The El Reno Democrat. (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 19, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 31, 1908 Page: 4 of 8
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2; EIReno Democrat
daily and weekly
, fHE DEMOCRAT Plim.tSHINU
COMPANY.
• •- o^inrtoriU l ll t Official aa"
Ooraty Paper
i W. MA1IKR. Pwldenl.
I U AJ.l-KK. Vic*
e. P. UUKKY. Secretary,
t W. MAHKR. Treaimrcr.
warlike ewapUcUon. which b.vo to bandl M* EST W 2* «*•'
loomed up nnd.r the Monroe doctrlue- «> «" d h nm more or hw. I •
5£tA~ « tw —« - • TI,*;
Havti has long been a grave one * b> n , :t was not any olj kind of t*nin*
viewed in the light of the fact thai "in^ ^ keri, on account j either. but wa« at that time called
foreign cation have not been «<*tl£ 8 rho)<,rj ,h. „ mdiau Territory Rock AaphaIt and *•>
. square deal out of the terribly nil* <•" ^ ^ Mytoat rating la M >oda> m the
ruled totocfc 'TUblic. Natural* .bet he and 1 hop* It will late. My contract price was
tuTe *e~e that their ttatjlJJ - Um'ej and «tL-inche, thick
« ssss - — -—-sxasr.-tr s
prcrrat contract and 36 cents per
cubic yard for eicuvatiug, and uotbe-
iaji for a- per present coal t act.
OAILY EDITION
Delivered in City.
la* /enr ...
Hi months
Three months.
One month ..
Oh week ...
}4 DO
2. t)
1.00
Mt
. .10
weekly edition.
Oma year
Six months
Three months
<1.2o
.50
RESOLUTION TIME.
Most of uh approach the annual per
iud for turning over a new leaf with
considerable trepidation. There
so many things abnui which we niin.it
make resolutions and so many others
that ought to l)e left alone that li is a
difficult matter to always make tin
proper selections.
And then, too. the approach of reso-
lution tlnm gives us a sense of un
quiet because we never know on Jan
unry 1 whether the good resolution Is
noing to last until January 3 or 4, <>r
whether It may tipton an uncertain
course for full six months before top-
pling off into the abyss of forgetful
BOSS.
It Is awkward to have such an In
FtUut'ou as resolution day, but cus-
tom has given us January I and we
must make the most of it.
This year, for a change, why not
abandon all negative resolutions and
try the positive kind. The old stor>
of little Johnny, who was told not to
jiut beans In his nose Willie Ills mother
was away and who, as soon as her
back was turned, hunted up the bean
bag, is familiar. Often the suggestion
of a forbidden privilege endows that
privilege with a fascination which
gives temptation a double strength,
tation and make no fe'solutiW^'' !l'i\
to do such and so
last <ij. j>Urt i very lw-sulut ion itl)
"1 will." and carry the affirmation all
the way through. There is a good and
logical basis for such' a proposition.
AVhen a man is walking along the edge
of a cllfT. climbing to the summit nt' a
mountain, he may do one <>l two
things, resolve not to fall over, or keep
lilB eys on the mountain top and .1«'-
termine to reach it. if all his thoughts
are concentrated in trying to keep
from falling. If he looks constantly
over t'le chasm, he runs great ti---
of dizziness and the very r -tilt he
most d eads. But if, on tile ot..
band, ho thinks only about the height
he is going to reach he is likely to
forget all about the danger below and
go on sat' ly to his goel.
In your r ilutlens ti'
up Inst id of down; tUInk nViut tho
mountain top a •• a.! >. •
l,rr- •' ' 'I'll
' Jlnd, If no new resolutions occur
kind." TI::;: is a -.mHi" w*
never wears out, a goal that can
too oft<"ti be attained.
Not e lough piople In the world
trying for it though many think t
are. If you make a resolution
year, be genuine about it. Not
resolve to be kind, but make
actual demonstration of the r<
tion.
Try it during the coming 1 !'"!>
It .. difficult to tell JPL .. ™ Th.s u the only contract in the state
just what sort of UcetJny Ha\tl will ^ not inhere tht.T pay for both excavating
irork out for herself And vet. In is .Imo* no ftBd My price for curbing was
view of the pn>t history of the Islands, more h n ^ ^ - ( ^ Cont(i ,M>r for rock curbing and
there Is-no r. ason to expect anything '^'U • " , th„, ls on<> MOOd tbiuK ' « t"'1' fo0t fur
better I ban that our jingo spirit will ^ , 4,n Hilary condltlonf ^ jou see thcr« was a d.fferenc
lead us to take them over under a about a b..t I P. 4„ (.PaU fooi In curbing alone and
Rector: straighten things ^lilS uj ti « — - ^ ^ !' ^
as we did in Hawaii and Cuba. The tood they have h« W « llm,J moving dirt. I was badgered and
peopl«* have evidenced no ability to. vegeta es an - . w t0; bother..I lor >1* months by the same
self government, no national or 1*11-,canned and are . ^ „ ls — - - -Inr to
vidua, reaponsiblilt> or sense of hou huy(, „„
orand now Bnd ll'''^ ;;^ X toad and butter and once In a while
ant, scarcely more Ilb. n th. h-l. • , ^ ( ;mav anJ cooU1„H from , a„-
lllw d creature* that th. y are. In ^ ^ ^ |rt not ,jt „n
country without commerce, agrieu - • of „ oppr workinR of th.
ture or government, and with a cr.dit . B,raitg- to say I
ruined beyond yean, o( right govern-, ^ „
ment ,0 restore, t-ond. ion. - much slnll),cr to cat a slice or two
will be appalHnc dnr!ng ^ n^ ^ ^ ^ th,.„ taU(. a (ll,nk than
year, and .. . . , - , iu spend so much time at the table
the Unit, d hta -S w | Wlu ,V(. i,a<i line times at Am kiaini
,0 take ruling hand and at mJ Mul„ourn, !ind , had a
Attempt to prepare the peopl. to a 1| . AU)auy A1Unny | a
government. Whether t io w Auckland, Sydnev and
Mate even then is dot btfu TI ^ ^ ^ ,g „10 iaw-,,
black peoples and the hybrid '" | luott important city in Australia
have never evidenced much ;apt. ude and '"^1^ 1)eopla conl(lu-t do
alonK .his line. I>ortO UIco Is^ l.ehav I ^ ^ th<>y ^ 1o
Ing very mic.iy at present, and ••I . „„ thojr llo l-Mg-
w« n,'e« «-' •> «•wiu"" m,<'p nn', ;:;:lT ; was lo„Knc««r«i «hoW
SALE
parties that are now trying to force
pretended contract on the resident
portion of th.- city. After trying every
way to cam out my contract with
- ,.ut avail. I concluded to withdraw
my contract in consideration of the
' ouncli pnjing roe for the expense 1
! had encurr- d i'.i preparing for contract,
which amount, d t;j about $-00, the
•ouncil agreeing to i:o right ahead
and pave the streets w'th brick, which
I hey have not ■! "ie and no person now
( living c:n t II when it will be done. _
I am not oppose-! paving. Tho IJ
OUR 19—9 C EN T
OF GRANlTfc*vv aml
Friday and Saturday, Jan. 1 and2,
1 909
Prince's Novelty Store
109 South Rock Island Avenue
The Store for Everybody
for all disposed of so far as we. are ,..... ~ - n1Rliy Ann r -
concern, d when the American troops j in M. Il.ourm ,
are withdrawn April I. Hut. reniem-(
boring Idberia and llnyti and the |
of government
tho hope does
which
not soar
exist-
farce
there
high.
The other matter under the Monro,
doctrine is the Veneauelan disturb*
atlee. The I'liited States persistent-
ly kept hands olT while Castro played
tire highest-handed game "ti modern
brigandage > ver known, ll.it Castro
Is taking the air in Prance, and the
Venezuelans, keen for revolution, are
actually opening their gates to the
Dutch. The guna which ov irlook the
hny are silent while Holland seizes
Venezuelan vessels. That shows the
peculiar attitude <>f Castro tin y are
forgetful ol' everything but a desire to
destroy every evidence of his rule,
and while they carry on a little tight
(iu.nwele'-s Hcitland, crimjles
Sill" so YiailT.v on water thai wnen
onr« more ]>*' iceful coudltious lire i«'
stored tin > will awake to the sober
ronli/allon that they have been play
ins the old came of cutting off their
nose to spite their face.
Were that all. it would not !>•> serl-
e.tts front our noint of view, but the
general lawlessness is such that the
properly of foreign residents Is In
langrr. and should the Venezuelans
in so far as to sacrifice life and prop-
erty protected by any Kuropean (lag
we sliall find ourselves with a nice
kettle of fish ill attend to.—Fort
Worth T! cord.
VINDICATION FOR KATE BARNARD
can nniki s of farm machinery, ah
11 alia is going to be n second I til"'
States In farming. They have a har-
vester which cuts about a sK foot
swath and thrashes and sacks the
wheat and can be pulled bv four
horses. It only takes off the heads
and leaves the stalks standing, so
lon't think it would be much goo I In
•in uneven crop. It is an Australian
invention.
A mall steamer came in today and
we have just got the mail aboard and
N'ow
fact that there was no protest put
in aiialiKt t'telr so call- d paving reso-
lution is sufficient evidence that the
icople were not opposed to paving.
Wl.e i tin- council announced the
awarding oT the contract at the prices
people that knew anything about It
were astound, d, we talked to a num-
ber of the members of the council and
asked th in to Investigate and rescind
as it was so utterly unreasonable that
; would not stand for it. I pleaded
with several of them and told them
I would put In an injunction against
them which I did but I had to get
j my bond from Guthrie and it did not
arrive until 2::i0 o'clock next day. In
I the mean tin.e they had ascertained
the bond had not arrived, they hur-
ried and at 1:30 o'clock signed the
contract Why such a hurry? Why
should they te in such a hurry to
. . .,,,,■, mal e the residents ot the paving 11i
I havu your nice letter ol August ;.Mhjtri( t ^ $1„0,000 more than it Is
and am glad to hear t i"t t lin-s ^ I wo).(h, u t!mt building up the city,
looking so much moie < < [M, ,g u int.,11(icd to bankrupt lh • city?
home and hope jo o . . . j |s it going to build up the city to
thrashing O. K. With love and , ^ ^ ^ blanket mortgage on the
luIIV I homes of all our iH'ople: a great many
of them that cannot pay for them,
i I am making this light in the interest
l - .i,u. « iu> after years of in-
COAL! COAL!! COAL!!!
AT THE
Farmers Union Goat, Wuuu aiid reed Go.
deliveries made to all parts of the ci i v.
WEIGH AT THIS FARMERS ELEVATOR
! give us your orders for coal, wood and cobs. 2
: OFFICE PHONE 65. RESIDENCE PHONE 23! 1
: geo. o. convill, Manager. ~ ♦
' ,T++.j+.H.++t++++v-.'T+'l'vfvTTv. .... -r-t—.
Il l, ye spinsters! Though leap year
is almost gone there are IMT.nno more
men than women In Australia. Now
do to saving passage money.
The Buffalo Times advises: Se-
lect the gift to suit the recipient.''
Lovely, but difficult, when the only
thing which would suit her is a $r.,000
auto cat'.
A. Schwartz returned yost< r.lav fro.11
nn extended visit at Waldron, Mich.
Mrs. C. !.. Wellman departed this
al'tci nocm for Ha't A'.itonla, where sle.
visit for six weeks with friends.
w
The
Hesell
Infant of Mr. and
ide is very sick.
Mrs. I.e
wishes, your son,
righting mr. jones.
In another column appears an nrti- (|UHtry and economy have acquired
,clc on tbo paving yuestion signed by norm's in our be-tiitutul elt> atid *«ni
.!. K. .Tones. Some of the statements t0 remain here, men who have built
of the gentleman were so glaring that j (]1P city and made it what it is. i
the Democrat concluded to set Mr. j represent the sentiment of 8."> per cent
Jones right with himself. He asserts ^ „f (]„. people w ho own hornet
"I desire to set myself right before, j,,^ (|jstrict No. 2 and
in pav
, ... - according to
the people of the city." In his article, Democratic sentiment the people and
he slates: "My contract price was ,ict ,hi. speculators should rule. This
$l'.2'i per square yard, and inches calling the people of the town, kick
thick of asphalt." ' rs and knockers wont work. We have
The specifications of the Jones' con- heard the cry of wolf so long that w
tract for Indian Territory rock asphalt have become accustomed. We think
reads: about them like the fellow that was
"The materials for the waring sur- kicked by the jack ass II
face shall be laid directly upon the ,|,e soui
Miss Kate M tad, county superin-
tendent. and Miss Je sle KaV. were
among the teachers who went
this city to the Stat" Teachers
elation meeting in Shawnee.
Harry Kolbfleisch
typhoid fever.
is very sick
NIGHT RIDERS GAVE WARNING
from
' A o-|
Then an Oklahoma Farmers Barn
Was Burned to the Ground.
Mts. J. W. Karr and daughter. Missj
H. rcliie, have gone to I'nlon City to, Oklahoma City, Dee. ItO. Night ri.l-
spend a week visiting relatives a id . rs have again appeared in Potta-
friends.. I watoniie county. W. A. Buck, recent-
i iy removing from Iowa, has receive •
ni « Palmer went to Binger ' notices 0:1 different occasions to quit
today, to visit tliroufih the holidays | seiling mtton w™ 10
at the home of her father, W. W. j ignored them, llis burn, with entft.
contents, including a large supply
met
Th.
foundation in tv
(firsti course shall be
CM I of an inch t! 1 i< i-
nown -as the cushion
id coat shall be two
a. I shall be kno
o courses,
three-quar-
, and shall
coat. The
f.'i incites
irooil to talk
N'ow what \v
Cleveland I'
raw
ir s
ti
to
<> AM
our council t
ft e will probi:
pie will endo
rerned I pro]
>r any one < I
considered
It may do them sontt
:ind it don't hurt us any.
want is for th. Trinidad
ivtng company to with
3-cnlleil contract
1,1 v e. t bids that
Gilbert.
H. II. Hough, city circulation man-
ager of the Oklahomnn, came over
from Oklahoma City this afternoon.
Miss I.ela Y«ler has filed suit !
against Win. E. Kirk, for breach of
promise to marry. She asks for $2,000
of William's legal tender.
all kinds, has been burned
was discovered only In time
feed of
The fir
to save a number of head of hoi
from being burned to death.
WEST ON PRISON COMMITTEE.
Attorney General Will Help Investi-
gate the Kansar; Institution.
W. II. 11a
•S'uitii & \V<
chasul the li
In Fair
rly.
1, agent of the Fort
stern railroad, has pur-
F. Rice residence prop-
addition. The sal ■ was
Guthrie
let ir ral
Okla., D«
larles .1. West ha
ilov. riior Haskell
;o.—Attonv
be.:
:it
(ted through the
'!tC\
id 1 t
111
ndi s
Mr. Uic
till add'
has ptt
on, upon w
of E.
hase.l I'
iry i11v• -
it; .T. F.
d to
:lll ti
good luck to your
Ti legram.
thltj
only
some
1 solll-
, and
effort --Fort Worth
THE JOURNEY.
A little work, a little sweating, i.
few brief, living years; a little joy,
a little I'reit ng. some smiles and then
_fmne tears; a little resting in tho
sbud.jw. a struggle to the height, ti
fnt'.le s. arch for Kldora.lo, and then
we -Sty noo.l night. Some toiling In
the strif ■ and clangor, some years In
doubl and debt, some words we spoke
in foolish anger, that we would fain
forjiet: some cheer, words we said
'unthinking that made a sad hear;
light: the banquet, with its feast and
drinking—and then we say good
night Some questioning of creeds
and theories and judgment of the
•lead, while God, who never sleeps or
wearies. Is watching overhead; some
.iltle laughing and some sighing:
*M*Me sorrow some delight; a little
music for the dying and tiieu we say
gooj night.—Wait Mason.
trouble for uncle sam-
It begins to look as If the I nited
Kta-Us, willing or otherwise, would
he COtv.r-rller! to t.lkc a Uaod soon ot
later i« straightening out tile several
i r.
all
that
,1 F
ulallti
e min
gram at
ly visit.
ibockiiu" cr
Now com
if the Okln
trol. and decla
charges are t
twelve prisoner
In
C.l up
printed
Miss Ho run i
Worth and
Te
it-
a
ed
to ri-e- ive $2.20 fur 2 1-2
tlie p:eseiit contract pro
for three Indies.
A - tin Mr. Jones was
cents for curbing. The
be 24 Inches in depth.
I top and Inches at the
of them had undergone the water cure ]it
aioile of punishment. One prisoner j
inch conciete
Mr. Jones wiw
inches, whU
Ftles f()t'
J. E. JOXRS.
20
.T. P. Connors, prcstaont
una boanl of prison con-
that Miss Barnard's
*i interviewed
h * says, "and six i
riv
to rec
curb was
6 inches .
bottom. T
to:
Women
ing their
dark past.
bp bl.i
- it's t
far M a c
rid of
said he was given the water cure be- j
cause b«4 was unable to mine eighteen
cars of coal a week. Some of the
punishments described to me are not
Ot. for publication.
Governor Haskell of Oklahoma and j
Governor Hoch of Kansas are both
:nen who are supposed to be humane.
Governor I loch especially has been
generous in the matter of pardons. It
seems remarkoble that distressing con-
ditions in a state penal institution
*ould exist for anly long time without
coming to the knowledge of either of
the. state executives.
Credit for discovering them belongs
fo a woman and if men do not follow
ip her discoveries by prompt reme-
dial measures it will be to their last
ing discredit. -Kort Worth Tel gram.
interesting letter.
The Democrat takes pleasure in pub-
lishing the following letter which was
received by .Mr. a nil Mrs. \V. ('. Brad-
burry from their son John, who is with
he fleet in its tour of the world
U. S. S, Georgia, Manila, I*. I., Oct
3rd, 1%H.
Dear Father and Mother:
HowM you
is 2i inches in depth, C lawyer. One
Inches above the gutter line. IS inches other day mad
extension front tlie curb line. The
price is one dollar per foot.
Taking Evans avenue as an example.
the Democrat presents figures on the
two contracts.
Jones Contract.
Street !!0 feet from curb to curb.
i one block 261 feet long. This would
tuake ><> '• square yards at $2.20 or
$l.!i:;t;.0tt for the paving. Curbing both
I sides of street. '.2S feet at 70 cents.
| $360.f>0, total for curbiug and paving
I S2,:J03.J0.
Present Contract.
i Street 110 feet from curb to curb,
; ti', feet off for gutter) making 27 feet
, one block 2't>4 feet long. Tiiis would
j make 7!I2 square yards ill $2.20 or
$l,si::.«s. Curbing both sides of
i street. .".2S feet at one dollar, $.">28,
j total for curbing and paving $2.:141.C8,
I or just: <35.08 more than .lones would
have received and he was to furnish
a paving one-half inch 1 ess in thick-
ness.
like
a $
to be a woman
til ill Chicago the
i.OOO fee.
C.ee! but it's awful lo contemplate
what'll happen next year with the
whole thing taking Friday Tor a .start
er.
They say only the ignorant dislike
owls. Considering the birds reputa-
tion for wisdom the statement seems
quite reasonable.
lllsgeu says that he lias had enough
of politics—that hereafter It's axle
grease for his. Well, there is less
friction about it.
paving question.
Editor Democrat: 1 wish in reply
to comments niado from lime to lime
I*-*.- ruurr auu , iu u.-i. Yourin our papers in regard to this paving
good and kind letter of duly 12th cgrae question to SC't myself right heWre the
After a whole year of as good press
agency as ever went to waste. Ethel
Roosevelt will be formally introduced
into Washington society Christmas.
An impecunious Austrian baron lias
robbed his New York benefactor of
<8.000. That, we believe, is * hat Is
called gratitude.
ion as
e to li
New
of the
Mr. B
Kansr
that phi
S. L. Thomson has again taken
charge of the Brick Barn, having
bought out Mr. I .a nt a, to whom In-
recently sold tho business and stock.
E. S. Rhomb s is looking after a real
estate deal ill Duncan this afternoon.
The concrete crew will begin work
on the* Connelly paving contract, on
West Wade street, tomorrow morn-
ing.
Charles Bellamy, of Lawton, Is visit
ing in the city today.
| Kirs.
?700 MONTH ALIMONY.
Mary Bogardus Tower Grante
Decree From Ironmaster.
Poughkeepsle. N. Y„ Dec. 30.—
Seven hundred dollars a month all
niony is allowed .Mrs. Mary Bogurdui-
Tower, a former telephone girl, in -
final decree of separation from bet
husband, A. Edward Tower, the weal
thy iron master of this city. Til.
Towers separated two years ago, Mrs
Tower alleging that lier husband wa
brutal to her. The final decree was
tiled yesterday. Mr. Tower's first
wife shot and killed herself and lie
young son soon after Mr. Tower mat
rie.l the telephone girl.
HE PICKED THE LOCK.
Dale & Brook report the sale of A.
A. Muzzy's residence proper, y. 421
South Choctaw avenue, to Miss An- ! *
lia 11. Bowman, of Darlington. The ! Prisoner Let Himself Out of City JaT
Things emanating from the White
House seem to argue that they have
been a lttle late this year about get-
ting i place the "Peace oil Earth,
flood Will t Men'' mottoes.
price paid was $1,200.
Three marriage license were issuerl
today. The fortunate parties are:
Walter Wilkowski and Miss Zilla
Meschberger, both of El Reno: Law-
rence Archie Chappeil and Miss Eva
Hahn, both of this city, and Charles S.
Clements of El Reno, and Miss Edith
Mabel Nievav, of Cereal.
i
llattle E. lllller today filed a i«'ti- I
tion for seprate maintenance, her hus-
band. L. l„ lliller to pay the running
exoens.'s of I wo households, instead of
QM. p _ j ,
With a Button Hook.
A day or two ago a man was locket
in the city Jail, charged with beini
drunk. A little later, while the fron
nfiico was deserted, the prisoner pick
ed the jail lock with a shoe, butl^
hook, ami struck out for the depot
lie was soon recaptured there, an«
taken back to Jail, and then, just as
an entertainment for the crowd, h.-
again picked the lock III l>+~y sec
on.ls. lie claimed to he a locksmith
and said it was fun for him to plcl
Yale, and other complicated locks. A"
Holtceuiati had been blaui®* lor lim-
i*e Wt the door unlocked.
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