The Oklahoma Farmer and Laborer (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, September 1, 1911 Page: 4 of 8
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Oklahoma farmer & Laborer
Motto "Organization Is the Spirit of
the Age."
Officers: W. T. FIELD, President;
FRED C. .JOHANNES, Editor und
Business Manager.
Entered as second-class matter Jan-
uary 21, 1911, at the postotfice at Sa-
pulpa, Oklahoma, under the Act of
March 3, 1879.
Published Every Friday at Sapulpa,0>j
Former Endorsement:
Resolved, That the Guthrie and Logan
County Co-Operative Union does
hereby endorse The Oklahoma Parm-
er and Laborer as its official organ,
and recommends to all affiliated or-
ganizations that they give eonsidera-
tion to advertiseas that use the col-
umns of said labor paper,
that the freight cars would form
five lines stretching across this
country, while a person traveling1
r'rom New Haven, Conn., to
Washington, 1). C., could pass the
entire distance with a continuous
line of locomotives on either side,
and the passenger cars would
reach over ( ,000 miles. The rap-
idity of the growth of American
railway systems becomes appar-
ent when we realize that there
are probably a half million people
in this country who were born
before a locomotive was ever
placed upon a railroad track in
the United States.
World of Labor
News from All Parts of
the World, of General
Interest to the Worker
OKLAHOMA STATE FEDERATION OF LABOR! AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR.
Headquarters of Sec.-Treas., 501-2-3 State Headquarters 801 G Street N. W., Wa h-
Nt'l. Bank Bldg., Oklahoma City. ington, D. C.
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION:
One Year - * $1-00
Six Months -
50c
Railroad Speed As It Once Was
When the first passenger rail-
road ever built was opened in
England in 1815 the train travel-
ed from one end of the line to the
other, a distance of twelve miles,
in two hours. And Wood, one ol
the best writers on the subject
of railroads at that day, wrote as
follows:
"Nothing can do more harm to
the adoption of railways than the
promulgation of such nonsense as
that we shall see locomotives
traveling at the rate of twelve
miles an hour."
Today, with locomotives trav-
eling at the rate of seventy-five
miles an hour, one can look back
at Wood's warning with a feeling
of amusement. In 1829 a loco-
motive was introduced in this
country and in the following year
Peter Cooper experimented with
a locomotive on the B. & O. rail-
road. The flues of the boiler
were made from gun barrels.
The boiler was about the size of
a flour barrel. Cooper related
with considerable satisfaction
how on the trial trip of this en-
gine he passed a gray horse at-
tached to a wagon.
At present the railroad mileage
of this country is nearly 250,000,
and according to statistics com-
piled by Prof William B. Bailey
of Yale University for the Inde-
pendent, this milage has an equip-
ment of more than 57,000 loco-
motives, 450,000 passenger cars
and 2,000,000 freight cars.
. A better idea of the extent of
this mileage and equipment may
be gained when we realize that
the milage is sufficient to encircle
the earth with a ten-track.road;
In lookirg over the Pawhuska
or Osage Journal the other day
we were struck with the way
things were being done in that
hustling city, because they are so
different from our town. The
matter of additional waterworks
was up for discussion and the
Mayor of that city not only invit-
ed but urged every taxpayer in j
Pawhuska to be present at a
mpeting they were to have to dis-
cuss the best plan for meeting the
trouble. The result was that the
entire citizenship got together
and decided on a definite plan of
action and no doubt when the
bonds are vote1 the Pawhuska
waterworks will be put in without
a hitch because the officials and
the citizens are working togeth-
er toward one great end —that of
procuring the very best possible
for the least money, In Sapulpa
it is none of the taxpayer's bus-
iness what they do or what the
taxpayer gets for his money and
that is one of the things that is
creating so much strife and caus-
ing every citizen to be loser on
his property no matter what the
value. For some time there has
been too much of that sort of
thing in this town. If the people
could get together here more
would be accomplished in ore
week for the good of the town
than there is at present in a year
If the citizens who pay the bill
want a thing why do not the
Commissioners give it to them?
If they make a mistake then they,
and not the Commissioners are
to blame for the mistakes. They
ha\re nothing to lose and all to
gain in this matter and for that
reason, if for nothing else the
people have a right to enquire in-
to the wherefore of all this.
President, C. C. Zeigler, Oklahoma City.
First Vice-President, C. K. Connallv, Lehigh.
Second Vice-President, Julius Pieh.
Third Vice-President,(ins lv Koecker, Tulsa.
Fourth Vice-President, S. M. Boydston, Wil-
burton.
Fifth Vice-President, J. S. Campbell, K1 Reno.
Sec.-Treas.. J. Luthnr Langston, oklahoma
City.
Legislative Committee--Lee Payne, Phillips;
George McConnell, Bartlesville; Jesse L. Day
Ardmore.
B. M. P. i. U , NO. 18.
B. M. P. I. U. No. 18 meets every
Monday night at Labor Hall.
President, JOHN MATHEWS.
Secretary, J. F. OWENS.
Order Railway Conductors
Meets every Sunday at 2 P. M. in B,
o R. T. Hall, corner Park ana Thomp-
son avenue.
W. M. DORR1S, Sec.
U.B. of C.&J. of A. Local No. 1655
Meets every Friday night in Labor
hall.
President, C. E. PALEN.
Fin. Sec., R. H. HAMILTON.
Rec. Sec., V. C. KELLER.
Treas., F. F. HENRY.
President.Samuel C.ompers, (Cigarniakers* In-
ternational Union.)
First Vice-President, James Duncan, (Gran-
ite Cutters' International Association.)
Second Vice- President. John Mitchell, United
Mine Workers of America.;
Third Vice-President, James O'Connell, (In-
ternational Association ol Machinists.)
Fourth Vice-President, D. A. Hayes, (Glass
Bottle Blowers' Association.)
!• 1 . vT c -* - Prs W 11. D Huber, (United
Brotherhood of Carpenters.)
Sixth Vice-President, Jos. F. Valentine, (Int-
ernational Moulders' Union.)
Seventh Vice-President, Jno. K. Alpine, (Jour-
neymen Plnmqers' Association.)
Kighth Vice-President, II. B. Perham, (Order
of Railroad Telegraphers.)
Secretary, Frank Morrison,(InternationalTyp-
raphical Union.)
Treasurer, Jchn B Lenuon, [Journeymen Tail-
ors' Union of America.]
Brotherhood Fireman and Engineers
Meets every Sunday at 7:30 in B. of
R. T. Hall, corner Park and Thompson
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Meet every Sunday at 9:30 A. M. in
B. of R. T. Hall, corner Park & Thorny
son ave.
President, G. K1NLOCK
E. H. CAMPBELL, Sec.
Probably the question of good
roads is being more universally
discussed than any other question
confronting the public. This is
true becatise the public? is becom-
ing educated to the fact that good
roads mean economy. The aver-
age farmer would be surprised at
his repair bill if presented for an
entire year. Three-fourths of
Prize Offers from Leading Manufacturers
Book on patents. "Hints to inventors." "Inventions needed."
"Why some inventors fail." Send rough sketch or model for
search of Patent Office records. Our Mr. Greeley was formerly.
Acting Commissioner of Patents, and as such had full charge of
the U. S. Patent Office.
GREELEY & MANURE
Patent Attorneys
Washington, T). C.
this repair bill is caused by rough
unworktd roads over which he
travels in marketing his produce.
Besides the convenience and com-
munities the saving in repairs
and wear and tear on vehicles
imounts to more every year than
the pro rata cost of building good
public roadways.
A special session of the state
legislature will probably be called
for late fall or winter. Govern-
or Cruce has put the question up
to the different members. -
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Johannes, Fred C. The Oklahoma Farmer and Laborer (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, September 1, 1911, newspaper, September 1, 1911; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc101836/m1/4/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.