The Oklahoma Leader. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 26, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 21, 1916 Page: 3 of 6
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'J'llK LEADER, (ifTllNlE. OKLA., 'nilTiSPAV, 1 >1 :< KMliia; _ 1.J!M 0_
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en.'"..-! its '• h: west— whoa you pay big
pi-. " •. Yoa c:;n «.•!iminato thisloss, however,
J L1■ -d\ant. fjoof our F.u-.tory-toHorjo
■' , .. wid i'roliir Sharing System, and
t:uv. i.era iflOO to $200.
Onv Manfts aro Quality Pianos, fully gtiarnn i.ocu for "5
• cars, backed by our 59 years' Piano expericnc" and by our
| entire capital and resources of over $1,000,000.00.
Write toduy how to obtain a Piano or Player Piano Free, rid our
catalog, priccp and ail other information will be sent hy return nail. i
DC « T DELAY! DO IT NOW! gj
oohmoHer & inkier Vim Co. y.
Manufacturers of High Grade Pianos and l layor Pi.:
1311-13 Furnam St., Oinaha, Neb. Established 1
l lwOSO send your catalogue and eli information about your un-
■:jel!cJ Piano end Player Piano olferh.
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Kansas City. Mo, Dec 10- The body
of a well dressed man, his head
i rushed and back broken, w as found
lud^v opposite the railroad tracks
near the end of the intercity viaduct
; in Krnsas City. Kansas.
Police expressed the belief lhal
CITY WOMEN
FAVOR WORK
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FORCED HI51BVEARGLD
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Woodward. Doc 10 The case of the
United States vs Ralph Simmons,
charged with violation of the Mann
Act, was heard in Federal Court here
the argument being completed and the
case given to the jury shortly after
noon.
Simmons was arrested here last
summer. He is charged with having
taken his niece, 16 years old. from
Mankato, Kaa., to Colorado and from
there here.
While in Woodward Simmons ana
the girl T-ona Davenport, posed as
man and wife.
Simmons left a wife and children
In Kansas.
The jury brought In a verdict after
three hours deliberation, finding the
defendant guilty on all four counts
SMILE FOP
STATE OFFICES
nr rVPTH
111 LAitf
Candidates lor some of the import
an I state offices <m the democrat i
ticket, for tne campaign two year-
from now are being "doped*' out b.
some of the knowing ones. In th
line up that has been mentioned as
the latest, there is the old proposltio.
of perpetuation in office that has bee;
charged again.it members of tha«
party since the beginning of stateho<>
The latest combination is Scott Fer-
ris for governor; W L Alexander, now-
state treasurer, for lieutenant govern
or; Homer Hammonds, now assistan'
examiner and inspector, for exam!?,
er inspetcor, and Fred Parkinson, now
examiner and inspector for state
treasurer.
The proposition of placing Ferrh
before the people for governor is not
new. But it is believed he is too wise
to allow it. Under ordinary condi-
tions he is believed to have the job
of congressman permanently, and the
$7,500 per is not to he considered
lightly as against $4,000 for being
governor, with 51 serious question of
whether or not he can land it.
Anything to beat J B A Robertson
however, is said to he the object, be-
cause if Robertson should he elected
governor all of Governor Williams'
appointees would have to go and
there of course would he a change in
the machine, or rather a change in
the personnel of the machine for the
same machine would he continued.
This program may be interferred
with to a considerable extent before
it can be carried into very formidable
shape., however, as there is E 13
Howard and R H Wilson yet to he
considered in the governor business.
Two million people
lawn tetinfs.
play golf or
W; hsington. P C. Pec 1'"- A third
of the mlMtla—40,000 men have de-
clined to take the federal oath This
was the report of the militia division
of the war department on November ,
30, the time limit set for the men to
choose.
Term Too Long
Two reasons are given hy the men
for declining to take the oath The
six-year term is too long and the li - |
abfllty to he called out for long ann j
tedious service like that on the Mex- j
j ican border involves a financial sac-
j rifice which most of the men are un - j
able to make. Moreover, the men i
j fee that the occasion is not an emer- !
I gency In the sense in which they1
I thought of active service when they j
enlisted. Most of the militiamen who
have taken the oath, confess now tha
ithev did so in the excitement of the
mobilization and under the impres
j sion that they were to see real war. I
I They now regret It. All of which |
makes more clear the fact that the I Washington, Hec 1- All the dis-
Hay-fhamberlain law has failed and' ute<) points in the Kerrls bill to ]>ro-
| vide tHO acre homesteads, principally
for grazing purposes, were smoothed
The
of Guthrie huve been
the man had been murdered and bin interviewed on the question of the
body thrown from the viaduct, fifty Methodist University and pronounce
or sixty feet above the tracks. themselves emphati.ally in favor o>
Letters, bank books and papers in the institution as an asset to the city
his pockets intimated that he might As to financial support to the school
have been Arthur li Sim. secretary the answers vary. Many think that
of the Golden rod Oil & Gas Company the city in furnishing the site and
of Wichita, Kansas, and Bartlesville, building does its share, some do not
Oklahoma. think the building should he deeded
to the school but are in favor of hav-
ing it occupied by the university as
,is it remains here. Some think
nomination should support its
without aid from the city ana
ninetenths of those questioned decline
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All Counterfeits, Imitations and
Experiments ti.at trifle v.uli and
Inlaws and Children—T. x.perit-:
ie the t
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to tleuiv;
danger the healt
F xperimei
GRAZING BILLS'
liAFTEFI BATTLE^
that congress must devise some new !
plan for a first line of defense on land
to answer for various reasons, chief-
ly because they have not given the
matter sufficient thought.
The questions are "Do you regard
Methodist University as an asset
Guthrie? Would you vote to deed
ntion hall to the University and
would you agree to sign a guaranty
pledging financial support to the in-
stitution?" and a few of the answers:
Mrs Anna li Podson. 1 yes; 2 yes.
Mr? Chas S Olson. 1 yes; 2, the
convention hall should bo occupied
What as CAS10RU-.
Castorm is a harmless substitute for C.i - ,• Oil, Paregoric,
Drops and Soothing Syrups. It i;; pie i «• It '■
neither Opium, Morphine nor other nan ■ substance. Its
age is its guarantee. For more than thirty yt 3 it h ■
been in constant use for the relief of Constipation, Flatulency,
Wind Colic and Diarrhoea; allaying 1 ireri ha' ,s arising
therefrom, and by regulating the Stomach and B vols, aids
the assimilation of Food; giving healthy and natural sleep,
'lie Children's Panacea—The Mother's Friend.
GENUINE CASTOR1A ALWAYS
Bears the Signature of
Buttons From Japan
out in conferences between t
he house b>' ,lie University rather than be va
Beaumont, Tex, Dec 19 The final
estimate of the 1916-17 rice crop was
given out this morning by J R Pe-
gunec, secretary of the Itice Millers'
cant. 1 would not give financial suj
port.
Mrs S L Spurrier, 1, Well, a little;
2, No.
Mrs W G Rose, -, yes.
Mrs Mary Ryan, 1 yes;2. No.
Mrs JSI1 Hall, 1 yes; 2, 1 don't
know about that.
Mrs W P Packer, 1 yes.
ft,r In IMS the imnnrta f,-™ t | raising. - Mrs J J Hildreth, 1 yes: 2, in pat-
,!m- nl , T l ZJr" Te the biI1- "nd " rCRa,■|"■,, :,S °n0:' ronlzlng the Institution would he my
■ were $47^ ' n AnL < " " " lmp°rtant af,0rtinK ,h" only financial support.
last season is placed hy the millers! ^ • • ^ Japanese are an llc passed in many years. It
Before the war the buttons on your' aU(j H6nate and the measure now goes
suit came from Germany. Now the' t0 the president for his signature,
chances are they come from Japan. p|ie jlas i,t.en supported by the
1 P to two years ago imports of but- interior department and western con-
tons from Austria and Germany gressmen as a measure for further
association, showing the total pro- amo""t®fl to *®12'42* from the former' opening the public domain.
duction of rice in the United States jan' ' ' 2 from the latter. I Many millions of acres of 11011-
for this season to he 9,747.188 bags. a'nc® ,he war bcBan importations
irrigable land will be opened to stock
an increase of nearly three million ^ ^,0r^0 thaji doubU^d. j raisinKi homestead settlement under
bags over the production for
The 'carrv over" rough rice from
o, A Th
at 61,968. This production is far people and immediately
above the average for tbe last five'J,,mped ' to the manufacture also of
years. The estimate is being mailed * 'out the on,v atlractfve toys
out today in booklet form to rice ^ ,h0, °P" this Chpl tmaB will be
growers and millers all over the coun
In Use For
M Years
The Kind You Have Ah. ys Bought
those from Japan.
try.
The annual rice production since
1910 follows: 10.10, fv100,000 bags,
inn, ti,900,000, 1912, o.fino.ooo, wis
1,250,000, 1914, 6,100,000, 1915, 6,iSG9,-
500.
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OIL II SIS [[USES s
Hereafter all oil end gas leases ex-
icutdd on purchased school land, the
layments for which have not been
completed, will have to be registered saving the crew.
with the school land department, ac-
ording to the terms of a rule adopt j ^
3d at the meeting of the commission-
er of tbe land office "rec^r.Uy.
Tliis rule if adopted, it. was stated
is a protection for both the state and
the lessee. The lessee will be requir-
ed to file the lease with tbe depart-
ment and pay a $3 filing fee.
Col (' 11 Hyde of Alva, former sec
Mrs F E Wilber, 1, yes.
probably will become a law next week Mrfj clifford i ortCr, 1 yes. 2 We
according to the conferees. aro Rrent]y |n favor of the school and
Little Money Necessary would do whiH we could.
i Under it the lands will be open to Mrfl w T Field. 1. Certainly. I
! anyone upon entry and three years would hate to see the University
i residence and improvement without ioaVe Guthrie. The music alone
i any money payment what ever except makes it an asset to Guthrie,
ordinary filing fees. Mrs E C Murphy 1, Indeed I do; I
I Representative Ferris of Oklaho would vote to deed the convention
ma. author of the measure, predicted hall and would give financial support
I 10,000 persons are likely to go from ns far as 1 could.
New VIP ~ eat'h of a ,ium^er 'Middle western Mrs George Paddock—1, yes; 2, 1
oi v, cc is rhc twelve men statCfl t0 [a]ce up homesteads. have not. looked into the matter and
A section to which administration cannot say.
officials objected: authoring those Mrs J E Pouglass 1, yes; 2, I do
already holding homesteads to pur- not know.
chase not exceeding '-0 acres of eon- Mrs E R Petersen 2, I think the
tlnuous stock-raising land at $1.25 an p|tv should own the convention hall
acre, was stricken out in order to pre-, Mrs A1 Leer. I have not thought
vent speculation. It would have per- j about it.
mitted homesteaders to hold the ad- , Mrs Lawrence Jelsma Yes, i am
dtiion allowed without improvement, fn favor of keeping the university
Government Protected here.
The agreement provides that where Mrs George McGregor—1. Yes.
an applicant for stock-raising borne- Mrs R E Richardson—1. 1 certainly
stead entry applies for entry before ,i0; 2. 1 would do everything in mv
the charter of the land has been of- power for it.
ficiallv designated, he will acquire no Mrs F G T *apnel!—1, yes; 2, I have
right against the government, al- not studied the question.
Mrs N M Carter—I would say yes.
decidedly to all the questions, The
removal of the university would be n
thought to have been lost on the
bark Xeththis, separated from the
Garibaldi, in the storm off the
t Jersey coast, on a voyage north
from Brazil, were brought here todav
by the Italian ship Sardegna, whic i
roi :ued them yesterday. The Sar-
depna abandoned the Nethis afte •
i'itESIM UrK
OF SAVIOR CHRISTMAS
For the benefit of the children, th 1
Ge n will admit children and adult ?
• next Monday morning until noo l
on the presentation of the great pit - though his rights will be good against j
tare, ' The Life of Our Savior." Af !nter entrymen.
to moon and night the regular price* T,'° PurP™e «f thls was to Prevent
etary of the state school land les- ... r prevail Plang for giving a trea, tfc.lng up of lands by entryment at-
jees* association, started agitation for to the (hildren were devised by thQ tempting to stop the government
nicli a rule of the department three _ |ate stove Pollard. from making another classification)
vears ago and he happened to be pres- and requiring it to substitute dlspos- j
t the meeting when the rule was [ .. . session proceedings.
blow to Guthrie second only to the
removal of the capital.
inaliy adopted.
iltkK
I'ltlt ES IN
ISilli ,\\|) \0\\
I nil
about 11 o'clock Monday nlRlit. They
were in a Ford car and started to
turn Trom Harrison onto second St-
The turn was negotiated too sharply
and the car turned completely over.
Pulllam was rendered unconscious
and sustained a broken arm, Bar
tholemew was stunned and hrulsed
up considerbly. Witnesses to Iho ac
cldent say the car was koiiik at a hif?n
rate of speed.
Another Ford accident is reported
from four miles west of the city.
Ralph Walton was returning from
Kingfisher, he also turned a corner
too abruptly and his car went into
the ditch. He was badly shaken up.
Both cars were damaged consider-
ably.
rot ii in \iMu:n i>oli \its
5\ h\i;s a:v
Four hundred dollars in fines wen
paid into Justice Hornaday's court
yeMerday. The money goes into th<
road fund. The men who paid the
fines had pleaded guilty to gambling
in the Mater place on Harrison Ave
nue. The resort has been padlocked
by order of the county attorney.
'f MI l\(. I'ACK\(.I S
i:\KIA WDOI' IF.^
"During the twenty-two years tha*
I have been In the postal service a*
fhis office," says Frank 11 Sarher.
do not remember a holiday period
where the large number of jj:ir^
arrived al the office for delivery so
ly before Christmas as this year,
ins as though people are mailing
their pal< .'Is both early and often.
,nd indh 'Ions point to the largest
Christina, busines In Ihe history of
the office."
Alii
si ti v\.
(ill. il, S IllliSW K
I rownwood, Texas, Pee 10—Rather
. , hi wife iul children die ot
! ar \ ni ion berause ho could not se-
ll employment, S A Knrp, GO years
old, hanged himself to a limb of a treo
here today. Tlie dead man was the
brother of a Baptist minister holding
i protracted me- Mng In Nebraska. A
note on the body explained that he
had been out of work for several
weeks.
CONTRACT FOR 20,225 AUTOS
Toledo. Ohio. Pec 10—Overland
mtomobile dealers from the New
England States and the Middle West,
who arrived here today in a heavy
snowstorm, which in no wise dimin-
shed their enthusiasm, contracted
'or 26.fi 0,000 worth. This brings
be total business of the convention
ip to $125,000,000.
In an interview to newspaper men
'o day John N Willys, president of
he Overland company, declared that
•he company and allied manufactur-
ars would do a $250,000,000 business
during 1917.
HOI Sl\<; ROAl) MVKT
III I II \ I (aOOnNHiHT
Piles of The Daily Leader for Jun •
19, 1896, shows the following marker
reports. Compare them with price
now prevailing.
1S9G 1916
Wheat per bu $ .50 1.70
Secretary Wenner, of the Cham-
ber of Commerce, returned this morn-
ing from Goodnight where he ha:
been working in the Interest of the
Ozark trail. A rousing meeting was Co*n per bu 22
held there last night attended by Oats per bu 14
farmers and land owners from Logan. Hay per ton 8.00
Lincoln and Payne counties and ev Butter per pound.. .10
erybody was enthusiastic for build Eggs per doz 07
1.00
.60
15.00@20.0i)
.30® .51
.30(f?
.12 dp
.15
mm mi
DEMUR WHEN;
H H r 11 n ■1,e ^ev<
I\ll ■ ! f 1 munity well
JllL Ul ; Each day
WILL CPtfl BEG. V
3fi .30
The stage at Stillwater has been
set for the twelfth annual short
ourse for farmers to be held Dec 27
to Jan 4. The intervening Sunday ^
devoted to addresses on com-,
welfare subjects.
of the program will fea-
; ture some particular phase of agri-
51 Oklahoma City, Dec 18-There may ^e. Following is the pro-,
50 he some trouble ahead for Gov Wll- ;;lam ',r'er'
1 I llams, when the legislature convenes. Wednesday, demonstration club
But if ihe governor feels it, he shows! *
no signs of nervousness. ! Thursday. Dec 2S. good roads day.
All of the Important appointments Dec 29' ruraI sch"01 <lay' !
that have been made by Governor Saturday, Dec 30, poultry and gen-
Williams since he became governor eral (,ay-
will be sent to the senate of the j Sunday Dec
day.
ing a road second to none. Worl: Hens per lb
will be started on the stretch he- Spring Chickens...
tween Goodnight and Vinco tomor- Turkeys, per pound
row with a big grader and a gaso Hides per pound..
line tractor. Ducks per pound... .05 .13
The farmers this side of Goodnight Hogs per cwt 0 50 9 75
in Logan county are all anxious to j
begin work on grading up their line STATE PAPER MILL
and will build a first class grade as st pau| Minii> Dec 19_At(
soon as the county puts in the cul- Genera, Lvndon A Sm,th ,g gjvlng h)s
verts. ! personal attention to the drafting of ,ar session ™"venei1 lwo >'ear8 aB°'
Meetings will he held tonight at . 4 , * ... .
a bill for introduction in the nex;
legislature providing for the estab-
lishment of state owned paper mills
and state owned timber lands, as pro-
nosed by the Minnesota Ivlitoral asso-
ciation.
rural community
forthcoming legislature for confirma-' uay'
tlon. The governor had been in of-1 Monday' Jan '• farm cr0" <la''- I
fice only a few days when the regu-
Fair Oak School house, six nillep
northeast of Guthrie, and at Oak
Grove school house, three miles east
of Langston.
and none of the important appoint
ments were ready for consideration
by the senate at that time, and he
did not submit them at the extra ses-
sion last January.
Among the appointees to be con-
firmed are Judge W C Jackson, A A
McDonald and W L Blessing, com-
posing the state industrial commis-
missfon, which administers the work-
man's 'vmpensation law; all of the
appointive members of the state
board of (education, with the
ixce lion of Davis Hill of Vinita; S L
SC5E001, I.VM) DKI'AHTMEM'
io (ii viua: iti:<jisTK\noN eiua'ARiNf; ron ^iasomc
Commissioners of the state school JJIfMVIXThR RKIMOX
land office have made a rule that all
leases of school land that ha* e been Secretary Dcrr of the Oklahoma
sold, but not fully paid for. shall he Consistory, Scottish Rite Masons, P
made a record in the office of th° just completing the program for the
commissioner. The registration fee winter reunion to be held in the Ma- Morely, warden of the penitentiary
is fixed at $15. It is believed that §onlc Temple here Jan. 16, 17 and 1 -8. McAlester; Poone Williams warden
the rule will produce considerable The indications are that the class 0f the reformatory at Granite; A N
revenue In view of the leasing of mil- taking the degrees will he the largest Loecraft, secretary of the state board
lions of acres of such lands by the !n <be history of the consistory. The <,f affairs and W, R Samuel, secre-
purchasers to oil and gas companies ladies are to be invited and enter- tary of the state insurance board,
and the frequent transfer of such tained at this reunion. go far as known, no fight will be
leases. The rule is understood to be mrde against confirmation of any of
mainly a revenue measure. Help charity at Christmas time. the appointees.
Tuesday. Jan 2, swinebreeders' day.
Wednesday, Jan 4, live stock and
dairy day.
Thursday, Jan 4. beekeeping and
horticulturists day.
Road building is going to receive
a tremendous lot of attention in the
, short course. The Payne county
commissioners have arranged with
.the United States department of
roads for a half mile of demonstra-
tion highway to be built during the
f'aort course. Government and A &
M experts will co-operate in this
demonstration. Tn addition to this
work there will be demonstrations on
the college farm in building and car-
inT for dirt roads on different types
of soils.
TWO UTOMOISILR
VCXIDIAIS LAST MlillT
II C Pulllam and A Partholem«w of
Cashion met with a peculiar accident
KG
Baking Powder
Passed by the Board of Censors
1st—The manufacturer Tvith the
rigid tests of the laboratory and
factory.
2nd—The wholesale groccr vvith
his high standing and desire to
handle only reliable goods.
3rd—The retail grocerwho desirps
to handle only those brands he
knows will please his customers.
4th—The food officials with their
rigid laws for the purity and
whclesonieness of food products.
5th—And most important, you, ,
the housewife with your desire
for purity, efficiency and per-
fect satisfaction.
ASK YOUR GROCER - HE SELLS IT
25
Ounces for
(More than a pound and IL. >
a hall' for ti quarter)
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