The Iola register., 1901-08-09
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ready to become citizens of Lawton.
A THOUSAND CoMANCHES IN CAMP,
To add to the picture thousand
Comanche Indians have pitched their
tents on the Indian school reservation
near the townsite. They have come to
get their last payment of grass money
under the terms of their old contract,
and have in all about $l20, 600 to
spend. Each Indian will receive $40
grass money alone, and the noble red
man and red squaw by mutual consent
are making the occasion the event of
their generation. Such plunging at
Monte has never been seen before.
The games ran all night, hundreds OF
Indians gathering at each of the two
big arbors built for the game. The
Commanches are dressed in their Sun
day best. Red silk shirts and buck
skin leggings, richly beaded, adorn
the swells among the braves, and the
squaws have daubed themselves with
an unusual amount of paint. All the
watermelons that the Red Store and
Emmett Cox and George Paschal at the
sub-agency could procure were gone
last night. Next to playing monte the
Indian loves to eat watermelons, and
the whole country is covered with
watermelon rinds.
That Lawton will easily break all
the records for cities built in IL day is
now absolutely certain. 1t has three
solid miles of business enterprises al
ready in operation waiting for lot
on which to begin business. There is
not a business familiar to Western
towns. except the saloon, that remains
to be introduced. There are jewellers
and shoemakers, dry goods stores and
peanut stands, haberdashers and chill
stands lined up side 10y side. Gamb-
lers have come from 800 miles in every
direction. McCrory ~ Pryor Of Kan
sas City. have the largest tent and the
most attractive looking layout. Rou-
lette. chuck.a- luck, faro and craps go
under the kansas City club tent.
Deputy marshals with fierce looking
revolverS and cartridge belts strapped
around them parade up and down the
avenues and listen to the tales of woe
of the lambs who have been shorn.
READY FOR HUNDREDS or SALOONS.
Last night the report was circulated
that no liquors of any kind would be
permitted in the new counties for n
month. Although no one here is au-
thorized 10 speak on the subject, all
the surface indications point to tenn
porary drought. Under the condi-
tiOns it is said, the Interior depart
ment and the officials of the territory
think it will be unwise TO have liquors
sold for month. Hundreds of per-
sons have procured government licen-
ses and are ready to establish saloons
the day of the opening. Bur under the
Oklahoma laws, notice must be given
the county commissioners and there
must be two weeks notice given in the
papers.
The Republicans have held a mass
meeting and have decided to run mu-
nicipal ticket. Down with corrup-
tion and only honest men for office, -
will be the Republican war cry. What
the Democrats will adopt as slogan
is not known, but Texas orator at a
mass meeting last night talked about
the "heaven-born ratio" and william
Jennings Bryan. The Democratic
speakers did not have any fault to
lind with the lottery, but said the Rock
Island railroad would have the coun'
try in its grasp and would try anC
control its politics. Excursion trains
they said. had been run to FL Reno
from the north and reduced rates giver
to increase the registration from Re
publican section of the country, bu
no rates were offered from the south
A second speaker told how Dennis
Flynn and the general attorney fol-
the Rock Island had engineered {
scheme for the First National bank o
Lawton in which they were financial,
interested. The Democrats are sup
posed to favor wide open town anC
that is the kind of town Lawton /
going to be with or without Democrat
ic control.