The Prague Patriot (Prague, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 14, 1908 Page: 2 of 8
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The Prague Patriot' GENERAL NEWS NOTES
B S. EDWARDS. PUB
OKLAHOMA
NEW STATE NOTES
SihIi s iji: i iiilendent Cameron ii
S'ii.i:nu din cliciilar. to all of the
c. iinli • iipri it. ri'iuli'iils over the state
v, tin in if the postponement of
>< "I in tn -• under tli >
'is < the Williams bill un-
I nlli Tin dav in July. New
1 a I" In* elected, a dlrectoi
"'sr.- a clerk for I wo and
a tie i :uri for one y .11. The pres
• ■in boards have no power to cmplo*
leacl.i;: 01 make any contracts be-
.vend their term of offic •
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til the
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for thi
BRIEF REVIEW OF THE NEWS
OF THE WEEK
$2,000,000 FIRT AT ATLANTA
wo Solid Business Blocks Are In
Ruins—No Lives Lost
ATLANTA, OA : Two solid busi-
OKLAHOMA STATE NEWS
BUYING PAINT BLINDLY.
Latest News Happenings Condensed for the Busy Readers
Many people look upon paint buy-
ing as a lottery and so it is, the way
| they do it. It is not necessarily so,
however. Pure White Lead and lin-
seed oil are the essential elements of
good paint. Adulterants in white lead
can be easily found by the use of a
Oklahoma Ru„r m. Tl, „l, ... i blowpipe. Adulterations in linseed oil
Oklahomajupreme Cour' Thmks Ne- , Attorney General Allows the Merger ran be detw.twl with a falr dogree of
Case to Go Over certainty. See that these two elements
'•I rllRIE: Wiih ihe promise of
RECOMMENDED A REPRIEVE
GIVEN MORE TIME
gro Was lllegaly Convicted
GUTHKIE: If the adviet of the
members of the supreme court is fol-
11 s blocks ol Atlanta are in ruins as 1 lowed, Oovernor Haskell will proba-
i; bin1 s entered tie general mar
(iianil.: st mi ill' Dunn ti Reynolds,
a 1 S.r, anna, last w eek, and loaded the
sal'i 1 11 .1 truck and hauled it lo the
out l.i I i f the tuwu W here they blew
i! 1 pen with po\ul r stolen from the
About $lil was secured from
i':e at" and .1 s nail am nint of goods
v.' 1 taken from the store. The ex-
** akem (| the citi/i lis, but tin
e.ipi-d without belli;.; idem'
pint
10I1
lie:!
The charter board of Tulsa has com
I'll ted Its work and the act providing
for a new form of government is
ready to be submitted to the voters
of the city. The charter provides for
the initiative and referendum and re-
call. municipal ownership of public j tional Harvester company of New
the irsult of a lire which &kreatened
for a time lo carry its obstruction
through the business section of the
Mty and perhaps wipe out the entire
down town district.
The tire l(i e- may approximate
000,000.
1 The Terminal hotel, one of the
largest in th< city, was totally de-
slro;.eil. It had on its register 2110
guests when the lire started a block
;tway. Every one escaped.
Near li.v were several other small
lintels, but In these there was no loss
of life.
MISSOURI OUSTER HEARING
Attempts to Drive Out International
Harvester Company
JEFFERSON CITY: Taking of tes
I ti 111 < 111 > in the ipiu warranto proceed-
ings brought by Attorney Oeneral
lindley some time since against the
International Harvester company of
America has begun.
The charges are that Ihe company
is in a pool or trust with the Interna-
bly grant a reprieve to Will Johnson,
the negro who pleaded guilty of the
murder of Mrs. Mary Ouppy, near
Shawnee a few weeks ago, and was
sentenced to be hanged on May 22
pending a new trial of the case. In
the opinion written by Justice Dunn
and signed by all of the justices, the
court says: "We have no power to
reverse this judgment as no cause is
betore us, but we are of the opinion
that there are such irregularities dis.-
closed by the record that we cannot
say that the defendant was convicted
according to the forms of law."
representatives of the roads that the
Kock Island Frisco merger would
eventually be dissolved, Attorney Gen-
are pure and properly put on and the
paint will stay put.
National Lead Company, Wood-
bridge, Building, New York City, will
era! West has agreed that proceed- send a blowpipe outfit and instruc-
ings against the roads should be held tions for testing both white lead and
up for the present to allow the rail Unseed oil, on request.
loads to carry out their part of the
utilities, eight hour day on city work,
a park hoard and a system of muni-
cipal parks.
Si .ion is rife in Kingfisher
count* There is ,1 well developed
move on foot to cut oil a strip three
or four miles wide, and as long as de-
sired, from the eastern side of the
county and annex it to Logan county.
The failure of the Kingfisher county
commissioners to heed the prayers of
citizens In this strip for bridges is
responsible for the secession move.
Petitions are being circulated and an
ection doubtless will be called at an
early date.
The secretary of interior has ap-
pointed John 1). Benedict, supervisor
if Indian schools, 11s me member of
the apprais mcnt hoard t;i serve with
II it. Hell, of Vinita, appointed 1
Chief Rogers, to appraise the prop
'it; of the Cherokee Female seminar*
it Tahlequah with 11 view of selling
the property to the state for a normal
school.
Mrs. Mary Brown, of Shawnee, has
sued Sheriff Price of Pottawatomie
county for $2,500 damages for entei
ing her house without her permission
and seizing a barrel of whiskey con
signed to William Brown. This suit
is to test tin light of officers without
Jersey, by which rates are fixed and
competition eliminated so far as the
lonsunicis uf agricultural implements
'ti this state are concerned. The pe-
tition recites the taking over in 1902
of the McCormick company of Chica-
go, the I'lano company of Illinois, the
Warden-llushnel and Glessner com-
pany of Ohio, file I). M. Osborne com-
pany of ,\ew York, and ihe Aultman,
Miller ti Company, of New York, to
form the Harvester company of New
Jersey, and the formation of the Har-
vester company of America, which is
the sole agent of the New Jersey com-
pany in this state.
CAN'T EXCHANGE LEASES
'Coal Land" Provision to be Dropped
from the McGuire Bil
\\ ASIIINOTON: That provision of
the McGuire restrictions bill giving
coal operators in Oklahoma the right
(0 exchange leases on poor coal lands
for leases on good coal lands will be
stricken from the bill on the floor of
Ihe senate. Senator Owen polled the
Indian committee and secured consent
to strike it out. The provision was
inserted by the senate committee
upon the request of the interior de-
partment. Some of the senators be-
lieved that it was a scheme to help
the operators at the expense of the
Indians and to avoid any suspicion
Too Much Rain Only Drawback
GI'THRIE: Too much rain is thi
chief hindrance to a bunt!".* wheat
crop in Oklahoma, acc e I'm.; to the
report made by C. F. Prnuty, secre-
tary of the Oklahoma G.-a'n !>".Urs
association. The excessive rj'tis of
the past, few weeks li.tv.' grull*
damaged the crop in so.ne ? etions
of the new state, an utliat unless dri< .
conditions prevail shortly there will be
a serious shortage. As yet the om\
reports of damage done by the Hes-
sian fly have come from K;.y county,
which is located in the nor it tier of
counties, about fifty -nil's -outh of
Wichita. In other secti >n-s of -h1
state no injury has been reported
from the insects.
agreement.
Ihe conference was in pursuance
of an agreement made at the former
conference in March. It was stated
by the attorneys for the railroads
that the relations between the roads
would ultimately be disentangled,
though the time or manner of it
could not be determined now. |)e-
cause of the interests affected being
the largest taxpayer in the state, con '
The Details.
"The particulars—?"
"Well, Capt. Peebles was shot In the
back, originally, and went around with
his back bent a good deal like an in-
terrogation mark, until he got a port-
ly slab of hack pension. Then h<j
straightened up his back until it was
decidedly concave instead of consider-
ably convex, dyed his whiskers a
fighting black and set out in pursuit
of a buxom widow, who, being a
eluding
ability.
capture to the very best of her
-Smart Set.
ervatism in dealing with the question widow, knew exactly how to be caught
was advocated by the railroads. On while maintaining all the symptoms of
the part of the state it was recog
nized that if unjust freight rates pro
lueed by noil-competitive freight eon
(litions could be in part obviated,
that delay until business conditions
-lettleil might he allowed before a tin
ill settlement of the question.
WOMAN BURNED TO DEATH
Mrs. Sloan Found in Yard With Her
Clothes and Hair Aflame
KINGFISHER: The clothing ol
Mrs. E. U. Sloan caught fire and be
fore the flames could bo extinguished
she was fatally burned. It is not
known just how the clothing caught
fire, but it is supposed that it hap
pened while Mrs. Sloan was starting
a fire. She was first seen in Ihe rear
of the house, enveloped in flames, and
before help could reach her she was
so badly burned that death resulted
in a few minutes.
ANNUAL SALES OVER NINE
MILLION.
Good, reliable quality is appreciated
by the smoker. Over Nine Million (! ,-
000,000) Lewis' Single Binder cigars
sold annually. The kind of cigar smok-
ers have been looking for, made of
very rich, mellow tasting tobacco. It's
Governor Haskell Sends Measure lhe Judgment of many smokers that
Back to House Lewis' Single Binder straight fie ciem-
CORPORATION BILL VETOED
GI'THRIE: Governor Haskell has
returned to the house witnout his
approval the bill affecting the em
ploy es of the corporation commission
and their salaries. The governor in
a statement accompanying the return
of the bill says: "You cannot expect
.1 $2,i)00 rate clerk to defend the
state's interests against railroad traf-
fic men who are paid from $.">,000 to
$10,000 a year. Under the present ap
propriation hill the commission
spends about $(10,000 a year, and un-
less a first-class rate clerk is se'eured
expenditures will be wasted. Ado don't
the
three or four thousand more to It and
get an experienced man "
TRANSFER OF THE INSANE
Single Binder straight 5c cigar
equals in quality the best 10c cigar.
There are many imitators of this cele-
brated brand. Don't let them fool you.
There is no substitute.
Tell the dealer you wish to try a
Lewis' Single Binder.
Lewis Factory, Peoria, III., Originat-
ors Tin Foil Smoker Package.
Stupid Jeweler.
"Yes, George—that is, Mr. Fickel
proposed last night," said the truth-
ful Dora, "and we're engaged now;
and I'm the first girl he ever loved,
too."
Indeed!" replied Miss Wise. "I
notice your ring.'
"Oh, hp gave me one, but he had to
take it back to get it fixed. The
stupid jeweler made the inscription
read, 'George to Genevieve,' instead of
'George to Dora.'—Philadelphia Press.
Laundry work at home would be
much more satisfactory if the right
Starch were used. In order to get the
desired stiffness, it is usually neces-
has adopted a system of sales of con- ! according to Robert Dunlop, of New- Eary to use 80 much starch that the
fiscated liquors which the officers be kirk, chairman of the board of asy beauty ail(i fineness of the fabric is
lu 111 commissioners. By the middle hid(len behind a paste of varying
of July it is believed that all of the thickness. which not only destroys the
patients now at Norman will be pro- al'Pearance- but also affects the wear-
New Sanitarium at Fort Supply Will
Be Ready May 20
Ol fHRiE: About 400 patients now
Dispensaries Self-Suetaining in the sanitarium at Norman will be
GUTHRIE: The state dispensary j transferred to Fort Supply on May 20.
warrant to enter private premises to | of graft in the hill it will be striken
«eize liquor under the prohibition out.
stalute j
lieve will prove remunerative and al
most sufficient to maintain the sys-
tem, All liquor captured in the state
| that comes up to the dispensary stan-
| (lard will be sold from the various sub-
I agencies. All liquor that is not up to
the standard will be offered for sale
outside this state. If the present rate
of confiscation of bootlegger stores
keeps up the system will require the
expenditure of little, if any money.
The members of the legislature in
joint session formed a permanent so
•ial organization of the first leglsla
lure, electing Senator Clar nee Davis
if Bristow, president, and a full com
plement of officers. The organization
will hold a banquet each year, similai
to the Kansas day banquets. 011 No
vember Hi, the anniversary of the ad
mission of the state.
Governor Haskell has honored a
requisition by Governor Mauley of lu
diana for the return to that slate of
John L. Hurst, now under arrest at
Bartlesville. Hurst is charged with
Inserting his wife iiid children, which
in Indiana constitutes n felony.
Charles K. Taylor, «,* Shawnee, has
been appointed forest planting assist
ant in the national forest service.
EACH TRAIN LOAD A SHIPMENT
Standard Raises New Point in Fight-
ing $29,000,000 Fine
CHICAGO: The Standard Oil com-
nanv of Indiana commenced a new
fight to escape from the payment of
he line of $29,240,000 levied against
,t by Judge Landis in the federal ais-
trlct court, when its attorneys appear-
ed before the United States circuit
court of appeals to argue the appeal
from the judgment of the lower court,
lohn S. Miller agreed that a reversal
should be granted because, he said,
the oil company did not know that it
was using illegal rates, and that each
trainload of the company's product
should have been taken as the basis
ol a shipment instead of each car as
charged in the indictment.
Enid Officials Indicted
ENID: Indictments s_ in Mayor
Stephenson and Water C .1'ilissioner
Brooks, charging them with having
used their official positions in advanc-
ing their private interests through
the purchase of city warrants were re
turned by a special grand jury, to
vided for in the new institution.
A special train will leave Norman
on the afternoon of May 19, arriving
at Fargo early 011 the morning of May
20. Breakfast will be served to the
patients there, and they will then be
taken overland ten miles to Fort Sup-
ply in buggies and carriages. It is
expected that 300 or more buggies will
be used in this unique procession, ten-1
dered by the citizens there.
ing quality of the goods. This trou-
ble can be entirely overcome by using
Defiance Starch, as it can be applied
much more thinly because of Its great-
er strength than other makes.
Osage Nation Under Herd Law
GUTHRIE: In an opinion addressed
fo the Indian agent at Pawhuska
Assistant Attorney General Still
man holds that the Oklahoma herd
perseverance Essential.
There is a certain point of pro
ficiency at which an acquisition begins
to be of use, and unless we have the
time and resolution necessary to reach
that jjoint, our labor is is completely
thrown away as that of a mechanic
who began to make an engine but
never finished it.—P. G. Hamerton.
IMPORTANT TO FARMERS.
go,her with an indictment against W j law is applicable to the Usage nation £ ,he ^^ted"'^
H. Kllis, former member ol the city and that the cattle men there must I (arv |
council, charging him with having
advanced his private interests
through the employment of his firm
fence ill their pastures. Air. Millard
inquired whether it was necessary
for the cattle men to keep their cat
Cruce & Hills lawyers as counsel tie up or whether a farmer must put
amer Ro-
arrow. have appointed Walter G
Kennev, Oklahoma City, their General
Agent for Oklahoma. See their ad in
another column of this paper.
in a case
volved.
in whieli the city was ill-
Sheriff Webb, of Madill, has offered
a reward of $a0 for the arrest of the
men who robbed the gravt of lupphub
hie, an Indian chief, near Isoni
Springs. The chief was buried March
It, 1901, and with him a number of
valuable historic trinkets. The grave
was robbed of the trinkets and left
open.
Judge W. C Jackson, of Muskogee
county, has served nonce 011 the In
diaii agent thai in the future the gin
eminent will not be allowed to chaig
a five per cent commission on land
of minor Indians sold through the
agency, as has been done lu the pasl.
Dr. E. T llynuni. vice-chancellor of
Kpworth university at Oklahoma City.
Is rt ported to have resigned tli 1 po-
sition to accept the chair of modern
languages at the state university
T II Horton has filed a suit against
the M K. & T. railroad at McAb'-ter.
demanding $20,000 d..mages for pci
sonal Injuries received at a crossing
which caused the plaintiff to lose B | to push it In the house,
feg.
Owen Demands Oklahoma Display
WASHINGTON: Senator Robert L
Owen has demanded that the librarian
of the congressional library place the
official coat of arms of the state of
Oklahoma in a prominent place in
one of the great cathedral glass win-
dows The senator noticed that the
eoat of arms of every state In the un-
ion with the exception of Oklahoma
appeared. He made a critical inspec-
tion of these and decided that the
ornamental curved portion of the
great window just opposite the main
entrance to the reading room would
be the right and conspicuous place for
the live pointed star of the new state.
Favors Anti-Injunction Legislation
WASHINGTON President Roosc
velt invited Congressman Madison to
the white house to discuss the pro-
posed anti injunction legislation. The
president wanted to know nil about
the provisions of the Madison bill
When the author explained them, the
president Indicated that such a bill
met his appro* al and urged Madison
The next convention of the Okla-
homa state Baptist association is to
be held at Muskogee in October.
This was decided at a meeting of the
executive board last week.
Attempts Murder and SUcide
SHAWNEE: Crazed with jealousy,
by the alleged attentions of another
man to his wife. Clarence Forbes
tried to force the contents of a bottle
containing carbolic acid down his
wife's throat and then attempted self
destruction by the same means. Mrs
Forbes Is horribly burned about the
face, neck and arms and her recover*
is doubtful. Forbes succeeded in
drinking a small quantity of tin acid
when Ills wile struck the bottle knock
Ing It out of bis hands. Forbi s is
not seriously burned and will be held
lo the. grand iitry.
Patrolman Charged With Murdei
OKLAHOMA CITY: Patrolman Mr
Ivor lias been arrested and place, i
in lail 011 the clung: of first degree
murder \ few nights ago the offi
ecr In attempting to arrest Clifton
Mais, a Creek freedman, shot and
killed hill). Melver claims the negro
had taken his club and was beating
him over the head when the officer in
sell defense used his gun.
u)) fences to keep out the cattle.
Through its representative, J. W.
Robins, the Rock Island railroad has
promised the citizens of Hobart that
a new depot will be built in the down Ileal friend
town district
months.
within the next six lot.'
She Didn't Understand.
Can you tell your present fiance's
ring"'' inquired the romantic girl as
the door bell sounded.
Why, certciinly,' answered her prac-
It's the newest of the
Sued for Money Given Betrayer
Ml SKOGEE: Married a year ago
to a man who already had two wives
and deserted In four days after hei
wedding, Miss Eva Coleman, of Ft
It's Fine.
C M Johnson, Louisville. Ky., writes:
"I have used your Hunt's Cure and
it is fine."
We have many similar letters
Hunt's Cure is a strictly guaranteed
remedy for any variety of skin dip
Gibson, is now being sued by a local eases. It stops Itching instantaneously,
dry goods company for $7." for a tros
eau which the man she married had
charged to her after she had given
him the iiiunej to pay for it. Miss
Coleman says she will pay the claim
from savings of her salary as schoo.
I teacher. There Is a warrant In tht
hands of the office: 1 •charging Mar
hal with bigamy, but he has never
been caught.
Sneezing Broke Up Dance
MUSKOGEE: Lawrence MeGowan,
all enipkne of the llaivey eating
house nt Antlers, was arrested and
fined $.'1 becaus he sprinkled l'eo
pepper on the floor of the dining
room lust before a dance The part,\
was the social event of the season
Through Struggle to Repose.
Struggle and anguish have their
place in every genuine life, but they
are the stages through which it ad-
vances to a strength which is full of
repose.—Mabie.
It Cures While You Walk.
Aliens l'oot-ICnse is a certain cure fer
lint, sweating, callous, and swollen, aching
feel Sold by all Druggists. Price 2.V. Don't
•'1 ''I'1 an* Mibstitute. Trial package I-'UIM'!
Address Allen S. Olmsted, Lo Hoy, N V.
Once In n great while a "ivonnn
actually believes that her husband
knows as much as he thinks he knows.
GARFIELD
Digestive Tablets.
From your druggist, or the Garfield
Inil In dancers bad ha: dly started Tea Co,, Brooklyn, N. Y. 25c per bottle
when they commenced to cough anu - —-
iiiv/.o -o much that the dance was The fact that fiorne men are tf!f-
broken up. j made is stamped ou the wrapper.
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