The El Reno Democrat. (El Reno, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 8, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 13, 1902 Page: 4 of 8
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IENO DEMOCRAT
PUBLISHED THURSDAYS.
Kntered Into the postofflce at El Reno, Ok ., '
for truti
clash mail matter.
IT STINKS.
Tho more the people learn of tbr in
fauiy of this lu.-i water works deal,the
more justly indignant they become
For ten ) e irs this city has b. on paying
an exhorbiiant rate for fire protection
without receiving any protee:ion wuat-
ever, much of the time. For ten year*
tho citizens of th * town ha 'j been
paying for jhouse service and lawn
privileges ttiii e tiint- more than such
a service is worth. Twice tho city
council have agri d to take the plant
to get rid of tic robbers at from five to
ten thous.i nil dol bu s more than the o ti
shell was worth, but each'time these
leeches have refused and continued to
cry for more. Their demands upon
this people huve kiown no boundary.
Their extortion and fraud no limit.
But tho strangest part of the whole
proceeding is that we have citizens
right here in El Keno who have up-
held this conscienceless corporation in
their greed in the past and are slill
upholding them at present.
When the people were compelled to
take their grievences into court there
were a score of men ready to swear and
many, of,thou did swear that the peo-
plo had no just cause for complaint and
did everything in their power to de-
feat the city. Again on last Saturday
night when the city had accepted the
offer of the water company to take the
plant at a fixed price, a part of the
same gang who was arrayed anainst
the city and tho people when tin mat
ter was on trial befo e the referee saw
a chance to hold the city up for a la: „
sum of money,bu ted in and raised the
price agreed upon and are now th re a.
ening to perpetuate this same thieving
policy on the people for ten years
longer. Will the people stand it?
Will they sit down and permit a gan
•f cormorants who did everything i
their power to defeat them in tom t
defeat them in this last effort, to free
themselves from a greedy corporation
and to secure for themselves pure and
wholesome water? For months the
people have been feed on river water
while this corporation has been jug
gling with the city council trying to
perpetuate their graft in some form or
another, and at last they hit upon a
plan and found willing tools right
here in our midst to accomplish the
deed. But if we are not mistaken in
the temper of the people and in the
integrity of the city council they have
just gone a step too far. They have
killed the goose that has been laying
the golden eggs for them.
Woman's
Paine's Celery
Compound
THE WATER PROPOSITION.
TEDDY FAVORS ' PUBLIC
THREE STATES. 0F
Gives Vitility. Vigor And
Strength to Debilitated And
Rundown Women.
It, i* m a Drained by u
v r t ih that- lb
a nstiro depet.ilf much
ca! condition ■
nt. v
^retine** (,f
o 'he pbyei-
wo♦ • q The gen-
ii loo. J —
v Has No Fears of Carrying All Qhnrt Uftrn
Three at Next Election. "001
'J. O. i
era I comlilii ns which contribute to
health .nil ong life, are those which
do not nip!} a rspid aid unrqiml ex-
haust n if ihes.i powt r- by which
life is mintained
thai ti
Whil
women of our
peer . -s for beauty hnd
thai make tin in lovable
ANSWER. PLEASE.
If Mr. Blake and his company ? had
been negotiating for the water plant
for months, why were alleged agents,
or friends, or go-betweens claiming as
late as Saturday noon that they had
8500 to influence the city to make the
purchase? What was the use for an
offer of bribery from any source what-
soever if the sale to Mr. Blake's straw
company was a real and bona fide thing
of many weeks' standing? Will Mr.
Blake please answer?
THE PRIMARY SYSTEM.
The primary system has been tried
_ and^ound most satisfacory We attribute
the succ< 3r-offfce> rffmocrkifc ticket'Ir,
Kay county to the primary system.
The county convention method of nom
inating candidates rotten machine pol-
itics, and the people have grown tired
of it. With the primary system,
however, the people as a whole do the
nominating, consequently there is no
combines, slater trades and fixings to
create sore spots. The people natur-
ally take an interest in the ticket they
helped to nominate, and they turn out
on election day and elect it. The pri-
mary system doesaway with the politi-
cal boss, and the people are supreme
Blackwell News.
we a'Serl
land stand
the virtues
we CRnnot
hide the fact lint there are thousands
in our midst who, owing to overwork,
| worry, bouse hold cares, and an un-
it t)Ual exhaust ion of life power, huve
become weak, nervous, sleepless, and
debilitated. We bring to the atten-
tion of all weary, despondent, hapless,
and sickly women earth's great resto er
and health builder, Paine's Celery
Compound. Thousands of healthy
women around us owe their present
vigor, activity, and robustness to
Paine's Celery Ctni|<und. Mrs.
Stephen Smith, St. Paul, Minn, tells
how she was snatched from the grave;
she says;—I hud a bud attack of la
grippe this spring and was at death'*
door, tu d n one ever expected me to
recover. I was so weak that, as soon
as they brought me ou'. of one
faint I was in another. I could not
take any nourishment, and doctors
medicine did me no good. A friend
advised my husband to get mo a bottle
of Paine's Celery Compound which he
did, but had no'faith in it. The second
day after taking the Compound, I be-
gan to get real hungry and took an
nterest in things. I had ieverything
that money aud loving care could
supply and with all that and Paine's
Celery Compound. I am now doing my
own work, while three months ago I
was almost in the grave. I know that
owe my health and strength to
Paine's Celery Compound, and shall
always recommend it."
I'<-
of the bill adn itir g Ok
and New M xieo to stat ,hood at the
coining short session of congr ■ ".
i'lie Fentiment seems to be thai the)
bill will he pass d by the senate prac-
tically us it was passed by the house J
at the last term, although there are!
propositions It
tnts. One o
The puop'e of El Reno who have!
been fed on D.irliligt"ri - wage fur ti e
past year, no doubt have n id and
appreciate the ab:i ? ( xp, „i«', t, by the
elder Blake, on the water -iluition.
i And they are ro doubt i .e|
(enough to l( ad be' W ei fl l| , Hi
j this most methodical pes -mat
t he matter VVh . jg * mar ,
Blake? Now, through fear that sorut- i
of our readers d i nol know bitn, we
will briefly iuirodut- t hi. To begin
with ho i,, First, a lawyer. No crime, i
in that, we hope. Sec nil, he is the
attorney of two rail roue.-, which in
doing so much for this town. Third,
he is the attorney Tor ihe water com
paujr, and it was be who Introduced
a scoree of win,a.,,-* before ..iie ref-
eree iu tie water works case to pr\ \ •
that river w iter raixid with During
ton and Ft. Heno sewage was a pure,
bright sparkling and health produc-
ing beverage and ire public reraem-
embers bow well bo succeeded with
that line of testi mony. Fourth, he it-
one ol the members o' the alleged new Mexicooutof ti
water company, organized to perpet-
uate the old contract with its ex-
horbitant schedule, its filthy and un-
wholesome water and its miserable fire
protection.
■Now, you ktow who Mr. filake is:
you know who his associalesare in this
water works deal, he; ce you are in
a position to fully understand the
object and aim of his newspaper
article. You are also fully able to
know whether you wan'tbim as your
future water inspector, to pass upon
the purer sparkling and whole.-ome
character of the water jou are to
drink in the future, and of the ample j
ihar.ieter of the i;lo protection you I
are i utithd to have.
M ' ISi ik , in his enrefu ly prepared
statement, says tuat no railroad comu
any has any interest in tie- new water
company. B> thl- as it mat. Mr. I
Blake the younger, who is also a muii ] lhp flpst day, und the report of the
ber of this new comp.my, and per-
haps is the lees discreet by reason of
his youth, than the elder Blake, told
SALE
much
umontr , (11
Nov.
'king to variour amend-
these is loo leave New
ie bill, admitting Okla-
homa and Arizona. Another is to
drop both N w Mexico and Arizona
and to admit Oklahoma.
I he pr< sident is knowu to favor the
admission of all three of tho terrltor-
i'o the argument that they may
turn d.mocrutic he repllts that he
has no h ar of his ability to carry New
Mexico and Oklahoma, and is confluent
that Arizona will go republican in the
national campaign.
1 he trip of the senate committee on
territories will enable it to have its
ri port n roadine-'-s for the senate on
-s •
Wo will sell at. public tale on
-'nd commencing at 9:30 a. tu.
head of registtred Shorthorn cattle,
consisting of about an equal number of
male6 and females.
I hey are well bred and up to datu.
It will be a great opportunity to get
good blood cheap.
Reduced rates on railroads.
Apply to Preston Wyckoff, Corbin,
Kan., or J. F. True & son, Perry, Ivans,
for catalogues. 208d3t-wli*
I HE BEST REMEDY FOR CROUP.
This is the season when the woman
who knows tho best remedies for croup
is in demand in every neighborhood.
One of tho most terrible things in the
world is to be awaken, d in toe middle
of the night by a whoop from one of
tho childreu. The croup remedies are
almost as sure to be lost, in case of
croup, as a revolver is sure to be lost
in case of burglars. There used to be
an old fashioned remedy for croup,
known as hive syrup aud tolii, but some
modern mothers say that Chamber-
lain's Cough Remedy is better,
j message usually absorbs attention
There are many ways,to economize but
none so simple,entertaining, and
satisfactory as the use of
DIAMOND DYES
in making pretty and practical objects
for the home.
Direction book and 45dyed samples free
Diamond Dyes, Burlington, Vt.
SCHLOSS WILL CONTEST.
Chief Justice Frank Meyer, Attor-
ney General Clark and Solicitor Dugan
held a conference yesterday aud de-
cided that since Bill Cross was being
urged by himself to contest McGuire's
election, that Del Schloss should bfe
compelled to contest Dr. Winkler, in
order to save to the democratic party
the control of the next legislature.
Schloss is in doubt as to the political
effect such a course will have on his
future and hesitates, but Meyer and
CUtA' fosr&HiiStvrt i)4. nok only sa>* ^hes scheme respried'Cfo de'feij Tie
the territory to the democracy, but to ^asteo upon the
that it will furnish excellent campaign
Thank God, I have my platform left.
C. B, Ames.
E'. Reno has a few traitors and they
should be John A. Dixed.
The El Reno Ninrods are murder-
ing the ducks.
The democratic party has been
up against a double ballot before.
i
Perhaps some other ailien would
like to run for congress on a no state-
hood platform.
material for the future. The grounds
of the contest are that a man unheard
of in politics and unknown to 999 out
of every 1000, who can hold a conven-
tion in a dead'ock for six weeks and
then defeat the democracy of the whole
territory, ought to contest. They
hold that the 000 ballots of IS votes
each which Schloss received, making
10,800 in all," with a cleam majority
of 9,000 for Schloss, ought to be coun-
ted and shall be counted for him, other-
wise they will tie up the next legis-
lature in a deadlock and prevent it
from moving a wheel until the next
election. It is thought that when
the legislature learns who is behind
this movement, that it will, like
David Crockett's coon, come down
from the tree and surrender its hide.
I he statutes of Limitations has run
against the crime of 1876 and likewise
1884.
us personally that both railroads were
behind the deal. We did not believe
the statement however, at tho time
and only gave it to the publi -, together-
with its source, for what the people
thought It was worth.
The people know who is behind
this deal financially and they know
what this juggling is for. They know
the ohjectof the elder Blake's news-
paper article, published in the Bell
and the American, and they also
know that it is a tissue of misrepres-
entation from its begining to its
ending. It is intended lo deceive the
people as to who the real parties to
this new company are. It is intended
to deceive them as to the long prom-
ised improvements in the water plant
A year ago the city council and the
people were told by this water corn-
pan through their manager and
their attorneys, that the company
intended lo make vast improvements
in the plant, and the city council was
importuned to dismiss the suit which
is yet pending They even carried
the matter so far as to c,me before
o wl,lh, a resolution from
the El Reno club declaring that the
people wanted the suit dismis-ed
when an investigation revealed "the
fact ihat ihe only people that were
present when the resoultion was
passed by the club, were the attorneys
for this water company.
Mr, Blake's ietter is in keenlnu-
with the false promises, the false re £
resentations that the water company
has been making to tne people of this
town for the last five years, and this
'a °nly an-
peniug OK,, Perhaps il „,av be IT" ""Iter, and
| U' es not cost so much. Il em^n ti,..
,1,16 i resident's ^ patient to "throw up the phlegm" qui-
cker. and gives relief in a shorter time.
Civu this remedy as soon aslhecroupy
cough appears and it will prevent the
attack. It never fails and pleasant
and safe to take. For sale by C R
Miller.
secretary, witn the book of estimates,
on the second day.
Since the voting must take place on
December 10. unless that agreement
be vacated by an unanimous consent,
the committee may get its finding he-
fore the publiein some form before the
assemblage of congress, and so give
the country a ohmce to express itself
on tbe questson. Tha committee of
investigation to start ou1 from Chicago
will consist of Senators B :veridge of
Indiana, Dillingham of Vermont,
Brunham of New Hampshire, Nelson
of Minnesota, and Bard of California,
republicans; with Bate of Tennesee
and Heitfield of Idaho, democrats.
This committee, only a part of the
committee of territories, professes to
start out with an open mind, ready to
be influenced by what it finds as to
the material and moral resourses of
these territories, and their guarantees
of performance. The territories will
have to be admitted sooner or later,
and a few years one way or the other,
would make little dffiereuce in the
life of a nation.
Republicans figure that the demo-
cratic administration thai comes along
would surely admit them, and from
a republican point of view the now
dominent party might just as well
gain the favor in these communities
by conferring upon them the great
boon of statehood as to leave this
advantage to its ever-resourceful
opponent.
people the old contract which is the
basis of the suit, for another ten vears
but we do not believe that the people
will be deceived by this old company
any further, or by a reorganization of
the same crowd who, with a few new
members added, just as rapacious.
and just as ready to rob the people and
feed them on Darlington sewage as the
old organization ever was. This new
company never was heard of, Mr
Blake's letter to the contrary notwith-
standing, until an opportunity was of-
fered between Saturday night 12
o'clock and Monday morning 9"o'clock"
and during tha peuunuuy of a transfer
of this property, according to the ac-
cepted terms of the water company.
As to the truth of this statement
every member of the city council will
bear us witness.
In the first place we do not believe
that there is any new company organ-
ized, and if there is. no outside capital
is connected with it. It is the same old
crowd presenting themselves in a new-
form with the possible addition of Mr,
Lassen, who is to come into the deal
as soon as he is out of the brush with
his electric light contract. The city
administration jias been investigating
the claims of this uew company, and Who is trying to perpetuate the old
they feel warranted in continuing the | water comnu f,-.•
fight which tbey instituted on behalf T, f'anchise in this
of the people almost two years ago,) same crowd that flocked
and they expect to continue it to the !to "le reHef of thecompanv when thev
end- were in court.
First Pub. Nov. 13-21
Rpad Notice.
Notice is hereby given, lhat at si Ses-
sion of the board of commissioners
of Canadian county, Oklihoma Terri-
tory, held on the 28th day of October
A. D. 1902, a petition signed by J.
Worthington and others of El Rano
township, asking for a view and survey
for the purpose of locating a cartain
county road through tha southwest
quarter of section 7, township 12 north
of range 0 west, was presented and
that W. S. DeBaun, Frank C. Pagels
and (ieo. Crumley viewers and C. C.
Brown crunty surveyor, will meet at
the place of beginning of said road, on
the 25th day of November A. D. 1902
at 10 o'clock a. m. of said day, and
proceed to view and survey said road,
and give parties a hearing.
Done by order of the board of com-
missioners of Canadian county, Okla-
homa Territory,
[Seal] EARL BEEBK,
County Clerk and Clerk of said Board.
Thurston. Canadian County, Okla.
Nov. II, 1902.
EiitOr Democrat El Reno, Okla.
Dear Sir—I wish to state that Dr.
Broiles, the specialist of El Reno, has
cured my wife of falling out of hair
and has treated me for partial deafness
catarrh,biiliousness and indigestion all
of which is much improved and I am
so well pleased that I wish others
afliicted to know it and I recommend
this specialist as all right in all his
dealings with us. I write this for
publication. He also fitted me a pair
of nice spectacles which are perfect.
C. E. BRAKEFIELD.
Vhat do you think of a man who
will try to run the price of the water
works upon his own town. He is worse
than the man who swore there has al-
ways been "an abundance of pure
sparkling water."
The people of Canadian connty did
not cut statehood out of the campaign
as they were told to do: but they did
cut a good sized chunk out of Bill
Cross' majority.
The Great Rock Island Route.
SOUTH BOUND DEPARTS.
Train No. 1, daily 12-20 a m
Train No. 3, daily 12:25 p.' m.
Train No 35 daily except Sun. . 9:22 p m
-.-T/Viia Lawton Express except
S" Sunday 7:45 a.m.'
Train No. 51, local freight daily ex-
cept Sunday 5:00 p. m.
NORTH BOUND DEPARTS.
Train No. 2. daily 4:00 a. m
Train No. 4, daily 3:35 p m
Train No 36,daily except Sun. 7:27 am
Train No 130 daily, runs through to
Shawnee, O. T., via C. O & G
rnRailway- 9:00 p. m
Train No. 52, local freight dailv ex-
cept Sunday 8 H,-* e*
H. C. CALLAHAN, Agent
Telephone No. 9.
Choctaw Changes.
The following changes of time of
trains on the Choctaw, Oklahoma &
Gulf railroad carrying passengers he-
comes effective July fi, 1902.
EAST.
No. 2 Memphis ,
Mo. 4 Memphis I 00 ^
No. 8 Shawnee ° ±° P' m
p. in.
WEST
No0' \ wDVT' Am0rilla 3:00 a- -
No H weatherford 3:00 3:10 p.m.
e8w'Anth°ny 7:30 a.m
W. O. Shaffer, .Agent
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Hensley, T. F. The El Reno Democrat. (El Reno, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 8, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 13, 1902, newspaper, November 13, 1902; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc112308/m1/4/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.