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THE DOVER NEWS.
VOL. 13
"The Paper Without Muzzle
DOVER, KINGFISHER COUNTY,.OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, MARCH 20,11)13
NO.
The house committee which invtstt-
gated the office of secretary of state
made a report to the house which con-
tains only mild criticism of that of*
fleer. The committee criticises the
officer for permitting an employe to
spend three months at btate expense
in compiling and readlrg proof on the
Oklahoma red book while at the same
time the secretary was employing ex-
tra help to do the regular work of the
office, according to the allegations of
the report. The report calls attention
to a warrant for $2,140 which is al-
leged to have been drawn in favor ot
the secretary of state with the nota-
tion "For distributing copies of the
• | red book.' Secretary Harrison explain-
ed this withdrawal, according to the
If the Bill Becomes a Law, the State report, by testify In* that of
ABOLISHES OFFICE
OF STATE PITER
COUNT IS 32 TO 7; WORK TRANS
FERRED TO BOARD OF AF-
FAIRS.
GOVERNOR'S VETO IS NOT EXPECTED
Printing Department, as Now
Constituted, Will Be Wiped
From "Pie Counter.'
this amount was withdrawn because "
would have reverted to the state treas-
ury in a few days, where it would not
have been available and that he has
since spent the money on legitimate
office expenses. The remainder of
the money was used, acocrding to the
Oklahoma City, Okla.—By a vote of secretary's testimony, in bearing ex-
32 to 7 the senate passed the house, penses of distributing the red book,
bill by Pruett, abolishing the office 'The report states that the secretary of
of the state printer and transferring
the work now conducted by that de-
partment to the state board of public
affairs. With the signature and ap-
proval of Governor Cruce the bill be-
comes a law and the state printing de-
partment, as now constituted, will be
wiped out. The governor s approval
of the bill is confidently expected in
view of the fact that the abolition of
the office was recommended by him in
his message to the legislature.
The bill was opposed by Senator
Barrett and others, who declared that
conditions were different now than
they were at the time the governor
recommened the abolition of the
printing department; that the incum-
bent of the office at that time had
been found guilty of certain irregular-
ities and the alleged corrupt condition
had been remedied by Farris* im-
peachment and that the present state
printer is competent, capable and
would conduct the department eco-
nomically and to the best interests of
the state.
Before this bill ★as passed finally
the senate took up the house bill to
abolish the state board of affairs and
after considerable discussion it decid-
ed to strike out all of the house hill
after the enactment clause and substi-
tute therefore the bill by Senator Yan-
deventer. This is taken to indicate
that the senate will not abolish the
board of affairs and re-create in its
CONDENSED NEWS
FROM OKLAHOMA
THE IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF
A WEEK.
COUNTY CO-OPERATION
THE PLAN OF COMMISSION
"New Commercial Club " With All
Towns in Each County as Mem-
bers Are Being Organized to
Develop Oklahoma's Agri-
cultural Resources.
Oklahoma City, Okla—"County co-
operation in building up Oklahoma's
Prepared for Our Busy Readers Who j |liea| ticket" is the slogan of the Ok-
Want the Whole News in | lahoma Development commission in
i u i 1 the campaign being carried on to or-
Lime space. . , , ... itl
I ganize "new commercial duos m
- ! every town and city in the state. The
Oklahoma Development commission is
working in co-operation with the Fast-
em Oklahoma Agricultural association,
which was organized in Muskogee, tlie
Farmers' co-operative demonstration
work of the United States department
of agriculture and all similar organlza
FEES FOR COUNTY ATTORNEY.
Entitled to Part of Fines in Anti-Trust
Suits, Court Decides.
Oklahoma City, Okla.—The county
attorne\'of the county in which the ac-
OKLAHOMA NEWS
ELECTRIC LINES TO OIL FIELDS
tion is filed and tried is entitled to the U(mg |o Bpren(1 ,h(1 gos,,ei of greater
statutory fee on nil fines recovered in agrlc'lllturaI production.
state and his employes are very effi-
cient and that the office is being run
with as few employes as is possible,
although two in addition to the num-
ber created by law are being employed
to dispose of some extra work of re-
cording and indexing.
The house passed the senate bills
creating a new Judicial district com-
posed of Pushmataha, Choctaw and
McCurtain counties; prohibiting ex-
penditure of state funds for or against
the passage of any initiated measure;
giving county commissioners in coun-
ties partly above and partly below a
quarantine line authority to levy
funds for tick eradication.
Senate
Taking a firm stand for the consti-
tution of the state and being unwilling
to change its provisions regarding the |
2-cent passenger transportation rate,
Governor Cruce vetoed the Vandeven-
ter bill making the rate 2Vi cents a
mile. In his message explaining bis at-
titude the governor declares that the
state already has inaugurated a fight
j in the courts for the 2-cent rate and |
that as a decision in this matter is
now pending in the supreme court, it
would be an admission that the rate
is unreasonable and the contentions j
of the state groundless to now com-
promise with a higher rate.
The house bill to abolish the office
place a state purchasing ag nt, as pro- 0f state fish and game warden was
vided by the house bill. The Vande-
venter bill contemplates a continua-
tion of the board of affairs, to consist
of three members, but completely
changes the methods of handling the
state's business in that department.
It was indicated by some that inas-
much as the office of state printer
has been abolished and the work of
taken up by the senate and several
amendemnts were adopted, the most
important being one by Senator J. El-
mer Thomas of Lawton, which doe3
away with the provision to pay the
chairman of the fish and game com-
mission a salary of $3,000 a year and
provides that all three members oi
the commisison shall serve free. An
anti-trust suits is held in an opm.on
of the supreme court in the case of
the board of commissioners of Gar-
field county against Daniel lluett and m,vs
M. G. McKeever. The case grew out
of the ani-trust case against the Wat-
ers-Pierce Oil Company in which the
oil company was fined $75,000. 1 he
suit was instituted by Attorney Gen-
eral West on relation of County At-
torney Huett and McKeever was as-
ciate counsel. After the fine was
paid and $l.",000 attorneys' fees paid
over to Huett and McKeever, the
board of commissioners brought suit
frr the fee claiming that it should go
Into the coffers of the county. The
trial court held in favor of the att r-
neys and the commissioners appealed.
The judgment of the trial court is af
firmed.
Leg Torn Off; Hurled Many Feet.
Ada, Okla. A lever breaking on a
stump puller on K. I. Ross's farm,
four miles south of Ada, was the
cause of the death of Ross himself and
the serious injury of a young son. Mr.
Ross and the Injured boy, at the time
of the accident, were pushing on the
lever in order to help the horses.
while another son was driving the
horses. When the lever suddenly gave
way, the broken piece hit Mr. Koss
and the boy on the leas, breaking one
of the elder man's legs and tearing
the other off and hurling it a distance
of 150 feet. The legs of the bov were'!®
broken also. It was thought for a
while that the ma nwould recover, but
he died two hours after the accident
occurred. The boy is doing very well.
Mr. Ross had been a prominent man
in Pontotoc county. He was not only
one of the most successful farmers
of the county, but also one of the most
enerprising conraeors in this part of
the state. He built most of the busi-
ness houses recently constructed in
Ada.
that department turned over to the i allowance of $200 a year is made tor
board of affairs an effort will be made actual traveling expenses.
to amend the Yandeventer bill so as j
to provide that one of the three mem- The senate finally passed the house
bers of the board shall be an expert- bill which places the proceeds of sec-
*nced printer, with all of the qualifi-1 tion 33 of the school lands to the
cations necessary to be state printer
under the former law.
House
credit of the union graded or consoli-
dated schools. The senate bill which
extends the supreme court commis-
sion until 1915 was passed finally. The
senate bill which places a lien on
The house fisli and same measure ■ grain to secure payment for threshing
■was further amended in the senate was passed.
and passed by a bare constitutional | ■
majorltv It supplants the present! The senate passed finally the house
game warden system with a state1 hill submitting to a vote of the peo-
garne commission of three members, pie next August the question of voting
one of whom is to receive $1,800 a upon article 9 of section 9 of the con-
year but abolished the office of stitution which prohibits an interstate
twelve deputy game wardens, leaving railroad buying or leasing a railroad
enforcement of the law it* the hands operating entirely within the state.
of local officers. j senate passed finally the senate
The house general investigation com- bill appropriating $">0,000 for the pur-
mittee will be continued to investigate pose of erecting two cottages, lnun-
the 6tate officers after the regular ses-idry building, kitchen and bakery, lios-
sion adjourns, the house having pass- pital and dormitory, to be used in con-
*>d the resolution extending its life. I nection with the Institute for Feeble
Members get $« per day and expenses. Minded at Enid.
agricultural production.
The Oklahoma Development commis-
sion, a state wide organization, has
worked out a definite plan for organ-
commercial clubs in the
trade centers of each county, teach
trade center, village, town and city in
the county, working in harmony with
the others, is asked to organize a
"new commercial club," with a sim-
plified form of government and spe-
cial agricultural committees and, with
the aid of a county demonstration
agent, build up the agricultural re-
sources of the county.
Kadi trade center, the place where
the farmers of that community sells
his produce, buys his groceries and
does his banking business, can form a
commercial club or progress commit-
tee depending on the size of the town,
which will act as a unit in the county
co-operation plan. Each trade center
can be given the opportunity to bear
its share in the expense of employing
a county demonstration agent under
the supervision of the fanners' co-op-
erative work of the 1'nited States de-
uprtment of agriculture.
As planned by the development com-
mission the largest city in the county
will take the initiative, call a meeting
with one representative from each
trade center present and with the co-
| operation of the commission organize
for county development. At this meet-
j ing the share of expense of the county
agent to be borne by each community
an be decided. A permanent organ-
ization can then be formed and known
as the "Board of Co-operation of Blank
County."
This board in co-operation with the
county agent can hold public meet-
ings and aid in disseminating infor-
mation concerning the latest agricul-
tural development. "Farmers' days"
and "autumn harvest shows" are plan-
ned to be held in each trade commun-
ity and relieve the isolation of which
the farmer has complained. The mer-
chants, bankers and farmers will be
brought into closer relationship and
can better recognize the mutuality of
their interests.
According to the plans of the Okla-
homa Development commission, each
commercial club will have committees
such as a seed committee to locate
sources of pure, reliable seed; the
agricultural resources committee to
get information of the crops best
adapted to that locality and the best
methods of raising them. The mar-
keting committee can keep in touch
with the market demands and insure
the sale of the products from that
community at profitable prices.
These plans of the Oklahoma Devel-
opment commission are calculated to
Franchise Granted Re.ently at
Cushing—Work to Be Rushed.
Cushing, Okla Makers of hlstor)
and progress have been busy agatn in
Cushing. By practically unanimous
consent, there being but one vote re-
corded against the proposition, a fran-
chise was granted to the Cushing Elec-
tric Traction and Interurban Railway
company for the construction of car
lines in Cushing and to the surround-
ing oil fields.
The incorporators of the company
are (' R. Strong. Clinton; Rufus Car-j
roll, Fairfax; .1 B. Queen, Perry; .1
K. lindley, Cushing. Associated in the
enterprise are such well known street
ear and railroad magnates of Oklaho
ma as .1. W. Maney, Oklahoma City,
and Grant Stafford and Joseph P. l.af
ferty, of Winfield. Kansas. Strong
and Maney are owners of the okla
homa Western and Clinton Railway,
an absolutely unbonded proposition,
fifty miles in length, besides an elec-
tric line in operation in the city of
Clinton. Practically fi.ftOO population
has been added to this vicinity in the
past six months, all of a permanent
character.
The possibilities of an eleatric tran-
sit service are not problematical, the
promoters of the new Cushing enter-
prise are asking no bonus. They will
begin the preliminary survey at once,
secure their own right of way and will
have the lines in operation in a few
months, the promoters announce, push-
ing the work with the utmost speed.
DESSERTS FOR THE KIDDIES
Delicious and Wholesome Dishes That
Will Be Most Appreciated by
Children.
Orange Cream.- -Take the well heat-
en yolk of 1 egg, V4 cup orange Juice.
1 tablespoon sugar; cook in double
boiler until It thickens, stirring all the
time to keep the mixture smooth. He-
move from the Are, strain, and pour
into the white of the egg. which ha®
been beaten dry; beat until creamy.
This quantity tills two custard cups.
Philadelphia Tapioca Pudding.—•
Cover 1 cup of flake tapioca with cold
water and let it stand 2 hours, stirring
occasionally with a fork to separata
the lumps Put in a farina kettle with
1 l2 pints of water Slice three tart
upples and add to the tapioca together
with sugar to sweeten. Stir all to-
gether and cook until the apples are
soft and the tapioca clear. Serve hot
or cold with cream.
Irish Moss Blanc Mange.—One
quart of milk, 4 tablespoons of Irish
moss and a little salt. Wash the inosa
In several waters and pick it over
carefully. Put in a stew-pan with thi
milk and a pinch of salt and bring to
the boiling point. Then simmer a few
moments or until It thickens when
dropped on a cold plate. Strain and
pour in a large mold or In Individual
molds dipped In cold water Set lu
the Ice box to harden and servo with
cream and sugar.
Former Banker to Prison.
Guthrie, Okla.—Raymond II. Hoss
of Fairfax, and his uncle, C. M. Hoss
of Tulsa, were convicted by a federal
court jury here on charges of defraud-
nlg the First National bank of Fair-
fax. Raymond Hoss was sentenced by
Judge Cotteral to serve seven years
in Leavenworth prison and his uncle
five years. Appeal bonds were given
for $7,000 and $.".000 respectively.
Both men were indicted, with Cashier
Julius F. Rochau. charged with draw-
ing bills of exchange without author-
ity. Rochau and Raymond Hoss also
were indicted on a charge of misappli-
cation of the bank's funds. Raymond
Hoss as cashier preceded Rochau, who
now is said to be a fugitive from jus-
tice. He formerly was a banker In arouse interest in each trade center,
Iowa. Raymond Hoss was president large or small, and. by the county
of the Osage & Western railroad and hoard of co-operation, link up the trade
prominent as a landowner, cattleman j centers in the county co-operation
Coal Field in Mayes County.
I'ryor. Okla. A recent bulletin Is
sued by the Oklahoma geological com
mission puts Mayes county strictly
within the coal belt. Kor several years
coal has been mined in various parts
of the county, supplying a large per
cent of tlie local demand. It Is claim-
ed by some of the old time citizens
that some years ago coal was loaded
and shipped by rail to outside points
and was greatly in demand, but owing
to the distance of the mines from a
railroad point and the high freight
rate existing at the time, the Industry
proved unprofitable. Practically all
the coal mined in Mayes county up
to this time has been on the slopes or
drift plan. The quality of the coal Is
excellent and it Is used by many in
habitants in preference to much of the
coal shipped in from outside mines.
and politician.
scheme. The east side of the state,
since the Muskogee meeting, is carry-
ing on plans that will co-operate with
To Plan Union Revival.
McAlester, Okla.—Seven pastors of I those of the Oklahoma Development
as many churches have called a mass commission. It is planned by the Ok-
meeting to arrange for a union reviv- lahoma Development commission, in
il to begin April 27, and continue | co-operation with the Eastern Okla-
through the month of May. homa Agricultural conference,
The house was unable to override
the executive veto on the railroad hos-
pital bill. The measure originated in
the senate and came to the house with
a two-third's vote from that body
which passed it over the governor's
veto. Representative Hill of Pittsburg,
one of the authors of the measure,
made a strong plea to the house for
the passage of the bill over the exec-
utive disapproval.
The house voted unanimously to
purge G. T. Bryan, president of the
state board of agriculture of the
charge of contempt after he had
pleaded guilty of assault upon Repre-
sentative R- R- Halsell, of Bryan
county, and apologized to the house
for his action.
By a tie vote of 44 to 44, the house
of representatives rejected a report by
the conference committee on congres-
sional redistricting which sought to
adjust the difference between the two
houses. Another conference commit-
ter now is necessary.
The senate passed' a number of Im-
portant house bills, including one by
Childers, providing for electrocution
instead of hanging as at present; by
Williams, prescribing a nine hour
working day for women in certain em-
ployments, exempting however, towns
of less than 10,000 population; by
Wyand and Smith, giving the corpora-
tion commission control over light, gas.
heat and power companies, except
those municipally owned; by Childers
allowing citizens of a county to organ-
ize mutual insurance companies, and
| by Reece, enacting the Misosuri bad
check law.
The bill requiring railroads operat-
ing within the state to manitain hos-
iptal facilities, was passed by the sen-
ate over the governor's veto by a vote
of 31 to 10. The bill providing for
two and one-fourth cent passenger
fare failed to secure the required ma-
jority, as did the bill abolishing the
office of state enforcement officer and
j the bill which would strip the gover-
j nor of the power to appoint and dis-
charge the warden of the penitentiary.
$8,000 Worth of Booze in Jail.
Pawnee, Okla.—County court con-
vened at Pawnee with a rather full
docket, mostly l'quor cases. 1-arge!
quantities of liquor have been seized
at Keystone and other points on the
Frisco and those having liquor in
charge at the time of seizure have I
to explain why they needed such a
quantity. Something like $8,000
worth of booze is now stored in the
city jail at Pawnee and this session of j
the court will determine its owner-
ship and also the guilt or innocence
nf the parties charged with having
the liquor in hand when taken.
Freedmen Fight Land Tax.
Ardmore, Okla.—Attorneys of Okla-
homa City filed here suit enjoining the
county treasurer from collecting taxes
on the lands of freedmen of the Chick-
asaw and Choctaw nations. The re-
sult of the suit affects all the counties
of the Chickasaw and Choctaw nations.
The freedmen contend that their lantjs
are exempt from taxation under the
same law that exempts Indian lands
from taxation.
Oklahoma Cattle Prospects Good.
Bartlesville, Okla—With grass
started, streams and ponds already
filled, it is predicted the largest num-
ber of cattle ever grazed in this sec-
tion will be brought here this spring.
Several shipments of cattle have ar-
rived from Texas and are being graz
ed on lands along the Osage county
several miles west of Bartlesville. Sev-
eral cattlemen just returned trom
Texas say feeders are high and pre-
dict a good market when the grazing
season is over. Fully 10,000 head of
cattle will be brought into Washing-
ton and Osage counties to graze this
spring.
Guthrie Men Are Indicted.
Oklahoma City, Okla Indictments
were returned against Leslie G. Nib-
lack, editor of the Guthrie Daily Lead-
er, and son-in-law of former Governor
Haskell, and against Henry Derwin,
vice president and general manager of
the Guthrie Daily Deader, by the Ok-
lahoma county grand jury, convened by
the district court here to Investigate
charges of alleged graft in state de-
partment. Both gave bond In the
same report of the grand Jury three
indictments were brought against for-
mer State Printer Giles Farris of Ok
lahoma City. Niblaek and his inana
ger, Derwin, are charged In the in-
dictment with presenting false evi-
dence and obtaining money from the
state under false pretenses.
Household
To keep silver teapot Hweet when
not in use put a lump of sugar in
It
When an article Is scorched In Iron-
ing wet the Spot with cold water and
put in the sun.
If paraffin bo spilled on a carpet a
good handful of oatmeal should at
once be laid on the spot. Leave it
untouched for at least a day. then
remove It and brush the carpet with
a stiff broom.
To remove a stain caused by tha
fading of red crepe paper, wet tho
spot In cold water and rub between
tho fingers, but ir tills does not affect
It try alcohol; then, It tills, too, fails,
try a weak solution of hydrochloric
■ cld
To wash varnish, steep some tea
leaves In water for an hour, then
strain them out and use the liquid
for washing tho varnished wood.
This decoction gives the woodwork a
cleaner, fresher look than when
washed with only soap and water.
Down and feather piilow3 may ba
lastly and successfully cleaned with
rice root, horse brush and a tub of
hot suds. Dampen the pillow and nib
any good washing soap over the soiled
places. Dip tho brush Into the Buds
and rub vigorously for several min-
utes. Now rtnse and bang out In tha
sun.
To clean glass, put a little pow-
dered pumice stone between the
layers of a folded piece of soft mus-
lin, and stitch around the edges to
prevent the powder from falling out
Rub lamp glasses and window panes
with this dry cloth and they will ba
clean and sparkling Immediately.
Enough powder should remain In the
cloth for use many times.
Robbed Bank; Escape in Skiff.
Muskogee, Okla.—The Bank of Tam-
aha, a town on the Arkansas river
was robbed tho other day. The rob
bers secured $4,300 and escaped in a
skiff down the Arkansas river. A
large amount of money was in gold
and sliver. The robbers made a clear
sweep, taking even the pennies, ol
which there were several hundred.
Midland Valley to Boost Beets.
Muskogee, Okla.—In order that ex-
tensive tests of the possibilities of
raising sugar beets in Oklahoma can
bo carried out on a large scale ,the
Midland Valley Railroad Comapny has
announced that it will supply free su-
gar beet seed and lime cake ferti-
lizer to farmers along its line.
Held Guilty of Assault Charge.
Altus, Okla.—Tho jury in the case
of the State vs. Earl Helms, charged
with assault with a deadly weapon up-
on Thomas C. Greer, teacher of the
Ixicust Grove school, on January 30,
which has been on trial all week In
the district court here, rendered a ver-
dict of guilty as charged in the Infor-
mation after an hour's deliberation.
When Greer ordered Helms to take
his books and go home, after attempt-
ing to correct him for Insubordination,
Helms attacked the teacher with a
knife, inflicting four had wounds and
causing the teacher to spend nine days
In bed while the school was demoral-
ized. The jury left the punishment
which ranges from one to five years
in the penitentiary, to the court to fix.
Held on Charge of Introducing.
Muskogee, Okla.—John Amorinta,
of Dow, and Massi Salva. Jr., of Krebs,
had a preliminary hearing before a
United States commissioner here on
a charge of introducing liquor Into
eastern Oklahoma and were bound
over in the sum of $.">00 each to await
the action of the federal grand jury.
For removing Stains.
Dip the Ink Bpot in pure melted tal-
low, then wash out the tallow and the
Ink will come out with It.
To remove paint from glass, rub It
well with hot vinegar.
To remove tar from cloth, saturate
tho spot and rub It well with turpen-
tine and every trace will be removed.
To preserve brooms, dip them for a
minute In a kettle of boiling suds onca
a week and they will last much longer,
as this makes them tough and pliable.
A carpet wears much longer swept
with a broom cared for in this man
ner.
Chicken With Hollandalse.
Singe the chicken, split down the
back and wipe with a damp cloth.
Season well with salt and pepper. Rub
the fowl with butter, letting the great-
el part go on the breast and legs.
Dredge with flour and put in the broil-
er with the breaBt to the heat at first.
When the chicken is a fine brown,
which will be In about fifteen minutes,
place In a pan in a moderate oven
fo twelve minutes Put on a hot
platter with butter and serve imme-
diately. This Is for a chicken weigh-
ing about two and a half pounds.
Chicken Delights.
Cut meat from a boiled foul or
chicken, trim into neat pieces and ar-
range in Individual ramekins, allow-
ing three or four small parboiled po-
tato balls and a generous spoonful of
thickened stock to each one. .Cover
the tops of ramekins with biscuit
dough (rolled quite thin) and bake un-
til crisp.
In times of crisis, as every woman
knows, it is always necessary to mis-
represent everything to everybody.—
"Marriage," by H. Q. WellB.
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