The Prague Patriot (Prague, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 17, 1908 Page: 2 of 8
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TJie Prague Patriot GUfiflf.NTlf LAW lu VALIO
B. S. EDWARDS, PUB.
OKI.AIh iMA
OKLAHOMA SUPREME COURT UP
HOLDS IT UNANIMOUSLY
NEW STATE NOTES
The contract lias been awarded for
$20,000 school building at Pryor
Creek. The building is to be com-
pleted by February 1, 1909.
TAFT AND BRYAN TO MEET
Presidential Nominees to be Guests
of Honor at Banquet
! CHICAGO: For the first time in his-
I tory of modern politics, two rival
| candidates for the presidency of the
I'nited States will meet at the same
m. PffflG FOR IN
RESIDENTS OF COOK COUNTY,
MINN., DRIVEN TO LAKE
OYEflRULES All CONTENTIONS OF BANKER i-an"1''eJuLan. FOREST FIRES STILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD
Constitutionality of Law Attacked—
Contention Mace That it Was in
The Fink livery barn at Okemah ^
was burned last, week entailing a loss
of $3,500. The horses were saved,
but all the buggies, harness and feed
were destroyed.
A charter has been issued to the
Farmers' State Hank of Devol, which
is |o succeed,.in business ihe Farmers'
State Hank of Kmerson, with $10,000
capital stock.
From a pool hall operated by John
Crouch at Pryor Creek, Special Dis-
pensary inspector H. .1. Waugh, of
Guthrie, took f>48 pints of Adams'
Special, a kind of beer said to con-
tain 4 per cent of alcohol.
I of Ohio, and William .1. Bryan, demo-
j crat, of Nebraska, are to he the
| guests of honor at tin annual banquet
of the Chicago association of com-
! merce at the Auditorium on the even-
Violation of the Bill of Rights in the lug of October 7.
Constitution—Legal Rates Defined There will be no question as to
GUTHRIE: The Oklahoma supreme' which of the candidates will occupy
court in an unanimous opinion sus-U^e right hand seat. It ill be oecu-
1 ' «•* ™"n"' " ■'
cralic nominee and his friends. Chair- most certain.
man Mack declared that Mr. Taft as
People Flee From Towns Ahead of
Advancing Flames—Northern Shore
of Lake Superior Near Devastation
—People Gather on Shore
A TEXAS CLERGYMAN
Speaks Out for the Benefit of Suffering
Thousands.
Rev. G. M. Gray, Baptist Clergyman,
of Whitesboro, Tex.. s ys: "Four years
ago I suffered mis-
ery with lumbago.
E v e r y movement
was one of pain.
Doan's Kidney Pills
removed the whols
difficulty after only
i a short time. Al-
though I do not
like to have my
name used publicly.
DULUTil, MINN.: I'nless a heavy I make an exception in this case, so
rain falls soon the total destruction
of every town on the north shore of
ality of the depositors' guarantee law
in the ease brought by the Noble
County bank against Governor Hask
and other members of the
No rain has fallen in this district
. state a recent member of the present ad- j "Ince Jul> 10. and everything in the
banking board and affirmed the deft- i ministration, was clearly entitled to woods is as dij as pau imen. a
^ 111 I . . -pvf. of tire with a heavy wind behind them
nition of Judge A. H. Huston in the that place of honoi at the least, me , , . .. tmval.fi the set-
district court here in refusing an In- Ohloan therefore will sit a. the right ■ <■ eating theli waj to«a.d
junction lo prevent the further on- ] 'ialu' President Hall, and the Ne-
forceiuent of the law. | braskan on the othei.
The law was attacked as being in j
violation of several provisions of the I
hill of rights of the Oklahoma constl
that other sufferers from kidney trou-
ble may profit by my experience."
Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
AND SHE LEFT HIM GUESSING.
Woman's Directions of Little Help to
Traveling Lawyer.
A New York lawyer was called re-
cently to a hamlet in Berks county,
Pennsylvania, in the interest of a
DEADLOCK ON SENATOR
tlements.
Wild-eyed and shaking with fear,
the inhabitants are gathered along the
shore prepared to take to the lake in | iarge coal corporation, and now he is
small craft should the worst come. | telling this story on himself:
tution, including those which declare j lowa Standpatters Preventing Elec
that no person shall he deprived of tion Allison's Successor
life, liberty or property without duel DES MOINES: True to their
pivcess of law; that all persons have [pledge to each other, 42 standpat re-
Prof. James D. Barrett of the de-
partment of sociology in the state uni- .
versify has resigned and will accept ,h" 1,1 ,llf' enjoyment ot the publicans in the state legislature are mU(,s ,n ,ength A stro„g land breeze
„niv,i«liv nf | gains of their own industry; that no | preventing the election of Governor from (he norlhwest is at pl.esent
Prayers are being offered by many for
rain.
Within less than two miles of
Grand Marais there is in flames a
tract of spruce and brush over three
n position in the state university of
Washington. Prof. Barrett
fourth teacher to go to the
ton university from Norman this year.
t Is ' ftio law sl,n" bl! l a« ed Impairing the A. B. Cummins to the United States , shooting |hp ftre along the outskirts
Washing- i obligation of contracts; that private j senate to fill out the unepirexd term ()f the town, giving the village a lease
. year ' property shall not be taken for pri-1 of the late W. B. Allison. Not only , ...
Another Important decision of in-
j teres; to bankers on the east side
j of the slate was handed down in the
case of W. I.- Taylor vs. \V. B. Mee r-
rill in which il is held that the fed-
] eral statutes making eight per cent
| interest the legal rate in Inc.Ian Ter-
] ritory applied only to banks and trust
' companies.
SAYS TREATY IS VIOLATED
Oklahoma Indians Make Complaint to
Protective League
WASHINGTON: The Indian Pro-j
tective League of tills city has re-
ceived numerous complaints of late
from the four Indian tribes inhabiting!
The pure food commission has de- j
elded to have a digest of the laws !
passed by the first legislature relating
to the department, printed and issued j
in pamphlet form tor distribution
among the dairy and grocerymen of
the state.
Lawton will have a recently patent-
ed hydraulic cotton coitpress for the
handling of ihe fall crop of cotton if
preliminary agreements now made de-
velop into contract. A proposition
has been submitted by the Farmers'
Compress and Cotton company, of
Memphis, Tenn., and the business
men have notified the company of
their willingness to sign a contract.
Arrangements are being made to
bring the suits Instituted by the fed-
eral government to clear the title to
Kickapoo lands, a speedy trial. The
suits were filed as a result of Bensa-
lional discoveries made by the sen-
atorial committee which Investigated
the Kickapoo land frauds some time
ago.
The school land boards has opened
bids for oil leases upon the 4S0tract
of mineral land in Pawnee county.
The lease contracts will not be let
until an investigation is made of the
value of the land for oil and gas pur- i
poses. This will be made within the
next few days by a subcommittee of
the school land board.
By a majority of 35 the voters of j
Shawnee last week adopted the pro-
posed charter and decided in favor of
a commission form of government.
This is the second city In Oklahoma I ^ ]|v|ng ppapefllllv are livlng on
to accept this form. Tulsa s charter (riend, tel.ms wlth everyone and
was adopted several weeks ago. but Is haye ^ |iopn worklng thelr origi.
still awaiting the governor's approval. nn] |rp.|tv r,Bhts
Oklahoma City rejected the charter at offippI.s.of ,he league, it is said, will
a recent election, but a petition is be- forwan, t)lP rom|)iain, to Oyster Bay
Ing circulated for another election
. of life.
vale or public use without just com j have the standpatters prevented au ! c'oiiditions at Pigeon River Indian
pensation. election, but they declared that it is 1
The court overrules all of these con-j their intention to continue in their
teutlons and also the claim that the course deadlocking the legislature rf
law was unconstitutional because all iecessary, to keep Governor Cum-
of its contents were not covered in its mins out of the senate. Both sides
title, ! say that they will not yield.
There is disposition among many
men of both factions to hurry the
primary law legislation for which an
extra session was convened, and then
adjourn.
In both houses the standpatters ex-
plained their opposition to Cummins
on the ground that they did not be-
lieve in proceeding with an election
iiiitll the people had a chance to ex-
press their preference in primary
election.
JUDGE LOWE DIED
reservation, Big Bay, Chicago Bay,
Cascade, Coflon and Nutson are simi-
lar to those existing at Grand Marais.
HEPBURN ACT RULED OUT
Commodity Clause is Held Unconsti-
tionai by Court
PHILADELPHIA: Declaring it to
lie drastic, harsh and unreasonable
and an invasion of the rights of states
and therefore, repugnant to the con-
stitution, the United States circuit
court for the eastern district of Penn-
sylvania has dismissed the >;ts of
the federal government to enforce the
commodities clause of the Hepburn
railroad act. against the anthracite
coal carrying railroads of this state.
Judges George Gray and George H.
Dallas filed opinions dsmissing the
suits and Judge Joseph Buffington
dissented, but did not file an opinion.
The commodities clause prohibits
He was driving along a country road
and feared he might have lost his
bearings. The village he wanted to
reach seemed elusive, so he halted in
front of a farmhouse to make in-
quiries.
"Madam," he called out to a broad
German woman, who stood looking at
him from beneath a "poke" bonnet,
"can you tell me how far it is to the
next village?"
"Oh, yust a leedle vays," came the
response.
"But, my good woman, how far is
it? Is it two, four, six or eight miles?
That's what I want to know."
"Yah, I tinks so."
And the Wall street lawyer drove
on a wiser man.
AUTOMOBILE SHOP TALK.
District Court Justice Dies in Mason-
ic Hall at Piedmont
OKLAHOMA CITY: istrict Judge
Oklahoma, namely, the Choctaw*, tin' Joseph Garrett Lowe, of El Reno, railroad companies from transporting
Creeks the Chickasaws and the Cher- j dropped dead Friday morning at one in interstate commerce any article or
okees. saving that the treaty of 18'52. o'clock in the Masonic hall at Pied- commodity manufactured, mined or
which they contend is still in opera-! mont, w hile engaged in Masonic produced by them or tinder their au-
Hon, is being violated by the state of work. The end was sudden and with
&
What was your record across Jer-
thority.
flclals. \. ti. Hlevin. ;i full blooded In-
! ilian, informs the league thai he is
I desirous of having some of the impo-
! sitions on the Indians by the state of-
ficials referred to President Roose-
I velt.
out warning.
WASHINGTON: That an appeal
Judge Lowe was conferring the doubtless will be taken within the 60
third degree in the Masonic lodge days directly to the supreme court of
when death occurred. The body was the United States from the decision
taken to the family residence in El of the United States circuit court at
Reno, escorted by the Masonic breth- Philadelphia, declaring unconstitu-
Mr. Hlevin Informs the league that ren. tionai the commodities clause of the
four full blooded Indians living near] Funeral services were held Sunday | Hepburn act, was the statement of
Conine, Okla., were arrested by men afternoon at the home of the late j Acting Attornej General Russell. Ihe
professing themselves to be stale off I judge. Members of the bar from all action of the Philadelphia court cie-
cials and were jailed on August 2ti for j over the state were present.
refusing to sign their names for a tax —
assessor.
These Indians have never disturbed
| anyone, claims Mr. Hlevin. They have
for consideration by the president.
Professor C. A. Reeds has been at
work in the Arbuckle mountains the
past summer, collecting data for the
Oklahoma geological survey, and is to
write a report entitled "The Mineral
Resources of the Arbuckle Moun-
tains," which will deal with such
products as lead and zinc, building
stone, gold and silver. It is believed
that this report will be of value in
developing the southern part of Ok-
lahoma.
LICENSES TO BE REFUNDED
Oklahoma Saloon Men to Receive the
Unused Part of License
OKLAHOMA CITY: By reason of a
supreme court decision handed down
recently, Oklahoma City will be com-
pelled to refund approximately $10,-
000 to various saloon keepers who
paid for liquor licenses before Okla-
homa became a state.
City Attorney W. R. Taylor, who
Gives Epworth University $5,000
OKLAHOMA CITY: I. M Putnam,
a prominent business man of this city argued the case for the city beioro
an,! a member of the legislature, made the supreme court last April receiv-
<he largest individual donation >«et ed word that the case had been pass-
made to Epworth University when lie ed upon and the court held that all
" i turned over to that institution Thurs money in excess ot the proportionate
LT ,!,> $5 000 This inouev. with previous amount due the eit> for operating be-
„a,ions make the erection of a twee., the date of the license and No-
girls' dormitory possible and work on vember lb, 190,. belonged to the II-
this building will begin at once.
i cense holder.
Association Will Support Only Men
Who Favor Repeal
GUTHRIE: The German American
lune, 1900. is entitled to dower in his
estate, is the holding of the Oklahoma
supreme court in the case of Martha
Hawkins vs. Harry L. Stevens The
and Thursday was
hour.
miles an
GERMANS OPPOSE DISPENSARY
Boise City, which recentlv won the
county seat election of Cimarron f.
county, is to have a new bank to be
known as the Western State Hank,
with $10,000 capital stock.
Association of Oklalionifl, with
Joseph Cain, who was charged with 1 membership of more than 28,000, held court further holds that until it is
assaulting Policeman Cooley with a a convention and picnic here and|sigm,,i t0 her, she Is entitled lo re-
dangerous weajion, lias been found a(jupted resolutions declaring the In main in and possess the home or
guilty in the district court at Anadar- j ,entlon Hf the society to go into the house of her late husband, together
ko. The assault occurred last year. comlnR campaign and work for the with the farm attached thereto, free
election of candidates to the legls from all rent This has been a vev-
The state gathering of Christian 1 cuon dividu-il InK question In the eastern part of the j " "■
. ,i lature who will fa\oi lnuiMuuai ,i L Brown, directing Judge Hooker
Science representatives closed Its an- , , state and was decided against the ... ... . .
last wpek rights and personal liberty and who
sey :
"One country constable and a cow."
No Automobiles There.
"There are no automobiles on the
golden streets of heaven," says the
Whitsett Courier, "but they're giv-
ing lots of folks a chance to walk
those golden streets. One of the
contraptions arrived in town last week
and during the first spin the owner
took in it it pitched a blind mule on
top of the town hall, with the man
that was ridin' the mule. The mule
was so mad it kicked the towrn clock
to pieces, likewise kickin' a hole in
the roof an' fallin' on the mayor, just
as ho had took his seat an' called
council to, order. Having landed in
the midst of them, the mule walked
slow and dignified to the lront door
an' then took to the woods."
MOTHER AND CHILD
Both Fully Nourished on Grape Nuts.
The value of this famous food is
shown in many ways, in addition to
what might be expected from its chem-
machlne. Two flights were made at 'ca' analysis.
Fort Meyer, Va„ the first being of Grape-Nuts food is made of whole
ten minutes and 50 seconds dtira|on whoat and ,jal'le-v. is thoroughly baked
for many hours and contains all the
wholesome ingredients in these ce-
i ing his long flights of the previous I rea,s- , . ,
It contains also the phosphate of
' ;,'i , , , , , , , , . I potash grown in the grains, which Na-
Friday s test demons',rated, acord- ' 4 , , ,
" . . , , . ., ture uses to build up brain and nene
ing to the aviator s calculations, that 1
ated wide interest at the Interstate
commerce commission and depart-
ment of justice. Interstate commerce
commissioner Judson Clemen!* ex-
pressed the hope that the decision
rests upon some curable defect in the
language of the clause.
FLYING MACHINE RECORD
Wright Makes Speed of Nearly Forty
Miles an Hour
WASHINGTON: In a flight lasting
1 one hour, ten minutes and 26 seconds.
Orville Wright, Friday, surpassed all
his previous exploits for a time and
distance flight for a heavier than air
for the purpose of showing what rate
of speed he has been traveling at dur-
Decision Favors Non-Citizen Widow cens
GUTHRIE: That the non-ci.l,en the speed of the aeroplane during the Young ch|ldl.en requlre proportion-
widow of a Creek Indian, who died in record breaking flights of Wednesday a(e, mwe of (hig e,ement because the
OKLAHOMA CITY "WET" *
State's Attorney Before the Supreme
Court So Declares
GUTHRIE: The supreme court has
issued an alternative writ of man
damns asked by Fred S. Caldwell,
slate prohibition attorney, and James
nual session at Lawton .
Oklahoma City was chosen as the "are known to be opposed to sump
next place of meeting which is to lie tuar> laws Each local Mirietj i-
lield the second Tuesdaj of Septeni- reqm sted to appoint committees, as
her next year. ! certain' personally the views of eacV
—* ! candidate and Is required to combine
School Land Appraisers Appointed i f,,rces with an\ like organization a.
GUTHRIE: About one hundred up- ready in existence which tavors III-
pralsers were named by O. li. 1*. eral laws.
widow in the lower court. That de
cision is reversed In an opinion h •'
lustice Dunn.
county judge of Oklahoma county, to
ippear on September 28th to show
brain and nervous system of the child
grows so rapidly.
A Va. mother found the value of
Grape-Nuts in not only building up her
own strength but in nourishing her
baby at. the same time. She writes:
"After my baby enme I did not re-
cover health and strength, and the
doctor said I could not nurse the baby
as 1 did not have nourishment for her,
besides I was too weak.
"He said I might try n change of
diet and see what that would do. and
recommended Grape-Nuts food. I
;•: ii -
Brewer of the school land commission
Lis t week. The names were not given
out. The big corps will reappraise
a'l school leases, according to the law
passed by the first legislature. The
work must be completed by January 1.
Restrain Officials from Searching
MUSKOGEE: Judge Ralph Camp-
bell has Issued a restraining order 1
preventing the local county and city |
officers from searching the cars of
The resolutions oppose prohibition, (be M K. A.- T railroad in the yards!
condemn the dispensary system and here for shipments of liquor. The
demand the passage by the next leg three ears of beer that wi re seized Immediate decision. He declared that
islaturc of a law giving the attorney 1)V thp BtntP officers some time ago Oklahoma City is wide open and that
general power to bring suits upon his n,,,,,, orjeroa delhi red back to the | nearly as much liquor Is being coil
own initiative, railroad company, sumed and In Ihe days of free saloons.
why lie should not issue a i,onght a pkg. and used it regularly.
A marked change came over both
baby and I.
"My baby is now four months old.
Is in fine condition, I am nursing her
and doing all my work and never felt,
better In my life." "There's a Reason.
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
search and seizure warrant asked by
Caldwell. Hooker refused lo Issue the
warrant to search for Intoxicating
liquors on the ground that the Billups
boone bill Is unconstitutional In its
search and seizure provisions. Brown,
in his argument before the supreme
( inn. asking for the writ, urged an j Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to Well-
ville," In pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full of human
interest.
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