The Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 201, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 18, 1902 Page: 4 of 8
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THE OKLAHOMA STATE CAFTTAE, THI KPOAY MOi:VTVfT. DErT\mT"R IB. 191?
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COST OF LIVING
MAY BECOME LFS -
' Tber# ire Ind • a*. Ion* • .it the
cost ot Urifls h :u r • •
Idly daring the *>' f >w v«i-i. *
show s( leirt s moderate
las 1X>3. Th^re i* lit * le prota y
tijst H will «]e«:!ne In the i.-jr fu'
to anrtting like th<- i t . r< va!i"r."
dorlng the rear? •■*
Bin# with 8' ,i Th*n v.. -«• pp*
tnffuencea that < i •
advance In prl •
®re now no longer in
These special la/'. . s • * *
with genuine slsnu at one Mme.
of them wss lss( year a >nur
erop. Thit ahortage not oaJj csu** i
in advance on cereal* genera.l*. but
■lso affected the prises of cattle snd
RK'Sta. The Indei prlcei of rommod-
ttles proportioned to consumption
Stood it 91,609 in July, 1901. When,
dnrlng the middle of the month, the
wldeaprtad damage to the corn crop
vm realized. the index number within
fifteen days rose to 95.3S0. The further
advance to 102.239 in Mir of this year
wss to s large (-stent due to tbe ad-
vance In tbe prices of ceresis. rattle
and meat*.
It Is now to be borne in mind thi*
this country hss nearly finished har-
vesting not only the largest corn crop
!a its history but rerord-breaking crops
In other cereals an well. While the
new corn crop hss not yet entered to
pneumitie rirrer, whi<b
. u in a- .hi.a.or of ilm*
m. finds soa.^hing differ-
of New York, and strikes
Ti.e same tool in tbe
an in sny other city ml!
:• «>* fiveu in a day. and
ft ia New York. Trie
a t made tbat tbe s;ruc>
i ;n .n York costs f;
Th« o i voassnient custom of mar-
uber riage by proiy bad its d:aadvanrage*
e rate of ud it not iUtely to be revived, but
me work ' «ome cuesns of escape fron. the perse-
cutors must be devised. From As bury
tark, ao .jag tbe bower tEra:.-w
otnea s tale of ma;ice outwitted by
genius. The Hon. J. J Ti r wis
married Sunday night to Mm Florenc#
A. Monday coming „■ br;de
1 brldezroom left for their wedding
,j ua different trains." ThU is one
expedient. A West Philadelphia cou-
p.e took on their wedding trip wha*
the aeteueeath century would haTe
s!!ed an "ancient decayed gentle-
as a chaperone. <«mpanion
aod
xan Mr Bailew has been admitted to
the practice of Isw Laving made a r*d-
tab.e proficient y in iaw st tie
'.me of hi* admission in 1191.
Mr Ba..ew is one oi the bust:en of
- terr.tury of Oklahoma. He « a
•>p* of tne * . -ufui yojng business
.-..an wh > c ■*-% things. It ts eon: !«-nt-
iy f-xpec**^ by hie people who slow
him best Thst he will make a bright
.-*■ ord in the assembly that %ii. &**■
next month.
If Folks Could Know.
If f k« M kr.ow «-«. h we:.—
1. inrn c«ul4 stop an sas« a mp+U
I - t. ir, nair.da cf other men
An f'-ud em plain, the m« as wh« n
I h y take « fo..! into their own
.he thins* they d ^ there pUir.lr hot
v I mak- th*- w rM a better btace
. <j wrar a >mUln' happy (ace.
itloo and not
H:
• mptoyers and
The < eiebrat-
building tan'la
>*y of th>n«t a mar, might see
nd. ' Th* b*ve bnc i a."
useful to impoae, if it did impose, upon ! 'f Ir.g we call anuthex um
... " "«i*l nev r be but Ju#t ail rlsht
ae p ib : but was no bar to the ef if rt.-is < u d kr.ow that thev wer«> m-h-te
~.i of -be ni>l n-ind-ri r brlewlf i Bu' ,hto m*k >">
We are incited to think thst a decoy J For naen mr* ahort of the divina.
0'ip> or two. «r ,ni u (.r u [««]- | Wellin«ton hu the rU
e kf the real c pie. and e- apin? qu^^ ion until all the people in the
1 - n a • asiy, would throw the pur- have about de*-lded that the town
• .en «tt the Kent A Imt: mao who ;^'otlTiald with * rlrk uratum
hid In hypn')'i m acd ronld | (w; V
ptit *he jokers to sleep while his prin- j is base
i made their escj
aolutlon of the
pe would be the .
hav
derlald
It is thought to be 1.700 or 1
w the serfs, c and the opinio
baf-'i ipon a survey thai waa mai^
good many year.- ago.
Kmp
-it:
■ have son
offer in re;
impend
n, \ CAPITA!.
OF CHEERFULNESS
CheerfuJnf-m* «osts nothing, ind it 1*
the ben
It dra*
It ia a**
beneficence, but tbe i
increasing.
Even the stringent
ug ou' in boundless
be supply is always
■mile
It
due to plain meanr.r-.i
Cheerfulness is a
business. It helps wo
y spare a
Refusal is
->d partner In
iderfully In mak-
lux money, anj la Indispensable In tru- •ln tl" l1*-
A CRt'SADE
AGAINST CIGARETTES
I.U'y Pa^e Gaston has a p'an. I
-..«• s a* the head of the Antl-
i .g.irct'e League, and will hav- I
>0 children write 1,000 000 letters 1
•he tobacco trust, protesting again
I the manufacture of cigarettes.
! She thinks it will hare a powerful
! effect on the trust. She is probably
wrong. The main result will be edu-
cational. and will have its good effect
on the children who write the letters
and upon their young friends.
Tbe truat Is in builness to mske
money, and does make it. legally. It
takes a lot of moral pressure to dis-
orporatlon that is noting with-
urt house h
found to hive coat exactly S4
■ It i* a 17" court house. V
for the |47.000 is the cost of *he
uuiMing and the furnish : *■>,
h wi | be something really • ,«•-
viil bring the bill up to the IT' -
• ' <"arrie Nation writing a play .V
,, i a.-t It s'-ems. Nemesis is to overtaKe
, i the critics who have bftSD roasting
i-v thing in the play hn fmr an
mid number of year®. A•• ording to ■ ;e
jtopular Impression critics have to a--
tend plays whether they wan* to or
not.
Iflll
We have juat received the finest up-to-date Sta-
tionery in Boxes ever displayed in Guthrie. Over
forty different styles, all tne very latest new tints
and shapes
OUR
CES WILL
ASTON
YOU
What you pay others 25c for. ire sell for 1 Oc and
r 25c Boxes are better than others sell
I 5c; ou
for 50c. On display this week only. Come in and
look them over; you will want some sure
Edward Nichols, Prop.
Some surprise was o<, asioned !n
Chlrigo the other day because a tbir-
teen-year-old boy who ran away was
found in a .-aloon. The matter H ex-
plained bv the fa<-t that the chur h
doors are kept locked most of the time.
A St. Louis newspaper—St. Louis
Tutt's Pills
After eating, person* of a bfltous habit
will derive gr-ut benefit b\ taking one
of these pillb. If >ou havt'becs
DRINKING TOO MICH,
they will prumptlv relieve the nausea
SICK HEADACHE —.
and nervoubneas which (nllowa. restore ,
the aprK.-:itv and remove gloomy feci* '
lng . Elegant!) sugar coated.
Take No Substitute.
It has b<-f ri i
ng aex.!nst thin
Holiday Goods
Hidndi**
I Christmas Gifts
At REN'FRO'S DRUG STORE.
Dolls of all varieties. <
Doll Carriages.
Cameras from #3.50 to $15.00. .
Wagons for the boys and Toys for everybody, f
Albums from 50c to ?t.oo.
.... I
We are giving a speci.il low price on all
Holiday Goods. We undersell them all.
Our motto is, buy and sell for cash.
Bookletts. Scrap Books.
Drums of all kinds.
Call on
i
Renfro Drug Co.
MMi miii v .
r-
ly enjoying it when maue.
The traveling salesman furnl'^e* a
ft^iod example of the a tual mnh valu*
of rheerfulness |n business. Hi* stories,
his Jokes snd his heart/ laugh ctlm-h
many a contract that hss been held
ur «tnt Into th. world', market,. I^™ h",, '^*U8' " 1 *,K"' "'•
It has already had a fs.orable effect
upon commodity price*. The index
number, which stood st 102.239 in Msy
People Instinctively fa'1 Into ti
habit of going to s u'ore where a nalf-
Be< a use a young New York marri^i
man whose life had been heavily in- '
" ired in favor of his wife was found
dead with a lot of strychnine in ia*
stomach his wife is to be arre u i i r
murder.
Mmm u,i. « * ^rrr/r^
tarvrir - rm.lt of th«. .normou. '"I?1!-Kh th, |hlD"«'" "h>'"l'al"f *
pur< hsse.
these enormous
careal crops. They will continue to
fcavo A favorable effect on breadHtuffs
and msau during 1903.
During Noremb. r there was a slight
mm tn eomnodttr prices, the Index
oumber bslnc 100.449 on December 1.
as compared with V9.r 79 on November
1. A moderate rise during th" month
of November was to be expected. A
falling temperature mean* a reduced j n.an without
prodtxftlon of eggw. milk and other
Hqple articles of large consumption. It
is a gratifying fsct. however, that not-
withstanding this expected sdvsnce the
0>n«ml level of prices, as compiled by
Dun's Is aotaally lower than for the
Mrraspoadlnc dste of lut year, being
Just why cigarettes are not banish-
ed by taw Is more or less of a problem.
It is Illegal to sell them to children, j Oklahoma, Arixona and New Alexi
Yet any boy who wants a cigarette can
get them, because It is easier to make
law* than it Is to enforce them.
The weeds are harmful.
The boy who smokes them is a good
desl of a fool, lie is sscrlflcing some
>f hi. manhood. H. Is pmlng a Hub- Th* oombln.tion of one youa* man |
and injuring with se\pral unnecessary and exp^i;
knows it, the siv<* habits and one young woman wh
doctor* admit It, and the men who1!* "?/„• ' arr!'" ■••• wwefnl. mak-.
The lawyer or do-.or who I, a good ' " «* «' >!>* facu. fdWo^ce" ""U,n"0"8 "r
follow haa more friends and get* more Then why PerraM the manufacture of
good will and more monsy than the '1 laaretlw,? When Tommy failfl into the riser i
rrmty fellows do. Humanity would be better off lf'Piff1 fn"nth tfiru,iS- the thin ice m'[
It I. prorerhlal that the politician "Ter5r waa dumped Into the : thatamla'c"u. hid'brop'SwSm
owes most of his success to his jol- f'ea at onp®. j bathing suit Instead of a jcifr ut I
llty. He may be a small man—gener- retail dealer would suffer little | s^atP8-
ally Is—but In his veneer of bright ^artu- *or there Is almost no profit for
•miles he Is acceptable, when an abler 'th<>m 111 the 8al°-
heer, is unconcerne<lly Wouldn't It be a good Idea for Lucy
passed by. , Page (laston to turn her literary bat-
It matters little what business one Is tery on congress?
In. cheerfulness Ih a good Ride partner, tobacco trust Is so
People like to deal with the cheerful 'hlck ,hat argument will not penetrate
man. It makes buslneMs a pleasure. '*aw—Uw right kind of law—could
Besides, the cheerful man is usually j'Jriv* the cigarette out of business.
I more honest than the sour man—any- !
. . . It has been figured out by an actuary
i-ws us—a;.• jar resolutions of dls- ''hat woman's rights begin where mens
ist will be due from the peopie of wrongs leave off.
e United states If the senate refuse j —1
statehood to the territories of I 11 ha* bepn 8"«8ested that when a
Id: Th* Enid Wa
The man with bow legs who wears
riped trousers is Just advertising
is troubles.
all right, but the t>a i
The form of some women consists
' a treat deal of fiction founded od
orae facts.
Honesty is the best policy—but
y nif.'i fail to keep their premiums
: ba--k
i the I
If it were not for love many a giri
• n'i!d be unable to ma*ke her. eif mis-
r« ule.
1^ plte the fact that a sewing circle
an t -ing it does a lot of buzzing.
Geary Bulletin: Hon. T J B
'untlay In p«'rambulatlng aroui
ountry In ih * vl'.-lnlry of g yr
ret In shooting dlstan •* of
tralrle hen. lie says he ktlU
< 'k< m..h Herald A party
vlll It-ave t«-Wii Haturdar for z
mnt In th* hills wmt of her-
; batk the gamr
INSURANCE
DO YOU NEED IT?
We are underwriters of from 15 to
20 years' experience, and write
FIRE, TORNADO, PLATE GLASS
and STEAM BOILER I N S U R-
ANCE in old, reliable companies.
HUMPHREY & KILL
Real Estate — Loans — Insurance
General Aqents for
Lloyd's ?lete (Hess Insurance Ca^
of York
103 West Oklahoma Aveaae
Guthrie, 01.lahoma
Phone \e. 37C
i against 101,37* way, he is more trusted
B0M49 tor this year
Vm December 1, 1&01.
In r * of th r . pnt"*ntlir«rlt | MATRIMONY IS
Wrlke. «Kb th* a<<on,panyins advan.e THUS DISCOURAGED ' T'";i «
t® th# price of coal, this comiisrison
appears all the more favorable. With
Che miners and railroad working vigor-
ously to supply the demands for coal.
0nd -with the Indications that the sup
ply will within a few mont\ equal
ibe full draaad. there will be another
iort of epidemic of per r
A YOUNG MAN
FROM BLAINE COUNTY
Hon. Thomas J. Ballew of Geary,
nth legisla-
mbly a.s
Indian Territory has a Queen Esther
Thi> trmmp who la telling the gwxl I ''-'X :tat Is a charming su. cesi .
woman at the kitchen door about how ; c /
he used to own a large plantation is "P 'he drinks frequently'Is
observed to have a great deal of real | upsets the drinker.
estate on his hands yet.
A street car conductor must 1 •** very
careful in order to hold his job. If
he knor-kfl a fare down the company
kicks If he knocks a passenger down
he gets reported.
kltcthir Beveridge haji aoi.e
With President iiaer quoting thp dec-
laration of independence and also a^t-
ine as the agent of provider e a treat
deal of good will be done in Pennsyl-
vania this winter.
41 4 e district in the seventh as*, .
utlon of a republican. I ,f ha* bf^n observed that the man
«1I| groom to l„. raging Mr. llillew «u Uirn In Albany | who '<" r<)1""1 for his frlen.U
In varloun parts or the United States Clinton county, K«ltu.ky. on Septem- !" K"' hlm * ■,ob ' always tin- fir.,- to
We don't rerer to ancient cualonu like n7?\ but j"* Parent" removed „"® ",r 00 a 'eneraI '">1
|tlie throwing of rice, although It |j p„«. J?*°"ri.ln I8.'4-.,n lk'8 ""J re'
I tion to drink.
nil.i ihot vr,„n " | moved to Emporia. Kansas, where at I
lhat )oun« women wou'd he a lit- the age of thirteen Thomas J. Ballew '
CHAS. POND,
Pres
HATTIE M. POND,
Scc'y.
CHAS. S. ROE,
Treas.
I Is now announced that Molineaux
Cavonbta (actor aliening the co«t „r "" "b"'al ""•«"rt g ">l mar- "3<«™d the state .Normal' college of p'a>'s,fl;iie'n Jal1' "
th" rMl of rlage 1,leasing If they knew |„ p,wlfl. "a and wM graduated l„ the claaa . h. of T* T
ot lt'j. at the ate of nineteen 1 pl>J" that ougbt to
these
Commodities during the ensuing year.
(Altogether. It will seem tbat the lrd*\
dumber will not again rise to the fig-
■res of last spring. While It cannot
*a hoped that the cost of living will be
to the figures for 1896 and
ennce, and although some
grams of benediction lodge down the
ba<-k of the bystanders In railroad sta-
tions. Horses have been frightened
and happy couples spilled; and old
ll 7-lndeed. auch a decline would not "'f' h"" ar" ml.-
auea. All Innocent pleaaantiiee sre to
be encouraged, but there mm# from at|
parla of the coumry n>>:•!■• -- • annoy.
Ing "joke. ' mf the expen -" „f tbe ne .
ly married. Tli
|m natural In Tlew of the genera! pros-
►■Ity and bnalneu activity eilatlng
IkroufboK tbe country—yet It .an be
taaaonaWy npected thai the cont of
Urine will at leait be reduce.! to th"
level at l«8t and 18*9. When the gen-
eral condition, existed during the two
period! are remembered auch a decline
Would make a decidedly favorable nm-
jarlson for the preeent period of proi-
a ritT.
LABOR UNIONS
IN BUILDING TRADES
All signs aeera to point to building
■■ tl e next frest trsde to be disturbed
toy labor conflict. Premonitory symp- '
toms of this are seen In the repor s !
of the formation of organisations of
contractors to consider the future of
piqued
Ps
cltx ks, phon.
fy against th
elled and fep
ade
Their t
alarm
• la:>
ied fantastically. They j
o est ape after the wedding as 1
were criminals; and the utmost j
y of the best man is often In- j
ut to baffle the devilish devices I
of their too waggish friends.
The extent and nature of these per-1
rions d<i ud upon :he taste of the i
ouers. aud w«- have no wish to#aj>oii
rt. But man Is a morbiuty self- j
« : ' is animal. TI.- pomp and ped- ;
ry of elaborate marriage ceremonies
rm him; and if he is to be badgered I
%
X
man in jail.
' The purchase of land In Texas and
Ixjui.slana at the rate of 100,000 a n
: month indicates there should be r
uneasiness about American emigra ion
to Canada.
It ha.« been figured out that If a
; rich man does not want to spend his
time in the penitentiary he must not
spend his money corruptly In poi
A Chicago young woman has 4::
love leter- to show to the 'ourt lu
breach of promise suit again.«t a Chi
go young wan who wrote the letter
The puif of Mexico is getting to 1,
a busy place since we started the canal
Have to go in there with a shovel •
; one hand and a rifle in the other.
The old crank hss suggested iha'
lovers Just sit In blissful silence L-
• au.Mj there Isn't room for one o? th-*::
to g- ' a word e<lgeways.
the relatkias between the employers , to muV- a holiday for hi
•nd the employees' unions. Jn Con- frl-
■ecUcut, builders and contractors have
Baited and stopped all work until ques-
tions regarding the using by the unions
of employers to collect fines imposed
fcf unions on their members are set-
ttod. In several other directions there
to talk of similar organisation. iD
M place Is the situation worse than it
It In New York City, however. The
claim i smade that construction in the
metropolis Is fsr more costly, every-
thing considered, than In any other
>ijp U til* ttwntn. This enchanced
HON. THOMAS J. BALLEW.
After h!> grrtdna'lon at Kmporla Mr.
i .'iv: . nt tn Qulncy. III., where he
unpieted a ct «irse in s business col-
hls perfidious I ure |\ in^ the diploma of tbe In-
uatural timidity may come ' StltuUoil,^Uhi" ^ ^onth8 afler Pn"
to be nneaual to th,. nrrt a. a it€rtn^ 1 rm^ Quinry he came to Ok-
0 ^ ortl,*aI- A custom aboma and located at Watonga where
may act in res'rainf of marriage; and j' i arsnts were living and for one
ti. e are too many young m> n s'.ready I " "r V,IU prinnjial of the Watonga
who coddle their Hgo an«i shirk out of "
One day Thomas B. Reed said •
William Allen White, "What Is th
unfathomed mystery wftall life? " An
finally he gave it up.
!♦ is observed that the K ks In £
1 <oi?ls are to have a good time Th -
is very cheering news to melanchoi
members of the order.
In l4^* Mr. Ballew was elected coun-
ty superlntenuent of Blaine county, but
soon reaignrd to become assistant i-a*h-
:er In 'he then Hank <d (reary. which
position he held until the bank was
made a national bank when he was
elet ;ed cashier, a ptjsltion he still
holds. Mr. Ballew is a heavy stock-
holder In both this bank and the First
National bank of Watonga
. . . In addition to'being a thorough bus-
us; but it is possible to thrust s little iness man and a weiredyca;ed sgutle-
matrimony. Nor U it desira.de that
the knotting of : . most solemn sad
lnltimate of human relations should be
vulgarised by horseplay. IIk' modus In
rebus; the hunters of the bride and
groom should be less eager. ' Public-
ity is a punishment to be In/licted up-
on the trusts, as divers sociologists tell
The criminal on trial sometimes a-
f"r time and the courts genera
•rwt It —hut frequently not where
applit ant wants It.
The man who is looking for tron
generally finds it without a bit oi
r mble. People are so accommodating
If there were a law against go )U
to . hurch a rreat many more n. •
would desire to go there.
It may b$ a *rood thing for Ven
ezuela to l>e able to do some fighlint
HJth a reason Xor it.
OKLAHOMA PARAGRAPHS
ariver. merchant and il
In th" Dl>i>:itch oft5
of Editor M. Hill Dou'l i it
Nation Paloon
creamer>- propo
trades than any oth
Knld W
UP-TOWN OFFICE AT PAUL
NEWMAN'S NEAR THE P. O
fferln^ from a coal
hurch is just b*
ng enmpiti
The appetit
of the jud*
not hungry I
hungry I
rlrculation of th«* M
ton 1<-e plant I
AGENTS WANTED IN EVERY TOWN
tclng put 1
Enid Eagle
t Sapulpa
Jennlne
Garfield
:ts to
latur.. |H
h"lng loaded d
he Introduced nnd will \
NEWKIRK
EQIPPEO WITH
THB MOST
MODERN
MACHINERY
We are
PREPARED TQ,
urnisjh
CUT STONET
QtALX.
□E3C IPT« a
*im.Y
STONE & CONSTRUC
TION COMPANY ^ ^
INCORPORATED
NEWKIRK -
OKLAHOMA
.. THE
i DANDERINE
Baroer Shop
and Bath Rooms
Our workmen s reputations
for first-class service extend
all over the Southwest, aud
we pay especiid attention to
visitors to the Capital City.
tm mor*, "Ar*" tk , "rthln, b.t T
Eft.'sy^
kaa «r r-io d d noaa-ih. u« ioujbi ia u* . i nVrS' «°Sat'' #* llLroa*h • distremed
Dr. Caldwell's (Laxative;
Syrup Pepsin
jamhsnili^ ^ropriktor
IralTyoort"" 10 *T*rT koqt*
ITILLIaM LIUK. 1 AJbert 81. Osie^o. ni.
!*• IfH, Royal Arrmnm Th r
)• B
FAIRFIELD
Mr IJak U McrctArr of nana
TRANSFER,
COAL AND
STORAGE
Made me a well man
ud adtrwiaad
rlpsin stkup co.. m diic*iio, iii.
VTST HARRISON AVENUE
PHONE No. 20
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Greer, Frank H. The Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 201, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 18, 1902, newspaper, December 18, 1902; Guthrie, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc124934/m1/4/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.