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Bacon.
Do you remember what CUrlN
Lamb say* about ruaat pi*' llow b*
fa^la iato an erataay of laudatlno
•pelting ihe »ory name with small cap
Itala, an If the tower race wire too
••an for ouch a delicacy, and break
*°k away from the cheap encomium*
of the vulgar lonaue to ball It In
•ottor-1,16 Latin as prlnrlpi-s obsoator
um There Is some truth In hi* com
pUmetit*. no doubt. hut they are
waateful. eiresalve, Imprudent For
U all this praise Is to be lavished on
plain, fresh, Itumatute. roast pig. what
adjectives Shall we find for the riper.
Hcher, more subtle and sustaining
viand, broiled bacon ? asks llenry Van
Dyke, In Bcrlbnei s On roast pig s
nan cannot work; often he cannot
Bleep, If he have partaken of It Itn
Moderately Hut bacon "brings to Its
•Weetness no satiety.'* It strengthens
the arm while It satisfies the palate
Crisp, Juicy, savory; delicately salt as
the breeze tbut blows from the era:
dhlatly pungent as the blue smoko of
tacenso wafted from a clean wood Ore:
Aromatic, appetising, nourishing, a
Stimulant to the hunger which It ap-
peases, tls the matured bloom and
eonsuiimtut i of <he mild little pig
•pared by foresight for u nobler fate
than Juveulle roasting, and brought by
art and man s device to a perfection
eurpSHsliiL nature. All the problems
of woodland cookery are best solved
by the baron Ian method. And when
we say of one faeaplng great disaster
that he has "saved his bacon." we say
that the physical basis and the quin-
tesslnal comfort of his life are un-
touched and secure.
CONSTITITIOMI. CONVENTION
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New Plan to Save Child Labor.
A proposition to take all childrrn
under 14 yeurs of age from factories
and other places of employment and
send them to school has been made by
N. O. Nelson, a millionaire uuintifar
turer, to the women's clubs of 81
Louis. Mr. Nelson Is to pay the chll
dren half the amount they would re-
ceive for their work, and the clubs the
other half. The clubs have yet to give
their decision and, pending It. Mr Nil
son has undertaken to do the work
himself, says Header Magazine. He
haa Investigated for several weeks
past every application to the truant
officer for permits for children under
age to work In the factories, and has.
at fhe present writing, found seven
worthy cases. Kaeh week these chi!
dren call nt Nelson's oBIce and redt-ive
the money they would have lu-en paid
for working—an average of three dol-
lars a week Then the children have
been returned to their schools. In
less than one-thlnl of the cas.-s Inrvs
tlgated by Mr. Nelson did he Bod the
people lo be artually iu need of the
children's services
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£
1 Weekly levies* §1 to Work
keemtlUM by Am
Fraser* <1 Mm Ceesbbee
tt Mm lew State
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Kuger MTU* is rax inm iso in one
[ The distribution territorially gives I pa
fifty two representative* to Oklaho I of
! ms and fifty-one to Indian Territory. "
with two overlapping In which In
dlan Territory has rather the ad-
vantage.
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.age of laws for the regulation
architecture sod prohibiting ped-
dling of foods, medicines, etc.
Favorable action was taken on the
wetlon providing that the salary of
a public ofllcer shall not be changed
GOOD REASONS WHY THEY OE
SERVE YOUR SUPPORT.
In the senate. each territory gets 1 during his term except toy the opera-
eighteen members, with five chosen ] Hun of a law previously enacted
MEANS MUCH TO COMMUNITY
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must bo guarded by law.
Guthrie. O. T.. Feb. 2»—Tbe con
veutlon today, acting upon the ad-
vice of the probing committee, con-
firmed the Buffalo location and ex-
Guthri*. O. T.. Feb. 25. — Several
sections of tbc report on revenue
aud taxation were udopted In com
ml'*ce of tbe whole The taxes of
the state are to be levied upon prop
erty assessed at its actual csvb
value The fiscal year shall begin
on July 1 When the exp-uses for
any year exceed the revenues the
legislature may levy an additional I convention that \\ i11 tarns
tax to pay the deficiency, as well as
the estimated expenses of the enxu |
Ing year. The legislature shall also |
levy an annual lav to pay Interval
on tbe state debt. Tho power of
taxation shall never l>«- suspended |
or cotitrnrted a wav and takes shall
be uniform upon the same class of
subjects and shall be levied and col j
lifted for p'lbltc purpose
from overlapping territory. In i>ne
of these district*, however McClain
and Garvin counties are united with
Cleveland for tbe
senators, which would make It pos-
sible for the Indian Territory end to
I elect both In the district composed
I of Caddo and Grady It would be
• nit rated Williams and Minute Clerk about a standoff, while In tho Bayne-
Harper from tbe charges of graft. Muman district the Indian Territory
■ Affidavits have been received by district would probably have rather
An enforcement commissioner
with full power to enforce the
liquor laws of the state Is provided
election of two | for in a supplemental report of the
liquor traffic committee filed this
afternoon. lie is to command the
assistance of tbc attorney general,
county attorneys, sheriffs, etc., but
the grant of authority lu him does
not relieve them from responsibility
He ia at the Head of the Things
That Are Good for the
Town and Your-
self.
per bad an Interest In the townslto
of Buffalo, and tho Investigation be-
gan. After several weeks the prob-
ing committee concluded Its investi-
gation and reported today that tbe
evidence (alia to establish any proof
■•f graft on the part of Williams or
Harper.
The convention in committee of
and Har-1 ihe best of U. Greer. Garfield. I a ►
the whole, this afternoon, adopted a
The following property le exempt l'-" n *hat the legislature shall
from taxation: provide that all state nod congres-
Free public libraries, free mu ' alooal 1 "“'‘ I
seams. puhUc rcmeto.lc. property I 8u‘*" »h»ll be nominated
public
public
used exclusively for schuols, col
leges and for religious and chart
table purpose*, and all property of
the I’nlb-d States and of Counties
and municipalities In this state,
household gutsls of load* of fami
lies not exceeding $11X1 .value, all
growing crops ami tools, imple
mcnlit or live stock used in sup-
porting the family are exempted lo
the extent of $100. All ex-Confrdei
ale uni ex-Union soldier* and their
widows are exempted $20o. Ail
property of the Murrow Indian <)r-
t>ban Home in Coal county, Whit-
taker Orphan Home at Pryor (’reek
and all fraternal orders, orphans'
homes and other orphan homes and
all their charitable funds are also
exempt.
by a mandatory primary, also pro-
vide fur a stale election board, no
more than n majority of which shall
belong to any party. Provision
shall be made for election of 1'nlted
States senators by direct vote of
the people us soon its the federal
law will permit. Tbe portions of
the report of tbe election committee
which deal wlih the regulations fo*
tbt first state dectlon was referred
to the legal committee for an
opinion as to whether they contain
any Illegal features.
It. Sorrels, a merchant of Mr-
Alestcr, I. T., sent a telegram to the
convention today saying he would
lie one of fifty persona to give |1,000
to make up a fund of $50,000 to
meet the deficiency in the conven-
tion's expenses. This telegram was
ties from municipal taxation for
period not exceeding five years, to
Induce their locution. The legists-
m unlr I pa U t y1* 'by * a™ ms Jorlty'' 'vot e* of rPnd to 'bo •»<» received
Its electors.'to exempt manufactur- * tL^ municipal corporations com
“•« . a.r‘ fllcd Its report today. prnvl<f
lug that all cities of more than 3.500
I Inhabit ants may frame their own
charters under the limitations of
lure may authorize county and mu *,atn,«. ,BW uni, |h(. cons,„m|ou ant|
Wclpal corporations '*• ■«•'>' u tax , !oi„ve b„ar<1 of frw>hoWer«
H.r local improvements upon pro(* prenar„ the rhart(,r wMch. ,r
erty benefited, without regard to adopted by vote of the people, must
cash value. I bo approved by the governor before
As u means of enforcing the pro- going Into effect. The power of
vision that all property watch may initiative ami referendum la reserv-
l>« taxed ad valorem shall be assess- (K| to ull r|t|,.„ apeclai dictions oa
td at lla uctttal cash value, any franchises to be called within sixty
Trouble Ahead.
The trustees of the public library nt
Malden, Mass, unuounce that they
will not "put In circulation a novel
which a decent woman may not read
to a decent man without blushing." As
this is n standard of excellence which
cannot be applied a priori. It may be
necessary to upiMilut a committee to
exercise the novel censorship. The
difficulty of finding a decent man will
be equalled only by that of submitting
n decent woman to such an ordeal,
says the New York Post. The latter
might, after a time, grow hardened
and maintain a deathly pallor while
reading aloud from dubious works. It
would not always be easy to dlstln
gulsh a blush of modesty from what
novelists call “ a flush of vexation."
The man ndglit even blush while the
woman remained pale. aud. lastly, the
blushing might be caused not by the
book, but by the presence of the man.
Index to Prosperity.
The eurnlngs of the grent steel cor
poratlon afford an Infallible Index to
the prosperity of the country. Tho
figures for the calendar year 1906 are
Impressive, the total being over $156
619,000, again si $119,850,000 In 1905.
$73,176,000 in 1904. aud $109,271,000 In
1903. The showing for last year wus
a result of the phenomenal activity In
building, railroad construction and tm
proveinent aud steadily Increasing de-
mand for Iron and steel In every form.
And. continues Ihe Troy Times, the
business done by concerns outside Ihe
ao-called “trust" attained still larger
proportions. The new year begins with
mills overcrowded with orders, those
of the “trust'' yet unfilled amounting
to 8,489,718 tens, the largest ever
knowu. and the prospect* arc favors
ble to another record breaker.
If the Elkhart man who. In a Tit
of Jealousy, threw scalding coffee In
his pretty wife's face, disfiguring her
for Hfe. were to be tried before a Jury
of Women lie would doubtless be sen
teaeed to he boiled in oil. If he
had merely killed her be might have
some hope.
In Kansas City a man wus fined for
taking his wife across his kne<- and
spanking her. Evidently she did not
consider that she was in her second
childhood.
Now It is reported that another
eruption Is threatened of Mount \Y
suvtus. endangering the villages on
the side of the mountain. It certainly
looks as though the earth were trying
hard lo turn Itself Inside out without
the slightest regard for the feelings
of Its population.
If tho Swedish Investigator lia*^
really succeeded in overcoming gravl-
assessor who commits a willful er-
ror In the valuation shall forfeit his
office and otherwise he punished as
prescribed by the legislature.
Two sections providing for the
legislative body of the stnte were
adopted The house of representa-
tives v 111 couslst of 105 members,
elected biennially and to serve two
year*, three chosen at lljo first elec-
tion to serve until the fifteenth djy
afier the election lu lims, and the
legislature to convene ut the capital
within not more than thirty nor less
than fifteen days after the admis-
sion of the Btate. The senate is
composed of forfv members, to
serve four vi.ir- Those from ,-ve.i
numbered districts lit the first elec-
tion to serve until Ihe fifteenth day
after gent ral election of 190S, and
those from the odd numbered dts
Irlot* until the fifteenth duy after
the election of 1910. Tho senate
chooses Its own committees, taking
the matter out of the hands of the
lieutenant governor. Whether In
dlan Territory or Oklahoma sena-
tors get the best of the odd and
days, the vote on other matters to
bo taken at the geueral election. The
granting of a franchise for the con-
struction. purchuse. sale or lease of
gan. Comanche aud Pittsburg t-oun
tie* get one senator each. Oklaho
ma and Canadian together elect two
So do Lincoln and Fottaw atomic
and Caddo and Grady.
In several other cases three or
more rouulios arc joined to eject
two senator* These combination*
Include: Beckham. Dewey. Kills
and Koger Mills: Custer. Kiowa and
Washita: Carter. l«ove and Murray.
Haskell, McIntosh uud Mu.-kogec
Tbe combination districts which
have but one senator are: Beaver,
Cimarron, Harper and Texas: Wood
ward. Woods, Alfalfa: Blaine, King-
fisher and Major: Grant and Kay;
Osage, Noble and Pawnee; Monian
and Payne; Jefferson and Stevens:
Johnston and Marshall; Hughes and
Okfuskee; Pontotoc and Seminole;
Choctaw. McCurtatu and Pushmiitn-
ha; laitlmer and Leflore: Adair.
Delaware and Sequoyah; Cherokee.
Hayes and Rogers; Craig. Ottawa
and Nowata: Tulsa and Washing-
ton; Okmulgee Hnd Wagoner.
Tbe apparent Inti ntion of the
committee is to make twenty five
districts that will he certainly Demi*
cratle and thirteen .Republican with
three doubtful.
The "Jim Crow" section provid-
ing for separate coaches and wait-
ing rooms for negroes and whites In
Oklahoma went to Its final doom t(*
day. C. N. Haskell, of Muskogee,
burled the provision so deep that P
can never be revived, by moving to
table the section. The motion car-
ried by a vote of .74 to 82.
Tbe committee of nine lawyers up-
pointed by President Murray lust
week did the expected thing by re-
porting that a "Jim Crow" clause In
the constitution would be a race dis-
tinction, which is prohibited in the
-maiding act.
A department of labor Is created
hy action taken loday in the conven-
tion. It will be In charge of a labor
commissioner to lx* dieted by Un-
people. The legislature shall create
a board of arbitration and cancella-
first one to be eon*uli*d when tne
fanner Intends budng. He ahould be
teen and arrangements made (or the
purchase of the article, If h« does not
carry It In stock.
The home merchant advertises or
| should advertise, in the home paper
| This keeps the home paper In the Held
I and helps the community along. The
I people take the home paper because
I It gives all the local news that they
i cannot get any other way and thus the
I advertisements of tbe merchants are
! read by them If the people do not
(Copyright, by Alfred C. Clark.)
Tbe above bead ia a subject tbit
can well be treated as open for dia-
patronize the home merchant he can-
not afford to advertise, and without
advertising a paper will soon prove a
f,. ili.- iK-rformance of thdr official I ewmlon wad consideration at any and failure. Soon the home paper is sent
gyly I all times. It la also a subject that to the wall for the want of Support
Section 116 of the report on should Interest all persons who have from the merchants; It may have a
revenues and taxation referred to ** heart the welfare of the community I large circulation, but without the tner-
the legal advisory committee, was | In which he lives and who wishes to , chant s help it will soon be lost to
see It grow and prosper. sight. Then the merchant la next to
No (verson can afford to do what he set out pf business for the want of
knows will work an injury to the com support, aud the town will decrease In
munlty in which he lives. In Justice population, aud the people will won-
to himself he cannot refuse bis sup- | der what the trouble Is when !h«
port to the home Industries that are editor and thp merchant leave U,wn
striving for existence and the welfare j together,
of the town In which he goes to do his
trading.
In considering this question it
should he borne in mind that the coun-
try people, like all other American
citizens, are always on the lookout for
rc|>oiled back and adopted with an
amendment allowing that taxes be
levied for carrying on any business
vnteipiise In which the state may
engage. The e unmlltee reported
that the original section which per-
mitted levying taxes for public pur-
poses only would make the pro-
vision of Ibe hill of rights, permit-
ting the slate to engage lu business.
Ineffective.
Guthna, 0 T., March 1. — A nor-
mal annual salary list for state offi-
cers aggregating $131,300 has been I a l»ves' Mr mnm-v that
recommended Ivy tbe Committee on | wil1 bring them the biggest returns
nny public work must always he ap- ,,he, Klabor <l‘*P“rtmentI °f
-ir,iv,.,i I.v ...1- ,.r (S.. nMniA uh i — I *hlch •*'«' l«hor commissioner Is ex
officio chairman. An eight-hour law
sfcall be In effect in all state work
1 wherever performed within the
date.
A provision was adopted creating
proved hy voto of tho peoplo and n j !
franchise can be granted for a
longer period than twenty years.
The municipal ownership section
itads:
Every municipal corporation with-
in (bis elute shall have the light to
v ngage in nny business or enterprise
which may be engaged in hy any
person, firm or corporation hy vir-
tue of a franchise or privilege from
said corporation.
Severn I additional sections of the
report on taxation and revenues
were udopted today In committee of
the whole. Any officer of this state,
or county, towusht|i or municipality,
who shall receive any Interest or
profits from ihe use or loau of pub-
lic funds in his bands or funds rais-
ed through his agency from taxu-
lion, shall he guilty of a felonv.
The legislature Is given power to
provide for levying of lloense, frail-
an elective hoard of agriculture of
-jlcvra members, nine to bo practi-
cal farmers and two graduates of
sala-ies and compensations lu office.
The salaries ure distributed as
follows:
Governor, $o,00o; five justices of
supreme court. $1,090 each: twenty
district Judges, $!.0un each, attor-
ney general, $1.<Hjo. secretary of
slate. XJ.iMiO: slate treasurer. $3,600;
| three corporation commlssloncfl,
$2,000 e-ach; labor commissi, ner.
$2,500: insurance commissioner,
$2,500; examiner and Inspoctui of
accounts. $2,500: state .vud-tor,
$2,500; superintendent of pahlie- In-
struction, $2,7oo; chief mine in-
s (actor, $1,500; commissioner of
charities, $1,500; lieulem-nt gtrem-
or, $1,000; members of the ;»glsla-
ture, SO prr day; seventy fpi* coun-
ty Judges. $2,500 each.
A section was adopted providing
that the school funds of the state
shall he Invested la first mortgage*
on Improved farm lands, to 50 per
cent of i heir value without improve-
ments. Oklahoma slate bonds, coun-
ty bonds uf Oklahoma, school dis-
trict bonds of Oklahoma school ilia-
Diets and I'nlted States bonds, pre-
ference bdng given In the order
named.
A supplemental report of the rev-
enues and taxation committee, sub-
mitted tonight, provides that tho
maximum limit of taxation for all
purposes shall be 30 1-2 mills and
the maximum state debt $400,000,
end limits the Indebtedness of cities
lo 5 per cent of the foil valuation of
their property. They may incur an
rdditlonal 5 per cent debt for the
purchase or construction of public,
utilltl: a.
Locul upllonists made a last fight
for the least expenditure; In this they
are right and are justified In so doing,
but, nt the same time they should re-
member that they are dependent on
the home merchant for the money that
they send to foreign markets.
If they should stop to think how
The home merchant contributes to
I the support of the church, he pays
his taxes lo keep the schools up, he
contributes to the horse show, the fall
festival, and the hundred and one
thing* that he is supposed to help out
and give his *u|iport to. He Is at the
head of Ihe list for qveiything that Is
lor the good of the community and he
deserves Ihe honest and hearty co-
operation of all the people, all the
time, that are Interested In the wel-
fare of the community In which they
live. The merchant helps to elect the
men that are to represent them In the
these catalogue houses are operated, city, county, state and national af-
and look Into, and know, the true con- fairs, and he is ever on the go looking
dltion of affairs, probably they would j to the interests of the people,
reconsider the stand they had taken j The people like to be entertained
toward them. In many cases the peo- ’ and they will come many miles to
pie are ignorant of the true surround- some amusement given by Ihe mcr-
Ings and Inside operations of these ' chants of the town where they are
concerns and think they are doing ever ready to go to sell their farm
right in sending them their money, products. Tho merchant cannot give
They are led to believe that what they these entertainments unless he ha3
get front the catalogue house Is the the support of the people and it la not
same article thut the home merchant ; fair to expect this of the men that are
sells, only at a much lower price. The
majority of the people do not know
that they are buying the cheapest
article that can be manufactured and
striving for a livelihood, when the peo-
ple send their money to a concern In
some far away city that will neither
contribute to any of these enterprises
even district deal depends on how 1 eblse. gross revenue, excise, income,
the legislative apportionment com collateral aad direct inheritance, le-
mltlee number the districts. nary and succession taxes, also
\V. F. Hendricks, chairman of the graduated tax on these classes of
committee on agriculture, submit- j subjects; stamp, registration, q pro-
tod a report today. It recommends dnctlon and other specific taxes. The
a hoard of agriculture of eleven state shall not assume the debt of
members, nine to be practical farm
ers and two college graduates of Up-
state agricultural and mechanical
college and elected ns prescribed by
law. This board shall also have
Jurisdiction over animal Industry
and quarantine matters and be the
Imard of regents of the state col-
leges of agriculture, engineering and
applied sciences.
The Insurance committee report-
ed unfavorably on application t i al
low farmers to organize mutual
companies solely for the prole -thin
of farm product*, not subject to
regulations of the Insurance depart-
ment.
The convention Is becoming more
cautious, and today a committee to
give logul advice upon all question-
able propositions was appoinled by
the president as follows: Hayes.
Moore. Bob Williams, Leahy, Kane.
Asp. Ledbetter. Kornegay and Hen
shaw.
The committee on labor and arbi-
tration reported today recommend-
ing the creation of office of la-
bor commissioner, elected by the
people, to serve four years, the leg
islsture lo create a board of arbitra-
tion and cancellation with the labor
commissioner as ex-offlelo chairman
An eight-hour luw Is provided on ull
public works and the contracting of
convict labor prohibited. The cm
ployment of children under 14 years
in shop*, mills and factories Is pro-
hibited and the safety of employes
auy county or municipal sub-
division, unless contracted in times
of war or Invasion. The credit of
the state shall not be given or loan-
ed to any individual or corporation,
and the state shall not be the owner
or stockholder iu or make any dona-
tion to any company, corporation or
political sub-dlvislon. The legisla-
ture may provide for a poll tax on
all electors under 60 years old of $2
per annum.
After the legal advisory commit-
tee had reported that there are no
legal objections against tho Incor-
poration of a section giving the leg
islature the right to revoke, amend
or repeal nny charter or franchise
now exlsllng. or granted in tho fu-
ture, If It was injurious to the citi-
zens of the state, such a section
was Incorporated In the constitu-
tion.
the Stale Agricultural and Meehan! | today for a constitutional provision
ra| college. The convention lit rued
down a proposed provision to give
the legislature power to udopt the
Torrens land registration system.
Sectluus were adopted prohibiting
alien ownership of land, and prohib-
iting uny corporation from being
created or licensed for the purpose
of dcullng in land* outside of cities,
except for land necessary for addi-
tion* lo cities.
An innovation Is found In a sec-
tion of the report ou municipal cor-
porations adopted today. giving
cities of 2.000 inhabitants the right
to make their own charters. Cities
and towns now exlsllng are given
the right to retain all their present
rights until otherwise provided by
law- and additional tights conferred
by the constitution *
Washington. D. C„ Feb. 27. 1907.—
The tyib-oommtttee of the house
appropriations committee today re
Jecled the pra|u)sltlon to appropriate
$132-000 to meet the deficiency of
the Oklahoma constitutional con-
vention. Colonel Owens will take
It before the full committee. The
Republican leaders, including Me
Outre, of Oklahoma, will Insist that
If the appropriation is made. It shall
have a string to It that the conven-
tion shall construct a constitution
to meet the approval of President
Roosevelt. The Democratic leaders
claim Oklahoma Is not vet ready to
let Roosevelt or any other outsider
write a constitution for them They
will depend upon Ihe Democratic
senators to figure a way out to get
the appropriation without dishonor
to Oklahomu Democrats.
Guthrie. O. T„ Feb. 27. — The re-
port of the committee on legislative
apportionment was submitted to the
convention this afternoon. There
are very few differences between It
and the one agreed upou hy the
committee some time ago. published
at that time.
In the representative apportion-
ment the most Important change is
the giving of three representatives
to Oklahoma county, which had but
two before. Pottawatomie county
also gels three. tho<-> beiug the only
ones so honored. Caddo, which had
one and a half before, is raised to
Guthrie, 0. T„ Feb. 28. — The re-
port of the legislative apportion-
ment committee was adopted this
afternoon. Tbe portion fixing Hie
senatorial distiicts no that twea:y
five of them would be surely Demo-
cratic aud thirteen Republican, lie
cording to the Idea of Ihe commit-
tee. was adopted without a alnglv
change. There was considerable
opposition lo some of the districts,
but the organization tabled every
proposed amendment without giving
a chance for full debate.
A proposition prohibiting bucket
shops, which was declared to be-
st. i*. ing a local vote on the liquor
question In affected communities,
but were defeated by the prohibi-
tionists by a vote of 76 to 26.
The section which the local op-
llontsts wanted adopted reads:
"Whenever an amendment Is pro-
posed to any article or section of
the rnnstllutlon which applies only
lo a definite portion of Ihe state.
Hnid amendment shall be submitted
only to the voter* of the portion of
the state affected hy such artlclo or
section of the constitution, proposed
to be amended, and when a major-
ity of all the votes cast In such por-
tion of Ihe state to which such pro-
mised amendment Is submitted shall
be for the adoptiou of such amend-
ment the same shall become a part
nt this constitution."
The section was defeated by a
vote on a motion In slrikn out by
Di legnte Herring, a prohibitionist.
The champions of tbe section
staled that It was framed so as to
allow Indian Territory to vote alone
for or against prohibit ton In case
the state-wide prohibition clause
falls lo carry In the coining election
and the Oklahoma side remains
wot.
The sections adopted provide that
hy a majority vote of the members
of both Itntnches ot Ihe legislature s
proposed constitutional amendment
may lie submitted at the next gen-
eral election. The legislature by
two-thirds vote of each house may
submit It at a special election. A
proposed anu ndmeut is adopted up-
on a majority rote of the people. No
const I tv! limn I convention can he
called except ou a referendum vloe
and the qaesUcKi of calling a con
ventlnn shall !;■ submitted to the
p-ode at 1 -nsi once every twenty
vear* The constitution may also
ho amended by vola on gn initiative
petition
V/- J/k
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It's a Shell Game
-You Pay Your Money Without Knowing What You Are
Going to Get.
that they are In reality paying more
for an Inferior grade of goods than
those sold by the home merchant,
which probably cost them a few cents
more.
Since the catalogue house has
sprung into the commercial world and
begun operations in the United States,
all kinds of schemes have been tried
and worked lo get the money from
the people that are always looking for
bargains. No expense has been spared
In their struggle for the almighty dol-
or take an Interest In the surround-
ings thereof.
Home trading makes home indus-
tries. brings more to the town and
keeps them there, and It helps to build
up the place. But the town will be at
a stand-still so long as the people per
sist in this way of robbing the home
merchants of the right to live and do
business among them.
If Ihe people will keep their money
at home there will be no need for
complaint. The place will assume a
lar of the country i eople. and they lively air, it fill take on a metropoll-
hnve been so far successful, at the j tan look, and the people will say to
great expense oj tbe home town of the ( their neighbor that business is good.
people that sent their money to these
coneems.
Magazines have been started for
the sole benefit of the catalogue house,
ami these circulated among the coun-
try people at ten or 15 cents a year.
They build up a circulation on this
low price of hundreds of thousands;
this circulation brings to them mil-
lions of dollars In advertising from the
catalogue houses and this money ex-
pended for advertising Is more than
doubled from Ihe *alcs of these con-
cerns to the country people who are
losers by the transaction.
and II will be. as long as the people
continue to trade in the home mar-
kets. The least that a person can do
toward the betterment of the com-
munity and his own Interests, Is to
keep the money at home and see to ll
that It is put where It Is most needed
and wanted.
This should be a vital question to
all concerned Ip the welfare of his
community and it should be an estab-
lished rule that one should not seek
for things In other parts that he can
get at home.
FENTON J. LAWLER
long in a statute regarding crimes office.
Treasurer of Land Office Resigns.
—Clarence E. Buxton, of Oklahoma
("Itj". has resigned as treasurer of
the school land office, and is suc-
c< led bv A C. Seeley, of Watonga,
who resigns the position of book-
keeper in tbe territorial auditor's
Catalogues are sent out telling the
'^e Th,< w°rl(1 ls fu" of who can
country to buy. and it is. If the person ain,’,8f‘ ,he ordinary "tan. They can
receiving this catalogue wants a cheap ; *'lnK- ,|f,nce or recite in a manner most
article, not only in price, but also In I Phasing, but the poor man often goes
make and material. The fanner re begging for a woman who can sew on
ceives this catalogue, looks It over. ' '""Inns or mend his clothes; who can
and after reading the well composed cook his food with economy and tlavor
Former Cashier Is Arreoted. —I copy of the report i* In tho hands 1 20 rents' shortage on them. The1 How-master's letter to his father was
guarantee or assurance that the goods
described In it are the very best that
can tie found anywhere, sends in an
order. The house receives the order
and immediately ships the articles
to hts taste.—San Augustine Vldette.
Mias Myrtle Logging, the charming
editor of the Vldette, can make the
average mau out hunting for a wife
Imagine he Is being entertained by
l,yIlian K. Lane, former cashier of s' the district attorney, and while It
tho Indian agency, suspended last , has not Ivm made public, is said to
December following the discovery I contain statements made hy Latte
of tt shortage of $7,800 in the agency which Implicate others.
accounts, was arrested at Musko- I -
geo, charged with the embezzle ' Contetted Bill For 20 Cents. — A
nient. Lane w»s arraigned before I novel suit In United States Com
United States Commissioner W. K mis.tloner Hoyt's court at Muskogee
Hoyt and his preliminary hearing I was irled last week, 20 cents being
set for March 15. He gave bond iu the amount Involved. The artlon
wus Im-ught by U. F. Garner, a
hanker, formerly of Warner, I. T.,
who wanted lo repleven his house-
hold goods from the Midland Valley
railroad after he had refused to pay 1 Lee.
It was during this trial that $2uu.
the stint of $2.5iib. The arrest f .
lows the filing of a report with the
department of justice after Inspec-
tor Schoolev spent several weeks
here i:t\< stigniing the shortage \
'Farmer Hurt on Buzz Saw.—John , Will Run Daily on Oil Train. —
Bayless, a farmer living south of j Contracts have been closed by the
Auburn, met w ith u serious accident , Prairie Ola and lias Company, West-
while working on a buzz saw. which ! ern branch of tbe Standard, for a
may result in the amputation of th«* i dally oil train from the Glenn pool
eutire hand. At the time of the ac j to Beaumont. Tex., where the Stan-
eldcnt Bayless was taking wood ; dard maintains a large refinery. It
from a buzz .taw at the home of | will be In operation within thirty
John Baxter. As he reached after!days and will commence taking
the wood near the saw he turned to 1 3.(hj0 barrels of oil dntly- The Gulf strong ease
address Baxter and struck bis hand pipe Line Company has a dull)’ oli ■— ■
against the saw. The third nuckle train from the Ulcnti pool to .Port Bank Examiner Resigns. — My
was 'oru out. the index finger was I Arthur, Tex. ' rott R. Sturtevant, national bank ex-
cut off. the bone of the thumb shat j - 1 amtner for Oklahoma for the past
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goods were shipped front Warner to introduced rs evidence, showing
Muskogee and the railroad company 'hut I ce and Dowmaster hud drawn
charged the plaintiff In the action B straws to determine which one
cents per day for storage. The should plead guilty and exonerate
costs in the cstte amounted to $6 10. the other. Bowmastor drew the
to say nothing of tho lawyer's fees. 5 short straw ami stood pat. I»v *
■ case hits not yet been acted upon. 5
Draws Short Straw. — In the dis-! --
trlct court at I’erry Judge Bayard Territory Postoffice Robbed. —
T Ilalner sentenced Charles Bow- The post office at Russett was en-
ntaster to serve two years In the tered by burglars sum,- lime during
lanslng penitentiary for stealing the night and all the valuables ta
horses. Bow-master pleaded guilty, keu. including stamps and several
exonerating his partner. Charles letters. Tin- loss amounted to about
Franks, indicted for burglary In accept that of cashier of the Cen
connection with the robbery of the tral National Bank, of St. Louis. His
Asher Slate Bank of $3,400 two j resignation will take effect immt-
mnuths ago. asked Judge Harwell diately. It is not kuown who bis
lor time to plead Franks and Me successor will be.
Cullough were caught ill Oklahoma!
city by Sum Bsitell and about Summoned as .* Witness. — When
$1,300 of the bank s cash was found j D. F. Wlnchell. president of the
them The territory claim*
Rock Island railroad, stepped off his
private car at Enid he was served
with a subpoena to appear April 16
as a witness In a mandamus suit
filed last November by Territorial
wanted. The farmer drives many Hn angel, whether he does his court-
miles to gel them and when the box is ; ing In the kitchen or in the parlor,
opened It Is found lo contain some- Those east Texas girls have a wonder-
thins much below his expectations, \ ful knack fof flavoring a man's life
hut this does noi satisfy his mind on to suit his taste, whether he be rich
the fact that he ha* been duped anti ! or poor.—Houston Post
that he l« jiot gettlrc his full money
value. In a second order he may be
treated the same as the first one. but
dill he may think that he has saved
money by baying It where he could
get It cheap.
At the same time Ihe merchant at
home has the goods on the shelf In
his ttnre waiting for them to be taken
away so that he can replace them with
newer goods, thereby keeping hie
stock fresh and up-to-date. If he has
not the article wanted he can order It
Origin of "Helpmeet.”
"Helpmeet" has had a curious his-
tory which began with Ihe biblical
account of the creation, when "the
Lord God said. It Is not good that
the man should be alone: I will mako
hint an help meet for him." That Is
to say, a fit assistant. But the two
words hove become curiously combin-
ed Into a "helpmeet.” and they are
constantly used as one. Moreover,
the confusion Is increased by the cor-
from the whole-ale. or manufactur*.- niplion of the words Into "helpmate"
and It will be sent to the purchaser I and Macaulay writes of the waiting
In ns good condition and short time I woman who was "generally conslder-
as If It had b««en otxb-red front a cata ed as the most suitable help mate for
logne house. The home merchant's a parson."
bu-iiiicsH must be kept up and In order ---
to do this II is alt dutely necessary , Clever French Imitation,
that the people al home patronize j The French manufacture a paper
him aud help him keep up wllh the linen so cleverly that It is almost ini-
tlmes, or else he will soon be out of possible, without examination, to dc-
the struggle for existence among the tect the difference between It and dam-
country people. . ask; and even to the touch tho ar-
The home merchant should not be tides made of papier lingo are very
expected Hi pay yic^l.lghest price for [ much like linen, anti a.* t often used lu
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Johnson, Jeremiah & Korns, Edward F. The Republican News Journal. (Newkirk, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, March 8, 1907, newspaper, March 8, 1907; Newkirk, Oklahoma Territory. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1172150/m1/4/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.