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NOT PUBLIC LAND
EFFORT OF RAILROAD TO SECURE
ALTERNATE 8ECTION8 OF IN-
DIAN LAND
KANSAS, AS TRUSTEE, IS PUSHING CASE
FAVORS RURAL 8CHOOL8
Lawyers In Congress 8ay Missouri,
Kansas A Texas Railroad Has No
Claim to .Land Claimed—Matter
Now Before Supreme Court
WASHINGTON: In the supreme
court of the United States a motion
was filed by the attorney general of
the state of Kansas asking leave to
'file an original suit on behalf of the
state against the officers of the interior
department, the head chief and the
subordinate officials of the Muskogee
tribe of Indians and the allottee of that
tribe to establish the right of the
Missouri A Texas railroad company
through the state of Kansas in 18G6.
This ia part of the grant concerning
which so much has been recently said
in congress and it covers each alter-
nate section of land for ten miles on
'either side of the road through not
only the Muskogee nation hut through
the Choctaw, Chickasaw and Cherokee
nations. In the Muskogee nation
there are over 600,000 acres of land
and the entire grant embraces 3,000,-
000 acres. The value of the land is
Iplaced at $20 an acre but some of It
is coal land and is worth far more.
The motion was taken under advise-
ment.
WASHINGTON: It Is the opinion
•of well posted lawyers in congress
that the suit Instituted In the supreme
court by Attorney General Coleman on
behalf of the state of Kansas against
'the United States will have no stand-
ing in court.
The suit is brought In the name of
(he state, though the real plaintiff 1b
the Missouri, Kansas & Texas railroad,
which claims the value of every odd
numbered section within twenty miles
ion each side of the railroad in the
'Creek nation at a minimum value of
$20 per acre, aggregating 510,480
acres worth $10,329,000. A decree is
asked, finding that the state of Kansas
is the owner, as trustee for the Mis-
souri, Kansas & Texas, In fee simple
of all the lands in the Creek nation
including in the odd numbered s
tlons to the extent stated.
The names of Joseph H. Choate*
James Hagerman, Adraln II. Joline,
A. B. Brown, John Madden and Joseph
M. Bryson, besides Attorney General
Chiles C. Coleman, figure In the list
of attorneys. The suit is against
Secretary Hitchcock, the Creek na-
tion and the allottees, and the land Is
claimed under several grants made to
the state of Kansas to aid In the con-
struction of certain railroads and
telegraph lines in said state. By ad-
ditional grant, by'act of congress of
July 26, 18G6, leave was given to take
lands in Indian Territory in lieu of
Kansas.
The contention that the case will
have no standing Is based on the fact
that the acts provided that the lands
thus taken must be public lands, which
it is claimed was not the case, as they
were held in trust for the Indians.
As a further safeguard, an amend-
ment was made to the so-called Curtis
bill recently, at the Instance of Sena-
tor Long, providing that the lands of
the five civilized tribes upon the disso-
lution of said tribes shall not become
public lands nor property of the United
States, but shall be held In trust for
the Indians,
President Boyd Makes Plea for Boys
on the Farm
GUTHRIE: David R. Boyd, presi-
dent of the University of Oklahoma,
Is an advocate of rural high schools,
to be established by consolidating dis-
tricts at convenient points, and ex-
plained his views on the subject quite
fully In his nddrcss to the graduating
class of the Enid high school last
night. He makes a plea for a system
which will allow the boys and girls
on the farm to have more than a com-
mon school education. As Dr, Boyd
figures it, 80 per cent of the school
children of Oklahoma can advance no
farther than the eighth grade, for the
reason that the facilities are not
offered. It Is for this reason that he
suggests the central high school as a
remedy. He maintained also that the
boys and girls on the farm will take
advantage of schools thus offered them
more quickly than will the children in
the cities.
He considers the establishment of
country high schools, such as now
exist In Logan and Woods counties,
as a step In the right direction, as they
give the country students an oppor-
tunity to secure a high school train-
ing, but the greater number are still
not reached by the country high
school. He also considers the consoli-
dation of rural districts as another
step toward the realization of his Idea,
and would have practically the same
plan adopted for the central high
school as Is proposed for the consoli-
dated rural school, Including the use
of wagons to take the pupils to and
from their homes.
Instead of having one county high
school, President Boyd would have
several of them. He takes Lincoln
county as an example. The railroads
of that county make several centers,
at each of which a central high school
could be located to accommodate all
the surrounding rural districts. He
considers the high school period the
most critical time of the youth’s life,
as it is the time when he Is forming
his ethical standard, and believes that
as much care should be selected in
choosing high school teachers as mem-
bers of a college faculty, for the reason
that they have everything at stake in
aiding In the formation of character
and future life of the student.
LABOR TROUBLES
HAIL AND WIND STORMS
Vast
A NUMBER OF STRIKES INAUGUR-
ATED THRIUGHOUT THE COUN-
TRY ON MAY FIR8T
LAKE TRAFFIC AT CHICACO SUSPENDED
Vessel Owners Make Little Effort to
Move Their Boats at Chicago—La-
boring Men Demand More Wages
and Recognition of Unions
CHICAGO: Lake traffic is, for the
greater part, at a standstill here, the
vessel owners making little effort to
move their craft.
Several of the boats whch are not
affected by the strike bear upon their
side large placards announcing that
they are “union” vessels. The cen-
ter of the strike as far as this city is
concerned is not in the city proper,
but it is in South Chicago, where the
mill of the Illinois Steel company, a
branch of the United States Steel
company, is located.
The passenger boats running out of
Chicago have not thus far been af-
fected by the strike.
Situation at Duluth
DULUTH, MINN.: The great lakes
marine strike was officially inaugur-
ated at the head of the lakes. Orders
were received from President Keefe
of the Longshoremen’s union calling
the men out. The tugmen, however,
were not notified, and continued at
their work.
William Jones, agent at Superior for
the Marine Firemen’s association, re-
ceived a telegram from President
Keefe calling upon all members to quit
work. It Is provided, however, that
this Is not to affect boats belonging to
the Lumber Carriers’ association, men
employed on the boats carrying mall,
or men who have signed contracts for
round trips. The men on boats sub-
ject to strilee orders are the union
mates, firemen and oilers.
Amount of Damage Done In
Northern Logan County
MARSHALL: One of the wdlht
hall storms that was ever witnessed in
this section brought devastation and
ruin to a Btrlp of country south of
this place at 7 o’clock Tuesday even-
ing. Crops were beaten into the
ground, window lights smashed and
shingle roofs and weatherboards torn
from houses as If made from paper.
The hail was accompanied by torrents
of rain and a high wind, making a
wierd and exciting experience for
those who were In the wake of the
storm. The stretch of country swept
over covers about twelve miles east
and west and two miles in width.
In very few instances will there
be any wheat left to harvest, and
fruit trees and gardens were swept
clean. The storm came from the
west, and window lights are all broken
on the west and north sides of the
houses. Many farmers report a num-
ber of holes broken through shingle
roofs and their homes drenched with
water. Merchants handling glass re-
port that their stocks will be exhaust-
ed. At Mulhall, sixteen miles east
of here, the storm Is reported equally
as disastrous, breaking holes through
tin roofs, and damaging many stocks
of merchandise.
GUARDING LANDS
INSPECTOR OF SCHOOL LAND
BOARD WATCHING SCHOOL
INTERESTS AT CLEVELAND
TO SHUT OUT OCTUPUS
OIL MEN ARE HANGINC ON LIKE LEECHES
FOR INTERMARRIED WHITES
Planing Mill Employees Dissatisfied
CINCINNATI: Five hundred plan-
ing mill employees, several, hundred
pipe fitters and electricians and three
hundred telephone linemen went on
strike for an Increase in wages.
ORLANDO: Ine of the worst hall
storms ever seen in these parts, ac-
companied by a soaking rain, visited
Orlando Tuesday evening, between
4 and 5 o’clock. "She cloud moved
In a northeasterly direction and cov-
ered a large area about five miles in
width and perhaps twenty miles long.
Hail fell in large quantities for
almost half an hour, destroying most
of the fruit and doing great damage
to the growing crops. Farther south
and west the hall was accompanied by
a strong wind, which added much to
the damage. In some houses every
window was broken. In some localities
farmers report hailstones as large as
goose eggs.
TOWN LOT PAYMENT
Marshal Leo E. Bennett of Muskogee
is of the opinion that the Wycllff In-
dians, who killed Deputy Marshal Gil-
strap, and for whom a continued
search has been mnde, have escaped
and are now In Old Mexico.
Trouble Expected With Miners
DU BOIS, PA.: The strike situation
in the Clearfield region Is threaten-
ing. Notices have been posted by the
operators of the Buffalo, Rochester
and Pittsburg. The Bufalo and Sus-
quehannah and the Falls Creek Coal
companies giving the scale of wages to
be paid and the word has gone forth
that an attempt will be made to re-
sume Muy 1. The scule Is that of
1903. The miners are holding out for
recognition of the union and collection
of check-off by operators. If an nt-
‘tempt Is made at this time to resumo
trouble is anticipated.
Burglars Enter Stuart Postoflce
STUART: Monday morning the dis-
covery was made that burglars had
[entered the postoffice at this place.
IThe thieves tore the stock In the store
•in which the poBtofflce is locuted to
pieces in their endeavor to find valu-
ables. They secured a number of
stamps, a small amount of money and
other articles. People here believe they
came west on a Rock Island train.
Curtis Bill Would Make Them Chero-
kee Citizens, as to Land
WASHINGTON: Representative
Curtis, of Kansas, Introduced by re-
quest a bill for the purpose of enroll-
ing certain Intermarried white persona
in the Cherokee Indian nation. It
directs the secretary of the interior to
enroll white persons who, prior to
December 16, 1895, Intermarried with
Cherokee, Shawnee or Delaware In-
dians, citizens of the Cherokee nation
by blood, In accordance with the laws
of the Cherokee nation, and when such
persons are enrolled they shall have
the same status and participate In the
division of the real property, and no
other, of the Cherokee tribe or na-
tion, the same as Cherokee Indians
by blood. Provided that they shall
first pay Into the United States treas-
ury for the benefit of the Cherokee
tribe or nation, each of the sum of
$325.60, and further, shall avail them-
selves of the provisions of this act
within six months from the date of Its
approval, that they shall have the
right to sell and dispose of nny and
all Improvements placed by them on
their tentative allotments In the
Cherokee nation to enrolled citizens
thereof within the snroe period; fur-
ther, that there shall be no restric-
tions upon the alienation of the lands
allotted to such lntormnrrled whites.
At Chicago 3,000 Lingshoremen Out
CHICAGO: May 1st, all the mem-
bers of the Longshoremen’s union In
Chicago, numbering about 3,000, quit
work of loading and unloading vessels.
Iron Moulders Quit Work
CHICAGO: Three thousand Iron
moulders struck for higher whges, the
closed shop and recognition of the
union.
RED FLAG DISPLAYED
The temperance workers of Okla-
homa claim there are forty-two incor-
porated towns In the territory where
intoxicating liquors cannot be legally
sold. -
JUDICIAL DIVISION PROFITABLE
Socialists and Labor Unions Protest
Against Arrest of Idaho Miners
NEW YORK: Two meetings to pro-
test against the arrest of the miners,
Moyer, Haywood, Pettibone and St.
John, In connection with the plot
against former Governor Steuenberg
of Idaho, who was murdered recently,
were held In this city on May 1st.
One of the meetings was in Grand Cen-
tral Palace, under the auspices of the
socialists and trade unionists, associ-
ated under the name of "The Moyer-
Haywood Protest Conference,” and the
other in Cooper Union hall, under the
auspices of the socialist labor-party.
The red flag was prominent In the
decorations at both places. Gregory
Maxlme, the visiting Russian revolu-
tionary, addressed each meeting. Reso-
lutions denouncing the Idaho authori-
ses and characterizing the arrest of
the miners as “capitalistic plot,” were
adoptel.
A socialistic May day parade In New-
ark, N. J., was stopped by the police
because of the display of a red flag.
Two arrests were made.
Money and Claim Forfeited for Failure
to Meet Payments
MUSKOGEE: There is something
doing in the government townsite line
in the Indian Territory now. A pro-
vision In the Curtis bill is that sixty
days after the act Is approved the fol-
lowing penalty attaches to persons i
who have purchased town lots at gov- I
ernment sales and not paid them out j
In full. That If the purchaser of any j
town lot shall fall for thirty days after
the payment on such lot Is due to make j
payment, that the money that has
been paid In shall be forfeited together
with all claim on the lot and the prop-
erty shall be advertised for sale again
by the government. Prior to this time
there was no forfeiture clause except
that an interest penalty attached.
The Dawes commission gets an ad-
ditional class of work on account of
the town lots. Under the Curtis bill
the commission is to deliver deeds to
allotments and other lands on which
patents ar6 issued by the government.
This is constructed to mean that the
commission will have to deliver town
lot deeds as well as allotment deeds.
GILLETTE TURNED DOWN
Nsw Sprinting Record
NORMAN: Track men at the Uni-
versity of Oklahoma believe that they
have a coming sprinter In Noble, who
took the 100-yard dash at the uni-
versity track meet In 0:10 1-5, winning
easily from John Darling, for three
•years all around champion of Oklaho-
ma, and establishing a new territorial
record. Noble's first track work
was done last year, and In view of the
ease with which ho broke the local
records, It seems probable that with
proper training he could get into tho
Mu-second class.
Clerks of Court in Western District
Turn In $50,000
MUSKOGEE: The annual report
for the western judicial district of
Indian Territory made by R. P. Harri-
son, clerk of the court shows that the
government has one profitable depart-
ment In the territory at least.
The report shows that during the
past year the total receipts received
from all the recording offices of tho
district, and the fees and other monies
received by the clerks of the court,
amounted to a trifle under $50,n00,
above the expenses of maintaining the
office. The recording division turned
In $37,000 in excess of the expenses of ;
that division, and the clerks division
turned in over $10,000 above expenses.
The total expense of both departments
la n little over $11,000.
This excess money from the record-
ing division goes Into the permanent
school fund for the western district
and tho excess from the clerks division
goes to the funds of the United
States government. Because this
money gooH Into the permanent fund,
It cannot be utilized for immediate
school purposes. If this could be done
there would be sufficient money to es-
tablish 144 new schools In the west-
ern district under the present system.
Al Harpster Refused New Trial
NEWKIRK: In tho district court
Judge Halner has refused the motion
of Al Harpater for a new trial nnd
sentenced him to serve a life term at
hard labor In the penitentiary at Lan-
sing. Kansas, for the murder of Mar
tin Julian nt Poncn City last Juno.
DI8PLAYEO A RED FLAG
Chicago Police Arrest Socialist Who
Unfurled Red Flag In Parade
CHICAGO: Two hundred men call-
ing themselves socialists attempted to
march through the streets under the
red Hag and were prevented by the
police. As soon as word was brought
to the police that a parade under the
red flag was projected fifty policemen
were at once sent to Michigan and
North Clark streets where the parade
wns forming. The men all wearing
red badges. They were informed that
If the parade took place at all, tho red
flag must not be unfurled. The men
started without the flag and mnrehed
to Douglas Park, five miles away. Be-
fore ono-flfth of the distance had been
covered the pnrade had been greatly
reduced In numbers. A meeting was
held later in the park, in the presence
of the police, who had orders to stop
It if speeches were incendiary.
While the column was passing the
corner of Congress street and Ogden
avenue one of the flng bearers named
Edward W. Ladlnskl unfurled his
red flag and wns at once placed under
arrest.
Appointment as Judge of Seventh
Judicial District Fails
WASHINGTON: The Senate com-
mittee has turned down the nomina-
tion of Frank Gillette for judge of the
Seventh district of Oklahoma, assign-
ing for a reason for so doing that It
had been definitely ascertained that
Judge Gillette had given employment
under him as clerks to his son and
brother. The committee held this to
be In violation of the spirit of the
law, If not of the letter of the law.
T 9 committee held a very spirited
meeting and, while an that passed has
not yet come to light It Is said that
some strenuous exchanges of compli-
ments were indulged In.
New Church Opening
CHICKASHA: It has been definite-
ly announced by the Rev. W. M. P.
Rlppey of the M. E. church that the
now church will be opened for services
the second Sunday In May. Special
services will be held in the morning,
afternoon nnd evening of that day.
Fox’s orchestra will furnish the music,
and special vocal music will be ren-
dered also. The church probably will
'not be dedicated until a later date.
8everal Attempts Made by Speculators
to “Jump” the Lands for Mineral
Purposes—Prompt Action Kept Out
a Large Number
GUTHRIE: Ben F. Berkey, chief
inspector for the territorial school
land board, has returned from Cleve-
land, where he has been stationed for
several weeks guarding the territory’s
interests in the school lands In that
locality, where several attempts have
been made by oil Inspectors to jump
the lands for mineral purposes. Mr.
Berkey says all is quiet at the pres-
ent time, but states that, like
Vesuvius, It 1b still rumbling, and is
likely to break out again at any time.
“Every occurrence in Washington,
no matter how small, that seems fa-
vorable In any manner to the tres-
passers on the school lands is taken
by them as a signal to get busy
again," says Mr. Berkey, “and the con-
dition at Cleveland demands constant
watching.”
In all probability Mr. Berkey will re-
turn to the Cleveland locality within
a few days.
Following the arrival of Berkey at
Cleveland, several weeks ago, the ar-
rest was made of several trespassers
on school land. Including W. H. Milli-
kan, the millionaire oil operator from
Pennsylvania. Millikan was held to
the federal grand jury under bond on
a charge of cutting timber on school
lands. His case will come up at Paw-
nee during the present term of court,
and he will be prosecuted by the act-
ing United States attorney, Mr. Scot-
horn.
The members of the school land
board feel that they have a strong
case against the millionaire.
While as yet there has been no de-
cisive evidence of the fact, yet the
opinion seems general among the em-
ployees of the school land board that
in case the mineral filings made on
school lands. In the Cleveland field are
legalized In some manner by congress,
all the filings, at least in part, will be
transferred to Millikan, who will de-
velop and operate the claims, giving a
share of the profits to the persons
who have filed the claims.
It Is the opinion of Berkey that If
the inspectors had not been prompt
in tearing down the oil rigging erected
on school land by some of the tres-
passers that there would have been
forty such derricks erected on school
land there by the present time. He
also says that the oil men In the
Cleveland field, outside of the alleged
trespassers, sympathize with the
school land board in this fight and
will stay with the board In its conten-
tions.
CHIEF PARKER ILL
Comanche Tribe of Indians May Hava
to Elect New Leader
LAWTON: Chief Quanah Parker,
of the Comanche Indians, Is danger-
ously ill with a complication of ma-
larial fever and a severe attack of rheu-
matism. He has been In bad health
for the past year and has been con-
fined to his bed for a month or little
more. Little hope is entertained of
his recovery, and the tribesmen are
already figuring on his successor.
Chief Parker’s only son died some
years ago and the next chief will be
elected by ’the tribe. It Is probable
that White Eagle, a medicine man
and the brightest of the Comanches,
will succeed Parker as chief, should
he succumb to this attack.
FOR REMOVAL OF RESTRICTIONS
A Suit Against the City of Kingfisher
KINGFISHER: Franz F. Marth,
who was Injured here on July 4 last,
has brought suit In the dRtrlct court
against the city for $10,000 damages.
In Marth’s complaint he alleges that
while he, accompanied by hit. wife and
child, wub driving along Mnln street a
race horse collided with his buggy,
throwing him from tho vehicle and
seriously Injuring him. He was un-
able to leave his bed for six weeks
aftor the accident, ho says. Mrs.
Marth and the child escaped with
alight injuries.
Elevator at South McAleater Burned
SOUTH McALESTER: Spontane-
ous combustion caused a fire that en-
tirely destroyed the Davidson Elevator
company’s plant at this place and
badly damaged the frame depot owned
by tho Missouri, Kansas & Texas Rail-
way company. The Iosb on the ele-
vator Is $1,600, with no insurance. The
plant will be rebuilt on a larger
scule.
Burglars Rob a Store at Meeker
SHAWNEE: Officers here were
notified that the drug and Jewelry
store of Dr W. T. Smith at Meeker,
twelve miles north of he're, on the
Santa Fe railroad, had been robbed,
nnd $300 worth of jewelry and a num-
ber of other nrtlcles taken. The
thieves, It Is believed, came south on
u Santa Fe train, nnd officers at Meek-
er suppose they are hiding here. Most
of the jevelry taken has been listed,
and lta description sent to surround-
ing cities.
Congressman Murphy Introduces a Bill
to Sell Land
WASHINGTON: Congressman Mur-
phy of Missouri, has introduced a bill
in the house removing after October
1, 1906, the restrictions on the aliena-
tion of land in the Choctaw, Cherokee,
Creek and Seminole nations, Indian
Territory, except as to homesteads of
those upon approved Indian rolls and
also land known to contain coal, oil,
gas, asphalt or other mineral, provided
that this act shall not extend to per-
mit any allottee under twenty-one
years old to sell or dispose of his allot-
ment except through legally appointed
guardian and then only In the usual
legal manner.
Any agreements relating to sales of
such land made before October 1st are
declared void and not subject to
record. Nothing In the act In any re-
spect affects the supervisory authority
of the secretary of the interior, rela-
tive to minora) leases heretofore exe-
cuted by an allottee of any of the
tribes.
Secretary Hitchcock Wants to Keep
Standard Oil Down
MUSKOGEE: It has become evi-
dent here that Secretary Hitchcock
is determined to keep the Standard
Oil company from gaining control of
Indian Territory oil fields. It seems
probable that the secretary will re-
voke the leases on 40,000 acres of oil
lands in the Creek and Cherokee na-
tions, and turn the land over to In-
dian allottees to lease to whom they
will.
The operators In Indian Territory
who are supposed to represent the
Standard OH interests, and whom the
secretary of the Interior is after, are
the Prairie Oil and Gas company, In’
the capacity of a producer and con-
sumer of crude oil; Guffey & Galey,
the Pittsburg oil operators and poli-
ticians; L. N. Barnsdall, a Pittsburg
operator, and their various subagents.
The Interior department, believing that
these companies and their agents were
gobbling up the field for the Standard,
recently closed operations on the
leases controlled by them and the
wells are still shut down. The depart-
ment has ruled that no person or cor-
poration can hold more than 4,806
acres of land under oil leases. The
Prairie Oil and Gas company, and Its
principals picked out 4,800 acres each
of the best oil land they could get.
The next move, It Is said, was to estab-
lish subagents and dummies, each of
whom took the limit In acreage al-
lowed by the regulations of the depart-
ment. In this way it Is claimed the
Standard Oil company plotted to cap-
ture Indian Territory oil fields.
It Is necessary for each person or
corporation taking a lease to make a
financial showing that he has $40,006
deposited In a bank to carry on opera-
tions. It is claimed that many of the
agents and dummies who had abso-
lutely no financial means, made affi-
davit that they were worth that
amount.
It is stated positively by an operator
that at least 10,000 acres of leases
were taken by John F. Furlong, E. P.
Whitcemb and others, alleged to be
agents of the Standard, for which the
allottees received 15 cents an acre, or
less, bonus on leases worth at least
$250,000.
It is claimed that after gobbling
up all the valuable oil land possibe,
the Standard began to use other
methods to control the situation.
Independents say they find It extreme-
ly difficult to get oil Into the pip®
lines, and that they get 52 cents a bar-
rel for the sar'.e kind of oil that brings
$1.50 In Pennsylvania.
It Is said on good authority that
the Standard Oil company Is not the
only one suspected of trying to grab
the oil fields. It Is claimed that
Richard C. Adams, Deleware attorney,
controls more than 4,800 acres, and
that he has sold several thousand
acres of leases to the Standard Oil
company.
MUST PAY BILLS
Judge Halner Rule* that Indians Can
Sue and be Sued
PAWHUSKA: In a ctse In the fed-
eral court here a white laborer sued
an Osage Indian for wages due. The
Indian refused payment upon the
ground that he was a ward of the gov-
ernment and was not vested with the
power to make contracts. Judge
Halner, before whom the case was
tried, held that excepting contracts as
to land and annuities, an Indian al-
though sustaining tribal relations, can
contract, and can sue and be sued;
that it is the policy of the government
to educate the Indians and to teach •
them to transact business and become
self-sustaining, and to hold otherwise
would be contrary to public policy.
Judge Halner held also there is no
congressional act which forbids ordi-
nary contracts being entered Into by
an Indian and Its enforcement by the
United States courts.
FIVE McGUIRE BILLS FAVORED
Ratify Oklahoma Legislative Acts and
Help Schools
WASHINGTON: The house com-
mittee on territories has made a favor-
able report on five of Delegate Mc-
Guire’s bills. Two ratify acts of the
Oklahoma legislature, one appropriat-
ing $65,000 to enlarge the Western
Normal school at Alva, and the other
authorizing the commissioners of Kay,
county to change the course of Spring
creek, draining a larger area of low
land, subject to overflow, and giving
the right to condemn land. The three
other bills relate to schools. One
grants a section of school reserve land
adjacent to the University of Okla-
homa to that institution, another a
section of land to the Tonkawa
preparatory school, and the third a
quarter section of land to the school
of Shawnee.
Do Away With Elections
WASHINGTON: Delegate Mc-
Guire appeared before the senate Ju-
diciary committee and urged the sen-
ate to Incorporate in the legislative,
executive and judiciary appropriation
bill an amendment providing that In
event of tho statehood bill passing,
Oklahoma shall not elect a territorial
delegate or a territorial legislature.
It having been expected that the state-
hood bill would pass long since, this
provision does not appear In the bill.
The committee voted to Insert an
amendment, which was passed.
Last week the government land
office at Guthrie cancelled eleven
homestead entries In Day, Dewey nnd
Blaine counties, and allowed the con-
testants to make entry on the land.
Shot by His Divorced Wife
GUTHRIE: Oscar Taylor, a Kay
county farmer, was shot last week at
Ponca City by his divorced wife, Mrs
Lotta Taylor, and will die. ’ she
rushed from her home when Taylor
was passing and opened fire on him
with a 38-cnl!ber revolver, They
were only recently divorced, after con-
Rtderable domestio trouble, and Mrs
Jnlv ehnd8 the of their
only child. Mrs. Taylor was placed
In the county jail at - P ®a
the shooting.
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