The Weekly Times-Journal. (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 17, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, November 8, 1907 Page: 3 of 8
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oklahoma city time&jJOUrnal.
Oklahoma City Times-Journal.
All this has caused a shortage iu fluid capital which
lms made itself felt on both continents. Through
the revelnttCUv) of crookedness in the conduct of the
Daily Edition—Published everv dav iu the vear. | heM,,1H..of ,,f ®ur '""urance companies and the
Evenings (except Sunday and Sunday morning. coups of some of our railway magnates
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Cortez Brown ..
Ralph 51. Brown
Geo. W. Lieber .
Ed C. liixse
Editor
Associate Editor
linsinrss Manager
... Snpt. .lob Department
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■SUBSCKHTION BATES.
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Daily, by Mail, per Year .' 3.00
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Advertising rates upon application at office or
by mail.
SUCCESS BESTS WITH PEOPLE.
It must be evident to most people that the com
mission system is to be tried in Oklahoma City and
In preparing for this change the people should make
a careful'study of the plan as tried in other places
and then apply the best here. If mistakes have been
made by other cities and time enough has elapsed
to show what were mistakes, these should be avoided.
Certain ends are to be attained in making the
changes and certain things found to be hurtful under
the present plan are to be eliminated. Great care
must be used in drafting the charter or failure will
attend the efforts at both ends.
First, a more compact body is desired, one where
there is less trouble in settling controversies. Long
discussions are to be dispensed with in order to
secure the co-operation of ignorant aldermen. Purely
business methods are desired and a closer supervis-
ion of all work by the officials is sought.
The elimination of politics from the business of
the city is desired, and just such careful, intelli-
gent attention to public affairs as is given to private
business is the greatest thing sought.
The commission, if reduced to four men, could
more easily come to an understanding than a large
body, especially if the four men are paid salaries
and required to give their whole time to the busi
ness of the city. Four meu, If honest a:id not work
ing constantly for secoud or third terms, could do
the work more expeditiously than a score of such
men who can afford to give only "meeting night" to
the consideration of the business of the city.
The commissioners must l!e elected by the city
at large to insure the choice of good men. If the
entire city votes on candidates they must be men of
some prominence to be well enough acquainted to
secure votes. A ward plan would make matters
worse than before.
The desire to eliminate politics will be the hardest
to attain. The political itch may have just as
strong a hold ou four men as upon twenty, especially
when fair salaries are attached. The four commis-
sioners might be above resorting to political trickery
to secure election, but that would not be because of
the system, but because of the character of the men
selected. This evil could be obviated by making it
impossible for a commissioner to succeed himself in
office. Some plan of civil service which make sub-
ordinates safe as long as they do their duty and are
not personally obnoxious must go with such a
scheme.
However, in the end the success or failure of the
commission plan depends upon the intelligence, inde-
pendence and activity of the people. If the people
chose officials with care and plan works well. The
present plan in Oklahoma City has worked admira
bly because for years the majority of the council
Irrespective of party, have been clean, able meu
able, honest commissioners are selected the plan will
succeed, but if men are selected for any other reason
than their fitness for the work no amount of money
paid them in salaries will secure good results. Men
should have salaries, but salaries do not make honest
capable or even industrious officials. Dr. Messen
baugh, without salary, did as much work for the city
as the present incumbent who secures ?200 a montii
for his services.
This Is not meant for a criticism on Mr. Scales,
but is intended to show that the man and not the
salary does the work.
and wildcat bankers the I'nited States has made
additional contribution to the list of factors which
have unsettled the world's exchanges.
THE WORLD'S UNITY OF INTEBESTS.
tember. This would indicate that the man who "is
given a monopoly of the sales in Oklahoma will have
a pretty rich snap. In the county in which Wichita
is situated there are doubtless other drug stores, but
in Oklahoma county all must come to Oklahoma
Citr.
Globe Democrat: Once more we get u striking
Illustration of tho world's fellowship in interests and
responsibilities. The monetary flutter in New York
Instantly registered itself on every bourse on all the
continents. To fill the vacuum which was created
In the cash supply of the United States gold started
from Europe's financial centers in our direction,
American stocks went up or down on the world's
exchanges in sympathy with the mutations on this
•ide of the water, and the Imperial Bank of Ger
many and the Rank of England immediately ad
Tamed their discount rutes. Over (25,000,000 of
gold is on the way to the United States to relieve
the tension here, while the big national banks of
Europe, fearing that the movement to us will create
a shortage in their financial centers, are employing
all the conventional devices to diminish its flow.
Much of the money which started toward us In the
early part of the week just ended, was attracted here
by the shortage on our side of the water which gave
It a better earning power than it could get elsewhere.
Through our exports of cotton, tobacco, oil, copper,
wheat and other commodities which have started
outward now in considerable volume we are estab-
lishing credits in Europe which will give us com
mnnd of all the gold which wo will need to meet ail
our demands.
The financial dislurbHnce which we are experiene
lng is part of a wave of unrest which Is sweeping
over the entire world. In different ways each country
hns contributed to it, aud the sum of the influences
are registering themselves on every exchange all
over the globe. England's expenditure of $1,200,-
000,000 in the Boer war which closed In 1902; Bus
sin's outlay of $1,000,000,000 and Japan's ftiOO.OOO,
COO in the wnr of 1904." between those countries;
the $.'100,000,000 loss by the earthquake and fire in
Ban Francisco in 1900, combined with the social
tonvulsions in Russia a year or two ago and the
Morocco scare in more recent times, have unsettled
the world's financial equilibrium. Accompanying
these monetary drains and disturbances there has
been nn expansion In the trade of most of the great
Industrial and commercial countries and an advance
la tie price of labor and of all Important oominodi- The weather has been simply perfect, whlelj ia to
ties which hare had no parallel in the world's ujuuuls. buj that it is like ail autumn weather ia Oklahoma.
NEVER CHECKED STATE'S GROWTH.
The financial flurry is over and business is once
more about normal and will be fully so within a few
days. In ten days time building and all forms of
business will he greater than ever liefore. The finan-
cial flurry has increased people's confidence in Okla-
homa. This may sound like a rash statement, but
when the situation is gone over, it will la' found to
be true.
The people have made a careful study of the basis
of wealth of the state and are amazed at the dis-
closures.
The people have found more cash, cotton, wheat,
corn, broonicorn, oats, kaftlr, coal, asphalt, oil and
cement ready to be tui mtl into cash than tin y ever
dreamed of. They have discovered that the products
of the state are in demand and that vast sums of
money are coming to the state in exchange for these
products. Here they see capitalists who fear to
invest in bonds of transportation companies looking
over the natural resources of the state with a view
to investing where no chances are taken. The nat-
ural resources of this state have not been touched
and they lie in the midst of a great and wealthy
population.
Here capital can be invested with safety and with
returns certain. Money from outside will come con
stantly for years yet and this insures a mighty ad
vaoce.
The agricultural population is abend of the city
population aud the runal population should be one-
fourth greater. Two millions of people are a cer-
tainty within five years and this little flurry will
not check the great stream of people and cash com-
ing to the greatest of the great western states.
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THE FIGHf AGAINST PUBLICITY.
Kansas City Star: Chancellor Dav as the mouth-
piece of the special interests discloses the whole
animus of the class he stands for in his characteriza-
tion of Mr. Roosevelt as a "chief detective with gi
gantic bureaus of informers and a corps of special
investigators."
The one action of the people which "frights the
souls of fearful adversaries" is action leading to
publicity. You can take it right here at home and
you can see how the corporations have offered pro
testing opposition to the people's determination to
get at the facts. All the activities of the public
service monopolies of Kansas City are aroused
against the public utilities commission, which pro
poses nothing more than to let the public know
what sort of a deal it is getting.
As long as these corporations, and special Inter-
ests everywhere, can keep the public in ignorance of
facts, as long as they can keep the people "guessing,''
the corporations believe that they can continue their
oppressions. They trust to the conservative dispo-
sition of the American people not to take adverse
action against any individual or any interest until
they are sure that their action will not result in in-
justice. Public enlightenment is the thing the cor
porations dread, for they know that with intelligent
information to guide them the people will go straight
to the square deal.
Rut the corporations do not realize this fact with
more perfect accuracy than the people themselves
realize it. The lessons which publicity has already
taught are just as surely comprehended by the pen
pie as by the corporations.
And there you have the issue for Kansas City in
the demand for the public utilities commission: On
the one side the people demanding information; on
the other the corporations exerting every effort to
impose upon them confusion and ignorance. The
wonder is that the corporations and their allies can
believe for one moment that they can succeed in
such a contest.
Yesterday this paper referred to a meeting of the
governors of South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama
to discuss railroad rates, and then quoted a state
ment alleged to have been made by the governors to
the effect that the states must be allowed to settle
interstate business. This paper said it believed the
governors had been incorrectly quoted. By further
investigation we found that to be the case. They
claimed the right to settle all questions of transpor-
tation within their respective states, which is very
different from settling questions arising from trade
extending from one state to another.
People have been much puzzled over the news from
Washington concerning the Oklahoma appointments.
The people will discover that most of the reports
which have come from headquarters have been mere
guesses. Some of the statements made have been
worse than guesses, as in some instances statements
known to be false have been sent out for the purpose
of discrediting the administration.
The twenty five druggists of Wichita, Kansas, for
the month of October made 7,4,54 sales of liquor.
This is said to be a decrease over the sales for Sep
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If a saving in Time, Money and i'touble appeals t i
you, ask lor the
Long Distance Operator
and leave an order for the out-of-town party you
wish to see.
No other method of transacting your business will
compare with the TELEPHONE.
Combine Eiticiency with Economy.
PIONEER
TELEPHONE AND
TELEGRAPH
COMPANY
Robert C. Clowry
erul manager
county, 111., oj
if the
She
Robert C. Clowry, capitalist and president and K«
Western Union Telegraph Company. \vn horn In Will
Sth, 183S. He received an ordinary public school education. Mr. CI
married Ml us Caroline A. PMabrook on Aug. 29th. 1865 at Omaha.
died in April, 1896. His li one Is In New York City and his wealth is eal-
culated as amounting to millions. He is one or the powers In the telegraph
and telephone corporations not only In the United Stat m but abroad. Mr.
Clowry served In the Union army and made a gallant record during his
services.
W li CORSETS
Best Without Costing Most
ALL DEALERS SELL THEM AT $1.00 UPWARDS
WEINGARTLN "BROS.,
Makers, 377-379 1i r o u d u a v , N . Y,
OKLAHOMA MISCELLANY
There Is every evidence that the
business of the country will be on a
suundeT basis after the flurry than it
was before.
Vegetables from the garden In No-
vember seems unnatural to the man
from the north, but nevertheless
pleasing.
The best Insurance the farmer can
carry is a diversity of crops. Plan
now how you may be certain of returns
next year.
Tho Tulsa World estimates the
value of buildings nqw under construc-
tion In Tulsa at $1,000,000. Tulsa is
making great strides toward greatness.
During the week In Oklahoma, whe
the banks refused to pay out currencj
many a loving parent robbed the 1
child's penny bank to get cash to buy
groceries.—K. C. Journal.
The Chickasha schools have been
closed the past week on account of an |
outbreak of dlptheria. No new cases |
have developed and I( Is probable that
they will be opened again In a few j
days.
While reports come from many !
towns that the saloon m n is going out
of business there is HQ evidence that i
he will leave a vacant room. The '
change will hardly be perceptible, ex- {
cept that the character of many por- j
tlons of the towns will be changed.
There will be no occasion for Idle I
men In Oklahoma. Not a town any
size but Is making public Improve- |
ments that will call for thousands of
workmen, not a town but has many |
buildings under construction and many
more In .contemplation; the farmer
will continue to pick cotton up to the j
holidays, while newcomer must opt n ;
his farm and prepare for the spring j
work. Oklahoma is all right.
success as ho is and the best wishes of
the entire populace are his. The ques-
tion of the location of the school was
deferred until this morning, but it
seems to be the sentiment of the dele-
gates that Lawton will be the succ. • -
ful bidder. After the services last
night the children were tendered a
banquet at the Vienna Cafe. Tho ques-
tion of the location of the next con-
vention will come up today and the
chances are strongly In favor of Sul-
phur as the fortunate city.—Ardmore
Democrat.
To the jungles of Cuba went four
eager oil men a few days ago In a
wild race to capture a valuable oil
lease from a full-blood Indian who
was soldiering In that far-off Island.
C. H. Halney and George Irwin of
Muskogee, Hud Heady of Nowata, and
H. W. Whltford of Independence.
• Kas., were the contestants in the race.
I The course Included several hundred
j miles of railway travel, passage across
j the stormy Gulf of Mexico, unother
j railway journey across the smiling Cu-
ban Isle, and then a plunge Into the
i tropical jungles. Whltford was the last
. man to start, but by a fine maneuver
j he won the prize. Edward T. New-
come Is a full-blood Del.iwar <"hero-
i kee Indian and Is a private In the
Kleventh regular C. S. cavalry, which
I is at present stationed in Cuba. lie is
j the possessor of forty acres of land In
. the Delaware oil Held. For iwm'e time
i oil men have been searching for the
I owner of the forty, which Is very val-
| uable. Several of them discovered his
whereabouts at tho same time. Bud
Heady of Nowata left for Cuba at
| once and reached there several days
| ahead of any of the others. He con-
gratulated himself on his way that he
had gotten ahead of the other fellows,
and started In to ilnd his Indian. II.
POSITIONS
Contr.n t jilven, hacke.l In $300,000.00
DRAUGHON'S
Oklahoma City, Baltimore Bldt|., (irand Ave., and Muskogee
Bookkeeping, Ranking, Shorthand, Penmanship, Telegraphy etc In-
dorsed l\v hnsxes; men. Also teach hv mail. Write, phone or call
" al io " 30 COLLEGES IN 17 STATES . . .
SECURED
or Money Back
apital and IX years' sncce
PRACTICAL
Business College
ries, labor, maintenance, renewals and
repairs. The sum paid for the coach's
services wus, of course, part of tho
outgo. At Cambridge Mr. Held was
recompensed. At Vale Mr. Camp was
recompensed. Mr. Crane, the present
head coach of the Harvard squad, re-
ceives no financial reward.
Another heavy Item Is the salary
of the trainer and the wages for his
assistants. At Yale this outlay is tab-
ulated partly under the expenses of
the athletic association and partly un-
der the salarie- of the administration.
REPORTED
SIGHTING
MISSING SHIP
The pric
fo
fall-
figures. I,ast >
| ;I7 were expended
Mini for doctors i
I It was $74 3.28.
• 'la t io
lla
ne
last
> the limits
it Yale $1,01
home nlwa
fof the two f
lade two Jot
of
eton.
o Jon
one to Y «1,
and Prln
for her l<
On hotelt
spent tho eonsld<
!!! The diffel'e
of tabulation at
■xplalns In part
No! Credited. Believed Captain
ot the Combemere Saw
Sister Ship ot the
Arthur Sewall
the rival unlversltle
bet
thf
found him, wined and dined him,
about had the deal fixed, hut Ge
and
urge
fast on
In the
Irwin, though he
travel, cabled the Indian lie v
ing and told him to wait bl-
and thus nipped Heady's pla
bud. Then Irwin and c. H. Harney
started for Cuba. They arrived there
a few days later. The three oil men
kept the poor Indian In a maze with
their efforts to fiustrate the deal of the
other fellow. And In the meantime,
YV. H. Whltford, of Independent-'-,
took up the trail and a few days latt r
the Cubans had In their midst another
which thev have heU, for h„fe, I
lUng a crop be- | hfl
nlMVAd Ilia tfiiii.1t oo-.l pr(
the New
lartfe mi in
If the u
Haven the
bridge tw
eventful r
id
Included the ei
nses and their
Monday John C, rigsby sold fiOO
bushels « f wheat for $1.00 per bushel.
T. K. Winter Is another farmer with j
over 1,000 bushels of wheat on hand j
which he Intends to rmrket at onee.
A good many of our farmers have con- ;
sidcrable corn and wheat on hand ;
->f I lie
"•(ball .
■d to give the
eJI up Into the thr<
prices. The day of
fore It is grown has about passed'with I /"m ,r.UII!.|,„0?1rd :""1
Custer county farmers. A^ a rul«< the ! / the Indian - full-blood mother,
farmers are prosperous and are malt- : ^ m brought from the terrl-
ing substantial Improvements or buy-
Killing officers for attempting to enforce laws i.s
n poor way to sec ti re leniency toward joints. Tho
people of Paul's Valley will feel no more kindly
toward joints because an officer was murdered by u
joint patron.
There is not today a knocker in the whole state.
Even the chronics who caught the disease before
tlie.v came here stand silent before the indisputable
evidence of progress and prosperity.
Jufit as soon as the eastern firms which are after
Oklahoma's cotton,-corn, broonicorn aud livestock
got their cash here there will be money in Oklahoma
to push all enterprises.
lng more land. The day Is not far
distant when Custer county farms will
be selling at $4 0 to $f,0 per acre, with
plenty of takers.—Butler Herald.
A. S. Huoy, of tho B.vllesby com-
pany, with headquarters in Chicago,
ived a telegram yesterday stat-
ing that the monetary conditions
there had considerably Improved and
a return to normal conditions was
soorf expected. Mr. Huey stated that
the west was better prepared finan-
cially to stand a strain of monetary
depression than the east, but said that
the present trouble was only tem-
porary and that after the scare had
passed the financial Interests would be
In better shape then they ever were.
Mr. Huey left last night for Oklahoma
City.—Ft. Smith American.
Among the Wichita herd of buffalos,
brought recently from the New York
zoological park to the National Game
Park In th«« Wichlt^ mountains, there
is great rejoicing over the arrival or
their first-born back in their native
prairie home, it Is a bull calf, born
on October 30, and he i very active
and comes provided wiih a shaggy
winter suit. The newly arrived baby
buffalo has been named "Jfornaday"
the name being chosen for the first-
born because I)r. Hornadny of the
New York Zoologloal society Is the
man who first thought of starting a
great national game pr erve In the
Wichita mountains, end it Is due to
his efforts that the fine herd of buffa-
loes now In the park wo- presented to
the United States government by the
Zoological society. The fifteen buffa-
loes sent here from New York are the
pick of a herd of forty-fi head.
o ry.
He gilt the Indlt
lease, paying over $6,000.
three oil men returned ho
sadly to themselves of th
ties of life Muskog
crat.
and i
figure
Til
thinking
lie-.ti,tin -
The feature of the p
tlon was presented last n!
chl.dren from the Orpha
Oklahoma City appeared
and sang for the vlsltii
1st conven-
ht wlien 26
*' Home at
FOOTBALL COSTLY
TO THE COLLEGES
Some Figures Illustrating the
Luxury of Playing tlie
Big Games
The annual Harvard-Ya
game puts one million <
circulation.
The two university foot I
tlons alone spend about $C<
" footballs to Yale
(ball
•ight
p.-nded last
rded In the ,
sting little ;
Portland, Ore., Nov. 5.—A special
1 dispatch from Seattle to. the Oregon-
ian says:
The American ship Ersklne M.
Phi Ips, a sister ship of the Arthur
Sewall, supposed to have been lost in
the Straits of Magellan, but reported
as lying «iif Cape Flattery by the
steamship Combemere, reached Seat-
tle last night. In every wuy (he Phelps
answers the description of the Sewall
and Captain Grahairt says he was
beating up toward the entrance to tho
Straits of j nun Do Fuca last Saturday
when the Combemere reported having
j sighted the Bewail. It is possible that
the combemere saw the Phelps as no
! further word has come indicating the
j Si wall is safe. The SeWall was en
I route to Seattle from Philadelphia
with MOO tons of coal for the Pacific
Coast company and has not been
spoken for seven months when the
j Coinboniere'M story was received. The
j 1'ln lps arrived from Philadelphia with
4,600 tofts of coal.
GIRLS STOLEN
AND SENT
TO PANAMA
Battle Creek, Mich., Nov. fi.—That
girls are being stolen from American
homes and sent to Panama for lin-
bourdlng h
•M i • ■ .l"lui
old girl sh<
icr she had been
treet, New York,
i. Miss Johnson
I In her efforts
a dery and later
lie girl had be*' n
and she i
e girl who
had
from
der to
thi
elevei
TIip pl>oplc cannot realize that tills city has ad-
vanced to that stage where an elevated railroad is
needed. The city actually grows away from the j .r.-'^dTnU «Tn
ten minutes from the time she had
—-o - ■ I finished approximately $8,000
people living here.
Tho building record for last month was unusually 1 for benefit of the Orph
great, but not so great as will mark each month tor | Mc,clnney' ,h®
two years to come.
deserves
with any degi
says the Boston Herald. Adc
amount the cost which the p
curs In order to witness tin
Im ' VIM the gn|{ || ,
rivals—an Indeterminate, but
Jy very large sum—and even
vidual who Is not afflieted v
on the Importance of the I
Yale football matt h must be
ed.
The end of all efforts at
end Yale fields is this event,
any presentation of the finwr
pect of the November d ty v. fa
lects to Include mention of
pensea of the preliminary ]<.
of the fact that the pralimin
■ion Is rightly named.
Xxist year Harvard spent
Y. .e went this fig,IP- severa
better by spending I8B.000.
previous year, when the ge
played on the stadium gridlrr
vard spent $L' ,000.
The grsatsst Items In . the <
of the two universities for the
Harvard-Yale game are those
The
MUFiDERER
SENTENCED TO BE
ELECTROCUTED
superintendent of the hon
fMtt for his effort. Jle was formerly I bV
pastor of tho Broadway Bapt'st iMfltlOft" Is the
church here and no man who ever rs- l°oks aft. r the j \\
elded In the city has mor< friends | Yule's administration last y.-ar • t
thau lit. They ore as proud qZ hie 17,800. 'IklB money went for salt.
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