The Yukon Sun. (Yukon, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 43, Ed. 1 Friday, October 30, 1908 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME XVI
YUKON, CANADIAN COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3(
1908.
NUMB I
13.
POST - OFFICE ROBBED
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Cracksmen Enter the Postoffice and
Blow Open Sale.
When T. F. Addington came
down to begin business Monday
morning he found a condition he
was not expecting. Mr. Ad-
dington came to the office at
6:30 a m., his usual hour for
beginning work and entered the
front door and then went to the
rear door and found it unlocked.
This startled him and when he
began investigation he found
that the safe had been blown
open and the contents rifled.
The door to the safe was wide
open and badly bent and the ce-
ment lining was all blown out.
Papers, lamps and surrounding
furniture were scattered around
promiscuously. The exact loss
as given us by Mr. Addington,
is as follows: Stamps, $19.30
and cash $38 22; total, $57.52.
Mrs. Hartman, who lives just
back of the office says she heard
the explosion, as also did Mrs.
Dr. Tomkins, who lives across
the street from The Sun office.
They think it was about 2 o'clock
a. m. when the robbery was
committed. The thieves left as
a momento of their visit a crow-
bar, a jimmy and a pick-axe.
The tools were secured at the
railroad tool house where they
had broken into.
Mr. Addington thinks they
tried to set fire to the building,
as he found a lamp which had
been kicked over lying close to
some of the wooden frame work
which holds the boxes. No ar-
rests have been made and no
clue to the perpetrators has been
found yet.
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Agency Established.
To all persons whatsoever:
know ye that a local agency for
the sale of liquor for medical
purposes has been established at
204 South Rock Island avenue,
El Reno.
Anyone desiring a copy of the
Billups Law can be supplied by
calling at the Agency, or by ad-
dressing the local agent, P. K.
Garfield ard enclosing a two
cent postage stamp.
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The Concert.
The concert held at the opera
house Monday night, featuring
Miss Helen Renstrom, the sweet
singer, Master Joe Wynne, the
boy pianist, and Miss McClintic,
the literature interpreter, was
immensely enjoyed by the large
audience present, and does credit
to the town.
Miss Renstrom is certainly
a marvelous singer and has few
equals. She is a young girl and
her trained voice is rich in tone
and volumn.
Miss McClintic is very enter-
tanning and her recitations took
the house by storm.
Master Joe Wynne handled
the ivories with perfection and
surprised everybody with his
music.
The total receipts were $50.20
leaving $22.00 for the School
Bell Fund after paying the Forty
Sixth Star Concert Company and
other expenses. Besides this
$22.00 other donations to the
School Bell Fund have been re-
ceived. Any donation to this
fund will be highly appreciated.
Those desiring to give something
to this fund can see Mrs. H. B.
Bass about same.
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Shirley Chapman of El Reno
was giving instructions to the
YuKon Band last Monday night.
WANT TO SEE "BEN HUR"?
The stage is fast changing its char-
acter. From being light and frothy,
it is beginning to portray the deepest
experiences of human life. No longer
can it be referred to as a corrupting
influence upon the public. In "Par-
sifal" one is ushered into the very
holy of holies, and made to feel the
Divine raidiance of the sacred Grail.
The same spirit of reverence and deep
religious fervor marks Gen. Lew Wal-
lace's play of "Ben Hur" which is to
be enacted at the Overholser Opera
House, Oklahoma City, Nov. 9 to 14.
"Ben Hur" as arranged and staged by
the Klaw and Erlanger Company is a
marvelous piece of stagecraft. The
Holy City of Jerusalem, with its olive
clad hills stretching into the dim dis-
tance, softening the brilliant colors of
the east, makes a picture of wondrous
beauty. The interior of the Roman
galley, its capture and shipwreck, the
raft of Ben Hur battling with the
angry waves in mid ocean, and the
rescue, are all strangely realistic and
imbued with a living quality as shown
on the stage in this drama. The tent
of the Arabian Shiek llderim glows
with barbaric splendor. The river
scene by moonlight in the orchard of
palms with the beautiful Egyptian
Iras reclining in her barge and drifting
down the silver waters to the soft mus-
ic of her lyre, would be a fitting setting
for that other beautiful daughter of the
Nile, Cleopatra, who long ago charmed
the Roman Anthony into forgetfulness
of faith and duty.
The appeal of "Ben Hur" however is
not to the eye and ear alone, but to the
heart. Through all the scenes of won-
drous beauty, of this vivid portrayal of
the exciting incidents of the time of the
dawn of Christianity, the plain, simple
story of the "Man of Calvary" is
brought home with all-compelling force.
The Star of Bethlehem, the lonely des-
ert, the adoration of the wise men; the
heart-throbbing tale of the meeting of
the Christ with Hur, the greetings of
the great multitude with the waving
of palms on the Mount of Olives; and
the final miracle of the cleansing of
the lepers, are some of the incidents
of "Ben Hur" which separate it from
other plays and make it stand apart
from all other attractions of the
theatre. While the spectacular fea-
tures are phenominal, the atmosphere
is most reverent. Surely no one can
go from the play without feeling that
his thoughts are lifted to a higher
plane, or without carrying away an
impression more enduring than that
gained by the mere pleasing of the
eye.
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How About Tittle?
Several Yukon citizens hold
deeds for lots in the Indian Ter-
ritory town of Valley. It seems
as if the title to these lots is
disputed by one, W. S. Wagoner.
We print below a clipping which
may be of interest to those who
have invested in that burg:
Two hundred and ninety-five
purchasers of lots in the pro-
jected town of Valley, the site
of which is situated on the Mis-
souri, Kansas & Texas road near
Alsuma, have been made de-
fendants in a suit filed at Tulsa
by W. S. Wagoner, who claims
to be the rightful owner of the
land. The defendants reside in
all parts of the country.
Election Returns.
All election returns both state
and national will be received and
posted at Ben Statford's pool
hall on T uesday evening, Nov. 3.
Yukon Foot Ball Team.
The Yukon foot ball team have
got down to business and prac-
tice two or three times every
week. They expect to match a
game before long. Following is
the line-up:
yukon position
Bates R. E.
Patterson R. T.
Snider R. G.
Foster C.
Doyle L. T.
Carson L. G.
Byrum L. E.
Leeper Q,
Bates R. H.
Bross L. H.
McComas F.
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Pay up your subscription.
A WORD TO VOTERS
Before another issue of the Sun reaches its readers
the great national election will be an event of the past.
The Democrats have conducted a clean and aggressive
campaign. They have not attempted to coerce the work
ing men into voting the ticket by threatening dire calam-
ity should the opposition win. They simply want to get
the man who works for his daily bread out of bondage.
The Republican party is supported in the main by the
trusts and monopolies, which smirkingly advise their
workmen to vote for the return of the Republican party
to power, and openly threaten to close down the indus-
tries of the country unless their mandate is obeyed.
When a coterie of men attain such power as this it is an
alarming state of atfairs. Each victory at the polls only
makes them more arrogant and serves to entrench them
more securely in power, and the time will come when the
concentration of wealtli in the hands of the few (a condi-
tion which has grown up under Republican rule) will
cause a condition to exist similar to that of ancient Rome,
which from the same cause became disintegrated and
fell into decay. If we have to suffer because our would-
be masters can no longer drive us liKe dumb cattle to
slaughter, let us do it now and not wait till our torment-
ors are so powerful that our feeble efforts will count as
naught against the battlements of the monied aristocracy.
But this talk about factories closing and impend-
ing hard times, should Bryan be elected, is only a pre-
election threat. The people will still have to use the
products of the mills, factories and farms and the popu-
lation is increasing, making the demand larger and larger
each year. At the best this threat of the Republicans is
only a species of intimidation. Let the people rule.
Capital is bound to seek investment. Give your vote to
Mr. Bryan. Change this system of peonage into a con-
dition of freedom and the enjoyment of the fruits of your
labor.
DEMONSTRATIVE FARMING
I !•'. F. Fergus >n of Minco was a vis- j
I itor at Till-: Sun office last Tuesday, i
] He is special agent of the Department
of Agriculture, and he is here to es-
tablish a demonstration farm near Yu-
kon. We can best sum up his plan*
by printing the following clipping:
"F. F. Ferguson, special agent of
the Department of Agriculture, is pro-
mulgating what is known as 'demon-
strative farming'. He is very anxious
to establish a demonstrative farm near
this city. The purpose of the govern-
ment in this line of work is to show
the farmers the most advanced methods
of farming and convince them that
all seeds of a kind do not produce the
same results. For instance, corn of an
early variety in the north is usually
thirty days later in maturing in this
country than native grain. Mr. Fer-
guson is of the opinion that if the
farmers will get together and select
the seed used that the cotton crop can
soon be made to mature twenty days
earlier than now. This would mean
that many of the bolls that now rot in
the field would open ami the yield
would be increased about one-fourth of
a bale to the acre. The same results
could be expected from corn and other
grains. Ha wants the demonstrative
farm to be near this city and put in
the hands of some progressive farmer
who realizes the value of modern
methods in farming. The government
has assumed the position that every
one is from 'Missouri'. The work is
scientific and has been surprisingly
successful and the farmers should lend
it their support. Mr. Ferguson was
accepted for agent owing to the fact
that he had made a success in the
nursery business along lines suggested
by the department and fully appre-
ciates the great good that is derived
from its experiment.
Samtl anft PmumaL
Judge Dongres is numbered among
the ading ones this week.
J. P. Brown was among the rural
visitors to Yukon Tuesday.
Fay Bond, little daughter of F. M.
Bond, is afflicted with sore throat.
C. E. Brookshore has several chil-
dren sick with epidemic sore throat.
S. J. Nelson of Geary spent Sunday
with his aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs.
J. H. Nelson.
Victor Johnson, who has been work-
ing on the section, left today for
Russia, his native heath.
D. B. Phillips is preparing to erect
some new buildings on his farm south-
west of Yukon. He purposes to build
a new house and barn and do other
necessary improving.
LOST—Cravenette overcoat between
Yukon and Piedmont. Lost last Sat-
urday evening. Finder please return
to Bill McComas' Barber Shop, Yukon,
Okla., and receive reward. 42-2t-pd
L. D. Clark made a trip to El Reno
and Union City on his motorcycle last
week. Mr. Clark thinks the motor
cycle would be a great thing for rural
route carriers as they could cover the
routes in less than half the time it
takes them by the present method and
would save them a great/deal of ex-
pense.
SALES AGENTS WANTED-$36.00
per week or 400 per cent profit. All
samples, stationary, and art catalogue
free. We want one permanent agent
in this locality for the largest picture
and frame house in America. Exper-
ience unnecessary. We instruct you
how to sell our goods and furnish the
capital. If you want a permanent,
honorable and profitable position,
write us today for particulars, cata-
logue and samples. FRANK W.
WILLIAMS COMPANY, 1214 W.
| Taylor St., Chicago, III. 4t-42-x
L. A. Evans was a business visitor
in Yukon Tuesday.
< orn was bringing 52 cents on the
Yukon market Tuesday.
a. Brinkman's infant child is sick*!"
The child is affected with marasmus.
Haskell Bingham, son of L. H. Bing-
ham, is down sick with intermittant
fever.
Mrs. J. a. Hannum is quite sick.
She is suffering from gall stones and
heart trouble.
F. J. Crates and Newton Brown of
Monroeville, Ind , are visiting Mr. and
Mrs. Sam Majors this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Gloyd of Oklahoma
City and Mrs. Barber and daughter,
Helen, of this county, were enter-
tained by Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Clark
last Saturday.
Tom Kroutil is disappointed. He
borrowed John Russel's gun and
promised to bring him some birds,
but John says he not only did not
bring back any birds, but failed to
bring back the gun.
Homer Burson has returned from a
trip to Topeka, Kas. He says he
j found his parents in good health. Mrs.
Hurson is detained in Topeka for
awhile owing to the illness of he
j oldest son. Mr. Burson says crops
are good in that section, but that late
j corn has been badly frost bitten.
John M. Shields, of Marlowe, an old
Yukonite, happened in upon his friends
Sunday evening. John is taking a
lay-off on account of an injury he re-
ceived while at work at the elevator
at Marlowe. He was using the pinch
bar on a car and while trying to get
the bar under the wheel properly the
engine suddenly backed up catching
Mr. Shields' fingers between the rail
and the wheel. One finger was cut off
and another one badiy smashed. John
j will visit here several days.
NOTIC'K TO TAX PAYIORS.
The delinquent tax list for the townships of Frisco, Mathew-
son. Mustang and Yukon can be found on the inside pages of
this issue of the Sun
West Point.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Ed Cov-
er Oct. 23, a baby boy.
Minna and Bessie Sullivan
spent Sunday with Marion Mitch-
ell.
Rev. Gilliam preached two
very interesting sermons Sun-
day.
A number of our young people
enjoyed the concert at Yukon
Monday evening.
Mrs. Wm. Gillispie, Mrs C. D.
Smith and Miidred Allard are on
the sick list this week.
Misses Lena and Ada Smith
of Yukon, are visiting in our
neighborhood this week.
Clayton Allard of Soilder Kan.
is visiting his brother L. Allard.
He is looking for a location, and
will also visit in Texas before re-
turning home.
The farmers are all busy husk-
ing corn. Some are nearly
through. The corn is yielding
well, and West Point has more
acres in corn this year than ever
before.
A number of buildings are
being erected in this neighber-
hood. C. D. Smith is building a
new house; Mr. Ilyple has
erected a new house; L. Allard
has just finished remodelling his
residence, and Mrs. Florence is
building new porches onto her
house.
- Pansy.
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New Time Card.
A new time card has gone into
effect on the Choctaw begining
last Sunday. Following is the
Schedule as handed in to us:
east bound.
No 44 8:40 a. m.
No 48 1:80 p. m.
No 42 10:10 p. m.
west bound.
No 41 _ . 6:55 a. m.
No 47 . 1:58 p. m.
No 43 7:30 p. m.
Note: Nos. 733, 734, 769, and
770 do not stop at Yukon for
passengers.
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Flewer pots of all sizes at the
Monitor.
mm WILL LliLlLE
! Sheriff Garrison Seeks to Enjoin
Election Board.
Fearing that he may lose his
office by the recent procedure
of the election board and declar-
ing that he will hold his office
until January, 1911, Sheriff Har-
vey 1). Garrison, seeks to have
Judge John J. Carney gmnt a
permanent injunction against
the county election board pre-
venting them from distributing
ballots or otherwise carrying out
an election for sheriff of Okla-
homa county.
Judge Carney is hearing the
case this afternoon.
In the petition which is di-
rected against J. J. Beall, D. S.
Levy, and E. 1. Leach, as mem-
bers of the county election
board, Sheriff Garrison recites
that he was regularly appointed
by the county commissioners in
June 1908, to (ill the unexpired
term of his father, George W.
Garrison, whose term was to ex-
pire the first Monday in January
1911. He further alleges that
he is the duly qualified successor,
that the county election board is
threatening to hold an election
in Oklahoma county for sheriff
to fill the unexpired term of
George W. Garrison, and if not
enjoined, will attempt to have
an election held November 3.
1908. He therefore asks for a
temporary injunction and upon
final hearing this afternoon, for
a permanent injunction prohibit-
ing the election board from call-
ing an election, distributing
ballots, or placing the names of
candidates for sheriff upon the
ballot. Tuesday's American
A. C. Bender Married Again.
Rev. Alexander Bender, aged
79, and Mrs. Nancy White, aged
57, were married Monday at
their home near Yukon. Rev.
Bender is well known here, hav-
ing preached in and around Mus-
tang many times. This is his
fourth heat in the matrimonial
race. The one previous to this
was when he married a niece of
his wife just buried. The young
wife married him one afternoon
and left hirn the following day.
The Enterprise wishes the old
man better luck.—Mustang En-
terprise.
Will Investigate Burglary.
The postoffice inspector of this
districtis expected this after-
noon, and it is thought that he
will go at once to Yukon to in-
vestigate the burglary of the
office in that city. As reported
yesterday the safe in the Yukon
postoffice was blown Monday
morning and about forty dollars
in money and two hundred and
eighty dollars in notes were tak-
en. Postmaster Addington has
found no clue to the burglary
and is at loss to know how the
safe was blown without resi-
dents of the little town being
aware of it.
Several safes in this section
have been tampered with lately
and the work is not that of an
amateur. A well organized and
well trained gang is apparently
at work. Government officials
will be put to the work of un-
earthing the mystery at once and
detectives will start on the trail
of the burglars. The officers of
this city have been on the look-
out for suspicious characters or
information regarding the escap-
ed criminals but nothing impor
tant has as yet beeh brought
to their attention.—Tuesday's
El Reno American.
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