The Gotebo Gazette. (Gotebo, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, March 3, 1911 Page: 2 of 8
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THE GOTEBO GAZETTE
GOTEBO
OKLAHOMA
STATE HAPPENINGS
FEDERALS
SEEKING
ARE
PEACE
LAST WAR CHIEF
OF COMANCHES
Oklahoma is second in gypsum.
SEND ENVOYS TO JUNTA OF THE
REVOLUTIONISTS
Muskmelons grow well in Oklahoma, I
■mi me state ranks seventh in pro- |
Auction.
Retail merchants of Oklahoma ;
through their state association officials >
are getting behind a movement to
have a bill presented to the legislature |
making it a crime to offer gifts as an ,
Inducement to sell merchandise.
CAEDENTIALS DEMANDED
Insurrectos Will Not Treat With
voys Unless They Can Show
They Come With Power From
Fed«ral Government
Oklahoma has more marble than Ne-
vada, New Hampshire and Massachu-
setts.
Washington.—Dr. Vasquex Gomez,
head of the confidential agency of the [
Mexican revolutionists announced that
he indirectly had received overtures
for peace from the federal government.
Dr. Gomez said the confidential
agency here had been advised by its
The three-year-old son of James
Spencer, living near Verdon, was
burned to death when his clothing
ignited from a stalk fire in the corn- junta m El Paso, Tex., of the desire
. ... his son. Mr. of Governor Ahumanda of Chihuahua,
; to confer in Chihuahua with Francisco
; L Madero. leader of the revolution.
field. In trying to rescue his son, Mr. j
Spencer was very badly burned.
Oklahoma has the only river in the and also had been informed through
world that is salty for more than 200 , Its junta in San Amomo Tex., that
.j three delegates of the Diaz govern-
" ; meat wished to meet Dr. Gomez on
The Tecumseh oil mill has enough the border and arrange for the termin-.
ieed to keep it running until May. The ] ation of hostilities.
Tecumseh mill was the first to start
last fall, and intends to be the last to
shut down in the spring.
Only two other states surpass Okla-
homa in watermelon production.
Dr. Gomez, who was the family phy-
sician of President Diaz and who was
in the last election candidate for the
vice presidency of Mexico, on the
same ticket as Francisco I. Madero.
the candidate for president, said the
provisional government would not
Rick Harper, formerly a patrolman, 1 "undertake any negotiations of peace
and later a night watchman in Sapulpa, except under the condition that the
was attacked by a stranger and seri- delegates shall be legally and fully au-
ously beaten up with knuckles. The thorized with written powers.
assault took place in the heart of the | He added it was further desired by
business district, but the stranger drew the revolutionists that the airan?e-
Harper behind a big billboard and beat ment for peave negotiations should
be published and recognized by the
federal government officially."
QUANAH PARKER
Son of Cynthia Ann Parer, white
captive of Indian tribe, who has been
GORECOMMIITEE
TO MAKE REPORT
WILL NOT SUSTAIN CHARGES
MADE BY THE SENATOR
NO MOTIVE DISCOVERED
Investigators Unable to Reach Com
mon Conclusion, But Represen-
tative Stephens Will Make
a Minority Report
PRAIRIE DOGS.
Ws usually write our own
will let a user of "Rough on Rati foj
extermination of Prairie Dogs write this
one Mr. II. B. Mo ely, a ranchman, ua-
der date of Feb. 4th, 1911. writes as foj.
lows from Hill T°P'.Dou*j*?j
orado: He savs: "1 have wad1 jour a*
vertisement of Rough on Rats, it not
only reads good but it is goo - I hare
been troubled twenty years w th Piairie
Dogs; have used many soiled qter.
minators to no purpose. JV>t long
mi nators to no Durpow.
I used a poisoned wheat, prepared by an
expert who had made it a study torj*r\
but it did no good for me^they' ata It. M
WANDA PARKER
Daughter of Quanah Parker.
Sh<
him.
Oklahoma is sixth in the production j
jf potatoes.
TO IMPROVE RELATIONS
Canadian county authorities are
mafc-'ne the road rough for bootleggers
to El Reno and other towns. Emil Le
Grand was given thirty days in jail and
New Treaties Now Sought by Japan
With All Leading Powers
Washington.—The prompt action of
the United States senate in stamping
ruling chief of the Comanche Indians has been an Indian princess, but losei
since 1864. Parer died at his home in j her title with the accession of a new
Comanche county Thursday noon. | chief.
STOCKS SEEK LOWER LEVEL QulNFpmlmAC
RAILWAY SECURITIES SHOW ' COMANCHE CHIEFTAIN FALLS
tno imall 15c. txzc y"~"-u "jf
Rats.' I mixed it with corn and
many of them chirped no more; I ttajj
mixed it with corn meal and plaejKl
on days not windy, near their holes.
'Rough on Rati' is by far the best thing
I have tried, but I fancy I am using i
unnecessarily strong, or you may suggest
• hotter way than I know to mix or um If,
Washington.—After two fruitless at j our drugg:j,ts would keep the larg-
tempts to reach a common conclusion est (75,..) could you send me the 75#.
on the Gore charges, the Burke inves size? It clears them out m
tigating committee adjourned to mak« mak9 lt kM,m
a third attempt to get together. Rep The tbove #re ficti as stated by Mr,
resentative J. H. Stephens seems tc Mo9*1y. "Rou;* on Ra^ to squaW
*,0., olmr.paroua .0.
^The report *111 be a Scotch verdict lt?* 3j*
"not proven." Vice President Sher rections how to use it safely in outbuild-
11 Senator Cunl. a d Repr.se.ta
tive Bird McGulre will be exonerated ^cted corn in a mixture of. say
in the majority report in any event 0ne 25c. box of "Rough on Raj*"
TH. employment .1.. Senator Thu„ j.llon. rf-Jg:
ton of Nebraska and ex-isenator Long mixture over an/ over a«ain (or cracked
will be held proper and without suspi TOrn. or mjx "Rough on Rats." thoroughly
cion snd instantly, say, one p*rt to twenty of
Aa th. report .of the mai.rtt, war
originally framed and as it stood ai boles. ^ 25c. snd 75c.; wooden boxss
the time the committee adjourned o.d onjy. e. 8. Wells, Chemist, Jersey City.
Monday afternoon it tends to show N. J. •
that the committee could find no mo-
tive for Hamon s alleged action in ap-;
proachicng Senator Gore or any con-1
nection between Hamon and J. Frank
McMurray, the McAlester Indian attor
ney.
The report continues briefly with!
the history of the relations between \
Senator Gore and Jacob Hamon and 1
declares that the Lawton senator did j
not seem to be overshocked by the1
I I bribe offer. Inasmuch as he secured
Adverse Holding of Commerce Com-^ Stricken Away From Home. His Indiar the appointment of Jasper N. Perkins, ,
Fortitude Bore Him Up Until He I the father-in-law of Jacob Hamon as
WHAT 8HE THOUGHT.
DECIDED WEAKNESS
UNDER RHEUMATIC ATTACK
mission Causes Pessimistic
Feeling and Securities Are
Dumped Into Trading Pit
Washington—The Interstate Com-
Reached His Home. Where
He Expired
Lawton, Okla.—Quanah Parker,
„ _ _ ^ constitutional seal of unqualified merce Commission has decided against chief of the Comanche Indians, last ol
a $400 fine on a charge of selling intox approva~l up0n the new treaty of trade j the railroads in both the "eastern" the great Indian braves who once
Icants and John Robinson, Yukon, got and commerce between America and j and the "western" c^ues. spread terror among white settlers ol
sixty days in jail and a fine of $250 Japan brought forth comments in of-, Proposed advances m class freight the great ter consulting with Senator Gore. This next dore but one to you?
Tuesday. | ac:al Washington Saturday tending to, rates in official classified territory, many ^ greatest , ^redblanket , ? ,g ^ ^ ^ Stev. Mrg jawklns_Why. I don't like
an ot nis latter aays, is ueau. ,„n, hut as to
postmaster at Temple.
The majority report also Fefers to j
the Rowell allotment in this connection i
and charges that Senator Gore also in-'
terested himself in tills a'.otment at ths |
request of Mr. Hamon. all after the al- j
leged bribe offer.
Representative J. H. Stevens, of
Texas, has drawn a minority report it-
Mrs. Gumm—And what d'yer think
of that there Jones aa is moved in
! illustrate the friendship which binds
aggregating among all the railways
in the territory approximately $27.-
000,000 a year, were disapproved by the
At a meeting of the State Manufac- , tjje two countries.
turers' association held in Oklahoma Pointing out the fact that the situ-
Citv. a resolution was adopted pro- ation argues well for the promotion of1 commission.
testing against the passage by the leg- cordial feeling, officials Saturday In the case involving the increases
tslature of senate bill No. 103, which is ^ turne(j their attention to the next j by the railroads in western trunk line
an act to assess a tax of 5 per cent gteps necessarv to make the treaty a territory, the commission also declined
rea ity_ I to approve the proposed advances in
The real importance of the new > commodity rates. The carriers in both
treaty developed when it was learned I cases are required to cancel on or be-
at the Japanese embassy that the con-, fore March 10 their advanced tariffs
vention is in fact the first of the whole j and restore their forrrer rates, which
■ fabric of treaties to readjust Japan's j are the rates now in effect. If this re-
Will Powell, negro, employed by the trade and commercial relations with j quirement be not complied
on all premiums paid into insurance
companies in Oklahoma.
Oklahoma is second in the manufac-
ture of cement.
lDdrd°^1SarihirsTome- four' miles ens attempted to line up Represents J talking about my neighbors; but aa to.
northwest of Cache, fifteen miles west tive Saunders of Virginia, the other j Mr. Jones, sometimes I thln*. *nd
of Lawton at 1°05 Thursday from a' democratic member of the committee, then again I don t know, but, after
severe attack of rheumatism and asth but so far as known has not been sue- all. I rather guess he-ll turn out to be
ma which affected the heart and lungs, j cessful. a good deal such a sort of man aa I
The chief was thought to be dying on Instead of "not proven" Stevens de take him to be.
.i , K„. Ki. Indian stnicism held I clares that Gore sustained every I —
him up He was determined to reach charge made in the subsequent inves QQULD NOT STAND SUFFERING
home before he died. His favorite wife I ligation in Oklahoma and Washington. PROM SKIN ERUPTION
Too-N'icv sobbing, held his head on ; He will deal at great length with the
her I., aa tbe car* feared borne. E™ I I 1 ha,, been ualns Cutler, So.,
panv. Oklahoma City, while engaged in nati0ns with whicl she has built up
keeping a charcoal fire going in a re- trade
frigerator car in which bananas were
stored, became overcome by gases aris-
ing from the fire, and died alone in the _ ,, • . tn c«rur tue interstate conunnte tvmmia-, ma.i —. -• ■
ear in which he was at work. Pw„rH | sion forbidding rate increases in the ; administered "kote-se-wine, _
LAND IN BITTER STORM
Oklahoma has the third best natu^l j
park in the country.
Friends of Cash M. Cade, republican (
national committeeman, announce that
headway in the terrific storm that
rreirg. W. A. Assman and J.
\ O'Reilly. St. Louis aeronauts
he is soon to start on a tnp around the | baHoon Mjgg Sofia Ianded on the farm
world, expecting to remain abroad lone
enough to take in all the p'.aces of im
portance. Mr. Cade himself told friend?
recently in Washington of his intended
trip.
balloon Mim Sofia an eo® e arm federal board and a-ree with brane and squirted the medicine with- ; nder case3 at Hopkinsville. Kv.. next
of Roy Gray, three mil« °°«har««B I Bra ^ enled in ,t was of n0 aVail. Parker month d gute troops will escort him ;
of Gower. Mo. at , 45 Saturday after- cemmisaion Icouirhed, gasped and died. .v™
u, '"" "j c iTirnnin fhe shippers before the commission coughed, gasped ana ciea. -here.
TT at re^oon T^ey j ^at the decision marks a new and fh.WgS Uncle Sam Wil, Bend Emp.oyes
estimate they traveled S00 miles. «o? b^ines^ike^adminiatraUon in ^Sa^DWt ta Washingtcn.-The special commls-
One 35,000 barrel oil tank is almost
completed at the new pumping station
near Osage City. Thi« size
feet across at the base and 35 feet
high. The material is on the ground
and the work will beirin on a -55,
000 barrel tank soon. Oil in bis ouan-
tities is being found there, and the
•e'd promises to become more famous
the Glenn Pool field.
ployes
srurssii* , ■ <. <M ™r.
swirled around us so rapidly we are of particular benefit to wage
thought perhaps we were trav.
backwards. We landed te get our.
„ j rested. day
bearings. The shippers' victory oTer eastern He had been afflicted with rhea
axis matism for several weeks and even
of the establishment in the treasury
Parker and his imm"ed"late"famHy had department of a "fidelity division" and
the
PostofTice Looted
Altus. Okla.—The postoffice at War
vi
, <■« ™«b,ng bl. borne « -JJ """ «* .J ,OT*. 7Z
__ _ rith. the utes before his death, the chief stood and McMurray. three months and I am glad to say
Cdle Roberta C-. cm-1 tbe ^ power, am. eve. tbe leaaer c.mmJs.i^a ^ord.r j u^.bU. I "pSl, b. j iZX
for^'eaa't"twoTeara" "t^x'cTorde'red tbe m«11 Sau°d<!r* Altbo^'"er°.f™
New York.—The sweeping decisions j from the room and called the medicine democrat. . mher disfiguring.*! did not think any-
of the interstate commerce commis- man of the Indians, Quas-E-Aye, who Victim of Night Riders Guarded tbing of them until they began to get
. ei:_h R rnrri i siou luruiuuiug rate nuouw — Paducah, Ky.—Guarded by soldiers, | gca]y and dry and to Itch and bum
c. \?n — Rplipvirz thev I official classification territory and alljdiar.s' last resort, but hope was gone. MUton Oliver, alleged victim of night untll j coujd not stand the sufferin*.
were stHl over Oklahoma suffering the roads in the ^reat middlewes: Told to pray, the medicine man lift- r;ders. accompanied by hi* family, Then ! began to use a different soap.
MDosure and unab'e to make i 'ere answered with gloomy predic-' ing his arms to heaven, cried "Father, pasged paducah for Metropo- ttlnk,ng that my old kind might be
from exposure ad ' - t was tions b? railroaders all over the coun- receive this, our brother, chief of Co , ,jg> Iu> where he will make his home. hurting me. but that didn't seem to do
try. manches. who is coming." gince Oliver was shot and dangerous- ary gQod j weDt to two different doo-
On the other hand manufacturers 'loo-Nicy insertfd a fishbone in Qua- ,y last jjay, troops have guard- tQrg but neither seemed to relieve me
are jubilant over this victory before nah's threat to open the disease mem €(J h(m He .g the ^itne£g in the night j ^ t )Qet many nightg. sleep ln coa.
tmual scratching, sometimes scratch-
ing till I drew the blood on my face
and head. Then I started in to use
the Cuticura Remedies and in two
months I was entirely relieved of that
I am so delighted over
Remedies that I
anybody about
Macfarland, 221
York City. Oct I.
1910.
Cuticura Soap (25c) and Cutlcunk
Ointment (50c) are sold throughout
the world. Send to Potter Drug ft
Chem. Corp., sole props., 135 Colum-
bus Ave.. Boston, for free book on
skin and scalp diseases and thelf
treatment.
Th cattle production the state ranks u,.^ tudce cities PADDED £nd western railroads was —
aecond in numbers and third in value TWENTY-THREE CITIES PADDED | ^ financlaJ world gwung when he left hcE3e. not well. WhM« ren. eighteen rnil^ northeast of Altus.
/. Were Greatly Exaq- Friday, both here and broad, and was among the Cheyennes. the rec*°l co,d and the Powe™ Mercantile company | A Fre uent speaker.
„ . . ^ Cen,u* Report# ^er* r" y * 9 responsible for a period of demoriali- wave brought on a return of rheuma in ,he same building were entered a member from a northern constit
Abe Myer has been *PP°lnted p«st gerated In Some Sect-ons j ofj fhe gtQck eIfhangp thm> and believine his end was near by thieves some time Monday morning ancr whQ
was one day reproached
master at 1Lexington to, sue Washington—After careful invest!^ The early slump was fo lowed by he ordered his relatives to bring him and about $100 in cash ta.etu Too.s 'dtsappoInted supporter for never
Asbury. . r.^ s u - annlicani cation of the returns and schedules by ; concerted support which appeared to home. **re taken from a blac smit « op, n,ng hls moutb In the house, repa-
four years, but was aot an applicant gaOon of the retnnu u ^ from the mo%t powerful influ. , the front door broken open and the ^ accugatlon wllh ^dignaUoa.
for reappointment. pe corrett the i factors and the market then be- Cache. Ok!a —Clad in the buckskin safe door blown off. probably with ni- Not dav passed he dec artd, but
" . twenty-three a®e dull and partly srrenter. It was §nit of the trail, resting beside s troglyceria^ lhat ^ j fi0rnething; and It was
prpuution gu Whose re-' rot until the final hour- however, that buckskin bag containing his favorite Richmond. Va.—Jackson Dolton. first reported ln the papers, too. In con-
;ities ^ ™ li5t >'* trreategt headway war bonne: and feathers, jewelry and Mg|Stant city engineer, was found dead firmatlon of his stattment he pro-
duced the report of the last debate,
snl pointed triumphantly to the
Hear, hears." with which certain
jpeeches were punctuated. "That's
me." he said.—^Tit-Bits.
Ia the amount of railway mileage
Oklahoma is eighth.
County Judge Lockridge has broughi
•nit against the county commissioner!
ef Pottawatomie county to compe.
them to confirm the appointment of s
probation officer for the Juvenile court
The commissioners refused to confirm lion in lhe c T _
the appointment on the grounds that
it was a useless expense.
urns had been inaccurately made, or : toward improvement, and closing |adiall relics, the body of Quanab jn ,be bath room of his home, death
"padded." either intentiona.iy or prk^ from Q, ^ t0 lhpM p^n,, buried at 4 o'clock Friday being due to gas.
:hrough carelessne« or error In no , £boTe ,he d3T ! !owef, ,evel. afternoon beside the remains of hi.
;ase. however, was any " The financial interests do not alto- Tbi(e motber in the Indian cemetery
hr population figures made without, Mther ghare in th^ pOT#imjstic views p Q k miMlon. two miles west
Irst conducUng a careful mvestiga-1 ^ the nnncd he£d. " KoJl m
of the Parker ranch, following formal
funeral services held hi the same li'
Editors Corre to th# Rescue mission house in which Parker
Denver. Colo.—Undaunted by the himself presided over similar services
One Killed In Wreck
Jennings. Kans.—C. W. VanCleve.
an emigrant, was killed, and msny
other passengers were badly shaken
up when a Roek Island train loaded
Oklahoma ranks tenth tn the pro
faction of barley.
March 24 has been set as the date
(or the sale of allotted Indian lands
(■ Grady. Jefferson and Stephens coun
tf— Thirteen tracts of land will be
advertised.
The body of Clark Cushing. 60 years
at age. was found lying on a cot in th«
aid linseed elevator on the Rock Ia
s di right ot way. at El Reno, in a
State of decomposition which Indicated
eh«t he had been dead for two weeks
The director states that in several
-ities there seems to have been a
ieliberate conspiracy between private
individuals and some of the special
Agents or enumerators, or both, to
inflate, fraudulently, the census re
JT-TS I ver that , °? M°ndaT n?Xt °"the Great Father, and praying that " ^rici "|oW^ pronounce
with ^aard to Several cases wl!l adopt requiting hi. followers might meet him In the ^ ^ M Ertardt. a prominent A man in a
with ga a conference The editors of detno- happy hun'Jng grounds, was the only . . -
y( "padding before the departme cratlo n< m gpapers in Colorado have ^.rage featnr* which marked the fun
voiced a protest against a deadloc. eraj
l failure to secure a democratic confer- for his mother a little more than two
en^e on the United States senatorship mocths ago.
and a program of legislation, follow- Weird and savage Indian dirges con-
ers of Mayor Rnb«>n W. c r of Den- .ignjng the spirit of the dead chieftain
Critics.
"Only competent critics can giro
with hom^seekers was ditched three competent criticisms. sa:d Admiral
miles east of Jennings. Kans. Mahan, at the Immortals' recent recep-
I tion in New York. "The tgnob'.er the
Broker Kills Self critic the ignobler the criticism—ereo
Paris.—As a result of a disastrous of the very finest thlngs-that he will
jf justice and other cases will shortly
le brought to its attention.
John F. Elnror* Dies
New York.—John F. Elmore, aged
70. former United States minister to
Pern, died suddenly at the Astor
House.
K. Osnient. a well driller, while drill
tog for water on the farm of A. J
Brarer a oille west of Claremcre
•Crock a bee*y dow cf hlack cil at t
depth of W feet. The oil made i*
laapflSiiMe to go any further, but thf
sn^lj fe<ms to be goed
Soldiers Have Good Rations
Washington —The fight inaugurated
•ore than a year ago for the better-
sent of the rations served in the va-
rijus national soldiers' homes, was
won when the provision in the sundry
cisil bill increasing the appropriation
for this purpose by S1M.0M was
| adopted
Congress Pavors Oklahoma Cltiea Aged Educator Dies
Washington. D C -The following Ptattsburg. Ma -Charlea W*;
—«"-"fT-T??ia
the sundry civfl appropriatioa W.l " t Uw & Heory Crittenden,
reported to the house Oklahoma— bnyflier ^ tto# former governor of Mi*
Ardmore. |35.<Wt: Blackwell. 110.000. here Fridsy.
El Reno. $2'..00«; Etld. flO.OCO.
Guthrie. $4^.000. Muskogee. $140,000, Session Nears E*4
Oklahcma City. $1S<.0' . An attempt Topeka. Kans —By a reso?'jtioa
by Scott Ferris to restore Piatt Na- adopted Tuesday, the bouse set March
uouai perk at Sulphur to Ha original g u the date of ad>7«mmeBt of the
status failed. He had offered ar. present session. March 4 ia fixed at
amendment to conUose the park aa a the date each house shall cease co
: federal institution , side ration of Its own Wis.
Robbers Get Much Money
Pittsburg. Kan.—Mr*. Gas Joseph
postmistress of Fuller, a coal camp
tear here, was held up and robbed ol
tlA.523 by two highwaymen. She had
Just received the money by express
from Kansas City. It was to havs
been used to pay tbe employes of tb«
SSeridan Coal company.
bar was praising a f
mout American Journalist, a Justly
famous Journalist, a Journallat who
gets out a really fine paper.
-Tea.' the tarttnder. agreed. *bl
paper is a good on* It picked two wt
ners last week.'"
Between Octogsnariana.
"I understand they sentenced hit*
to life imprisonment*"
"Well, bo: It waan't as bad as that.
Hs got only • years'"—Pack.
Woman Cuts Throat
Michigan <*lty. Ind—Mrs. Veroles
T1ckf*r. C5. rcmnltted suiride by cat
ting her throat with a rsaor. Ltespoa
deacy over III health was the cause.
Garfield T«s ia ths best tsbw.1t f e ss
Take a tap twfsra reunag.
A girl Is alwaya sore hsr latest to**
li ths real this*
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