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NEWS OF THE STATE
A Review of the Important Happenings in Oklahoma
Condensed for Busy Readers Throughout the Country
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Is the undertaking which Is one of the
pet projects of President Taft and to
carry it ont congress has appropriated
the sum of $100000
Every since he entered the White
House President Taft has been Im-
bued with the conviction tnat the ma-
chinery of government could be oper-
ated at much less expense than has
been the case for years past Among
practical business men the Federal
government's wasteful and costly
method of carrying on Its business has
lor years been at once a Joke and a
reproach and Senator Aldrich of
Rhode Island voiced the general opin-
ion when he recently declared that he
could administer the affairs of the
biggest business institution on the
continent and by the introduction of
modern methods and policies save
fully $300000000 a year over the
present cost
The recent legislation by congress
was designed merely to enable the
president to start the ball rolling for
reform in the conduct of the Federal
business With $100000 set aside to
Inaugurate the work the president Is
authorized to employ accountants and
N MANY respects Messrs
Harland & Wolff's shipyard
Queen’s Island Belfast is
the most remarkable con-
cern of the kind in the
world For many years past
they have taken the lead in the con-
struction of the largest ships afloat
they have cut two of the finest liners
on the seas in twain and added con-
siderable to their dimensions and
they havo built half a vessel the stern
half and had It towed safely from Bel-
fast to Southampton where it was
built Into the other half At present
on the stocks of their North yard
two mammoth White Star boats of 45-
000 tons each are fast approaching the
launching stage This line’s entire
fleet has been built by Messrs Har-
land ft Wolff
From the available record It ap-
pears that tho first Belfast built ship
was a wooden schooner of 150 tons
the builder being a local Presbyterian
clergyman This was in 1836 but It
was not until 1850 any serious attempt
was made in the shipbuilding line so
far as Belfast was concerned In
that year Messrs Thomas Barnes &
Co in addition to starting the Belfast
Iron works erected a small slip on
the now famous Queen’s Island which
has long since lost Its insular post-
Jon though still retaining the name
which was given It after the late
Queen Victoria’s visit in 1849 previous
to which It was known as Dargan's
Island The Ironworks proved a fail-
ure owing to the heavy expenses in-
curred In bringing the coal and iron
stone to Belfast but the small ship-
yard thrived exceedingly under the
supervision of Messrs Robert Hick-
son & Co who acquired It from Its
founders
Mr Edward J Harland an English-
man was manager for Messrs Hick-
son and in 1859 he purchased the con-
cern from Messrs lHckson as well as
a small yard adjoining belonging to
(he Belfast Shipbuilding company
Where wooden vessels only were built
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experts from official and private life
and to Inquire Into every phase of the
methods of transacting the public
business of the government in the sev-
eral executive departments and other
governmental establishments It Is
expected that many of the recommen-
dations for reforms which will be
made by these business physicians
can be carried out promptly with no
other Authority than the order of the
president but where congressional ac-
tion Is necessary there Is assurance
that It will be forthcoming
The president has placed this entire
overhauling of the governmental busi-
ness systems In tbe hands of his very
capable new secretary Mr Charles'
D Norton who had quite an Interval
of experience as assistant secretary of
the treasury before coming to his pres-
ent post and who while In that depart-
ment Inaugurated the “house clean-
ing’’ of the treasury’s business sys-
tems which became In effect the fore-
runner of the broad rejuvenation that
Is now to sweep the entire Federal es-
tablishment Mr Norton has Invited
the leading experts In the country In-
cluding such authorities on the sub-
ject as Maj Charles Hlne the reor-
ganization experts of the Harrlman
lines to submit written programs for
governmental business reorganization
and from these propositions he will
select plans to be carried out It Is
the supposition that Mr Norton’s pri-
vate business experience as the pro-
prietor of one of the largest general
Insurance agencies In the country for
years before he entered the govern-
ment service will stand him In good
stead In selecting improved business
Two years later Mr Harland was Join-
ed In partnership with Mr Gustavius
Wilhelm Wolff a wealthy German and
in 1874 Messrs Walter H 'Wilson (de-
ceased) and William James Pierre
(now Lord Pierre) pupils of the firm
were also made partners In the con-
cern which was subsequently floated
as a limited liability company
The business of the firm from the
very outset continued to Increase by
leaps and bounds In the year 1884
exactly 15 years after Mr Harland
acquired the controlling interest in
the concern there were launched
from the Queen’s Island yard 42 ves-
sels aggregating 105625 tons burden
In the three years ending 1890 their
total was 31 vessels of 126175 tons
On three ocasions since they have
achieved the record 12 months world’s
output the figures being: In 1907 82-
240 tons in 1903 110000 tons and In
1908 106528 tons
But perhaps one of the longest of
several very tough tasks undertaken
by the firm of Harland & Wolff was
the lengthening of the Castle line
Royal Mall steamer Scot (now the
Oceana of the Dutch Red Star fleet)
It was In 1896 that the Scot a Greenock-built
steamer of some seven or
eight thousand tons was sent to Bel-
fast to have 50 feet added to hsr length
amldshlp Messrs Harland ft Wolff
undertook the Job The vessel was cut
in halves and with the aid of power-
ful Jacks the two ends were pulled the
required distance apart Each end
was several thousand tons dead weight
yet the work was accomplished with-
out hitch or accident of any kind to
the complete satisfaction of the own-
ers Towards the end of the same
year the Hamburg-Amerlcan liner Au-
gusta Victoria was similarly length-
ened by 60 feet
Still more remarkable probably was
the building of the bow portion of the
rejuvenated White Star liner Suevlc
when that vessel was taken piece-
meal oft the rocks at the entrance to
the English channel some four or five
systems for the government
While Mr Norton will have the gen-
eral direction of the new project be
will have the assistance of a board of
directors as It were — a commission
composed of one executive officer from
each department and Independent bu-
reau at Washington and this commis-
sion will co-operate with the experts
In bringing about the big reform The
present movement It may be added
is not designed so much to enable the
cuttinff off of a clerk here and there—
although doubtless many clerks will
be retired as a result of Its economies—
as to formulate an entirely new struc-
ture of business methods
Several of the government depart-
ments have started on overhauling of
their business systems without wait-
ing for the general reconstruction and
what has been accomplished thus In
piece-meal fashion gives a forecast of
what may be expected later In the
U S land office ipr instance book-
keeping methods have been so sim-
plified that a single volume now holds
the records that formerly required
twenty-one different books In one
office 16 standard printed forms now
do thework that formerly necessi-
tated 83 different documents and In
the postofflee department $175000 a
year Is being saved in twine bills by
means of a new tying device Inci-
dents It may be noted that some of
the most radical economies that are
expected as a result of Uncle Sam's
latest move are looked for in the mail-
ing rooms of the departments where
tons of government documents are
wrapped addressed and- mailed each
day
years ago The stern portion only
was saved and brought round to South-
ampton where it remained until
Messrs Harland & Wolff built the
bow end 260 feet long In the south
yard subsequently with the aid of
three Liverpool tugs bringing the
weird looking half ship right-down
the Irish channel round the Land's
end and up to Southampton
The repairs to the China of the P
and O line and the Paris of the Am!
encan fine were also remarkable un-
dertakings as was also that of the St
Louis for the latter company The
laino
It was in 1870 the first Oceanic was
Who °“ 110 Queen'8 ®land for the
White Star company it was a vessel
considerably under 1000 tons The
second Oceanic launched In 1892 has
18 times the 'tonnage almost while
ZZX11 the Present da? o one
outside the management of the firm
"th e3£cePUon of the heads of
the White Star company knows the
exact dimensions of the two giant
boats now being built for this great
ocean carrying firm so well has the
secret been guarded That they will
be between 820 and 840 feet in length
and of about 46000 registered torn
nage Is the extent of knowledge of
the outside public regarding these
monsters
The firm can in no sense be regard-
ed as builders for speed elegance and
comfort for ocean voyagers being
their especial motto None of the
boats built by them Is intended to ex-
ced 21 knots or 21 knots which it
Is understood will be' tho rate of trav-
eling of the coming White Star levia-
thans the motive power of which will
be ou the combination principle of
reciprocating turbine engines At the
present moment between 11000 and
12000 employees are in constant em-
ployment working at high pressure
night and day shift and receiving
wages to the tune of over £20000 per
week while the area of the concern
Is about 120 acres
RUDOLPH TEGELER FREE
Was Released Saturday Afternoon On
a Bond of $25000
Oklahoma City Okla — Met at tue
threshold of the county jail by his
aged mother relatives friends and at-
torneys Rudolph Tegelor twice tried
for the murder of James R Meadows
at 6:30 o’clock Saturday night walked
from prison to temporary freedom five
minutes after Hathaway Harper clerk
of the district court approved a bond
of $25000 for the prisoner's appear-
ance in court on the day of his third
trial Dec 5
Monday morning Tegeler conferred
with his attorneys and mapped out the
plans tor the third trial set for Dec
6 in the district court Monday night
he left for Rock Island N M with his
mothel and Btepfather who is a well-to-do
lumber dealer After a stay of
ten days at Rock Island he will return
to Oklahoma City to wait for his trial
Insurance Company to Pay All Debts
Guthrie Okla — At the final hearing
on the receivership proceedings
against the Western National Fire In-
surance Company of Oklahoma City
representations were made to the
court by officers of the company that
they now had enough cash on hand to
pay the adjusted and unadjusted valid
claims against the company amount-
ing to about $20000
Oil Refinery to Highest Bidder
Tulsa Okla — The sale of the Sun-
flower State refinery at Niotaze Kan
has not been made as advertised be-
cause none of the bidders would pay
the minimum price of $200000 fixed
by Federal Judge Pollock
Minister Struck By a Train Dies
MsAlester Okla — Rev Lee Barnes
of Natural Arch who was struck by
an interurban car at Haileyvllle Fri-
day evening died Friday night He
was holding his horse while a car
was passing and was standing too
near the track The horse reared
throwing him In front of the car His
back was broken and his skull frac-
tured Dairy Train Drawing Crowds
Edmond Okla — Over fifteen hun-
dred people met the livestock and
dairy demonstration train of the state
board of agriculture at the four towns
visited Friday Beginning with early
morning lectures at Guthrie and clos-
ing with illustrtaed lectures in the
opera house in this city the lecturers
held the close attention of the farm-
ers who met the train at the various'
stations
$2000 for Thumb
Oklahoma City — A verdict for $2000
was rendered by a Jury in the superior
: court Saturday afternoon in favor of
j T Erngt( wh(J gued thg Palace phar
macy company claiming $5000 dam-
ages for the loss of his left thumb
caused by the application of carbolic
acid sold by the defendant
Cotton Growers Welcome Frost
Muskogee Okla — The first frost In
Eastern Oklahoma came Friday night
and it was welcomed by cotton grow'
ers generally who have great crops
of cotton that will now ripen all the
faster and be ready for the pickers
because the top foliage will be killed
and the sun will reach and mature
the cotton bolls on the lower stalks
Robbery at Osage
Osage Okla — A lone robber held up
and robbed eight persons In the Mis-
souri Kansas & Texas railroad pas-
senger station here early Thursday
Later he robbed the night clerk of
a local hotel The robber escaped
Stillwell Is Prosperous
Stllwell Okla — Since the county
Beat of Adair county was awarded
this town on a majority vote the bus-
iness of the county and especially
the town has Increased The banks
report a heavy deposit and a greater
amount of business' Several business
houses are under construction in-
cluding two two-story brick halls
Contracts to the amount of over
$300000 have been let for the erec-
tion of business houses and resi-
dences Hanraty Decides Miners’ Troubles
McAlester Okla — Pete Hanraty
mayor of this city ' late clef mine
inspector and former district presi-
dent of the United Mines Workers of
America was selected as referee to
settle the only question left undecid-
ed when the long suspension in the
southwest was settled when the agree-
ment was signed at Kansas City Sept
17 This was that of the scale for
three mines in the Illgbee Missouri
district where all the mining is long-
wall work
State Asks $5000
Oklahoma City — Alleging that the
defendant has not procured a license
to conduct the business of a building
and loan association and the law has
been violated the State of Oklahoma
by E B Cockrell state bank examin-
er Friday afternoon filed a suit in
the superior court against the Phoe-
nix Investment company claiming
$5000 damages According to the
bank examiner the Phoenix Invest-
ment company has been for several
months operating a building and loan
association without a license
TEGELER TO BE RELEASED
Tried Twice for Murder Tegeler May
Be Freed on $25000 Bond
Oklahoma City— Rudolph Tegeler
was admitted to bail lu the sum of
$25000 Friday by Judge J J Carney
of the district court
Attorneys for Tegeler declare they
will have the bond for his release se-
cured within forty-eight hours
After being in prison for more than
three years and once convicted of the
murder of James R Meadows and
given a life senetnee in the peniten-
tiary Tegeler now for the first time
is near liberty so far as be can get
it on a big bend with a third trial
set for December 6
In allowing the bail Judge Carney
referred to the statutes of the state
that hold it mandatory in cases where
a man has been tried on a charge of
murder and a disagreement results
In the Jury the defendant must be
admitted to bail The Judge in hold-
ing to the mandatory provision stated
that he had no criticism to make on
such a law at this time
The court’s decision came after
strong arguments were made by coun-
sel for both sides and In which bitter
references ’ were passed back and
forth
Millions of Bond Issues
Guthrie Okla— Since March 24
1910 the attorney general's office has
approved 278 county municipal city
and school district bond issues to the
amount of $492924368 most of which
goes for civic Improvement and has
pending half a million dollars more
which are in process of issuing At
the same time the office Is in touch
with another half million of bonds
proposed Under an act that went
Into effect March 24 the attorney
general Is made state bond commis-
sioner and must pass upon and ap-
prove all state county municipal city
and school district bonds issued In
Oklahoma before they can be sold
Street Improvement bonds ond other
special bonds such as drainage dis-
tricts and special road districts do
not come within the jurisdiction of
the office and are not included in
the totals given above As there Is
now about three millions of drainage
and road district bonds Issueing and
nobody knows how many millions of
street paving bonds it Is very prob-
able that the total bonds Issued for
public improvement In Oklahoma
since March would total between
twelve and fifteen million dollars
i Union Station for Clinton
Clinton Okla — Corporation Com-
missioner Watson Thursday arrived
in this city accompanied by Superin-
tendent Dickerson of the Orient rail-
road and announced his decision in
regard to the union depot asked for
by the citizens in a petition sent in
last May praying that the Orient
Frisco Clinton Oklahoma and West-
ern and Rock Island be ordered to
put in a union depot at the east end
of Main street The decision is that
the Orient must run into the city on
its main track north of town and con-
nect with the Clinton Oklahoma and
Western and these two roads In con-
nection with the Frisco and Rock Is-
land will build the finest depot be
tween Wichita and El PaBo costing
$150000
Oil Wells Decrease '
Tulsa Okla — With 421 new oil and
gas wells drilled In the month of Sep-
tember as against 488 in August the
development of the oil and gas indus-
try in the states of Oklahoma and
Kansas known as the Mid-Continent
field was slightly reduced
Oklahoma Cotton Crop
Guthrie Okla — Tho state board of
agriculture aas issued a supplemental
report on the number of bales of cotton
ginned in the state to October 1 Af-
ter adding in a number of belated re-
ports It is found that there were ginn-
ed to that date 117258 bales counting
round as half bales This brings the
figures up to where they just about cor-
respond with the government report
Cost of Farm Products
Guthrie Okla — The state board of
agriculture through Its bureau of sta-
tics will soon commence the collection
of data as to the cost of producing
Oklahoma farm products The board
will begin by publishing cost data hs
to the cost of producing crop: on iho
various county demonstration farms
Demonstration Farm at Darlington
Guthrie Okla— Officials in charge
of the Indian agency at Darlington
have established a demonstration
farm there for the benefit of the In-
dian farmers who are being given
their first lessons In practical agricul-
ture by the federal government
Oklahoma Central Demurs
Ardmore Okla— Dorset Carter
president and attorney for the Okla-
homa Central railroad has filed a de-
murrer in the case of the United
States against his road in an effort
to collect $13500 for alleged violation
of tho sixteen-hour law
New Mayor for Sapulpa
Sapulpa Okla — Sapulpa is now con-
trolled by the commission form of
government Mayor Denton and three
commissioners having taken charge
of municipal affairs Monday morning
"I fell and sprained my arm
and was in terrible pain I
could not use my hand or arm
without intense suffering until
a neighbor told me to use
Sloan’s Liniment The first
application gave me instant
relief and I can now use my
arm as well as ever” — Mas H
B Springer 921 Flora St
Elizabeth N J
SLOAN'S
LINIMENT
is an excellent antiseptic and germ
killer — heals cuts
bums wounds and
contusions and will
draw the poison
from sting of poi-
sonous insects
SBo 6O0 and $ 100
Sloan! book on
feoriea eattlo theop
nd poultry Mat Iron
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Dr Earl S Sloan
Boston Xus V 8 A
orejeaaa Thompson’s EyoWotor
A woman hates her enemies longer
than she loves her friends
Many who used to smoke l(Vi cigars
aow buy Lewis’ Single Binder etraight So
Old Oaken Bucket
Doctor (to typhoid patient) — Do you
remember where you drank water?
Patient (an actor) — Oh yes! It was
back on the dear old farm — twenty
years 'ago! — Puck
An Exacting Personage
“I suppose you find life easier
since the summer boarders have
gone?”
“Nope" replied Farmer Corntossel
“we’re workin’ an’ worryin’ Just as
much as ever tryin to keep the hired
man contented"
The Family Growler
"Why are you weeping little boy?"
“I broke de pitcher”
“Well there’s no use crying over
spilt milk”
"G’wan! Dis wuz beer” — Louisville
Courier-Journal
The Most Noticeable Change
"So you have lived In Europe for 25
years? That’s a long time for a man
to be away from his own country"
“Yes It Is and I’m mighty glad to
be home again”
“I suppose you notice a great many
changes?”
‘Yes many"
"What if I may ask Is the greatest
change that has come to your notice?”
“The greatest change It seems to
me Is to be found in the fact that the
vice-president of the United States
succeeds In getting his name In the
papers nearly as often as he might If
he were a baseball player or a prom-
ising lightweight prizefighter”
WISE WORDS
A Physician on Food
A physician of Portland Oregon
has views about food He says:
“I have always believed that the
duty of the physician does not cease
with treating the sick but that we
owe it to humanity to teach them how
to protect their health especially by
hygienic and dietetic laws
“With such a feeling as to my duty
I take great pleasure In saying to the
public that in my own experience and
also from personal observation I have
found no pod equal to Grape-Nuts
and that I find there Is almost no limit
to the great benefits this food will
bring when used in all cases of sick-
ness and convalescence
“It is my experience that no physi-
cal condition forbids the use of Grape-
Nuts To persons In health there Is
nothing so nourishing and acceptable
to the Btomach especially at break-
fast to start the machinery of the hu-
man system on the day’s work
“In cases of indigestion I know that
a complete breakfast can be made of
Grape-Nuts and cream and I think it is
not advisable to overload the stomach
at the morning meal I also know the
great value of Grape-Nuts when the
stomach Is too weak to digest other
food
“This Is written after an experience
of more than 20 years treating all
manner of chronic and acute diseases
and the letter is written voluntarily
on my part without any request for It"
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