The Nowata Star (Nowata, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, May 10, 1912 Page: 7 of 10
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W. P. HENRY, Editor
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT NOWATA, OKLAHOMA
—PER YEAR’MAILEP TQ ANY part o7 the united states.
Efl.ered at the Postoffice ,t No wa.a, Okiahoma aT^n^las, mall
THRAVES LOOMS STRONG.
Reports from all over the congres-
sional district continue to give W. V.
Thraves the decided preference in the
race for congress. The fight is nar-
rowing down to a contest between
Thraves and the present office holder,
James Davenport. The politicians
are recognizing that the people want
Thraves and they are swinging pell-
mell under his standard, for they
do love to be on the winning side.
The point should be remembered in
Thraves' favor that the people wanted
him before the politicians.
The Nowatan’s candidacy is receiv-
ing almost national prominence. Let-
ters from various parts of the coun-
try, and especially from officials high
up at Washington, are flooding into
Thraves’ office wishing him success.
It will be a splendid thing for Nowata
county to have one of her own citi-
zens in Washington watching out for
the interests of her citizens.
local politic^.
The local political field is rap-
idly arriving at an interesting situa-
tion. Already there are three men
out for county judge, three for at-
torney, four for sheriff, five for
clerk and two for superintendent of
schools. In another week or two the
entire list of candidates will probably
be complete and the the fun will be-
' gin. Of course most of the men now
out for office will never oppose each
other, as the primaries on August 6
will elmiminate all except two candi-
dates for each office. Some may run
on independent or other party tickets
thereafter, but in the majority of
cases a Democrat and Republican
will meet alone in deadly battle.
boll weavil eating up our shirts in
posse, and the potato bug and tobac-
co worm devastating their special
fields of endeavor, and the, the
—but who could catalogue all the
pests against which the farmer must
wage unrelenting war?
And now comes another well-print-
ed brochure entitled Parmer’s Bulletin
>192. Just think of having to absorb
the wisdom of 491 bulletins before
getting this one, which tells of “The
More Important Insect and Fungous
Enemies of the Fruit ami Foliage of
the Apple.” It takes 48 pages to tell
of these “more important” enemies
of the apple. What would have been
the size of the book, do you suppose,
'f the authors had told also of the
less important enemies of the apple?
The codling moth, of course, is
chief of these more important ene-
mies; but anyone who really cares
about it and the rest of them, should
send to the department of agriculture
at Washington for the brochure
The latest tax development is that
a Democratic house of representatives
voted to remove the tariff from sugar,
thereby saving tens of millions of
dollars to the consumers all over the
land.
OUT FOR RE-ELECTION.
J. J. Grove is out again for re
election as county commissioner,
■rove is now serving on the board
and has made an excellent officer.
e will undoubtedly he a prominent
contender for the position and should
nave littW- trouble in capturing it.
TO THU PEOPLE OF
NOWATA COUNTY.
THE NORMAL.
Nowata is well on the way to be-
come the educational center of North-
eastern Oklahoma. The summer Nor-
mal Institute is yearly becoming mow
popular and better attended. This is
due in the great part to the splendid
corps of instructors that has been se-
cured each season. Also, we imagine,
the splendid accommodations that can
be offered visitors has something to
do with it. This summer’s meeting is
sure to be the best of all, and the
credit should be given the local edu-
cators. Let Nowata st ive to become
the Greece of her Mediterranean. It
would be far better than factories.
NOWATA COUNTY. '
In another part of this issue the
reader will find an eulogy of Okla-
homa and Nowata countv in partic-
ular. The facts embodied in the story
are not exaggerated and therefore
wil nppeal to the average fair-mindejE
American. After reading the paper-
each reader should fold it up agasir
and mail it to some friend back east
whom it may interest sufficiently to
think about coming here. We- need
more good settlers. Thousi«,ds of
rich acres await the developing hand.
You can help by mailing tlab cony.
j ED. BOYLE.
The people of Oklahoma, irrespec-
tive of party, have abundant reason
to honor one of »utv state officials
and that one is Chief Mine Inspector
Ed. Boyle. \Vhen the news of the
MeCurtain mv«*<disaster passed over
the state E*| Boylfe went at once to
the scene of the tragedy. He did not
stop at the mouth pf the mine to ask
any superfluous questions, nor did he
investigate on top of the earth. Ho
went at once into tb? mine, he spent
days and nights in that charnel houfie,
he got his information first hand, and
he did it at tho risk of his own fife.
The dangers lie encountered mere
probably as. great as those faced by
the unfortunates who died in the great
accident. He proved himself a rrtan. ,alhnt
The people of Oklahoma are proud follce-e ar-n
that such a man is chief mine in- the i, t •S,tlllwla,ter nncl is ™sil?
spector of this state. | e cra^ ^ack athlete of the south*
I Have announced myself as a can-
idate for thn office of county attor-
n*» of Nowata county. Naturally
Ule P°°!ile of (his county will expect
»e to pledge myself as to what I
will do if elected. Campaign prom-
ises m this county in the pust have
been beautiful to the ear of many,
and the unwary have often been de-
ceived therety. Some men, in de-
c their intentions, have even as-
cended to Holy Writ for language
sufficiently solemn in which to pledge
the performance of things which, un-
der their oaths, arc their manifest
only. 1 have lm promjHea ,0 majce
except the oath of office, hut instead
, nave this plain business proposi-
tion to make the people of this
county; |
If elected county attorney of No-
wata county, Oklahoma, immediate-
ly upon being sworn into office on
• law first day of January, 1913, I will
«raw and sign my resignation as
««in(y attorney, and place same in
JUte vault of any bank in Nowata
; unty thnt the county commissioners
•nay direct, the resignation to be ef-
fective on these conditions: If I ant
found derelict in duty, incompetent,
negligent or corrupt in the opinion of
he people of this county, then, upon
he petition of twenty-five percent of
the people voting at the election for
the office of county attorney, men of
chaiater and thenuielves keep-
ers of the law, the resignation shall
he delivered to the couroty commis-
snrners of the county and shall be ef-
fective when so delivered. Upon the
filing of Haiti petition the custodian
shall immediately deliver to said com-
missioners the resignation for the
purpose of permitting saunc to he
filed as dew's nated above.
The only condition reserved by me
is that no petition shall be filed un-
til at least six months trial shall be
given me as an official.
, J. E. BENNETT.
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_ YOUNG TALBOT WERE.
Alfred .Talbot, the champion col-
lege athelhe of Oklahoma, was in -town
Monday, visiting his sister, Miss Nora
Talbot. Alfred is in the A. & M.
H
FARMERS VS. PESTS. 1
With the tender green things pok-
ing their curious way intJo the spring
sunlight, the department of agricul-
ture is redoubling its Efforts to tell
the farmer folk all ab.3Ut the bugs
and worms and mites and other hun-
gry creatures that are always seek-
ing to get a living at! the expense
of the man who plows and hopes to
reap. (
It s a wonder that we ,see any har-
vest at all, when it is con sidered how
many ever hungry deniz. ms of the
fields and woods are oat ing, eating,
day and night, week day aind Sunday,
at the growing crops. } There’s the
west. In the meet with the State
University last Saturday Talbot took
21 points himself, thus bringing the
victory easily to the A. & M. Colfege.
He won the high jump with a lk>ap
of 5 feet. 9 1-:? inches, the pole vault
with 9 feet 6 inches, (Talbot had no
competition, bu>t can easily clear over
II feet), the discus with a throw of
114 fee it fi inches, and second in trie
high hi indies and broad jump. In the
last ev snt he cleared 21 feet 3 inches.
He r etnrned to Stillwater the same
evening;.
Miss | Ada Robinson left on Tues-
day fr ir Kansas City. Miss Robinson
has I con employed as manicurist at
McCl ain’s barber shop and leaves on
accoi mt of ill health. | j^.
By A. C. Hough.
The Kansas City Star, which has
always professed a belief in free
trade, or at least a tariff for revenue
only, calls attention to certain facts
as to the exportation and importation
| of cotton as showing that the tar-
iff does not build up our home in-
dustries as it is supposed to do. In
1911 we exported 583 million dollars
worth of raw cotton and only 40 mil-
lion dollars worth of manufactured
cotton, while we actually imported
manufactured cotton to the amount
of 60 millions. The tariff on cotton
goods is a little over 47 per cent, or
almost 50 cents on the dollar. Well
may the Star ask whether the pro-
tective tariff is making good in its
nvowed purpose —to build up home
manufactures.
And yet it is supporting Mr. Roose-
velt for president, who has done next
to nothing in the way of tariff redue
tion while president. Perhaps other
things claimed his attention. It is
said that he left a letter on Mr.
Taft’s desk saying that there was one
thing only that he had left undone
I that it was expedient for his succes-
sor to do, and that was to reduce
the tariff. It will he remembered
that in his last public utterance Mr.
McKinley said that the Dinglcy tar
iff was too high and should be low-
ered, and he evidently intended to
lower it as the main act of his ad-
ministration, but death intervened.
Mr. Roosevelt announced that he
would carry out Mr. McKinley’s pol-
icies in filling out his unexpired
term, but he never got around to the
tariff. Seven years passed, and still
the question of duties was left un-
touched. There may have been rea-
sons for this. For one thing, the tar-
iff was necessarily a time-worn is-
sue. The country was seemingly
prosperous and rather tired of tar-
iff talk — talk without action — and
Mr. Roosevelt was always shrewd
enough to recognize a popular issue.
He found it in the “full dinner pail.”
McKinley was not the first pres-
ident to plan tariff reduction as the
work of his sceond term. In 1892
Grover Cleveland was elected on the
tariff issue. He had won his first
term as a civil service reformer. In
that he was eminently successful.
He then advocated tariff reform and
lost. But he stuck to it and the
next time he won. But his dream,
like that of McKinley’s, was not to
be realized. A tariff bill was passed,
but it squinted so strongly toward
protection that Cleveland, who was a
genuine and sincere free trader,
viewed it with disgust and reluctant-
ly saw it become a law. And Mr.
Roosevelt, evidently, did not care to
be left stranded high and dry by
receding wave of tariff reform. lie
knew well enough that that was ex-
actly what would happen, for the Re-
publican leaders—those in real con-
trol—never were in dead earnest
about the tariff. Are they now?' In
a pinch, will it not be found that even
the Cumminses, the Borahs, the La
Follettes, and all the rest of them, are
Republicans first and revisionists af-
terwards?
So we are face to face with the
same old issue again. Unsettled in
Cleveland’s day, deferred from Mc-
Kinley’s administration, and Roose-
velt s, and Taft’s, it confronts us for
solution. Will the Democray of the
nation temporize or will it meet the
issue squarely? It is an issue that
will infallibly ruin the man or party
that dalies with it and “make” the
party that handles it rightly. It
should he handed fearlessly, thor-
oughly, fundamentally. Let us get
down to first principles. The protec-
tive tariff is either right or wrong1
which is it?
Make this the issue, and we shall
see the contest squarely joined. This
year will then witness a great and
memorable campaign—great because
of the question fought out and set-
tled; a campaign great as that which
agitated this country in I860; great
as the Midlothian campaign in Eng-
| land and other political battles fought
out on British soil. Thus we shall
escape the sham battle over little is-
sues that we are getting into. Re-
call of judges, recall of judicial deci-
sions, and the like, bulk very large
at this moment, but they are fleeting
and transitory. What is the object
of all these —of the initiative and
referendum — but to make govern-
ment responsive and honest, when all
the while we are evading, ignoring
the great corrupting influence that
commercializes and perverts all gov-
ernment—the protective tariff? Re-
move the taproot of corruption, and
these other remedies will scarcely be
needed.
The corrupting effect of the tariff
is far-reaching; it makes possible
large combinatilons of capital, accum-
ulated through extortionate prices
which it provides; these combinations
■>f capital, as trusts, buy, operate, and
control great railway systems, and
these railroads, in turn, corrupt leg-
islatures, state, and even county, gov-
ernments. Starting thus with the
national assemby, this mercenary in-
fluence insiduously works its way
Attorney C. W. McVickers, a well,
known member of the Nowata bar,
announces his candidacy for county
attorney in this issue of the paper.
He is a Republican, and as such will
be subject to the August primary.
It is rare that a man of such ex-
tensive experience will put himself
up for a public office. He is a post-
graduate in law from the law depart-
ment of the Intercontinental Univer-
sity, Washington, D. C., a member of
the bar for more than 12 years, has
practiced law in Texas, Oklahoma,
New Mexico, Arizona and New York
City, is a member of the supreme
court of several states, besides being
a member of the U. S. district court,
U. S. circuit court of appeals of the
eighth circuit and the United States
supreme court, and is eminently qual-
ified for any office in the state, easy
and pleasing to meet, full of that in-
domitable energy that compels suc-
cess, possessed of much executive
ability, much knowledge of law and
is not afraid of earnest efforts in
the prosecution of cases.
Mr. McVickers has practiced law in
the courts of Nowata county for close
on two years, and through his per-
sistent energy and honesty has suc-
ceeded in establishing a remunerative
practice, and is well known and needs
no introduction to the people of No-
wata county.
Announcements of candidates for
political offices will be carried in tTiia
column at the following rates, payable
in advance: For national offices, $25;
state offices, $20; district offices, $15;
county and city offices, $10. Display
advertisements will be charged for at
the rate of 15 cents per inch; local
readers and write-ups for 7 1-2 cents
per line.
FOR COUNTY JUDGE.
I hereby announce myself as a
candidate for the office of county
judge on the Democratic ticket, sub-
ject to the action of the Democratic
primary election to be held on Aug.
!6, 1912. O. R. THRAVES.
I hereby announce myself as a can-
didate for the office of county judge
on the Republican ticket, subject to
the Republican primary election to be
held on Aug. 6, 1912.
WM. F. GILLULY.
FOR COUNTY ATTORNEY.
I hereby announce myself as
candidate for the office of county
attorney on the Democratic ticket,
subject to the action of the Demo-
cratic primary election, to be held
on August 6, 1912. A. C. HOUGH.
PUT ITJN JAIL
Was Afraid Beer Would Run Away,
So Took It to Jail in Mail Cart
—Did It by Himself.
When Jim Pinnell gets a notion
that he ought to capture something
even a batch of booze, he surely goes
about it in the proper manner. Last
' riday »itfht the stale enforcement of-
ficers tilted their noses to the north-
east and smelt some beer coming in
on the southbound train. Down the
line they went to the depot, watch-
ing every trunk that was unloaded
from the train and watching every
‘liny that was loaded.
But they did not figure on Jim Pin-
nell. By the time they were ready
to give up the still-hunt, Jm had the
beer loaded into the mail cart and was
pushing it up the street to the only
safe place in town for beer, the jail,
where he had a commitment made
out and served on the jailer, properly
incarcerating the beer for an indef-
inite stay.
No arrests were made.
COALGATE GOLD ORE
PANS $ltt TO THE TON.
Coalgate, May 9.—Professor Bar-
nett, of Coalgate, has received a re-
port on a government assay of gold-
hearing roc)t from a point eight miles
west of Coalgate, and it assayed
$10.20 per ton free milling.
Professor Gould, former state geol-
ogist, has been interested in the prop-
osition for several months.
A. E. "Dynamite” Perry met Pro-
fessor Barnett in Goulgate yesterday
and bought controlling stock in the
company that is being formed. Mr.
I eery states that the new company
Will begin operations at once and that
conditions are very favorable.
Mr. and Mrs. Waite Phillips, Mr.
and Mrs. Clyde Fowler and Mr. and
Mrs. H. B. Henry, of Bartlesville,
motored over Sunday to visit the
bachelors at Marshal Jones’.
down to the most primary and inti-
mate political activities of the people
until corruption completes the circle
of government and makes a “home
run.” Meanwhile, the deadly power
of example has gotten in its work
where even the tariff cannot operate,
directly or indirectly. There is no
one policy in all our history that ap-
proaches this as a means of educating
men to regard government as a bus-
iness asset. Once we have tasted the
fruits of legislative favoritism, we
seek to derive gain from every ac-
tivity of government. Graft be-
comes a habit and politics and govern-
ment are esteemed for the money
there is In it. No wonder the body
politic is all broken out with sores,
to which we hopefully apply superfi-
cial remedies, radical yet ineffective.
Why not get at the root of the mat-
ter and eradicate the underlying
cause?
I hereby announce myself as a can-
didate for the office of county attor-
ney on the Democratic ticket, subject
to the uction of the Democratic pri-
mary election on Aug. 6, 1912.
CHAS. W. MASON.
I hereby announce myself a candi-
date for the office of county attorney
on the Republican ticket, subject to
the action of the RepunTIcan primary
election on Aug. 6, 1912.
J. E. BENNETT.
I hereby announce myself as a can-
didate for the office of county attor-
ney on the Republican ticket, subject
to the action of the Republican pri-
mary election on Aug. 6, 1912.
c. w. McVickers.
FOR SHERIFF.
I hereby announce myself as a can-
didate for the office of sheriff on the
Democratic ticket, subject to the ac
tion of the Democratic primary elec-
tion to be held on August 6, 1912.
JAMES MAYES.
I wish to announce that I am a can-
didate for the office of county sher-
iff of Nowata county from Snow
Creek township, in the northeast part
of the county, on the Democratic
ticket, subject to the action of the
Democratic primary election to be
held on August 6, 1912.
WADE K1VETT.
1 hereby announce myself as candi-
date for the office of sheriff on the
Democratic ticket, subject to the ac-
tion of the Democratic primary elec-
tion, to be held on Aug. 6, 1912.
W. R. MAYFIELD.
primaries on Aug. 6, 1912.
N. B. MAXEY.
FOR COUNTY CLERK.
The Star is authorized to announce
Carl Webb as a candidate for county
clerk on the Democratic ticket, sub-
ject to the Democratic primary elec-
tion to be held on Aug. 6, 1912.
CARL WEBB.
1 hereby announce myself as •
candidate for the nomination of coun-
ty clerk of Nowata county on tha
Democratic ticket, subject to the ac-
tion of the primary to be held on Aug.
6, 1912. C. L. WASHBOURNE.
I hereby announce myself as a can-
didate for the nomination of county
clerk of Nowata county on the Demo-
cratic ticket, subject to the action of
the primary to be held on Aug 6, 1912.
DICK THOMPSON.
I hereby announce myself as a can-
didate for the office of county clerk,
on the Democratic ticket, subject to
the Democratic primary election, to
he held on Aug. 6, 1912,
J. A. McDANIEL.
I hereby announce myself as a can-
didate for the nomination of county
clerk on the Democratic ticket, sub-
ject to the Democratic primary elec-
tion to be held Aug. 6, 1912.
EDMUND CHOUTEAU.
FOR COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT.
1 hereby announce myself ns a can-
didate for county superintendent of
Nowata county on the Democratic
ticket, subject to the Democratic pri-
mary election to be held on Aug. 6,
1912- JAPPA MASON.
I hereby announce myself as a can-
didate for the office of county super-
intendent of schools on the Democrat-
ic ^ ticket, subject to the Democratic
primary to be held on Aug. 6, 1912.
MISS BLANCHE LARKIN.
FOR DISTRICT CLERK.
I hereby announce myself as a can-
didate for re-election to the office of
clerk of the district court, subject to
the action of the Democratic pri-
maries, held on Aug. 6, 1012.
J. A. BURNS.
FOR REGISTER OF DEEDS.
I hereby announce myself as a can-
didate for the office of register of
deeds of Nowata county on the Dem-
ocratic ticket, subject to the Demo-
cratic primary election to be held oq
Aug. 6, 1912.
BERNARD CAMPBELL. 1
I hereby announce myself as a can-
didate for the ofice of sheriff on the
Republican ticket, subject to the Re
publican primary of Aug. 6, 1912.
FRANK McCARTNEY.
FOR CHIEF JUSTICE
I hereby announce myself as a can-
didate for justice of the supreme
court of Oklahoma from District No.
1, subject to the will of the Demo-
cratic voters of said district at the
FOR COUNTY ASSESSOR.
I hereby announce myself a can-
didate for the nomination of county
assessor of Nowata county on the
Democratic ticket, subject to the
Democratic primary election to be
held on Aug. 6, 1912.
JOHN W. McGRACKEN.
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
I hereby announce myself a candi-
date for the office of county commis-
sioner on the Democratic ticket, sub-
ject to the Democratic primary on
Aug. 0, 1912. J. J. GROVE.
Sunday was another banner day at
the Christian Sunday school, 265 in
attendance, $10.48 collection. Next
Sunduy will he observed as Women’s
Day in the school and it is expected
to lie the greatest day in the history
of the school.
SEASONABLE GOODS AT
SIMPSON’S
Refrigerators,
Ice Cream Freezers,
Porch Chairs,
Porch Swings,
Lawn Mowers and Sprayers,
Water Coolers,
Plumbing of All Kinds.
Simpson .
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