Prague Patriot (Prague, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 7, 1907 Page: 1 of 6
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PRAGUE PATRIOT
Volume 4.
A NEWSPAPER OP, BY. AND FOk PMA<IUE AND VICINITY.
Prague, Lincoln County, Okla., Thursday, February 7, 1907.
Number 2.*
Pastusek Bros, offer special inducements in Groceries and Dry Goods and pay the
Country Product
Constitutional Powers vs The People.
The more the constitutional convention ties down the lib
erties of the people the less future legislatures can do for the
people; and in this way the people will be handicapped mdeti
nitely. And this is the reason that about 150 constitutions
ha?e been laid in their little graves in this land of the free.
FARMERS R AD THIS
Stuiy thasa Scares and you ".vili see who is the biggest
pebble on the beach, See the value of the different products:
Farm animals worth four million dollars.
Corn worth one billion one hundred million.
Cotton six hundred and forty million.
Wheat four hundred and fifty million.
Hay six hundred million
Oats three hundred million.
Poultry five hundred million.
Potatoas on* hundred and fifty million.
Other crops included nearly seven billion.
Iron and steel products one billion two hundred million.
Total railroad earnings two billion three hundred and
twenty million.
Who is the biggest duclr in the puddie? It is not always
strength but it is |braics. li e farmers have the wealth
Thd voters lack the will They can, it they will, use mure
brain and less party worship.
F.tRMcRS TO Trlfc PRI&UR £S.
Wj wis'i to remind th > farm th it the time is close at
nand when a Isgislator will have to b^ selected at the primary
and elected to represent you in the legislature. Who will it
be? There is no one more interested ihan yourselves. You
pay most of the taxes, build seven tenths of the school hous-
es, pay m >st of your d^ots, raise the bread and meat and feed
tie hungry of the world; Grow the cotton and the wool and
clothi tin naked of the earth, and form the base of prosper
ity that keeps the wheals of industry turning in every marl
and factory; and keep the fires burning in wvery engine and
forge and keep money clinkintr in every bank and avenue of
trade. In fact, without you every business would languish,
perish. Cob vvehs would form in every money till in avenues
of trade. Yes, you uphold the nation's credit arid flag. As
light as you may consider it you have the interest at stake.
\ou ha\e the numerical strength in voces, if you only had the
will to discard old party worship and vote for your own inter-
ests, your homes and fires'de; for producers instead of man
uf.icturers; for labor instead of capital, iariff.^hriekers, cou-
pon clippers, dividing your votes and fighting eucli other is
uie glory of your enemy—the time serving politicians.
In this w.iy you become horses and political bosses ride
you into power reducing you to servitude. Yuu can, il" you
will, elect every county and state officer in every western
state, write every law, revise every constitution, formulate
bonds, organize capital and handle every bale of cotton, bush
« i uf w heat and hoof live stock and become masters instead of
beggars acd slaves. You can't bj anything but serfs unless
you use the ballot with wisdom, and you don't have to organ
iz > a new paity t. do this, but you c m dictate!-very platform,
elect every official, it you will only unite your strength.
There is no power under heaven that vou can't turn down i!
you stick together. We would remind you that the next
legislature is a most important one, provided it is under the
new state, and it is up to you whether the constitution .hall
survive or perish. It all hnngs npon your word, because
the farmer vote is the biggest voting strength in the state.
It is with you-it is life or death. Hut if vou support it bv
your vote then you want a strong legislature. I „,-v are the
fellows that frame your laws, not only iniatiative an I refer
endum, state printerv, railroad regulation, bai.kin- and
usury, property title and taxation. It is to vour interest to
name a legislator. \ou don't have to wait lor the towns to
mention this chap. Don't be deceived, do it yo jrsell' Vhe
Patriot, for your good and benefit, opens a dep irtme.it 'for
you to suggest the name of the man whom vou wish to
represent you in the legislature, This deparinicnt «il| be
yours and called The Farmers' Fornm. Now write the name
in . u rC88r the Patri0t and !t wi l,e pubhshed |
in the rarmers i-orum Department.
A few millions control the wealth of this country, own
' rd,lroads. ketones of iron and steel, wire nails, the' tools
of peace and the weapons of war, the sugar, the oil and of the
six nullum farms, two-thirds are rented and mortgaged. You
will soon have to stand for farmers or the slave shambles.
1 here are only two questions-labor or capital. Take your
choice. One produces the support the other sets the price
ne is boss the other servant. Speak, "Moses, that thy peo'
pie nay go forward.
Pifty six socialist farmers of Cass township, Oklahoma
county, in meeting adopted resolutions condemning the kid-
napping and imprisonment of Moyer, Haywood and Petti-
bone in Idaho, branding it as a deep plot of capitalists and
their minions, while they made no effort to send ex-Governor
Taylor of Kentucky {.to the gallows. This shows that the
farmers are awake to the injustice of corporations.
\ ictor Murdock, member of congress from the big 7th
Kansas district, is pressing the railroads hard holding up
their graft in the mail carrying service in the United States.
He says they overcharge Uncle*Sam §10,000,000 per annum,
find they charge for the mail cars about their worth every
year. If they only need two cars they charge for three;
while one is on tne sidetrack idle Weigh the mail ev>*ry day in
the week for three months, average it bv dividing by six,
making big average for the year. Murdock proposes to put
them on strict weight and on a strict contract and hold them
to strict account—no more paddinR mails during mailing sea-
son by cons/ressman and departments sending cut useless
matter to make weight. Vic is makirg a rep and is the idol
of his constituents. We had a talk with him last fall in the
city of Wichita.
Cromwell, the indefatigable attorney gt-nerRl of Oklahoma
has made the railroads reduce their freight rat's from 15c to
80c per ton, owing to the distance Considering the amount
of freight Oklahoma shipped there will be saved to the peo-
ple hundreds of thousands of dollars per ye,.r. They have
not reduced enough. Places ar« 10 cts higher than places
that are nearer, as at Blackwell and Peck ham, and Eddy
other places.
A Boston firm recently offered a prize for the beet defini-
tion of what constitutes success. A Kansas woman was
awarded the prize, and this was her #nswer: "He has achiev-
ed success who htu> lived well, laughed often and loved much;
who has gained the respect of intelligent men and the love of
little children: who has filled his niche and accomplished his
task, who has left the world better than he found it, whether
by an improved poppy, a perfect poem or a rescued soul; who
has neyer lacked appreciation of earth's beauty or failed to
express it; who has always looked for the best in others and
given the best he had. whose life is an inspiration; whose
memory a benediction."—Talisman.
Abraham Lincoln. It is not very well known that in the
hall of unt of the great college of England there hangs a frame
enclosing a few sentences, of which Abraham Lincoln is the
author. Here is a paragraph which he made a rule of his con-
duct: "I am not bound to win, but [ am bound to be true. I
am not bojnd to succeed, but 1 am bound to iive up to the
light I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right,
stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he
goes wrong.''
A few men have crippled the farmers union and a few
men, we are afraid, have embarrassed and may blight its
hopes in Oklahoma for years to conif. We regret to say this,
but watch as well as pray.
Some of our subscribers complain of not
Patriot regular. We regret this as we nev, i
anyone—mailing each paper every week. Tim;
receiving the
aim 'o miss
e who fail to
g *t th ' Patriot will confer a favor by reporting s une t<
and we will look after the reason why they are not lelivt
promptly,
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With nine figures the astronomer calculate the eclipse of
the un moon distance to the fix< dst!ii s ith nine tigurs the
b. nk. r,. calculate and tnillouaires calculate the |>r ductsof fac
tory and tarm, and ciphers are added to their ratio. And
about nine men in thee m con will mike all th • fuss and make
goo g ) i eves at the twelve apostles maty a.'e ciphers.
What ah honor it would hive b ••>n to tha party if the con
on d o.s had written a brief constitution and gone home, es'
power.
tablish • 1 p irty in
Light or ten men in the con con do most of the talking'
Quality Wins and Quality Sells.
the rich, nutty flavor of this popular bread means some
thing. It means only the best materials are put into it, the
greatest of care is taen to see that the materials used in
making it are of the highest quality. Sold by the leading
dealers. Shippers order -receive prompt attention.
CITY BAKERY OEO a^PERSTREET
CLEANLINESS OUR MOTTO.
F. H. NORWOOD office rooms 4 and
v v/v/iv, and f|oor Ist Nat>| liark
Physician and Surgeon.
XRayStatlo Examinations ami Treatment fur
55grORRoNfC DISEASES
RESIDENCE POHNE x*
PALI. AND WINTER SUITS
fancy vests $5 and up.
MADE TO (T I Q AM) p , <fr
order, cp I o up i ants $o
and
UP
l- 111 a cleaned anil pressed $1.50; panta 60 conts. Ctothea chein'cilly trusted.
All worn tailor mad .
See C, M. SADLO, Tailor,
Pre ne, Ok! h<>m
ESevato
COMPANY.
liis>s Wheat. O its and Corn at Market Prices.
Wholesales Grain, Feed and Meal
[Exchange Meal, bolted or unbolted, and Chops, f
. Com in any quantity, or Chop by the bushel.
I ALWAYS MAVINU CHOP AND rlRALON HANI), >0 WAI IINO TO UKINO
Prague Mill & Elevator Co.
Prague, Oklahoma.
ROSE HILL STOCK FART
C. S. HALE, Prop.
Choice
Pigs for
Sale
Duroc
Jersey
Ho:
I'RA'IUK,
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Broadway Meat Marki
DEALER i IN
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go. d band brand ok
IIA vis anji BREAKFAST
BACON.
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FHH IN
SEASON.
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jNo liing but the IW.ST of Everything. Highest Markti prk p r,
~-£-£tor CHICKENS,
Vobornek & Kinsey, Prop's.
Prague, - - Oklahoma.
J. H. PA I I ERSON, DEALER IN
General Merchandise, Dry Good.',
GROCERIES, BOOTS and SHOES.
The Freshest and Beat of Everything: up-to-date. A nobly line of
LADIES' DRESS OOODS, and Novelties ^ Season
W oourt competition anil Invite Innpnoti in, pri -m and quality of good*
considered. Everybody Invitfd, W« iuhsii business an l
Kuiutf to do It utflit.
Mules bought and mild. Highest price paid for Cotton, equal to local r.iilru o
towns We raise mules, corn and oata on our ranch, keep a team on the r ■*<:.
small ejtpenae Duu't lor Jet. J. U. PATTERSON, Kkukuk Fali.s, Oki .
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Overstreet, W. S. Prague Patriot (Prague, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 7, 1907, newspaper, February 7, 1907; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc116161/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.