The Weekly Examiner. (Bartlesville, Indian Terr.), Vol. 13, No. 24, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 17, 1907 Page: 6 of 8
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THE MODERN LADY GODIVA.
LINGERS IN MEMORY
National Petroleum Association In-
augurates Concerted Movement
Against the Railroads.
Representation of Historic Ride Given
Vaudeville Actress at
Conventry, Eng.
I Coventry. Eng., Aug. 7— Mounted
on a white Palfrey and decorously
clothed in masses of hair, pink flesh-
ings and clouds of gauze, a modern
■ l.ady Qodiva Wednesday gave a rep-
WOULD HURT THE STANDARD MONOPOLY resontatlon of the historic ride
: through the city's streets.
I Coventry has been Lady Oodlva
The Independent Oil Men Want to Ob- mad for months. When a revival of
MARK TWAIN RECALLS "STUNTS"
OF BICYCLE DAYS.
Hla Effort* to Tame the Wild and
Unruly "Ordinary"—Deserved
Compliment Paid Him by
His Teacher.
Susy's next date Is Nov. 29, 18S5,
the eve of my fiftieth birthday. It
s?ems a good while a~o. I must have
heen rather young for my age then,
for X was trying to tame an old-fash-
ioned bicycle nine feet high. It la to
me almost unbelievable, at my pres-
ent stage of life, that there have real-
ly been people willing to trust them-
selves upon a dizzy and unstable alti-
tude like that, and that I was one of
tain an Average Reduction of 20 the procession, last witnessed in 1887,
Per Cent in the Rates on Petro- was first mooted there were many
leum Throughout the Country— who desired a strict adherence to
Standard and Railroads Confer. tradition, even to the nudity of Lady
— Godlva, but the antl-nudlsts effected
Cleveland, Aug. 7.—Five attacks a compromise and a vaudeville act-
upon hitherto impregnable fortresses ress, whose specialty is to display
of the Standard Oil company, attacks herself in groups of living statuary,
widely separated, but made simul-! was engaged to represent the historic
taneously and covering practically benefactress of Coventry. The actress I them. Twlchell and I took lessons
the entire country between the Atlan- who is said to have complained that ! every day. He succeeded, and be-
tic seaboard and the Rocky moun- slw could make half a dozed sum- j came master of the art of riding that
tains, were ordered Tuesday by the mer frocks out of the gauze she was wild vehicle, but I had no gift in that
Independent oil men of Cleveland, compelled to wear, took an hour and I direction and was never able to stay
a half to arrange her trailing hair on mine long enough to get any satiB-
and long draperies and then a special j factory View of the planet. Every
committee had to approve of her cos-1 time I tried to steal a look at a pretty
tume befora Lady Godlva was per-' girl, or any other kind of scenery, that
mitted to take her place In the pa- i single moment of Inattention gave the
geant. bicycle the chance it had been wait-
Many of the local clergy who had j lug for, and 1 went over the front of
been preaching against the fleshings j It and ortruck the ground on my head
as being suggestive of nudity, left | or my back before I had time to real-
the city temporarily but most of the I '*0 that something was happening. I
people of the country and 80 to 100,- didn't always go ov«r the front way;
000 from the outside had a sight of j 1 had other ways, and practiced them
atandpoint of the independent oil men Lady Godiva as she traversed the six | all; but no matter which way was
chosen for me there was always
one monotonous result—the bicycle
skinned my leg and leaped up Into
TO THE CHEERFUL MAN.
This united campaign lis the direct re-
ault of the 129,240,000 fine assessed
against the Rockefeller trust by
Judge Landis in the federal court in
Chicago last Saturday.
The five attacks will be under the
generalship of the National Petroleum
Aasociation. On paper the foes will
be all the railroads of both the East
and the West. In reality, though the
conflict In each instance will be wag-
ed against the Standard. From the
of this city the most important part | miles
of this quintuple campaign is that j
against the railroads operating In the Disregard Missouri law.
territory of the Central Freight asso- Jefferson City, Mo., Aug. 7— Prese-
ciation. Thto object of this attack is cuting Attorney Slate of Cole county
to obtain an average reduction of 20 j Tuesday filed an information in cir-
per cent in the rates of petroleum in j cult court against the Missouri Pa-
the territory named. cific railroad, charging it with fail-
P. W. Boltz, traffic, manager, sent ure to obey the state law requiring
an urgent letter to the interstate com-1 daily possenger service on all 'lines,
merce commission asking for a thor- j The grand jury last week returned
ough hearing not later than Septem- indictments against the company for
ber IS. . the seven Sundays during which the
There are two cases involved In j law has been in effect for failure to
this petition and the average reduc-1 operate trains on the Bagnell branch
tl°n asked In the rates on petroleum This information covers last Sunday
la 40 per cent. One of the cases cov- The railroad now has 21 Indictments
era the territory between Chicago and j and one Information to answer here
Omaha and between Sioux City and for alleged violation of the eight hour
Sioux Falls, while the other affects telegraph law and others arising un-
the rates between Chicago and St. j der the daily train law.
Paul and Minneapolis. In this letter j
the Interstate Commerce commission A Prison Brick Plant,
is requested to fix the time for hear« Leavenworth, Kan., Aug. 7.—Majoi
lng these cases immediately after the R- w- McClaugbry, warden of the
date selected for hearing the com- { federal penitentiary, received author
plaint regarding the reclassified tar- Tuesday to establish a large pris
iffs of the Eastern roads. j on brick plan. The American Clay
Mr. Boltz sent another urgent mis- Works company of Bucyrus, O., is tc
■Ive to the siate railroad commission lnsta11 the machinery for $13,653.44
of Nebraska. On the average Nebras- The Plant will have a capacity tc
ka's rates on petroleum are from 80 make as high as 60,000 brick a day
to 130 per cent higher than those in both building and vitrified paving
adjacent states. Mr. Boltz asks lm- br,ck will be manufactured. The claj
mediate revision of the rates by the wl11 be taken from the hill west o!
state railroad commission. j the prison and conveyed over In cars
While Mr. Boltz Vas writing these ! The brlck Plant will be within the
letters C. D. Chamberlin, secretary of main walls. It is Intended to use the
the association, was on his way to PIant largely to make paving bricn
Atlanta, Ga., to appear before the to pave roads in and around the petti
Georgia house committee on judiciary tentiary and on the Fort roads.
In advocacy of the passage of an anti-
discrimination law similar to that
now in force in Kansas and Iowa.
Chicago, Aug. 7.—Conferences indi-
cating a combination of interest be-
tween the Standard Oil corporation
and the railroad officials to fight
further government investigation are
in progress in Chicago and New York,
according to the Chicago Record-
Herald. The Chicago & Alton, the
Chicago Burlington & Quincy and
Chicago & Eastern Illinois lines Joint-
ly Darned In the 4,391 indictments re-
the air and came down on top of me.
Sometimes Its wires were so sprung
by this violent performance that It
had the collapsed look of an umbrella
that had had a misunderstanding with
a cyclone. After each day's practice I
arrived home with my skin hanging
In ribbons, from my knees down. 1
plastered the ribbons on where they
belonged, and bound them there with
handkerchiefs steeped in liniment and
was ready for more adventures next
day. It was always a surprise to me
that I had ao much skin, and that It
held out so well. There was always
plenty, and I soon came to understand
that the supply was going to remain
sufficient for all my needs. It turned
out that I had nine skins, in layers,
one on top of the other, like the leaves
of a book, and some of the doctors
said it was quite remarkable.
I was full of enthusiasm over this
Insane amusement. My teacher was
a young German from the bicycle fac-
tory, a gentle, kindly, patient crea-
ture, with a pathetically grave face.
He never smiled; he never made a re-
mark; he always gathered me tender-
ly up when I plunged off, and helped
me on again without a word. When
he had been teaching me twice a day
for three weeks I Introduced a new
gymnastic—one that he had never
seen before—and so at last a compli-
ment was wrung from him, a thing
which I had been risking my life for
days to achieve. He gathered me up
and said mournfully: "Mr. Clemens,
you can f?ll off a bicycle In more dif-
ferent ways than any person I ever
"Nay, Nay," Says Coburn.
Topeka, Kan., Aug. 7.—F. D. Co
burn, secretary of the state board oi Baw before."—Mark Twain, In North
agriculture, said Wednesday for pub American Review.
lication: "Be kind enough to advise ——
the well-meaning friends who art J Sea Firing on Land,
mentioning my name in connectior j Considerable Interest is being man-
with the governorship of Kansas thai j Ifested In naval and military circles
I have no desire for political prefer j on the northeast coast by the Install-
ment and aspire to no office othei | tion at the drill hall of the First Dur-
Hla Praises Sung in Cheerful Tone by
Cheerful Mr. Knozzleton.
"I like the cheerful man," Bald Mr.
Knozzleton, "the man who refuses to
be cast down, but takes always a
cheerful view.
" 'D'you ever see such weather as
this?' bays the dismal man, wearily,
shedding more sultriness all around
" 'Did you feel that breeze?' says
the cheerful man, smiling, and as a
matter of fact there was the faintest
flicker of a movement in the air just
at that moment, and he caught it,
-because he is receptive to all good
things; and he magnified it to all his
hearers by his breezy cheerfulness.
"The cheerful man for me every
time—he makes life worth living;
and I like especially to see him
around In hot and humid weather.
But he's helpful at all times.
"So many people are so easily de-
pressed; good people, but with only a
narrow margin of courage; so that if
any little thing goes wrong they
think that everything's going to
pieces and the world is coming to an
end, but then—
"'Pooh!' says the cheerful man,
'what's that?' and he actually laughs
at this little picayune trouble, and
just brushes it away and forgets it,
making the faint hearted to laugh
and forget it, too; and in time he
may bring the easily discouraged
man to acquire the blessed habit of
laughing at all the petty troubles
that pop out at us on the road of
life, and so driving them away, in-
stead of gloomily letting them climb
on him to ride on his back. Good
man to have around is the cheerful
man.
" 'I haven't caught a fish to-day,'
says the disappointed man in the
fishing party, and you'd think from
his general castdownness that catch-
ing fish was the main object of life,
and that if you didn't catch any, life
was a failure.
" 'Well, I haven't caught any,
either,' says the cheerful man, 'but
I've had a darned good time and I've
caught an appetite like a team of
horses, and what I want now Is to
get back to where they cook those
blueflsh the way they cook 'em here,
and if I don't eat 17 of 'em I miss my
guess.' Does the cheerful man perk
up the whole party? Why, sure; and
when they've got a few of those blue-
fish inside of them they all think
they've had a great time."
than the one I now occupy."
Their Automobile Wrecked.
Winchester, Va., Aug. 7.—A lot
turned by a federal grand jury are : IJ,aced over the roadway wrecked at
represented In the negitiations. The 1 automobile in which Miss May Bush
attitude of Judge Landis in declaring ne"- 25 J'ears of age, and Jacquelit
the railroads equally culpable with ! Hardesty were riding Tuesday night
the oil corporation in the rebating of-1 Mi8S Bunnell was thrown out am1
fenses and calling a special grand h?r sku" was fractured. She died
Jury have caused the hasty banding i 80011 afterward.
together of the different interests.
Oldest Harvard Alumnus Dead.
Boston, Aug. 7.—Israei Munsoi
Spelman, the last surviving membei
of the Harvard class of 1836 and th<
Chicago's Boss Gambler Dying.
Chicago. Aug. 7—Michael C. Mc-
Donald, formerly a "boss gamester"
and prominent politician of this city, | oldest alumnus of the college diet!
is dying in a hospital and it is de- j Tuesday at his summer home at Mar
clared by his physicians that he can | blehead aged 90 years. Mr. Spelmai
not out live the day. McDonald is | wa« president of the Boston an<
the husband of Mrs Dora McDonald, I Maine railroad during the civil war.
who is now awaiting trial for the|
murder of Webster S. Guerln. This Louisville Wants a Convention,
affair and the disclosures that it I Louisville, Ky., Aug. 7.—Loulsvillo
brought are said to have had a strong opened a vigorous campaign Tuesday
Influence in shortening McDonald's to secure the next democratic conven
llf* tion for Louisville.
ham Royal Garrison artillery volun-
teers at Banderland of a model sea
range for artillery practice, saya the
London Express. A stage at one end
of the hall Is covered with silver sand
to represent the sea, and by means of
an endless belt driven by a small
electric motor model ships are made
to "sail" over the stage In a realistic
way. At the other end of the hall is
a battery consisting of two four-inch
guns. A miniature rifle Is attached to
each gun in such a way that It fol-
lows the aim. The rifle is fired, and
the effect is most realistic. If the shot
hits the "sea" sand splashes up like
water, while if a ship is hit It sinks
out of sight. The range Is being used
to the great Improvement in the gun-
nery of the men of the corps.
NEVER SAFE FROM MUCK
RAKERS.
Abstemious.
"Don't you drink wine, Mr. Clay-
ton?" the charming daughter of the
host asked, lifting her own glass and
smiling across at the young man.
No; I never do," he replied, blush-
ing.
"Oh, but I am sure you will thla
time—Just one little glass—with me?"
she insisted.
'No, thank you," was the resolute
reply, and the minister looked upon
him with growing admiration. The
young lady very nearly achieved a
pout.
"You won't, then?" she asked.
"No," was the firm reply, though
the blush of embarrassment deepened
on his cheek. "I never drink wine,"
he added, "but If—er—you have got do
little old Bourbon, I reckon I could
stand three or four flngors."—Harp-
er's Weekly.
While You Walt.
"Yes," said a florist, "I can work
miracles in my business. For in-
stance, I can grow you lettuce while
you wait—sweet, crisp lettuce that
you may eat for your dinner with the
broiled spring chicken.
"I do it in this way: I take a hand-
ful of lettuce seeds that have been
soaked over night in alcohol, and I
plant them in a box containing three
Inches of loam and" quicklime. I water
this soil, and In ten minutes the seeds
burst
"They burst, and in 20 minutes two
tiny leaves push through the earth.
The leaves grow and multiply. In half
an hour they are as big as a half dol-
lar. Then you may pluck and eat
them. They are delicious—a fairy
salad.
"Somtimes, when I give a dinner
party, I have one of these little pre-
pared lettuce beds in the center of
the table. The guests see the lettuce
grow, and when the time comes for
the salad course there Is their salad
blooming before them, all ready for
them to pluck."
Autographs and Holographs.
"An autograph," said an antiquary,
"is worth nothing, while a holograph
may be worth $1,000 or more. An au-
tograph of a man is his simple signa-
ture. His holograph Is one of his
signed letters, and its value depends
on its Interest.
"Some men are such fools that they
think autographs valuable and holo-
graphs worthless.
"I know a man who found in bis
grandfather's chest a lot of important
letters of Franklin, Washington, Aarcn
Burr, Hamilton, .4ndre and Jefferson.
He read these letters; then he burnt
tbem, first cutting out the signatures.
"For the signatures he got 50 cents
apiece or thereabouts. For the letters
In their entlroi* he would have gotten
from $100 to $500 apiece.
"By this loss of about $24,000 the
man learned the difference between an
autograph and a holograph."
Learned Men Now Announce That Rameslt II. Was a Self Adverttslno Frand,
, and Put Hit Name on Buildings Errected a Thousand Year* Before Htm.
"Lord Partington."
The duke of Devonshire, now in
his aeventy-flfth year, and very 111,
la simply a name In the dispatcher
to the average American of the day.
To th Americans of 45 years ago,
when be was the marqula of Hartlng-
ton, he was the most offensive travel-
er In the Unite ! States. He ii.a ' ian
open display at hla secession sympa-
thies In a particularly offensive man-
ner. lie narrowly escape! assault on
one occnslon, but when he flatted the
WMte House President Lincoln'*
only rebuke was to address blm an
"Lord Partington." — Boston Tran-
script
His Daring Bluff.
"Who was Jupiter Pluvlus, dear?"
"Eh? Why you know who Jupiter
was?"
"Yes, dekr, but who was Pluvlus?"
"Pluvlus? Why, Pluvlus Is a family
name. J, Pluvlus, see? Jupiter was a
Pluvius on his father's side."
"But I thought It had something to
do with rains?"
"Eh? Oh, that's different. That's
another Pluvlus. He was an early
Roman emperor. They always called
him Pluvy for short. Ho named him-
self Jupiter because he was a good
deal struck wiLh his Job as emperor."
"Did he have anything to do with
rains?"
"Of course he did. His reign was
one of the longest on the Roman cal-j
endar."
"Thank you, dear,"
Cured.
"I thought that prisoner was reported
In a dying condition," said the visitor,
pointing to a husky specimen.
"He was," replied the warden, "but;
when h# found the public didn't care
whether he died or not, he scorned to {
lose Interest In the plan,"
VILLAGE IN ITSELF
COMPLETENESS OF RICH MAN'S
COUNTRY HOME.
All the Necessities and Most of the
Luxuries of Life Are Afforded
Him Within His Own
Domain.
In buying land for a city house the
millionaire deals with square feet;
but for a country mansion he pur-
chases a tract of so many square
miles. This extensive scale is car-
ried through in all the arrangements.
When the estate is ready for occu-
pancy the owner finds himself lord
of a beautiful acreage, contributing
to his ever luxurious want—ail from
Its own resources.
To plan a country house is almost
like planning to build a village. The
large estate is a very complete af-
fair, indeed. Its center is the house,
which must be large enough to not
only properly accommodate the own-
er and his family, but it must contain
suites of rooms for the numerous
guests with which it will be filled for
the week-ends and for longer periods.
The stable and the carriage-house are,
in their way, quite as necessary as
the dwelling. Many a great stable
vies with the residence in size and
elegance of equipment. If the estate
is a large one, covering many acres,
there is a farmhouse for the farmer,
a farmbarn and outbuildings in which
each particular industry of the farm
will have Its own headquarters. If
the owner is addicted to polo, there
is a third and complete stable for the
ponies. There is a chicken-house for
the chickens and other fowls, and,
if this feature is sufficiently devel-
oped, a special residence for the per-
son having this matter in charge.
Dogs, if kept in ample variety, will
have well appointed kennels and a
caretaker's house in close proximity.
There is a dairy, with perhaps a
springhouse and cooling room for the
milk, and tiled-lined rooms in which
the butter will be made. The mar-
ket garden has its array of hot-beds,
and the conservatories in which rare
plants are raised for the decoration
of the house are as extensive as those
In which plants are propagated for
the outdoor gardens. Nor should the
automobile house be overlooked, since
this popular vehicle competes with
the horse in meeting the needs of the
house transportation; and, as likely
as not a repair shop forms a neces-
sary adjunct to it.
Buildings that minister to the phys-
leal necessities of the estate are also
numerous. Every sequestrated es-
tate—and almost all country estates
are sequestrated, since that is an
Item of value in living in the country
—requires its own water supply. It
Is needless to say that It Is often a
most expensive feature, calling not
only for steam pumps and elaborate
piping, but for special reservoirs
which In their developed form will be
lined with enaifkeled brick.—Broad-
way Magazine.
To Balance.
For more than a week the teacher
had been giving lessons on the dog,
and so when the Inspector came
down and chose that very subject
there seemed every prospect of the
class distinguishing itself on brilliant
essays about our canine friend.
Things were progressing quite satis-
factorily, and the master was con-
gratulating himself on the trouble he
had taken, when, alas! a question waa
asked which made him tremble for
the reputation of his scholars.
"Why does a dog hang his tongue
out of his mouth?" asked the in-
spector.
"Yes, my boy?" he said, to a bright
looking lad who held up his hand,
while the light of genius was In hla
eye.
"Please, sir," cried the pupil, "lt'
to balance his tail!"
And the teacher groaned In an-
guish.
Peculiarity of Hair.
A woman leading two chlldre*
stepped into a barber shop with he«
charges.
"I want their hair trimmed," aha
said, "but not all the way round. I
only want It trimmed off even. It Is
Just the right length on the right
aide, but too long on the left side. I
had their hair trimmed only a little
while ago, and here it Is noticeably
longer on the left Bide. I don't be-
lieve it was trimmed evenly In the
first place."
"Oh, yes, it was," the barber as-
sured her. "It grows faster on the
left side, that is all. Most people's
hair does grow faster on that side,
but it is on children's heads that we
are most likely to notice it."
A Happy Definition of Expert.
An expert alienist seems to be a
man who gets $100 to $200 a day for
knowing more things than m lawyer
can make him tell.
Why not have a case of Bartlesville
Bottling Works refreshingsoft drinks de-
livered to your home? You will find that
our Ginger Ale, Orcherade, Dr. Pepper,
Iron Brew, Jersey Cream and Peach Mel-
low will cause you to repeat the order.
Price 75c per Case of 24 Bottles
TOM BABB, Mgr. Phone 158
O. J. Smith & Co.
Moving, Shoering and
Wrecking Contractor
See us for quick work. We are equipped for the
business.
Phone 137
Bartlesville, I. T.
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His Wife Urges Him
to bring his linen to the Bartlesville
Steam Laundry because it saves
trouble at home, and his linen is
done up in an artistic manner such
as it never could be at the home
laundry. We give it a color and
finish that is the perfection of. the
art of laundering.
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