The Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 102, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 25, 1909 Page: 1 of 10
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VOLUME XXI
WEDNESDAY CORNING
uUTHRIE, OKLAHOMA, AUGUST 26, 1909 TEN PAGES'
WEDNKS-OAV M0:. NINO,
Bill Nye's Son Weds
MJc AND MltS
FfcANK
WILSON
NYE
TAKEN 10 TASK
NUMBER 102.
ADULTERATION OF FOODS
UNI'ER DISCUSSION AT
DENVER.
SHARP CRITICISM OCCURS
Head of Agricultural Department
Predicts Preserved Foods Will
in a Few Years Be a Tiling of
the Past—Question of Adulter-
ant Not Settled.
DENVER, Auk.' 24.—That-tho adul-
tfration of food will soon cease al-
together in this country, and that the
ttemsen referee hoard, appointed at
the instanc - of President Roosevelt to
Investigate the use of l #nzoate of soda
as a preservative, would be sustained
by his department, were assertion of
Secretary of Agriculture James Wil-
son at the apening of the annual con-
vention of the association of state
national food and dairy departments
today.
Secretary Wilson's remarks follow-
ed a bitter attack by J c Emery of
Madison, Wisconsin, president of the
Association.
Pointing his finger at the secretary.
Mr. Emery disputed the report of the
referee board that benzoate had been
found to be not harmful, and then ac-
cussed the secretary of having urged
President Roosevelt to block a re-in-
vestigation of the subject. Mr. Em-
ery contended that th< drug, as it
comes to the consumer through soda
water syrups, tanned vegetables and
other foods, certainly was not harm-
less.
"Let me say," declared Secretary
Wilson, jumping to his feet, "that if
we had money enough down there i tg
Washington to employ Dr. Ira Rom-
sen and the other four chemists on
his board we would try to get them
Jnto the department of agriculture.
1 have told the president that we want
tti* biggest men in the country in the
department or the department will
cease to grow, and when it ceases to
.vant anything more to
du have Invited
members of the
them a fair
grow I don't
jIo with it.
"I am glad to see
"Or. Remsen and othe
board to appear before
day. I trust you will gi
lie iring."
"Why shouldn't we give them a fair
hearing."' shouted Mr. Emery.
"This insinuation comes with poor
grae'' from the secretary, when we re-
call /hat it wa£ he who blocked our
request to have benzoate of soda re-
investigated."
"I don't know quite what you mean'*
Ni;\V YORK, Aug. 21. In the North
Presbyterian Church Washington Heights
Mi*s Melon Mountfordt only daughter ol
Captain and Mrs. wade Mountfordt, was
man led to Mr. Frank Wilson Nye, ;l son
of the late Edgar Wilson ("Hill") Nye.
a famous humorist. Only the Immediate
relat.ves of the roupTe were present.
Miss .Mountfordt -was Riven nwa/® by
her father. She was attired In a trav-
eling costume. Her only attendant was
Miss Helen Gray. Mr. Wade Mount,
fordt, Jr., was Mr. Nyc s best man.
Immediately after the ceremony, per-
formed !,<• the Rev. Dr. Henry C. Tur-
bay. acting pastor of the church, Mr.
said Mr. Wilson.
"Well. Mr. Secretary, I have your
in my pocket," retorted Mr; Emery, "In
it you recommend that our request bo
not granted:"
W ill you allow me another word?"
interposed the secretarv;
If you will recollect, you gentle-
men. just prior to that time, at your
convention at Mackinac; condemned
all of us down in Washington, and I
did not think you were the right ma-
terial to make a supremo court out
of."
Discussing: the operation of a feder-
al law, Mr. Wilson said, "from Prees-
ident Emery's report you might infer
we have done nothing down inn Wash
ington. We are endeavoring to op-
erate the law with as little friction
as possible, showing leniency where
honest mistakes are made. We ha\ e
instituted msnv criminal charges and
seized a quantity of Impure stuff. We
hope to have our department co-op |
erate with the ve*iovs «tafc
ments. I am convinced that It will
be only a short time before the adul
teratlon of foods in this.country shall
cease altogether."
The delegates from many states
took the floor to promise their c
oration. It Is epexcted that the ben-
zoate of soda question will come up
again on Wednesday morning when
four members of the referee board are
to speak by invitation.
Before the convention adjourn/?, it
expected that an agreement will be
ached between the two factions, one
o£ which favors the adoption of the
federal law 'by the states and the
other the framing of a "model" state
law independent of the federal law.
TO LOCATE REFORMATORY
NORMAN, OH la . August 24.—L. L.
Hutchison, assistant dirctor of the
Oklahoma Geological Survey, who made
a preliminary geological report to the-
board of Prison central concerning the
condition obtaining on the various pro-
1 >sed sites for the State Reformatory
located at Granite by the legislature,
returned tliare tiis morning to complete
his work. At the time of Mr. Hut-
chison's former visit, one of tlie pro-
posed sites did not contain the re-
quired acreage of workable granite. The
deficiency has since been made up nnd
the board, of Prison control has ordered
the work completed. It is thought that
•the matter of th exact site of the
Reformatory will be settled shortly after
Mr. Hutchisons final repotrt is sub-
mitted to the board.
and Mrs. Nye .started on their honey-
moon trip. They ill spend several
weeks In Bar Harbor. Me., and on their
return will make their home in Summit
avenue, Highbrldge. Mr. Nye is a
writer.
M simu
BV J Tliiffi
WIFE OF RETIRED KANKA-
KEi, MERCHANT AND
HER GUEST KILLED,
FIVE SERIOUSLY HURT.
Machine Is Ru Down Late in the I
Afternoon by a Train on the]
Big Four A Sister of Mrs.
Granger May Be Fatally In-
jured.
THEIR
VALUE
ME RECOVERED
CHANDLER'S $25,000 ISSUE
PICKED UP AROUND
BRISTOL.
CHILDREN'S PLAYTHINGS
Valuable Package Delivered to
Express Company for Transpor
tation to Guthrie Aug. 15 The
Manner of Their Disappear
ance Is e Mystery.
Distinguished California!!
KANKAKEE, /lis., Aug. 24.--Mrs.
George Grander, Wife of a retired Kan-
kakee merchant and Miss Genevieve
icabig, a teacher in St. Xavier Academy,
Chicago, were instantly killed and five
other occupants of a touring car were
seriously injured when the machine was
run down late, this afternoon on the
Hobble avenue crossing of the Big Pour
in this city.
The Injured:
George Granger, huslvind of the dead
woman, badly cut ibout face and head.
Miss Amelia Fortln, sister of Mrs.
Granger, spine injured, probabiy inter-
nal injuries.
Miss Jeanette Grange, daughter of Mrs.
Granger, right leg and arm fractur d.
P.i.il Granger, young son of dead wo-
man, badly bruised.
Ira Dole, chauffeur, badly injured.
While detectives employed by the
Welis-Fargo and Company Express
and also the city authorities of Chan-
dler were diligently searching for the
$_'i.000 worth of sewer bonds that dis-
appeared on August 15 while in trans-
sit to this city to be registered by the
auditor, young children of several
prominent families living in the vi-
einity of Bristow were using the pret-
ty green papers for play things.
Through the efforts of the detectives'ful1
and Mayor McLaughlin of Chandler,
the entire eiry>iint of the bonds havp
been .r-oioito, although it will
quire the entire amount of printing
a ne* set owing to the act that tho
children in playing with them had in
some cases clipped the coupons and
other ways mutilated the paper.
The value of the bonds did not si
ply represent $23,000 as they had i
tached interest coupons amounting
$31,000, which coupons had been pi
perly signed by the city officii
making them easy to negotl
though there is some questio
whether the bonds themeselv*
R*
iiuiiLu i n
^e/2/rfVjyv cr/^y &rs<r
J in
,1s, thus
shed «
nig
FRANK AUSTIN DIES
Was a Well Known Hotel Man
of El Reno.
thi
had n
auditor,
tlficate
neith
•f the
the bond
if stolen,
ed to the foi
some of the
of the bonds
that they fot
railroad trad
picked up th<
>een registered by
lid they bear the
jnty attorney.
■ many theories ns to
jw'eaine lost or stolen.
jw they should be sea
our winds. It Is said
from whom i
recovered st
r
on the stre
EL RENO. O
istlne, proprie
and one of the
August 21. -Frank
of tho Austine Hotel
ely known Iiotel men
Sunday evening of
er. Mr. Austine was
vaa a member of the
«, Elks and Eagles.
Id today, the services
R<
r
Entertains Labor Leaders
r/Tvarj/r rt£L*2,r
*** si
*51
•* S¥#>^
mmt
m m
SM2
the
to the mystcr>
hands of the Wel
route this way, 1
or other cause
routed to Sapulpa
ed and re-routed i
ed to arrive and t
begun with the a
It is stated that
whose children were playing with the
certificates became very much excit-
ed when they became aware of the
value of the botids and that they had
probably been stolen from the ex-
press company, for fear th-v would be
arrested on suspicion of being crimin-
ally connected with the disappearance.
city, but fail
estigatlon was
[.•suits.
of tho person?
MOUNT KPSCO, N. T. Aug.
<1er spreading fir trees on the terrace of
her country place. Uplands three miles
from this piaec, Mrs. J. Bordetl llarri-
man entertained one hundred represen-
tatives of labor, who came from almost
every state in the Cnion. John Mitchell
©n< president of the United Mine Work-
ers of America, was one of the guests,
i delivered an Informal adUrti
close of the banquet, which was served
at four large tables the lawn which
was decorated with Japanese lanterns
Mrs. Harrlman's guests were delegates
to the International Convention ot the.
Brotherhood of Stationery Firemen iiot/
being held at Yonkers. When Mrs. Har-
rimaji heard of tffe meeting she sent an
'nvitatlon to Timothy J. Healy, preal-
gatcs to be her guests.
Mrs. Harriman received the delegates
and personally shook the hand oi each
man and said a few pleasant words Al-
ter a stroll through the Italian garden*,
during which Mrs. Harriman chatted
informally with the men pointing out the
various show features of the place, the
"at down to the banquet uadei;
BASE-BAIL HE8ULTS
NEW YORK. Aug. 21 -Persons
now the distinguished California i
arrison Gray Otis, say tin
portrait of him by Max!
od era rig, a fresco painter
epti,
J *t tho out
I'lCAU LOlliilut
di'T general
cited
(h brill
i;int light
h nd h
REMY HELD TO U
COURT!
CREW STARVES ON A REEF
Five of a Total of 22 Alive When
Steamer Maknra Rescues Them.
Woman, Fearing Cannibalism,
Drowns Her Four Children and
Follows Them to Death.
Norw c
Middle
inlng to
wed her
BAD FIRE AT WATONGA
Arrested on Federal Warrant for
Attempting to Shoot Marshall
John Abernathy, Who Disarmed j
the Attorney Held Under Bond |
in the Sum of $1,500.
BILLY" SUNDAY INJURED
STATE TAXES
ALONE ?437,500
RAILROAD PROPERTY FOR
TAXATION PURPOSES
17(5 MILLIONS.
OKLAHOMA COUNTY LEADS
Direct Levy Revenue? This Year
Will More Than Cover the Gen-
eral Revenue Bill and Pay the
Salaries of All State Officers
and Departments.
A compilation of figures from the
bo<<ks of State Auditor M. E. Trapp
shows tlm the railroad property of tho
state is valued this year for taxation
purposes ai *175,000,000 in round numbers
or a a little over one fifth of the total
valuation of property in the etate, which
ia n little over 1800.000,000. The rail-
roads will pay In etate taxes alone
J4ii7,oO'j, not Including county, town-
■-.dp, municipal, school district and
si ta.\ which form the '.arjjf bulk
•i lite tuxes pi' id by tho railroads,
Oklahoma revenue from dircct taxet
1 en the railroaua this year will
timn cover the general revenue bill
• J pay tho ealurles of all the etate
: is ■ nd departments, with mono/
Icj epaj« . T::c Immense value of ;he
•uUiouui* almply a- revenUg producer*
ii be seen by summarlcing tho total
taxable valuation of this public ervlca
oporati.-n prcp.iiy in the varioae
'rules. aOklahoma county leads v/lth
* '! 'ud property valued this year for
. at : j. Pittsburg county
stands second with valuation ot
V V'l -,ci and Le i-'.ore cJUnty third with
taxable railroad property \aiud at ja.tiio-
WLSTERN ASSOCIATION.
Guthrie ; Springfield 1. ♦
Jinid C; Pittsburg 2. .
I I Heno 7; BartlesviTle n.
Sapulpa 1; Muskogee. * 3. '
V.ESTERN LEAGUE.
Pes Moi ies'7: Denver j. ♦
Topeka s. Lincoln 1.
WHO WILL SECURE
THE MOST MONEY
ruiha-
ebio
rr.,t
TEXAS LEAGUE.
2Ti'rev©|>ort 4; Oklahoma 6. #
Houston gati Antonio :
Fort Worth J; Dallas 8.
Galveston i: Waco «•
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
Columbus 3, Toledo 7.
Indianapolis 7: Louisville 7, 9 innings.
Milwauke* Kansas city 2, 8 Innings
81 rat ul -. Mlnneapo
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Washington 0; Olevefand 7.
Fhlladt'lphia G; Detroit 7.
New York 0; St. Louis 3.
lioston 5; Chic.'kgo Ii.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
PittiTiurg 3-11; New York 4-3.
Clneinnat? 0, Brooklyn -.
Chicago i; Ph'lndelphia 0.
' contestant in the
iug the moat money
The cor
curing th>
for new
rth working fo
ontestant in ea
entiro state
i. Are
bet! i
eriptii
lount
of
ult of thi
working fo
'ition th.
Not I;
that
hustling
* will be.
Work
Miss
Are they
You bet!
There are also several other chances
of securing bonus votes, in fact every
contestant has a chance to secure a
i>itf bunch of bonus votes.
This is the opportunity for friends
of contestants to get in their work!
Many of.them are doing so by coming
In nnd paying for a year's subscrip- Miss
tlon and ordering us to cast the votes Mis;
for their favorite contestant. We Mis:
want the public to know that this ran Miss Ethel Law
be done and we will alto-ays place the Miss Blanche Stevens, Guthrie
votes Just where ordered. Miss Maud Brlsendlne, Guthrt
You may subscribe for one, two, Miss Mabel Billings, Guthrie,,
three, five or ten years, Just as you DISTRICT NO. 2.
oe fit nnd your favorite always gets Miss Hulah Thompson, Sparks
put
DISTRICT NO. 3.
DISTRICT NO. 4.
IW. I,
DISTRICT NO. 1.
Kathleen Smith, Guthrie.
Alice H. Watkins, Guthrie
Bertha Ferrler, Guthrie ....
Dorthy Branh.nji. Guthrie
e. Crescent
1005 Mr
35110
Mi bel t,
Lulu Dai-
Bertha Is
Jennie 'I
Julia G.
Va
ampl
Cato Ross, Okln. City....
nsr.O | DISTRICT NO. 5.e
6,S.030 Miss Daisy Fuhviler, Enid ....
62710 Miss Abbey Ramsey. Perry ...
83,440 Miss Hilda Davis, Newkirk . ..
I Miss Lena Butts, Cherokee.. ..
53655 Miss Lea French, Ponca City.
1183
6950
6500
.... 6600
.... 3865
. 8280
. 7785
... 32245
9255
...14,900
.... 5855
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Greer, Frank H. The Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 102, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 25, 1909, newspaper, August 25, 1909; Guthrie, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc127426/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.