Chickasha Daily Express. (Chickasha, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 179, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 28, 1908 Page: 1 of 8
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Chickasha Oklahoma Tuesday Evening July 28 1908
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Output of Oklahoma Mines for 1907 Ex-
ceeds that of 1906 by Over Million
Tons-Interesting Report
Guthrie July 27 Oklahoma's total
production of coal for 1107 according
to the annual report of the United
States geological survey just received
here wis 3642658 short tons having
a spot value of $7433914. The most
noteworthy feature of the report is
the great increase in production over
l'JOfi. While the report for 1906 was
for Indian Territory ulone and that for
1!.07 is for the state of Oklahoma the
entire co.al producing section of the
state is contained in wlrit was former-
ly Indian Territory and the compari-
son for Oklahoma for 1907 and Indian
Territory for 1006 Is really the same
territory.
In 190! the Indian Territory output
amounted to2800200 short tons val-
ued at $."14S2uti6. In comparison with
this the 1907 output shows an in-
increase of 1782458 tons or 27. 3G per
cent in quantity and of $1951548 or
35.fi per cent in value. Only three
tatea come ahead of Oklahoma in the
percentage of Increase in l'.07 to 1908.
They are Michigan whose production
Increased 51 per cent; Arkansas which
has an increase of 43.3 per cent and
New Mexico with 33.8 per cent in
crease.
According to the same report there
were S39S men employed in the Okla-
homa coal mines during 1907 who
worked on an average of 21C days each
compared with 82.11 men for an aver-
age of 160 days in 19". The total time
lost in 19m; days was equivalent to
40 per cent of the total time made;
the total time lost In 1307 was equlva-
lent to a Utile less than 1 per cent
of tlie total time made.
The average production per man in
1907 was 434 tons as against 346 8 tons
in 1906 and 2.02 tons in 1905. Fractl-
average dally production per man was
2.10 tons in 1907 as ag-iinst 2.09 tons
in VMr and 202 tons In 1905. Practi-
cally all the mines In the state are
operated on the basis of n eight
hour day.
The decline of the use of mining ma-
chinery in Oklahoma referred to in
the reports for 1905 and i'.'Ofi continu
ed in 19f7 and was probably due to
the prevalent practice of shooting
from the solid. The quantity of the
product of the state is according to the
l'epoit (.! Irnisly iff' led by this prac-
tice which punhices an excess of slack
or fine coal for which there Is no prof-
Lable Ituilkel
The fatality record for T.'nT as re-
ported by William Cameron federal
mine inspector for Indian Territory
shows that there were 89 accidents
during the year decrease of three
from l'li 0; 33 men were killed and 5G
Injured iu 19"7 as against 11 killed
and 's injured In 1 :. Of the i fatal
accidents In 19u7 six were du to gas
and dust explosions and misplaced
shots 11 to falls of ruffs or coal and
five to other causes. The death rate
per 1000 employees w as 3 9 and 110383
ROAD GRADER
HOHiH OF TOWH
The big road grader which was
bought by the board of trustees of
Chickasha township is no wbeing
used on the section line north of Eve-
rybody's gin. It is drawn by a 25-
horsepower engine and Is doing splen-
did work. W. A. Dawson the road
overseer has charge og it and he Is
rapidly getting the public highway in
good shape.
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MUSTER IN
COMPANY
LOCAL KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS
WILL HAVE A BIG TIME
TOMORROW EVENING
Tomorrow evening there will be big
doln's at the Knitts of Pythias hall
the occasion being the mustering in
of the local company of the uniform
rank.
J. E. Shannafelt of Oklahoma City
and R. M. Saunders of Webber Falls
both high ofiicers in the grand lodge
will bo present and a large crowd of
knights and ladies from the Oklahoma
city lodge are expected.
Committees were .appointed at the
lodge meeting last night to look af-
ter the entertainment of the visitors.
Uniforms for the local uniform rank
company have been received and they
are very handsome. The company
meets for drill every week and good
progress Is being made.
The lot sale to assure a street car and
interurban was begun this afternoon but it
isn't over by a big sight.
There are at least 400 citizens who should
take from one to five of them. The commit-
tee will call on you. Be prepared to buy.
Cosing their places of business the
people of Chickasha assembled at the
opera house at 3 o'clock this afternoon
Man Who is Known to Chickasha Politi-
cians and Railroad Men Is in the
Limelight Again
to raise the street car and interurban
bonus.
The meeting was opened by Presi-
dent Sayer who advocated in his usual
earnest manner the raising of the bon-
us giving the entire proposition h 4
strongest endorsement. Other citi-
zens also spoke. The meeting is still
In progress at the hour of going to
press. The indication Is that the lots
will all be sold.
In less than an hour after the meet-
ing was opened 117 lots were sold at
SHOO each making a total of $35100
or about one fourth of the entire sum
raised.
D. D. Sayer and Ben. F. Johnson
were the largest buyers the former
taking 20 lots and the latter 16. A full
list of purchasers will be published.
MM SECURES A
PIANO FOB THE 0. 1 S.
Through the efforts of B. VV. Lu to-
man who was recently initiated Into
the order the local Eastern Star lodge
has secured a fine piano to make
their meetings more enjoyable. Mr.
Lubman bought the piano with his
own money and is now taking up a col-
lection among his brother masons to
pay for it. Those who have been so-
licited have responded liberally and
the piano will soon he paid for.
Board will Ask the Mayor to Call an Election-
Will Erect Three "Overflow Buildings
Elect Science Teacher
tons of coal were mined for each life
lost.
The coal field oi Oklahoma Is esti-
mated by the report to cover approxi-
mately 20 Ouo spuare miles In the west-
ern half of the Cherokee nation the
whole of the Creek nation the north-
ern third of the Choi law nation and a
small portion of the Chickasaw nation.
The total area underlaid by workable
coal is estimated to be about 14uui)
square. At present the entire output
Is derived from the Cherokee Creek
and Choctaw nations the last named
contributing by far the largest por-
tion. The coals of which there are ten or
jiiioie oeds lunye iroiu a medium tow
. grade on one h"i)d to a high grade
i bituminous approaching semi nnthra-
'cite. on the other. Some of the high
grade bituminous varieties are cook-
ing coals. Several hundred ovens are
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IT'S ALL FREE
Come to Chickasha During the Farmers'
Celebration and Harvest Jubilee
July 23 24 and 25
Our citizens have spared no expense to (rive the people who
come a good time. There will be nothing but pleasure for three
days.
While iu Chickasha drop into the First National Bank Build-
ing on the corner of Third Street and Chickasha Avenue; we will
be pleased to meet all of our fanner friends our commodious
offices are at your disposal. It will ba a pleasure to give you such
information as we have concerning the Removal of Restrictions
enabling the sale of Indian lands.
Make this your banking home.
The First National Bank
OF CHICnASHA.
United States Depository
At a meeting of the school board
last night a committee was appointed
to prepare a resolution requesting the
mayor to call a spechl election at
which the issuance of $30000 of bonds
will be submitted to the people. They
will ask that the bonds be voted for
the purchase of a site and the erection
of a high school building.
This committee will report at the
meeting next Monday night and it is
the intentian to expirite the proceed-
ing as much as possible.
Foreseeing that It will be Impossible
to get the new building ready for oc-
cupancy at the opening of school the
bo-ird decided to erect three overflow
buildings for temporary use. Two of
these will be built on the West build-
ing grounds and the other at the
south building each containing two
rooms. The contract for the build'
Ings was awarded to . C. Justus at
$735 each. The high school is to be
moved back to the West building. It
was decided to sell the residence now
occupied by Judge Diekerson
The only other business of import'
ance transacted last nicht was the
election of Miss Jones who comes
from Missouri to the position of sci
ence teacher iu the high school. There
are four other positions to be filled.
PETTY'S BUSINESS PICKING UP
"Our business this week is about
twice as large as it has been during
the same period at any time during the
past two months" said Geo. Petty reg-
ister of deeds this afternoon.
Before noon today thirty Instruments
had been filed for record and most of
them were deeds.
The big Increase in recording is
accounted for by the brisk land trad-
ing that begin when the law remov
ing restrict ions became effective yes
torday. It is probable that the deeds
that have come in represent but a
small fraction of the transfers that
have taken place and that Mr. Petty's
business will show a still greater in
crease before the end of the week.
All over.the eastern half of the statu
land buyers are busy and hundreds of
investors from other states are on the
ground.
IAWT0M inSFSPnpiHAR MR!
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UNIVERSITY
CAMPAIGN
GLEE CLU
WELL KNOWN LOCAL MUSICIANS
WILL SING THE SONGS TIHT
MAKE VOTES
A campaign glee club has been or
ganized in Chaickasha composed of
eight of the city's best male voices.
Although they commenced practicing
some time ago their work his been
kept very quiet and now they an-
nounce that they are ready to render
the latest "spell-binders" and "vote-
getters" in the United States. Many
of their selections have been written
and arranged especially for them and
they will have no rivals in campaign
music.
The giee clubs includes most of the
members of the old Philharmonic
quartette and those who remember
that quartette will know what a treat
is promised in vocal music.
The members of the new club are
Messrs. Cunningham Mcintosh Nor-
velle Henyer Stotts Laubach Porter
and Hull.
MRS. BOND ENTERTAINS
Mrs. Redford Bond entertains to-
morrow at her home corner 12th street
and Kansas avenue in honor of her
guests Miss Rennie of Tishomingo and
.Miss Johnson of Norman.
PLAY BASKET BALL
Both the Rock Isbnd and High
School basket ball teams will go to 1
Reno Saturday night and two fast ex-
citing games are promised.
Chicago July 23. This city baa a
real live presidential candidate who
who not only promises all you have-
been vainly seeking for these many
years but who believes men ought to
live on twenty cents a day and wash
their own dishes. He also advocates
equal wages for men and women and
would frame laws permitting women to
collect their husband's salary.
He is the product of Chicago and
his name is Alvin W. Van Dorston a
violin maker at 821 West Van Buren
street and he hopes to fiddle his way
into the White House with the aid of
a "beautiful young girl" whose identity
must not be revealed for the present.
He is the head of the "American
Goodbackers" and stands on a plat'
form that knocks the foundations of
the other parties to smithereens. He
wrote it himself and says every candi-
date ought to write his own platform
so that the people might be able to
judge whether the candidate has suffi-
cient brains to hold such a lofty job.
After giving his platform in ful he
writes this "supplementary:"
Every American regardless of creed
!or occupation who has tired of chas-
; ing hot air bubbles and political delu
sions and has .any respect for liberty
and the constitution of the United
States as the inheritance left to us by
our forefathers through the sacrifice of
their blood will show his good sense
and patriotism in supporting the prin-
ciples set forth in the American Good-
backers' platform and its candidates
and thus repudiate the Taft-Sherman-Bryan-Kern
'steam-roller' systera by
crossing out their names and votiug for
the candidates at the head of this plat-
form. This band wagon is the largest
and most substantial ever mounted on
the wheels of justice and room enough
for all Illinois and Oklahoma candi-
dates to the front Ohio and Nebraska
to the rear.
Of course he has a running mate
Dallas A. Anderson of Chickasha Ok.
a nephew of the fiddler.
Van Dorston will ask Chief Shippy
today for a permit to hold street meet-
ings and before many dawns will fiddle
and tell the "throngs" all about it.
Then he wil pass the hat for nickels
and dimes that are to constitute his
campaign fund. And the cheerful giv-
ers will receive receipts. a form of cer-
tificate which Van Dorston siy is r.
"parody" on the new currency bill.
Ad Melton returned home yester-
day from the Wichita mountains
where he has been with a camping par-
ty the past ten days.
..Oklahoma City July 28. Through
failure satisfactorily to assure the
Baptist organisation payment of ?200-
000 guaranty I.awton loses out as the
location for the big Baptist university.
The conference between representa-
tives of the Baptist church and Lawton
took place at the Lee hotel yesterday
morning and resulted disastrously to
I.awton because It had the bonus guar-
anteed In 112 different sums.
The university proposition will be
taken up by the Baptist convention in
Muskogee next November.
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i! CONTEST
Miss Adele Wantland of this city is
one of the young ladies entered in a
subscription contest that is being con-
ducted by the Fort Worth Telegram
and the prospects are that she will be
a winner.
The prize will be a trip through Colo-
ndo. There are three other young
ladies In this district from which Miss
Wantland is contesting.
The Chickasha contestant is an at-
tractive and popular young lady and
the people of this city should rally to
her support.
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Evans, George H. Chickasha Daily Express. (Chickasha, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 179, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 28, 1908, newspaper, July 28, 1908; Chickasha, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc732985/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.