The Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 18, No. 212, Ed. 2 Sunday, December 23, 1906 Page: 4 of 8
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THE LAHOMA STATE CAPITAL SUNDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 23. 1906.
TflE OKLAHOMA STATE CAPITAL
By The State Capital Company.
FRANK H. CRfcfcH. fcDITOR.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
MB. SANTA CLAUS.
OKLAHOMA PARAGRAPHS
&1. JliUi and Bud Steven* have been
Airr&KKl at V. «*oah on a chars* o( Ji -
turbing public worship.
(By James J. Montague.) #
Oh! Santa Clans Is corainp. with a s'eijhload of toy
And popcorn balls and caudy canes for little <; r s pix:<.Cn count s m ok.a v.na *ere
and bo\S. '■■■"■ but .\e OO'is r.ji • -
The Eskimos hurrah at him. the walrus winks l is ''** 001 adjo-med y*t.
eye,
The polar boars «lraw up in line to w. toh him sal
bv l
The people of Oklahoma *.ll spend
,,p ■ heir holiday* In Cfctjd.li sty^e trying
:o ascertain " where they ara fct."
Dal!y by Car-uer--Strictly In Advanca.
OneWoek WIO
One Montn 0.*5
UntVor
Dally b> Mall--Strictly In Advanca.
On* Month
Three Month ... 1 00 while off the sh>re a ten-ton whale ;:t a uh r r. i-> Lawton rc* ;aper« c - : to the re-
Six Month#— ••• 2.00 #j| (j_y e-.t.'y pubilaed pa; -• •:> report
OmVoar 4-°° . ,, ' . ... „ _ . „ cu minj M P*«ri for IM dir. .
No subscriptions will b« sent by mail In city of Guthrie To ferry Mr. Wants Clans nght OT«r Baffln I Bay. ; •_
SUNDAY EDITION: So don t forget to gO to bed when mot-hef t lis VOU t-1 H T.W.k a cotton pleker >-as
One year by mail • Aad don't forget to do the things you know you1 ' rre*te,d Jt FTe,Sc- x'
WEEKLYl $0.29 Ought to do:
05 Pon t Meal the jam or eat the pie that looks so
. , The Enid Eagle compares th- constitu-
I tread till good; t tonal convention to the am teur sur-
Behave yourselves like lit tie men and. jit tie lad rs ■ ■ eela without any ripiwl a*
should 0 *he;1**r patient la hurt
Six Month*
One \ ear
been arrested at Frederic
an attempted murder In Harrison
ty. Texas.
The president aiso mentions the Sunday lid.
There
chip.
county scat bug under every div.aion terrible to be to ni.-e. but don't f—pet because w 11 Roger of Ceres spit the first
If you gre bad von will wait in vain for Mr. Santa ->f M« r,*ht h -v1 *' i e ch:> ng
{.wooJ. Ts.e flrg?r amputated atwve
t!.e knuckle Joint.
of M^x.co. This comprises all the Im-]
porum lines of road In the country, f
M : sier L ant r ndvancrd three rea-
v ;.a for gettlrp 'ntrol of the National
and the Central—to prevent friction be-
tween thorn as competing lir.ea; to heal
off th**:r absorption by the railway
*'.i«ts "f t"*.t* l States. and to
bring e:onomirs by con«->l.da:ing the
roods under a single head.
Tills experimer.t :n railroad eontinl on
a fairly large s-ale will hav* an .i.-erest
for tiie rnit*4, State* True. Mexico *
M.tt* or 12.*08 miles of • road are small
compared with the S20.0M milea )a' th*
United States. E. H. Harrlman controls
dot ie as many milea of road as lie*
the MvXiOan ft-vernment. But ev n the
::-.!>a wi are to *>e run hereaf-
- by president D * afll be interesting
aa an experiment In the d rectlon of
national oar.erah.p and operation of
ra.lways Wr Bryan ought to be partic-
ulariy Interested in this acheme. H* v.as
sa l very little about government own-
• * else in the pas: few,
weeks. but th.a Idea w;!l be at the
treat fen the democratic campaign if he
should get th* nominat.on in' ML
Clam
PoBibly the delegate will learn somethiud dur-;The bella his leaping reindeer wear are jingling
ln . ttie holiday reoeu.
Getting to the Pole is possibly m.-irv
money than enything else.
tall and crunching
Kloqnence and common sense seemed to have n>>
impression on the map makers.
Secretary of War Taft knew what he wrote eon-
corning the Philippines. He has been there.
Now the boys can ft> home to see themselves
hanging in effigy. We hope it will be no worse.
forth a tune.
The Artie w.rlt yelps out.
matter oil the Northern moon,
| As rumbling over icebergs
through the snow.
Past curious seals and Northern lights his tie t-fo t
chargers go.
And now and then he reaches 'round and f: :r, 1 is
load he throws
A little pack of presents for the baby Kskimos.
S*o never pull your sister's hair or rudely say ' I
won't,"
I Per^apa It was modesty that Hnpe.'-
t Haskell to o*>po«' the s ggestim to
Oootl-bv . beneath acknowledge the "supreme rjier of the
| ;niver**'" :n the preamble of the c '.sti-.
tut Ion.
A Chicago woman has just emerged from the
African jungles. Xo side saddle for that damsel.
The latest factory to locate at Tulsa
s or.e that will manufac*. ir* arti". - .
rfRS The Muskogee Tlnie#-Derr. - t
Je.i sly remarks It will be too bad" if
it prove* cotton fa.lure."
Ad\ e from Shawnee Nfw« A 1 :
gate of the const.tutional convention has
d «- n ered t - t the convention < no:
writing a consUtution at ail. tut is en-;
t aage.i n a county seat fl?ht and the no-1
Don't sav voti wsn't star in bed when mother savs rane. The balance of the pe
you don't, ' ' i Vnf" t!>*1 " 2l" "t° "*k''
Don't snatch away the baby's dog. take care to comnien<-ins on th. r mark o: yaon
Mr. Rockefe'.ier that "a man who want*
to succeed in life must learn to controlt
wash your face,
And alway put each toy at night exactly in its ^
The veteran oli sea captain who committed *ui- plae*,
eid« when hi Teasel foundered, deserved a better An awful burden such things are. but do them all,
fate. because
i Bad children get no visits from old Mr. Santa Clan-.
The holiday sales will surpass any previous
temper," the Hobart
season. Reason: Republican prosperity for all the
people.
OLD SANTA CLAUS WILL SOON ARRIVE
Before the State Capital aeain appears to cheer the
venture* the opinion that 't sf -uid ale*
be a good Idea to learn to control coal
oil as a s ie line.
DAII.V S?.r D A Y9TFT* F II
CONVENTION OR CAMPM EETING.
Wewoka Herald:—Th-y are having
an exciting time of 1t .u Guthrie this
we-% and are turning loose religious
lati-ry f.>r G«.>d'a sake. After having
all >]■ larc-d that they had bt*t*n reared
::: 1-r Sur ! -.y s ini'.-i^n e and
taught to pray at mother's Rnee, they
ire at a i ss to decide whether to
dignify the preamble with the deity
appellation of "God Almighty or "Su-
rrente Ruler of the I'nivtrse." Se*'ing
that the delegates are wrlt-.djy incom-
pe* nt t pass upon such an import-
ant matter, the Herald would suggest
that they take an honest view of the
situation, consider their ignorance of
su h matters and a«l pt P. pe ? uni-
versal prayer set forth as a preamble
to his ' Essay on Man' ;
Father of all. In every •*.
In every clime adored
By saint, by savage and by saae,
Jehovah. Jove or Lord,
Thou First Great Cause, least under-
stocd.
Who all our sense confined
To know but this th it TI u art Good
And we ourselves are blind.
Bart'.-. -'-:1> Enterpr.se: N>w that the
- •-..<titv* nal mskers have b«-en g ven
•,o ur.derstanJ that the taxpayers of the
s'ate w:U have to rraue good all
expe-ses contracted over a bov* the
appropriation made by "on<r ?. the
Murray-Haskell crowd shou'l cast ©oil-;
: f .\j.a :ntll after they lave a^ m-
r'ished what they were sent to Guthrie'
to do.
CTTHRENT COMMENT
While yon eat your own turkey, be sure that the home circle, old Santa will have ma le g o I. a id
little ones in the destitute homes you know of have millions of brieht faces will beam with smiles a d
turkey too. ithe happy heart of childhood all over the world
■ ; will have reflected the image of the universal Father
A poet writes 'Ring in the Christ that is to be," and the true spirit of the lowly Nazerene will!
and we would suggest that nmst people would pre- be in every home. . I Times Journal'—° HISTORY.
fer one that is now. This blessed memorial day is brightest and hap- Te Jtmoona ot the coo*t'.tu:.-<n«!
■ piest of all. the teachings an:l example of him wh se • 1 5 " r*?^-un?
I^ck of ears and coal is not only causing suffering birth it conimemurates. brings to humanity r >t, . '
from eold but huneer is near at hand unless the peace hope, and the human soul is brought in e y or ,m: a . tiir men -
situation is immediately relieved. direct communication, through faith, with the ™ •*"* H>
3 ' jh: a coc:fcU asaiaat Him but
————■ omnipotent rather. it.r * '"Jr*. 1'. d cwj'■ "t but in '*■'
If you know ofa poor family without a Christmas Childhood, the emblem of parity and ideal p r- - '•" « •■* ht -■■■<«. « i--
dinner, and you don't help to provide one. your own feetion, to which all mankind must come before, il-
will taste bitter and your conscience will hurt. meriting the blessing eternal, is in e staeies of de- :r s.- v- n -m, 4,.- ,n:s * ■>
• light, parents are filled with pride and joy, and the
The Kansas City Post remarks that the Oklahoma whole world seems a Tentable heaven b- 'iu-e Id .
constitution will be a model—of its kind, and the r-^uita Clans is so soon to appear and visit v v ■ - - ■>'
Tost is correct. Holy smoke, what a bit of sare^m. fireside where the little ones expect him.
• Who would shatter the hope or mar the pleasure' tb« ■
If both tricks won. as they claim, in the New York of this hourt Where is there am te m n a hea t
insurance company election, then everybody is in so cruel as to intimate the failure of oid Santa to
the soup. Cheek up brethren and lets see where we appear on schedule time.
stand. In our prosperity and gladness, we wi! rem rab r
• the poor, and it will heighten o.ir jov ' v. m '- r
Of course the federal officers will not search the to them.
Indian Territory delegates for booie. Government IA>t no little fai-e in any h-m-' :i Amcr i show
control does not apply. This is almost a state— disappointment Christmas morn, an ! t no - -t r r
perhaps. brother in all this jreat brotherh ■ d - ff«-r the j. -
— 'of hunger and eold.
It is a mistaken idea that all the men seen walking There is enough and to spare to f. I an t • p
the streets in Washington with their hands on their warm every human ll. ai d if we ; ,.■+ t .-*
back are statesmen, Some of them have Bright'* that our bounty is distributed. we «hai: f 1 i i nt
disease. the blessigs of him who taid, "Suff<r little childr n
to come unto me and forbid them n t ;'or such U
The latest ' devil wagon" is eallvl the "helieop the kingdom of heacen."
ter." AM but the last seven letter? will be con- Yes. this is ehildl. ods . e'e r.,t n and >x t
sidered by the unfortunate pe^lestriaris who try to ye b- ome as a little child ye shall not enter ihe
dodge it. k:ng\lom, is as true now as when ut' red by •. ■.
• 'infinite in centuries past.
Would that these inspiring sentiments that touch The nearer we approach infant purity, the i. -e
the htuean soul at Christmas time could hold sway C hrist-l:ke we become, and the man or woman
the whole year round. That would be Christianity grown, who fails to apprev.au> thai • fai.s to
complete. realiae the tru* object of human life and falls -h rt
'of obtaining the true nobility of ma .a 1 an 1
Now comes a Ph.ladriphia minister who declares wvii;ar.ho\jd
that Adan was a nerro. Oh. well, there is no danger' I^?t ^nta (. latta come an-.l ^.ve him hearty we o : :
of the old ms". ask.ug anj thing 'f the cot - • .itioual J after he has blessw\l . ir i -r.e .
convention. follow his example all the days of our life, that o r
j existence may not be a failure among :n- n.
ten w -.hdrawa but in-
tter of tbe opposing
. . which he ciiarges fraud.
: ne a part of the records cf
tkm. Thi*. too. la *p.te of
lhat the man making the
fraud bad In the same letter
tindrawn a contest.
The rtf'iK n members obje-ctel *o
..s contemptible" way of d.?*red:tng a
:ea .-r 04 i-- convent .on but the
:al n?ajvr;t'y made that leter x **art
the r#-:rdt% of the convention. If the
:ij r :y of the delegates to that c n-
e~.:. 1 believed Mr Harris had vcen
lecled by fraud why d:d they al oe
ir HariU to withdraw hi* contes-
T-,er*f are probably letters extant
.a-«.ng other members of hat.a^ se-
ured their election by fraud, why not
ave al! i!w« letters ineorporatri m-
r.gs
could
of the
tbe oc.-.Tr ■
ie convention,
xrrats are not
ventioa to close
:rta.nmg some .r
WILL THE PUBLIC ACQUIESCE?
Okiahi • 1 Post — Th* animals wh")
are running the political menajrerie up
nt Guthrie have determined or a po!«'
Icy of rule or ruin.
They have de :d<*d that the masses
in the new stat* ? Oklahoma are en-
titled to no more cons: leratjon than
the veriest hogs In the mire.
They have determined that the state
shill b-' si - 1 ir • • sections and
quarter section* to suit the s^tfish in-
tereats of th « nonenity called by the
grace of a driveiinff lot of democrats,
"the president."
They have d :• rmined that Haskell
and his Se-;u vah blunder are to be.
tnf1lcte .i up- n the people at large.
It Is H .-k Murray and Gore
against the rest of Oklahoma
"To h—1 -v.-.'-. the wishes of the peo-'
pie "t Cc rr ar rhe. Wood* and Gr%^r
counties,' r.'f.ies the raonus voice of
'Alfalfa Bill" as he proceeds to over- ;
Hde eren th.a desire* of the member* j
•t the convert, r
Thi* h * '■ '7-y' ' ' " ? the "tin-
ter-'fled derr-'-^.-y In the r>rstate'
is the very acme of r ' " ( se-'flsh-j
res«. °nd ~ « hetr.lr.g • ' a! am-'
bit Ion 1* second to n- ne other than'
that ? the owr. r * his soul and
b->dy—Haskell, of Muskogee
The bru' l butchery f % fair coun-
try Is to be affected for the purpose j
of aiding the political ambitions of
this ollfer^us pair It -• for this rea-
son that Murray overrides every pre-j
cedent in rarii.irr.T.tary law and sub-
hrand. It Is the machine caa which
!s to be f • wn ' 1 throats f
the unwilling, if they will but stand
f >r it.
H pr :d the pe- - e of Oktaho'.:.'..
WRONG CLASS.
fe ver Rwlew —Uast week a del-
ate In the constitutional convention j
,er, - a a r^t-^fition classifying the
.tiiers • f the n-'-v state. put the
\ w w u'Jn't that Jar you* Wouldn't
« • ••■ • ka be in the same
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GUTHRIE. OKLAHOMA
o Q s Q o v Q o v V - -• v V w O C 0 O V C O . O v OOOO
BRONSON & BRONSON
Fain' Loans, insurance and Abstract
Cn!y Cocplctf Abstracts of Title in Lo^an County
You Fay Interest and Principal at Our Offic?
Cidest and Largest Insurance Agency n Oklahoma
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Guthrie, 0 1
ppscooooooooo ~oor,?o°ooyo*ea->aoaoa>-
♦ ♦♦♦♦♦
GUTHRIE NATIONAL BANK
♦
fear eyed. fesU
moral redskins ■
blankets f * r
i tie state. The de^
re v.: n now hope that en
•>ajes bit the fcistor-aa w II
_r on the record of or \4
an mexnber of that b- • ly.
:e b-storaa cotclade that 'be
member secured Lis se«t
It is not cor* ILke'.y aa
-** rerords taa; be w .. r.-
painted
rty. greasy
d eat the
and dors
e for food
i dont want
Oldest Bar.x In Oklahoma |
CAPITAL $150,000 t
♦
OP^iCERS—(J. U GW'ss ffesiie-'t * FRANK DALE, a-.c J. W. PERRY, «
V c-* ='*,Certs. ROB T SCHLEdRG. Cashier; C. R. HAVI3M0RST 4
Assistant Cashier. ♦
OIRECTOR8—U. C. GjS*. Frank 3 ale, J W Perry G A. Hughes. A. G. ♦
c. B er«r. A J. Seay. Henry E. A«s. H E. Troutman, RobL SoM&rr®. 4
ra
J. B. Pairfield,
r —~ s
TRANSFER, COAL AND STORAGE.
Receiver# and Distributors of Car Lots,
BEST CRADES OF COAL ALWAYS IN STORE.
Goods Packed, Stored and Shipped To Order •
SHORT CUT.
QUICK SFRVICE AT ALL TIMES.
J Phone No. 20.
~ ^ CVXtt. 99Ct9VWXXSSSS
407-409 West hurrison Avenii«.
tie
eirate
ould
Br the time the officer* f the disoharg>\l troops _______
at El Reno r thrnuh w-th th. r <vtirt martial, the' The NaA* American eomet at « ;li the t,
whole company will realue what discipline in the'lowing bit of history by war of :pj- < r
arrnr means. 'That eastern woman why wrote a b k advoceatinj
' • ,the 'trial marr ge' may have appro; - t-.t the idet
The insurance o'T.'ials hang on t. every door i^st from the necrrss wh > dwrted her htt«l. i •• it
along the pr..-.'U rojte. The last as a writ of'tip *i'h a likely n'«r e 'Iier. \V!ie:i r- ■ j-h J f, r
reasonable doubt ibu?J by a jtdgt And that is a her reprehensible conduct, she rej-..::- '1 d—!a-
new on? on most people. I jes, naehully dun los' my tas' fer Jecmeil' "
e*;*l ei: 1« t sot certa.a tna;
toran w^i coaciudc tbat t! e
meaiber* we-e rw-.rtma to t
corteenjK.bi* brand of ; >'.t-ca?
B9ai
MEXICO RAILROAD MANAGERS.
St IxKifa G". J r>emocr*t:—
s «f ru.«ir ~>-t •
t.v re t-d Sca:« wlii that
I Me vicar, f ifsar.t bas dec-dei
bead o€f ar~ paeaMtfty for any cor.-.c>
aatiotts ef t .* t-srx ia its c« i - i 2
Ti'rrf jt- - u *:r.e la:- t'- " " :*r
t.«r«sa .•> riTsatce Mlast-r
aaaatour predated a r*?ort to t'r* 3i<i-
teia 1 <ii>i 1 en ta wtiKJi be as- i t - ti
Mes.00 s; i pmew the -
Tko«* who jo teaipormriir insane over the ne^rvj Put a scuj: stun of m>ney in t k . >s oa th
qut^tion ought te he rea*l earefullr an i frequently*corner and then po and ee the ha, . * br; _■>
the preaidwt a pe\*iai meseage re^nirdiaf the dis The poor aiwa>t bles« the Salvation \.rt. .. ti d if
eaarfe of troops at Kort Reno. v,.ur mite is g\rm. you are one of ti:em It > tKtt* -
jthan to he a k:n^.
Aaerc
-d as
ed by
frc^i a
are
ai.
I Lowney's Fine Candies!. I
I JI
■ Can be had at Renfro's Drug Store, Sole Agents. The ■
■ Finest and the Best. Open up your heart and make your
■ wife, sweetheart or your sister happy, with a box of Lowney's
■
■
.1
Tt Oklahoman says then is one del gate in th-
aanrwiti n who is a e i- s r-•.-r >-ntattve ' Or-r at Temple, T'lW. w' r t' - \ ■ ■ ti."
apevial :• Wr >:s. who has nn eye s;- jl« to b-omu:* tieaet straight, the d<-mour."* -a^l a naoiod , .
real eatate and ambit.vua wwns. The OkUhomaa Horn- Youag up ( r eonstable. Of eon-s# he w - -v
ocgt.t not to be so sovere on the der-e^ra: ; brrth- ->cted, asd now it tun 5 • • t :hat - > « c • • -r " .
did live there Great is the unwaaked.
«i.:e • fjtv
•ter aad
v-.-aa nSrxads wb-
isd Cemr*
ideal Ba«w.
of railway '
C. R. RENFRO,
20b West Oklahoma Ave.
Guthrie, Okla. ■
. i' • a.t'vr:.f« at ve C"j
sisaiBi
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