The Capitol Hill Weekly News The Oklahoma Fairdealer (Capitol Hill, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 42, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 9, 1910 Page: 2 of 8
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cSrWTSwsjjEffRiES FAILS
TO “COME BACK
VACATION
A. L. WILSON, Publisher-
CAPITAL HILL
OKL A.
OLD WAR HORSE EASILY DEFEAT-
ED BY NEGRO
OKLAHOMA HAPPENINGS
Muskogee is getting to be real cltl
Bed. Work has begun on a ten-story
hotel there. j _
FIGHT LASTS 15 ROUNDS
roads to maintain flagmen at cross- | --
lngs in cities.
A train of 28 cars loaded with cat-
tle for the St. Louis markets left
Seminole laBt week. This is the
largest shipment made from Semi-
nole this year.
Samuel Gompers, president of
Old Power to Take Terrible Beating
and Bore in Until He Landed a
Knockout Blow Were
Gone
Reno, New—John Arthur Johnson, a
Texas negro, the son of an American
eamuei uumue... F.-- —- the undisputed heavy-
American Federation of Labor, is like- Have, is now m *
iy to come to Oklahoma, to take a hand weight champion of he world
In the coming election In November, James J. Jeffries of California, w
according to statements made by sev- uor 0f 22 chuinpionship fights, the man
eral of the leading labor men of the who never was brought to his knees
atate.
Gwartney’s Cash Grocery
COLLEGE AND ELDER
STAPLE AND FANCY GOODS
Notions and Fresh Meats
EAST CAPITOL HILL
before by a blow, has passed into his-
- tory ns a broken idol. He met utter
W. M. Malone of Vtnltn has been defeu( at the handa 0f the black chani-
appolnted building and loan Inspec or
^rX^'ter wll'remove^to’okla. While Jeffries was not actually
La t'ty and engage In business. Mr. j counted out, he was savedonly lfrom
Malone is editor of the Hank Guaranty this crowning shame by h i tr^n°e
x . pleading with Johnson uot to hit .he
Journal- _ | fallen man again, and the towel was
A charter has been Issued by Dill brought into the ring from his corner.
Cross secretary of stale, to the Far- At the end of the fifteenth round, Ref-
mcrs’’ Union Co-operative association eree Tex. Rickard raised -h® b,»ck
of El Dorado, Jackson county. The arm and the great crowd filed out glum
eanltal stock Is $20,000, and the com- and silent.
pany will erect a fine gin Ihere. Jeffries was dragged to li s corner
" r __________ bleeding from none and mouth, and a
B/ the accidental discharge of a dozen cu.s on the face. He had a
eun 1! A. Krause, farmer living black closed eye and swollen features
northeast of Frederick, was perhaps and he held his head in his hands
ANTICIPATION
(Copyright. 1910.)
SUMMARY Of CONGRESS’ ACTS
VALUABLE LEGISLATION TO THIS
DISTRICT IS PASSED
New Lands ot Be Opened to Set-
tlement Under Homestead L~'vs
—Practically Everything of
Local Interest Through
noruieaHL ui x ivuuiivw, ----- , .
fatally wounded. He was mowing oats dazed and Incoherent,
and carried a shot gun with which I Johnson wulked out of the
ring
to shoot rabbits. He rode a mile to
bis home after the accident.
After July 80 It Is Illegal for
any railroad In Oklahoma charging
more than 2 cents per mile for tha
transportation of passengers to col-
lect any excess charge for cash fares, perhaps, hut aner me s.xiu .t « —
An order to that effect has been Issued plain that he was weakened and out-
.... ______.i«„lnn .1 .. nnn/1 ( „ IlVQrV tMlillt 2111(1 ilttf*!' t 11 €?
without a mark on hiB body except a
slight cut on his lip which was the
opening of a wound received in train-
ing.
Ring experts agree that it was not
even a championship fight. Jeffries
had a chance in the second round,
perhapB, but after the sixth it was
REALIZATION
BIG CROP FOR OKLAHOMA
Golden Rule Grocery
T. A. Theisen, Prop.
r f AVING purchased the Goldan Rule grocery from J. S*®*1 J
I—I prepared to furnish customers with just what they • „lven
A 1 onahle prices, and, a. in the past, honest treat meat willhcg.ven
to .11. S,.pl. Croc,... D'u GoaJt. Flour -nJ h..J. a„d
ordaas promptly delivered. Highest I’nce paid for Bu ,
Country Produce.
Orders by phone given prompt and satisfactory attention.
Phone 1948 CAPITOL HILL
by the corporation commission.
The Oklahoma delegation to the
48th annual session of the national
educational association, which will
met In Boston, July 2 to 8, left
Wednesday for the eastern city. It ii
expected that the attendance will b«
fully 20,000 this year.
classed in every point, and aftei the
eleventh round it was hopeless.
It was the greatest demonstration
the ring has ever seen of the failure
of a fighter to "come back" after years
of retirement. The youth and science
of the black man made Jeff look like
a green man. The great Jeffries was
| like a log. The reviled Johnson was
like a black panther, beautiful In his
The fact that the house was a reel alertness and defensive tactics,
dence of a judge did not prevent a Jeffries fought by instinct, it seem-
thlof from entering the home of Judge Pd, showing his gamenens and his
Bam Hooker of Oklahoma City and great fighting heart in every round,
stealing $10 and a gold watch. Th« but he was only the Bhell of his old
■watch was purchased In 1858 and wiu Belf. The old power to take a terri-
accordingly valued very highly. ble beating and boro in until he land
__ ed the knockout blow were gone.
W. O. Porter of Waklta was brought j After the third round, Johnson treat-
before the insanity commission and pd bia opponent almost ns a Joke. He
sentenced to the asylum at Norman gmiicd and blocked playfully, warding
He was tried reeontly on the charge off the hear-llke rushes of Jeffries with
- Vint ho nroved « murvalniiR BrionPtt. n()W tUCkillE a
of killing a Mexican but he proved
self-defense. Porter brooded over
the trouble until he lost his mind.
a marvelous science, now tucking a
blow under his arm, again plucking it
out of the air as a man stops a base-
ball.
Out of the sea of opinions and argu-
ments that bolstered up this fight and
made it the talk of the world, these
< Governor Haskell and Secretary ol
State Bill Cross have moved tJ . of
fices from the Lee-Huckins hotel, n,UUP :t m® -*• ~ .............
which place they have occupied silica pinnacles of fact have been cast up'
Juno 11, to the old high school build- The fight was on the square. Of
lng. They will occupy tho first floor, that there was no doubt after the
and the governor and his assistants f[rat roUnd.
will occupy the southeast rooms. The There was no evidence or hint of
high school building haa been remod- the famous "yellow streak" on tho
eled and put In splendid shape for tha part of Johnson,
state officials. | Johnson proved himself so absolute-
- ly Jeffries’ master that experts de-
A first mortgage deed of trust foi c|ared that Tommy Burns had put up
$400 000 from the Oklahoma City & a better fight against Johnson and
$400 000 from tne uaianunm vhj a ueuer ngm ---
Suburban railway to the Mississippi thal th9 black man was only playing
Valley Trust company of St. LouIb hae w({b the other man.
been filed with the secretary of state The end was 8Wift and terrible. It
The mortgage Is for twenty yeari lookpd ai thougu Johnson had been
and bears 5 por cent Interest. Tha hiding himself under cover all the
Oklahoma City & Suburban is capital- reat of the time, and now that he had
Ized at 7400,000. The money 1b bop measured Jeffries in all his weakness,
rowed for the purpose of constructing ka had determined to atop it Instantly,
tbe line i Jeff had loat the power ot defense. A
-- series of right and left uppercuts de
effective July 1 the secretary ol llvered at will sent him staggering to
of headquarters of several Indian
Washington, D. C—Following Is a ]
summary of the Important legislation j
secured for the Second district during
the session of congress just ad-
journed:
An act enabling the Grand Lodge of
Masons of the state to secure the
buildings and section of land near El
Reno, formerly used for the Cheyenne
and Arapaho Indian schools for an
industrial school and orphan’s home.
The property is estimated to be worth
$250,000, and was secured by the Ma-
sons under me terms of the act for
less than one-third of this amount.
A valuable tract of land was do-
nated to the city of Anadarko and
the s< -tary of me interior was au-
thorized to sell to the city, or the
Commercial club, at Its appraised
value, 463 acres of land adjoining
the city on the north. The growth of
this city heretofore has been ham-
pered by reason of the fact that it was
surrounded with Indian allotments
and the agency reservation on the
north. The 463 acres of land will be
platted for townslte purposes as an
industrial aduition. It is estimated
that there will be $200,000 net profit
to be used In the promotion of the
growth of the city.
Another act provides for the open-
ing to settlement under the homestead
laws of 65 quarter sections of valuable
land near Li i.eno. The maximum
number of acres allowed in one entry
will be 80, thus providing homes for
130 families and adding probably 500
additional population to Canadian
county. The right to enter these lands
will be secured by bids at public auc-
tion, and the department estimates
that they will bring .30 per acre,
bringing in me aggregate above $300,-
000. These lands are public lands, as
the IndlunB under their treaty relin-
quished all title thereto, but under the
provisions of the bill the proceeds of
the sale of me lanes are to be placed
In the United States treasury to the
credit of the Indians and draw 4 per
cent interest, yielding an annual In-
come of $12,000.
In addition to these general acts,
18 bills were passed for the relief of
and for the increase of pensions of
ex-union soldiers who reside in the
Second congressional district. As a
rule the pensions of these old sol
dters are Increased from $12 to $30
per month.
ol neaaquaners w
agents. Headquarters for district No. •
6 will be changed from Checotah to
Muskogee; No. 7 from Antlers to
Talahina; No. 14 from Tishomingo
to Madill. Explanation Is made that
the changes are made to more cen-
trally locate the agencies.
Encouraging Report Submitted by
Board of Agriculture
Guthrie, Okla.—The Oklahoma state
board of agriculture finds from the
reports of 306 correspondents, cover-
ing all of the 76 counties in the Btate,
that on June 25, 1910, the growing con-
dition of corn was 91.6 per cent, as
compared with 93.3 per cent last
month, and with 90 per cent on June
25, 1909. The past month has been
a favorable one in the main on all
growing crops, although insufficient
rains are reported in some section?.
The month was ideal for cotton and
corn growing and for the harvesting
of Oklahoma’s biggest wheat anil oat
crops. Although the month, general
ly speaking was a dry one, there be-
ing two weeks of hot weather, tho
average rainfall for the state, for tho
month ending Juno 25, was 1.45
inches and local showers have been
general throughout the state during
the paBt few days, except in the south-
west portion where the early corn
has been damaged to the extent of 25
Reports from the wheat producing
counties show the growing condition
of winter wheat at the time of har-
vest to be 91.6 per cent, an increase of
3.3 per cent over tho growing condi-
tion on May 25. The percentage of
the acreage harvested on June 25 is
85.6 per cent. The growing condition
of winter wheat at the time of har-
vest on June 25, 1909, was 72.7 per
cent.
Reports from 61 of the 76 counties
reporting show the average yield per
acre of winter wheat to be 16.7 bush-
els, making a total estimated yield
based on 1,537,423 acres, of 26,226,744
bushels, showing the remarkable in-
crease in production of 12,133,826
bushels over the 1909 crop, which Is
due to the Increase of 536,388 acres
harvested, as well as the average
yield per acre being 4.5 bushels great-
er than last year. The average yield
for the state last year was 12.2 bush-
els. *
The growing condition of cotton
has been materially Improved during
the past month of Ideal growing
weather and the crop, although a lit-
tle late, will be the largest In years.
The fifty counties reporting show the
growing condition on June 25, 1910,
to be 86.4 per cent, as compared with
85.2 per cent last month, an increase l
of 1.2 per cent. The reports indicate I
that the crop has been well cultivated :
and is unusually clean and that the 1
dry weather has had but little effect
on the crop.
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We can offer you a better
deal than buying
packing-house lots~~
Attention
j] MANY POSITIONS offered us as we can fill. Lnroll at any
Hill’s Business College
W,i„ for Co,aloiu, CITY. S. A.
Welch Employment Agency
105 1-2 West California
General Employment Agency
All kinds of help supplied for railroads and domestic
purposes. J. J. Grier Rock Island Eating Houses a spec-
ialty. Rock Island System. Phone 2551
ALL MILL WORK AND CABINET (BUILDING
FRAMES, JAMS, ETC.
J. J. Tracey
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER
218 South Hudson
•Phone (B'.ack I9!>j Oklahoma City, Okla.
TENTS, AWNINGS
AND CAN WAS COWERS
First class workmanship. Full weight materials. Reas-
onable prices together with prompt service should give
us some of your orders.
Bales Manufacturing Co.
22 West California. Phone 2602
One-Half Bloch West of Santa Fe Depot
Alf Mowyer, a farmer living near
Wade, was instantly killed while out
hunting. Ha fired at a snake and
stopped on a log to reload his muzzle
loading gun, when the gun slipped
and the hammer struck on the side
hole was torn through
With the exception of a few fast
rounds the fight was tame. Jeff did
not have the power in his punch to
hurt Johnson after he had received
blow after tdow on the jaw and his
i vital power was ebbing. But even be-
! fore this stage came, Jeff could not
reach the black The blows almost
all landed with lit the speed taken
out of them. Ii was like hitting a
punching bag.
The Jeffries crouch was in evidence
at times, but during most of the fight
Jeff fought standing straight and
Roosevelt Puts Stop to "Boom”
Utica, N. Y.—The boom designed
to make ex-President Roosevelt the
candidate for governor of New York
state In the fall election launched by
the republican club of Utica two weeks
ago, came to an abrupt ending, when
Hitchcock Votes Bonds
Hitchcock, Okla.—A bond issue of
$12,000 has been voted here for mu- j
nicipal improvements.
Young Woman Burns to Death
Leavenworth, Kan. — With her
clothes afire, Pearl Meredith ran from
her home, six miles west of here, to
her nearest neighbor, one-half mile
away, Thursday morning. There she
fell and died three hours later. Miss
o. came to an aDrupr enuiug, wueu -------—
was learned that Fred D. Adams Meredith was at Ihorn, alone, ironir .
of the log. A -— -------- j jeir rougm
hls body from the loft hip to the right worki,ig with some of his old aggies
shoulder. ] stveuess.
bed received a personal letter from Mr.
1 Met :evelt asking the club to cease any
.ation to huve him nominated for
governor.
Child Drinks Oil; Dies
Cordoll, Okla.—The infant child of
Mr. and Mrs. Seph Younger drank
part of a cup of coal oil and died
within two hours. While the child's
mother was at a telephone, the child
picked up the cup of oil that had
been set by the stove for starting a
fire.
She was using a gasolln-
in some way, probably f, . a w.i
slon, her dress caught fir*.
ui J
explo-
| Leeper Bros.
Lumber Co.
Lumber and Hardware
South of State Bank of Capitol Hill.
Phone 16 57
Kentucky Dsperado Is Killed
The original Postal Telegraph &
Cable company, contrcllcd by Clar- Lexl'n ton' Ky.-Roscoe Caskey, a
enca H. Mackey of New York, will dis- ' . kin_d by
connect Itself from the Texas Postal mountain desperado. killed by
Telegraph & Telephone company, | Deputy Sheriff Brown who went
Western Union Telegraph company ; capture him. Caskey barricaded hira-
and the Pioneer Telephone and ’rcle- self and notified the officer lie would
graph company, and will he’ after do uot surrender. After the battle t as-
an Independent business In Oklahoma, key had six shots In hiB body.
The next meeting of the Oklahoma
County Fruit Growers' associtalon has
been set for Saturday, July 9. The
opening of headquarters In Oklahoma
City will be discussed as well as tbe
erection of a cold storage warehouse.
Citizens Want Shipping Station
Guthrie, Okla—A complaint was re-
ceived Thursday by the corporation
commission from citizens of Comanche
county residing between Lawton and
Apache, asking that the Rock Island
be required to establish a shipping sta-
tion between those two points in the
vicinity of mile post No. 486.
Government Not to Interfere
Washington—There Is little fear
that the government will interfe-e in
the capital squabble now in progress
in Oklahoma. Attorney General
Wickersham had been asked to insti-
tute proceedings to prevent the remov-
al of the capital from Gutnrie. While
he has not made any formal announce-
ment, it. is known he does not con-
template interfering with the contro-
versy. The attorney general holds to
the opinion that the whole matter is
a political one to be dealt with by
congress. The department of justice,
he believes, has no duty In the prem-
ises to perform in the absence of any
specific direction by the legislative
body.
Attorney General Charles West,
In an opinion to the secretary of stute,
refuses to pass upon ihe question as
to whether a county can Invoke Ihe
referendum upon a law passed by tha
legislature which 1» local
Race War In Mississippi
Mendenhall, Miss.—Race riots in
Simpson county which started Sunday
with the slaying of a negro named
Skttfor, have been resumed. Six ne-
groes have been killed and the mob
is hunting for more. The trouble
loading to the riot started last week
over a debt of $2.50 which a negro
owed a white Several whites
went to the negro's cabin Sunday to
collect the money and In a fight that
followed Luther Buckley, white, was
killed.
Cavnar & Fariss
HARDWARE AND
FBREHTURE
Henryetta to Get Salt Works
Henryetta, Okla.—"Oklahoma salt”
will bo the slogan of this city In the
near future, and to J. B. Swan and
associates will be due the credit for
the building of the immense salt
works which are to be built during the
summer months.
Cordell Academy Elects President
Cordell, Okla.—Prof. I. C. McLaugb
lin, of Los Angeles, Cal., has been
chosen to succeed Dr. J. H. Popper
as president of the Cordell Academv.
Forest Fire Destroys Villages
La Valle, New Ontario.—As a re-
sult of forest fires which have been
raging for the past several days, ihe
village of Devlin is In ruins and this
town is surrounded by dames and tho
citizens fighting for their lives. Wo-
men and children are being hurried
away, and frantic appeals sent to the
surrounding towns for help. Thous-
ands of acres of timber have been do
stroyed and outlying homes burned.
It seems impossible to check tbe ttro
because of the long drouth.
Full Line of House Furirshings, Gas Stovee, Heaters & Ranges H
■“ CONTRACTORS TAKE NOTICE let us figure on your building
hardware.
DISHES! DISHESI Come in and get acquainted
CAVNAR a FARISS
CAPITOL HILL Baird-DuBoia Block
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