The Oklahoma Leader. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 26, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 3, 1916 Page: 3 of 8
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THE T,EAJ>EI\\ C
<110. OKI V
INDW . IKUUr \U\ 1<iK;.
Children Cry for Fletcher's
®Je Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has been
use for over JO years, has bornu the signature o£
■ and hns been made nnder his per-
r /_ - sonal supervision since its infancy.
Allow no one to deceive you in this.
All Counterfeits, Imitations and " Just-as-good " are but
Ix pertinents that triflo with and endanger the health of
Infants and Children—Experience uguinst Experiment*
What is CASTORIA
Castorla Is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pnre-
gorlo. Drops and Soothing Sjrups. It Is pleasant. It
contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic
■nbstanee. Its ape is Its guarantee. It destroys Worms
and allays Feverlshness. For more than thirty years it
has been In constant nse for the relief of Constipation.
Flatulency.. A\ lad Coll?, ail Teething Troubles and
Diurrhwa It regulates the Stomach and Bowels.
AHHlin.latr the Food, giving' healthy and natural sleep.
The Children's X'anacca—The Mother's Friend.
GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS
llBeavs the Hignature of
In lise For Over 20 Years
Kind Ycu Have Alwavs Bctrf "it
THR CgNTAUW COMPANY. UCW Y^RK CITY.
Covntv Court Notes
The cold weather or the past week the estate of Amanda Xealis, Christo-
has put old Dan Cupid 011 the blink; pher II. Bock, Ann K. McKinney and
it appears that he is hibernating; not ^"''n ^as been set tor Fobru-
in county court for a week. Probate
ary 19, 1910.
An order has be<
■u issued by Judg
John I), ('bappelle, admitting the will
in- auwever, keep the court and m Cleora Carver to probate. L<
clerks busy. Ti!.- following cases • rs testimentary vore issued to A A.
were before Judge ( bappelle today: , Humphrey, tin- executor named under
Lutz Estate. it he will. A bond was required ot 1 h < -
Chas. 0. Bulkley, executor of the executor in the sum of $5,000. Th
estate of Frederick Oscar Lutz, has appraisers appointed by the court, 11.
filed an annual report in the county I Ard r> Luther West and I <\
fcourt, which account uxhibits not only (Jus:, made tin following appraise-
the debts that have been paid, but also 11 en ot ;he property !>• longing to the
Personal
not.s
property,
$:u::o.oo.
Total,
00
r has been issued admitting
)t Laughlin Dennis to pro-
contains a statement of all the debts
which have been presented and allow-
ed. The executor charges himself
with the following amounts: He. An or,!
ceipts $61.854.SS; disbursements, $G1 v. ii:
705.36. Balance due estate (cash on b •. Loiter:; nientary will issue
hand), $59.52. The hearing on the to J. l> (Crocker upon his filing the
report was set for February 12, 1916. oath of office and executing a bond in
A return and acount of sale of real in penal sum of 4,000.
estate in the estate of John C. Scrog- M. < Sloaa has -iled a petition ask
gins has been filed by Lvelyn J. Hurl- ing tor letters ol administration in the
burt, th" administratrix. The north- estate oi Simon Koffler who died in
east quarter of section .*52, township IS lesiate in Lo^an county, May l. IDOL'.
North, range 4, was sold to K. c. Koch, riio purpose of the administration is
for 12,260. The hearftig of the return to perfect title to the real estat that
was set for February 0, 1916. belonged to th. decedent, but which
A hearing on the final accounts in is now owned by the said M. <\ Sloan.
I ever paid for Cushing oil, althon
| is understood that Gosden &. Co.
OFFERED FOR FEE
Shamrock, Feb. 1.—The ownership
of land in fee is gradually changing
hands in the Shamrock territory. and
at the present time some nice prices
are being offered. As a rule the
tracts that are sold are for small
pieces of land, generally from 20 to
40 acres. Frank Ingalls who owns
several sections in fee east of Sham-
rock, has refused a fiooii'i offer for
the thirty-five acres on the weft line
01 section 37 17 7. where C. B. Shaf-
fer is now drilling. It is understood
that $30,000 has been refused for the
Alwood farm in section 2 16 7, where
Shaffer is also drilling at the present
time.
not far behind in its purchase from
the Quaker Oil company of 900,000
barrels of storage. It is said the
price in this deal was $2.05 per bar-
rel but this price including the steel
which is usually paid for at the rate
cf about 25 cents per barrel.
MUCK TALK,!
SB Hli* TO
O la oma City, 1\ • 1 With the
" -day extra session nearly half over,
with 40 subje is su i.Utti d for Ic-.is-
livtion and (IN bills introduced, 1 He-
house today s.'eii: several hou/-
wrangling on technical quebiions
while the senat listened to speeches
by Caampbell Russell 011 ' personal
privilege," Russell used $61)11 >\ort
of time trying to deny that he has
cost the state $$00,000 by initiating
past bills. Kussell thought the sen-
ate would not adjourn until the $0 a
day period had been ended The law
makers like the coin. The senat''
wasted, Monday, by d ' at ing on e\
oiling the Oklahoma,because it rlt-
iclze I the body The Oklahomnn re-
porter was excelled. There will be
no chief boc/v'ceper, clerk and addi-
tional stenographer In the sta.e In-ti-
way department. The new positions
which the state senate created in a
bill was promptly abolished in the
house. Former Secretary of Stae Hon
Harrison led the fight against the
new offices
The legislature may adjourn within
the 30 days. One factor to indicate
that is tlie fact that Governor Wil-
liams refused to sign a per diem n>
propriation bill for a longer time. The
hill carried enough for 550 days when
introduced, but the exe> utive said he
would veto it unless it was reduced.
Total work to date is anti-gambling
ibil and two appropriation bills to pay
the legislature.
PACTS TIIUFE
Bo ^'e ; if ~7- a Bandits Exhibited at Jua:
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IMP
KITH HI COLE, RELEASED
The case against L. 11
prominent Oklahoma City young man,1 For
cliarg- d with having knowledge of an has b
mb :'.zlemeni was dismissed by Judge rear o
Cotteral in district court today. lots w
I11 1914 Ammeman was statement Last
teller in the American National bank n<,:ii.
it Oklahoma ( ity; W. I). Cole, his 1 i'
•reind and companion, was chief book-, ate
Airepcr. During the early part of 1915 be mun
1;i • was checked up $10,000 short,
and disappeared. He was aferwards
pprehended and indie « d. His trial
i set for the present term of court.
Sometime later young Ammonium was
indicted on the charge named
above. It was found, after investiga-
tion that the evidence was too vague
onvict, so he was released today.
.Muskogee, Feb. 1 Uc
States Senator Robert I
not dioose to liavo hav
through the window:
•e residence the Mu
ot the Western Awo.-'m;
j to spend $3,000 ' '1I5 p\< •
\mmerman,a new hascha'l park
letc-al scaBon:-. t
This photograph shows a crowd of
Mexicans viewing the bodies of Gen-
eral Jose Rodriguez and Ha en Valles,
Villa bandits, at Juarez. Baca Val-
les's is the first and Rodriguez's the
further body.
Rodriguez is believed to have given
the order to shoot the nineteen Ameri-
cans of the Cusi Mining company two
weeks ago. Baca Valles was known
sa "Villa's butcher" when the bandit
chief was in control at Juarez.
General Jose Rodriguez.
ulK-
li real
Oriel.
Senator Owen'?
>re also owned
eason when tin
1 ball
mid
opo -
I a pari
I ma kin 1
CHRIST!, MO, GETS
LONG PEN T
Ralph Christy, negro, charged with! I
entering the house occupied b\ Lewis
Redman on South Drexel, with intent
tc rob, brought in a verdict late yes- 4i 1 n
terday evening of guilty. Judge Hus-|
ton pronounced sentence this morn-
ing giving hin: seven years in the |
state prison at McAlester. Christy
a black record, having served
one term before in prison as well as
having a police record for misdemean-
ors.
tirou^h a window in the sen-
homo. Also the ball lot had
* valuable as a commercial
lion as it was within a block
of the new federal building. So. as
aron ns the 1015 schedule was com-
pleted Senator Owen caused the
.-"and stand and the fence around the
hall lot to be pulled down and a
street was opened through it. The
senator is a fan all right, hut when
they commenced to smash his win-
dews he had enough.
This leaves the local team without
ard arrangements are now
to build a new one. The
ial expense calls for $3,000.
Miss Katherinc Smith, who ha- >een
eaanning clu b demonstrator for I .op, j
an county for tno past three and a
half years, has resigned to a: 'n • a
similar position in eastern OklahomaI
with headquarters at Muskogee where]
she will have an enlarged field and
receiv e a much better salar> . When I
Miss Cniith was first aji ointed she!
was the youngest demonstrator in the
service of the Federal government
j yet for three years the irirls canning j
were but ten applicants for t00J118 of Lo ran count: uieb r her in j
tor.
lands
l.aur:i
the mem-
di < louril-
I itlirie. A
il a fumi-
le up in a
lay of his
mi 2aged in
Six years ago
• "ded her hlls'iail't
Beyond, her death
23, 1909.
survived li y throe
\\\. and Ralph F.,
a daughter. Mrs.
I . of Cm) ling, a
Ithodes and a ais-
Wilmouth of Red-
•al.
and ieadersbi liav
cally every first prize at the
Th
teachers certificates in tie examina- struetlo
tions held Jan. 27, 2S and 2.1. Miss off l,ra(
Doolittle is now busy ma. in"-; out the ^fato l::ii*o i:i Oklahoma at ttie win
grades. "The questions sent out by: *or shows at the A & M. College and
the state superintendent's office this. 11 ^ International Dry Farming Con-
year are unusually praetieal and are Krr■ *> '' ord tha, has n \er be.'u
With tiio passing of Mr Rhodes,
(Jm.irm 1- .-s an a live citizen, a man
wl o a as essentially a friend, not only
to li s irieiids, but to humanity and
be was universally liked. His 'Mnd-
nc w; a by-word and his friendly
weloom i:r smile of greeting was a
< oa.^tant : <uir< e o-f cheer to all who
kne« , n. \lways quiet and unas*
snniir. . !.i ha borne his intense snf-
ferin < nlmlv and uncomplainingly,
so i iut • w knew of the illness with
wlii h h< has been troubled since
CRESCENT CITY YOUTH
GREAT BRITAIN
S
PIY DIG PREMIUMS
Fi'iev • Brown, Crescent city young
man, charged wiih a grave statutory
offense, was arrested today by Sher-
iff Sherwood and arraigned before
1 Judg^ Chappelle in county court. Ho
ideaded not guilty and was released
on bind to appear for trial at the
Febr'.iar* 14th term of county court
1 Le'«i Friend, 19, of the Crescent
nci-V. h ood swore to the complaint.
London, Feb. 1 -Since the outbreak
of tin war to the end of last October,
2 4 British merchant steamers, aggre-
gating 542,64$ tons, were lost "thruogli
enemy action." according to a white
papei issued last night. Of these 171
were sunk by submarines, 46 by war-
ships and 37 by mines.
Vinci en sailing ships ,of a tonnage
of 15,542, were sunk. The fishing ves-
sels sunk numbered 227. of wheih 158
^were stenm and 69 sailing. Their
.aggregate tonnage was 14,104. In the
This last sloi-11 has caused m;H;JsanlP PL*rio<1 167 8U'an"'rK. "ES«'Kat-
sur:'orlnK among the poor nf the cltv'"1® !ona' wpre losl "rdln-
and county said Count v CommiRg:t.P-larjr marlne oas allies. of "hicli 14, of
c~ Jack Langston today. "The poor
POOR OF CITY SUFFER
A premium of 75 cents per barrel
has been paid for 50,000 barrels of
Cushing crude if reports from a re-
liable source are true. The New State
Refining eomnany has purchased i at < • .lack l.;.n • ton today. The poorj:i tnnnaB° ®t 14,133. were returned as:
much oil from B. B. Jonc-; in the fend is running low but we are tryl-u: In ,Hsing- T,H> ,oss of 8on,° ()f th('s' •;
-Cushing field. The contract calls for to help all the badly needy. There
a 75 cent premium above the posted are numerous opportunities for
market to be paid a. tIi«* oil is run. [Benevolent society to get action jn.u
This is said to be tiio hi• i est prlee now." he added.
•Cash on hand In tfie :fite dopo«
ilories' guaranty fund on Hoc. 31. I'm;
amounted to $77,703.Pi, according tr
a statement issued Monday b 1\ c
Dings, treasurer, for the quarter end
ing on that date.
The warrant indebtedness at the
end of the quarter was $i;S0,009.40, as
compared with $075,726.61 on Septem-
ber 30.
During the quarter warrants were
issued for claims arising in connoc
tion with banks closed prior to Sept
10. m~, to the amount of $9,130.0$.
and warrants sold for cash amounted
to $5,090.79.
Warrants paid during the quarto
lmounted to $10,23$.os.
Warrants taken up by banks with
ash held by the board in lieu of
collateral, amou: to 1 to $187,9." 1.36
and warrants outstanding se ured by
state and municipal bonds and war-
rants cmonnted to $192,155-04.
The rtate shows that $15.167." 0 was
ollccted on failed banks and $1 $5.0*
vas received as interest on daily de-
"'•sit•?. Collections on general asses
ments amounted to $'50,025.87, and
collections on assessments of banks
nationalizing, $2,$72.11.
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W. M. BRONSON, Pres. L. D. BRONSON, sec. and Treas.
The Oklahoma Mortgage and Trust Company. (Inc.), Guthrie.
FARM LOANS: Lowest Rates. Interest and principal paid at our
office. Phone 306. Black Building.
says a footnote, was "probably due to
urnes or other enemy action."
i-'ailinp vessels to the number of
_'jn and of a tonnage of 31,253 also
we: tell victims of ordinary marine
c "O.m'tics.
took holm, Feb. 1. During the pac
r 335 Swedish vessels have bee
jtui • d, of which 221 were tak< n ir
' •; n ports and Hi into Brit;
ports
UUItlL
Tfe i1' ! ."ins of the Fifth Congres-
sic.al Tistriet will beet in Guthrie
Xpril 11th. At a meeting of the con-
sre iona I committee held in Okla
em a Cit> yesterday, and following
•• -eer-hes made by II. K. Asp, Amos
Fwing. Langston and A. B. Wood,
Ciit'-rie was unanimously selected
The convention will choose delegates
><• the state convention that will be
i eM later to choose delegates to the
• 'iena 1 convention in Chicago and to
name a natioual committeeman.
equaled by ' e t Inbs from any county
in the Cnited States. The rash prf es
won by those girls aggregated over a
thousand dollars a year. Miss Smith
has won a much deserved promotion
hut she will be greatly missed in t i is
her home county, where sho made
good in the fullest sense of the t nn.
and where the gr<
done will be more
' eiated as the y< ars
at work s
and more
go by.
has
I <I>re-
FOR FOUR YEAR TcRM
neither den 1\ difficult nor catchy,
said Miss Doolittlo today.
A few examples of t ie questions
submitted to those taking the exams.
are given below.
Discuss the Corporation Commission
its duties and l owers.
W hat times are fixed for the ele
tion of state officers in Oklahoma'
What are the qualifications of voters?
For what period may a ity gran a.
franchise?
Lo ale and i#nu< the state iiistitu
tions.
Outline a model < it> showing civl • Miami, Okla., Feb. 1. A movement
centers, plans o' sire t parks, n< liool t< have four-year instead of two-year
houses, stroe ear lines, library.! terms for all county officers, which
churches and praygrounds. [has been discussed for some time, has
Name some of the qualifications ot gained considerable headway. A peti-
i competent l.otue « onodiirs instru i- lion has boon prepard for presentation
or. to Governor Williams, whi(di has been
(live a lesson plan, outlining the signed by virtually every officer of
way you would present a I on on the county.
flour for the first time.
Name three animal fibers from
which cloth is made, (live the origin
of each.
How would you tell the dilVer ir e
between a White Orpington, a White
Plymouth Rock and a Single Comb
Rhode Island White?
Name two ways to destroy oat smut
Give receipt for Bordeaux mixture.
Explain the difference etween ex-
onsive and in • nsive farming. 'Name
crop fitted to each for Oklahoma
county.
Why will corn break under the cul-
ivator in the early morn in
t noon?
| earl - last fall.
Mr. '.M odes had always been identi-
fied "i the best interests of Guthrie.
The : •!) Me sickness causnd his
death dates bal'lk to the early fall he
was jet thought to be seriously ill
until ni'iiiit three wee'Vs ago Satur-
day morning an operation was per-
formed in hopes of giving some re-
li' , il an anurism was found and
i h" ; a ed away some twenty-seven
hours later< at about 1:50 Sunday
aflernoi.ii. All his diildren were with
him wh ii death came.
If" .vis a member of Albert Pike
1 ml .N 162, A. F. & A. M. of this
city and a niemlher of the Scottish
Btito bodice. He was also an Odd
Fellow and M. W A.
M:dnight services will be held at
the Masonic Tciuide tonight, in corn-
liance v. Mil tho ex ressed w ishes Of
the (..ceased.
DEATH OFR.S. M'CIIBBIN,
not
FRAME Bill FOR
Oklahoma City, Okla., Jan. 31.- A
bill designed to amend that portion of
he road laws with reference to the
payment of road duty by those who do j
not perform road work was introduced
in the senate. It provides that per-
sons who do not perform actual work
on the roads may pay lite road super-
visor $1.25 a day in lieu of til**
Rice Seek MoOubbln died at the
home of his son, t\ F. McCll^bin, Jan-
nary 2\ after a short illness. He
I •. a horn in Kentucky, April 23, 182*6.
ITe was !'0 years. 9 months old. He
v as a soldier of the Mexican war and
after the war he put up one of the
fii.-t dry goods stores in Atchison,
Kanf Later he was sheriff or
Xuhison county and held several oth-
er offices in Kansas. He moved to
Oi.l'i ;i<ei::i i '1 mikt S"*"-*'* on a
fii m I miles north of Guthrie. He
was married twice and was the fath-
e • of IS children. Both wives and 10
' ildien have preceded him to their
Heavenly Home. Ho leaves S child-
ren: Mr. C F. McCubbin and William
j MeCiihbJn o (Juthrie, Mrs. John Htne-
in.: I of Lutiier. Mrs. John oi
I n iinirig'nt. Mrs Nona Florence and
rt 'tlr.s in abort ten days, when So . v,.s T Trvon of Sasrftmenta, Calif
!'« 1 >r W('st w"l 'Pave for Tulsa t«> | Blid M„. Janies Armstrong and H.
unif t c practice or law. I |, Merubb|n of Atchison, Kansas, he-
j Washington, Fi
Vogelsang of Sa
i m.mod to succc(
Alexander D
r:sco will be
ton C. West
<>' Muskogee as solicitor of the inter-
ior department. Mr. Vogelsang, who
a personal friend of Secretary Lane
Was formerly chairman of the board
of supervisors of the city of San
Francisco and is a member of the i
San Francisco bar. He is about 50 j
years of age and will assume his new-
One of the new items included in
e Indian appropriation bill, which
is just been reported to the house
*d which will probably be taken up
r consideration by the house earl>
oral grandchildren and a
services they are to perform and the ntoct week, provides that hereafter no
road supervisor Is given authority to ; iian tribal funds shall be paid out
employ some one to do the work at not anywhere In the United States with
to exceed $1.50 a day. Under th-
present law persons subject to road
duty and who did not actually perform
the servicse are required to pay $! .00
1 day and the person employed by the
road supervisor to do the work does
not receive but $1.50. A great deal of
criticism has been directed to this
nrovision in many s ctiosn of tin
tate.
host or friends.
SUBSTITUTE BILL FOR
CONVICT ROAD WORK.
< i lahoma City, Jan. 21.— A substi-
tut.- for the bill to work convicts on
1 ' bin roads of the state, which oc-
cupied so much attention in the sen-
ate several days agd, was presented
Thomas. Tt provides that the
1' ard of affairs may enter into ag-
reements with counties to furnish
convicts for road work with the state
! confirmation by t iie senate until and the county sharing in the expense
nc\i Tuesdn' , pending invc . ti it\>n and appropriate $25,000 to be used
charges filed against Mr. 11irt b\ a bv the board in organizing and oquip-
Mr. Ran dell of Pawhuska. I I'ing convict road camps.
out specific authorization of congress.
Although t ie nomination of Chas.
M llirt to bo postmaster at Pawhus-
ka, Okla., to succeed W. K. McC.uire
was sent to the senate late Friday,
Congressman Davenport will hold up
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