The Southwest World (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 50, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 7, 1903 Page: 1 of 8
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The SOUTHWEST WORLD
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GUTHRIE, OKLA., FEB. 7, 1903.
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country while it could be scatter-
ed everywhere through the blue
stem country. Nesbitt objected
to the bill for the reason that it
would prohibit the feeding' of
Southern cattle in this district.
Choice of all Ladies and
Men's $2.00 Shoes now
Choice of all Ladies and
Men's $2.50 Shoes now
Choice of all $3.00 Shoes
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No matter what you want in
Shoes we save you money.
Our Shoes Give Satisfaction-
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Representatives From E very
Large Publishing House
the United States are 011
the Ground.
The school book lobby is show-
ing much activity and for the last
week there liave been numerous
private conferences between its
representatives and members of
the legislature. These meetings
are held usually at night in the
rooms of the lobby in hotels.
Agents of the larger book com-
panies are now on the ground. It
had been planned to introduce
most of the bills this week, but
the introduction of more import-
ant bills, was postponed till next
week. These bills are awaited
with interest, as their contents
will be examined carefully to de-
tect the "earmarks of undue in-
fluence. " If lobby rumors should
materialize into facts, there will
be lively times when the bills are
brought up for discussion in the
legislature.
The house committee of the
whole, sat all Friday morning
discussing Mathews's quarantine
bill. This bill has been running
the gauntlet of a powerful lobby
of cattlemen and live stock com-
mission dealers and while at pres-
ent it is intact and seemingly
safe, yet the very point where the
knife is to be thrust into its vitals
has been marked. No amend-
ments were offered and the com-
mittee reported that it had made
no progress and asked leave to sit
again.
Williams, ol Pawnee had indi-
cated to Mathews that he might
support the bill, but has declared
that after making inquiry among
his constitutents and giving the
bill further consideration, he
could not. say that he would vote
for it. His people were divided
as to its merits. The Osage In-
dian reservation is attached to
Pawnee county. A bill is pend-
ing that will increase these Osage
taxas to $10,000 or $12,000 a year.
Williams declared that certain
portions of Oklahoma always
would have tics and took the old-
time view that tics did not convey
the fever. He believed that Tex-
as fever was due to the food the
cattle ate, the food getting its
infective qualities from climate
and altitude. He said that there
was no fever in the "short grass"
Wants To Know.
Editor World: As a reader of
your paper, I wish to ask a ques-
tion through your paper. It
seems that the sentiment, north,
south, east and west, is against
the negoo—to disfranchise him,
to cut of his political rights as a
citizen of the United States. Will
they also disfranchise him from
the tax roll and from military
service? If so, then the negro
will have nothing to protect but
himself. What has happened
once, is likely to happen again
We all know that our country is
more than likely to be invaded or
involved by some hostile foreign
nation at any time. Then you
cannot use the negro. What
shall we do with him? If he is
to be disfranchised, would it not
be better to bundle him up and
ship him to some island where he
would be out of the way. I
want an answer through the
World to the above questions.
C. G. W.
(The editor of this paper con
fesses inability to answer the
above questions, and gladly re
fers it to the Oklahoma legisla
ture for solution.)
Oil Up.
Oklahoma will bring suit
against certain oil companies now
shipping oil and gasoline into this
territory. This statement is made
on the authority of Governor
Ferguson. The attorney general
of the territory, j. C. Roberts,
has been instructed to prepare the
papers.
The suit is brought on the
grounds that notwithstanding
the oil shipped into some parts of
the territory will not pass the
flash test and is rejected, thecom-
panies sell it instead of shipping
it back to ihe place of origin.
There are two companies now
shipping oil into Oklahoma, the
Waters Pierce, of New York, and
the National, of Wichita, Kan.
Information as to how far either
or both of these companies are
guilty of violating the laws of the
public safety in Oklahoma has
been filed with the attorney gen-
eral by Oil Inspector Dillon.
Historical.
J. Blair Shoenfelt,Indian agent
at Muskogee, has announced that
some time between now and the
first of March there will be sold
at auction, the old military build-
ings on Garrison hill at Fort Gib-
son, seven miles from that place.
During the civil war Fort Gibson
wis an important post and ele-
gant quarters were mantained
there for the officers. One of the
buildings to be sold is a three
story cut stone house that cost the
government $50,000. It was oc-
cupied by the commanding officer
of the post and there Mrs. Hazen,
now wife of Commodore Dewey,
lived after her marriage to Gen-
eral Hazen. James G. Blaine,
was stationed there at one time
and was very ill in this house for
two months. Jeff Davis brought
his bride there when he was a
lieutenant in the United States
army and it was from this point
that Washington Irving started
on his tour of the prairies. Other
notables who spent some time at
the Fort were Henry W. Long-
fellow and Henry M. Stanley.
Business Demands It-
Daily complaints may be
heard on our streets relative to
the closing of the post office when
mails arrive. The World believes
that the stamp and general de-
livery windows should be opened
at 6 a. m., and remain open until
8 p. m., for the accommodation of
the patrons of the office. The re-
ceipts of this office would seem to
justify this improved service and
the breaking away from village
rules now in vogue at the Guthr-
rie post office, which entail incon-
venience and frequently expense
and hardship upon regular pat-
rons, and more especially upon
the traveling public.
The rules of the post office de-
partment require that all post
offices must be kept open except
the registry and money order de-
partments, during the business
hours prevailing in the communi-
ties in which they are located.
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Willie Griffin, who had the
honor of being the first white
child born in Oklahoma, died at
the home of his parents in this
city last Saturday. His remains
were enterred in Summit View
Cemetery last Sunday afternoon.
Waukomis was devastatated by
a fire last Monday morning at 3
o'clock. An entire block of its
best business houses were swept
away. The fire started in Lit-
zenberg's saloon and there being
no fire department and but a few
people aroused, the fire had its
own way. The loss is estimated
at $75,000. Waukomis is situat-
ed ten miles south of Enid, on the
Rock Island railroad, having a
population of 800.
P. R. Finch was up from Okla-
homa City last Saturday. Mr.
Finch is well pleased with his
new home.
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Booth, H. A. The Southwest World (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 50, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 7, 1903, newspaper, February 7, 1903; Guthrie, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc88992/m1/1/: accessed March 29, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.