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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-04-04
MORMONS LEAVING
MEXICAN COLONIES
Many Families Have Treked
to United States in Last
Few Months.

Colonia, Dublan, April bailey Lake
of Colonia Dublan, and Aaron Hardy,
of Colonia Pacheco, left this week with
their families for Grayson, San Juan
county, Utah, where they expect to
make their homes in the future.
More than 40 families have left Dub
Ian and Mexico within the last year
and gone to the United States to make
their homes. Families from other col
onies have joined the Procession and
deft their Mexican friends behind
The musical given by the Juarez
Stake Academy choir and orchestra,
was a success and a rare treat to
those who secured tickets. The sing
ing under professor Haag, and the in
strumental music under the leadership
OF professor Smith, showed very care
full and thorough training. The Ger
man solo sung by professor Haag was
sublime and the violin solo rendered
by professor Smith was very fine. One
of their anthems, too, was exception
ally good.
The Sunday school ward conference
will convene April II.
Mr.. and Mrs. Aaron Cruel, and Mr..
and Mrs. Preston Cruel. all of Colonia
The Mutuals of Colonia Diaz are pre-
pairing a program entirely composed
of poetry written by Mormons, to be
rendered next Friday
A farewell surprise party was, given
Miss Louisa Hansen this week by the
Mutuals- Picnic lunch was served.
games were INDUCED in and a general
good time was. had Miss Louisa goes
to California in the near future to join
no a ha
making home.
An April fool party was given by the
students of the Seventh grade The
invitations sent each invited guest TO
the opposite end of town. at which
place they learned where the party was
to be held.
Many Of the town people and many
Of the Juarez and the academy people
met yesterday at the railroad works
and there they enjoyed their lunches to-
gether, then disposed again for their
homes
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-04-04
SOLOMONyILLE NEWS

Solomonville, Arizona, April Airs
Minnie Wright has returned iron
Pearce, Arizona. where she wa:
summoned by the illness of her father.
inlaw, Alex Wright.
The family of W. ". Policy has moved
into the Clayton property, next door tc
the printing office.
W. H. Gillespie is building an addi-
tion to his home on the ranch
Mrs T. S. Bunch entertained the Fort
night jewellers club.
Norman Rose is here from the Sui
phur Springs valley He says that feed
and water are getting short for the
range cattle. Rain is needed badly.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-04-04

crime Harper will argue that women
should have the right to vote, while
Lamar Thomas, Will Hawkins and Nor
man Morrison will argue that they
should not
A sextet. composed OF boys Of the
debating club will sing The Bull Frog
in the Pool" NJ ". Stanton will ad-
dress the students and there will be q
song by the High school chorus. COM
posed Of girls, during the evening
May Is Is the date for the second ap-
pearance of this years Tattler," and
as this Is to be the commencement num-
Der it is expected that the issue will
surpass any before attempted
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-04-04
HIGH FIRE
INSURANCE RATES
Other Texas Towns Are Hit
Much Harder Than Ell
PasO on Insurance.

FL Paso'S fire rate is not the highest
in the state by long odds; some rates
are lower. but many others are higher.
that Of Weatherford. running up to SO.
cents.
BeaumOntS rate was amended TO 81
cents. instead of SO cents on the 500.
because addftionaT fire fighting equip
ment has been placed there.
Palestines rate is next lowest. being
As cents: Denton, SO; Waxahachie, rs:
Terrell. Sc; Stamford, 81; Sherman. IA:
FL Paso. so; San Angelo. IA; Weather
ford, 80; Corpus Christi, IS.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-04-04
Todays News of the Great Southwest

son. Keesey, of Fort Davis, were in
Valentine.
Sam Bunton and ". f. McRee are in
FL Paso attending federal court
Mr.. and Mrs. z. d. Jones are proud
over the arrival of a little girl, born
April 1st.
R. L. Means is in Valentine on busI-
ness.
E. E. Alexander, Of Hollands valley,
was in Valentine.
w. F. Phillips was in town from his
Davis Mex, ranch.
Cook Moore was a recent Valentine
visitor.
Miss Ophie Parker left Friday for the
Don knight ranch, where she will
teach through the summer.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-04-04
BUILDING BOOM
At MIAMI, ARZ.
Three Concrete Structures
Completed Waterworks
System Installed.

Miami, Ariz.. April 4.-Three con-
crete buildings, just completed on Mi
ami avenue, two buildings on Live Oak
street, one on Canal street, several
tons Of concrete daily being used IN
the retaining wall along the canal. and
several other concrete buildings being
erected. or about to be erected, in var
ious parts of the city, make of Miami
more than a negligible factor to the
cement trade.
Water is already coursing through
the mains along Miami's main streets.
and the house connections will be in
stalled within few more days.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-04-04
DEL RIO POSTOFFICE IS
ADVANCED TO SECOND CLASS.

Del Rio, Tex, April July 1 the
local postoffice will be advanced from
the third to the second class. The
classification Of postoffices is based
upon the receipts for the year ending
March 81. The receipts for the fiscal
year here are considerably over the re-
quired amount. and on July 1 the
office will be advanced to the second
class.
The postal receipts have been stead
lily increasing each year. The receipts
for the last fiscal year show four times
as much as in 1898. They are almost
three times as great as in 1900 and
they show a gain of ISL percent over
10 years ago, and a gain of 144 percent
over five years ago.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-04-04
GLOBE SCHOOL BOARD
TIC SELECT TEACHERS

Globe, Ariz,, April 4.-The teaching
staff of the Globe schools from the SUI
perintendePt down, will be selected
at a meeting Of the school trustees. to
be held on April 3d.
The trustees met for the purpose of
recognizing because of the election
OF r. l. Pinyan, to succeed ]. S Miles
Dr. l. E. Wightman, being the senior
member OF the board, was chosen clerk
Of the board.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-04-04
"UNDESIRABLESv ARE
ORDERED DEPORTED

Eight undesirable citizens passed
through FL Paso last night bound for
New York whence they will be deported
to their European homes Two Next
cans besides. were left at this port. the
crowd having been brought from San
Francisco by immigration officer F. A.
Muncy.
Among the persons TO be deported
was Theodore Klausner, who. a few days
ago, escaped from San Francisco In
small boat He was captured by reye-
nue. officers and was ordered deported
to Berlin, Germany.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-04-04
MAJESTIC THEATER TONIGHT.

VIII A. Peters and his company of
players will open a short spring season
at the Majestic tonight Mr.. Peters is
a well known comedian and he brings
a company of farce comedy people with
him. There Will be three shows nightly.
OF what is promised TO be good clean
comedies interspcrsed with plenty of
specialties and moving pictures
The bill tonight. The Coming Man."
will serve to introduce the full strength
of the company In connection with the
play VIII A. Peters and Gladys Kelsey
VIII be seen In comedy sketch, Mar
ried Life" and Lester and Allen in a
sketch entitled "A Bit of Nonsensical
Nonsense" The prices are always the
same. 10 and 20 cents The performances
are at 1870, $50 and $50.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-04-04
ROSWELL LAUNDRY Is
DESTROYED BY FIRE

Roswell. y. NJ. April 4-The Ros-
well steam laundry is practically a
total loss by fire. The loss is about
$4,000 and the insurance is $500 Win
Beatty, the owner. says the clothing
of patrons which burned with the
plant, was probably worth $1,000. 1t Is
thought that the fire caught from the
stove or fues.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-04-04
CATTLE IN GOOD
CONDITION AT PADUCAH

Paducah. Tex. April 4.-Heavy show
ers have put an early growth on the
grass throughout this section. and there
is now fine grazing for all range stock
The past winter has been an unusually
good one for the winter:ns or cattle
number of large ranches wintered
all their cattle on the grass without
feeding anything. and most all the cattle
came out in fine shape.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-04-04
MORE BUILDINGS ARE
ERECTED At PADUCAH

Paducah, Tex. April 4.-The contract
has been let for the immediate construc-
ton of four large brick buildings that
Will occupy lots on the west side of the
square. Three are now under construc-
ton on the north side and when these
are completed il will make a total Of
Is buildings of this class that will have
been erected here within the past 80
days.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-04-04
MONTEREY NEWS.

Monterey, n. NJ. April AZ. B. MARS.
of Laredo, Mo-, is here looking over
the country He expects TO locate here.
Mrs L. E. Lumbley, who has been
suffering from a severe case of blood
poisoning. is some better today.
Little James Briscoe is reported quite
i'll.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-04-04
BOYS AND GIRLS TO
nER ArE AT LIZ

Resolved. that woman should have
equal suffrage with man." is the title
Of a debate in which the boys and girls
Of the Sam Houston Debating society
OF the Ell Paso High school will take
part next Saturday, at the assembly
room in the High school at o'clock in
the evening.
Ruth Critchett, Lois Smith and Cath
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-04-04

The discovery alcohol
Its every printed This OPEN PUBLICITY places
the ordinary
laonshp Physicians therefore, prescribe in bad cases Of
Indigestion torpid busnes skin and blood
lntgence and keen dcenmnt employ The Discovery
gcer extract native medicinal of potency in
case either child adult The aged find
You can learn about this and from
the Peoples Common Sense Medical Adviser by Dr. newly
revised edition which offered
tor 81 cents IN of mailing paper COW
ers cents Address, Worlds Dpens Medical Association Pierce
M D., President 663 Main Street. Buffalo, N. Y.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-04-04
A NOBLE RECORD

OF
claim PIERCES
DISCOVERY remedy the troublesome
mannd extoled cure-a' by
Haunted before the public false
Your neighbors probably
Through and
bowels digestion
the blood enriched purified
feria destroyed and expelled from the
long list
md sound vigorous health established
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-06-02
MIAMI FILES COMPLAINT
AGAINST GAS COMPANY

Guthrie, Okla, June 2.-In a gen
eral order issued yesterday to become
effective June 10, the Oklahoma cor
poration commission admits its inabili-
ty to cope with bhe difficulties sur
rounding the just conduct of the cot
ton compressing business in this state
and repeals all orders affecting the
concentration, shipment and compress
ing of cotton Hereafter the COM
mission will act on specific complaints
of overcharges or discrimination and
act as the exigencies Of each separate
case demand
Complaints were received by the
commission yesterday from citizens of
Miami against the Consumers Gas
company, which, it is alleged, has pip
ed gas up to the city limits and by
the same, refuses to furnish service,
although granted franchise by the
city. The commission is asked to re-
quire the company to furnish gas to
the city.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-06-02
ANOTHER HOLD-UP IN
EASTERN CHEROKEE MONEY

Washington, D. c., May S1-The
eastern Cherokee payment amounting
to over five million dollars, of which
more than three million five thousand
dollars will be paid in Oklahoma may
be postponed indefinitely as a result
Of mandamus proceedings instituted
in the United States supreme court
today
John Mcintosh, James Hildebrand,
w. H. Foreman, John Hicks, Eli Smell,
Sam Boney and Thomas Tucker Off
GERS of the Kutoowah society and
claiming to represent the eastern
Cherokees in Oklahoma, appeared as
petitioners. The motion for leave to
file petition for writ of mandamus
was submitted to the supreme court
through their attorneys Joseph d.
Sullivan and John B. Daish, both of
Washington. No order was granted
by the court, which adjourned until
October but undismayed the petition
ers has called upon the court of
claims to stop the payment
They ask the supreme court to
change the method of making the east
Iern Cherokee from a per capita to a
per striper roll. They would have the
big eastern Cherokee payment paid
to the heirs of Indians whose names
are on the roll of 1852. The court of
claims in 1907 decided to pay the
money per capita 1t ordered rolls to
be prepared for that purpose. These
rolls embracing about $4,000 names
have since met with the approval of
the court and the per capita payment
is now progressing under the decision
Of Guion Miller He probably will
reach Oklahoma about June Is.
Unless the payment is halted long
enough to allow the courts to pass
upon the merits of their contention,
Mcintosh and his friends say congress
will be called upon to make good with
in approximately ore-half million dol
lars, to pay the per striper claimants
who say they are entitled to more than
the average per capita payment, s1S3.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-06-02

at this time. He stated that the road
lost $4,000 the first year and $4,000
last year, and that it has been forced
into the hands of a receiver and that
the federal court had ordered the sale
of the property, but that no one having
the money can buy it because of ar
ticle 8, section 3, of the constitution.
Attorney General West asked Par
ker what the bonded valuation of the
road is and he replied that it is $21, 900
per mile, but that the bonds have no
market value at present. The attor-
ney general stated that he did not
feel inclined, as far as he is concerned
to reduce the taxable value below half
the bonded value of the road.
A. G. Butterworth, assistant tax
commissioner of the Missouri Pacific,
also protested against the raise, stat
ing that his road has now built prac-
tically every schoolhouse along it's
line in the state through the high tax
rates that prevail on the east side of
the state. The Kansas City Southern
representative made practically the
same statement, also a dividend on its
common stock in fifteen years, and
that the road should not be unduly
hampered by heavy taxation.
Attorney General West stated that
he is opposed to the 10 per cent in
crease on the new lines of railroad
over the assessment of last year, in
cluding the Kansas City, Mexico &
Orient, Midland Valley. M. o. & G.,
Oklahoma Central, Wichita Falls &
Northwestern and Fort Smith & West
ern. He also stated that he believed
1t would be mistake to assess any
road upon valuation greater than
that fixed by the road in It's reports to
the corporation commission upon
which rates are fixed, especially at
this time
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-06-02
DEMOCRATS MAY
NOW VOTE FOR BILL
Amendment BY overman For ReguIa
tion of Issuance of Injunction
is Adopted.
BY Associated Press.

Washington, d. c., June 2. = The
Crawford amendment to the railroad
bill, modifying the commodities clause
of the Hepburn rate act, was rejected
by the senate today by viva voce vote.
The amendment offered by Senator
Overman, regulating the suspension of
state laws, by the issuance of injunc-
tion, in introductory proceedings in the
federal courts, adopted by the senate
today by vote of 33 to 2S..
The senate also today adopted the
amendment to the amendment to the
railroad bill, offered by Senator Bur
ton, requiring the interstate commerce
commission to report concerning the
uniform classification and another by
LaFollette, requiring the railroads to
keep in Washington agents who may
accept service.
In view of the adoption of the Over
man amendment, relative to the in
junction it is reported that practically
all of the democratic senators now
will vote for the railroad bill.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-06-02
BIG LAND GRAFT
WILL Be EXPOSED
Big Sensation Said to Be Brewing at
Muskogee-Women Alleged to
Be in Graft Deal.

Muskogee Okla, June "A sensa-
tion of prodigious proportions invoIv-
ing more than dozen alleged land
grafters, who, 1t is charged, have been
operating here within the past two
years under an organized conspiracy
to defraud Indian allottees out of their
lands by means of forged deeds, has
been brewing for the past week, and
has already resulted in the arrest by
Sheriff Wisner of about a half dozen
OF the accused who are now in the
county Jail pending the arrest of more
than a half dozen others of their al
legged accomplices.
Some of the accused who have not
yet been arrested, learning that war
rants had been issued for their arrest,
have skipped out and are now fugi-
tives from justice. Among these is the
notary public who took the acknowI-
edgements to the alleged forged deeds.
All of the accused are white and the
majority of them of considerable prom
inence in the community. At least
two of them are women, one of whom,
Jessie Hidden, is already under arrest
and in the county jail. Others in Jail
are w. L. Mays, c. o. Zinn, Eaton
Casey and John Culver. The last NAM
led was recently sentenced to the pen
|itentiary for seven years for deed for
|gery. It is understood that he has
made complete confession involving
a dozen others in similar transactions
with him, and that Eaton Casey has
also made confession.
The warrants for the arrests have
all been sworn out by the county at
torney in Judge Bailey's court, and
all parties connected with the issuing
OF the warrants and their service have
been keeping the matter quiet In
hopes Of the apprehension of all Of
the accused before the matter became
public. In all nearly a hundred war
rants have been issued against doz-
en- or more different persons charging
them with participation in the forgery
OF deeds to nearly 100 different aIlot-
ments of land, aggregating almost TO-
600 acres in Muskogee and other coun-
ties in the old Indian Territory.
Jessie Hidden and the other woman
not under arrest are accused of inn
personating female allottees and forg.
ing their signatures to deeds. In other
cases male impersonators were used.
1t is reported that several local real
estate dealers were stung by the con-
spirators, who unloaded bogus titles
upon them and cleaned up a large sum
or money by the transactions. The
complete story of the alleged conspir-
acy will not be known until the cases
come on for trial within a few days
before Judge Bailey.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-06-02
THREE PROTESTS
FILED WITH CROSS
Protesters Allege That Grandfather
Amendment Petition Hasn't
Enough Signatures.

Guthrie, Okla, June 2.-Three pro-
tests were filed last night with Seere-
tary of State Bill Cross against the
petition, recently filed with the demo-
cratic state committee to initiate a
grandfather clause" amendment to
the state constitution to disfranchise
the negro voters of Oklahoma.
James A. Harris, as chairman, filed
a protest for the republican state
committee; Patrick S. Nagle, as at
torney for the socialist party, filed a
second protest, and the third was filed
by H. Chappell Of Guthrie, as attorney
for three aged negro voters, ex-slaves,
who can neither read nor write and
would therefore be disfranchised by
the proposed amendment The negro
protestants are William Low, ]. N.
Leal and Samuel Smith, each over
seventy years old.
The protesters aliege that the petit
tions filed by the democratic state ex-
ecutive committee are not signed by
a sufficient number of people; that
large numbers of the signers are not
qualified and legal voters in Oklaho-
ms; that the petitions are not sufti-
cient in form and do not conform with
the requirements; that the purpose of
the proposed amendment is to disfran-
chise persons of African descent who
are at this time qualified electors;
that the proposed amendment is in
conflict with the enabling act, which
granted statehood to Oklahoma; in
conflict with the state constitution,
which adopted the enabling act, and
the United States constitution, and in
conflict with the fifteenth amendment
to federal constitution, all of which
documents provide that no law shall
ever be enacted that will restrict or
abridge the right of suffrage on ac-
count Of race, color or previous condi-
tion of servitude; and that there are
more than ten thousand persons of
African descent in Oklahoma and
their descendants, who are now quail
flied electors, who would be disfran-
chised by this amendment
All the protestants ask that day
be set for hearing on the objections
outlined.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-06-02
EXCITING FREE-FOR-ALL
FIGHT IN POOL HALL

Shortly afternoon today, one of the
most exciting ''free-for-all" fights ever
pulled off in this city occurred at the
Webb & Maddox pool hall on South
Wilson street The participants were
Clay, Buck and Hugh little, Charles
Anderson and Nolen Woodall. The
cause of the fight could not be learned,
but that there had been a fight was
evident from the appearance of the
principals in police court, shortly after
the affair. All of the combatants, ex-
cept Hugh little, who made his es-
cape, were fined $40 by police court.
The affair attracted a big crowd to
police court.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-06-02
WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE MUST
Be SUBMITTED TO VOTERS

Guthrie, Okla, June 1.-The objec-
tions filed by State Senator Reuben
N. Roddie of Ada, to the initiative pc
tition proposing a woman's suffrage
amendment to the constitution, re-
ceived their final quietus at the hands
of the supreme court yesterday in an
opinion by Justice Williams affirming
the order of Secretary of State Cross
in dismissing the remonstrances, al
leging insufficient signatures and
fraudulent names.
Initiative petition No. 3. proposing
the amendment, was. shortly before
December "a, 1909, made the subject
of protest by Senator Roddie, and
on January 4, 1910, an answer was
filed by the petitioners. On the fol-
lowing day j. Luther Langston, for
the suffragists, filed motion to dis
miss the objections, which motion was
sustained by Secretary Cross.
The court holds that Senator Rod
dies mere unsupported allegations of
fraud can not affect the presumption
that the secretary Of state ruled cor
rectly. AS the result of the opinion
the petition must now be certified to
Governor Haskell, whose duty it be-
comes to cali an election on the ques-
ton.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-06-02
STRIKERS STILL DEMAND
A WRITTEN AGREEMENT
By Associated Press.

Wilkesbarre, Pa, June 2.-There
was no change today in the strike of
twelve thousand anthracite mine work
ers in the Pittston district. The Off
cials of the Pennsylvania railroad de-
clare that no agreement can be reach
ed until the strikers first return to
work, according to the rule of the
strike commission. The strike lead
ers on the other hand claim the en-
ployes of the company will not wait
for a decision from the conciliation
board, but want a written agreement
from Manager May.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-06-02
MISSOURI BOY ARRESTED
BUT GIVEN FREEDOM

The officers attention was called
last night to what was believed to be
an attempt to break into the Watson
store, on South Wilson street. Dep
uty Tom Sheehan responded to the
call and in searching the lot in the
rear of the store, found Arthur Nc
Guire "a boy from the Ozark regions,
cuddling up under a plate glass frame.
The boy told the officers his name
and said that he had gone there to
sleep. Today he was released as no
complaint was filed against him, and.
went on his way, to Copan, where he
said he was going to work in the har-
vest fields.