The Yukon Sun And The Yukon Weekly. (Yukon, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 10, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, January 17, 1902 Page: 1 of 10
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YUKON, CANADIAN COUNTY, O. T„ FRIDAY, JANUARY 1?. 1002.
NO. 3.
DRACO HEARD FROM.
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The Sen lias made it a rule to
ignore anonymous communica-
tions, but here is one which we
publish verbatim et. literatim:
yukon okla
*Jau 11th 11102
Mr Editor of Son
1 See inyowr Paper that the sigh-
ers of ihe Pertishou to Dew away
With i lie Incorporation called dale
Burners AC now you had better
look over the list Web before you
go .too far this is a tree country
and thaire is 40 names on this
Paper that is far flora Burning
dales as you ar and is .is lawabid-
ing and if you ar a going to take
Sides iu this matter.1 Would like
for you to he a little mure explicit
in regard to Who those Jale Burn-
ers ar So Please in your next
explain
So I am obedently
Draco.
Now Draco (or Buseo, or what-
ever your name is), you didn’t
read our ifkm correctiy. This is
what we said last week:
“Nearly everybody s%<ns petitions
freely whethei they understand their
meaning or not. If some citizen would
circulate a petition asking the town
board to burn (tic village calaboose no
doubt scores of citizens would sign it.
The signing habit is a bad one.'’ ^
So you see we didn’t call any-
body a “jale burner.” We simply
wished to emphasize the fact that
people are careless about signing
petitions. We have never seen the
petition asking for a special elec-
tion to vote on disorganizing the
town, but we know «!’ several [am-
ple who signed it and then said
they “just signed it for accommo-
dation” and hoped Ihe election
would not lie called. One signer
went to one of (lie town trustees
and apologized for signing the pe-
tition ami said he would go before
the board and publicly state, tlmt
.ie did not want to disorganize the
town. «
No, Draco, we do not wish to
deny that this is a free country;
neither do we pretend to lie any
more law-abiding than the signers
of the petition, but we do think
the attempt lo disorganize tlie
town for small personal reasons is
childish, to say the least. It has
been only nine mouths since the
citizens, byt a vote ot nearly ii to 1,
decided^o incorporate the town.
Let’s give it a fair trial, and if it
does not prove to be what we went,
or if it costs too muon, then The
Bun will certainly favor dissolving
the incorporation. \ve believe in
majority i ule but we do not be-
lieve in appealing from a three-
fourths majority decision in less
than a year from the time tlie de-
lusion is made. If any one has
any good amendment to oiler for
our municipal government, The
Bun will take pleasure in advocat-
ing the amendment. And we be-
lieve the board of trustees will
gladly listen to any Suggestions
any citizen hao to otter.
Or, if anyone will give any gdbd
reason why the town should be
disorganized, we will gladly pub-
lish it. The Bun’s columns are
open for contributions, but we ask
contributors to come out in the
open and sigfi t heir letters prop-
erly. The editor lias to stand
■“cussin’ ” for all he says, anil pay
for the paper and ink #besides.
Come, men, let us raison together
If it can be proven tuut incorpora-
tion is a bad thing, The Ben is
“Hgiu” it. But at present we can-
not see it that way. However,
we are just democratic enough to
l'avor majority rule, oven if it takes
our democratic hide off.
man tells us he put a ’phone in
his house so his wife could get all
the gossip and scandal without
gadding all over town. We know
of one funny case where a lady
called up a neighbor and gave her
a terrible tongue lashing and then
rang off the ’phone without giving
the abused woman time to say a
word in reply. The poor woman
almost exploded. A man in the
south part of town put a ’phone in
his house so his wife could order
goods from tlie stores and save
him annoyance. Well, she order-
ed all kinds of goods—it was so
handy—and when the old man
went to pay his bill he swore ven-
geance on the telephone. • But
the best tale is this one: A voung
man rang up his prospective p».
in-law and asked him for his
daughter’s hand in marriage. The
old man replied, “Yes, you-can
have her. Good-bye!” .“Wait a
minute,’ yelled the old man, “who
are you?”
A LITERARY SOCIETY.
Cosby Stable Sold.
A. A. Cosby Inis sold his livery
stable in this city to Mr. Barber,
who also has a lease on the Furiss
stable. We understand Mr. Cosby
got $2,800 for his stable and stugk.
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Can’t IMcast* Everybody.
If congress would please all the
town boomers in Oklahoma and
Indian Territories it would have
to divide the territory in about 25
states, so that as many ambitions
cities could each have a state
house.
The Id mm Club. ,
The ladies’ literary club met
with Miss Maud Litteer last Saft
uixlay afternoon, and will meet
with Mrs. Robertson tomorrow
afternoon. “The Merchant of
\ enice is still under discussion.
Next week the club will take up
the works of Milton and Bunyan.
Ddlisspui- In Jai|.
Dr. Dellisspar, the fake bone
doctor who preyed upon the peo-
ple of Oklahoma and Canadian
counties for several months, is at
ast in jail on a serious charge,
j "’e hope they will keep him there
fora while. He should have been
locked up long ago for skinning
The Bun out of (the unlucky)
thirteen dollars.
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Oklalionyi Statehood.
The problem of statehood for
Oklahoma and Indian Territories
will lie taken up by the committee
on territories in congress on Jan’y
-l.kl. It seems to tie a foregone
conclusion that both territories
will ultimately be made into one
state, but the method of bringing
it about is the question which is
puzzling the congressmen.
♦
A I .urge Class.
Mrs. Maxwell has commenced
another ten-wyeks term of piano
teaching. In the class are: Mes-
dames D. B Phillips, H. E. Oakes,
G. E. Bass, 1) \\ . Hogan. M. V.
Mulvey, G.P. Robertson and B.
B. Sanger; and Misses Sarah
Fnris,<Emma Ellison, Beryl Ott.
Lela Russel, Maggie Ellison,
Frankie Scott, Pearl Ellison and
Reva Babb. I his is the largest
class Mrs. M. has had in Yukon.
The Yukon Literary Society
met at the town hall Tuesday night
and completed its organization.
The by-laws limit the number of
members to forty. The memlier-
ship fee is 25 cents, and members
failing to do the part -assigned
them by the program committee
are liable to a line of 25cents each.
The officers for the first three
months are:
President, R. A. Trees.
Vice President. R. I. Sackett.
Secretary, Bert Maxwell.
Treasurer, John Garten.
On' motion the President ap-
pointed committees on program,,
as follows: for next Tuesday night
—Messrs. Weber, Phillips and F.
E. White; for Jail. 28—Messrs.
Sackett, Cnrdwell.and Garten.
.Thequestion for discussion last
Tuesday night was: “Resolved,
T hat the United States congress
at its present session should ad-,
mit Oklahoma and Indian Terri-
tories to the Union as a single
state.” The speakers were: affirm-
ative - D. B. Phillips. F. E. White,
A. M. Cardwell and Bert Maxwell;
negative, R. A*. Trees. John
Garten, W. W. Weber and R. I.
Sackett.
The single statehood question,
was threshed over pretty thor-
oughly, though the arguments
were not well connected. The
debate was very well balanced, but
two office three judges decided
that the affirmative had the best
of it. . •
The question for next Tuesday
night is, “/iVmW, That the
United States should permanently
hold the Philippine Islands under
a colonial form of government.”
The speakers for the affirmative
are: M. 0. Litteer, D. A. Trees.
sure to absorb some of the busness
that has been corning to Yukon,
yet we are not selfish enough to
wish the town bad luck on that
account. The coming of another
great railway into (lie county is
sure to help the farmers realize
better prices for their products;
and after all, the farmers com-
prise about three-fourths of our
population. As the country is de
veloped and improved there will
be many more littleoitios scattered
over the prairies, ns in the older
states, and farmers will not have
to go so far to market. It seems
to be an unalterable natural law.
So here's to Mustang, our good
neighbor on the south;-may she
build up and prosper, and never
tier a “boom.”
V Mad I)<»k Scan?.
Geo. ft iss, D. W. Hogan, Percy
Kern and others organized an army
to kill a mad dog last Saturday
morning. T he dog probably was
not suffering from hydrophobia,
but it was “looney and possessed
a bad temper. Several dogs in
JUDGE GRIGSBY DEAD.
Judge \Y. H. Grigsby died at
Ids late home in El Reno last Fri-
day at noon. The Board or
County Commissioners, then iu
session, passed resolutions of n .
spect and ordered that the county
building be draped in mourning
for a period of ten days.
We take the following account
of the funeral from the El Ron..
American:
Perhaps t he largest procession
that has ever been seen in I I
Reno, for many years at least, wi\k
that which followed all that was
mortal of the (ate Judge Grigsbv
to the last resting place •Sntidov
afternoon. The day was a beauti-
ful one and seemed to be in keep
ing with the peaceful quiet which
clothed the last sad leave-taking
of him wlm had become to be lov-
ed so well by all who knew him.
The funeral services were he <1
at the M. E. church South, con-
ducted Rev. C. F. Roberts, the
pastor, and who was an old time
.........• wiuiui in in n nu u un rill
the south and west parts of town I friend of Judge Grigsby. T u
were bitten by the strange cur L-hm-eh fur ^,,...i
E. B. Ellison, B. M. Rodgers and
. N. Thomas. The speakers for
the negative are: Dr. John Har-
rington, A. C. Farmer, 1). W.
Hogan, A. B. Garten and Bert
Maxwell. The meetings will be
held in Ransom’s Hall, hereafter.
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* A Wave of Critic.
Oklahoma has been shocked by
the enactment of a dozen terrible
crimes within her borders in the
last ten glays. The press reports
tell of several murders, two or
three rape cases, adultery, conspir-
acy, robbery and nearly everything
in the catalogue of crimes. It, is a
black eye for the territory’s repu-
tation, and it is especially bad just
at this time when we are asking
for statehood. The Sun does not
believe in publislring all of this
sensational news, though brief ac-
counts of si'me of the deeds will
be found on our inside pages. We
hope every wrong-doer will he
punished to such an extent that
the example will be a warning to
ot hers.
George and Percy gave the poor
brute two or three shots that crip-
pled him, but. it took a load of
buck-shot from Hogan’s gun to
kill him on (lie spot.
Later-C. O. Bernard’s little
boy was bitten yesterday by a
dog that is supposed to have been
bitten by the strange dog that
caused such a commotion last
Saturday. Mr. Roberts 1ms a
mad-stone, and it was applied to
the boy’s wound, more as an ex-
periment than anything else, for
it was not believed that the dog
was mad. To the amazement of
all. the stone adhered to the wound
and.has been there several hours.
All stray dogs and dogs known to
have been bitten by the mad dog
should be locked up or killed at
once. All the dogs in the world
would not recompense the loss of
a single child.
•-
Foraker Ke-elected.
Joseph 11. Foraker has been
unanimously re-elected United
States Senator by the republicans
of the Ohio legislature. Senator
Foraker is the man who, more
than any other, says this Sundry
is launched on a policy of colonial-
ism and imperialism. Two short
years ago Senator Foraker and his
party strenuously denied having
any intentions towards holding
any colonies. The next despotic
measure on the. program is the
sliip sudsidy; then will come a re-
modeling of the national banking
1 law,-etc . etc. It beats all how
much the people will stand if it, is
Igiven in broken doses.
Ten rents For Ten Weeks.
The St. Louis Mirror is a
church was far too small to
commodate all who sought ail-1
mittance and many stood outside
until the services were concluded
and the start made to the ceme-
tery. During the last days of It,.*
life of Judge Grigsby he requested
Rev. Roberts to conduct the fun-
eral services. From an acquaint-
ance of many years with the de-
ceased, Rev. Roberts was familiar
with much that was high and ele-
vating in the life of Judge Grigs-
by, and instead of a regular se: -
njon, related that friendship. As
an introduction to his talk Re\
Roberts quoted the tilth verse, 4th
chapter of Thesalonians: “For h
we believe that Jesys 'died and
arose again, even so them also
which sleep in Jesus will God
bring with Him," Judge Grigsbv
early in Id'e united with the Cum-
berland Presbyterian church, but
for many years past has been a
devout member of the M. E.
church South . During his life
in El Reno lie had been an active
worker in the church he loved s<•
well and his influence iu religious
matters was felt in all its depart
meats. He was a member of the
board of stewarts and Ids counsel
was always early sought. The
words of Rev. Roberts were a
consolation to the sorrowing ones.
They conveyed assurance that the
beloved parent and husband had
realized the heavenly reward flint
awaits all who walk in Lie straight
and narrow way
1 he ladies of the Rebekah and
Eastern Star lodges In.d draped
the balustrade enclosing the pul-
pit with crape and evergreens.
Flowers were also distributed in
profusion around and on the cas
Telephone Tale*.
There is no disputing the fact
that a local telephone exchange
encourages gossip. One Yukon
AFnvora Hie Sijjrn.
i There is yet no definite news
j about the proposed eastern exten-
sion of the Rock Island railroad
from El Reno to the Indian Ter-
ritory by way of Yukon and Okla-
lioma City. But the signs point
I that way. One of Ihe most favor-
able signs is the fact that some
farmers whose laud joins the
Choctaw right-of-way are building
now fences hack loo feet from
where the old fences stood. This
i is being done near Cereal, between
I here and El Reno. It indicates
| that the Rock Island will parallel
I the Choctaw.
Tilt? Shorter lloutc.
A press dispatch says “Harvard
Union trustees have decided that
the students may have beer, aie
and claret at their meetings, and
j no limit is placed upon the amount
J of liquor to be consumed,” And
in commenting on this the Lewis-
ton (111.) Democrat says, “With
football and gambling, drunken-
ness and general debauchery why
wouldn't-it be a saving, of time
and worry to send a boy straight
to hell rather than to Harvard?”
•
GimkI for Mustang,
The new town of .Mustang, nine
miles south of Yukon, is building
up rapidly. Tlieie is no doubt in
our mind that Mustang will he a
thriving, substantial little city be-
j fore many months. It is situated
in the heart of the Canadian valley
corn belt and its big Ime of rail-
I way will give shippers access to
■the great live stock and grain
i markets. \\ Idle the new town is
j twenty-eii/lit. page paper, in iiinga-j ket, which presented a scene in
jzine form, edited by William j keeping with the solemn ocr-u
Marion Reedy, assisted "by a staff sion. Many beautiful (lowers wen
J of contiihutors comprising .(lie
best writers and literary authori-
ties on all current subjects, social,
religious, scientific, financial, liter-
ary or artistic.
offered at the grave also by the
friends of lhe family.
The Masonic lodge, of which
Judge Grigsby was a member, had
charge oi the funeral and officiated
The Mirror is a weekly review I in the beautiful rites of (he order
of men and iifVairs; n treasury of I he Odd Fellows. Daughters ol
short stories and good poetry; a; Rebekah and Eastern Star lodges
paper iq which the best books, also attended and each paid their
best plays and best music are ably respects to the deceased member
reviewed, and all topics of cun- Atter’the burial ceremony of the
temporary interest are given care-; Masonic order at the grave, Rev
ful attention. ft is tho up-to- Roberts gave a touching benedic
date paper fwr the merchant, the ti<m.
teacher, the professional man. j .......... ................
tin* student, the politician, as well The new addition to the count;
as for women and tho home. 1 comprising about 85 sections of
fl you will send us 10c, silver land, lias been formed into one
or stamps, we will muil*the Mirror townslr’p, to be called Wuluul
to your address for ten weeks. township. The El Reno Demo
I he Mikkoij, St. Louis, Mo. erat was chosen as the official
Read the report of the Single
Statehood Brest Association on
un inside page of The Sun.
paperftfthe county for the yeur
11)02. The board lias adjourned
to meet again at one o'clock nexl
Monday afternoon, January 2U.
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Maxwell, William Albert. The Yukon Sun And The Yukon Weekly. (Yukon, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 10, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, January 17, 1902, newspaper, January 17, 1902; Yukon, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc913594/m1/1/?q=mineral+wells: accessed June 1, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.