Garfield County Democrat. (Enid, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 18, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 11, 1908 Page: 3 of 8
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INVITE THE WEARY
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WASHINGTON CHURCHES KEPT
OPEN ON WEEK DAYS.
Havens of Rest In the Down-Town Dis-
trict of the Capital Are Greatly
Appreciated by Woman on
Shopping Expeditions.
By taking only a few steps which
will occupy a couple of minutes, shop-
pers of Washington department
stores can get away from the rush
and hurry of the bargain counters to ]
absolute quiet and solitude. This is |
made possible by the "open house"
maintained throughout the week days
by the large churches In the heart
of the shopping district of the city.
"The church is open for rest and
prayer." This invitation is placed out
In front of the Church of the Epiph-
any, on G street between Thirteenth
and Fourteenth streets, and the wide-
open door under the huge pile of stone
which makes up the spire adds hearti-
ness to the invitation. In front of
the open door during the daylight
hours rushes an almost constant
stream of humanity, every one on
the alert. There are business men
who are crowding 20 hours of work
into half that time; there are women
with bundles. Rush and strenuosity
are the chief characteristics outside
of that open door.
Inside all is different. There Is a
gentle light in the large structure
that neither makes one squint his
eyes nor strain them. There is abso-
lute quiet, and the calmness which
pervades the place has a soothing ef-
fect on the nervous person who en-
ters.
This is also true of other churches
located near the shopping district of
FHOH
St. Patrick's Church.
the city, the largest of which are the
First Congregational church and St.
Patrick's Catholic church at Tenth
and G streets. At the former a li-
brary and reception room is open
throughout the day, in charge of a
matron. The Catholic church, like
practically all structures of that de-
nomination, has been kept open for
many years during the day and
through the evening.
It is regarded as important by the
pastors of these churches to point
out to the many shoppers that these
edifices afford places of retirement.
Hera women can go and mingle some
periods of rest with their shopping ex-
peditions. While resting in the church
they can look over the purchases they
have made and can plan where to
go and what to buy, when they shall
become rested and able to again take
up their errands.
The pastors of the churches also
recommend the use of the open struc-
tures by business men and clerks dur-
ing the rest hour about noonday. It
is pointed out that thess men can
quickly get away from the active and
driving business of the office by spend-
ing a few minutes in a quiet pew.
A greater use of the church edifices
during the week is advocated by the
church pastors.
NIGHT OFFICE
T elegrapu Operator at Pond
Creek Sent to Jefferson
HUNTERS
Enid Sportsmen Shoot Bunch
of Tame Ducks
Mrs. Ro
9 HOUR LAW MAKE CHAN3ES1 WERE DECOYS ON SALT PLAINSj
Railroad Companies at Ad-, Got All But One, and It.:
Too Much for Her Chief.
There is a cabinet officer at Wash-
ington who for a long time was great-
ly annoyed by the incessant requests
for promotion preferred by a young
woman in his department who was a
friend of hi3 family.
One afiernoon last winter she en-
tered the great man's office with the
usual application. Unfortunately, the
head of the department was in any-
thing but a good humor that day. So
he flared up instantly.
"Upon my word," exclaimed he,
"you clerks are the bane of my life!
You—" he stopped short, as if re-
straining himself. Then he burst out
again with: "1 wish to goodness you
were a man!"
The young woman flashed a glance
at him from a particularly fine pair ol
eyes, and as a smile came to her hand-
some face she replied: "Mr. Secretary,
you are the first man who ever wished
thRt."
This was too much for the chief
She got her promotion.—Sunday Mag-
azine.
Try a laugh when the sigh fails.
Work will go easier and better if
you think It out ahead.
Bed the horses well so they will not
bruise their knees on the floor.'
You help yourself when you help
your neighbor to be a better farmer.
Mix your feeds dry and wet after-
wards, if you want to secure a good
mixture.
Ktss from the best of the two-year-
ole layers are considered best for
hatching.
With a goodly flock of chickens the
farmer is never at a loss for a little
ready laouey.
Where crude petroleum is obtain-
able at a low enough vice it makes a
piaetioal dressing fr r l oads.
When buying stock for breeding
puiposse be willing to pay the price
which will secure the good grade ani-
ma'.
ditional Expense
Jefferson, March 7.—If the de-
crease of business at the Pond
Creek depot continues for a
while longer it may be possible
that tiie county s at may soon be
a flag station..
An order vas issued, taking ef-
ect Tuesday night, that the
night office at that place should
De discontinued and transferred
to JtfTirson. Mr. Van Meter,
the former night operator at
Pond Creek, came over Tuesday
night and immediately went to
work in the Jefferson office. The
night office at Medford has aiso
been discontinued.
The railroads are up against a
■•erious proposition, as enough
operators cannot be obtained and
those obtained are strung out in
evety conceivable way. This
and the additional expense of tcl-
graph i-ervice has necessitated ri-
gid economy.
Cripple for Life
The Jet Visitor accuses two o.
Enid's sportsmen with having I
killed the editor':- decoy dt. 1 s.
It says: "A. Ku>->ell and a Mr.
Barns from Enid drove onto the ,
plains in search of the w ild \a-ji
riety. Our ducks were aWout . '
vards from the edge o' the pl.n
and that distance from our tent.
The gentleman heard tin- <ju
ing of the ducks and thinking
they were getting close to a wild
bunch made a sneak to within a
fifteen or twenty yards of thr
doomed birds and turned loose.
The scathing fire mowed them
down like wheat before a reaper.
Only one bird survived and he is
:ripple for life.
Largest Concrete Bridge.
The largest concrete bridge in the
world, a huge structure which has
attracted world-wide attention among
engineers, is just nearlng completion
at Washington. Connecting Connec
ticut boulevard, one of Washington's
most fashionable drives, over Rock
Creek valley, this wonderful bridge is
already regarded as a celebrated ex
ample of the utility of concrete.
Constructed of molded concrete
blocks and monolithic concrete ma
soa.y, It is dependent upon itself Tot
support, having no steel framing fox
reenforeement, snys Popular Mechan
lcs. At fts b ghest point the bridge
is 150 feet ab >va the bed of the
ravine, and Its total length, with ap
proaches, 1,400 feet. Congress ap
proprlated $850,000 for construction ol
the bridge proper.
If the temperature of your fruit and
vegetable cellar ranges too high open
the door during the night and close it |
during the day.
The mistakes of the past should be-
rame stepping stones to better things
this yeer, not stumbling blocks which
are •going to bring further failure.
To -eli the corn off the farm sells
the foitillty off the place but fed to
the >t'vk it returns a double profit, in
fattened cattle and hogs and in
manure.
Whsn the mane and tail are al-
lowed to become clogged with dirt it
is apt to create itching, resulting in
the torse rubbing himself in such a
way as to injure them.
A diary for the dairy might be a
good thing this year. Begin to keep
a record of the cows. See what each
one Is doing. Test the milk once a
month. Weed out the poor cows.
Keep the appetites of the hens
sharp, so that they will always be on
the search for food. Underfed is bet-
ter than overfed with poultry every
time. But the best rule is to study
your flock and feed just right.
Making time and marking time
sound a gi od deal alike, but they are
vastly different in fact. The maker
of time is the hustler, the marker of
time is the fellow who stands still
and shuffles. Lots of stepping but no
headway.
It is said that not two per cent, of
the edible plants of the world are
grown by the American farmers. This
iB reason enough, then, why the gov-
ernment should send its agents into
all the world to find new plants better
adapted to our lands than some we
are now growing.
Swift's words are still true: Who-
ever makes two ears of corn, or two
blades of grass, to grow where only
one grew before, deserves better of
mankind, and does more essential
service to his country than the whole
race of politicians put together." Can
you stand up brother and say "that's
me?"
Mark it down as a safe rule that the
bleating calf lacks something in the
way of food, water or care to insure
its comfort. However there are calves
that will bleat almost continuously
and for no other reason apparently
than because they are of that uneasy,
restless spirit which marks them as
undesirable to raise for dairy pur-
poses. Get rid of such animals.
Lord John Russell held farming in
high esteem. He said: "In a moral
point of view, the life of the agricul-
turist is the most pure and holy of
any class of men; pure, because it is
the most healthful, and vice versa
hardly find time to contaminate it;
and holy, because it brings tho Diety
perpetually before his view, giving
him thereby the most exalted notions
of supreme power, and the most en-
duriug view of the divine benignity."
Some fruit growers make a practice
of washing their fruit trees once a
year with soap suds. The rough bark
is scraped off. This destroys possible
hiding places for injurious insects
After the scraping wash the trunk of
the tre«, as far up as you can reach,
with a strong soap solution: One part
soft soap to 109 parts of water. An
old broom is a good thing with which
to apply the wash. The forks of the
tree should receive a good washing
tSft
tlii Enid
without a
Enid Pastor to Leave
Several weeks ago Rev. Scott
Anderson received a-. call from
the Pueblo, Colorado church. At
the time, he gave tlie call little
consideration, not caring ur leave
Enid. Since then, however, he
lias given the matter a more set-
,ous thought, and today he is
occupying the l'ueblo pulpit on
trial. Though there has been no
definite announcement made of
Kev. Anderson's intentions yet
it can reasonably be said that
should tin Puehlo chuii'h >l<
Kev Anderson's sermon loday,
and the c ngrejation ii. re im-
press him favirably,
church will soon be
pastor.
Rev Anderson has been well
liked in Enid and his host of
friends regret to see him leave.
He is a splendid tniuister, a
thorough student, and an active
worker in any ent rprise to maki
Emu belter. Ills wife, too, is
one of he most refined aud ac-
complished ladies in Enid, aud
has done much to tnake her hus-
band'" charge here the success
it has been. They have built
them a fine home on east Broad-
way during there five years stay
here. Enid will be much the
ioset' should Rev. Anderson and
ins family leave here.
The church at Pueblo is much
larger than the one here. Should
Rev. Anderson accept the call
trotn that church it will mean
nearly a thousand dollars more a
ear to him than his present po-
si ion in iv
For ihe most part, the sudden
turn of affairs comes as a ; urprise
,o the people here. Some time-
ago the Guthrie church made an
effort to secure Rev. Anderson'?
services and he relused, saying
that his work in Enid was not
yet done.
Rev. Anderson is also a mem-
bei of the board of trustees of
Oklahoma Christian University,
and has rendered valuable ser
vice.
Lo>d Brewer of Jefferson and
his partner Jlenry Isham were ar-
rested Friday night a charge
of having stolen a sua e..?. and a
number of other articles from a
rooming house of the south side
of the square. Both are young
'et
M,
Local News
C. A. Allard of Chickasha w s
in Enid yesterday.
Arthur Marx of Mu .ogee is
here visiting friends.
Ed. bytuser, of Tulsa was an
Enid visitor yesterday.
Mrs. Bessie Lynch of Jiffer-
son is in the city with friends.
Altn-ri Shields is visiting home
folks and friends today.
The Lowry White trial has
been post polled indefiuitelv.
Allen Rallinsof Newport, In.I.,
is in Enid looking at land.
J. W. Jayne of Luther, Okla.,
was an Enid visitor yesterday.
(I. W. Mackav of Stillwater
whs in Enid rdar on btisi
n<:*s
S. S. Robinson is !i re from
Cleveland, Ohio, looking at land.
Mrs. Pearl Newcome of Salina.
Kan., is a guest of Mrs. A'ilii'
Joht son this week.
Miss Lillian James of Ard-
more is here, the guest of friends
She expects to st.iv about a wek.
Howard King, representing the
Dallas paper company of D ili is.
made bis regular En d round
yesterday.
Rev. FJster M, Haile of Chi a-
go visited Enid acqaintances for
several days last week.
S. A. Riding ot Pond Creek-
stopped off in Enid for a while
yesterday on his way to Guthrie.
Miss Leah Ilarrel has recover-
ed from her recent illness and i
back at her old place in Brown
Fraser's.
Miss IIa tlie Osborne of East
Elm street left yesterday for . n
extet ded visit with trie-ids
Caldwell. Kan.
Other business necessitated the
changing of the term of county
court, which was set for next
Mandav. Instead it will cotiv
on the 16th.
Dr. A. M. Jones of Chelsea and
Oren Jones of Hot Spring, Ark.,
who have been visiting Miss Nel-
lie Jones at the University, re
turned to their homes yesterday.
Mrs. Davault left for her home
in Hennessey yesterdav after hav-
ing spent several days visiting
her grand daughter. Miss Louis
Davault, at the university.
The Brown, Fraser et Com-
pany annex, the new candy store,
will be open to the public the
first of the week. They were
men but have a bad record and are sett ing up the big soda fountain
frequently in jail on charges ol yesterday.
robbery. The Brewer boy lias
spent months in the county jail
at Pond Creek on various charges
in the past ti/e years.
pie
etjji
A. Stuckey, formerly pro-
Many cases of empty beer bot-
tles are being shipped out ot this
city. The brewing companies
should have gathered all tii>
empties and shipped thein out
/Wilt'
Fjrmi
Ufui*n
■
C "O C"7 THE TROUSLE. '■
.lireta Discovered Jimmy's Peculi-
arity in Making Change.
li . 'i.iters arc doubtless watch-
■ ■ treasuries and joys for-
.. r. to the happy clerks who play
- i tin- keys to "register the
i ur purchase," but there
i in thi- best-regulated
.iWisi'inrnts when tho vagaries of
i factor, without which the
I not go, mix up its Inter-
i-1 -latoi iy so that chaos reigns.
V.' 1 ington restaurant where
:ilher to snatch a passing
..t-ir,-: nirins anil com-
public baildin "3 d>> not
a until nine o'clock, thus compel!
i to uiflne their observations
' his, a deep mystery has
i s. Tliero wn; a wide
> anry between tho receipts as
,ii upon tho roll in the cash
tin' amount of money
found In the drawer at the close ot
business each day.
time no solution of the
puz o could bo found. A young man,
chief characteristic was his
v illir aess, opened the restaurant at
i'v. i v morning and ruled the roost
a!- no. Hut he was known to be hon-
est.
\l la 1 one of the waitresses, who
■ : no morning just as the lonely
■ i i was making change for
th - early < ustomers, fouud out
what was the matter.
Ji , your head Is full of mud,"
i- i' Ic adjuration. "What on
. arih I'.ro >011 doing?"
M :n the change," replied the
unperturbed James.
And then the secret was out. Jim-
, when he received a hank note or
oin to c11:i ;e, rang up that amount
-. without reference to
v ' !■!!• r ii- t.iiner was to pay, and
1 i it o at that. It was as simple as
could be.
Jimmy Is still puzzling over the
i. ti- r, for he knows that he put into
t '! drawer the exact sum that he
i up. i v v lime, so he cannot see
vie ro the kick comes In.
Join the don't worry club this year.
food for the sows that
Nltrogenou
ato In pig.
Salt the cows
at long and lrre;
very day rather than
:ular Intervals.
A steady man and
horse are needed to b:
right.
Don't let tho floe
ditlon. Well-fed p<;
lects for disease.
i Btoady
uk the
old
colt
un down In con-
ry are poor sub-
Peed regularly,
better and will t-
tiou in the full r
Tho poultry will do
iow tiielr apprecla-
egg basket.
Profit by the l i tu':ea made last
year. Don't fail a i eeond time in the
same way and on the same thing.
Better a small farm clear of debt
and well worked than a great big ono
burdened with debt
worked.
The cow with ti
will not prove the i
cow must bo a he
a generous yield.
and not half
i al appetite
• cow. The
.er to give
LONDON'S HEALTH 19 ON GAIN.
Death Rate Reduced Thirty Per Cent
Since Passage of Act of 1351.
London. — What a wonderfully
healthy place London would appear to
bo in spite of its black spots is shown
by a striking rerort fx-om the pea of
Sir Shirley Murphy, medical officer of
health for London county. In compar-
ing London with other towns, how-
ever, It should bo remembered that
the metropolis has a health act, passed
In 1891, which (Jives tho local authorl-
than those
f districts In
ties far greater pov
possessed by tho eai.
the provinces.
How valuable, Indc
sary are theso pow<
Sir Shirley Murphy's
since tho act was jv.
dea^h rato has d 1 n:i.-
per cent., and that th'
In each of the last tv
id, how noce -
i, is proved by
statement that
d tho London
;LieJ by over 30
means a saving
o years of over
r.'o One to "Sit on the Lid."
, \.ln-n the president goes
i n "a th ■ national capital for
• •a:-' If ill of time," remarked a
'.home olllcial to a Washington
n uLer, "lie designates soma
r of the cabinet to 'Bit on the
1,' or,'in other words, to represent
i.i 111 Washington In case of neces-
That duty usually has been
■!i iited to either Secretary Itoot
or Secretary Taft, but has Bomo-
tiini bi "n assumed by other mem-
1.its of the cabinet. Por some unex-
pi ned reason it was not done this
year, and It has happened that the
hii best official of the government on
duty In the national capital for
v, ■ l a at a time during the summer
li "a an assistant secretary to
one of the executive departments.
"In tho past it was extremely un-
usual for the president and all tho
members of his cablnot to be away
from Washington at the same time
for any extended period, but that con-
dition existed, and has occurred fre-
quently since the president went to
Oyster Bay early in June last. Neith-
i r Secretary Root, Secretary Taft nor
any other member of tho cabinet has
1) a la Washington for any conslder-
a' > ttretch of time since that date,
• ! It has happened that all of them
have been away at the same time. No
embarrassment has •resulted, how-
ever, as the president as well as all
tho cabinet ministers have remained
In closo communication with tbelr
representatives wlio remain In Wash-
ington throughout the summer, re-
al dl< i of where they happened to
be, so that really there was no occa-
sion for anyone to hold down the lid
for the president during the summer."
prietor of the east Broad way res-; right after statehood went into
taurant is back in Knid shaking | effect. O! course they have not
hands with old acquaintances. bcea emptied since?
19,000 lives, which, In lis turn, means
an addition to the li'e capital of Lon-
don of three-quarters of a million
years. The London death rato Is for
the sear under review 15.1 por 1,000,
which Is less limn that of any other
town with more than 200,000 Inhab-
itants, except Bristol and Leicester.
An analysis of t ■ London figures,
howeTer, rereais that tiio changes of
life are much greater in some parts
of tho metropolis than in others. The
death rate varies f; in 9.4 in Hemp-
stead to 20.7 in Flnsbury. Tho infant
mortality flgur s t"ll t'io samo story,
the -death rate being 77 por 1,000 for
children under ono year In Homestead
to 160 In Flnsbury and 1C3 in Shore-
ditch.
The marriage rate, while slightly In
excess of that i. the previous >"ar,
shows a steady tiixilne. Tho btrtli
rato Is the on record.
Supreme Court Enjoyed Joke.
It Is not safe for the average citi-
zen to take liberties with the United
aii -. supreme couft, but they have
tun with each other, these grave and
reverend dignitaries of tho woolsack.
Tho other day a case was pending in
which a homesteader claimed dam-
-I i against a railroad for the occu-
pation of certain land. It. was pretty
plain that the homesteader had waited
tea years or so to claim his damages
In order that, the land might Increase
in vaiiio and permit him to make his
claim larger. "Do you think it is
i-qultablo and Just?' demanded Jus-
ii' iirewer of the claimant's lawyer,
'or your client to demand $1,000 from
the railroad for this land when your
i i nt acquired the same by paying
the merely nominal fees of a few dol-
lars assessed by the government?",
"Hut, If your honor please," retortedj
the lawyer, "tho railroad paid nothing
at all." "Ha, ha," laughed Justice
Harlan, In a lusty voice, and then
he deliberately leaned forward and
grinned at Brewer. And Brewer
"liniied, too, at bis own discomfiture.
Harlan will be 75 next June. Two ot
his i dons are golf and chewing to-
bacoo.
No Time to Get Full Name.
Some of the new members of con-
gres. were getting acquainted with
Washington society at the president's
iiplomatlo reception. Ropresontative
ds of G ngla was Introduced
to Mr. Jonkheer Iteinhardt de Marees
van Swlnderen. Representative Wil-
li i oi New York came up and Mr.
lidwards wanted to introduce him.
"Would you n.Ind giving me vour
sir? I could not hear it dls-
tiy In tills noise," said he to the
!.t from the Netherlands. "Jonk-
. inhardt do—" Both Mr. Kd-
aad Mr. Wlllets wore listening
ally, bnt as It was a fast moving
i l mi they did not get any more,
ii r did they see the minister any
more. - **
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