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The Enid f Events.
Vol 18
ENID, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, JANUARY, 20, 1910
No. 14
What Think foil of Buying an All Wool Suit For
A 5$ Bill- 'Eh Bill
Eveiy Thing is Cheap Now at
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HARRY B. WOOLF
THE MANANDBOYSTORE
MURRAY'S SLATE.
BALLINGER DENIES ALLEGATIONS
Says That Representative Hitchcock
Is a Fonr-FIuslier and a Liar.
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Washington.—Secretary Ballinger
late last night issued a lengthly
statement in which, in most vigorous
terms, he declared the charges made
by Representative Hitchcock before
f the congressional special committee,
and aimed alt the interior department
amd general land office, were without
foundation in fact.
Hi® deodial was sweeping and em-
phatic, several of the charges being
characterized as "ridiculous," while
others were said to be "ridiculously
false.'' The statement came as a sur-
prise, as \I.r. Kailinger, during the af-
ternoon disclosed a disposition to let
the matter go unanswered until the1
joint investigation committee is or-
ganized.
Answering in turn each of the
charges made by Mr. Hitchcock in
his staitmewt, Secretary Ballinger as-
serts that 'in so far as they allege
any extravagance, wrong-doing or
favoritism on his paint, they are ab-
solutely without foundation.
"Ridiculously false, equally false,
equally ridiculous; a peculiarly un-
warranted assault upon an efficient
govern men t officer," the laitter re-
ferring to Mir. Schwartz, chief of the
field service, are expressions which
^ be uses in his repudiation of the va-
rious charges.
In regard to appointing a relative
■I. H. Ballinger, as confidential clerk
when he 'became commissioner of the
laind office, the secretary says this
ywas because he was not personally
acquainted before coming here with
any officers or clerks in the land
office and desired to have as confid-
ential clerk someone whom he knew.
He says that Judge Wright was re-
moved. not to make way for J. H.
Ballinger, but because Judge Wright's
age, he being nearly 80 made him
"physiclally disquilified to perform his
duties."
The vacancy on Ithe law hoard, he
says, was filled (not by Jack Ballinger
but by Judge Gray.
He My® the "certain large brick
chimney" alluded to, was erected pur-
suant to a specific appropriation for
the purpose by congress; that the ad-
ditional clerks in the land office com-
plained of were necessitated by the
congressional appropriation of $1,-
000,000, for projecting public lands
and that the charge In regard to the
purchase of furniture "Is on a par
with that relating to the employment
of additional clerks."
held three pastorates and while in the
state has raised over $50,000 for church
work and won more than 1,000 con-
verts to the cause of Christianity. But
he has held other positions of trust,
outside his pastoral duties. From its
very inception he has been connected
with Oklahoma Christian university, on
its board of trustees and executive
committee and as financial secretary of
this institution for fourteen months he
has been trustee of numerous funds.
For five years he has held important
positions on the mission board of the
state and for four years has been the
president of the Ministerial Associa-
tion. In the recent international con-
vention of the Christian church held
in Pittsburg, he was one of the speak-
ers.
The Sage of Tishomingo Is Klxlng
Tilings Up to a Frazzle.
ENTHUSIASM.
I (Bartlesville Enterprise.)
Republicans returning from Guthrie
are filled with enthusiasm for the suc-
cess of the party in Oklahoma this
year. Opportunity has koncked at the
party's door, and it will be grasped by
a strangle hold.
Party enthusiasm, party unity and
party loyalty, particularly of the brand
that was evidenced at Guthrie yester-
day, means impetus and victory for the
republicans of Oklahoma. The Repub-
lican party of Oklahoma has become a
Dreadnought. Watch her smoke.
BIRTH RATE BEATS DEATH RATE.
RANDOLPH COOK FOR CONGRESS.
That the birth rate has an increase
of one hundred per cent over the death
rate in this county is the astewnding
report given out by Dr. Damrelljhealth
officer of the city. His report for the
month of December shpws that there
have been 32 births and only sixteen
deaths in the last month of the old
year. All the year the births were
well ahead of the deaths, but Decem-
ber excelled all of the other months on
the calendar.
The general sanitary conditions of
the month were good. The prevailing
disease was diphtheria of which there
were six cases, one resulting fatally.
The most fatal disease was diabetes,
two persons succumbing to that ail-
ment.
ENDORSE McGUIRE.
The Grand Ariny Encampment of I'on-
en City Acts.
Jropnlur Enid Man Will Be n Candidate
for the Democratic Congressional
Nomination.
"^he democratic city central conunit-
tw met Monday night in this city, ut
vmich time Rev. Randolph Cook, the
popular Christian church minister of
this city was endorsed for the demo
cratlc congressional nomination and A.
H. Ellis was endorsed for the demo-
cratic nomination of lieutenant gover-
nor.
Rev. Cook announced to his friends,
after the meeting, that he would acecpt
the endorsement and become a candi-
date. He will make his formal an-
nouncement at a committee meeting to
be held next Saturday. Ellis haB not
yet stated whether he will accept the
endorsement and become a candidate
for lieutenant governor.
Randolph Cook Is ,16 years of age.
His boyhood days were gpent in north-
ern Ohio and from Hiram College in
that strte he received his degree. The
institution was then under the leader-
ship of E. V. Zollars, r.ow president of
Oklahoma Christ!: n university,
Ponca City, Jan. 17.—At a regular
meeting of the Hayies-Fairchiid Post
No. 24, Department of Oklahoma, G.
A. R. of Ponca City, held January 15,
1910, the following resolutions en-
dorsing Congressman Bird McGuire
were passed;
"Whereas: Our representative in
congress, Ithe Honorable Bird McGuire
by his untiring and energetic work,
has endeared himself to the members
of this post and to all old soldiers
throughout the state of Oklahoma,
"His conduct during the several ses-
sions he has represented us as a mem-
ber of congress, has been most exem-
plary and especially has he in every
way advanced the interest of the old
soldier and Ithe state he represented.
"Therefore, be it resolved, that we,
the members of Hayes-Fairchild Post
No. 24, desire to express our utmost
confidence in his ability and take this
means of expressing that confidence
to the public.
"We commend him as a citizen and
as a friend, we endorse his action In
congress and most heartily endorse
his candidacy to succeed himself as a
member of chat body.
A tolerably well defined slate for
all the state offices seems to have
been arranged by the supporters of
Murray for governor, the combina-
tion in support of this line-up being
generally supposed to include Gov-
ernor C. N. Haskell, although the gov-
ernor will probably not take any ac
tive part in the fight.
According to the way the politicians
have figured it out, the .Murray slat*
will include A. H. Ellis of Orlando for
lieutenant governor, Loe Meyers for
sec 2tary of state, Secretary of State
Bill Cross for state auditor; Robert
Dunlop of Newkirk for state treasur-
er; Charles Evans of Ardmore for
state superintendent. Milas Lasatei
of Pauls Valley for insurance comis-
sioner, Orville T.Smith of Guthrie
for attorney general and Jas. C. Gra-
ham of Marietta for corporation com-
missioner.
Some changes in this line-up are
possible. Col. J. J. McAlester, present
corporation commissioner, may be put
in the slate for that place, and either
W. F. Gilmer of Ardmore or E. M.
I.andrum of Tahlequah may be taken
for state auditor. A. M. Young, pres-
ent bank commissioner, would have
been first choice for state treasurer,
if he had gotten into the-race, but he
has decided not to do so.
It is understood none of the justices
of the supreme court or criminal court
of appeals who are up for re-election
this year will be opposed (<*• renomin-
ation. It is also probable that the
Murray crowd, which would like to
make a clean sweep of the present
state officials, will not oppose either
Labor Commissioner Charles Daugli-
erty or Miss aKte arnard, state com-
missioner of charitips and corrections.
Mruray does not like Miss Barnard,
however, and may decide to make a
fight against her. A candidate will be
brought out against State Examiner
and Inspector ChaTles Taylor, who
will be a candidate far re-election, but
it has not been fully decided as yet
who it will be.
Other candidates -who are not on tj,e
slate are preparing for a strenuous
fight against it and if they can get tO'
gether for an organization they may
make trouble enough for the Murray
men to force the abandonment of the
slate.
EXPRESS COMPANY WINS.
The "Bush act" of the state of Kan-
sas. which sought to compel outside
corporations to pay a charter fee for
the benefit ot the state schools as a
condition of doing business in that
state, is held invalid by the supreme
court of the United States in a deci-
sion by a divided court.
The controlling opinion Is by Jus-
tice Harlan with concurring opinion
by Justice White, but three justices
dissent—Chief Justice Fuller and As-
sociate Justices Holmes and McKenna.
The case was that of the Western
Union Telegraph company, plaintiff in
error, versus the state of Kansas, on
the relation of C. C. Coleman, attorney
general. The Western Union has
fought the law on the grounds of ac-
quired rights and that the law was
unconstitutional as seeking to impose
a burden upon interstate commerec.
Interpreting his opinion Justice Har-
lan said that it was held that "the
statutory requirement of a given per
cent of the authorized capital of a
telegraph company which represented
all its business interests and property
inside and out of the state was in its
practical operation a burden on inter-
state commerce and a tax on property
beyond the limits of Kansas."
INSURANCE COMPANY
Another lU.r Institution for Enid Or-
ganlzed.
PETITION IN BANKRUPTCY.
A petition In bankruptcy was filed
I In the federal court at Guthrie ye«-
from it he entered the ministry at S £kinr IfthTo ""7 "
age of 1!). I Guaranty shoe store
<?ev'f" -inifnn,^Ai, n , ! of ,h|s city he declared bankrupt. The
tn n iki ". came members of the firm closed the ftore
to 0 _.iKe time he has ; 0D ,londay of week°8M ,be MoPe
WOODMEN OF WORLD HAVE LAK
GEST CLASS IN HISTORY
OF ENID.
F. Fowler, special manager of the
Woodmen of the World, is in Enid
making arrangements for the largest
class initiation of any fraternal or-
ganization In this city. Oklahoma
wrote more new applications and took
in more new members in 1 DOS) than
other state in the Sovereign Jurisdic-
tion. There will be eight degree
teams here to compete for this juris-
diction cahmpionship. Mr. Fowler is
very much impressed with Enid and
says the time is not very far off when
Enid will |)e th-" largest city in the
state, so he is joing to give this city
the largest, camp in Jurisdiction P.
There will be several Sovereign Ju-
risdiction officers present for this oc-
casion between three and four thou-
sand Woodmen will be here. The
\\ oodnien of the World has a reserve
fund of nine million five hundred
thousand dollars to protect yon
against extra assessments and is pos-
itively the largest and strongest frat-
ernal Insurance organization in the
world. Mr. Fowler can be found at
Dr. Mahoney's office, Rooms 427-29,
Chamber or Commerce building, the
thousand class will start to initiate
Tuesday, April 5, and will continue for
three or four days.
LAUNDERERS IN SESSION
The first annual convention of the
Oklahoma Launderers' Association
drew to a close Tuesday afternoon. The
two days' session had been interesting
and profitable and altogether pleasing
to the forty of the fitfy-two members
who were present The reports of the
officers which were made, showed the
n-w organization to be in a prosper-
ous condition with prospects of rapid
growth and great usefulness. It is
composed of progressive men who are
engaged in the business at various
Points in the new state. This associa-
tion was organized a year ago, the
launderers having been theretofore
associated with those of Kansas in a
two-state organization. A constitution
for the new organization was among
the matters in course of preparation
by the committees. An interesting pa-
per in which improvements in meth-
ods of business were discussed was
presented at an evening session by H.
E. Louthan, of Enid.
State Secretary Bill Cross issued a
state charter Wednesday of this week
to the State Life Insurance Company,
capital stock $150,000, with principal
offices at Enid. The Incorporators of
the company are C. R. Williams, C.
R. Griffin, Joe P. Giles, Jacob M.
Griffin, J. W. Francisco, H. G. Mc-
Keever, D. M. Walker of Enid, and
C. W. Trlppey, Ringwood, J. L.
Hughey, of Cleo, Isaac Kaufman, Car-
men.
The organization of the company
will be perfected right away from the
incorporators. The purposes of the
company will be the writing of old
line life Insurance. The Incorporat-
ors are all substantial citizens who
understand the business and intend to
make it a financial success to a de-
cided extent.
It will write old line insurance and
will undoubtedly prove a big insti-
tution for Oklahoma and for Enid. It
is not a hot air proposition but a big
business deal which will have an im-
mense import in our local affairs in
the future.
committeemen stood for the Stanford
substitute:
F. F. Rice, Tulsa.
John Johnson, Washington.
H. E. Stanford, Okmulgee.
W. T. Drake, Creek.
S. E. Walker, Craig.
The other eleven votes including E4
Perry of Coalgate and Dan Crafton of
Pottawatomie came from the third and
foruth congressional districts,now rep-
resented in congress by democrats.
THE SPECIAL SESSION.
WHAT THE VOTE MEANT AND WHO
VOTED.
There was only one contest at the
big republican state meeting at Guthrie
and that was over endorsing the re-
cords, work and partisanship of the
three republican congressmen from
Oklahoma. In other words, a few
Guthrie, Okla., Jan. 20—The expect-
ed has happened and by proclamation
of Governor Haskell the legislature Is
assembled in extraordinary session.
While taxation and the fees and sal-
aries of county officers alone are men-
tloned in the proclamation it Is almost
certain that other l-hings will be sub-
mitted during the session, as the gov-
ernor, after conference with the legis-
lators is made to anticipate sucli ac-
tion as he would endorse on the sev-
eral topics. Coming as it does, on
the eve of a state campaign, the demo-
crats feel, and no doubt rightly, that
the holding of the session will be tak-
en by many as a reflection on the
party in power, and every effort will
be made to enact legislation that will
prove sufficiently popular to counter-
act this. The republicans haven't any-
well defined policy, but every oppor-
tunity will be embraced to put the
majority in the hole politically.
There is strong probability that
what legislation is enacted will be
passed on in democratic caucus before
it is presented in either house. Gover-
gentlemen attending the committee fol- "0'' Haslie" s most violent critic never
lowed the lo.jri nf u n* n , . ■ questioned his political sagacity. In
COURT NEWS.
, view of thi3 it is not a violent assump-
tion'that the governor will submit tc
the lawmaker® no subject until he is
lowed the lead of H. E. P. Stanford and
attempted to eliminate such endorse-
ment. Stanfords substitute was tabled
by a vote of 42 to 24. And several com- . - — — —
mltteemen were under the impression |e"y tllorough,y satisfied by demo-
that .when they voted "no," they voted ' C'raUC caucus' or otherwise, about
against theStanford substitute where-is! WhUt aCt'°n WlH be had thereon- The
it required 'ayes" to table the substl- i l™po"ance of the session from a po-
JyJg I lltlCHi Stnnrinnin* w'li ..n j u. _
For the third time a jury in the
county court returned a verdict Tues-
day afteraooin finding J. H. Cook,
proprietor of the Court pool hall,
guilty of ithe charge of selling liquor
illegally. The case was hotly con-
tested and there was much interest
tn the proceedings.
The first time the verdict of the
jury was thirty days in the county
jail and a fine of fifty dollars, the
second I3me the jury fired the pun-
ishment at seventy-five days In jail
ain'i ,a fine of $250 and the Jury yes-
terday imposed a punSshnient of six-
ty diavs In jail and a fine of $300.
Thomas Cotter and Wm. Hogan of
Lahoma are under arrest for gamb-
ling. They were arrested yesterday
by Sheriff Campbell. Both were re-
leased on bond.
Seven committeemen In Congress-
man Morgan's district voted against
tabling Stanford's substitute, but three
of the men voting held proxies and
lived outside the counties represented,
as follows:
Edward Bradbury, Majors,
w. I. Lacri, Caddo.
W. F. Bush, Beaver.
W. I. Drummond of Enid represented
Cimarron county by proxy and voted
"no."
R. G. Brownlee of Oklahoma City,
represented Dewey county by proxy.
I lltlcal standpoint w'll undoubtedly
make for party solidarity to a degree
never known in Oklahoma except for
the 6 months that the rythmic strokes
of the Haskell-Murray organization in
the Constitutional Convention gave
daily lessons in the political Fine Art*
to the "Twelve Apostles."
Appropriations for the Code Com-
mission, the state board of public af-
fairs and the school for the blind at
Fort Gibson, and amendments to the
bank deposit guaranty law and the
school land leasing aclt, are some ot
the things that Governor Haskell Is
tuuuiy oy proxy. vmcmui tiasKell is
H. D. Levy, of Muskoee, represented ertaln to submit to lhe legislature.
A rnPt- /•nun*,, u.. fllW«Vo npnvMttim * u „ A , ,
always providing that the majority
caucus decides to pass bills that win
meet with his approval.
Harper county by proxy.
Only one committeeman In McGuire's
district voted against endorsing the
congressman, that being Dr. Janeway
of Stillwater.
in Creager's district the following nesday ' GUthHe We*
THE ENID MARKETS
Mr. and Mrs. J. Loewenthnl and
Mr. and Mrs. s. Hyman of Chicago
I are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. A.
Herzbcrg today.
Wheat, hard
Wheat, soft .
104
lOf
Corn
Oats
4f
Hens
9 M
Springs
9V
Turkeys
Roosters
Geese
Eggs, No. 1 candled ..
n-
Flour
Potatoes
Hides, O. S
Hides, green .
FAIRY SOAP FREE.
Mr. F. t. Deal, representing Fair-
banks' Famous Five, Is with us, and
during his stay we are authorized by
the N. K. Fairbank Co. to offer spe-
cial concessions on their fine pro-
ducts, amounting to almost 20 per
cent.
Sunny Monday Laundry Soap
Fairy Toilet Soap
Gold Dnst
Glycerine Tar Soap
PI'MMO SOAP—The Dirt Chaser
representing everything necessary for
cleanliness in person and home, are
included in this offer. You can save
money on soap, from 25c worth to a
whole box—for instance, $5 worth of
soap, assorted as you wish, for $4.50,
find 8 bars Fairy or 2 packages Oold
Dust and Soap Shaver (15c) free. Mr
Seal at his soap counter in the store
will be pleased to tell you of the mer-
ts cf his goods.
CALIFORNIA FRUIT!
We have lots of fine California
fruits and need .Money. We offer for
Spot Cash:
Lusks Bear Brand, one of the finest
California peaches, extra nice fr"utt
in rich, heavy granulated sugar syrup,
cases contain two dozen full weight
cans Apricots, Peaches, Pear , Cher-
ries, Grapes, Egg and Green Gage
I lums, assorted, per dozen $2,00
Excelsior lirand, a strictly satisfac-
tory fruit In sugar syrup, full weight
cans, assorted as above in cases ot
two dozen, per dozen $1*06
Peaches, Plums, Apricots! staple
brands, a limited quantity, at per
dozen il.5#
We guarantee your satisfaction by
refunding money In case ot dissatis-
faction.
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Purcell, F. Everett. The Enid Events. (Enid, Okla.), Vol. 18, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 20, 1910, newspaper, January 20, 1910; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc147526/m1/1/: accessed April 23, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.