The Yukon Sun And The Yukon Weekly. (Yukon, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 10, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, June 20, 1902 Page: 1 of 8
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AND THE YUKON WEEKLY.
VOLUME 10.
YUKON, CANADIAN COUNTY, O. T., FRIDAY, JUNE 20,
1002.
Yukon. Will Celebrate.
The various committees are at
Work making preparations fur a
grand celebration of the Fourth
of July in Yukon. The commit-
tee on grounds have secured the
lots east of tiie Baptist church and
are advertising (see local page) fpr
bids on a large arbor. The com-
mittee on entertainment is in cor-
tut mciiy ui. a UlvUll, lor count V
respondence with bands and pub. I commissioner from his district,
lie speakers and will report i*> u | [f SHm is nut elected it will not
NO. 25.
places are crowded with fruit
trees of various kinds and every
tree is loaded down with perfect
fruit. Mr. Hollis has peaches,
pears, apples, grapes, • cherries,
apricots and the finest big Japan-
ese plums we ever saw.
llully flu- Wamsley.
The Democrats of Caddo county
have nominated 8. M. Wamsley,
formerly of Yukon, for county
Report to Oil Committee.
few days. The advertising com-
mittee will do their work next
week.
The committee on sports is mak-
ing out a fine program. There
will lie a big ball game, races, etc.
Three gun clubs have promised to
hold a match here on that day and
some of the best trap shooters in
be his fault.
Great In Allulliu
A great deal of alfalfa hay has
been put up in Oklahoma this
season. It is a great fat maker as
pasture or hay, and this has been
a good spring for it to grow. C.
E. Barnes of Cereal sowed a patch
the Territory will participate. In J"^ ^ *he middle of April and cut
addition to these sports tlierS will
be the usual greased pig, potato
race, greased pole, sack race, etc.
The committee on merchants’
prize contests will have some good
features. Trees Bros, will give a
fine iron bed to any couple who
will be married on the speakers’
stand. The mill jteople will give
a barrel of flour to the lady bring-
ing in tie, best loaf of bread baked
from “Our Best . The horsemen
of this vicinity are arranging to
give prizes for the best colts shown.
A good colt show will interest the
farmers and all other lovers of
horses. Other prizes will he an-
nounced later. (Merchants should
report to Pratt,’Stafford or An-
drews at once).*
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Choctaw Tiinc-Talile.
I r la U N n.
Memphis Mail..........8:48 a m
Ok la City Pass.’.........1p m
Shawnee Pass..........4:40 p in
Memphis Express......10:40 p m
WEST BOUND.
Mail, to Sayre..........5:14 a m
El Reno Pass...........8:48 a m
El Reno Pass..........3:09 p m
Mail, to Sayre..........7:43 p m
•You can pay your car fare to
El Reno and, stop at the best ho-
tel, see just what you are getting
for your money, and save from
25 to 40 per cent over traveling
fakir's prices. Our work is of the
BEST material, NOT pounded
out wihi )i club, and of the LAT-
EST designs. jq
El, Re.no M ahble Wokks,
2nd door south of Court House.
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Double* Killing.
A full report of the tragedy
which occurred at Oklahoma City
last Tuesday will be found on the
inside pages of this paper. The
President s special message and
other general news will also be
found there. .
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— Dr. Cave, expert optician,
has four diplomas oil the eye. All
errnps of re! ra, t ion- carefully cor-
rected. Nc better optician in the
west. OiV" at Settle’s Drug
Store
hav If, to 18 inches high the first
week in June. ’! he expensive
short-feed experience of last
wintershouldcau.se every farmer
to put up plenty of rough feed.
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<»* it i t the Game. *
The El Reno Ixtse ball team
came to Yukon last Sunday to
play the local nine.- In the last
half of the third inning the El
Reno boys quit the game on ac-
count of what they chose to call
the partiality ui the umpire. The
score stood (i to 3 in favor of Yu-
kon and our boys were batting t he
ball like sixty, with no outs. Yu-
kon paid t he expenses of the El
Reno team and thought they
should have finished the game,
even if the score didn’t suit them.
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Norcom--Foster.
Eureka Springs, Ark., June 13.
Fred H. Norcom was married to
Miss Bertha Foster of McCook,
Nebr., in Eureka Springs, Ark.,
-June 12. Mr. Norcom is a resi-
dent of Canadian county. He has
one of the finest and best im-
proved farms in Mustang town
ship. He and his young bride
will return to their home after a
short stay at tl^e Springs. \Ye
wish for Mr. and Mrs. Norcom a
long and happy life.
From One present.
Cliari vari Party.
About u hundred of Fred H.
Norcom’s friends called on him
and his bride at their home in
Mustang township Monday night
and serenaded them with tin puns,
shotguns, rosin strings, elr. Mr.
and Mrs. Norcom enjoyed the fun
and invited their visitors in to
lunch. The occasion was en-
joyed by all, and the serenaders
departed wishing Mr. Norcom and
his young bride a long and happy
wedded life.
Report of S. F. Spencer to
the Citizens’ Oil Committee:
Yukon, Okla., June 17, 11)02.
Gentlemen: —I called on
Messrs. Crawford and Shields at
different times during my visit to
Kansas City. Mr. Shields stated
that the donations of land and
subscriptions wore not coming up
to expectations, but that the out-
look for oil was much better than
he expected to find it. In fact,
both lie and Mr. Crawford express-
ed themselves at different times in
a manner that increased iny* good
opinions of the oil outlook. And
said that as soon as the part of the
funds was raised here they were
ready to go on with the work and
expected to spend from five to ten
thousand dollars in addition to
our money to complete this work.
They also improved on their terms,
and will do the work according tit
our contract, for 8000 feet, no
less than 1500 teot in one hole, and
receive for same the $4,000 raised
and also one-fourth the entire
stock of’tlie Canadian Co. Gas and
Oil Co. to be formed. Capital
stock dOO.OOO shares.
Provided the drilling of 3,000
feet cost near the sum now esti-
mated, tiie local stock hinders
have an even show. It is also
understood that we have an even
number of directors.
rI hey were about the busiest set
of men lever met. All in the oil
business and would not want a
new field, no matter how favorable
the offer, unless thev have confi-
dence in the outcome.
I saw several other experienced
operators who made different esti-
mates on the cost of the work
t hese men agreed to do.
Exhibit “A” is from Mr. Saun-
ders, of the wealthiest citizens of
this place and oil men of the
country, and one who lias likely
done*as much work and had as
much work done as most any other
operatorin the West, owning sev-
eral thousand acres of*oil land in
Beaumont and California districts
I learned that the greatest
drawbacks in the business are in
not having competent men to con-
duct the drilling. Ouo company
at Boulder, Colo., Sunk
adjacent
business
bonefit *thoir citv or
country and you can do
with them, providing you can
satisfy them that you will do as
yon agree.
I believe strongly that Oklaho-
ma City Inis simply started on its
way to become a great metropolis.
Both the bankers and many
members of the Commercial Club
stated that they believed a strike
of oil at Yukon would help them
nearly as much as it would at any
point nearer their city.
Now in conclusion, we have but
to raise our $4.000.(X).* Which* is
the thing now to do. The town
is not large and it is quite mi
amount. But we must make* a
strong puli. Some may have to
make sacrifices or borrow nionev
to subscribe. A spirit of fairness
will have to prevail, and by all
getting together in harmony and
moving on promptly we will suc-
ceed.
Moved, seconded and carried
that is the sense of this committee
that the public in this vicinity
shall know all that we are doing
and trying to do; and llii.s report,
and also other matters coming up
later, shall be published in the
Yukon Sun.
Republican Caucus.
EXHIBIT “A.”
Office of D. G. Saunders Lum-
ber Co.,*401-42(5 Keith A Perry
Building, Kansas City, Mo.,
June 4th, 1002,
Mr. S. F. Spencer,
Yukon, <). ’I’,
Dear Sir: In reply to your
request, asking for an estimate of
what it will cost to sink 3,000 ft.,
no less thmi 1,500 ft. in one place,
in a new and undeveloped terri-
tory, I think it would be advis-
able before striding on this work
for you to have as much as $12,-
00000 in cash in the bank, as the
drilling will cost you in the neigh-
borhood of $3.50 to $4.00 per
foot. J am not in the contract
business, but this is about* the
cost for doing work of this kind.
We have drilled quite a number
of wells in California, also Beau-
mont, Texas, and they cost us,
fully completed, in the neighbor-
hood of $500 to 87.(X) per foot,
Ibis, of course, included the pump-
ing machinery, if wo found d nec-
essary to have the wells pumped,
1 also think it would he better
_____ a hole
2,800 feet and dropped their drills, ,
and the same company on the t<>r yoU to Uavet!iis workfl«me by
next hole struck aslant, at 800 feet I 00,1 l,rovUcd y°u ''an
The Republicans of Yukon pro-
<'inct met at the* Paris Hall lasr
Monday afternoon, in accordant !)
with the call issued by the count"
central committee. Precinct Com-
mitteeman J. A. Paris called the
meeting to order and read the call.
Iv. A. I rees was elected chairman
and H. T, Burson secretary.
) )n motion of R. I. Suckett it
was decided to vote* by ballot fur
(lie ten delegate^ to the county
convention, each voter to write
ten iiam^.s on his ticket the ten
receiving the highest number of
votes to be declared elected. A
slate had been fixed up by some
ot the ring leaders and written
tickets were passed around. WlTilo
a few independent fellows sendeh-
ed the slate, everyone of the ten
was elected. Those elected were:
M. L. Burson, K. li. Ellison,
K A. Trees, R. I. Suckett,
•b 1’ Uu, (J. \\\ Brooking,
A t McCullough, Jesse Johnson,
H. Shoptaugh, E. Geoffrey.
tin motion of J. A. Paris the
delegates present at the county
convention were instructed to cast,
the vote* of the entire delegation .
The election of a centml com-
mitteeman was noxt in order. On
motion, I lie convent ion left the
matter to the ton delegates and in-
structed them to meet immediately
after the adjournment of the con-
vention. At the meeting of the
delegates (all present except Jesse
Johnson) Mr. Burson and Mr.
Sacked were placed in nomination.
Mr. Burson was elected by a vote- .
of 5 to 4. *
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Tin* ( 'oillit (V ( om ••in ioi)-.
The county convention at Ft
Reno on Wednesday endorsed the
candidacy ot Dick T. Morgan for
delegate to congress and allowed
him td name t lie delegates to go to
Fnid mi the 25th. The list, of
delegates:
Tom Reid, C. P. Lincoln, VV. Becks,
IJ.K. Brown, A. H. Jackson, W. H.
Kirkpatrick, Sam Peach,. J. E. Jones,
d. Lassen, A. I1'. Mnstermau, VV. A..
Maurer, W. A. Sullivan, Henry Vn.se> ,
(’• (’• Cannon, VV. N. Thomas, I). (’,
Bothell, Tom Addington, I. Outright,
K i. Sackett, K. li. Ellison, II ' \.
Todd, SamTanuehaum and J.E. Jones.
Weaver Heard 1 Tom.
and had to quit that*hole. While
at Guthrie.they have a hole down
1,000 feet and got die casing jam-
med or clogged and after an ex-
pense of five or six thousand dol-
lars they will have to take out the !
casing or sink a smaller hole, or
abandon the work entirely.
1 spent a week
Lloyd Weaver has reached the 1 spent a week at Rod Fork
Thunder Mountain country "in During last July. I'hey then lmd
find
responsible contractors who can
give bond, etc.
Yours truly,
D G. Saunders.
Anyone knowing the address of
parties Lying «,wt of town that j
own reirl estate in Yukon, will
lease hfrtid the names to any
For Superintendent.
Prof. L). 1). Davisson of Wal-
nut township announces lijs can-
didacy for renomination on the
'lf Umk member of the oil committee.
i iim.uer mountain country *1111 ......" “7.......Iuk’i The committee will resume
Idaho and is prospecting for gold. |ulie "Tel ll,,w" ""(1 ol‘e more start- j work ,m ||,e subscriptions M.m-
In a letter ordering his paper sentj 01' 1 <loolllie(1 to operate m tlmt (]ay, nnd hope to be able to raise
to Warren, Idaho, he Bays: |*e<',lou f‘,r ,ll° ™a8,,n ,lt .,lm( ! the balance with ns little delay as
I am somewhat tired, having jlls( j1 nue no I it les could be obtained possible
crossed Elk creek sumrftit. Have been I to t lie lands there. , u .. , • .
a&sr r.r»LTirr* ?**■* r"* ihiuMTlsssss
eighteen feet deep on top of the moun- rh0 f", “ >W*her of the for oil.
tain Eight hundred men anti horses j )et^ illuminating oil. The report j W. W. Weber got some esli
crossed today People are coming to | was that this wfcll would flow 50 ( mntes on t he cost of drilling fori
Tender mountain from three ways. | barrels m twenty minutes, but I recently, from an oil man at
mold, Texas.
has given excellent satisfaction U1,erP 18r* -loons in the 1 be >eve- however. that this is'
I . ,. I - . .. i town of Roosevelt. At the bah r\ bkelv the best Weil in the West J1
during Ins first administration of ^ small pi<
satisfaction ! 1 llert> im‘ ls"> licensed saloons in the ,..
town of Roosevelt. At the bakery ! likely the best, well ill
Jos. Svanda was here from
............ ... tuu bak: rv ! bkely the best well iu the \\Yst.
'l !' a0 cents each and and a conservative c.-tim.de of its claim near Lfftliram this week.
........* .......... ...........owhhcmi U! | small pies sen for h0 cents
the office and his friends think he small loaves of bread for 50c Women j value would he about 875 00000
is entitled to an endorsement. are tew. haw one today; she had man’s ! . , . . .
. coat, vest and pants on and was riding | , ,, ',l0 VHllmhle 0,1 l«»J»
Death of An Infant. a straddle. I have been out | respect ^ nod Turk aro owned by or
Little Joseph, two-year-old son I 'n*'r Bxlay. All rock is hard rock We J leased to Oklahoma City coiiipan
of Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Novak of i h,,!e p'"nU,‘i,t sn,nv h,llK fresh j ies or citizens, i was glad to find
rise., town.- ip. .lied of cholera • gards to the boys. |,i'11I;i ,
infantum last Saturday. Burial
has forty acres of the (iiieSl cotton
ever grown and*will want about a
hundred negroes to help pick it.
ays Ids corn is tas.sling out,
| this to be the case, for after spend-
...... ....................j, „ | ing must of Saturday at ()khdionin
at the Yukon cemetery on Sunday, j Hope it wasn't weaver. City 1 became more than ever
■» — ‘ i Lcwist.nvu, iiiuho. jam, ir,.- portions of tin convinced that a more ente rpris-
| ImuI) of II man liavo lion found on tin Dixie ■ . ... , 1
j trail to lliumicr Mountain. On I* n -mu11 lUg, UUstllllg ail.l liberal Set of
| of Murkinnwrimf. was found in the vicinity ofjniOll, thill) those Comprising III
tking I
Mr. Harinmn, sr., after I
over several other towns with a
view to locating, lias decided lore
main in Yukon and lots bought
Public School .Matters.
I lie School Board has employed
these teachers for tiie term of
school commencing nexl Sept.:
f( trades 1 and ."i, M i . Wain . <o
f.rades 0 and 7, M iss Bit teer. . loin
Primary and I. Mrs. John Knox, :iT.. i
The principal ami the teacher
for grades 2 and 3 have not yet been
selected. There is about $1,000
surplus in the treasury and is esti-
mated that another thousand can
bo saved next year just about
enough to build tlm much-needed
addition to the school building.
I lie annual school meeting will bo
field on Tuesday, July 8, and
every patron and taxpayer should
attend.
A Sail Iiicident.
M rs. ( N J ell i'W- a rri \ e.I I n o i
(ji.'djifield, .Mo . \\ ednesdnv after-
noon, where she had been visiting
her parents for two months. She
In.d been home only an hour when
she recieved a telegruill .ninoiiU'
ing tiie death of her mother, M*s,
\ irginin (1 riggs, which occurred a
few hours after Mrs. Jeffers left
her Tuesday night. Mrs. Griggs
was well when her daughter left,
and her death was very sudden.
She was 54 years old.
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< omiiH'K ial ( lub.
All mem hors «»t tho (’onimeroial
('tub are urged to meet at I he tow n
! ball at ToO tonight. \ cry inqior-
rien*> uf Fruit.
If anyone thinks this is not a
. properly near the
s ss ............
Henry Breez.
school house.
Dr. ('. F. Stilwell was here from
Eda, Tuesday.
See (%)u(>eiisware an 1 ti lass-
taut business! \Yuk
e up
J. A. Settle, President.
\V. A. M . See’v.
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Two hour musical program at.
Garten's every evening. Come
nml hear. Finest thing yet.
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Maxwell, William Albert. The Yukon Sun And The Yukon Weekly. (Yukon, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 10, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, June 20, 1902, newspaper, June 20, 1902; Yukon, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc911767/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.