The Shawnee News. (Shawnee, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 345, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 3, 1907 Page: 2 of 8
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THE SHAWNEE NEWS
THUR8DAY, OCT, 3, 1907.
40 CENTS A MONTH
SHAWNEE NEWS.
LOU S. ALLARD, Ownei and Publisher
NEW PHONR
News Business Office 32X
Lou S. Allanl's Residence. 246
Entered as second class mail matter
Shawnee, Oklahoma, under the act of
Congress of March 3, 1879.
LABEL
"ANTAGONISTIC NEEDS.
Tuesday the News quoted from
the statesman (?) of the Third
ward wherein he said that Shmawnee
people would prefer to be governed
by twelve men "from six different
parts of the city, each of which may
have differing, iperhaps antagonistic
needs."
That which seems to be a virtue
In the small minds of the statesman's
(?) Ilk Is the real weakness of Shaw-
nee's present form of government.
Anil so long as the idea prevails
that Shawnee is composed of "six
different parts" and has "antagonis-
tic needs" so long will its govern-
ment be unsatisfactory and in a large
measure a failure.
But when Shawnee citizens rise to
the full conception that the city is
one great whole, perfect only when
perfect in all its parts when Shawnee
will have starred upon an era of prog-
ress and prosperity such as was nev-
er known under the teachings and
practises of the statesman (?) of the
third ward who would have her peo-
ple believe that there were "antagon-
istic needs."
The city is a whole, the humblest
home in Its line and sphere is as
much a part of the city as the most
colossal department Btore or the
most pretensious banking or manufac-
turing institution, and it should be
so recognized.
In 1he scriptures we find that the
liand, the eye, the foot, etc., are re-
buked for claiming to be important
members of the body which is one
homogenous whole, and the same re-
lations exist as to the make up of
a city.
And the nearer government of city,
state and nation comes to the recog-
nition of the principles which impel
the sane mind to care for every mem-
ber of the body, the more perfect
that government Is, and the greater
satisfaction it will give the people
affected.
The commission system encompass,
es that principle, therefore the News
favors that system, and the News
would retire to the shades of private
life the statesman (?) who would
teach that. Shawnee Is now divided
into "six parts with 1 antagonistic
needs."
SHAWNEE UP TO DATE. Shawnee will be the site of the
A lady who had come to Shawnee state capital for no other place has
from an eastern city was surprised bo many natural advantages.
at the several "modistes" In the city, ■
and expressed herself as of the opin- Here's to President Roosevelt and
Ion that there is no need of anyone the Deep Water Ways Convention at
coming here from larger places and Memphis. May they get plenty of
endeavoring to take orders In the water for Shawnee and the new state
dressmaking or millinery line. She will need it after the constitution is ,
found that Shawnee has several of approved.
the best representatives of their art,
that they are strictly up to date in with natural gas which will be a'
their work and are drawing a patron- reality jn this city In less than two
age from the principal cities of Okla- m0nths according to explicit promis-j
homa and Indian Territory. 'I hey are et, 0f t[,e company there will natur- ■
deserving of home patronage, is what a]]y follow many factories. The cheap
the visitor decided, and what she was jue| pr0[,|em is solved for Shawnee.!
given to understand they get.. I _
Dioioia
WHAT IT DID FOR GALVESTON. When in need of lumber get It from
The following is an extract from 8 home concern. Phone 14—The
a letter to Alderman Noll from a Home Lumber Co.. 121 W. Main. We
friend In Galveston, writing on the have the Quality and price Is right,
commission form of government, It 17-tf
rea<l8: I
"On taking charge the commission
government found an empty treasury,' The work of paving the streets of
the city without credit, employes paid Shawnee is the greatest advertising
In script, subject to a large discount that the city can secure. Already the
for cash and a big floating Indebted- Press of the southwest are interested
ness running far back for many years, and Incestors are seeking invost-
The personnel of the .commission nients here. They all know that
together with the heads of depart- -Shawnee is a "comer" and will have
ments Inspired confidence. 50,000 in 1910 the date of the next
A change from the loose slip-shod government census.
methods to one of sound business t —
principles soon established the city's There are some who don't like the
credit so that she could buy in the commission form of government, not-
markets of the world on terms of withstanding that it has proven the
equality with the best rated commer- most successful yet tried ally place
clal Institutions or Individuals, and in the country. This Is to be expect-
script was soon restored to a cost ed, but the great majority of the peo-
par value."
SAYINGS OF ROOSEVELT.
Nothing Is more important to this
country than the perpetuation of our
system of medium sized farms work-
ed by their owners.
If a man does well, if he acts hon-
! pie of Shawnee are in favor of It. It
lis not a political question but a non-|
| partisan step forward in progress and
1 good government.
Hard Times In Kansas.
The old days of grasshoppers and
drouths are almost forgotten In the
prosperous Kansas of today; although
a citizen of Codell. Earl Shambling,
estly. lie has nothing to fear from this has not yet forgotten a hard time he
administration. But so far as in me encountered. He says: I was worn
lies the corrupt politician, great or °ut and discouraged by coughing night
small, the private citizen who trans- ®nd day and could find no relief till
grosses the law—be he rich or poor— ' tried Dr. King's New Discovery. It
shall be brought before the impar- took 'ess than one bottle to complete-
tlal justice of a court. >y cure me." The safest and most re-
; liable cough and cold cure and lung
I woud do anything In my power throat healer ever discovered. Guar-
for the laboring man except anything anteed by all druggists. 50c and $1.00
that was wrong. I have the cams Trial bottle free
answer to make to the business man.
I will do everything I can do to help
business conditions, except anything
that is wrong.
BOTH VICTORS.
Detroit Defeats Washington and
Philadelphia Cleveland.
Washington, Oct. 3.—The Detrolts
Tuesday again demonstrated the stay-
WHENCE THIS UKASE?
The Shawnee Herajd yesterday
morning said editorially the follow-
ing:
"A cheap grade of booze dispensed
in a joint may be prohibition, but not
the kind the prohibs of Oklahoma
must enforce now that they have been
granted an opportunity. It must be
prohibition thnt actually prohibits or
a confession that Illicit liquor dealing
Is worse than regulated saloons. The
Issue Is plain. It Is up to the prohi-
bitionists."
"Whence comes this czar who is
sues an ukase peremptory and com-
manding to a majority of the citizens
of Oklahoma?
Does he not say, "but not the kind
the prohibs of Oklahoma must enforce
now that they have been granted an
opportunity?" who are the prohibs
of Oklahoma? Are they not a ma-
jority of the people of the new state?
What czar has "grunted an opportun-
ity" to them which they must im-
prove. Ye Gods, upon what meat
does this czar feed?
And the ultimatum of this czar
read how commanding his tone: "It
must be prohibition that actually pro-
hibits or a confession that Illicit liq-
uor dealing is worse than regulated
saloons."
"Will the czar cite the time and
place—city or state where the regu-
lation of saloons has eliminated the
evils growing out of the liquor traffic?
The highest law known to Amert-
lcans are "Uncle Sam's laws. He has
forbidden the illicit distillery and
provided severe penalties, and yet
this prohibition does not "actually
prohibit" in toto.
The Lord God has said, "Thou shalt
not kill." Every civilized country upon
the globe and every state In this un-
ion has stringent laws against mur-
der, and yet the hand of the murder-
er is not stayed in toto.
And yet, the czar of the morning
Joke says: "The Issue is plain. It
Is up to the prohibitionists. It must
be prohibition that actually prohibits."
Let not the Morning Joke fret its
little warped soul for a majority of
the people of this new state have
spoken their win and have not "been
granted an opportunity" by a higher
power as Is Insultingly charged by
the Morning Joke.
The public sentiment back of the
vote for state wide prohibition Sep-
tember 17, 1907, represents a major-
ity of the people of the new state,
and that public sentiment will prove
equal to the task of enforcing the
prohibition laws as rigidly and ef-
fectively as all other laws are
enforced. And the News will not by
carping seek to frustrate the will of
the majority of the people! "Let the
people rule," is good enough for the
News.
"We are not trying to favor any
man at the expense of his fellows.
We are trying to shape things as far
as possible so that each man shall
have a fair chance In life; so that l.e ln8 qualities that have signalized their
shall have, so far as by law this can playing in the east and west, and won
be accomplished, the chance to show out after having all owed their oppo
the stuff that Ib in him. nents to gain what appeared to be a
winning lead. In the sixth Inning,
I believe the national government, ... . . . ,
in the interests of the people, should . '
assume much the same supervision * *n favor of Washington Cobb began
and control over the management of a batting rally with a single to cen
the interstate cammon carriers that ter. Rossman hit into the crowd in
it now exercises over national banks. jeft. field for two bases, Cobb going to
You know furthermore that I believe .... _ ... , , ... ■
that this supervision should be exer. h rd' CMln doubled to right, ta.-
cised in a spirit of rigid fairness 'y'nf> Cobb and Rossman and tyinp.
toward corporaljins, exacting justice the score. Schmidt drove Coughlin
from them on behalf of the people but home with a single to left, and the
giving them justice In return. inning ended with the score standing:
Detroit, 4; Washington, 3. Detroit
TOO GREAT SPEED. clinched the game in the next inning
The ews is informed by reputable, Schaffer scoring, after two were out
conservative citizens, (not meddlers on his single, a steal and Crawford's
nor chronic kickers) of East Shawnee stinger to center.
that the street cars In the residence
sections are run at a speed much
faster than the speed limit establish-
Pittsburg Defeats Cleveland.
Philadelphia, Oct. 3.—Philadelphia
kept up the fight for the American
And especially Is this said to be league pennant by shutting out Clevr-
true of cars running west on Main land Tuesday. The victory of Detroit
from Centre to Harrison, where often over Washington makes the standing
a speed of thirty miles an hour is of the leaders the same as before thf
said to be attained. | garnets. Dygert, who retired early in
Also we have had complaints from the agme Monday, was In the box
citizens relative to the same matter, for the locals, and Cleveland was un
on North Broadway. i able to touch him. He held the vis
The limit of speed is not to exceed J itors to three singles and a double.
15 miles an hour in the residence sec- Rerger, who started to pitch for Cleve
tlons, and 8 miles an hour In the bus-, land, was hit so hard in the first and
iness sections, and the traction com- second Innings that he was succeeded
pany should require that their oper- i by Rhoades, who held the locals to
ators should observe this law even I three hits and one run In the remain
Japan need not worry herself about
the American feeling toward her for
she has a national debt that will
keep here busy for some time with
her own feeling.
if it requires extra equipment to
make the proper schedules. Otherwise
arrest of conductors for exceeding
the speed limit will follow the contin-
uation of the violation of city ordi-
nances.
Also the traction company will as-
suredly become defendants In serious
damage suits as a result of the reck-
less high speed rate at which cars
are driven.
The danger to vehicles driven along
such streets, especially by ladies, or
country teams, and the children cros-
sing the streets are too apparent to
require that the same be enumerated.
Any sane man can realize that it
would be a physical impossibility for
a motorman to bring his car to a halt
to avoid a collision with a vehicle
when his car is going at a frightful
rate of speed, and the emergency
does not come until the car is almost
alongside the vehicle.
And a lady or child coming from a
side street is liable to be run down,
mangled and killed, due to a miscal-
culation of the speed of the car. and
ing six innings.
Chicago's Last Chance.
New York, Oot. S.—Through their
defeat by the local American league
team Tuesday the Chicago club lost
its last chance to win the pennant.
Score: New York, S; Chicago, 1.
"Squeeze Play" Successful.
Boston, Oct. 3.—A successful expo-
sition of the "squeeze play" gave St
Louis the winning run Tuesday. Score:
St. Louis, 2; Boston, 1.
National League.
Chicago, 2; New York, 1.
Cincinnati, 3; Brooklyn, 0.
St. IjOuis, 2; Boston, 1.
Philadelphia, 12; Pittsburg, 5.
Shoes! Shoes!
None Better Made
than the Kind we
are Offering
They were Not Only Selected
for Style, but for Service as
Well. We Have Them in all
Lengths^Patent Colt, Patent
Vici, Plain Kid and Gun Metal
We Have an Extra Strong Line of Shoes
for School Children
Let Us Show them to You
Madden, Jarrell & Gee §
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Sewing Wanted.
Mrs. Nettie Sims of 806 East For-
est ave., is prepared to do sewing of
all kinds. All work neatly and
promptly done. tf
The great Patterson Carnival com-
pany, which will be seen in this city
in the near future is the largest or-
ganization of Its kind on the road and
from the press reports from the dif-
ferent cities where they have played
we are led to believe that they are
also by far the best. Their reputa-
tion for carrying good and clean
shows is well founded and the people
of this section of the country may
rightly look for a treat when they
play here. The auspices under which
they will appear here is the Shawnee
Concert band and they are eo be
congratulated upon having secured
this great company. *
See
Harry
Johnson
If yoa are in need of awn-
ings of any kind. For
store fronts, for windows,
business or dwelling, he
handles all kinds in the
celebrated Cog Gear Rol-
ler Awning. No chains
to rust or break. They
are the best awnings that
money can bay.
PHONE 459
123 NORTH BEARD.
Col
the
Toronto Club Winner.
Columbus. 0„ Oct. 8—By defeating
lolumbus 6 to 8 the Toronto club of
e Eastern Baseball league won the
Glass A minor league championship.
Only five games were played, and >f
these Toronto won four, two here and
the motorman would be powerless to two on the home grounds. The series
avert the catastrophe. of games aroused hut little Interest,
There Is no occasion for such acclrl and the patronage was disappointing
dents happening. There Is no de-
mand for such high rate speed. There
Is no requirement that citizens should
"jump" for their lives. Nor that cit-
izens be carried a quarter or half a
block beyond their destination, or
have to run that distance before they
can board a car.
In the foregoing the News repres-
ents a pronounced public sentiment,
as it appears to us, and a demand
which the traction
afford to ignore.
to the players.
With the prospects exceedingly
bright for a quarter of a million dol-
lar hotel In Shawnee in adldtion to
numerous other structures under way
who says wo are not in the era of
great prosperity.
If real coffee disturbs your Stom-
ach, your Heart or Kidneys, then try
this clever Coffee Imitation—Dr.
Shoop's Health Coffee. Dr. Shoop has
closely matched old Java and Mocha
Coffee in flavor and taste, yet It has
not a single grain of real coffee In it
Dr. Shoop's Health Coffee Imitation
Is made from pure roasted grains or
company cannot cereals, with Malt, Nuts, etc. Made
1 in one minute. No tedious long wait.
You will surely like it. Get a free
sample at our store. C, O. D. Grocery
Co. •
CLEARANCE SALE
THIRTY DAYS
On Fvrnitvre 20 Per Cent OH
Floor Coverings 10 Per Cent Oif
A very large stocK of High Grade Goods to sclcct
from. Sec our stock and get our priccs
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Fleming & Brown.
Next Door to City Hall on North Broadway.
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