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Lexington Leader.
LEXINGTON
OKIJV.
NEW STATE NOTES
. Citizen- of Enid have nominated a
ticket to be voted on at the coming
i lection for the cuumiission form of
government.
Dr. H. E. Thompson, an osteopath,
of McAlester was arrested last week
on a charge of failing to report a
case of diptrerla to the health offi-
cers.
The three batteries of artillery at
Fort Sill are to be transferred to the
Philippines next March, but the regi-
mental band will not accompany
them.
The first annual fair for Wagoner
county will be held at Wagoner this
week. There will be fine races and
great preparation has been made for
the event.
Proclamation was issued last week
declaring a transfer of two town-
ships from Wagoner to Tulsa county
by terms of a special election held
on October 19.
Announcement was made last week
of the resignation of President L. H.
Beelcr of Henry Kendall college at
Tulsa, to take effect at the beginning
of the Christmas holidays.
At an enthusiastic meeting held at
the school house at Mead, near Du-
rant, arrangements were made to es-
tablish at that place an experimen-
tal agricultural station.
Louis H. Button, assistant easliier
of the postoffice at McAlester, was
arrested by Deputy Pnlted Statefj
Marshal Swift last week on a charge
of embezzlement of office funds.
Tne attention of the schools of the
state has been directed to the $2,000
prize offered by Hart, Schaffner and
Marx of Chicago, for student essays
on subjects of wide interests In
America.
That the cotton industry on its man-
ufacturing side gives employment to
at least 6,000 people in Oklahoma
during the ginning season is the es-
timate made by G. E. Warren, state
factory inspector.
One of the most important drain-
age and reclamation proejcts now on
foot in the state, is straightening the
channel of the Virdigrls river in.
Wagoner county.
The board of regents of the state
school for the deaf at Sulphur met
last, week to make arrangements for
putting into operation the new indus-
trial department which has just been
Installed.
The Southwestern Iron works of
Guthrie, has been awardd the con-
tract by the Texas Construction cam-
pany of Fort Worth, for all the iron
eastings for the $400,000 McAlester
penitentiary.
The assistant game wardens are
paid only from fees and not from the
game portection fund, as are the state
game warden and his eight deputies,
is tha ruling made by Attorney Gen-
eral West in a letter to Warden
Askew.
Petition signed bv 538, representing
themselves as residents of the re-
cently created county of Harmon has
been presented to Governor Haskell
requesting him to direct the attorney-
general to institute a suit for dissolu-
tion of that county. It is represented
that the country has never had as
many as 15,000 population.
G. M. Lambert, a graduate of the
Ames (Iowa) Agricultural school,
and Albert Stoker of the Wisconsin
Dairying college have been appointed
lo (instruct In the. dairying depart-
ment of the state A & M. college.
The income tax assessment list for
Oklahoma City have bees sent to the
office of State Auditor M. E. Trapp,
The Oklahoma City list shows esven-
ty- eight citizens who have an Income
yearly above $3,500 and all exemp-
tions.
The Sayre Commercial club has
adopted resolutions indorsing the can-
didacy of Leo Meyer for secretary
if state and pledging Mr. Meyer its
bupport.
That the misbranding of interstate
shipments of liquor in violation of
the federal pure food act causes the
shipper to Ion standing in court was
the opinion of Judge Cotteral in the
I'nited States district court at Guth-
r;. last week.
Four Logan county townships have
petition* d the county commissioners
' > call an electh n a' once ta„ build
twelve miles of macadam roadway
from Guthrie south to the county-
line towards Oklahoma City.
Negroes of Oklahoma, in cenvention
;.t Sapulpa last week, selected five
delegates to go to Washington the
first of the year to lobby for the
plans proposed by Senator Gore of
this state to colonize the representa-
tives of the race In Liberia.
TAX FERRETS RESTRAINED
SUPREME COURT GIVES DECISION
ON STATE LAW
Court Upholds County Treasurer's
Actions in Case.—Can Only Col-
lect Back Taxes Since Be-
ginning of Statehood
STATE WINS BANK SUIT
FEDERAL JUDGE COTTERAL RE-
FUSES RESTRAINING ORDER
TAFT RETURNS TO WASHINGTON
AFTER LONG TRIP
Guthrie, Okla. The supreme court
handed down a number of decisions
and opinions Tuesday most important
among which was the case from Okla-
homa county in which the state sought
mandamus proceedings to compel
County Treasurer McCafferty to col-
lect back taxes, the court denies the
mandamus.
The decision decreeing that tax fer-
rets cannot go farther back than No-
vember 16, 1907, in collecting back
taxes, upsets all of the plans of C.
II. Pittman, state tax ferret to collect
taxes dating back ten years on $o0
000,000 worth of property in Oklahoma
county,
A tax ferret law passed by the first
legislature was the authority relied
upon by Pittman for a contract with
the county commissioners of Okla-
homa county by the terms of which
lie was to receive twenty-five per cent
of all back laxes collected. A force
of men was immediately put to work
on the records of Oklahoma county,
who produced 1,000 names of taxpay-
ers alleged to have failed 'to list their
property with the assessors. County
Treasurer Charles .McCafferty was
asked to notify the delinquent taxpay-
ers.
Backed by the organized resistance
of property owners who were accused
of tax dodging, the county treasurer
refused to issue the notices on the
(round* that the I*W was neTer le-
gally passed. Pittman was compelled
to bring mandamus proceedings
against the county treasurer to compel
him to issue the notices. He chose
the supreme court as the tribunal to
pass on the question, filing his peti-
tion last May.
County Treasurer McCafferty filed
a voluminous answer to the petition
to show why he should not issue the
notices to property owners involved,
relying mainly on an amendment
passed by the legislature of 1909 to
the original law of 1908. His attor-
neys contended that the old law had
been practically wiped out by the
amendment and changed so that Pitt-
man was entitled to but fifteen per
cent of back taxes collected in as-
sessments dated after November 16.
1907. This contention was sustained
by the supreme court in its decision
of Tuesday.
"The decision is one of the most
far reaching to the people of Okla-
homa county, handed down by the su-
preme court since Oklahoma territory
began its existence," said George H.
Matlock, attorney for the county
treasurer, "because, if each property
owner had been required to pay taxes
which the tax ferret claimed were
due on sequested property, it would
have bankrupted seventy-five per
cent of the men of affairs in the
county.
llased upon the contract which en-
titled him to twenty-five per cent of
all taxes collected on $30,000,000
worth of property, the *ax ferret's
fees would have amounted approxi-
mately to $75,000. it is I'Uderstocd
that Mr. Pittman has similar con-
tracts with a number of other coun-
ties in the state.
Engineer Scaldcd in Wreck
Chandler, Okla.—Frisco Engineer
A. F. Davis, 43 of Sapulpa was scald-
ed to death beneath his engine, his
fireman, T. C. Crackley, of Sapulpa,
was probably fatally scalded, and
four other men, Including Brakeman
George W. Willard of Oklahoma City
were injured in the wreck of an cast-
bound Frisco freight train about three
miles east of Chandler at 3 o'clock
Tuesday morning.
Willard, the head brakeman of tlie
train suffered a broken leg in the
wreck. Three young men who were
"beating their way" on the train were!
injured.
Tile wreck was caused by the ten-
der jumping the track, causing three
box cars Immediately behind it to
leave the rails. The engine was II-
ally forced from the rails and rolled
over pinning the engine crew be-
neath, where the escaping water and
■team did such deadly work. The
track was eh ir 1 of the wreckage
before 7 o'clock Tuesday morning.
Makes Report on Dispensaries
Guthrie, Okla. Since the issuance
of the governor's proclamation author
izing local agencies to reopen upon
petition, nineteen lieu! dispensaries
have opened in the state, according
lo the report of S. W. Stone, state
agency superintendent, covering the
period from June 1 to October 31,
1909. Petitions have been received
from twenty-three towns, but four
have been denied because of loeal
opposition. Ths nineteen agencies
have remitted in cash $7,922.68.
In Last Speech of Trip President Taft
Says Unite-d States Should De-
velop and Care for Health
of the People
Augusta, Ga.—That a national board
health to accomplish for the nation j (^J
MILLIONS GO TO SCHOOLS
New Ycrk Multi-Millionaire Leaves
Fortune for General Uplift
New York—John Stewart Kennedy,
octogenarian and one of America's
well known rich men, who died of
whooping cough in his New York res-
idence on Oct. 31, left bequests of
more than $25,000,000 to religious
charitable and educational institutions
in his will, filed for probate here Fri-
day.
The Sift is the largest single con-
tribution of its kind ever made and
neficiaries include educational
and church institutions, north, south,
plished for others in Cuba, Panama
and other places, should be establish- i and west in this country, and
ed at once, was the keynote of Pres- - 01le abroad, sixty in all.
ident Taft's address at the fair j Nearly half of the $25,000,000 goes
grounds here Monday afternoon. ! to Institutions connected w ith the
After discussing ship subsidy and j Presbyterian church, of which Mr.
suggesting that the legislation merit J Kennedy had been an active niemoer
ed the support of the south, President j for years.
Taft said. ! Aside from these gifts, Mr. Kenne-
Another subject that is forging (!y ,,.ft approximately $35,000,000 to
ahead and must be considered by the jhl8 wlfe hia re!atlves nnd a gIX,at
number of friends and employes. The
widow's share will be about $16,000,-
000. All of the testator s employes
received gifts from $500 to $2,000
each.
tie charitable, religious and educa-
tional institutions which receive the
national government with a great deal
more care and with the expenditure
of much more money than it has here.
tofore put into the investigation, is
the question of sanitation prd l iie
health of the inhabitants of nu oun-
try.
"We now have various bureaus in iilr'8~est"'b*quest7"are-
Washington which have functions con-
necting the suppression of diseases
and the study of the different dis
eases, but they are scattered and
they need to be united in one bureau,
which shall direct its attention to the
study of questions of health under all
conditions prevailing in this country,
so that by the circulation of the
knowledge obtained it may enable the
people to live right.
Presbyterian board of foreign mis-
sions, $2,250,000.
Presbyterian board of home mis-
sions, $2,250,000.
Presbyterian church extension fund,
$2,250,000.
Presbyterian hospital, New York,
$2,250,000.
Robert College, Constantinople, $1,-
500,000.
. ... Presbyterian board of aid for col-
'Now it is true that the health of j | g ()00
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New
York, $2,250,000.
New York public library, $2,250,000.
Columbia university, $2,250,000.
the citizens is directly committed to
the state, but it is also true that the
question of agriculture is committed
by the constitution to the state. Nev-
ertheless, the agricultural department rnked charitleS) New Yorlt $1>500(.
has found much that with the means
at lis hands, it can do to assist tha
agriculture of the country.
"Think back two decades, my
friends, and see what enormous
strides have been made by the proper
treatment of the soil, in the improve-
ment of your crops, in the market
value and the production of those
products and in the entire change of
the character of your agriculture from
n haphazard wasteful industry to one
in which the scientific knowledge is
of the greatest importance.
"Thus, too, with respect to sanita-
tion. It Is necessary that the towns
and states devote their attention and
their money to making better bodies
000.
American Bible society, $750,000.
Charity Organization society, New
York. $750,000.
Smaller gifts made by tho specific
bequest are as follows:
Yale college, $100,000.
'Amherst college. $100,000.
Williams college, $100,000.
Dartmouth college, $100,000.
Bowdoin college, $100,000.
Hamilton college, $100,000.
University of Glasgow, Scotland,
(' where from my infancy I resided
until I came to this country"), $100,-
000.
A number of other institutions were
given sums rangirg from five to one
of their citizens as well as their minds
nnd if the national government, with
its resources, can follow out lines of
investigation that shall show the
proper treatment to be followed, it is
well that they should take that step".
"1 expect to recommend to congress
that there be a union of all the ex
peri mental departments of t lit? govern-
ment for the discovery of lines ol |
health and the study of diseases."
Leaving Augusta and two days of |
welcome rest behind him. President |
Taft started for Washington Monday
afternoon and was scheduled to stop
at Florence, S. C„ for three hours
The long list of gifts is prefaced
in the will by this paragraph:
"Having been greatly prospered in
the business which I carried on for
more than thirty years in this, my
adopted country, and heing desirous
of leaving some expression of my
sympathy withits religious, charitable
benevolent and educational insititiw
tions, I make these gifts."
Gov. Blackburn to Quit
Versailles, Ky.—At a reception giv-
en in his honor Saturday, Joseph C.
in r iv.11 Blackburn, governor of the Fan-
to receive a welcome in that little , ,
ama canal zone, declared his intention
community.
President Taft warned the people
not to let the prosperity of 15-cen*
cotton run away with them, but to re-
member to demand in all business
a flairs the standard of integrity and
of remaining in Kentucky and said
tbtf canal zone has lost its charm for
him.
Sues for Entire College
morality outlined by Theodore Roost Marshall. Mo.—The Cumberland
,( Presbyterian church has sued the
•The price of liberty is eternal vig- : Presbyterian church for the possea-
ilance" said Mr. Taft, "and I say to j sion cf the Missouri Valley college of
you tliat the price of elevating moral this city, which with its endowments
standards is eternal vigilance." represents a value of $100,000.
Real Estate Man Murdered for Money
Oklahoma City.—Murdered In cold
blood in a most fiendish manner on the
roof of the ten-story Campbell build-
ng on North Broadway some time
turday night, the body of Roger D.
Gannon, 35 years old, a real estate
man, was discovered lying in a pool of
blood at 2:30 o'clock Sunday after-
noon by Mrs. J. Harry Randal, wife
of an architect. Randal and his wife
had gone to the roof to take a bird's-
eye view of Oklahoma City when they
made the grewsouie discovery. Gan-
non had been slugged with a 3-foot
piece of gns pipe, which afterward
was used to tighten a heavy lope
about his neck.
The police and secret service de-
partment are searching for the two
persons against whom It. D. Gannon
held notes aggregating in the neigh-
borhood of $1,500, which were due on'
or about Thursday of last week.
No trace of the murderers has yet
been discovered. That he was mur-
dered for his money seems to be the
leading theory.
To Make New Drain Survey
Shawnee, Okla.—The work of the
Little River Drainage district in Pot-
tawatomie county will all be done
over again, according to an order
made by the county commissioners,
mooting i! Tecumseh Saturday The
land proposed to be drained comprises
more than 40,000 acres. A previous
survey had been made but the ex-
pense was found to be too much and
a new s.art was asked by a large
numb«r of the beneficiaries of the
project.
Guardsmen Prepare For Contest
Chandler, Okla.—Under orders of
Cnl. Roy V. Hoffman a force of men
and teams are at work on the Okla-
homa National Guard target grounds
near Chandler preparing the range
for the Thanksgiving contest that is
to take place between a team of the
Oklahoma National Guard and the
Kansas City rifle team of the First
regiment of the Missouri National
Guard. The contest will continue for
four or live days and each team will
consist of fifteen men.
Editor is Offered Governorship
Roswell, N. M.—William Robinson
of Roswell, editor and author, has
been offered the position governor
of New Mexico to succeed Gov. Carry.
Giant Bank Organized
New York.-—New York is to have
| another "hundred million dollar
bank," to be known as the "Mechanics
and Meta's National." This new in-
Istitutlon is a consolidation of the
Mechanics National bank and the Xa-
htonal Copper bank.
Land Sells for Good Price
Norman, Okla. Land prices are
-oaring at the present time because
j nf the much talked of Interurban line.
A farm seven miles north of this city,
j during the last week sold for $20,000.
Bond Issue Authorized
Bristow, Okla—By a large niajor-
i Ity the voter jjf Crei U county have
| authorized a $200,000 bond issue to
iiulld sixty-nine bridges in the coun-
ty. Two of the bridges are to be
large ones across (lie Oniarrog river.
AIDS THE STATE GUARANTY BANK LAW
Decision of Federal Judge Gives Com-
monwealth Exclusive Authirity
in Columbia Affairs—Preo.
Norton Aids State
Oklahoma City—Ruling that the
state courts have exclusive jurisdic-
tion inasmuch as Bank Commissioner
Young had secured an order from the
district court to sell the assets of the
Columbia Bank & Trust Company and
pay all claimants such amounts as are
justly due them. Federal Judge J. H.
Cotteral, at Guthrie, Saturday, refused
a temporary restraining order to Geo."
Anderson, of Illinois, wno sought to
have a receiver appointed for the de-
funct Oklahoma City institution.
Anderson, in his petition to thh fed-
eral courts, alleged Commissioner
Voung refused to pay his deposit of
$8,000, which he secured from Joseph
O, More, of St. Louis. The plaintiff
asked a federal receiver as well as a
restraining order preventing the state
from further paying deposits at tha
local bank.' Judge Cotteral's decision
is considered a boon to the state guar-
anty law, the state courts only having
authority over cases wherein the
banking provision is concerned.
Judge Cotteral, in denying that ap-
plication, did not discuss the answer
of the bank commissioner that V. D.
Houston, vice president of the Colum-
bia, had made a fraudulent entry of
$7,000 on the deposit book of Joseph
O. More, from whom Anderson derived
his claim on the bank.
The action is dismissed without pre-
judice. Anderson may now resort to
the Oklahoma county district court.
The Anderson suit was the second
instituted for the purpose of having
a federal receiver appointed, the first
action never having been passed upon
by the courts.
Judge W. A. Ledbetter, Young's at-
torney in the case, was greatly pleased
over the decision.
"It sets a precedent which all other
federal courts will surely follow,"
said Judge Ledbetter. "It places the
state guaranty law on a firmer basis
than ever, as it puts an end to the
constant fear that a federal receiver
might be appointed. On October 18
I asked 'he courts here in Oklahoma
City to issue any necessary order to
protect all who might be interested,
or have Just claims against the bank.
Such orders were Issued by both
Judge Clark and Judge Carney. Here-
after, should a case come up similar
to that of the Columbia Bank and
Trust company, all that will be nec-
essary will be to secure such an or-
der from the state courts and under
the opinion of Judge Cotteral Satur-
day, the federal courts will not molest
the jurisdiction of the state courts."
There has been no little apprehen-
sion that a federal receiver might
take charge of the Columbia, thus
paving the way for such receiverships
should like cases arise hereafter.
Sacrifices All to Square Bank
Oklahoma City.—With no stronger
obligation than that of moral duty,
W. L. Norton, the president of the
defunct Columbia Bank and Trust
company has thrown everything of
value he owns into the hopper in the
hope that the state banking board
may bring the shattered institution
out whole and that the state will not
suffer for having paid in the bank's
depositors.
Refusing to "run away" from his
troubles, Mr. Norton continues to
stay in Oklahoma City and iB exert-
ing all of his efforts to aid the state
in its liquidation of this three million
dollar Institution.
Politeness and Liberty
AH politness Is owing to liberty.
We polish on<> another, and rub off
our corners and rough sides by a
sort of amicable collision. To re-
strain this is inevitably to bring a
rust upon men's understanding.^
Shaftesbury.
Standard Lowers Prices
New York—The Standard Oil com-
pany has announced a ten point reduc-
tion in the price of refined oil as
follows: In cases, 10.45; tanks, 4.55;
Standard white 8.05. The price of
crude oil was reduced five points to
1.48.
Roosevelt Tragedy is Fake- Rumor
New York—Another one of those
apparently absurd rumors that bob
up almost every time a prominent |
man gets out of direct touch with the
world went skipping over the conn
try Friday concerning former Presi-
dent Roosevelt. This will-o-the-wisp
had it that Mr. Roosevelt had been
killed in Africa and because of the
dangers of African hunting, freshly
imprinted on the public mind by Mr.
lioosevelt's magazine articles, there
was some uneasiness until Douglas
Robinson, Mr. Roosevelt's brother-in-
law, said emphatically that he took
no stock in such reports.
To Build Government Bridge
Pawnee, Okla.—Fred Uhl has been
awarded the contract to build the
federal bridge at the Pawnee Indian
ngency, east of town at a cost of
J 1,225. The contract calls for stone
abuttments and steel superstructure.
Not a Profitable Job.
"Dodgin' work," said Uncle Eben,
"Is an occupation dat's liable to keep
you busy an' fretted 20 hours a day,
an' no vacations wliotsomever."
Let Her Do the Talking.
"I can anake a big hit with th?'wo-
man, all right." "What did you su/ to
her?". "Nothing, I just kept still and
listened."—Louisville Courier-Journal
Circumstantial Proof.
"So you danced with my fiance last
night at the ball?" "Yes. Did she
tell yon?" "Oh, no! I noticed she
was limping to-day."
Her Worst Fear.
Willie—"Oh, mamma, that cook pa
sent has red hair, ecars all over her
face, a breath that smells like whis-
ky. She looks awful mad and says
she wants to see you." Mrs. Simpson
—"Oh, dear, I'm afraid she isn't go-
ing to stay."—Brooklyn.
Vacuum Jacket Now New Idea
The bottle that keeps its contents
hot or cold for hours was no catch-
penny invention. The glass vacuum
jacket was first devised by Lord De-
war in 1895 for his experiments in
liquefying air and gas.
A Wifes Reply.
A certain retried capitalist of Birm-
ingham. is in the habit of referring to
the wife of his you t!i in the presence
of his second wife. One day recently
he in dulged in this form of reminis-
cence more than usual and his wife
ventured a mild protest. "Pshaw!"
he said, "there is no use of you be-
ing angry." "It isn't that," she re-
plied. "I'm sorry I missed you at
your best."—Birmingham Age-Herald
Proved Existence of Luck.
"Do you think luck cuts much of a
figure in the success or failure of a
man nowadays?" "Yes. I believe It
does. There's Bagshaw, for instance.
What show would he ever have had
to live at ?ase and belong to clubs,
if he hadn't had the luck to find a
banker with a daughter who was so
homely that a large premium had to
be offered with her?"—Chicago Rec-
ord-Herald.
German Beauty Spot
Heiligandamm-Gelbensande, north
Germany with its splendid forest
stocked with game of all sorts, in-
cluding wild boars, lies about 35
miles eastward beyond Rostock. The
architecture of the Jagdhaus is ex-
actly in keeping with its sylvan sur-
roundings, and is one of the handsom-
est and most attractive structures of
its kind ever built.
Virtue of Keeping Clean
It might be too much to -say that
there is nothing so easy as to k"ep
clean, since the subjugation of dirt
does mean labor. But it is not too
much to say there is nothing so pos-
sible as to keep clean. Wnter is plen-
ty, soap is not prohibitive in price, and
no better us«? can be made of labor
than to make things tidy and pure
and undefiled.—Kansas City Star.
Improving a Railway.
The San Dominican government en-
gineers have completed the survey for
changing the route of the railway
from Puerto Plata to Santiago. The
present line climbs directly up tho
side of the mountain by the aid of ,T
cogged third rail. The new route will
avoid this and will make the distance
with nothing heavier than a two and a
half per cent, grade, besides saving
time and operating expenses.
OKLAHOMA DIRECTORY
Nice light bread and flaky biscuits
can be made from
CHOCTAW FLOUR
Insist on this brand and you
arc sure to have the best
vol 11 GROCKH Slll.I.K IT
EGGS
Some are bad, some good.
Look through them and
pick out all bad ones.
Send name, address, occupation and
10c in stamps to Box 1285, Oklahoma
City, Oklahoma, and receive by return
mail working model and patentee's
written permission to make and use
one X-Ray Egg Tester, with which
you can look thrugh six at a lime.
This offer not good af'er Dee. 1909.
Agents Wanted. Shop Rights for Sale
MALTHOIO
AND
"C. & G."
mm
BEST EVER
Curtis & Gartside Co., Oklahoma City
Wholesale Manufacturers of Sash and
Doors, Hardwood FinishOflice and Bank
Fixtures. Ask your Lumber Dealer.
Site For Federal Building
Chickasha, Okla.—United States
Attorney Gregg has delivered lo Ed F.
Johns and Dr. Tye a check for 513,500
for the grounds for the site of the
now federal building U%re.
MACHINERYCF ,LL «'"DS
S. W. MAN'F'G CO.
DEERE IMPLEMENTS
and VELIE VEHICLES '!<your dcalet
OR JOHN DEERE PLOW CO., OKLAHOMA CITY
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