The Daily Democrat. (Anadarko, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 100, Ed. 1, Thursday, May 16, 1907 Page: 1 of 4
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ANADARKO. CADDo COUNTY. OKLAHOMA MAY 16 1907.
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KANSAS CITY
COMMERCIALS
Entertained At the McAninch
Presented With the Key of
City an Eye'Opener
The Kansas City Commercial
Club Trade Extension Boosters
pulled into Anadarko last night
an hour late but found -their
welcome just aB cordial. Tho
party was laid out an hour at
one of tho southern townB be-
cause of an aooident.
The Riverside Band Btruok in-
to a march as thfc tiain nino
coaches long drow in on tho
Lawton traok. In a few moments
the train was alongside tho depot
platform and tho visitors getting
an experience of tho Southwest-
ern welcome. The whole town
was a party tc it and osoorted
tho Kansas City people up to the
business section and later to tho
Opera house where the visitors
took a part in entertaining us.
Tho MoAninoh waB packed and
thero was no loud slumbering
such as varied the program of
the night before.
The Kansas City crowd has a
quintette of singers and Zimmer-
60hied's Orchestra with them
wherewith to make tho provin-
cials glad. Tho orcheetra iB a
notable one our people not hav-
ing hoard such music in this oily
Their first number was an over-
ture from The-Barber of Seville
followed later by a cornet solo
"The Holy City" and then by
tho overture from Offenbach's
OrphoUBT-'Mr. il. H. McQuaid
assisted by Mefcsrs. Curtis Hol-
mes and Baltz gave us the latest
in musio hall novelties and were
encorod again and again.
Ir was after 9 o'clock when
President Smith of the Commer-
cial Club introduced his honor
tho Mayor who in uneat speech
welcomed the Kansas Cityans
and presented them with tho key
to tho city an "eye opener" for
them. The key fashioned of
zino was hollow and tho eye
opener was inside. Tho key was
opened on tho stage but the eye
opener was not. After receivincr
the key 0. V. Dodge president
of tho party responded to Mr.
Stelzner's address saving that
ho was from Missouri and as re-
gards tho eye-opener ''would
have to bo shown." He then ex-
plained the Kansas City organi-
zation and the purposo of its
visit promising Kansas City's
assistance in tho development of
its trade torritory. Ho said that
the Club had made those excurs-
ions for 18 years and that on this
trip of ono week this party of 100
tnemberB would visit 100 cities
and travel 1800 miles.
Hon. Dyke Ballinger then
spoke for Anadarko telling the
visitors how their interests and
our own have been Badly hurt by
lack of railroad facilities He
aBked them to do what they can
to remove trade conditions thai
are the groatesthindranoeto Ok-
lahoma today.
Qoorge ForBee manager of the
Fairbanks -MorBO Company then
delivered tho meesago of KanaaB
City to Anadarko. Mr. Forsee is
a good Btory teller giving his
listeners value rooeived for their
time and it ifl to bo hoped that
hiB mention of the necessity of
team work in town-building has
taken stronghold upon our own
business men. The remainder
of the program except for the
witty monologue of Murphy the
Swede and tho farewell remarks
of Rev. TeiB was musical The
hearers showed their enjoyment
of Iho singing ly repeated en-
cores and the ICaneua City Com
mercials had tho satisfaction of
seeing lhat they had pleased uh
as minli as wo trust wo pleasod
thorn.
Strong School Mouse
J. R. Talbatt has built a stock
barn on his farm.
Corn is looking good consider-
ing tho bad weather.
Scmo of tho young people enjoy
ed themselves at a woolt hunt
Saturday night.
Sam Coon has built a new
house on his school quarter also
painted his burn.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wiley
and daughter Alice visited no a J
Cement Saturdin and Sunday.
Robert Sears and Ed Strong
were seen buggy riding Sunday
but as it happened they were
all alone.
NEW TOWN BE-
TWEEN 2 DAYS
Randlett Rushes Into. Existence
Railroad Extension
Projected.
Lawton Okla. May 16. At
tho oloso of the third of the gov-
ernment sale of lots on tho town-
site of Randlott in the Kiowa
Commanche and Apache Indian
reservation 400 lotH have been
disposed of and the Indian tribes
are S35000 richer. This record
of both number and'prico is said
to ho unequaled in the history of
the disposition of government
townEites at public auction.
A member of the commission
said today that ho estimates the
entire site will sell in less than
tho alloted ton days and that it
will bring S150.000. Two thous-
and people attended tho sale to-
day. -Five hundred men are
working tonight on the erection
of tho buildings and tho clank of
the hammer will be heard without
interruption till dawn.whon anew
force will go on for another day.
Five newspaper plants aro said
to be headed for the now town
and tho first number of a daily
paper will be issued in a few days.
The highest prico paid for a lot
today was S725.
A rauroaa company with a
capital Btcok of S100.000 is being
organized at Randlett for the
purpose of projecting a line to
Lawton. Some of the promoters
aro S. A. Gardner president of
the Bank of Randlett; H. C.
Jerome president of tho Farmers'
and Merohants' Bank of Rand-
lett; J. C. Adams manager of
tho DaviB Lumber company and
E. H. Bickloy an attorney.
Notice of Survey
To T. S. Widmaier Sec. T. Dubler
and D M. Salmon.
You aro hereby notified that Fred
Kirl Chas. II. Barrett and S. Jno.
Faucher owners of land in sections 4-9
twp. 10 It 12 have filed an application
to have tho subdivision corners and
boundaries of said section established.
Therefore by tho authority vested in
me by law I will proceed on the 11 day
of June 1907 at 12 o'clock p. m. to
survey said land and permanently
establish said comers and boundaries.
N. V. Cook
County Surveyor.
first pub 16
last pub May 30
Marriage License
J. M. Everett of Anadarko.
Miss Nellie Fransis of Ana-
darko. M. D. Phillips ago 21 Graoe-
mont. Mabel C. Houston age 15
Graoomont.
i . 1
There was a young poet named Wlndling
Who wrote verses shaky and spindling.
"Oh my such a lingo"
Cried critics and bincol
Thsy used all he sent them for klndllngl
Uncle By.
TO THE CITIZENS
Before Flynn Filson
Grimes Humon and the
other republicans reached
Washington to confer with
the administration Secre-
tary Taft received a message
from a man ho sent down
here to investigate which
was as follows:
'Time premature for na
tional leaders to announce
attitude in statehood mat
ters. Will strengthen sup-
port of constitution and an-
tagonize opposition and
tend to agitate tactions.''
Ihis means that the na
tional administration is
agaiusl statehood and that
unless wo have a democratic
administration in 1001) we
will never have statehood
unless we got it now.
Tli is week Judge Pan-
coast made permanent an
injunction against calling
the election to vote on the
constitution and other suits
ate springing up like mush-
rooms. These suits while
having for their subject the
county boundaries are real-
ly backed by the railroads
in conjunction with the office
holding bunch of tho repub-
lican party of whom Pan-
coast is a shining member.
Tho railroads have taken
54000000 out of Oklaho-
ma in overcharges in the last
State Sunday
School Convention.
The Fourteenth Annual gath-
ering of all Sunday schools of all
denominations in Oklahoma will
be held in Shawneo August 20
22 1007. This year it will be a
joint meeting with the Sunday
echoold of Indian Territory and
preparations are being made for
3000 delegates.
Marion Lawronce Internation-
al General Seorotary and the
most noted Sunday sohool ex-
port in tho world will bo the
principal speaker. Workers from
neighboring states and tho best
speakers from our own state will
also have parts on the program.
Any person oan booomo a del-
egate to this convention by Bend-
ing a stamp to any couuty sec-
retary or to William Rogers
Gen. Seo. Medfnrd Oklahoma.
There will be no fruo entertain-
ment but plenty of provision
will be made for rooms and board
at low rateB.
A
OF CADDO COUNTY
seven years their interest
in defeating a constitution
that will make them be de
cent is obvious.
These injunction suits are
merely the evidences of tho
conspiracy to defeat self-
government in Oklahoma.
The administration and Mr.
Taft are concerned because
Oklahoma's electoral votes
will be democratic in presi
dential elections.
It is right that the people
should be informed of the
significance of these moves
against statehood and un
derstand where they orijin
ate by noting who will get
ad vantage out ot them
If
the constitution can ever bo
s-otten to whore the people
can vote upon it tho day of
predatory graft and political
serfdom is at an end.
Wake up Mr. Democrat!
Wake up Mr. .Republican!
Dout chew tho rag about
gerrymander; or school tax-
es count' boundaries and
other excuses that are put
t- ir i i
forward for us to wrangle
over. Lho ugly fact is that
there is a conspiracy that
will have you down and out
while you are arguing. The
thing to do now is to note
what you aro up against
and to act accordingly and
vigorously.
Motel Arrivals
Bryan: L. M. Day Kansas
City; B. E. Stone J. H. Lot-
tridge R. II. Drake J C. Hosea
W. R.Chilcott Ira Holmes J. W
Page T. N. Harris CIhib. S.
Brown Kansaa City: t M.
Brown C. H. Russell C. II.
Dunlap Chiokasha J. E. Adam
Ft. Worth; M. A. Daughert. P.
II. Povee Chioago; J. D. War-
wood Chattanooga; E. G. Han-
ton A. H. Aduock J. S. Boyntor
A. Tettensleen Oklahoma City.
Ernest Taylor went to Chiok-
adhathis morning.
Dr. Hume returned this morn-
ing from Shawneo.
Dr. Mitchell returned from
Shawneo this morning.
W J. Burko wont to Granite
on businoss thia morning.
W T. Bonnoll. of Kansas City
was a business visitor in the city
yesterday.
Weather Forecast
Washington May 10. Okla
homa and Indian Torritory.
Friday fair.
New Town Forms
Like Magic Today
Lawton Okla.. May IB
Spirited buying charaoterizod the
sal of lots on tho Randlett town-
site in tho Big Pasture today.
Two hundred lots woro diBpoaod
of. Ono GO-foot graBS plat on
whioh a banker expecta to erect
a home was purchased for S535;
. . - ... .
business lots wont easily at S100
nni unrttfi nlininn rnnn Unnun.1.1
onn- m x. V UUUB"'
oo. wo uiousanu poopio woro
mobilized around Ann tnnnnp
mobilized around Auctioneer
muinn'8 stanu today and tho on-
liro population of tho now town
was probably 3000. Tho com-
mibsiun has grantrd purohasors
to move their houses and tents
on tho sito tomorrow. Main
Btroot will bo formed like magio
before sunrieo.
RUEFF SAYS
I'M GUILTY
San Francisco Corruptionist in
Impassioned Address Con-
fesses Extortion
San Franoisco May 15 Abra-
ham Rueff better known aB Abo
Rueff tho acknowledged ad-
visor of Mayor Schmitz and onco
tho reoognized dictator )f muni-
cipal affairs in San Francisco
plead guilty to the churo of
extoriion in Judgo Dunne's de-
partment of tho superior court
today. Senjonoo r.vill bo pro-
nounced upon him two week
hence. Ho sayB that his action
is taken to save tho livos of his
loved ones.
After a pri ato conference with
his four attorneys in Judgo Dun-
no's privato chambers this after-
noon and after they had with-
drawn from his caeo beoauso of
tho resolution ho had taken lo
change his ploa ar.d avoid trial
Rueff to the utter astonishmont
of the prosecution uroso in court
and announoed in a draroatio ad
dress that after long and earnest
consideration he had determined
lo withdraw his plea of not guilty
and enter a plea of guilty
Up
askod that the jury bo dismissed
. ... J ui8mitsi.u
and tho trial abandoned.
Rueff read his statement from
a manuscript which ho had pre-
pared in tho presenoo of his at
torneys a few moments before
Judgo Dunne's ohiunbors oponed
Ho showed in his voice in the
expression of his face in hid
quiet and gos'.ureloss attitude
and tho toars th.u again and
again overflowed his eyes tho
great emotion and uttor humilia
tion ho suffered. The nathos of
thosoenowas oommunioatod to
tho crowd that thronged tho court
room. Tears sprang to the oyoa
of voteran nowBpapor men who
have been life long acquaintance
and whoso papers havo conduct-
ed against him and his political
associates a long and bitter cam-
paign for tho purification of
municipal affairs. Tho aoouBed
man was several times all but
overcome by emotion. When he
reaohed the final words of his
address "I desire to withdraw
my ploa of not guilty and enter
tho contrary plea" his voioe
dropped to a whisper. But so
intense was tho silence that it
reaohed to the far oornors of tho
room.
i m .
The wheels on tho tender of
passenger train going east oamo
uncoupled this morning about
four miles west of the city
elaying the train three hours.
PIERCE HELD
" FORJERJIY
Fights Against Being Taken
Back to Texas Bond Fixed
at $20000.
St. Louis May 15. H. Clay
Pioroo chairman of tho Waters-
Pinrnr. r!l .... . i
"- '-' uuimuy whs louay
remanded to tho custody of Sher-
mm ....
iftMathowsof Texas to answer
to an indictment charging per
i . . . .
ury by a dooision rendered this
morning by Judgo Adams in tho
United Statos cirouit court.
Judgo AdamB today donied the
application of Mr. Pioroo for a
writ of habeas corpus.
Mr. Pioroo is wantedjin Texas
to answer to an indictment charg
ing porjury in an affidavit mado
by himjn May 1000 to the ef-
fect that the Watora-Pioroo Oil
oompany waB not a party to any
pool trust confederation or com
bination in restraint to trado.
After Judgo Adams had road
his decision Attorney PrieBt im-
mediately aBked that a delay of
exooution of tho court's order bo
granted until 2 o'olook Hub after-
noon to onablo him to deoido
whether to mako an appeal to tho
United Statos court of appeals or
direotly to the state Biipreme
court. Judgo Adams granted
the requost.
Attorney Barolay represent-
ing the state of TexaB asked that
tho court inoreasa the bond of
810000 under which Pierce was
released from oustody when he
surrendered on May 8 but Judgo
Adams stated that the bond
would remain at that amount un-
til 2 o'olook this afternoon.
Mr. Pierce had little to say as
ho left the court room with his
attorney. Ho Bpoko to several
of Iuh friends who crowded for-
ward to shako his hand but mado
no comment.
Anadarko Route a.
Our Sunday school was well
atlonded last Sunday. Wo will
havo Children's Day tho third
Sunday in June.
Quito a little hail fell Monday
night doing somo damage to
orops and fruit.
Tho people who planted cot-
ton early aro replanting it now.
Mr. Craze visited a friend in
Ft. Cobb last week.
Tho farmers aro bo busy they
hardly take time to toil a man
where tho nearest noighbor lives.
Mr. McBeo is being delayed
from building his houso on ac-
count of the rain.
Mr. MoBee is on the sick list
this week.
There are somo farmers plant-
ing corn yet.
Thero was singing at Ed Cook's
Inst 8unday evening.
Mr. Smith made a business
trip to Chiokasha last week.
Tho roads are washod out a
little in this part and we must
soon fix them so tho candidal
oan travel.
J. R. Dtnny went to
r
Apalo
this morning on bueiness.
Mrs. Chas. Gillette of Hobart
who has been visiting relative
hero loft for her homo this uur..-
ing. Prof. E. H. Homborger of
Pattonsburg Mo. one of that
"show mo" stato'd prominent
and leading educators was in thu
city today. Mr. II. was on hiH
way to looato on his claim in the
Big Pubturo.
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