Life (Anadarko, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 16, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 7, 1904 Page: 1 of 8
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ANADARKO
Is the Best City in the New
Country; the Place to Invest
Your Money; the Place to
Live; the Place to Die. _
LIT
REPUBLICAN
Doctrines Bring Prosperity to
Your City, Plenty to Your
Kitchen, Peace to Your Homo
and Glory to Your Country,
VOL. III.
ANADARKO. OKLAHOMA. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 7 1904.
NO. 16
COURT GRINDS
Grand Jury Sworn In And
Now On the Hunt for
Doers of Wrong
ANOTHER boodle case
The Court Hears Anothes Kiawa
County Charge Against Bridge
Contractor W J Stokes.
The jury in the ease of Poole
after 18 hoursll to lfor acquittal
found the defendant not guility
and he was discharged.
Up to Saturday evening the
following cases had been dispos-
ed of, U. S vs Jas T. Lockey, per-
jury, discharged on demurrer.
U. 8. vs D. L. Gobbart and Wm.
Murray- Bonds fortified at
ijiiOO. each. U. S. vs Sam Woods
for selling liquor to the Indians.
Demurrer heard. U. S. vs Leon-
ard West, selling liquor to the
Indians. Passed. U. S. vs Har-
ry Shirley, selling liquor to the
Indians. Bond fortified $300.
The grand jury indicted Fred
K .uger, running distillery; Hen-
ry Detwiler, violating quarantine
law; Grimes Akins, selling liq-
uor to the Indians; Paul Lorenze
selling liquors to the Indians;
Horaty Stevens selling liquor to
Indians.
They called up the case of U.
S vs -lames Bell. Bonds forti-
fied.
Ter. vs Arch and Chas.
Wheeler dismissed on motion.
Parole continued in another
case.
Ter. vs J. Embry, dismissed,
Ter. vs M. Dyer dismissed.
Ter. vs H. Mashore continued.
Ter. vs Sam Hiiyie, continued.
Ter. vs C. E. Walker continued.
Ter. vs W. Ma«hore extended.
Ter vs T. W. Burgess contin-
ued. Carl Glitch vs J. L. Byrne
disbarment proceedings, refus-
ed motion of defendant to make
charges more definite.
U. S. vs Ed Smith, selling li-
quor to the Indians. Plead not
guilty.
H. W. Ferguson was indicted
and plead not guilty, selling liq-
uor to the Indians.
The case of U. S. vs Sam
Woods was called for trail early
Saturday Morning with H. B.
Mitchell and W. K. Wheeler ap-
pearing for defendant and L. E.
McKnight for the goverment.
The defendant Was found not
guility.
In the case of Farmers State
Bank vs Edna H. Rant a judge-
ment was entered for plaintiff
and attachment issued.
In Mutual Bldg, and Loan
\ssociation vs U. W. \\ alt in an
and Steadlin, judgement and
foreclosure granted.
Tangled In K-f.d Tape-
On Monday morning trie case
of U. S. vs W. J. Stokes of Kiowa
county was taken up. Stokes
was the contractor who drew
the money for the bridges that
were not built, and is charged
with fraud.
The defense offered by Stokes
is both unusal and unique. If
ft is true he deserves liberty.
He claims that at the time lie
made the affidavits be was in bed
sick lying at the point of death
and not expected to recover by
his friends and physicians.
Stokes says that his creditors
prepared the papers showing the
bridges te have been completed
and presented them to him. It
was after lie bad lain sick a long
time and could have known noth-
ing as to the progress made by
his men with the bridges. His
creditors told him the bridges
had all been finished. It was at a
lime while staring death and Ins
creditors in the face the papers
were signed.
There were a. number of bridg-
es and the lawyers and the court
are all tangled in the red tape in
Dieted upon the bewildered jury
in the great mass of vouchers,af-
fidavits. orders, cancellations du-
plicates, triplicates and stuff the
government is using in lieu of ev-
idence.
On Tuesday the grand jury re-
turned sever indictments but us
they bad not been apprehended
when tiiis repart was made on
Tuesday we could not publish
their names.
in kerb’s court
Judge Lerr convened chance r-
y court on Fryday of last week
in the probate court rooms and
the following cases were dispos-
ed of up to Tuesday night.
Goff vs Goff, divorce granted-
Turner vs Turner, a divorce
granteb.
Smiley vs Smiley, divorce was
granted.
Smith vs Caddo County, mo-
ttion to dismiss overruled. This
was an appeal from the County
field note allowance.
Pallady vs Caddo County, same
as above.
Willoughby vs Daugherty judg
ment for $1,353. '
Neil vs Neil, divorce granted.
Bloss vs Shults, judgment for
$20.60.
Shearer vs Hubbard, motion to
maroke plaintiff explain more
fully denied-
Gilbreath vs School District
No. 6, judgment for plaintiff.
Caliban vs Rennedy, motion to
discharge garnishment.
First National Bank vs J. H.
Boyle, being tried on motion to
discharge garnishment when we
wrote this on Tuesday.
ABOUT BONDS
subscription was paid by their PEMED AT
friends for a short time, and | Vi Ell LlV-li L. 1JL.it O
The Mayor Explains Why He
Thinks The City Should
Be Plastered with Debt
GENERAL HAPPENINGS
Whitlock is Persistently
Accused of Beins: Dead
their time has expired, so that-
those getting our paper hero- |
after will know that it is on the J
strenth of their own financial |«
standing. I
Those who have notices of
proof published in our paper are
entitled to it for six months --
thereafter and all witnesses dur |
ing the_ life of the notice with ftROXTON PEOPLE WED
With the foregoing explana j
tion wo wish to say that if there | ---
is anv one crotting our paper j ,
who does not wan tit please noth People Ot Wellman and Eakley
fy us in some way and it will be , Are Prosperous and Happy,
prom ply stopped. Otherwise it: Our old friend N. Whitlock of
will be charged tip to you Me Anadarko must have originally
are printing 1300 papers and cftme frolu Arkansaw; but at all
We Want Wood.
We will take wood on sub-
scription. If you haven’t ttie
money, bring wood. We prefer
it cut in cook stove length. Any-
thing else you m y have in the
way of produce v. ill be accept-
able.
Life Publishing Co.
Newsy Happenings From Over
the County Condensed for Busy
Readers.
In Monday’s Democrat ap-
peared an article ’’contributed
by/, prominent business man
wfw is well posted on sucli mat-
ters.” | f rom now on uui
There was no name to it but oi 1t0 get pay, and also in advance,
course everybody knows it was Uj0Newspaper man can succeed
written by Mayor Divers. ! who runs out newspapers and
The most important feature of | ^a^es bis j,av ai the end of the
it is the cost of the inspector | year. No one expects it.
$225- For some reason Oiler is • Those who are behind please
pay up. Everybody has money
now, so come on with it. Loosen
in u [JiumiiH i— i-
have no desire to give them away
From now on our rule will be
Hair Work to Order.
L make Switches and elegant
Watchehainsout of hair at very
reasonable prices.
MRS. G. W. SMALL-
B. St., East of Lawton track by
Frick’s Grocery.
Art squares and rugs at
Miller *: Baker’s.
To Homesteaders.
Every homesteader whose no-
tice of proof is published in Life
is entitled to subscription for a
period of six months. The paper
is sent, also, to each witness dur-
ing the life of the notice- Please
examine the notice carefully and
if any errors are discovered, re-
port by first mail to us- it is
vitally important to the home
Header.-—Life Publishing O,
Who pays you the best price
for your produce? If you are
dissatisfied with the prices you
have been getting, try Hart s
Grocery next time.
Make the children happy at
Christmas and buy from
Graham, Main St.
Christmas china and glass
ware at Miller & Baler’s.
It Snowned,
On Monday morning of this
week the people here found
about 3 inches of pure white
snow everywhere- This is the
biggest snow since, at least, the
new courntry was opened.
When people were rushing in
here to take up the farms, one
old farmer from northern Iowa
landed with a full complement of
tools and farm utensils, suhli as
are used up there. Among his
outfit was a pair of cast iron bob
sleds of the best make and an
elegant high priced sleigh.
These were unloaded at the de-
pot and the people laughed.
—The new comer got onto the
situation and shipped his sleds
and sleigh back north without
taking them from the depot.
This week he could have aston-
ished the natives In that new
sleigh. __________
Dolls and toys for girls and
boys. Graham, Main St.
Anything you want at
Miller & Baker’s.
W3 Want Correspondents
We have received four splend-
id correspondents in answer to
our last week’s request. But we
need forty. We want one at ev-
ery post office in the county. If
you cant write good nor spell as
well as you like, dont let it stand
in the way—we will fix it. Send
us one letter for luck. We have
from 10 to 200 readers at every
post-office in the county outside
of Anadarko and want every one
to interest himself in getting us
a correspondent at his own post-
office or village. We will send
supplies and stamps upon the
receipt of the first letter with
the name and address.
— Life Publishing Co.
Christmas and Christmas tree
candies at Miller & Baker’s.
to be paid $225.
If the water bonds carry.! noW) s0 come on wiui n.
there will of course be an excuse Up ancj Kjve us a diance
for another pet job to some mem- sorae njce SWeet thing
ber of the council who has been
particularly friendly to the ad-
ministratian.
Another important item in the
Mayor’s article is this, ‘ amount
necessary to complete water
works as they should be $10,200.
Notice, the words as they
should be is the only suggestion
of what is to be done- No one on
earth know and, if the Mayor has
any plan it has never been pub-
lished.
The only tiling we know is that
duirng the excitement of the
campaign a notice calling for a
bond election was run in small
type among the legal notices of
Democrat Where it would never
be seen.
Some say it is to run a main
around the outskirts of the city,
some say a main is to run to Old
Town. We would not be sur
prised if the idea is to take in the
Missions in this passioned spell
of mad zeal to sell bonds and
erect municipal institutions so
that inspectors and things will
be excusable.
Anv way, just us soon as it
was too late to register the May-
or makes a statement publicly
that is expected to satify those
who have been successfully im-
plored to register, threating to
throw franchises around pro-
miscuously if the bonds are vot‘
ed down.
Here’s his threat, Are you in
favor of municipal ownership of
the public institutions? If so vote
for the bonds on December 15,
1904. If you desire that the
franchise for electric lights be
let to a private corporation vote
against the bonds.”
That is, if you favor mumici-
pal ownership vote for bonds,
whether you know what for or
not, or you will get it in
neck,
OVer County.
The farmers of Tonkawa
township have organized a
Farmer s Institute at Cedar
Springs school house.
Gordan Shofner of Anadarko,
and Miss Ida Sheridan of Cald-
well, Kansas, were married at
Medford Oklahoma recently.
J. W- Densmore, of Lookeba,
has leased and reopened the
American house at Anadarko.
Life and Kansas City Journal
or Star for $1.00 a year.
J. W- Haskell attended the
farmers institute at Guthrie last
week.
W. W. Parsons, of Verden.
was in the city on Saturday. He
has been up in Kansas.
The drop in cotton is causing
the people of this vicinity to hold
their cotton for better prices.
J. P. Elder of Verden is one of
the young republicans who
earned a years subscription from |
us by faith ful and loyal work to I
cauio from Arkansaw; but at all
events he is a democrat, and one
of the proper kind. He was
very happy Monday upon reciept
of the news that the ottical count
in Arkansas showed that the
state had gone democratic, and
ascribed the 10c raise in cotton
that day to that cause.
—Apache World,
i Every paper in the territory
outside of Anadarko lias had a
story in it about councilman
Whitlock and Us entire family
having died immediately after
the election. We shall look the
matter up, since seeing the
above item in the World, and see
Hart’s grocery, north of the
court house is the only one in
town that sells Kingfisher Best
Patent flour.
things about
Life and Kansas City Times or
Journal both, one whole year $1
Buy your presents early.
Graham, Main St.
Ao
Ar?irt?»l Story
Little Folks
Por
!
Fair Pla
V ••
as Alderman Whitlock is either
dead or alive.
New furniture at
Miller & Baker’s.
Married.
On Wednesday of last week
Monte Clawson and Ida Powers
were united in man age in Ana-
darko by Judge M. N. Gish.
These young people live in the
country near Broxton and are
from excellent families.
The bride is a most exemplary
young woman while the groom
is a splendid gentleman, honest,
industrious and successful-
Life wishes them well. ^ They
were accompanied by C. W. Uni-
com, Maggie Powers sister to
the bride, Everett Powers broth-
er to the bride, and Lola Claw-
son sister to the groom.
When you feel like sighing-
Llttle BUI hn(l got the craze fur using
a slung shot. He lmd played hooky
from school one day to cut the "crotch,
lie had crept softly Into his father’s
library, opened the table drawer and
extracted a rubber band to furnish the
shooting force. IIo had cut the pnlnt
out of his sister's kid glove to make the
"stone holder," and now he had left the
schoolhouse behind him once more and
was oft in the green meadow after
some frogs to shoot.
"Jug-arum. jug-arum!" croaked the
frogs along the bank. "Knee-deep, knee-
deep!” piped the "peepers."
Bill lay upon the bnnH and waited.
us uy uuauiui »>,«. ■ When vou feel
xrc w e j
bring; learn to laugh, you can
—o--------------- | laugh and laugh right, by taking
Brother Royer of the Apache Rock Mountain Tea at night.
.^... ifnne et.if'D’ t.O t.llP -Pinnoor St<)l’
UOJ, AJ-V ------- ---
cheerfully recognize his claim.
—Pioneer Drug Store.
Good Rond Meeting.
There will be a meeting of all
those interested in good roads,
in Caddo county, held in Ana-
darko Oklahomo, at 2 p. in. Sat
urday December, 1 Till, 1904 for
the purpose of organizing a Cad-
do county road Association.
Everybody invited to attend.
Frederick Phaff.
Sec. Anadarko Com. Club.
Christmas toys and presents
Miller & Baker’s.
Removes the microbes which
an goon innurauj ,. impoverish the blood and ......
uiuu. *•.«= I'-----— |atl Squire McAlisters’ Friday latlon. Stops all trouble that in-
offered to put In a plant Without! • ' .......i ill nnl,...i—..-ill. mitnt.ion 1 Hal S
Review, threatens to stick to the
party. So we propose to end
this controvercy, in as much as
the World refuses to take part
in it and yet sympathizes with
Brother Royer. Like Job was
with Jehovah, we shall long to
see Royer face to face when we
can convince him of his erron-
eous catechism.
According to Stevens’ Apache
World, there were six lady
school superintendents elected
the , at the last election.
U1 JUU win i of
jck* I Several of the boys had lots of
But, dear people, there will be j (hick) fun on Thanksgiving nidfht Removes the microbes which
no franchise given, that is only a j but aj] good naturedly reported j impoverish the blood and circu-
bluff. The ice plant people have I t s jre McAlisters’ Friday lation. Stops all trouble that in-
lered to put In a plant without t mornjng ttlKi were assessed $1.00 terferes with nutrition. i hat s
franchise but the council wont . costs —Ft Cobb Record. what Hollister's Rock.
1 ’ .....— — — ’ 35 cents, lea
—------------- and costs.—Ft Cobb Record. ! what Hollister s Rocky Moun
allow it They have had a repre-
sentative before the council al-
most begging for the simple
permission to install a plant
they dont want a franchise.
So this threat to give a fran-
chise is all poppycock.
But hold on! Here’s another
item in the Mayors article; we
had not seen "Letting of con-
tract and collection of bonds
$125”.
We have no idea what it cost
the council to let the contract
but are imformed that the col-
lection of the money for the
bonds cost $40. And this like the
$225. for an inspector, was paid
out on a pet. The Citizens Bank
offered to collect it for nothing,
but the powers that be wouldent
have it that way.
If people dont come to their
sanity before stopping the sal<
The citizens of Cache are I ^ tablet”orn?°
drilling for oil and are very ex- ulu _pi()neer Drug Store.
I pectant over the matter, accord-
j i,ig to the Cement Courier. Wellman Jottings.
! The Carnegie Herald is Auth- Mr. Sigel and wife went to
ority for the statement that the Weatherford on business last
democrats elected on the new . Wednesday.
board of commissioners ar<\ Urush schooi started last
pledged to let the county print Monday with 20 pupils enrolled,
ing to the lowest responsible bid-l j says he has a fine
der. If we rember rightly, the J ‘ . ■ .
Democrat since Mr. Kearse has • • ...
been editing it has been practi ) Mr. Stanley is now riding
cully advocating that idea. Not around in a new buggy, isn t
since the election but prior there , he a Pearl.
to. The one purpose of Kearse j Miss May Oglesby spent
was to pursue the county com Thanksgiving at home.
Om ofnthe8main itemsStmva-, Miss Smithy R«-ve^a di.iner
printing? *Now “.VS !; »dWlr sweetheart, Mr! Jones,
whether or no there is any hon Eakly is booming, lots are ad-
‘lesty in democratic pledges in j Vancing, three new houses are
a new telephone
"tvnv DON’T TOD SHOOT ?”
Hope they's a Dig bummer here,"
Wished BUI to himself. "I’ve got a
dinky round stone here to soak him
with.”
Presently a green bead and two big
eyes appeared above the green scum
on the brook. Bill turned to get Ills
"dinky stone" to put It In the slung
shot; then !* turned.
But what a sight met his eyes! These
eyes nearly popped out of bis head,
pie dropped the stone and tried to
scream, but couldn’t. There sat the
frog, as large as a cow, looking severe-
ly at BUI with his big eyes. Presently
It said:
"Why don’t you soak him?”
BIU’a tongue seemed tied.
"Better shoot before he jumps.” con-
tinued the frog, with a horrible grin.
"Ilis legs will moke a fine supper."
Bill tried to stammer out something
about"Beg p-p-pardon; I didn't c-c-come
out f for you.”
"No; you came for the little fellows
who couldn't hit back," said the frog.
"Why don't you take some one of your
own size? Why don't you shoot ot me
now? I'm all ready.”
"I couldn't kill you; you're ton big.
said Bill, getting a little used to things.
-That's Just it." answered the frog.
"It's because we’re little tilings. Do
you think, m.v brave hoy. that if you
were always little nnd I Was always
blg you would shoot me? I guess not.
Why don’t you take a fellow of your
size? But just give me that shooter. I
guess you'll have no use for It fur-
\Vith a great gulp he swallowed the
shooter, crotch and all, and dived into
the brook kerchunk! At least this Is
the tnle Bill told tlio teacher next day
-St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
sunny ueiuicowrrM'B ■ --- | esiy in uem
of useless bonus, they will most: county. going up and
certainly do so when the tiddler; ,.Jumbo.. Jobnson was brought line also.
has to be panl__ here frotn Carnegie on the night
Pay l'p.” ' before thanksgiving on a charge
* ‘V ^ I" ; UOIDI C iiinim.-'ni » •‘•►s ^— ----^
That thing has been going the j of insanity and was so adjudged
That thing has been going me 01 insanity »nu
rounds lately, and if we dont by the board and
run it people will conclude that! man,
sent to Nor- J Dick is gone.
Charley Sigel says it nearly
keeps him busy to keep batch
and watch the telephone while
I The Infant of Mr. and Mrs.
we dont want pay. So here goes. if you haven't time to prepare Rnari,aUgh died the 28th and
There are a number of f,”r | Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea, I wua buried in the new cemetery
i readers paid once and it is time -|t |8 now nmde In tablet form al |0„ Mr. Shelton's place
IV.— nnnxrr ortrl Cl tllimh • f A'ilO (1 —. *• n wnnlianA Q 1 rtin fl V t.M IlfX
Handsome presents for Christ
n I. Gn.Wl.VM, Mtllll Kt.
mas at-
for more, and a number who|so, Get a package already to
have never paid. use. Makes you well! keeps you
Again there are a number of weu, 85 cents,
names oyer the county whose I —Pioneer Drug Store.
Granite ware and chisled turn-
tt.iii-i, at Miller & Daker s,
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