Last Great Contest at Ranch on Ponca Reservation
The National Editorial association meeting in Guthrie closes with plans for a massive western frontier celebration at Ranch on the Ponca reservation in June. Organizers expect 30,000 visitors from around the world and showcase events include a grand parade, buffalo hunt, cattle round-up, a large roping contest, and a dramatic immigrant wagon train fire. Lucille Mulha and Pickett headline feats, with bands, excursions, and catering arranged for 35,000 diners.
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Ranch Lolon
Ponca
National Editorial Association
Guthrie
Miller Brothers
Lucille Mulhai
Pickett
Texas
United States
Minister J J Mastin Arrested for Obtaining Money
J J Mastin claiming Baptist minister and Masonic lecturer was arrested by Deputy Marshal Chapman on charges of obtaining money under false pretenses. He wrote accident insurance policies for several towns and collected advance payments then vanished. A St Louis company denied any affiliation, labeling him an impostor. He faces an examining trial in Ardmore before Judge Rohnert. The piece notes his conduct at Owl cyclone relief collections and a Konawa lecture before his arrest.
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J. J. Mastin
Marshal Chapman
Mastin
Tupelo
Jesse
Owl
Stonewall
St Louis
St. Louis
Price Statler
Venueman
Konawa
United States
Ardmore
Cummings
Rohnert
Ada seeks annexation of six hundred thirty acres in I T
The city of Ada in the Indian Territory petitions to annex six hundred thirty acres described by township and section. The area is described as parts of sections 32 33 and 4 in township 4 north range 6 east and contains voters who favor annexation, with an election held April 4 1905. A hearing is scheduled for June 29 1905 in Pauls Valley.
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Indian Territory
Southern Judicial District
Ada
State of
Arkansas
Iit
Meridian
Indian Base
Ada News
Bb. C. King
C. King
B.c King
Chickasha
I. T
Chambers
Contiguous Territory
Pauls Valley
Southern District
United States Court
J.T. Dickerson
U. S. Court
Indoer
United States of America
A. D
C. M. Campbell
A. H. Constant
B.C. King
Initiation damages case in Oklahoma supreme court
Edward H. Kohl sued the Supreme Knights and Ladies in Shawnee for 40000 damages claiming injuries from an initiation in 1904. The case, tried twice, first produced a hung jury after 12 hours, second trial ruled for the defense. Kohl, a young painter, says he cannot work. Prepared for filing in the Oklahoma Supreme Court.
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Shawnee
Okio
Edward H. Kohl
Supreme Knights and Ladies
Snake Indians Council Opposes Allotment in Oklahoma Territory
Representatives of the Cherokee and Creek Snake bands met near South McAlester on May 25 in council with Choctaw Snakes and resolved to resist land allotment and any further dealings with the federal government. They believe the president may restore hunting grounds and expel civilization from the territory, and they will be allotted land against their wishes and placed in possession.
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South McAlester
J. T
School bonds eyed for Marietta amid territory reforms
Ardmore Oklahoma May 26 Superintendent Benedict on Chickasaw nation inspection of bond proposals will report favorably on Marietta's plan to issue $15 000 in bonds. Law requires interior secretary approval before school bonds, Benedict says territory school conditions are excellent and the $200 000 appropriation for next year will aid establishing new schools.
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Ardmore
I. T
Benedict
Chickasaw
Marrietta
Ins
Oklahoma killer Jim Woods sentenced to 99 years
A Shawnee Herald note reports Jim Woods, on trial for the murders of Mrs. Ames and her hired man Jackson and the shooting of Della Burton, was found guilty of first degree murder in Chandler district court. The jury recommended against capital punishment and Woods received a 99 year penitentiary sentence.
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Shawnee
The
Herald
Jim Woods
Shaw at Ardmore Finds Warm Reception and Hooded Hope
Secretary Shaw of the treasury visited Ardmore on a Wednesday afternoon and met a local reception committee. He spoke to a packed audience about Oklahoma Territory’s progress and potential, urged statehood soon, and stressed expanding markets, a merchant marine, and the early completion of the Panama Canal.
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Ardmore
Shaw
The
Treasury
S. T. Bledsoe
Elks Club
Fred Brasted
Oklahoma City
Union
Sthmrin
Choctaw Nation Patents Distribution Sparks Legal Clash
Governor Green McCurtain resumes patent distribution to Choctaw allottees at Atoka defying Interior Secretary Hitchcock order. Officials anticipate a restraining order as Hitchcock warned against patent delivery. Tribal officers seek a legal hearing on the dispute.
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South McAlester
I.T
Hitchcock
Interior Department
Department
Green McCurtain
Atoka
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Oklahoma
Bank
McGee
First Bank of
J. T. Eldrige
A. L. Nems
C. L. Hudson
J. A. Smith
James E. Webb
Southern District of the Indian Territory
Snake Indians
Cenfer
School Matters
Business College
Aslanama
Tecumseh, O. T
Henderson
Kansas City
Busi Book
Dionic Pi
Cleveland
Green
Dr. Boachee
Boschee
Beechee
Dr. Ki
Wow
Teele
Chicago
Clark Drug Co
Tn Hite
Ballard-Snow Liniment Coa
FF. Louis
Mott's
MOTTS
Dr. Motts Chemical Co
Ohio
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