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Newspaper
Ada Weekly Democrat
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1906
Page
2
Guthrie coverage details the Oklahoma Territory convention’s close after two weeks of committee work and 52 proposed provisions. Delegates send river improvements to Washington and advance prohibition and education related measures while forming committees and rules for rapid drafting.
The convention announces that professional conditions for Oklahoma and Indian Territory will be included in the constitution's schedule. It covers doctors and attorneys with their current legal status preserved until新 state legislation. The enacting act retains existing territorial laws until changed and lists property and public buildings to hand to the new state.
The Oklahoma grain dealers will meet in El Reno on December 9 to discuss establishing a railroad commission via the constitutional convention. The outline will be presented to the convention's railroad committee, with John W. Dickson of Hobart expected to travel to Guthrie to present the matter to the committee.
PAWHUSKA Osage tribal member John Stink known as the Evil Spirit lies ill in Pawhuska. Once pronounced dead a decade ago the full blood Osage resurfaced after burial and has since been shunned. He sleeps on sidewalks and is funded by a guardian with fifty cents daily for living expenses and meals.
Chickasha becomes the first town in Indian Territory to pave its streets under the Curtis law, marking a milestone in municipal infrastructure and modern urban planning.
Oklahoma City witnessed a mud soaked Thanksgiving clash as Washburn College and the University of Oklahoma battled for an hour without scoring. The field conditions prevented any reliable execution of plays on a large crowd night game.
The Choctaw and Chickasaw nations oppose any arrangement but an outright sale of segregated coal and asphalt lands. They will press disposal through their attorneys. Proceeds would be invested in Indian education to benefit tribesmen, a long standing goal of Choctaw leaders to fund schools.
Report claims a million dollars is prepared to influence boundary lines for the new counties in Indian Territory, indicating possible political maneuvering behind the redrawn borders.
Pryor Creek replaces City Marshal E. A. Brown with John R. Reeves after three charges. Charges include failure to collect delinquent taxes and running a dray without license. first and third sustained as Brown relinquishes his star.
A revolt erupts among Indian Territory teachers against the planned joint convention with the Oklahoma Territorial Teachers' Association. Two executive committee members in Indian Territory have been removed. A split resembles the Federation of Women's Clubs divisions, with small Indian Territory groups and larger combined associations forming in both regions.
Governor Magoon announces at the palace that all senators and representatives elected with President Palma in 1905 are vacant since the start of the intervention on October 12. Elections will be held soon to fill the vacancies.
Guthrie announces the selection of numerous convention committees with delay on the Prohibition and County Boundaries panels due to their importance. The article lists members across departments including Mining Geological Survey Impeachment Banking Homestead State Militia and more.
Wednesday session confirms Haskell backed appointments as the president names C C Worrail as chief committee clerk and C F Barrett C Byrd and Josephine Schotte as assistants. Delegates decline Muskogee good roads invitation but invite experts to appear before the committee. Sergeant at arms to provide a separate area for negro spectators and placard it.
President Murray and Milas Lasater, delegate from the 94th district, are the sole Chickasaw citizens in the convention and hold major influence in Chickasaw politics. Murray, related by marriage to Governor Johnston, serves as executive political advisor, while Lasater from Pauls Valley backed Johnston in last year’s gubernatorial contest. The Chickasaw nation is a Democratic stronghold in the new state, and both Murray and Lasater won the largest majorities in the recent election.
Enid game warden Watrous seized an entire Rock Island carload of quail said to total about 20000 birds packed in egg cases. Shipment by Okeene Produce Co of Okeene Oklahoma had previous arrests and fines for similar offenses. Cattlemen want no change to territory laws, with officials praising Oklahoma livestock measures as among the best in the United States.
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