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THE WEEKLY OKLAHOMA STATE CAPITAL. GrTITTilE, OKT.AfTOMA', 'AUfirST 20, IPOf,
DUNN HEARS
FROM SANDERS
Special Diepnteh to the State Capital
Kingfisher, Auk. 11—The following open
letter lo Jfsro J. l>unn was given out here
. today by Spencer K. Sanders, chairman of
the late populist convention, which nomi-
nated Mr. Straughen:
llm^inr, Okla., Aug. 9, 1904.
Hon. Joase Dunn. Alva, Okla.:—Upon
feuding the announcement in a recent
l*sue of the "Oklahoman" that you had
been chosen chairman of the dcmocratl' J®'*.
cni.gr.'SHlon.il territorial campaign com
niiiter 1 though at tlrat thai my «• >•
were deceiving nie. < i that 'twj
graphical error. or that
r «i cauped u conflation o
terchange of wordH, but my doubts In the
matter have ain< < been removed and my
4Y;ng couflrnu-d by much corroborating
cvldonte, 'iikI iny susponwe and hesita-
tion t> believe h.i.H given way to the cold
uncomfortable knowledge <>f the fact
that you an now the acknowledged load
ei of the liourbon de
CAN T CONGRATU1.AT K
Now. Dunn. I eunnot extend ni\ hearty
■ nd sniceie congratulations. for the
fon that 1 luui hoped for hct' -r c
tions, and beside- I am tempted to be-
lieve from my knowledge of vour pact
political career that ; ou are-riding « i l .
>i nd wecurelv in your i • w gold bug charlul
but I shall not forbear to extend irt.v
a. mpath>. In advance, for erstwhile it
will be appreciated t« you and the gentle
but ambitious meed (Mathews* you are
now grooming for your cheerless and
"OSiTIMS
i..d pfcti'l n I* Mtut.4. 1 idjr*. by bu .n*s mra
•it>m Xi;ine to Cshfoni i. For ItC>p*«e c.Ul#!.
idurcsH J. F. DSAUCUCN, Tret., either p! -.cc,
muMors ™
OKLAHOMA CITY, FORF SCOTT, KANSAS
ATLANTA GA.
ST. LOUIS .MO.
• COLU M Eli A. S. C.
* FT. WORTH. TEX.
GALVESTON. TEX.
KNOXVILLE. TENN.
SHREVEPORT, LA.
KANSAS CITY. MO.
NASHVILLE. TENN.
LITTLE ROCK, ARK.
MONTGOMERY, ALA.
nwornted. f3M.009.0l capital. Estnhlithed
14 b«aker*ou t>oardof directors. National
CROP SUMMARY
plant la a good size
— with bolls; ootton if making a rapid
Special Dispatch to the Stale Capital. ' "ml ~ '"T'
Oklahoma City, Aug. 16.-th,■ '
ly bulletin rrn|i att'l weather ron- ! fl>to^r. i i; with .t large
dltions lu Oklahoma and the Indian ''' a ROO<1 Q,lallM ls «
good an I stork doing well; fruit is | eorn Injured to some extent by dry
generally in gm «l condition .\eather but ahowa improveinei i tmre
Over the *o nth western portion dry the ruin, cotton uiade good growth and
and hot wen her prevailed; corn i«r i* frultiug well, ail forage crops in
about made, with ears well tilled late j good condition; hU*\Jk in good ioikII-
corn very pood und clean; J tint corn is ! tion.
doing well; early cotton is open in
Territory for the week ending Monday
August 15, was issued by C. M. Strong,
seel ion director of tho weather bureau
today as follows:
GENERAL SUMMARY.
Fair weather with hoi days and mod- il|,(l is it In ut matured: cotiou
erately cool nights prevailed during well, with some damaged
and stock Is doing well: fruit is about
secured; stock water is scarce.
Over the southeastern portion hot
and dry weather, with cool nights,
prevailed; corn is in good condition
doing
«W.W.E53? 5£^ >h- " '" • licht. wauepftl
boll
show- worms;
literary circles. No vacation; enter any time.
ll tw "" " 1" l"1 part car t re pnil: cheap t>o r<l Write fc"d v.
HOME-STUDY. ?2S"MrSa:
of Okla-
K'
Salt-fork early In the
iiornliig after the Mb day of Novembe
• xt. for. permit me to hmhu!
.- and yon an- going up the
you that
creek Juftt
i "to Rive you suf-
i that morning; you as
i a lonely passenger. Murk
•iits of
flch-nt light ■
Iielmaman. be
tin* prediction.
IV. opiiiiv mv life sine- Mm; bef<f
1 Hist exercised tlx light of suffrage, bus
ben I ted i •« >111 i«'.i Uy lu lighting prlucN
j'.i!1 v. thus. ments In governnieiit.il uf-
l.iii- for which you now stand as tho
chlet • N'pouent in Oklahoma. From my
limited Mipiuintance with you. I bad been
1. .ni to I '-IU'V- that your political princi-
ples were mainly In accord with mine. 1
now discover my error.
UKMOCRATH AI<SO SORE
Hundreds of north-Bldo democrats, as
Weil .1 . II populists are hitter and sore
ni th- ticiilmcnt accorded tin- populists
l.\ the .I. in.m .its in the recent Oklahoma
«• 11 v co11\ entlon Men who had been ul-
v.,1\s low,I. faithful and true under ev<-iv
political emergency the union of antl-
• lei-ublican forces of tlv territory, men
who are honest and firmly by every
Movement and promise with their pollti-
< ii nllie-. were one and aH virtually told
t < • "Kit" li.i.Kat'- would arise from
their seats In the late democrat conven-
tion and gazing abstractedly around,
their eves falling upon nothing but demo-
crats on ever> hand, vainly Imagined the
v hole world was composed of democrat*.
Outside, i...ibards played sweet music
n n.l patriotic- airs at the expense of
•lenioi i.it candidates and again It seemed
lo the bewildered delegate that all nature
too w. k democratic Hut, my brother,
ti... , were n a .ill the men and voters of
Oklahoma. Indeed, not far away from
th. democratic halls, was another small
bund et" determined men. most of them
i i ■timed, calloitxtd and toil-worn, not
. > many dills ahlrte or patent leather
jth'.es among them, but h great deal of
the bnne and sinew of Oklahoma was rep-
resented then ; this band of about one
. 1 nt>dred and forty men were eager, anxl-
cmiv and willing to form a coalition or
M.i'ion r.f for,. with their former allies
j.,i thr betterment of Oklahoma, but
1 clr entreat'# «helr deslri -. their offers
■nere tre-ted with disdain, we,, spurned
with . ontnrnp' l o you wonder, Dunn,
t, . • v ''.-••I lust s trlffle hurt? Let us
• T th- It tuition. If vim have time.
Purine the summer of ISO.'!, many of
t ; , .1,, i) • -1 le.ub-l - and other l.ll.or I'll
i-rs of the ri.ited Htates, met In national
con'eieno. (one of our own honored citl-
.f Gra ^ inl ■
i ,. | ti number I In the city of l >en-
%er and alter council Issued a manif.
®ddres-ed to all the reform
out nation.
Kebisir 1D04, the peoples party
tin i.l committee, together with other
j. in advoint< . met In the city of St.
J.ouls and afte" consfiltatlon, Issued a
, ,>j i,it a i at ionh 1 . .invention. That . ajl
I f.t and soli, lied the cn operation
i t" II reform and labor elements. In-hid
!n^ iusl1 .aists and antl-fsalonlsts within
<iiir owu ranks in every state and terrl
torv. ..
1'ider that call. ij chairman of the
pe.11 i. - pnrty of Oklahoma, a position to
v |,i. h f had been nominated
1. e K.nid I'l-os- "invention in i! 0J. and
rlected during my absence. I Issued a cull
f - a meeting "t our territorial committee
In be held in the city of Enid on the 2Rth
day of April. 1! "4 and inlted and *v-
< i:red the ro opcrntlon of the middle of-
tlv-iond faction of oklahoma. While at
th! meeting I called upon Mr. Anderson,
who was then chairman of tho demo-
. ratlc party of Oklahoma, at his office in
thnvt city and In the conversation that
foil"wed he criticised me harshly for my
Invitation to the mld-roaders. to which I
i. oiled that I was undertaking by conell-
1.1.irv me i•nires in conformity to otir na-
tional enfl. to pet these people In line;
that I beliaved the ml<l-roadcrn bad con-
1 ili'iited largely to the defeat of our can-
«'111 during ti e three lust, campaigns:
that I conceded them nothing but honesty
of purpose that I wus 'getting tired of
i. ii .Mused b\- bullheadedne.xs ami lack
of ( rmony wltiiin our own ranks. After
n fri't lly hut persistent tight at this
me< ting the mld-roaders were snowed
tinder, and a call was authorized to be ls-
«.l for a territorial convention tn be
J . Id Ir- Guthrie for the purpose of sending
Ave d< !• 'tes t.. our national convention
ut Spiingflold, 111 a call was also auth-
ori/.ed to be 'Msue'l for a congressional
convention to bo held In the city of Okla-
homa on the 26th day of July. 1001. note,
the -.imo day and the same city i i whlcl\
our late alll s were to meet for the same
Janpor-e, and all for the express mtrpose
• rt" ■ Ife. flng a coalition of forot— with our
late alll s.
TUB GONTUAGT VIOT.A'I ED.
an .-vpresslor of lhe committee, we
dc.'l-u od that und.,r all pre« ious agree-
fnerits and arraiiBements with our alliov.
that it v s our turn, that we ftood Irro-
vn .il.lv for the nomination ot' a populist
u* ■ indldat" for delcga: • to co ig es«, and
fnvlt'd in the most friendly menner. our
democratic brethren to Jo.a u^. At this
r .ii:t Dunn t cannot refrWn fr >*tj chiding
>'ou Ju i q 'rifle. Yoa will remember that
r a member of the territorial eommtttee,
r..u w . tt- nie th.-^t owing to the fi t that
Vour district court w.is in nosslon, In
which * on had husinemi. that you could
not -ttend the meeting of the cjtnmltiee
Tut fearing some uh aid alflrma^lve a< -
t • n of the committee, you Haiti, April 20,
19(i!
the utf'-onn
"it seems to l>e we e. r' itnly ought to
«it until 9fter the demaorallc. convfcotlon
si. I.outs before tak" affltmativa
neti.'U on going l aioni If the democrat-
|c party pursue® tna course wbleh It lias
) ursued ind which we have endorsed for
far
firmly of the opinion that certainly,
ur ter.Ui.-v Is c. n—r.vd, «.•
ain.i'o the position tbut wo
icracy
erally a good yield seems assured.
Kaffir and broom corn, cane, milo
maize and millet are matured and an
being secured, with good yields of a
that umb r ail plans, j good quality reported.
"""mo.." with our i,ate potatoes are up and doing well;
sweet potatoes are giving good yields.
1Uit years past m It your judgment that
new reason has nrmen thai
. us to depart from that eourp
ought
have held
dot soil Mr. Callahan m ISbi 1 hav
no action on t ie part of th • d in
o' this territory tnat wool I lead -
think that tliev ere not anxious and de-
si ron a of doln-< all hit is fa r. and If Ibis
spirit animal— tt>* ;n I o tut bell.• ih.it
we ought to do tl.at vbl n ovetv , eic.ib-
llcan in this r it'oy will wa.it it. to «o,
and that Is to split the force which we
have to oppose them. * • • I most earn-
estly ask you to stand on the position
that we have taken, held und maintained
since 1RH6."
I replied to this stating that your views
were exactlvy In accord with mine, ex-
cept that I emphasised the last state-
ment In your lettei
agreement and at
allies M(nce 1896, that this
turn, that from that course i would not
deviate; to which you replied:
April 2.1, 1904 I am truly glad to
know that you favor so strongly a union
of the ant 1-republican forces In the terri-
tory thlM fall. I heartily loin you in this
I note what you say with reference to
the candidate coining from the populists i , .. . . .... .
this year and undei the arrai.getnent that '18 "|> some over a lew local.lies Willi
has been In for.-e since is a: this is thi stock water also becoming scarce; stock
logic of the situation * • * Personally I j8 doing well and is in good coudltiou.
have no fear but that the convention In ,, , .
i9' 4 will do the iiniu thing when it acta. Urapes, apples and pears are giving
* • * Hoping that w« will not prejuiige 1 fair to good yields; melons are giving
our allies, but wait tho action of the cm- H heavy yield.
vpntlon, I am," elr. EASTERN DIVISION.
„ , . Cherokee.—Over th« northeaslem
qit-rT it ft tmi nt okl™inm^«mcitylltrh"tl you portion fair weather prevailed with
•-:,r."rlt>nro,t :i phnnif of hpnrt v\'li\'' hot days and fool nights; threahlitK
Im ni 11 \ position promlwd In the- waK nhilut cumplMed With poor to fair
-v.-Tit of l'aik.r. i-lectloii? It i-annot be: ■„
^onr former conduct, hk I know It would
belle the accusation! Yet It Is whispered
thus. Populists ire meat on suspicion,
and not always without cmusc. Hut to re.
tui;n for a further dlt-cti fdon of the situ-
ation.
THE HKCBNT HISTORY.
As territorial chairman, your corre-
spondent called the people's party " i
vontlon lo order In Oklahoma Oitv, and
• ur first act ifter effecting a tempo •:
organization was io appoint a confer
committee of which 1 was a member. In
the temporary organisation of the fo:i-
venMon, a tilt was had with the mid
roaders and they were downed. In the
appointing: of « conference committee
the mld-roaders again gave trouble hu. a
third time they . re whipped 1 spm
of these frequent tilt.s and troubles with
the mldroadeis. to show you sir, that the
convention that nominated Straughen
was not controlled by these men, but by
the regular orKanlr.:itlon that the insult
of tho democratic convention was not
thrown at "John Allen's side show," but
thrown at tho regular organization
of the peoples party. So far as John
Allen Is concerned personally. 1 shall stop
here to remark that he Is an honor and
rodlt superior in eyery way to many
of the delegates In the convention of our
late allies, who hurled abuse, ridicule and
insult at the brain and brawn of the pop-
ist party.
But to resume: our regular committees
ei" then appointed and everything was
apparently going our way; the ice seemed
smooth ind we were feeling safe and se-
curo. hut the shoals wore Just ahead. Tho
democratic convention appointed a con-
ference committee, upon learning of our
committee, and we ware delighted The
conference committees met and consult-
ed; the populists made a written offer for
a coalition; the demorrata neither accept-
ed nor rejected, but replied by offering a
counter proposition; adjournment was had
and both committees returned to their re-
spective conventions to make report The
peoples t art\ convention, after nnother
light with the mld-nrider*. confirmed
the action of their conference committee
ami adjourned until S o'clock the next
morning, hoping avd waiting favorable
action of their democratic hr«*fhren
flOMR POINTED QTTRHTIONH
Can you conceive. Dunn, of anything
more that we could have done* Wasn't
our desire apparent" Could we have pur-
sued n more honorable course? And you
are now herding with the crowd that
sought to treat these men with contempt'
Th" democratic convention In their mad
anxiety and baste disregarding all previ-
ous agreements and promises, refused to
wait for the report of their conference
committee, and had proceeded to place
the respective candidates before their
convention, and if 1 remember correctly
were casting their second ballot when
their committee returned to report. The
report was met with hisses and Jeers.
one (Jreer county delegate shouted. "We
don't want the damn pops!" another from
elsewhere I "We don't need the
pops, anyway." Still, we were hopeful.
anxious and willing We reflected that
the place of the convention tin a beer
garden, with the Intoxicating liquor flow-
ing briskly) bad perhups maddened some
of the brethren, who in more sober mo-
ments would speak more mildly. There
was never an opportunity given the popu-
list convention t enter and unite with
the democrats cither as a convention or
as Individuals. Many of us were there.
on the speaker's platform and elsewhere
about tl-e building waiting hopefully for
favorable action.
Owing to the fact, nt the late conven-
tion. that a friendly coalition of forces |
had been consummated I ti previous
rn is doing; well; hay-
ing is promvssini; wilh good yield;
grass is good and stock is doing well;
pearlies are marketed; apples and
pears are%giving good yields* lale po-
tfffties are doing well.
CENTRAL DIVISION.
Osage and Pawnee Thresh in • near-
ly completed; corn maturing; cotton s
doing well; there is a heav. yield of
millet and native hay, and hay malting
is in full progress: broom corn it
being harvested; melons and gr'ipes
are being secured; plowing for wheat j i>a*wcs com mis
in full progress; stock doing well, j ve.-tigation oi
. . ... .. .iiii K:iv and Noble.—Thresh In*; I'roin the , 1 1 1
and bolllnc well, ami 1* be.inr.lnt; ,h(i ,.orn . ,
non „v r «„m bxollttM: « « in- e,celleI)t ro.ltl|. . .I',.- I
8th and i th, being the
only ones reported.
Wheat and oats threshing were about
completed with light to fair yields
of wheat, and very poor crop of oats
reported; fall plowing for wheat con-
tinued, but was delayed somewhat by
hard condition of the ground.
Early corn has matured and cutting
has commenced o\er many localities,
a good crop promised; late corn is do-
ing well and maturing, it was cut short
some by the recent drouth, but gener-
ally promises a fair yield.
Cotton made a good growth, is fruit-
ing
to open over some localities; some in
a Dill.I
. ould ga
laf«*ted by Boll Worma.
ial I Mkpatch to the Htut. Capital,
Aug 11 Farmers In the
the vicinity of Albany
nth of Durant, say the
Infested several of the
dug considerable
I>ur t
ity t * id<4 v
n.l Itohel
due
the
ent
M'GUIRL TELLS
ABOUT IT
Special Dispatch to the state Oaplt.
Perry, Okla . Aug. 11-While he
In the city recently Hon. |l. s Met
Interview lu regard t«j
■■■nmBsaa m
Special In
will 1<
Corn Crop at Gage
' h t<i tin- State Capital.
Aui' 11 a three ' . h i aln-
naile the Into . ..rn and put
tlx heal nosslblr condition
-« inn All -pi Ing cnips aie
lltbui. broom corn nearly
and Itk. spleinlld bri.sh Of
in there is at bust a flftv
r acreage than In 1 • •«.: and
be much larger rolling
I by the 15th and the
nlgbt . ir
er sections ,,|, |v'oii of th> Puu>a mil Otoo ri
hon mr mcouire said ,
Most "I notice ihat there ;s some dlac
'ould destroy among some of the people heic leg,
the annexation of the tnwnahlps t
• ist side of the l'tjinao.l Otoe t,
tion to Pawnee Instead Nome ,
I am sorry that they feel uggrb \..
Oils matter but I fe.| irrmln thai
t be facts known il ft i I full cr.11 .id"
the feeling of Injury will l>. ills
with a distinct md-i standing th
wrong wan mlfull* dote i.v nw I
matter end that | acted with n.>
tion of giving anv , until v the .idv i
or depriving Noble county of an
her p. uple lush-ted upon or that sh
properly entitled to under the sh
made by the vai lous cuunh. f.u i
both
m v,"'* V' ■
KOi\\S\vs< :."S:*j.'.1.;
day.
d the
untry
To Investiqate a Land Office.
Spc ial IM pill tn the Stale C :,|
Wushinx1' ■ Aug 11; Judge Thom.ia
Hixb.v, cbalrtu tn ot t he
today, lo start an In-
Jury was done by boll worma, but gen-I promlaf ! yW.| . I
Laying is in progress: appl
good (|iiality, but peaches are poor: ji iviu
grass is drying up and slock water Is :
getting low In some pastures
Grant and Garfield.—Shock thresh-
ing finished; a good crop of corn has
Hay harvesting progressed generally matured; plowing retarded by the dry
with good yields of a fair to good weather; grapes and melons are abun-
quality reported; the third catting of! dant; pastures are drying up but stock
alfalfa is giving good yield. is still in good condition; hay making
Pasturage is generally good, but dry- is in progress.
Kingfisher and Canadian.—Shock
threshing completed, yield poor; late
corn in good condition but needs rain;
plowing retarded by dry weather; a
good crop of native hay is being gath-
ered and the third crop of alfalfa Is
being cat, with a heavy yield; kaflir
corn had made good growth; stock ia
doing well.
Logan# and Oklahoma.—Threahing
continues, with a poor yield; corn is
maturing and is a good crop; cotton,
kaflir corn and broom corn have all
made good growth and are in good con-
haying is progressing with a
good yield; soil too dry in some local-
ities to plow; stock Is In good condl-
yields; early corn is made, late corn
is doing well but damaged somewhat
by high water, but now needs rain;
cotton is doing fairly well, but is mak-,| t.itinn
ing too rank a growth; millet is 37,,
heavy crop; late potatoes are doing
well; haying Is progressing slowly;
plowing was retarded by hard ground;
stock Is doing well.
Over the northwestern portion fair
and hot weather prevailed, wheat and
oats threshed are not turning out well,
threshing is neariug completion; up-
land corn is good, lowland corn was
damaged by high water, but is now-
looking well; cotton is doing well;
haying is progressing wilh a good
yield; grass is good and stock is do-
ing well.
Over the southern portion warm
and dry%weather prevailed; wheat and
oats gave a poor to fair yield; corn is
in a very good condition, with the
early made ami lat«- doing well: cotton
is doing well but still needs cleaning,
in bloom and boll; grass is in fair
condition and stock doing well; gar-
dens are in fair condition.
Creek.—Over the northern portion
fair and hot weather prevailed; plow-
ing for wheat is progressing; corn is
about made and a fine crop is assured;
cotton is doing well, Is full of bloom
and bolls, and is growing fast, with no
worms reported; late potatoes are up
and doing well; sweet potatoes are a
good yield; prairie grass is good aud
a large amount of hay will be shipped;
stock is doing well.
Payne and Lincoln.—Corn Is matur-
ing. late corn needs rain;vhay making
is in full progress under very favor-
able conditions; fall plowing has be-
gun; a large crop of melons Is being
marketed; stock Is doing well.
Pottawatomie and Cleveland.—Corn
is rapidly maturing and cutting has
commenced; cotton Is in excellent con-
dition and fruiting heavily; haying
conttwries under favorable conditions:
the grape crop is fair; a heavy crop of
watermelons Is being marketed; pas-
tures are in good condition and stock
is doing well.
Chickasaw.—Over the northeastern
portion early corn is made anil late
is In excellent condition with very few
worms and no reports of boll weevil;
corn is maturing a fair crop; cotton
can has made good growth; young or-
chards are in a thrifty condition; mel-
ons are abundant; gardens are in a
thrifty condition; pasturage has dried
up to some extent.
Over the northwestern portion corn
is maturing; cotton is lu fair condition
although there is some complaint of
worma; haying is progressing, with a
fair yield; melons are beins slilD-
1 olllce at Tisho-
terlor department r.
11 the commission r«-
f clerk of the Tisho- -
I that be had received I
ly. that certain mem I
is ci^rl- al force had been guilty
aritb-s Judtje Ryun refused to |
make public the names of those I
plclon. Me said that a thorough
Investigation would in- made.
Two Drown Near Muskogee.
Spec ial Uijfpat.h to the State Capital.
Muskogee | T Aug If. William Mar-
till, 17 years old. was drowned in the
Arkan-as river, ten miles northwest of
here, this nfternoon The body wa.s taken
from the water ni Clarksville bridge. Mar-
tin had been swimming and was seized
with ' ramp N«. one w s with him ui it.-
time, .mil ill" body floated a mile d.^n
the rlvei before it was found. Another
body, that of an unidentified man. wan
taken from the river at the Si Louis .<■
San Francisco bridge, four miles north of
Residents Made Protest.
Special Dispatch to the State Capital.
Anadarko. Aug. 16. — According to the
waterworks plans a. laid out bj the sec-
retary of the Interior, several blocks in
the southeast corner of the city are going
to be left out and will eive no Are pro-
tection anil of course the flower* will run
no further than the vs«ti 1 vnork*. and hh
the east end of town failed In getting one
of the school houses, many of the resi-
dents In that part of town are mnking
vigorous complaints. An effort will be
made to extend the waterworks system
Accidental Death at Ryan.
Special IMapateh to the State Capital.
Ryan. I. T . Aug IG The northbound
Rock Island at midnight last night/ r
over and killed Mr Maker, of this pla
Mr Maker was un old 1 lei man ahottmakcr
and has been at Ryan for several years
He has lived entirely alone and wne a
good cltlr.cn. The particular* will never
be known., as. the. accident happened
about <me hundred yards north of the
depot, the deceased had a shotgun with
him. and Just what he was doing there at
that time of night no one seems to know.
Mathews Not There.
Special Dispatch to the State Capital.
Fobs. okla.. Aug. Mi.-—The democratic
ratification held at Ibis plai e on Satur-
day. Hon. Frank Mathews failed to ap-
pear. Several democratic candidates
from Washita and Custer counties were
j • 1 eaent nod made thslr announoetm nt*,
among whom was Hon. Dr. Jester, the
candidate for the lower house from Wash
Ita county. Hon. Sun Mi nigale o
rdtll, and Hon. R. IS. ISchols from Ell
the lines of the
await the actioi
the la
Ot
different
w\
'id pr
bill •
Mild
diaii appropiliitlon bill ■ ^ a tlder the lnt
ter part of Man h From Iti. holidays
ui* io thai time | had heard nothing
from the people of Perry o Noble
ly, Majot Jensen then arrived on 1 • ■
scene ill Washington and asked that the
rider he attached and the bill go through
a' once, l told him I would like to wilt.-
the people of l crr> lie said the com-
mittee would rise and It would lie too
late. I knew this to be true und asked
that I should be allowed to telegraph He
told in.' and Insisted that lie w .s rep
resenting the people of .Noble countv aud
that everything was all right to go ahead,
that he wanted to r-turn home next
morning, that lie would take ti . 1. -pot.-l
bllltv of any trouble that might art- • .no
granting a part of the country tn I'aw-
11. e county. He was so slncete and per
slsteut lu the matter Hint the rider was
attached and the townships annexed an
tlie> oj®T-
Tl.o Kind Ton ciir'.o Always Bonpht, nnd Tt-liicJi lu « liof'ti
lu USD i'or over .10 .vc.it , litis liurnn tlio sinnlttiro of
jr-y' tui.l litis bceu uiatlc unilor hu |ior-
, """"l supervision sinco ils infancy.
^ Allow no one to tfcciSvo ..«In this.
AU Coiit'lcrfVits, Imitations nnd •'Just-as-~nmt" are lint
Esii.M'iiucnis that trillo wltli ami endanger tho health of
Infants and Children—Experience against Experiment.
What is CASTORIA
CaMorla in a harmless substitute for Castor Oil* Par©*
gorir, Drop: and Soothing Syrups. It is IMconant. it
contains neither Opium, Morpliiuo nor other Jfjireotio
substance. It* ago is its guarantee. It destroys Worm*
And allays I'Yvpri lmess. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind
Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, euros i'Onstipjitiuu
nnct Flatulency. It assimilates the Tood, regulates tim
Stomach aud Bowels, giving healthy and nat ural vsleeis
The Children's Panacea Tho Mother's Friend.
genuine CASTORIA always
Bears the Signature of
(iRAPIlllC Al AIOKA
The Rind Yen toe Always Bought
In Use For Over 30 Years.
ped; range grass Is good and stuck
Over the soiiLhern portion dry and i '3 Jn S()"^ con.litlon
nt weather unfiled, whim was very , 0v"r """'hctts em i; lot, torn
for cotton; cotton is In a ,h"? n,al"r"'1 * h
piatl condition and dolnR well; corn la lB (J""1 a ho.iKli llien- is
^ . ,itmo nnmii tun , . r 1... ivnrinu* r>on<>
complaint of boll worms; cane
and forage crops have • made good
growth; a god iron °f hav is being
gathered; stock is doing fairly well.
WEM'ERN DIVISION.
Woods.—No rain during the week;
early corn matured; late needs mois-
ture in some localities, but promises
a fair yield; broom corn being gath-
ered, yield good; kafhr corn ami all
forage crops doing well; hay being
harvested with good yield; pastures
beginning to need rain; stock doing
well.
Woodward.—Scattered showers dur-
ing the week; corn doing well and ma-
turing nicely; cotton made good
growth and Is frjling well; broom corn
being harvested, yield and quality is I will i.«■
. ..11 r -I..: ' il thi.lr ..
ueing gathered; cotton boiling in fin.
condition and a good crop in prospect;
haying progressing with good yields;
range grass good and stock doing well;
peach crop fair; gardens are needing
rain.
Over the northwestern portion hot
, days and cool nights prevailed; corn
PKljrnp and that both rnnvnnttona hnd i ab0U(. mat'.ired and a good crop: cot-
.-.iiM",i > | ton jn fino condition but making a
i rank growth on bottom lands; grass is
About made and doing well; haying
progressing with a good yield and fine
quality; melons a good quality and
being marketed; grass is good and
stock Is doing well.
Seminole.—Hot and dry weather pre-
vailed; corn will make an exlra good
yield and Is assured; cotton is in boll
and coming out. fine, another rain will
make the crop, a good yield in pros-
pect; some cotton damaged by boll
worms replanted; peas in a fin<* con-
dition; having progressing rppidly
with a fair yield; grass good and
stock doing well and fat; melons an
extra good crop; garden vegetables
plentiful.
Choctaw.—Dry and hot weather pre-
vailed, with cool nights; corn in fine
condition and about matured; fodder i good; all forage crous doing well; Ith'
City.
McGulre's Bui Audience.
8|>p<inl fiisi.n.h t.i tlif Bin ti- Capital.
Klk <'it\ Okla.. Aug. 16 Hon. H. P
MrUnlio iiddri.-s laiR* .«t convention ever
ln ld in Romtr Mills cifuntv. tn tin- opora
hou.H.' at Klk <-n^ Thr crowd «.ih enor-
mous nnd attention the vrv Tho
n lilt manner in which lw handled tl^
atati'hood subject, won for him tlie admir-
ation and confidence of the vast audience
who heartl him.
Woodward Republican Outlook.
Specbil Dl.«natch to tli«- State Capital.
'•age. Okln . Auk. 11 The comlnif re-
publican connty convention at Wood-
ward on th 16th i.s claiming .1 larger
share of attention than usual, a law fl'dd
..f canilidates liav thorouahly canvassed
the county and the ind>.atlonp arc that
every precinct will he represented In the
. .invention. It Is believed that the coun-
ty I.s republican by a good majority.
G. A. R Journal at Tulsa.
Special Dispatch t<> the Stute Capital,
Tulsa. I. T . auk. 11 Th.- first iMue
of th.' Inter State p. «t. n weekly paper,
edited !>v K. K. Hrackne>', and devoted to
the interests of the ( . A. R. of the two
territories, appeared here today Mr
Brackney Is a well known newspaper man
here.
Pigeons to Race 500 Miles.
Special Dispatch to the Slate Capital.
Muskogee, 1 T Aun II This town
i- J'ust ."00 miles from v^l Louis and iim
that is the distance required in the horn
in*; pi«. on race this month, the world s
fair otfl'.'ials have selected this place to
-lart the pigeons. There are now on ex-
•hihltion in Si Louis thousands of thes..
of different breeds The birds
Special Dispatch to the State Capital.
South McAlester, I T . Aug ll A 11«V
deposit of graphite h ,s Just been ills
covered south of thin city that promises
to create iiu little excitement when gen-
erally known. The nnd was made Mon-
day and i.v said to b>- the richest spi d
mens ever found in the ountis S.nnpii •
were sent today to Prof. Umild. . l the
unJv. r.slty of uklahoma and other chein
lets In St. Louis
The deposit covers considerable space
and is nearly eight feet In thickness. |t
has been prospected by experts about
one mile west of where it outciops and
found at a depth of from twenty to twi n
ty-Uve feet from the surface. The outcrop
shows a thickness of uver four feet,
und Is expusfil for some distance In tho
bed of a small stream at a road crossing.
Teamsters have always .supposed It to l e
asphaltum and no attention was paid to
It by any body,
Thi^ late i find of Indian Territory
w-alHi w.ts made by J It I ilckJtis.'li, a
re il estate man of South McAlester, who
formerly lived at Herbert, and ho says
rt Is cert;.Inly the "pin. stuff." win n ask-
ed by vour correspondent to give the loca-
tion he replied; "Well, you can say
It Is t lie Choctaw nation, in the vicinity
of Atoka, but further than that 1 will not
my, you may also say that the outcrop
Is about four feel and nearly one ifiib-
from the outcrop It shown In a well to be
about eight feet thl. k. nt a depth of over
twenty feet. The deposit Is v'-ry rich and
probably the only one ever found in the
southwest.."
VETERANS Al JEFFERSON
Special Dispatch to the Slate Capital.
.Mr a 'son. Okla, Aug. 11 The eighth
annual reunion of tht Northwestern Ok-
lahoma Veteran's association opened at
Jeffeiwon today, over five thousatul lm
pie were In attendance. Th" sp.-akeis
w -re Hun. Hird s Mciiulre anrl Senator
Alexander. vir M.uulre spoke on Un-
American sotdier and deed.- a. cmnpllshed,
and emphspitzed that we are the recipi-
ents of Che!r hetolsin and devotion
Senator Alexander emphasised the su-
periority of oui government over otnor
government*. The up >•. hen w. well r.
eeivod jnfl were ft., from politic Mr
MoOuire seemed to be popular and the
idol of the old soldier.*- Duriiig ills term
h - has presented six hundred claims of
old soldteia and received consideration
of over two hundred. 1'cter Hocker i.s
chairman.
CUSTER REPUBLICANS
called to 1
stimulate the TORPID LIVER,
strengthen the digestive organs,
regulate the bowels, and arc un-
cqualed a4 an
ANTI BILIOUS MLDICINE,
In malarial &istricts their virtues
ers widely rccognized, as they po*
soss peculiar properties In freeing
the .system from that poison. Ele-
gantly sugar coated.
lake No Substitute* '
t In th
t of the countli
united at home and had elected half the
delegations democrats and half populists,
addressing their credentials to the demo-
crat le populist cnnvcnflon. and but nine
counties had elected separate delegations,
use we appeared weak, and so we
but those nine counties represented
voters than any nine counties se-
lected from the other convention, nnd
thns« nine counties, together with thous-
ands of voters will see to it that Mr.
Mathews retires to lils home after No-
vember 8th next, and those nine counties
the following morning nt the plaee
which they had adjourned, the previ-
evening and faithful to their vows
political belief nominated Mr.
Straugnen, the man who will carjy mor
coming election than
Mathews.
GONE OVER TO THE ENEMY
Tho chairman of your convei'ion is a
Cleveland gold-bug democrat Ten.- ••.■for
committee was composed chief!-/ of
same element. Your platform en-
dorses Parker and his national gold-bug
telegram. Vour candidate Is a rock-
ribbed Cleveland go^-bug. Did you no-
tice the cold, damy feeling that seemed
to creep over our convention on the fol-
lowing Tuesday, after your nomination
of Mathews, as you exhorted us to come
over and Join the gold-camp'' True, we ,
invited you to speak to us. for many of j
us had advocated your nomination, hut
you should have remembered that you '
were talking with men of the regular I
populist organisation, and not to mld-
roaders. us you evidently vainly-Imagined.
We understand that Mathews Is a great
boy for home, and we will make It a point
to leave him to enjoy its comforts.
I shall "take the stump for Straughen
and work for his election In eevry honor-
ami shall be at home on elec-
tion day and cast mv ballot for this
from the ranks of working men
(Signed) SPENCER E. SANDERS.
^hairmaa of the Peoples Party Conven-
tion,
StLtBn ATEO
STOMACH
Many prominent physicians
recommend Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters in cases of Nausea, Bil-
iousness, Headache, Poor Appe-
tite, Kidney Ills, Bloating, Heart-
burn, Indigestion, Dyspepsia or
Constipation, because they know
it is safe and reliable. We hope
you'll tiy a bottle at once.
Don't accept a substitute
'pastures excellent; slock doing
Heaver.—No rain of eonsequenc
during the week; all vegetation con
tinues to make good growth; broom j''"'J1
corn being harvested; kaflir corn ami ' i.'AV
milo maize maturing; pastures good; It re-
stock doing well.
Dewey. Blaine and Custer.—Light. 1 cot to
scattered showers during the week: I her.
j cotton made good growth, and is fruit- |
i ing well; early corn made, and some
! being cut, late promises good yield:
hroom corn being gathered with good
vlied; all forage crops doing well hut
beginning to need rain; plowing is in
progress; stock in good condition.
Day and Roger .Mills Weather fav-
orable to all growing crops; cotton do-
ing well ami beginning to open in some
localities; early corn mat tired and late
ilolng well; hroom corn being gather-
ed with good yield, al' forage crops
doing well.
Washita nnd Caddo —No rain during
, the week; corn greatly benefited by the
recent rains; cotton made good browth
and is fruiting well; milo maize and
kaflir nnd broom corn doing well;
pastures good-; stock doing well.
Coraanfthe.—Showers on the 32th:
early corn being cut; cotton made good
growth and promises large yMd; the
hroom corn is about all gathered; hay-
ing is in progress; all forage crops
doing weli but will soon need ra'n In
some localities; stock Is in good condi-
tion.
Kiowa.—Abundant moisture in tht
ground; cotton made excellent growth
and promises good yield; corn gen
va!
Children in Cotton Field.
Inl Dispatch to the State Capital.
Wton. Aug 11 The Immenso cotton
• r Comanche county haa had Its in-
. on the schools of thi.s county, ln-
if schools opening September 1, a
•i.ijorit\ them will not open until
l'< r. This is done to enable the
family lo i ie Its attention to the
tields during September and Octo-
Realty Company Chartered.
Special Dispatch io the State Capital.
South McAlester. I. T.. Aug 1! Arti-
cle- ,>f Incorporation were granted here
today to the Atok
Atoka I. T., eapitul
J H. FU
Fr;
Brr
ompany of
k $80,000. In cor
-. 'J. A. Cobl. and
clilse granted to
phone company,
EXCITEMENT
Al I AW TOM
Special IHepatch to the State r
Lawton. Aug. 15. Kor thlrtx
gas hits been (lowing from th •
nwny. Again todav
I on- with a t ill fon
ed that could l c le
■il whcthci
id
just utter the drill hi.I
.i layi r of rock from which f i
The drill fell mi to a hard por
rebounded Mild tho eH.-ape of tn>
>weil. The company is of th<
- ijuaiitity
Afte
Special Dispatch to the state Capital.
Arapaho, okla., Aug. |] The republic,
delegate convention of Custer county '■>
held at this place, it waa an enthusiast
und harmonious gathering and a i-.Uo;
county ticket was nominated.
Hon K J. Murphy was endorsed for t
council frorn the Ninth Senatorial distrk
I! U Hone of Arapal
• it will probably bi
TWO STATE ADVOCATES
dlstr;
entative from tho Eighteenth
The county ticket |*
Intend'-
; sheriff, Harm"
A A. Greet; • I-
Di C Ik Dear
Hen Jam In;
ldopteil cndors-
Ferguson. The prospe
^0 FULL BLOODS
Indian Police at Polling Places.
il Dlnpntch to the State Capital
itFon. Tex, Aug ll Captain Weet,
i policeman, when called upon by
of the ChickHsii
s-'iid a force of i
places at Colt eI
land, Pickens coi
erally matured and being cut, ji
corn being harvested w
Ms
good; broom
a good yield; all forage crops doing
well, baying in progress, wi:h hea\y
jield; plowing general; stock doing
j well.
Greer.—Ixn-aJ showers during the
to Chickasaw polling
i t'ii.loe county, (ink
ntr; Tishomingo. Tlsho-
ind Pontotoc. Pontotoc
quad of police to each
them
Delay In Building.
il DI .11 < h to tli-- State Capital.
• i hko, A.ix. io -Work "n ti e school
\g s prf.Kiessing slowly. ArrHtige-
were m ule whercb'- the eontract-
to receive par'ial payments at
n stage- .,f the w ,k but delays In
payments Is greatly retarding mat-
mil it I- now doubtful if the build-
completed bef.."e Jfuiuary 1.
Western Postmasters.
Sj.ecial I > i pa IC h t" ll.e Stale Capital.
Washington Aug lti The following
Western postm i.-ie:s hav« bi en ay-
ioklahoma—Remus, Pottawatomie coun-
ts. Harrison A Holllbgi-r, vice Mi.rla T.
l ruacottf removed.
THE GEST inciHrhic vou can take
to rid voui'M'If ot liumoi> and
clear your complexion, is Ilood'e Sar-
_ vvtek; early.corn mudc, yiell Xair, late ' saparilla,—it's also THE CHEAPEST
BOOK ON THE TRIHB'S OENEOIJOOY
HY Dlt. STAHH.
Sp'-cIhI Dlspat. 11 to the H'ate Cap'i.il
Muskogee. I T, Aug. 11 Dr. Kmniett
Starr, a Cherokee has eon>p|eti d the inan-
iif iint of hlf tien l.ook. a history of the
Cherokee^. The fWt VOlumca will ea
ready for the public about September I
Dr. Starr Ih ;i3 ve.ua old, u gradunie of
the Harnfs Medical mliege, St. Louis
He ha.^ apent ■'•vefiil ye.'rH collecting the
Hint, rial for hl new work, whL ti : ,
more strktly b pea king, tho geneulogy
ratlur ihao the history of the Chorok. ■
lu tWs book, Dr. Stari iak«s the posi-
tion that there aic no fullblood Cherokee^
—althtwigh on. slwth of their numbi>r ar«
ao i biased, rif the other five sixth, he
ljas tru/ .id th ir an< • try back to :i period
r/oB) to lftt, when there were tt
ty-one li termarriages with whites, k
tills bc-gfhnlng sprung th. race of Cliero-
ke.s mixed blood, lie s.iya that pr;
uilly no tie of thwin retain the pure blood
of the Indian lace, I)r. Starr's research
over* a period of moio* than three cen-
turies.
Dies on Mowing Machine.
SpeeiaV«Jn pHtch to th- State Capital.
IjUther, Okla.. Aug. 15—W. 11. Kennel,
aged 5K. whose home was formerly in
11.-i,;iw 11w *M.1 • ound 'lead todav en
the s.at of his mowing machine. Heath
is thought to have been due to heart fail-
ure caused bv excessive heat.
DOUBLE STATRHOODBRS MEET AT
ARDMORE.
Special Dispatch lo the State Capital.
Ardmore. I. T., Aug 15. The double
statehood element inaugurated their
campaign wilh a meeting at the opera
bouse Saf.irdhy. Very few towns |n
the Chickasaw nation sent delegate!-,.
II was announced that a plan of cam-
paign had been agreed upon at the
morning session, and that an organiz-
ation would he maintained in the in-
terest of Rouble statehood.
J'.idge R. If. West, of Ardmore,
made the principal address urging un-
ity of action. He was followed by Capl.
W (J. I). Hinds, of South McAli .-ii-r.
who spoke against union wit It Okla-
homa. This was the first meeting of
the double statehooders in the terri-
tody.
ENGAGE CAPTAIN CLARK
HE WILL BE MILITARY INSTRUCT-
OR AT TONKAWA.
Special Dispatch to the State Capital.
Tonkawa, Okla., Aug. 15.—The iioard
of regents of the university prepara-
tory school here has secured the ser-
vice# of Captain D. H. Clark, I'. s.
A , retired a* military instructor and
teacher of mathematics in the ho>
('apt. Clark now lives at Rodwell, N
M . and has served In the mili ury
department < f the universities of K. n-
tMi ky, Florida and Pi nnsylvau. i. H
salary while on duty hero will he $1,-
200 and full pay from the gov. rnmeni.
Capt. Ira L Reeves of Muskogee, who
was recently appointed to the plat
waa unable lo accept because of buhi-
ncss duties In Indian Territory.
OVER WIFE'S DEATH
WORK ABOUT OVER
Special Dispatch to tlio State Capital.
.Mirskogee, I. T.. Aug. 12.—The ciii-
zenship courts of tlto Choctaw and
i i v nations am about to <*rm«
plete their work. Their legal lives,
m rding i i tho provision creating
them, expires naturally December I,
of I his year, but attorneys for these na-
tious say that everything will be fin-
ished by October 1, unless unforeseen)
complications intervene.
The citizenship courts wero created
by a special act for tho purpoee of dc-
cldlng tiic rights to citizenship of
about 4,tHju persons by the (nmmiB^ion-
crs. alter having been rejected by the
Mawi commission. In the Creek and
('herokec nations, the decision of the
Da wet comn i -non w as final in all
claim io citizenship, but in the Choc-
law and Chickasaw nations a commis-
sion was appointed by the federal
courts having tho right to enrull cit-
izens.
liiis commission soon alarmed the
officials by reasor of the large num-
ber of successful applicants, and,
through tho efforts of Mansfield, Mc-
Murray and Cornish, attorneys lor tho
Choctaw-Chickasaw nations, the cit-
izenship courts wero established, and
a rigid investigation into the rights
of those enrolled by tho commission
was begun. These courts wore estab-
lished about two years ago, and up
to date they have ordered stricken
from the rolhrthe names of about 2.NO®
favorably passed upon by the Choc-
taw-ChickaHaw commissioners. lb
seems probable that few of the entire
4,000 will remain when tho work is
completed.
The attorneys of 1lie?o two nations
are to be paid fees the amount of
which Is to be fixed by the courts. In
addition id this the firm gets $10,000*
a year for representing the nations in
other matters. It is probable that tho
compensation for fliis citizenship work
will be sufficient t<> pay the attorneys
for all their trouble.
The end of the citizenship courts
means the loss of several fat jobs.
There are three of these courts and the
Judges get each $5,000 a year. These
courts were necessary only because
these nations were allowed a separate
enrolling commission, llail the rulings
of the Dawes commission beeu held to
be final there, the treasury of tlio
Chickasaw and Choctaw nations would
have been in much better condition
than it Is.
BANKERS TO MEET
| n if.
Mule U.-t
(DR.
FRO>
PARKERS
HAIR BALSAW
K cato re (lr*r
.-L'"
Curr. il wiif.
Timer Fftila
Hair to it« Vouihful C«
ii'.t l ;rU
H tIK'
SETTLE 1 dSAT'FEAR
YUKON.
Special Dispatch to the Stat" Capital
Yukon, Okla.. Aug. 15.—Dr. J. A.
Settle has wandend away from here
and it is believed hia mind h;t; become
affected over brooding ovi r the death
of his wife, who died about a year ago.
His brother-in-law, F. R Gump, oi
Kansas City, M"., was notified and has
taken charge of the property tempo-
rarily.
Western Po«tma«t*y .
Special Dispatch to tho State C ..i lt i!.
vn'V ti Intel..ri, An-. 1-'. The f. ..wb C
Western poatmn.stcin have been appoint |
Ind inn Territory—Buck, district If. A
I>. Htultx. vice J. A. Hill, ri
hi... district .IV. j. M Gordo
Miupln (lend; Marble, di. ir
llttchklss. vie W. T. Ki- v
11. J
Alii
ully that many wlU at-
g hi tblv dty. In :iddi«
many vtalit'iff t'sink-.*
Unit- t States, and a i." -
ion will i.a niad< . ind
i.atlnB feature® will in*.
' • ' Will ho l.lic ..f
Rural Carriers.
On- St '' «'apItiT
suv 1z^-1 cj tollowln® .
i utc.s have been . p.,
jojular, Roy T.<>e,
Am«
T. Smith; :--ubsfltut". AH)-
Vitus, rcuuli\rii. 1*. K. Wo<
ibstltuUs. Geo. Bttrkett.
Ington. regular, C. 1 . M
it.'. J. ti Covington. Mu
K. A tlljr; SUbstltui
lUngw.iod, rpgiiJar.
it'Mltutc, Norman nwee/..
I.. Hole .mi., r.
W. F. illatt,
Err
|T fiHBPQ $1000REWARDtJ
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Greer, Frank H. The Weekly Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 17, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 20, 1904, newspaper, August 20, 1904; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metapth352877/m1/3/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.