The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1906-11-30

| Sc1plO ana carlton weaver OF AuA,
were sworn in this morning by Pres
ident Murray.
In the lottery drawing e. o. Nc
| Canoe, editor of the Mutual Enter
| prise, representing district 5, drew
seat No. 13, and c. s. Leeper, Of
Sulphur, representing district No.
96, drew seat 23. Although un-
lucky in number the seats are we'll
toward the front OF the house, and
they were satisfied.
s. M. Ramsey, of district 80, said
after the selection had been made:
II have the shortest legs Of any
delegate in this convention, and un-
fortunately / have drawn a seat be-
hind one Of the tallest chairs in the
house. l should like to swap seats
with one of the delegates in front
or take seat up in the gallery"
Are your legs long enough to
reach the foor?" queried President
Murray.
mot while l am in Guthrie" was
the reply.
A delegate suggested that they
would be long enough IL he would
allow a lobbyist to pull them.
Owen Watts, of Sallisaw, and Al
bert Greenwood, of Guthrie, were
appointed pages.
Owen Watts, one O. the pages,
appointed by President Murray, Is a
son of Jesse Watts, mayor of Salli-
saw. The boys father Is one Of
three brothers who are mayors OF
three Indian Territory towns-Wag-
oner, Sallisaw and Muldrow.
j. J. Curl, delegate from Bartles-
vile, presented the convention with
a walnut gavel which was used in
the Fifty-seventh district convention
which nominated Mr.. Curl. This
gavel will be presented to the State
Horticultural Society when the con-
vention adjourns, and will doubtless
be viewed by many future genera
tions of the new state.
An active fight on the county
boundary proposition has already
been started in the constitutional
convention by a number Of the towns
which have county seat aspirations.
Most Of those towns have lobbies
here which are actively at work in
their interest, and they are all get
ting very busy. In his speech OF
acceptance, on the opening day OF
the constitutional convention, Pres
ident w. II. Murray stated that he
understood that there were at least
100 of the 112 delegates who were
candidates for membership of the
county boundaries committee, and
his statement was probably not at
all exaggerated
The control of the convention by
spirits Of the SeqUoyah convention,
has led to the prediction that the
county boundaries in Indian Terri
tory will be practically as outlined
for the state of Sequoyah, and II
is safe to say that the number of
counties there will be materially
larger than the number of record
ing districts at the present time,
which had been expected to furnish
some basis for the county boundary
proposition.
There are also several county d.
vision fights in Oklahoma. 1t has
been proposed to make seven coun-
ties out of the three present coun-
ties of Greer, Kiowa and Comanche.
Greer county is to be divided into
three parts, with county seats at
Mangum, Hollis, and Altus. For
The two counties into which 1t Is
proposed to divide Kiowa county,
Hobart and Mountain Park would
be the shire towns, while Lawton
and Frederick would get the honors
in the two counties to be created
out of Comanche county.
A still larger proposition Is on
foot in northwestern Oklahoma.
where 1t Is proposed to make three
counties out of Beaver county, with
county seats at Beaver, Guymon and
Kenton; four in Woodward county,
two in Woods and two in Roger