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SHAWNEE, OKLAHOMA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1909
VOL. 14.—No. 255.
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Oklahoma Histori
C«1 Society
MURDER PLB THE
SKILL OF OFFICERS
Mrs,. Page, a Widow, Shot Down
Late Last Night near Indian Mis-
sion—Investigation is on
Another mysterious murder, In
which a woman is the victim, is baf-
fling the local officers. Mrs. Victoria
paa, a widow woman of middle age,
~<T shot through the upper part of
ier chest with a .45 caliber gun, in
the hands of a person unknown,
death ensuing Immediately. The
tragedy occurred Sunday uight about
11 o'clock near the Shawnee Indian
Mission, west of the southwest cor-
ner of Benson Park, In a pasture.
With the woman at the time was a
daughter, Irene McKlnney and an In
dlan, Willie Cornallis, for whom the
women had been working In the cot-
ton field. News of the tragedy was
brought to Benson Park by the
daughter and was from there tele-
phoned to town.
Story of Killing.
The park had closed for the night
when at about 11 o'clock those who
still lingered heard a shot in a south-
western direction. A short time later
the McKlnney woman appeared at
the park and said that her mother
had been shot. The police were noti-
fied and Assistant Chief Spann, Dep-
uty Coroner A1 Brown and others has-
tened to the park. The body was
found lying dead in the pasture
where the woman had indicated the
shooting took place.
The Coroner's Jury.
Mr. Brown, upon his arrival there,
empanelled the following coroner's
jury: O. H. Weddle, G. T. Daven-
port, E. C. Houch, S. E. Myers, W.
F. Brill and J. R. Goodpasture. They
viewed the remains as they lay and
then accompanied the body in a spe-
cial car furnished by Mr. Weddle to
the Fleming & Brown morgue. Here
a closer examination was made and
the Jury adjourned subject to call.
An examination of the body showed
that the bullet had passed through
the right arm and completely through
the body, emerging under the left
arm. The ball was found beneath
the clothing. It was of .45 caliber.
Details Meager.
Officers are very reticent about the
matter. A large number of persons
supposed to possess Information are
being sweated In Chief Hawk's office
today by Hawk, Sheriff Pierce and
Assistant County Attorney Hunter
Johnson. If they have learned any-
thing, they have kept It to them-
selves. Those examined are equally
reticent, so that what is being de-
veloped Is a matter of speculation
only.
not generally known Just what
the McKlnney woman told after
shooting. It seems, however,
that she and her mother have been
working for Cornallis, who lives west
of the city, and that the three were
at the park Sunday evening. They
started home late, walking, Mrs. Page
being between Cornallis and Mrs. Mc-
Klnney. A shot was flred, the wom-
an dropped, and the other started to
run west. Thinking she heard some
#,dy chasing her, she turned anil
went east in the road and thence
down the interurban to the park,
where she gave the alarm.
The Murdered Woman.
The murdered woman, though
known as a very hard working wom-
an, was well known In police cir-
cles, having been in court a number
of times. Recently she had been liv-
ing with her daughters In a shack on
the south side.
LATER.—FIVE PERSONS ARE
BEING HELD PENDING A FUR-
THER INVESTIGATION AND IT IS
UNDERSTOOD THAT A CHARGE
OF MURDER WILL BE PRE-
FERRED AGAINST ONE OF THEM
SOME TIME THIS AFTERNOON.
only.
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Guthrie. Okla., Sept. 13.—Two un
related circumstances, the unusually
severe drouth of the present year
and the coming sale of 1,050,000 acres
of school lands in northwestern Ok-
lahoma, have combined to cause a
renewal of Interest In the matter of
irrigation for that part of Oklahoma.
Beaver, Texas and Cimarron Counties
are burned up, and In consequence
many settlers will this year practical-
ly abandon farms which would be
worth $50 an acre if they only had
sufficient water to insure the matur
ing of crops.
The Panhandle country can do lit-
tle toward any apprehensive irriga-
tion system withont the support and
encouragement of the rest of the
State, and in eastern and central Ok-
lahoma the rainfall for the three
years prior to 1909 had been so cop-
ious that any talk of irrigation was
treated as a Joke,
Now, with practically the entire
State suffering from drouth, It is dif-
ferent, and the farmer in central Ok-
lahoma who has usually got more
rain than he wants can feel for tha
farmer in the extreme western part
of the State who seldom haB as much
as he needs.
The school land question also nec-
essarily Interests all parts of th-:
State. Practically all of the 80-calleJ
enabling act lands lie in the district
where the only way that agriculture
can ever be continuously and success
fully carried m is by means of irri-
gation. With these lands coming on
the market at the close of one of the
dryest years Oklahoma has ever ex
perienced, and all of the farms
around them dry and parched, the
prospects for the school fund of the i
State getting what it should from the
proceeds of the sale is anything but
good.
If, however, there were some as-
surance that a scheme of Irrigation
were likely to be provided which
would make the lands worth some
thing from an agricultural stand-
point, the sale would be much more
ready and for better prices. And
even if no Immediate action is taken
the men who buy that land for agri
cultural purposes are bound to be
added to the number of Irrigation
boosters and may assist In that way
in getting some results.
Three plans are suggested by Dr
F. H. Newell, director of the reclamn
tion service, one for a permanent
dam and headworks on the Cimarron
River, the second for a storage res
ervolr by building an earthen dam a'
the Narrows and the third for rf
pumping plant similar to the one at
Garden City, Kan., which Is reallv
considered the most feasible of all.
Wm. Demland, secretary Chamber
of Commerce: "What can we do to
help make the vote unanimous in
favor of the extra school levy? I am
strongly in favor of the proposition
and shall vote and work for It. To
shorten our term of school to five
months would be ruinous to Shaw-
nee. Lets make the vote unani-
mous."
R. J. McKay : "Sure, I am for the
additional school levy. I fall to see
how any one could oppose it. Give
us a full term of school."
Willard Johnston, president State
National Bank: "Yes, I am for the
increase in the school levy. If we
cripple our schools we reduce prop-
erty values in our city. A five
months' term of school would be a
calamity."
Martin C. Fleming: "I shall sup-
port the proposition to increase the
school levy. I favor anything that
is for the improvement of our
schools."
U. S. Hart of the Hart-Lambard
Company: "I am absolutely in favor
of the extra school levy. If we can
not support our schools, we may as
well count Shawnee out of the race
for anything. The propositon should
carry ten to one."
J. H. Maxey: "By all means, the
extra school levy should carry. If It
is defeated we will not have more
than five months of school. I am in
favor of a full term of school. To de-
feat the levy would be fatal to our
town."
George H. Kerfoot: "The extra
five mills school levy should carry by
a big majority—in fact, there should
be no votes against it. Count me as
strongly In favor of it."
H. T. Douglas: "I am emphatically
In favor of the additional school levy
To defeat that proposition and thus
cripple our schools would be ruinous
to our city."
Melville Lund, Rock Island engi
neer: "Although I have no children
to send to school, I am strongly In
favor of the extra school levy. It is
to the Interest of the city to carry
the proposition uninlmously."
F. B. Reed, cashier Oklahoma Na-
tional Bank: "You may quote me as
being strongly In favor of the extra
school levy. Shawnee can not afford
to vote down this proposition, and as
a result have a five months' term of
school. It would take us five years
to recover from such a calamity. I
hope the extra levy is carried by a
big vote."
Alderman Hurford: "I am In favor
of the extra school levy. Give us
bigger and better schools. A Ave
months' term of school would reduce
property values in Shawnee twenty
five per cent."
Sidney Clark: "Certainly, I am for
the extra school levy. It ought to
carry unanimously."
J. G. Knouse, clerk of the board
of education, gave out the following
statement relative to teachers' sala
ries in Shawnee:
"Regular teachers In the various
schools In Shawnee below the high
school are paid from $40 to $G0 a
month for nine months. Last year
there were but two teachers in our
corps who got the maximum of $60.
the average salary being $49.75. When
you stop to reflect that this is for
but nine months out of the year, and
i hat for the other three months the
teacher is out of employment, 1 fall
to see how It can be considered as
too high a salary. Forty-nine dollars
ind seventy-five cents for nine
months means $447.75 a year. Com-
petent clerks receive more than this,
many stenographers much more.
'Nor are our salaries as high as
teachers In other cities in Oklnhomi
are being paid. In Guthrie the aver-
age salary of the regular teachers U
$51.61%. In
THIS HI
SPECIAL [LECH l)K
IfflSWG SCHOOL Lffl
JjO UTILITY BONDS
Polls will Open at Six O'clock lo*
morrow morning and Remain open
Unil 7 p. m.-The Polling Places.
Guthrie, Okla., Sept. 13.—Superin-
tendent Stone of the State dispensary
has compiled reports from county at-
torneys, showing the working of the
prohibiton law and cost of enforce-
ment, with comparisons of fines col-
lected. The reports cover practically
every section of the State, and when
taken in connection with reports from
sheriffs, made public a short time ago,
show, Superintendent Stone says, that
sentiment in favor of prohibition is
rapidly increasing.
Sixteen of the attorneys say that
sentiment in their counties is in favo
of strict enforcement, seven report
their counties opposed to It, and five
give the sentiment as evenly divided
In response to the inquiry whethe
there is an officer to blame for non-
enforcement of the law, two say there
is, twenty-three answer in the nega-
tive, and three failed to say.
Seven attorneys say they need de-
tectives or secret service men to as
slBt in obtaining evidence; one wants
the people educated not to protect
the bootlegger; five want any assist
ance the State is able to give, while
eleven report that they need no as-
sistance to enforce the la*.
Thirteen report the total cost of
enforcement as being $20,611, while
the receipts in fines in the same coun-
ties were $10,931.60. The cost figures
are largely estimates, the superintend-
ent says, and probably $10,000 too
high. By counties the figures are:
Nowata, cost of enforcement $1,465,
received in lines $1,355; Pittsburg
County, cost $10,000, received in fines
$3,000; Woodward, cost $1,200, fines
$800; Texas County, cost $1,000, flne3
$500; Ottawa County, about even;
Love County, cost $257, fines $1,060;
Ellis County, cost $1,500, all cases
appealed; Craig County, cost $2,000
fines $2,500; Johnston County, cost
$2,000, fines $600; Cimarron County,
cost nothing, fines $91.60; Dewey
County, cost $243, fines $250; Beaver
County, cost $20, fines $50; Roger
Mills County, cost $325, fines $725;
Woods County, cost $600, received in
fines nothing.
The comments show the feeling lu
the counties. From Pittsburg County
is the response: "This county is
hardly in favor of enforcement of
the law, and the favorable element
is very inactive, while the other side
is very active." The Tillman County
attorney says: "In all cases of con-
viction we have been able to either
work the defendant on the public
highway, or hire him out to the city,
and In that way have, as a rule, been
Jack Love, the negro charged with
breaking Into a Rock Island box car,
with Henry Harrelson, stealing 100
pairs of shoes consigned to Madden
& jarrell at Shawnee, was arraigned
in the Superior Court at McAlester
Saturday on an information charging
him with burglary Jn the second de-
gree. He waived arraignment and
pleaded guilty.
Assistant County Attorney Moore
recommended a sentence of three
years, the penalty being from two to
seven years.
Before sentencing the negro Judge
Brewer asked him where he lived.
He said he was raised in the Terri-
tory, was a freedman and had an al-
lotment near Pauls Valley; that he
lived at Tishomingo before coming to
McAlester two years ago and had
never been arrested.
He went on to say that he was per
suaded into this robbery by Harrel-
son; that Harrelson broke the seal
of the car, pushed out the goods and
that all he had to do with it was dls
posilton of them. He said they sold
some of the shoes in McAlester and
then putting thirty-two or thirty-three
pairs in a gunny sack, they got a
buggy and took them to Frank Pole-
caster's, arriving there at about 7
o'clock in the morning; that Harrel-
son did the trading with Polecaster
as he could not understand him.
He said it did not take long to
trade; that all there was to do was
to accept what Polecaster offered, $15.
He said they took that sum for th;
shoes and left.
Judge Brewer then sentenced him
to three yeare at hard labor In the
State penitentiary at McAlester.
Harrelson later also confessed and
was likewise given eighteen months.
The arrests were made by Chief Mc-
Cullough of McAlester and John Bur-
nett, special agent for the Rock Is-
land. Polecaster, the man who
bought the shoes, is now under bond
on a charge of receiving stolen prop
erty.
The special election on the ques-
tion of Increasing the school lew
from 5 to 10 mills and of Issuing $35.
000 worth of bonds for waterworks
extension and betterments and $10,
000 for fire equipment and hose will
be held tomorrow. The polls will
open at 6 a. m. and close at 7 p. m.
The voting places In the various pre-
cincts will be as follows:
First Ward, Precinct 1—Hagar
barn.
First Ward, Precinct 2— Longmire's
bam.
Second Ward, Precinct 1—City hall.
Second Ward, Precinct 2—Economy
grocery store.
Third Ward—Old Herald Building.
Fourth Ward, Precinct 1—113 East
Main Street.
Fourth Ward, Precinct 2—Fire sta-
tion.
Fifth Ward—Northwest corner Har-
rison and Main.
Sixth Ward—Fire station.
The School Levy.
In regard to the school levy It has
been clearly shown by the school
board that the present levy 1s entire-
ly insufficient, and that if the levy Is
not Increased but about half of a
term of school can be held.
The Waterworks.
The waterworks bonds are needed
for improvements recommended by
NOW HELD ON
L
F. R. Cook, the churn-washor con-
tract man, against whom civil suits
for recovery of money have been
filed by a number of persons, was at
rested Saturday night on a criminal
warrant charging larceny through
fraud. He was arraigned before Jus
tlce McKenrie and plead not guilty
His bond was fixed at $1,000, which
he made about eleven o'clock. The
bond was signed by Mrs. ManU and
W. T. Flnlcum. His preliminary Was
set for September 16. Tho coinpTaiut
was made by C. C. Robarta, who
charges Cook with defrauding him
out of an automobile.
PROTECTS WITNESS' RECORD
Court Holds It Improper to AbI* of
Prison Sentence.
Guthrie, Okla., SepL 13.—On the
iui mipiwemeuib ■ ^iiiuiouueu uj grounds that it Is improper to ash a
Professor DeBarr of the State Univer* witness upon cross-examination If lie
sity, Including a new settling basin has been in Jail the Criminal Court
and a retaining wall and some short of Appeal^ today reversed the de
extensions of the mains that are ur- clslon of the United States Court ot
gently needed. The Interest on these the northern district of Indian Terri-
bonds will bo taken care of by the
water department, out of their earn-
ings.
Fire Department.
The $10,000 desired for tho fire de-
tory which convicted Charles Keys of
larceny of a horse on October 28,
1804. The case is remanded for a
new trial to the District Court df
Nowata County. It is also held it
partment is partly for new fire fight- I his case that tho word cattle
ing apparatus and about half for used in Section 1655 of Mansfield *
hose, 6,000 feet of which are needed Digest does not includo horses,
at once, as the old hose is getting The Criminal Court of Appeals de
rotten and unsafe.
10 BUILD
Beit on the Market.
"I have used Ctuunberlaln'a Cough
Remedy and find It to be the beat on
the market," says E. W. Tardy, editor
of The Sentinel, Oalnaboro, Tenn
Our baby had aeveral colds tba pan
winter and Chamberlaln'a Cough
Item dy always gave It relief at once
and cured It In a abort time. I at
waya recommend It when opportunity
preaenta Itaelf." For aale by all Drug
<Ctata. •
nied a rehearing In the cases of
Ketch Canard and Joe Whitmire, who
were convicted In Muskogee County
on felony charges and In which cases
the Criminal Court sustained the
action of the lower courts In opinions
handed down on July 27. The re
healing Is denied on the grounds that
the petitioners made uo showing that
the court overlooked any decisive
question In the case or that the d<5
clsion is In conflict with any  f the
court when the case wan flret pre
sented.
TMB Neva I MONTH* FOR 91.0a
NEWS Wi,NT ADS PAY WEIL
It Is said that at a meeting of the
County Medical Society Saturday
and in that way have, as a ru.e °<*n, ^ ^ glep ,n a m0VemeIlt
able to break even on the board bill. ^ [o es(abllsh a hoapltl,
Ottawa County's attorney says: , nr „
was taken by the appointment ot a
"The cities licensing these cold drink site* It
committee to get options on sues, u
joints to sell cold drinks are doing nnilMtBaA thal th„ slte3 upon
more to encourage violations than
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anything else." From Tulsa County
the statement is: "In the city of
Tulsa, In my opinion, public senti-
ment Is not in favor of the enforce-
ment of this law."
The attorneys think much good is
being accomplished by the Stat^
agency working with the county of-
ficials.
is understood that the sites upon
which options are to be secured are
the Maben property, south of the
park and the Kuhl property. Among
those on the committee, so far as
could be learned, are Drs. Walker,
Baker, Hughes, Bradford and Row-
land.
The Intentions of the doctors coull
not be learned today, but It Is under-
stood that they have sufficient finan
clal backing assured to carry the
project through. It Is presumed to
bo a continuation of a former enter
LOT SALE
Eleven Lots, six east front and five west and south front on North
Beard Street, In the 1100 block, at about ONE-HALF their actual
CASH VALUE; located only ONE-HALF BLOCK from NORTH
BROADWAY, paved street; has City Water, Gas and Electric Lights
all ready to connect. Owner has special reasons for sale, at once,
and will make the price to almost compete with suburban property
price, although these lots are in the Improved section of the city.
THEY MUST BE SOLD BY SEPTEMBER 15. CAN GIVE TERMS,
IF DESIRED.
T
: Write Or
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W. J. RIGGS
At Phone
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FAVORS COMMISSION PLAN.
Sapulpa, Okla., Sept. 13.—Mayor D. ^ — 
the regular leacuers is A. McDougal gave the council tha I prise which was dropped at the time
$51 61V. I" Tulsa $61.25, in Enid surprise of Its official life when he the city hospital bonds were voted,
$57 70 In El Reno $51.75 and In Sa- stated that Sapulpa was too big and with the expectation that a site agree-
Ulpa $6512%." to° Important to be further controlled (able to the doctors would be chosen
OR. G. H. TAYMAN
...dentist...
Office over Shawnee National Bank
P H O N H q a ..
Want-advertise It—If the fact thai the earliest possible t.me.
by an old-fashioned council and In
the old way. and that he Blood for an
Immediate change to the commission
form of government. The mayor re-
quested the council to take a votj
upon the matter at the meeting next
Monday night, and if It carries before
that body an election will be held at
The pro-
ou warn private pupils la Important j posed change Is popular among thj
il « The Neai. i business and professional element.
as a location for the city hospital.
For Indigestion and a?l stomacl
trouble take Foley's Orlno Laxatlv
aa ll stimulates (be stomach and 11*
er and regulates the bowels and wll
positively cure habitual constipation
Sold by all druggists.
THE NEWS. 10: PP.R WEEK.
THREE LII.CS, THREE TIMES. Me.
Do Yovj Know That There is a New
ELECTRIC SHOE SHOP
At 207 st Main St.
Where everything is run by electric power. This shop is
just as modern as the Up to-Date Shoe Shop, both owned
and operated by me. Located at 4 West Main St. tnd 207
East Main St.
Jamei M. VanTress, Prop.
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