The Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 18, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 17, 1906 Page: 4 of 8
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THE OKLAHOMA STATE CAPITAL THURSDAY MORNING. MAY 17, 1900.
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THE OKLAHOMA STATE CAPITAL
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FRANK H. GREER, EDITOR.
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Whitney should cut loose from Hurkc.
Nothing needs nine lives more than a cat.
Wichita is the <■ uthrie of the Western Associa-
tion.
Anyway, it isn't much learning that lias madi1
Senator Tillman mad.
Irrigation will make the west ami southwest the
most fruitful spot on the tflohe.
"Three kinds of oil, from the same tank," ap-
pears to be the slogan of Standard Oil.
A St. Louis man got a divorce because his wife
had played a joke on him. Thus the joke was con-
tinued.
rules* the senate hurries, the young graduates
will take it onto themselves to solve the railroad
rate problem.
Still there is no explanation of the action of the
hoard of county commissioners in running the
county $31,(MX) in debt.
STiawnee may hold out until Friday, but must
surely surrender then. The editors of the two ter-
ritories will take the eitv.
Vice Admiral Kuxmich has been assassinated in
Russia. The douma, i,t appears, isn't the panacea,
that it was hoped it would be.
The president made a mistake when he answered
Senator Tillman. The South Carolinan wanted
chance to break into print again.
Kx Senator Chandler appears to have been rath-
er active in legislative matters for a man who has
Bn "ex" attached to the front of bis name.
Did Whitney come to llurkc in order to get two
more months work at the rate of $5 per day, or
did Burke lose his nerve and go to Whitney?
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The Whitney report has now cost the county
$780. .By night it will be $785. But it will !>.•
worth it, if it proves more than a political invest:
gation.
The <i. A. K. Veterans of the Indian Territory
will meet at Tulsa next week, in what will be their
Inst territorial encampment. The next meeting
will be in a state.
Whitney's job was obtained from Burke's hoard
and means $."> a day to him, but he should not let
that influence him. It is not Burke's money. Th >
county foots the bills.
In one respect Senator Tillman has no equal in
fhe senate. lie is on a par with President Roose-
velt when it comes to getting free space and good
positions in the newspapers.
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The winner of the interstate oratorical contest at
<Topeka, Kansas in which eleven schools were rep-
resented. mentioned nothing nearer the present
time than Lincoln. Of course his victory was by
a big margin.
You can almost tell how much property a person
owns in the territories by tin4 earnestness with
which he asks "What's doing on statehood '. Ad-
mitting Oklahoma to the union will inerea.se tli<
value of property materially.
The story about Mr. Whitney having other busi-
ness is too thin. Of course no one could expect
Count> Clerk Trapp to make an entr,\ on the coin
missioner's records, that Whitney was laid off b<
cause he refused to do commissioner Burke's bid-
ding.
Isn't the evening paper afraid that the county
comniisioners will give the county a bad reputation,
by having its records investigated? Wouldn't th"
employment of an auditor at an expense of over
a thousand dollars leave the impression with pros-
pective investors that there are some dishonest
persons in Logan County T Why is it the Leader
wants to suppress the investigation, and now wants
the State Capital to cease giving data on the a
fairs of Logan County?
THE DEMOCRATIC RING IS ALARMED
AT EXPOSURE OF COUNTY AFFAIRS
The Democratic paper and the Democratic coun-
ifv officials appear anxioufe to have the probing into
the affairs of the county stopped. At least in th
evening paper Tuesday there was an alleged inter-
view with a citizen, which has all the earmarks of
an "office interview" that accuses the State Capital
with driving away prospective investors by print
ing figures showing the mismanagement of the
county's affairs by the present board.
Logan county is the best county in Oklahoma.
It offers the best inducements to the investors. Yet
that would be a short sighted policy that would in-
j voko silence, when the taxpayer's money is bein«*
.thrown away, for fear that investors and home-
seekers will be frightened away.
i it is a well known fact that the county, city or
i state that has a wide awake citizenship, one that
I takes an active interest in the management of its
! affairs is the one having the best government. It
is the easy-going community, where the papers keep
quiet while the people are robbed, where there is
i grafting and wasting of public funds. For samp-
i les ot this it is not necessary to search far. The
corruption and grafting in Pennsylvania continued
lor years until the press of the state finally opened
up and an upheaval followed that turned the
grafters out of office. The same was true in cer-
tain parts of Ohio, Cincinnati for instance where
Boss Cox was retired in the last election.
People coming here from the states are aware oi'
these things. The fact that the taxpayers and the
people of the county are determined to assert them-
selves and put an end to extravagance and graft-
ing will attract rather than repel them.
But the object of the evening paper and the dem-
ocratic ring is easily seen. They are alarmed.
They 'sec the trend of affairs. They do not deny
that they are piling a $•'{ 1,0(X) debt on the county.
If there is.no such debt why do they not bring out
the figures and disprove it ?. If they get a person
to locate in the county under false pretences how
long will he stay?. As a result of the giving of
publicity to affairs of county government, Logan
will be the best governed county in Oklahoma.
The grafter fears nothing else so much as publicity.
That is why the democratic paper wants a ''com-
mittee" of citizens to call on the State Capital ami
ask it to stop. That is why the board of commis-
sioners laid off "county auditor'' Whitney after
he had received $7.~>f of the county's money.
The people are with the State Capital. The
work of this paper has already done much good.
Inspector Whitney was re-employed after the Sup-
pression of his report had been exposed.
It is only natural that the county clerk who has
received many goodly sums for "special work" he
sides his regular salary, commissioner Burke and
the editor of the evening paper, who is getting such
a good thing from the county, do not want to be
disturbed. Yet the people want the facts and the
State Capital will furnish them.
GOVERNMENT IS CARRYING ON
EXPERIMENTS WITH OILED ROADS
Farmers and all those who are interested in the
important subject of good highways will be pleased
to learn that arrangements are about completed be-
tween the War Department and the Department of
Agriculture for a series of experiments with oil and
tar on a section of Washington roads, the results
of which may mean a great deal to the country at
large. Both oil and tar will be tried. The stretch
used will be either the exceedingly dusty stretch of
17th Street, below the War Department, or a part
of the Potomac boulevard, or both. The use of oil
in road work is new in that part, of the country, so
that the experiments will be watched with some in-
terest.
But there are other sections where the use of
(oiled roads has been kept up for years; and the
practice has spread over most of California, where
I the people are quite enthusiastic over the results in
' the past 8 or 9 vears. The work was begun in Cai-
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j ifornia in 1808. Petroleum is cheap there and it
i was tried at first in a limited way on a stretch of
about 8 miles, simply to lay the dust, which was not
only a great nuisance in the long, rainless summers,
but injured orchards and fields for a considerable
distance on each side of the road.
The result of oiling the roads, as soon as the au-
thorities got the right method, was more than to
lay the dust. It was found that not only was the
road dust less, but that the oil became incorporated
I with the surface, and made a good binding crust
| lroiu oue to three inches deep. The roads stood
I wear and water well, and after a number of severe
rainstorms that cut the unoiled macadam roads to
I pieces, the oiled roads were found in as good a cou-
ld itiou as ever. The practice in California extended
i until now there are about 7«" 0 miles of roads and
I streets that have been oiled for from one year up-1
j ward. Oil is cheap in the territories and may prove j
'the solution of the road problem.
i The Department of Agriculture has just received |
la preliminary report on some experimental stretches
of oiled and tarred roads in Jackson, Tenn. This j
road has been treated only seven months, but the
results have so far been very satisfactory. The sec-
11ion treated with tar formed an almost asphalt-
| like surface that has stood the wear well so far. has
been water-proof, and is said to be pleasant to drivo
over, ami easy on the horses' hoofs
The oiled road in that section has been, almost
equally satisfactory. The same sort of experiments!
have been tried to a limited extent in Texas, Penn |
sylvanui. New Jersey, and other States, and the re-
ports have been uniformly favorable whore the)
work lias been properly done. The road has to be
cleaned and harrowed and well rolled, and it is
best to apply the tar or oil in hot, dry weather.
The road has to be protected from traffic for from
ten hours to two days till the dressing has had tim>
to set and sink in. After that, it is said to be al-
most as satisfactory as a paved street.
OKLAHOMA PARAGRAPHS
breaking rock on the
'! h< Spanish war boya will be in gvl-
dtnee on tnemor.al day In both terri-
tories.
Ex-Attorney General Simons of Enid,
'}♦ r.ors the memorial address at Custer,
Oklahoma.
Men *r<> going around in Indian Ter-
ritory enrolling hubl's They belong to
the Dawes commission.
Tiro kid* robber a coyote* home th#
other day and captured eight young
ones. This was in southwestern Co-
manche county.
Pom Enterprise: The sweet girl grad-
uate is now In evidence. Six of them
v.flted this office and made it light and
cheerful for a abort time Monday even-
ing.
MISSING.
I-ofrt. strayed, or mayhap stolen:
A lass with golden hair.
Blue-eyed, of fair complexion,
And spirit free as air.
Betwixt suspense and certainty
The loss occurred; Just where.
Subscriber fails to recollect,
Though sure he used due care.
Such losses are ho common
'Twere useless, now, to moan.
Who finds will be rewarded
By leaving her—alone.
Edward U Underwood in the Bohemian
Weatherford Democrat. Grace I>yer
«r..< arrested at the Green hotel Sunday
ti *ht by Marshai Miles on the charge of
robbing a man who acompan'ed her
t< this city. On her failure to give
bond, she slept in the city Jad.
Watonga Herald Co F Ok N G,
of iii - place will take a hike Saturday j
s<-me point on tin- river. They will ,
/' in heavy mareh'-ig order and w "j
establish a camp where they can In-
dulge In extended order drills and tar-
get practice.
Taloga Advocati The sheriff and
i ounty attorney were called to T.eedy
I'ist Friday to assist in the preliminary
examination of one David Lee at thati
i lace, charged with attempted rape, the;
victim being his daughter. He was!
hound over to await the action of the!
grand Jury at the next term of court.
Rusk Press-Journal Let the young.
p< ople have some fun; don't keep them
cooped up at home and expect them J
to do the work and bo contented There
1.1 no harm In letting the lv>y« and girls
at'frod a party or social gathering oc-
casionally. but on the contrary, it does
them good; gives them an insight into
i'ue character c«f others and teachers
'hem to sp ak and act correctly In so-
ciety
Snyder Democrat: Judge F. P. Cease.
'>f lawton, one of the Comanche coun-
y's candidates for probate judge, was In
Fryder Sunday, and took the editor to
1 ireh. Note- Judge Cease was the sec-
mrt police judge of Guthrie and made
a fine court officer The judgt 'a church
record at Guthrie has been lost and it
is impossible to make a report.
The Lawton Democrat says: Okla-
homa City's Business Men's club has
Just finished a tour of trie towns of
Oklahoma. It missed Lawton on its
n ute. When Lawton* wholesale men
*'i rt 'Hit on a tour > f oklahoma they
will visit Oklahoma City along with the
other small towns, for our whole*ale
ipei. expect eventually to sell a great
many goods to the mer hauls of okla-
homa City.
Altus Time* Mangum entertained last i
w>ek a "mysterious stranger.'' who. j
with a corps <>f six or eight men and j
two sets of instrument#- did all kinds,
i f surveying around the city. The gen-
tleman. C. A. Siayton by name, refused
to talk but said lie would give a de-
tailed statement of the project as soon i
s possible, and again the county seat |
Is stirred up over railroad possibilities, j
I{f|>ort has It that the survey is for ai
Ivanch of the Oiient to run from Law-J
ton to Mangum and on to Hollis.
their sacred Styles unvltiated. if pro-
teplasma will make It. America must
#ev ntualb' have a literature
But this procession of auplranrs have
been pouring* into the metropolis for
fiil.'y haif a century, ever increasing, and
in that period New York has produced
ver> few nrat-rate authors of toe first
rank. Is there anything wrong with con-
< iiions? Probably not. Writing Is as
i-tilitarlan an occupation n« any othe1.
In ?fl<) years of Kngllsh 'it^iiiure there
;re barely thirty first-ran names and
In three centuries of the French but half
as many. Genius in writing is a. n-
tsl. It springe as often from that vajrt
body of craftsmen who produce m wspa-
pis. reviews, practical ami timely hooks
and the workaday printed word tlvat lu-
bricates our modern world.
That is almost the first truth that
I'iO'k How and Union Square Impress
upon the newly-come aspirant, and in
much the degree that he possesses tiiat
common sense which is thought to he tlie
basis of genius (and la certainly the
fjundation of ability) he comes around
to the standards of the market. Before
the actuality of an editor he will buy a
Sunday article and pay real money for
It the inspiration of "The American
Scholar" fades. His cherished style is
tr.ken from Its sterilized cotton and
dragged through police courts and the
morgue. In thin very newspaper, so des-
pised at eoilege. he finds things of a day
ti at have in them a touch of the crafts-
manship of all time. He may go far in
this practical field, yet there will still
be men and women about him who ho
knows are of larger caliber. Finally it
tomes down to writing for wages, and
necessarily writing well. Values alter
his ideals, yet rather than curae Oppor-
tunity. the transformed aspirant is likely
t suspect that. In his case, the hand of
the Potter shook.
NEW OKLAHOMA'S RESOURCES. |
Gif-be Democrat:
It Is figured that Ihe present popula- |
tlcn of the combined communities of j
Oklahoma and the Indian Territory Is
1 JiZo.QQO, 800,000 of which Is In the Ok- j
lahoma end of the coming state. The'
assessors' returns ar« the basis for these ;
figures for Oklahoma, and the United i
tfiaies Indian inspector's records give j
the data for the "Indian Territory. The ;
\alue of th«- property actually in sight j
in tl.e combined terltoriea is in excess
•f $1,000,000,060. If that Just under the J
surface of the ground w« re counted In. '
or the quantity of it which will be ex- j
Iracted in the few years immediately
following the admission of these com- ,
tr.unities Vp statehood, the figures would
have to be put up to a far higher time.
Thus the new oklahoma will start out
In far better shape in population and
wealth than did any other state at the
time of its creatlor
JAP-A-LAC is a fine
tough, quick drying, durable
finish for new and old hard
and soft wood floors, and
woodwork. Conies in "Natur-
al" and tivclve colors.
Our line of paints, var"
j sites, oils, etc., is unusually
complete and includes the
best-known brands—nothing
"cheap" but the prices.
Try us next time you need anything in our line.
Try a Can of ]AP-A LAC today.
F. B. LILLIE & CO., Druggists
ESTABLISHED APRIL 22. 1889
204 Harrison Ave. Guthrie, Okla.
II Illlllll MM. I.
FAMILY WASH ROUGH DRV
6 cents per pound washes and drys everything. Ws
starch such pie.es as should be and iron towels
napkins, table cloihs, sheets, pillow slips, couter-
panes, sundries, knit undershirts and knit under-
drawers.
HIE GUTHRIE LAUNDRY COMPANY
Phone 109.
502-4 West Ok lahoma Avenue
WHY DON'T YOU GET A
OAS HASH LIGHT SIGN
AND BE UP-TO-DATE?
IT'S ECONONICAL TOO
5 GUTHRIE GAS COMPANY S
I J. B. FAIRFIELD
congress, and
an any of tho
ien they enter-
natlt
VI r
the thlrtee
The 101
haf issued a finely illustrated booklet j
st ttlng forth the advsir.iaes i.Od attrac-
tions of that gieat natural park as a '
si mmer resort for people 'n the big clt-j
itM and gives information In regard to.
ti in ;>nn pro-
f guests.
virions for the ent< rtainm
Tho cover page is .1 work of art. s
!nij the dim outlines of a smoke
tided city in the background wit
Inviting ranch scene spread out In
fr,n-"ground. w.th the line above—"I
caie behind.'*
Yinitr
'hleflai
O L. Connor, dls-!
;•. .ct manager of the Equitable Life In- j
sutar.ee compan- went to South McAl- ;
<sler this morning wi h a check fori
343 392.OS from the Ktiultable payable to J
11 estate of Joshua Burdett, the Eli-J
fat-la merchants who was murederdt
some two montiia ago. This Is one of I
•he largest checks ever paid in thla
territory, but a si ill laVger one will be I
paid by t ie IVan Mutual compan in
h it M Burdci. hud been insure! fi i
also in ibetter shape
ci.ginal thirteen had
ed the union at the
government under the
It'll la was the largest
s': ten at the beginning of the govern- >
in« nt, but her population was less than
half mat which the coming state of
Oklahoma has in May. l'Jt'ti. None of tlit- ]
territories when admitted by congress!"
had half as many people us were In Vlr- 1
giiila In 1789
Of the forty-six state-, the new Ok- .
lahoma will stand twanty-second on the |
roll when she comes In a few months-1
Vi'r.ce. She is likely to go up a few num- ;
here by 1810, and get ahead of Callfor- j
of Minnesota. After admission, when!
th* mineral resources of the state be-
gin to be developed on a large . .lie.
t :• Indian Territory end of w ten 1
to the front in population and wealth, j
ti he Indians, actual and thearetical. of
the Indian Territory, which number a|
litlle less than M.000 In 1906, have sev-1
e al times that many White neighbors.
The disparity will keep on increasing
for while the Indian population will be)
v.rtually stationary, the whites will be1
le-enforced by big accessions every yea
frcm the rent of the country. The op
timiats In the Oklahoma and Indian Ter
niory newspapers can give good reason
fjr the faith that is In them.
SCISSORED FUNNYGRAMS
TRANSFER, COAL AND STORAGE
Receivers And Distributers of Car Lots , <
bEST GRADE 60F COAL ALWAYS IN STORE
GOODS P ACKE D, 8T ORE D AND SHIPPED TO ORDER?
I
Quick Service at all limes i
Phone No, 20. 407-409 Wast Harrison Ave. i
N. E. A. Association
San Francisco July 9th —13— 1906.
For above occasion the Santa Fe will sell round trip tickets to
San Franciico and Los Angeles at rate of $52.00. Dates of said
June 25th to July 7th—Final return limit Sept.15th. ticketa may
read via. Portland in ont direction if desired. Call at union station
for full particulars. M. N. C0CKRELL. Agent
I
He ha>l
•a before his <1as:
f ST > "00 In the Equ
i loan on it of
ai of S-'TT.^OO In i
.
< < peevishly)— "Wften
a thing like a fool I
Irs. Hennypeck (acridly)
nd do it like a fool."—
ral papers j
the ' rage |
Tuts makei
f, aiiu then
(Puck.)
Stella I thotighi you said you would
i.e. i marry man with red hair." May
I though t 1 wouldn't :it the time,
but he afterwards proposed." —(Detroit
Fiee Press.
Rich Young Himpl'eton—"Oh, Owetido-
1; n, I love you more than tongue can ev-
|tii |fo*« Youftl WI4m - 'Wall
fierv why can't you write It to me some
day ?" —(8omerville Journal.)
CURRENT COMMENT
Youthful Writers.
lav Ki ming Post
id reds <>' ' oun | Thackerays. Bal-
Kmers • StevenstMis. Jameses and
rill \u n In S'-vt fork Nearly,
w th ' ills ii spirit of .iteiaturs.
ting they
orroula for pre.*
It sounds very strange to
t king that way." said Chumlev. When j
w were *at college you didn't believe]
in a place of e ernal punlgtune
$ Midland Valley Railroad Company £
S 'A RKANSAS RIVER ROUTE"
When you contemplate traveling
do not overlook the fact that we
are the short line between Ar-
kansas City, Pawhuska, Tulsa,
Muskogee and Fort .Smith.
Our cenven ient connecti ons
via Fort Smith for St. Louis,
Kansas City, Chicago, Memphis
and points in south and southeast,
are to your interest. We are always
ready to answer questions; for rates,
schedules, connections, detail infor-
mation address,
ui al! I
1 know." replied Bitter, "hut I didn't
nave any enemies then —(Philadelphia I
Fress.
•* I like peopl' who always tell me th-
•ilaln truth.'' said the Idealist I'm not |
sure that I do." rejoined Mine Cayenne. J
I'm a little disappointed ;f people don'* I
Indulge In .Ihe onventionsl falseh w ds I
B. F..Sipp.
Trt, Fit. and Pars Agent
J. F. HOI.DEN,
Vici: President,
Ft. Smith. Arkansas j
Muskogee. Ind. Tcr.
tod opin.
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