The Norman Transcript. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 18, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 9, 1908 Page: 3 of 8
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STATE CAPITAL LETTER
COR LAW ENFORCEMENT
OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT'S gether of party loaders that brings the
VIEW OF PEOPLE AND THINGS ^Ttwe'l£ J™™™
BEPUBLICANS ARE REPAIRING MACHINERY
j Is to be built is the united support
of William H. Taft for the republican
presidential nomination, and the or-
ganization of the party in the state
along the lines of republicanism ad-
vocated by Secretary Taft. The in-
tention is to make a fighting machine
of the party to contest for possession
of the state with the democrats. The
party is not to be permitted to drift
into the weak condition of the re-
The republicans of Oklahoma, after
having stood aside for the democrats j ~ _
for a number of months, are getting | Wave of Reform Has Struck Chicka-
ready to have a little politics of their j sha Mass Meeting Called
own. There has been a getting to
CHARGES ARE EXCESSIVE
COMMISSIONER McCOMB MAKES
STARTLING STATEMENTS
CANCELLATION WILL SAVE 54,0011 TO STATE
Speaker Murray has Memorial
Ready to Petition Congress to Pave
the Way for Opening of Highways
and Public Roads in Eastern Part
Congress will be asked in a mem-
orial to be introduced in the house
•this week by Speaker William H.
Murray, to "enact laws for the re-
moval of restrictions on all Indian
lands to such extent as may be neces-
sary to secure strips forty feet wide
through or around the allotments of
adult citizens, ami a strip thirty feet
wide around the allotments of minor
allottees. Such a law would result
In great Improvement in a public high-
ways in the Indian Territory portion
of the state, especially in the Choc-
taw and Chickasaw Nations where no
land was reserved from the allotments
for public highways. Until restric-
tions are removed, such land cannot
be condemned and used for highways
by the counties. The memorial pro-
vides for compensation for the land
to the allottee owners.
In discussing his memorial Speaker
Murray said that down in the Chick-
asaw Nation where he lives many
(tribal citizens had opened public roads
of their own accord. Often it was im-
possible to follow section lines be-
cause of ravines, hills or canyons, and
the roads were opened along more
convenient routes. Many times these
roads needed bridges, but boards of
county commissioners were unwilling
to risk making any expenditures on
private property. Whenewi the
roads were'on section lines, there was
less hesitancy, as the boards knew
that in all probability these section
line roads would be established by
law. In case a bridge should be built
on private property, however, and
the land be sold, the new owner could
order the immediate removal of both
the bridge and the highway.
CHICKASHA: Declaring that
Chickasha needs a wave of moral re-
form and a stricter enforcement of
the prohibition clause, resolutions
have been passed by the First Meth-
odist church calling upon the other j
churches of Chickasha to unite in a
monster mass meeting of citizens to
be held soon.
"I understand gambling is carried
on in Chickasha without fear or re-
spect of the law," said H. D. Wel-
bourne, who started the movement
for a mass meeting. "We as citizens
should look into this."
— — -- ; Chickasha has borne the reputation mjgsjoner McComb's investigation of
publican party in many southern of being wide open since the admls- ^e p0i|Cjes written on the three state
- • sion of Oklahoma into the union.
FIRST CHECKS ARE DRAWN
Oklahoma School Fund Being Tran -
efrred From Kansas C{ty Bank
GUTHRIE: The first checks havo
been drawn against the $500,000 in-
stallment of tho $.">.000,000 Oklahoma
school fund by Secretary Marr of the
school land board upon the Com-
merce Trust company of Kansas City
in amounts and to be deposited as
follows:
Union National bank of Chandler,
HOW TO WASH CHAMOIS.
Gloves of That Kind Should Be
Cleansed in Bath of Soapy Water.
Every woman is under the impres-
sion that chamois skin gloves are
grand till she has tried to wash a
pair. They are said to wash so easily
that the one who has a pair seldom
makes any attempt to keep them clean
In the beginning. She is sure that all
New Insurance Commissioner Finds noe $10,000; State National bank of
Too Much Has Been Paid for Fire Oklahoma City, $17,500. Applications
and Tornado Protection—Gives In* from twenty more banks have been
n ... approved and portions of the fund will
terview as to Cond.tions be deposited with them within a few
GUTHRIE: Slate Insurance Com- I (lavs oklahoma banks may secure
this money from Kansas City either
$25,000; First National bank of Paw- ! she has to do is to give them a care-
states, where it exists merely to con-
trol federal patronage.
The movement gained most head-
way when William Grimes of King-
fisher began working to line up his
party to send an instructed Taft dele-
gation. Grimes had the confidence
of men In all factions, and they were
willing to listen to him. Republicans
in the first congressional district met
with Grimes and without encounter-
ing the least obstacle were soon able
to agree to work together. Joseph
Norris, chairman of the congressional
committee In the first district, and
chief lieutenant of Congressman B.
S. McGuire, said that the kind of party
politics proposed by Grimes was the
kind he liked, as it gave a place in
party councils to every man that
wanted to work for republicanism. It
drew together Dennis Flynn, Hird
McGuire, Chas. Pilson, William
Grimes, "Gristmill" Jones, Pliny
Soper, James Harris of Wagoner, 'Ed
Perry of Coalgate, Claence Douglas,
"Bill" Johnson of Bartlesville, and
without naming an lendless list, all re-
publicans willing to fight party bat-
tles along national lines.
At one stroke it restored harmony I
in the first district, the source of
most of the fighting in the republican
party, and there is no doubt that it j
may reach to every other portion of
the state. One of the results of this
getting together of republicans was
the championship of Secretary 1a't
by the Guthrie State Capital which
had been printing articles not alto-
gether friendly to Taft
normal schools is not yet concluded.
Citizens complain that violations of , jjg discovered, however, that the
the law are condoned and that re
ports of fights and affrays are kept
from the local papers.
SCHOOL ELECTION ILLEGAL
Assistant Attorney General Holds
Election as Unconstitutional
GUTHRIE: Assistant Attorney
General Fielding Lewis has held that
the recent school election in Tahle-
quah was illegal under the constitu-
tion, that instrument providing that
all state and county officers holding
office at the time the constitulon goes
rates charged on both fire and torna-
do policies are far In excess of those
contained in the tariffs of standard
companies and that a saving of nearly
$4,000 will be made to the state by
the cancellation of those policies and
the aceptance of new ones from stand-
ard companies.
"Take, for Instance, the tornado
rate, which for five years should have
been but 75 cents; these companies
have charged $1," said Commissioner
McComb. "Insurance rates are based
in cash or exchange.
The school land board at a meet-
ing completed the details for loan-
ing money from the school funds to
farmers to be secured by first mort-
gages on farm lands to 50 per cent
of their value.
Secretary Marr Is sending out
blanks upon which to make applica-
tion for farm loans to each com-
munity in the state. Loaning the
school money on farms is authorized
by the constitution and by a recent
act of the Oklahoma legislature.
COULDN'T HOLD PORT ARTHUR
into effect shall remain in office un- fured the hazards. Some build-
til the next regular election provided inK« at these• schools should have]
upon the character of buildings in-
Men Who Were on the Firing Line
Defend Stoessel's Surrender
. j , been classed under a rate of 50 cents, I gT PETERSBURG: At the court
The Arkansas statute was In force while others should have been classed martial of Lieutenant General Stoes-
in Indian Territory prior to the admis- as ]liSh as $1. b"t these companies [ se, for ,he surrender of Port Arthur
sion of the state and the board of mad? a blanket rate of $1-10- , ! to the Japanese, evidence was heard
education in Tahlequah consisted of ^fnfs got a snap out of it, hut ^ do j llI10n ,)le council of war of December
less scrubbing to make them as good
as new that she doesn't take even the
ordinary precautions. Walt till she
has tried washing them just once, and
then hear her denounce anything made
of chamois skin forever after.
They can be washed to look like
new, however, if one but kn ;ws the lit-
tle trick of leaving the soap in to keep
them soft. Again, it is bad policy to
wash them on the hand, as they are
sure to stretch this way. Rather
cleanse them by the squeezing method,
rolling them up in a little ball in the
palm of the hand. Wash In several
waters, all soapy, ami finally pull Into
shape without rinsing. Do not stretch
them in the least, but after working
the lingers into shape hang them in
a current of air, but not near heat of
any kind. When dry give them a vig-
orous rubbing with a brush to bring
tip the nap.
OLD-FASHIONED STYLES LIKED.
Complaints are starting from^ the
Osage Indian reservation to Wash-
ington that may result in an investi-
gation by the department of the in- | what disturbed over the opposition
terior of the allotment of lands among ; tta(. practically defeated the Billups
the Osages. It is alleged that coin- j jnforcement commission bill, and com
Friends of the Anti-Saloon move-
ment in Oklahoma are growing some-
binations of land speculators are
pelled the Rev. E. C. Dinwiddie to be-
provision for an inforcement com-
mission other than the governor and
such persons as from time to time
he may direct to inforce the laws
work among the Osages in behalf of Kin preparation of a new hill. It
■cattlemen whose manipulations will ...... .... —
result in a scandal if exposed. The
Osage allotment commission has fol-
lowed the policy of allotting the fir*t,
second and third choice of land to- ^ ^ „
gether, whenever possible, the idea against the violation of constitutional
being that a compact body of land , protllbit|on jn counties where the
■would be of more service and value to ; jg nQt being jnf0rced, citizens may
the individual owner. The specula- : dj3p]aC(, their officers with new ones,
tors, however, by paying the Indian j or a cjtjzen may petition the governor
money, induce him to select one or j gen(j lQ the- coimty an officer for
two of his allotments in a prairie . inforcement of the law. The later
grazing country. Other Indians are would be dothed with the authority
induced to take adjacent allottments, [ { f a sheriff It "has been suggested
until in time a big cattle pasture is j ... . might drift into per
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six members. The terms of two of
the members recently expired and
the mayor called an election to fill
the vacancies.
H. Blank & Co., general merchants
of Marietta, have been declared Insol-
vent at the request of the creditors,
represented by Cartel & Thompson,
of Ardmore. The liabilities are $30,-
000 and the assets $20,000.
CANNOT RECEIVE LIQUOR
Enid's City Council Enacts Drastlo
Law Against Booze
ENID: Under the provisions of an
ordinance enacted by the city council
it is now a misdemeanor to "receive"
liquor within the limits of the city
of Enid. The new measure was adopt-
ed to give police officers jurisdiction
in cases of violating the liquor laws,
and a fine of not less than $25 is im-
posed to prevent any one "receiving,
giving away or disposing in any man-
ner of intoxicating liquors."
Rick Messall, a former saloonkeep-
er and a member of the city council,
took his fellow councilmen to task
for advocating such a measure. He
sajd on the floor of the council room,
"You are hypocrites. A majority of
you expect to violate the law which
you are now proposing to enact." But
the aldermen indignantly denied the
charge and voted for the ordinance.
WISCONSIN HAS LOST 23
not intend that that snap shall stick." ] 29 whpn the members of the council
The policies on the normal schools refuSed to entertain the suggestion of j
were written just a few days before j surrender. The prosecution intro- j
the statehood proclamation was issued
and are for three and five years.
"While some of the companies who
wrote these policies may be bad," said
Commissioner McComb, "it is more a
question of exorbitant rates than of
the standing of the companies. The
state was robbed out of several thou-
sand dollars."
formed, and all the land is under lease
from the allottees. Generally, the
policy of the allotment commission is
to have the Osages lease their land3
for agricultural purposes, and thereby
bring to an end the Texas cattle
business in the Osage country, where
for years Texas cattle have caried
the fever tick and spread it among
the native herds of Oklahoma. The
commissioner's policy would make the
land add vastly more to the state's
agricultural output.
sonal politics and center upon the
governor a fire of protest for inter-
fering with the private affairs or a
county. Governor Haskell has said,
however, that he is willing to under-
take the inforcement of the prohibi-
tion laws, if given full responsibility.
The assertion that Governor 0. N.
Haskell has been tendered tentatively
by William J. Bryan the office of
secretary of the United States treas-
ury, in case Mr. Bryan should be
One of the inconvenience of railroad elected president this year, is i^Bard-
travel in Oklahoma has been the un- | ed by many persons as a political can -
reliability of information at passenger ' ' —"-u -
depots as to the lateness of delayed
•trains. Many times It has been dif-
ficulty to get any kind of information,
as the station agent would close his
office window and refuse to answer
questions. A new order to be in-
forced by the state corporation com-
mission will bring this condition to
an end, and give greait convenience to
the traveling 'public. When a train
Is late, the station- agent must be
notified accurately of the delay.
Forthwith the ageht posts this infor-
mation in a public place. At the end
of every thirty minutes he must post
a new bulletin showing what change,
If any, has taken place in the pro-
gress of the delayed train.
Eve\;y time restrictions are raised
from the sale of an Indian allotment
in Oklahoma, and the land is sold, it
is added to tKfe taxable property of
♦he state. For that reason citizens
of western Oklahoma are desirous that
-whenever possible restrictions shall
be removed from the lands in tne
Indian Territory portion of the state.
William H. Murray, differing with
Senator Robert L. Owen in his pro-
posed wholesale removal of restric-
tions by congress, has prepared a
memorial, as a substitute for the
memorial in the state senate, on the
removal of restrictions. Murray says
that his plan gives full justice to the
Indians, and is as much as congress,
■watched by the Indian Rights associa-
tion, will concede at this session. He
asks for the immediate removal of
lands, except homesteads, of allottees
not of Indian blood, and on all the
lands, excet homesteads, of allottees
of Indian blood without regard to
quantum of blood. Minors not of In-
dian blood shall have restrictions re-
moved from all their lands, when they
'become of age. Minors of Indian
blooo without regard to quantum of
■blood, shall have restrictions removed
from all their lands, except home-
steads, when they become of age.
Few persons know that the state law
library at Guthrie is one ot the best
and most valuable in the United
States. It contains close to 50,000
volumes, which are easily worth from
$75,000 to $80,000. In the library are
a number of rare law books, some of
which are almost out of print. One
volume of an Alabama report Is said
to have a market value of $100. The
state librarian is now preparing a re-
port on the condition and contenU
of the library.
Seven More Life Insurance Companies
to Quit the State
MILWAUKEE, WIS.: Seven more
life insurance companies:
$8,000,000 in policies
Shot at a Charivari
THOMAS: Ezzard Stevens, 20
years old, has died from the effects of
a shot-gun wound received December
27 while he was a member of a char-
ivari party. He was shot in the ab-
domen with a shot-gun. Stevens and
a arty of friends were celebrating
the marriage of Walter Loman and
Miss Gertrude McGuinn in Butte,
01:1a. It is thbught that the shot was
fired by one of the party although it
is not known which one.
duced the estimate of General Smir-
noff that tho resistance could have
been prolonged for six weeks more.
Several witnesses testified to tho
indignation with which the proposal
to capitulate was received by the
council of war, but certain officers
from the firing line gave contradic-
tory evidence, and intimated that the
boldest counsels against surrender
were given by those who were sta-
tioned furthest from the enemy.
Th-e troops were dispirited and sick,
almost to a man, with scurvy, it was
declared, and if the capitulation had
been d'layed the fortress would havo
fallen before the first vigorous at-
tack of the Japanese.
Must Have Headquarters in Oklahoma
GUTHRIE: Corporations must
have their principal place of business
In Oklahoma if chartered under the
state laws and at least one-third of
the board of directors must live in the
state, according to an opinion by As-
sistant Attorney General W. C.
Reeve. In old undivided counties in
Oklahoma it is not necessary to get
new notary seals, .Is another opinion
by the attorney general's staff.
Bank Commission Met
GUTHRIE: The state banking
. , carrying commission held a short session in the
TUi in Wisconsin, office of Governor Haskell and In-
quit the state January 1, when the . structed the state bank commissioner
new insurance laws became effective.' to make an examination of every state
Many a man's peck of troubles come
In liquid form.
ard. A reliable democratic politician,
who enjoys the confidence of Gover-
nor Haskell, asserts, however, that
the story is true. According to this
democrat, Mr. Bryan expects Mr.
Haskell to make a reputation on his
depositors' guaranty fund banking
law that will be of national scop.;.
This law was suggested to Governor
Haskell by Mr. Bryan, who urged that
Oklahoma, the new state, should be
the first to enact such a law, and
thereby blaze the trial as a pioneer
in making financial panics impossible.
Mr Bryan gave to Governor Haskell
a copy of the bill introduced in con-
gress bv Mr. Bryan about fourteen
years ago. Most of the bill was used
by Governor Haskell.
There has been considerable amuse-
ment at Guthrie lately over a wag-
gish story told by a stenographer in
the legislature that a bill had been
drawn by an anti-saloon member that
would cause every house and home in
the stftte to be invaded by an officer
in search of contraband pictures. The
alleged bill provided that no person
should be allowed to own or exhibit
any picture that represented in any
wav intoxicating beverages or the
drinking of them. Some of the famous
paintings of the world represent
drinking scenes. The stenographer
told the story with cleverness, and it
soon spread among the women as well
as the men. There was great indigna-
tion expressed at teaparties, and even
a number of men made inquiries, and
expressed opinions of the legislator
that would not look well in Pr'Qt;
The stenographer finally admitted
that the story was a hoax.
The county judges of Oklahoma
have drawn a bill which will soon be
presented to the legislature for pass-
age defining the powers of county
judges and providing for a clerk and
stenographer. This bill has been
agreed upon by practically all tbe
county judges in the state.
One of the beautiful sights missed
in Oklahoma in the spring by persons
who came from northern states is
thickets of blossoming wild crab-ap-
ples. The delicate petals and their
exquisite fragrance are childhood
memories dear to many persons whose
hair long since became gray. It was
said lately that the wild crab apple
could be found in Oklahoma, but in
only one place, on the Duree farm,
three miles south of Stillwater, in
Payne county. It may surprise Okla-
hornans to know tht there are seven
. varieties of walnuts in tho state.
They are the Pacific Mutual, Co
lumbia National, Federal, Des Moines
Life, Security Life and Annuity,
Union Mutual and Security Mutual.
With these companies on the "re-
tiring list" the total number of life
underwriting concerns which will
abandon the Wisconsin field is in-
creased to twenty-three. The total
amount Insured by them is more than
$90,000,000.
bank and banking institution in the
state by the close of February 1, re-
turning with his certified statement
to the board as early as possible
thereafter a statement of the average
daily deposits of each institution for
last year,
TEACHERS WANT POSITIONS
Superintendent Cameron Besieged
With Applications to Teach
GUTHRIE: State Superintendent
Cameron's office is being flooded
with applications for positions in the
schools of Oklahoma. The fact that
a large number 'of new rural school
districts are to be formed is giving
the impression to the outside world
that there will be ,a scarcity of teach
ers in Oklahoma.
It was stated at the superintend-
ent's office, however, that Oklahoma
teachers will be given the preference
as long as the supply lasts and that
indications point to enough teachers
in the state to fill all the places.
While new districts are to be formed
in forty-two counties, iwhere there
has been no local school system, thero
Is a large number of teachers in these
counties, the output of the three state
normals and of the city schools.
There is also a large number of teach-
ers who are in charge of the rural
schools being conducted by the fed-
eral government on the east side of
the state.
Indians to Visit Washington
EL RENO: Chief W7ashee of the
. This Is about 70 per oent j cheyenne Indians has returned from
of the total life insurance in force in 1 washington, where he has been con-
the state with foreign companies, and suitjng Senators Gore and Owen and
nearly 50 per cent of all the life in- jbe oklahoma congressmen in regard
surance in force, including that car- (0 (be cheyenne and Arapaho tribes,
ried by the Northwestern Mutual of At the request 0f the Oklahoma leg-
Wisconsin. ! isiators, Chief Washee will gather a
:— ' delegation of Indians from both tribes
Farmer Found Dead in Tent I an(j return to Washington some time
LAWTON: W. E. Powell, a farm- ' next month. Paul Boynton has been
er living on a farm in the big pasture j se]ected as interpreter.
south of here, was found in his tent'
by neighbors with a bullet through | Eight prisoners have been tr&ns-
his head. He was unconscious from 1 ferred from Ardmore to the Pontotoc
the time he was found until he died, j county jail. Two are charged with
Powell is a young man of som# j murder, four with grand larceny and
wealth and has relatives living at j two with jobbery. They will be tried
Temple. j in the January term of court.
Troops to Remain at Goldfied
WASHINGTON: The war depart-
ment has been -in correspondence by
telegraph with General Funston in
San Francisco relative to the dispo-
sition of the troops at Goldfield in
conformation with the'president's in-
tentions to maintain the force there
pending the meeting of the legisla-
ture of Nevada. General Funston in-
tended a reduction in the number of
troops at the mining camp, but the
war department has decided to retain
there all of the present force number-
ing 283 men, but to consolidate the
nine companies into two.
SPARKS CALLS EXTRA SESSION
Wants Nevada Legislature to Pre-
serve the Peace at Goldfield
CARSON, NEV.: Governor Sparks
has called an extra session of the
legislature to convene January 14,
1908. For some time the governor
has been deluged with dispatches
from all over the 'state any many
places outside Nevada, urging the
calling of the extra session to settle
labor troubles.
In his call the governor states the
object of the session as being "to ad-
just by legislation, if possible, the
controversy existing between the min-
ers and mine owners at Goldfield, this
state. Such legislation should be
general in character and impartially
applicable for the restoration and
preservation of law and order."
BARRED 'MERCHANT OF VEINICE'
Odd Shapes in China Are in Favor
This Season.
Old-fashioned styles in china will
prevaiK this season, and to the unini-
tiated much of tho new dinner ware
will appear cheap because the shapes
are odd rather than pretty.
For this innovation possibly the
craze for mission furniture in dining-
rooms is responsible, for many of the
designs are in keeping with this style
of furnisililng.
As tof the decoration on these—mis-
sion sets—small, plain-looking nose-
gays of (lowers in one color are used
throughout each service. This orna-
mentation Is in just such plain shades
as green, blue and red.
There is a marked change in the
shapes of the dishes, for the square
vegetable dishes and sauce boats, the
latter made in one piece, with the dish
it rests upon, have returned to favor.
Flat meat dishes follow the lines of
the covered ones and are decidedly
angular. Small butter plates are
shaped square to match, and so aro
many of the smaller side p'atters.
Maple Sugar Cake.
This is a recipe not generally
known, but it has been tried with
great success. For the layers rub to-
gether one cupful of butter and two
cupfuls of sugar until they form a
cream. Add the yolks of four eggs
beaten lightly, three cupfuls of sifted
flour, half a cupful of milk, the whites
of the eggs whipped to a l'roth and
lastly oife teaspoonful of baking pow-
der. Bake in jelly pans. For the fill-
ing boil one cupful of maple sirup un-
til It threads. Pour slowly upon tho
white of one egg, which has been
beaten stiff, beating steadily all the
while. Continue beating until the mix-
ture is cold and thick, then spread be-
tween the layers and on the top. If
desired still richer stir half a cupful
of butternuts, which have been chop-
ped fine, into the filling just before
spreading on the cake.
Gives Himself Up to Officers
GUYMON: After eluding all ef-
forts of officers for seven years, Lon
Ford, charged with horse stealing, has
surrendered and has been taken to
Ashland, Kan., where he will be tried.
Ford declares that he wll plead guilty eliminating "The
and ask the mercy of the court, since y;
he escaped from Ashland, Kan., in
And as a Result El Paso Ministers
Are Up In Arms
EL PASO, TEX.: In consequence of
the action of School Superintendent
THINK POLICY UNDEMOCRATIC
1902, Ford has wandered in Arizona
and western Texas.
Merchant of Venice" from the English
course in the El Paso high school at
the request of Rabbi Martin Sielonka
of the Jewish congregation, the min-
isters' union has filed a vigorous pro-
sec-
XT;^.ay8It,ndi'r reported^that i test against what they term
Charles Lock a squawman has killed tarlan interference with the schools.
r T nek home near 1 The school board will meet soon
Temple. Officers are unable to locate to consider the question of whether
d!anerwii°om R was° reported Lock had sustained or not
the superintendent's action shall be
the
killed, has been working with him. ^ ^ ^
LAWTON: State Veterinary J. K.
Colllcote on his return from the Wich-
ita National preserve, where he had
been in answer to a call from Frank
'Rush, keeper of the buffalo herd,
asking that examination be made of
the cause of the death of the buf-
falo cow. "All of the other mem-
a fundamental principle^ of democ- pasg around the medalB among The '^fate'd^L^6 Colllcote. "This
Oklahoma Local Optionists Booming
New Candidate for Governor Garfield Exchange^ and
GUTHRIE: As a means of com- ^ lcan state banks of Enid, have
batting the dominancy of the prohi- cons(>lidated under the name of the
bition element in the democratic! f. M Exchange Bank of Enid The
party in Oklahoma local opionists are j bankg logether have deposits of
grooming a candidate for governor in ,
the person of E. J. Giddings, a lawyer j j
of Oklahoma City. They declare that j
the idea of local self-government ! Queen WUhelmlna has begun to |
racy, and that the stand for statewide Hague peace delegates. So the con-
prohibition taken by the party is not i ference wm not be wholly bereft of
democratic. substantial results.
MUSKOGEE SURPRISED
The navy fays the army can't shoot,
Standard Oil Company Begins the the army ,ays the navy has to
I ; B've vaudeville shows In order to get
Erection of Big Refinery , _ It QUt that
MUSKOGEE: Representatives of
the Standard Oil company quietly ac-
quired a site west of the city and
began construction on an immense
oil refinery, the capacity of which
has not been made public. This
comes as a surprise to oil men. Ac-
cording to the best information ob-
tained the Standard plan is to ship
oil from the Mid-Continent field to
its refinery here and then ship it
' down the Arkansas river by boat.
recruits. It may yet turn
the militia is the most efficient branch
of the service.
A statue of Zola is to be erected In
one death was caused by the buffalo
eating too much alfalfa and will not
affect the remainder of the herd."
Charged with violating the Sunday
hunting laws, McCurry Nailor and
Mosier Nichols have been fined in
justice court in Apache.
Judge Won't Accept Records
MUSKOGEEl Judge King of the
district court, has held that there is
no authority for turning the records
the United States commissioner's
Paris directly opposite the Palace of ■, oi — .
T I rourf to the state courts and refused
Justice. And thus Is appropriato honor , court M e^ ^ ^ comml8s,on.
done to tha memory of the man who "V* at Mus;f0geo there were
has made the greatest fight for justice Beveral thousand cases to be turned
of modern times, and won the battle
almost single-handed in, face of the
most tremendous oddu.
and hundreds of these
cases where judgments had been ren-
dered but not executed.
New Use for Table Oil Cloth.
A woman who is always discovering
things about the house that nobody
else ever thought of says that tho
oilcloth used for kitchen tables makes
an excellent!Jloor covfering if used ovei
felt' padding.
It lias the merit, moreover, of com
ing in (Jaintipr patterns than the or
dinary oilcloth used for kitchens. II
can be kept perfectly clean by scrub
biug with soapy water made from a
good white soap. Do not rub the soar,
on the oilcloth itself, but Instead make
a strong suds. The strong yellow
soaps uspd in most kitchens will soon
wear off the luster of the oilcloth and
make it dull and shabby looking. Wips
the floor perfectly dry with a cleaq
soft cloth.
Turkish Delight.
Soak an ounce of gelatine for two
hours in half a cupful of cold water
Dissolve two cupfuls of granulated
sugar in half a cupfui of cold water.
As soon as it bo'ls add the gelatine and
cook steadily for 20 minutes. Flavor
with the rind and juice of one orange
and orange flower water or rose water.
Turn into tins wet with cold watei
and when set cut Into squares. Roll
in a mixture of cornstarch and confec-
tioner's sugar. A few chopped nuts
may be added to the sirup when it is
taken from tho fire.
New Idea In Napkin Rings.
An embroidered napkin ring is •
pretty novelty. The design is worke.
In the solid satin stitch on heavy
linen; then the lining is carefully
basted along the edge, and this is but
tonholed with small scallops, the but
tonhollng fastening the outside and
lining together. One end Is pointed
and has a buttonholed loop at the ex
treme point. The other end is
straight and a small pearl button Is
sewed on about two inches from the
end. The loop fastens over this, and
the ring is complete.
Dolly Varden Cake.
One cupful white sugar; one-hall
cupful of butter beaten to a cream
whites of three eggs beaten to a
froth, one-half cupful of sweet milk
two cupfuls of flour, one teaspoonful
cream tartar, one-half teaspoonful
soda, flavor with lemon; beat the
yolks of three eggs with 15 spoonfuls
of powdered sugar; put the frostinn
on the cake as soon as removed from
oven.
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Burke, J. J. The Norman Transcript. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 18, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 9, 1908, newspaper, January 9, 1908; Norman, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc138370/m1/3/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.