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POUR.
THE LEADER, QUTHftlE, OK LA.. THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, IMS.
The Leader
BY LESLIE G. NJBLACK.
THB ASSOClAiEtTPKESS
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fix inouu.H
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The Leader 1* a member of the AH&ociated
Press and receives the day telenrai r. re-
port of that great news organization for ex
elusive afternoon publication 'n Guthrie
tnd SO uitles radius
g— - - :
Ho. * Kas., Business. 75; Editorial. 69.
IVrk. Valley, Business, 75; Editorial, «9
THURSDAY, JANUARY
IHftn
new county officials.
The Logan county court hoime has
tak n on a (!f fterent hue One can do
business there now without being un
duly ruffled
A chatife came over the l>nil<llTitA
last evening wli n the new Democratic
officials were aworn In. The new coun-
ty board Is nlso busy dispatching bind
DOSS.
In Mr P. nitrlie the board made n
splendid selection for chairman. Mr.
Burke is a business roan from the
ground up. Ho Is active, aggressive,
honest, faithful and painstaking. Ful-
ly conversant with county needs, his
administration will be wine and Judici-
ous. In Ml. John Favors, the taxpay-
ers of logan, have a sterling represen
tative Mr. Favor Is a splendid man In
every sense and he ard Mr. Burke will
discharge the people's interests with
fidelity. 'Ilis minority member, Mr.
Swank, enters upon Ins work pledging
his support to tae interests ot his con-
stituents
In Messrs. Iiarl Murphy, sheriff, and
Ed Trapp, clerk, the people have two
faithful, conscientious officials. They
will make good.
The new administration sets sail in i
kindly breezes and the end of he year'
will see a change for the better la the
affairs of old Logan.
Oklahoma* The «p"rdlnn of $500,000 j
fcjr the counties and their towns and
cities on railroad projects and termi-
nals, most of wolr.U would come any-j
way in the natural (•'lit of e-ents o1"
$310,000 on our highwayn to develop
\alues In 0'ir faim 'nnds and to bring
the products of these lands to cur own
markets by constructing county road i
in every county ■ in tho territory'
What would bo the effect in n (core ot
years fron, now Is worthy tile at.ten-1
lion of the legislature
lu the firmer case only a limited
number of counties and t-.wns lectdvOj
a direct and appreciable benefit, while
in the latter ca.se the wl ole urea ani|
every town anil county in the terri-
tory i.< a direct beneficiary.
J. C. Jamison.
KEIFS
A Happy New Year to all readers of
The Leader.
A LEAK? Ncl
There appears to le son a feeling
manifest among the Republicans as to
the organisation of the Eighth as-
sembly, We are una'de to account
for this radieal departure from the
path of harmony and peace, since tliej
white dovt is supposed to h ive circle 1
and nestlol along about Ann 21 lust
However, something may have sprung |
a leak.
In the meantime aro the depositors
getting a square deal?
There are several big hens on, it
appears. Soma of them will cackle,!
even after laying hard-boiled eggs.
Ames Ewlng, man ot many parts, j
who can drown a bluff with a gurgle1
of laughter, has come forth and maduj
request. He wants in. "Stop that
knocking."
Oklahoma City men are going to
Washington next week with wit one
purpose in view. That is to knock
out Outhrie and insert Oklahoma City
as the capital. A fund of $IO,Cifl.) has
been raited for this purpose.
GOOD ROADS AND NATIONAL AID.
Editor Leader: Our legislature
when it convenes should not overlook
<he fact that the good road question
has reached the national authorities
at Washington; that the subject is be-
fore congress and will in all likelihood
receive the earnest consideration of
both houses at the next session, it i«j
believed that the appropriation by the J
general government will not be less
than twtn'y-four million loilars, to be
divided among the several states. The
territories are not Included anil Okla-'
homa shoult' not lest upon her oars, i
In this connection the year booh of
the department of agriculture :ust out
in some pertinent remarks nees no
reason why the national government
fbould not come to the aid of the
states In this great work If the na-
tional government can aid railways
and waterways aad constiuct carriage)
drives throughout national parks and
reserves and wagon roads for Porto
Rico and the Philippines there is noj
satisfactory reason why it may not
lend aid to the improvement of the ■
highways in the states especially the
principal postal roads, thereby advpuc- j
ing the commercial, ag.icultuiav
duf,trial, social, end educational inter
ests of the people, and then adds' "lt|
Is impossil le in any state tc provide a
fit system of highways 1 y the action,
of boards which have only local an-,
ihority." ■' No good system
of roads has ever l,ecn devol P«d ex-
<epi u< der authority le.lgeu in the
hands of some central administration. '
The Oklahoma legislature should
not' brush aside this high authority
when it comes to consider the i robleic
of a good roads system.
Which is the most important to the
commercial and industrial Interests of
lobbyists off
the pay roll.
The coming lcsri'dr.tui e should nor
merely .'onlcnt itself with bnnlshin;
professional lob' yb.ts from the legis
iative hulls and corridors of the state
house, 'nit it all Ji.l't also bar 'he pro-
fessional loboyis's from the legisla-
tive pay rol!. It is an open secret that
a Bcore of corporation lobbyists are
projecting themselves to the front as
candidates for offices in the two
houses of the legislature and us com-
mittee clerks, ib-pi'ty sergeant ut arms
end cloak room guardians.
,Most of 'Ills class aie never at a
1.'ss in trumping up claims of political
reward for services rendered in the
campaign and they usually manage to
back * he!** Mains wiili St i one endorse
ments from public men and private
citizens who voeli. not tb'nk of em-
ploying them themselves in positions
of trust !'i any establishment It.
goes without saving that the torpora-
lion lobbyist who occupies an official
position iu either house of the legisla i
Hire, or becomes an attache of tli3
legislature by reason of employment |
;n a subordinate c m acity. can do more
mis diief wl'il imp.tnity and exert
more influence upon members of the
legislature than a corporation retainer
Dnd boodle distributor on the outside
The lobbyist on ihe inside can put in
his work at all hours of the day and j
night and while the legislature is in
full session, lie knows when, how
and where tc approach ;he members j
and rsrelv fa'ls to "crtne an audience
when he sets cut to do so. l or that j
reason lie is the ni>st dangerous audi
should, if possible, bo Kept ut long;
range
While it niny not he possible for any
legislative body to keep itself abso-,
lutely free from pernicious lobby in-
fluonees the coming legislature will
go far toward making the lobV harni-j
less by drawing the line at members,
of the old gang that has scandalized j
former legislatures by corrupt manipu !
latlon of monitors, the jiigeoti holing!
or garbling of bills and the intro.luc-1
lion ot holdup legislation. The mostj
effective way to b?ni.-h the profession-1
ill lobby is tc keep them ofT the legis-
lative pav roll.
hoi ding THE SACK.
(Chandler Tribune, lessee's organ.)
A great pressure was brought to
bear on tLe school land lessees during
ihe last campaign to induce them to
vote for Bird McGuire.
.Although the Democratic platform
was the most liberal territorial plat-
form ever writ'eu and although the
school land board arose like a horrible
specter en 'he vision of thovstndi of
lessees, they were persuaded lo veto
the Republican ticket In sufficient
numbers to defeat Mathews and elect
Metluire
It was argued, and not without some
foundation that McOune had fought a
good fight for the lessees and as favors
to lessees had been but few and far
between they felt very much like re
warding ury one who had favored
them.
Time and again runiois of a meeting j
held in Outhrie and participated in byj
Hird McGuire, Governor Ferguson,
Prod Harrte, Henry Asp, Pill" Grimes j
and others, came to our ears. It was i
asserted that when confionted by
these g'-n'lemon wbo have always ad-1
vocateo high rcnials and perpetual
leases that Pird told them that the i
"preference right" clause of both the |
McGuir" and Hamilton t.l'l was for the
purpose of catching the lessee vote!
and that i* would be eliminated ut thej
proper time.
""ae Tiibvne was urged to publish j
this before election but refused to dO|
so necause of MoGuire's seeming sin-
cerity.
In the light of recent events all that
was charged against McGuire an-11
even more seems to l>e true.
It seeu.s that :lie preference right!
caluse, in the Pemocratie platfcnu by
the \>n-k of such men as Notsyn Mil-
ler Massetuale and a score of others,,
and thus becoming a part r.f the Denio l
cratic policy, has been annulled by
epublican n earlier v.
The senate committee has reported.
ihe Ham'ltcn bill lni' the prelerenccl
right clause was stricken out and thej
dispatches do nit disclose any frantic
efforts ou the part jf L'lrd McGuire to ter give them away. Many an oli
have the clause remain. maid or chlld'.usg bachelor would bring
N'u d u'bt Governor Ferguson and them up better. Perchance (Uxens o:
Win. Grimes are satisfied, but how these would adopt children If they
about th; Ie9«ee who has tolled to could ri-i their minds of the fe> ling
male a ncme? who has grubbed th-3 that there might be just one more
timber and broken the piair'e? Is he: chance fcr thei.i.
satisfied to go imo competition with Here's a field fo> someone to culti-
the idle money of the world? Ooe3 he vate. get up a rlul for the revivifying
enjoy the pro.pec^. ot b tiding for his of these idealists. Wlial fi n It 'ojid
home on equal term* wtih the land be to hear the multitude* of theories
grabbers that'infest P' ery new coui;- exploding. Anvwav, it might give us
Lry ? a new set of old maid jokes.
If they do. let them thank Bird Mc
Guire ua I ihe Republican paity. If AS TO Ht'ACS.
Ihey do not let thet:. go out to the; Editor Lealer To show tlie ina.le-
barn mm solemnly kic'u themselves Quacy of the old «ystems of highway
and prepare thdr mlcds to again b- Improvements a.id the expensive and
duned when the Republicans want j burdensome taxation who li they en-
their votcM two years hence wl;h the esult that the tigli-
The lessees can console themselves wavs are little better than thi-y were
with ihe thought, however, that ther
A VENERABLE PASTOR
CURED BY PE=RU=NA.
are olhi r dupes.
COLLFGF. TIOTS.
Russia is not the >niy place where
tho usilv rsity students are al le to get
up a riot on short notice. Tho New
York dispatches tell us of a Perce bat-
tle between 800 freshmen and sopho-
mores of Columbia university in which
a subway st-tli' n was demolished, the
sutface cars stopped for over an hour
and severe bodily injury recti.td by
a number of the participants. Noth-
ing is said concerning pol-.ee interfer-
enc\ Si i 's to be presumed ihal the
official protectors of the public p< ace
save the affair absent-minded treat-
ment.
Many sermons have been preached
against lia/ing In colleges, bin never- product
before these great expondiluri s were
made, let us cite a few insturces of
statistics frum oi l states. In the atate
of Connecticut $1 903,853.27, which fol-
ly fhe has uow abandoned for the state
aid plan, fn Mi«oii-i about $i 660,000
annually, ard as a result they have
rough, bad roads in a ,'arge part of th -
state all the KiKo, ?nd muddy ai.d
nearly imi usable roa Is one-third of
the year. In iowa the co°t to the peo-
ple is $2,650,000. qnn'iall.v. with three
months at th.2 year that the roa ls are
almost impassable, a.id during ih<;
winter aa'i spring of lPOj grain and
other farm product? from the farms
to tho elevators and railroad stations
we-o almost entirjly suspended to-
wed s at a time. In Illinois a large
po. l'.on of the }'00,000,000 of farm
If it finds its way to market
Pe ru na is a Catarrhal Tonic
Especially Adapted to the De-
clining Powers of Old Age.
In old age the mucous membranes be-
come thickened and partly lose their
function.
This leads to partial loss of hearing,
smell and taste, as well as digestive dis-
turbances.
Peruna corrects all this by its specific
operation on all the mucous membranes
of the body.
One bottle will convince anyone. Once
used and Peruna becomes a life-long
stand-by with old and young.
theless the electoral college appears
to be about the onlv one where tho
practice does not survive to some ex-
tent. And in 'p'te of all that has been
said, tho general public is inclined to
view colleclate pranks with a great
deal of charity.
-Rut tbere is s'ich a thing as carry-
ing a joke too far The license grant-
ed to the animal spirits of lusty,
good-humored youth sboi.ld ,i,ot be
stretched to covc- nsimne ro-.vdiness
There are certain limits which must
not be transgressed. College youths
should fee! all the more constrained to
keep weli within these bounds simply
because of he good-natured sympathy
which meets their less offensive mani-
fes'ations of exuberance. When thev
degenerate into rioters they should be
treated as rioters. The«e Columbia
collegians seem to have rather made
fools of themselves, and they have cer-
tainly contributed a conspicuous ex-
ample to tile cause of the relentless
foes of any sort of na/.u-.g or class riv-
alry whatsoever.
SO THEY GAVf. the child away.
At this season of the year when the
enfant terrible is holding court and
we are a'!, young and old, no matter
how gouty, bowing before him and
paying our animal tribute of dolls, red
wagons and purple monkevs climbing
on yellow sticks; when the artistic
world, with pencil, brush and pert is
again striv'nft to give us a yet tenderer
picture uf the Madonna and Child
when all literature and every church
and school In Christendom is telling
the story "f the Chr-st child—like a
cold wave from Labrador comes down
to us the s'orv of a father and mother
up In Chicago who have given awav
their first born.
It's not ao much because the child
was given awav that the case has cre-
ated such a stir in cynical Chicago.
Lots of people Ho that sort of thing,
ft's the reason alleged by these fond
pr.rents, Mr. and Mrs. Ponovan.
They said they were perfectly able'
to stir port the youngster—but its cry-
ing annoyed t'oem!
In the winter n.cnthfL inus; be through
mvd at ha'f ar. i ore third wagon
louis. This er°at agricultural and
producing state has awakened to the
needs of the hour and the folly of 1i r
uast road sv-deui and the legislature
ihio winter will adept the new and
progressiy e system with the largest
appropriation ever made by the state
for public purpes-s, k sowing that
every dollar it appropriates will come
back to it ten fold. I might cite in
this co-.neciion every state in Use
Miild'e We:-t as witnesses to the ex-
pensive tnd bur len-orao folly of i-ast
legislation ui.on his subject, but
what's the use' They are all waking
up to their own commercial interest
and preparing to leau better lives, and
soon these old systems will be remem-
bered as relics if the folly of a past
age. 1 repeat, as in a former article,
shall Oklahoma duplicate the errors
of the old states upon this subject''
Shall she not rssther p'-ofit by their
mistakes? If one were to undertake
to tunnei a mountain with a apoon he
would ba set down as a crank or fool,
or worse, a brainless idiot, and since
all the experiences of the past ages,
ail the vast expenditure in money
ard labor, only attests the failures
and wastefulness of the old systems,
whv ahull Oklahoma with hei; splen-
did youth and promising future not
learn wisdom from the mistakes of
her elders? What system shall it be?
That is the question. I believe In the
state aid olan. upon a basis that shall
be equitable to every cour.ty in the
territory, and that the good work
should start with an appropriation b>
the territory of not less than $250,000.
to be expended, I have already
said, among all the counties upon some
Just and fair basis and upon condi-
tions which shall make it greatly to
tho interest of all of the counties,
towns and cities to become deeply and
earnestly aroused upon the subject.
S^ev. oJ. N.j^arker.
!
Strong and Vigorous at the Age of
Eighty-eight.
Kev. J.N. Parker, Utica, N.Y., writes:
44In June, 1901,1 lost my sense of hear-
ing entirely. My hearing had* been
somewhat impaired for several years,
but not so much effected but that 1 could
hold converse with my friends; but in
June, 1901, my .sense of hearing left me
■o that 1 could hear no sound whatever.
1 was also troubled with rheumatic pains
in my limbs, 1 commenced taking Pe-
runa and now my hearing is restored as
when 88 years old can say It has invgior*
a ted my whole system. 1 cannot bul
think, dear Doctor, that you must feel
very thankful to the all loving Father
that you have been permitted to live,
;ind by your bkill be such a blessing a
you have been to suffering humanity."
—Rev. j. N. Parker.
A Bishop's Letter.
T. H. Lomax, D. D.t Bishop 2nd DlaU
A. M. E., of Charlotte, N. C., writes:
411 recommend your Peruna to all who
want a strengthening tonic and a very
effective remedy for all catarrhal com-
plaints."—T. H. Lomax.
If you do not derive prompt and satifl*
factory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a
full statement of your case, and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable ad*
▼ice gratis.
Address Dr. Hartman, President of
good as it was prior to June, 1901. My
rheumatic pains are all gone. I cannot j The Hartman banitarium, Columbus,
•peak too highly oi Peruna, and uow i Ohio.
Ask Your Druggist for a Free Peruna Almanac for 1005.
GROWTH 0-* RURAL
rR^E DELIVERY.
A governmental Innovation ove.'
which tho people of the United States
Side by side with this dark pictureI generally have ample ccuse for self-
of the cclossal selfishness of these un-1 congratulation li the rural free dellv-
aatural parents we see another pic- ery adjunct of 'he postoffice depa"t-
ture-—a plc'ure cl the wrinkled haml ment. During'ts existence of approx-
and care-worn faces of ilie parents [ imately seven year? it has undergone
who are strain'iif their already over- an evolution sufficiently marvelous
strained muscles and brains that thev and stable to guarantee its peimaner.-
mav keep all the children in the home cy and its grewth in tho future ir.
and givo oncli child at 1 ec.ft one br.ghi \ even larger ratio than in the past
day in the year. j A recent issue of World's Work
But vet, pcrhai-s, ve waste a area'i summarizes the nmaz'ntr development
deal of sentiment on the little culcast of the service, indicated by rapidly
Is it not far better, If these parents Increasing routes and appropriations,
do not love th< ir ch.ld, for them t i as follows:
say so and give him a chance to fln l j "In IfW. whet, th" rural service was
someone who noes' I started on probation, $40 OW wa.s
The spectacle is not a new one. How j deemed sufficient for lis trial. During
many children ccme into" the world tin-j the fiscal year that ended June 3(.,
loved, are only to erated fed and cloth | )90l, nearly J13,„00,n<k: was expended
ed that they may reflect credit on a for rural free deiiverv For the fiscal
bypociitical parent who tortures the year upon which we have now entered
Innocent child by wotd and deed when | $20,910,tit'O has been appropriated for
his own sins fare him in his offspring's. the continuance and extension ot tho
actions? | rural mail service. T icrj were 24,5r.C
We applaud Tolstoi, Carlyle and rural routes in existence at the end of
Emerson for demanding the absolute j the fiscal yiar on June 31 last, 9,44'.
and naked truth vet when someone is new routes having been put into oper-
consistent—owns to selfishness heart- j attou during the fiscal year. On
lessness—dares the world wi ll It—j October 1, 1904 there were 271.!.>
wc are aghast. The Donovans certain : routes established, a:.H' <he service
ly sinned: yet. so does overy parent was being extended at the rate if
who brings, Into <h« world a child who; about Silt) routes a month."
is net the ofsp-'ng of love. A spirit j *t this rate, very few years wili
of (!lscor-.l 's let loose upon the earth elapse ere the entire immense rural
If children are not loved Into being stretch of .iomcoiic America will be
and if their parents can not love j grldironed by mi-.] free delivery
them in the highest wuy they had bet-1 routes. \t present the moit Import-
ant r.nd populous districts are being
well sened and the extensions are
| reaching out ir.to remote and sparsely
inhabited territory. As the settle-
ment of the unoccupied sections pro-
ceeds, the department makes an ef-
■ fort to establish additional routes, the
regular method bo'ng to create new
routes as soon as the growth of popu-
lation a\:d topographical peculiarities
justifies such action.
One of the mi st fortunate features |
of rural free delivery is its tendency;
toward automatic growth, once it has
been fairly inaugurated. It comes, oi
course, as a novelty to the lnhah-j
itants of the rural districts, but ns
they grow accustcnr.ed to its manifold
advantages their patronage is increas-
ed, at first slowly, and then with a
rapidity which frequently necessi-
tates either the making of a new
route or tho adoftios i f more compre-
hensive methods for covering the old
one. Close observation of govern-
ment officials has disclosed this peculi-
arity, which, it is needless to say, they
heartily we'eomo as providing a self-
supporting feeder to the system.
"tevond doubt however, the most
yital phase of the system is its value
as a colonizing agent. At no extra
co.it to themselves, it puts the rural
classes :n practicd'y as close touch
| with clvil'ration as the man in the'
city. Where communication with
friends and relatives, frequent contact
I with newspapers and contemporane-
i ous literature ami nearness to ;he big
i purchasing and runply centers are '
; furnished with the regularity of tha
average ru al d 1 v rv route, ihe mof.
notony and isehtic.n previously tlvj
mn'n objections to a c-iuutry exist-
ence, are almost vhclly eliminated, j
People are quickly becoming familiar |
wiih .his beneficent feature and thej
congestion so often complained of in (
our larger cities *s being relieved to'
the vast benefit of those many un-,
used districts which ofer so many in- j
ducements to the laborer or small
capitalist.
Pending and f'lt.ir1 improvements
in the svstom vi'l ronioubtedly accel-
erate this hapnv tendency
da.'s ago he said that conciliation--
that is, direct discussion between two
parties to a controversy—often does
great good but on the other hand arbi-
tration seldom results in anything but
a compromise unsatisfying to both
pa'tie®. He urged that one great evil
of arbitration is that both parties to
the cor.tro'<3rsv generally increase
their den anils in a ratio proportionate
to what they be'ieve will he stricken
oft He declare 1 that so far as hi*
personal observation went he had ye',
to tee when arbitration ha? sncoesa-
fully accomplished its pnipose.
This is not in accord with the com-
mon belief, which is that arbitration
is the proper and surest method for
the settlement ot labor controversies,
and we are quite confident that num-
erous instances could be cilod iu
which arbitration has successfully at-
comp!ish?d its purpose. That it oftem
reaults in compromise may be admit-
ted but tiiat is true of nearly all th'J
affairs of life which become involved
in controversy and fan not reasonably
be regarded as militating against the
pr'nciple of arbitration. There is u>
doubt as to the value of conciliation
It is the first aud mos* important ele-
ment ir. dealing with difficulties be-
tween employer and employe, but.
where it falls, as is too oflen the case,
voluntary arbitration is tbe most'ef-
fectual ano satisfactory resort which
has yet been found. If It has noi in
all oases been successful, this was not
because of anv fn.lt 'n the principle,
but was due to some err:r or mistake
in its application The usefulness or
arbitration will increase as men gain
experience In Its oniplcyment and per-
fect its detu.iU
While the views expressed by thi-
distinguished preMdent of Harvard
merit consideration, we do not believe
that they v ill effect any great charge
In public opinion i egardlng tlio sound-
ness and tho usefulness ot arbitration
in 'abor disputes
conciliation ano arbitration
When so able tnd earnest a worker!
in bebal* of industrial peace as Pt-esi-j
dent Eliot of Harvard declares oppi.si-j
tion to arbli radon in labo- disputes, it1
is certa'n to command serious atten-
ticn. Pre3i1^nt Klicl is a member of
the Civic Federation and it is tho
policy of that body to reluse to arbi-
trate any question between two par-
ties. In a statement published a few
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A certificate givi-e notification thai
the capita] stock of Weinberg Dry
Goods company of Pawnee, had been
diminished from $20,000 to $15,000 was
filed with the secretary todav.
Notarial con1 missions were granted
to the following:
F A. Pendar's of Enid.
Ed Patton of Dale.
W. P.. "ioidfello'.v of Headrick.
W. R. Mansfield of 1 amlert.
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The Oklahoma Leader. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 5, 1905, newspaper, January 5, 1905; Guthrie, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc121709/m1/4/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.