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OLD JAY IS HOW THE COUNTY SEATs
LONG DR.1WN OUT FIGHT IS ENDED
OKLAHOMA NEWS
LEGISLATURE IS
COMMISSIONERS ORDER RE L1CA-
TION OF THE SEAT OF GOV-
ERNMENT.
The Records Have Been Moved—Court
Order Carried Out, Then All Go
Back; No Trouble—Militia
Asked For At One Time,
Oklahoma City, Okla.—The long-
drawn out county seat war between
the citizens of Old Jay and New Jay
of Delaware county, has conie to an
end. Sheriff Bud Thomason, who
lives at New Jay, went over to Old
Jay, in compliance with the older of
District Judge John H. Pritchard of
Tahlequah, commanding him to pro-
tect the Delaware county officials in
moving the records from Old to New
Jay, in compliance with a previous or
'der issued by that judge.
Each Delaware county official, who
had previously received Judge Pritch-
ard's order to return with the records
to New Jay, proceeded at once to
move such records and furniture of
office to New Jay. The county com-
missioners then assembled iu the
Creekmore building, in New Jay. and
made an order, unanimously agreeing
to stand by the commissioners, can-
celing the contract previously made
between the outgoing county commis-
sioners and Creekmore, which had
designated his building in New Jay
as the county seat of Delaware caun-
ty. At the same time the commission-
ers made another order, repealing an
order of the former commissioners,
commanding the county officials to
recognize the Creekmore building, in
New Jay, as the county courthouse.
A third order vas then made by the
commissioners, designating as tne
courthouse, the building on the origin-
al-ten acres, in the town of Old Jay.
This was followed by a fourth order of
the commissioners commanding the
county officials to remove their rec-
ords and office furniture into the
building at Old Jay, designated as the
courthouse; and another order direct-
ing Sheriff Thomason to protect tne
officers while removing the tecords
and furniture.
The various county officials, under
the escort of Sheriff Bud Thomason,
returned to Old, Jay with their rec-
ords and office furniture. No demon-
stration of any kind took place.
The peaceful termination of the con-
test between the two towns as to
which was the county seat of Dela-
ware county was in accordance with
the predictions made by Adjutant Gen-
eral Frank M. Canton, who went to
Old Jay and New Jay December 14
last, when reports were sent out that
Old Jay was in the hands of a mob,
surrounding the records. The night
General Canton arrived in Old Jay, he
found citizens of that town in pos-
session of the county records, and
guarding them with arms. About mid-
night, citizens of New Jay opened fire
upon the town of Old Jay, but did not
rush the town.
General Canton the next day exam-
ined the situation from the two points,
and upon his return to Oklahoma City,
recommended to Governor Lee Cruce
that the militia should not be called
out as the trouble would adjust itself
with the advent of the new board of
county commissioners.
CHARGE IS MURDER;
FINE ASSESSED $100
Alva McDonald Not Responsible For
Death of El Reno, Okla., Man,
Court Decides.
El Keno, Okla Alva L. McDonald,
chairman of the state committee of
the Progressive party, was fined one
hundred dollars by District Judge
John J. Carney fofr the death of E. T.
.Marsh November 27 last. Judge Car-" j
ney held that the death of Marsh was
accidental and that the blow adminis-
tered by McDonald had nothing to do
with his death, which was caused
when Marsh fell to the pavement,
crushing his skull. It is said that |
Marsh had borrowed ;iU cents from an j
aged soldier on the street Mr. Mc- j
l>onald intervened, indignant because j
the money was the last the man had. t
In the quarrel, McDonald struck Marsh, j
knocking him to the pavement. The I
fall caused a f/arture of the skull. |
McDonald was immediately charged j
with manslaughter, and one day later,
with murder.
Man Dies of Pellagra.
Lawton, Okla. After an uncon-
scious period lasting since Chirstmas
day, a period of ten days, A. E. Ulas-
by, an expert meat cutter formerly
employed at Port Sill, died from the
dread disease, pellagra.
Katy Depot Robbed.
Tulsa, Okla.—The M. K. & T. depot
here was robbed of $100 by a bold
thief, who is believed to have had an
accomplice on the outside. The wait-
ing room was filled with people at the
time, but the ticket agent had stepped
away to another part of the building.
The depot was robbed about two
weeks ago.
Can't Prosecute McGrine.
Guthrie, okla. Prosecution against
Will R. M citrine, former warrant clerk
in the state auditor's uffifce, is barred I
by the state constitution acocrding to
announcement of attorneys here Mr-
Brine is under $5,000 bond for trial in
the district court here on charge of
forging state warrants amounting to
$2S,000, but two weeks ago he was
used by the state as a witness in an
attempt to convict one of his alleged
accomplices, and this gives him com-
plete immunity under Oklahoma's con-
stitution. in his statement of Sic-
Brine's case to the court, Attorney
General West said the charges against
him involved eighteen separate trans-
actions.
Banker Pleads Guilty.
Muskogee, Okla. Jay Plumbley, a
Checotah banker who was indicted on
the charge of making false entries in ;
a national .ank at Checotah, pleaded I
guilty before Federal Judge Campbell I
today, but sentence was suspended
until the Vinita term. The court an- |
nounced that in the meantime an in- i
vestigation would lie made. The min-
imum penalty is five years. For more !
than a year the banker's aged mother
has made trips to .Muskogee and beg-I
ged th.' government officials to save |
her son from disgrace. During that
time Plumbley's conduct has been j
above reproach and the court is in-
clined to be as lenient as possible. |
Yeggs Get $1,200 at Breckenridge.
Enid, Okla Robbers entered the
Breckenridge State Bank at Brecken- :
ridge, eigb' miles east of here and es- ,
raped with $1,200. Six charges of
nitroglycerine were used to break the |
safe, the noise arousing several |
Breckenridge peple Dr. McClain's
horse and buggy were stolen to bring
the men to this city The horse was
found early Sunday a mile east of
Enid. Offiecrs conducted a careful
search, but concluded the robbers
boarded a train. The bank building
was badly damaged and the safe was
wrecked.
CADE TO TOUR EUROPE.
Oklahoman to Study Farm fV'cthods
While Traveling Abroad.
Guthrie, Okla. While ("ash V Cade,
for eight years Republican (National
committeeman for Oklahoma, travels
through European countries during
the next few months, he will obtain
all the data possible regarding meth-
ods used in getting the highest crop
yields from land that is no better and
frequently not so good as that tilled
by the farmers of Oklahoma and oth-
er Southwestern states
Cade will gather such statistics at
the request of John S. Cotteral of
Guthrie, judge of the western federal
district of Oklahoma, who desires this
information for the benefit of the Ok-
lahoma farmers.
Mr Cade was in Guthrie the other
day and announced lie would sail from
San Francisco Februnn ti lor a six
months' trip abroad, accompanied by
his wife and youngest son.' Vtops will
be made at Honolulu, Manila and Jap-
anese, Chinese, and Indian ports. The
party will arrive at Rome in Kill days
after leaving San Francisco.
To Shoot Big Game By Kodak.
Ames, Okla.--Charles Cottar of this
city has left for Nairobi, East Africa,
to photograph wild animals. Cottar is
a hunter of wide experience in the
mountain sections of the fnited
States, Mexico and Canada, lie is not
only a good rifle shot, but lias espe-
cial skill in stalking game and in tlie
craft of mountains, plains and forests.
Cottar expects to obtain pictures of
all varieties of African game, not only
those common to British East Africa,
but also those found exclusively in the
German and Portuguese protectorates,
lie does not mean to confine himself
altogether to photography, but will
shoot the best specimens of elephant,
rhiuosceros, lian, buffalo, giraffe, zebu,
hippotamus, leopards, gorilla and chim-
panzee.
IS UNANIMOUSLY ELECTED
atructlng the streets of said townalt*
ami that a number of houses have
been built which are rented to offic-
ials at the penitentiary.
A bill Introduced by Senator Joe
!t. Thompson provides that the statt
i bank examiner be required to report ti
the senate the number of days th*
J. HARVEY MAXEY OF MUSKOGEE banking board has been in session
since February 2.">, 1911; the amount
of mileage paid each member and the
HOUSE SPEAKER. .mount of money that has been paid
'o attorneys representing the board.
A bill by Senator Mc.Mechan anc"
Representative Bolen of Oklahoma
City, authorizing the appropriation of
$125,000 for the erection of a building
to represent Oklahoma in the Panama
exposition was i:itri*luccd and given
its first reading.
The organization of the senate as
effected at the extraordinary session
held early in December, was confirm-
THE HOUSE AND SENATE BOTH MEET
attempt to Take Power to Narie
Standing Committees From Speak-
er Lost By Vote of 48 to 47.
House
Oklahoma City. Okla.—The ujuse
met promptly at noon with full galler-
ies and jammed aisles and corridors.
.1 Harvey Maxey >!' Muskop •• receiv-
Some of ilie hills introduced by Sen-
ed the total democratic -ote of the ;lU,r Thompson were: A bill providing
house of representatives for speaker 1 "'a* a"1* attorneys for the state
on the first ballot after the house had sila11 1)0 attorney general and Ills
convened formally, and ih* n upon mo-
nssistants with such additional or spe-
tlon of Charles DeKord, republican, of 1
ial assistance as he may need and
Oklahoma county, his e'.-ciion was iauthorizing the attorney general to
made unanimous. After Mr. .Maxey immediately lake charge of all pending
had been elected, bad made a ,lx.rt '"'gallon in which the state is inter-
but earnest talk jr.l had taken bis A '••quiring the attorney j
chair, the other officer, decided upon ^neri" ils ox-offldo bend commission- I
by the caucus were dely elected. '''■ lo eol,ert one-fourth of I per cent
The house immediately got iIovmi to
business and the following hills and
resolutions were presented:
:>f all issues of bonds approved bv
him. A bill to repeal the act creating
the state printing department and
Hugh Handall of Oklahoma .our.lv ,"ansferrlng the duties now performed ,
introduced the first bill, which pro
poses an appropriation to pay the
by that department to the state board
of public affairs. An act prohibiting
the carrying of concealed weapons and j
regulating their sale. A bill repealing i
the act creating the office of register
trod need was by
-anti usury bill." n|" (leeds 8,1(1 Providing that the work |
heretofore done by the register of I
mileage and per diem of members of
the board of agriculture.
The second bill i
Rexroat, and is an
the chief provision hein^ that tnat ton
tract of Indebtedness -hall be forftiled |'"'ciLs shall be done by the county |
if it contain usurious comlilions. ban- ,'l"''k1 each counly. A I,ill for the
dall followed with mother bill LRU-!- ^ \
jiiages, providing for divorce, distribu-
tion and care and custody of children.
An act to prohibit pugilistic encoun-
ters between man and man or between
Disastrous Fire Visits McAlester.
.McAlester, Okla.—Fire starting f**om
a gasoline stove explosion destroyed
the residences of E. II. Dojle, James
Riley and \Y. \| . Morgan and the Mor-
gan House, a large frame hotel. The
loss i3 over $13,000. with about $10,.
000 insurance. The fine .Masonic Tem-
ple, the First Presbyterian church and
the First Methodist church, in the same
block were menaced, but escaped. \V.
II Peters was seriously injured by be-
ing jam enid against a wall by a piano.
Woman Held; White Slave Charge.
(lUthrie, Okla.—Mis-- Lena Rowers,
alias Hoffman, is being held in the
federal •jail here under $1,000 bond
on a white slavery charge preferred
against her in .Memphis, Tenn. She
was arrested in Oklahoma City and
was arraigned, but the eharing was
continued for ten days. She has been
unable to furnish bond.
Washington Special Leaves Feb. 27.
Tulsa, Okla.- The special inaugural
train which will carry delegates from
Oklahoma to the inauguration of Gov-
ernor Wilson will start from here over
the Frisco, February 27, and probably
will run in two sections. A part will
be devoted to Oklahoma agricultural
and industrial exhibits.
Bribery Charge Dismissed.
Bartlesville, Okla.-—When the case
of C. L. Vannoy, a state enforcement
officer, charged with accepting a bribe,
was dismissed in a justice court be-
cause the prosecuting witness refused
to testify, it marked the opening of a
raid by State Enforcement Officer
Caudill of Oklahoma City, who came
here for Vannoy's hearing. All joints
have been closed.
Lorena Matthews Held For Trial.
Stillwater, Okla.—Lorena Matthews,
charged with having murdered her
husband in orde: that she might live
with a negro paramour, who now is a
Iconvict in the state penitentiary, hav-
ing confessed his share in the crime,
j was held to await trial in the district
court and ordered to the county jail
I at Pawnee. The testimony of the n°-
jgro, James Chapman, relating the plot
for and execution of the murder and
the revolting details of the uinatural
liaison, was corroborated by a number
of witnesses.
State Fire Loss Is Large.
Oklahoma City, Okla.—The annual
report of c. C. Hammond-* covering
the calendar year ending December
31, 1912, shows a total fire loss in Ok-
loss for a year and a half, since the
creation of the departioenf, lias been
$3,1 15,094.91.
Ernest Worthy Wins First Prize.
Ardmore, Okla.—The capital prize
of a trip to Washington offered by
the Cotton Seed Crushers' association
of Oklahoma, to the boy who produced
the greatest amount of seed cotton
upon one acre in the year 3912, was
won by Ernest Worthy, a boy of 10,
of Baum, Carter county. The second
prize was won by Ira Airington, of
Madill. ,#w<>rtl y gathered 2,879, and
Airington 2,293 pounds of seed cotton
from one acre.
Appeals McDonald's Case.
El Reno. Okla.—Alva L .McDonald,
chairman of the Progressive state com-
mittee, will not be "allowed to escape
with a $100 fine for the blow which
caused K. T. Marsh to fall and crush
his skull, if County Attorney Robert-
son of Canadian county, can prevent
it. Robertson has served notice of ap
peal.
luting veterinary surgci-v■.
A bill designating who may appear
as counsel for the state, incorporating j
the suggestion of the attorney.general j , .
that such powers he concent ruled in anmwtl and providing penal- J
his department, was introduced by j1 11)1 Uua,'()n-
Mitchell of Clarviti. Woodward Of j senator Barretts list of bills in-
Swanson introduced a bill providing eludes: A bill providing for the con-
that a town with a four yea* high-' nidation of the office of the clerk of
school shall have the sar. e privileges '''e district court and the county clerk,
as a city of the first class. v bill repealing the act whereby the
Representative peters >;' Osige, in-jHta,° board of public affairs was < in-
troduced a petition upon request, in ^ bill by Barrett and Carpenter
which .Mr. Hogan of Pavvnei county ; <*ni it led an ac t making sheriffs of the
democrat, begins a eontes for the seat j'lillerent counties deputy game vvar-
of Representative Kdmister. republi- ;dens, providing lor the collection of
can. of that county. The petition was fees by the conut,y clerk of
referred to the credentials rimuiittee.
A concurrent resolution whose auth-
or was not announced, would memor-
ialize congress to pass the Kenyon-
Sheppard bill which aims > prevent
shipments of liquors in*o piohibitiou
introduced
each county and providing for the
payment into the county school fund
a portion of the license fees and pro-
viding a penalty for any violation.
A resolution introduced by Senator
Tucker calls for an investigation of
all state educational institutions.
Representative Char
A
making life imprisonment the
bill No to prevent hookmaking, and | maximum sentence for murder was In
providing penalties. produced by Pruett.
A stormy and brilliant , ntest over; A bm tntr()ducp(l in the senate bv
a resolution which take |on(>s U()U|(| (>f ah,mt
the power to name the standing com
mittees from the speaker and vest it
in a committee on conn. ittec,- to bo
Mistake In Medicine Causes Death.
Sparks, Okla.—.Mrs. Henry Redmon
and her 4-year-old grandson, Thomas
A. Mitchell, are dead at the Redmon
home, five miles southeast of here,
through the mistake of tile grandmoth-
er in taking by mistake strychnine
or quinine.
No Income Report; Fined.
(i'lthrie, Okla.—For failure to file I
a report with the internal revenue j
authorities of its business during the
past fiscal year for assessment of '
the federal income tax. Ford Brothers,
a mercantile corporation of Cordell,
was fined $1,000 and costs in the fed-
eral court. The maximum fine is $10 -
000. This is the third company to be
fined in Oklahoma.
$700 Fine For a Railway.
Guthrie, Okla. - The Chicago, Rock i
Island & Pacific Railway company j
pleaded guilty on three separate
charges in the federal court here and
was fined a total of $700 and costs
by Judge Cotteral. The three charges
were violations of the cattle quaran-
tine law, of the 36-hour shipping law
and of the 9-hour service law.
selected by the house was defeated by
the narrow margin of one vo'e, the
totals standing is to 17, and the recon-
sideration of the measure was blocked
only after some lively and strenuous
parliamentary work in which the ser-
geant-at-arms had to take a little
part.
The first measure to pass the fourth
legislature was senate concurrent reso-
lution number two. by Senators Mc.Me-
chan and Wilson, and Representative
Crawford, idorsing Judge Robert A.
Rogers of Oklahoma City for secretary
of the interior, in President Wilson's
cabinet.
The house passed out bills by Eman-
uel, to pay the mileage and per diem
of the legislators of both bodies, the
contingent expenses, employes, etc..
f* 111,000 deputy constables.
The senate created the office of
private secreeary to the lieutenant
governor. W. B. Anthony of Marlow
will get the place.
An administration bill giving the
governor summary power to remove
officers appointed by him even after
they are confirmed by the senate, also
extending his power to removal of
county and district officers for non-
enforcement of law, was introduced
b.v Carpenter of Greer county. In case
of removal the governor can appoint
successors to state officers and the
county commissioner Till vacancies in
offices. The bill follows recommenda-
tions of the governor in his message.
The senate went on record by unani-
mous vote as favoring the; passage of
the Shepherd-Kenyon bill when it
adopted a resolution by Senator Sor
totaling $1:50,000: and also an item of j rolls memorializing congress to pass
$1,000 lor the special session of the the bill as now prepared and in the
senate which Curry voted for but with
the statement that he wanted it under-
stood he did not approve of the gover-
nor's calling it together
An "eight-hour" law for women in
nearly all ordinary employments where
women are found nowadays is propos-
haiid.s of the United States senate
without amendment. The Shepherd-
Kenyon bill is intended to amend the
interstate commerce laws in such
mnn:6 as will prohibit the shipment
of intoxicating liquors of every kind
into states and territories which have
Accidentally Shoots Companion.
Dover, Okla.—Orville Orr, 17, was
accidentally shot and killed by Arthur
Benson, 19, while the two were exam-
ining an automatic shotgun while
hunting near here.
Indict Three For Frauds.
Jr Guthrie, Okla.—Indctments were re-
aimed by the federal grand jury here
tgainst Mrs. Clara Austin and George
W. Soa-hultz of Oklahoma Cits and
Mrs A. L. True of El Reno on
charges of Ubing the mails for crim-
inal meidcal practice. Mrs. Austin
is in jail here and the other two are
under bond. All were arrested several
weeks ago, when the postal authori-
ties made a widespread raid through-
out the United States on similar
charges.
Seek to Recall Guthrhe Mayor.
Guthrie, Okla.—Recall petitions have
heen placed in circulation fdr Mayor
J. E N'issley and Commissioners X.
.M. Carter and ('. C. Clothier, and one
also to change the term of office un-
der the charter from six to two years
and to change th< charter so that it
may be n lealed at any time, instead
of at the end of six years. The pe-
titions charge the charter officials
| with general incompetency, and with
| delaying commencement of work on
public improvements for which bond.-
I were voted.
State Assessors Will Seek Legislation.
Oklahoma City, Okla. —It is stated
the assessors will seek legislation re-
garding the listing of property, and
also will revive the discussion of the
assessors securing agricultural re-
ports while out on their rounds. This
latter question has been discussed in
the past, and an effort will be made
by the assessors, it is understood, to
have some one else assume this re-
sponsibility, as they assert they can-
not secure accurate or comlpete agri-
cultural reports at the time assess-
ments of property are made.
ed in a bill by Messrs j. Roy Williams, a prohibition law. I'nder the present
Wright, Wyand and Whitman. interstate commerce laws liquors may
Two resolutions by Representative be shipped in any quantities into
Smith of Shawnee, asking the gover- j "dry" states.
nor for a statement of gubernatorial Senator Redwine offered a resolu-
appointees and complete data as tojtion to prohibit lobbying by any ap-
the state's coal business for the past j pointees or employes of the state and
four years were presented to the providing that if they leave their work
to lobby they not only shall lose pay
for the time spent in lobbying, but
Senate shall be removed from office. The
One of i' o first hills introduced was : rules were suspended and the resolu-
house.
by Senator Redwine, providing for the
appointment of a committee of five, to
make an exhaustive investigation of
the McAlester state penitentiary. The
committee is authorized to investigate
tion adopted unanimously.
Adoption ol a concurrent resolution
by Anderson requiring heads of all
state departments who are expecting
wanting appropriations to appear
the cost of the building at McAlester before the committee on appropria-
for which $00,000 has been appropriations before February 1 and make
ated and which it is claimed has not their wants known. This business, It
been completed. The bill also states . is asserted in the resolution, hereto-
that a towns!te has been opened near j fore has been delayed until the last
the penitentiary: that convict labor! of the session, causing considerable
has been used in grading and con-1 confusion.
Corporation Commission Issues Order.
The corporation commisison has Is-
sued an order requiring the Frisco to
remove its depot at Simpson to the
regular townsite, 300 yards from the
present location, removal to be made
by February 15, 1913.
Bristow Wants County Court.
Bristow, which lost the county seat
contest in Creek county, will introduce
a bill in the legislature asking that it
be made a county court town with
four sessions of the court held there
annually.
Public Affairs Board Moves. Requisition 0n Illinois Governor.
The board of public affairs has re- Governor Cruce has issued a requi-
moved the legislative furniture into sition on the governor of Illinois for
the India temple, at Second and Broad- the return to Oklahoma county of J.
way, where the legislature will meet W. Johnson, charged with disposing of
this winter. a forged draft for $100Jn June. 1910.
THE WORK OF 1913
CITY BUILDING, RAILWAY BUILD-
ING AND FARM OPERATIONS
IN WESTERN CANADA,
BIGGEST EVER.
The machinery, the money and th«
men for carrying on the big works In
Western Canada in 1913 are already
provided for The splendid harvest
which was successfully garnered, and
by this time mostly marketed, re-
sponded to the big hopes that were
had for it early in the season, and In-
spired capitalists and railroads to
further Investment and building.
From lake ports to mountain base
there will be carried on the biggest
operations in city building and rail-
way construction that has ever taken
place In that country. The Canadian
Pacific railway has everything in
waiting to continue their great work
of double tracking the system and by
the time the Panama Canal ia open to
traffic there will be a double line of
steel from Lake Superior to the Pa-
cific coast. The cost will exceed
thirty million dollars. The Grand
Trunk Pacific plan of building a first-
class trunk line and then feeders at
various points will be carried forward
with all the force that great company
can put Into the work. The Canadian
Northern Is prepared to put into mo-
tion all the energy that young giant
of finance and railroad building can
put into various enterpris.es of provid-
ing and creating transportation facili-
ties.
Hullding operations in the several
cities, that have already marked
themselves a place in the list of suc-
cessful and growing cities, will ba
carried on more largely than ever
Schools, public buildings, parliament
buildings, colleges, business blocks,
apartments, private residences, banks,
street and other municipal improve-
ments have their appropriation ready,
and the record of 1913 will bp some-
thing wonderful. Olher places which
are towns today will make the rapid
strides that are expected and will be-
come cities. There will be other Kd-
montons, Calgarys, Reginas and Sas-
katoons, other places that may in
their activity help to convince the
outer world of the solidity and perma-
nency of the Canadian West. The
country is large and wide and broad
and the ends of its great width and
length are but the limits of Its agri-
cultural area Its people are progres-
sive, they are strong, there is no
enervation there. The country teems
with this life, this ambition, this
fondness to creata and to use the
forces that, await the settler. If they
come from the South, and hundreds
of thousands of them have, they are
now the dominant men of the North,
and they have imbibed of the spirit
of the North. Therefore it Is fair to
say that no portion of the continent
will show such wonderful results as
Western Canada, and the year 1913
will he but the beginning of a won-
derful and great future. And in this
future the 200,000 Americans who
made it their home, and those who
preceded them, will be a considerable
portion of the machinery that will be
used In bringing about the results
predicted.
The development of 1913 will not
be confined to the prairie provinces.
Railway building and city building In
British Columbia will be supplement-
ed by the farm, the ranch and the
orchard building of that province.
Vancouver wiil make great strides in
building, and Victoria, the staid old
lady of so many years, has already
shown signs of modern ways, and If
the progress made In 1912 may be ac-
cepted as anything like what it will
be In 1913, there will be wonderful
developments there. During last
year the permits went over the ten
million dollar mark and much more is
promised for the year now entered
upon.—Advertisement.
Took Lead Off Mother's Mind.
Six-year-old Dora returned unusu
ally early from school the other day
She rang the door bell. There was no
answer. She rang again, a little
longer. Still there was no response A
third time she pushed the button, long
and hard. Nobody came to the door
Then she pressed her nose against
the window screen and in a shrill
voice, which carried to the ears of
every neighbor on the block, called:
"It's all right, mamma. I ain't tlia
Installment man!"
Army Officer Mustn't Umpire.
It is found In the army that it will
not do to let officers act as umpires
In ball games and orders have been
Issued to forbid it. It seems that the
players take advantage of the great
American baseball player's right to
abuse the umpire, and it is found that
it destroys the army discipline, when
the umpire is an officer, to have pri
vates call him such names as "mi tt,"
"bone-head," etc
The Infant Terrible.
"Mr. Lilsbeau, Is It true that ron
hain't got sense enough to come In
out of the rain?"
"Yes, Miss Kitty: you must alwi y*
believe what papa tells you."
No matter what happens, the sus-
penders a man wears are never en-
tirely free from responsibilities
His Guess.
"Wot's inflated currency,' Bill?"
"Dunno! 'less it's money wot's been
•blown in.' "—Boston Transcript.
Fully'two-thirds of what the avera*«
man sayi la of do conaequeiMMk
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