Pauls Valley Democrat. (Pauls Valley, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 20, 1911 Page: 4 of 8
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PAULS VALLEY DEMOCRAT, THURSDAY JUI^ ■)11
REVISION
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PAILS VALLEY DEMOCRAT
PUBLISHEO BY
Democrat Publishing Co.
INCOWORATEDt
Paula Valley, " Oklahoma.
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3 O MITCHELL. Editor Owner
.ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY..
SLBSCKIHTION KATES:
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Scrapie Coyle, aaa A4.e«uiDI t tt« (tee ti p >
-t.'tco. 'Pbote 105
0®icr of Publication:
The wool bill, passed by the
Democratic House but not act-
ed upon yet in the Republican
senate, reduced the tax on cloth
out of which the poor man's
clothing is made, from 1G0 per
cent to from 25 to 40 per
cent; on women's dress goods
from 150 per cent to trom 30 to1
45 per cent, and on blanket
from 160 per cent to 30 per cent.
INTERESTING PRICES
ON
Drv Goods, Shoes and Gents Furnishing
AT
GARNER'S NEW STORE
In Mrs. Garvin's new builing next to Roady's. Come and see
COAL PRODUCTION
IN OKLAHOMA
It is reported that many in- .—
teresting and susprising static the magazines. There arenu- {>er cent,
tics regading the coal industry ,ner0us conditions which prove group of
I ^
Last Monday the Senate adop-1 in Oklahama and other states
ted the most drastic campaign were brought out in the meet-
niblicity bill ever passed in jng of coal operators and deal-
either branch of Congress. It er held in Oklahoma City last
limits the amount a candidate Friday. It was shown that the
for United States Senate may j price of coal in this state i-
spend to $10.000,and the amount j higher than in every other state
a candidate for the lower house. in the union except live: that
of Congress nuiy spend to >5,0(H) • he production has decreased wete mown ouiwaru aim ii
It also applies to primary elect-1 i0 per cent since statehood, the bottom of the harbor.
ions and require* publicity of ex while neighboring states have explosion from the outside c'ould
penditures before election, and I increased their production, and have caused the same result."
all pledges of political jobs or that the cost of producing a ton Geneaal Bxiby said it is prob-
favors. °f coa^ 'u this state w'" aTerage able that the rear portion of
$2t9. more than double the rhe wreck can be pumped out
average price in the entire an,} floated. The great part,
country. j however, will have to be taken
These and many other statis |t0 pieces ana hauled away.
deck cent,
i
and miscellaneous
commodities, 0 7 per
House furnishing de-
and fuel
this. A portion of the
over the magazines was blown cresaed 0.1 percent,
upward and laid backward, and light, 3 per cent.
After poling with oars over the
place where the sides of the bat-
tleships next to the magazines
ought to be. 1 could not find
them. This means that they
wete blown outward and are at
No
A>ter a prolonged conference
'*ii the senate last Friday, which
was the result of conferences
that covered many days, it was
agreed to vote on the Canadian
reciprocity today, on the wool
tarriff revised bill July 27, on
the free list bill August 1, on
the congressional reapportion-
•aeut bill August 3, statehood
r:>i)l for Arizona and New Mexi-
co on the legislative day of Au-
gust 7. after which it is said
t here is a general understanding
that an adjournment will be
had.
tics were given in the addresses
by Carl Soholz of Chicago, pres
ident of the Rock Island Coal1
Mining Company. Will Busby
of McAlester, a large operator,
and A. P. Watson, member of
HIGH COST OF LIVING
One of the most interesting
questions now before the Amer-
ican people, is the very high
Some extraordinary varia-
tions were recorded during
1911. Potatoes increased
per cent: eggs, 90 percent; cof-
fee,90 per cent: mess beef, 35
per cent.
Mrs. E. M. Moore, president.
Mrs. Albert Rennie, vice pres-
ident.
Mrs. A.S. Spangler, secretary.
Mrs. F. M. Low, treasurer.
Mrs. D. ii. Bell, custodian.
The following compose the
300 executive committee;
Guwynne Shot
John Guwynne, head Clerk at the
Santa Fe depot received a telegram
late yesterday afternoon stating his
brother, Llewellyn Guwynne, at Mar
shall, Texas, had been shot, and pro-
dably fatally sc. and was in the hos
pital at Marshall. No account as to
how the shooting occured.
Mrs. Newt Webb of the Meth-
odist Church.
Mrs.U.P. Witten of the Chris-
tian Church.
Mrs. E C. (iage °- the Pres-
byterian Church.
Mrs. M, Burks of the Baptist
Church.
Mrs. J.M. Dorchester of the
Episcopal Church.
. • . .
the corporation commission of cost of living.
Oklahoma. Mr. Scholz among; Here is a synopsis of the gov-
other things said: ernment' report on the subject
"Two of the chief causes for (of the cost of living:
the high cost of coal in this: The prices of 257 commodities
state have been the disputes during 1910. show6 that whole-
over wages with the miners in sale pi ices then were 4 per cent
The United States Senate last
veek indorsed the plea of Sena-
tor John Williams of Missisippi
for the retention on the senate
ay roll of "Jim" Jones, an aged
the mining districts and the law
passed by the first Oklahoma
legislature, prohibiting the min-
ing of coal except on the mine
run ba^is. As a result, the coal
business in this state is in a bad
shape, and co-operation of ope-
rators. dealers and consumers
negro, bodyguard of Jefferson! is necessary to place it on a fa
Davis. In supjorting Senator
Williams, the senate overthrew
its own committee on patron
a^e, which had recommended
vorable basis for all three class-
es." The Oklahoma law forbids
contracts between the operators
and miners differentiating l>e
the removal of Jones from the'tween the prices paid for the
I>ay roll. Bitter words were ex
■ changed between Senator W il
liams and the "amsterdamn,
rotterdamn." Sen. Hempburn,
of Idaho, who broke out in his
usual tirade against the South.
and confederacy, but what the
senate did for him in a quiet
way, sustaining Williams' mo-
tion by practically a unanimous
vote, was a "plenty."
Benevolent
Business Lot for Sale
For sale, a lot of '>2A feet front
of the old Balcei & Bandy livery
, stable propertv, one block north
. of the Bank of Cammerce.
| This lot will be sold at once at
Asssociation meets a reasonable P'iceAPP'yaf
the National Bank of Commerce
or E. P. Baker,
Mens ft.00 Ralston Health
The Benevolent Association
held its annual meeting for the
election of officers and the trans, -— ------ , . ,
action of other business at the j low cut; shoes at Stephen s stoc
PYiricfian r>Vinrr>h last Week aS
to press and
The Oklahoma Corporation
Commission, led by A. P. Wat-
son, and the miners are for the
repeal of this law, and placing
Oklahoma on the basis of other
states. As far as we are in
formed, the Oklahoma law may
lie a bad law, and we are will,
ing to leave that to the miners
-ind others who are sufficiently
informed to judge of the mat-
ter, but we are not at present
prepared to believe that that
law is the cause of so high a
price of coal in Oklahoma. \\ e
all remember the price of coal
t>efore statehood, and when the
corporation commission fixed
the maximum freight rates and
the two cent fare, we bought
coal at five and six dollars per
ton and little over a year ago
/.he Federal Court, by an in
junction, set aside the freight
rates and the two cent fare, and
since then we have paid from
$7.90 to $9.00 a ton for coal, and
three cents a mile for car fare.
higher than 1909. and 1.6 per
cent above the average of 1907,
which was the year of the high
est prices since 1390. In view
of the Canadian reciprocity dis-
cussion, an interesting item in
bureau report shows that the
wholesale prices of farm pro-
ducts was i.o per cent higher in
1610 than 1909.
Wholesale prices in 1910 were
19.1 per ceut higher than in
1900; 46.7 per cent higher than
1*07 (which was the year of the
production of lump and slack | lowest prices between 1890 and
coal Concerning the law or e 1010); 16.6 higher than lb'.iO,
speaker said: j and 31.6 per ceut higher than
••The contract plan, which j the average high prices between
puts a premium on the produc- ■ 1B90 and 1899.
tion of lump coal, and reduces j maximum in 1907
the cost of mining the slack | The highest prices in this de-
coal, is followed in all other coal' cade were reached in October,
producing states, but is forbid- \ 1907, when a general decline he
den here by the oklahoma stat-]gan which continued until An-
utes. The law was passed jgust, 1908. A rise then aet in.
through the efforts of the coal and there were monthly iucreas
miners, and in the past has |es without a break up to March,
been one of the chief causes of 1910, when wholesale prices
the high price of coal mined in , reached the highest point in
this state." I twenty years. They were then
j 21.1 per cent higher than the
average of 1900; 49.2 percent
higher than ihe yearly average
Christian church
we were going
consequently, we were not able
to report the proceedings last
week. The meeting was well
attended and it was an interest-,
ing one, and the social features |cars or stearash,Ps-
were made most enjoyable fori
Never leave home on a journey
without a bottle of Chamberlain's
Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy.
It is almost certain to be needed and
cannot be obtained when on board the
For sale by all
> i
dealers.
Dr. H. H. Wynne, Oculist,
specialist of the Eve. Ear, nose
and, Throat, of Oklahoma City-
will be pi of ession ally in Pauls
Valley, Wednesday Aug. 2 at
the Leland Hole! or either
Physicians office, glasses fitted.
One regular visit each month.
all. Mrs. H. M. Carr, the re-
tiring president, read an able
paper in which she referred to
the work of the organization,
and especially of the Executive
Board. Mrs. Roy Burks, the re-
tiring treasurer, made a report |
of tne finance, which showed
the association has expended
during the year in charity $487.80
and ihere was a balance in the
treasurer of §127.31
After transacting the business
of the association and the elect-
in-of officers for the ensuing
year, Miss Amy Taylor favored; PaUlS ValleV Transfer
themeeting with a beautiful and | *
well rendered vocal solo, and S.L.Robinson, Prop.
Mrs. S. P. Smith charmingly! Will r.ove your household
rendered a lovely piano solo. goods, trunks, boxes, freight
Delicious refreshments were; l0 and from the depot or
Typewriter for Sale
A number 15 Fox Typewriter
in perfect order for sale. Cheap
if taken at once. Apply at this
office.
served
enjoyed
u„u, haul
and a general good t ime anything from place to any
1 by all. The following; ,
enjoyeu i an, ine loiiowinu , ^
td " + , f f, where. Prompt attention
officers were elected for the com-
THE BATTLESHIP MAINE
The work of reclaiming the|ofl897 aud 33.8 percent higher
wreck of the battleship Maine.! than the average price of ten
which was destroyed in Havana years between 189(1 aud I^'l
Harbor Feb. 15th 1898, killing Then followed a slight decline
nearly three hundred men and j and from June to December,
precipitated the Spanish Ameii- 1910, prices remained nearly lev
can war, has been sufficiently el and at the close of 1910, they
accomplished to determine with were still 30 per cent higher
certainty that the destruction i than the ten-year average be
was from an interior explosion, tween j.890 and 1900 and 4.>.4
When General Bixby, chief of, higher than the record set by
the United States Army engi- the high price year 1897. Ot
neers examined the wreck last the 257 commodities considertd
week, fifteen feet of the hull!in the investigation, 148showed
was above the water, and every an average increase, twenty-six
portion of the wreck could be!showed no change, and eighty-
seen. Gen. Bixby says: three showed decreases.
"There is no doubt in my I Prices of lumber and Imild-
mind that the explosion was ing materials increased 10.7 per
from the inside.
"I am sure the destiuction
was caused by the explosion of
cent; farm products, 7.5 per
cent; drugs, 4 1 percent; foot!
stuffs, 8.2 percent; clothing. 2.:
ing j ear:
Day phone 141 Night phone2
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FOR THE DEUCATESTOMACH I
Or the "copper lined ' one, the
most strengthening and satisfy-
ing soups, are those bearing the
famous Libbey labels. Thev are
pure and easily digested, and
highly concentrated; by adding
hot water, you get a soup that is
fit to set before a king. Your
doctor will recommend Libbey
soups, perhaps; we have that
and many other kinds. All 10c,
and other brands. Try a can
and we'll guaranteed you'll want
more.
1
C. O. D. Grocery.
Phone 356
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Mitchell, J. D. Pauls Valley Democrat. (Pauls Valley, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 20, 1911, newspaper, July 20, 1911; Pauls Valley, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc118365/m1/4/: accessed May 2, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.