The Enid Events. (Enid, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 16, 1908 Page: 1 of 8
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The Enid Events.
Vol 16
ENID, OKLAHOMA,iTHURSDAY, JANUARY |6, 1908.
No. 15
HARRYB.
The Man Store
EAST SIDE
If you are Looking for Bargains in Men's Wear Look on
Page Four,
Merchants
Get Busy.
One of the most enthusiastic;
meetings °f merchants ever h^ld Ui|
En'd convened In the Chamber ol
Commerce rooms, Friday, Januarv)
10th. It was attended by thirty of
our merchants all of whom en-'
isred heartily into the matta « un-
der discussion.
Mr. M. L. Brown, of Brown, Kras-
er & Co., was made Chairman -with
J. J. Cunningham as secretary.
it was stated that the cb;«'ct of
the meeting was o elect delegates
to the convention of retail mer-
chants to be held in Oklahoma City
next week.
It was thought best to form an
organization and on motion the Re-
tail Merchants Association was or-
ganized and Messrs. Overton, Swept.
Corry, Grubb and Faubion appointed
a committee on by laws. It was
then stated the object cf the meeting
at Oklahoma City was to discuss
matters of general good, to all mer-
chants, but particularly to draft ibbo
lutions to be presented to the Legis-
lature that will bring about the en-
actment of laws that will give re-
tail merchants proper protection in
various ways.
After considerable discussion it
wag agreed that five delegates be
elected with five alternates resulting
in election of Messrs. Byerley, Fau-
bion, Emerick, Gibbs and Sweet,
with Messrs. Grubb, Vesper, Ivouth-
an, Mosig and Champlin as alter-
nates.
'Mr. Emerick asked that the dele-
gation be instructed not to return
unless they had secured the meet-
ing next year at Enid. It was stat-
ed that these meetings were well at-
tended and resulted in general good
to the merchants and Mr. Emerick's
suggestion was voted a good one.
The question of advertising was|
taken upon acconut of the mevchants
being continually worked hy
agents soliciting space In all manner
of schemes, which was generally done
through their friends, whose names
were used without their consent. Af-
ter discussion it was agreed that
solicitors of thi8 kind be referred
to the secretary who could consult
a committee and present matter ask-
ing their opinion and if it was
thought to be a good scheme the sec-
retary to give the solicitor a letter
of endorsement, wihioh when pre-
sented to merchants would let them
decide as to whether or not they
wished to patronize. It was agreed
the same action would be tajien in
regard to donations and subscrip-
tions of all kinds.
The question of a credit bureau
was taken up and it was the opinion
of all present it could be operated
to good advantage here and would
be of more value to merchants than
those of outside bureaus.
It was then moved that adjourn-
ment be taken until Monday at 2:30
p. m. and Messrs. Louthan, Sweet,
Pfaeffle, Overton, Buttrey, Woolf be
appointed a committee to meet at
the Oklahoma Laundry office to ar-
range to call on all merchants ask-
ing them to attend meeting to be
held that afternoon.
The merchants are to be congrat-
ulated In the organizing of them-
selves and while it is thought it ha
been done to raise prices, it can be
stated that his is not the case and
the public need have no fear of any-
thing of that kind.
was no particular complaint, the |
usual reply being that they were
pretty soft in wet weather. It
therefore appears that the article
reetrred above was written with-
out investigation.
Secretary Cunningham has been in
communication with the good loads
committee of some of our other cit-
ies relative to holding a good roads
meeting for the purpose of formulat-
ing plans and outlining legislation to
the end that we secure the construc-
tion of good roada The Chamber
of Commerce is always glad to hear
complaints and will do their best to
arrange a remedy, but it would be
juSt to them to see that the com-
plaints are well founded before put-
ting it up to them to find there is
no grounds for complaint.
There was a meeting of the Ok-
lahoma Rural Telephone Co., at the
Court house Monday afternoon. Mat-
ters of general interest were dis-
cussed.
The Chamber of Commerce is in
communication with a gentleman
w'ho is attempting to locate a steel
plant. He states it will employ
from 75 to 100 men. In addition
thereto there will also be a brass
and iron foundry in connection
therewith.
INSURGENCY
Dreadful
Fire!
Shortly before the holiday recess
and after numerous resolutions
memorials and other measures had
been acted upon, in which the repub-
licans had taken an active though
ineffective part, they were urged to
cast their vote with the insurgents
upon a measure that was being con-
sidered.
The insurgent's attention was call-
ed to the fact that no portrait of
President Roosevelt or Lincoln was
to be seen in the Assembly Hall,
though pictures of Bryan, Jefferson
and many other noted democrats
hung conspicuously upon its walls,
and unles porper homage were paid
to the great liberator and due re-
spect to our popular president, that
no help might be expected upon
pending.
The insurgent member edged his
way down the aisle to the Speaker's
desk, whispered a few words in the
ear of the Czar, whereupon as son as
he could restore order by the use of
the gavel, he burst forth in a most
pathetic eulogy of the Martyred
Lincoln, and closed by ordering the
Sergent-at-arms to get portraits of
Roosevelt and Lincoln and have them
placed properly upon the wals, and a
Beverldge and Hamilton for their
work for Statehood was unaminously
adopted.
The minority is not unmindful of
its heroes and chiefB.
Just before the holiday recess, a
special mesage was received in the
"House" stateng that a report was
current that a portion of majority
had formed a compact with the mi-
nority members and that a dangerous
conspiracy threatened to defeat cer-
tain important legislation, and that
the executive Department hoped that
no true Democrats would seek by
such vile measures to defeat the will
of the people, not to say disarrange
certain plans that have been out-lln-
ed.
The minority members, though
few in numbers have so far caused
the chiefs, to .sit up and take notice,
Boyertown, Pa., Jan. 13—A catas-
trophe horrifying in its details and
sickening in its jresults tonight swept
nearly 100 souls of this borough in-
to eternity in almost the twinkling of
an eye and injured nearly three
score, many of them fatally. A ma-
jority of the killed were members of
the leading families of the town.
While the Scottish Reformation
was being reproduced in RUoades' op-
era house by Mrs. Monroe, of Wash-
ington, a tank used in a moving pic-
ture scene exploded. It seemed as
though the entire audience made a
mad rush for the exits the moment
the explosion occurred. A section of
the floor gave way, precipitating
scores of persons to the basement'. As
the floor collapsed the shrieks of the
helpless persons who were carried
down were heard for blocks.
It was scarcely five minutes from
the time of the explosion of the tanks
until the entire heart of the struc-
ture seemed a roaring furnace. There
was a mad scramble for the stairway
leading from the balcony, and scores
of women and children were knocked
down and trampled upon, many of
them doubtless being crushed to
death.
At least 50 persons, realizing that
exit by the stairway meant almost
certain death, risked their lives by
jumping from the windows. Limbs
were broken and skulls were crushed
by this daring method of escape.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE NOTES
An article appeared recently rela-
tive to the condition of the country
roads entering entering Enid.
To ascert ain the condition s Sec-
retary Cunningham of the Chamber
of Commerce on Sunday last drove
a mile on the roads and thought
them to be In pretty good shape.
He also made Inquiries of farm-
ers who he met, and one of them
stated he thought the roads In good
shape and thill he had heard no com-
plaint. He stated the heavy rains
recently made them a little bad for,
a short time but they extorted that,
in wet weather, but wrttld rather
have the bail roadH for a short
while than to have a dry spell and
good roads and no eropn
Secretary (lunnlnglinm nlmi re
A TRIE ESTIMATE
Guthrie, Okla., Jan. 9.—Chairman
F. W. Jacobs of the People's Party
today made public the following let-
ter to William Jennings Bryan, the
leter being of particular inerest at
this time because of Bryan's align-
ment with Governor's Haskell, whose
moto, "Let the people rule," Is al-
ready proving a veritable boomerang.
The letter folows:
"W. J. Bryan, Lincoln, Neb.
"Sir:—It is with deep regret that
I fel called upon to address you in
this vein today, but the cause for
which I, until lately, thought you
had at heart, demands it.
Common Intermeddler
I wish plainly to state to you the
reasons which compel me now, after
years of admiration and friendship,
to recall my support from al and any
reasons are: First, as to our local
situation. You have become a com-
mon intermedller in our local state
politics; you forced the nomination
of E. L. Fulton for congress, and
used public expense money to cam-
paign for his election: you early
championed the cause of C. N. Has-
kell for governor, and was unfair
with other candidates; you have
selected as your special friends in
Olahoma a ring of Democrats who
trample on the friends of reform,
who ignore the Populists. Thus
your practically made Democratic
legislation impossible with us.
In Haskell's Ring
"When you come to Oklahoma
which is ofeen these days, your old
friends In old Oklahoma are crowded
out, and Governor C. N. Haskell and
his coterie are in your bosom. You
have said that our constitution is the
best ever written when you knew the
leaders here had ruined it by chop-
ping the initiative and referendum
up. And your special friends now in
the legislature are farther making
that system void by, adopting the
emergency clause to bills. You said
in your last speech here that the
Democratic platform of 1896 was a
prophecy when you knew that the
People's platform, adopted at Omaha
in 1892 was the pronhecy and that
the Democratic platfot'm of 1896 was
but its echo. Then you offered an
insult to the wisdom of the People's
party and tried to take without right
to your party credit to which it could
make no just claim.
Greatest Foe To Reform
"Generally, you have become the
greatest foe to reform by your lapse
Into conservatism with whom our ad-
vocates have to do.
"Mr. Bryan, the Populists have
been your friends; they made you;
they taught you what little you know
that it is fallacy for this government
to put in private hands for private
profit that (money) which in its na-
ture is public, and made to meet the
public need. You are working for a
banking scheme and hope in the
great name of Bryan to conjure the
people. Government control is a
dream with you, and any franchise
will do if you can get it.
Die as Demagogue
"You are aware that a Bryan idol-
atry is sweeping over the country and
exult in it; but, sir, you will be
known in history as the greatest
demagogue that ever flew, flourished
and fell in the United States.
"It is evident that you will be
nominated again, and to thinkers it
is equally evident that you will be
aefeated again. Then what? Re-
formers will come to their senses,
and it is to be hoped will never again
pin their faith to a mere political
aspirant for office
"Let me tell you, Mr. Bryan, that
the Populists' demands have all
along been taken too Berlously to be
fritted away in words. Men who
stood in the storm of slander are not
easily defeated. They will succeed.
"Well, let us talk: After you,
which will be soon, what then?
"Would you have a return to the
old Cleveland Democracy? The De-
mocratic party likely will return, but
we cannot concede so much. Re-
formers will, having learned the folly
of fusion, fight for needed changes.
God-bye to Fusion
"Where will you be? We will
keep a party so you can make choice.
1 have followed every trail in Ne-
braska preaching your glory and the
need of reform, and sir, I confess, it
is a painful necessity that bids me
dismiss my hopes of you and quit
your personal case, but I, like your-
self, feel the dignity of American
sovreignty, and move forward in the
function of independent citizenship.
'So, believing that you impede
ptogress to the Populists' dostrines
that are as sacred to me and the peo-
ple's rights as religion 1b, by your
lapBe from reform and hunger for
office, and that it is no longer my
duty nor privilege to folow and fuse
with you, I bid you and fusion with
your,party a kind good-bye. With
respect, F. W. JACOBS,
Chairman of the People's Party of
Old Oklahoma.
Grand Jury
Report:
Killed Man Identified
The mail killed by Rock Island No.
24 at Lost Springs, Katis., New Years
morning and whose relatives were ad-
vertised for in last weeks Events was
Mr. Ed Hanson living seven miles due
wpcf, nf liwon
He was on his way to Miltonvale,
Kansas to visit his father and should
have changed to the Santa Fe at Lost
Springs. He was asleep when the
train stopped there and was awakened
but didn't realize it was his station
until the train was well under head-
way again. One train man told him
he could get off alright while another
advised him not to try it.
Mr. Hanson jumped and was killed
Instantly as his head was crushed and
back broken in two places. An arm
and one leg were also badly mangled.
Another man wiio was to get off at
the sa.ne place refused to jump off
and was carried on to Herlngtou and
returned on the next train. He
Identified the body as being that of a
man who had Jumped off the train
that a. m. Other than that he knew j0f,statecraft, and now for you to as-
TAMPERED WITH BILL
provided with seats.
We further recommend that the
court Order the Board of County
Commissioners to immediately remove
the old county jail and fence from the
Public Square.
We further recommend that the
Court order the Board of County
Commissioners to furnish and tit up
for female prisoners,(one room and one
room for juvenile prisoners, to be lo-
cated in the south end of the building
on the floor on which the county jail
is located, for the reason that as the
jail Is now located, there Is no plaoe
now to care for female prisoners, and
for the further reason that juvenile
prisoners may be kept separat e and
apart from older, hardened criminals
and thereby be protected from the
evil influences of such association:
We further recommend that the
court order the toard of county com-
missioners to provide reading matter
lor the prisoners in the way of two
daily newspapers and some magazines.
Otherwise, wa find the jail in excel-
lent condition; that it is kept clean
and sanitary and that the rules and
regulations with the prisoners are not
harsh and that the prisoners seem to
be perfectly satisfied with their treat-
ment aud that they are receiving
caieful attention and a sufficient
quantity and quality of food.
We have investigated the cases
that were brought before us by the
parties who circulated the petition to
call a grand jury and found no bill.
We further find that there is no
reason or cause at this time for the
convening of a grand jury, inasmuch
as all the cases have been properly
taken care of by the court aud county
attorney under the new procedure of
the constitution and that we herebj
suggest to the taxpayers of Garfield
county, that, before they exercise
their constitutional right of signing a
petition for a grand jury and incur
the extra expense entailed thereby,
phat they make an investigation of
the cases to be submitted to the grand
Jury and Inform themselves whether
or not there Is any reason for signing
The feature of Friday afternoon's
session of the senate was the calling
up of bill No. 150, which was ditched
by the speaker of the house Monday.
Speaker Murray gave as his reason
for the setting aside of this measure,
that it had not been properly certi-
fied and signed to the house from the
president of the senate. Senator
Brownlee read a brief history of
House Bill No. 150, which was the
bill providing for the remission of
certain taxes on the Oklahoma side
of the new state.
President Bellamy claims that the
bill was signed, and if the bill Mur-
ray hadwas not signed, then there
was nothing to it but that some other
bill had been substituted. Bellamy
had the record of the senate read on
the subject. Brownlee claimed that
he was Interested in the passage of
the bill, and could see no reason why
it should not have gone to the gov-
ernor. Senator Agee said that he
was satisfied with the action of the
senate,but was not with the action of
the house. "We should go after the
house on this very proposition," he
said.
President Bellamy said," Has the
speaker a right to kill a bill by pig-
eonholing it after it has already pass-
edhis house, and also the senate? It
would not occur In the senate, and
not In the house with a 'corect' pre-
siding officer.
Investigation Demanded
Senator Blair wanted an Investiga-
tion. He though that the action of
the house was discourteous, to say
the least.
"We have reached that point," he
said, "where we had best find out if
we are the high or low house of this
legislature. The senate has no right
to tamper with any bills passed."
The question was dropped for the
want of further things to say.
Grand Jurors
Charles L. Sowle,
T. D. Brady,
N. E. Turney,
T. E. Fitzgerald,
J. J. Maorty,
II. II. Rouse,
J. W. Phillips,
John Ilipps,
W. C. Allen, Jr.;
Owen Stamm,
Reuben Ott,
Frank Hodgen, foreman.
Following is the report of the Grand
Jury:
To Hon. M. C. Garber, Judge of the
District Court of Garfield county,
Oklahoma.
We, the Grand Jury, duly summon-
ed, empaneled and sworn to act
as a Grand Jury in an I for Garfield
County, Oklahoma, hereby submit
the following report and recommenda-
tions:
We find, upon Investigation, that
there are no persons in the county
jail charged with crimes whose cases
have not been properly taken care of
by information by the County Attor-
ney:
We have made a thorough investi-
gation of the county's premises, In-
cluding the court-house, its yards and
jail and we find that the court is in
an excellent shape and the building to
be a well built and modern structure
an1 sanitary tluoughout and hereby
take this occasion to commend the
Board of County Commissioners who
had charge of the construction of the
court-house, upon their services in
procuring and having built so substan-
tial a building and one of which the
entire county may feel proud
We recommend to the Board of , ... ... . .
County Commissioners of Garfield and presenting to the court ol such a
County that they proceed immediately* Pefcltltm- „ R Hodobn
to finish the grade in the court house ^ hodobn,
and place cement walks for pedestri-
ans hrom the streets on either side of
the court house and to construct eith-
er cinder or gravel driveways on each
side of the court house connecting
Grand Avenue and Independence
Avenue and that the same be done
immediately in order that the trees
can be removed at the proper times
and the new ones set out, if needed,
Foreman.
Happjly Mated*
t'~
Mr. G. H. Grail and Mrs. Mary E
Hoag were happily married on Tues-
day evening of this week. Mr. Graff'
is a thrifty citizen ; enjoying the re-
spect of all and Mrs. Hoag is the
proprietor of the Hoag livery stable
and the park arranged and beautified; and a well known lady in social cir-
Also that the court house yards be cles.
nothing of him. Nothing was known
here until late Thursday afternoon
when Mr. C. E. (iolT, a nelghor of Mr.
Hanson went to Lost Springs and
after having the bortv embalmed
brought it back home Friday night,
Later it was decided to take the body
quested one of mnirhant, lo toMiltonvale htaold1 home, forbttrlal
question the farmer, dnUig bust- nnd It was shipped to that place Sun
■ness with lilni or coming Into bis Hanson has manv friends in
place of bUHlncnn nnd find out what t),|s vicinity who sympathize with his
they had to aay about the condition wife and four little girls In this their
of the roada. It wan found there greatest bereavement.
sume that the party Is dead Is pass-
ing Ingratitude; it is a deep wrong.
"The People's party stood, and
stands for governmental control of
public utilities; for a full franchise;
for the unqualified Issue of flat paper
currency; for an unmodified Initia-
tive and referendum system of repub-
lican government. You have pre-
tended to be In accord with these.
"And the People's party Is unalt- Myrtli Davis
erably opposed to banks, believing Dora Clark
PIANO CONTEST
Following Is the vote as it stands
on the piano contest for this week.
Bess White
Mabel Robinson
Carol Butin
Beulah Meek
Maude Luther
Clara Bell Miller
Ellen Carrier
Cordia Emrlck
Mae Blaek
43,010
30,025
21,940
19,665
16,325
14,680
9,600
6,089
7,540
5.200
5,000
A Short Line
Our Coffee and Tea
Stock
Is not the largest in the world.
In these lines the smaller the stock
the quicker good coffee gets from
the roaster to your pot, the better
your morning cup will be. 5 prices
10c, 16c, 20c, 25c, 35c
represent 5 blends, every one a
special value; 5 straight grades,
Mocha, African Java, Peaberry,
Santos, Rio; 5 special brands,
each unexcelled in its class,
"Breakfast Bell" (35c); "Buttrey"
(25c); "Plantation" (25c); "Enid
Roast" (20c); "Breakfast Cup"
(20c), and "The Alton Goods"
coffee—there's the whole line and
from it the most fastidious taste
can be pleased
Our Electric Machine cuts, not
grinds. The little oil cells are not
crushed as in old style mills, but
deliver their goodness to your
coffee pot.
Quality vs
Quantity
Quality Won. The jury rendered
their verdict without leaving the
box. It was shown conclusively
that Harvest Home Pure Food
Products, tho' some higher in
price, were actually more econom-
ical to use than cheeper grades,
because quality is better, cans
are fuller, there is no waste. Mrs
Careful House-keepet is much
pleased with the decision, as Har-
vest Home has long been a favorite
brand with her.
For Quality try Harvest Home
Peaches, Apricots, Plums, Pears,
Pineapples, nominy, Beans, Peas,
Tomatoes, Corn, Raisins, Currants,
Sa morSaidins, etc.
That Beautlftl 100 piece Havlland Decorated Dinner Service is still
here going down $1.00daily till sold. Are you going to miss this snap?
Thursday, if here $28.00 Friday, if here $27.00 Saturday, if here $26.00
Monday, if here $25.00 etc. etc. etc. etc. etc.
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