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The Lexington Leader
HARDIE & JENKS. Publishers.
V rTIVfTdV
OITT *wn\
As usual the swan song of tbe thea-
ter season Is pretty much rag time.
IIHIi BILLS
HEM LIBERAL
FERRIS SUED FOR 12.500
One More Chapter for the Notorious
Red Book
Oklahoma City.—Former State
Printer Giles W. Farris and hi® bonds- :
| men. the Western Insurance company,
were made defendanta in a suit filed
PITTSBURG
! In the superior court in behalf of the ,
Anyway New York's "finest" ire 1250.000 SET ASIDE FOR LITIGA- state, by Attorney General Charles
... | t0 coiigct |2,600 of which Far- j
Yls is alleged to have defrauded the
the finest New York baa.
It Is better to hare loved and lost
sometimes, than to have loved and
won.
TION PEND'NG IN PRO-
BATE COURTS.
LIMIT OF LAND SALE DECEMBER 1
LARGEST BANK IN THE CITY
CLOSED BY THE TREASURY
DEPARTMENT
Scientist says that love making
Is to become obsolete. This la no
news to Pittsburgh.
state in connection with the public*-
tlon of the "Red Book "
Farris is alleged to have drawn a ONE-THIRD OF ASSETS NO GOOD
false claim against the state printing I
fund for $2,500 in favor of the Demo-
$200 Per Capita Payment to Be Made rrat Publishing company of Tulsa for Subsldlary Bank '• A,*o Forced to
Dallas reporter was held up and
robbed of two bits. How dared be
have so much money!
to the Seminoles—Cther
Provisions of the
Bill.
work done on the Red Book, which
| tbe petition asserts was published
[ wholly without authority of law. The
I petition alleges that Farris had three
warrants drawn on the claim, one for
Washington.—The general Indian $500 and two for $1,000 each He is
"A New York man saved $100,000 In appropriation bill which has just been alleged to have forged the indorse-
Close Its Doors and Run
Started On Another Sav-
ings Bank.
COUNTIES IN A SCRAMBLE EBB
EXHIBIT SPACE JT STATE FAIR
Can Caddo county hold firs', place at the 1913 Oklahoma State Fair
ud Exposition, Oklahoma City, September 23 to October 4?
"We can!" Is the answer that comes from Frank Thrall and others
who were Instrumental In capturing the coveted cup and the first prize
money of $200 last year.
"We don't know about that!" comes the cry from a dozen other coun-
ties In unison. And. In the meantime, entries are being made every day
for space, according to word that comes from I. S. Mahan, secretary of tho
State Fair at Oklahoma City.
Flushed with their victory of 191S, the people of Caddo county were
the first to make an entry this year. Comanchle county, winner of the
second prize last year, is already on the list for 1913, while Pottawatomie
Is confident of stepping out of third place. Noble county won the cup la
Pittsburg.—Differences of long
standing with the treasury department
17 years onasalaryofJlOOO a year." signed by President Wilson, contains j "e t of the Democrat Publishing concerning the character and value of
Walter or policeman?
A man generally gets credit for be-
ing a good citizen when his wife
makes him go to church.
probably more important features ' <-°™Pany Ihe warrants and sold certain assets of the former First Na
which will be of benefit to Oklahoma! J*®' ! tl0Dal bank °' PiUsburg' which was
than anv m< %sure of the kind passed In addition to the p iqc p i merge(j with the geCond National s
tnan any m< isure or tne Kina passea be pajd to the g(ate by parrjs an(j his i _ I
by Congress in recent years. Not only bondsmen.
are iarge sums set aside for the bene-
Bank of Pittsburg last March under
the title of the First-Second National ;
Bank of Pittsburg culminated in" the
closing of the instituttion by o7d"er i
A Kansas City woman was made ill At of the state and her Indian citizens McAlester Announces for Governor.
hy use of face powder. She prob- but it incorporates several provisions j Lieut.-Gov. J. J. McAlester is a can-
ably did not need It. anyway. which are designed to curb for all didat<? for the Democratic nomination j cf Deputy Comptroller of Currency T. I
time scheming whites who have ! for governor. McAlester was elected P. Kane
IliU v I. Vii vlil I " II11 v O • • lit/ Uu * c .
The press Is powerful, but It Is not proflted rlchIy at the elpenge of the * mel°ber of tbe 'Va,e Corporation Th(J Plttsburg clearing houee ag?0.
iwerful enough to Induce all people , , , « ,, Commission in the first election after
nation s red wards and who would atatehood and wa9 given the large8; « «!«>«. has ak«n charge of the situa-
h,v« nrnfiteri even greater hart nnt . . ^ , tlon generally and announced taht no
jbave profited even greater had not maJorlty o{ the candidates. During .* . . ,
powerful enough to Induce all people
to stop eating with their knives.
a-
Since father's bought an auto, protective clauses been inserted in his campaign for the nomination for r trouble is expectid.
mother can never find her sewing ma-
chine oil can when she wants lt-
Baby trailers for motorcycles. Whst
next? An average motorcycle can
easily haul 10C baby carriages loaded.
A scientist Informs us that he Is
•bout to "finish" an "endless" labor,
which is certainly some achievement.
Many a fluttering genius' heart will
(ret rest There will be no more poet
laureates In Britain, the king has
ruled.
The tight skirt may be as sanitary
as the Chicago doctors say It Is, but
the girls are not wearing It for their
health.
A woman In Illinois attacked a
magistrate with a garden hose. This
eort of conduct deserved a severe rak-
ing over.
Thanks to the trolley car. the motor
cycle, the automobile and the horse,
there Is still a good deal of outdoors
to be enjoyed.
Italy Is experimenting with an
armored automobile. When such au-
tomobiles become common life will
Indeed be cheap.
the measure which now is law. j lieutenant-governor he visited only
For the expenses of the adminlstra- j six towns in the state in the interest
tlon of the Five Tribes the sum of
$250,000 is set aside. This is to com-
pensate all attorneys that the secre-
tary of interior may employ in connec-
tion with probate matters affecting
individual allottees of the tribes. It
is again specifically provided that no
tribal funds Bhall be spent without
the approval of Congress. This meas-
ure was incorporated in the bill ia c
year, Representative Ferris being the
author, and it is designed to check
the extravagant expenditures by de-
partment officials.
Another important provision in the
new law is that which provides that
the appraisement and sale of the j a family row.
Choctaw and Chickasaw segregated , ,
, , . Found Liquor In Mine,
mineral land shall be completed by McAle8ter._charles w,iion. deput
None of the officials of the bank
would make a statement announcing
that affairs were in the hands of the !
1 1 i ri-ri-t-i-r-.
of his candidacy and was nominated ,
by a large majority. In the general government officials.
election his majority for lieutenant- The statement of tfie bank's condi-
governor was nearly 24,000. tlon made up on call of the comptrol?
les as of close of business June 4,
Killing Follows Family Trouble. showed: loans and discounts $15,704,.
Chickasha.—Resting in the Grady 901.16; Individual deposits subject to
county jail is Jim Ballard, 19 years | check. $15,105,144.50; demand certifi- !
old, self-confessed slayer of his broth- j cates of deposit, $385,955.05; time cer-
er-in-law, W. J. Goodnight, age 33. tificates of deposits, $16,090.50.
The killing occurred at Ballard's for- Starts Run On Others
mer home, twenty miles northwest , The ^ Natlona, of Mc.
of Chickasha, and was witnessed by I
Keesport, an allied institution of the
the wife and little girl of the dead First.Second NatloBal bank of thig
man. Following the killing Ballard clQsed Rg ^ lhjg n<>.
made no attempt to escape but waited ^|ce.
until officers from Chickasha came
and arrested him. The murder fol- ! "Owing to the First-Second Nation-
al bank of Pittsburg asking for a re-
ceiver it is thought best for all our
depositors to close this bank for the !
present."
The notice was unsigned.
As word of the suspension of the
the first of Qecember. The sum of , j_-n(ted states marshal made one of
$10,000 to be paid out of tribal funds | tie most unique captures of a lot of
1. set aside to complete the work. ,,eer and whlskey that has ever been Fd""Na'tlona'l "bank" breame
$300,000 For Schools. pulled off in this county He, together generally known depositor8 of the
The sum of $300,000, to be ex- with other officers, secured twem> pittsburg Bank for Savings, a few
pended at the discretion of the secre- ,wo barrels of beer and thirty-our |>|oc|cs awayi started a run on that ln-
tary of interior in the aid ef the com- ] cases of Sunnybrook whiskey 800 fee. stjtut|on j g Kuhn is president of
mon schools of the Cherokee, Creek, t the ground in Bill Pasco s coc bank.
Choctaw, Chickasaw and Seminole na- j mine- Receivers For Company
naw iLnciah„°r;,inC!Uding Z*?™' Vet0 °f Hiahway Meature Attorneys appeared before Judge
paw agency schools, is provided. | A gathering estimated at more than c p 0rr jn (he federai court> and
Princeton student admits he corre- ! Another Important clause protldes 0ne thousand representative farmers asked for receivers for the American
sponds with sixteen different girls. ■ for a $200 per capita payment to the and business men at Temple, July 4. -waterworks and Guarantee company, I
He would make an excellent train ; Seminole nation. This payment will indorsed the official record of State ajg0 jor grm 0j j g and g ,
dispatcher. be niade at Wewoka. The clause Highway Commissioner Sidney Suggs Kuhn, Incorporated. For the former '
granting the per capita payment to and sent a telegram to Governor theBe'were appointed: J. S .Kuhn, W.
Florists seeking to produce a blue j ">® Seminoles provides that the i cruce requesting him to veto house g Kuj,n, J. H. Purdy, general man- 1
peony should not despair. The world amounts of delinquent taxes and bill No. 68, carrying into effect new ager of tbe companyi and Samuel
The First Prize Winner for County Display at 1912 State Fair.
1911 and came right back and landed In fourth place last year. It Is said
that there is a movement on foot at Perry and other places to come back
good and strong this year.
Some of the other counties that have already engaged space for county
exhibits Include Beckham, Custer, Washita, Grant, McClain, with negotia-
tions now under way with at least thirty others. In addition to counties
that have beome prominent through advertisement received at the State
Fair, it is reported that numerous others will be found in line this year
for the first time, notably Washington in the northeastern part of th©
atate.
"A county collective exhibit is the greatest of advertising mediums,"
says Secretary Mahan. "Twenty-two counties had excellent exhibits at th&
State Fair in 1912. See that your county is represented in 1913." Offi-
cers and directors of the Oklahoma State Fair and Exposition are now at
work with a view of making it the final word in everything such an insti-
tution should be.
When the sixty buildings are thrown open on Tuesday morning, Sep-
tember 23, it will be possible for a person to learn in twelve days every-
thing that Oklahoma produces. It will be worth a year's travel to any
person, to 6ay nothing of the opportunity for the people of one county
to study their exhibit in comparison with others.
HITCHCOCK IS DISPUTED.
Nevj Postmaster General Falls to Find
Profits He Claimed.
roaJ laws and virtually legislating Col-
onel Suggs out of office.
can afTord to give them plenty of time penalties properly assessed against
to go on trying ,he lands of each Seminole allottee
J under the laws of the State and re-
A writer says, "The brave are al- mainlng unpaid shall be ascertained
ways tender." What a bunch of cow- and paid under the direction of the
ards that last shipment of cattle to secretary of Interior, in each case out
restaurants must have been. i of the distributive share to be paid to
each enrolled member of the tsibe.
Germany is thinking about prohib- The secretary of Interior is author-
lting rubber mouthpieces on nursing ' ized to designate and set aside not to
bottles for sanitary reasons. Of j exceed four sections of unallotted
course, they might make 'em of lands belonging to the Choctaw and the existence of improper relations
steeL [ Chickasaw tribes, this reservation be between them, but contending that
Denies Mrs. Woodward's Story.
Chickasha.—John Tremont, on trial
here charged with the murder of Sher-
man Woodward, finished his testi-
mony in his own behalf, closing for
the defense. He told the story of the
alleged associations with Ada Wood-
ward from the beginning, admitting
Ing a sanitarium for the benefit of the
So long as the suffragists don't ! 'tibes. The Choctaw council already
break up the afternoon teas In Its has set aside $50,000 for the cOnstruc-
offices and business houses, London tlon of this institution where tubercu-
will try to worry along somehow.
losls will be treated
Monument For McCurtain.
The secretary of interior is author-
ized also to set aside from Choctaw
This fad for colonial and mission
furniture Is leaving the plain person
who pays the bills mightv few places tribal tund* ,he pum of 5 000 f°r a
b> which to sit and sleep comfortably '"'table monument to the memory of
| Green McCurtain, late chief of the
Choctaw nation.
A strong financial footing for the In-
dian hospital, to be located near Law-
ton, Is assured by the provision which
This Is the reason when everybody ""'horires the secretary of interior to
A man Is judged by the company be
keeps, even when he keeps to him-
self.
complains of the end seat hog—that
Is, everybody who does not have a
chance to be one himself
sell unallotted, unreserved and such
school and agency lands that are no
longer needed for administration pur-
poses for the Kiowa. Comanche,
The hotel guest who telephoned AP che and Wichita tribes, the pro-
down for soap and towels and re- ''eeds herefrom. l*ss $1.25 an acre to
ceived back soup and rolls no doubt ^e deposited to the credit of the In
blamed it on the central operator. lians in thp I nited States treasury.
to draw until further provided by Con-
The estimate that we spend $600,- Kress 5 per cent interest and to be
000,000 for music In America might be known as the Kiowa agency hospital
amended to add that we waste more 'und. The county commissioners of
Comanche county are given ninety
days to buy at $1.25 an acre a suitable
160-acre tract to be used for county
poor farm purposes.
The secretary of interior Is author-
ized to spend $-'5,000 for the mainten-
ance of the Kiowa agency, which
handles the affairs of the Kiowa.
Comanche and Apache Indians.
He also is permitted to withdraw
from the tribal moneys the sum of
$250,000 for the benefit and mainten
Bailey, Jr., a bank official of this city.
For the Kuhn company was appoint-
ed J. K. DufTy. who is treasurer of
the company. Bonds of $50,000 were
ordered filed for each receiver.
Preliminary reports on the bank's 1
condition seem to indicate that the j
financing of a new office building in
which the bank has its home is con- :
nected with the difficulty.
The bank's capital is $3,400,000. !
How much of that If any, is impaired, i
has not been definitely determined.
Prior to the consolidation of the
from the state the woman was to
blame and continually seeking his
company. He denied any knowledge pjrst National bank with the Second J
of the poisoning of Woodward and National bank, affairs of the First |
stated positively that he had nothing actively engaged the attention of the
to do wifh it, comptroller's office and less than
three years ago, the bank examiners
Deputy U. S. Marshal Resigns. compelled the 'charging off" of nearly
McAlester.—Charles H. Wilson re- ji ooo.ooo worth of assets they did
signed as deputy U. S. marshal, to nQt Relieve should be carried on the !
accept a position as count\ superin- . ^ank'g books.
tendent of schools at Kufaula.
than half of It for all tbe music we
get
A wife Is a woman that washes a
man s clothes and cooks his meals.
Bays a writer. If that's so. lots of
women are traveling around under
false pretenses
Crutchfield Lands Tulsa Postoffice.
Tulsa.—The fiercest political fight j
in the history of Tulsa, closed here j
when National Committeeman Robert !
Galbreath named John M. Crutchfield,'!
chairman of the Tulsa county election
board, to suceed Walter I. Reneau, \
as postmaster of this city. Out of
consideration for National Committee- j
man Galbreath, Congressman James j
S. Davenport asked that he be oc- j
corded the privilege of naming the
postmaster of his home city and the |
president agreed.
HUBERT L, BOLEN LANDS JOB
Professor Hansen of North Dakota
Is going to Asia to discover something
that can be grown on the arid lands of
Skull Is Trephined.
Elk City —Irene Sands. 12 years old.
daughter of a farmer living nea • Elk ;
City, was kicked by one of her father's I
mules, her skull being fractured She
was brought to the hospital here
where a piece of the skull was re-
moved and is now expected to re-
cover.
Suggs Isn't Abolished Yet.
Governor Cruce signed the congres
Washington.—The postoffice de-
partment did not attain a condition
of self-support during the administra- j
tlon of Postmaster General Hitchcock,
notwithstanding the widely adver- j
tlsed announcement to that effect, al-
though an apparent surplus was at- |
talned by unjustifiable methods of
bookkeeping. The general morale
and efficiency of the postal service
were sacrificed to a ruthleB6ly en-
forced policy of false economy for the
sole purpose of presenting a showing
of self-maintenance; and after the at-
tainment of this end, just before the
Inauguration of the new administra-
tion, the policy was reversed. Long
standing vacancies were filled and
postponed promotions made; commit-
ments to fixed charges for long terms
were assumed in such a way as to
saddle the new administration with
the greatly increased expense during
months, if not years to come.
These are the important points in
the report of a committee of postoffice
officers which has made a minute
"survey" of the department's general
condition. The report is addressed to
Postmaster General Albert Sidney
Burleson, who made it public, and Is
signed by Daniel C. Roper Joseph
StewaK, A. M. Dockery, James I.
Blakslee and Merritt O. Chance, res-
Doubtful of God's Power.
"Out of the mouth of babes" fre-
quently come reproaching, regenerate
ing hints of high spiritual value. A
little girl whose father was very ill
was asked if she had prayed for his
recovery. "No," she replied, her in-
nocent eyes wide and solemn. "I did
think of it, but then I wondered if
it would be any use. I know God's
bigger 'n' wiser than people, but I
didn't know if he could kill germs."
pectively first, second, third and
fourth assistant postmasters general
and chief clerk of the department.
The substance of the claim of th©
Hitchcock administration was that a
deficiency of approximately $17,500,000
in 1909 was entirely eliminated, and
that a surplus of over $2,000,000 was
attained for the fical year 1911. The
reports of the "survey" are declared
to show, on the contrary, that at no
time haB there been a legitimate sur-
plus In the postal revenues since the
fiscal year 1889, and that instead of
A surplus of approximately $219,000
In 1911, there was, In fact an actual
deficiency of considerable more than
three-quarters of a million dollars.
A Relic of History.
A newly rich woman, who was anx-
ious to make a favorable impression
in her neighborhood, decided to show
her collection of antiques to the bish-
op when he called. The time came,
and one by one she displayed the
whole collection, giving him the his-
tory of each piece. "There," she said,
pointing impressively to an old yellow
teapot, "that teapot was used in the
Boston tea party."
The Unreturning Step.
There is much In an unreturning
step. Stanley every morning began
where he left off the night before. He
explored Africa. The postman today
began where he began yesterday; he
renews acquaintance with Tompkins
square.
Huge Map Is Being Made.
The International map of the world,
on a scale of 1 to 1,000.000. will, when
completed, eight or t«i years hence,
cover a total area of about 150 by 75
feet, or the surface of a globe 40 feet
In diameter.
For the Ironing Board.
Pad the ironing board with a thick
quilt or old blanket, then lay the
board on the table and cut a piece o?
heavy muslin so it will fit the boartf
loosely. Seam It up, leaving the slip
open at each end. Make two of th<'se
slips and change them frequently,
says Mother's Magazine. Thus the
ironign board Is always clean, and tbe
padding will not have to be changed
for months.
Refuses to Build a Chaos.
When we try to imagine a chaos we
fall. Let It be as formless as w6
please, our creation will stand on its
base; its left will balance its right; it
will float like a ship, drift as a doud
or swirl as desert sands. In its very
fiber the mind is an order and refuses
! to build a chaos.
President Wilson has appointed
Hobert L. Bolen of Oklahoma City,
the American west with greater profit ance 0f these tribes and for the lm- sional redistricting bill and the new [ collector of Internal revenue for Ok-
than mortgages
The no breakfast movement Is gain-
ing strength In this country as well
as In France.
Ooce again there Is serious discus-
sions in New York of a proposition to
tax bachelors. It Is safe to say It is
ons of the few taxes that would be
cheerfully paid.
provement of their homesteads for the revenue bill but vetoed the highway | lahoma,
ensuing vesr. bill.
For the support snd civilization of
MeNeal Pleads Guilty to Charges.
Guthrie—The five charges against
Paul MeNeal. alleging false weights
and reuse of inspection tags, came
' to a sudden termination when the de-
fendant entered a plea of guilty in
Government Is a Necessity.
"Government is a necessity, and not
a luxury, and no government has the
right to take from the taxpayer one
oent more than Is absolutely neces-
sary to conduct the business of gov-
ernment effectively and economically."
—Thomas R. MarshalL
I Severe Test for Physician.
It Is said that Ardashir, the king ot
the Persians, never permitted a physi-
cian to prescribe for him until he hsd
i been stung by a viper. If he was able
to heal himself he gave him his daily
food, and the physician entered hii
service.—The Orient.
the Arapahoes and Chevennes $35,000
is set aside For the Kansas Indians.
$1,500 Klrkapoo 'ndlans $2 000;
Ponca Indians In Oklahoma and Ne-
braska. $8,000.
For the support and education of _.. , •— — —
500 Indian pupils at the Indian school T.h' «ln J"')' 21. Governor O. B. Colquitt's
FOR SPECIAL SESSION
Governor Colquitt Calls the Texas
Legislature to Meet July 21.
Robins Give Room In Church. News To Him.
In the pulpit at Collnton parish |8 u that ,hpy npv,r plsr(
church (Midlothian) a robin's nest ;he pictures of living men on hank
T*as found the other day, The nest notes?' asked the fellow who liad
Austin.—A special session of the
Texas legislature was called to be-
was removed to the church room neat^
by, where the birds will be permitted
to remain and rear their family.
at Chilocco, and for pay of superin-
The lady said to be 98 per cent. | tendent, $85,000; for general repairs
and improvements, $7,000; in all, $92,-
000.
of $50 in each case together with the |
costs
beautiful denies tbe report of her
engagement to a french oount-
Maybe tbe count Is only about two
jxr cent solvent.
Flournoy Is Postmsiter
Elk City —Sam Flournoy. who was
For the pay of financial clerk and the first wsrden ol the state reform-
assistant elsri at the 9 ne«a sgency. atorv at Granite, ha* entered on his ! senators and to revise the state peni-
*1,500. _ j 4otl„ M po UM#}er at Elk City. 1 lentiary regulations
proclamation said the objects of the
session are to pass appropriation bills
which the regular session failed to
carry last spring, to pass laws regu-
lating direct election of United States
Accounted For.
"I must congratulate you, Katie,"
said the lady of the house, "You didn't
break any crockery yest rday." "No,
ma'am," replied the girl. "You see,
I had a bad headache, and didn't (eel
Tsry strong yesterday."
become rich by writing the words ot
"popular' songs. "Don't they?" the
poet replied.
Paths For All Climbers.
There is one best path to the moun-
tain crest, yet there are other paths
nearly as good. Yet Youth be assured
that the steeps of success 1ji\v^ as
many paths as thers are stout heart-
ed climbers
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