Cleveland County Enterprise. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 20, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 20, 1912 Page: 7 of 8
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6UPREME COURT RULES AD-
VERSELY ON ROAD LAW.
Estimate for Coming Year Made Up
by State Examiner—Most
to Education
\ Of the Trio, Probably Representative
k I <
ACT IS DNC0NST1TUT10NAL
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT WILL
FOLLOW OLD BOND PLAN
Qecision Has Been Awaited With
Much Patience and Interest, and
Situation Is Now Clarified
—Other News
Oklahoma City—Oklahoma's consti-
tution prescribed the limitations un-
der which taxes might be levied for
the improvement of public highways
and these limitations render null and
void the "good roads" bill enacted by
the last legislature, the supreme court
in an opinion by Justice Williams,
holding the act unconstitutional.
Under the provisions of this bill
State Highway Commissioner Sidney
Suggs had hoped to improve the pub-
lic highways by the formation of road
districts by issuing bonds which
should be the obligation of the dis-
trict. The supreme court holds that
the act is repugnant to article 8, sec-
tion 10 of the constitution to that it
contemplates the creation of a polit-
ical corporation or subdivision of the
state other than counties, cities or
townships and that the levying of an
ad valorem tax to pay interest on or
create a sinking fund for the payment
of road bonds to be issued by such
districts is not permissible.
To Follow Bond Plan
Concerning the result of the su-
preme court decision upon road im-
provement in the near future, Clark
Hudson of the highway department
and state association said:
"The plan of organizing road im-
provement districts for the purpose
if issuing bonds for road building,
and paying same Vy an advalorem
tax, originated in the legislature of
1909, when a law was passed to this
effect. It got into the supreme court
through a case from Lincoln count).
In the meantime, two years had
elapsed and another legislature had
passed a similar bill, with some dif-
ference in detail but following the
same plan. It got into the supremo
court from Caddo county, and the
opinion just handed down is the re-
sult. Everybody will be gratified to
know, after waiting three and a haii
years, what the opinion of the su-
preme court is upon the question.
"About fifteen improvement dis-
tricts have been begun in the state, in
face of the fact that this decision was
pending, and regardless of the advice
of our office to await settlement of
the question at issue. This demon- j
strates the great desire of the people
of this state to commence building
good roads.
"The essence of the opinion is that
the proposed road improvement dis-
trict, not being included in the con-
stitutional provisions for ad valorem
tax in subdivision of the state, can-
not be organized to levy such a tax.
Such a district must improve under
the benefit assessment plan, as is done
under the city paving law. ,Thus,
special road districts must be organ-
ized in the manner of drainage dis-
trict organization, assessing tax pro
rata upon property benefited, and not,
as was proposed in this law, by gen-
eral ad valorem tax upon all prop-
erty in the district. The court indi-
cates that a law for road construc-
tion based upon the benefit plan would
be constitutional. It also goes out-
Bide the case to suggest that counties
and townships may issue bonds to aid
in construction of highways, under ex-
isting laws, clearly indicating what
can and what cannot be done in se-
curing money from public sources to
build roads.
"Neither the state association nor
the department has been interested in
the road district law further than to
hope for a settlement of the ques-
tions raised as to its constitutionality.
Now that this matter has been cleared
up it will be possible tor us to advise
somehing besides delay to those ^who
are anxious to build some roads.
Oklahoma City—According to a
statement prepared by State Exam-
iner and Inspector Taylor, there is
$2,716,023, appropriated by the last
legislature, to meet the expenses of
the state government and institutions
for the fiscal year commencing July 1,
1912, and ending June 30, 1913.
This statement has been compiled
incidental to preparations for opening
the 1912-1913 accounts in State Audi-
tor Meyers office on July 1.
This expense money whiph is an in-
crease of $35,320 over the state ex-
penses of the expiring fiscal year, is
divided, in origin, as follows: From
the general revetnue funds, derived
from ad valorem and other state taxes,
$2,573,366; from the rentals on sec-
tion 13 of the state school lands, $104,-
307; from the game protection funds,
derived chiefly from hunting licenses,
$30,350; from the fire marshal funds,
derived from certain fees and taxes
on the insurauce business, collected
by the insurance department, $8,000.
The largest division of the grand
total of two and three-quarter millions
will go for the benefit of education,
the aggregate of the amounts appro-
priated for educational institutions be-
ing over a million dollars. 1 he execii'
Redfield Had the Best Occa-
sion to Smile.
The talk in one of the cloak rooms
of.congress turned to the thought of
the happiest moments in one's life.
Senator Hailey said his came the day
he wore his first pair of trousers. And
Paul Howland of Ohio declared his
big moment of joy was when he was
permitted once to drive a chariot in
a pony and dog show parade.
Representative Redfleld, who is a
wise chap, even if he does hail from
Brooklyn, said it was when he was
going to school and trying to master
long division. Three or four aisles
over from where he sat a boy yawned
It was not an ordinary yawn, but one
of such genuine expression of feeling
toward things in general that it at-
tracted Kedfield's attention. He was
fortunate in having a paper wad right
at hand, ready for any emergency
and he aimed this at the boy's caver-
nous mouth. The wad went right
square into the goal and—well. Kourth
of July fireworks are tame to the
etunts that boy did in the next few
minutes.
He says he almost smiled once on
ship board when the vessel gave a
lurch and threw a platter full of
beefsteak, gravy and all. over the
open-faced shirt front of a pompous
passenger across the table.
ft
Makes Home Baking Easy.
Gives nicer, better food than baker's.
There is no baking powder like it
for hot biscuit, hot breads and cake.
Made from Pure Grape Cream of Tartar.
tive department of the state govern- . —.n\j
ment comes next with expenses of DISFIGURED BABY
nearly three quarters of a million. In-
sanity will cost the state, in the main
tenance of the asylums, more than
four hundred thousand dollars. Crime,
in the keep of the state prisons, will
cost more than a quarter of a million
dollars, and crime and Insanity com-
bined will cost nearly as much as the
running of the state government, and
nearly two-thirds as much as the
amount appropriated for educational
purposes. For health the appropria-
tion is $30,000.
The state board of agriculture will .
have $100,800 to spend in helping the j^ed.
"armer and getting rid of the cattle ^ "\\'e consulted two
tick. For the maintenance of the Con- j cag0j where we resid
. , 1 • , TI,. ^ n f A T*(l YT1 n T* O I 1 C. i ! *-*11 ♦ li n
"Our little boy Gilbert was troubled
with eczema when but a few weeks
old. His little face was covered with
sores even to back of his eais. llie
poor little fellow suffered very much.
The Bores began as pimples, liia little
! face was disfigured very much. We
I hardly knew what he looked like. 'I ho
! face looked like raw meat. We tied
i little bags of cloth over his hands to
i prevent him from scratching. He was
ery restless at night, his little face
doctors at Chl-
■esided at that time.
LEFT MAMMA GASPING.
federate SoldierB' Home at Ardmore,
$15,000 was set aside.
The courts of the state will require
$168,586, divided as follows: supreme
court $60,086; criminal court of ap-
peals, $17,600; district courts, $87,-
000: state reporter, $3,900.
The amounts of the appropriation
for the officers and departments of
the executive end of the state govern-
After trying all the medicine of the
two doctors without any result, we ;
read of the Cuticura Remedies, and j
at once bought Cuticura Soap and i
Ointment. Following the directions
carefully and promptly we saw the |
Willie—Say, ma, didn't baby cut his
teeth?
Mamma—Yes, Willie.
Willie—Den why can't he cut his
hair?
Willing to Do Square Thing.
Ilrand Whltlock, who doubles as
mayor of Toledo and as a literal)
man, had a Chicago career, lie was a
reporter on the old Herald when 1 ete t
Dunne and Charley Seymour were his j
side-kicks. Charley Chapin was one j
of his city editors.
Chapin Is now city editor of the
New York Evening World, and tills j
story wag told to Whitlock lately by
correspondent who had him under
interviewing Are:
A new reporter had been hired on
the Evening World, and he went to
work on a Wednesday. The pay day
on the paper is Thursday. In the
course of a week, when the recruit re-
ceived his first envelope, he found
that he was a day short. He went to
Chapin and complained, only lo get
this:
"Oh, well, never mind. When I fire
you, I'll fire you a day earlier and that
will make it come out even."
Fish With False Teeth.
carefully anu prompt — - Cap Wilson, the inventor of as many
result and after four weeks, the dear different kinds of spoons as the c ate
child-; face was as fine and clean as fish that will take them has dlscov-
any little baby's face. Every one who ered a new lure for catfish. He was
saw Gilbert after using the Cuticura on an outing among the sloughs of the
— « - ' Sacramento river, when one of iil
the executive enci 01 uie iut< hw : gaw uuuen unci
ment are as follows: Governor, $26,- Rcmedies was surprised. He 1ms a | Sacramento T!vCr. ~ "j '
200- lieutenant governor, $1,750; sec- j hcad of hair which is a pride for any companions found him on the deck o glrl;
" v nf state $28,320; state audi- j bov 0f ],js agP, three years. e can his launch, roaring loudj.
retaiy of state, «. , D0L „ ' ... p.,M^rn Heme- "What's the matter?" he inquired. > ...
Darwin as Girls Read Him.
Miss Elizabeth Marbury, the bril-
liant and successful dramatic agent in
New York, said at the Colony club
the other day:
"It is an error to think that the I
intellectual girl is dowdy, look at j
the girl graduates about you. Those
with tlie highest marks wear usually i
the nicest frocks.
I said one day to a Hryn Mawr [
GONE ARE DAYS OF CHIVALRY
Imagine This Situation in the Times
When Knights Died for the "Love
of a Ladye!"
Miss Italia Garibaldi, granddaughter
of the famous "liberator," complained
in Chicago about the way Italian wom-
en are treated there.
"When I see," she said, "the male
employer, with all his vaunted chiv-
alry to women, taking such an unfair
advantage of his female emplo>es, I
don't wonder that woman is beginning
[ to sneer at man's chivalry
S "It reminds me of an Italian wash-
erwoman. very industrious and suc-
I cessful, to whom a young mail offered
i himself in matrimony.
"'You love me?' the washerwoman
I asked.
i "'Devotedly,' the young man re-
| plied.
'Are you sure?'
1 'I swear it!'
She gave him a searching look.
''Are you out of work?' she said."
HARD FOR THE HOUSEWIFE.
tcr $25,900; attorney general, $:',2,200; I 011]y recommend the Cuticura Keme-
sta'te treasurer, $70,300, which includes dlfS to everybody." (SignedI Mrs. II.
8 400 to pay interest on state bonds; | Albrecht, Box 883, West Point, Neb.,
1 1! . I^^Uimtinn < r, < II 1 . U „. ■ ,.V-> Pnllpiira Sflfin
superintendent of public Instruction
$11,780; state examiner and inspector,
$25,800; chief mine inspector. $27,200;
commissioner of labor, $23,500; com-
mission of charities and corrections,
$15,800; insurance commissioner, $1>,-
700; adjutant general, $26,495; bank
commissioner, $42,080; corporation
commission, $80,100; commissioner of
the land office, $68,060; geological sur-
vey, $18,800; Oklahoma Historical So-
ciety, $2,750; state election board,
$6,385; state board of health, $30,-
700; state library, $11,256; state print-
er, $65,800, which includes $60,000 to
pa'v for stat printing; state board of
public affairs, $20,400; miscellaneous,
$10,000,
russell wins sun
Oct. 26, 1910. Although Cuticura Soap
and Ointment are sold by druggists
and dealers everywhere, a sample of
ana ueu.iti ~ . •
each, with 32-page book, will be mailed twenty dollars?"
What's the matter?" lie inquired.
"Matter? Huh! There's a $20 cat
fish down under tills boat, an 1 m
a-goin' to get him if I have to seine
him out."
"How do you figure a catfish worth
How beautifully your pannier |
gown fits, dear. I thought you grave i
and reverend seniors were above such
trifles?'
" 'Oh, no,' said she. 'We all believe
here in the survival of the best fit-
ted." "
free on application
Dept. L, Boston.
to "Cuticura,"
They Must Make Ananias Jealous.
This way: I was standin' right here
a-cleanin' my new set of false teeth,
when he come up to the top, looked at
■ ney itiuo. ,„-.w i me an' opened his mouth. I grabbed
"Oh, we have had such a delightful j jor boathook to gaff him an
time at your party. We want you to j dropped the teeth. Plump they went,
come and take dinner with us just as sauare into his mouth. Now
soon as you can
I right square
he's down there crackin' crabs with
Honestly, 1 think you have got just j my teeth, an' I got to eat clam show
the cutest baby I have ever seen."
"Gee, 1 can sing a lot better when
I haven't got a cold."
"My husband Is just as sweet as he
can be around the house He never
gets cross and never scolds when din-
ner isn't ready, and is so neat that a
del' outen a salmon spoon.'
Evening Post.
Saturday
He Could.
A northern visitor in the south tolls
the fpllowing story to illustrate the
taciturnity of the southern negro.
He had asked Steve, a typical darky
of the region, numerous questions con-
cerning a certain plantation, and to
each the negro gave the invariable re-
ply of "Yahs, sah
It's luird enough to keep house ii lii
perfect health, but a woman weak,
tired and suffering with an aching
back has a heavy burden. Any woman,
in this condi-
tion has cause
to suspect kid-
ney trouble,
especially if
the kidney ac-
tion s e e m a
d i s o r dered.
Doan's Kidney
Pills have
cured thou-
sands. It is
_ the best rec-
ommended special kidney remedy.
Mrs. John Robinson, 90S Burney St.,
Modesto, Cal, Says: "My back was
so lame and sore I w'as practically
helpless. My feet and ankles swelled,
puffy spots appeared beneath my eyes
and I became so dizzy I had to grasp
Si'preme Court Protests on Bill Must
Be Heard At Once
Oklahoma City.—The spirit of the
law providing for the hearing of pro-
tests to initiative bills, indicates that
Immediate action is contemplated
and under this interpretation of it,
the supreme court Wednesday grant-
ed the writ of mandamus to compel
Secretary of State Ben F. Harrison
to give an immediate hearing on the
protest to Campbell Russell's initiat-
ed bill to make over the state board
of agriculture.
The word "will" means 'shall in
the opinion which is written by
Chief Justice Turner. This word
"will" appears ir< the act of 1910
which provides "that any citizen of
the state may, within ten days, by
written notice to the secretary of
state and to the party or parties who
filed such petition, protest against
the same at which time he will hear
testimony and arguments for and
against the sufficiency of such peti-
tion.' The use of the word "will" is
mandatory, the court holds, and be-
public officer ex-
piece of lint on the carpet almost
i drives him crazy."
"We expect to spend next summer
abroad."
Zeke Knew Rufe.
Rufe was telling Zeke about a ter-
rible escapade he had had the night
| before after he had crossed the dam
j at the river and was making for his
j cabin about a half mile through the
I dark woods.
"And jest as 1 stepped Inter de
brush I hears a funny noise like a
Going Further Back. j shoat snortin'. I looks up an a blue
A man who had suddenly become light jumps out er de groun' and
very rich went to live In New York ,iiapes itself into a ghost about six
and began to spend money with a lav- f00t tall. Red fire was a-fllckerin' out
isli hand. He decided that Ills name ,.r its nose. It stood still kinder, then
needed advertising, so he visited a i mted a long, bony finger an' says:
genealogist. i I want you, Rufe Jackson.'
"I suppose," he said, "If I pay you | "j walks up to it and shakes my
"Steve." asked the somewhat exas- j something to keep lrom falling. Relief
perated northerner, "don't you say j quickly followed the use of Doan 9
anything but 'Yahs, sah'? Can't you Kidney Pills and it was not long be-
.. ...... c - i ....... s\n4sivin<r P'flfvl TlPilltl).
say 'No, sir?'
The negro blinked bis eyes indolent-
ly for a moment and replied, "Yahs,
sah."—Judge.
, fore 1 was enjoying good health."
! "When Your Back Is Lame, Remember
| the Name—DOAN'S " 50c., all stores,
i Koster-Mllburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
When Your Eyes Need Care
One or the Othor.
A very plain, although somewhat fa-
Weak, I mous woman, was traveling the state
niiia- ! 0( Florida, lecturing on women's suf-
Trv Murine Eye Remedy. No Smarting
Fine—Acts Quickly. Try It for Er.
Watery Kyes and Granulated kyellw , ■ wi * -
tratrd Honk in She addressed the school chll-
| dren of a little town one afternoon,
w L"?!"1 a Set1! Ln a^ioc: ' and prefaced her lecture with the fol-
Wlurlne Eyo Remedy Co.. ChlcafO lowing ^ ^ ^ ^ Baltimore, the city
i made famous by its oysters and beau-
tiful women."
enough you can trace my family back
to Adam."
"My dear, sir," replied the genealo-
gist. "if you're willing to put up the
money we can prove by evolution that
your family existed before Adam."—
Lippincott's Magazine.
Just to Accommodate.
Hungry Girl lone of a party of tour-
ists who have arrived late at a coun
O C. Is Progressing
Oklahoma City.-In proportion to
its mileage, tonnage and capital stoc
f,\h0r9sC|nttVtkbedeCprove- lng addressed to
rrCritig «hil y-. Twenty mile | eludes the idea of discretion
stretches of this road are being ele-
vated from six to twelve inches and
heavy rock ballast is blng distributed
over the etraekbed. Engineers state
that bv next January this entirely
Oklahoma road will have one of the
best stretches of roadbed in the state.
UUCO _
No formal writ will be issued, how-
ever for the reason that the court
believes that the secretary of state
will conform to the view expressed in
the opinion.
Held Memorial Service
McAlester, Okla.-Memorial ser-
V'CddenW ifca« were 3S here charter, is the ruling
ot iTl Saint s church. He formerly | General West, given >n_response to
Must Pay Alike
Oklahoma City.—Foreign corpora-
tions must pay the same fees as those
charged to domestic corporations for
licenses and filing charges on
of Attorney
resided here and was prominent in
church and Masonic circles.
Nurses Warned Against School
Oklahoma City.-A letter lias been
received by Mabel Garrison, secretary
of the Oklahoma state board of exam-
ination and registration of nurses,
warning young women who are de-
sirous of becoming trained nurses
against attending the Philadelphia
school for nurses, located in I'hila-
delphla. A careful inspection of this
school has been made by the Penn-
sylvania state board of charities, and
their report states: "No Indication of
scientific training ls evident in this
institution.'
inquiry from Secretary of State
Harrison.
Heavy Alfalfa Yield
Yukon. Okla.—Ed Goodwin, a farm-
er here, who was as much as the
er here, says his first cutting of al
falfa was as much as the entire yield
of his alfalfa farm in 1911. He se-
cured 2,000 bales, filling his barn with
loose hay. Altogether his first cut-
ting amonted to 100 tons, and he has
•constantly pastured 60 hogs on his
70-acre alfalfa tract. Part of the field
which waB set to alfalfa six years ago
yielded two tons to the acre.
own finger right in its face, '^ou
mind yore business and 1 11 mind
mine,' 1 says, and turns on my heel j
and goes right on.
"Now, what'd you er done, Zeke, in
a case like dat?"
"I'd er done jest what you done,
you durned lying nigger."
The Remedy.
"1 see beef is still going up."
"Then the best way to stop that is
to keep it from going down."
Henpecked Lion.
Benliam They made a lion of me.
Mrs llenham—Well, I'm a pretty
fair sort of lion tamer.
A small boy said to another, in a
stage whisper:
"If that's true, she must be an oy-
ster "
Poor Father. 1 taigne
Mayor Turnbull of Canton was | —
try inn)—No fresh eggs? Hut you've ,aikinK about a statement, made all
got hens, haven't you? unconsciously by a Titanic officer, that
Innkeeper's Wife—Yes, but they're ., a(j been a terrible black eye for the
all asleep. Titanic administration.
Hungry Girl—Well, but can't you
wake them?—Fliegende Blaetter.
As soon as women are ours, we are
no longer theirs.—Michael de Men-
The Substantial Part.
"Don't you think the bliss of life
comes with the rapture of the honey-
moon?"
"Maybe, but the real thing comes
with the alimony of the harvest moon."
Accounted For.
"Why are there so many men in this
jail?" asked the philanthropic reform-
I guess," answered the guide, "it's
chiefly because they can't get out."
Literal Obedience.
"How Is it I have such big telegram |
bills?"
"You told me, sir, to use dispatch
in that correspondence, so I wired all
the letters."
"This statement," he said, "reminds ;
me of a little Canton boy.
" 'Tommy, why are you so unkind
to your nurse? Why don't you love j
her?' his mother once asked him.
"'Because I don't,' the enfant terri-
ble replied. 'I just hate her! I could
pinch her cheeks like papa does!'"
Flattered Him.
A little girl four years old wanted a
nickel one day and thought the best
way to get It was to say something
nice to papa. So climbing upon his
lap she said sweetly:
"Papa, I love you better than the
devil."
SHOES
*2.50 $3.00 $3.5Q $4.G0 $4.50&$5.00
VV. L. Douglas makes and tells more
$3.00, $3.50 and $4.00 shoes than
any other manufacturer in the world
FOR MEN, WOMEN AND BOYS
W.L.Douglas $3.00 & $3.50 shoes are worn by millions
of men.biiause they are the best in the world for the price
\V I, Douglas $4.00, $4.50 A $.r .00 shoesequal Custom
W. U "ouglas w Wo;.£ cogUng $(. ()() ,u $8,„0
Why does W. L. Douglas make and sell more $3^00, 3-50
and $4.00 hoe than any other manufacturer in the world .
BECAUSE: he stamps his name and price on the bottom ana
guarantees the value, wh>ch protects the wearer aga.n.t h.gh *
prices and inferior shoes of other makes. BECAUSE: they J . -.*■
are the most economical and satisfactory; you can save money
wme w™°ur °*
rO DRIVE OFT NALABIA
It 1U M n TnF SYSTEM
Tako ('Id Htandurd GHOVH'S TASTKI.KS&
CHILL TONIC. You know what you aro t.-ikinn
flio formula Is plainly printed on e ury boMJe. ,, , „
staowiDii tt i simply uulnlne and Iron In a tasteless 13 a ulCttm 10 , , r.
form. i n<i the most effectual form. For grown rude awakening shortly after mar
Mo is and children. 60 cents
, riage.
The young man who tells a girl she
Is a dream is likely to bump up against
And some people never forgive as
long as their memories are in work-
ing order.
Some men are bashful when
comes to meeting their obligations.
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