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VOL. I.
ELMORE WEEKLY RECORD.
ELMORE, INI)., TER., THURSDAY. APRIL 25. I ROT.
NO. T(l.
CONVENTION FRAMES A
NEW ELECTION PROVISION
Election Officials Named;
Will Retain Organization
RECONVENED TUESDAY AFTER A
MONTH’S RECESS — SOME
CHANGE8 SUGGESTED
ANDONEORDERED
GUTHRIE: The constitutional con-
vention reconvened Tuesday morning
after a month's recess, but its first
session was very brief. Convening
shortly after 10 o'clock, it adjourned
before 11, to convene again at 2
o’clock.
Practically the only business accom-
plished in the morning was the ap
polntment of a committee to revise
the election ordinance in accordance
■with Judge Burford’s decision, and
the making of a slight change in the
provision regarding the registration of
dentists, so as to make the two sec-
tions on that subject correspond.
President Murray brought up the
dentistry matter, stating that he had
found a way in which, by the change
of two words, the conflict which was
admitted to exist between the two
sections as passed could be avoided.
Chairman Hayes of the schedule com
mlttee gave his approval to the
change, which waa made by unani
mous consent.
The provision as amended admits to
registration without examination all
dentists now registered in Oklahoma,
all who were practicing In Indian Ter-
ritory on June 16th last, when the
enabling act was passed, and all new
arrivals since that time who have
diplomas from some recognized school
of dentistry.
A petition from citizens of Fairland,
I. T., was presented by Delegate Has-
kell, asking that Ottawa county be
enlarged to conform to the size of
the county under the Sequoyah con-
stitution, by taking a strip off the
north side of Delaware county. It was
referred to the county boundaries
committee. Haskell also reported that
there would be no primary election
ordinance, since the democratic party
had agreed to a primary anyway.
The pen made by W. P. Campbell*
custodian of the Oklahoma Historictn
society, was presented to the con-
vention.
Douglas H. Johnston, Jr., son of
the Chickasaw governor, and Robert
Ledbetter, son of the Ardmore dele-
gate, were named as pageB and con-
firmed by the convention. The presi-
dent announced the appointment of
Miss Lela Arrington and C. W. Allen
as additional stenographers to assist
In preparing typewritten copies of
tlie constitution and C. C. Clothier
to nsal8t in the pen work. He states,
however, that the work waa held up
for lack of parchment, so far as the
cdunty boundaries report was con-
cerned, although the rest of the con-
stitution was practically completed.
GUTHRIE: As the result of Judge
Burford’s recent decision in the cases
brought against the constitution con-
vention and the nupreme election
bourd created by it, the election ordi-
nance adopted by the convention be-
fore its adjournment a month ago will
be repealed and an entirely new or
dlnance drafted. The committee of
eleven having in charge the prepara-
tion of that ordinance began work on
It and expected to have it completed
by Wednesday night.
Under the new ordinance the su-
preme election board, created by the
old ordinance, Is dropped altogether
on account of the way in which it
was shorn of its power by the Burford
decision. Local election machinery
will be created by the convention it-
*elf in all cf the new counties, in-j its size.
stead of delegating that function to a
board as before, and commissioner
districts and municipal townships will
be established.
In each of the new counties the or-
dinance will name a temporary board
of county commissioners and county
clerks, who shall look after election
matters In Just the same manner as
the commissioners and clerks in the
existing counties of Oklahoma. In the
cases where counties have been divid-
ed in Oklahoma, the commissioners
and clerks of the old county are to
act in the new county bearing the old
name, although in »onie cases only
one commissioner lives in that coun-
ty, while in the other counties carved
out and newly named new officers are
to be selected as in the new counties
of Indian Territory. The new coun-
ties were Tuesday afternoon parceled
out among the eleven members of the
drafting committee and any delegate
or other party interested who desires
to make any suggestion in regard to
township or commissioner district
lines or the temporary officers in his
county is to take the matter up with
the member of the committee to whom
that county has been assigned.
An attempt to Inquire into the man-
ner in which the three mile strip on
the north of Beckham county was
transferred to Roger Mills was
promptly squelched by President Mur-
ray, who declared emphatically that
"there is no change in what the con-
vention did on county boundaries, not-
withstanding what the newspapers
said.”
The matter was brought up by the
presetation by Delegate Savage of Mc-
knight of petitions from residents of
Beckham county, many of them living
in the strip affected asking that it
be left in Bockham county. There
were several hundred names signed
to the petition. No effort was made
to press the Inquiry, however, after
Murray had, issued bis edict that none
was In order.
A strong protest was made by no- 1
mere::* Oklahoma delegates, voicing
the sentiment of their home commu-
nities against the placing of the maxi- !
mum school levy at five mills which
was declared to be wholly inadequate
for the support of the schools. A mo-1
tion war. made by Sandlin of Prague
that the limit be raised to 20 mills, as
under the present Oklahoma law. A
number of Indian Territory delegates
insisted that when property was tax-
ed at its actual value more money
would be raised than at present, while
the advocates of the change pointed
out that the law now provided for
assessment at cash value but was not
enforced. On motion of Littlejohn of
Brushy, seconded by Hill of Catoosa,
Sandlin’s motion was declared to be
tabled, although on a viva vote vote
the division seemed to be very near-
ly equal. No appeal was taken from
the decision.
Flowers Nelson of Tulsa was named
as a member of the committee of elev-
en. succeeding "Mike” Kane of King-
fisher, who asked to be relieved on
account of his other work la connec
tlon with the preparation of the ad-
dress to the people.
Lloyd Lee, son of Delegate B. F.
Lee of Hugo, was appointed and con-
firmed as an additional page.
An Inquiry brought to light the fact,
as heretofore set forth In the news-
papers during the recess, that the
mandatory primary clause for the
conduct of future elections 1n :he
state had not been finally adopted. It
was then ordered rinally engrossed
for third reading and passage.
IN ORDER THAT ACTION MAY BE
MODIFIED IF NECESSARY
GUTHRIE: The constitutional con-
vention organization will remain in-
tact indefinitely. The convention will
adjourn subject to the call of Presi-
dent Murray. This will give the con-
vention power to reconvene at uny
time prior to election.
Resolutions were adopted Saturday
that the parchment and typewritten
copies of the constitution, which the
rules provide shall be turned over to
the secretary of the territory and
afterwards to the secretary of the
state, shall remain in the hands of
President Murray. This means that
Murray will have iole possession of
official copies until the election, Aug-
ust 6th, or until he decides he will
call no more sessions of the con-
vention.
The parchment copy of the consti-
tution was signed by five more dele-
gates Saturday, one being- a republi-
can, making eighty signatures. The
constitution was taken on a special
train chartered by the delegates to
Oklahoma City Friday night, whore
C. N. Haskell signed it.
Owing to the delay In printing a
portion of the election ordinance pre-
scribing election muchinery, the con-
vention could not adjourn Saturday.
At a night session portions of the or-
dinance already printed were adopted.
The remainder of the election ordi-
nance Was brought in Friday by the
committee having its preparation in
charge. Thursday’s report included I
only the ordinance proper, while the |
part reported Friday contained the
boundaries of all of the municipal
townships and commissioner districts
in the new counties, and the names
of the temporary commissioners and
clerks. These officials, as named In
the ordinance, are:
Jackson county-—J. R. Phillips, J. R.
McMahan and E. G. Walcott; clerk,
D. J. Kirby.
Bryan county—A. L. Leverance, G.
W. Ellis, H. N. Lindsey; clerk, G. F.
Deck.
Adair county—R. L. Sellers. Frank
Howard, J. H. Denn^nburg; clerk, R.
H. Couch of W’estville.
Ma>t «* county—J. W. S. Kinner. Wil-
liam Tell, D. W. Crutchfield; clerk, C.
C. Harkey.
McClain county—Wiley Harrison, J.
E. Gibbons, H. S.
A. C. Trueblood.
Muskogee county—J. E. Wvands.
I Ellis—G. W. Sharp. E. M. Bourn. J.
R. Duncan; clerk. George Southers.
Delaware—O. W. Klllura, D. N.
Washburn, John Buchanan; clerk,
George A. Cox.
Harper—Charles Holler, Yellton;
William Simmons. Belaire; R. B.
Daley, Palace; clerk. W. H. Miller,
Buffalo.
Grady—Janies Myers, C. L. Greer.
S. C. Blakeley; clerk. L. A. Saun-
ders.
Jefferson—A. McCrory. C. A. Me-
Brlan, T. N. Pollerson; clerk, W. F.
Guest.
Latimer—John T. Dial. J. H. How-
ard, R. L. Reagan; clerk. James
Blacken.
McCurtaln—J. W. Costlllo, W. A.
Coleman, G. G. Merry; clerk, Duncan
H. Nash.
Mc'ntosh J. C. Smock, Eufaula* R.
O. Button. Mellette; B. F. Fields. Cho-
cotuh; clerk, Little Ogden, Texana.
Hughes—Lloyd Thomas, Holden-
vllle; A. Z. McCourrey, Pharo; W. W.
Burnett, Allen; clerk, J. p. Atkins.
Wetumka.
Nowata-^A. York, Coffeyville, Kas.;
William F. McAdams? Nowata; Clar-
ence King, Lonupah; clerk, B. J. Sco-
vf lie.
Okmulgee—Buckley Morgan. Hen-
ryetta; d. Moore, Okmulgee; W. F.
Gerkie, Boggs; clerk, Joe Trent, Ok
mulgee. t
Osage—G. E. Tinker, Alfred Brown.
E. W\ Hickman; clerk, W. E. Scales.
Ottawa—William Mays. W. W. Dob-
son, G. C. James; clerk, C. B. James
Washington—J. E. Green, A. E.
iCraver, I. L. Green; clerk, W. H. As
| pinol.
Marshall—Homer Moss. David Rus-
sell; Barlow Roberts; clerk, J. W.
McDuffy.
Beckman—Frank Williams, F. M.
Bates, O. H. Ward; clerk, T. T. Wag
oner.
Choctaw—J. R. Armstrong J. L.
Wellbanks, W. W. Wilcox; clerk, R.
Z. Cozad.
Creek—John Egan, Henry Pigle,
John Simmons; clerk,, John Hum
phrey.
Tillman—O. R. Gillespie, Manltou:
John H. Mounts of Frederick; Charlo3
Rossam, Manltou; clerk, T. W. James,
of Frederick.
Johnston—Charles Stevens, Tisho-
mingo; W. W. Brogdon, of Belton;
Ed. ones of Mannsville; clerk, Henry
Person of Tishomingo.
Co'il—W. F. Weaver, Owl; George
Hodges, Patrick Harley, Midway;
MANDATORY PRIMARY
Constitutional Convention Passes
Busy Second Day
GUTHRIE: That the final signa- I
ture of the county boundaries report j
may not be signed by the convention '
delegates was evidenced Wednesday !
afternoon by President Murray’s !
statement to the delegates that It
wouldn't be necessary for them to sign
that report, anu that it therefore
didn’t make any particular difference
to them when the ongrosslng work
of that report was finished.
The matter came up in a discussion
of how long the present session waa
likely to last. Murray announced
that the transcribing of the main body
of the constitution was practically
completed and that was the part
which would have to be signed by
the delegates; that the county boun-
daries might not be, finished for some
time but that the convention could
just as well authorize the president
and secretary to sign that and not
bother to wait for its completion.
The Williams amendment 'h re-
gard to suits In the supreme court
for the distribution of assets and lia
bilitles in the divided counties was
adopted witn an additional provision
suggested by the committee of five
to which it was referred, for the ap-
pointment of a special master in
chancery to take testimony in any
such rase.
The question of qualifications for
county superintendents was discussed
Wednesday morning but without ac-
tion. was settled by the adoption of
an additional section offered by Ak-
ers of Woodward, providing that the
. CONVENTION SIGNS
ORGANIC DOCUMENT
COUNTY ELECTION OFFICERS
NAMED IN NEW COUNTIES—
COMMISSIONER AND TOWN-
SHIP SUBDIVISIONS
GUTHRIE: On the anniversary
the battle of Lexington and also
two principal political parties, to be
named by the state chairmen, a board
of olectlon commissioners to receiv
and pass on certificates of nomination
for state and district officers, mem-
bers of the legislature, and five rep-
resentatives to congress, to print and
distribute the ballots for such officers
and to print and distribute the bal-
lots on the question of the ratlflcat-
tlon or rejection of the constitution
and the ratification or rejection of the
the opening of Iho Cheyenne and
Arapaho country to settlement, the Provlsl°n for state wide prohibition.
constitution proposed for the state of ThPie °mr,'rB are tl>e board of elc-
.t --
who were In are extended to the proposed state
In Osage county and the new coun-
ties In Indian Territory, and the now
counties in Oklahoma that do not re-
tain the old county name, provision
Is made for the appointment of a
noon by the delegates
; attendance.
President Murray Affixed his signa-
j ture to the document at 2:46 p. m.
! and was followed by Peter Hanraty,
i first vice president, and A. H. Ellis
• of Orlando, second vice president.
! After Secretary John M. Young had
attested their signatures, the consti-
tution was signed by the ether dele
Kates in the numerical order of their
districts, T. O. James *f Guymon be-
ing the first on the list.
President Murray signed his name
with the pen presented by Custodian
W. P. Campbell of the Oklahoma His-
torical society, made from an eagle
quill, with a holder of alfalfa stem3,
wrapped with Oklahoma grown silk,
and his title wtlh a pen presented by
William J. Bryan of Nebraska. Most
of the delegates signed with the pens
Broaddus- cleric c,erk- T 8 m,burn- Oconose.
Love—Luther B. Smith, J. W. Owen,
A. B. Coren, E. E. Green; clerk. Otis i
P. C. Splllers; clerk, F. B. Conrad,
ford. R. R. Hall; clerk'Baxter Tnylor.
Spaulding. i Murray-
Plttaburg county—.1. p. Connors, Ca-1 °ntpB’ T-
nadian; H. B. Rowley, Kiowa; P. S.
Lester fl.South McAlester; clerk, C.
W. Meeks, South McAlester.
Roger Mills—William Brocks. J. W.
West, H. B. Dewey; clerk, J. H. Os-
borne.
Pontotoc—T. J. Chambless, Ada; J.
J. Burton, Ada; T. J. Denton. Stone
wall; clerk, Sam McClure, Roff.
Seminole—M. J. Cox. Konawa; T.
B. McBride. Tidmore; J. W. Tucker,
Wewoka; clerk, R. H. McCormick, We-
wok a.
R'jgeia—J. F. Kendaii, cnelsea; J.
Farmer, Collinsville; Fugh Green,
Claremore; clerk. Edgar Anderson.
Sequoyah—S. O. Harris. Wayne
T. Moseley, Roy
Ingalls; clerk, W.
Z.
W.
inorgan.
Alfrlfa—C. I. Overstreet, C. H.
Chonirg, C. H. Dalseli; clerk, M. R.
Mansfield.
Majors—Charles Bowman. J. C. Ma-
jor, L. J. Corwin; clerk, Charles B.
Powell.
Texas—J. L. Steele, J. H. Harris,
F. Brs n st rat ter; clerk. N. F. Brown.
Craig—T. G. Montgomery, V. A.
Kenlnson, Edward Shanaahan; clerk,
David Hill.
Leflore—R. L. Kidd, B. C. Ames,
John .1. Thomas: clerk P C Mnlg^r.
Cimarron—John W. Tanner, Thom-
as Richmond. .. D. Campbell: clerk,
G. W. Hubbard.
honia law should not apply In the se-
lection of county sigrerintondeutn In
the Indian Territory counties and the
Osage reservation at the first elec-
tion.
Murray asked that the delegates
take up collections when they got
home to pay the extra engrossing
clerk and stenographers required in
preparing the final draft on the con-
stitution and the official stenograph
ers for their extra work. A commit-
tee composed of Carr, C. bb and Hill
was named to figure up this expense
"ud apportion the amount which each
delegate would have to raise. Cobb,
who is a Methodirt preacher, was p’:t
on the committee because he endorsed
the collection Idea and satd he had
had experience along that line. Paul
Bilby cf Alva was named as an ad-
ditional page.
The convention had a very brief
session Wednesday morning, practi-
cally the only things accomplished be-
ing the third reading and final pas
sage of the election provisions for the
constitution nnd the disciplining of
Moraan Prulett by taking away from 1 In August. 1<U>8. although the d<to
him
county clerk to perforin the duties of
Oklahoma laws such county clerk and
a member of each of the two prin-
cipal political purtles, nominated by
the chairman, constitute the county
hoard of election comralssiortfers, to
perform the duties in the new coun-
ties of election commissioners under
the Oklahoma laws. The county
board of election commissioners print
and distribute the ballots for county
and township officers and tho elec-
tion supplies.
Provision is alio made In such
counties for the appointment of a
board of county commissioners to es-
tablish voting places and election pre-
cincts and appoint inspectors of elec-
tion in each precinct under the ter-
ritorial laws, and with the county
clerk to act in each of such counties
us a canvassing board to count and
certify to the state canvmsing board
the results of the election, and to is-
sue certificates of ejection to county
and township officers.
The state canvassing hoard as pro-
vided by the election laws of the Ter-
ritory of Oklahoma is continued in
force for the purpose of canvassing
the returns on state and di strict of-
ficers, members of the legislature and
representatives In congress. The man-
ner of canvassing the returns of the
election on the ratification or rejec-
tion of tne constitution and the adop-
tion or rejection of the provision
for state wide prohibition is prescribed
in the enabling act.
The report is very long and divides
Osage county and the new counties In
the Indian Territory into municipal
townships, and such counties and tho
new counties in Oklahoma Into com-
missioners' districts, and appoints in
i '•{ the delegates at Sulphur ' ' BUCh COUntlP8 * commlBS,oner for eaph
qualification, required by the Okln- which they had used during the con-
vention scssl-ns, aud carefully pre-
served them es souvenirs.
The republican delegates had pre-
viously caucused and decided not to
sign the constitution, in all seventy-
five delegates signed the constitution,
none of them republicans. The sign-
ing was completed at 4:16 when Ter-
rlt rial Secretary Charles II. Fllson at-
tested the signature, and afflved the
great srnl of the Territory of Okla-
homa.
The early part of the afternoon had
been spent in checking up the correc-
tions which had been made on the
parchment copy since the reassem-
bling of the convention, and after that
work had been completed the docu-
ment was placed n Its final passage 1
as corrected and interlined, receiving
eighty-five votes, with none against !
and tweaty-Heven delegates absent or J
not voting.
The convention reunion romm'ttee i
composed of Delegates I.coper. Her-
ring. Wyatt. Dalton, .’nudlll and Gard-
ner decided to hold the
probably
--------was
oot definitely fixed Elk f’ity was
the only other cand'dsfe. The com
mltiee effected „ permanent organi-
sation With Cy Lee-er of Sulphur as
chairman and Nell Gardner of Stiglcr
as secretary.
Bonham, L. L. Bragg; clerk, Edgar E. j Fcars^Thoinas *J. B°nhBm’ " *
Haskell county wants to bet that It
Z r^lSof^y1 county^f! W
Stephenson.
Stephens—L. Wade, R. L. March, R.
H. Hlllery; clerk, A. It. Ferguson.
Tulsa—John Hatcher, Pearley; E.
It. Howard, Tulsa: Clarence White,
Fry; clerk, John Kramer. Tulsa.
Carter—Robert Sclvally, Clinton O.
Dunn. William F. Bowman clerk, M.
L. Alexander, Ardmore.
Okfuskee—J. R. Mordrldge, Welly;
flenton
Lovelady; clerk, W. W. Harper, We-
lectkq.
RAILROADS TO CHANGE SURVEYS
Suit Filed by Government to Compel
Railroads to Touch Townsites
LAWTON: Word reached here from
Washington that the United States
government may bring an injunction
suit against the Wichita Fails, Lawton
& Northwestern Railway company to
compel the company to construct Its
projected line through the big pasture
lu such a route that government town-
sites soon to be offered for sal© will
not be injured in value. This, it Is
stated, i3 not the direct method of
procedure by the government but it is
in effect what intends to do. It is a
significant fact that cf all the railroad
WILSON’S IRE AROUSED
Killobrow; clerk,
Wm. L. Crittenden.
Pushmataha—J. Q. Adam,;, William
A. Mend, Peter Hudson; clerk, C. E.
Dudley.
Cherokee— I. C. Woodson, J. D.
Quinn, Leonidas Dodson; clerk, J. T.
Cunningham.
Wagoner—O. H. Hopling, Wallace
Garrett, Chas. J. Brown; clerk, R. L.
Marayne.
Garvin C. L. Griffin, N. B. Spear-
man, T. J. PInnton; clerk, Andrew
Allen.
DENNIS T. FLYNN FOR FRANTZ
“I’m
Tired of Untruthful Ads,” De-
clares the Goorctary
WASHINGTON: If this outra-
geous misrepresentation does not
cease the department will publish a
list, bearing the names of manufactur-
ers indulging in this campaign of do
ception.”
Secretary Wilson of the department
of agriculture made this remark In an
authorized statement regarding the
fact that there hod come to*h*3 knowl-
edge information that a number of
manufacturers of foods and drugs
wore freely advertising that the
United States government was guar-
anteeing their products. The secre-
Also
Fighct
Promises He Will Not
Bird S. McGuire
OKLAHOMA CITY: Dennis Flynn
made public the conference he, Gov-
ernor Frantz and Wiyiam Grimes
held in Mr. Flynn’s office here.
Mr: Flynn will support Governor
Frantz for the nomination of gover-
THINK6 HE'S INDIAN CHIEF
Believes
the honor of having a county
named for him.
The election provisions were the
ones which had In some way been
lost In the shuffle at the time of the
first adjournment. The attention of
the convention was called to the oml •
slon Tuesday and Instructions were
given at that time to have the pro-
visions engrossed and put on
reading at once.
Provision is made In them for a
slate election hoard for ilie eiecliun
of United States senarors by the peo
pie whenever the United States con-
rtitntlon Is so amended* a-z to all^w
.V. and for a mandatory primary for
all parties and for all officers. In-
cluding United 3tates senator. Ten
j delegates voted In the negative on
final passage. Including Asp. Cloud.
Covey. Harris. Hudson, Jenkins. Mc-
! Clure and Sater, republicans: Korne-
I kay and Tenor, democrat.^ I^edbetter
voted far the proposition, but ex-
plained that he did not believe in
: mandatory primaries, and thought an
! optional system would be more satis-
| factory. Korncgny explained his vote
, in the negative on the same basis.
In order to quiet some apprehen-
sion that section 26 of the schedule,
j regarding the payment cf debts of
Five Tribes, municipalities, might be held to vail
I date certain Illegal indebtedness.
Hayes of Chickasha, presented an ad-
district, constituting the b ard of
, county commissioners above men-
j tinned.
Provision is made for the governor
to Issue the proclamation for the
1 election. In the event of hlB failure
i or refusal to act, the president of the
jcorvenlion is required to issue the
bird j honia and Judge RurfortJV^entto 1 £ ^ c"nven'lon l3pr'“"lllrc" to ls3'le
vision on the quhWt ,h oe the proclamation. Provision Is made
tlon ordinance J“po ed to retT ",r 'hp fllM"s Cf *" tbp
’-Rational convBi,uo„ lCrsdar bv Inf ^ 'm'W ,aW9
the committee of eleven appointed for !In fnrce ln thP Te,T)tor3r (>f Oklahoma.
I that purpose on Monday The new i an‘1 “lso for ,hn ,llllng °r '“canclea In
ordinance is almost as long as the '!ho of c<l"'l,y commissi ners
constitution, covering 3G0 type written rlam<’d ln the ordinance, by appolnt-
f pages. Its great length Is made nee-!mfint from ,he g°verimr.
oseary hy the Inclusion of detailed de- ! In the 0,<l counties in Oklahoma
serlption. of the commissioner dis Territory the county commissioners
11riots and municipal townships in all and county clerks and Ircal election
the new countlen. ! offlcera arc required to porform the
! As outlined In brief form by Henry duties at such elections. In theNfimin-
E. Asp, the republican member of the lle> 'hat retain the old names, the
committee, who has been an active ; boundaries of which have been re-
part In Its preparation, the new ordt- duced, the county clerk and boards
i nanre repeals the ordinance! hereto- J of county commiH3loners are made the
i fore udopted by tho convention and
i adopts the provisions of the Oklabo-
j ma election laws, making tho gover-
nor and one member of each of tho
I -------w-
INDICT LANE FOR THEFT
clerk and commissioners f:«r that
county, limiting their Jurisdiction to
the county as described la the con-
stitution.
PRIMARY DATE CHANGED
He 13 Head cf
Also a Poet
MUSKOGEE: Charged with assault
with the intent to kill, alleged to have j ditlonal section for the schedule, slip-
been made upon a cltlxeu of Bristow, elating that nothing ln the conotltu-
Ephram McDowell, an aged man, was li,m 1' gallses an invalid indebtedness
brought here by Deputy Marshal ! nf “"y county, city, school district or
Freshour. McDowell ls a raving ilia- ! 'l,hpr mun*C*P»|lHr- It caused consid-
er on the republican ticket, but will | nine, and persists that he ts chief of Prabl" dl3CU,Blon m> the part of Wll
not agree to a peace confereuce wttli | the Five Tribes amiolnted and smt ! Ilam8’ U sp aud others. btlt wns fl'm’
Delegate D. S. McGuire, although he I t ore
surveys that have been mr.de thr-ugh num^'r^Ad'b "uT/ pm
the posture not one of the permanent j ta; al;rt rtrug act l0 b0 on
ones has touched a proposed govern- food and drug products were being
by President Roosevelt. When
promised Governor Frants he, would j his mind Is diverted from tills subject
not fight McGuire. This was the, he believes he ls a p. et and clings
only concession Governor Frantx j to n slip of newspaper which he do-
a-iki'd- jclares ls valuable manuscript that peo-
Mr, Flynn now announces '.tat he j pie are trying )n steal from him.
will fight for the success of the re- -----------
ment townslte. Even the Rock la-
laud missed Eschltc .v a mile on the
west in tts survey south from Chutta
nooga and a town Is being built <::i a Wk on, "Is
homestead whore this survey crossou
the Wichita Falls survey. Some In-
formed attorneys here believe that
big pasture settlers, because of their
having been awarded lands under the
homestead iaws, are entitled to all the
benefits of these laws and among
these benefits Is a provision allowing
them to commute for townslte pur-
pcaes. Congressman Stevens of Texas
Is vf the opinion and is ln Washing-
ton ln behalf of some of those Inter-
ested In building new towns.
U3cil by these manufacturers for
pu pose.
this
publican ticket tn the new state this
campaign, aud advocates the colling
of an early state convention. He
would not commit nlraself concerning
The serial number," xald Secretary I lhe possibility of William Grimes be-
assigned to Ux the re-
sponsibility where It belongs—upon
the manufacturers—and to protect In-
nocent dealers who have a right under
the law to rely upon his guarantee. It
ls the guaranty of the manufneturerr
net of the government.”
The secretiry declared every effort
would be made by the department to
put a stop to these statements.
"I will do a little advertising my-
self.” he said, "In behalf of the peo
! Ins made chairman cf the utate com-
mittee. He said that he would work
with Cash Cade ln that place.
Several additional section were
added to the election ordinance. Oue l
provides for correcting possible er-
rors in describing municipal town- j
ships by giving county boards au- j
Our Army.
The (United States) regular army,
which Is regarded as the basts or skel-
eton of a much larger army ln time of
war, ls probably both as to officers and
men tho be3t physically, the most In-
telligent, the most highly trained and
the most perfectly equipped of any
army in the world.—London Spectator.
SCHOOL LANDS EXEMPT
re Not Included in Orders to Fence
Public Lands
j thorlty to make such changes prior|*el<ved'IiR!E <jC>VPraor Franl* re-
| to Juno 1, 1907. In case county com-
I mlssiouere In any county fall to pro-
ly amended ao ns to meet their ob
I Jcctions. After Its adoption on the
first reading, the rules were sus
j pended so as to ud vance It at onee
to third reading and final passage, and
, It was ordered inserted as an addi-
tional section of the schedule.
Another change made was one bus
J gested by Ledbetter of Ardmore tn
| regard to the quat.rications of coun-
! ty judge. As already adopted. It was
! provided that tho county judge must
be a lawyer licensed to practice "la
the courts of record of the state,"
which would mean all of them, In
eluding the supreme court At Led
better'a suggestion it was changed t
read "any court of record,” which was
Ibe real Intention of the convention
In the first place.
WOMAN IN FIERCE FIGHT
Pioneer of New Industry.
A street knife cleaner has made hit
appearance In London. He calls htm-j
self the first of his trade.
U two cents a dozen.
Pie. I am growing tired of seeing
these untruthful statements on the a-
vertislng pages of tht magazines, the
walls of the New York subway and
the advertising space of the street
, cs rs of the principal cities. They who
His charge j ,jece!ve the public about the guar-
yld3 commlssloavr district': prior to
July 0, the commissioners shall be
elected at large. If the commission-
ers shall fall to call election prior to
June 5, President Murray is author-
ized to appoint new election com-1--—---
mlsslonora ln - portions of divided' C!,0,(*w pine will be cut
counties retaining old name. ] shingles tills year.
a Communication from Secre-
tary Garfield mating that the order
prohibiting fencing of public lands
in Oklahoma does not apply to
school lands. ThisWill permit terri-
tory to continue to rent school lauds
to caltlunivn.
ln zhcit
Negro Assailant of Mrs. Nelson of
McAlester escapes
SOUTH MOLESTER: Mrs. W. 8
Nelson, living near the south city luu
Its, was assaulted by a negro who en-
tered her h. me with a drawn revolver.
Mres. Nelson made a desperate fight
and succeeded in thiowiug the gun to
the floor. A unssing wagon fright-
ened the negro away.
j Grand Jury Returns True Bill Agalmt June 8 Is Date When Democrats Hold
Indian Agent’s Clerk j Their primaries
MUSKOGEE: The federal grand : OKLAHOMA CITY: Convinced that
: lury has preferred an ind'cUnent 1 it ts Impossible for s legal primary to
against Lyman K. Lane, f rmerlyi bo called for M iy 23, under the Ok
. ashler of the Indian agency, charging lahoma primary law, because of the
j "lm wlth embezzling »7,S00 of gov Inability to give the required 30 days'
| eminent funds. j notice, the democratic state executive
Lane was rashior at the agency for j committee Friday decided to postpone
I Six years. Tho shortage covers a pe- lhe date of the state primaries until
| rlod cf several yearn, part of It reach- June 8.
; lug buck to Indian Agent Shoenfelfx The unanimous sontlment of tho
: administration. The money has never members of the committee was that
' been accounted for and even the gov- ilbe primary should be held on May
ernr.ient experts do not kn w what lf there was any way Ip which such
become of all of It. 8ome of It was a r'rll,:ari’ pl“ctlon could bo legally
advanced to employe* who never paid b 1 undpr tbp r"rBrlt decision of
■t back. Lino haa their receipts. There ■,UdgP B.ar!?rd,Kknccklns out the
is little evidence that Lane ever got p''l;;nP elPctip" ^:,ard as prpated ^
much, if any of the cash. He wan sus-1 P < Qn8U;utloual c0'*-
punded from the |lute three months I V'l ‘ n' , , ...
o .o, when lhe shortage first was dim ,lh dfp,a,ou of Judge Burford de
covered. He was arrested end placed I !v , ' undPr thp Baat>l*“* “t
under a »2,500 bond pending aetkn !, P Pctlon must ln aM nial<ers con-
of the grand Jure. I °rm, as nPar 88 P°«lble to the elee-
I.ane could not make the shortage ll0" laWS of tbo tBrr»<ory <* Oklahoma-
good from his own fu do and Indian 1 10 ,PP* da,p P°stpones tho prl
Agent Kelsey or Former Agent Shoen I .'"‘,ry Pi‘‘cUo,> Bl*teen days. Chairman
felt are liable to the government on
their bonds.
Thirteen indictments against gam-
blers were returned by the recent
grand jury In Oklanoma City. Follow-
ing these findings the police made a
raid on all known gambling places ami
found a Tew more that the grand Jury
had overlooked. These men were
taken before the police Judge and
charges of gambling were entered
against them on the police docket
Thompson and Secretary Chapman
will commence Immediately In sending
out the notices for the primary to the
democratic newspapers In all the coun
ties of the new stato. In practically
all of the counties one or more of the
democratic papers have agreed to pub-
lish this announcement free of cost.
During the entry period L:u Lawton
land office received 8t.5U7.800 ,n entry
fees and comlssion and certified
checks. The 2.500 tracts brought,
round numbers, 11,000,000.
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