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The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-06-05

Fire Works Committee-R. w
Smith, ]. w. Caldwell, and w. J.
Turner.
Parade-Henry Ross, H. O..
Manz, O. E. Cannon, w. A. Rey-
nolds, J. Fl. Garrett, ]. W. Cald-
we'll, Z. G. Helfrich, Fred Pillner,
Chas. Pascoe, G. M. Payne. J. G..
Barrett, K. D. Messerole, j M. .Cowen,
r. B. Daniels, Ben Grier and Prof
I. B. Warner.
Music-R. B. Hilborn, Prof. j.
w. Swidenski, Mrs. s. G. Rhoades,
Mrs. M. E. Longfellow, Miss Bessie
Galloway and Fred Moore.
Decorating-L. L. Spring, viii
G. Stimson, R. w. Bruce, Mrs.
Kittie Cowen, Mrs. L. B. Wertz,
Fred Clark and Frank Beuschet.
Dance-L. l. Herr, G. M. Mich
olson, DR.. w. O. King. DR.. B. B.
Swan.
Literary-E M. Wolfe, W. c.
Howie, Dan'l Mclaughlin, L. B.
Green, Hogan Gaines, J. M. Owen
and A. E. Haines.
Reception-E. G Helfrich, J. M
Cowen, Ben Ross, Will T, Mont
gomery, H. J. Dick, Mrs. e. M
Wolfe and Mrs. J. D. Whitson.
Judges at Race Course, July s.
G. B. Farraday, R. D. Gorby, J. J
McGinness, Fred Shelton and l.. L
Ormsby.
It is the desire of the committe
that the several committees ap
pointed meet as soon as convenien
to affect thourough organization
and take such steps as will max
their individual committees wha
they were intended; also that yo1
will consider this your notice o
appointment to such committee.
J. A. SIFFERT.
Secretary.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-07-14
MINCO MUSINGS

+. B. Bonds new residence is
rapidly approaching completion.
When furnished it will be one Of
the neatest residences in town.
Miss Lorn Dewitt, Of c. B.
Campbell s Co, is taking her
summer vacation. She and her
mother will visit in Chickasha for a
week OF so.
The Imperial Mills have secured
the services of ]. W. Thomas. If
Waxahachie, Texas, an expert
miller Of wide experience, to take
charge Of the mills.
The Bank Of Minco expects to
let the contract for the new brick
block on the corner east Of the
bank this week. The building will
be soxIoo, one story and basement
and will be great addition to the
town.
Mrs. Hanna +. Wood. wife of
Lucius Wood, died Tuesday even
ing after a short illness. She was
73 years old, and leaves a husband
and FIVE grown children to mourn
her loss. Mrs.F. d. Lyle,o Minco
and Mrs. Thomas Of Chickasha are
the only children living in this Vi
cinity.
The Board of Equalization has
finished its work and the report
shows valuation of $I27,777. OF
this $50, is personal property
and s72 ,62S real estate. The rail
road company sent in its valuation
this year tor the first time, valuing
its property at little over S., 900.
There is only about a half mile of
main line track within the town
limits.-Minco Minstrel.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-07-14
BIG DITCHER AT WORK.

Cook & Son, the waterworks
contractors, have their big steam
ditcher at work on the streets. 1t
is a powerful machine that digs a
ditch seven feet deep end gets over
about four blocks a day. At this
rate the contractors will soon be
ready to lay mains.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-07-14
RELATIVE TO THE LEASING AND
SALE OF LANDS ALLOTTED TO
FULL BLOODS
HOMESTEADS MAY Be LEASED
Upon Certain Conditions Leases for
Grazing and Mineral Purposes to
be Permitted.

Washington, d. c., July I3.-
The long awaited regulations rela-
tive to leasing and sale Of lands al
lotted to, OF inherited in full blood
indians Of the territory have been
promulgated. The essential features
are as follows:
As TO leases, blooded Trdian al
lottees, subject to the approval Of
the secretary, may lease their home
Tor agricultural purposes for five
yearslin the case Of in6rmity and in
ability to work the same. Leases
covering bomesteads must not cover
other lands.
No lease will be approved for a
greater term than, for grazing.
three years, for mineral IS years.
Improvements on grazing and agri-
cultural leases by the lessee to be-
come the property Of the owners At
the expiration Of the lease.
Original lessees. agricultural and
mineral leases will be tolerated. Ap-
plications by parties for mineral
leases xho do not themselves con-
tract operations are to be rejected.
Original mineral lessees are to be
furnish bonds as follows: Less than
50 acres, S. 900; less that 20 acres,
$500; less than 700 acres, $1,000;
for each 40 acres additional or frac-
tionai part thereof above 100 acres
an additional $500. The privilege
10 increase the bonds is reserved
BY the secretary
Oil and gas leases are limited to
1900 acres amended by regulations
applying to original oil and gas,
the lessee will have years in which
10 develop the lands, unless the
secretary should determine that
the interests Of the lessor demands
the immediate development work
as sale.
Adult full blood Indians and heirs
Of any diseased Indian of the civil
ized tribes, whose selection has
been made or is in possession Of a
deed or patent, may sell to the
highest bidder at appraised value
the money to be deposited in the
treasury. subject TO check Of the
Indian, not exceeding $50 per
month. All lands for sale must be
posted in the Office Of the Indian
agent, accessible to the public, to
be assessed by the agent, and not
sold for less than the value. The
appraised value viii not be made
known. The highest bid is to be
accepted subject to the approval
Of the owners.
No deed will be approved that is
executed prior to recording Of deed
TO allottee heirs.
A strong anti-graft provision
will exc lude Spectators.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-07-14
ON SECTION LINES -REPRESEN-
TATIVE OF INDIAN AGENT HAS
BEEN DOING GOOD WORK
TO OPEN TRADE TERRITORY
For Chiekasha, Making the Town More
Accessible to the Farmers More
To Follow.

Elvin Lowe, a representative of
Indian Agent Kelsey has been
here the past week, working in
connection with the Commercial
Club and going over the territory
adjacent to town for the purpose of
opening roads along section lines.
Petitions began to come in to
the club from farmers soon after
the Curtis bill was passed and Sec
retary Leech at once entered into
correspondence with Mr.. Kelsey
relative to the proceed ure to be fol-
lowed, and the visit Of Mr.. Lowe
was the result of the correspond
ence.
Mr.. Leech prepared maps show.
ing the lines along which it was
desired to open roads and Mr..
Lowe. in company with Major
Smith and others have been going
over the grounds giving orders to
land owners. Ten days notice is
given and the department will pay
all damages resulting from the
opening of the roads. The dam.
ages have been very small thus far.
1t has been the purpose 10 select
the most feasible and practical
routes and ones that will accommo-
date the most people. II was also
aimed to open roads where the ex-
pense of putting them in passable
condition would be the smallest.
The government pays only TIE
6rst cost Of opening the roads and
the various communities will have
to bear the expense of putting them
III proper condition.
During the past week orders
have been given for the opening of
about rs miles of roads in the
Chickasha trade territory. One
line begins in the Southwest part
of the city and runs south to Min
nekah with cross roads as feeders,
while two miles west the first sec
tion line east Of the meridian is
opened South for about twelve or
IS miles. The line running
through the east part OF the city
was taken and run north to point
about three miles from Pocasset
and thence east and north up as
far as Poccasset aud thence east.
A connection was made from this
line witn the East bridge and a line
was also run to the toll bridge and
thence east and north. These lines
will greatly shorten the distance to
be travelled by the people north,
northeast and east of the city and
will open large trade territory.
A line was also opened through
the Frank Baker place Southeast
of town which will prove of great
convenience.
Since Mr.. Lowe came, many
farmers have become interested in
the movement and are sending in
petitions, and Mr.. Lowe promises
10 return soon to take up the work
again.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-07-14
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

10. .. m. Sunday school.
II. a. m. Sermon by the pastor.
3. p. m. Junior Endeavor.
Sis. p. m. Sermon by the Rev.
r. H. Hawkins Of I.awton, Okla.
S. V. FArr, PASTOR.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-07-14
DISCUSSED By CHAIRMAN JESSE
DUNN. MEETING AT SHAWNEE
WAS SATISFACTORY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETS
In Oklahoma City Next Monday to
Plan for the Coming
Campaign

Alva, Ok. July I3.-Jesse J.
Dunn Of A!va, chairman Of the de-
mocratic congressional committee
Of Oklahoma territory, is home
srom at tending the democratic
meeting at Shawnee. Interviewed
concerning the conference and the
political situation he said
THE result Of the union of the
two democratic committees of In
dian Territory effected at Shawnee
Monday Is in every way satisfac.
tory to the democracy OF the new
state. The organization is complete
and in fine fighting trim through
out, being made up of the strong
es' men Of the party in all sections.
A joint executive committee was
elected by tie election Of two prom
inent democrats in each OF the con.
gressional districts and is called to
meet for the purpose of organiza-
at the Threadgill hotel in Oklaho-
ma City on Monday the 10th inst
There will be a full meeting sot
the committee AZ this time. when
in al probability a chairman, sec
retary and treasurer will be select
ed and headquarter opened for the
immediate prosecution Of vigorous
and effective work throughout the
state.
"A press bureau will be estab-
lishd at once and assistance of a
material character will be render
ed to the democratic newspapers.
Arrangements have been made
for the immediate organization in
each Of the districts and notwith
standing the partisan gerryman-
dering which has been made Of
them, there is no reason why they
should not all send a democrat to
congress.
Notwithstanding the fact that
Oklahoma territory has with one
exception always sent a republican
to congress, Oklahoma Is normally
democratic from FIVE to ten thou
sand votes on every county official
that has been elected in the last
three campaigns. This is an exact
showing Of the official count.
There always has been a democrat
ic majority Of the legislative officers
and now that oklahoma has been
emancipated by the passing of the
enabling act, democrats will vote
their principles and the coming
congressional convention will have
a woodworking majority Of demo-
Gratis in it. The people Of the new
state are looking to the democratic
party to prorect their rights and
with thorough organization they
will not be disappointed. There is
no question but that the new state
is democratic from thirty to thirty
FIVE thousand majority. Organiza-
ton which will deliver this vote at
the polls and then see to it that it
is property counted. will make sue
cuss absolutely certain. The very
best Of feeling exists throughout
the entire organization and the
party militant is anxious fer the
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-07-14

A business lot for sale on Chick
asha avenue between and and ard
streets. The price viii sell It. See
Good & Co. 6z-tf
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-07-14

Little Nina Winston, Of the
Schafer House, is improving after a
few weeks sickness.
Rock Island Argus., 1906-11-30

blood flowed out of wounds IN many
places, and / was so disheartened that
! thought surely my last chance was
slowly leaving me. As the foot did
not improve, you can readily imagine
how l felt. l was simply disgusted
and tired of life. / stood this pain,
which was dreadful, for six months,
and during this time / was not able to
wear shoe and not able to work.
Some one spoke to me about Cuti-
cura. The consequences were i bought
a set of the Cuticura Remedies of
one of my friends who was a drug
gist, and the praise that / gave after
the second application is beyond
description it seemed q miracle,
for the Cuticura Remedies took
effect Immediately. 1 washed the foot
with the Cuticura Soap before applying
the Ointment and l took the Resolvent
at thes same time. After two weeks treat
ment my foot was healed completely.
People who had seen my foot during my
illness and who have seen it since the
cure, can hardly believe their own eyes,"
Robert Schoenhauer,
Aug. 81, 1905. Newburgh, n. Y.
Sold throughout the world. Cuticura Sonp, 25c.,
nen, 50c Resolyent. SOC Gin form of Chocolate Coated
ills, 25c- per vial of 6D, may be had of all druggists.
Potter Drug Chem Corp, Sole Props. Boston, Mass.
Ra- Mailed Free. " The Great skin Book"
Rock Island Argus., 1906-11-30
King. Crafts Rule
In San Francisco
Volcano of Civic Indignation That Has Burst
Forth Against the Grinning Evil
Howl to Graf-Carnval of
That RevelB EarthqukeSide
on Mayors hmitz Ruef His Chief
Counsel nd Prosecu Who Is
Wasin ga Ho Var on Them

earthquake. If any city ever was de-
stroyed by Il visitation of Providence"
for its wickednesS San Francisco was
that city. 1t was SodOm and Gomor-
rah amalgamated. 1t was the worst of
Paris transplanted in Il fouler SOIL
San Francisco was not merely gay, not
simply lighthearted; it was reekingly,
putridly wicked. Vice strobe the
streets unchecked. Shame flaunted her
scarlet banners from the easements.
The painted iezebel and the perfumed
pariah held carnival in the midst of
the city unchallenged. The vileSt dens
of infamy in any white mans commu-
nifty on the face of the earth ran wide
open in San Francisco. and everybody
knew it. But San Francisco didn't
care.
Union labor politics was not reSpon-
sible for this condition. Such things
had been going on for half Il century.
The town grew up that way. Sue
ceSSive administrations, however emf
nently respectable they might have
been or We're supposed to be, licensed
these places. these houses of infamy
which were restaurants. barrOOms and
bedrooms in one. They collected the
license money for the city treasury
and let the vile dens run.
After SchmitZ became mayor some
body discovered that these places We're
immoral. Somebody was severely
shocked. Mortified. The licenses of
some of the places We're revoked. while
others We're threatened with revoca-
ton of license on moral grounds. The
owners had to employ legal advice and
get their cases presented to the city
authorities by a lawyer. BY that time
Rock Island Argus., 1906-11-30
Serene. Indifferent of fate.
Cba eifta4h ot tho x.-aSfarr, q

"HUS half a century ago Bret
Harte sang of san Francisco.
For many years that guardian
of the western gate was APP
parentIy quite Indifferent, though hard
ly serene. Now she is neither serene
nor Indifferent She has been awaken
ed by one supreme stroke of fate
earthquake and fire. But the volcano
of civic indignation which began to
spit forth fire. smoke and lava in Il
feeble way before the earthquake is
now in full eruption. San Francisco
at last is 50 wide awake that she sits
no longer. but is standing up and TAX
ing notice She is on tiptoe.
Murder will out" said Daniel Web
ster. So will graft: not always perhaps.
but sometimes. But graft is pretty
sure to ''Out" when it is pursued for Il
long term of years with the brazen
boldneSS of grinning gargOyle on 4
cornice, exposed to all mems eyes.
That is the sort of graft which Francis
J. Heney has gone after in San Fran
cisco with big stick-impudent, wink
ing. blinking. grinning graft. Some
body has been the head and front of
this offending. Let the courts deter
mine his identity.
Prosecutor Heney's first blow with
his bIudgeon is the grand jury indict-
ment of Mayor SchmitZ and Abraham
Ruef. 1.-THE boss" on allegations of eX-
tortiOn from the owners of several
French restaurants" including the IA
mons Poodle Dog concern
Shortly before the earthquake Mr..
Heney promised that he would indict
Rock Island Argus., 1906-11-30

Abe Ruef's influence with the powers
was pretty generally known, particu-
larly among the French restaurant
class. Ruef, be it remembered, is a
lawyer. The fellows whose licenses
were threatened saw Ruef. He ac-
cepted their money as retainer fees,
being careful to give receipts therefor,
which showed that it was for legal
services" Lawyer Ruef's advice was
so potent that his clients got what
they wanted, and so the dens continu-
ed to run. 1t was all very simple.
Novelty In Profession of Bossism.
Lawyer Ruef accepted similar fees
for legal services" in behalf of those
who wanted building permits, sign
hanging privileges, street car fran
chises or what not. Had he not stud
led law long and laboriously and was
not the laborer-in law-worthy of his
hire? The fact that Abe Ruef, Il pri-
Yate citizen, was Il practicing lawyer
made him a distinct novelty in the pro-
fession of bossism. There is no other
big boss in American municipal history
who has had the good fortune to be
lawyer. 1t was a very handy thing for
Mr.. Ruef.
So San Francisco got sick of Ruef,
sick of Schmitz, sick OF all the govern
mental outfit that was controlled by
them. San Francisco set out TO over
throw the gang. Both the old parties
nominated young lawyer. John S.
Partridge. a clean man of ability, to
run against Schmitz for mayor. There
seemed to be no doubt of his election,
with his whole ticket. Just then GER
tain element of citizenry did the wrong
thing at the right moment to aid the
opposition. There is n class of citizens
iii San Francisco. as elsewhere. to
whom trades unionisn is abhorrent
and the members of unions utterly VI
eious. These people got together and
organized body, which they called
Rock Island Argus., 1906-11-30

Abe I;uef and the whole board Of su-
pervisors for felony. The board Of
supervisors is the legislative body of
San Francisco. This body makes laws
or breaks them-for the consolidated
city and county To it falls the grant
ing/Of franchises. Up to one year ago
San Francisco had Il board of super
visOrs that was satisfactory to all good
citizens The eighteen men composing
il were elected. with but few eXcep-
tiOns, on old party tickets. though the
new Union Labor party. originated by
Abe Ruef, had elected Eugene L.
Sclmitz mayor for two terms. Schmitz
had served four years. This man Ruef.
a private citizen, holding no office
whatever, was popularity believed to be
the real governor of the city. 1t was
the belief that he controlled Schmitz
absolutely. debating appointments, We
toes, messages and all executive acts.
Everybody looked upon Ruef as the
boss.
The Grip of Graft.
San Francisco was not satisfied with
her government Most of the people
believed that graft had the city in its
grip, and this belief was fully justi-
fed by the condition of things. The
city made firm resolution to shake off
the grip of graft. The time was ripe
for it. When the mayoralty campaign
Of 1905 came around public sentiment
was highly favorable to the overthrow
Of the Ruef machine. the defeat of
SchmitZ and the turning over of
new and unsullied leaf. San Francis
co proposed to cut out her admins
trative rottenness, but not the real rot
tenness at the core. That had been
putrefying since the establishments of
the city. That was responsible for the
Ruef regimes rottenness. Let this i'm
portant fact be borne in mind.
Much of the hysteric sort was writ
ten concerning San Francisco after the
Rock Island Argus., 1906-11-30

had been all run
down. My blood
was so bad that
blood poisoning G
had set in. / had
several doctors
attending me, so
finally L went to
the hospital, where
l was laid up for
two months. My
foot and ankle were
almost beyond
recognition. Dark
Rock Island Argus., 1906-11-30

ell on an Indictment charging certain
misdemeanOrs In connection with the.
land graft.
Ruef is an understood Jew and the
last man one might pick out in n
crowd as n leader He is highly edu-
Gated. In physical appearance Mayor
Schmitz is in striking contrast to the
little lawyer. Schmitz is one of the
handsomest men in America He is
more than six footer, and his frame
juStitieS his stature. He stands erect.
His wavy mass of black hair and his
black muStache and beard are care
fully kept His skin has the pink
ness of health and the tenderness that
is due to knowledge of the efficacy
Of the bath. He dresses in elegant
style and wears his clothes as if he
were born i'll them, full grown. His
manner is that of a we'll bred gentle
man. He is educated and refined. His
temperament is the artistic He is per
hapS the most distinguished looking
man in public life today. Let him
walk down Pennsylvania avenue in
Washington and Il Fiji islander or an
uniformed European would pick him
out for the president on his merits as
specimen of manhood. In Russia
he would he SELECTED as the man who
ought to be the czar because he looks
the part.
Those who mistakenly hold that un-
ion labor and all its political products
are coarse and vulgar have come to
look upon Mayor Schmitz from afar as
Il low creature elevated to high posi-
ton by the elements of misrulc.
Should you hold this view you will dis
cover your mistake if ever you meet
Schmitz personally. There are writ
ers who. striving after dramatic eff
feet. are fond of telling how SchmitZ
leaped from a fiddler's chair in a the
ater to the mayoralty. He was musical
director for the Columbia theater in
San Francisco, but he was also secre-
tary and manager of a manufacturing
concern. Schmitz made gas engines.
and he made money out of them. He
was an employer of labor himself. He
was also and still is a member of the
Musicians union.
Rock Island Argus., 1906-11-30
War cf Class Against Class.


War CT Class Against Class.
1t was like shaking u crimson shirt
in the face of Il bull after gouging the
bull with Il speIr. Immediately the
campaign became a war of class
against class. made so by the silly an
ties of the Citizens alliance. The thou
sands Of high minded workingmel who
were sick of Schmitz and were ready
to vote for Partridge with Il whoop
and Il hurrah were alienated from the
forces of reform. They went back to
the SchmitZ crowd as the lesser of two
evils according to their view. Partridge
and his ticket were badly defeated.
Schmitz and his whole following were
elected, including every one of the
Ruef nominees for the board of super
yisors For the first time San Fran
cisco had an administration altogether
Ruefan.
But in the Ruef ticket elected last
year there was one weak spot from
the grafters' viewpoint. William III.
Langdon was chosen district attorney.
Ruef had nominated him to lend re
Spectability to the ticket. Langdon
was superintendent of the public
schools. He had just been admitted
TO the bar and had had no experience
in practice. Ruef no doubt thought
that Langdon would be easy to handle.
So Boss Ed Butler thought of Joseph
w Folk when he caused him to be
elected circuit attorney of st. Louis
Folk turned on the boodler gang and
prosecuted right and left. Langdon de
termined to do the same, but having
had no experience at the bar he re
quired an able attorney to take the
burden of the work He found his
man in Francis ]. Heney.
Heney practiced law in Arizona in
the days when the gun play broke the
desert monotony quite frequently.
Once a woman called at his office and
requested him to get her divorce.
My husband beats me with a horse
whip" she said.
Il can get you a divorce for that"
said Heney.
But l must be fair with you, Mr.
Heney," the woman said MY hus-
band has sworn that he will kill any
lawyer who aids me in getting a di-
vOrce."
In half an hour Heney had drawn up
the complaint and filed the petition
The court granted the decree. Shortly
afterward the eX-husband attacked He
ney on the street. Heney shot him
dead.
Rock Island Argus., 1906-11-30
TIRED OF LIFE
AWFUL SUFFERING
From Dreadful Pains From Wound
on Foot ot-System All Run Down
After Six Months Agony-Not
Able to Work Completely Cured
in Two Weeks
MIRACULOUS CURE BY
CUTlCURA REMEDIES

"Words cannot speak highly enough
for the Cuticura Remedies. | am now