The Yukon Sun. (Yukon, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 33, Ed. 1 Friday, August 14, 1908 Page: 2 of 8
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urbing America's £pind
W[TH DKATH-DSftfNG ♦
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WILLARD W. GA8R/60M
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7AKING A TRIP ON
A mRIlLZR
|C)-OW, whce ee o, oo-oo-o,
gee-e— wlil-lz, but that was
a bump!"
It wuh our friond from
the nand dunes of Indiana,
Michigan, Illinois, Ohio,
Minnesota, Wisconsin, or
any other stuto with plen
ty of funning districts,
trying out a thriller at
Coney Island. Atlantic
Cllty, one of Chicago's his
four amusement parks or
for that matter at any city or town
which supports these summer devices
for extracting coin of the realm from
thme plebeians.
No matter how stolid he may be in
life's ordinary pursuits or how emo-
tionless In an Interurban wreck, his
•pine curls, his sympathetic nerve
system tickles and he is compelled
to Klve himself up to thrills. You can
find him in every resort where there
•re scenic railways, roller-coasters,
▼elvet-coasters, figure eights, shoot-
the-chutes, dip-the-dlps. leap-the gaps,
ticklers and scores of other modes for
shooting the electric currents up and
flown the spinal cord of the laughing,
bowling public.
He Is a source of amusement for his
tutored city brother who tickles the
day ledger with a pen during daylight
and cavorts about on amusement de-
vices throughout the summer evenings
The city pleasure-seeker has much of
this sport and the thrills fall to rise
up in his anatomy the way they do in
that of the man, woman and child who
•re taking their first turn at the
game
Statisticians claim that there are so
many actual thrillers of different cali-
ber and variety at work dally In the
United States that if one should travel
on every one of them. Just once, the
trip would take all summer. There
were more this year than ever before.
If all of the ride® were strung out
they would reach clear across the con
tlnent, high browed scientists claim.
But that only goes to show that
America Is amusement-crazy The
populace and the elite, too. can't get
enough thrill. Not long ago, an 1111
aols man with sn idea proposed to in
Stall an automobile In the parks of the
country and this device was scheduled
to run down an Incline, turn a double
somersault arid slight upon Its wheels
•gain. America's thrillers are terrific
•nd getting more so each year, but
the man from the middle west was
perhaps a bit premature with his
death-defying machine. Sometimes it
didn't alight as per program
The process of Btarting a thrill
through the pleasure seeker's frame
consists of laying out a device which
combines both speed and the unexpect
rd. This subject has been studied
by every amusement manager in the
United States and they can't get the
Jumps, drops and bumps long enough
or fast enough to attract your shekels
from your bank account to their coffers
with the d«slred rapidity.
"Say, by heck, I'm afeared to ride
cm thet shebaug. It don't hev a safe
look, to me."
Veil, hurtling through the air faster
than an aeroplane in working order
certainly doesn't look safe, but at the
same time the visitor to the city who
made that remark did not know where-
of he Bpoke. Every single device, no
matter how small, how large or how
•"safe-looking," is required to undergo
• rigid test by the building commls
sloners, before being allowed to accept
the public's dimes There must b * a
block system of lights, much the same
•a that used by railway systems, also
stoppage devices on every incline to
prevent cars, chairs or other seating
vehicles from sliding backwards down
•ii Incline.
The framework of the device is test
ed for its strength and made to sup-
after made its burden. On the curves
of riding thrillers there is the usual
horizontal track above the wheels of
'l>e vehicle to prevent it from leaving
the scheduled pathway. Persons pos |
sessing weak hearts are forbidden the |
thrills and few accept the chance to
test that organ when in bad condition.
I here are also straps, chains, guards,
<'te., to hold the patron in the car and
If he or she falls out It Is little short
of a miracle and only once or twice
a season are accidents reported, so
carefully do the amusement managers
guard the lives of those who provide a
method of bread winning.
Perhaps the scenic railway is known
more generally to those who would
line their interiors with momentary
thrills. This ride consists of a series
of cars striftjg together. There are
brakes between each car and the
levers are manned by strong armed J
hoys from the railway yards. To -them ,
there are no thrills. It's monotonous
as driving the cows home from pasture
for them. Even catching a pair spoon j
ing while the train is running through
the blackness of a mimic Canadian
forest, can't make them feel weary. It
happens on every trip.
'I he average scenic railway runs up
a 45-degree incline or rather is hauled '
up by a chain and you are ready for
the llrst dip. The brakemen release
their levers and down the cars go
THE <3C&12C RAIiWAY.
ride-lady" 20 cents for another trip for of the
yourself and friend.
Then there's the tickler. That's a
new ride just put on in the west this
season You get into a round car and
the device is dragged up an incline for
the downward thrill. Starting down it
enters a labyrinth of rails, the car re-
volving in one direction and the de-
scent carrying it in another. This
gives a remarkable opportunity to
learn how it feels to be jerked in two
directions at the same time.
1 he Potsdam railway is a practical
device, "made in Germany," which
runs on an overhanging rail and which
magnates among the Teutons threaten
room. If It moves backwards
from you, intuition tells you to step
forward. Don't step too speedily or
you'll find yourself walking on the
celling, head down. Finally an open-
ing is reached. You step out onto a
floor which bounces up and down as
you meander along. A moment later
you walk upon what seems to be the
top of an airship, loosely inflated. By
that time, if you're one of the fair
sex, you need protection. The recess-
es are all pitch dark.
Then, perhaps you are swayed by a
wave-like motion of the entire room,
which very naturally cllcits very prop-
screams from the women folks.
i at the ends of long cables, you are
j locked in and the device is started. It
is like a Maypole, except that the
faster than the New York-Chicago ]s. j ^s don', beconie interwined around
hour limited. If the uninitiated puts : P:l',.s ' "S
his head between his knees he is apt , , ,, ,
cables and, inclined, speed through
the
to make .1 conventional mode of tra\.l Freed from ocean-liner imitation, you
there within a few years. The thrill in are immediately introduced to a 200-
tliis consists of hoping It won't fall | miles an-hour cyclone, coming from the
off this trip. j floor, ceiling, walla and in fact from
Amusement loving Americans also \ all sides. The floor begins to move
have the aerostat. Cars are suspended ! sideways with a quick-jerky motion.
You try to steady yourself on a rail,
just perceptible in the blackness.
Ouch! It's charged with electricity.
the speed increases the
higher at the ends of the
on till:
follow
i 111 iws e,'"r 'ar out over 'he heads of
h- t Anyone <fho is susceptible j backward and
■41, I sea might possibly become you to grab ti
irl IlliTil i m in 11 i.a ln> <1, i . i ..a. -
to kick himself In the face
Journey up the hill which
every dip. Therefore If you
yet been bounced around In this man- i ,
ner. hangio the Iron guard, stick your | "'of everv ,t ,T nn r 'he
hat under your arm, grit your teeth I swin„ wl ,, f. , ' * pant
an„ >«k.. up your mind not car,. if| lL"?. tH<
your hair does get mussed
After the train has completed the
first series of dips there is usually a
gives the same feeling
aerosta
some.
Then there Is the airship, which ma-
journey through a dark recess tragi j T"5' wln?®abom 'he outside of a
.-ally known as the Tavern " ■ His ! r and ,hen *,nd8 down again.
. Mei rj -go-rounds are numerous and
>'1' r.s. 1 despite the fact that this is the father
>f all thrills, it still has its patrons
being Installed to giv
chance to gloat over their nerve. The
rest in a repetition, generall>
N'ext !u line us a d.-t'h defying con
trlvanee is the coaster. There ate
fewer cars and not s i many s'als In
each vehicle Then, too, the coaster
needs no hauling up a second incline,
for there is only one, the difference be
Ing noticeable In the length of the de
scents In some parks in both east
and west there has been a t unleney of
late to turn the coaster Into a semi
loop-the-loop, that is to say, the cars
drop off the top of the ruu .vn onto a de
scent at an angle of about 70 degrees,
dropping about ^ > feet and then start
up the ascent at an :;t:gV which Is not
quite so abrupt. Some coasters have
only one of these terrifying dips, while
others have about 20 it seems to the
first-nighter. Well, one isn't so bad.
but about the third jump you begin to
calculate that the seat mus' have
slipped out the bottom of the car —
you're so high in the air most of the
time.
Passing on to another |>:
reBort you strike the fl
Every hamlet has it- ti.
these days. That conlrivatu
loned like an ' and much
the coaster, except that the c
the lines of the figure, the
Ahead are several staircases and you
feel rather relieved to think you're
out of it at last. Reaching them safe-
ly you start up when, without warning,
the whole contrivance begins to move
forward, compelling
the rail for safety. In
darkness again, you try to make your
way through a typical labyrinth of
rooms. Feeling along the wall with
one foot ahead of you to ascertain the
nearness of bottomless pits, etc., for
your mind's eye sees lots that don't
exist, you bump your nose against a
few barriers and eventually push
against a wall, which gives way and
you find yourself alone In a turnstile,
inclosed on all sides. When your ter-
. ror has reached a burning point some-
Ami.ng the time honored creations is I one else behind pushes the wall as you
did and you are liberated, only to
again find yourself in the midst of
weird ghostlike cries and see skele-
tons darting hither and thither (on
pulleys! A little scream just at this
moment might be appropriate. Just
to get your mind off the terrors of the
place, the next few turns are tame,
when suddenly your feet slide out from
UNIFORM SCHOOL OPENING
Superintendent Cameron Suggests
September 21 as Date
GUTHRIE: State School Superin-
tendent Cameron, in an official circu-
lar recommends that the opening of
the public schools in the state be
delayed until September 21, on ac-
count of the delay Incident to receiv-
ing the new text books recently
adopted. His plan is that the open-
ing shall be uniform, instead of at
the option of the various authorities
s under the present plan.
Superintendent Cameron will call
meeting of the educators of the
late ;ir an early date to discuss the
i • ? of study. Mr. Cameron fa\ors
u* Illinois state course, but desires
to make some changes before adopt-
ing it for Oklahoma.
The new text books will be deliv-
ered to Important distributing points
September 11. The exchange price
on old books is f>0 per cent. Govern-
or Haskell's proclamation relating to
the adoption of the books by the state
text book commission will he issued
next week.
NEW BOARD CHOSEN
Every County But One Takes Part in
Agricultural Meeting
STILLWATER: The new state
board of agriculture that was elected
under the provisions of the new law
Is composed of the following mem-
bers:
First judicial district. R. F. Lindsay,
of Chateau, and A. C. Cobb, ot' Vinita:
Second district. W. F. Wilson, of Val-
liant, and J. A. C, Carley, of I'.iwe;
Third district, Ewers White, of Mc-
Loud, and G. C. Hryant, ot' Perry:
Fourth district, J. E. Elliott, of
Wynnewood, and Frank Ikerd, of
Chickasha; Fifth district, Dan Diehl,
of Gotebo, and Thad Wright, of
Watonga.
Six members of the old board and
three new men won on the first bal-
lot. There was a contest in the Fifth
district, where twelve candidates
were named.
Every county in the state was rep-
resented execept Jackson, and includ-
ing the members of the board who
were entitled to a vote, Sfi votes were
present. All of the members of the
old board were candidfUes for re-elec-
tion, but C. F. Meers, republican, of
I.incoin county, and D. X. Robb, re-
publican of Atoka county. All were
re-elected but W. S. Hums, of Taloga.
FINE IN EXPENSE ACCOUNT
Oklahoma Candidate Swears He Paid
$11 for Whipping Rival
GUTHRIE: "Fine for whipping Wil-
liam Stacy—$11," is one of tlie items
included In the sworn statement of
expenses incurred by Dr. A. S. Riddle,
of Chickasha, in his race for the dem-
ocratic nomination for representative
oi Grady county. Moth Stacy and Rid-
I die were whipped in the primaries,
I wo other candidates winning the
plums. One candidate for representa-
I live included $17.50, in items ranging
lrom $2.50 to $5, as "presents to
I friends."
Chief of Creeks Has Leg Broken
j MUSKOGEE: Moty Tiger, chief of
the Creek Indians, was thrown from a
i carriage in a runaway near his home
| west of Okmulgee and his leg broken.
'■ He also received a bad cut. It was
just about a year ago when a horse
ran away with him almost at the point
and a large thorn was driven into his
ear, and it was thought for a while
j it had reached his brain.
Stole Forty-Seven Watches
KEIFER;. Forty-seven gold-filled
i and silver watches, valued at about
: $600, have been stolen from the store
of Rinehart & Peck. The thieves also
took two revolvers and $1 In cash. En-
trance to the store was made by cut-
ting a hole through the door. A re-
ward of $100 has been offered for the
capture of the thieves.
FIVE MONTHS IN HOSPITAL.
Discharged Because Doctors Could
Not Cure.
Levi P. Brockway, S. Second Ave.,
Anoka, Minn., says: "After lying for
j five months In a
hospital I was dig-
#•' \ charged as incur-
h ' A able, and given only
f.jSSSS '■ six months to live.
V; J My heart was affect-
' ed, I had smother-
ing spells and some-
times fell uncon-
scious. I got so I
couldn't use my
arms, my eyesight
was impaired and
the kidney secretions were badly dis-
ordered. I was completely worn out
and discouraged when I began using
Doan's Kidney Pills, but they went
right to the cause of the trouble and
did their work well. I have been
feeling well ever since."
Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
NO CHANCE TO BUNKO HIM.
City Youngster Too Well Aware of the
Wiles of Grafters.
The baseball evangelist, the elo-
quent Billy Sunday, said during the
revival services at Sharon, Pa.:
"Keep good company. Xothlng does
the young more harm than bad so-
ciety. Only yesterday a farmer told
me about a youngster of six or seven,
a little country weeker, who had as
suspicions and mistrustful a heart as
some old miser or crook.
"This boy was sent by a charity so-
ciety to spend a week at the farmer's.
The farmer set out to meet him, but
was late. He ran Into him half way
to the farm, trudging along the white
road, a big burlap bag of luggage on
his little bony shoulder.
"The farmer held out his hands for
the burlap bag.
" 'I'll carry It, son,' he said. 'It's too
heavy for you.'
"'Go on!' said the little boy fierce-
ly. 'Clear out now, or I'll call a cop.'"
Do You Itch?
If so, you know the sensation is not
an agreeable one, and ^iard to cure un-
less the proper remedy is used.
Hunt's Cure is the King of all Skin
remedies. It cures promptly any itch-
ing trouble known. No matter the
name or place. One application re-
lieves—one box is absolutely guaran-
teed to cure.
Hopeless.
"Mr. and Mrs. Splasher seem to get
nn very badly."
'Yes," answered Miss Cayenne. "It's
one of those hopeless cases where a
man thinks he knows all about horse
races and a woman thinks she know*
all about bridge."
DON'T SPOII, YOUR CI.OTHES.
Use Red Cross Rail Blue and keep them
white as snow. All grocers, 5c ft package.
About all you have to do to make
a boy hate any particular kind of food
is to tell him that it is healthful.
THE COME AND SEE SIGN
among the children.
the i-hoot the-chutes, which consists of
a slide down a toboggan and a few
bounces after the boat strikes the
water of the lake at the bottom of the
chute. If you're wise you'll not sit
in the front seat. There's where the
big bump comes and the occupants of
the bow of the boat feel the leaps over
the water most.
ii.i. i.. traveled on rides enough to j under you and you find yourself shoot
tlnmlate an appetite for something in
different line we steer our down-
a
state friend into the stationary de-
vices for the same purpose. These are
of every variety. You step into one
at random. The floor starts to move
with a circular motion toward the top
ing down a chute in a sitting position.
Daylight ahead and once again, before
you have time to think it over, you've
landed among the crowds outside,
thanks to the manly strength of the
spieler, whose arms received you
where the chute ended.
COW BROKE UP BARN DANCE
.f the i
•eight. 1
eights
i fash- j
111 hies i
follow I
Of course, realism Is all well enough
In Its way, but It can easily be carried
to an excess. Here, for instance, is
the case of that barn dance in the
east, where an actual barn was the
scene of revelry.
smaller nnd >ou naturally don't get I And in the midst of the fun a blood-
so fussed up it's tamer in fact, and <ow broke away from her stall and
for that 1 i m graduation from the took an active interest in the proceed
figure-eight entitles vou i > prestige, ings. ripping the shirt waist from a
which should carry you fearlessly over college youth and hooking a roomy
the jumps which the coaste tak and hole In the big fiddle. After which
port far heav'er IIm'i are ever j allow you to blandly hand the "second- l«he pranced up the middle with her
head down, and six girls and threo
boys crawled onto the feed box and
fell off in a shrieking heap, and the
athlete of the party, with wild yells,
broke the record on a quick climb to
the hayloft, and four girls hid uuder
the straw cutter, and there was the
merry mischief to pay. The cow
quickly had her gambol out, and then
backed into her stall with a satisfied
moo and immediately resumed her
cud.
Hut the barn dance was effectually
broken ##.—Cleveland PU! Dealer.
Cannot be Chosen at Charter Election
GUTHRIE: That the city charter
provision of the constitution that city
officers cannot be elected at the same
time a city charter is voted on, is the
substance of an opinion of the su-
preme court by Chief Justice Williams
in the case in which citizens of Okla-
homa City sought to compel Mayor
Scales to call an election for city offi-
cers under the new charter.
Thomas to Celebrate Birthday
THOMAS: The sixth anniversary
celebration given by Thomas will be
held here three days beginning Au-
gust 20. The commercial club is in
charge of the arrangements and ex-
pects to make it "the bigest event in
western Oklahoma." Prominent
speakers are to be present and many
other sources of entertainment are
being provided.
For five days beginning August 24
the state association of civil war vet-
erans, consisting of soldiers who wore
the blue and those who wore the gray
will hold Its first annual meeting at
Bridgeport.
Republicans Elect Norris Chairman
OKLAHOMA CITY: At the first
day's session of the republican state
central committee meeting, Joe Xor-
ris, of Guthrie, was selected as chair-
man to succeed Charles E. Hunter. H.
II. House, of Marietta, was elected
secretary.
The contract for plans and specifi-
cations for the new main building of
the colored state school at Langston
has been awarded to Charles H. Su-
lioeltcr, of Muskogee. The building
will cost about $05,000.
This sisrn is permanently attached
to the front of the main building oi
the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine
Company, Lynn, Mass.
What Docs This Sign Mean ?
It means that public inspection of
the Laboratory and methods of doing
business is honestly desired. Itmeana
that there is nothing about the bus-
iness which is not " open and above-
board."
It means that a permanent invita-
tion is extended to anyone to come
and verify any and all statements
made in the advertisements of Lydia
E. Hukham's Vegetable Compound.
Is it a purely vegetable compound
made from roots and herbs — with-
out drugs ?
Come and See.
I)o the women of America continu-
ally use as much of it as we are told ?
Come and See.
Was there ever such a person as
Lydia E. Pinkham, and is there any
Mrs. Pinkham now to whom sick
woman are asked to write ?
Come anil See.
Is the vast private correspondence
with sick women conducted by
women only, and are the letters kept
strictly confidential?
Come and See.
Have they really got letters from
over one million, one hundred
thousand women correspondents ?
Come and See.
Have they proof that Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has
cured thousands of these women'(
Come and See.
This advertisement is only for
I doubters. The great army of women
who know from their own personal
experience that no medicine in the
world equals Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound for female ills
will still go on using and being ben-
efited by it; but the poor doubting,
suffering woman must, for her own
sake,l>e taught contidence.forshealso
might just as well regain her health.
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