The Advance--Democrat (Stillwater, Okla.), Vol. 24, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 4, 1915 Page: 1 of 8
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STILLWATER. OKLAHOMA THtlftlllAY. M»\ IIIHI It 4. |t|!
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Arguments contiaoe Is multiply
THE MELD 1 l(
MORRILL
Fofti lit# tfiiivtiiiini 1)
(n favor of the holding of a special
•■nation of Ih* legislature anme time
I longing to the teachers •
1II, on the Morrill fund sit
during thr next tno or three metiw
1 unpaid Thi* it the tv|
i, jud toads m'huMsst# -and their
numUrf ia becoming larger through
..y 1 «iai, iff afitiuus to Have
j the fifth month that the it
. tern retain- 1 n * .#*» 1114
1 a result of a controversy
the good r«a4* law amended in some
> Prratdent Gault and State
Air sender, {student actlt
able and definite. They want j ar ■
ticulsrly to have the provision re-1
1st ng to county levies of taxe* ad j
jutted to that the countiea may ex I
j the citixettt of Hull water
feeling the effects a* well 1
•truetoit to whom th<
belong* —Orange and U sc
ceed the aix mill levy so at to levy!
more than one fourth of a mill for;
roads and alto they want the pro*,
REPORT OF FARM LOA
SION SCHOOL LAND
BROWNSVILLE. CENTER OF BORDER TROUBLE
Irvy
•fate
!.«
roadi
vtuiun relating to the
fourth of m mill for
made mandatory.
The- decision of the supreme court
upholding the grow revenue tax hat
awakened interest in the proviaiona
of the law in regard to diatribulion
of that tax. It la believed that the
present arrangement ia both Inequit-
able and Impractical and that the
one per cent of the tax ahould either
go back to the countiea from which
it was collected or that the whole
tax should go into the general rev-
enue fund of the state and thus in-
directly allow all the counties to
participate in the distribution. The
provision that allows its distribution
on the per capita basis of school
population to all counties that pro-
duce oil, whether in small or
large quantities is provoking
much adverse criticism. One class
of critics declare that the equities
demand that the counties from
which tfie oil is obtained should have
all the funds provided by one per
cent of the tax since those counties
would otherwise be in bad financial
condition if this property was re-
lieved of advalorem taxes as it has
been by the gross revenue law and
all the returns derived should be
turned to the state or distributed to
other counties on an arbitrary basis
like school population. Their op-
ponents claim that since oil never
was taxed on the advalorem basis,
but has infact been escaping taxa-
tion, and since the state has pro-
vided the machinery and is doing
the work in the collection ♦f this
gross production tax, all of it should
goto the general fund and allow!
the whole state to participate in its
benefits.
The subject is one that demands
legislation, and the use and enjoy-
ment of the tax can be obtained a
good deal earlier through proper
legislative action than it can if al-
lowed to remain a subject for furth-
er litigation.
The advantages to be derived from
legislation on the two foregoing
subjects will well repay the expense
of a special session in the judgment
of a great many public men whose
opinion is entitled to weight, while
the urgent demand of the white
voters in the so-called “black coun-
ties” for action on the election laws
grows more insistent with each suc-
ceeding week. The governor still
refuses, however, to commit him-
self one way or the other on this
proposition, but one thing is certain
in relation to his ultimate attitude:
He will not, like a former governor,
yield his own attitude and deny his
party’s unanimous demand and
and counsel at the instance of the
opposition press. The question of a
special session of the legislature will
be decided on his judgment of the
necessity for such a session after he
has fully advised himself and coun-
seled with the members of the legis-
lature and the newspapers and lead-
ers of the democratic party.
“DAD FIXIT* DEAD
William W. Kldridge. familiarly
known as “Dad Pixit” because of
hia unusual ability to repair all man-
DIVI*
IT
I Since the iwMitutiMi of the Finn
t buan UivUicii of the wlmvl laud de-
partment up to October i, 1915, Ihete
|hate t>rcu tuaued >,7.yyi.oyvoj. which
is au at erase ol about fi.ouu.uou per
year. The total number ol loans that
tbta auiuuot involves is 6,boo and this
means that 6,6oo Oklahoma cilucos
have received the benefit of ) per cent
money. Tbe extreme care with which
this fund bas been loaned may be
gleaned from the following facts:
The total numbei of suits on fore-
closure that bas been authorised by
the commissioners of the land office ner and aorta of machinery, died at
has only beeu 24. Of this uumber the Stillwater hospital Tuesday,
eight of the suits acre settled for in November 2nd. of cancer of the
case either after judgment was ren- stomach, age 6T> years,
dered or before it came to trial, judg-1 Mr. Eldridge was born in Illinois
meat has been secured and sold at He came to Stillwater in an early
sheriff’s sale aud sheriff's deed has day and lived here for ten years,
beeu issued in six cases; one suit was He left here for Missouri about five
brought under judgment sale by out- years ago, returning only a few
side party and arrangements are now months ago. His health has been
being made for its settlement. Nine poor for some time. Early in Oct-
suits have beeu instituted and now are ober he underwent an operation for
in the process of completion. cancer of the stomach. This oper-
No private loan company in the ation revealed a condition from
state of Oklahoma has ever done a which recovery was impossible,
fraction of this business without sus- The funeral will be held this af-
taining severe losses, aud it does not ternoon and he will be laid to rest
appear that the state has yet lost one in Fair Lawn cemetery beside his
peuuy on all of these loaus. Of the | wife who died here in 1903.
six pieces of land that have been tak-
en under foreclosure it is possible I
that one or two of them could not be
sold for the amount of money involved |
in the loan, aud the costs of foreclos-
iM-nrral view of llruwnsvllle, Tea. whit h U immediately irrow the Itto Uraude from Matamorua. Mexico,
and la tbe moat important point In tbe present troubles with Mexican bandits In tbe left background are Been
the tents of the Amertrsn troop#.
DIKII AT THK C OM
MKRf’IAL HOTEL
On Friday morning. October 2i»th.
Mrs. Delilia Robinson was found
dead in bed in room 8 of the Com-
mercial hotel. She came in on the
evening train Thursday from Ed-
mond. She mentioned being very
AX IMPORTANT MEETING
State examiner and inspector and
the state highway commisaioner at
the state capital are busy making
preparations for the big state-wide
meeting of county commissioners
that has been called to meet in Okla-
homa City on November 8. for the
tired and retired early. The fol- j purpose of going thoroughly into
lowing morning. Mrs. Landers, the every feature of the new highway
ANOTHER IMPROVEMENT
Tuesday morning Shively Bros,
put into regular service their new
ure; but ou tbe other baud tbe other I ten passenger auto bus and transfer
pieces of laud cau be sold for much wagon. Shively Bros., who have
more thau the loan aud costs, lienee been engaged in the bus business
when the state puts these lands on here almost since the opening of
sale aud balances up it is likely that a this part of the state to settlement,
profit iustead of a loss will result, believe in keeping pace with prog
This fund is now growing at a rapid ress. A few years ago we announc-
rate, owing to the sale of school lands, ed they had purchased a beautiful
aud in auother five years it is likely new bus, with it they have furnish-
that the fund will amount to more thau ed good service to the city but this
£10,000,000.00. This, with the funds last purchase will enable them to
in the Home Ownership Division, vastly improve on all former ser-
should constitute a volume of loans | vice,
sufficient to affect interest rates in the
State of Oklahoma. I H0MAN‘S CLUB
It is the earnest purpose of the
commissioners of the land office to so I The Woman s club met Tuesday
loan these funds as to aid the home- afternoon in the reception rooms of
less to secure homes. Wherever a the Womans building at the col
person has a sufficient amount o£ lei?e- the absence of the presi-
money in hand to pay half the pur- I dent, the vice president, Mrs. W. H
chase price or actual value, and also Wilcox, presided. The meeting was
for the improvements thereon, or » charge of the Needlecraft de-
from 40 to 160 acres of land the com-1 pnrtment, and consisted of a dem
missioners of the land office will con- I castration of Christmas ideas in
sider the application for loan before 1 nee^^ewor^* f?>veB by Mrs. Harry
tbe purchase lor such tract of land is Swope. These articles will be on
closed, with a view of loaning the!display at the R. L. Steen Dry
money for paying the other half of the | ^oods store Saturday,
purchase price, which must not be
proprietress of the hotel received
no reply when she rapped on her
door She entered the room to find
Mrs. Robinson lying on the bed
dead. The coroner was summoned
at once and an inquest held. The
verdict of the jury was death from
an unknown cause. The disorder in
the room P ^'cated the diseased had
been ill the night.
The husband. James K. Robinson
of Oklahoma City, and the children
Mr. and Mrs. G. W, Sims, of Strat-
ford, (Mrs. Sims was Ada Robinson) •
Miss Margaret, John, Jim, Leo and
Orval Robinson, of Edmond, arriv-
ed Saturday. One son Virgil, could
not be here. He is ill in an army
hospital in Honolulu,
The funeral services were held
Sunday afternoon at the Southern
Methodist church conducted by the
pastor assisted by Rev. Virtes Wil-
liams of the Christian church. In-
terment was made in the Fairlawn
cemetery.
The Robinson family were former
residents of Payne county, living on.
All have the sympathy of the com-
munity in their sorrow.
FIRMING |\ I In
UK44TlOXHI l*i»\ LIFE
In J. II Botw*. |Van of the
arfcoot of nlmllofl en<t j-.....frianr of
FitumiioQ and sociology af the Cub
hf* baa an rife I loot article oq
"Outline studies in Rural Eeon<, -
«Mr* m the tnat imuc of the Okie
hr me Journal of Education, In con-
cluding tht* article (if, (tourers say •
Dfr on thr farm affords ilsiyt
plenty - f wholesome work of such a
nature aa to require a co operative
spirit of industry <*n the part of all
members of the family thus making
• he farm ait excellent plane to de-
velop dnm> site life.
Farming requires thought fulness,
initiative (the execution of definite
plans and the adaption of mean# to
new occasions and emergencies.
Men who can not think will pre-
fer either to become farm laborers
or work under a boss in the city.
Farm life promotes marriages and
the rearing of children; and the
farm is a good place to rear children,
because men. women and children
can work together in making the
rural home much better than either
can work alone. These conditions
have made the rural districts the
seed-bed of our population. Many
of the strongest and best men in the
city were reared in the country.
The assumption of urban superi-
ority on the part of some city folks
s due to a lack of appreciation and
tnowledge of the real worth, digni-
ty and intelligence of country life
and farm work. Isolation is the
menace of farm life.
Aa better transportation facilities
and' higher educational it*L<£ards
are to relieve the congestiot\tf the
city and ameliorate the evil* [of the
law. State Examiner Parkinson
and Commissioner Noble are anx-
ious to work in harmony and in
full co-operation with boards of the
county commissioners in making the
road law effective and practical and
at this meeting the duties of county
commissioners, their privileges and
powers will be thoroughly discussed . .
and they will be urged to put every I c'*y slum; so better means of trans-
energy and effort into the work of I portation and communication and
securing better highways in every better educational opportunities
county in the state. Ispiritualize the lonesome life of
This will be one of the most im-1 the country and enrich the race in
the I the coming generation,
the
STILLWATER CITIZENS
PAYNE COUNTY
TEACHERS MEETING
A AND M. VERSUS
BAKER UNIVERSITY
over one half of the actual value of
the laud exclusive of improvements.
This is a matter of information that it is
desired should be carried to every
farmer in tbe state, not only to en-
courage the acquiring ol a home but also
incidently to encourage him to own a
home. We ask farmers to write direct
to G. A. Sjgnith, secretary, Oklahoma
City, for information relative to this
matter.
DIED
Ira Lockwood, son* of Mr. and
LONG TERM LEASE
STRONGLY FAVORED
At the renters meeting held Sat-
urday by County Agent H- E. Wil-
son at the Chamber of Commerce
rooms, those present strongly favor-
ed the long term lease. It is under*
stood that the long term lease sys-
tem will be agitated and the people
gradually educated to a full reali-
zation of its importance.
About 150 teachers of Payne coun-
ty are expected to attend the con-
vention to be held here Friday and
Saturday. State Superintendent R.
J. Wilson will be in attendance Sat-
urday and will address the associa-
tion at the evening session.
DIED
Mrs. Ellen Burnett died at her
home here Tuesday, October 26.
The funeral services were held on
Friday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock
the home conducted by Rev. L.
Ilsley. Interment was made
Fairlawn cemetery.
FIRE
The fire alarm was sounded Tues-
at
C.
in
portant meetings ever held in
state and the subject before
commissioners is perhaps of morel MARRIED AT LOS ANGELES
direct individual interest to a larger __
number of people than any matter
of government that could be men- Sunday October 31st. at 6 P.
tioned. Representatives are ex- M. in the presence of a few intimate
pected to be present from practical- fr*ends the home of Dr. and Mrs..
ly every county in the state and ^ Conner at Los Angeles, Cali-
many county officials as well as state f°rn'a> a beautiful home wedding
officials and public spirited citizens Was solemnized uniting in marriage
will be deeply interested in the re- M‘S9 Celeste M. Wise and Mr. R. J.
suit of this conference. Darraugh. The officiating minister
______ I was the Rev. Mr. Sedwich of the
Methodist church, who has been the
brides pastor during the three years
SUP TOGETHER I she has been at Los Angeles.
. In the absence of any relative Dr.
On last Thursday evening at the Connor gave the bride away. Mas-
Armory about two hundred Stillwa- ter Teddy Connor was one of the
ter citizens banquetted and enjoyed fl°wer bearers. The wedding march
themselves together. The occasion was by an intimate gentie-
was the annual goodfellowship feast man ^r*end the groom. The other
given under the auspices of the attendants were intimate _friends of
Chamber of Commerce. The guest the bride made since going to Los
of honor of this event was Dr. J. W. Angeles.
Cantwell, president of the A. and M. The beautiful home of the Con-
I College. John P. Hinkle, president nor8 was a bower of potted plants
of the Chamber, presided. John cut flowers, the Cecil Bruner
Bishop in a brief but appropriate r08e* the favorite flower of the bride
address, welcomed President Cant- predominating the decoration,
well and his college associates, to Immediately after the ceremony a
which President Cantwell responded dainty buffet luncheon was served.
His remarks were principally along Mrs. Cannor was assisted in the ser-
the line of relations between the J V1D£ by Miss Annette Easton, who is
college and the town. He outlined we^ remembered in Stillwater,
his purposes, and the course he had I Other former citizens of Stillwater
mapped out for the institution over wbo were in attendance were Mr.
which he presides, which he predict- a°d Mrs. Keizer and son Shelley,
ed would cause the college to go for- The bride wore a simple gown of
ward with a remarkable annual white silk lace over silk, and the
growth. On the other hand he Isame tuIle bridal veil that her sister
[GOV. W ILLIAMS AN
NOUNCES APPOINTMENT|control.
day about noon announcing a fire at d gome gentle reminders as Mrs. I. 0. Diggs wore at her wed-
501 Duck street, the home of Mr. 1 1 ”
and Bars. J. L. Moore. It was
caused by a defective flue, and the
roof of the house was considerably j water would pro9pert he said> and it
I damaged before the fire was under j jg ^ duty of every ciUzen t0 do his
to what Stillwater should do to keep | d'nK-
apace with the college and the Miss Celeste Wise grew to woman-
times. If the college grows Still- hood in Stillwater. She successfully
taught »n the county schools for sev-
eral years. Since leaving here some
The foot ball game played on the
home field Friday afternoon was a
peach. The tussle was with Baker
University of Kansas. The score
was 30 to * in favor of A. and M.
sixteen forward passes were sue . years o
oessfullv put through by the home
team. The students showed their
oppreci ation of the teams success by
celebrating in the evening with a
parade, free line parties into the
pieture shows ai
stunts.
Mrs. Jasper Lockwood, living four- j Judge C. H. Thacker of Mangum, j Last spring the rarmers 01 our 11a-
teen miles northeast of the citv died ' has been appointed by Gov. Wil-t tiou were advised repeatedly to plaut
Tuesday evening at 7 o’clock of ty- j liams to succeed the late Justice G. , le~* cotton. That a great, ma,;y fol- ___________ _ _____ ______ ___
phoid fever. He had been ill about; A. Brown of the supreme court, j lowed this advice is shown by reports “ ^ Speech was full of sound doc- j Tbe *room >s a fine young man. a
four week#. He was jest past 21 j Judge Thacker was a member of the j of tbe goverooMUt crop experts *1*° | (hoe and good tdric?. j native of New \ ork City. He is an
best to make the town the right kind [ six ypars ag0 she has t**0 engaged
of a place in which to live. He point-1 'n °^ce work, of which she has also
ed out that selfishness has no place : ma^e a success. 1- or the past three
in town building. What Stillwater >ears sh* ha8 been Iocated at L0*
needs, he said, is team work. His! An^es. Cahforma.
J■
various other
j
f age. He leaves a father.1 supreme court commission and hence
mother, five brothers and one sis- in line for this ap(K>intrr.ent.
ter to mourn his loss- The sister, j
Mrs. J C. Seatle lives in Stillwater.
The funeral was held at the home
on Wednesday, and interment made
in the Bethel cemetery.
Wbat is called lock, good or bad, ia
only tbe result of tbe operation ol the
law of compensation.—Albany Jour-
nal.
say that this year's cotton production
will be short 11,000,000 bales. Tbe
prices are soaring skyward as a con-
sequence. Much better for tbe farm-
er to grow a Mitall crop and get a big
, price for it than tbe other way round.
' Isn't it?
automobile salesman and has bright
future prospects.
After a short honeymoon spent at
j one of the pleasure resorts near Loa
Professor Bransky gave two violin
selections that were much apprecia-
ted. Another feature which enliven-
ed the occasion was the little play, L ... j « ^ ...
“A Special Meeting of the Chamber \***** Mr and Mrs Darraugh will
of Commerce**, staged by Professor return to that city where they will
Stem mens. make thtir home for the present.
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