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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-12-07
Latest Kansas Events,


1iSforfCai SOSiety Meetinq.
George w. Martin, secretary of the
State Historical society, has issued
the programmes for the thirty-second
annual meeting of the State Histori-
cal society, to be held at Topeka on
Friday, December 6, 1907, and for the
fiftieth anniversary of the first free
be held at Lawrence on Sat
dents's address this year by
James r. Mead, of Wichita, viii
be on the subject THE Little Arkan-
sas-" The programme of the evening
meeting at representative hall is. as
follows: Invocation, Charles M. Shell
don; music, K u quartette; THE
First State Legislature D. E. Bal
lard, Washington county; music, Mr..
Teall; "The Measure of State" Mrs.
Margaret Hill McCarter; anniver-
sary ceremonies, introduced by Gov
ernor E. w. Hoch; five minute re-
sponses by Col. o. E. Learnard, Law
renee; H. Miles Moore, Leavenworth.
r. G. Elliott, Lawrence; Governor E
N Morrill,, Hiawatha; DIR. A T. Still,
Kirksville, Mo-; Samuel J. Stewart,
Humboldt. This is to be followed by a
social half hour, conducted by tho
women of the Kansas Day club. The
ceremonies at Lawrence on Saturday,
December z, will be of great interest
to the old settlers. At 1880 a. m.
there is to be a "joint meeting of the
two houses of the First Free State
legislature. Reports will be received
from members, and reports in relation
to members who are now dead. At
1890 there will be luncheon served,
after which the visitors will be taken
on a ride to Haskell institute, the
state university and other points of
interest in Lawrence. At $50 there
will be dinner, followed BY a social
reunion.
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Want Hoch as a RevivaIist.

Gov. Hoch will be asked by the
Kansas State Temperance union to
assist in manufacturing sentiment for
the enforcement of the prohibitory law
in Atchison, Leavenworth, Cherokee,
Crawford and Marshall counties. In
the other 100 counties Senator George
Cooling, attorney for the union, has de-
clared that the prohibitory law is en-
forced as well as any other law on the
Kansas statute books. The governor
will be requested to make a series of
speeches in each of the recalcitrant
counties. With him are to be other
speakers OF state reputation These
meetings are to be held in the course
of month, and are to be regular etpro-
hibitory law REVEALS"
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earners. These plants include Hour
mills, oil mills, cotton gins, broom
factories, brick and tile works, salt
works, cement factories, woodenware
and carriage works
Oil Fields Are Rich
Some of the richest. oil fields In
America are in Oklahoma The Glenn
Pool oil district, south of Tulsa, be-
tween Red Fork and Mounds, has be-
tween $50 and 500 producing oil wells,
with a total capacity of 100000 bar
rels day. The first of these wells
was sunk in December, 1905. Pipe
lines have been constructed for the
transportation of this oil to the Texas
seaboard and to the refineries at Whit
ing, Ind More than 100000 has
tons, and pipe lines in Tulsa county
Eastern Oklahoma, which is not SO
uniformly even as the western portion
of the state, produces more than
10000 tons of coal year, for
which it's mines receive about $6,000.-
900. The coal field extends from the
vicinity of Tulsa on the north to the
Texas line on the south, and is more
than 100 miles broad. The state con-
tains about $50 coal mines, employing
about 10000 operators.
The principal rivers of Oklahoma,
all of which flow toward the south
east, are, naming them from north to
south, Arkansas, Salt Fork, Cimarron,
North Canadian, South Canadian,
Wachita and Red.
The government acquired what is
now Oklahoma more than a century
ago under the terms of the Louisiana
Purchase. Early in the century the
government set this land apart for
the segregation of the various Indian
tribes, then being driven west by the
advance of white settlers. Hence,
while Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Ne
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-12-07
President of Constitutional
Convention.

house, United States Quartermaster's
house, stage office, and a small build
ing used as a hotel Between noon
and sunset of that day Oklahoma Sta
ton became a town of 5000 people.
Within a month 1,169 buildings, many
of them ugly, temporary affairs, were
erected.
And so Oklahoma City has contin-
iued to grow until it now claims a pop
lulation of $4,000. modern schools edu-
eating 9,4S4 children this year, as
against 1875 last year: buildings Gin
lcluding ten-story skyscrapers) aggre-
eating in value $15,0o0.000; banks
having an aggregate capital and sur
plus of 81 ,060. 1874, and deposits aggre-
eating $6.54e. 600; post office receipts
In 1906 aggregating Sal. 500, and
freight tonnage into and out of Okla
lhoma City in 1906. 1,22S. 246, 902 tons
Factories are springing up Oklahoma
City this year has 2,347 factory em-
ployes, a gain of 531 over last year:
and 1.176 jobbing house employees. a
gain of $50 for the year.
State Is Democratic.
Oklahoma will probably be Demo
cratic in politics for some time to
come. The governor-elect, c. NJ Has
kell. of Muskogee. received a majority
of 1000 votes The state will cast
approximately 100000 votes. of which
number from 10000 to $4,000 are by
negro voters The majority for pro-
hibltion was about 10000. OF the II
Republicans in the constitutional con-
yention six came from each side of the
new state
Gov Haskell is one of the newer
residents of the state, having gone
there from Ohio. Other ON GERS are:
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Wins School Land Suit.

Bernard Hickert, of Lenora, won his
school land law suit with the county
treasurer and county clerk of Chey-
enne county by a decision of the SUI
preme court handed down recently.
Early in 1906 Hickert went to Chey-
enne county to attend public sale of
lands and bought a half section of
land and received the usual certi-
ficates. Afterwards the holder of GER
tificates to the same land under sale
in 1885 appeared and threatened Hick-
ert with an ejectment suit. Hickert
investigated his title and found it
worthless because the old certificates
had not been legally forfeited. So he
bought out the prior claim for 5000
and rendered 81, 142 in delinquent tax
es and asked for receipts and renewal
contracts extending the time of pay
ment of the balance Of the money 20
years This the officers refused, and
Hickert appealed to the supreme
court for a peremptory writ of manda
mus which has been allowed.
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thanksgiving Proclamation.

thanksgiving froCfanatfCn.
Governor Hoch has issued a procla-
nation designating Thursday, Noyem-
Der rs, as the day of Thanksgiving
The proclamation reads:
I'VE are approaching the fall fes-
tiva1 reverently known as Thanksgiv-
ing Day when by common custom and
by executive proclamation the minds
and hearts of the people are directed
towards the source from whence all
our blessings come. The .worshipful
spirit is universal 1t is inherent In
man. Like the vine in the cellar
creeping toward the light, so the hui
man soul reaches up toward God
Among all the nations and tribes of
earth no exception has been found to
this great truth In civilized lands
the greatest men and women have
always been believers in an overrul-
ing Providence.
In harmony with this belief the
president of the United States and the
governors of the various common
wealths annually invoke the observ-
ance of day in November when the
fields have yielded the fruitage and
the harvests have all been garnered,
that gratitude may find expression in
prayer and praise and in charity to
those who need it. That the people
of this country and this state have
abundant reason for thankfulness to
the Giver of all Good needs no execu-
tive affirmation. Peace prevails and
prosperity abounds and the occasion
for gratitude is not confined to ma
terial things for the state and nation
have made wonderful strides in the
things that are of vastly more impor-
lance to a people than its material
prosperity. Prohibition. in which Kan
sas claims leadership, has made giant
strides, until today more than half of
the territory of the United States is
under it's dominion. The saloon is
doomed. Let us thank God for that
The standard of official integrity has
been lifted and organized greed is
rapidly losing its power The unu-
sual but temporary condition in finan-
cial circles, caused chiefly by fiction
of finance outside of our borders, has
served to show the solidity of our f.
nancial concerns and the self-poise of
our people, and will ultimately result
in greater confidence and still greater
prosperity. That we as a people may
see our faults, and correct them, that
we may look with charity upon the
faults of others. that we may deal
justly and love mercy, that we may
be grateful for all our blessings, let
US devote Thursday, November %, to
prayer and praise, to heartfelt thanks
giving, and to the doing of good
deeds
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-12-07

The Kansas papers are all guessing
as to the theme of William Allen
Whites new O0,0O0-word novel which
is soon to be issued. One paper says
the novel is based on the story of the
prodigal son; another says that
Roosevelt will be the hero of the
story. But none has guessed correct
ly,' declares Henry ]. Allen. 1.-THE
hero of the novel will be w. r.
Stubs; the scene is laid on the banks
of the Kaw and the william of the
piece is Charles Curtis, who uses Con-
gresham Miller as the Tool with
which he accomplishes his DiabolicaI
Designs. Mr.. Whites new novel will
not be love story 1t is book with
a moral purpose. 1t uses up such
characters as Mort A1baugh, Bill Nor
gan, Bent Murdoch, Jim Simpson and
Dan Anthony. These familiar char
acters are in the book to give it
deep red color. Mr. White is trying
to keep the public from knowing what
is in his book, bit he can't. The
public knows him too WE'LL
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-12-07
Killed a Black Wolf.

The scalp OF a black wolf, which is
the first ever captured in Sedgwick
county, and the first ever seen in the
county except in cages, according to
old timers, was taken to Wichita by
Fred Parker of Ohio township, who re-
ceived a bounty of So for his trouble.
The wolf was captured by MIR. Parker
after hunt of two weeks, but not
until it had devastated all the chicken
roosts in the neighborhood and had
fully impressed on the minds of the
farmers in that neighborhood that it
intended to enjoy chicken diet until
either killed or the supply of chickens
gave out Almost without exception
the chicken houses were visited, land
in one case the wolf made so many
return visits thu. only few chickens
were left of a once extensive flock.
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braska, Colorado and other Louisiana
Purchase states were being populated,
Oklahoma remained for 80 years
wild Indian camping ground.
Passing of the Indian.
AS recently as 35 years ago the
American people generally knew of
Oklahoma only as a haunt of Indians
and hunting ground for big game.
Early in the eighties white settlers.
who had overrun Kansas and the new
middle west states, began to investi-
gate Oklahoma They found the new
territory rich and appealed to the
government for the opening of it to
settlement. The government did not
readily act upon the request, and
many of these whites, becoming impa-
tent, entered the reservation forcibiy
and set up their homes. They were
driven out, but repeatedly renewed
their efforts, and many clashes with
soldiers occurred.
But these pioneers, then locked
upon by the government as outlaws,
finally persuaded congress to open
Oklahoma to settlement. Hence, the
names of these same OUTLAWS" have
been immortalized in Oklahoma his
tory.
At the time of the opening all of
Oklahoma, except that portion taken
from Texas in the Greer county bound
airy dispute and the narrow strip be-
tween Kansas and Texas, extending
to the Colorado and New Mexico lines,
was included in the Indian Territory
Oklahoma territory, which was held
by the government for the use of the
Indians, but had never been assigned
to any tribe, consequently consisted
in those days of only about 1000, 900
acres. There occurred the first great
rush for homes, which brought into
existence Oklahoma City From time
| to time the government transferred
| other portions of land from the Indian
Territory to Oklahoma territory for
settlement by whites, until, when the
INSTRUMENTATION Territory statehood
bill passed, all that remained of In
dian Territory were the reservations
of the Choctaw, Chickasaw, Chero-
kee, Creek, Seminole and ouapaw
tribes
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-12-07

uiation is concerned any more than It
is as far as its agricultural products
are concerned. Northerners, south
erners, fasteners and westerners
mingle tremendously there, all grow
ing prosperous together. Every state
in the union is represented by at least
500 natives
A substantial evidence of the intel
lectual worth of Oklahomans generally
is the number of modern daily news
papers which they support Further
more, they have good schools, libra
ries and churches.
Oklahoma has modern public
school system supported by the in
come from a $35, 900, 900 public school
fund and local taxation. The H35, O00,-
900 fund" consists of 3,100.S75 acres
of land, valued at $30,00O,00O, the in
come from the rental of which
amounts to about 100000 per year;
and s5,0O0.O00 paid into the school
fund by Indian Territory in lieu of
land, all of the 3,100,S75 acres being
in the former Oklahoma territory.
The original act opening Oklahoma
territory to settlement reserved in
all that section of the territory then
thrown open sections 16 and Sc in
every township for the benefit of the
public schools of the future state.
Each successive act provided for SINH
lar reservations and the statehood en-
abling act made additional grants to
the higher educational institutions, ne
sulting in the big total above named.
The state will decide whether the
school lands shall be sold. All pro-
ceeds from sale of the school lands
must be turned into the school fund
and forever remain intact.
Fine State University.
The head of the public school sys-
tenn of Oklahoma is the state univer-
sity, located at Norman, open to fe-
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FACTS ABOUT OKLAHOMA

is larger in than
winb the
bass miles of
pavenn
offs
tend al o
Manyo Of them are
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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-12-07

in a case which began in the court
of common pleas, of Kansas City, the
mob law OIL Kansas, which allows dam
ages for the killing of person, is be-
ing tested Mrs. Margaret Ramshaw
Is suing the municipality for SIC, 1000
for the death of a son, who was killed
by a crowd of boys three years ago
In Armourda1e. Three of the crowd
were brought before Judge Holt and
he dismissed the case against them
upon the filing of a demurrer
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-12-07

The mean height of land above sea
level, according to the mont scientific
geographers, is $500 feet. The mean
depth of the ocean is IL, 480 feet
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-12-07

70 - KLAHOMA, 'the Land of
Now" embracing Okla
NN homa and Indian Terri
~ tories), entered the union
4 GCNI as a state on November Is
wv with a population of about
100000. The government
censis (four districts missing) shows
population of 1, 40S, 900. In addition to
the persons residing in the four miss
ing districts, number of Indians not
reached by the census takers are be-
Ieved to have been omitted from the
government census total.
The Indian is passing out of the
life of Oklahoma into its history. But
he is still as much in evidence in
Oklahoma as the negro is in a number
of northern states. Records believed
to be ultra-conservative show that the
new state of Oklahoma contains IT,
600 Indians. Only about 10000 of
these, however, are more than three
quarter blood. The wild Indians of
Oklahoma exist only in history. The
redman of the present is adjusting
himself to the white mans civiliza-
ton.
oklahoma" is a Comanche Indian
word, signifying the Land of the Fair
select a more comfortable place for a
home. For instance, everything good
10 eat which that distinguished per-
sonage might desire is obtainable
from Oklahoma soil Upon a single
Oklahoma farm can be seen growing
simultaneously the products that
grow in all the states from Maine to
California. Corn and cotton thrive
side by side.
Amazing Natural Resources.
Within it's borders Oklahoma is
known TO have vast stretches of coal
lands; natural gas, also, is abundant,
while the states resources in salt, as
phalt, oil, granite and marble, building
stone, zinc, lead, copper, gold and tim
Der, place it among the most desirable
sections of the country for investors.
Eighteen years ago this great new
state was a cattle range and Indian
hunting ground.
The first rush into Oklahoma was
on Monday, April %, 1889. On the
morning ofAthat day Oklahoma City,
the present metropolis of the state,
then known as Oklahoma Station,
consisted of half a dozen small build
ings, the Santa Fe station, section
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Convenient to Have Around.

Referring to the North Topeka
young man who changed his mind
about it on the day he was to have
been married. the Topeka Journal re
marks: The groom doesn't amount
to much at his wedding, but it sort OF
interferes with the plans if he doesn't
show up"
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Fleming is Uncle Sam Superintendent

Fleming is Uncle Sam Superintendent.
Trustee Goebel has named Mr..
James F. Fleming as general superin-
tendent of the Uncle Sam Oil COM
pany. Mr. Fleming is thoroughly ex-
perienced in the oil business, having
been at one time in charge of the
Paola refinery. He will have super
vision of the entire property of the
Uncle Sam company, while Mr.. S. d.
Faust will remain with the company
in charge of the refineries proper. Eff
forts will be made to put the proper
ties on a paying basis at once, and
Messrs- Fleming and Faust have been
very busy looking over the ground the
past few days with view to getting
things in shape.
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Burial Company in DifHcuIty.

Charles w. Barnes, superintendent
of insurance, has taken charge of tbs
North American Burial association OF
Topeka and will endeavor to settle
the affairs of the company at once,
either through his own department. or
through a receiver
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Governor.

lands of wonderful capacity, oil wells.
asphalt beds of great worth, and all
of these practically undeveloped, to
say nothing of the vastness of her OPP
portunities to the tiller of the soil.
The story of the rise of two dozen
other Oklahoma cities with popula-
tons exceeding 10000 is almost
synonymous with that of the rise Of
the metropolis. Such cities as Guth-
rie (the state capitaD, with $4,000
population; Tulsa Gin the center of
the oil fields), with 10000 population;
Muskogee, Ardmore, Lawton, Shaw
nee, Enid, South McAlester, Vinita
and Ell Reno are battling enthusiastic
cally for commercial supremacy, and
present indications are that all these
cities will grow and prosper, each
supported mainly by those farm lands
for which it is the natural outlet to
market. The casual reader may won
der how so many large cities can be
supported by mere FARMS The fact
is that Oklahoma has ESQ, 900 farms,
most of them worked by their owners,
for hundreds of thousands of Ameri-
cans have invested their small saw
ings in Oklahoma land and are getting
rich with the state by tilling the soil
Six out of every ten farmers in Okla
homa own their own homes Most of
them live upon the land them home
steaded. Landlords are rare in Okla
homa-
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a RemarkabIe Achievements.

Attention is directed to Clay Center,
where the city has built and equipped
an electric light plant which cost only
$500 more than city engineers
nrst estimate
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-12-07
Am officer Can Ride.

Capt. George Williams. Seventh
United States cavalry, established a
new record for long distance horse
back riding, riding from Fort Riley to
Fort Leavenworth without change of
horses in 43 hours and 40 minutes
The distance between the two forts is
las miles.
Madison Branch Case not Ended Yet.
B, p. Waggener, general attorney
for the Missouri Pacific, applied to the
Kansas supreme court for writ OF
error to take the Madison branch case
to the supreme court of the United
States. This was the case in which
the board of railroad commissioners
ordered the Missouri Pacific to estab-
ish separate passenger services on
the Madison branch. The Missouri
Pacific is attacking the right of the
board to regulate the railroads, con-
tending that no state board can do
this.
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Drawn from All States.
Probably not more than 100000 of
oklahoma's 500. 900 residents are ma
tive Oklahomans- This new state is
not typical of any particular section
of the United States SO far as its pop
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-12-07

Fine State University.
The head of the public school sys-
tenn of Oklahoma is the state univer-
sity, located at Norman, open to fe-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-12-07

kLAHOMA, t'the Land of
Now" embracing Okla
homa and Indian Terri
tories), entered the union
as a state on November Is
with a population of about
1 100000. The government
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HARVEST.

The farmers OF Cecil are in the
midst OF their wheat harvest, and the
previous reports OF a bad crop are fully
confirmed. There are few good
heIds IN the county, bit generally the
yield is very light.
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ON ,hc 9th INST, at White Hall. by
Rev Joseph T. Brown, Mr.. John 4.
DAVIS, OF Cecil county to Miss AIDE
.a'@e N'T"rpe. Il New Castle county.
Dei.
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oi the fire is unknown; some attribute
ii to an inceudiary, while others sup
pose the rats caused it by carrying
into their holes.
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Seldom
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7 HE MARKETS

Red wheat, $rSo; white do, $I.qo;
corn, ~ cents; oats. Asa 70; potatoes,
$Loo