Luther Register. (Luther, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, February 14, 1908 Page: 4 of 8
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Luther Register.
E. P. TKNNANT. EDITOR.
3NE DOLLAR A YEAR. PHONE 18
Today is St Valentine's day.
^The custom to observe it by an
interchange of love tokens is of
anci'ent origin. The Romans
were first stuck on the custom
and they stole the idea from the
(lirds which mate in southern
Jurope about the middle of Feb-
uary. 8t Valentine, however,
did not get in the game for a long
while after this. He was a bishop
in Rome and he knew how to
Ereach. But he talked too much
nd the emperor, who was run-
ning things on a Standard Oil
plan, took exceptions to some of
Val's Roosevelt talk, and had his
head cut off. But the people was
with Val and would no doubt
have given him a third term as
pishop if he had not got it in the
neck. His death oocurred on
Feb. 14, and the people got into
the habit of saying nice things
about him each anniversary of
his death, and also writing poetry
about fiim. This is where you
get St Valentines day from.
Bob Evans and his men are
^eing toasted and made heroes
put of in pYery South America
t°wn they stop at. The people
down there realize that Uucle
Sam is about i ,
A weekly ejfoTiange comes to
us that always has fin obituary
notice in it and last week, it print-
ed 54 inches—three of our oo|-
umns—of a write up of one of
the everyday citizens of the place.
It may getpaid for these 'tributes
to the dead,' but if it don't it
shows that the editor fa either too
lazy to get up suitable matter, or
is ignorant of what people want
in a newspaper. There are two
things that creep into a paper
that are senseless—t^e card of
thanks and the windy obituary.
It is reasonable to suppose that
every one is thankful for aid and
sympathy in time of sickness and
death, and the oard of thank* is
only a display. The obituary to
many times carries men to the
skies when the neighbors know
different. A man's life is pretty
open no matter how hard he <riei
to cover up his shortcomings,
and it is better to let him be laid
away without reminding people
as to what a saint he was, as
such notices bring out in com-
parison the kind of a man he was.
Its all proper enough for the pa-
per to make kindly mention of
the dead in a few lines and this
is sufficient.
New York is having a dog show
with 2,000 dogs on exhibition.
They might have had 2.0Q0 more
if they had let Luther know in
time.
There is just such a thing
over doing the railroad regulat-
ing business by the legislature.
Even if the railroads are corpor
ations they have epme rights that
ph >uld be respected.
Twenty five 3issy young men
of Muskogee are preparing a bill
to have introduced into the state
legislature to prevent tobaoco
chewing Now isn't that just to
Jovely for any thing.
What's the matter with the
Oklahoman anyhow? Its out
abusing the county commission-
ers because they are asking for
bids on the ereotion of «ome
bridges. A month ago this same
paper was doing a war dance be-
cause the commissioners thought
they had the legal right to put
tjie bridges in without bids. The
commissioners are trying to get
the bridges in before the spring
rains and high water, and in ad-
vertising fop the bids on the work
Stipulated that the material
should be on the ground in 20
days and the work completed
within the next 50 days. As one
bridge company happened to
have some material in the state
at the present time, the Oklaho-
man charges that this particular
company is being favored. It
looks to us like the commissioners
know the people are anxious for
the bridges, and want to get thorn
up with as little delay as possible.
When you get angry stop and
count ten, but not when you get
angry about a mad dog chasing
you.
Thaw is still in.
' ■ " 1 —
t'ongresaraan ifnGuire ha* in-
troduced a bill to remove rentric-
tfqps from a large part of the In
lands ii\ the western half of
tfj# state. While this bill pro-
ty^bly does not eo as far as many
|||bple in that part of the state
ItySt affected wjuld like, it is the
ftfjjt that there is any -how of
ffptting at thin time and all the
people should join in helping to
push the measure through. A
Iptter to the congressman from
Jrour old district explaining to
him that the people in many of
the oounties cannot maintain
schools, cannot build bridges or
make roads or even care for the
unfortunate unless restrictions
are removed, will do much to se-
cure its passage. AH ttios-j liv-
ing in the aeoti >n where the re-
strictions are will, doubtless, ex-
ert thennelves to sftcure the pas-
sage of th^s moasure, but those
living in the west halfof the state
should join in the eff irts to se-
cure such relief as to make it
possible for the people to educate
their children. Many of the
ohildren pf,th>>se sections have
already been put to a great dis-
advantage—by reason of lack of
school advantages and these dis-
advantages should be removed
as soon as possible.—Times-
Journal.
New Skating Rink
NICHOLS A DELAPORT, PROP.
Monday, Wednesday and Saturday
Afternoon and Evening
Jo^Tuesday afternoon for Ladies Only.
noi.Thursday afternoon, from 4 to 6, for children.
Good order i9 maintained and ooupteous attention given,
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A Kansas man wants to know
where heaven is located. If we
may be permitted to give an
opinion on this question, we
would say, after reading the Lu-
ther (Okla) Register published
by our old friend E. F. Tennant,
that heaven is located just South
of Kansas. — Cloverdale (Ind.)
Graphio.
A tramp applied at a Luther
home for a handout. He was
told to saw enough wood to pay
for it and he would be given a
meal. There were two ricks of
wood and two saws. "Which is
the jim crow pile," he asked.
Instead of looking down our
nose and predicting a bad March,
we iust enjoy the mild weather
for all its worth, knowing that
each day brings us that much
nearer to the real thing—the good
old summer time.
Wilzetta has a wondferful "trea-
sure rock." It is carved with
''810,000—1864" and an arrow
pointing west. People are leav-
ing their farms and putting in
their time searching for the mon-
ey. It was probably just the old
advice which some sage carved
on, and translated means, "Go
west, young man, go west, and
beoome wealthy."—Ex.
A resolution was entroduced
in thp legislature Tuesday to
m iye that body to Oklahoma
City for the rest of the session.
Better accommodations was giv-
en for an excuse to make the
change.
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Cotton Ginner and Buyer.
Buy Corn, Grain, Scrap Iron and Brass
-We sell all kinds of-
Fish Feed, leal, Chops and [Hal
TERMS CASH
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THREE CHAIRS
Best of work and easy shaves guaranteed
AGENT FOB CLEVELAND STEAIVI LAUNDRY
Your Patronage Solicited. R. E. MOORE, Prop.
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i 0. K. MEAT MARKET
. Is_ now prepared to furnish everything that
• is usually carried by a first-class market,
* OUR MEAT IS ALWAYS FRESH
CHOICE CHOPS AND STEAKS
Give me a call
JOHN LIVINGSTON.
DR. H. J. BAKER,
DENTIST
Will be in Luther Every Tuesday
3lll jCeather
Sven to the J£eeL
The president's recent message
continues to be much discussed.
Both Democrats and Republicans
even if they don't like it are
afrai i to say a word against it.
All the message asks is that the
work of cleaning up the business
corruption be continued even if
it does interfere with prosperity
for a little while. This is what
the people want, and what Mr.
Roosevelt wants them to have.
Little by little the lid ia being
pried loose. A Kay oounty judge
allows you to give a friend a so-
oial drink and now Judge West
at the county seat says its no
crime to carry liquor from the
express office to your home.
Can't Luther organite a push*
ers olub and get in the style of
neaHy all the town* in the atate?
The stationary printed at this
office is giving the best satisfac-
tion. Last week we printed one
thousand statements for a man,
and by their aid he collected a
small fortune. Two months ago
a man bought of us some note
paper and envelopes to use when
writing to his sweetheart, and
now he is married. Another
young man forged a name on a
check printed at this offioe, and
is in the penitentiary. Another
young man stole some of our pa-
per to make cigarette with —he is
dead. A young lady bought
some of our paper -to curl her
hair on and now she has a beau.
(We only have a few packages
of this kind in 6tock.) By using
our stationary a person oan col-
lect old accounts, tell fortunes,
make rain, change color of their
hair, have teeth extraoted with-
out pain, find out the name
the future husband or wife,
successful in business, triumph
over enemies, and get elected to
office. Give us a call—Pitonka
Topi os.
At Kansas City the other night
15,000 people greeted Mr. Taft,
mm
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Wearing Quality and Comfort.
manufactured av
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Sold Exclusively by j! M. Morgan, Luther.
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