The Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 267, Ed. 2 Sunday, February 26, 1905 Page: 4 of 8
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Till-: OKLAHOMA ST ATI-; ( AI'lTAl.. SUNDAY MOUSING, FEBRUARY. 26, 1905.
THE OKLAHOMA STATE CAPITAL
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FHfNK H. GREER. EDITOR.
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ll< i;ri he«i in* the valhy of tli- Salt Hive. n Ari m;t
and along the numerous ^trcraim* of New Mexico. Th«
r.v(i'lirivc ruins ami line* of long canal- indicate that!
• vallev* once supported i io. jsmuial n ami 1 hiit
agriculture bail readied iin advanced of develop-:
nicut o\it con iil« rahle arras tin re I«. i-j i r- \mericn
was known to tin o-called civilized world.
Interest amoagf Oklahoma farmer* and hu*im>* men
in reclamation work a-eiirci- the . on.iiu ,iOn > na to:
thi* territory when tIn* po! jhi]itie« of n«*\ u the way.
of crop* will IxH-oine certainties.
CUKKtNT COMMENT
Woman Suffrage Defeated
Hi. I ul* :ruI
Kansas, which hi« been agitating for
J'tn the question of giving complete!
suffrag. ti. women. ha« just defeutecl
the project In It* Isgtdature. Montana'
ctarion
the
-« FOOLISH REPUBLICANS
ty of Guthrie.
STA TI: OIL. Rh'FINh'RIES
AND THEIR Ml.NALI
Kansas started it. Then came the other states in
the \ u-init v. AimI Oklahoma came along. And the
laiWMin letters h- l| e.|. \nd now the Standard Oil com-
pany is in I he vvor-l «• -mii11« n 1 lint ha> ever confronted
that lucky and somewhat nrrog.-Hit corporation.
Hut tliere is a |>•'> 111 bcxoiul a ii h it is led well i*1
in tlie pursuit of the octopus.
I.aurt regulating ior|H>rations a
ures looking t" retaliatory®' -nits in ca-e- like the Kau-
nas sit nut ion may cvt n lie jesiilcl But general
proposition the state luis no husinct-- _"ing into the oil
icfiuinu busim-s
AND SiiNATH CHANGES
I lie i« rios of thirty —liut'i- i• \j ir«* « u March I.
All the ,-lates except two have Helectt'd oUtee—or* to tho.-
senators, hi most eases the present iiicnib rs being r«-
tnrneil. I'lie two states which have mi vet made a
chi>n i' ait Delaware and Missouri. Nine of the per-
son* receutly elected will V new men, evept that Car-
ter, v. ho has lieen chosen from Montaii;
«handier before. although he has heeu out for
did the thing on the same day.
Both or those mate* have a limited
"t woman .ulTia*« Kansas has
1 ■"« i«1 it school sulTinge for vomtn,
an>i foi the pant decade tind n Half |
women have been allowed to vote on
municipal matter* In that «tul* From
lit- latter luirt of its territorial da\ •
XI• .ni jmi h .x allowed Its woman a voice
in school iiffalrx, and a! o on ctuevtlons
Involving the Issuance of municipal
yeurs. It i like a giant compared with a "li-regard
| pigm> in Ita relation t.i the iueee.- suffered colirl
-. til- >iii...riifU. i .. .. r
r< flaere alTex o .l action taken or < ontemplated a* lnst tie
| Hut t Im 1. haw I torn.• the! owf!K"^'> " monopoly? Th- oil tra-t -
| w rongs with . aim complacency. T hey! not a comhin. It is a corporation. Tin
ave < ontrtbuted to«thf Hoi'keffller > o^
Us without prut<^<t. They have piled Up
ii individual fortune wtr.ch, in Htlti-r <lol-
corporation
KU| r*iinc «ourt ifi th ^vniglit ha>
deckle«l that manufacturing corporatlofia
can not be uttJ« ked uinler the 8h«tni..i
It lx a
i Ti t he
In
recent yeara woman suffrage ha*1
not read, much progv^s in th«- rnitod'
Stai. Moi'c than a doacn : tale<« In
nlditIon io Kunaan and Montana have
I. nil suffrage for worn* s . and New
^t.'iv permits somen property owneia'
lo vota on propoaltioiif fur raising'
monev l>' taxation'or :i^.<e-stnoiit. C'om-
; Ift.- uflTiage. howc\' . i still denied
ivunion In all the Matex except Colorado,
r\C(| ill that I'laho, Wyoming atnl I'taTt. Wyoninif
h.n^ ftill* uffragi for them .- Inn- the
O t j'-.tny | art of territorial days, or more: (rU9#I
I Tie licpuldii ans ha\e made a (uain in tarter .• a * of a century. For u long!
, . 'im- It* lo territorial ."-'fuge wtmcn In1 . ®
lii-t'. who succeeds a democrat, I ans The til l..- rial, w*,P on an cxa.-t quality Wltl, A Woman and $10.000 a Year.
o. rats have lliadc .1 "•..ti in Marvlatnl when- l-i.lnr If 1 - "" " 1,1 lhe Fallot ho*, end they have had <IV ^ orld
n ' * . thi < .since the *tate wun adraltted in !$ ;. ' HarrUon i." a sphinx uud yets
1 U|" step into «t.' llis J'.. Met OUIds >hoes. I iie !'••- t'olorudo, In 1*M, ulruk offQill dlwquall- ^ 1 o.imiO a year, ^whlch ix the nalary of
pll'tlicans made a aain ill the ca?e of Mi< ouri iiV elect- f"r *«men at til" polls, and ldahoi,h" ff°v,'nor >( N#-w York, and a very
..... ,. ,r U ■ I . - ,1 ' I l,ld ,ho ■"m<> «' JW«. In tho*e four comfortable atipend. too. K. I ifarrt-
_ . 111*1 J 1 itx I khc I'^i.-latuic. Iiut that Metory ha- .mountain HtateK women vote for ail clec- son m'«,u called a human clam.'but
iar.-. would outW'igh two of th«« biggeet
! I'Utth ahlpK of the Ainei ican navy, or
whicii. in ll.aoa bill* would make a don-
girdle about the curth. They have,
| provided Itockefelhir au irn onte equal to
Km .< of 1JMM irgrtimtn or imsm]
V||l Tlie\ lj.iv. .lone tin- I. IsllfllURI
the exoeaaive pii<- s exa>-ted for oil and
! oil product* and by calmly submitting to
the Roekefclltr manipulation of railway
rati x and legiMiuliou and other umui'|mi-
tlon.-« the rights of the public to fair
play
The peoph are dually aroused, hut It
i i- on. < f the Mtrangf inunlfest.itlon> of
, populai densenese. or indifference lo pop- j
ular wrongs, that the upriaing against)
Htandard Oil sho'ild linally be Inspired by
the Ioaae« of u small rlas.s rathe, than
the imposition on the whole country. Hut
th< gieut things is that the | eople have
been aroused and are determined to bring
the ui| trust to time. And when that is
| accomplished, let them look to the other
.-■uti-tri£t i. ' There are no pi« sent
pm tlMi ISat mm 1 mmM • "
anything to this oldest and most auc<
lul of monopolies The federal gov
inent pledges itself, and l« cndeavoiInK
with due diligence to carry out ti e
pledge, to revive competition In the cat-
tle-liuyiug and (tuiking business. It m ik' -
no aueh pledge in the matter of the oil
hualuea*. It has as yet devised tiu plan
thai will in the .-lightest degree give re-
lief from the air tight monopoly the
Standard company enjoy a In this national
induatry.
We do tioi - itills by way of ' l it
dam. for the best attorney general the
nation ha* had in a generation. Mr Kiion
supreme j A Remarkable Woman.
o
fihe turned a deaf car to the talcs
Of riander floating r. und.
She heeded HOt
rite- guesip rot
The carrion vekerti found.
sh«- 1 cvrf listened w lien th« tongue
of s andul stabbed a eoul.
Vor soug! 11 to sip
. ^ With yre. dy lip
Alpti s-sip'a |Mdson ttow I
. . i i:.- never turned a Intoning ear
" Whet
When rumors filled the atmosphere.
I
Sh.- p. spake an unkind word
I Of those who went afctrny, O (
Wan never known
To hurl a stono
To help them on the way.
She never to a neighbor aped
To tell of ainful acts
Of old or young
With venomed tongue,
| Though -l;< knight know the facts,
j Hut K pi !.• .■ silence and her \ lewa—
startling ^ cws.
j was unable to offer any remedv ./;iln>l 1/t others tell the
Mr. Ko< kef. lit : masterly institution.
The reason the Capital hopes to see the J Sin eyed not her reflection in
state refinery experiment undertaken In
Kansas is because it is the only present
method of breaking the monopoly that haa
a chance of accomplishing something
While tho <"apltal has nowise for o«ial-
ism. It ii- willing to take a flyer in |*
clallsm when the*ultlmate end in Mew
i.-« the op|Kisi(e ofgftoclallsm. the revival
of competition. The people have tolerated
monopoly in this instance long enough
and can afford to take some chancea in
order to assert their industrial independ-
of >ho le^ialatur
Iha-lic hum-* n 1 yet reHected itself 011 the roster of the senate.
I .Misso uri and Delaware elect senators hefovo tins
•'on ol tl^eir le^islatur s ends the republican.- "i!i
il\t officials, from President downward.
9 Wli- tle : vvi.ni.in / p.u t|. ip.u ion In
elections ha* made the ballot purer or
intelligent Is a question which I;
that would not be courteous to a woman.
I.•Harrtw.i lias l* cn private aec-
retary to II. 11. Rogers, oil and copper
king, for fifteen yeara. In all that tim.
Show windows an aho'dj
Indeed, sl^. apent
No time unent
Her uoudoir looking gla>s
She n* ver turned h^r head to aea
What other women wore,
She never took
A fashion book
ft out counter of a store, q
This novelty of Wonuutklnd
Was deaf end dumb and almuat blind.
—Jatuso liarton Adffraa.
Inn.1 Ii>ct V-eijfllt ..ll'lulo r- <>r ll> UIIIXT l.ra.lt ll of .-nil- "" «-lth ny innOdrn.c
a 1 . a 1 '.liable It hna made no est^oial change
as ompaiTd with thirty-two tleniocrats, says the one way ti.e other, m the mveatigu-
It may even he^ju-iiii'ti that 11 «• ~• i 1 l\au-a• m-! -Idemocrat. \- members have alreffdv been chosen ti.ms of the frauds on the ballot in Colo-
<.r (iklulionui tor III. alter MtaUiib reflm-rk in the Ut vhow IwldatOTn caatnIM bv Hf
I , . . ... * ■ovarnoi it. UMf( p<|m wokii were ln-
for the linplovuieiil «11 pn-oners. Ami lliose relllieilt- 111 Iliociats® tlie latter ha\e their iploUl already. *] he volvc«i. though apparently not In guch
linn III II 11.' 11 > Ih.. .1.-1.11.11- 1 . I..' •.■•mm I. .I.-1II.H rut- will liav.' llirrtv-two mcmbn> on ll.n roll.^"" t).|K>rtto#i « mm. It *■«. mM
got the owtmblp •* ' " - Dr!a"' 18"- pot
t r other maiiufaeturiu^; or commercial enterprises is not j£iv
f|tioUi
. . M. ..."i.oio nil! iiuvr flirrh-two 11101111K'rs Oil
I# 1 lilleri - , ilile the reptliilicans may have Ollly lifty-si.\. ll Woiihi I. g. i proportion of the women aupport j "l!v thousands of women w
the lepuhlieails II majority of twenty-four, which ll" four states ^n writ U they voted;'"." bf' trusted
Whether |200,00«) 01 $400,000 or $Mn no-' ,
or less is .suilkient" to e-tahllhlggi refiueiv ;
that will region the avenues of competi-
tion the Cupital has not undertaken nt I
any stage to .saj If $100,000 or less is .
' he has ne^ r talked about things that j sufficient, certainly $100,000 or more ought j
she should not talk jfbout. and she lias | not to be appropriated. This is a ques-
never made the mistake of pormltting hi lion 011 which tho legislature should j
visitor to see the king whom the king did j have. If it has not had. expert advice and ,
not want to see. 1 Information. The Capital hopes tq|iSe
111 oil,.', wools she fs efficient to the'state refinery he adequate
limit, und !..• «.-l. bit nbrv ! th- Till.- It.! 1 <lt« tru.f >M,koJ nut that
£amas Has Her Dander Up.
I When Kaunas gt ta her dandc.* up an4
eachea for hct fun,
| 1 think tume folks will chare themflfcheg
and hike c.Vi on tho run;
j 1 thiak the rallroudjc will bo good, Johg
come off t.io perch
| And chrinftuuixo llie Standard Oil unif
It Joins the church;
she Is worth it. Iherc are few $10,000
position lying about, but there are liter-
work and
by refining oil. enforcing from transporta-
tion lines reasonable rates for the product
, . , i.i i , ,i . , r. i , 1 , imj ,, i,i i. ,i . 1 , ioi ine-ident than he did of the men The uverage business man hus sotnuch and raw material, selling the
only indefensible but ll Is r;im"W-. I.ci || >1.| . « 1 - 1 "I the piChCllt scll^C, but ab ihcv Woman suffrage Is stui in the experi- f'dth in las secretary or stenographer a fair price in the market
tilt* oil trust with lire: Hit let it he distinctly Ullderstoi d j lia\e well a new state, Missouri, and liaye thus a chance J mental stage, and it Is making much!t,mt doean't even think of the poaei- discrimination ufAbetween loealitles. Tho
thai ,1 i- for protection and not tor revet that flie to increoaa their majoritr in the tenate by two, the rc- f* ", Jd*"v «• 4* ™u"tiy «" * h"r <" «• J* > «*<-■ «* "<«•? •'"
o |• .. | * : than Its advocatea expccted. One very! 'here are deals In cotton and wheat and •''ear the way for private competition tn
state is goillj,' into lui<iinI I'tiuiicans ol the country natufally want to sue their I p« werful reason for this, however. Is that! St0(,ks and bonds that run Into the mil- «*nter the field, and when It has made the
„| II 111,.Ill for I-' till in It - - 11',I ] -VlivMinri i.ivthri'n make n M-I.rlion nl tin- .■..rlienl |*«.-i-1 -•••minaly ,«.l> . proportion ... ti,.|«mw i.y ><rv ono na« ,«(.• to thuy ilKl.t nn.i ..auMUlmd the i .nA|.l- "t f,.lr
1 , , , „ 1,1,. • 1 I women wan. It. on.*or Mr* *omfn kmm-lhe drum K plar in 111.- courta. It .«n <ll out IUW-
like till' ftirillt't [ mi | ill I l*t| If It.Ill >luril".' nJanH <>■ till' |.eo-| | • - I lli.-y would evrn iilnt whupthey know tlif1 lln.-ry t# prA-alr t-apitui ami retire fmm
I'll' i.l Killli-ll-. Hill il i> III.'11^ lines tllllt lire tiling.'imiv- I 111 'm,|!i "I tile tioljni|llent .-T;lle llle rfpublieaiin' lnnr- , McGuire and Statehood. information would In- worth thotiMtntl!. toi l.uslnril It^wlll i .-rfoim Hi,
, sill nil 11 joint ballot is narrow, being uin. in eaeli ui- •. I Chundur New.. 1'"ais me.e „m,„ could ^.m.
Tire people of LigcoTn county, the great, oWn ! • Ic *
is:. To open the wav to private competl-J
lion against the Rockefeller monopoly, j
once were all uo bad
WHS mercy pruy when once thoy know
thai Kansas cun%ct mud!
■ nroduct at I The people there have stoov^a
iiml without first the state begun;
ly kind'ttl to the plan- of the late populists
The state refinery proposition ina\ not pay
lot sb t
h will I ''''' deadlock in both is due tn the claidtinir ambition of
VikI if that shall be the
tloilbtlcss Ih' all expeiv
it will be all the better. I'« r a man
returns front the brick which he throw
that is the situation.
republican aspirants, though Mi-.-otiri's case has a
at a eat.
not Missouri brethren make a selection at the earliest pos.-i
function#
These women could jjame their "f ,,1P "Iree^rallwuy s steam - now Nov
They write the letters, keep1 which when the track- an- blocked sweeps
majority of wh/>mThave always favored 1 ,,0ok>. llatan to the conversation, and "'cm clean and opens the way for th"
,|(.\V ; single statehood, appreciate fully the!arc eonverannt with the affairs of men|oals to 'n,ls ' fnir unalogv
trvignlfh'ent fight which Delegate >|. powerful in the business world. Monopol, ha completely Mocked the
, . . j (lulre has made for statehood during this And w,tlle hank accounts grow* prodigi- tlil,'ks- th° "J*1"' c,eur W;iy for
\ lid i party. Delaware has been a •notorious offender in -esslon of congress, and. Whether the bllll°U'l>: while fortunes running Into the free competition I o appropriate ton ln-i
all pass or not, there. Is a feeling that j million* are made in single deals, the,"0 *or tho purpose would be to doom the ^
.1 , . * 7 no one could have more faithfully or ef- woman who might Ih- rich If she did not
' states 1 epresentation 111 the -emit'- latently contended for Oklahoma inter- 'ut conscience In her work sit* nt her!
to one member. There is alliance that this w ill happen , ,,s,s face of the numerous obetaclesi typewriter and pounds away.
ill Ihe |.resi'iit junelnre. In ease e.u-li stale is r.iliieeil """ 1,1 •'•*••• " • "•• X"t otten I. s,,.. i„mpt«i. Perhap, you
has carefully followed the progroas of never heaid of a woman betraying a bus-
mo Ii^mhcr 111 the selllffe tor the next two years il .Statehood leglalatlon line#' Mr Medulre! iue :s trust. It is a thing that happens
! Im
They've parsed through many try In®
. tlmc-s as varied acasona ran;
Thfty'w had tlu drouth, survived* tht
, flood, and lama goods and 111
Have ovcrcomo with sturJy heait and
never-dylaj will;
But now with patience broken quite new
battles mual be
On and
And Kansas has her uunder
# if aches for her gun!
do* - Dot expect future—the bolting of the caucus nominee by a few
I its
experiment to fuilure
i too much #vould
republican miuionm ihiuuuuics. wuign ntu-e more — •" - — ,.vnu,im.,ni ♦« hn.,« antj to appropriate
extravagant nn.i an
r\|/| A UnM A U AC OUT i iu "tie nieima t. i iierc is alliance mat tills Will h8DI)cn i r*tH ,n 11,6 ftce or the numerous obstacles* typewriter a no pounus away. t , " . , 1",'t IT?
OKLAHOMA HAS BUI • in the ..resent i line, nre it. • I, ui \ /than Ml. m.-tluIre has dote, one Who Not often ,s she tempted. Ptrbapr you I « «nd«ve t^
TWO STRFAM STATIONS L " 1 ,Un ' — ""'V '"Howed the p,^re.e. li.a.d of:, woman betraying a bus-! J Winery that by proving that .oni-
ol WIJ b I Kr.AlVl ol A I lUlNbjjo one n^mlh-r in the scllltte for the next two Vtjars it .-tateluaal leglalatlon since Mr. Mcluire I i.H-s trust. It la a thing that happens so j l-t «n «an eMs,. will encourage private
The report ol pro^rc— of stream measurements I«>r . will be possible for the democrats ill tilt' elections Mi i congress, pays this tribute to hi -1--®Wom that the synonym for the etil a nt ' "
the calendar year IHl>;j has been published by the IV. ted j 1,0,1. by octtm, a majority in thJ legislature, of bo,;, • n^^ty^ra^^ltaXTor: I "r'1 Sten°Bri'Pher " h°n-
States tioolo^ical Stiryev in lour pari-, all o| which ar iol them, to deprive the republicans of these two >cat-' sov''ITnro nn<l honesty in his devotion to " k,m4,i know that even one .-are-
new available. Tarts I and II ol this report contain j fur the entire ai.x vear< and increase the democratic «.!c,ulv hns n®ver been-questioned. por-Uui buaitpss woman drawa tio.ooo a year
the restilfs of tlata eollei ted within lib territi r\ ca-t , m the ,-enate for four vears I
of the Mississippi Itiver. I'an- 111 and IV arc devoted
to the data as-en.hled in the territory \\c t . ; tht Miss-
issippi River. o
During 190li the nuinber «>( regular -TatioiH fer
fctreani measurements was steadily increased, so that
at the close of the year s\.-teniatb measuiviueuts were
being taken at I station- These are so distributed
needs of the various -tales and terri-
ork -tands at#the head of the list, with
lorado conies next with ol. California
.M 'I,-fin ha- '■). Montana •. <. -^tia
t WO.
Bugaboo.'
, , j „ ,. j, | , , . , ' Htiuesman that be is. roiaia "'Ki>ugaooo. in. y imago,
tol, ll , It liia.lt ,i nuiiilx rot tillmr lepslalnr.-. | „„t« i,im eir uSn public attfntion. but, '•> «u„pori and .ounty aov-
ask that all the ^Others be sent lor to advise. Hut^he : •-Hows his deeds and aciympllshments ty enormous and .i great aik
legislators asking that were of opposite
OKLAHOMA PARAGRAPHS
Standard OH Is not so standard now
*—•
oil and
The Octopus must watch bis jvavs ai l
guard his awf il anna,
Anf k.i|i Ida eyc.s peeled mighty c'.uae
jund the Kansas farms;
The days of pcacc arc over ther*, too
long the robber-trust #
Has rilled all tUMr pocket-lxKika and left
thein but ii crust; ^
Hut Kansas has a sudden way of stop-
• ping all *the fun,
When O'kv she gets her clander up and
reaches for her gun!
* • «
there's
each K. Washington Hi. Kan-
t'
bloc!
it v
statehrytl In1! Iffi- been so useful
other lfgishitjcgi with as to exclude the |
f action. °
gone or statehood : .
as to cover tin
lories. \ew ^
7t stations, (
follows with
JH. Texas and Wyomin
sas la. and all the other states '<(Oklahoma ha- only
two stations. .he least number in an^ -tat< • r• niiorv.e
and Indiana. Mi-sis-ippi and \ev, y.iui]ishire claim
: nly ' apiece. This expansion of the work i- the re-
sult of the constantly increasing demand from tin gen-
eral and engineering public for the stream datit eolJtHt-
itl hv the siirvev. •
The actual work of asseinnliffg flu original data on; #
wllieli 1li!> r. |tort is l.nseil nil.I of ,.r,.|«irinst tlie-e.fuet-1 " I''"'"1"- I""!'1'' fro ' their moil, *
fur |itilili«.uitin vni dim.' iin.ler Hie iniiiit .It,* ,|,iR lion IiIk' '•tml.v ol th
of Mr. John C. Iloti. «•!..< «■„. i.-,I vi.-swr-. j CMTI..' Oklahoma ^faki^ is Cakiu- his |.„
l-'raiCk ll. Ilriin.liif;.. I.. I! >i. :.n,,iii. |{. II 11,, «,*. II ,
J. Siiiilliler- nnil W . \ Ili-I.t It.-r- V. kn. w l.-.l-m.-nl -
Fort Gibson nl-o has
wetf *
•
The new* hotel at Muskogee will prob-
ably be christened after the town.
III.- olenites ate pointing out to Judgo
Raymond that I. now knows how it feeb®
to humiliated in a rouct loom.
j "John Brown of Oasawatomle!''
! freedom in the phrase!
St.^Jonn with prolffbltlon unJ old I'efft r
with his craze!
i And now tho world Is waning for the
J flre-worka and the elghta •
When trusts %v*il get Insomnia and iie
awake *.t nights;
For she will take the hakery and enp-
ture every bun.
When Kansas gets her dander up and
* reaches for her gun!
aonally McOulie abhor* cheat#notoriety
and false praise. He Is a broad, strong. Statehood
0 .a sturdy m.ff). without ostentation or bom- j "oldenvjlle Tribune.
.... i i O bast. lit . dow not exhibit himself nori To many citigetu of tho Indian Terri-
-\li Uklahoina .egislater <'hanged his vote because iig- .attempt to work upon the credulity ofl tory. especially to large or even moderate
mother who happened to -it besidti him told him he had p'1" l",°l,l' bu| ' ll1" retlrhig manner .ropert> owneis. statehood is a nionac-
"" ' ' ''• ' • i «ri^w Th«.. imagine that taxation
rnment will be
•^uuiilishments t^ ' normous and .1 great additional burden.
• • whoi i •',tu,d u's only#teg|lmonlal to his eon-j From this opinion we dissent and for the
• ! ' 1 ! atltuenta for his worth and ability. State- following, reasons Wo believe all the ■
lie voted lir.-t time. 'hood for oklahoma *eems to be certain | plotted lands the Creek. Seminole and * f I bold and reckless flnancicl%: Take
• ' "• success but If. by complications of thei*'herokee nations, except the homes lead- 1 'v Democrat points • warning to y«u fall!
.... CI -. ..I , | .• , _ # .present bill over which the republican M 40 acrea) will be subject to taxutioft t. • <><it that Sergius was killed with*, the, ^ . ( bott(,r ^ llWhiie and read the
I lie . haVMlee Qlllll has couclltdetl that wlul^tUt' -ell- I party of Oklahoma hud no control, which "OO" as the'new state provides for a tax F,ia(low °r the department o^ J^tb c j writing on the wall;
Die baa bAn all dm llillitU' til n.llllil the ten-it. l ie- i n'"v f**1* "I"*"*'"" "f0"11 til'- oon-jwTT "Mil drnrlMa nwtlio*. Tur' collcctlim • • : • I Tnur Iraitdt. tir^ ri ji 1 Willi liumaii lilooJ, •
. , , . , I I 'll III I . m.-. nifi,. 111.. Till i.nr not p.... . ult' Ii ThiJ will apply to all r ims ,,r i.rop- IIanl,"ii ..I Mu. kn(.e Irinpltn ,m„ii iot
l.Hell.I.I.l. the 4iuehtw<l HI ie>- lH'ell CI ll- lul I" |„„„','^,„1 ,< .I... ,.., >««d headed t"f Fuller .1.- I.l • f , ■ tri|.pi"*r I. .aw.. «o, .
1„- did net have an l.at*nt I,a* on 1,1-1 A*J l v "" SWMr-
llilnkdom. I "h;,M rul" ll1"" mnrr-
p j With Ita.ids that act, with hearts that •
, k";
bil- j ,nl
When -tateliood s chauces are nl
shall have Ix-eli athieved the ]N>ople of Oklahoma >vi 11 on.i faithful servant
begin to plant their next season crop of cereal- and tot- * —
ten and hopes. 0
s one ol the
university of
also due to inanv resident hytlro^raphei- and
in different parts of the country under v\11. - •
the stream measuren 1 •?: - • .i• .
lilfiilieei>
graduate eourst
• measure that
-v stem. Repr
It is 1'fliinrkeil that the alioat ileltl |iros|ieet in Okln-, "i the l- f. e
fwm* it m alluring as tn canacjtge in t'or^et tho iii-a--'b'""' "mkh"
ter that i- allripd'ta have OTmakcn the peach crop.
lioe* not pass, ullji' This will apply t
lid credit is din Delegate McGuire I erty. except that spccliii ally exempted
■filcndid (ffotis and magnificent j by treaty stipulation, towit u 4u acre
ikilt to this end, thereby carrying out the i liomcsteud for ;■ peiio<fo...r nty-one
fletiges of the republican pafty « :" Okla- year.-. Again the laio-OH.l- will be sub-
hotnu and said partv can candidly and j Ject to taxation and will laiaely Increase
truthfully say to their worthy delegate thft^.-vonues of th ■ new Mat>\ Still fur-
itnd representatives 'Well done, thou goodjther the IncreaseSnf property values and
the additional new capital that will seek
■■ ■ — ' Investment in the nev^ qfat# will suf-
Has No Chance. ticiei *•> Increase the j;ucab!e valuations
Shuw nee Fletald. fur in exc-ss of the increase of taxes.
The school land Ic.-t ees of Pottawato- j Thus the burdcjps of t;ixation disai t>ear
mlc county appear to be satisrted with!In the larger development of the state.
the present law nndtlhc treatment thej
are receiving ;;t ti !.ands ofgthe school Statehood as it Looks Now.
leasing board. At tf ast. if they j Kltigllsher Free Pn <•. •
are not satisfied they are not besieging The Free I'ress ha# never felt confl-
leglslature with pieag i&bvor oC theidenc.- in tho pggsate of the statehood hill
]•'. G. Gray calls them hearths* because |
some people assert tiuij if the lecture j F"
would only tfd|dvrii we Diight have tomal
good weather
I
The Piffcell \Y. t'.^T. f. is watchi.tg j
Bill Walker. If statehood should be re-
allzv.l ,i determined effort will be m.ivle
to prevent him Jrom aoi^g to Oklahoma
• l.il «\ she'll p. I you <'ft r>* one.
Kansas has her dander up u
reaches for her gun! *
® Freeman K. Miller
i1
City to celebrate.
INTERfcST IN RECLAMATION
^ After looking the field over canTullv
® ANh DunpDL'c r I ] aper announces that legislatiye deadlocks i
oAIM) j ROGRhSS MADE tin arguments against jiopular ^oycrnment.
During tin oa-t I.Mir : i ie irri-.ited .,■• ,°
T lilted States ha - iiici'ea-i 1.!"|.svm
rnt flic re are • n this emmf i1«-:i... milt
lanals. reorescniin^ a ■ ,i-i • vp.-miii' i.- •
lalior. and carryiiiir water ui.t.u n,.,r i
acres, which arc or..eu. nu > ■■ h \ 1: , i. ,
(itKi.ooo. This area o> artiti. ia'l product
Mi-.-t)uri
( one of
pre:
nionev and
i s. 00(i, OUO
i • *10o .-
Hiore
,0 There a ih® just three men in ^Oklahoma Citv who
i tindt rstand what the arbitration treaty fus* \\'ii-|
i t >u i< about. \nd two of them do not aare.
nn«r-
li i- ob.scMvcl in readinu Oklahoma papei- liuH
•.-catliing" articles have gone out of l'asbhion as well
If M i.-kog' i can derlvi any n.lver-
tising out of the Fuller episode it will
w surely comte through tho cfuality of lu-
• voiutionlxes tft.^ piesenti by this congres.*-. Once or twice the! 1 ricating oil taken from the oil dlgtri- t.
entatives of a large part, prospect of its passage looked favorable. I nut then some w heels revolve on ball
over the territory have hut within a day or so in each cusc, tho! bearings
vigorous ngbt at Outline J situation hns changed. While every otb-|
for the Becker school, land J lll tha.t .pro* or newspaper in Oklul-ftma anil other
it-.- for fitrmii - out the l osing busi-; friendly 11 w i np.o lUide of Oklahoma.
ne > to ti • ° county commission's and; liave shouted -v ictoiy" lustily more than
county < !erk of the different cout^ies.1 once, the Free I• . Ik, ^ been 4>atient.
• on. that bill has pas-ed the hous- It^Kv.tithing has been done hv . very body
has no chance, however, to become a thatrcould b. done. There ffa^lreen a< -
lavv. and us It wogid be wholly In the na- cord^pn this proiwisltion. A.'e.i who ex-
•xpcriinent that might involve pect preferment and glory when state-
« ill the splei^|l(l :c venue hood is secured, ha v. -stood solidly, shoul-
derived fi.^m the school lands, itslder to should. ' in their eaujest work
best Interests of all i for this measure. McGuire has done ev-
• rned. * i erything, that he could possibly do to win
— fcOtis Hi"' defeat will be no retlec-
A Local and a National Oil Issue ■ tlon en him. Complications have arisen' 3"
nnn't F,
I Rolling on to Glory.
Itiilling on to glory.
Still tho old world goes!
I Still i V ancient^story
L Of tlie wants atal^vots;
jib:. :i little slghliig®
j The., a little song, *
■ Preaching, praying dying. 9
j Down the ways of snng!
ture of j
heavy
defeat will be
Rolling on to glory.
Still the old world goe.*,
Through the buttles goty
Of tho friends and foes:
re It sees a vision.
I There It gains a truth,
j Moving with precision
To immortal youth!
Charley Renshaw was in town Sat-j
• la.vo ami reported that he and I> e I
Croasley d^covered' Three rabbits and I
a skunk In a six foot log the hollow in
which Was but half its length, says the
Luther Register. Te^ were attracted
to tho log by thofdog. They riffchvl o it I o,
mat nkHt tlwn ttnothtr, and mn ,„r. I " Tl" •"
prlnA to And lhl,,l but more vo" ,,:"k "" r""":
pri^.1 iviipn tlioy „Hi#ik whirl, i x"""r m"ht "or mnn,'y
WHS dippatcho.1 with uu „x° Th*. skunk
had killed the rabbit next to it.
t \ tensive than lite 11 m 1 i tiiie. 1 a . ••! Ala- a- o u set 1 s aiu'|o> "-ca thin if" articles editors.
r.timet in ui. and >t 1- never disturbed tar drwitli* or the] .'■ *
other uneenamtv of the wither. \\\ ttS 1- .11 ih, j The gueaaer as ti the fate of th.
and ei semi-arid region- o! hie uc-t, m iiifh a ,-horr have to out of businc.-
while ago were lou'. d upon a.- a worthli - desert. j sooner shut
irrigation works in their broader 11.- inelutle all
„r f
)ff bv action.
arisen 1
Mty Star. , in the progress of this measure that no
The present crusade against the Stand-) one titild ft)f«-s.. or avert. It Is^ttnfor-
rd Oil company wa.s started by th oil | tunate that Oklahoma got tangled up
protiu :s or Kansas, against whom the1 with New Mexico and Arizona, but this
monopoly bad discriminated most (lag-1 cntanclemen.
unt.\ tad . ijustly. 'Hie whole state'of OkTihoma are concerned, w., unuvoid- 1
cam- fo-.ward spontaneously and cb able. Mat* congressmen hue been in-'
.... | "Handed justice for the oil producer.--, j different to the who!
Ul'.XI I rillnv lllgllt ,1 not loth, r ftat.s |„1„..| in tho Iislil. but t,u|i|ttl,. whether ui- n..t,i -tulphood Iful
df ® account of the Kansas outrage and be-' lature was e.iactc I. Others hav
ehood bill will
Don't Fall Out With Life.
Don't fall out with lifv-, my brother;
It will please, you like us^m.t;
If you'll sort Its pleasure over,
far~*as~iii*e"real7rleti'd«LTou "nJ 11 ""r"' ^Ilvln*.
"I And its the one you've got:
You would ^be tter keep it friendly
nu.'Stl.tti. nrltigi An,: rlb 11 "P t'Shl;
•<1 lt-ni- i11 you joyo is music.
,. been. It Blvf J on lov.- unceasing,
Still ancient story
f.ove. tho Wonder, knows;
Rolling on to 'glory
Still tho old world goc.*!
defici
(lb'-e ltb'tli"ii- t niii'f w d ! ;• - ;•,• ,?,•
getting rid of an e.\ee>- of water and for the
tion of an abundance of water -.. :i- i■
a o " I
plants '>f this nature which at. m two-ui m the
l.'liited Siaii -. i., Q Q
greatly •Jtirjia - the ° |M
eoiith Atlantic, th«- .Mi--i-sip >i r> • r au t i. ti; f ^;at. -
thousands of t ti-.n.- <• °
and made useful for rice culture ami other t ion-.
Although irrigation i- commonly believed totbe .. n< w
practice in the I nited ,State.-, ii n< vertlicle.— am .lat. s
anv written history of this country. The census bulle-
tin. from which tlie.-e facts are gathered, stab - that Ion :
before tlie coming <>f the Spanish conquer .r- irrigation
oil mil! at ^VclTt'tka will be n'adv i.,r the erool*
doinir with
Nothing has
trtrit -i
t ause of injuries inflicted within their for different reasons, violently opposed I ,f >'ou on,y lroat n ri8ht!
own boundar; .-. Congress tooku|9tl:e is- to statehood legislation a- prop. 1 Poll- Don't fall out with life. m\ brot.n:
and onleretl an investTgation c>f olliticn hus been our undoing. The mastery! If i
ie. g'neral and Kansas .muses of the senate has been the Tsau«wwe do liver'
Jin parU'iil.ii. The president, the cb .art-'not cxne. t slutehood for Oklahoma at Evef
this congress., it |.s uncertain. W'.- are The
u not a prophet. v\ e only see conditions o it
I gaged in the . fTort to enforce c iultnbb uml Judge of the ..utcone . A few hours
, .rpatmnnt at the bands of thp oil triMtt.j muj'ji'haiigo condition,-. This comren
.e tliermometor lliat.e it- low record stunt, "ut even now. with the agitation extend- may give us statehood aft-
' * '• throughout the country and with pub- J knows
i-tnbu- ne\i summer and there w\ll bC*iomcttiin
il more the -eed- and !ii;F.-.
en heard of that Ada nrun^e
1 trust a bus.
I in partlcul__.
tnent ft; labor .and commerce and the de
• luirtment . f Justlae are all actively en
w ith i
all, no one
It
ma i-
- .1.--UII1- d tiiat I - moral atmosphere of OMah>>
good. I herc are uo revival meetings on.
Tin' rehabilitation of the entin Indian Territory in
the Liurb of Oklahoma laws will be some l?blp.
The }H>tato convention at Kiplev is goin^ to worth
while. Ewers White w ill address it, i
sentiment thoroughly aroused against
tin Rockefeller monopoly, the evil most
prominently In mind is tho discrimina-
tion of the Standard company against oil
producers and rival refineries.
Hut that is not the real issue. Crushing
competition and squeezing producers are
only means to an end In the Standard's
system. The encr is the robbing of the
people through the monopoly created nnd
maintained by these met bods. This rob-
bery has been going on for years uud
° When Patience Ceases.
Topcku Capital. o ®
Speaking of a state packing plunt.
which no one is speaking of, by the wav,
except persons opposed to a state oil ir>-
flneiy, It might oe remarked that the
government seems to have the meat trust
headed in a southerly direction. It has
hud tho combine declared Illegal. n«'
enjoined, and it has threatened the num-
bers thereof with a Jail acutcucc iX they
time it brings a shadow.
Every time fit gives a sorrow.
There's a ratn-bowP round the p,
O Us heart Is fill—with plea.-urc
And its rapture*- slay the vvro.m:
All the stars repeat Its praises.
All the .-uns exalt its glory.
An 1 you'd better join the song!
Donf fa'.l out with life, my brother
It it has the wintry snows.
T ier* ill.- scarftt of tile summer.
There- s the russ« t of t... autumn.
With the Illy and the .os« ;
It holds harvests for your labor.
It 'liuspcrown* fo. you tcowin O
Open wide the glory-shutter
Fling the doors .!. • 1k far-op- . ,
Till ti..- mshlne sminters he
r. K.
Away From the Winter.
; A was from tho Wiater and sll hit #Hd
j a ways.
To the blossoms that smile In tho spring 4
® laughing days;— <5
To tho rivers that -"'ng
l.^the gladness of «pr1ug.
I Wlicre lite birds cleavo tho air on the
(
love laden wing!
| Away the walks of the snow-smitten
• town
T tht^ne'ds where the bee® for the hon-
eys go dow a,
• • • 1'lfs and the hills, 0
Ami the love-singing rills.
A \ I." song .>f dlsconsulate. grieved
o «iiippoor-wins:
A '• ti.e paths where the white lilies
grow
I egpiinkJe thiJilidovi
. ® •
J Where the roses blush new
I In the arms of the dew.
I .Viid the st irs toss the sweet of their
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