Oklahoma constitutional debate centers on Bryan letter
Oklahoma constitutional convention opens with a Bryan letter urging rights for labor and strong labor laws while backing initiative and referendum. Other business covers costs of the convention, division of Greer county, and local option liquor proposals amid ongoing committee moves and a recess plan.
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Guthrie
William Jennings Bryan
Oklahoma
Bryan
Murray
Convention
Asp
Oklahoma Territorial
Interstate Commerce Commission to Probe Oklahoma Rail Car Shortage
The ICC plans a visit to Oklahoma City after Christmas to investigate the alleged rail car shortage hindering cotton shipments in Oklahoma and Indian Territory. Complaints accuse railroads of discrimination, with carriers in the southern region facing substantial disruption and injury.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Oklahoma City
Minneapolis
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Bank Robbers Captured in Oklahoma City Heist
Oklahoma City police arrested Dave McCullough of Wichita Kansas and A W Franks of Higginsville Missouri Saturday night at the Frisco hotel. They are charged with cracking the State Bank of Asher safe on Wednesday night and fleeing with about $4,000. In their possession were over $1,200 in cash, much torn and scorched, with blackened silver coins suggesting an explosion exposure.
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Haskell
Muskogee
Sequoyah
Kane
Kingfisher
Enid
Williams
Stockholm
Murray
Little Clara O’brien
Oklahoma City
John L. Mitch
Dave McCullough
Wichita
Kas
A. W. Franks
Higginsville
Frisco
State Bank
Asher
Pegasus and Molasses in a Poetic Clash
A witty note dismisses the idea that poetic scenes can stretch to rhyme Pegasus with molasses, asserting limits of verse and imagination.
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Pegasus
Farmers Burn Corn as Coal Shortage Hits Oklahoma
A coal famine grips southwest Oklahoma with scarce shipments at 10 to 12 dollars per ton. Farmers burn corn amid high feed costs while corn sells around 25 cents a bushel. Mangum branch of Rock Island warns freight may suspend if rain worsens road conditions.
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Oklahoma
Mangum
Rock Island
Receiving Window Closes in Lawton With 7 621 Bids
At 4 p.m. Saturday the Lawton window closed with 7 621 bids on Kiowa Comanche and Apache lands. About 300 000 bids on 2 500 tracts were placed with average 300 deposits totaling near 3 000 000 tied up. Interior department officials began opening bids Monday. completion expected in six weeks.
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Lawton
Interior Department
Equity Society Convention in Stillwater Plans Statewide Wheat Drive
Oklahoma State Union of the American Society of Equity holds a January 3-4, 1907 convention in Stillwater to organize wheat growing counties and promote cotton corn broom corn fruit and other crops. The group aims to unite 4000 Oklahoma members and align with labor federation demands including union labeled produce.
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Stillwater
Oklahoma
Friends of the Society
Society of Oklahoma
J. A. Hill
Noble County
S. C. Younger
Okeene
United States
American Federation of Labor
Equity Society
Labor Provision Proposed for Oklahoma Constitution
At a Granite Cutters' International Association meeting a local branch adopted resolutions urging inclusion in Oklahoma's constitution. The proposal states that convicts may be used only for public road work or producing road construction material, and not for any other labor that could conflict with free labor principles.
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The
Granite Cutters’ International Association of America
Oklahoma
Sour Milk Pancakes Method
Beat one cup sour milk for five minutes then add an egg and beat again. Stir in one cup flour half cup Indian meal salt molasses and two thirds teaspoon soda dissolved in hot water. Cook on a smoking hot griddle until cakes are a pretty brown.
Santo Domingan Rebels Break Surrender Pledge
Rebels agreed to surrender and behave but reneged, returning to armed activity. The pattern is described as chronic and incurable, with peaceful terms failing to hold.
Ancestral Pancakes Recipe
A traditional batter uses one pint rich sour milk or buttermilk three eggs one teaspoon soda one teaspoon salt two tablespoons molasses Dissolve the soda in warm water and add to the milk Thoroughly beat the eggs and mix with the milk Stir in rye meal to form a thick batter The pancakes should be thick enough to stand on a spoon and come out nearly round with a smooth surface if prepared correctly
Oklahoma constitutional convention debates proposed changes
The convention discussed limiting constitutional propositions to Mondays and Saturdays, with Kane proposing a unified judicial system and senators elected at large. A flag display bill for every school house drew support, alongside measures on state printing, county governance, and district boundaries affecting Tulsa and Sapulpa.
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King
Committee On
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Caudill
Hobart
Banks
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Ardmore
Ledbetter
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Supreme Bench
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Oregon
South Dakota
Johnson
Perry
United States
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Washington
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Pittman
Enid
Edley
Lawton
John
Son
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Guthrie
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Norton
Cochran of
Hartshorn
Pharmaceutical Associations of
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Territories
Constitutional Convention
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Styker
Tulsa Democrat
Public Instruction
Kansas
Sapulpa
Moody Confirmed Alongside Metcalf Bonaparte Straus Senate
The Senate confirmed William H Moody for associate justice of the Supreme Court, Charles J Bonaparte for attorney general, Victor H Metcalf for secretary of the navy, and Oscar S Straus for secretary of commerce. Moody and Bonaparte faced some opposition, with about fifteen negative votes on the Bonaparte viva voce, while Metcalf and Straus were unopposed. Senators Culberson and Carmack led the critiques of Moody and Bonaparte.
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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
Mr. Bonaparte
Culberson
Carmack
Moody
Model Home Farms Fortune for Guymon Woman
Mrs. A. B. Moore of Guymon inherits 250000 from Scottish relatives. She plans to use the funds to build a model farm home in Oklahoma.
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Oklahoma Guymon
Oklahoma Quarter
A. B. Moore
Guymon
Scotland
County official oath proposals head Guthrie assembly
Hayes of Chickasha introduces two measures in Guthrie. One sets the oath form for senators representatives and all public officers and requires vow to uphold U S and Oklahoma constitutions and that no improper funds were used. Perjury bars holding office. The second measure targets regulation of telegraph lines railroads and other utilities.
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Guthrie
Hayes
Chickasha
United States
Oklahoma
Territory bankers organize association in Oklahoma and Indian Territory
An association of state banks and trust companies across Oklahoma and Indian Territory forms with 75 institutions represented. Officers include President Frank Phillips of Bartlesville, Treasurer J W Orr of Vinita, and Secretary E L Orr of Chelsea, with seven vice presidents for Indian Territory named. A second meeting is planned in ten days to elect seven Oklahoma vice presidents and establish a board of control. The group will advocate examination of state banks.
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Bartlesville
Indian Territory
Phillips
Oklahoma
Board of Control
Association
Pipeline survey near Ardmore to Wheeler fields completed
Surveyors have finished a line study from Ardmore to the Wheeler oil and gas fields about 20 miles south and submitted a petition to the Secretary of the Interior seeking permission to construct the pipeline.
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Ardmore
Wheeler Oil and Gas Fields
Secretary of the Interior
Buffalo for Oklahoma Lawton Buffalo Preserve Planned in Wichita Forest
The land office in Lawton receives orders to set apart 9 720 acres in the Wichita forest reserves to establish a buffalo preserve for 27 buffalo given by the New York Zoological Garden and shipped when ready. Congress funds a high fence and fencing contract has been awarded.
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Oklahoma
Lawton
United States Land Office
Wichita Forest Reserves
Zoological Garden of New York
Congress
Proposals for Oklahoma Code Commission and County Auditor
Delegate Mitch introduces two constitutional provisions for Oklahoma. A six member code commission would correct and codify laws and oversee enrolling during sessions. A county auditor would replace costly outside accounting with official county oversight. Friday morning the convention heard many resolutions.
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Guthrie
John L. Mitch
Oklahoma City
Code Commission
Oklahoma
Secretary of State
Indian Territory
Mitch
Reinstatement Request Moves After Taft Note
Six enlisted men of the Twenty-fifth Infantry visited the War Department claiming innocence in the Brownsville affair after Secretary Taft outlined reenlistment procedures. Gilchrist Stewart of the Constitutional League presented evidence to Taft at the White House, and the president will send an answer to the Senate before the holiday recess.
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Washington
Taft
Twenty-fifth Infantry
War Department
Brownsville
White House
Gilchrist Stewart
Constitutional League
Senate
Resignation of Territorial Auditor Superintendent Named
L. W. Baxter has resigned from the post of territorial auditor and school superintendent. Governor Frantz appointed J. E. Dyche of Lawton to succeed him.
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L. W. Baxter Hag
Territorial
Frantz
J. E. Dyche
Lawton
Western Farmers Demand End To Free Seed Distribution
Washington reports that Western farmers and their organizations oppose the government funded free garden seed distribution. They align with the garden seed trust which has fought free seeds for years, while Congress has maintained the program.
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Washington
Congress
West
Garden Seed Trust
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