The Edmond Sun (Edmond, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 16, No. 38, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 8, 1905 Page: 3 of 16
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PRESIDENT INAUGURATED
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WASHINGTON: Tlic roost bril-
liant and imposing Inauguration
of any president of the United
States iviu the ceremonies trans-
forming Theodore Roosevelt from
presidt-nt bjr chance to president
liy choice; from president through
tho iiKS:injiin' hullett to president
through the ballots of tho people.
The day was nil that could be
desired tor the groatost occasion of
American citizens. Tlio capital
city was decorated most lavishly
to receive the largest gathering of
people assembled within her limits
to witness a presidential Inaugur-
ation. The ceremonies passed off
withot any unusual Incident.
GIVES PEOPLE A VOICE
Emperor Nicholas Issues Rescript
Giving Peo,pie a Right of Hearing
ST. PETERSBURG: In the Alexan-
dra palace at Tsarkoe-Selo, surround-
ed by the ministers and a few mem-
bers of the court, and with the em-
press at his side, Emperor Nicholas
affixed his signature to a rescript
containing his majesty's decree to
give elected representatives of the
people an opportunity to express their
wishes in the preparation of the laws
of the empire.
This is the autocracy's final re
sponse to the agitation in favor of par-
ticipation by the people in govern-
ment, which has brought Russia in the
last few months almost to the brink
of revolution.
No change in the regime of auto-
cracy is involved for the present, and
it means neither a constitution nor
a national assembly. At the same
time, it recognizes the principle of
the people's right to be heard regard-
ing laws under which they must live.
Whatever tho result may be, the
document is suro to mark an epoch
in Russian history as Important as
the sfgning of the emancipation mani
festo, the twenty-fourth anniversary
of which it was intended to signalize.
STILLWATER: The possibilities
of irrigation in Oklahoma are becom-
ing more patent as the interest in ir-
rigation Increases. J. H. Dawson of
this city, an irrigation engineer of
ability and wide acquaintance in
Oklahoma and Texas, in discussing
the matter said:
Many farmers have an idea that
Irrigation belong exclusively to the
arid country, and that it would not
be profitable in a humid or semi-
arid country. If they will but take
the trouble to secure bulletins issued
by the agricultural department of the
United States they will find that irri-
gation is being quite extensively used
in many of the humid states, espec-
ially those bordering on the Atlantic
ocean and Gulf of Mexico, and some
of the interior states, such as Mis-
souri, Wisconsin, etc., for even in
these states the rain does not always
come at a time when most .needed
for the growing crops.
'It seems to be the impression
among many that it requires large
capital and large bodies of land to
properly develop an irrigation propo-
sition, and that it has to be done on a
large scale or not at all. Such is not
the case, as the people are beginning
to find out in some of the more
progressive portions of our country.
A plant to irrigate 10,000 acres and
costing upwards of $100,000 to in-
stall is usually governed by a board
ct directors, whose experience in the
practical work of irrigation Is gener-
ally very limited,,and not being well
versed in that line hire an inexperi-
enced manager, because he can be se-
cured at a smaller salary than a com-
petent man, and the result Is that
Tulsa's Waterworks System Tested
TULSA: Tho Tulsa waterworks
system, just completed, was tested,
and proved satisfactory to its builders
and the city. It is said to be the
finest waterworks system in the world
located in a city tho size of Tulsa.
Steam for the two pumps, which l\ave
a capacity of 4,500,000 gallons of
water daily, vis furnished by boilers
of 200 horse power. A stand pipe 202
feet above the level of the city fur-
nishes a pressure of eighty pounds to
the square inch. ^ During tho test
five streams of water wore thrown
one hundred feet high.
First American Born Abbott
GUTHRIE: H. Bernard Murphy of
Krebs has been elected abbott of the
Benedictine Sacred Heart abbey In
southeastern Oklahoma, and will be
the first American Incumbent. He is
to succeed Abbott Felix Degras3, who
died recently. The election took place
in* the abbey, and was previded over
by the Rt. Rev. Boniface Natter, lord
abbott of Buckfast, England, who
came to the United States especially
for this ceremony. Rev. Murphy was
born in Savannah, Ga., in 1858, and
joined the Benedictines in 1875 He Is
a pioneer worker among the Indians
in Oklahoma and Indian Territory.
Sold Broomcorn Not Their Own
ALVA: Samuel V. Biggs and J.
W. Maddox were given a preliminary
trial in the probate court here on the
charge of having shipped a car of
broomcorn that did not belong to
them. After hearing the evidence
tho judge required a bond of ?1,000
each. Roy .Green was also placed
under bond to appear as a witness.
I'.Lggs and Green furnished bond, but
Maddox was remanded to jail.
IRRIGATION IN
OKLAHOMA
J. H. DAWSON SAYS IRRIGATION
DOES NOT BELONG EXCLUSIVE-
LY TO Ar.lD SECTIONS
there will be a partial if not total
failure, whereas ono hundred farmers
owning and controlling one hundred
acres each under a system of irriga-
tion, directly under their own con-
trol and management, will show a
much greater per cent of success than
will the large plant. Farming by
Irrigation is an intensive system of
agriculture, and has always shown
better results where carried on in a
small way than on a large scale.
"There are very few places In
western Oklahoma where large plants
can be constructed covering a few
thousand acres, but there is scarcely
a square mile where one cannot find
a place to construct a small catch
basin or reservoir to store the stnrm
waters in quantity sufficient to irri-
gate from ten to forty acres, and
where It would be impossible to find
a suitable place for a catch 'basin,
then wells can be resorted to and a
supply pumped from the under strata
irto a storage tank built for the pur-
pose, and the water drawn out when
it is needed. There are vast bodies
of underground water in western
Oklahoma that when pierced by the
right kind of a well and the proper
machinery attached would furnish a
sufficient quantity of water to Irrigate
at least ten per cent of the surface
under which the strata Is found, bear-
ing in mind all the time that the res-
ervoty- is the basis upon which rests
the water supply, whether caught and
saved from the rains that descend or
whether pumped from the great
never-failing water strata from under
neath, and then held in readiness to
be turned on the fields when needed.
MAKE FARMERS
OF INDIAN BOYS
SUPERINTENDENT BENEDICT TO
INTRODUCE THE STUDY OF
AGRICULTURE IN THESCHOOLS
MUSKOGEE: With the opening
of spring, plans are being perfected
by J. D. Benedict, superintendent of
schools in Indian Territory, to intro-
duce the study of agriculture into all
the rural schools. If all goes well,
within the next few months every
%ounty school house will become a
miniature agricultural college, and
thousands of Indian youths will be re-
viving their fnrt lessons in tilling
iho soil.
Mr. Bene I'ct will send to the de-
partment of agriculture at Washing-
ton within the next few days for a
supply of garden seeds. These will
to distributed among the various
teachers, accompanied by a circular
letter requesting them to set out
small garden plots near the school
house and thus make a beginning to-
ward making farmers out of the In-
dians. While awaiting the arrival of
the seeds the teachers will be fur-
niched with copies of a well known
text book on the elements of agricul-
ture, which will be made a part of
the course of study.
The first school in which this study
has been taken up is the male semi-
nary at Tahlequah.
O. H. Lipp, assistant superintendent
of the Chilocco school for Indians in
Oklahoma, accompanied Superinten-
dent Benedict to Tahlequah and of
fered some suggestions to the teach
ers. Chilocco is a government school
with more than 700 Indian students
Most of the boys there are taught
agriculture, industrial arts being as-
signed to the girls only. Mr. Lipp
believes that the Indian youth in the
Indian Territory will make great prog
ress in the science of agriculture, as
Ills students d« at Chilocco. In the
Chilocco school thirteen Indian
tribes are represented among the
studen's. These students are from
all sections of the United States, with
the exception of Indian Territory,
where the Indians are provided with
their own school system.
FROM MISERY TO HEALTH.
A Prominent Club Woman, qf Kansas
City, Writes to Thank Doan's Kid-
ney Pills for a Quick Cure
Miss Nellie Davis, of 1216 Michigan
Avenue, Kansas
City, Mo., society
leader and club
woman, writes:
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much in praise of
i Doan's Kidney
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effected a com-
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very short time
when I was suffering from kidney
troubles brought on by a cold. I had
severe pains In the back and sick
headaches, and felt miserable all over.
A few boxes of Doan's Kidney Pills
made me a well woman, without an
ache, or pain, and I r">el compelled tc
recommend this reliable remedy."
(Signed) Nellie Davis.
A TRIAL FREE—Address Foster
Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For salt
by all dealers. Price, 50 cents.
The man who boasts that h<
neither borrows nor lends, must lead
a very monotonous life.
The rapidity with which some men
make money is only equaled by ths
rapidity with which other men lose It
Enrlteat Green On iona.
The John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse
Wis., always have something new, some-
thing valuable. This year they offei
among their nfew money making vege
tables, an Earliest Green Eating Onion
It is a winner, Mr. Farmer and Gardener!
JUST SEND THIS NOTICE AND 160.
and they will send jrou their big plant an<|
seed catalog, together with enough seed
to grow
1,000 fine, solid Cabbages,
2.000 rich, juicy Turnips,
2,000 blanching, nutty Celery,
2,000 rich, buttery Lettuce,
1,000 splendid Onions,
1,000 rare, luscious Radishes,
1,000 gloriously brilliant Flowers.
In all over 10,000 plants—this great offei
is made to get you to test their warranted
vegetable seeds and
ALL FOE BUT 160 POSTAOR,
providing you will return this notice, an<
if you wdl send them 26c in postage, thej
will add to the above a big package a
Salter's Fourth of July Sweet Corn—th<
earliest on earth—10 days earlier thai
Cory, 1'eepo'Day, First of Ail, etc. [W.N.U.]
A Bloody Battle
The most sanguinary of modern bat
ties was probably that of Moskowa ii
1812, when, of the 130,000 French sol
diers, 30,000 were lost, and of th<
140,000 Russians, 60,000 were killed.
ROBBERS AT WORK
Even In prison some of tho In-
mates may seem to make themselves
too free.
Bank at Clarksville and Frisco Sta-
tion at Boynton Visited
MUSKOGEE: The First State
bank at Clarkesville, ten miles north-
west of here, was robbed on March
1st. The robbers entered the rear
door of the bank building by means
of a crowbar and blew the safe with
nitro-glycerin, reducing it to a heap
of scrap iron. The burglars secured
about $5,000 and then made their es-
cape, though they were seen leaving
the banK There were three men in
the robbery.
The safe in the Frisco depot tt
Boynton, twenty miles west of Mus-
kogee, was blown open recently and
{300 stolen.
GUARDS WERE AWAKE
Prisoners After Working on a Tunnel
Discrvsred They Are Watched
NEWKIRK: Seven prisoners con-
fined in the old Kay county jail at
this place, made an attempt to es-
cape, but stopped their work upon
the discovery that they were being
watched. They had two tunnels dug,
when one of the prisoners happened
to look out and saw the shadow of a
guard. The guards had discovered
the plot early and were waiting until
it was ripe. The prisoners built a
fire on tho wood floor, which made a
hole whereby they got into the space
under the jail. The jail is old and
is kept heavily guarded until the r.ew
one i3 ready for use.
A Grateful Customer.
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thing did it any good at all. At last I
saw in a home paper Hunt's Cure was
being advertised and tried only a pari
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End it cured them. Now I can wash oi
do anything which beforo I could not
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Mrs. J. I. Blalock,
Miles, Texas, July 2, '04.
To A. B. Richards Med. Co., Sher-
man, Texas.
Every great man is always being
helped by everybody, for his gift
to get good cut of ali things and al
persons.—Ruskin.
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Blake, Mrs. C. B. The Edmond Sun (Edmond, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 16, No. 38, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 8, 1905, newspaper, March 8, 1905; Edmond, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc150000/m1/3/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.