The Dover News. (Dover, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 28, 1907 Page: 1 of 4
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E. F. 1 JRSELL, Editor.
DOVER, OKLAHOMA, Thursday, March 28, 1907
Vol. vii, No. 5
Gbc IDovcr, ©IUa., Wcws,
Entered at the post office at Dover,
Oklahoma as second class matter.
Published every Thursday morning,
at Mover. Oklahoma.
K. F. PURSELL, Editor.
CJ. L. PUitSELTj. Local Editor.
From The Philippines.
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Advertising rates made known on
application.
Burton says it's so and the offi-
cials lit Washington say it is not
so. Which will you believe? Take
your choice.
We received an excellent com-
munication from Banner yesterday,
liut as our Box Springs correspon-
dent covered the ground, we are
compelled to sidetrack it.
We feel grossly insulted. J. R-
Burton, who was not considered tit
to hold any office of trust, from
road overseer up, is going into the
newspaper business. Wo feel like
quitting (lie business.
Over 900 veterans of the Sol-
diers Home at Leavenworth were
poisoned Saturday by eating taint-
ed hnsli. The hash must have
lieen somewhat stronger than the
whiskey sold at the "Klondike,"
near the Home gate-
M. J. Kane, delegate to the con-
stitutional convention from King-
fisher county, is chairman of the
committee which will prepare the
address to the people by which the
constitution will be formally turned
over to the voters of the new state-
The committee will meet April 1.
We recently heard a story on Bill
Kimerer und Don Nortbup, which if
it hadn't been told us by E. D.
Wickes, a man whose truth and ve-
ractiy is unquestioned, we could not
possibly believe. We will not spring
it this week, trusting our good
friends will immediately settle the
matter amicably and peaceably lie-
fore our next issue.
Carry A. Nation, of Washington,
1). C., passed through Wichita on
Monday. She promises to return
to that place in time to assist with
the city campaign. Wichita al-
ways did look pretty good to Carry,
as it was there she took one of her
first lessons in saloon smashing.
It was there too where she was in-
troduced to one of her Ursl jail ex-
periences.
Lane Cotton Gin Sold.
Today A. E. Lane closed a deal
for the sale of his cotton gin to The
Houghton and Douglas Cotton Co.,
of Guthrie, who will operate the gin
the coming season. This company
is an experienced firm in the cotton
business and will he a valuable ad-
dition to Hennessey's business in.
terests.—Clipper.
"An Eye For an Eye And a Tooth For
a Toolh."
Prof. Shaw has been receiving
unjust censure by a few people on
the account of a team of horses of
Mr. Zion getting seared at an anto-
bile Sunday evening. The automo-
bile was one that had been pur-
chased by a gentleman from Enid,
at Oklahoma City and was being de-
livered at Enid by a representative
ot the company. The Prof, seeing
that an accident was likely to occur
ran and got hold of the frightenei
team and assisted in getting them
|,a-: iUe automobile, and was in no
^ay responsible for the team get-
ting senred. *#«
A Very interesting Description of the
People of the islands, thi-lr Condi-
tion, Crops, Etc., hy Prof. h.
A. Campbell, Formerly of
our City Schools.
Cebu. P. I., Feb. 2, 190T.
Mr. Wm. Kimerer,
Dover Oklahoma,
Dbar Sir:
I would not l e surprised it you
had given up all hope of ever hear-
ing from me, but I have never for-
gotten my promise; although per.
haps you would be better pleased if
I should delay writing a little long,
er, until I should have opportunity
of seeing more of tlio Islands, for n
came directly to Cebu from Manila'
and have not since been out of the
province. But it is my intention to
travel about a little this summer
and visit some of the other islands
and get some idea of the business
conditions prevalent.
I have a fair idea of some things
about conditions in these central is-
lands (called the Visayas.) I meet
pupils and their parents in all
classes of liie. The people in the
United States can not liave any idea
of the ignorance and poverty and
misery of most of these people.
There are a few very rich: the rest
are almost slaves; slid that is not
the hot air of an American socialist
orator. Say! If you could just
send all the socialists in the United
States over here and put them in
the place of these poor people for
six weeks, to work for 10c per day
and a quart of rice; and be cheated
out of part of that; after just six
weeks they would come around and
beg to be sent back to the U. S. to
work on the section for a soulless
corporation at 75c per day.
•'Slaves of the bloated bondhold-
ers!" Why, any American tramp is
a bloated bondholder beside one of
these very poor people.
But their poverty is not so bad.
It is the policy of Spain, as of nil
other monarchies except the most
enlightened, to keep thj people ig-
norant, so as to keep 'em down.
Now, though Spain has been in
these islands !!80 years, only a very
few even of those dwelling in towns
can speak any Spanish.
There is as much Knsrlish spoken
now in the islands as there ever was
of Spanish nnd we have only been
here 0 years. English is the only
common tongue. There are over 40
different native languages here with
hundreds of distinct dialects.
To show how ignorant they arc
about two weeks ago some crazy
liar started the report that Amen
cans are importing Tagalogs to catch
children and kill them using their
blood in the mines. This report
has spread all over the province al-
ready, and the children are afraid to
go to school. A crowd of natives
out in the mountains started to at-
tack an American the other day,
believing he was after their child-
ren.
Now I want to explain to you
about "immediate independence.''
Spain sent her young bloods here for
almost 400 years, to bleed these
people; to rob them in the name ot
taxes; the young sports were sup-
posed to get rich in the course of 10
years and go back to Spain and give
some one else a chance. Some of
the brightest natives followed suit.
They were lawless; they did as they
pleased; the poor people were taught
that they were no better than cattle
and they had no rights against
Spaniard. Such a thing as an hon-
est tax collector, or an honest official
of any kind was absolutely unheard
of. Well the Americans came; they
taxed the property of the rich as
well as the poor; they had crazy
American auditors going around ex
amining books; and these foolish
audiitors wouldn't look at hush
money. Why, it was just ruin for
all these rich people and the officials,
llow can a man get rich on his sal-
SE6DS!
A New Supply of Garden Seeds just Received, both bulk and Paekag:
TWO PACKAGES BEST SEED FOR 5C
in© Pimt mMi
B0TH IRISH ARB sWeeT POTATOES
A New Supply of Garden Implements has been Received, and prices are Right.
S. ti. DREW S D&PfiRTM&NI STORE
arv, if he can t graft a little on the j ,
. . . . r 'only thing for
side? And what are the offices for
if not to get rich on? And what are
officials tor, if not to collect taxes
from the poor people that can't help
themselves and let the rich people
go? But that is not the worst;they
could lie low until the Americans
got tired and quit, if it was not for
one thing: these fool Americans are
actually trying to educate these
slaves, these trash, these common
people. First thing we know they
will be smarter than we rich people
are, and then how can we bleed
them? We must have "immediate
independence." And I tell you,
Bill Kimerer, that if they got im-
mediate independence this country
would be the nearest to a perfect
hell that could exist on this earth.
Hussia would not have a look at the
money.
What would be the results of im
mediate independence? Well the
first tiling, and in the eyes of the
rich class, the most important thing,
would be to abolish the public
schools. In fact, if it were not for
the public schools and the auditors
they would refuse independence,
absolutely and forever.
Then they would start a bunch cf
resolutions that would make Cuba
and Central America look like iSOc.
And all the time keep the poor peo-
ple down. 1 can't picture it; I can't
make you underst 1 iti but if I
uld show you
id downtrodden
that immediate independence is the I )iav i,m. j[ (1„,. |m,| the capital to
em. But he don t J put in an up to uate scientific mill;
know the real reason yet. I have but that would cost from $50^000 to
been here in one place for going on $io, 000 gold. It pays these natives
two years; have met all classes from anv,Vay. I believe that corn can be
the governor down to the beggar who ; uuui0 to yield much larger returns
had you here an
how weak and pot
and helpless the p
would understand .d you would
agree when I say, for the sake ot
not being called a friend of barbar-
ism, and absolutce monarchy and
tyranny, the U. S. must keep con-
trol of these islands until the com-
mon people are educated. Wm. J.
Bryan came through here: he met
'em and took em by the hand! Oh!
yes, I saw him. He was here may-
be 0 weeks: he met the rich anil the
officeholders; they explaiued to him
would make an American tramp look
like a fashiou plate by comparison;
1 have talked to them, and taught
their children day by day. 1 don't
fully understand them yet; of course
I haven't such a brain as Bryan who
can shake the governor by the hand
and then by that act learn all about
the whole herd of common people,
whom that governor (he is gone now)
hated and despised. Hut 1 no
know that the common people are
well pleased with American rule.
They Hunk it is the nearest heaven
they ever heard of; and those of
them who are learning to think don't
want independence now or ever, and
I do know that for America to give
independence now to these people
would b'! as merciless and cruel as
for a strong man to throw a weak lit-
tle girl into a pack of hungry wolves
becausc lie was tired of carrying
her. We often think that inde-
pendence means freedom. Here it
means freedom to oppress the peo-
ple, and that is all it means.
As to business: The duty and in-
ternal revenue collected on one arti-
cle (opium) in this town is $50,000,
gol l, per annum. The town has
electric lights, phones, two cables to
Manila, etc. Hemp is the staple
crop. Cocoanuts promise big re-
turns: from 25c to 50c gold, per
;eople are jou j trec ])(,r ye!U. atter (i yejus old. To-
bacco is also a very important crop.
This summer I want to look into
the opportunities for rice farming in
Mindanas. I understand they are
great. The field of commerce and
trading in the products of the coun-
try is, I believe, pretty well covered;
but with cheap land there may be a
chance for a fellow with small capi-
tal to do something worth while in
the producing line. I am going to
than it does.
I must close. Remember me to
all the good friends
Yours,
IIknuy A. Camphki.l.
Saturday seemed to be a busy day
with our merchants. ]There was a
big crowd of the horny handed sous
ot toil in town.
Elder Bridges, pas tor of the El
Reno Christian church, will lugiii
a scries of meetings at the liaptist
church in this city next Sunday
morning.
Off For British Columbia.
W. I''. Wakefield called last week
and ordered the Nkws sent to his
son Karl, Vancouver, B. C. Mr
Wakefield informed us that Karl is
doing well there, and he, with his ,, m M|e|l ^ Soldler.g „om(
family, would depart for that place Nkwk ,v|„ fo„ow
March 25, to take up his abode.
One the first page of this paper
will be found a very interestii (j
letter from Prof. II. A. Campbell?-
who is teaching school in tlio Phil-
ippines. It >ad it.
E. O. Brydcn left for Danville,
Illinois, last Thursday, where he
The
Who Pays the Bili?
Stenographers are at work trans-
cribing the verbatim proceedings of
the constitutional convention, which
adjourned Friday. It is estimated
that the record will cover 11,000
pages of ordinary copying sheets
and average 300 words to the page,
which would bring the total to 3,-
300,000 words officially uttered dur-
ing the ninety-four days of the ses-
sion.
Stenographers are paid 1 Oc per
100 words for transcribing or $3,300
exclusive of the per diem pay dur-
ing the convention. The transcribe
ing is believed to be au all-summer's
j job.
Additional Local.
him anil keep him
posted on Dover doings.
Mir. M. J- Hunt ;.id daughter,
Jessie, left Monday for Kingfisher
to visit relatives n few days, after
which they will go to their new
home near Bolivari Mo. Mr.
Hunt departed for that placc sev-
eral days ago.
Mrs. Tom Smith received a tele-
gram last Thursday morning from
Bolivar, Mo., announcing the seri
ous illness of lie, mother. She left
on the noon train for that place.
Later: Her mother died before
she reached her bedside.
see what I can see. Sugar would
E. O. Tyler was up from King-
Jim Holmes received his sheep-
skin Saturday, anil had P. M. add-
ed to his name by being checked in
as postmaster, on Monday. AI. J.
Hunt the retiring postmaster, and
his able assistant, Mrs. Hunt, have
given entire satisfaction during thft
fisher last Friday in the interest of ume they have held the office, and
his newspaper or to be more ex.
plicit, in the interest of E. O. Ty-
ler.
A. L. Mayes and J. F. Brewer,
two of Kingfisher county's most
substantial farmers of 11. 1<\ D. No.
1, Dover, transacted business in
Kingfisher on Monday.—Thursday's
Star.
their friends hope to see them do
well in their new vocation as far-
mers in Missouri. Sam Vangundy
will look after Uncle Sam's busi-
ness for Mr. Holmes, and we assure
J our readers that a better selection
'could not have been made, and that
1 the price of stamps will remain tlio
same.
«.o*o*o^o*.o*o+-o
GREAT SPRING 8H0WIN6i
Our Spring line of Goods in every Department are arriving and we are proud to an-
nounce that we have the
Best Line of Merchandise
Ever shown by us, and by far the best ever shown in Dover. We bought early before
the great advance in price, which touches every line of merchandise,from Cottons to
Silks. Thus we can o ffer you goods at less prices than many others who bought later.
We believe if takes Good Merchandise and Snappy Patterns to sell and that the
people o'. Dover are entitlfd to the best.
We only ask you to call and examine our goods and let us prove to you
their Superior Qualities.
GIL6HRIST. SHERWOOD & 60.
GROCERIES, DRY GOODS, SHORES AND FURNISHINGS
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