The Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 18, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 24, 1906 Page: 4 of 8
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THE OKLAHOMA STATE CAPITAL THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 24, 1906
THE OKLAHOMA STATE CAPITAL
By The State Capital Company.
FRANK H. EDITOR.
SUBSCRIPTION RAT6S.
OKLAHOMA PARAGRAPHS
Vinita want* ?: trae
Muzzle your chickens. is the cry over
tbo territory*.
' All hail
association
Daily by Carrier—Strietly in Advanoe.
Vne waaW
One month
Dna year
90.1v
046
6.SO
Ity by Mail—Strietly in Advanoa.
Dna mentb
three month a
Six montha •
One year
Ho eukaoriptlen will be eent by r
Guthrie.
> ~ % r
Sunday Edition.
One yaar by mall
90.40
1.00
2.00
4N
GAIN IN EXPORTS BRINGS
RICHES TO THE FARMERS
Participation by the farmers .of the country in th
remarkable prosperity prevailing will be demonstra-
t«mI by official government reports which will be
made at the olose of tin* present lisi-al year, *sys h
.-'tatistieal writer for a Chicago paper. These report#
relating to American commerce will show that the,
exports and imports during the twelve months have Kx-s^nator .joe piingiy of Kendrick,
exceeded all previous records, and that the farmers: uncoin county, will deliver the Decora-
jiHVe hud more to do with this gratifying condition j "• «r.ti.o •< •"~d-
than any other class of producers.
During the first ten months of the-present fisc.-il
H18 HANDS
Terror that staikefh In t> e night
I-'f i*t nw souls of men wfth I right.
Mo. kin* man's puny walls with might;
Fit ilea*, heartless, alm4e*s ruah
Out >>f th<* lullng. dreamlws hush.
Flaming with feat in the dawning'a
to the Amalgamated Press bluwh!
of Oklahoma says the
Daily Ardmorite.
Six menthe
One year ...
• • .. ' . war there has been an inm-asi* in the exports o.
in the city af
i breadstliffs alone of about $<.>,000,000 compared
I with the corresponding ten months of last year; an
91.00 increase of $.'<4,000,000 in provisions and of $36,000 -
10(K) in cotton. The increase in breadstuff* occurs
lurii, wheat. Hour and oats. The total value of
90.28
llovel and pal"' hut and hall.
Pillar .«nd portal, gate and wall.
Flung 111 a mad wreck, one and all!
As
then we sign
rod
the ill? tailings
shattered
Editor Jones ef The I'errj Repu i ■ an
say* that if women were allowed to vote I W
it would destroy love and matrimony.
Thai hart made the land
clod—
mgrmur: "It ime from the hand of
God."
,hJ
listen' From homeland and overseas
A wonderful song is upon flhe breeze—
The ii-ant of th* swelling sympathies
The presence of t'arrie Nation
editorial convent-ion at Shawnee did muc'i
good In some ways. B!>e kept the hoys
dodging and prohibited them from sing-, , ,atpn and look; from the chest, and bin
Come the gold and stores that were he.ld
Ing 'Trider the Anheuaer Busch."
•SO corn exported in ten months is $ >7. >00.000, against' *Vestviiie
within •-
$41,000,000 Inst year during the same period, and the look here, jimmy rhi* is the third tim*
American; Kmployer Well. Xnd lh) foiK « f th« w "'Id are today akin
Why should
against ?
the west side
The ring continues to carry on the flirtation with
be discriminated value of oats sent abroad during ten months has been
jtl4.7fiO.iiOO. agiiinst a little more than $1,000,000.
| Exports of provisions meats, butter, cheese and
oleomargarine should tlie ratio • >t the increase dur*
Whitney,
ing the first ten months of the present year be main-
Stained until July I, will for the tirst time pass th."
$200,000,000 line
j City Counf r; .1
was down from
idge D. I.afe
Newkirk la#'.
With the statehood bill it appears that it was just foreign commerce of the l.'nited States in
luspendctl animation. April, 1906, was larger than in any corresponding
i month of anv earlier year, consisting of $107,000,000
. . , . . ,.i it.ii . ■ .. night and this morning boosting for the
A Kansas < ity editor thinks the statehood bill imports and $144,000,000 exports, a total of $«!; 1.- # utl wf JuJv r( I0 pill,ed
ought to come forth greatly refreshed after its long; ooo 000, or more than a quarter of a billion dollars %tr at Newkirk. The ei.-hrat on p om-
sleep. | in a single month. In onl.v one April has the total j ' •" 1
. . ,ww ... I the kind ever pulled off in Oklahoma.
I imports and exports reached $200,000,000. I he re
The new adage "a pearl in the mouth is worth mtt|-kable record is pivsiTved in the total commerce a v,. piover; Kditor j. r Renfrew r<- -
two on the neck" is u good one. -Make pearls t>, |0f ,|1P |ast lf[1 months of the present fiscal year. Tbo , d' "fIt,ac i ™sh.'w"
your teeth. | official records show that in that period imports were nM, He reports a large attendance of
ma and Indian Ter-
and an Instructive
helpful program was rendered. It
was n most enjoyable meeting
have asked to go to your grand-' Ah g*ntly met' encompa*s«*th
mother's funeral. How does it happen ( who harken wi-ii quick-
that sou have three grand mo l hers?" ought- breath
— Th< ssWMfcs* t ti.- of the elty'iHeath.
W, N. stahl of Perry. Oklahoma the
ttaveling representative of the State i.ook! For tli. in the allen land-.
Capital has ti J*i rooster of the Buff jn t , . |V-,.,t.-i on -• ' 1 -wept
<"ochin varlelv formerly of Jackson, .void
M eh. The Se^-nd for this rooster s The-.- hamia "f help—Ki- air Codfis
.L'g.s are exceedingly enormous. mm linnde!
Wilbur 1 . Ne-< .it, in Harver .« WVeklv.
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 twelve colors.
Our line of paints, var.
| ishes, oils, etc., is unusually
complete and includes the
i. best-known brands—nothing
"cheap" but the prices.
Try us next time you need anything in our line.
Try a Can of JAP-A-LAC today.
F. B. LILLIE & CO., Druggists
ESTABLISHED APRIL 22. I 880
204 Harrison Ave. Guthrie, Okla.
official records show that in that period imports were ,
nee. He reports
valued at $1,021,000,000 and the exports at $1,4^.- .^iiors rrom oki. r-
. iwiik iuu) I ..f ' "iii1) Iini) l)0(l In tin nrevious ! ritorfrs hPin8 prcm-!.
CltieenR of the west side arc wondering it' Mayor^n00,0(H). or a total of *'_\.->0!UH}0,()00. In no previous '^"rlr.
l)uks considers them under his jurisdiction. He re- j V(,ar the imports during the tirst ten months e%
fuses police protection. j ceeded $1.00(1,11011,001) nor have the exports reached
j $1,1100,000,000.
Secretary Taft has brought his weight down to —
2,">0 pounds and has reduced his waist measureineni WESERN FARMERS ARE BECOMING
to 50 inches. What a sylph ! STOCKHOLDERS IN SMALL BANKS
l they take more liberties with preac iars
than any other elasn of men because
they think their mouth is forever closed.
Women generally make the lirst break,
but it is not well for her to make too
• many breaks A woman should be a.
lady and a girl should be a little lady,
j and should and will have more than
1 the protection of tin- law hit 'aw or
mob law will never put her on the con-
I plete and perfect plan of tho ladj'. |
The letting of the
FAMILY \MSII ROUGH URY
6 cents per pound washes and drys everything. \C's
starch such pieces as should be and iron towels
napkins, table cloths, sheets, pillow slips, couter-
panes, sundries, knit undershirts and knit under-
drawers. .
THE GUTHRIE LAUNDRY COMPANY
Phone 109. 502-4 West OklahomaAvenue
Since
— report issued by the Knnsas State banking com- accepted the invitat
Secretary Shaw saitl that the government missioner emphasizes the preference of the Western j >f chandler wen
. and in ti th
fractonnl peopi
IPrvice is no place for men with ideas, many things |Hrmers tor investments in banks. In the past year
hitherto unexplained are understood. i«iirht v-one new banks, mostly in small towns where
« j merchants have heretofore depended on the banks perry R.pukilr.,.: *> <w
t , , • i , it has developed ' : i 1,1 *«■ '
Bryan believes the American apple is superior to „f nearby cities for their accomodations, have been HIltM,niIl tht ... ..,Vent:on.
iny tropical fruit. Should he make this his new Parted. The increase has been the largest in th«* about n.ww to entertain the National
paramount issue he might have a show. State's history, and many of tin- stockholders are Kdm. iai association upon th-
ithe farmers who ten years ago were denouncing the '
Delegate McOuire has succeeded in getting bis i>an^s nD(| bankers as dangerous to the welfare <>!
Osage allotment bill through the house, lie is mak t|„ State It is noted that the establishment <>,'
ing good in other legislation than statehood. i banks in small towns has not had the effect of d-*
—————— — I creasing the deposits of the larger towns banks and
Senator Lodge is watching for a chance to bring ,j10 deposits of the State have increased at the
up the Philippine tariff bill. Yet there are man; jratP 0f H^out $1,500,000 a month during the year.
others waiting for a chance to kick the corpse. There aire now state and lHi) national banks, or
— — an average of eight to each county.
What will we write about, what will we talk; rj^0 advertisement of the lodge profit in banking m h,, rtimlv t.onctiv.> or t •• f.tif
about, what will we dream about, what will w''|has been largelv responsible tor the attraction of: of beauty it prosent* miH' ^'i >>l,n••
Bhoutingly orate about, after we Ret statehood. i(|„. |,.(llks |,u. ,|)P savings of the farmers In nianv «' ■ -fr V i
I instances the stock has been purchased at the cost 01 wh,al n,,d, ari. irettir im «« r.nk
You need not extend your sympathies In the jn othfr diroclious and if the future sees an ex "" "t >lltTr
Bridgeport Stirs.
ontract for the construction or th
herryvale. Okla.ioma and Texae rail-I'
Perry r.enterp; s.-Times; Chandler, road, through Cuthii- to the .un w-^-
nom rj A R h-ive r ailed their iinl ha^ aroun d -i.s hope* that Bridgeport
- road. The original aur- I
it place, and a'nee the;
uract for the construe-
Peck had already ion. officlaln of the road have visited
hut the old vets Geary and promised that city thai th -
he filly a* loyal road wo ild go through it Geary donate!!
to the a large um when the. survey was made
the \|em-
tatlon to C. K P< k to d. livei
orlal day oration for them on account of \«y 'tided ;U
his opposition to John F.mbrv s eonflrma- , ltttlng of the
tion as 1" S. attorney.
to their eltliena as they were
old flag in tlie aixtles.
nd now fe< is assured t h; t
L>ad,
must
resu
tha
to Oklahoma 1
the • neighborhood
parts on different Oct aaiona—to sena
delegates to Washington to labor for
statehood and to irg«' an appropriation
for th#> erection of a •• leral building in
that eitv. Po now somebody 'hs knocked
and two members of the city council
who voted for* the appropriation have I-
been indicted. J
it will get th,.
,f any exten- ;
iude to the southwest. Br'dgepm ■
the jioint where the river is.
Plans are on foot for the a« -
f tlie right of way and the rai>-
ca&h bonus whi h will be offered
heir. vale. Oklahoma and Texas j
.t' ti switch cannot be obtained;
into the hui* lies." part of the to_wn from
tlie Rock island.
WHY DON'T YOU GET A
OAS FLASH LIGHT SltiN
AND BE UP-TO-DATE?
IT'S ECONONICAL TOO
CURRENT COMMENT
A MERE MATTER OF FIFTY MILLION
e Philadelphia Inquirer.
days ago the Pennsylv
/Vglfwood Hemocra!
j never .••een h^ lovely.
peoplr who have
rich, level region j
lumber trust because of the forest fires in Mich
ess ot" banks there will be a rapid
•ding-out
igan.
It will manage to pull through some way. i!hron^li liquidation. The banks arc generally find
barley, the
hlootnlng pea
Bryan has an Ohio endorsement for president 1' ^urphiK
That is the state he toured for Parker, with the re
t ult that Roosevelt's majority broke all records.
Attorney general Cromwell, who Iims just re
turned from the National Capital says that "statr*
hood is in the very air," Vet he does not mean that
the bill is up in the air.
s and
potato patches and
vines are loudly proclaim-
in a fair fat land -the
. jing plenty'of opportunity for the placing of their
" ' (11|t nf ion degrees of longtltude yet
people here and just across in Oklahoma
iti'f making more money acre for acre
year aftfr year than the farmers .n
Illinois and Iowa.
w.uild not have
the smaller towns.
In some of tin* large:
towns the demand is lighter and investments in
Eastern commercial paper are made freely I'rob
ably more Kansas money is now invested in ibis sort,
of security than in the past two years, resulting from ,
the banks' placing of their surplus.
Italy's exports during the year amounted to
f:m,000,000, while tha imports for the same year
amounted to $415,600,000. At this rate when will
Italy be bankrupt t
help his bu:
he hail rat
COMPLETE REVISION OF PUBLICATION
POSTAL RATES IS BEING CONSIDERED
In nil probability there will be a complete revision; "'1T,
of the laws fixing I hi- rates of postage on newspapers
and magazines at llie next sesiou of t ongrc*-. I he |
I'ostotfice appropriation bill, as it passed the Hons".
I provides for a record of the weights of different das-; mme other
The west side is still waiting for a policeman. )|f publication* carried in the mails free or at the : *'v"r
They shoulil keep up their howl. The mayor will ratl, 0( j „ p„„utl, and of the average distance , h"i"
yield if enough pressure is brought to bear, for the ,.ae|, ,.|,1HS cHi ried This record is to cover the last •.# th> «a <
west siders Hre in the right. j MX nniutbs of tins year, and the report is to be made ( M
ni H before February I. 1907, and it is generally , ,
The accounts of the chasing of the Wyekliffes in !^|,own as "the Overstreet plan." ! i" ti*i""
Supplementary to this measure. I'oatiaastei- tieii
eral t'ortelyou has sent a communication to the Sen-
ale Committee on I'ost Offices and I'nsl Koads. sug
gesling the appointment of a commission ot sc\en,
representing both houses of Congress, the l'ostofliee
Department, the several classes of newspapers and
magamues, and the seventh member selected b>
Ihese. That eomuiissiun, he sugests. should be em
powered to investigate the whole subject of second
clas-. postage and report by December 10,
Senator Penrose has brought th
It. |i olican: \ man wnn ''
>f our subacribers left his • opy •
publican In the offi f marked
this week. He Is in bualne s
iind we have paid him much i
* thai we ever received from
„ler if lie thinks his refusal
is tewn paper will hart it or
nusiiM-M. We ar« not sore. If
pay out a couple of
ir the Police Gazette o
ide s c ot that never did
wins a dollar to Woods
no objection
| GUTHRIE GAS COMPANY t
The Denver, Enid & Gulf R. R
"Alfalfa Route"
' DOUBLE DAILY TRAIN SERVICE BET WEEN Gt THRIE 0. T.
in.idt- of j AND KIOWA, KS.
taken a4id there (
c iiefflen- proh*' The short line between Oklahoma points and Kiowa, Harper
Medicine Lodge Kansas, Alva and Woodward, Oklahoma and th«
Panhandle of Texas.
Connections made at Kiowa uith all Santa Fe trains, at Enid w ith
all Frisco and Rock Island trains, at Guthrie with Santa Fe nor til
and south, M. K. & T., C. R. 1. P. Oklahoma Eastern, and Fort
Smith and Western.
THE MOST CONVENIENT WAY TO GET TO AND FROM OK-
LAHOMA CITY AND GUTHRIE
TICKKTS SOLD THROUGH ANI) BAGGAGE CHECKED TO
DESTINATION.
For further information address*
' J. J. CUNNINGHAM,C. J. TURPIN,
, General Passeng"" General Agent^
ENID OKLAHOMA
,
jfiv.d
he
look
the Indian Territory are thrilling, but it shoukl be
/emembered that they are written at so mneh per
line and must be made interesting.
A London dentist found a novel way of propos
uig. He neatly en^ravetl the propoaal on a s«*t ot
/a 1st* teeth lie bad made for Ins charmer. We haw
been unable to learn whether she has swallowed
Uie endearing words.
to congresa
1 hplslature
01
VMM.
comtnunicat ion
to the attention of the Senate Committee, but that
body has not yet acted upon Postmaster-General
Cortelyou'a suggeatiou, although it is expected to <lo
so at an early meeting. Both plans are meeting with
favor among those interested, and as they do not
conflict, except as to the dates of the reports called
, for, it is considered likely that both plans will be in-
a $l,00() per annum would hardly cause the tax (Jorj)orated in the bill, and the dates of both reports
payers to throw fits for joy. yet it appears that ul ^vbruary 1, 1907.
commissioner Burke wants to draw the attention ot
the people away from the acta of the present cx
travagant board.
One citizen of the west side says that if the mayor
wants the boundary line to stop at the Cottonwood
River, a separate city government with a police de
partineut will be organized on the west, side
course this extreme will not be necessary,
mayor will be forced to yield.
Political medicine and whitewash at the rate ol
i t have
aoiuce for his patronage
-eiiRir; Delegate McGuii
ongteas make proviilot
with the election of delegate
and of members to the «ta
his fall provided a Btateho*
p issed at this si as:on. Ti>
wise move, aa It would save ti
people the heavy expense .•*
and would give Hie peopli
to sele< • ean.lidates for
convention snd for congres
.t.'locoe were elected he would *r
htr ;i ouple of months a* mos' It
lioped that congress will ad<H>t thia s
,.n from I>eleg te M-sln •" and i
a vast deal of unnecessary w
f • people sho >Ut give th.dr en
nm, to making a itate government.
SCISSORED FUNNYGRAMS
Related Traveller-"'Wha'- matter?'
time
lonnl
If a
N. E. A. Association
San Francisco July 9th —13— 1906.
For above occasion the Santa Fe will sell round trip tickets ta
San Francisco and Los Angeles a t rate of $52.00 Dates of sale
June 25th to July 7th—Final return limit Sept.l5th. tickets may
read via. Portland in ont directio n if desired. Call at union station
for full particulars M. N. COCKRELL. Agent.
Life.
J
Wfonder what "County auditor" Whitney will
sav about the habit that County Clerk Trapp has
t f making a story of every hiVI when he prepares
the report of the commissioners proceedings for
publication at the rate of for nine lines" IIis
view of "official oratory" and political editorials
in the printed records at the expense of the tax-
payers should also be interesting
Whitney should make his report thorough, fair
and unbiased, dealing with things as they actually
exist. The taxpayers of Logan county have no use
for a thousand dollars worth of whitewash and
political medicine.
<■ lobe Democrat With the railroad rale meas-
ure out of the way Oklahoma ought to be able to
push its statehood bill to a suecesstul determina-
tion. The time to do an act of kindness is when
I il u needed and deserved.
Red Rock
tell every
the terrible act
home, he asked
and what
M, oroit«-> *
mil- i iii oi .««slon.
Ing. 'The t
but I bad
opinions; Monday
section foreman at tc.i*
a remising With the hovs "P
h„ received a phone fr-m
, , i, the little red cottage
■ t. telling him to « "me home
a nuo> bad been killed
Henry departed w th i'"
,i -.ng only long enough to
i,e met on the street of
accident. When he rea« hi d
,o was killed and why
lid when and all about it
admirably serene for
••Oh." she said *mll-
« klllod lust summer
Med.cal Stik
: ^ on tliat man f«
.pon—"Five hundred
it. aoidgnt*-"! mean. ^
KmInent Surgeon
•HfnfV lara -Puck
direct short line between
EL RENO.
guthrie
h md
Quickest Time —Lowest Fare to
do
tho R<e; I th
ntera (hat a P«rr
p insulted, to sav
climes to whlih
it en about at p>
proper aphere
the rules are ver<
walk therein. It
1 'iiitk :
al torture t
judge
good nat
I i hat
ired?" "I nott
asked ; uy n1"*'
nrvbody laughed
ding and
tnimed that
wnhart Anadarko, Chickasha.
Uawton. Mangum, Weatherford,
and other points on the Rock Island System.
Making close connections at Guthrie for all
points North and East.
TRAINS RUN AS FOLLOWS;
PAHA EX (KPT SUNDAY.
IvOlTHllli: ■' 15 A. M. Ar KL UK NO 11:46 A.M.
,;v OUTI1111K 5:15 P. M. Ar Et. RKNO 7:00 P. M.
! v El RENO 7:00 A M. Ar GFTHRIB H:45 A. M.
i.y El RENO 2:10 P- M. Ar GUTHRIE 4 .<*0 P. U
W. S. WELLS,
Commercial Agent. <. t
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