Edmond Enterprise and Oklahoma County News. (Edmond, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 20, 1906 Page: 4 of 12
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Edmond Enterprise.
PnkUab*4 by Mrs. Kan* nil
0DMOND, . . OKLAHOMA.
RAILROADS ON SOLID BASIS.
NEW STATE NEWS
Sparks will have a big Deep Fork
Drainage picnic October 2.
The annual encampment ef the
Oklahoma National Guard is being
held at Guthrie this week.
It Is estimated that 50,000 people
attended tho Wild West celebration on
101 Ranch at Bliss Saturday and Sun-
day.
T. A. Vaughn, a l'auls Valley bank-
er, la being mentioned as a republic-
an candidate for the nomination as
state treasurer.
Tho First and Central Baptist
churches of Ardmore have consoli-
dated and elected Rev. McKinney of
Cleburne, Tex., as pastor.
The number of homeseekers com-
ing to Indian Territory is greatei
than ever known. Every railroad Is
taxed to its utmost to care for the
thousands pouring Into tho South
west.
1•. L. Roff, a farmer near Thomas,
slid from a hny stack onto a pitch
fork recently, sustaining serious In-
juries.
The story Is being told on an Enid
teacher that in explaining the differ-
ent kinds of sentences to her class,
asked what it would be if she said,
"I am looking for a man." "I don't
know," said the boy at tho foot of
the class, "but I think It would be
the truth."
Speculative Days Have Gone By far
All Time.
The railroad business, as it wat j
I developed In its earlier stages, was
j largely S|H'CUlatlve, declares the Re
flew of Reviews. A great part of the J
railroad mileage of the country was
built in advance of actual needs, and
the population and wealth of regions
traversed by the new lines had tc
grow up to give solid value to the
transportation properties. Thus, the
railroad trafficked in lands, promoted
manufacturing by special rate con-
cessions, made bargains with grain
companies and elevator lines, and en-
tangled themselves with all sorts of
side enterprises for the exploitation
of the country. It was customary to
look upon railroads not merely as pri-
vate enterprises, but as of a highly
speculative and hazardous nature.
Most of the railroads at one time ot
another went Into bankruptcy, and
several of them went through more
than one period of receivership and
reorganization. As the country ma-
tured railroad property became more
btable, until finally the great systems
were well beyond the danger of serl-
our financial reverse. Business Inter-
ests all along the lines became diver-
sified, and it was no longer necessary
for the railroads to secure traffic by
endeavoring to locate and build up
particular Interests.
The time came when there
emerged the clear conception of the
railroads as a great necessary public
servant, with all the obligations of a
common carrier, and with no right,
therefore, to discriminate for or
against any of those whose business
Roosters That Really Drive Tandem
FADED TO A SHADOW.
The Rooster Team and Their Youthful Driver.
Who want* to race? Frank Robin-
son has issued a challenge to all chlck-
■n fanciers and is ready to match his
team of roosters against all comers.
Frank drives his roosters tandem, at-
tached to a home-made wagon, and
guides them with reins. They do not
wear bits, but the forward ends of
the reins are tied about the lower
beaks of the birds. Progress with this
unique team is not rapid, but the
astonishing thing about it is that there
should be any progress at all. Frank
Is only two years old, and he can con-
trol his unique tandem better than
anyone else.
The training of the roosters to this, i
to them, unique task took a great deal i
of time and patience, says the N. Y. j
World. It may be said that lmpa- '
tlence of any sort of restraint is tho ' usual- The urlu.° W.®8 .?l8?rderelan(!
Worn Down by Five Years of Suffer
ing from Kidney Complaint.
Mrs. Remethe Myers, of 180 Soutb
Tenth St., Ironton, O., says: "I have
worked hard in my
time and have been
exposed again and
again to changes of
weather. It Is no
wonder my kidneys
gave out and I went
all to pieces at last.
For five years I was
fading away and finally so weak that
for six months I could not get out)
of the house. I was nervous, restless
and sleepless at night, and lame and
sore In the morning. Sometimes
everything would whirl and blur be-,
foro me. I bloated so badly I could
not wear tight clothing, and had to
put on shoes two sizes larger than
dominant characteristic of Ills lord-
ship of the barnyard. Like the pig of
tradition and experience, he is always
willing and anxious to go in any di-
rect ion but the right one. However,
in this case he has so far given into
the will of man that he stood pa-
tiently for his picture and then trotted
off with every apparent willingness to
go where he was wanted to.
passages were dreadfully frequent. 1
got help from the first box of Doan's
Kidnoy I'ills, however, and by the
time I had taken four boxes the pain
and bloating was gone. I have been
in good health ever since."
Sold by all dealers. BO cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
THE BLOW GUN.
How to Make It So It Will Not Break.
I want to tell the boys how they can
make a "blow gun," which can be
used to shoot small birds with, says
a writer in the Elmira Telegram. Get
Difference in Bills.
Borroughs—Say, old man, got a ten-
dollar bill about you?
llrokelelgh—No, but I've got a nine-
dollar bill.
Borroughs—Come off! There isn't
such a thing.
Brokeleigh—I wish there wasn't,
I but my tailor has me down on it:
German literature contains many J "Dr. to one pr. trousers."
beautiful pieces. Here is one:
In a flowery dell, a herd-boy kept The extraordinary popularity of fine
THE HERDBOYS RICHES.
Hit Greatest Treasure Was
tented Heart.
Con-
required them to make use of the pub-
lic highway. The whole thing has a glass tube about four feet long at his sheep; and because his heart was white goods this summer makes th?
come about by evolution from tran- | any drug store. Wrap it with strips j joyous he sang so loudly that the sur- j choice of Starch a matter of greit im-
sient, speculative, immature conditions j —— rounding hills echoed back his song. { portance. Defiance Starch, being free
to those of a riper period of Indus- I One morning the king, who was on a from all injurious chemicals, is the
trial life and civilization. Yet abuses j _ ■ 't&r Q hunting expedition, spoke to him and ! on'y one which Is safe to use on fine
even when naturally outgrown are j said: "Why are you so happy, dear J fabrics. Its great strength as a stiff-
Manchester. In Grant county, re-
cently suffered a heavy loss by fire,
the postofflce and several mercantile
buildings being destroyed.
The 1.1-year-old son of Phillip 81m-
ho's, a farmer living near Fargo, was
accidentally killed by the discharge
of a shotgun which he was carrying
on a riding disk. The full charge <il
the gun entered the boy's neck aud
chin, splitting his head wide open.
Dr. Schoonmaker, of Perham, Minn .
Is contemplating tho erection of a
150,000 hospital at Enid.
Senator J. O. Blakeney, president oi
the Citizens' bank of McLoud, has an-
nounced his candidacy for the demo-
cratic nomination for constitutional
delegate from the Thirteenth district.
The nominating convention will be
held at McLoud, September 22.
The Pioneer Telephone and Tele-
graph company has filed notice of its
Increase In capital stock from $3,000.
000 to $10,000,000.
Incidental to the visit, of William J
Bryan on September 27, the Tiils-i
Democratic organization has complet-
ed arrangements for a great political
demonstration, at which Senator Wil-
liam Stone of Missouri will be one
of the chief speakers.
The total enrollment in the public
schools at Muskogee on the opening
day was 1,852.
often bard to destroy. For even as the
tree grows great, so, also, will the
entwining parasite often have the
stronger clutch. And many of the
privileged industries built up on spe-
cial transportation favors have been
in a position powerful enough to make
it difficult for particular railroad cor-
porations to relinquish the rebates or
Parts of the Blow Pipe.
of cloth as shown In "1." This will
act to prevent the tube from breaking.
the other forms of favoritism. It is Get a P'e™ of cane such as fish poles
are made from, and enlarge the cen-
j ter with a red-hot poker until you can
slip the tube inside of It. Now, cut
j the cane off to the right length and
secure tube Inside with putty. Your
; blow gun will now be complete as
shown in "2," but you have no bullets.
probably true, however, that even If
there had been no interstate commerce
legislation the very growth of busi-
ness conditions would have compelled
the railroads to cease discrimination
and treat all comers fairly.
I little one?" j ener makes half the usual quantity ot
"Why shall I not be?" he answered, j Starch necessary, with the result of
"Our king is not richer than I." ! perfect finish, equal to that when the
"Indeed!" said the king; "tell mo I £°°ds were new.
of your great possessions."
Tho lad answered: "The sun In the Tolstoy's Latest Work.
bright, blue sky shines as brightly ' Count Tolst°y has completed a new
upon me as upon the king. The flow- | work entitled: "The Divine Human,
ers upon the mountain and the grass j The characters depicted include the
in the valley grow and bloom to glad- ' Principal revolutionary leaders in Run
den my sight as well as his. I would I sia duri,1S the >'ears from 1880 40
not take a hundred thousand thalers | 1890- He 13 already engaged upon
for my hands; my eyes are of more ' the work of dealing with current
value than all the precious stones in eveu*s in Russia.
the world; 1 have food and clothing
$10,000,000 to Save Half Mile.
The Atchison, Topeka Ac Santa Fe
railroad is spending $10,000,000 to
save six and seven-tenths miles. An
For these you can use either peas,
clay, tacks or arrows. An arrow can
be made from a pin with the head
filed off and some cotton bound on the
army of men and machinery are work- ' back end so it will fit tight in the
ing day and night to complete the new , gun, as shown in "3," or you can take
Helen cut-off between Texico, N. M.,
on the Pecos Valley line of the Santa
Fe, and Rio Puerco, 30 miles east of
Albuquerque, N. M. The length of the
main line to Emporia is 124 miles,
while by the cut off it will be 109.lt
miles.
It is asked why this vast expendi-
ture of money if the distance saved
is only 6.7 miles? As a matter of
fact, the Santa Fe is really spending
tills money for the purpose of avoid-
ing half a mile between Albuquerque,
N. M., and La Junta, Col. The other
6.2 miles saved is not material. It is
the 2,000 feet difference in altitude
between the Raton Mountain, the high
tack (see "4"), and bind worsted
around It just below the head and
melt some wax on it. Shoemakers' I
wax rubbed on is best. This will fly J
straight and is a lirst-class missile, j
If a clay pellet is used you can stun j
small birds, but not otherwise injure i
them, so that, if they are picked up J
at once, you can often capture them j
alive.
too. Am I not, therefore, as rich as
the king?"
"You are right," said the king, with
a laugh; "but your greatest treasure
is a contented heart. Keep it so, and
you will always be happy."
THE OLD HEN, TOO.
It Looks Different in Print.
"Ma wants to know if it's too late
to plant a can o' bulbs," said a small
boy yesterday to W. H. Humfeld,
florist, on East Ninth street.
"A can of bulbs?" asked the florist.
Oklahoma seems to be something of
a sheep country and can produce some
wool as well as cotton. Henry Eberle
will feed 14,800 head of sheep on the
Tonk Smith ranch In Kay county. He
is driving 4,800 head from Eldorado,
Kas., and on October 10 will receive
10,000 head from New Mexico. He
will feed the sheep through the win-
ter upon the big crops raised in Kay
county this season.
est point on the present line, and the J suppose she can plant a can of
Abo Pass, the highest point on the I bulbs most any time. What hind of
proposed cut-off, that is really mate bulbs does she want to plant?
rial, j "She said something 'bout plantin'
j dwarfed ones."
But Men Must Work. | "A dwarfed can of bulbs"—mused
In the tunnels in New York some j th§ florist, "a dwarfed—O, you mean
In the | dwarfed canna bulbs?"
A firm of merchants at Stroud has
shipped 150 bushels of peach stones
to Eastern manufacturers of flavoring
extracts. Children In the neighbor-
hood of Stroud gathered the stones.
About 5,000 stones make a bushel.
The merchants have a market for
about 700 bushels this season.
The broom corn crop in Comanche
county this year Is smaller than last
year. Too much rain during the
spring and summer months is respon-
sible for this. Buyers from Indiana
and Illinois are scarcer this year than
formerly and there Is not a great deal
of Interest being taken in the harvest
E. H. Chambers, of Nebraska, has,
filed suit in the federal court to oust
John Smith, of Independence, Kas.,
from 160 acres of land lying south of
Tulsa, claiming that Smith is unlaw-
fully detaining him from possession.
The property in question comprises
one of the most valuable gas leases in
the territory. Smith has a franchise
to supply Supulpa with gas from two
Immense wells on the land
bad accidents have occurred
locks used on these tunnels the com- J
pressed air escapes through the soft j
mud of the river as the heading is !
pushed forward. Every now and then j
an airhole is found and a "blowout" |
follows. This instantly reduces the !
pressure of the air in the chamber, j
and a fresh supply of air has to be in- J
troduced at great speed to catch up !
with the escape. During this short
time the pressure may reach 40 i
pounds or more, and the effects of j
the violent fluctuation tell terribly ]
upon the workmen. But the task must ,
go on. As some men are borne off to ;
a hospital others are ready to take 1
their places. Every expedient that j
science has suggested is being adopted !
by the contractors, but victims con- j
tim 9 to perish as a sacrifice to prog j
ress.
"Yep; 'at's what I said."-
City Star.
-Kansas
Railway with 728 Bridges.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand opened
the new Wocheiner railway from
Assling to Trieste, which Is one ol
the most remarkable engineering feats
in the world, says a dispatch from
Vienna.
It Is the first section In a new
route through the Alps by which
southern Germany will be connected
directly with Trieste and traverses a
beautiful but exceedingly difficult
mountain country, which lias necessi-
tated the excavation of 47 tunnels and
the building of 679 small and 49 large
bridges.
The bridge on the Isonzo river is
the largest stone arched railway
bridge In the world. Its span Is more
than 270 feet
• A City Maid.
She came up to the country
But a week or so ago,
This city maid who ne'er had seen
The fields where wild flowers grow.
Anti when she saw the cat-tails,
She cried: "Oh. do look, quick!
Who ever heard of sausages
A-tf rowing on a stick!"
Can You Guess?
Which is the most religious state?
— (Mass.)
Which Is the cleanly state?
— (Wash.)
Which is the most egotistical state?
— (Me.)
Which Is the sickliest state?
—(111.)
Which Is the medical state?
—(Md.)
Which Is the oldest state?
—(Ark.)
Which is the most maidenly state?
—(Miss.)
Which is the most paternal state?
- na.)
Which is the mining state?
—(Ore.)
Will He Win? .Sure.
If a man knows that his wife ex-
pects him to succeed, that she expects
him to stand at his post and do his
duty, no matter how hard it is, and
that she will think him a coward if
he gi.-es up his job because the work
was unpleasant, or there were difflcul-
Mother (to Bobby, who doesn't want
to go to bed)—But, dear, remember
that the little chickens go to bed
early.
Bobby—Yes; but the old hen goes
with them.
In a Pinch, Uss ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE
A powder. It cures painful, smart
ing, ner'ous feet and ingrowing Dails
It's the greatest comfort discovery ot
the age. Makes new shoes easy. A
certain cure for sweating feet. 30,00i
testimonials of cures. Sold by all
druggists, 25c. Trial package, FREE.
Address A. S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y.
Riches and Independence.
"And now," said the friend of other
days, "you are rich and independ
ent."
"Well," answered Mr. Cumrox, "I
am rich, all right. But when mother
and the girls are around, I don't takt
chances on being too independent.'
"Vote for Me!"
Although the statesman blandly fair
And almost unselfish seems to be.
His arguments boiled down with cars
Are generally: "Vote for me."
Never judge a man's worth by the
taxes he pays.
A NERVOUS WRECK
Not Closeted.
"Have they a family skeleton?"
"1 should say so! You ought to
see tneir daughter's elbows."—Mil-
waukee Sentinel.
Mrs. Green Gained 26 Pounds antf
Recovered Her Health by Taking
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills.
General debility is a term that covers
a multitude of cases where there is no
acute disease, yet the patient continue*
to lose strength and the doctor's medi-
cines have 110 apparent effect. This is
the decline that leads to death if means
are not fouud to check it. Iu a great
majority of cases Dr. Williams' Pink
Pills will check it and restore health and
; strength because they actually make new
Ages of Birds. blood and so send reuewd vitality to
The average ages recorded of some ; eV {"V ol'ga" and tissue of the body,
of the best known birds are given in Box 29, R. F. UNol L Franklin',^Oa^
the following. Blackbiid lives 12 savs: "For three and a half years I
years; blackcap 15, canary 24, crane Buffered with weakness and uervous-
24, crow 100, eagle 100, fowl, common | noss, complicated with stomach trouble.
10, goldfinch 15, geese 50, heron 59, : At tidies I was confined to my bed for
lark 13, linnet 23, nightingale 18, par- : periods ranging from three weeks to two
rot 60, partridge 15, peacock 24, pell- ; ,110ll^'S and was under the physician's
can 50, pheasant 45. pigeon 20, raven TI most of the time for three years r
100, robin 12 skylark 30, sparrowhawk i wns pros" mted with*wealing and, al-
10, swan 100, thrush ten, and wren though I took a great deal of medicine,
three years. | nothing seemed to give me strength. At
... -t- . r~ times my stomach hurt me something
Was Afraid of Losing it. fearful and my head often troubled me.
George—The ring doesn't seem to ] I was sleepless and what sleep I did get
fit very well, Clara. Hadn't 1 better j did not refresh me.
take it back and have it made
smaller?
Clara—No, George; an engagement
ring is an engagement ring, even if I
had to wear it round my neck.—Tit
Bits.
" When I began talcing Dr. Williams'
Pink Pills, I weighed but 104 pounds.
I knew I wns so bad that a few doses
would not cure me and I bad patience.
Soon the piils began to give nie strength,
my blood got iu better condition, I could
sleep well at night and help some with the
housework. Now I weigh 130poundsand
Proof- think nothing of walking half a mile.
As small Tommy was about to climb Dr.Williains' Pink Pills have done won-
into his chair at the dinner table his dors for me and the neighbors all know
mother said: "Are your hands clean, i 'his statement is true."
dear?" ' Dr.Williains'Pink Pills are sold by all
"'Course tfiey are," answered Tom- or.^e aeut by mail, post-
ties in the way, it Is easy to foretell ; mv. "if y0i don't believe" uTook "at R'"'1'0'1 p.ric-'^-?".tspetl-0*'
what the future of that man will be. j the towel."
six boxes 12.50, by the Dr.Williams Med-
ioiue Co., Schenectady, N.Y.
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