Oklahoma Constitutional Convention Debates Bryan Letter
Oklahoma delegates debate Bryan's suggested constitutional provisions stressing religious freedom, labor laws, initiative and referendum, and municipal power. The session considers costs of the convention, county boundary issues, and seating challenges, with a holiday recess set and a silver cup presented to President Murray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guthrie
William Jennings Bryan
Oklahoma
Bryan
Murray
Asp
Oklahoma Territorial
Interstate Commerce Commission to Probe Oklahoma Cotton Shortage
The Interstate Commerce Commission plans a post Christmas investigation in Oklahoma and Indian Territory to uncover causes of an alleged car shortage. Farmers report delays in cotton shipments and there are rumors of railroad discrimination, with the southern region said to suffer from reduced traffic.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Oklahoma City
Minneapolis
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Bank Robbers Captured in Oklahoma City Heist
Oklahoma City officers arrested two men, Dave McCullough of Wichita Kansas and A W Franke of Higginsville Missouri, at the Frisco hotel Saturday evening. They are charged with cracking the State Bank of Asher safe Wednesday night and stealing 34 000. In their possession were over 1200 dollars, mostly currency, some torn and scorched, with silver money blackened as if near a powder explosion.
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Oklahoma City
Dave McCullough
Wichita
Kas
A. W. Franke
Higginsville
Frisco
State Bank
Asher
Poetic Scenses Prompt Refusal in Pegasus Rhyme
A literary fragment notes that poetic scenes will scarcely stretch to justify rhyming Pegasus with a distant point. The line hints at cautious verse craft and restraint in pairing lofty imagery.
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Pegasus
Farmers Burn Corn as Coal Shortage Hits Granite Oklahoma
A coal famine grips southwest ern Oklahoma as coal cars vanish quickly at 10 to 12 dollars per ton. Farmers burn corn, with corn selling about 25 cents a bushel. Poor road conditions threaten longer freight suspensions on the Mangum branch of the Rock Island line if rain persists.
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Oklahoma
Mangum
Rock Island
Receiving Window Closes on Kiowa Comanche Apache Bids
Lawton reports 7,621 bids on farms in Kiowa Comanche and Apache pasture lands with about 2,500 tracts involved. An average 30 bids per applicant suggests nearly 300,000 bids total, with certified deposits averaging $300 each tying up about $3 million. Interior officials begin opening bids Monday. project to take six weeks.
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Lawton
Interior Department
Ganto Domingan Rebels Agree to Surrender
The Ganto Domingan rebels agreed to surrender and be good, but the statement raised questions about timing and conditions of the ceasefire and potential amnesty. Local authorities awaited formal terms and verification from intermediary powers.
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Ganto Domingan
Convention of Oklahoma State Union of Equity at Stillwater
Farmers in Oklahoma plan a State Union of the American Society of Equity convention in Stillwater January 3 and 4 1907. The event aims to organize wheat producing counties and promote crop growers in cotton corn broom corn and fruit statewide.
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Stillwater
Oklahoma
American Society of Equity
Stilwater
East St. Louis
United States
Friends of the Society
Society of Oklahoma
J. A. Hill
Noble County
S. C. Younger
Okeene
American Federation of Labor
Equity Society
Labor Provision Proposed for Oklahoma Constitution
At a Granite Cutters' International association meeting a resolution was passed recommending an affirmative constitutional clause for Oklahoma. It states that convicts may be used only on public roads or for road construction material and not in any other work that conflicts with free labor.
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The
Granite Cutters’ International Association of America
Oklahoma
Sour Milk Pancakes Recipe Instructions
Beat one cup of sour milk for five minutes. Add an egg and beat again. Stir in a cup of flour half cup Indian meal a pinch of salt molasses and soda dissolved in hot water. Cook on a smoking hot griddle until the cakes are a pretty brown.
Ancestral Pancakes
A recipe for thick sour milk pancakes uses one pint rich sour milk or butter three eggs one teaspoon soda one teaspoon salt two tablespoons molasses dissolve soda in warm water beat eggs add to milk mix rye meal to a thick batter and drop thick batter to cook.
Oklahoma constitutional convention debates school flag and judiciary
The convention considers a proposal to display a United States flag on every schoolhouse and lays groundwork for a state judiciary with Kane proposing a supreme bench and county courts. Delegates discuss county boundaries Tulsa fears and a permanent school fund while debating printing and book provisions.
Senate Confirms Moody Bonaparte Metcalf and Straus
The Senate confirms William H Moody of Massachusetts as associate justice, Charles J Bonaparte of Maryland as attorney general, Victor H Metcalf of California as secretary of the navy, and Oscar S Straus of New York as secretary of commerce. Moody and Bonaparte faced some opposition. no roll call was taken. Culberson and Carmack led the debate against Moody and Bonaparte. Metcalf and Straus faced no opposition.
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Senate
Metcalf
Straus
Bonaparte Washington
William H Moody
Massachusetts
Supreme Court of the United States
Charles J. Bonaparte
Maryland
Victor H Metcalf
California
Navy
Oscar S. Straus
New York
Commerce
Messrs Moody
Bonaparte
Culberson
Carmack
Moody
Metcal
Model Home Farmers Wife Inherits $250000 In Scotland Will
Mrs. A. B. Moore of Guymon Oklahoma inherits a quarter million dollars from Scottish relatives. She plans to use the fortune to build a model farm home after a lifetime of hard work.
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Oklahoma Guymon
Oklahoma Quarter
A. B. Moore
Guymon
Scotland
County Judge to Join Commissioners Board and School Fund
Guthrie reports two proposals by Hayes of Chickasha opening Wednesday. One sets oath of office for all public officers including U S and Oklahoma constitutions and bans improper money or benefits. violation is perjury and bars office. The other proposal targets telegraph, pipe line, railroad, telephone, and express interests governing public office.
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Guthrie
Hayes
Chickasha
United States
Oklahoma
Delegate Hayes
Territory Bankers Organize in Oklahoma and Indian Territory
The association of state banks and trust companies of Oklahoma and Indian Territory met with seventy five institutions represented. Officers named include President Frank Phillips Bartlesville treasurer J W Orr Vinita secretary E L Orr Chelsea and seven vice presidents for Indian Territory. A further meeting is planned in ten days to elect seven Oklahoma vice presidents and form a board of control. The group will press for examination of state banks.
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Bartlesville
Indian Territory
Phillips
Oklahoma
Board of Control
Association
Pipeline Survey Completed to Ardmore Toward Wheeler Fields
Surveyors completed a pipeline route from Ardmore to the Wheeler oil and gas fields about 20 miles south and a petition was sent to the secretary of the interior seeking permission to construct the line.
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Ardmore
Wheeler Oil and Gas Fields
Secretary of the Interior
Buffalo Preserve Planned in Wichita Forest Lands
The Lawton land office will set apart 9 720 acres in the Wichita forest reserves to establish a buffalo preserve for 27 animals donated by the New York Zoological Society. The herd will be shipped here once preparations are complete.
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Oklahoma
Lawton
United States Land Office
Wichita Forest Reserves
Zoological Garden of New York
Constitutional provisions introduced by Delegate Mitch in Guthrie convention
Delegate John L. Mitch of Oklahoma City proposed two constitutional provisions. One creates a permanent six member code commission for codifying statutes, with sessions before and during the legislature and duties on enrolling and engrossing. The second creates a county auditor to replace costly outside accountants. Friday morning the convention considered many resolutions.
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Mitch
Guthrie
John L. Mitch
Oklahoma City
Code Commission
Tdaws
Oklahoma
Secretary of State
Indian Territory
Troopers Deny Knowledge of Brownsville Affair Reinstatement
Six enlisted men from the Twenty-fifth Infantry visit the War Department to apply for reenlistment claiming innocence and no knowledge of the Brownsville incident. Gilchrist Stewart of the Constitutional League has offices evidence to Secretary Taft. President to reply to Senate information request before holiday recess.
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Brownsville
Washington
Taft
Twenty-fifth Infantry
War Department
White House
Gilchrist Stewart
Constitutional League
Senate
Western Farmers Petition For Tribute Change
A fragmented clipping shows Western farmers seeking adjustments to tribute or distribution terms. Officials are not named, but the item notes farmers pursuing a change in payment or support arrangements.
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Moore
Committee On
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Kansas
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Russell
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Kingfisher
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Little Clara O'Brien
NEW State
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Congressional Library
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