The Peoples Voice (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, December 1, 1905 Page: 6 of 8
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THE PEOPLE'S VOICE
NORMAN,
OKLA.
BLIZZARD SWEPT
FIRST STORM OF SEASON IS RAG-
ING IN THE NORTHWEST—FROM
MONTANA TO MICHIGAN
NEW STATfc NOTES
The stockholders of the CHI/ens'
bank at Brick have petitioned to reor-
ganize that bank as the First Na-
tional.
About fifty dollars In money and a
considerable amount of goods were
stolen one night last week from the
store of G. W. Bailey at Gracemont.
William A. Austin of Wayne, I T„
has been granted a patent on a rail-
way tie.
May Bazler, the girl who shot Joe
Burkhart, a bartender at Enid last
week, has been held on the charge ot
murder. Burkhart died from the ef-
fects of the shooting which, it is now
claimed, was the result of jealousy.
J, R. Skeen, an old soldier, whose
home was near Wagoner, was killed
Instantly by being run over and
crushed by a M., K. & T. freight train.
Being defective in both sight and
hearing, Skeen did not know the train
wafl approaching.
Seven horses affected with glanders,
have been killed recently in Blaine
county by order of the territorial sani-
tary board.
The United States district court is
in session at Eufaula, with Judge Sulz-
bficher presiding. There are about
seventy criminal cases on the docket
for trial, among which are several im-
portant murder cases. The court will
be in session for about two weeks.
SHIPPING ACCIDENTS OH CREAT LAKES
Snow Accompanied By High Winds In-
terferes with Traffic—Temperature
is Rapidly Falling—Zero Weather in
Many Places
ST. PAUL: A Wizard of exceptional
fury has sweept over the entire north-
west. Out in the prairie towns of North
and South Dakota, in the hills of the
Red river valley and throughout Min-
nesota and Wisconsin, the storm is one
of the heaviest in many years.
The storm struck the twin cities on
the 28th. In St. Paul sixty miles an
hour is the estimate of its velocity.
At Moorhead, Minn., the mercury
hovered close to the zero point. Busi-
ness was generally suspended and
street car service was blocked. At
Larimore, N. D., the wind piled the
snow in drifts, and train service was
badly demoralized.
Rapidly lowering temperatures are
reported from all parts of the state,
with no indications of a let-up in the
fury of the storm. Railway service
is demoralized, many trains having
been annulled.
From northwestern Wisconsin re-
ports were received of high winds with
snow. Around Washburn the snow
lies in drifts from one to four feet
deep. In St. Paul and Minneapolis a
heavy snow fell.
The two MeAlesters are having a
severo time with burglars. Scarcely
a night passes that from one to four
houses are not vialted.
Andrew Carnegie, in a letter to the
city council, offers $10,0(50 for a public
library in Muskogee, if the city will
maintain the library out of public
funds.
While traveling between Atoka and
Wapanucka, M. A. Jones, the Choctaw
permit collector, was met by highway-
men who, at the point of revolvers, de-
manded h-is money. Mr. Jones had
between $225 and $250 in his posses-
sion, which was secured by the high-
waymen.
While driving from Agra to Chand
ler Charles Welliver and wife were
thrown from their buggy by a runaway
and dangerously injured. A small
boy with a shotgun lired at a squirrel
near the team and frightened the
horses so that they ran away. Both
Mr. and Mrs. Welliver are quite old,
and the accident may prove fatal.
The Storm on the Lakes
DETROIT, MICH.: Lake Superior,
from Duluth to the Soo, the upper pen-
insula of Michigan, the upper ends
of Lake Huron and Michigan and
the northern counties of lower Michi-
gan have been swept by a terriffic
wind and snow storm and a number
of shipping accidents have been re-
ported. The blizzard raged with a ve-
locity of 40 miles to GO miles an hour
and all the harbors from Port Huron
and from Saulte Ste. Marie north on
Lake Superior are filled with vessels,
which have run in for shelter.
BOY'S TERRIBLE DEATH
Falls from Tree and Is Impaled Upon
Sharp Stick
SHAWNEE: Earl Colwell, aged thir-
teen, died from injuries received from
a fall from a tree. He was gathering
mistletoe with his sister, Isi, and
Laura Husleman for a Thanksgiving
party, when a limb of the tree broke
under him. In falling he struck upon
a short, sharp stick, which was driven
through the thick of his thigh into
his groin. He was taken at once to the
hospital and evert.ted upon and the
stick upon which he was impaled re-
moved. They could do nothing, and
the boy, although retaining conscious-
ness almost to the last, sank rapidly
and died in a few hours after the ac-
cident.
The stick was about one and a half
inches in diameter and fully ten inches
long, and since almost the whole of It
had been forced into the flesh, no hope
was entertained from the first.
NOFFSINGER BILL INEFFECTIVE
No Discrimination When Railroad
Treats All Alike
GUTHRIE: J. B. Norton, of Ponca
City, ex-speaker of the lower house; of
the Oklahoma legislature, and a promi-
nent grain dealer, who was here for
the political gathering the last of the
week, takes rather a pessimistic view
of the prospects for relief in the mat-
ter of getting cars to ship grain. Ho
sees no prospect for immediate im-
provement in present conditions, and
does not believe that proceedings un-
der the Noffsinger bill would really be
of any assistance.
"In spite of the reports which have
been published about the matter, 1
am sure that no suits of that kind have
been brought," he said. "Of course, if
there had been discrimination, that
would be the way to get at it, but
when a road is treating everybody
alike and simply has more business
than it can handle, there is nothing
to be gained by suing it. It would
be just a parallel case if you should
sue a hotel man because he couldn't
give you a bed, if you happened to
come in when there was a big crowd
in town."
Farmers' Cooperative
Union of America.
At a family reunion of Mr. and Mrs.
I. T. Hesser of Stillwater recently, one
hundred and sixteen members, all di-
rect descendants and intermarried,
were present. The occasion was the
celebration of the forty-ninth wedding
anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Hesser.
All the ohildren except one—Mrs. Eva
B. Wickham of Salem, Nebraska—re-
side in Oklahoma.
IMPORTANT WORK MAPPED OUT,
State Officials to Devise Scheme fop
Regulating Life Insurance.
The national conference of state of-
ficials to devise laws and regulations
for the better control of insurance
The Santa Fe railroad has appealed
to the supreme court the case wherein
Samuel Calhoun, a boy whose foot was
alleged to have been cut off at Ed-
mond, was given judgment against the
company for $10,000. He sued for
$25,000.
The city council of Shawnee has
granted a twenty-one-year franchise to
the Shawnee Gas Light company. A
$250 000 coal gas plant Is being
erected.
F. L. Cawthorn, owner of the cotton
gin ot Cleveland, bought something
more than one hundred thousand
pounds of cotton in one day recently,
for which he paid $3,500. This is a
record breaker for Cleveland In the
cotton line.
ACADEMY AT CORDELL
German Reformed Church Makes Con-
tract for its Erection
GUTHRIE: The contract has been
executed by both the local committee j
and the New York Educational Board j
of the German Reformed Church for ]
the erection of a denominational acad-
emy at Cordell, the actual work to be-
gin within ninety days and the build- ■
ing to be completed by the time the ^
school year commences in 190G. The
contract price is $10,000, the citizens
of Cordell giving $5,000 and the site.
This is the first school located by
this denomination in Oklahoma. It will
be a two-story structure of red pressed
brick, with buff brick and white stone
trimming and heating devices. It will
contain nine recitation rooms.
TEXAS HAS BEEN DISCOVERED
There is no use in attempting to
hide or disguise the fact that Texas
has been discovered. Her vast ex-
panse was discovered years and years
ago; then came the discovery of a
productiveness that encompassed all
the standard cereals and cotton; a lit-
tle later somebody found out that there
was a world of honey and wool in this
great commonwealth; then some smart
fellow found out that there was some
iron ore in this State that was the
finest that the earth bore for castings
in which durability and toughness was
a prime requisite; then along camo a
lumberman and settled down in our
forests and began to show the wait-
ing world that this was the place to
get the biggest and finest planks that
a tree would yield; then somebody
punched a hole in the ground and
there sprang up wells of healing wa-
ters, and its running across the prai-
ries produced a fructifying that has
no equal on earth; then a more ad-
venturous man punched a deeper hole
and his crop of gushing oil has been
the greatest wonder of the world;
some pesky Yankee planted some
peach trees down in the eastern part
I of the State and the result was that
i the world has never been satisfied
that any other place could produce
any more good peaches, and another
Yankee planted some muskmelon sead
: in the Panhandle regions and the crop
put to blush the "nutmegs" of Colora-
do for sweetness, and those of the
Green Mountain State for profitable-
ness. After this a pest' came along
and ate up the cotton, and somo
I bloomin' hayseed got mad and turned
a flock of turkeys loose in the patch
and the weevils disappeared and the
turkeys weighed more than those of
the famous Land of the Raging Kaw.
1 Yesiree, Texas has been discovered
and has been caught in the act, and
the whole world knows that they are
i coming in by the solid train load and
are making the "desert places to blos-
som as the rose." One day last week
2,000 people passed through the gate-
wavs of Texas hunting for "real good
places to live," and there is no account
of any of them failing to find what he
wanted.
There is nothing to be alarmed over
if a few men creep into the Union
whose motives are purely selfish. If
we find that some practical politicians
have crept in that they may make
capital of the order we need not be at
all alarmed. This is a testimony of
the worth of the organization. It at
times it seems that the political wire-
worker is about to succeed in getting
the upper hand in the affairs of the
Union it is not the time to be discour-
aged; it is the time for the laity to
"get busy" running things. There
are commercial and political organiza-
tions that have fattened on the farmer
throughout all the history of the past,
and that these continue their efforts
to "work" a profitable field is only
natural. It is this sort of thing that
makes organized efforts along educa-
tional lines so necessary. It is thi9
sort of thing that makes it necessary
to "put only Americans on guard."
That there are attempts to "run the
thing into politics" and to ride it for
personal gain is as natural a conse-
quence as that of growth of the order.
Simply keep busy sowing the seeds of
self-help and educating the habit of
thrift and independence. In others
words do all the work you can, get
your neighbors to do the same thing,
and then trust the Lord and the sea-
sons to do the rest.
7?xyz4s i> oz&zw
lompanies, to be held after the New
York committee has completed its in-
vestigation, will be called by Insur-
ance Commissioner O'Brien of Minne-
sota, who has reported to Gov. John-
son of Minnesota the plan whereby
control of the insurance companies is
to be secured through identical action
by all states, and announced its ap-
proval by President Roosevelt, with
whom he had discussed the subject.
PAWHUSKA PLAT HELD UP
One Board Turned Down Bill
GUTHRIE: The commissioners of |
Logan county have commenced an ac-
tion in the district court at Stillwater
against the commissioners of Payne j
county to recover half the cost of con- |
siructing a joint bridge at Coyle, con- j
nesting the two counties. The bridge
is across the Cimarron river. The last
legislature passed an act authorizing
the counties to so construct a joint
bridge, and last summer the board
agreed to build the Coyle bridge. When
the work was completed the entire
bill was sent to Logan county, where
half of the bill was paid and the other
half sent to Payne county for collec-
tion. The Payne county board turned
down the bill, claiming that the bridge
had cost more than the contract price
HEARST SCORES A POINT
The Unions should not forget the
National meeting called to take place
at Texarkana on Tuesday, December
5 1S05. The purpose of this meeting
is to organize a National Union, if af-
ter (looking conditions in the face,
such a step should be deemed desir-
able. There are many serious mat-
ters that will demand attention and
grave attention at that. These be
limes when there are many "wheels
within wheels," and to avoid the devil
and the deep sea at all times will re-
quire careful manipulation. There
will spring up elements here and there
that need toning down and there are
those that need careful nursing and
watching. The basis of representa-
tion is liberal, but should be taken ad-
vantage of by every Union. It is as
follows: One delegate at large for each
State Union: one delegate for every
2500 members of each state Union;
and one delegate from each state hav-
ing one or more local unions, but hav-
ing no State Union. Let us send men
who are capable, honest and willing
to work for the common interests of
farmers.
What are you reading nowadays?
These nights are long, and there are
none of us who might not find plenty
to do with books and papers. For
goodness sake don't for a moment
waste any time reading cheap trash
so long as we have the immortal Bun-
yan, Shakespeare, Dickens, Scott and
our beloved Longfellow, Ralph Waldo
Emerson and a host of others for
whose company we do not have to ap-
ologize anywhere and under any cir-
cumstances. Then, to those who have*
not an intimate acquaintance with it,
there is a world of mighty good read-
ing in the old family Bible. It is full
of all the sentiments of life. Tho
songs of David, the wisdom of Solo-
mon, the stories and history of the
Bible historians is constantly awkaen-
ing new revelations, while the laws ol
life, telling all the dtity of man to his
fellow man and to his God are found
there. _ Yes, it is a rather old book,
but it is the newest piece of litera-
ture you could put into the hands of
some of-our old as well as young peo-
ple.
These fine autumn nights are mighty
fine for holding all sorts of social
meetings at the school house. Have
you had your spelling match yet?
Then, too there is a barrel of fun in
a good old fashioned debate on some
old familiar question. What is finer
than some of the voices of the girls
and boys? Then there is a world of
fun in weighing parties—but, pshaw,
the world is just chock full of fun for
those that are hunting for it. Then
there is a serious side to life too, and
those that have not the gift of song
and mirth may say some good things
about the duties and sweetness of the
right sort of life. At any rate get to-
gether in a social way. That is the
side of life that after all is worth llv-
ng. Remember that "all work and no
play makes Jack a dull boy."
The superintendent of the Stillwater
schools has started out on a new line
by establishing a monthly paper, to
be known as the Stillwater School
Record, to be devoted to the interests
of the public schools of the city.
Through the territorial bank com-
missioner it is learned that the state
banks at Nardin and Roosevelt have
filed notice of voluntary liquidation.
One of the largest gas wells yet re-
ported was recently "brought in" from
Coweta. The estimate places the out-
put at between four and five million
cubic feet.
Oklahoma county, according to a re-
port from the county superintendent,
has 11.G17 pupils enrolled in Its publiy
school#.
Alleged Irregularities in Survey Given
as Primary Cause
GUTHRIE: Attorneys employed by
citizens of Pawhuska, have wired Sec-
retary Hitchcock of the interior depart-
ment, asking that he withhold his ap-
proval of the town-plat of Pawhuska,
as recently filed with him, until the
attorneys reach Washington and pre-
sent numerous objections to the plat
as filed. The complainants allege the
final townslte survey incorrect and
have had a re-survey made which will
be taken to Washington by the attor-
neys. It is understood that these com-
plaints result in great part from per-
sons who have made improvements on
land since March 3, last, and who are
not satisfied with the secretary's rul-
ing that all lots Improved since that
date must be sold at public auction
the same as unimproved lots. These
same parties asked Captain Frank
Frantz to take the matter up with the
department while in Washington af.
the present time, but word has not.
been received from him thus far re-
garding the matter.
Supreme Court Rules that Intent of
Voters Must be Considered
NEW YORK: Justice Geigerich in
the supreme court has handed down
an opinion on the question of counting
ballots which have a mark in the cir-
cle of the republican ticket and the
circle over Mr. Jerome's name and
also in the voting space before Mr.
Hearst's name and the voting space
before Mr. Jerome's name, the ques-
tion being whether the additional
mark in the circle above Jerome's
name affects tho ballot. Justice Geige-
rich decided that it did not, the in-
tention of the voter being clearly
shown to vote for Hearst for mayor,
Jerome for district atorney and for
the other candidates of all other ot-
fices, unless it appeared that the mark-
ing was made for the purpose of Iden-
tifying the ballot.
Justice Geigerich further decided
that all the ballots ir dispute should
be counted for Jerome for the dis-
trict attorneyship and for the candi-
dates for other offices as mentioned
in his opinion.
The Farmers Union and the Cotton
Growers Association have practically
two million bales of cotton pledged to
be held for 15 cents. When conditions
were compared and a 11-cent basis
was established, it met with jeers and
opposition in many quarters, and the
many "break-overs" that occurred all
but spoilt the plan, but enough wore
faithful to carry it out, and 11 cents
came. Now a new cast has been
made and 15 cents is the price. It is
not argued that 15 cents some 30, GO.
90 or more days hence, Is worth 15
cents now, or some three months ago.
Those who hold have to get a higher
price to compensate for risk, care,
losses in weight, storage and loss of
use of money—the argument is that
under present conditions the farmer is
about as able to hold his cotton as the
speculator is. and he can do it at less
expense, and he Is asked to do this.
There is not a particle of doubt about
the plan succeeding—It must succeed,
or else farmers will get a backset that
The faults of distribution are our
faults and we have only ourselves to
blame for any irregularities.
will stay progress for years. The oc-
casion is presented for farmers to "for-
j ward march" and manage and control
| the cotton market of the world. Will
, he do it? Can he do It? He has done
I it, and Is doing it, and the only ques-
; tion is left in his own hands, and is
"Will he do it?" It is up to him now.
The Farmers Union cou^l do noth-
ing of more benefit to that class it
proposes to represent; that is, tho
farmers, than by Insisting on good
I roads. They are an absolute necessi-
; ty for thrift and prosperity in agri-
I culture. For whatever a man may
raise, it Is worthless to him if he can
' not get a market with it in a cheap
way. Complaints are read in the
papers every day about this or that
j town suffering for trade because other
towns have good roads leading to
them, and the farmers take Buch roads
i when they haul their products to mar-
! kct. The farmer has the right to a
■ good road to the nearest town.—
! Dallas News.
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