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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-04-30
ALL MUST
REGISTER
Who Want to Vote in the Democratic
Primary Registration next Week

If citizens expect to participate in
the primary June 8 they will have to
register as voter. This is obligatory
and should not be overlooked by the
prospective voter.
According to the Bryan primary
election laws Of this state, copies Of
which have been circulated by the
state democratic central committee, it
shall be the duty of the city clerk Of
all cities Of the first class to keep his
Office open from 9 o'clock in the
morning until 6 o'clock in the even
ing Of the first Monday and Tuesday
thereafter, and on the second Mon
day and Tuesday thereafter Of the
month next preceding the month in
which the primary election shall be
held, for the purpose Of registering
the legal voters Of said city.
Beginning next Monday, City Clerk
Dews will keep his Office open for the
purpose Of registration and voters
can register during the week follow
ing, including the Tuesday of the next
week. 1t is important that every
democrat take notice of this fact. The
primary which will be held on June
8 viii be conducted under the Oklaho.
ma law and no one can vote who has
not registered.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-04-30
REPUBLICANS
WILL MEET
Tomorrow Evening to Decide on Att
tude Toward the Constitution
Interest Manifested

A meeting of the republican club
is announced to be held at the court
house Wednesday evening and It is
stated that the purpose is to take ac-
tion with reference to the attitude Of
the party here toward the constitution.
Many Of the old timers who want
statehood above everything else diSa
like the speech that D. G. Lewis, the
Oklahoma City lawyer made here last
week against the adoption Of the
constitution and they want the party
to 60 record for statehood.
One of the most prominent and in
fluenSiai republicans in the city SAID
this morning: "The constitution isn't
what want, but I will vote for it fol
the defeat Of statehool would be 2
se ious blow to the business inter
ests Of this territory Statehood il
the first consideration with me. 1
the constitution is defeated, Chicka
sha would have another fight for {
federal court and the chances woul'
be against getting it. It therefore be
hooves every citizen Of Chickasha, ir
respective Of party, to vote for th
constitution. It cost between thre
and four thousand dollars to sem
delegations to Washington to worl
for this court and we can't afford :
20 through it again. am going b
vote for the constitution"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-04-30
MADE
ALIENABLE.
Thousands Of Acres have Restrictions
Removed and are Sold to Settlers

Muskogee. April 3O-Up to Feb. /.
,oo7 49, ~ haan ao7o rra;ons
wnO nays nau 'lle hss'Aies1oA9 1s1'0ssu
from the alienation q their lanas.
Since that time there have been about
1900 more applications filed and they
ava now bo;ro .nnroved
-.
+ go ~rFis's FF
cations means 1nag whlee man nas
bought q farm in Indian Territory
and is going to make It productive. In
practically every instance where an
T..s.. ..,;e ... ~. .s-4..;a4;o..
removed ne does 50 y otos1 sna' ne
may sell the land. Applications are
now being approved at about the rate
of 200 per month with tendency to
increase more all the time.
An Indian can only apply to have
Che restrictions removed from his sur
plus land. His homestead he must
keep. This means that about two.
thirds Of the allotment is sold. In
the Cherokee nation this would be
laDout sixty acres Of average land. In
the Creek nation the surplus is 12O
acres, and in the Choctaw and Chick
asaw nations it is go. This land the
Indian sells and takes the money and
pays his debts and improves his re-
naming land. This brings a white
farmer in as close neighbor to the
Indian. 1t brings both farms under
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-04-30
WATERS REGEDE
LOSS 100000

Oklahoma City, Okla, April 30
The North Canadian river and Light
ming creek are receding rapidly and
the flood situation in this vicinity was
greatly improved today. But one
person is unaccounted for. Forty
families on Capitol Hill across from
Oklahoma City are homeless. The loss
in damage to railway bridges, tracks.
farm and other property and drown
ing of livestock is estimated at a
hundred thousand dollars.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-04-30
MISS PEYTON AT CARNEGIE
LIBRARY.

Before the largest attendance Of
lyceum patrons for the past several
years the Internationl Grand Concert
company ushered in seasons Y. NJ
c. A. lecture and entertainment course
very auspiciously with a high class
performance given in the verbeck
theatre Friday evening.
"The stellar figures in the even
ing's program were George Cramp-
ton, the English ''basso contante,
which he is without question, ant
Mary Peyton, the southern prims
donna. An exceptional type Of beau
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-04-30

tiful American womanhood, endowed
by nature with natural gifts border
ing on the extraordinary, tutored BY
the masters Of the human voice, Miss
Peyton displayed her splendid dra-
matis interpretive sense II the sew
eral duets with Mr.. Champion, en-
titled "The Singing Lesson" and "The
Love Duette-Need and Silvio," from
the grand opera, "Paggliacci."-Oil
City Derrick, Oil City, Pa.
Miss Peyton vii be heard at the
Carnegie library, Thursday, May 10,
under the auspices of st. Luke's
Guild. 4-SO Il
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-04-30

Wells-Fargo Express company at
Gainesville, Texas, for receiving in
tOxicating liquors for shipment.
Last December all express agents
in towns along the border of the Ter
ritory were warned by special agent
Johnson not to receive liquor for
shipment into the territory. For sew
eral months they abided by this or
der, but recently, it is stated, they
became careless and let a great many
packages containing whiskey get by
them.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-04-30
EXPRESS AGENT ARRESTED
FOR introducing Booze First Case Of
the Kind

Muskogee, l. T., April SO-For the
first time in the history o. booze burst
ing and arrests for introducing whis-
key into the Indian Territory, an out
side express agent has been placed
under indictment.
The case in point is that Of Ed
word White, express agent for the
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-04-30
STRIKE is ENDED
MEN GET increase

Salt Lake City, April so-The
street car strike ended after mid
night through the efforts Of Con-
gresham Roberts. The company
granted the twenty-five cent hour de-
manded by the car men, but declined
to recognize the union.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-04-30
STOCKHOLDERS.

hnd
11ti
facilities s&zIass
M burglary pzz eiasz
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-04-30
DESTRUCTIVE TORNADO
STRIKES COv|NGTON
(Asseciated Press.)

Covington, Tenn, April SO-A tor
nado struck Covington last night,
causing much damage. Two COM
presses owned by the Gulf Compress
company were unroofed and among
other buildings damaged was the Hi
nois Central depot
Tombstone epitaph., 1907-09-22
Salt Mines of
 a Former Tombstoner

To raise sl00, 900 which be intend- ed to pay to J. c. Bothin, who in the early days was engaged in the general merchandise business in Tucson and Tombstone, was the mission that took Watson Pickerell from Tempe to Omaha, Neb. where he died recently of typhoid fever, contracted while in the east
 With A J Peters. also of Tempe, Pickersl! held at the time of his death an option from Bothin on the Carmen island salt beds in the Gulf of California not far from Guaymas. An agreement drawn up between the parties concerned called io- the trans fer of 3 300 acres of salt beds in Car men island, the purchase price being 1850, 900 of which Sl00, 900 1ss to be paid by October or the option for teited.
 Though little known the Carmen salt beds are among the best in the world and for several years have been producing thousands of tons of salt annually which does not have to be put through the process of refining before being put on the market.
 Through some hidden connection  with the surrounding ocean the water rises over a surface ot 3500 acres and eyaporating leaves layer of fine salt several inches thick. With scrapers this is iathered upon & platform where it dries. This operation is re- peated over the same grounds at reg ular intervals
Tombstone epitaph., 1907-09-22
Greene Copper
 Selling in Boston

A Boston dispatch ot September It says: The United Metals Selling Company is still selling the output oi the Greene Consolidated Copper Com. psny, although the American Metal Company holds the contract for the refining and selling of the copper
 "The latter company has made de- mands upon the United Metals Sell ing Company for the disposition of the copper according to contract, but as the Amalgamated Cole Ryan inter- ests new control the Greene company, they have ignored the American Me tai Compsny's claims. While law suite are threatened, noI legal action is yet known to have taken place.
 Lees than 5 per cent of the stocks of the Greene Consolidated and Can lnea- Central is nov outstanding in he hands of the pubic, about 95 per ,ent of each having been turned in for into osecurities of the Greene ,ananea Company"
Tombstone epitaph., 1907-09-22
CurtaiIing Copper
 Production at Bisbee

A Duluth, Minnesota, dispatch says "The directors of the North Butte and Calumet and Arizona today decided to curtail production of their copper j0 per cent. This will mean a re- duction of 710 tons a day at the Cal umet and Arizona mines and 500 at the North Butte. The Calumet and Arizona is one of the leading pro- ducers at Bisbee and the North Butte operates large mine at Butte.
 Explaining the action of the di- rectors, President Briggs of the Cal umet and Arizona said: It is cur. rently reported that there is a surplus of copper. Once the demand is ac tive the surplus will disappear if good times continue. The surplus now on hand is little more than normal"
Tombstone epitaph., 1907-09-22
Arizona Curiosity
 In Shape of Skunk

A reader of the PRosFEcToR writes from the San Bernardino ranch, stat ing that inasmuch as the capture of monkey had been mentioned in these columns, tine capture of another freak and now held as a docile cap tive might prove interesing. The writer says:
 Among the freaks found in Ari- zona is pure white skunk, captured by Charles A. Chenoth while it was entsngled in the rank alfalfa that grows on the San Bernardino ranch. Mr. Chenoth presented the skunk to Mrs. ]. H. Slaughter and she has re- fused at least halt dozen offers to buy it.
 "When found, it was a tiny kitten, with all the savage teCdencies of its kind now it is az docile as any old hOuse-cat, likes to be fondled, and submits gracefully to & scrubbiug and com ping after being in the mud. The eyes are so dark a pink that they might be called red; tne paws are delicate pink, and these combined with the snowy whIteness of it's fur make it very beautiful animal.
Tombstone epitaph., 1907-09-22
Territorial Items
 Items of Interest

Paradise vas sixth in the list of Arizona towns with rainfall last year, being credited with P j7 inches.
 Counterfeit coins are being dis tributed through the country, a num- Der having appeared in this county Citizens should look out for them.
 Mexico is beginning to grow rice on 8 large scale.
 In Jerome the city saloon license has been raised from s40 to SlOO a quarter.
 A bottling works plant to cost SI0,000 is to be erected at Clifton.
 There are 37 prisoners in the Santa Cruz county jail, 3l of whom are Chinamen awaiting deportation
 Tn. Ar zona 2ankers' Association will hold its fourth annual meeting Tn Bisbee, November lG. A large at tendence is expected.
Tombstone epitaph., 1907-09-22
Chief Geronimo
 Has Living Son

D. M. Green, a pioneer resident of Solomonville, said in an interview with the Herald when he passed through Fl Psso:,
 "Geronimo's son, who was taken from the back of his dead mother after she fell, is living in Solomonville now. A man named Adams was the one who took the little follow, and he turned the babe over to A Mexican woman who was living near where this battle occurred, and continued the pursuit after old Geronimo. He was rounded up the following day and captured. This was the old fel- l lows last stand. The boy was at that time an infant of Is months. He is now grown to sturdy manhood, peace [ ful, industrious, and foRd of his foster parent. Mir. Adams returned and got the little fellow after Geronimo had been captured. Heis called Doubtful Adams, and has been yell educated by his adopted psrent..
Tombstone epitaph., 1907-09-22
The "Zona Libre''
 To Be Re-estabIished

Adyicrs have been received here of nature that that the Mex ican government purposes to establish s federal district along the border of the United States to occupy the same territory that was occupied by the "Zona Libre" whish was abolished about twosyesrs ago. This strip vas about sixty miles wide, and under its provisions no American could take up any mineral concessions in that strip and it was necessary to have them de- nounced in the name of citizen Of Mexico, il they were wanted
 Besides this regulation there were provisions in regard to the entering of goode, etc. The proposed new district will be, under the control of the fed eral authorities and government of fcisls appointed by Pres dent Diaz.
 It is on account of the present i'm migration difficulties and recent sen sational smuggling scandals at F. Paso and Nogsles that has led Secre. tary of the Treasury Limantour to re- commend the establishment oi thi, precedent. The general impression Il that the measure will be adopted al once and an effort made to stop tn, present difficulties that are new exist ing.
Tombstone epitaph., 1907-09-22
Warning Notice.
To Whom it May Concern:

To Whom it May Concern:
 Notice is hereby given that John Gleeson, Douglas Gray and assigns are operating under an option given them by the Leadville Mining Com pany the following named lode min ing claims, to-wit: Leadville. Gray Mule, Copper Bug, Western felle, Turquoise King, Maid of Sunshine. King Solomon, Northern Light, Head light, Winchester, West Side, York tosn, Charleston, Bsltamore, Vesu- vius, Lilly, Cosmopolitan, Compro- mise, Victoria, Wonder MismI, More. Cave, Troy, situate in the Turquoise mining district, county of Cochise, territory Of Arizona; that the Lead vile Mining Company will not be re- .ponsible for any work done, debst injuries sustained, or other obligations made by the said ileeson and Gray and their assigns in said lode mining claims.
 LEADVILLE MINING co. By WM, HOLMES President.
 Done at Pearce, Arizona, July P, 9O7.
 First publication July 9, 1907,
Tombstone epitaph., 1907-09-22
Lose Heavily by
 the Recent Slump

It is estimited that the various. smelling companies operating in the United States, particularly those do- ing large percentage of custom work, have lost about 5000, 900 in the recent rapid declines Of cop per from 2j cents to Is l.2 cents a pound. Most smelters are obliged to keep several million pounds of ore on hand constantly, irreSpec- tive of the outlook of the metal market.
 As settlements are made with the ore producer at the market rate pre- vailing. 24 hours after the sampling IS com pleted, rapid decline in the pri, g of the metal leaves the smelt- ing companies that handle custom ore in position of being unable to ob. tain for their smelted product what they were obliged to pay to the pro. ducer
 In an ordinary declining market the smeltiDg companies are able to protect themselves in measure by demanding discount, owing to the unsettled condition of the market. When the decline is as rapid as the las, one, representing a break of cents a pound at short notice, there vas no alternative left to them but to Uot the loss.
Tombstone epitaph., 1907-09-22
Scramble Over
 Globe Postoffice

According to the Citizen Ralph Sturgis, former assistant postmaster at Tucson, is a strong candidate for the postmastership at Globe. He is opposed in the race by Charles H. Wilde, veteran mail clerk who runs on the Gila Valley. Globe X Northern Wilde has just returned to Globe from Tucson, wheie he has been soliciting aid from local republicans. He Is said to Lave the backing of United States Marshal Daniels.
 Sturgis has the endorsement of National Com mmitteeman W. s. Stur- gis, according to report. Although their names are similar there is no re. between them. In the rival there is possibility of , test of strength with the president !
Tombstone epitaph., 1907-09-22
Former Tombstoner
 In Alaska

Through the courtesy of Major J. II
 Stout, the Nogsles Oasis is in receipt of clippings from Alaska newspapers conveying accounts of movement for the nomination and election of Mr. John P. Cium as Delegate in Con. gress from that territory. Many oli timers in Arizona will remember Mir. Cum, for in the early history of this territory he was very conspicuous figure, filling with ability several i'm portant public positions. H. was In- dian Agent at San Carlos from Feb rusry, 1874. to July, 1871, in which position he performed effective and arduous service. It was MT Clum who arrested Geronimo at Ojo Caliente, New Mexico, in April, 1877, and con veyed him to the reservation. The escape of the willy chief from the reser. vation the next year, his bloody depre. dations, the pursuit and final capture, are all parts of Arizona history; but one of the most notable in the long succession of attendant events wa. that arrest. He was postmaster a, Tombstone also, and mayer of the city, holding likewise at one time { post in the inspection service of tn, Post Office Department. Besides hi, official career in Arizona, Mir Cluu made a record as A newspaper man, 1T which calling he manifested an abilit, and fear .essness that were recognize widely. From November, 1877, [, February, 1880, he was editor al, proprietor of The Citizen, publish, at Tucson, which he sold to go L
 Tombstone, where he established Til
 TOMBSTONE EPITAPH, conducting tn same successfully through severa years, when he sold it to go to Cali iornia, where he located at San Bern ardino, in the real etsate business.
Tombstone epitaph., 1907-09-22

One of the latest installa-
 tions that Is contemplated by ] the navy is a system of wire less telephones for battleships. A few years ago this would have been looked upon as an absolute chimera. But ap- piled science has advanced 10 the point where a device IS offered to the navy that 1t IS believed will fill this bill. Praticallo all of the ships oi the navy now are fitted with wireless telegraph i n tru- ments. These work accord ing to the strength of the electric equipment up to l. GOO or l,200 miles They serve to keep the warships at almost all times in direct touch with Washington, for it is seldom that by a system of relays from other ships or shore stations any vessel of the navy cannot be picked up and communicated with in a few hours in almost any part of the world. Some of the older naval officers seem disgusted over this state O. affairs. They swore witf deep sea oaths many years agC that the submarine cable haC ruined the naval service keeping the commander al ways at the end of a wire tha
 ended in the navy depart ment. But the wireless in struments are even worse The wireless telephone, how
 ever, is a much milder forn of control. It is intended
 merely to keep the ships of squadron in touch with tn commander at night and il weather when the wig-wa' and the Ardoise lights would be out of the question. I'm wireless telephone now work
 up to five miles in any sort o weather and under favOrabl
 conditions much further.
Tombstone epitaph., 1907-09-22

The number of cars handled in tho Benson yards during the month oI July is given as 9.O74, the interchange on the Southwestern being 2,39l.
 During last month, August, there was . decided increase in business. The reports show the number of cars handled to be l0.sS9, with the inter change on the Southwestern but l.. 963.
 Three switch engines are employed steadily, two during the day and one at night.
 An extra crew, called the high.ball crew, has been put on the Purro branch. This crew will carry nothing but through freight between Benson and Nogsles.-Press
Tombstone epitaph., 1907-09-22
Committed to
the Asylum

Two casrs of insanity were passed upon by Probate Judge GoodbOdy and board of physicians during the past few days
 The case of Mrs Christine Campbell who was ordered committed to the asylum, Is s pathetic one. The un- fortunate lady is labo-ing under the dreaded hallucination that her life Is being threatened for the purpose oi hurying her alive She fancies con- tinued persecution and accuses atten- dants and friends with attempts on her life. The examination developed the fact that a radical change in dis position has recently been noticed by her friends, and from & kind, gentle nature hes suddenly jumped to one ot yiolen. and irrational conduct. It also appears the patient has been an inmate of Nova Scotia asylum be- ing discharged in 1880.
 Another case before the beard oi examiners was had today when a man named Frank Cashman of Lowell WAS committed to the asylum iCashman's dementia partakes of 8 violent nature aud it was deemed advisable to place him in restraint where treatment and medical stten ton might restore his reason. Al times he is subject to suicidal mania and excessive use of alcohol. Cash
 man was at one time discharged iron
 the asylum at Jacksonville III.
Tombstone epitaph., 1907-09-22
Pointed Paragraphs.
From the Chicago News.

From the Chicago News.
 To air ones views is also human.
 Nhings above criticism are never beneath notice.
 Star gazing does't pay un- less you are an astronomer.
 When trains are telescoped the passengers are apt to see stars.
 Tomorrow never gets ne re but yesterday is always at our heels.
 It's easier for some women to set a hen than a good ex- ample.
 4 woman can make a fool of any man if she considers it worth while.
 A miss Is far better..than a mile. No man would care to kiss a mile.
 From the bunko man's point of view the beauty of farmer is but skin deep.
 Cupid and coffee cause a lot of heart trOuble-and both have grounds for it.
 A crank is a man who knows all about a subject which you know nothing about.
 Weddings resulting from chance acquaintances may well be listed under the head of casualties"
 The man who insists or calling a spade a spade leave: lot of raw spots on those with whom he comes in:con- tact.
 Words sometimes fail g man, but nothing like that ever happens to woman unti. she is ready to attend hel own funeral.
Tombstone epitaph., 1907-09-22

The story that Arizona wants to be annexed to Nevada is an absurd one, but the New Mex. leo papers seem to think 1t a real true one. Arizona does want single statehood and is willing to remain a territory until admitted as a single state. No matter how long the infinite continuance of tutelage' may be.-Coconino Sun.
Tombstone epitaph., 1907-09-22

Mrs Annie Wells, wife of George H Wells, who killed Charles Bauer on June 29 in Tucson. while the latter was drinking with Mrs. Wells, has made the remarkable statement that at the forthcoming trial of her hus- band for murder she will give testi- mony in many respects similar to that given by Evelyn Thaw in the famous New York trial. From what Mrs. Wells says it appears that the "un- written law" will be the defense of her huzband.