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THE YUKON
Issued Fridavs
VOLUME XXII.
YUKON, CANADIAN COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY, MAY 1911
NUMBER 23.
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NEEDS III
If there ever was a time in
ation's annual meeting at Ard-
more. About 15 0 Oklahoma
papers were represented at the
meeting and, as is usually the
case, the scribes enjoyed them-
selves. The citi;.< us of Ardmore
turned the keys of the city over
the history of Oklahoma when to their visitor8 and entertained
the people need vote for a good,
clean business man for governor,
it is this very year. We have
passed through a period of hard
time.-; in this state that has tested
us to the limit and right now we
can look aho ;d and see the light
of prosperity brightening the
skies and sending forth it's glow-1,
ing rays into the future,
want a new deal next year.
We
We
in a royal manner. Saturday
noon the association members
and their families were tr. ■ - -
ported to the Chickasaw lake
near Ardmore where a bi.<r fish
fry was prepared and served.
Sunday, Jake Ham l,
of Lawton, treat"d the edi' rs to
in excursion trip over the new
(Cumituutt dJtt JJritsr unit Urnu'
BY W KIT). MAXWELL
Precaution.
The health hugs (*ives us warning
That germs are everywhere;
Don't take a breath on pain of death
Until you boil your air.
on to supply a d
What becomes of all the prett> is now able tc
babies?
No man can be really
a friend without lying
above all, is a main factor in
creating the social cancer of
crime. The commission that has,
exhaustively studied drunken-
ness in Massachusetts lately pre-
! own, this would be a terrestrial sented its report ti the State
I paradise. | Legislature and stated: "At least
The Baltimore boy who had one third of all crime (aside from
i the cornea of a pig's eye grafted l)l|! "c drunkenness) is directly
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so • us well as any-
formerly i occasion™,Vt
oad 1
t or
The celebrated i !■■
have h .
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the I
made politician governor than ■, , . j
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like ti at of JU- ieo. We have;
been s'lit'eriii"; from evils brought
on by politician; until the labor-
ing at fui ini:: of the
state dread to hear the name of
a politician mention d, and
really, there are good reasons
why t.l y son i mould.
Judge J. B. A. Robertson of-
fers the people of Oklahoma a
new d ;d an>: a i u e deal. He
is cleai. con ei n ious and
straighti'orv .id it. everythin; , .
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being conducted along the same
principle He as not permitted
any of hi-; opponent to dr
. iation
Mother's C i'ic.nic
The regular meeting of the
Mother's Club was held last Fri-
day and the following officers
! were elected: Mrs. M. L. Ad-
dington, president: Mrs. Flo
as,
secretary; and Mrs. Gibson,
treasurer.
At this meeting it was decided
to have a basket i :cnic at Wheel-
er Park and invite all mothers
Most of us, when we
vice, merely want confirmation own
of our own opinions.
re;
at |. Thc flilJ
1 ist and foolhar lin a
de; rminc 1 l y the result.
There are always plenty of
tin his sight, occasioned hy the use of alcohol.
Massachusetts prison statistics
show that 06 per cent of allcrim-
in our prisons in 1012 were
)(rat*' by habit." The
s:an«.Is in the same rela-
o the community as the
patrio
front
body. He ought to make a fiin<
loyal to trust magnate when he grows up
for him A Denver man is so accusti >me ;
to pulling off forbidden lae.
ask ad- pades that when he found hi
ife's gloves in his pockets
after attending the theatre \\'
her the night before, he
him elf away by under! 1 i :v t
e: 't ain how they got there.
Si aitor-elect Underwo •;
endeavoring to persuade
gress to prohibit the giv
eoupons with tobacco and ci.- irs.' "■ " in over ten
Mr. Underwood's political future Chore being
may survive this, but we dare! i*ho Mt. /ion S
, him to flaunt the Biiifr.ige vote | HO present a k
is SO years joy a'ing after the trading Sunday befor
stories cred- stamps.
at least three As we get it, these stand-pat acejjjSunt
.'ditoi s insisted on Mr. \Y i' ■ :.".
new patriotism is just as 'going to war so long as hedidn t
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1 1 1 '
rcsidei 1 of this communit; was
injure 1 by a 'is lino explosion
at 1 i i, (' >11": he
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Mr. (', 11*,| wa : g boy when
he I wiilv
an-
s a harvest
in to t:ii i• • , • mity \\ i ll his
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i, ,|g
i ed
was
•n
the
ready to rush to
it a musical comedy.
Wasted op 'ortunity, to some
people, is bein j a hero when
there's no audience present.
Chauncey Depev
old, hut some of th
ited 11 him mu.-t h
tim - that ;.ne: nfc.
Con-
eager to follow the flag, but it
reserves the right to have some
say where the flag goes.
A man doesn't necessaril;
know less as he grows older; he
merely discovers that he doesn't
know as much as he thought he
knew.
It must disgust the hard-tack
dieters of the 'GO's to read that
and take their children.
Arrangements have been made
i, jpi with the Interurban people for a
into:
he
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v-
out fin:'ing it nec ury to deal
in mire and aipt n.
If J. B. A. I b< r on is nomi-
nated 1 v'll win in le general
election in a w ' 1 wh n h
takes i'i c . s Oklahoma's
chief
about s
now pr >
If th > vo
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• ■a1 a -
they wi1
son. We
ernment :
with our "o
io kind ot a gov-
3u i 'mes which
: i1 this time.
the evening. Sixty can go in
the car. Children under six
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3"j cents for adults: children 20
persons who intend to go may
leave their name with Mrs. Rose
| of Mrs. Rose or Mrs. H. B. Bass, j If every m£m wore tho mo(
Chas. M. Cope Here. ! wives crack him UP to be Vl 1
| making comparison
i
he want ai to go to war, they in-
sisted that ho shouldn't go 11
then when he decid d t
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sisted that he go to war with
both feet. If one expected
stand-pat editors to show any
consistency, one would be more
or less puzzled and
But one doesn't.
Too Much.
Wnilin his narrow padded cell
He raved the long day through;
I Rained his ear and said, "Pray tell
What hath befallen you,
it k ips ono reratchil)'.' to fill al And r.:>> ymir ,.al t.:' r. •:
There must be money in eyi ; And cl >w your heaving chest?"
gogles. Automobling, avi.. on. , He glared at me a moment's space
pie ' •;
; : - ndious
. . ' ;1 ' ■
Si taking of our
popularity abroad,
,11:! :j()i .!)(■;, foui tain ■: . •;
Kose or Mrs. H. B. Bass, j If every man wore
A v nio- :or ' n 'ay. Cftas.
Yukon Camp, N.. • W. 0. W. 1 in. Cli . . T. C • •, ol Pav.
will observ ... i ne 7th 1- 1 ... c ...iid-itc • Att. n
as Decoration i v. It is our (ne al on ti. D n ratic ticket
i: in Yulv. n ' i
affair in which all !■ pes and ;u ;. Mr. Coj i; the man, wh;
pa J- ■'
and we ri'spvciuilly invite and .. his h me c m , s, .1
"1 d ri? d th til! .mil sweet
Just as 1 got my sprinkling done
urge the other lodges of this com-
munity to tak pai in this eve nt.
A program will 1 c arranged and
any other society wishing to
participate in t! e s me will have
the privilege.
F. C. McKinney, Clerk.
The Press Meeting.
By reason of the fact that the
Santa Fe Railroad was kind
enough to furnish us transpor-
tation we found it possible last
Friday morning to attend the
Oklahoma State Press Associ-
in having the county judge and
sheriff suspended from office for
accepting brih s from bootleggers
and gamblers. Oklahoma
d U. E tt-iurch Notes
<1 Sunday School math'
last Sunday's.;
av School had
>f 18 over the
my Sunday School on
f the hi' h water last
Sunday. Let everyone rally for
next Sunday School. What will
the attendance be next Sunday,
make it a biir pain TI. • Pastor
preached a Mothers day sermon
to b i\'s at Richland I is Sunday
morning.
The new Worn lis Go pel team
at Mt. Zion took charge of the
Mothers Day service. It is need-
less for me to av that the meet-
,• infuse I '"K was a hi r success. Mrs.
] Wiekel was t ie acting captain. I
! Twenty seven women the plat-!
form. The singing was heav-'
enly. Tim quartette and duettej
were inspiring.
The Mt. Zion mens, gospel team
had a regular Pentecostal shower
at the Pleasant Home school
house. The building wa^ packed ,
to its capacity. There were!
about thirty that came foreward I
1<
live better christian lives in the |
future and to renew their con-1
scration. The womens Gospel i
team will take charge of the ser-
Team will take charge of the
night. The Pastor will be at!
Longford Kansas for the next
few days.
There will not be any prayer
meeting at Mt. Zion this thurs-
ae o ..her
not
' at
in
•me i nn i ; , it ! ',e as-
. 1 I i(l*' ! I
for i ■ irly ele. n ye ■; . He
was p tsimss tor i.i ti j to. n and
epnte promiii" ; in that section,
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Frisco News Notes
We are glad to note the river
falling i) fast.
Mrs. Brownloe and little daugh-
ter of Rich' iid, spent 'lie past
week with her friend Mr . Jack
Smith.
Mrs. James Ester is e
a visit from the athe
... , . r, . , day night so as to give our peo-
tsabcock Kesiens , ' , , . i
pie a chance to heat a returned
Lucius Babcock, who for the (rajssionary from Turkey that
past two years has been secre- wj|j Spea^ at Pleasant Home on
Two young fellows are in jail in tary of the County Election ,,n this ni lit. R;iv! Rav! sixty
El Reno charged w ith stealing I Hoard resigned his position last one at ^ayer meetin"- at Mt
harness and when the local men i'riday, being a candidate for /j,,n jas', Thursday night. Let
captured them, they found them County Judge. Yesterday Arch ^ wor]. continue The River-
with the stolen goods. They Taylor received notice from Ben | yjjg women ; missionary society
were caught near the South Can- Riley, secretary of the State El- ;s wjcie awaice and doinj'' good
such a man in the office of at- j adian river. t ction Bpard, notifying him that vvork with Mrs. Niles as presi-
tornev general and we hope to bo j Some of the local members, he had been appointed to succeed (jen^
1 Mr. Babcock. Mr. Taylor is one j 0n' May 24, the Pastor will
A. H. T. A.'s Active
The local A. H. T. A. has been
doing some good work recently.
able to tell the Sun readers morel also went to LI Reno some days
about him during the coming; ago and ran down a watch deal
campaign. jina jewelry store in El Reno
♦ — that lookeei anything but good
Sold Twice in a Week
Last week Compton and Gibson
purchased the livery of Pack &
for the jewelryman. They have
I not recovered the watch but
have a good case against the
! Gibson and conducted the busi- 'nan who disposed of it.
OPHELIA SAYS:
ICopyrlght. by Mci
ness until Tuesday when it was
again sold to Johnson & Adding-
ton. Messrs. Johnson and Ad-
dington have been in the live
stock business in Yukon for sev-
eral months and they will con-
tinue the same in connection
with the livery business.
Forrest Denning is in the hos-
pital at El Reno where he under-
went an operation the first of
the week. Forrest was operated
on about a year ago and the
wound diel not heal in the right
manner, making another oper-
ation necessary.
of the stalwart young democrats i preac]1 a Memorial Sermon to
of the city and is well qualified; the 0](] Soldiers at the Frisco
to fill the position. The other j Church at n a m The Rich
members of the board are W. A
Howell and T. II. Ellison. El i
Reno Democrat.
a. m.
land Sunday School will meet at
Frisco May 21, at 10 a. m.
Belden Weikel, Pastor.
For Good Roads
W. II. Townsend, of the Mar-
tin Garage, and C. G. Watson,
secretary of the Chamber ot
Commerce, El Reno, were in Yu-
kon yesterday. They are boost
ing May 27th as a day when that
part of Canadian county effected
will work the road running
through Yukon to El Reno. Eli .
Reno citizens hope to meet those i|oon taxes aie essentia in pay-
The Saloon and Taxation Help us straighten up our
Collier's Weekly, one of the books by paying all arrears in
great National magazines, is subscription.
generally editorially supporting
the best things for the nation. ! Cai'.d of I hanks- We desire
Last week they published the "'ank our friends for their
^ j following article under the above k'ni'ness and assistance during
head and it will do you good to our rect'nt bereavement.- Mr.
read it and profit thereby: and Mrs- Earl Maxe>'- Wllson-
Okla
"It is often asserted that sa-j •
A number of Yukon people
of Yukon on that day, each Iin*our governmental bills. The went to Edmond Wednesday
building their part of the road. fact is that the sa!oon wastes evening to attend Miss Ina Gib-
County Clerk Bob JBretz was
shaking hands with friends in
Yukon Monday.
time, incapacitates people for son's recital. Miss Gibson fin-
work, turns into liquor produc- ished the normal course this
tion money which should have year, being the only one to fin-
been saved and invested, and, j ish in two courses.
joying
a n el
of Oklahoma ('i v.
Mr. and a (toy St-.-r and
family of kin ti. r, visit'd the
paternal L. C. Harlow home last
week.
new house to a coat of paint.
three children, ai ) M . Price
Barrett and two children have
beenvi. relative ; and friends
here.
friend Mi-;.-; Allen of Okla. City,
spent Sunday at the home of
Floyd Slade.
proving in health.
Mr. and Mrs. Taylor spent
Sunday evening it James Esters.
Mr. John McKee is enjoying a
visit from his father, ft im Ed-
mond, Okla.
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Walter Brown, who has been
holding down the assistant's
place at the Rock Island depot,
lias been given the position as
night telegrapher at Calumet.
; Harry Goodall is rapidly re-
covering from the operation he
recently underwent in Chicago
,and will be able to return home
within a few weeks.
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It certainly pays to advertise
in the Sun's columns. Last
week a gold pin and a gold
watch were advertised for ami
: both of them were found and
brought to (his office and two
hearts made glad.
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A number of the school child-
jrentookan examination at El*
Reno yesterday in some studies
| they had previously failed in,
giving them an opportunity to
pass the eighth grade examina-
tion.
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Train service on the Rock Is-
land has again been resumed
over the lines south from El-
Reno and west from Yukon.
The Frisco trains running west
out of Oklahoma City are being
detoured through this city.