The Evening News from Ada, Oklahoma • Page 1

CM OWEN HARDWARE and TINNERS 'PHONE NO. 279 THE DEVOTED TO MAKING ADA A LARGER AND MORE PROGRESSIVE PITY M. I NEW and SECOND HAND I ADA. INDIAN TERRITOBY. WEDNESDAY EVENINGr.

DECJEMBER 19.1906 AGEE'S XJVUS TREE On account ot the advent of Christmas next week we have gotten together every line of Merchandise in our store that would make an appropriate "gift" and have put a price on each article to move it quickly. Here's a Christmas suggestion. Gent's Hemstitched Handkerchiefs, half price. 5O Linen Handkerchiefs, worth 25o 12 t-ZC Four- in hand Ties, worth 50 and 75s 39O Suspenders for men and boys, nice gifts, worth doable our price I9C 39O 59O Gloves, Silk etc, all nnderpriced, Don't fail to look over our line of 9ne Suits for men and boys. Price cut to the quick.

Winter Underwear underpriced. Yours till Christmas, GUS AGEE West Main St. White Front We are closing out in Ada. FORTY COUNTIES IN I. THIRTY-FIVE IN OKLAHOMA Guthrie, Dec.

19-Late this aftei noon the much looked for report eanu' to the convention from the boundary committee designating the counties for the state. The report shows seventy-six subdivisions--forty in Indian Territory, and thirty six in what is now The committee has been in almost continuous session since Monday morning, a brief recess having been taken for breakfast Tuesday, but as soon as the report was announced and the convention adjourned there was a rush of lobbyists into the convention hall'to see the result. As near as possible in division and name of counties the Sequoyah map was followed in Indian Territory. Six Oklahoma counties, against the cutting of which there was strong opposition, were divided in the report. Greer county t- be in three parts.

McCurtain county, Idabel and Garvin Pushmataha county, Antlers Bryan county, Durant Coal county, Lehigh and Coalgate Atoka county, Atoka Pontotoc county, Ada Johnston county, Tishomingo Marshall county, Madill Love county, Marietta Murray county, Sulphnr Carter county, Ardmore Jefferson county, Ryan Stephens county, Duncan Grady county, Chickasha McClellan county, Purcell Garvin county, Pauls Valley Five other counties not yet named including Stigler, Poteau, South McAlester, Hugo and Wilburton. On the Oklahoma aide Beaver county is in three parts: Beaver, Texas and The convention yesterday was deluged I Cimarron. with telegrams regarding the few map Woodwardcountylikew.se, Harper, The report starts with the northeast- Ellis and Woedward ern of Indian Territory, making Comanche county is now two, Com- the first county Ottawa by name, in- anche with Lawton, and Tillman with eluding in its territory both Afton and Delaware county includes the town of Grove. Cherokee County, Tahlequah Lee county, Westville Sequoyah county, Salliaaw Muskogee.county, Muskogee Wagoner connty, Wagoner and Coweta Mayes county, Pryor Creek and Adair Craig county. Vinita Nowata county, Nowata Bartlesville county, Bartlesville Tulsa county, Tulsa Cooweescoowee county, Claremore Okmulgee county, Okraulgee WILL DOWN SECRETARY HITCHCOCK 4 t.

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ii I Mormon county, Sapulpa and Brls- tow. Okfske county, Okemah Seminole county, Weewoka Scott county, Wetumpka Eufala and Cheetah Washington. Dec. 19. Secretary Hitchcock has been requested to appear this morning before Senator Clark's committee which went to Indian Territory to look into the status of When he geta there he is apt to be told that by his order reserving 1,600,000 acres in the Choctaw Nation from allotment, with the idea of giving the Government an opportunity to pur- chaae it at a bargain, he usurped one of the most cherished functions of Congress, which is that of making laws.

Mr. Pinchot of the Forestry Bureau told Secretary Hitchcock the other day that wily lumbermen were inducing to allot on sterile timber land of the Kiamichi Mountains and then buying the timber rights at a price that was robbery. Thereupon the Secretary dispatched an order reserviug 1,600,000 acres, from allotment, declaring he would endeavor to have Congress buy it for a reserve and thus outwit the grafters. Some say the order originally called for the reservation of 6,000,000 acres, out that, becoming somewhat apprehensive, he cut it down first to 4,000,000 and then to 1,600,000 acres. But, whatever the area, Congress had enacted last spring a law that all lands should be subject to allotment, so that the Secretary's order was almost a repeal of an act of Congress.

This is what has made Senator. Clark's committee indignant. Besides, its sev eral members have gotten about three pecks of telegrams from the Territory, which make a vehement protest. Many of them say much of the land reserved is now in cultivation by men who would have to seek homes elsewhere if the Secretary's order is law. point out that the appraised value at which the Secretary proposes to buy la merely an arbitrary figure used to convenience an equitable distribution of the property among the tribe.

They say that actually the land is worth very much more than 26c an acre, and that, if given a little liberty, the Indians can make a far better bargain than Secretary Hitchcock offers. Counterfeiter Killed South McAlester, I. Dec. 19-A telephone message from Bokoshe, stated that Monday night Deputy United States Marshal Gray and Ira H. Stevens ran across John McClain and a man named Malone in a lonely house in the woods counterfeit money.

McLain opened tire on Gray and was shot and killed by the marshal CONGRESSMAN WANTS LUMBER TRUST PRORED DIAMOND to $100.00 I DIAMOND to $50.00 C. J. Warren Co. THE POPULAR PRICED JEWELERS Fredrick. Greer, Mills and and Day counties are joined and then cut into Jackson county, wl'h Altus as princi- cipal town; Greer covnty with Mangum Roger Mills with Sayre, the fourth not yet named, with Cheyeiise as the central point.

Woods county is in the far north 01 Oklahoma and is, with a part of Woodward county cut into three parts-Woods county with Alva, Alfalfa county with Cherokee, and Majors with Pairview. Two townships were taken off Pay and added to Noble county. The report does not mention connty seats the idea being not to burdea the division with too much This matter is to be left for local se- The average area of each county is 946 square miles and the average population 20,000. CWMrNAl DOCKET FOR JANUARY TERM OF COURT Washington, D. Dec.

Miller, of Kansas, is after the lumber trusts. He says the lum- er octopus is responsible for the present high price of lumberr Accordingly he has introduced the a resolution calling upon the secretary of commerce and labor to investigate the cause of the high prices of of lumber, with the request that he report to congress his findings at an early date. The resolution is in part as follows: Resolved, that the secretary of commerce and labor be and is hereby requested to investigate the causes of the high prices of lumber in the various stages of manufacture, and the said vestigation shall be conducted with particular object of ascertaining whether or not these high prices have resulted in whole or in part from any contract, agreement or combination in the form of a trust or otherwise, or conspiracy in restraint of commerce among the several states and territories or with foreign countries; also whether the said prices have been manipulated in whole or in part by any corporation, joint stock company or corporate combination engaged cumrm-rce among the several states, or wnh foreign nations, ana if so to investigate the orgamza- tion, capitalization, and management of business of such corporation, companies or corporate com binations, and make early report of his findings according to law. To. carry out and give effect to the provisions of the resolution, the secre tary have power to issue subpoena, administer oaths, examine witness require the production of book and pa pers, and receive depositions taken be fore any proper officers in any state in the Unined States.

Geaeral Wilkios Dead Norman, Dec. Gen eral S. J. Wilkins, commanding th United Confederate Veterens of Okla homa, died at his home in Norman a 3 o'clock yesterday morning at the ag of 65. General Wilkins has been i but a few weeks and the announc ment of his death was a shock to th many friends and acquaintances of the decedent.

Suitable Gifts for Christmas Fancy Vests House Slippers Neckties in Holiday Boxes Suspenders Shirts Hats Shoes Fancy Half Hose Overcoats Cravinettes Turn Overs in Real Japanese handwork Back Combs--Separate and in sets Shirt Waists Skirts Coats Furs Muffs Parasols' Fur Sets for children Bear Skin Coats for children Bags Trousers Pick out what you want and come in and let us fill your bill. Scott-Hoard o. Car Shortage In Ada T. J. Etter went to Stonewall to ship a load of hogs.

He says he and other shippers in this section are suffering great inconvenience, even fin tncial loss, from the shortage of cars pte- vailing over the territories. Setting of the criminal docket of the United States Court, for the Southern District, of the Indian Territory at Ada. MONDAY, JANUARY 21, 1907. R. B.

Wright, Murder. Daniel Lee Strictland, Murder Ord Rich, Rape Delbridge L. Lundsford, Murder Samuel C. Melville, John Hickman, A. Washmood, J.

B. Miller, Henry Pruett, Dan Sie, Conspiracy to Murder TUESDAY, JANUARY, 22, 1907. Lee Short, Blake Rec. Blake Allen, Ass't. to Kill Blake Allen, Weapon Blake Allen.Lee Short, Larceny Rec.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY, 23, 1907. Prank Colbert, Larceny Rec. A. H. Laughlin, Do THURSDAY, JANUARY, 24, 1907.

Joe P. Walker, Selling Liquor Boone Hays, Car. Know, female under 16 FRIDAY, JANUARY, 25, 1907. A. J.

Carson, Disp. Liquor A. J. Carson, Do MONDAY, JANUARY, 28, 1907. George Miller, Disp.

Liquor Do. Do. Do. Intro. Liquor Will Taylor, Do.

J. Adams, Larceny TUESDAY, JANUARY, 29, 1907. A. D. Gibbons, Larceny Lum Howard, Do George Howard, Do Will Buchanon, Do Bill Buchanon.

Disp. Liquor WEDNESDAY, JANUARY, 30, 1907. Stetson Huff, Disp. Liquor N. H.

Holiman, False Pretense Walter Copeland, An't to Kill Weapon Dist. Peace. THURSDAY, JAN. 31, 1907. Thomas Crabtree, Disp.

Mort. prop. H. T. Lyle, Ass't to rape Henry Neeley, Intro Liquor FRIDAY, FEB.

1, 1907. Sterling Williamson, Ass't to kill John Williamson, Oscar Williamson, John Williamson, Luther Hodge, Larceny Rec Oscar Williamson, Impending Justice John Williamson, Sr Do MONDAY, FEB. 4, 1987. H.G. Malot, W.

H. Dill, J. E. Guier, conspiracy J. E.

Guier, Embezzlement J. E. Guier, Bigamy TUESDAY, FEB. 5, 1907. Noah Collins, Larceny Sam Plater, Larceny I W.

G. Knox, Do W. G. Knox, Forgery J' S. Ray, Larceny J.

S. Ray, Do WEDNESDAY, FEB. 6, 1907. Albert Minix, Dist. Peace S.

S. Cantrell, Dist. Peace Jack Self, Weapon Charlie Hensley, Weapon Elias Fulsom, Aggrav. Assault EliasFulsom, Weapon Brit Collins, Weapon Continued on page 2. Christmas StocK Bright ae Spring Sunshine Our new Xmas Stock makes our store a fairyland of gold and silver brilliancy, with art, style and novelty thrown in DON'T FAIL to see our wealth of newness in Watches, Clocks, Jewelry Silverware, Glassware The FINEST GOODS by makers.tat BEST PRICES for standard quality.

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