The Exponent. (Ralston, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 18, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 28, 1909 Page: 2 of 8
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The Ralston Exponent
T. E. BRYANT, Ed. and Pub.
RALSTON OKLAHOMA
NEW STATE NOTE8.
Th$ foundations for Guthrie's now
160.000 packing plant, north of the
<-lty have been completed and con-
fttructlon work on the building will
comrcecn thin week.
SITE III TRUST'S HIP
METHODS OF STANDARD OIL UN
DER GOVERNMENT PROBE.
IIOEPflOEIT PROBUGEHS LOOSE W1LLI0HS
Ktate Superinteildent E. 1). Cam- price of Oil In Oklahoma Is Much
fron la sending out circular letters
lo superintendents and school officers
over the state, calling their atten-
tion to the penalty features of the
uniform text book law
Official* of the Choctaw, Oklahoma
Miid Quit railroad have decided that
Lower Than a Similar Grade in
Pennsylvania — Standard
Controls Pipe Lines-
Washington, D C.—The interior de.
partmunt is awakening to the fact that
FARMERS' UNION MEET8.
Yoakum Praises Farmers in Address
Before Convention,
shawnee, Okla.—Deprecating the
growing expense wnich the United
states government is Incurring in con-
nection with the maintenance of army
and the navy, and declaring that the
"grain and cotton fields of the Missis-
sippi valley and the west are stronger
military defenses than warships," B.
F. Yoakum, chairman of the executive
committee of the Chcago, Rock Island
& Pacific Railway company, delivered
an address here Tuesday before the
Farmers' union of Oklahoma.
Mr. Yoakum's subject was "The
Farmer and the Railroad." He strong-
P0LICIE8 OF CHIEF FORESTER
PINCHOT MEET WITH FAVOR.
OUMIDEMUDS lESDCTMl Of SITES
Suit Will Be Filed Asking Reduction
of Freight Rates From the Gulf
to Texas, Oklahoma, Kan-
sas and Colorado.
Denver, Cel.—GlfTord Pinchot, chief
forester of the United States depart-
ment of agriculture, spoke before the
Trans-Mississippi commercial con-
gress Wednesday and, as a concluding
_ note in the harmony of the session,
ly advocated good roads as a means i the delegates wound up Mr. Pinchot s
their lax assessment In Oklahoma is , oii pipe Hne companies in Oklahoma
too high and have commenced suit! i)UVe oil operators of that state by the _
In opposition to paymfnt | throat, and a rigid Investigation of | j,rjnging the carrier and the pro- a idre3S with a round of applause that
J the companies alleged to be robbing Lucer together.
According to the report received | citizens of ihe new state out ofmtt j Plvsident William Garrison of Pond
by the state board of agriculture from
shook the auditorium.
Based on the "Roosevelt policies,'
the county clerk. Kingfisher county-
last year raised $981,1.16 worth of corn,
$380,247 worth of wheat and the oat
crop Is valued at $253,361. ^
The Guthrie desk and furniture fac-
tory will be In operation Within a few
days. Practically all the machinery
has been Installed.
lions of dollars annually will likely re Cm,|j delivered his anuuai address Mr. Plnchot's address dwelt on con-
sult I and was followed by President Neal | servation as a practical business poll-
At the request of Acting Secretary lf [fae Tex&s Farmers' union. J. H. cy. He said that the loss or injury
of the Interior Pierce, Assistant In- Albritton 0f Galveston, business agent | ot our great staple will not only In-
dian Commissioner Abbott, Assistant, for ^ T,,xas union aud f8r the last; jure that particular business, but will
Secretary of the Interior Wilson, As- j vt>ar actjIlg business agent for the strike at the heart of many allied in-
gitttant Attorney General of the In- Qklahonia uui0n, alio spoke. terests. He paid his compliments to
terior Department Pollock, Mr. Mer- , ^ spirit of harmony pervadc3 the Roosevelt.
ritt, private secretary of Commissioner cmivent|on Evidences of a clc3er re-j Thunderous applause greeted his
'of Indian AfffTalra Valentine and Act- > ationsh!p with the State Federation reference to the former president,
ing Secretary of the Interior Pierce, q{ Labor
are shown and a closer ce-
hi | held a conference Friday afternoon at I mt,nting cf their efforts was recom-
Next Time Mother Visits Grandfather
Youngster Is Mot Likely to
Accompany Her.
"I think the mothev of a six-year-oV
boy should have a pension to make up
to her for the mental agony she suf-
fers," said Just such a mother. "I
took Johnny to his paternal grandfa-
ther's last week, and believe he has
cut us out of grandfather's will. Of
course, we send him to Sunday school
and we both attend church, but we
do not ask a blessing at the table, nor
do we have family prayers. Grandfa
ther does, and it happened that the
morning after we arrived Johnny was
"xcused from the table and went out
In the yard to play. Grandfather led
the way Into the sitting room and we
all knelt down In prayer. Imagine my
horror to see Johnny's little face peer-
ing curiously through the blinds and
hear him sing out: 'Hey, in there,
what kind of a game is that you're
playing? Ain't you the rotten bunch
not to let me in on it.' 1 arose and
softly whispered to him to run on and
play, and he sang out: You're it,
mamma, you're it; make a home run.'
Now, what can you do with a small
boy, anyway? I can never explain
matters to his grandfather."
ONLY ONE HE EVER LOVED.
With visitor* forbidden by i o
physicians, but nevertheless always | which the oil question in Oklahoma j men<jed Wednesday in an address by
appearing ihe condition of Secretary was discussed at great length.
„f state Cross grows no more hope-1 definite plan of action to be pursued
ful. His heart, worn by the activltle* jn getting a square deal for the inde-
o< the sixty odd years of the veteran ] pendent oil men wa3 decided upon,
platesman. labors weakly along
No J. Luther Langston of Oklahoma City,
secretary of the State Federation and
fraternal delegate to the farmers'
meeting. An address was delivered
The price of oil In Oklahoma was Wednegday by R. F. Duckworth, chair
one of the matters under discussion j man tjje national executive commit-
Prof. J. C. Monnett of the law de- j# the conference and it Is altogether I ^.e farmers' union who repre-
ptfrtment of George Washington unlver- | probable that rules and regulations of j 8ented the nations! president.
uity, Washington, D. C., has been of- j the Interior department will again be
fered the position of dean of the law : modified by reducing the amount of
department of Oklahoma university. ; royalty required to be paid Indian les-
■ , sors and the elimination of the dol-
The second large well of Mangum j i&r "per acre per year bonus on un-
Oty water works was finished a few i drilled Indian leases after a period of
days ago. and an abundant supply of | 0Ue year
#ood well water secured which ellml- j At present the oil men are required
nate all fear of water famine for sev- j to pay a half-cent royalty on each
eral years. I barrel of oil produced, this being
. ' fixed on a basis of 41 cents for oil, the
In an opinion to the state auditor, present market price, however, being
Assistant Attorney General Reeves but 35 cents.
holds that the new tax law makes all | In Pennsylvania a similar grade of
taxeB become due and payable October oil as that produced in the Muskogee
]f . and all taxes not paid by January field, brlngB three times that amount.
1 t)t*c( m«^d«*)in<)nent FeTftuary 1. The governmtnt Mow realizes that
there is something radically wrong In
Ry a majority of about 250% the prop- i Oklahoma.
option to Issue $325,000 bonds for the j It Is alleged that the pipe line com-
building of bridges and $125,000 for | panies operating in Oklahoma are un-
the building of a court house and Jail . der the control of the Standard and
was defeated by the voters of Osage that enough producing oil wells are
county. being acquired by these companies,
through "dummies," to supply all or*
The Gill construction company of j dlnary demauds, and that independ
Ardmore was awarded the contract j nnt operators are absolutely at the
for the erection of the Southwestern I mercy of the pipe line companies who
Presbyterian college for girls to be fix the price of oil at ridiculously low
built at Durant The bid was $74,00 ). I figures, so low. In fact, that many
oil men have threatened to close
The State board of agriculture has drilling operations unless grunted re-
The committee on cotton plans re-
ported Wednesday. Chairman J. A.
West said that his committee has dis-
cussed the Mississippi and Galveston
warehouse plans but probably will fail
to recommend either. This promises
to be the leading question of the con-
tention,. The committee on grain is
not present and matters placed in its
hands last February probably will not
oeacted upon.
About 200 .delegates and fraternal
delegates are present. The meetings
are being held In the Buperior court
John W. Noble, former secretary of
the Interior, also Bpcke on conserva-
tion. *
The one item of business lo come
before the Trans-Misslsslppi commer-
cial congress of direct interest to the
Oklahoma Traffic association and to
the Southwest Shippers' Traffic asso-
ciation organized In Oklahoma City
several weeks ago has not been
roached—the endorsement of a gen-
eral reduction of freight rates from
Galveston to inland points of the
southwest. Including the states of Ok-
lahoma, Kansas, Colorado and Texas.
The board of directors of the South-
west Shippers' association planned
some time ago to meet at Denver
during the sessions of the Trans-
Mississippi congress to settle upon a
time when a suit praying for such
reduction should be filed with the in-
terstate commerce commission.
Thould the directors fail to file the
suit in b .'half of the entire south-
chamber of the city hall. Among the Oklahoma Traffic associa-
visitors are Senator Campbell Russell. M1™ is prepared to file Buit for a re-
Senator Russell Is provoking small Nation of rates from Galveston to
comment becauso of his connection
with a capital location scheme, but his
ideas as a farmer always bear fruit in
convention like this.
points In Oklahoma on all roads,
within the next two or three weeks.
This action will be unnecessary,
however, If the directors cf the south-
west shippers take action this week
at Denver. Traffic officials say the
suit will be filed whether or not the
received from M. M. Wilson of Clm-
aron county two especially large live
black eagles. The birds are only nine
lief by the interior department.
The annual oil royalties to Indian
allottees now amount to approximate-
weeks old, but have practically at-"j ly 2,000,000, and the state, it is de-
tained their growth.
I clared is being fleeced out of many
millions yearly.
Senator Campbell Russell addressed
a mass meeting of farmers and citl-
sens at Shawnee on the New Jerusa*
lem state capital plan last week.
Lower Rates Demanded.
I Topeka, Kan.—State Superintendent
J of Insurance Charles W. Barnes has
ordered a decrease of 12 per cent in
fire insurance rates in Kansas, effec-
tive September 1.
R W. Dick, warden of the state
penitentiary, has forwarded to State
Inspector and Examiner C. A. Tay-
lor a certified and detailed statement Prohibition Bill Passes,
of the expenditure of $36,350 In peni- Montgomery, Ala.—The Fuller pro
lentiary affair*-. hlbltlon bill was passed by the senate
Friday. There was not one vote
The railroad engineer is the best against the elimination of that section
j>aid of all the wage earners in Okla- j which sought to prohibit newspapers
hocua. according to statistics for 1908 j a: d magazines from advertising llq-
compiled by I^abor Commissioner | uors.
(Thares L. Daugherty. The average
annual income of an engineer Is $1,«
(it
Deeds to surplus Osage Indian lands
were received from Washington last
week and a large force of clerks have
been installed to rush the work of re-
cording and distributing patents to the
Indians.
As a recognition of the splendid
work the Oklahoma corporation com-
mission is doing in railroad regula-
tion the secretary of the Nebraska
railroad commission has notified
Chairman J. E. Ix>ve that Commla-
•loner K. J Wlnnett of the Nebraska
commission has been assigned to the
state of Oklahoma to investigate the
methods employed by the Oklahoma
commission
Production Tax Constitutional.
Guthrie, Okla.—In an oplniofi which
aroused much favorable comment here
Assistant Attorney General W. C.
Reeves takes the position that the Ok-
lahoma gross production tax 1b not
necessarily unconstitutional because
becsuso the supreme court of the Unit-
ed States recently declared void a
Texas law to the same effect, and ad
vises State Auditor M. E. Trapp to
treat the law as constitutional and
continue to enforce it until the courts
have declared otherwise.
Board Pleased With Work.
McAlester, Okla —Col. Roy Hoffman
and Royal J. Allen of the state board commercial congress endorses the idea
of public affairs are here looking after but they hope to gain strength in
the construction of the new peniten- j their plea from the ratification of the
tiary. They announce themselves as 8reat commercial body.
greatly pleased with the program of j A reducti°n 0 ffro™ *° 36f **r
cent on preseut freight rates from
The Widower—Mary, do you know
you are the only woman 1 ever loved?
The Widow—Oh, dear, George, you
ton't mean it?
The Widower—Yes, the rest were
ail girls!
The Difference.
Edward, having been refused an-
other baked potato on the simple but
convincing ground that there were
no more, according to the New York
Sun, made some uncomplimentary re-
mark about the insufficiency of his
dinner. "This isn't dinner." corrected
the aunt whom he was visiting. "This
1s luncheon. You don't eat dinner in
the middle of the day. You eat that
at night." The next day the aunt, be-
ing anxious to know if Edward had
assimilated his lesson of the day be-
fore. said: "Edward, can you tell
me now the difference between dinner
and luncheon?" "You bet 1 can," said
Edward, very promptly. "Lunch is
the meal where you don't get enough
to eat." ,
the work.
Broom Corn Market Opens.
Elk City, Okla.—Broom corn is be
Ing sold here for $60 to $80 per ton.
The first broom corn marketed this
year came la fifteen days before the
first load last year. The average price
is much better than last year owing!
Galveston on every article received
for transportation by the railroads
will be asked.
Diaz Gets Permission.
Mexico City—The first official ad:
mission that President Diaz will meet
President Taft In October was made
to the fact that the drouth has cut Minlster of Foruelgn
cal. who stated that all detallB had
down the acreage.
Guthrie May Get Bends.
Washington.—Bids were opened at
the bureau of Insular affairs, war de-
partment, Tuesday, for $1,500,000 4
per cent ten-thirty-year Philippine pub-
lic works and improvement bonds.
This issue is the balance unsold of the
been arranged granting cermlsslon to
President Diaz to leave Mexican soil.
People Becoming Interested.
Evidence of the popular interest in
the anti-consumption crusade is given
in a statement made by the National
Association for the Study and Preven
tion of Tuberculosis, to the effect that
during the year ending August 31,
nearly 3,000,000 people have attended
tuberculosis exhibitions in various
parts of the country. Besides the
three traveling tuberculosis exhibi-
tions of the national association, there
are 28 exhibits of this kind through-
out the United States. Four years
ago there were only three such dis-
plays in the entire country.
Jury Returns Verdict.
Colorado Springs, Col.—The coro-
ner's jury which Investigated the head-
on collision on the Denvcrr & Rio
Grande railroad at Husted. Col., Sat-
$5,000,000 authorized by the acts ol j urday morning, when ten people were
congress last amended February 6, j killed and three score injured, Tues-
1905. There were only six bids of- day retnrned Its verdict. The verdict
The Pratig Educational company of
'Dallas, Texas, whose drawing books
were adopted for use in the public
schools of the state, has issued a neat
booklet giving the Oklahoma course of
ntudy in art education which will be
delivered tu any teacher in the etato
ire« of charge
Forest Fires Rages.
Spokane, Wash.—Battling desper-
ately but almost hopelessly, 300 farm-
ers and timber men fought a great for-
est fite three miles wide which swept
through the splendid fir and tamarack
timber near and northwest of Lake
Coeur d'Alene Friday.
For forty hours the fire defied all
efforts to check it; and as the flames
approached Roceford bay, they split
In two, one wall of fire moving north-
east, the other southeast, beyond con
trol.
fered. The successful ones include
that of John Selstrom Guthrie, Okla.
$3,000 at 101.
Disastrous Flood in Colorado.
Denver, Col—Another cloudburst at
Fc*ii" Mile Creek near Canyon City.
Wednesday night made more disas-
trous the flood In the Arkansas river
valley which has threatened adjoining
t«wns, washed out railroad tracks and
tied up many trains containing east-
ern tourists.
The cloudburst was one of the heav-
iest In that section and soon the river,
swollen by mountain torrents, near
Canyon City, had risen eight feet, six
inches. The trains of the Denver &
Rio Grande and the Colorado Midland
railroads were blockaded at many
points and scores of tourists were re-
ported delayed, although the railroad
officials declared they were making
every effort to detour the trains.
The picturesque Royal gorge, where
the Arkansas river rushes through a
cunyon 1,000 feet deep, was a scene
i>f wild fury. The water had reached
the level of the famous "hanging
bridge" although the bridge Itself was
said to be Intact. Many of the nearby
canyons were washed clear of tracks
finds that'the wreck was due to crimi-
nal negligence on the part of the 'rain
crew.
State Sues Insurance Companies.
Little Rock, Ark—Alleging that
Bixty-flve insurance companies repre-
senting a combined capital of $156,-
000,000 doing business in the state of
Arkansas, entered into a rate combi-
nation on December 16, !908, Prose-
cuting Attorney R E. Jeffrey, of the
Third judicial circuit, has filed suit
apalnst these companies for penalties
aggregating $65,000,000 under the state
anti-trust statute. The suit was
brought at Newport, Ark.,
It is alleged by the state that a com-
bination was effected before the law
was passed and that subsequent to
the enactment of the anti-trust statute,
the combination dominated Insurance
companies organized here. The agree-
ment, according to the charges
brought by Prosecutipg Attorney Jef-
frey, existed 224 days expiring on
August 17, 1909.
Wichita Takes Another Turn.
Wichita, Kan—After allowing the
town to be wide open for four days
the commissioners passed an ordi-
nance Friday, to take effect at enco,
which will again close the joints.
P1C1
THREE REASONS
Each with Two Legs and Ten Finger*
A Boston woman who is a fond
mother writes an amusing article
about her experience feeding her boys.
Among other things she says:
"Three chubby, rosy-cheeked boys,
Rob, Jack and Dick, aged 6, 4 and 2
years respectively, are three of our
reasons for using and recomending the
food, Grape-Nuts, for these youngsters
have been fed on Grape-Nuts since in-
fancy, and often between meals when
other children would have been given
candy.
"I gave a package of Grape-Nuts to
a neighbor whose 3 year old child was
a weazened little thing, ill half the
time. The little tot ate the Grape-
Nuts and cream greedily and the moth-
er continued the good work, and It
was not long before a truly wonderful
change manifested Itself in the child's
face and body. The results were re-
markable, even for Grape-Nuts.
"Both husband and I use Grape-
Nuts every day and keep strong and
well and have three of the finest,
healthiest boys you can find in a day's
march."
Many mothers instead of destroying
the children's stomachs with candy
and cake give the youngsters a hand-
ful of Grape-Nuts when they are beg-
ging for something in the way of
sweets. The result is soon shown In
greatly increased health, strength and
mental activity.
"There's a Reason."
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book, "The Road to Wellville."
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