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1906 — Mayor Baughman resigned his position as mayor. Until an election could be held to fill the vacancy, F.W. Wallace, president of the city council, was acting mayor. In March, the Democrats nominated Mr. Wallace as their candidate for mayor. His opponent was James S. Hutchins. In the April election, Mr. Hutchins was elected. Jim was always a Ponca City booster. He was one of the enthusiasts who raised the money for Ponca City's first schoolhouse, and he served on the school board. He was also instrumental in organizing the first Chamber of Commerce, known then as the Commercial Club, and served as its President.

The Miller brothers took the 101 Wild West Show on the road for the first time. Over the years, many famous people performed or were associated with the show. Among them were Buffalo Bill Cody, Tom Mix, Hoot Gibson, Lucille Mulhall and Bill Pickett, the black cowboy who invented bull dogging as a rodeo event. The show grew to 1,700 performers including a troupe of 300 Indians. Every ten days, while the show was on the road, 30,000 pounds of meat, fruit and vegetables produced at the 101 Ranch were shipped out of Ponca City in refrigerated rail cars to the people in the show.

Crank phones were replaced by a battery line, so all one had to do to reach the operator was to pick up the phone. There were two competing phone companies, so if you wanted to talk with everyone in town who had a phone, you had to subscribe to both companies.
On June 16, President Theodore Roosevelt signed the Oklahoma Enabling Act, which provided for the creation of a single state from the "Twin Territories." This act called for a convention in Guthrie to draft a constitution for the proposed state. The act also required that a population census be taken.

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