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AXXZ2CA WILL
WOT arrxiYi^E
Taft
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SAT U FBLLETTt Ml!
BOLT MBIT TICKET
u tbli
(Vn>k«. Okla Mat 25—TVe
rmi ewttag af alfalfa is rolling
ife Cherokee at the rate of 1001
ftAYS HZ WILL MOT ETAJTD A
mokzjtt rot rntoHC
AJLM TACTICS
Oppoorsu Ot}y Hope U fa by
CWiit i; Sayi te* K«i|i
Eaiav^ V J„ May 2? -With
all the taMM at i
. Ctfy Mi; 27^-PMM
i'xb* Taft txj  a'ittawa. aft*r >
*a the >Mf in-a— wire a
"waaaja'jM rri !kt **r V
ptimna at W
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idea; fiwaa at fiarua.
raat is* r Hftd Su <* at tajk tme
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AST) WASH3CT05 BZLIZTES
TAFT KB WILL AID THE
SZ5ATCE
At ax banr<ir Caa&dale He
WvCa Bern Izurttu of Tient
Was Fear Rooteres
WadiftfM, liar 21—'Three
to art f-i-yitid paeeea of pooueal gMcp tit ^
(Mend Koomt** declared 8*tcr"*? **'*' * *g ti* nudi today They *11
ard that vmVi be oeyaM tk|
pthtx J*"  «" ** <tr^    r«  r tw T fl mac be tom
iMT MM I. .Mid M «, i, Cdk« T*ft "*
"d*rredjted polit*aaaa aad *  * •,, prevent. «ees*i to «*tt wak n a
e " to take central of the r+pv Havana. ( ^bo May 27 —Wur. aMe amount of authenticity
beta Mtaail enarettwa Ha m- 1 Pwaidatf Ooaei received the • TW firat ia tkat tke Taft
aerud tkat profes
ians ia tke past hi
to«M j to try "strong-am
tien"
"I vast rtand for it a
est, " be aaid.
CofamH Roosevelt made
ftatMMut* ia what be called
of tke United states to
intervene. ke ruk«M kit eak-
XM*r\ ine* a*d euninanieated a mes-
sage expre*c:ng lrli h ;gt eat  f>
A>a prmatasa of Preaident Taft a at
Mnde ia tke autter
Tbe anit by Goaez to
Taft, aaid:
"I am gratified to learn of
fOTerrubeat's e*erfetie
n«acure  to put down the diator-
TV Aneri-
eaa Motive in «et>du f war tbip*
per day. g&drr tke aoat fav
rakk drtiit aid a top prie*
Tke fin* daj tke Weal kaj zaar-
i< apea^d oxer oae kaadrad tona
■ ere Marketed, aad all week a
^eadr atreas of bearr loaded
vifwt aak tkeir way into
' "aerokee over food roadt and i>-
Vj a ready market Tke firat eat-
' of tke mtea!<at forafe crop
-* p«aao<aaeed l*y all aa tke great-
- * Tfr karrcated ia tkis eoon-
; 'ry. h *01 average orer a ton
to tke aere. and oa aaany of tke
fine bottom farm* it ia yielding
tke treaaeadottft amooat of two
toaa to tke am. One fanner, who
bat bat a tea acre pateh of alfalfa,
laat M'^ndar broogkt eighteen
toaa to tbe loeal mill, for wbiek
fl^O. making tbe
rre aimort aa moeh
Look Who's Here!
FRED C. BRADER
With a stock of
General Merchandise
"fighting (peeeh" at Plainfiei<i
tvward tb* ep^ae of tke moat 1' '
** /*"•« •? .r"-*'   K«V"=.pti> U. <i* II ai«lt
oafortunateiy beeoaae neeeaaarj
m in rapid «**eaaioa to tkrongt
of people who ekeered him entbaa^
iaatiealljr After speaking here be
atarled far ^>yater Bay to remain
over Handay
to proteet tbe Amehean life and
property here by rendering moral
rapport or awuatanee to Cuba.
(i^ Nebraska at Kay Weat
Onr opponemta bare not Key Wewt Mav 26 —The bat
tbaogKt of irimnng anleaa they U^hjp N^raaka'. arrived off
tan liy deliberate cheating in th" Key at noon Son'lay where
national eonv«t on." said Colon lt vu sported by wirelm and
el R^/v-velt at Plain field. Tb - ,jrd<-r^l to Key Weat where it
national eomraittee w sopposed to a^hored in tbe harbor at
pass iifK n tbe rights of delegate* iUndown. lieeause of tbe Ne
to sit in the eonvention If it i^ka * exp^nenee in rtinning
ehooaM it ean turn out^ delegates in 8outhw«- t Pum. below
lawfully #-|^tH by tbe people It \>w Orleans reeentlv. < aptam
m therefore vital to have a na h^itsted al^ut entering
tional eommittee that really rep th<f j.arlior A largo nuinJ>er of
resents the [>e<;pl<- Our oppon- volunteers were enluted by the
nenta bav^ ahown that they intend ('Qhsn convul hert .Sunday for
to try to use the national eommit- ^rriee in Cuba
teemea who have l>een beaten in Off for Cuba
their own states to sit in judgment Hsmpton Va Ma - 26 —Tbe
in the < onvntion that represents battleship* Rh^e Uland and
VK-tory over them. !Georgia, of tbe third division of
'Por ea^rh example we bav* the Atlantic fleet sailed from
thrash"! th<- l^osaes in Illinois and Hampton Roa<j<* Sunday night at 8
Pennsylvania, bat tbe national > clock for Tuba, with 400 rnar-
eommitt/^ who ait in the eonven ines aboard. The marines, from
tion from those states represent Washington. Annapolis and Nor-
not our seventy delegates in Penn folk arrived here dunng the day.
aylvania. hut our op^nents' six;
we got fifty-four in Illinois, our
opponent* got two.
"I want our opponents to un-
d<*r«tarid this: If the people are
againwt me. I have nothing to aay
but if the people are for me afi'l
dif-redited ( < • - ->. and [xjliti'-iari^ Supreme Court Extends 8eanon
t us, I  hall have a1 Washington, 3Iay 27.—With
The marines boarded the battle
 hip at 5 o'clock in tbe afternoon.
The Georgia and Rhode Island, it
ia understood, will join the iteet
commanded by Rear Admiral 0s-
terhaua off the Virginia capes.
try to iip et
great deal to say and
si and for it a moment.
I won t M)me  cventy-fire eases still pend-
; ing. the supreme court of the
"Tl  profnwioiul politician. ,'oi"<11'™'""'red
k.ve b«-„ ...Mutom^d trv '' ", °ld •,oid ^ d'-u"m
Hrin Uttic .„,J could d« ,1*)'Lf"' be'frm,?D J"a' !°'
*> with imffumty .h«, th. tifh,  -k.Ut-r b 0.b« court
rc,,r«ci,t..| « contcrt between iT"*" !"•" >e*n; ..
between
two faction* It is not that sort
of a fight thin time. It is the peo-
ple agaiiiKt the t osse* and I serve
ttotiee that the Ikmscs will not be|
allows] to u|>set the will of tbe
p< opl«\
I see that Mr. Taft aaya he is
going to win." the colonel aaid
"well during his Ohio campaign
lie announced that the decision of
Ohio would settle it. Ohio ha*
decided and has given me forty
out of its forty-eight delegates. If
Mr Taft is contented with that
decision then surely no human be-
ing in the I'nited States has a
right to be discontented."
A Time Monopoly
An Irishman crossed to Canada
on a Canadian Pacific uteamer.
took the Canadian Pacific train
for Vancouver, ate at C P R. eat-
ing house*, stopped at C P. R. ho-
tel* was shown C P. R. Isnd. and
finally got to Vane uver, much
imposed with the greatness of
the railroad.
He went to a hotel, registered
and asked the clerk how soon
breakfast would lie ready.
"Breakfast is over," said tbe
elerk.
The Irishman looked at his
wateh "It ian't time for it to be
over," he answered.
Oh, yes, it ia," said the clerk.
"You see your watch isn't right.
We run our dining room on Can-
adian Pacific time."
"Good Lord!" aaid the Iriah-
man, in an awed voice, "doe* the
Canadian Pacific own the time,
*oot"
It will hold a session June
receive motions.
None of the anti-trust or inter-
state commerce cav* of note were
decided Monday. Tbe court may
announce them on ita decision
day two weeks hence. The hard
coal case is one of those left over.
The right of the government to
bring proceedings to cancel a cer-
tificate of citizeuahip upon the
ground that it was fraudulently
procured was today sustained by
the supreme court.
The court Monday declined to
grant a new trial to Cheater S.
Jordan, the actor who was con-
victed of haviug murdered hi
wife near Boston. Her dissected
body wa* atuffed into a trunk.
Jordan claimed that he was de-
nied a constitutional trial be-
ne received
nated. aad tkat to do that thev .. „
„ . . rield off an
*.1 get tke national committee to , ..
. . * clear profit aa an entire year s
use strong-arm metnoda if ... . .
_L , * rop will bring.
neeeasary They contend tkat Z „
. ... Farmers all over the county
they *own the national eommit- . . ,
^ are greatly enthused over the
_ . ... proapeet. and state that weather
The ateood is that in ease . . . . „
u . . , ^ . conditions are almost ideal Manv
B/^velt   imttd orer Imft. tbniI fIprtM ,he roIinrtK>s{
a second reactionary candidate ;hit Alfalfa county will see five
will be selected and a rump eon -rops of alfalfa this year, inelud-
vention held where ke will be -n* * ^ troP Tb^ heavy wind
nominated. That will not ^ ^ eame up last Sunday ma-
_ . terially aided tc curing the hay
4 : and preparing it for the market.
Tbe third is that La FoUette La, 1*^ \*{ort the whistle blew
decided to run as an independent for tbe force to go to work at the
progressive candidate. In this mill last Monday morning.
UKollctte U KI toUrtthccD-!'1" ^ ,Md f "f"1 h*r *"
standing on the scales ready to be
weighed. By noon over fifty
loads were standing in the differ-1
ent roadways leading to the mill
Groceries, Dry Goods, Notions. Hats
Boots and Shoes, and Clothing
Highest Market Price paid
for Produce of all Kinds
Brooks & Clark's old stand, 1st door east
Ross Hunsaker Co.
of
couragement and probably finan-'
eial backing from tbe present
Taft element of the party. It is
known that in the New Jersey
campaign La Follette will eenter
The mill was buying what was1
'-un-d and at a straight price of;
his attack on Roosevelt. It is *10 per ton. loaded on the wagon,
known too, that U Follette di* "v*r P*i(l «it the first
likes Roosevelt almost to a point ''*7
of hatred. In his Ohio campaign h is conservatively estimated
be assailed Roaaerel:, and not that the amount paid for alfalfa
Taft. La Follette seems to be- " .v wiI1 a^^g* $1000 per oay
lieve that had Roosevelt not th<r ««ond cutting of alfalfa
thrown his hat into the ring. La '* *<"" the market.
Follette would have won the aom- T'1*' fir*t fr0P
ination. With this hatred, it is Df surprise. The long spell of
said. La Follette is to throw aside 'l*n P weather has done wonders
all of bis progressive principles for th* growing hay. and the ini-
merely for revenge upon the for er0P- which " usually about
mer president. two-thirds of a ton. has in raany
Senator Penrose was asked thi, ''*** reached two tons, and will
afternoon if the bolting reaction average better than a ton. in I
ary candidate had been selected. *n,ire alfalfa belt. The sec-,
provided Roosevelt is nominated. '>D<1 catting under favorable con-
He replied that if anything of 'litions, will be ready for cutting
that kind were done, it'would de- a**"1 the firrt of -JuJ.v Cnder,
velop at Chicago and no one favorable growing conditions al-
would be decided upon before fa,fa in tbij} ^ P"ows 4n P«r
them. | day after the first cutting.
The followera of President Taft Wi,h conditions half so favor-
have just one hope left to mak? ** the-v have attendant
the president the nominee. That fir8t croP during the rest
is their avowed intention to force "f tb* there is many an ac-
the nomination through the na- rt",D Alfalfa county that will pro-
tional committee. The defeat in 'I"4* t0M of alfalfa thia'
Ohio, instead of lessening their .vear With a  ced crop, tbe gross
purpose to make the president the product of an aere of alfalfa will
choice of tbe convention by ** over $1®® 00 innumerable
strong-arm methods, has appar ' farms in the Salt Fork valley,
ently strengthened it. Everj-- Th<* tremendous yield and prof
thing pointa to it today as strong 0,1 tb"* year's crop, combined,
ly a^s when Smoot. Gal'linger. Pen ^rith Prospects for subsequent
rwe, McKinley and other react roPv J,as l>een a great stimulant
ionaries held informal conferen ^or the °f alfalfa, and:
ces a few days ago and decided hundreds of acres will be put in I
that everything should he done to the crop this year that have for-:
make Roosevelt bolt. They and 'n<*r,.v in other croP* i
their kind believe that a Demo I
crat in the White House is prefer- j
able to Roosevelt. They feel that
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provide. This should have been done in
routh by the practice of frugality and a
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who
cause one of the juroi
in his case was found to have
been insane 24 hours after the ver-
dict was handed in.
Almost Time for Pastor to Quit
In Guymon, Okla., there is a
preacher who is not only slow but
long winded. A stranger happen-
• n into the church about the mid-
dle of the service. He listened to
the pastor's discourse until he be-
gan to think something was wrong
lnit there was no sign of a con-
clusion. Finally he reached over
and asked the man in front:
"How long has that man been
preaching f"
About ten years." was the re-
ply
"Oh, well." he said resignedly,
"in that case I suppose I'll utay.
He'll surely be through in a little
while.
with Clark. Cnderwood or Harm-
on as president, their policies
would stand a better chance of
success than with T. R.
The press matter sent out by
Director McKinley tonight makes
it plain that Taft must he nomi-
nated. Between every line of his
matter there is a threat to nomi-
nate Taft through "strongarm"
methods of the national commit-
tee. That is not idle gossip, but
is lacing worked upon every day.
The reactionaries are determined
to split tbe party as wide open as
any maul ever split a log, if
Roosevelt wins the nomination.
The progressives will not stop
in their fight, even if the national
committee seats all the Taft eon-
testing delegate* and in that way
attempts to gaiu control of the
temporary organization. They
say today that the fight for their
rightful delegates will be carried
to the floor of the convention,
starting with the displacing of
Senator Root as temporary chair-
mau. The Roosevelt adherents
say bluntly that they will not
stand for Root to make the key-
note speech, so it can be assumed
that the moment the national con-
vention is called to order, hats
will fairly rain into the ring and
the fight will begin.
Modern Success
Charles M. Schwab apropos of a
very rich promoter, whose latest
company bad just gone into the
hands of a receiver, said with a
laugh:
"Well, after all. nothing suc-
ceeds like failure."
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Is here with the goods
"to stay."
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and Bakery Goods.
We sell for cash-
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