The Hennessey Clipper (Hennessey, Okla.), Vol. 21, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 4, 1911 Page: 2 of 8
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The Hennessey Clipper WORLD'S GREATEST SKY-MEN
The Sprague Ptg. Co., Pubt.
HENNESSEY. I I 2 OK LA.
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are flirting with i.e to ..'non
people again
There should be an anti-Fmoko or-
dinance for ho;..- in kne«- ranl.v
Many a man who laughs at the hob-
ble skirt v o: cuffs on Ins t ron-era.
An Arkansas man ate a bowl of
yeast on a wager. That's a swell
stunt, eli?
COMING TO WICHITA MAY 4, 5 AND 6
El uENE ELY, JAMES J. WARD, C. C. W1TMER AND R. C.
ST. HENEY WILL FLY IN WICHITA MAY 4, 5 AND 6-
MAYOK AM) CITY COMMISSIONERS HAVE DECLARED
A HOLIDAY. EVERYBODY TO HAVE A GOOD TIME.
OUR STATE CAPITOL LETTER
"Clothes oft proclaim thf man."
But not in the case of the new
trousers skirt.
Tt Is proposed to slop the flow of
gold and girls to Europe by putting
•n export tax on heiresses.
Former King Manuel is learning to
play golf. He is likely t<. find it fully
m difficult as running Portugal.
At this season of the year it is gen
•rally easy to get most people in-
terested in good roads movements.
A frog farm is to be started at Man-
hattan, Nev. We should think Hull-
frog would be a better place for it.
We are told that platinum has
peached the high water mark of $43
en ounce. Almost as costly as coal.
Wichita. Kan.—When CJlenn H. Our-
tiss brings his world-famed aviators
here May 4, f and 6, Wichita expects
to give them a rousing welcome. This
is the first big aviation meet to be
held in Kansas, and ample prepara-
tions are being made to accommodate
the many curious and expectant thou-
sands who will want to see these
flights
The managers of over six hundred
wholesale and retail houses, freight
departments and offices have signed
an agreement to close Thursday af-
ternoon, May 4th, and the Mayor and
City Commissioners have declared a
| half holiday. So May 4th will be Wicta-
' ita Day at the Meet.
There are two handsome prizes al-
ready offered by local firms to stimu-
late a rivalry among the aviators.
Henry A Reinhard will give a $50.00
silver cup for the highest altitude;
Greenfield Bros, will give a forty dol-
the others "go some" if they win. He
comes to this meet with the personal
recommandation of Clenn H. Curtiss,
whom he has been assisting in recent
flights, and as has been proven in the
past, Curtiss sends out no man with
his personal recommendation without
the best of reasons for believing he
will make good.
The aviation field is at Walnut
Grove station on the Arkansas Valley
Interurban Railway- It can also be
reached by the Santa Fe, and if neo-
essary this road will run special train#
out of Wichita.
Mr. O. A. Boyle, the manager of thle
meet, has announced that the tickpte
of admission will also have a trans-
portation coupon attached, which will
be good for the trip to and from the
aviation field. The total cost of this
ticket will be $1.25. Automobile tick-
ets will also be placed on sale and
boxes reserved for the autos. These
DOINGS OF THE
OKLAHOMA
STATE OFFICERS
A Brief Resurre of What Our
"Hired Men" Are Doing, How
They Spend Their Time, Etc.
The harem skirt has appeared at
the seashore, and it. is very easy to
guess what the wild waves are say-
lug
Sib*"
If those scientists succeed in their
efforte to find an elixir of life, what
ere we going to do with our under-
takers?
And the American oyster Is taking
the place of Its British brother in
London. The American invasion
grows apace.
A convict escaped from the Ohio
penitentiary by crawling through the
air shaft. Fresh air has some won-
derful effects.
A Chicago woman physician says
that tobacco takes the fine edge off
the user's taste. Now how does that
Voman know?
Convicted murderers in Nevada are
to be given their choice in the matter
of exit, but none will be allowed to
choose old age.
One of the contestants in a uiiel in
Paris the other day was injured. If
thiB keeps up we fear that dueling
will lose its popularity.
An Indiana woman has developed
blood poisoning as the result of a bite
from a mouse. Another argument in
favor of the harem skirt.
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vmam
This Combination Has Made the Whole World Take Notice. Eugene Ely
in his Belmont Racer. He will fly In this machine at Wichita, May
4th, 5th and 6th.
Learning to pronounce correctly the
names of the new French ministry
will be a good start toward a liberal
education in that language.
Fifth avenue in New York is said
to have the lowest birth rate of any
street in the world. Evidently the
stork is not a fashionable bird.
A wise Pennsylvania Judge baa
ruled that it is no crime for a woman
to have pretty eyes. In other words
they are not concealed weapons.
"A wife should never consult her
husband about her clothes." opines a
London modiste. She rarely does ex-
cept when the bills come home.
An eastern writer says that all
beautiful women look alike. Maybe,
but there is often quite a difference
in the silo of the shoes they wear.
lar aviation coat as an endurance
prize. Other prizes will he offered.
There is much speculation among
the Wichita "fly-fans" as to which
bird-man will get the prizes
Ely, of course, is the best known,
and many who know of his spectacu-
lar flights in Japan, at San Francisco,
and at Sheepshead Bay, all of which
caused world-wide comment, say he
is easily the winner. But there are
others, and they are in the majority,
who think the matter is by no means
so simple. Jimmie Ward, it is well
known, holds the world's altitude
record for a i!4 H. P. Biplane, and
within less than a year has won
sixty-seven cups; while Witmer,• re-
cently, at I-os Angeles, soared out of
Bight among the clouds, and it is said
he has altitude ambitions that must be
reckoned with. Not so much is known
here about St. Henry, but some regard
him as a "dark horse" that will make
Does Not Remove Blame.
Injury caused by carelessness is not
remedied when you say: "I didn t
mean to" nor are you absolved from
blame and responsibility by those
words.
Building Blocks of Cork.
Floors and furniture are not
scratched by children playing with
new building blocks made of cork In
Germany.
Some of these scraps in European
parliaments are terrible affairs. Think
of that Turk who had his ears boxed (
He might have had his wrist slapped.
All-steel trains are being run be-
tween Chicago and St. Paul and Min-
neapolis. What has become of the
car wheels that were made of pa-
per?
A San Francisco bride received
from her father a wedding gift of $1,-
000,000. The gift, however, will not
set the fashion in family bridal pres-
ents.
A man taken ill in Bermuda Insisted
upon being brought home to die in
New York. As has often been re-
marked there is no accounting for
tastes.
Chicago Is suffering from an epi-
demic of automobile accident! Why
not hire the hold-up men to fight the
auto speeders and kill two birds with
wo stone?
The Successful Men.
Perhaps it is more than true th&'i
half of the great college buildings la
the land are splendid gifts from "Vil-
lage Chumps," who broke away from
home because they could not find a
chance to expand or express them-
selves in their native two-by-four
town, and never, or hrrUy ever aft-
er. got the first ghost of a show or
the spare time to acquire an educa
tion.
Mixed Metaphors.
The famous commingling of meta
phors beginning. "1 smell a rat; I
shall nip him in the bud," has been
surpassed. According to Punch a
Yorkshire paper writes "We hope
Mr. Atkinson will keep his word and
with the ability he has always shown
tear to shreds and tatters the sub
terranean methods of ti e clique which
at present rides the high horse"
automobile tickets, including the re-
served location, will cost $1.25 per pas-
senger.
It was also announced that ten
thousand circus seats have been pro-
vided. and that one hundred mount-
ed guards will patrol the grounds to
take care of the crowds. In fact,
every little detail that will contribute
to the comfort and enjoyment of a
large crowd has been loeked after.
There are other attractions in Wich-
ita during these three days. The
Kansas State lOlks Convention is ex«
pected to bring five thousand people,
and on each morning there will be a
Western League ball game—two
Wichita vs. Denver and one Wichita
vs. Lincoln.
With the above program carefully
carried out, there will be three days
of recreation, fun and amusement. No
one can afford to miss it. There will
be special train service on all roads.
The Right Spirit.
While I gaze out on the forest and
hills and the beautiful sunlight, I want
Ctod's love to shine into my heart, as
tie sun shines upon the earth.—Ten-
nessee Housewife.
Demand Too Much.
Borne seem to think It an awful poor
rule that will not work both ways for
all it is ever worth.
Massachusetts society women are
taking up wrestling as n beautifying
exercise. There is evidently more
trouble coming for the so-called
stronger sex.
A French expert has discovered
that normal men have large feet,
while normal women have small ones.
That would indicate that the men are
the bigger kickers.
' An eastern savant tells us that "the
problem of the age Is for women to
know how to spend money ' And for
men to kt^ow how to get the money
Xor women to spend.
Bulbs From France.
A large proportion of the so-called
Holland flowering bulbs imported into
this country every year in reality
come from the south of Prance.
6wedlsh "Church Boat."
The "church boat" Is a popular in-
stitution in Sweden. It brings fami-
lies to service from the farms around
Lake Slljan to Leksand The water
route Is the nearest and most conve-
nient, and so the big boat goes from
farm to farm along the shore picking
up the churchgoers, who later return
by the same route.—Wide World Maga
sine
Lcve In England.
"In England," says the London Dal!.'
Mail, "love dwells and remains In the
inmost secret recesses of the soul; It
does not circulate about in the air
That Is why the air in England U
somewhat cold. And that is wh\'
closed up hearts there burn so lu
tensely. For the English love Is not
the delightful occupation of youth, it
is the very warp through which the
whole life is woven "
Potatoes as Pen Wipers.
One hundred and fifty hotels in Kan-
sas City use a style of cabinet on
their desks in which a receptacle js
provided for a raw potato, in which It
Is the custom of the clerk to stick the
pen after it la used for any purpose.
The potato acta a9 a cleaner for the
pen, and also a handy place In which
it may be kept. A fresh potato A#
supplied every morning
Economy In Opinions.
Opinions are to the mind what fur-
niture is to the house It isn't economy
to have more than you know what- t*
do with.
Love.
Ixjve is the only synonym In any
earthly speech for immortality; it has
no past, for it carries all that has been
In the heart; and it has 110 future, for
it already recognizes Its own complete-
ness and finality.—Mablo.
Cheap Fuel In China.
Coal Is cheaper in China than an/
where else In the world.
The Bungalow.
The word bungalow is an Anglo Ia
dlnn version of the Hindoo bangla,
which primarily means Bengali, or of
Bengal, and is also ai plied to a
thatched hut.
Show Gain Under Two-Cent Fare.
That the railroads of Oklahoma
made a good profit from their passen-
ger service train earnings while the
2-cent fare was in effect in Oklaho-
ma is shown by a report issued by Au-
ditor Wilmering of the corporation
commission.
For the fiscal year ending June 30,
1009, the Atchison, Topeka and S*nta
Fe company in its passenger service
train earnings cleared $332,324 .'7.
The company has a total of 1,370.
797 passenger service train miles in
Oklahoma and the total revenue for
the year ending in June, 1909, was $1 ,-
860,614.87. For maintenance of wj\
and structure $G15,68fi.60 was expend-
ed; maintenance of equipment, $185,-
938.12; trafflce expenses, $58,159 74;
transportation expenses, $480,607.83
general expertses. $49,954.52, making
the total operating expenses $1,390,-
346.41. Adding taxes in the sum of
$159,125.56, the grand total reached
$1,549,472 07. From this amount the
sum of $21,181.57 is subtracted foi
rents receivable to credit and the to-
tal expenses reaches $1,528,290.50
This gives a net profit of $332,"24.37
on passenger service in Oklahoma un
der the 2-cent fare.
A similar table of figures compiled
by Auditor Wilmering !n cornectio:
with the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe
for the fiscal year ending June 30,
1909, while the 2-cent fare was in ef-
fect, shows that this comp'inv receiv-
ed a net profit over all operating ex
penses of $62,678.12 from a total reve-
nue of $338,600.83.
Artesian Water Prospect Good.
G. T Bryan, president of the state
board of agriculture, who has just re-
turned from a trip through the Pan*
handle counties of Northwestern Ok-
lahoma in connection with the propos-
ed drilling of artesian wells In that
section of the state, believes that
there is artesian water in that conn
tary, and that the only question is
whether there is anything in the wa-
ter which would interfere with its use
for irrigation purposes.
"Great care must be exercised In
drilling these wells," said Mr. Bryan.
"Several people who have apparently
struck artesian water have failed to
benefit from it by reason of the fact
i that they have failed to case out the
sheet water at a higher stratum.
When the artesian water came to that
point it simply^ spread out through
I the sand, instead of coming on to the
op of the well."
Insurance Men Well Satisfied-
That the creation of the office of
state fire marshal by the last legisla-
ture will materially reduce the lire
losses of Oklahoma, especially those
of incendiary origin, is the belief <<t
insurance men generally, including
T. Ingalls, manager of the Oklahoma
Inspection Bureau. The powers and
duties of that state official are such
1 that he is expected to greatly improve
! insurance conditions in the state and
possibly reduce the rates.
McAlester Man Chosen.
Roscoe S. Cate of McAlester has
been appointed chief clerk to United
States Indian Agent Dana H. Kelsey
1 of Union Agency, at Muskogee, vice
W. W. Bennett, transferred to Wis-
consin. He has assumed .the duties
of his office, the appointment having
been confirmed by the interior de-
! partment.
McNeill Secures $2,700 in Rewards.
A. F. McNeill of Redfield, Ark , who
I captured Alf Hunter, slayer of Sheriff
1 George W. Garrison, at Pine Bluff,
Ark., in October, 1909, drew $500 from
1 the state treasury the other day for
the capture. A reward for that
amount was offered by Governor Has-
kell at the time, but. there was no
fund from which it could be paid un-
til an appropriation was made at the
re< nt session of the legislature. .Mc-
Neill has now drawn $2,700 in re
ward altogether. He trailed Hunter
for six or eight months through Louis-
iana, Mississippi. Tennessee and Ar-
kansas, and finally arrested him.
Lumber Decision Base for Action.
S W. Reeves, assistant attorney
general, stated that he will file with
the state corporation commission in
the near future an action based on the
recent decision of District Judge Cul-
lison at Cherokee that the commis-
sion should fix the price of lumber
throughout the state. Reeves' case
will petition the commission to act,
outlining the matter in detail.
Grants Requisition for Alleged Robber
Governor Lee Cruce has granted a
requisition for the return of Hugh A.
Burnell, formerly president of the
People's State bank of Brownston,
Ind.. to answer acharge of forgery.
Burnell was arrested at Muskogee.
The specific forgery charge is alleged
to have been committed in August,
1907. Burnell was indicted and left
the state. Governor Haskell, after a
hearing, refused to grant the
requisition. Burnell has been living
in Muskogee three years. |
NEW LAW SCHOOL MODERN.
State Building at Norman Will Be Up-
to-Date in Every Particular.
That the new law school building
of the state university will conform to
the very latest models, is the state*
ment of Dean J. C. Monnet, who haa
been here on a visit from Norman.
After examining blue prints and
plans of practically all the latest built
law schools in the country, Dean .Mon-
net has had Shepley, Kutan & Cool-
idge, official architects of the univer-
sity, prepare the preliminary sketches
lor the new building. While the plans
(all for a beautiful building, one that
will be modern in every respect, it is
possible they will require some modi-
fication. They embody most of the
best feature of other schools, particu-
larly as to lighting, heating and ven-
tilating, as well as arrangement of li-
brary and lecture rooms. Nothing has
been omitted to make the law school
complete and allow for its future
growth. The architects are the same
as those who designed the law school
at Chicago and Harvard universities.
The plans will he submitted to the
new state board of education as soon
as they are placed in better shape.
If the contracts are promptly let, it
is expected the new building will be
completed and ready for occupanc>
by the end of the Christmas holidays.
! At present the school is being con-
| ducted in a basement, known among
the students as the "dugout." The de
| signs are along the same lines as the
1 main building, now in course of con.
struct ion, and it is planned to have
all future buildings erected along the
j same architectural lines, in order that
1 he campus may present a harmonious
1 appearance.
• "The law school is growing in a
most satisfactory manner," sand Dean
I Monnet. "While it has hardly got
started, we have about 100 students
and are employing three regular pro-
lessors. Next year we shall have five
Nowhere have I ever seen a finer
spirit among the students. Of course
we are not so large in numbers and
have nothing like the equipment of
, such schools as Iowa, Harvard and
other of the older schools, but as to
quality of students and determination
1 to make real awyers, 1 have never
-een anything that surpassed condi-
tions at the Oklahoma law school."
Gas Property Is Worth $1,154,697
A number of the larger natural ga*
companies operating in Oklahoma
' have filed their returns for taxation
with the state auditor. The largest 'a
of ocurse the Oklahoma Natural Gas
j company, which returned its property
at $1,154,697.90. It was assessed last
'year at $1,063,893. The Caney River
Gas company, which spuplies Musko-
gee and some of the other east side
cities, lists its property at $297,124 17.
Its assessemnt last year was $307,772.
Other companies reporting were the
Osage and Oklahoma Gas company,
$139,067.53, compared with $150,281
' last year; Galbraith Gas company,
*4.".,187.60. compared with $45,585; Oil-
quense Oil and Gas company $21,-
j *"20 73, compared with $33,157, an1
Lawton Gas ocmpany, $3,095, com
I pared with $2,964.
Wilmering Leaves Board.
Henry Wilmering, for four years au-
ditor for the corporation commission
in charge of division of accounts and
statistics, tended his resignation ef-
fective May 15, to take service with
the Oklahoma Gas and Electric com- ,
pany as general auditor. He reserved
1 the right to appear for the corporation
commission in litigation effecting
steam railways.
Defunct Banking Institution Sold.
Bank Commissioner J. D. Lankford
has announced the sale by the state
banking board of the Citizens State
bank of Mountain Park, which was
taken oxer by the board recently. The
purchaser is .1 M. Beasley, assistant
cashier of the Oklahoma State banl)
I of Frederick.
Sues Under Pure Food Law.
Criminal information against the
Star Water company of Oklahoma
City, charging three violations of the
pure food law, was filed in the United
States district court here. The action
was brought by Assistant I'nited
States Attorney Zimmerman, and al-
leges that examinations of samples of
three shipments of ice cream cones
made to Texas and Nebraska points
showed the presence of from .248 to
.28 per cent of the boric acid, which ia
claimed to be a very deleterious sub- !
stance. The action is brought under I
the pure food act of .Tune 30, 1906.
Cruce Pardons Chas. Allen.
Because the wife of Chas. Allen and
' a man with whom she is reported to j
have eloped, were active in testifying j
pgainst him at the trial, Governor
('ruc.e issued a pardon to Allen, who
was sentenced from Washita county
in 1909 to serve five years for man-
slaughter. Friends of Allen represent* j
ed to Governor Cruce that Allen be- 1
lieved the man he shot had inter- (
fered with his family relations and j
j made this his defense.
Assessors May Be Ousted.
The state board of equalization will i
| probably request the attorney general
to bring ouster proceedings against
township assessors who are assess-
ing township personal property and
real estate from 40 to 60 per cent of
the fair cash value where the con-
stltutlon requires it to lie at 100 per
' ent. 10vkitnre will tie obtained fiom
comparison of the tax mils, and the
board at Iti session plainly indicated
that counties found below the full
wilue mark would be hiosted.
WILL LOOK TO
CANADA FOR WHEAT
ONE REASON WHY AMERICAN*
GO TO CANADA.
In the Chicago Inter-Ocean of a few
Says since reference was made to the
fact that in 1909 the United States
raised 737.189,000 bushels of wheat,
and last year grew only 695,443,000 a
decrease of 41,746,000 bushels. The
article went on to say: "True we
raised last year more than enough
wheat for our own needs, but it is ap-
parent that if production continues to
decrease In that ratio we will soon
be obliged to look to other countries
for wheat to supply our rapidly in-
creasing population."
The purpose of the article was to
show that reciprocity was to be de-
sired. This is a question that I do not
propose to deal with, preferring to
leave it to others who have made a
greater study of tfcat economic ques-
tion than I have. The point to be
considered is, with the high price of
lands in the United States, and with
the much lower priced lands of Can-
ada, and their ability to produce prob-
ably more abundantly, Is it not well
for the United States farmer to take
advantage of the opportunity Canada
affords with its lower-priced lauds
and take a part in supplying the needs
of the United States, which It is quite
apparent must coma sooner or laterT
It is probable there are now about
300,000 American fanners In Western
Canada, cultivating large farms, and
becoming rich, in the growing of 25-
and 30-bushel-to-the-acre-wheat, in pro-
ducing large yields of oats and barley,
and in raising horses and cattle
cheaply on the wild prairie grasses
that are there, both sucoulent and
abundant. All these find a ready mar-
ket at good prices. Amongst the
Americans who have made their homes
in Canada aro to be found colonies of
Scandinavians, and all are doing well.
I have before me a letter from an
American Scandinavian, now a Cana-
dian, an extract from which is Inter-
esting. Writing from Turtle Lake,
Saskatchewan, he Bays:
"I came up here from Fergus Falls,
Minn., October 21th, 1910, and thought
I would let you know how I have been
petting along. We had a very mild
winter u^i to New Year's, but Bine#
then it has been quite cold and lots of
enow, but not worse than that we
could be out every day working, even
though we had 65 below zero a few
times, but we do not feel the cold
here the same as we did In Minnesota,
as it is very still and the air Is high
and dry. This Is a splendid place for
cattle raising and mixed farming.
There Is some willow brush and small
poplars on part of the land, which Is
rolling and covered with Bplendld
gTass In the summer. Not far from
here there Is timber for building mar
terial. There are only 8 Norwegians
here, 6 Scotchmen, 2 Germans. The
lake is 20 miles long and full of very
line fish.
'There Is a lot of land yet that has
not been taken and room for many
settlers, and we wish you would send
some settlers up beu, as there are
fine prospects for them, especially for
those who have a little money to start
with. Send them here to Turtle Lake,
and we will show them the land, if
they have secured plats, showing the
vacant lands, at the Dominion Lands
office In Battleford. Send us up som
good Scandinavians this spring "
The Canadian government agents
will try to meet his wishes.
The Point of View.
"I notice that you have given up
the fight for a cleaner city. You used
to be one of the leaders In the oppo-
sition to the smoke nuisance."
"Yes. I've come to the conclusion
that smoke cannot be abolished. It's
useless to keep harping on the ques-
tion."
"By the way, what business are you
In now?"
"Oh, I've quit working for a salary.
An uncle of mine left me a valuable
Interest In one of our biggest machine
shops.-
What We Are Coming To.
Jack — I thought your landlord
didn't allow children.
Henry—'Sh! We call It Fldo.—Har-
per's Bazar
Heartburn!
DID YOU SAY?
Then you really need
frfostetfers
Stomach
Bitters
It tones the stomach,
aids digestion, prevents
after eating distress.
t
I'on t suffer any longer.
Take home a bottle to-
day and be able to en-
joy your meals.
It is also excellent tor
Malaria, I ever ond Ague.
PArtKLR'S
!, H Alii" BALSAM
If',\ . and beautiflM the htlr.
,0 ■ ■ u lUAlUIBUI ptuvfth.
to Npv«r Kails to ItpHtore < r*y
J Hair to ltn Youthful Color.
M Curt* c*lr denies A Imir UIUm.
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