The Altus Plaindealer. (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, August 2, 1901 Page: 2 of 4
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PUBLISHED FRIDAY BY
iiSii TeBS&L,B„Ld;,.r
Entered at the Altus post-office
»s second-class mail matter.
Just 167,006 Have Been Registered
■ For the Drawing.
Statistics show that ,.thecp are
over 1,000,000 railroad empires
in the United States.
During last year there' were
4,305 names added to the pension
rolls of the United States. Dur-
ing the year 38,082 pensioners
died and there were 45,710 ap-
plications filed for pensions.
The Steel trust is attempting to
break the strike by signing in-
dividual contracts with its em-
ployes. A general advance has
been made in tho price of steel
plate as a result of the strike.
The Pasteur Institute in Paris,
has created food from inorganic
matter. The creation of food
without the aid of nature is con-
sidered one of the greatest scien-
tific achievements of the country.
We heard a travelling man say
the other day that if he had
money to invest in town property
that he had much rather put it
into Altus property than in
Lawton. He said that Altus was
destined to outrival any town in
Southwestern Oklahoma, and
time would prove his prediction.
Lawton, he continued, would be
enclosed by too much Indian and
reserve land, and hence w'ould
not have near the territory to
draw trade from as has Altus.
, El Reno, Okla. July 26.—The
big land game is closed. Only
3,850 registered here today, fewer
/*than on any other day, and Law-
\<ton also registered the smallest
J number, 532. Total registered at
El Reno 136,315. Total at Lawton
30,691. Grand total 167,006. The
booths remained open all day and
closed promptly at 6 o’clock.
Many left town today, but the
crowd is still large and will re-
main till after the drawing.
A large corpse of clerks has
been at work all day and night
examining and passing on' each
day’s applications. Hundreds
have been disqualified and thrown
out. The bulk of the applications
have been made in the El Reno
district, estimated at about 100,-
000. J. E. Harston, chief clerk of
the alloting forces, says there are
only 4,000 claims in the El Reno
district, 200 of which are worth
from $7,000 to 810,000 each.
There is one chance in 500 to get
one of them, one in thirty-three
to get good ones and one chance
in seventy-five tojget one of 3,-
666 only fairly good ones. His
figures, however, do not conform
with the unofficial maps. The
government office maps showing
allotments will be given out only
to those drawing claims.
when an equal number will be
drawn from the other box in a
similar manner. Tins course will
be pursued until 500 names have
been drawn from the box, when,
if the committee deem it best to
do so, arrangements will be made
for drawing simultaneously from
each box.
After the names have been
drawn and announced they will
be recorded and a notice prepar-
ed to be mailed to the one whose
name is drawn. The drawing will
proceed in this manner until
bvery envelope in the box is
drawn out.
Only 1,000 envelopes, 500 for
each district, will be drawn Mon-
day. After the first day the draw-
ing will proceed with greater
rapidity, and it is expected that
the last envelope will have been
drawn by Thursday night. The
lucky ones will be permitted to
file their claims in the order that
their numbers have been drawn
from the wheel.
Oil Strike at Qranite.
Granite, Ok. July 25.—At 11
o’clock yesterday the Oklahoma
Natural Gas, Light and Heat Co.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
Dr. J. E. Fowler, |
PHYSICIAN-SURGEON.
str1‘th I ^Ear' n-’ and Th™‘-1
125 feet. This well is eighty-four
feet from the first oil discovery.
The force of tho oil and gas was
very strong. An oil expert from
Beaumont is here, and says it is
the strongest surface indication
of a gusher he has ever witnessed.
He says the oil is of a finer qual-
ity than that of Beaumont or
California, in which fields he for-
merly operated.
I
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We are told that a great many
of the corner stones are being re-
moved or otherwise disfigured so
as to make it very difficult for
parties to locate themselves in
the new country. No doubt this
is the work of persons who have
selected claims in advance of the
drawing, and are doing this to
keep others off of said land until
they can file. The law is very se-
vere in such cases and those
guilty of doing such a thing
should be dealt with to the fullest
extent of the law.
The treasury department at
Washington had a peculiar prob-
lem a few days ago. They re-
ceived a half a $5 bill from a
gentleman for redemption, ac-
companied with a statement that
in a scramble with his wife for
the possession of the bill it was
torn into. In the next mail the
other half came from the woman
with an identical explanation.
After puzzelling over it a few
minutes each of the claiment3
was sent 82.50.
Rev. Irl R. Hicks, the noted
weather prophet, calls this a Ju-
piter period and says we must
grin and bear it. He says he saw
this coming a year ago, bearing
the brand of Jupiter and that, the
weather is good fur all summer.
He say8 in way of consolation
that it won’t occur again soon.
One of his recent manifestos is in
Manner of Drawing.
El Reno, 0. T., July 28.—Allis
expectancy tonight among the
thousands of homeseekers here
over the great lottery that begins
tomorrow morning.
The drawing will take place in
the center of the city and will be
witnessed by thousands of peo-
ple. It will be held on the large
platform in the open air. The
actual drawing will be novel and
interesting. On the platform will
be two oblong box wheels, each
fifteen feet in length, one to hold
the names of the applicants for
the homesteads in the El Reno
district and the other for those of
the Lawton district. Into these
wheels will be placed envelopes
containing the names of all the
registered applicants. The en-
velopes will have first been
brought to the platfcrm in pack-
ages consecutively numbered. A
corresponding series of numbers
upon slips, will be placed in an-
other receptacle, from which they
will be drawn at random. The
package of envelopes bearing the
first number drawn will be the
first to be placed in the drawing
box and well distributed, when
another number will be drawn
and another package of envelopes
distributed, and this course will
be continued until all of the en-
velopes have been placed in the
box wheels, after which the
wheels will be revolved for a suf-
ficient length of time to insure a
thorough mixing of the envelopes.
In each wheel there are five ap-
ertues from which the envelopes
will finally be drawn. Ten men,
Anti-Saloon League Active.
Guthrie, O. T., July 26.—The
Oklahoma anti-Saloon League is
preparing to make a vigorous
fight upon the establishment of
saloons in the towns in the Indian
reservation to be opened to set-
tlement Aug. 6. Scores of liquor
dealers have already taken out
Federal licenses and are prepar-
ing to open for business on Aug.
6. The Territorial laws require a
petition signed by resident tax-
payers and two weeks publication
before a saloon can be granted.
In the counties publication can
not be made until after Aug. 6th
and there are no resident tax-
payers there to sign a petition, so
that no person can engage legally
in the sale of intoxicants in the
country in less than thirty days
after the opening. This period
may be prolonged by the filing of
remonstrances and appeals,
should it appear that the appli-
cants are not suitable persons to
engage in the business.
The Stillwater Gazette says:
“A charter has been granted by
Secretary Grimes to the Altus,
Greer county Quinquippa Mining
and Townsite company; capital
stock 81,000,000, for twenty years.
W. B. Wright, W. P. Bryan, C.
T. Johnson and Luke Roberts, all
of Altus, are incorporators and
they propose to conduct system-
atic prospecting in the Kiowa
country for gold, silver, copper,
lead and gypsum.”
Report of me Common of
the people’s
At Altus, in the Territory of
Oklahoma, at the close of
t A Speciality.
| Altus, O. T. ^
W D. BAIRD, M. D. ~
hrinorly Physician l.S. Jail, and atShtera
i Hospital, Antlers, I.T.
pilYSlClAX and $(TBGEOX
Local Health Officer.
Special attention given to General Surgery
and Diseases of Women.
Calls promptly attended to day and night.
Office at Pendleton’s Drug Store.
Altus. o.T.
Dr. A. R. HAGEN.
Local Health Officer.
Former Visiting Surgeon to Now Orleans
Chanty Hospital.
Former Clinical Assistant, New Orleans
Polyclinic.
Former A. A. Surgeon, United States Ma-
rine-Hospital Service.
Diseases of Women and Children.
in the possession of individual
Night calls—OVER BRADDOCK’S STORE
f J J. Satterfield, I
f <3»a)DENTEST .<••) £
& Teeth cleaned and treated. T
4 Plate work a Speciality. ^
I Abus, o. T. t
J M W3LEMAN,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Handles Lands. Investment Banker.
Collections Given Prornqt Attention.
business July 15th, 1901. ejections Given Promt
y I Will practice in U. S. Land Office
RESOURCES: Mangum"d ai“h°.'°“rtS; 0. T.
Loans Jand Discounts.....832,274,50
Overdrafts, secured and
unsecured........................... 1,089,98
Stocks, bonds, warrants, 13,13
Banking house.................... 1,000,00
Furniture and Fixtures 1,223,91
Internal revenue stamps 48,68
Checks and other cash **
items..................................... 7f33
Cash and Sight exchange.......... 18,626 45
Total................................ 854,283,98
A man living near Shawnee
plowed up an old medal some
days ago made of copper, which
measured two and three-fourths
inches in diameter, and bearing
date of 1670. The lettering seems
EiasjEiiES:
Capital stock paid in..... 810,000,00
Surplus Fund..................... 125,00 I
Undivided profits, less
expenses and taxes
PUJd...................................... 1,297,71
Due to Banks...................... 440,77
Individual deposits sub-
ject to check....................42,128.50
Demand certificates of
deposit.................................. 292,00
Total.............................. 854,283,98
to have been done by a process of*™ ., ,
pounding, but is said to be very ^Greer^ °s ^k*ahoma’ county of
plain. On one side can be seen: “ —t _ • s.
‘‘England land scarce. Labor
plenty. Labor reconed by the
acre. America the reverse.” On
the other is the date of the medal,
and other figures and lettering.
part as follows: “There is a rea- j one from each apertue, will per-
son for everything that happens : form the actual drawing. The
in nolimA Tt i.l. * __ . _
in nature. If this summer is dif-
ferent from last summer there
must be some explanation for the
change. For the past ten years
or more I have been continually
calling the attention of the public
to the fact that the present year
would be phenominal in more
. ways than one. I have said that
j there would be great drought and
j 'erification of the prediction is
i found in all parts of the country.
' The continent is literally burning
f up.”,
order in which they will begin
will be determined by lot. The
first envelope drawn will be No.
1, which will be at once opened
and the identification slip which
it contains will be given a cor-!
This section of country was
visited by a light rain on last
Friday for the first time in several
week. Local rains fell most all
over Greer county the past week,
and the drouth throughout the
territory has been broken. The
earliest corn will not make any-
thing like a half crop in places,
while the later corn of course de-
pends on the future rains. The
cotton is yet small, but is very
vigorous and healthy looking and
is putting on forms and growing
very fast now since the showers.
The wheat has turned out better
all over Greer than the farmers
were expecting, and it seems that
nature has been more liberal with
them this dry year than it has to
a great many other sections of
country.
i i
I, W. C. Baker, cashier of the
above named bank, do solemnly
swear that the above statement is
true, and that said bank has no
other liabilities and is not endors- *
ed on any note or obligation other |
j than that shown in the above *
statement to the best of my I
knowledge and belief, so help me '
God.
W. C. Baker,
Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before
me, this the 1st day of Aug. 1901.
R. L. Brewer,
Notary Public.
Correct—Attest: C. C. High-
tower, J. R. McMahan, directors.
For farm loans, call on Greer
County Abstract Co. atMangum.
W. C. Jarboe,
Jusiiee ei site Peace
OBd Notary Public.
North-west Corner Square.
Altus, Okia,
(•'J 4 • « • • ® # ® •XS® £ g,* ® 4 4 j #) ~
Z W. F. DODSON, (*
a* _ £
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% Fancy Groceries, Tinware 2
Queensware, Etc. Also 2
t) Lunch counter. Next door (*>
•) to postoffico. Altna, O. T. •
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If You
Need a New Harness
you want one that’s put up by a competent
workman, and one that contains the best
Leather, you want to come to my shot) to
buy it 1
pT I have fly nets and iieht Up Robes.
\ lsit me any way and look at iny SAD-
and LEATHER Goods
of all kinds.
My workmanship is first-class, and tU
material the very best, hence I can guaiL
antee my poods in every respect.
Respectfully,
GUY GAMBLE,
ARu", OKIsllAWl.
Take Your Chickens
To J. M. Julian. He’l give you
the best market price for same.
New Real Estate Firm.
We have formed a partnership
for the purpose of buying and
selling real estate and respectfully
request thosj who have property
for sale to list same with us. We
will take pleasure in showing
our property to all interested
parties.
Respectfully,
W. J. McDaniel,
S. P. Foster.
- o----- - ----j We understand that the old
responding number, and the j members of the Knights of Pvthias
nama and rpairlonpo of fkia i_ . .
name and residence which ap
pears upon the slip will be pub-
licly announced. This course will
be pursued, numbering each en-
velope and its contents consecu
at this place have petitioned for
a charter to organize a lodge here.
There are about twenty names
already on the list and it F re-
quested that if there be others
| IF YOU Miss Your Friends t
♦
during the coming summer, just address them at tho Colorado
Gnautauqua, Boulder, Colo. You’ll either find them there or at
some of the other numerous Rocky Mountain Resorts. Texas
has been so prosperous that the people are planning all over the
State to spend the hot months in “Kool Kolorado;” and the
number of Southern people up there this year will be enormous.
I eople always want the full worth of their money, and this ac-
“Stonpn henp a!?,°/ almost every one providing for using
The Denver Road” from Fort Worth. Because, you know we
have the shortest line, make the quickest time, run tho only
tnrough trams—w,th Cafe Cars, Pullmans, Modern Coacl^
SerXad!”U n haVet°Ap0l0giZef0rRidingon ^ D
tively, until twenty-five numbers; who wish to join that they can
have been drawn from one box, I 8,Kn the list at the bank. J
w.f.sifpieg,
• €. f.. (..ED
TORT WOBlY TEXAS.
N. B.-Thc Epworth Leagues will go to Frisco our way in July.
Chas. L Hull,
T. R. l.
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Kelly, James Edwin. The Altus Plaindealer. (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, August 2, 1901, newspaper, August 2, 1901; Altus, Oklahoma Territory. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc496882/m1/2/?q=%22%22%7E1: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.