^»mp*on. for on# day. November 10, at t 1a«a bcKioning of the time
^e comoanv f„s etd of d.s o.vluK ,S72; P' R'”* November 11 a‘ot,ed tQ «h„ Vane*, and a. the
the company ,,e 1872. to 1875; Charles Thompaon. 18.5 , x ,r#tlon of thao tlrae the written
, -on dlsaatv-i will I.. presented to th»'’"r ‘he campaign by electing Edward " J,’^fll‘!r,!r*Pv”,| d the Ohio' dru-islon lo ]*79: t>nnl* Wolfe ““shyhead. answers wl„ b(. collected,
fide,.,, gr-iu.i lur, | India,i.polU president The , ^T^lihoS^ Jr^ycofSk." !1879 un“* 1Hh7: JoCl B7.*n . 3- Answer, should be brief, but
Atkina.n and |ronv<:nt,on *>ro*ram closed with a . holdinc romoany for until 1891; Thoman Mitchell Bu • mUHt complete in logic eiposltion
masa meeting, a. which .ddre.«iu '* ™«"'V “ ho|dlng * 0nK,On. December 14. 1891untll De- ^ Krammit|ca, 8tructuro. The
Wi re made hy Mr Stewart, the na °h.“ X eomnan be dissolved hut wmber 23. 1891: Colonel Johnson Har- worfc in mBthemaUc8 mugt ahow 0.e
,„r, chalnn.n «. ,1. K IZJSXJS -» "SJ ’Si1"”- ~ “ «“ '» “»
Us stockholders after paying off lt.|;89S; ThomB1I M. Buflfnglon, 1899 to ^ d„ WP,Rht wllI be
1903; \5 illlam Charles Rogeril, 1903, Rjveu to dearness and eomprehenslve-
Kceri tary .lame* K
Director 1'lnyd fi Corbin of the Knlck
eil-oi l;er Su-unilw.al company Mirren
ltd Ml to the eiironer at his offlre Mr
l'orbin was teli-ased tn $5,400 hall
'I hu coroner, however, refused to ac
rept bail for Mr Atklnnm until he
should surrender the hr-oks i-f the
company, which weft- produced at tbe
bearing.
Mr Atkinson did not have the
boohs with him and was detained hy
the roomer tit,til a messenger oh
tallied Ihern. The hall In Mr. Atkln-
mni’r, i i n was also flx.-d at $5,000.
Coroner llcrry said that he had
other*
Homer L- Caath- of Pittsburg moved
to make the nomination of Mr. Swal-
low by acclamation. IT waa carried,
with a prolonged demonstration, dele-
gate* standing and waving flags
Mr. Carroll was declared the nom-
inee for th- vie,: presidency.
Mr. Carroll'* nomination was re-
ceived with cheers. He was not pres-
••nt.
On motion of Mr. Amos the nomi-
licard from Messrs. Evans, Sooty and nlll*,,n Carroll was also made
Dexter, tho othci three directors o| I unanimou*.
Ihe Knickerbocker Steamboat corn I
HARRISBI UG, l‘A : Dr. Silas C.
com
pany, and they are out of the city,
hut lliey will surrender themselve*. M^ahow may rlecline the nomination-
'll,e coroner rerelve.l a telephone ,n response to a eongralulalory tele-
outstanding securities. For the ae-1
compllshment of this purpose It it
asked that a receiver be appointed.
FILING IN OIL BELT
Not
PER CAPITA PAYMENT
Choctaw-Chickasaw Townsite Fund of
$520,000 to Approved Allottees
MUSKOGEE: Indlnn Agent Shocn-
felt has received Instructions from
the department of the Interior to i-aji
out the Choctaw-Chickasaw townsito
fund, which amounts to $520,000. He
was Instructed to prepare a roll of a'l
approved allottees of those nations,
and make a per capita payment. This
money has accumulated from the sale
uf town lots and each citizen if those
jfrlhe- will receive about $74.
message from a lawyer In Brooklyn
ashing film to withhold (lie serving of
llie warrant on Captain Pease, as he
would surrender himself Cordner
Horry declined, and said that Captain
I’cnre would he arrested ns soon uv
he could he found.
Quack* Muvt Leave the Territory
VINITA: The Indian Territory
medical board hun decided that the
"qunrlis" must go. nnd arrangements
have hern rrniile for raising money to
pay nltorncyH’ fees in prosecuting all
' quaekii” who practice medicine in
llm Indian Teirllory. Adequate legis
In lion whs ncvUM-d dining tho last
Kimslou of congress The bona fide
pliysli Ians are determined to weed
out tlie unsei iipulona and lncompa
lent members of tho profession.
MANGIJM'S WATERWORKS
Bonds Hove Bren Sold and Construe-
tlon Will Begin Soon
MANC.UM: Mangiirn's vzaterworks
bonds have finally been sold. This
sale Is bona tide, uml the money has
boon paid on them. The contract
has also been lot to II K Evans, and
work on Hie construction of the sys-
tem will begin In a few days. The
enntiiu i o for putting in the sys-
tem i ? ' i0. The contract was
mail-' |:i 1 Jy hy tho city eonneil
aiul a few of the lending citizens of
the elly did not Indorse tills action.
A meeting of the eitl/ens was railed
at the court house to Investigate tho
matter, and nftei a morottgh investi-
gation nnd explanations hy Council-
men While ami Mallory the body al-
most unanimously ratified the action
nl the hoard.
Chairman Tams Hlxliy of the Dnwes
commission has left for Washington,
having been called there by the secre-
tary. who wishes to confer with him
In regard to the closing of the Creek
mils and about other matters of Im-
portance.
Soud Crop Paid Well
VINITA: The potato business
proved a success for this year in the
experiment made at Fort Gibson, and
replanting for the second crop has
commenced. The acreage now being
planted in a second crop Is about as
follows: J 11. Gilliland, forty acres;
K. H Gilliland, thirty acres; O.
Crapkle. twenty six acres; R H.
Brown, six acres: Bates * Parnell,
sixteen acres, and numerous others
hi small tracts. Nearly all havo oom-
ph-icil their work of planting the sec
oud cron
tram he sent the following to Chair-
man Stewart:
"Harrisburg, June 34: Hon A \V.
Stewart, prohibition national conven-
tion. Indianapolis. Ind.—If honor re-
ferred to in your dispatch Implies ilu-
'les reipiiring my absence from homo*
while I highly appreciate any honor
ir duty the grandest party of the age
can give me. yet unless Mrs. Swal-
low's health greatly improves I would
be compelled to rlecline.—Silas C.
Swallow "
A nerz Reformed church has jiiht
been completed at Arapaho at a cost
if $5,000.
A special 'rrm of court, fir Potta-
watomie county Is nnnouced for July
IGth.
a Foot of Vacant Land Left in
Bartlesville Township
VINITA: The Cherokee land of-
fice of the commission to tho five civ-
ilized tribes is being rushed with work
again. There was. during the past
three weeks, a lull in the filings In
the oil belt, but the oil men have
rushed to the land office with allottees
with low admission numbers, and the
filings this week are now running as
high as they were when the land of-
lice opened in May last.
The vacant land in the Bartlesville
oil fields has been practically taken
up, and the oil men are now giving
their attention to Hillside, Skiatook,
Ramona and Tnrley, along where
there Is a showing of oil.
Bartlesville | p.r-aied in township
2G north, range IJ cist, and there Is
not now a fc it <d vacant land left. In
the township *'-isl of Bartlesville only
a few forth remain unallotted, with
allottees al fie land offlee door clam-
oring for admis ion.
In the contest department over
1.500 cases are pending, and hearings
are being had every day. During the
month of August the contest division
will hoar cases at Vinita and in Sep
tember at Bartlesville.
To Inveotlgate Water Supply
NORMAN: Prof. Charles N. Gould
tnd assistant, Prof. E. G. Woodruff,
if the University of Oklahoma have
started on a trip for the government
harking up the subject of water sup-
ply In weKtern Oklahoma and the
Panhandle of Texas. This work will
consist of a detailed survey of certain
Tens of this region. On returning
from thn trip, about tho first of Sep- j
tember, Prof. Gould will submit his
report to tbe United States geological
survey al Washington. It will he re-
membered that last year Prof. Gould
conducted a party for the government
ns far west as the Rocky mountains
looking up the general subject of
at m supply in Oklahoma nnd north-
east New Mexico, the report of which
(s now being printed at Washington.
SHOW GREAT ADVANCE
The Assessment of Telegraph and
Telephones Show Increase of $30,000
GUTHRIE: Territorial Auditor
Baxter says the total assessment on
telegraph companies this year in
Oklahoma will be at least $30,000
greater than last year. He estimates
the total assessment on such prop-
j erties this year at $135,000.
Baxter says telegraph companies
were assessed this year $52 per mile
for the first wire and $12 for each ad-
ditional wire. Relative to telephone
properties he says they have been rli-
| vided into four classes for assessment.
The first class is assessed $30 per
tnile for the first mile and pole and $5
for each additional wire. The second
i class at $25 tor the first wire and pole
: and $5 for each additional wire. The
~~ ~ third class at $20 for the first and $5
S.r Thomas Lipton has a new royal Lfor pach additional wire. The fourth
decoration, but there isn’t any doubt 0,ass at j15 and $5 for eaoh additional
that he would gladly exchange It for Wire.
the battered old cup.—Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
still serving. ness of answers.
The rulers of the Western or Old j. Thp sfaD(Iing )n spelling, compo-
Settler Cherokecs were. Bowls, lraa Hjjjon penmanship will be determined
to 1801; Tahlontiska, 1801 to 1817:
John Jolly. 1817; John Brown, 1839;
John Rogers, 1839.
Chief of the Cherokees in Texas:
John Bowls.
Chief of the Confederate Cherokees:
Stand Watie, 18C2 to 1805.
NEGROES AT WAR
Negro Officer at Sodom. 1. T-, Cause
of the Trouble
MUSKOGEE: The negroes of
Clarksville and Sodom, two villages
ten miles west of Muskogee, are at
war and, as a result of a fight two
negroes, Dave Ross and Joe Drew,
are dangerously wounded, and the
negroes are all under arms and furth-
er trouble is expected. A negro offi-
cer at Clarksville arrested a Sodom
negro and this brought on the fight.
There were one hundred shots fired
during the fight.
Port Arthur has some queer ways.
Every time it is captured by the Japs
it remains in control of the Russians.
—Nashville Banner.
The total personal property valua-
tion of Comanche county is $K018,887.
GO TO WICHITAS
Frank L. Mclnis has boon commis-
sioned postmaster at Coalgate.
A man in Chicago has eloped with
his mother-in-law. Is that Carnegie
hero fund ready for business?—New
York Herald.
OKLAHOMA CITY: C. M. Strong, James H. Squires Killed by Car*
director of the weather bureau of this EL RENO: James H. Squires, a
city, has improved the rural weather traveler who was seen around the
service by securing new maps cov- j Rock Island depot Monday apparently
erlng thirty-four additional stations, in an intoxicated condition, was found
There will be seventy-eight stations dead in the railroad yards at Ihe time
now giving daily returns, which will th£ westbound Choctaw passed, about
be made by telephone. The impor- 3 p. m. His head was crushed and
tance of tho Oklahoam City offlee as he lingered in groat agony until 7 p.
being a collective point for a large m.. when he died, after revealing the
portion of the territory in the weath- fact that he had a wife and an eight-
er and crop service warrants the ad- year-old daughter, exactly where can-
deil facility for securing extended in- not vet be ascertained, as death cam*
j formation that is so important to tbe before anything further could be
J general public. j learned.
Prof. DeBarr Heads a Party to Inves-
tigate Gold Prospects
LAWTON: Prof. DeBarr, head of
the Norman university; Prof. E. M.
Tucker of Dallas and H. E.'Claridge,
the well known and experienced Jop-
lin.chemist and assayer, have begun a
tour of the Wichita to ascertin.if gold
exists there in paying quantities. They
entered upou their work at Wildman,
at which point they will Investigate
the best mines, and from there go to
Meers.' examining mines in the in-
tervening territory. They will prob-
ably not make a report for two weejts.
They are here in the interest of the
mountains and the mining industry of
Oklahoma, and not to further the in-
terests of any individual or corpor-
ation. They wish to determine where
the ore will pay to mine, and where
it will not.
in part by the character of their re-
spective manuscripts.
C. One hundred per centum will
denote perfection.
i. Candidates falling to pass this
examination may, at the next two
stated examinations (provided they
attend both) write on all topics not
marked 90 per cent on ohe first, and
thus, being credited with first stand-
ings of 90 per cent or more, complete
the examination. Those obtaining
the five-year certificates shall have
the same credits when writing for the
ten-year certificates or the diploma
at any time before the expiration oi
such certificate.
8. Candidates are required to write
upon one side of legal cap paper ol
standard size.
9. The examination in advanced
subjects will comprehend the matte-
embraced in the hooks used >
collegiate departments of first
colleges.
A Philadelphia judge has decided
that a wife should not take her hus-
band's pay envelope. No; she should
simply take the pay out and give him
the envelope back to fill up again,
—Atlanta Journal.
INJUNCTION ASKED
Attorney Murphy Appeals to the Fed-
eral Court
MUSKOGEE: About three months
ago A. P. Murphy, then attorney for
the Creek nation was dismissed from
the service hy the _cliief of the Creek
nation, P. Porter. Mr. Murphy re-
fused to discontinue his services, say-
ing. tha,t Porter had no authority to
remove him. Since that time M. L.
Mott was appointed to the position
of attorney by Chief Porter and con-
firmed by the secretary of the in-
terior.
Mr. Murphy has filed suit in the
United States court against Chief Por-
ter and M. L. Mott. The complaint
asks an injunction against the chief,
restraining him from paying any
money to Mr. Mott and one against
Mr. Mott, restraining him from re-
ceiving any money for services as
Creek attorney.
The offlee pays a salary of $5,000
per year, in quarterly installments of
$1,250 each. Mr. Murphy's complaint
says that he holds himself in readi-
ness to fulfill the duties of the of-
fice. but that Chief Porter will not
recognize him.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox has a noem
which closes with tne words, “What-
ever yon do, keep sweet.” it would
make a great label for the milk jar.—
Kansas City Journal.
SULPHUR: The long-drawn out WASHINGTON: The bureau of la-
controversy between the north and ^ bor is making an investigation of the
south side factions, engendered by j labor difficulties in Colorado under
the disputes arising over the rulings the organic act of the bureau, which
and orders of Secretary Hitchcock, | charges the commissioner of labor to
has at last been settled, and the prin-1 investigate the causes of and the
cipal business men and citizens of | facts relating to controversies be-
Sulphur have agreed and united upon , tween employers and employes. The
a site for the new town, near the j investigation, which is already under
Frisco depot, on Jefferson avenue, way. may last for some time, as it is
and along the base life north of the j the Intention of the bureau to go fo
reservation. This action was brought the Very beginning of the trouble and
about by the agreement of both sides endeavor to ascertain exactly what
to bury factional differences and to the diffienltfts are and the causes
work together. leading to them.
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