Oklahoma City Plans New Packing Company Formation
Oklahoma City will host a new packing company with C. G. Jones as president George Sholberg secretary and 2 rt Leonard treasurer. Capital stock 200000 to rise to 250000 within sixty days. The article also notes local incidents including a fatal stabbing near Stroud. The Chickasha painters form a branch of the national union and Knights of Pythias plan a grand lodge session in Hobart with an opera house project. Sheriff Baker reports 2200 recovered tax warrants and local court penalties.
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Oklahoma City
C. G. Jones
George Sholberg
Rt Leonard
Knights of Pythias of Oklahoma
Hobart
Supreme Court pause in Chickasaw Choctaw citizenship cases
Ardmore report says on June 1 the U S Supreme Court allowed L L Blake to file a motion against the Chickasaw and Choctaw citizenship court. The court took the matter under advisement until October 19 1903 to decide whether to restrain the citizenship court from proceeding with the 110 transferred cases.
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U. S. Joins
Supreme Court
A. S. Joins
Citizenship Court
Choctaw and Whickasaw Nation
J. T. Hiddle
L. L. Blake
Closed Banks In Indiahoma Hallis Hedrick After Bank Exam
Bank Examiner Cooper closed the Rufus Cornelia holdings banks at Indiahoma Hallis and Hedrick. Each bank had 5000 in capital and total deposits were thought not to exceed 30000. Principal stockholder Rufus Connella organized school furniture business and built schools. Funds were in school warrants and bonds, bonds saleable but warrants slow, leaving cash short of legal requirements. Depositors may be paid in full from asset face value.
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Lantos
Rufus Cornelia
Indiahoma
Hallis
Hedrick
Cooper
Rufus Connella
Oklahoma National Guard Receives Dick Bill Apportionment
Oklahoma's share of the 2 million Dick bill allocations totals 7072.37 with expected July 1 increment bringing the total near 21000 for the territory. Funds fund new guns for Oklahoma City battery, signal corps recruitment, Lawton engineers, and uniforms per adjutant general Burlingame.
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Guturie
Burlingame
Adjutant General
Washington
War Department
Oklahoma
National Guard
Ferguson
Oklahoma City
Signal Corps
Engineers Department
Lawton
War Department Allocates Militia Funding by State
The War Department announced the provision of 50 percent of a 2 million dollar appropriation to arm and supply militia units across states and territories. Listed allocations include Alabama 24240 Arkansas 12815 Louisiana 18753 Mississippi 12477 Tennessee 14597 Texas 25145 Oklahoma 98780. A man named tamer ws was killed by a train car, with no witness to his death.
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Wasuixaton
War Department
Alabama
Arkansas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Tennessee
Texas
Oklahoma
Tamer
Indian Territory Bar Association memorializes Congress for reforms
The Indian Territory Bar Association closed its annual session with a banquet and memorials urging Congress to pass laws abolishing tribal taxes on non citizens extending national bank usury law to private lenders allowing women as notaries public purchasing Choctaw coal lands for school use giving federal courts exclusive Indian estate jurisdiction in the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations permitting non citizens as guardians in Creek nation and allowing recognition companies to act as executors. A memorial for bail on pending appeals and a push for immediate single statehood with Oklahoma were adopted 26 to 3. Officers named include President W H Connegay Vinita and secretary F H Kellogg South McAlester with several vice presidents and an executive committee. Delegates to the national association include L Jackson Muskogee and J F Sharp Purcell.
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Louis McAestrer
Indian Territory Bar Association
Congress
National Bank
Oklahoma
W H. Connegay
Vinita
F. H Kellogg
South McAlester
J. Fannin
WT Gilbert
Duncan
G T. Balls
Atoka
C. Fullerton
Miami
William Mellete
Muskogee
S. Guerrer
J. S. Truitt
Aston
A. Eddleman
Ardmore
PC. West
National Association
L. Jackson
J. F Sharp. Purcell
Barret Ready for Last Minutes Before Execution
Charles Barrett the condemned murderer scheduled to die July 17 is moved from the main federal jail to a small hospital building inside the stockade. He told his minister he seeks privacy to study and prepare as a Christian and expressed pleasure at the change for better food and bedding. He asked guards to leave him alone with his Bible and declined newspaper readings.
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South McAlester
Charles Barrett
Federal
Barrett
Emancipation Day Celebration Near Chickasha Planned
The six recording districts centered at Chickasha join Ft. Reno troops to stage a monster Emancipation Day celebration at the fair grounds on June 19. Excursions are promised from Oklahoma City El Reno and Lawton with a large crowd expected.
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Chickasha
Ft. Reno
Fair Grounds
Oklahoma City
el Reno
Lawton
Oklahoma Attorney General rules Barnes board must be paid
Oklahoma Attorney General J. C. Robberts issues an important opinion stating that L. W. Baxter the territorial auditor must issue warrants to pay the Barnes commission for locating the Southwestern Oklahoma normal school at Weatherford The opinion follows a previous payment to a Jenkins board for Granite but the supreme court ruled that board illegal and thus the Barnes commission is entitled to compensation for its services.
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Robberts
Gothrie
J. C. Robberts
Oklahoma
L. W. Baxter
Territorial
C. M. Barnes
Southwestern Oklahoma Normal School
Weatherford
Baxter
Gov. Jenkins
Granite
Supreme Court
Jenkins Board
Barnes Commission
Ite
Approvments Delayed in Cherokee Townsite Work Vinita
The Cherokee townsite commission based in Vinita will not resume townsite appraisements until September 1 due to lack of funds. Vinita is the only completed town and deeds are unavailable in others until appraisements finish. A petition seeks to convene a special term to clear the docket and a new district with a fresh judge may be formed.
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Vinita
J George Wright
Lawtander
Oklahoma Officials Target Spoiled Meat In Territorial Trade
Dr. Elmer E. Cowderick with the territorial board of health reports numerous complaints from Lawton El Reno Oklahoma City and Shawnee about spoiled meats shipped for sale. He urges home butchering and direct sale to local merchants to improve inspection and protect farmers profits and consumer health. The board vows to end the sale of bad meat and to promote local slaughter and retailing to reduce spoilage and delays in transit.
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Livestock Sanitary Commission
Local Health Board
Cowderick
Oklahoma
Territorial Board of Health
Making White Brick From Purcell Clay At Harris Yard
G N Harris long studying blue clay near Purcell sent a sample to St. Louis for tests. Illinois Supply and Construction will install a dry press at Harris brick yard this August. Harris will burn about 10000 bricks in a new kiln and has contracts with Lexington buyers for use as white trimmed cornice bricks alongside red pressed brick.
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Purcell
G. N. Harris
St. Louis
Illinois Supply and Construction Company
Harris
Lexington
Statehood Fight Pushes Oklahoma Committee Meeting
The Oklahoma Republican Central Committee calls a June 22 meeting in Guthrie to press for immediate statehood separate from Indian Territory. Chairman Cash M. Cade cites urgent requests from leading Republicans and invites all GOP workers. The move aims to preempt a Shawnee convention on June 24 and follows Secretary Hitchcock’s visit. Senators Platt Quay and Quarles plan a summer tour of the territories with a report for Congress.
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Oklahoma Republican Central Committee
Guthrie
Cash M. Cade
Republican Central Committee of
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Hitchcock
Interior Department
Shawnee
Platt
Quay
Quarles
Washington
Indian Territor
Arizona
New Mexico
Senate
Congress
Two Quenas Siblings Seek Pardon for Murderer Quenas
Two sisters of murderer Thomas P. Quenas petition Governor Ferguson to commute the sentence. They warn formal papers will be filed later, signaling continued appeals from the Quenas family.
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Quenan
Serbian Royal Family Assassination Triggers Conspiracy Crisis
A military conspiracy in Serbia led to the assassination of King Alexander and Queen Draga. Prince Peter Karageorgevitch is proclaimed king by the army as conspirators, including Ljubomir Schickovice and Vogislav Velikovics, coordinate the coup. The capital Belgrade remains quiet as parliament is summoned.
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Alexander
Draga
Peter Karageorgevitch
Belgrade
Obronovitch
Servia
Shebatz
Obronovitch House
Michael
Alexander Karageorgevitch
Skupshina
Ljubmok Schickovice
Vogislav Velikovics
Finance
M. Schickovics
Milan
Konak
Kalimegden Park
Indian Lease Restrictions Sent to Inland Dept
Indian Inspector Beverly in Muskogee received detailed interior department guidance on gas and oil lease restrictions in the Cherokee and Creek nations. A standardized application form was issued for lease approvals, including an affidavit ensuring the applicant has no direct interest in other leases totaling more than 4,800 acres with the proposed tracts.
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Muskogee
Beverly
Interior Department
Spanish itch hits herd as farm is quarantined
The Oklahoma Live Stock Sanitary Commission was notified of Spanish itch or mange in a herd of fifteen horses and the farm was quarantined. The owner recently bought a horse in Omaha Nebraska and suspects it carried the disease. Secretary Morris notes this is the first reported case of Spanish itch in horses, though common in cattle.
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Oklahoma Live Stock Sanitary Commission
Omaha
Neb
Morris
Murderer James Wright Arrested in Wilburton Case
James Wright alias Charles Nailer was arrested in Wilburton on murder charges. The 1895 Salt Lake murder claim involves three boys found after bodies were disposed on a lake by cutting ice and submerging them in water. He was found in the Degun mines and eventually surrendered to officers.
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Wilburton
James Wright
Charles Nailer
Salt Lake
Utah
Wright
Quarantine Proclamation Against Cattle Disease in Oklahoma
Governor Ferguson proclaims a territorial quarantine effective June 3 1908 targeting eastern Woodward Beaver county areas. The order bars cattle movement out of the quarantined zone and from Kansas Colorado Texas and New Mexico unless health certificates show freedom from scab or mange. Cattle in small herds may be sprayed or treated instead of dipped. Local sheriffs are directed to enforce rules under Oklahoma Territory law.
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Thompson B
Oklahoma
Eauitary Commission
Oklahoma Livestock Sanitary Commission
Livestock Sanitary Commission of Oklahoma
Beaver County
Woodward County
Towit
Kansas
Colorado
Texas
New Mexico
Oklahoma Territory
W. E. Botton
TuHos. Morris
I. Thompson B. Ferguson
Legislative Assembly
Thompson B. Ferguson
Williamu GrRveis
Geological Survey to conduct water studies in Western Oklahoma
The U S Geological Survey will field a party in Western Oklahoma this summer led by Prof. Gould of Oklahoma University. They will map water supplies along Beaver Creek and the Cimarron River, collect water samples, and report findings to Washington. The excursion covers Beaver County 200 miles, extends into Kansas Colorado New Mexico and follows the Canadian and Red rivers.
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United States
Oklahoma
Guthrie
United States Geological Survey
Gould
Oklahoma University
Woodward
Okla
Beaver Creek
Cimarron River
Red River
Washington
Former Wichita Mayor Arrested on Forgery Embezzlement Warrants
Former Wichita mayor L. M. Cox was arrested on two warrants by city clerk Jesse Leland charging forgery and embezzlement of 2658.40 dollars. He allegedly falsified payrolls by inserting fictitious names and forged Leland’s signature to cash vouchers. Cox, father-in-law to Fred Dold, posted a 2000 dollar bond after waiving preliminary examination.
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Wichita
Kas
L. M. Cox
Jesse Leland
Cox
Fred Dold
McLean
Leland
Lawton Forms Engineers Corps Recruiting 104 Men
Government engineers corps to be organized at Lawton with Captain Joseph K. Tuttle as recruiting officer. The company will consist of 104 men, an offer made by Adjutant General Burlingame.
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Lawton
Government Engineers Corps
Joseph K. Tuttle
Burlingame
Graciously Rewarded Parts Texas Hero Flags Frisco Train
Graciously Rewarded Parts Texas man Dock Ray of Grant I T flagged a Frisco freight on a near collision at Red River bottoms after spotting a broken tie. The conductor recorded his name and address and he later received a certificate for free transportation from the St Louis office for his action.
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Texas
Dock Ray
Grant I. T
Red River Bottoms
Ray
St. Louis
Dle Petes
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