Oklahoma State Register. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 10, 1907 Page: 1 of 8
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SIXTEENTH YEAII NO 37
GUTHRIE, OKLA., THURSDAY. OC TOBER lo, 190.
#1.00 PER YEAR
The Foundation of a State Should be Without a F law Before the Watchtower is Built for the Watchman to sit in to Look after the 1 eoples Interests
Logan County Farmers
Takes the Lead,
Miss Kate Barnard [legislature. 1 hereby caU ar";e'ing °'
the presidents and secretaries ot the
Becoming ramous* county associations for that purpose to
Under the title "An Oklahoma lob- m?etat Oklahoma City October 16.
byist," The world's Work has the fol- This will bean important meeting and
lowing in the October number of the a'.l s'wu'.i ba presen',
Logan County Farmers Co operative Association takes the
lead in the growing system of the farmers' control of their own
production, and when Guthrie was sefected as the site for its oil
mill the city gained more than its citizens calculated. The oil
mill that will be in operation in a few days, situated in the south
end of town, just west of the Santa Fe track, is among the largest
in Oklahoma. The main building is three stories brick and all
the other buildings are in proportion. The equipment is of the
latest improved machinery, and a large cotton gin is in operation
in connection with it,
Ceph Miller and Andy Eliison, two enthusiastic Farmer Union
m.n, said to the State Register representitive: "Do you know the
people of Guthrie don't know what a big thing thev have in the lo-
cation of the Farmers Co-operative oil mill in the city?" And the
reporter found out they were right. The association has its up
town general offices over the Bank of Commere in charge of J. II.
Caldwell, the general manager. Mr. Caldwell is a man of large
business ability and readily furnished all the information. There
are two business organizations under the Logan County Farmers
Union control. One is the Logan County Cooperative Association
of America, capitalized at $>00,000, of which the following are of-
ficers: E. S. Elliott, president; J. M. Lovell, vice presiden; E. A.
Griffin secretary and treasurer, and J. II, Caldwell, manager. This
incorporation handles the gins of the county. The ©ther is The
Farmers' Union Cooperative Oil Mill Company, capitelized at
$100,000, of which W. A. Fox is president; W. F. Belden, vice pre-
sident; A. J. Whitney; J. C. Wicks, treasurer; J. II. Caldwell,
chairman of executive committee, and A. E. Haughey, E.S. F.llijtt,
J. W. Lovell and George Cooper members of the committee. In
addition to the oil mill the Logan County Union now o.vns gins at
Guthrie, Crescent, Lovell, Seward. Mulhall, Russell, and Pleasant
Valley.
"We have solved the problem of organization in Logan
county," said Manager Caldwell, "that will become national in
time. At first each district around a certain neighb orhood organ-
ized and built a cotton gin, but we soon found out that certain
localities were competing against each other. Now we have all
the gins under county organization and locate them so as to con-
trol each locality without interfering with the other. It can
readily be. seen that organization of each county in the state of
Oklahoma can be supervised by a state organization, which is now
the case in Oklahoma. This organization in time can take in all
the cotton growing states, and thus hold the balance of power in
the cotton industry. The farmers instead of the cotton gamblers
will regulate the price.
Manager Caldwell states that Oklahoma is the pioneer in this
form ot organization and the farmers unions in other states are fol-
lowing the plan. The present movement of the Farmers Union is
different from any former cooperative farmers schemes in that it
has taken precautions against being swallowed up by any few men
No man Is allowed to hold more than gioo >vorth of stock, hence
he cannot buy up secretly stock enough to get control of any
stitution.
The Farmers Cooperative oil mill instead of hurting the other
two mills here is helping them. It is centralizing tbe cotton in-
dustry in Guthrie. There is more seed coming to town now for
each mill than there was, when there was but one. Guthiie is
controling a wider territory in the cott in production every day.
It is state wide now.
No Private Doctors Soon A Title For Gladys ^
The inaugural addresses of the lead-j Vanderbilt?
ers of the medical profession at the
opening day of the winter session of Miss Gladys Moore Vanderbilt, one
the medical school-connected with the the richest heiresses in America, is to
lindon hospitals were noteworthy for | be the next girl to wed a title, accord-
the emphasis laid upon the change the I ing to a story published. The announ-
practice of medicine is undergoing. : cement of her engagement to an Aus-
The note struck by the speakers may trian noble, it is stated, will be made
be described as the knell of the private!this week at "The Breakers" in New-
medical practitioner. | Port-
The day was coming, the speaker Miss Gladys Vanderbilt became of
raid, when the doctors in private prac- | W last June and received her share
tice would disappear and be replaced of the vast estate. It amounts to 12J
vhose work | million dollars, according ro report. In
magazine;
In connection with the much-discu's
sed Oklahoma constitution it is inter-
esting to note that the insertion in
that document of the clauses on child
labor and compulsory education was in
large part due to a young woman, Miss
Kate Barnard. When she began her
campaign the obvious fact that such
puestions are ordinarily left for legis-
lation was rgainst her, but remember-
ing how in other states laws for the
benefit of children and laboring people
have repeatedly been declaree uncon-
stitutional on assount of technical Haws
she made the issue that nothing in a
constitution can be unconstitutional
and
many others as can come.
Rich .rd Hansing, President,
0. Harris, Secretary.
Democrats Prepare
for Office.
The Democra'ic state officers-elect
seem unterrifieH by Republican threats
that statehood may not come. Toey
are making plans for taking their offi-
ces as if statehood were here. Many
of tho officers-^lect met h°re in
conference with O N. Haskell, gover-
nor elect, to discuss inaugural plans.
Logan county Democrats will yive a
banquet for Mr. Haskell next week
The Election Board lakes a
Rulingl'tial Holds up Electa.
—
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Burford,
; sitting-,
Judge
issued
This contention accorded with the pop- J There will be aoout 100 covers laid. At
ular feeling in Oklahoma, which de- | time the Democratic organization
clines to follow constitutional traditions I w'" discuss plans for the inauguration,
and is intended only on an instrument I"'le suggestion has been made that a
that will express the permanent and I written invitation to attend
fundamental convictions of the people.
Miss Barnard worked throu jt the Dem-
ocratic party, which pledged its snp-
port for her cause, and the party nomi-
nated her unanimously for the office of
commissioner uf charities and correc-
tions.gMiss B irnard has been a charity
worker in Oklahoma City and is a mem-
ber of several labor organizations. At
the recent convention in Minneapolis
of the National Conference of Charities
and Corrections she was one of the
speakers and made a remarkable im-
pression upon the delegates and visi-
tors at the convention.
the cere-
mony be sent to every man in the
state whose name can be learned. The
undertaking would be enormous, but
the Democrats believe that it will i>e
n asual e \ 1 t > lUr ut widssprasl
attention.
Sen. Borah Acquitted
United States Senator William E.
Borah, of Idaho, was acquitted of the
charge of conspiracy to defraud the
government out of valuable Idaho tim-
ber lands. The case was submitted
without argument on the part of the
defense and the jury was out just long
enough to take one ballot The ver-
dict was granted with cheers and ap-
plause, whicn the court officers made
no effort to restrain. This demonstra-
tion in the court room served only as a
beginning. As soon as the news reach-
ed the outside bells were rung, and the
city fire department made a run through
the principal streets, stopping eventu-
ally at the Idaho hotel, where Senator
Borah, surrounded by several hundred
of his fellow citizens, was escorted.
A brass band appeared as if by ma-
gic, and as the senator reached the ho-
tel steps played "Hail to the Chief.'
The streets about tee Hotel were block-
ed by the cheering throng, whose
shouts mingled with the screech of the
fire engine whistles and the clang of
trolley car bells.
The state election board, cc1-' ,)osed of Judgi
Clayton and Secretary 1'ilson, after several day
the following ruling:
The Canvassing Hoard designated by the Enabling Act, for
the purpose of Canvassing the election returns for the ratification
or rejection of the proposed constitution have decided that by the
terms of said Act the several precincts election boards should have
made their returns of the vote upon the constitution and upon the
separate proposition for statewide prohibition to the Secretary ol
the Territory of Oklahoma instead of to the several county clerks,
that the canvass of said returns by the county boaids was not
authorized by act of congress. The board is advised that the
several precinct election boards in county made
their returns to you and that they are now in your custody.
These returns consist of one poll book, one tally sheet and the
ceitificate of the precinct election board, showing the number o.
votes cast for the constitution, and the number of \otcs cast
against the constitution and the certificate of said l'reeinct board
showing the number of votes cast tor Statewide I rohibition and
the number of votes against Statewide Prohibition, It will be ne-
cessary for the Canvassing Hoard to have these returns from every
precinct in your county in which an election was held bjfore it
can completes its work, and officially determine the result of said
election. It is the result of the board that you forthwith transmit
to the Secretary of the Territory ot Oklahoma at Guthrie, the re-
turns made by each precinct election board in said county
were deposited with or transmitted to you, and that you
pany said returns with vour certificate, stating
are in the same condition as when received by y
comprise all the returns made to you in said county.
An early compliance with this request will assist in speedily
coming at the correct result.
A letter was formulated by the board and Secretary 1" ilson was
instructed to send it out to the different county boards asking them
to send in the election returns. The boaru listened to exhaustive
arguments on both sides. At the conclusion it held that it did not
have the election returns before it to consider and could not act un-
til it had them. The board held that the certified abstract of the
vote sent by the various county boards of commissioners were not
the election returns. Neither by the interpretation for the enabling
act nor the Oklahoma statute governing elections, which was made
which
accom-
that said returns
ou, and that they
A New Worry for Haskell.
C. N. Haskell, governor-elect, held a
conference with several Democratic
party leaders from different parts of
the state on matters relating to the ad-
ministration. Haskell is already being
hard pressed by men who want to be
keepers of dispensaries for the sale of
*itoxicants under statewide prohibition.
Each county and each town having a
population of 2,000 or more inhabitants
may have a dispensary. There are
seventy-five counties and numerous
towns of 2,000 inhabitants.
The possibilities of machine building
are not absent. There are many per-
sons in the new state who fear tha un-
less great discretion is shown in the,
appointment of keepers of dispensar-1 applicable to the election, could such an abstract be considered the
ies the latter may become the nacleus
of an active saloon
politics.
element in state
by public health office'
would lie in the direction of the prev- j
ention rather than the cure of disease. I
Dr. Allchin, addressing the King's |
college students, contended that as the
work of health officers extended and
developed and the people became more
careful in their modes of living there
would be such a large diminution of
disease that the need for physicians
would proportionally decrease.
Dr. Ewart told the St. George hos-
pital students that the profession was
in the throes of a double cri.tis, econ-
omical and professional. He declared
that the growing success in reducing
the prevalence of disease and the gro-
wth of specialism had contracted the
Held of general practice.
"Doctors," he said, "are too many
and patients too few. We have seen
our busiest day."
Henceforth, he said, the people must
devote themselves to the culture of
health, preventing instead of curing
disease. The registration of each in-
dividual's health was not a Utopian
idea. It was a measure suggested by
common sense. When a watch was
kept over each life tuberculosis would
ne stamped out. This should be the
work of the state
addition to this there Is the fortune of
her mother which soma day will be di-
vided among the children.
bureau of statistics
Established in Guthrie.
F. M. Girt, special agent of the bur-
eau of statistics, United States depart-
ment of agriculture, has established
his headquarters in Guthrie and will
hereafter confine his operations to the
district comprising the state of Okla-
homa and 95 counties in north Texas.
He formerly had Louisiana, Arkansas,
Oklahoma and Indian Territory, but
the increase in crop acreage has made
it necessary to reduce the area cover-
ed by the field agents.
The bureau of statistics is engaged
in estimating the acreage, conditions,
and production of the various crops,
and its reports have become an impor-
tant factor in fixing the price of agri-
cultural products, both to producer and
consumer reiving largely upon them
for information.
Speaking of his change of territory
Mr. Girt said:
"Of course I am glad to have my ter-
ritory reduced and condensed. It will
enable me to cover more of it satisfac-
torily, and a larger portion of the cul-
tivated area, and I hope to make closer
estimates.
"I am especially interested in this
growing country. The rapid increase
in the acreage of various crops will re-
quire closer watching, but I find your
farmers alive to the value of informa-
tion and therefore willing to help us
compile it. They appreciate the fact
that an exact knowledge of .conditions
Bolley' Mayor
Killed In Duel.
Muskogee Phoenix: J. R. Rir.go, the
mayor of Boley I. T., is dead and
James S. Oldham, a farmer is in the
federal jail here as the result of a
street duel in Boley Friday afternoon
between the two men, which grew out
of a case in the mayor's court which
Bingo decided against the farmer.
Boley is a negro town of about 1,000
people, the city officials are all negroes
and no white men live in the town.
A short time ago Oldham's hogs ran
in the streets of Boley. The council
passed an ordinance prohibitings ani-
mals to run wild in the streets of the
town and Mayor Ringo ordered an or-
dinance prohiDiting animals to run wild
in the streets of the town and Mayor
Ringo ordered the ordinance enforced.
Oldham protested and fought the
case in the city courts. At the trial ! 33 they actua"y exist onal,le3 them
Ringo presided. When the evidence ! make their pla,5S accordingly, and 1
was all in he decided in favor of the 1 find that all parties interested cheer-
city. Oldham became enraged and is fully give conservative and remarkably
said to have made threats against the a«urate informal,on. The complica-
mavor tion is easy under such circumstances,
Friday afternoon the two men met | but watching the opening of a new
in the main street of the town, Ringo ' fleld' lookinK out for ln3ect damages,
was armed with a repeating rille and noting the changes from one crop to
An Indian's Opinion.
"Chief Bull Bear, the Cheyenne war-
rior and statesman, was at the Cashion
depot Wednesday morning," says the
Cashion Advance, "accompanied by
Mrs. Bull Bear and the Missis Bull j juel was over the mayor lay wounded
Bear and several relatives and friends.
The party was enroute to their count-
ry place west of Kingfisher, having
spent six months touring the eastern
states, visiting the Jamestown exposi-
tion. To the Advance reporter Mr.
Bull Bear expressed greater apprecia-
tion of New York than any other city
he visited. He said the people of the
eastern states were too small in size
and too light in color to suit his taste,
but said that they were very affable
in manner and played many amusing
games. Sidestepping seemed to be
their habit. Mr. and Mrs. Bull Bear
and the young women were dressed in
the height of Cheyenne fashion, in
beads, buckskin blankets and feather."
Oldham carried a shotgun. They open-
ed fire on each other and when the
with buckshot holes in his breast.
Deputy Marshal D. M. Webb of We-
leetka was informed of the crime and
arrested Oldham. He arrived in Mus-
kogee with his prisoner. When the
officer left Holey the mayor was alive,
but he received word of his death.
another, etc., is at the same time
teresting and exacting of time.
"You have a state agricultural bur-
eau which is a model for its age. The
farmers<pf the new state are fortunate
in having this department so well or-
ganized and so far on the road to a per-
fect system of aid to agriculture.
This is the secret of the wonderful
growth of the federal department of
agriculture, and if worked out for the
new state will prove of inestimable
value to the farmers of this much fav-
ored country.
election returns. The board of various county commissioners did
what the state desired to do, canvassed the vote and sent the state
board a certified statement of its results. Thejtate board claimed
the election returns constitute the poll books and tally sheets of el-
ection, duplicates of those supposed to be sealed up in an envolooe.
Enough irregularities have been found, where entire precincts
have been left out without any explanation, to probably make a
big difference in the results. Judge Hurford, in rendering the opin-
ion, said that the board had at this time nothing to do with the re-
sults. It was none of its business how it will effect the election,
it simply did not have the proper returns before it to pass upon.
He thought the various county commissioners could send the re-
turns in five or six days and then the board would resume its
sitting and finish its consideration.
making the trip down the Mississippi, j time to come up and pay it as the train
"I have been interested in river im- j won't wait. I'm on my way to New
provement for a long time," said Gov j York; senl it there and I'll pay it. The
ernor Haskell. "In fact, I even go so Lord says 1 must pay it. "
far as to have certain visionary plans j Mr. Frasier took no stock in the mes-
for the improvement of the Arkansas.' : sage, but told one of the bookkeepers
Governor Haskell said he had no talk to go to the depot, that the train might
with the president in regard to the Ok | wait long enough to see the man. As
lahoma constitution. He believes, how j the bookkeeper went out of the office
ever, that the constitution is a well1 he met McCauley at the door coming
gotten up document, and well suited , in. the train ha 1 been delayed,
to Oklahoma's needs. i "Mr. Frasier here's that forty dol-
"The trouble with most people who j )ars 1 d0n owd you near ten years. The
voice their abjections to the constitu- Lord told me I's got to pay that bill.
t>on is that tney haven't read it, ' he , j'g goin to Africa to be a missionary
said. "They think they know of one a,1(j I SUre didn't want to go on that
or two points which do not exactly J big ocean before payin' you. The
suit them, and then on the strength of Loid don told me before to pay that
that condemn the whole instrument." j bill but I went back on him and flunked,
The governor is pleased with the out-1 but he say this time I must pay. Thank
look for an auspicious entrance for Ok-! the Lord! Glory be to God!"
lahoma into the Union In every way : ••yVhy, that's all right Ed." said Mr.
Oklahoma is better fitted for statehood j seriously, with a matter of
than any territory which has yet been I fact countance. "1 have never wor-
admitted, he thinks. He declares that j rie(1 ab(mt that b;,| a mjnute. I knew
he will rigidly enforce the prohibition j you>d pay jt The Lord couects all our
clause of the constitctior, ! bi)l3 Sometimes he lets them run a
„ D . ' little long, but he always get3 them
iVlrS. KOOl, aenora ^ ug jqow, j( y0U had tried to cross
Diaz's Guest the octan without paying the bill you'd
While Secretary Root is being enter- drownded, sure; and the I.ord, sending
tained in splendid style by President you to Africa to convert the heathens
Diaz and othes Mexican officials of didn't want you to drown."
note, Mrs. Root and Miss Root are not j "That's so, that's so, Mr. Frasier,"
being neglected. The entertainment j aquiesed McCauley. Thank the Lord!
of the wife and daughter of the sccre- (;lory to God! '
tary i3 being left to the management
of Senora Diaz, President Diaz's wife,1
and well is she attending to it. Senora
Diaz is known as "The Mother of Mex-
ico." She is a graciouc hostess and
has arranged an elaborate programme
of receptions and fetes for Mrs. Root
and her daughter.
Senora Diaz is a handsome woman
and is many years her husband's junior.
Call h'or Territorial
Lessees Meeting
President Hansing of the Territorial' Kclieves ill Waterways.
School Land Lessees Association has j Kansas City Journal: Governor-el-
issued the following: I have had many ect C. N. Haskell of Oklahoma was at
requests from the Presidents and sec- the Coates house yesterday on his way
retaries of county organizations to call I home from St. Louis, where he met
a meeting for the purpose of devising the president and was in conference
plans of action before the coming state with the men in tl\e presidential party I owe you a bill for groceries. I haven t
There was a stranger from Illinois
in the office who looked with amaze-
ment at Mr. Frasier, not knowing what
to make of him. He took all he said
for Gospel truth, and believed the Wil-
liamson-Halsell-Frasier Grocer Co. did
business on the system of depending
on the Lord to collect their bills.
Ed McCauley is a well known negro,
who used to run a grocery store on Har-
~ ■■ ,j 1 rison Avenue some years ago when he
1 lie I.ord Lompelltd u(.quired the account with the Frasier
him to pay a Debt, wholesale grocery house. The story
A few days ago W. A. Frasier, of shows the power of religion when it
Williamson-Halsell-Frasier Co., receiv- could make him pay a bill so long and
ed a telephone message from the Santa
Fe depot saying "This is Ed McCauley,
safely past due; for it was not very
easy to extract money from Ed Mc-
Cauley.
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