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THE GROVE SUN
O E Butler Editor and Owner
GROVE ' s OKLAHOMA
' Catch the fly then kill it
Mother’s day is generally wash day
A group of scientists can prove anything
1 Some people’s idea of liberty is to
ibother others
‘ "Paris is safe” announces M ' De
IRocheforL And Seine?
Kissing does not spread
(Let's not spread any
germs
Is all this talk really having ' any
affect on the kissing game as played?
- Starch factories have resumed op-
erations Indications point to a stiff
reason's work -
As Told in a
Few Words
Good and Newsy Items
of General Interest Con-
densed to Small Space
WASHINGTON
There is war in the hog market but
ithe hog gets the worst of it no mat-
ter who wins
New Jersey is suffering from a
plague of rats Here is work for the
redoubtable Jersey mosquito
It would be interesting to hear what
that Maryland auctioneer has to say
when he auctions off those Rising Sun
old maids
While doctors in conference dis-
cussed the bad effects of tobacco the
room was thick with smoke from
their' own cigars
Now the world will never be alto-
gether satisfied until some aeroplane
expert catches an eagle in full flight
and salts its tall
Launching of the battleship Florida
calls attention to the fact that interna-
tional peace is becoming more expen-
sively armed all the time
- The anticipated dispute of an aero-
plane and an automobile for right of
way has occurred with the expected
result The automobile won
Now the desslcated egg is scientifi-
cally aserted to be a shade more malo-
dorous than the antique cold storage
variety— which is supererogatory
Scientists say that America will be
reduced to Asia’s food standards If
we are not careful ' Some persons
have fallen for chop suey already
“College girl compelled to eat oy-
sters blindfolded” Where was the
S P C A when the wretched hazers
were blindfolding those helpless oysters?
A New York woman lived to be
ninety-nine years old before she took
her first drink It was merely a case
of curiosity getting the best of her
at the end
President Taf( -Tuesday sent a spe-
cial message to congiess in which he
rc-couiiueuurd ilidt me clause in the
railroad bill which gives the inter-
state commerce commission power
to investigate and suspend increas-
ed rates Med by the railroads be
modified so as to take effect immed-
iately upon signing the act
The Barthoidt bill empowering the
chief justice of the United States su-
p erne court to designate another
judge -to sit in cases before the fed-
eral court of appeals when a tie vote
occurs has been passed by the bouse
A report heard by 'the department
of agriculture states the conition of
the growing cotton crop for May
2582 per cent normal compared with
811 same date 1909 90 9 per cent
average 10 years area planted 1028
per cent Last years equavilent to
33196000 acres increase 904000
Sentiment in favor of Intervention
by the United States for the restora-
tion of order in Nicaragua is grow-
ing The state department has re-
ceived appeals but it is doubtful if
Knox will intervene unt'l it is appar-
ent that Estrada cannot capture the
rest or the country
After serving a vehicle for politi-
cal debate in the house for nearly a
month the sundry civil appropriation
bill carrying proposed appropriations
aggregating $110000000 was passed
Saturday
The Gulf Colorado & Santa Fe
railroad has ordered the discontinu-
ance o all improvement work In
Texas except work wnich is abac
lutely necessary This action' offi-
cials state is due to decisions by the
United States circuit court and the
recent reduction of four cents in the
cotton rate by the state railroad com-
The oyster recently found with 64
pearls in its Internal department
seems to be in a higher class than the'
one which contains one million ty-
phoid germs
Theater galleries being places of
amusement they should ba so ar-
ranged that school girls could not fall
out of them into the orchestra pit as
did one In New York the other day
New York society women are fast-
ing for the purpose of reducing their
weight and Improving their health
It will be a terrible blow to the pro-
prietors of some of the higb-class res-
taurants If this sort of thing becomes
the latest fashion
A new Idea for raising money for
charitable purposes has been devised
at Wltham England Invitations were
Issued to a “Stock Exchange Sale”
and every guest brought an article
which had to be sold to another guest
and the purchase money handed over
to the fund
The western neighborliness adver-
tised by the fact that the friends of
a North Dakota farmer joined hands
while he was ill in bed and plowed
and sowed 100 acres of his farm in
a single day was not an Isolated ex-
ample The spirit displayed by the
friends of the stricken farmer re-
vealed a pleasant phase of pioneer
enterprise which blazed the way for
settlement to the base of the Rocky
mountains The pioneer is a man who
la willing to help himself and to put
In time for others if by so doing he
can promote individual and com-
munal happiness
DOMESTIC
Large hotels in all the big cities
of the United Sates are said to be in-
volved in a $50000000 merger to be
known as the United Hotels company
Alfred G Vanderbilt and other fin-
anciers are said to be interested in
the project
Eighty-seven marksmen shot at
Cleveland in the opening of the
twenty-fourth annual tournaments of
the Ohio Trapshooters league V
Heer of Guthrie OUla led the profes-
sionals breaking 158 out of a possible
160 targets
Two firemen were killed and many
were overcome by the stifling fumes
as they fought a fire at New York
Monday which destroyed a five-story
Washington street warehouse Sixty
firemen were trapped on the top
floor as they fought the flames and
beside the dead twenty-six were in-
jured two probably fatally
In the three months ended March
31 as reported by the local collec-
tor of customs there were 99713 head
of live stock imported into this coun-
try f om Mexico through the border
ports The duty was $350000
Theodore Roosevelt received the
honorary degree of doctor of civil
laws from the University of Oxford
Tuesday The conferment was made
before a distinguished company that
gave the former president a cordial
welcome
James J Corbett has joined the
"come bock” club and it is intimated
by those close 'to the former cham-
pion tnat he is preparing to chalienga
Jack Johnson if Ihe big negro defeats
Jeffries on July 4
Bill Grubb also known as Grubb
Batson a negro who attempted a
criminal assault at Krebs Sunday
afternoon was killed at McAlester
Monday while under guard There is
no clue to the slayer's identity
Lightning killed Mrs Charlotte
Hicks ana property estimated to be
worth $10000 was destroyed during-
a severe storm at Kansas City Three
am! one-quarter inches of rain fell
Joseph Noe of Jersey City clipped
50 minutes off the record Sunday by
riding his bicycle from the New York
city hall to the capltol building at
Albany a distance of 171 miles lm
10 hours and 21 minutes The best
previous record was made by Lewis
Bailey of Poughkeepsie on October
21 1900 in li hours and 11 minutes
A bolt of lightning that killed VVm
E Sparks a farmer residing near
Joplin Mo melted 20 silver dollars
in bis wallet into a solid mass
Bird men and their contrivances
for navigating the ozone channels will
have an inning Oct 8 to 17 when St
Louis proposes to conduct a national
aero show in the Coliseum Every
successful type of aeroplane and
spherical and dirigible balloon will
be shown
The ’’Culebra slide” which has been
the cause of much apprehension on
the part of the constructing engineers
on the Isthmus of Panama has be-
come more serious than was at first
feared
Members of the Missouri Letter
Carriers’ Association in session at
Columbia Mo advocated national
legislation for old age retirement on
half pay
In a pitched battle between Sheriff
Harlow and a posse of deputies and
nine convicts near Miiano Tex one
convict was killed and two wounded
according to reports received
NEWS OF THE STATE
A Review of th Important Happenings in Oklahoma
Condensed for Busy Readers Throughout the Country
BIG TELEPHONE ORDER PLACED
POSTOFFICES SHOW GAINS
Santa Fe Makes FirGt Move in Dis-
patching Trains by Phone
Shawnee Ok a— Apparatus 'neces-
sary t equip about 46U0 miles ox
its lne wifi tlephones for dispatch-
ing trains has been oidered by the
Achsn T-ptka & tan a Fe rai-
road The ou s de construction work throughout the state but it was left
Few Show Decrease — Postmasters Get
Salaries Raised
Washington D C — In the annual
readjustment of postmasters’ salaries
in Oklahoma some surprising gains
are noted Uniform gains are shown
FOREIGN
According to information reaching
political circles in Berlin the annex-
ation of Korea by Japan will become
a fact shortly if not immediately
The Japanese government will only
proclaim the annexation after the
commercial treaties expiring on July
1 and of which notice must be given
a year previously have been removed
Tile British schooner Marion May
was stopped and searched six miles
ofrCape Maisi Cuba by the Cuban
revenue cutter Baire An armed par-
ty overhauled Ihe cargo Briisli au-
thorities are investigating
From the in vestigtatons still con-
tinuing into army and other state de-
paitments there is no doubt Russia
is the most graft-ridden country in
Europe not forgetting Turkey
The ruins of Calitri and adjoining
villages were inspected Thursday by
m King Victor Emmanuel and Queen
Three hundred nnd fifty prosper-
nil H lena Most of the houses in Ca itii
is aleady well under way WIchia
wil have two of the lines
Eieatua ly all traffc and tr&n
movement on the Santa Fe will be
diietd by telephone Today 2275
miles of load are equipped with the
telephone system The fc-anta Fe was
one of the very first to sujfplant the
telg aph fo- this kind of work and
the accuracy of its operation has
stre-xgheied the belief of the offi-
cials of this road in the new dis-
patching systm The telephone
equipment for the latest sections of
thi3 road to adopt this method of dis-
patch ng has j st been ordered from
the Wts era Electric company the
manufac urer of the five million
“Bell" telephnes
The teiephore is soon to be in-
stal ed ever' tracks from Newton
Kan west to Mojave Los Angeles
and San Diego Cal from Newton
south into Ga'vest n Texas from
Temple to Br w:wood Texas and
from Wichita Kan to Clovis N M
ASK REDUCTIONS IN RATES
for Cherokee ’ to show the greatest
gains in postoffice receipts resulting
in the advancement of the postmas-
ter’s salary from $1800 to $2200 per
annum Gains of $100 and $200 are
common Decreases' at ’ Atoka Bris-
tow and Krebs furnished some of the
surprises In fact ihe salaries of
postmasters were reduced in six In-
stances The leading postoffices In
the state according to Jhe returns
made by the postoffice department
are: Oklahoma City Muskogee
Guthrie Tulsa Enid McAlester
Shawnee Chickasha Lawton Bartles-
ville and El Reno the last three are
each In the $2700 class Tulsa and
Enid are each $3100
CIMSR HEIKE I WOMAN
FOUNHUILTY ESCAPES
OPERATION
GERBRACHT GUILTY ALSO
WasCuredbyLydiaEPink-
Thla Ends the Government’s Second Hflfll’S Vegetable COHlpOUIld
Attempt tor Imprison Men Re- —
spo-nsible for Vast Under-
weighing Frauds
WiOMEN WILL RUN CARS
Street Car Company to Give Day’s
Proceeds for Hospital Benefit
Muskogee Okla — The Muskogee
City hospital an institution built and
controlled by the women of Musko-
gee will receive all the money they
can collect on the city’s street car
system in one day the proceeds to
be used to furnish a new hospital
building
The street car company has agreed
to turn Its cars over to the women
any day they desire and let them put
their own collectors on and keep the
money that they take In It Is pro-
posed to put at least three young
New York — Charles R Helke the
white-haired secretary of the Amer-
lean Sugar Refining company was
convicted Friday night on one count
of an indictment charging conspiracy
to defraud the government of customs
dues on sugar
Ernest W Gerbracht fosmer super-
intendent of the Williamsburg (Brook-
lyn) refinery - was convicted on all
six counts
For James F tBendernagel former
cashier of the refinery the jury stood
7 to 5 for acquittal He will
tried again
Elwood Ind— “Your remedies have
enred me and I have only taken six
bottles of Lydia E Pink ham’s Vegeta-
— ble Compound I
was sick three
months and could
not walk I suf-
fered all the time-
The doctors said I
could not get well
without an opera-
tion for I could
hardly stand the
pains in my sides
especially my right-
one and down my
right leg I began
1:
to feel better when I had taken only-
one bottle of Compound bnt kept on
aa I was afraid to stop too soon” — Mrs
Sadie Mullen 2728 £i B St El-
be wood Ind
Why will women take chances with
The verdict was announced at ten ®®PUonoiMtoag jratarickly
minutes past
deliberated for
' j half-hearted existence missing three- all
ten after the Jurors had of the jo of whBen they A “
or 12 hours It was Ben- can flnd health Lydia & pinkham’a : 1
if
dernagel’s case that caused the long Vegetable Compound?
For thirty years it has been the
Muskogee Business Men Serve For-
mal NotiCe on Insurance Adjusters
Muskogee Okla — After having
spent $100000 improving its fire fight-
ing department the city council o
Musko-ee has served formal notice
up-n the fire Insurance adjusters of
this district that the reduction of 2b
per cent In insuiance rates should i women on each car with conductors
b3 made at once After an Inspection j caps on and permit them to take all
of Muskogee made nearly a year ago i the money they can get And on that
the inspectors announced that the day mighty little change will be giv-
city fire department was not suffl- en for street car fares The women
e’ent and that when it was brought j propose to advertise the day well
up to a certain standard a cut of 25 give general big picnics at the parks
per cent In rates would be made All and otherwise try to increase the
the requirements have been fulfilled traffic on the car lines on the day
and property owners are clamoring they are to get the receipts
for a new rate Local insurance men — — —
are backing them up Endeavorers Close Convention
session Over his fate more than 20
ballots were taken
This ends the government's second
attempt to imprison the group of men
responsible for the vast underweigh-
ing frauds to which the so-called su-
gar trust has virtually confessed by
the restitution of more than $2000-
000 in duties -Helke is the highest
officiaf of the company upon whom
the blame has been fixed and he now
faces a possible sentence of two years
In tfce federal penitentiary and a fine
of $10000 He la 65 years old and
broken in health and spirits His
counsel in summing up declared re
standard remedy for female ills and
has cured thousands of women who
have been troubled with such ail-
ments as displacements inflammation
ulceration fibroid tumors irregulari-
ties periodic pains backache indiges
tion and nervous prostration
If you have the slightest dotiou
that Ijydia E Pink ham’s Vege-
table Compound will help you
write to Mrs Pinkham at Lynn
Mass- for advice Your letter
will be absolutely confidential
and the advice free
Nothing Too Good
tou
rancf
peatedly that a prison term meant I f01- you That'S why we want you
n0GnnvJrnthanndewhnH Ter tO take CASCARETS for liver I
Convicted on all Six counts Ger- bowels It’s not advertising talk —
bracht can be sentenced to 12 years ”
in prison with a maximum fine of ut ment— the great wonderful
$10000 Like Heike he is past mid- lasting merit of CASCARETS that
die age being 63 years old we want you to know by trial Then
All three defendants who were un- you’ll have faith— and join the mil-
der bond were paroled in the custody lions who keep well by CASCA-
M 5
a ?
Muskogee Okla — The Oklahoma
qf counsel until 10:30 o'clock Satur-
day morning when the court will hear
the usual motion in the cases of
Heike and Gerbracht and barring
some stay will announce the time of
sentence
The trial just ended began May 16
with six defendants Included in the
RETS alone
CASCARETS toe a bo for a week's
treatment all
in the world
! Indictment Besides Heike Gerbracht
The navy department having or-
dered a series of experiments to de-
termine the capability of submarines
In Independent action it will be the
duty of the department if the pres-
ence of tenders is abolished to pro-
vide means by which submerged boats
may be located in the event of failure
of the apparatus Submarines are pro-
vided with eye-bolts for wrecking op-
erations and some means should be
devised by which brave men who are
Imprisoned beneath the sea may be
located so that wrecking operations
may be Instituted with promptitude
that will Insure the saving of life
A young French physician M
Georges Rosenthal thinks he has dis-
covered a serum cure for rheumatle
fever and the Paris Academy of Sci-
ences has appointed a committee to
report upon 1L The treatment con
ists of injections of the serum In the
region of the stomach Here's hoping
In the interest of humanity that the
committee may flnd reason for render-
ing a favorable report
- A nice couple fell out while on their
honeymoon They were riding In an
-airship
A Cincinnati lad has been taken to
'm hospital to have an operation per-
formed by a surgeon to make him a
'better boy Unit In the old days'
when persons lived in homes instead
f apartments an operation in the
'back parlor by Doctor Ma with a sllp-
jper would have sufficed
An automatic stamp-selling machine
has been Installed In Chicago by the
other —
tors iRtve arrived at Iditarod City
Alaska as the vanguard of a gold
rush that is expected to nearly rival
that of the Klondike strike Rich
finds are reoprted along the iditarod
nnd Innolto rivers
Charging that It has been defi’a-id-pd
out of $2000000 on repair work in
a period of four years- the Illin is
Central Railroad company filed uit
for an accounting against four of Its
former officials in the circuit com t
at Chicago
Locomotive firemen on forty-nine
western railroads were granted an
increase In ge8 of about 1 per
rent or 60 per cent of the demands
made lust December and referred to
arbitration under the Erdman act
ANnit 25000 union men were in-
volved but all the firemen whether
members of the union or not will get
the increase There are about 32000
employes on the roads Involved
The excitement among the Egyp-
tian Nationalists over Roosevelt's
speech is growing more and more In-
tense Several mass meetings have
been held and the Nationalist news-
papers are making bitter attacks
State Insuranoe Commissioner
Milas Lasater has issued a state li-
cense to the Masonic Mutual Insur-
ance association of Washington D C
The company writes Insurance for
master Masons only
The rate of mortality among
schcol teachers from tuberculosis is
higher than in any other profession
according to Dr Helen C Putnam
an authority on hygiene She declares
the causes are high temperture and
puffy school rooms
A fully-equipped counterfeiling
plant was discovered in the Missouri
penitentiary at Jefferson City Fed-
ora! inspectors found the outfit In
the cell occupied by Leo J Ayer and
Joseph Vail and they will be brought
to trial in the federal court on tno
charge of counterfeiting
Claiming to have sufficient evi-
dence In hand to oust the beef trust
Attorney General Major has announc-
ed that suits will be instituted at once
in which it will be shown that the
anti-trust laws of Missouri have been
flagrantly violated
- Young people living In the vicinity
of Allen are rejoicing P H Deal
clerk of the county court now has his
marriage books and supplies In the
future it will be unnecessary to go
to Ada to secure matrimonial certi-
ficates A long felt want has been
satisfied
The United States transport In-
dianapolis sunk eighteen miles out-
side of tho harbor near Corregldor
wore destroyed by the earthquake
and the people are camping in the
fields Thirty-two bodies have been
uncovered
Paris smokers are vot taking
kindly to the increased prices of to-
bacco There Is a National League
for the Defense of Smokers and It
has started a campaign with a view
lo Including M Cochery the minister
of finance to lower the prices of to-
bacco and cigare'ttes
Reports from the outlying districts
declare that heavy damage was done
Santiago Cuba and coniguous terri-
by the earthquake which shocked
tory The Inhabitants are in a panic
An anti-Japanese uprising of seri-
ous proportions is being plotted it
Is reported in North Korea -by Kore-
ans who are opposed to the annexa-
tion of Korea by Japan and who are
enemies of Japan generally
Italy Tuesday was a targe of mis-
fortune The southern part was touch-
ed by an earthquake Ihe most sri-
ous damage from which was with n
lif y miles of Mount Vulture an ex-
tinct volcano In the province of Ac-
German College Looking for Location ( State Christian Endeavor Union clos-
Enid Okla — Several German ad- ed its annual meeting here after se-
ventists from over Oklahoma have lecting Tulsa as the next place of
been here this week looking into th meeting and the elect on of the fol-
matter of locates a German Advent- lowing officers: President Rev Chas
1st college Val Johnson and Clar- Lescault Cherokee vice president ' minnr Harrv
ence Kline have offered a site to the Ray Worthington Muskogee record- assIstant dock superintendent and
corrcsnnndtnT I 1 Wm Voekler and James F Hal-
coi tesponding secretary Miss Athie
E Stle cf Enid tieasurer H H
Bowman of Pawnee
Tuff’s Pills
The dyspeptic the debilitated whether from
excess of work of mind or body drink or ex-
committee in charge The proposed
college building is to cost $20UC(
Strike Artesian Well at Ada
Ada Okla — An artesian well has
been struck at the cement plant at a
depth of 700 feet The pressure Is
Tulsi Elks lo Build New Home
Tulsa Okla — The contract has
sufficient to supply the whole town usj been let for the erection of the
Fifty men are employed building a 'new Elks’ home here which will be
stand pipe
jone of the finest in the state
to cost $50000
It is
Enid Gets Next Dentist’s Meeting
Tulsa Okla — State dentists to the Preparing Large Real Estate Auction
number of 250 who have been at-! Chickasha Okla — County Treasurer
tending the third annual convention W S Kilgore is preparing for the
of the Oklahoma Dental association j largest real estate auction sale ever
left for their homes Saturday night conducted in Grady county City and
following final adjournment which j farm lands will be sold to pay back
was taken at 6 o’clock Enid was taxes Ey a restraining order the
chosen as the next place of meeting
Lightning Does Damage at Hugo
Hugo Okla — A heavy rain fell here
Saturday during which lightning did
considerable damage to the light and
treasurer Is not permitted to sell cer-
tain Indian lands
Osage City Makes Gas Contract
Osage City Okla — The Osage Land
and Development company has Just
phone wires One hundred a id ' entered Into a contract with a Sa-
twelve phones of the Pioneer com
pany were put out of service
el lint Sardinia the Freer
n
th i Med'terrnnean af'er Sicii was
d ’ ased by a violent cyclone The
district of Lamusei Tortoll Ilobono
El m -vrl if- 'xv
are believed dead The damage Is
estimated at $2000000
Five hundred Somali warriors of
the Mad Mullah have suffered a crush-
ing defeat in a fight with natives
friendly with the Europeans at Ar
den Arabia Severe slaughter was
inflicted on the Mad Mullah's forces
M Popoff minister of aviation of
the Russian army was fatally injured
in an aeroplane accident at Gatchina
when the machine struck an eleva-
tion of the ground and was wrecked
He received a broken breast thigh
bones and injuries about the head
A baud of 18 bandits led by San-
tanon a noted bandit created con-
sternation by a series of raids in tbe
southeast part of Oaxaca Mexico Sev-
eral persons were killed and one man-
ager was -forced to give a tribute ot
$4000
China and Japan have dispatched
war vessels to the Gulf of Pechlll be-
cause ot a disagreement between the
nations over 'the control of the sev-
eral hundred fishing vessels from the
gulf according to news received by
the steamer Empress oi India: Satur-
day Healing by wireless current is the
latest idea An apparatus has been
devised by a Berlin firm of electrl
Fruit Growers to Apply for Charter
Oklahoma City1— At a meeting of
the Oklahoma Codnty Fruit Growers’
association in the chamber of com-
merce rooms Sturday It was decided
that the association should take steps
to incorporate Immediately and in-
structions were given to the present
pulpa syndicate for a gas supply of
590000000 cubic feet per month
officers to apply for a charter
capitalization w-ill -be $10000
The
Motor Club at Durant
Durant Okla — Ten owners of mo-
tor cars ave organized an auaomo-
bile boosters’ club The object of the
club Is to secure better and cleaner
streets provide mutual entertain-
ment for members and to see that
proper means are provided for show-
ing strangers the city and country
Establish Sales Pavillion
Apache Okla — The Apache Retail-
er association has inaugurated a
movement to establish a permanent
market place by the purchase of a
large sales pavilion where visiting
fanners with stuff for market can
assemble and sell at either public
auction or prlvaae sale The new
system will be adopted this summer
llg-an checkers The trial had not
progressed far however when the tes-
timony so incriminated these men that
their counsel entered pleas of guilty
They have not yet been sentenced
Bendernagel had been tried previ-
ously with Oliver Spitzer the par-
doned dock superintendent who tes-
tified at the trial just closed but as
was t'ne case Friday the jury dis-
agreed Spitzer got two years and
four checkers were sentenced to one
year each They are still serving
time on Blackwell’s Island but Spitz-
er conscience-stricken made a com-
plete confession and told a story that
resulted in Heike’s conviction
MALARIAL REGIONS
will find Tutt’s Pills the most genial restore
live over offered the suffering invalid
IOLDIS0RESICURED1
Alien ‘s UlcerineSalve cu re ttC'liroiilcLlcers none
tIloerSorof ulous Ulcers Varicose UlcersIn-
dolent Ulcers Mercurial Ulcers White Swell-
inflrMilk LerFeverSorestlloldfom PMltlsIjas
fellers BasilSOc JFALLlfiNleptA2tPalMixuu
If afflicted with
orest
'ss ase Thompson’s Eyo Wafor
Storm Wrecks Train
Ft Smith Ark — A train was wreck-
ed and one man drowned as a result
of a storm here Thursday afternoon
A bridge near VanBuren collapsed
under a Frisco freight train and it
went into the stream David -Meadows
a farmer rode ino the swollen
stream and was drowned
Wetumka Coming to Front
Wetumka Okla— Negotiations have
practically been perfected for the se-
curing of water works and electric
lights for Wetumka The citizens are
back of the movement and declare
Wetumka Is to be one of the mod-
ern cities of the state
Granite Quarry Changes Hands
Tishomingo Okla — A deal was
consummated here Thursday where-
by the Paris granite quarry with all
the machinery and appliances has
been transferred to -M J Gill of Ard-
more The conslderaton was $15000
Mr G 11 has taken charge and put
a fcrce of men to work getting out
stone Tbe Gill Consructlon company
ot which Mr Gill is the head has
the contract from the government
for the erection of a new $150000
postoffice building at Oklahoma City
-PT tSV’
Fight Duel on Ferry Boat
Muskogee Okla — Frank Sterling
and Henry Draper ferry boatmen
armed with knives fought a duel In
the middle of the Arkansas river In
the presence of a big Sunday crowd
which gather at Hyde Park on the
river banks Leaving his opponent
lying in the boat Draper escaped in
To Figure Baggage on Mileage Baele
Guthrie Okla — Excess baggage
charges will be figured on a mileage
1?ag-p-yft -been ar rtt1?a:rrparnlwffa6vn5 11"?-
Machinery for Brick Plent Arrivee
Davenport Okla — Most of the ma-
chinery is here and being installed
for the new brick plant Immense
deposits of shale are found in this
vicinity The Commercial club is
making an effort to locate another
large brick and tile iactory here
Afton Man- Has Tallest Oats
Afton Okla — Dave Hodson who
lives six miles from here claims to
havo the tallest specimens of oats
ever grown In Oklahoma The Btalka
are over five feet and are adorned
with full heads of grain Mr Hodson
has five acres of growing oats of
which this Is a fair average
Print Paper Supply Depleted
Washington— That the suply of
news-print paper in the American
mills has been still further depleted
since March 30 so that on April 30
here was less than five days’ supply
on hand is the statement made pub-
lic by Herbert K Smith commission-
er of corporations The decrease
since April 30 1909 has been more
than 18000 tons Tbe annual con-
sumption per day Is said to be about
4000 tons the production capacity
about 4120
Harvard College
This celebrated lnstitootion Is pleas-
antly situated In the barroom of Par--ker’s
in School street and has pooplla
from all over the country I had a let-
ter yes’d’y by the way from our
mootual son Artemus Jr who Is at
Bowdoln college in Maine He writes
me that he Is a Bowdoln Arab & Is it
cum to this ? Is this boy as I nurtured
with a parent’s care Into his child-
hood’s hour — is he goin’ to be a grata
American humorist? Alars I fear it la
too troo Why didn’t I bind him out
to the Patent Travelin Vegetable Pit
Man as was struck with his appear-
ance at our last county fair & wanted
him to go with him and be a PillistT
Ar these boys — they little know how
the old folks worrit about ’em — From
Life’s Reprint From ArtemusWard
' Will Hear Santa Fe Suit
Guthrie Okla — Attorney General
Charles J West was notified Mon-
day that the supreme court of the
United States had decided to assume
jurisdiction' to hear the sut filed by
Oklahoma's attorney general against
the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fp
railway to cancel the rights of that
road under tbe federal charter Tba
court has granted leave to the at-
torney general to' file his petitions
and has ordered process to issue
looking to a full hearing of the cas
Big Spuds at Fort Cobb
Fort Cobb Okla — Joe Laub who
lives near here brought to town Sat-
urday a potato nine inches In circum-
ference He has five acres planted
in potatoes
Mourners Dashed to Death
Haverstraw N Y — Three mourn-
ers their pastor and their driver sat
in a funeral coach here Friday and
watched certain deatn come rushing
on them at fifty miles an hour With
a screech of grinding brakes a heavy
West Shore freight engine crashed
into the coach scattering its occup
ants along the right of way and
came to a halt 150 yards beyond the
crossing All the occupants were eith-
er killed outright or died from injuries
The Business Instinct
An English farmer taking his little-
son with him was going to the
polling station to give his vote On
the way he met a friend on tho same
errand and the two entered into con-
versation After an excited and heat-
ed argument about the budget they
came to blows ' The poor lad was
much frightened and seeing that hl
father was - getting the worst of it
suddenly called out to him:
“Hit him in tha watch father
that'll cost him something!”
Not the Reply He Expected
“Do you object to smoking?” be
asked
“Not at all Have you a cigarette?"
she replied
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Lone Bandit Robs Train
El Paso Tex — A lone highwayman
held up El Paso and Southwestern
train Thursday night The train was
stopped one mile east of Robsart
near Carrlzozo and one Pullman car
was gone through and every 'passen-
ger robbed The highwayman forced
the pas lg-ers into Superintendent
G F Hawk's private car which was
attached to the train where be made
them all including the superintendent
deliver their valuables and money
The' bandit escaped to the mountains
Government Wins Land 8ult
-St Paul Minn — The federal gov-
jrnment has the right to institute
suit to recover lands to members of
the Five Civilized Tribes which are
alleged to have been fraudulently ob-
tained from them according to a de-
cision filed here -by Judge Charles F
Amldon in the Ijnlted Statea circuit
court of appeals The decision over-
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