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NORMAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY, FEB. 17 l<>05.
No. 30
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It Stands Without a Peer!!
What?
Osteopathy
This Modern Science is thor-
oughly rational and natural. Its
purpose is simply the restoration
of nature's own force. The meth-
ods of the Osteopath are quite un-
like those employed 111 Magnetic
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If you desire to know of all the
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Office Over Ephraim's Store; Main St.,
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HALL WE HAVE A RAILROAD COMMIS-
SION LAW? The Needs of the Common People
—The Duty of Our Legislators. it' H' if if
Kes. Phone 159. Office 235
R. P. STOOPS, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon.
KUNICK RAND STOOPS, M.I).
Diseases of Women and Children.
Office over Winan'n Store.
Dairying in Oklahoma.
The people in Oklahoma are
rapidly becoming convinced that it
is a mistake to invest their money
in small local creameries. This has
been on account of their own sad
experience as well as the education
which has been received by other
states. In California today where
they have 300 small creameries there
is practically no market outside of
the state for California butter, for
several reasons;
In the first place, few creameries
there are able to ship a single car
load of uniform butter. Every
creamery seems to have its own in-
dividual butter, and since uniform-
ity is demanded by the market,
they simply are compelled to take
what they can get. The butter va-
ries in its color, in its texture, in
its aroma, in its flavor, and even in
the amount of salt put in it. Cal-
ifornia is now agitating the central
plant creamery, which we are con-
vinced will be far the best for Okla-
I lioma already has a market at To-
peka, Kansas, for any quantity of
cream she may produce, and central
plants in Oklahoma are promised
in the near future. In the mean-
time it behooves our people who
are determined to devolope this ter-
ritory into e great dairy country,
to save their money and put it into
cows and separators rather than
into small creameries.
It seems that the only practical
proposition is to have the hand sep-
arator 011 the farm, use the warm
skim milk for feed for calves and
pigs, and ship the cream to the
central market. This gives the
dairyman his choice of his own
market just the same as it gives him
his choice of a market for his pota
toes or wheat. It requires no out-
side investment. He merely buys
his separator as he buys any other
farm implemnt. There has been
too much wild cat creamery build-
ing in Oklahoma. The lesson has
been costly but in some localities it
has been well learned. The put-
ting up of skimming stations with
a rake off for the promoters has
been the bane of many of our com-
munities. The same is true of the
small creameries; they simply cau.t
compete with the central churning
plant. The sooner this is realized
the better it will be for the whole
territory.
To The Democrat-Topic:
The legislative assembly is now
in sessiou at Guthrie, and its full
and complete work will be known
when the session shall have ended.
It is not unexpected, and will be
none the less surprising that his-
tory will repeal itself. That legis-
lation which is most needed, that
which most directly affects and
benefits the people may, under
some form or pretense, be attempt-
ed—but never enacted. Dozens of
bills bearing none of the marks of
modern civilization will be intro-
duced and much of the time of the
assembly lost in carrying these
through committees, placing them
upon the calendar, making them
special orders, et cetera ad infini-
tum.
But this will only be repeated
history—the great body of the peo-
ple will not be surprised—and even
less benefitted. However, the fail-
ures of the present assembly cannot
justly be charged to Cleveland
county, it being a well recognized
fot that two of the most capable
legislators ever in an Oklahoma
legislature nre the present represen
tatives from this county.
So far nothing has been done,
and this much may possibly be said
six months from now. Is this the
fault of the statesmen composing
the legislature or the fault of the
people who sent them to Guthrie?
What is it that the people of the
territory need in the way of legis-
lation that these men should besent
to the capital at this time? How
many of these law makers were
elected with any fixed ideas of
what legislation the country, or
territory now stands in most ser-
ious need. Had the people made
any demands or even recommenda-
tions? These legislators are the
agents of the common people whose
will shall be expressed and made
into statuary law through them,
and without any direct expressions
as to needed reforms in our terri-
torial laws it is doubtful if we have
a serious cause to complain should
these officers or agents of ours re-
member to draw their salaries,
pass an appropriation bill, and close
the session.
ability to see two feet beyond the
pack of railroad passes he car-
ries, who does not readily see and
who will not frankly admit that an
effective railroad commission law
would be of more worth to the
common people than all other laws
enacted by the assembly at this
session and the session preceding.
This one question is of such vital
interest that it should be outside of
and above politics. All people
whose first interest is the welfare
of the whole people, regardless of
political affiliations (race, color or
previous condition of servitude)
are with the president in the stand
he takes to regulate the railroads.
To regulate the railroads does
not necessarily mean to crush them
or to injure their interests. Regu-
lation does not mean "ruination."
But either the roads or the people
must rule. Which shall it lie?
The past week in our own city
we have a most striking example
of the misfortunes due to a lack of
proper railroad control. The con-
tinued cold weather exhausted the
coal supply in town. Within eight
hours haul there are millions of
tons of the finest coal west of the
Mississippi River. Only through
the plea that poor people in the
town were in a freezing condition
could the consent of the road be
had to grant "one" or "two" cars
to Norman. For these "one" or
"two,, cars the people of this
city paid a freight rate of $3.10 per
ton -a deliberate hold-up of exceed-
ing $2.00 per ton. When it is
known that the city of Norman
uses, in weather like this, twenty
to forty tons per day,thereby meet-
ing or permitting a holdup of $40
to $80 per day, will it be surprising
if, some day not in the distant fu-
ture, these people awake from a le-
garthy almost criminal,and through
proper means and higher motives
put ill operation those forces that
will overthrow these conditions and
rectify these wrongs and abuses?
It is a matter of fact that no long-
er than last week a Solon at Guth-
rie, a would-be representative of
the people, introduced a bill mak-
ing it a felony punishable by con
I fineinent in the penitentiary not
But there are platform demands j less than three years to steal a pig
which need to be heeded by our j of the value of fifty cents or less,
representatives. The democratic I This same law-maker can go back
territorial platform declares for the , to his own town and find a widow
regulation by law of the railroad 1 with a bouse full of children, half
companies doing business in Okla-1 clad and half fed from whom the
homa. Experience has proved that! railroads steal annually, under the
there is but one way to regulate guise of freight charges, $15 to $.'i0
these, and that by a strong and ! and yet he will think this no wrong
vigorous railroad commission law. j or crime requiring a remedy.
We have 110 way of knowing j Why should the newspapers re-
the amount of information pos- main silent on this great question ?
sessed by those composing the pres- j Here is an opportunity for them to
ent assembly, but we do say thatI speak as they have never spoken
there is not one among tlieni with before. To a great extent they
creditable knowledge and with an are the moulders of public opinion
and the leaders in many reforms.
They see these conditions only too
plainly and a refusal to speak can
only be charged to a lack of inter
est in the people's welfare or to a
criminal negligence. There should
be a campaign of education in
which all papers of all parties j
should enter with no lack of either j
courage or vigor. No class of men
should be closer to the great body
of the people than the editors of
our newspapers.
Those measures that lessen the
burdens of the public; those meas
tires that prevent the robbery of the
masses for the benefit of the classes;
those that prevent the taking from
the many to enrich the few, are the
ones that should have first consid-
eration by otir legislators and 1111
less this shall be done, these bienni-
al repeaters at Guthrie shall be
conspicuously absent one of these
days and in their places will appeal
a higher type of manhood, a true
representative of the common peo-
ple in whom lie all just and right-
eous reforms.
One of the great dailies of the
Territory is now discouraging the
enactment of a railroad commission
law, advancing as a reason for this
position that "statehood" is near
at hand and that for this short per-
iod a commission would be an ex-
l>ensive luxury. If this paper knew
the history of the Texas law as
as does the writer, it would make
haste to oiler all due apologies to
the public for its advocacy of a de-
lay for such law. It will take from
one to two year's work for a rail-
road commission for this territory
to arrive at a proper basis for fix-
ing and enforcing proper rates 011
all the roads.
For two or three years the Texas
commission was enjoined from
making and enforcing rates, yet 110
idle time did it have during this
period.
This county alone pays tribute to
the roads sufficient to pay one-
third to one-half the cost of main-
taining a legitimate commission.
A law that prevents injustice, dis-
crimination, robbery is wholesome
and just. It is good for any coun-
try and any people and those who
would counsel delay are but work-
ing to their own undoing and final
downfall. Public office is a public
trust, and those who fail or refuse
to carry out the terms of the trust
may expect just condemnation at
the hands of an outraged and in
dignant people. Let the present
legislature adopt the Texas com-
mission law for this territory, they
will do so with credit to themselves
and untold benefit to the common
people.
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At War With Governor.
That the legislature has declared
war on Governor Ferguson there
can be no doubt. The parting of
the ways has come over the recent
quarantine bill that lias passed both
houses by large majorities and ve
toed by the governor. The bone |
of contention is over extending the
quarantine line arc und ths Osage
Nation. Governor Ferguson
{has the backing of Hitchcock,
j The council on Monday passed
I the bill over the governors veto and
I it is certain to be passed in the
1 lower house. The question now
arises will Governer Ferguson order
wi.ifoi the cattle inspectors to enforce the
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Sherlock Holmes Again.
Conan Doyle, detective stories,
and with the marvelous Sherlock
Holmes as their hero, have achieved
the greatest success of recent years.
Appreciating this fact the publisher
of Collier's Weekly, New York, in-
duced Mr. Doyle to write a final
series of the great detective adven-
tures. Repeated refusals were fol-
lowed by increased inducements,
and finally Mr. Doyle agreed to
write thirteen stories for $45,000,
or about 60 cents a word. The
entire correspondence was by cable.
The amount paid by Collier's is
the largest ever paid for such work
and does not include the right to
publish the stories in book form
By special arrangement with Col-
lier's these famous stories are-
being printed in The Kansas City
Star, one story each week, begin
ning in the daily addition, Satur-
day, February 11, and in the
weekly Wednesday. February 15.
None of the present popular feat-
ures of The Star will be cut down
or omitted to make room for this
remarkable set of stories. Practi-
cally the contents of a $1.50 book
will added to the contents of The
Star, in three months, without any
increase of the subscription price,
10 cents a week for The Daily Star
(morning, evening and Sunday, l«'i
complete papers a week), and 25
cents a year for The Weekly Star.
Chance for Statehood.
The republican leaders of the
house Monday took the first step
towards getting the statehood bill
into conference. In accordance
with the plan previously decided
upon, Delegates Rodey and Mc-
Guire, of New Mexico and Okla-
homa, respectively, began the cir-
culation of a paper among the re-
publican members for signatures.
At the head of this paper is the fol-
lowing statement:
"In the endeavor of the house to
secure the final passage of house
representative bill 14749 and the
administration of Oklahoma and
Indian Territory as one state and
the territories of New Mexico and
Arizona as one state by conference
i between the two houses or other-
wise, the undersigned members of
the house will support the parlia- i
meutary procedure deemed neces-1
sary for that purpose by the com-
mittee on territories, the committee j
on rules or conference committee."
CAN SKCURK STAT K HOOD.
It is deemed necessary to secure
only the signatures of the thirty-
three republican members who vot-
ed against the resolution adopted,
expressing practically the same
idea. It is stated that this can
readily be done. The next step
will be the introduction of the nec-
essary rule in the form of a resolu-
tion which will provide that the
statehood bill shall be taken from
the committee on territories and
sent direct to the conference with-
out action by the committee or op-
portunity for a motion to concur in
the senate amendments.
This activity on the part of
these interested in getting the bill
through is taken to indicate confi-
dence that the senate will ultimate- i
ly yield to the house provisions.
In this connection, it is understood
that the house is willing to accept
the amendment offered in the sen ;
ate by Mr. Foraker, which p.-rmitsi
Arizona and New Mexico to vote j
separately on the question of state- 11>
hood. Should either of these ter j u
ritories reject the proposition the | m
provision for one state out of the ,  ■
territories of Arizona and New; f.
Mexico would fail, but the union
and admission of Oklahoma and
Indian Territory would be secured.
Special cut prices all this week
on Suits and Overcoats; don't over-
look this opportunity if you are in-
terested in suits and overcoats. We
guarantee to save you money.
Rucker's Cut Price Sale lasts all
this week.
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system for the more serious dis-
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greatest destroyers of human life,
pneumonia and consumption.
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secretions, effecting 11 speedy and
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any tendency toward pneumonia
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