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Old Lady
Number
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LOTTISE FORSSLUND
Author of
" The Story of S*rmfa™
"The Ship of DnW
Copyright by The Century Cot
8YN0P3I8.
Captain Abraham Rose and Angelina,
his wife, have lost their little home
through Abe's unlucky purchase of Tena-
fly Gold mining stock. Their household
Soods sold, the |100 auction money, all
ley have left, will place Abe In the Old
Man's home, or Angy In the Old Ladles'
home. Both are self-sacrlftclng but Abe
decides: "My dear this Is the fust time
I've had a chance to take the wust of It."
The old couple bid good-by to tha little
house. Terror of "what folks will say"
•ends them along by-paths to the gats of
the Old Ladles' home.
CHAPTER III—Continuad.
Now the Amazonian Mrs. Homan. a
widow for the third time, made sturdy
retort:
"That's Jest like yew old maids—al-
ways a-blamln' the men. Yew kin Jest
bet I never would hare let one ot my
husbands go ter the poorhouse. It
would have mortified me dretful. It
must be a purty poor sort of a woman
what can't take the care of one man
and keep a roof over his head. Why,
my second, Oliver G., used ter eay—"
"Oh!" Miss Ellle wrung her hands,
"can't we do somethln'?"
"1 could do a-plenty," mourned Miss
Abigail, "ef I only had been savin'.
Here I git a salary o' four dollars a
month, an' not one penny laid away."
"Yew terglt," spoke some one gently,
"that it takes consld'able ter dress a
matron proper."
Aunt Nancy, who had been sneezing
furiously at her own Impotence, now
found her speech again.
"We're a nice set ter talk erbout
dewln' somethln'—a pasael o' poor ole
critters like us!" Her cackle of em-
bittered laughter was Interrupted by
the low, cultivated voice of the belle
of the home, "Butterfly Blossy."
"We've got to do something," said
Blossy firmly.
When Blossy spoke with such de-
cision every one of the sisters pricked
up her ears. Blossy might be "a shal-
ler-pate;" she might arrange the
golden-white hair of her head as be-
fitted-the crowning glory of a young
girl, with pufTa and rolls and little
curls, and—more than one sister sus-
pected—with the aid of "rats;" she
might gown herself elaborately in the
mended finery of the long ago, the
better years; ehe might dress her
lovely big room—the only double bed-
chamber In the house, for which Bhe
had paid a double entrance fee—In all
sortB of gewgaws, little ornaments,
hand-painted plaques of her own pro-
ducing, lace bedspreads, embroidered
splashers and plllow-Bhams; she might
even permit herself a suitor who came
twice a year more punctually than the
line-storms, to ask her withered little
hand in marriage—but her heart was
In the right place, and on occasion she
had proved herself a master hand at
•flxln' things."
"Yes," said she, rising to her feet
and flinging out her arms with an elo-
quent gesture, "we've got to do some-
thing, and there's Just one thing to do,
girls: take the captain right here—
here"—she brought her hands to the
laces on her bosom—"to our hearts!"
At first there was silence, with the
. ladies staring blankly at Blossy and
then at one another. Had they heard
aright? Then there came murmurs
and exclamations, with Miss Abigail's
voice gasping above the others:
"What would the directors say?"
"What do they always eay when we
ask a favor?" demanded BloBey.
"'How much will it cost?' It won't
cost a cent."
"Won't, eh?" snapped Aunt Nancy.
"How on earth be yew goln' to vittle
him? I hain't had a second dish o'
peas this year."
"Some men eat more an' some less,"
remarked Sarah Jano, a= ill-favorsd a
spinster as ever the sun shone on;
"generally It means so much grub ter
so much weight"
Miss Abigail glanced up at the ceil-
ing, while Lazy Daisy, who had re-
fused to tip the beam for ten years,
surreptitiously hid an apple Into which
she had been biting.
"Le's have 'em weighed," suggested
a widow, Ruby Lee, with a pretty,
well-preserved little face and figure,
"an' ef tergether they don't come up
to the heartiest one of us—"
Miss Abigail made hasty Interrup-
tion:
"Oals, hain't yew never noticed that
the more yew need the more yew git?
Before Jenny Bell went to live with
her darter I didn't know what I should
dew, for the "taters was glttln' pooty
low. Yew know she used ter eat
twenty ter ■# meal, an' then look hun-
gry at the platter. An' then ef old
8quare Ely didn't come a-drlvln' up
one mornln' with ten bushel In the
farm wagon! He'd been savin' 'em
ter ub all winter fer fear we might run
short In the spring. Oals, thar's one
thing yew kin depend on, the fore-
slghtedi ess of the Lord. I hain't afraid
ter risk a-stretchln' the board an'
keep o' thirty ter pervlde ample fer
thirty-one. Naow, haow many of yew
is willln' ter try It?"
Every head nodded, "I am;" eve.-y
eye was wet with the dew of merciful
kindness; and Mrs. Homan and Sarah
Jane, who had filing plates at each
other only that morning, were ob-
served to be holding hands.
"But haow on artu be we a-goin' ter
sleep him?" proceeded the matron un-
easily. "Thar hain't a extry corner In
the hull place. Puttln' tew people In
No. SO is out of the question—It's Jest
erbout the size of a Cinderella shoe
box. anyhow, an' the garret leaks—"
She passed, for Blossy was pulling
at her sleeve, the real Blossy, warm-
hearted, generous, self-deprecating.
"I think No. SO Is Just the coziest
little place for one! Do let me take it.
Miss Abigail, and give the couple my
great big barn of a room."
Aunt Nancy eyed her suspiciously.
"Yew ain't a-gwine ter make a fool o'
yerself, an' Jump over the broomstick
ag'ln?" For Blossy's old suitor, Sam-
uel Darby, had made one of his semi-
annual visits only that morning.
The belle burst Into hysterical and
self-conscious laughter, ae she found
every glance bent upon her.
"Oh, no, no; not that. But I con-
fess that I am tired to death of this
perpetual dove-party. I Just simply
can't live another minute without a
man in the house.
"Now, Miss Abigail," she added Im-
periously, "you run across lots and
fetch him home."
CHAPTER IV.
One of Them.
Ah! but Abraham had slept that
night as If he had been drawn
to rest under the compelling shelter
of the wings of all that flock which In
happier days he had dubbed contemp-
tuously "them air old hens." Never
afterward could the dazed old gentle-
man remember how Ire had been per-
suaded t<3 come into the house and up
the stairs with Angellne. He only
knew that in the midst of that heart-
breaking farewell at the gate. Miss
Abigail, all out of breath with running,
red In the face, but exceedingly hearty
of manner, had suddenly appeared.
"Shoo, shoo, shoo!" this stout angel
had gasped. "Naow, Cap'n Abe, yew
needn't glf narvous. We're as harm-
less as doves. Run right erlong. Yew
won't see anybody te might. Don't
say a word. It's all right. Sssh!
Shoo!" And then, lo! he was not In
the county almshouse, but In a beau-
tiful, bright bedchamber with a wreath
of Immortelles over the mantel, alone
with Angy.
Afterward, it all seemed the blur of
a dream to him, a dream which ended
when he had found his head upon a
cool, white pillow, and had felt glad,
glad—dear God, how glad!—to know
that Angy was still within reach of
his outstretched hand; and so he had
fallen asleep. But when he awoke
In the morning there stood Angellne
In front of the glase taking her hair
out of curl papers; and then he slowly
began to realize the tremendous
change that had come into their lives,
when his wife committed the unprece-
dented act ot taking her crimps out
before breakfast. He realized that
they were to eat among strangers. He
had become the guest of thirty "wom-
en-folks." No doubt he should be
called "Old Gal Thirty-one." He got
up and dressed very, very slowly. The
bewildered gratitude, the Incredulous
thanksgiving of last night, were as far
away as yesterday's sunset. A great
seriousness settled upon Abe's lean
face. At last he burst forth:
"One to thirty! Hy-guy, I'm in fer
it I" How had It happened, he won-
dered. They had given him no time to
think. They had swooped down upon
him when his brain was dulled with
anguish. Virtually, they had kidnaped
him. Why had they brought him here
to accept charity of a women's insti-
tution? Why need they thus intensify
his sense of shame at his life's fail-
ure, and, above all, at his failure to
provide for Angellne? In the poor-
house he would have been only one
more derelict; but here he stood alone
to be Btared at and pitied and thrown
a slckly-satlsfying crumb. With a
sigh from the very cellar of his being,
he muttered;
"Aye, mother, why didn't yew let
me go on ter the county house? That
alr'B the place fer a worn-out old hull
Ilk* me. Hy-guy!" he ejaculated,
beads of sweat standing out on hiB
forehead, "I'd ruther lay deown an'
die th'n face them air women."
"Thar, thar!" soothingly spoke
Angy, laying Ler hand on his arm.
"Thar, thar, father! Jest think haow
dretful I'd feel a-goin' deown without
yer."
"So you would!" strangely comfort-
ed. "So you would, my dear!" For
her Bake he tried to brighten up. He
Joked clumsily as they stood on the
threshold of the chamber, whispering,
blinking his eyes to make up for the
lack of their usually ready twinkle.
"Hoi' on a minute; supposln' I fer-
git whether I be a man er a woman?"
Her love gave inspiration to her an-
swer: "I'll lean on yer, Abe."
Just then there came the loud, Im-
perative clanging of the breakfast-
bell; and she urged him to hurry, as
"It wouldn't dew" for them to be late
the first morning of all times. But he
only answered by going back Into the
room to make an anxious survey of
his reflection in the glass. He shook
his head reprovingly at the bearded
countenance, as If to say: "You need
not pride yourself any longer on look-
ing like Abraham Lincoln, for you
have been turned into a miserable old
woman."
Picking up the hair-brush, he held
It out at arm's length to Angy. "Won't
yew slick up my hair a leetle bit,
mother?" he asked, somewhat shame-
facedly. "I can't see extry well this
mornln'."
"Why, Abe! It's slicked ez slick e«
it kin be mow." However, tho old
wife reached up as he bent his tall,
angular form over her, and smoothed
again his thin, wet locks. He laughed
a little, self-mocklngly. and she
laughed back, then urged him into the
hall, and, slipping ahead, led the way
downstairs. At tha first landing, which
brought them into full view of thi
lower hall, he paused, possessed with
the mad desire to run away and hide,
for at the foot of the stairway stood
the entire flock of old ladles. Twenty-
nine pairs of eyes were lifted to him
and Angy, twenty-nine pairs of lips
were Bmillng at them. To the end of
his days Abraham remembered those
6mlles. Reassuring, unselflBh and
tender, they made the old man's heart
swell, hlB emotions go warring to-
gether.
He wondered, was grateful, yet he
grew more confused and afraid. He
stared amazed at Angellne, who j
seemed the embodiment of self-posses-
sion, lifting her dainty, proud little
gray head higher and higher. She
turned to Abraham with a protecting, |
motherly little gestare of command
for him to follow, and marched gal-
lantly on down the stairs. Humbly,
trembling at the knees, he came with
gingerly Bteps after tho little old'wife.
How unworthy he was of her now!
How unworthy he had always been,
yet never realized to the full until this
moment. He knew what those smiles
meant, he told himself, watching the
uplifted faces; they were to Boothe
his sense of shame and humiliation,
to touch with rose this dull gray color
of the culmination of his failures. He
passed his hand over hlB eyes, fiercely
praying that the tears might not come
to add to his disgrace.
And all the while brave little Angy
kept Bmillng, until with a truly glad
leap of the heart she caught sight of
a blue ribbon painted In gold shining
on the breast of each one of the
twenty-nine women. A pale blue rib-
bon painted in gold with—yeB, peering
her eyes she discovered that It was
the word "Welcome!" The forced
smile vanished from Angellne's face.
Her eyes grew wet, her cheek white.
Her proud figure shrank. She turned
and looked back at her husband. Not
for one instant did she appropriate
the compliment to herself. "This is
for you!" her spirit called out to him, !
while a new pride dawned In her
working face.
Forty years had she spent apologlz- j
ing for Abraham, and now she under-
stood how these twenty-nine generous
old hear to had raised him to the pedes-
tal of a hero, while she stood a heroine
beside him. Angy It was who trembled
now, and Abe, gaining a manly cour-
age from that, took hold of her arm
to steady her—they had paused on a
step near the foot of the stairs—and,
looking around with his whimsical
smile, he demanded of the bedecked
company In general, "Ladles, be yew
'spectln' the president?"
Cackle went the cracked old voices
of the twenty-nine In a chorus of rp
preclative laughter, while the old
heads bobbed at one another as if to
eay, "Won't he be an acquisition?"
And then, from among the group there
came forward BloBsy—Blossy, who had
sacrificed most that this should come
to pass; Blossy, who had sat till mid-
night painting the gold-and-blue rib-
bons; Blossy, the pride and beauty
of the home, In a delicate, old, yellow,
real lace gown. She held her two
hands gracefully and mysteriously be-
hind her back as she advanced to the
foot of the Btatrs. Looking steadily
In Abraham's eyes, she kept a-smlllng
until he felt as If the warmth of a
belated spring had beamed upon him.
"The president!" Her mellow, well-
modulated voice shook, and she
laughed with a mingling of generous
Joy and tender pity. "Are we expect-
ing the president? You dear, modest
man! We are welcoming—you!"
Abe looked to Angy as If to say,
"How shall I take It?" and behold! the
miracle of his wife's bosom swelling
and swelling with pride In him. He
turned back, for Blossy was making a
speech. His hand to his head, he
bent his good ear to listen. In terms
poetical and touching ehe described
the loneliness of the life at the home
as It had been with no man under
the roof of the house and only a deaf-
and-dumb gardener who hated her sex.
In the barn. Then In contrast she
painted life as It must be for the sis-
ters now that the thirty tender vines
had found a stanch old osk for their
clinging. "Me?" queried Abraham of
himself and, with another silent
glance, of Angy.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
DIVORCED WOMAN
STARTS A SCUFFLE
"Million-Dollar Bride" Refused
Sight of Child Pulls Mother-
in-Law's Hair.
Philadelphia.—Mrs. Keith Donald-
son, divorced wife of Keith Donald-
boii of this city and New York, and f ,r-
merly known throughout society cir-
cles in the South as "the million-dollar
bride," was arrested and locked in a
cell on charges preferred by her moth-
er-in-law, after a sensational hair-pull-
lng match at the latter's home here.
Mrs. Donaldson, who said she came
to this city several days ago, soon aft-
THE FIFTH LEGISLATURE
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Engaged In an Altercation With Her
Mother-ln-Law.
er her arrival from London went to
the home of her mother-in-law, Mrs.
William Donaldson, and requested per-
mission to see her seven-year-old
daughter, who had been left in her
husband's custody after her divorce
several years ago. When her request
was refused and she attempted to en-
ter the house a scuffle started between
her and the maid, each afterward ac-
cusing the other of pulling out her
hair.
Mrs. Donaldson was pushed out up-
on the sidewalk, but later gained en-
trance to the house and engaged in an
altercation with her mother-in-law un-
til the arrival of a policeman. Mrs.
Donaldson walked several squares with
the bluecoat to the police station,
where Bhe was at first placed in a
cell, but afterward in charge of the
matron.
CHILD REARED BY MONKEYS
A Real Mowgll Found in Jungle In
India Can Hear, but
Cannot Talk.
London.—A discovery which recalls
the story of Mowgll In Rudyard Kip-
ling's "Jungle Book," has been made
In India.
In the Jungle near Nalna Tal, says
a Bombay letter, a wild-looking crea-
ture, apparently a human female child,
has been found. That she is human Is
proved by the fact that there are vac-
cination marks on both arms, but ex-
posure to the elements has caused a
thick growth of hair down each side
of the face and spine, which makes
her appearance more like that of a
monkey than a human being. There
is evidence to show she has always
walked upright, but her sitting posture
is that of a monkey, as are all her ac-
tions.
She was very frightened when first
caught, and cried and whimpered. She
would eat only grass and raw pota-
toes, but later was Induced to take
bread and milk. She is unable to talk,
but there is no doubt that she can
hear.
Everything points to the conclusion
that she was abandoned In Infancy and
monkeys were her foster parents. Na-
tives In the bazaar, however, declare
that the child was reared by bears.
At present the child Is In the Nalna
Tal hospital.
Puritan Jury.
That the Puritan fashion of nomen-
clature produced some very odd re-
sults Is very generally known. The
London Chronicle recalls that James
Brome, in his "Travels Over England,
Scotland and Wales," published In
1700, gives a copy of a "Jury Return,
made at Rye, Sussex, in the Late Re-
bellious Troublesome Times."
The names of the 12 good men and
true were: Meek Brewer, Graceful
Harding, KUlsln Pimple, Earth Adams,
Weepnot Billing, More Fruit Fowler,
Hope-for Bending. Return Spelman,
Fly Debate Roberts, Stand Fast on
High Stringer, Be Faithful Joiner, and
Fight the Good F'ght of Faith White.
Origin of '"Jncle Sam."
The name Uncle lam was first used
In Troy, N. Y., In '.818, vhen some
goods bought for th i government and
marked U. S. were lrspected by Sam-
uel Wilson, a govei'iment employe,
whose nickname wai Uncle Sam.
The similarity of the Initials suggest-
ed the adoption, and ti a familiar plo
ture was soon created.
MAN NIPPED BY GIANT EEL
Member of New Jersey Boat's Crew
Has Hard Fight With
Six-Pounder.
Anglesea, N. J.—In the big batch of
fish landed by passengers and crew of
the Goldy Held, one of the fleet sailing
from here, was a six-pound eel which
came In on the tine of John C. Gough-
an, a member of the crew, The big
fellow caused a heap of excitement on
board the craft and, as Goughan was
about to take It from the hook, it
turned and closed with its heavy Jaws
upon one of his fingers. With a bowl
be tried to shake it pff, but it was nec-
essary to strangle the eel and then
nearly all the flesh of the man's finger
was ripped off.
Goughan was losing much blood, but
one of the anglers Improvised a tourni-
quet about hlB wrist and he managed
to pull through till the boat landed.
Starts Peculiar 8ult.
Ilackettstown, N. J.—William Mlsh-
paugh, a farmer, has sued Hope
township for money and time spent In
carrying bis son to and from hlgl
school.
HI 11 llllll mill I ti I III
Oklahoma City.—
Stirred by the appalling number of
bank robberies that have been com-
mitted In Oklahoma within the past
few weeks, the bouse of representa-
tives perfected and passed finally in
record time a bill appropriating $15,000
to be used by Governor R. L. Williams
In offering rewards for the apprehen-
sion and conviction of bank robbers.
Under the terms of the house bill
the governor, in his dlscertion, is
authorized to ofTer rewards not exceed-
ing $1,000 for the arrest of persons
guilty of bank robbing, where the rob-
bery Is effected forcibly, by the use of
tire arms or explosives. The reward
would be made payable to any officers
making the arrest.
While it is not stated In so many
words in the bill, the measure is so
worded as to provide payment of the
reward for the apprehension of bank
robbers, dead or alive.
Included In the new bills introduced
In the house Is one by Lemon, Childers
and Nesbltt, appropriating $10,600 tor
the benefit of the widows ot the offi-
cers killed in the attempted outbreak
it the state penitentiary a year ago.
Under the terms of the bill Mrs. Beu-
!ah C. Oates, Mrs. Jesse Godfrey and
Mrs. Hattle E. Drover, widows of the
:hree officers who were killed, would
receive $3,000 each, and Miss Mary
Foster, who was a stenographer in
ihe office of the warden at the time
Jf the outbreak, would receive $1,500.
A bill by the Garfield county dele-
gation in the legislature proposes un
appropriation of $116,200 for the erec-
tion of new buildings at the Institute
tor the feeble minded, located at Enid.
Seven new cottages, laundry, electric
light and heating plant are some ot
the new bulldlngB that have been pro-
posed.
A bill by Dlckerson to "conserve"
the cattle industry of the state would
prohibit the killing of calves under
one year of age. The effect of the
bill would be the abolition of veal
from the meat market. A fine of not
less than $100 or more than $1,000 is
provided for violation of the provis-
ions of the bill.
The supreme Court commission, con-
sisting of nine Juuges appointed by the
supreme court is continued in effect
under the terms of a bill offered by
Halle. The same salary and the same
method of selecting members of the
commission are provided for in the
measure.
Seemingly undismayed by their re-
cent defeat In the national legislative
body, the advocates of woman suffrage
secured tho presentation of a proposed
constitutional amendment in the sen-
ate, giving tliem the privilege of the
ballot in Oklahoma. The resolution
presenting the proposition was pre-
sented by Senator George E. Wilson
of Cestos. The senator also present-
ed at the same time a second constitu-
tional amendment limiting the mileage
of legislators to the actual amount
necessarily expended reaching the
capital and returning home by the
usual and ordinarily traveled route.
County commissioners will be auth-
orized to call special elections anil
submit to the voters of their county a
proposition to abolish the office of
county assessor, If a bill presented by
Senator W. M. Blckel of Alva meets
with favor among tho lawmakers. In
counties where the office of county as-
sessors is abolished township assess-
ors will be the substitute. An addi-
tional power Is also granted to county
commissioners by the terms of a bill
offered by Senator George A. Walters
of Pawnee wherein It Is provided that
in cases where the public roadB have
been properly graded either by town-
ship or community work the county
commissioners are authorized to have
them further maintained by dragging
at the expense of the county.
A bill by Representative Hargls pro-
vides for the pensioning of all ex-
Confederate soldiers and sailors who
are disabled or dependent. The pen-
sion would amount to $10 a month,
payable quarterly. The bill provides
for the creation of the office of pen-
sion commissioner.
To give qualified voters who are
necessarily absent from their regular
place of voting on general election
days, the right to exercise their voting
privilege Is the purpose of a bill by
Representative Wright.
Renewal of leases on state school
land, which expired January 1, Is pro-
vided for In a measure nroposed by
Representative Harrison of Hughes.
There la no provision on the statute
books at present for renewal of the
five-year leases and his measure sup-
plies the needed legislation on that
subject.
GOV. CRUCE'S FINAL REPORT.
Total Expenditures For First Six
Months Amounted to $6,743.
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To Redistrict the Judges
Division of the state Into twenty-one
district court Judicial districts and re-
ducing the number of district Judges
from thirty-one to twenty-two. Is pro-
posed in a bill introduced in the bouse
of representatives by Representative'
J. II. Relgner, of Pushmataha county.
Each of the twenty-one districts cre-
ated under the termB of the bill would
be entitled to one Judge, except the
district Including Oklahoma county.
The bill provides for two Judges from
the Oklahoma county district. This
county at present has three district
Judges.
If the bill be passed by the l«clsla-
ture and bocomes a law It will result
in a saving to the state of approxi-
mately $40,000 a year in salaries for
the Judgeships, which will be abolish-
ed, according to estimates of Mr. Relg-
ner.
The dibtrlcts provided for In the bill
would be made up as follows.'
Proposed Districts
First district, Adair, Cherokee, Dela-
ware, Mayes, Ottawa; Second, Craig,
Nowata, Rogers, Wagoner, Washing-
ton; Third, Muskogee, Sequoyah;
Fourth, McIntosh, Pittsburg; Fifth,
Haskell, Latimer, Le Flore; Sixth,
McCurtain, Pushmataha; Seventh,
Atoka, Coal, Johnston, Pontotoc, Sem-
inole; Eighth, Bryan, Carter, Love,
Marshall; Ninth, Creek, Hughes, Ok-
fuskee, Okmulgee; .Tenth, Lincoln,
Pottawatomie; Eleventh, Kingfisher,
Logan, Payne; Twelfth, Grant, Kay,
Noble, Pawnee; Thirteenth, Oklaho-
ma; Fourteenth, Canadian, Cleveland,
Garvin, McClain, Murray; Fifteenth,
Caddo, Grady, Jefferson, Stephens;
Sixtaonth, Comanche, Cotton, Jackson,
Tillmaa; Seventeenth, Blaine, Custer,
Kiowa, Washita; Eighteenth, Beck-
ham, Dewey, Creek, Harmon, Roger
Mills; Nineteenth, Beaver, Cimarron,
Ellis, Harper, Texas; Twentieth, Al
falfa. Garfield, Major, Woods, Wood-
ward; Twenty-first, Osage, Tulsa.
The act would not become effective
until the general election In 1918, at
which time the voters of the different
districts v ould elect a district Judge.
This would permit all of the district
Judges elected for four years In the
recent election to serve out the time
for which they were elected.
Wholesale abolishment of state
boards and the creation of a gover-
nor's council to perform their func-
tions are provided for In a bill Intro-
duced Into tho house by Representa-
tive Ben Harrison of Hughes county,
similar to a president's cabinet as It
wpuld have general supervision of
state Institutions and their affairs.
The governor would be chairman and
the secretary of state, state treasurer,
commissioner of labor, and state audi
tor would be the other members of
the council.
A preferential primary election law,
designed to carry out one of the demo-
cratic state platform pledges, and a
usury bill, which deals a severe blow
to "loan sharks" ur.d others charging
a usurious rate of Interest on loaned
money, were Introduced In the housa
of representatives.
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Governor Cruce submitted bla last
report on the affairs of his office, cov
•ring the first six months of the fi*
cal year ending June 30, 1915. The
appropriation for the whole yesr 1h
$17,100. The total expenditures for
the first six months was $6,743.87,
l eaving a balance of $10,356.13 for the
remainder of the year i
ueorge A. Smith, editor of the
Chandler Tribune, waa elected secre-
tary of the state school land depart-
ment, succeeding John R. Williams, at
a meeting of the school land commis-
alon to reorganize. The economy
program of Governor R. L. Williams,
chairman of the commission, made Its
appearance at this session, the salary
of the department secretary being cut
from $3,300 to $2,500 a year.
Revenue Receipts Increasing.
Seventy-five thousand dollars' worth
of revenue stamps, most of them being
from 1 to 6 cents in denomination,
have been Bold by the internal revenue
stamp office Blnoe the first day of De-
cember, or rather since the first week
In December, as the stamps were not
available on December 1. Orders for
approximately $1,000 worth are re-
ceived at the office each day, of which
the "documentary'' orders are prompt-
ly filled. "Proprietary" < rders, for
ooBmetlcs, will not be completely filled
for two weeks.
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Tryon, W. M. The Davenport New Era (Davenport, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 21, 1915, newspaper, January 21, 1915; Davenport, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc109978/m1/3/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.