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THE HOBART NEWS-REPUBLICAN
VOL 5.
HOBART, OKLAHOMA,'FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1905.;
NO. 19.
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THE CITY
TRIUMPHS
The Proposition to Vote Bonds to the
Amount of $25,ooo Carries
Light Vote.
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The election held in this city Tues
day for the purpose of voting on the
proposition of issuing bonds to the
amount of $25,000 to extend the water
mains and to erect a standpipe, was not
a surprise. While the vote was unu-
sually light, the lightest in the history
of the city, yet the result of the elec-
tion shows an overwhelming majority
of those voting were in favor of the im-
provements.
The weather was unfavorable, a
steady rain falling most of the day,
yet of the 387 registered voters 309
voted, 287 of whom were for the propo
eition and 22 against it.
The vote by wards is as follows:
First Ward—Registered voters
for the bonds 45; against them 2.
Second Ward—Registered 196;
the bonds 159; against them 9.
Third Ward—Registered 60; for the
bonds 41; against them 3.
In order for the proposition to carry
two-thirds of the registered voters were
necessary to vote for the bonds. In
other words 258 voters were required.
The returns as abovQ stated, shows 287,
or 29 more than enough.
While the margin is narrow it is suf-
ficient, but why even twenty-two men
in Hobart should oppose such improve-
ments as proposed is not readily seen,
in view of the fact that the waterworks
plant is being operated at a loss of
about $150 a month Yet there are
those who will pppose everything some-
body else espouses, for the sake of op*
rosition, if for nothing else.
It is not, however, to be understood
that all the negative voters in this elec-
tion were of that kind. A few well
meaning men who feared the bonded
indebtedness would increase the rate of
taxation took side with the chronic
kickers and worked and voted against
the bonds, but they were so few in num-
ber as not to affect the result of the
election.
Now that the bonds are voted no time
should be wasted in selling them and
entering into a contract for having the
work done. The sooner the extension
jot the mains can be made, the better.
Ey all means it should be done before
another summer is ushered in, because
more taps will be made at that season
of the year than at any other, and the
more water-takers that can be had the
better it will be for the city. Let the
bonds be sold as soon as possible, and
then a contract be entered into, with a
time limit that will not give the con-
tractor until judgment day to complete
the work.
RETURNS WITH PRISONER
W. S. Cole, the deputy sheriff of
Birmingham, Ala., who came here last
week after Tom Shelton, who is wanted
in that city on a charge of murder al-
leged to have been committed last
January, departed for home with hi*
prisoner Monday morning.
Shelton does not deny that he com-
mitted the homicide, but says it was a
cage of self defense. He seemed cheer-
ful enough over his return.
The reward of $150, which was of-
fered by the governor of Alabama for
Sbelton's capture, will go to Under-
sheriff Carl Gordon of this city and
City Marshal Jo? Morris of Snyder. It
will be rsmenbered by readers of this
paper that these officers apprehended
and captured Shelton seven miles south-
west of Snyder a week ago.
LOCATING
A ROUTE
Sub-Committee Will Go Overland to
, Blair to Find Location
For Orient.
Another [step toward securing the
Orient is to be taken. The sub-com-
mittee, which is composed of W. H.
Holsinger, G. M. Medley, B. M. Love-
lace and W. C. Brady, will leave early
Sunday morning for the purpose of lo-
cating a route from here to Blair upon
which to locate the road. They expect
to be gone two or three days, and will
examine the passes through the mount-
ains carefully, so as to be able to make
a good report.
Just as soon as they return and make
their report arrangements will be per-
fected to lay our case before the offi-
cers of the Orient. This, however,
cannot be dune until President Still-
well returns from his trip to Mexico,
which will be about two weeks from
now.
The progress of the road in Texas, as
stated in a dispatch from Sweetwater
is as follows:
"The Kansas City, Mexico and Ori-
ent railway company, of Texas, ex-
tended the operation of trains to Ham-
lin on Dec 1, The construction crew
laid track yesterday to within one-half
mile of the townsite of Sagerton, Has-
kell county, and on Monday track will
be laid through said townsite. This
point is fifty-three miles-north of Sweet-
water. Operation of the line to Sager-
ton will begin as soon as the track from
Hamlin to that point can be surfaced
and a depot erected. It is expected
that by January 1 or very soon there-
after, this lino will be completed to
Knox City, a distance of 73 miles north
of Sweetwater.
•'Mr. Stillwell, preside Dt of the road,
was scheduled to leave Kansas City
Dec. j, with another party of eastern
capitalists on a tour of inspection of
the Orient in Mexico, Ti xas and Okla-
homa and Kansas. The party are due
to reach Sweetwater Dec. 12."
From the foregoiDg it can be seen
that it behooves us to keep busy, if we
expect to land the road.
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LOOKING AHEAD.
The high price of cotton will have a
tendency to influence the farmers to
put out a larger crop next year than
was planted this year. In fact many are
now making arrangements looking to
this very thing.
It is all well and good to plant cotton
aud as much of it as can be taken jare
of, but the average farmer will make
more money by diversifying his crtps
than he will by stioking to one of the
staples. Plant cotton, to be sure, but
don't forget to put in a crop of oats,
corn, milo maize, kaffir corn and other
crops that are known to be adapted to
our soil and climate, and mix with the
soil plenty of perspiration and there
will be plenty of money in the fall of
1906.
But to put one's faith in any one crop
to the exclusion of ail others is a bad
policy, for if the yield should be light
or the price low, which is always within
the scope of probabilities, one is in hard
luck to be sure, while a diversified crop
would more than likely prove a paying
investment.
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BILL SHOULD PASS.
If Delegate McOuire's bill for open-
ing to settlement the grazing lands in
Kiowa and Co marc-he counties ghoul 1
become a law, there would be homes for
several hundred more families in these
two counties. The lands are among
the best in the territory, and to suffer
them to be used as they have been in
the past will tend to retard their dt
THE CITY GAVE HIM
ELECTION LEG BAIL
Bonds to the Amount of $25,000 for | John Miticley and Tim Harrlgan Run
Waterworks Believed to
Have Carried.
Off from Street Commissioner
Duncan While at Work.
The election called for the purpose
of voting on the proposition of issuing
bonds to the amount of $25,000 to ex-
Wbile John Minclv acd Titii Harri-
gan. two inmates of the city prisou,
were out od the streets Thursday after-
NEGLECT
OF DUTY
City Officers Fail to tirade the Streets
and have Dilapidated Walks
and Crossings Repaired.
Time passes and still nothing is being
done in the way of repairing the walks
aud grading the streets. If there were
no money in ti:0 street and alley fund
for this purpose there would at least be
an excuse for letting things drift, but
there is enough cash on band to put one
or two of the streets in good condition,
and it should be dons.
The walks would require no money.
The abutting property owners are, un-
der the law, compelled to keep them in
repair, and if they neglect or refuse to
do so the aid of the courts should be in-
voked. If a property owner should fail
to repair his walk when properly served
with notice, it is the duty of the officers
to take steps to compel him to act, and
if a few are brought to time in this way
notices in the future will not be disre-
garded. It seems to be a policy of the
city to notify property owners to do a
certain thing incumbent upon them un-
der the law and if they do it all is well;
and if they refuse, the matter is drop-
ped and nothing more said about it.
The time has come when all should
be compelled to do what it is made by
law tbeir duty to do, and not suffer
each to be a law unto himself and do
only such things as he desires and omit
and refuse whatever is distasteful, how-
ever important it may be to others.
The walks and streets should be
looked after, not only now, but at all
times, and the officers should be
held to a strict accountability for their
neglect of duty, for it is nothing short
of negiect, and gross neglect at that.
REFUSE TJ PAY TAXES.
A number of people in Hill's Addi-
tion have refused absolutely to pay
their street taxes unless* Fourth street
is graded. They claim that for four
years they have paid taxes without pro-
test, and that during that time they
have been denied recognition, All the
other streets have at one time or an-
other received more or less attention,
but West Fourth has never been
touched, und it is one of the principal
thoroughfares of the city,
The city is morally bound to give
these people the same consideration
that those of other parts of the town en-
joy; so the officers whose duty it is to
look after such matters should not de
lay this recognition any longer. Let
that street be graded at once. There
are several property owners who offer
to contribute liberally in order to have
it done, which shows how earnest they
are in their contention and how badly
they want the improvement.
BIDS ARE OPENED.
tend the water mains and build a stand- noon working out their tines, they gave
pipe was held today (Tuesdayand ts Str< >-t Commissioner Duncan the dodge
predicted a light vote ha* been polled, a^.d made their escape. An pffort was
The rain which fell c£f and on a!; made to recapture them but they c(.v-
day kept several from the polls, but ered up their tracks so wll that they
aside from this there was no inteiest wore not overtaken.
manifested. In fact the proposition Min< !y was in for running a house of I
has failed to eugonder any enthtsiasm pr-i -tituiion in this city and was serving
CHANGE IS
NEEDED
Rock Island Depot Should Be Moved
Nearer Town Work for the
Commercial League.
The question of moving the Rock Is-
land depot nearer town has been dis-
cussed off and on, through the papers
and otherwise, ever since Hobart has
had existence. Nothing, however, has
so far been accomplished except to
bring the attention of everybody to the
inconvenience we are subjected to on
account of the distance the depot is
away.
The town of course was laid out some
time after'the depot was built, and the
government chose the site without ref-
erence to the depot. Now that Hobart
is a city of 6,000 inhabitants she feels
that if the mountain will not come to
Mahomet, Mahomet should go to the
mountain - that as the town cannot be
moved to the depot, the depot should
be moved to town.
Every merchant and every other per-
Bou who has business of any kind which
necessitates their going to the depot
would bail the change with delight. In
fact it would be to the advantage of
all and would be detrimental to no one.
The passenger depot should be located
on Main street, which would make it
accessible and convenient to all, and it
is believed, with the proper pressure
brought to bear upon the company, they
will see it to their interest to make the
change of location as suggested. The
local officials of the road to a man
would be glad of the change and will
do all in their power to induce the
company to act.
Tho citizens have already subscribed
$350 for having the depot moved, and
now, if the Commercial League will
take the matter in hand and urge it,
there is but littledoubt that the com-
pany will make the desired change. It
is worth an effort, and the league, be-
ing the representative of the business
and commercial interests of the city,
would, doubtless, be able to bring such
preseure to bear upon the Rock Island
people, who are very friendly to the
town, as would causc them to take the
matter up and act on it promptly and
give us the depot.
HOBART TENTH ON THE LIST.
Washington, D. C., Dec. 7.—The an-
nual report of the auditor for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1905, shows the
following postal receipts of the leading
cities of Oklahoma:
Oklahoma City $98,136
Guthrie 32,834
Enid 21,771
Shawnee 21,103
El Reno 14,229
Lawton 12,077
Alva 10,114
Perry 9,844
Norman 9,151
Ponca — 8,795
Hobart 8,483
Stillwater ... 8,312
Blackwell
Kingfisher ...
Chandler
Woodward
Anadarko
Mangum 6,357
Pawnee 6,355
6,259
8,23f
8.009
7,378
7,099
Whitaker Returns.
Walter Whitaker came in Sunday
night from Grand Junction, C0^°' 1 velopment, and even the country ad
where he is now located lo the law and jac(?nt {o ihem m be ^
real estate busin* . H • says that isthe I lhp Icdians grd for thp cauntry
country of the fritur tree and honey j
pond, but we no'ice that be has^ LONGER GROWS THE LIST,
not named a day for his return. If that
country excels Oklaooraa it s a hummer.! Once more the stork has paid a visit
The first real norther of the season]10 addition, this time to the
.-truck here early Saturday morning,
causing the thermometer to fall rap-
in any quarter of the city. This, per-
haps, is du to the fact that there has
been no real opposition to the prop r>
tion, nearly everybody, it is believ. d
being in favor of the improvement.
The vote will necessarily be light,
the lightest one ever polled, as not
more than one-third of the legal voters
of the city took the trouble to register
and many of tho^e wh i did tnus qua>-
The Interior Department, through
Indian Agent J. P. Hlackman, began
opening bids, Wednesday. Dec. 6, for
the leasing of the half million acre pas
ture land located in Comanche and Ki
owa counties.
These lands are to be leased for five
years at a minimum price of 25 cents
per acre, all improvements to revert to
the Indians at the expiration of the
leasee. Delegate VcGuire has intro-
duced a bill to open these lands to
homesteads.
The bids opened Wednesday ran as 1
high as*1.10,and will average 50 cects | The chamber of commerce, repreeent-
per acre per annum. 'nS the busineps men of Oklahoma City,
"v«. held . 1 lengthy conference with single
Comes For Prisoner. statehood delegates from Indian Terri-
W. S. Cole, a deputy shsriff from I tory th° other day acd decided to
W ANTS A CHANGE,
to pay a fine of ^50. Birmingham, Ala., arrived here Friday ! make a h*ht 10 Washington to strike
Harrigan was up for lighting acd was night to take Thomas Shelton back to ' "ut tfie c,4use in tbe McGuirebill leav
working out a tine of $20 which was ina- that city, where he is wanted on a
posed on hitu the same day he ran off. charge of murder.
Hobart can very well afford to b? rid It will be remember, d that Shelton
of these men, for neit her is the chara-:- i was arrested neir Snyder last Tuesday.
idly.
I heme of Probate Judge P. K. Morrill.
: It is a girl, born Saturday morcing,
' and the judire is 1. e -rial o* ^mling
I chapters.
Gets Jail Sentence.
Constable Charley Allen came in
j Monday m rc:ng frrm Snyder with
Still Progressing.
While the finishing stone is being
set on the court house the brick-layers
are at vcrk on the school building.
All of our pub! - - buildings are now Jack WiliiaxiS. a negro, m custody
receiving attention. The jail is practi- The negro was charged with p^tit
rally finished. The brick work on the «« ny. f r hanng-tclea a grip from the today *ill show a*ore tha
court bouse w:ll require tut another depot at Snyder. He was arraigned
week, and. then the s?ho -l building befofe Judge Hoenscheidt and upon a fV-ed'to rote^the"'bonds and it 1-
will be looked after by a large force of: plea of guilty was sentenced to tive ;ievec they have decreed that Ute mates
men until it is ready for j e. ' days' imprisonment in the county jail, ■tall be extended.
ter of citizen we require Miricley's | and brought here and incan
occupation is sufficient to lirand him as the county jail the following day.
.necviab, tnd oi jectionable. Harn-1 A requisition from the governor of
gati i.= quarrelsome and has haJ a half Alabama had been honored by <Jcv.
. _ ™ SWWSW awaj or dozen fightB during the three months I error Ferguson before Sbelton's arrest,
has resided here; so it is clear that b< nee there was no delay 011 this ac-
' can contiaue business witnout either count, and the officer is no* ready to
the id. It is a case of good riddance return with the pris ner, aud will -tart
7 way it ro*y be viewed. ba.k next Monday.
various reasons.
There have been no disturbance
any kind, such aa usut y cur «ben
issues are r.arply drai and partisan
prejudices ruu high. Everything 1
bee. unusually quiet, but ibis lack of
decr.:nstr&:;on ac- not sigi.ify that the
proposition has fatlee.
It is •_ v.-d that the peopl ■ have
stood by the city,and that their l.vlots
eroujh to
insure the success of the proi<*iti3n.
The taxpayers could hardly have re-
ERNESI COI'L N DEAD.
P t- Cob> n of Altus, brother
j W. trordon of this city, and
prominent cit zens of for our m r^hants hav-
Here With the Goods.
Hobart has a cumber of pretty win
dows, c is playing Christmas goods.
If a Christmas present 'S wanted
there need be no trouble in Binding it,
the pretty
ing the capital at Guthrie until 1910,
[ and requesting that the location of the
capita! be left optional with the people.
The Indian Territory delegates in-
sured the business men that t hey would
support Oklahoma City in this tight.
TnU will mean a titter content between
the delegations from Guthrie and Okla-
homa City.
Race at Fair Grounds.
It was pretty cold Saturday, b it not
c old enough to prevent horse-racing at
the fair grounds. H. D Porter ha- a
race-horse which he matcke.M against
Street Commissioner Duncan s flyer.
The race was only a quarter dash, but
Duncan's animal distanced Porter s
several r ds.
We haTe not been keeping up with
hrt e -
of Mr*. <
one of t
Ore-r -ounty, died. Thursday, of pneu j things the heart could desire. Just | the times and did not know tUe race
mocia, after a brief illoees. j taicea walkarouud the principal bu<i- was to be pulled nO at that time. In
Mr Cohen was one of the must prom-( ness streets and be convinced that our | fact we did not know these cr. had
merchants are here with the goods. I race horses.
i inent Odd Fellows in the territory.
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