Oklahoma frontier notes and civic developments
Henryetta expands townsite and Woodville moves toward incorporation. G A R interest in Foe. Delegate Flynn returns from Honolulu. Bristow reports no vacant buildings. Eufaula electric plant neared business. Newkirk church receives perpetual charter. Blackwell area reports three disappearances in six weeks. Labor Day event planned in Oklahoma City. First cotton load to Stroud earns wagon. Rev Chas Such dies after runaway accident. Pryor Creek bank chartered with 25000 capital. Kiowa deputy pursues Bert Casey gang. Ada merchants fund bridges and roads. Guthrie aims for 100000 hotel development. Creek nation pens face rail shortages. Mrs Selewyn Douglas dies in Oklahoma City. Two young horse thieves captured in Tulsa. Anadarko to host Judge Gillette. Purcell company names S C Hawk as territorial agent. Chickasha nation ships first Elberta peaches. Wewoka forms common school association with 1000 capital. Oklahoma City fire chief removal petition referred. New York Mrs James Tatt injured fatally near Geary. Indian school appointments announced for Chilocco Haskell and San Carlos.
Pearl found weighing 306 grains in Deep Fork
The Checotah Enquirer reports that B. M. Craig and J. D. Bolton recovered a pearl from Deep Fork weighing 306 grains It has been sent to an eastern dealer for examination.
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The
Checotah Enquirer
B. M. Craig
J. D. Bolton
Guthrie Man Appointed Aide de Camp to Governor Ferguson
Rolland Turner of Guthrie is named aide de camp on Governor Ferguson's military staff and accompanied the governor to the Kingfisher encampment. Lawton reports the year's largest watermelon weighing 58 pounds hauled into the city.
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Rolland Turner
Guthrie
Governor Ferguson
Kingfisher
Lawton
KILLED BY MINERS NEAR COOPERTON
Ed and Alex Winn settlers near Cooperton were killed in a clash with miners Sam Dixon and Bill Smiley over mining on Winn claims. Dixon was arrested by a citizen posse. Smiley escaped. Smiley once served as deputy sheriff at St. Joseph Missouri amid ongoing land trespass tensions between settlers and prospectors.
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Hesart
Alex Winn
Cooperton
Sam Dixon
Bill Smiley
Dixon
Smiley
St. Joseph
Guthrie Bank Robbery Attempt Foiled by Suspects
An attempted bank burglary in Guthrie ended when robbers fled before accessing the vault. They entered via an alley window of a neighboring barber shop, used a barber apron curtain to conceal themselves, and created a wall opening. The vault wall sustained light damage while tools and clothing were abandoned, including a rubber coat and several coats, a file, a carpenter adze and a hatchet.
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Guthrie
Guthrie National Bank
Ballots Seized in Choctaw Tribal Election
Governor Dukes instructed armed men to seize election books as Supreme Judge Wesley Anderson opened ballot boxes in South McAlester. Silas Cole was named temporary judge and placed in custody of the records. Opposing faction seeks Interior Department involvement in returns.
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Dukes
South Mcalester
Wesley Anderson
Anderson
Silas Cole
Interior Department
Oklahoma Packing Co. name change and capital increase filed
The Fred Hoefer Packing company of Oklahoma City has filed with the territorial secretary to change its name to the Oklahoma Packing Co and to increase capital stock to 2100 000 Incorporators are Robert E Gardner A E Harp and John B Stribbling all of Oklahoma City The firm plans enlarging quarters and other improvements to meet rising business demand
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Oklahoma City
Fred Hoefer
Three Deputy Marshals Named Muskogee
W. H. Darrough United States marshal for the northern district of the Indian Territory appointed three deputies. Lewis Baird of Bartlesville, Charles B. Rhodes of Westville, and E. P. Harris of Tahlequah joined the marshal's staff.
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Muskogee
W. H. Darrough
United States
Indian Territory
Lewis Baird
Bartlesville
Charles B. Rhodes
Westville
E. P. Harris
Tahlequah
Mourer in federal jail on forgery charge near Hydro Oklahoma
Jacob Mourer of Bridgeport is held in federal custody on a forgery charge tied to a relinquishment on a farm near Hydro in Caddo county. He was bound over to the next U S court term in 1500 after a preliminary hearing in El Reno. Mourer, said to be well off with a valuable Bridgeport claim, faces prior larceny accusations and a 500 settlement from a drunken man.
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Gutthrut
Jacob Mourer
Bridgeport
United States
Hydro
Caddo County
Mourer
Grimes
Mitts
el Reno
United States Court
United States Marshal's Office
Moourer
Territorial land department bans sub leasing by lessees
The territorial school land department issues a statement prohibiting sub leasing by lessees except through relinquishment to the department. Complaints of sub leasing prompted action. contracts will be canceled for violations. The rule aims to prevent lease speculation.
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Territorial School Land Department
Proclamation Fixes Election Date for Choctaw Chickasaw Nations
Principal Chief G W Dukes and Governor D H Johnson issue a joint proclamation ordering a special election to be held on September 24 1902 across Choctaw and Chickasaw counties. Eligible voters include male citizens of both nations voting at convenient precincts. ratification depends on the vote. The document, dated August 11 1902, is to be signed by Johnson in Talihina I T.
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Dukes
Johnson
Tavinina
Gilbert W. Dukes
United States
Washington
District of Columbia
Congress
Gilbert W. Diikes
Douglas H. Johnson
Talihina
I. T
A. D
G. W. Dukes
Wichita Miners Organize 1000 Prospects in Wildman
The Wichita Mountains Miners Association was formed with headquarters at Wildman Oklahoma and 1 000 charter members. Officers elected include H J Johnson president James Hutton vice president Robertson Palmer secretary and D P Ross treasurer Directors include Henry Orienna P Walden Wildman S P Iles Meera and C E Howard. Also noted is data from the bank commissioner showing 175 territorial banks operating in Oklahoma, up 48 since January when Commissioner Cooper followed F H Thwing.
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Wichita Mountains
Guthrie
Wichita Mountains Miners’ Association
Wildman
Okla
Wichitas
H. J. Johnson
Orienna
James Hutton
Roosevelt
Robertson Palmer
D. P. Ross
Henry Orienna
P. Walden
S. P. Iles
Meera
C. E. Howard
Bank Commissioner’s Office
Oklahoma
Cooper
F. H. Thwing
First Oats Shipped From Vinita in Indian Territory
J. C. Hawkins shipped the year’s first oats from Vinita within Indian Territory. He also sent two cats to Muskogee and sold them. The oats were the first load of the year and were sliced near Adair, I T.
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Vinita
J. C. Hawkins
Muskogee
Indian Territory
Adair
I. T
Masons Hold 29th Grand Lodge Meeting in South McAlester
The Grand Lodge of Free Masons held its twenty ninth annual communication with nearly 300 delegates and about 400 votes. Mayor Fielding Lewis gave the welcome and Capt. C C Ayers of Muskogee delivered the response. Grand Master Henry A Furman of Ardmore stressed the orphans home fund, reporting 10000 dollars in hand. the lodge added 500 dollars. Secretary J S Murrow noted a net gain of 177 members. seven charters were granted. Tishomingo chosen for the next meeting, after a contest with Chickasha and Claremore.
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South Mcalester
Grand Lodge of Free Masons
Fielding Lewis
C. C. Ayers
Muskogee
Henry A. Furman
Ardmore
Orphans’ Home Fund
J. S. Murrow
Grand Lodge
Tishomingo
Chickasha
Claremore
Atoka
Davis
Chaplin
J. G. Forkner
Leon
J. S. McAlester
Sapulpa
J. M. Roberts
Orr
John Connolly
Fairland
Edward Burney
W.S. Hall
Whitefield
Jame Boozman
Cameron
H. L
Elk City arrest in deplorable infant case near Oak Siding
The Elk City Record reports Mamie Sweller, mother of a newborn at the Commercial hotel, traveled east with the child, then to Parkersburg where a dead child box was found. A man identified the box as from him and Sweller was arrested by a Custer county officer and taken to Arapahoe.
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Elk City
Mamie Sweller
Parkersburg
Oak Siding
Squatters Probed in Hugo Texas Territory Town
Report from Paris Texas notes squatters jumping claims after townsites are surveyed. Indian citizens may sell possessory titles to non citizens but must show improvements to make titles valid. In Hugo forty eight vacant lots on the square were entered by squatters who built temporary shanties at night.
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Paris
Tex
Hugo
Laborer Found Dead in Ponca City Stranger Identified
A laborer believed to be James McCarthy was found dead in Ponca City. He was a stranger who had recently drifted into town and appeared to have no known ties locally.
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Ponca City
James McCarthy
Eastern Star closes session selects 200 delegates
The Grand Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star held its annual session in South McAlester with about 200 delegates in attendance. Officers for the coming year were elected including Grand Worthy Matron Johanna Jacobs of Muldrow and Grand Patron R. W. Choate of Marietta, among others.
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South Mcalester
Order of the Eastern Star
Johanna Jacobs
Muldrow
R. W. Choate
Marietta
Emma Cotton
Durant
P. B. Arthur
Leon
Clara McBride
Atoka
Lizzie Carter
Lehigh
Rhoda M. Hunter
Bessie Sharp
Purcell
Ruth McNeil
Stanford Bound Over GUTHRIE
Guy S. Stanford, the young man implicated in forging checks for the Oklahoma Biscuit Co of Oklahoma City and recently escaped Kansas City authorities, appeared in justice court and was held in 1000 dollars bail for the next term. He was sent to jail after bail was denied.
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Stanford
Guthrie
Guy
Oklahoma Biscuit Company
Oklahoma City
Kansas City
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