The Hennessey Clipper (Hennessey, Okla.), Vol. 21, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 14, 1910 Page: 1 of 8
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The Hennessey Clipper
VOL. XXI.
HENNESSEY, KINGFISHER COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, JULY 14 lorn.
NO. 9
INCENDIARY BURNS WHEAT
Jim Walta Loses Six Stacks Satur-
day Night—John Prazak
Under Arrest
John Prazalf, a farmer living
about six miles east of town, was
arrested Monday evening and
taken to Kingfisher Tuesday
morning by Sheriff Tate and De
puty Sheriff Stinson charged
with maliciously setting tire to
eix stacks of headed wheat Sat-
urday nightowned by Jim Walta,
a farmer, living one-half mile
east of College Corners.
The six stacks of wheat, which
were arranged for two settings
and would have threshed out
about one thousand bushels,
were completely destroyed by
tire which it is believed was set
to them by an incendiary. A
man's shoe tracks were found
coming and going from the stacks
of wheat and were made by a
nearly new pair of shoes. It
seems there is an old grudge ex-
isting between Walta and Prazak
and the latter was at once sus-
pected as being the guilty party.
A warrant was sworn out by
Walta for Prazak's arrest and'
Sheriff Tate came up Monday
evening, went to the home of
Prazak where lie found a coin
paratively new pair of shoes be
longing to Prazak and compared
them with the tracks near the
burned wheat. The shoes fit
the tracks in every way and also
made the same kinds of prints
in the dust. Prazak was then
arrested and taken to the county
seat to await trial. lie emphatic-
ally denies the charges against
him.
GREETED BY A LARGE CROWD
McGuire Made An Excellent Ad-
dress and Answers the
Lumber Attack
Tothe Voters of Kingfisher County
I am a candidate for the office
of sheriff of this county, and the
time being too short to make a
personal canvass of the county,
I take this method of making
your acquaintance.
I ask your support for the
following reasons:
I am a republican all that the
term implies. I believe in a
"Square Deal" and an even
break for everybody. I believe
in a strict observance of all the
laws on our statute books,
whether we like them or not. I
believe in a rigid enforcement of
every law against crime or mis-
demeanors, from high treason to
petit larceny.
I am in favor of the prohibi-
tory law against the manufacture
or sale of intoxicating liquors.
I am against the resubmission
of the prohibition question. I
am against the infamous "Grand-
father Clause."
If I am elected I shall en
deavor to defend and enforce
every law as I tind it.
This is iny platform in a "nut
shell." Take it or leave it.
If you are in favor of law and
order you will make no mistake
when you vote for
Yours truly,
J. M. Wells, for Sheriff.
This extremely hot weather
makes one appreciate a Gasoline
Stove. We sell the Quick Meal,
l est range made. We want to
Nearly a thousand people, com-
ing from the country, Hennessey
and the surrounding towns, gather-
ed in the park in the rear of the
Baptist church Tuesday evening to
hear the address of Hon. Bird S.
McGuire. As the congressman
mounted the platform he was
greeted and welcomed by loud ap-
plause from the large crowd.
In McGuire's introductory re-
marks he took up some time in tell-
ing of his past record as can be
found in the Congressional Records
telling of the five million dollars
appropriation for common schools,
the million and a half acres land
appropriated for colleges and higher
institutions of learning, the passing
of 79 hills of public utility for all
the people of the state, the passage
of about 200 private bills and last
but not least, the appropriation for
federal buildings at Blackwell,Guth-
rie and the 5^-15,000.00 appropria-
tion for a federal building at King-
fisher.
McGuire then sailed into the
lumber attack made against him
and showed from facts and figures
backed up by the Congressional Re-
cords, the manner in which the
lumber schedule of the Payne Tariff
bill was made and the weakness of
the insurgent attack on the house
organization for this schedule. He
showed that it was the President
and the house that secured the re-
duction of the rate from 12.00 a
thousand feet as provided in the
Dingley bill to $1.25 in the Payne
bill and that rate would have been
#1.00 had it not been for the senate.
McGuire showed that because of
the opposition of the senate it was
impossible to secure free lumber.
McGuire stated that the house
committee on ways and means was
about equally divided between the
*2.00 Dingley rate and free lumber,
as was the house itself. The sen-
ate was almost solid against free
lumber. The house committee de-
cided upon a compromise, splitting
the tariff on lumber in two and Mc-
Guire like the great majority of the
house republicans stood by the com-
promise. The Payne bill passed
the house with the tariff a dollar
per thousand, the compromise.
insurgents against free lumber
McGuire, continued, that the sen-
timent of the senate was shown
May 24, when, as shown by the
Congressional Record, a vote was
taken on the Johnson amendment
for free lumber. The amendment
was defeated 04 to 13. The thir-
teen were democrats. Those voting
against free lumber in the senate
were ten democrats and all repub-
licans present, fifty-four. The re-
publicans included such men as
Beveridge, LaFollette, Dolliver,
Bristow, Cummins and Boran.
Later the senate by a vote of 56 to
25 fixed the rate at $1.50 and at-
tempted to force the house to this,
but President Taft and the house
conference committee forced the
tariff down to $1.25 on rough lum-
ber and proportionately or lower on
other lumber, a reduction of from
'XIYi per cent upward.
McGuire then showed that so far
The Depositors Money
Is insured in the American Bonding Company of
America. Our vault is also guaranteed by the
above company. Our Capital, Surplus and Indi-
vidual Profits are $33,500.00. Plenty of capital to
do a safe hanking business. The stockholders of
this bank do not owe the bank a dollar.
THE HRST NATIONAL BANK, Hennessey, Okla.
as the price of lumber in Oklahoma
is concerned, it would in no way be
affected by taking the tariff off en-
tirely. Because of the distance and
cost of transportation no Canadian
lumber could come to Oklohoma.
would not reduce price
McGuire then stated that Gifford
Pinchot, Forester and Insurgent, in
support of a tarriff on lumber, said
that if lumber were placed on the
free list, the retail price would not
be affected but that the industry
would practically be destroyed in
the northwest. Senator Dolliver of
Iowa, another insurgent, expressed
the same views saying they were
formed from an investigation of free
lumber in 1891. Just before the
the vote was taken on the Johnston
amendment, Senator Dolliver told
of his investigations and said in
part:
"Mr. President, I have often said
to our people that if I could see any
distinct and certain advantage to
them by placing lumber on the free
list, I would be very much inclined
to help them without inquiring very
closely how it would affect other
sections of the country but I have
come to the conclusion that what is
proposed to be done in the amend-
ment will probably do the people
whom we try to serve no good or
little good and at the same time
may be a harsh and injurious stroke
against our friends who have gone
out into the mountain country and
into the Pacific coast country and
have builded up a great industry.
My droctrine of protection is as
broad as the Continent, if this
this droctrine is cast away where
these scattered sawmills are con-
cerned it would be difficult to find
any place for its application. I do
not agree with those who think that
the $1.00 rate fixed by the house is
an excessive duty on lumber. It is
the fourth industry of the American
people. It employs nearly a million
people. It has invested nearly a
a billion dollars.
"I am not willing to take this in-
dustry, representing so vast an in-
vestment, repersenting the employ-
ment of so great an army of hard
working people, and put it uncondi-
tionally on the free list."
Mr. McGuire then took up the
Gore charges and showed how they
had been made just before the pri-
maries to defeat him as other charges
had made before other elections by
political enimies, for instance the
suit that was brought against him
two years ago for $190,000.00 for
alleged fraud which never came to
trial and faded away. He paid
his tribute to the democratic state
adminstration and said he hoped i
the people would sink it deep into
oblivion this fall.
As the truths of McGuires asser-
tions began to sink into the minds
of his auditors toward the close of
speech he was greeted by tremen-
does applause after each assertion
and when he finally closed his ad-
dress the crowd gathered around
to shake his hand, congratulate him
and pledge him their loyal support.
A LETTER FROM NEW MEXICO
Containing Some Good Informa-
tion About That State
by J. L. Linson
COUNTY SEATERS NOT IN IT
And Only Gave the Sluggers
Good Batting Practice
—-Score 17 to 3
Mosquero, N. M., July 7, 1910.
Dear Editor:—When leaving
Oklahoma, about a year ago, I
promised almost everybody in
the county that I would write
and let them know all about New-
Mexico, but have hesitated to do
so until I knew more about the
country. But now I feel that I
can give them some correct in-
formation and would like the use
of the columns of your paper in
which to write, as about all my
friends will see the letter.
To begin with, this part of
New Mexico is unlike other parts
that I have ever seen. It is
really the top of an immense
mountain, a level prairie, land
reached after ascending a moun-
tain twelve hundred feet high,
and stretches away to the north
and west to the snow covered
mountains which on a clear day
may be seen in the distance, and
is almost level or slightly rolling,
very similar laying country to
that in and around Hennessey.
The prairies are dotted with
lakes of all sizes, one lying three
miles north of town having about
a section of land under water.
The land is covered with a short
grass very nutritious and fat-
tening for all kinds of stock and
the soil is a very rich, black loam
and as a general thing, is quite
deep, although near the breakes
and on the divides there is an
outcropping of limestone that
lies quite close to the surface.
There is no sand here as in most
A would be bunch of ball play-
ers came up from Kingfisher
Sunday to cross bats with the
Sluggers at Sportsman park and
learned before the third inning
was over, when the Sluggers had
made elevtn scores, that tlie>
could not play the national game.
The first county seat pitcher was
pounded ou t of the box early in
the game by several two and
three base hits and a home run
by Sutton. The other pitcher
was just as easy and the Slug-
gers hit liiin at their will. The
Sluggers stole bases before the
the county seaters really knew
what had o;cured and some
of the great "bone-head" plays
made by the latter reminded the
fans of the old game of round
town and cross out.
The fact is, the county seat
boys did not know the game and
it is a shame that Kingfisher
would let such a bunch go out to
represent them. When Mana-
ger Neal matched the game he
understood it was to be the same
team the Sluggers met at King-
fisher the fourth and if it had of
been the exhibition would have
been more interesting and satis-
factory.
Educational Outing
"Things Worth Seeing in
Washington City," is the title of
a splendid article in the July
number of Sturm's Oklahoma
Magazine by Lewis Brown lee,
other parts of this new state. I H"e "f the bost known writers of
And on account of the elevation!the Cap,tal- . Si"ce the Sturm
party is to invade Washington
month it is especially ap
Base Ball Tomorrow
No doubt the best game of
base ball that you will have an
opportunity to witness this sea-
son at Sportsman Park will be
played tomorrow by Medford
and Hennessey. These teams
have played one game on the
former's grounds which resulted
in a score of 5 to 6 in favor of
Medford. The contest was a
hot one from start to finish and
the game Friday promises to be
even hotter as the Sluggers are
determined to win. They are in
good condition and will put up a
base ball article against the
strong Medford team that will
be worth going miles to see.
Game called at 3 o'clock p. m.
sharp. Admission to ground 25
cents. Don't miss it.
And on account of the elevation
and altitude there is about one-
third more rainfall than in the
lower valleys and plains. The
The dryest years ever known
here have been experienced dur-
the last three years, so the
old settlers say. But yet better
crops have been raised than we
first settlers of Oklahoma were
able to raise in the early days of
Oklahoma. My son, John, and
1 had about thirty-seven acres
of wheat out, drilled in on sod,
and pastured all winter and far
into the spring by cattle, which
we have just finished harvesting
and which will make at a very
consei vative estimate, between
ten and twelve bushels per acre,
although many neighbors esti-
mate that the yield will be as
high as fifteen bushels per acre.
None of the wheat planted in the
neighborhood will yield less
than ten bushels per acre.
Wheat and small grains, pota-
toes and beans seem to be the
best crop here. The finest
water to be found anywhere can
be had at a depth of from thirty
to one hundred and sixty feet all
over the mesa. Plenty of tim-
ber for posts and wood and stone
for building can be had near at
hand. So that the advantages,
when taken into consideration
with the fact that a railroad runs
through this almost undeveloped
tract of land, are fairly good.
You can get coal delivered on
the track in car load lots at three
dollars a ton. When I first set-
tled in Oklahoma and the settlers
were leaving in droves and sel-
ling their claims for almost
nothing I received many letters
from friends in Missouri, stat-
ing that they had heard that
good claims could be had for al
most nothing, yet not believing
that the country would ever
amount to anything, I could not
advise them to leave good homes
and settle in Oklahoma, and yet
next
propriate that every one bo thus
given an idea of what is to be
J seen in the fifteen cities the
party is to visit.
I We understand it is possible
j for a few ladies to go with this
party by paying their way, but
that it will be necessary to make
; reservations immediately. This
is certainly the greatest eastern
trip we have ever seen planned
and requires ail of the month
of August to make.
Coopers is headquarters
harness and collars.
for
COUNCIL MAKES ESTIMATES
Of the City's Expenses for the
Fiscal Year Ending
June 30, 1911
The city council with all mem-
bers present except Jones met
at the city hall last Thursday
evening in a regular adjourned
meeting for the purpose of mak-
ing the estimates of the city's
expenses for the tical year end-
ing June 30, 1911. Following is
the estimates made by the coun-
cil:
Unexpended balance on
hand from previous
year $
I ncome estimated from
other sources other
than ad valor u m
taxation
Salary town officers
F"ire and water supply
Street lighting
Contingent and supply
Park improvements
and repairs
Sinking fund (bonded
debt)
Enjoined warrant debt
in judgment bal-
ance
Total to be raised by
taxation for ensu-
ing fiscal year after
deducting unex-
pended balance
Special levy for sprink-
ling fund, District
No. 1
Levi Herzberg was granted a
water permit to put city water
into his new residence west of
the Christian church. A bill o
$10.72 for lumber from «the P. T.
Walton Lumber Co. was allowed
and a bill by the Long-Bell Lu m-
ber Co. of $10.10 for paints, etc.,
was allowed. Board adjourned.
900.00
1,820.00
ooo.no
1,200.00
500.00
50.00
18,000.00
1,427.49
5,277.49
600.00
Died
The infant child of Mr. and
Mrs. M. W. Van Ducen died Sat-
urday evening at their home six
miles southeast of town. The
remains were intered in the Hen-
nessey cemetery Sunday morn-
ing. Mr. and Mrs. Van Ducen
have the sincere sympathy of
the entire community.
When you want any insurance
or notary work done see J. L.
Hines in the First National Bank
Bldg.
(Continued on last pnge)
AT
IVEST
TIME
*>OA\E
AVonev In Our
Rank
. copjriihl 1909, br c. e. zimmerman co.-lto. m
When crop s are in, and the profits of the farm can be counted in
money, the time to start a bank account is ripe, by doing so you
may conduct your farm as every good business is conducted.
We will help you keep your dooks. A checking account is a
necessity. An endorsed check answers as a receipt for a paid bill
and often saves the trouble of a disputed account.
We offerto you the service of a strong, conservative anb well
established bank.
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Of Hennessey, Okla. The Oldest Bank in Kingfisher County
Established 1891. We want your business and assure courteous
treatment to all. Make our bank your bank.
E. B. Cockrell, President Floyd E. Felt, Cashier
A. W. Westlake, Vice-President
Chas. K. Stetler, Ass't Cashier
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