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i Muskogee Cimeter. XV. n. TWINK, Editon MUSKOGEE, OKLA. OKLAHOMA STATE NEW9 Patrons of the Slmwnce-Tecumseh Inlortirbnn lino have filed u com plaint with the Hiato corporation com mission to compel the company to supply heat for their cars. U G. Disney, republican candidate for congress in the Fourth congres sional district against Congressman Carter, has been appointed clerk of tho circuit court of the Eastern dis trict of Oklahoma with headquarters nt Muskogee. Nearly seven hundred teachers at tended the meeting of the Oklahoma Teachers' association in Tulsa last week. A trip to the Glenn Pool oil fields was one of the amusements of fered. Fully six hundred toachers visited this field. Assistant Attorney General W. C. Reeves has rendered an opinion hold ing that sheriffs must not be allowed to collect foes unless they have ac tually performed the service for which fees are claimed. A bill intended to defeat tho book "trust" in Oklahoma is in course of preparation. It provides for the crea 1ion of a school book commission and the printing of all school books with in the boundaries of the state. Tho bill will be introduced soon ufter the convening of tho legislature. Ralph Crowelfof Woods county has been named by Congressman E. L. Vinton as a cadet to West Point. lie is the son of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Crowell of Alva, and is attending a military school at Roswell, N. M. This is the first cadet appointment to be made from tho new state. , Judge John C. Pollock of the Kan f;as federal court has been assigned to sit In tho circuit court in Okla homa during 1008 at Muskogee and Guthrie. His assignment covers the ontire year, but in calls upon him to leave IiIb work in Kansas to take cava of tho Oklahoma courts aro expected to bo not very frequent. Assistant United States Attorney Lee has been busy for the past few weeks visiting tho various federal jails and classifying tho prisoners. Thoso who aro held on what is termed strictly federal cases are be ing recorded as such. This Is done so that when the prisoners being held by the federal authorities are ordered turned over to the statu authorities there will be no delay. Indian Agent Thnckery and the Shawnee people who woro so bitterly assailed by tho senatorial committee report on the Klckapoo land trouble are preparing to open the investiga tion again. Agent Thnckery Is writ ing a statement that may throw some light on the Curtis-T?ller senato re port and through Senator Owen will ask congress for an early considera tion of his side of the matter. , J. IT. Cotteral, Judge of tho West ern federal district, has announced the following bunks on the west side of tho state depositories for tho ref erees In bankruptcy appointed some time ago: Guthrie, Guthrie National bank and National Hank of Com merce; Shawnee, State National bunk; Oklahoma City, Western National and Oklahoma City National; Kingfisher, People's National; Enid, Enid Na tional; Lawton, City National and First National. ' In a ruling at Shawnoo last week Judge Carter held that Sunday thea ters were not In violation of tho Okla homa laws. In a case wherein tho managers of moving plcturo shows wore arraigned for Sunday law viola tion, Judge Carter held that tho Ok lahoma statures forbid only servile, labor and public sports, and that amusements cannot bo classed as either. Tho action was brought by tho county authorities and Is tho first ruling of Its kind ever made In Okla homa, r , STATE CAPITAL LETTER OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT'S VIEW OF PEOPLE AND THINGS THE MfJT TflUST TO RECEIVE 1TTEITIBI Governor Haskell May Make Official Inquiry Into Packing Industry Senatorial Aspirants are Plentiful Gossip of Other State Affairs That Thomas Pryor Gore will not bo re-elected to the United States senate without great opposition a certainty. The Held will be against him, and various combines for his defeat aro now under way, though none of them points unmistakably to the election of any other particular candidate. Opponents of Gore urge that the state should be represented In the United States senate by a man without any kind of physical handi cap. Thep go further by saying that Gore has received reasonable com pensation in a two years' term for whatever service he "may have ren dered his party, and that with even this tenure he has been given per sonal distinction that should place him on "easy street" for the rest of his life. He is an eloquent platform ora tor, whose senatorial success should give him enough publicity to enable him to follow the lecture platform profitably all his lire. Governor C. N. Haskell, naturally, receives first consideration as a pos sible candidate. He has a large fol lowing in the state that believe he could be elected for the asking. Has kell's political prestige was never higher than now. There has been whispered into his ear many prophe cies favorable to his being a candi date for the democratic presidential nomination in 1912, a prospect that might stir a man even less ambi tious than 'C. N. Haskell. As the pioneer governor of a state pioneering in tho enactment of laws intended to safeguard more closely the rights and property of the common people, he has opportunity for doing wonderful things in the four years of his ad ministration, the importance of which might give him national reputation. It Is harder to read the remote fu ture than it is to understand tho im mediate present, and this fact is said to have impressed Governor Haskell with the desirability of a seat in the senate if it could be obtained in the next two years. Ho Is reluctant, however, to allow anything to inter fere with what he has planned to be an ideal constructive administration of the state's affairs, and would like as a matter of pride to remain in of lice until the close of his term. An Intimate friend of Governor Haskell said this week that in u short time Governor Haskell would make known to his intimates his decision as to whether or not he would stand for the. United States senate. With Haskell out of the race, there would be strife among the candidates to succeed Gore. M. L. Turner of Oklahoma City Is regarded practically as a candidate. He was against Gore for the first nomination. Hoy V. Hoffman of Chandler may decide to enter tho race again. 'Interests that fenr Gore are seeking to Induce Henry Furman of Ada again to become a candidate that he may divide with Gore, and thereby weaken the latter, the vote of what Furman calls the "broom corn Willies," the farmer democrats. Among these voters Is Gore's greatest strength, and by split ting up this vote at statewide pri maries Gore would be weakened. .The segregation and nllotment of lands In the Osage Indian reservation, almost coincident with statehood, will be or immense advantage to the cat tle Industry in Oklahoma. For decades tho Osage country with Its miles of open pasture range has been filled with cattle shipped from the fevor in fected regions of the south. Being in Indian reservation, It was controlled by the department of tho interior, whoso secretary looked only to tho financial welfare of his Indian wards and disregarded conditions estab lished by white men in adjacent ter ritory. " ..' ' ' Governor Haskell has had called to his attention what he designated as the difference in price between "beef In the hide and beef In the skillet," that has been taken as tribute from 'consumers of meat and that means overybody in Oklahoma for the last flvei or six years. Governor Haskell may decide to make the matter a sub ject of official inquiry. It Is asserted that a meat trust, controlled by the big pucking houses In outside states, is no less a reality in Oklahoma than the coal trust, and the oil trust, etc., and that the retail price of meats is fixed arbitrarily, regardless of the price or beef on the hoof. The fluc tuations of the live stock markets make little impression upon retail markets, the latter varying almost Imperceptibly In the course of a year. It has been claimed for a long tlmo by Oklahoma butchers that they dare not cut the price ot meat below what Is charged by their competitors, as they would be driven out of business by a reduction forced by packers to less than the cost of meat on the hoor. Furthermore, butchers complain that the profits go to the packers, rather than to themselves. The pro ducers of live sock do not participate In the earnings of the alleged trust. The question Is one that would at tract a great deal of attention to an orriclal Inquiry by the state, as the monthly meat bill is one of the bur dens of a family In these days of high prices. The Oklahoma constitution Is unfriendly to trusts, and Governor Haskell Is one of the foremost cham pions of the constitution. An in quiry might at least establish the cause of the high price of meats, a bit of Information that every meat buyer would paste In his hat. A man having practical experience dally in the coal mines or Indian Ter ritory said that the cost per ton to mine operators to put coal on board cars was not more than $1.10. When asked if mining In the older portions of the Indian Territory field was growing more difficult and thereby more expensive, lie said that the in creased cost was not sufficient actual ly to make any great difference in the price. In Oklahoma McAlester coal costs $S a ton at retail, or $G.!)0 a ton more than the cost of producing the coal. When askd who enjoyed the enormous profits that were plainly visible this man smiled and said that the state corporation commission could crack the nut. Domestic consumers in the McAlester field pay $5 a ton for this same quality ot coal, notwith standing the fact that the same coat is delivered In Kansas City wholesale at $4. SO a ton. This same man said that despite contrary statements, he believed the coal resources of the state had been barely touched and fnat when the coal region was developed Oklahoma would be one of the top notch coal producing states of the union. Already the Introduction of a blh in congress by United States Semtor Thomas P. Gore, for two more con gressmen in Oklahoma, is bringing out aspirants for the places. It is as sumed that until a proper census is taken, trne twocongressmen would be elected at large, ir the bill should be come a law, making a total or seven members or congress for the state. Certain members of the state senate, knowing the support rendered Sena tor Gore by Representative R. A. Hill ups of Cordell, are booming Blllups for one of the places, while for the same reason members of the house are boosting Representative A. S. Riddle of Chlckasha. Friends of Hlllups who are planning for "ills political happi ness gave him a systematic ovation at the Hryan banquet at Guthrie, and with such vigor that tho youngest member of the democratic national committee blushed with pride. Senator Henry S. JoTinson, president pro tern or the state senate, proved the other had that he had been reared on a farm, and still had some or tho muscle gained in mauling rails. The gavel-sounder In the senate was a piece of beautiful white marble until it enme w&hin reach of Senator John ston on t)ie day the senate adjourned Tor the holidays. In rnls excitement Senator Johnston struck the marble a terrific blow that shattered it into fragments. Pieces may be obtained as souvenirs by applying to the sergeant-at-arms of the senate. MUD MAN'S AWFUL DEED DRUNKEN MAN OPERATED ON BY RAVING MANIAC SCALP TORN FflOM HEAD OF HIS VICTIM Dr. Harry of Crusher, Insane Physi cian, Causes Death of Dan Dirgln Searches for an Imaginary Scalp Wound and Removes Covering SULPHUR: Charged with cutting and tearing the scalp of Dan Dirgln Indian fashion and then hammering the bleeding wound with a probo and using a rock as a hammer, while searching for an Imaginary wound, Dr. Harry of Crusher has boon brought here and placed under tho care or guards and doctors following the charge of murder made arter Dir gln died in the physician's orrice. Dirgln staggered Into Harry's orrice while the surgeon was performing a minor operation on another patient. Witnesses declared that Dirgln was d.'iink, but Hurry declared that he had been wounded by a blow on the heaa and decided to operate Imme diately for the Imaginary wound. Calling to his assistance two men who happened to b'e passing the of fice Harry ordered Dirgln placed upon a bed, in the absence of an operating table. Seizing a keen-bladed surgeon's knife, he slashed the scalp of the un conscious man Trom Trout and back, then grasping the ragged edges with his ringers, he pulled the scalp away from the skull while Dirgln groaned in unconscious pnin. Harry then took a probe and, ham mering with a whet rock about over Dlrgln's skull, tried to find the sup posed fracture. Falling, Jilie coolly sat on the bed beside 'his victim and smoked a cigarette. The helper, suddenly suspecting th physician had gone mad, notified tho ofricers of the bloody operation and called another physician in an effort to save Dlrgln's life. He died shortly afterwards. There is no question in the minds of the off leers as to Harry's insau Hy. Since the bloody deed he has become almost unmanagable. It Is the belief that he Is addicted to drugs or liquor. Little Is known of him, though unopened letters found In his pockets Indicate that He has promt nent relatives In Pennsylvania. Dirgln, a one-armed man, was en'J ployed as a water carrier by tml Crusher company. His associates1 burled him at Crusher after a coffin' had been sent at the county's expense from Davis. He came here from Maryland. WOULD DUILD SCHOOL HOUSES Oklahoma's Superintendent Has Plan for Expenditure of Funds TULSA: State Superintendent Cameron, in an address to the Okla homa State Teachers' association, which closed Its first annual session here, said he favored, and will Insist upon the Indian Territory school fund being Invested in school house3 In old Indian Territory. It Is his plan to build school houses in 3,000 school districts the coming year. He Is fur ther In favor of three additional nor mal schools to be located in eastern Oklahoma. Tulsa is the strongest bidder for the Northeastern normal school. The following are the ofricers elect ed for thr ensuing year: Presideut.UK Charles wvnns, Aiumoro; vice prem-j dent, C. L. Kezer, Stillwater; secre- tary. Maude Widanian, AuauarKo; treasurer, W. It. Robinson, Pawnee;' chairman executive committee, Snow- den Parlette, Guthrie; member exec-J utlvo committee, S. J. Payne, We-a tumka. Farmers to Travel by Special Train! SHAWNEE: Arrangements hami been completed ror a special train to vl leave Shawnee January 5 to carry all Oklahoma delegates to the National Farmers' union convention to be held at Memphis. Delegates from all sec- tlons of the state will meet the ot flcials at Shawnee and go in a bod to Memphis, J