The Hallett Herald
HALLET.
J. E. MASON.
OKLAHOMA
NEW STATE NOTES
la convection mass meeting the
socialists of Grady county have tom-
inated an entire county ticket.
Dishonest Bualness Practice.
▲bout 1000 imported empty Camcifr
brrt cheese boxes, bearing the came*
of wellkonwn French cheeses, were
imported at New York on one steaofr
ship recently. Duty had to be paid 01
the irinted matter on their 1,00«
labels and another duty on the im-
ported boxes. According to a New
Y-rk trade journal these boxes an
filled in New York state and sold as
comirg from abroad.
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Fairview has outgrown her present
water and light systems and is getting
ready to rote bonds to enlarge them.
Veterans of the Spanish-America®
war in Creek and adjoining counties
will shortly organize a camp at Sa-
pulpa.
Peter Bigheart, principal chief o!
the Osages. has issued a proclamatio
for the bi naial election of the tribe,
to be held at Pawhuska on June I.
The g?vr-nor has aJrroved the l"9,«
OW bond of the Reserve National bank
of New York, recently selected a*
fiscal agent, for the state of Okia 
feoma.
Sheep as Land Cleaners.
hi discussing the value of sheep oa
a country place, their services as
land cleaners should not be ignored.
They like pasture grasses, but they
seem to ike weeds and bushes even
better for browse They will oftea
clean up an oid field in a year or two
so that what was a tangle of an-
sightly weeds and shrubs wili appear
a smooth-shaven lawn. Angoras are
simpiy wonders at this sort of thing,
but the common everyday sheep of
the ordinary breed will do mighty
good work, if you confine her to hsr
job and put in enough of her —Coua*
try Life in America.
Governor Haskell has paroled G^a
Alderman, convicted in Kay county
of bog stealing. The parole was ree-
ommended by the ant: torse thief as*
sociation.
Leo assistant secretary of
sfate. announces that copies of tha
session laws of tbe recent arecial
session will be ready for distribution
in a few days.
Enthusiasm Extraordinary
Many chinamen were wrought up
to a high state of enthusiasm by the
provincial asemblies opened last De-
cember throughout the empire. Ona
native schoolmaster was especially
fervent To express his feelings he
chopped oft one of his fingers and
with the stump wrote out eight char*
acters showing his hearty approval.
He brought this testimony to the da-
legates from his district in bidding
them farewell.
Tbe etlpulaticn of dismissal of the
Adair cotirty contest case has bee*
Bled In the supreme court Stillwell
was awarded the county seat over
Westville.
Govercrr Haskell granted a requisi-
tion *or the return of Houston Harris
to Alabama where he is wanted oft
a charge of murder. Harris is under
arrest at Stigler. Ok.
The respite of siity days, recently
granted to John Hopkins of Lawton,
convicted of the charge of wife mur*
der and sentenced to 'be hanged, was
signed Thursday by Governor Ha 
keU.
A Katy freight train struck a piece
of defective track 6 miles south of
Wann. Ok., and instantly killed A. R.
Graves of Parsons, Kan. Tne body of
Graves was sent back to Parsons.
How Far Can You See?
What is the farthest limit to which
the human vision can reach? Power
in his book. The Eye and Sight"
g ves the ability to see the star,
Alcor, situated at the tail of the Great
Bear, as the test Indeed the Arabs
call it the Test star, it is most ex-
ceptionable with tke naked eye,
though one or two cases are recorded
tbe third satellite being the most dis-
tinct Preuvians are said to toe tha
longest sighted race on earth. Hum-
boldt records s case where these In-
dians perceived a human figure 18
milts away, being eble to recognise
that K was human and clad in white.
This is probably the record for far
sight
School land lessees of Kiowa an!
Comanche counties have filed with tha
state school land commission a pro.
test against certain school land tracts
hi those counties being segregated for
oil and gas purposes. The comm'.a
alon held up the order.
The state board of public affalra
has advertised for bids for printing
400.000 ballots and about 2'"r' 000 pam-
phlets to.be use^i in tbe June 11 ele©.
tion when the sta> cspital location
and railroad amendment proposition
will be submitted.
With the exception of Wynnewood,
every other school district in Garcia
county made oT5t an Incorrect tax levy
for th* Santa Fe and the railroad baa
refused to pay the s««es trent Wvn-
newood was paid in full but the other
districts had to accept a compromise
of fifty per cent of the assessment tax.
Strikingly Original.
John *! i aftery. i,nw of Helena,
Mont., was star reporter on a Chi-
cago paper when the last national
encampment of the G. A. R. was held
in that city, says the Saturday Even-
Ing Post "Raftery," said the city
editor. "I want you to do s column in-
troduction for the big parade story to
day. It will be a corking parade, but
do try to get away from the old,
rerotyped boya-ri-blue, fast-thinning
ranks. faded-s>attie-flag« stuff. Give
us something lively and new. Get a
sew angle on it aad have your copy
in at six." Raftery went out Hs
took a long look at the parade He
saw that most of tha veterans wore
new shoes and he came back and
wote his column, which begaa;
"Heavens, bow their feet hurt!"
El Reno citizens are tak ng much
Interest In the coming Chautauqua
which will be held in that city the last
week is June It will be g.ven .n a
tent with a seating capacity of J.OO
people. The program will c^i fist of
twenty-one numbers. In the forenoon
there will be Set on Indian work fcr
boys and girls. In tbe afternoon and
evenings there will be popalar con-
certs and noted lecturers.
HAPPENINGS IN OKLAHOMA
Interesting Items of the New State Gathered by Wire and
Special Correspondence and Condensed for Busy Readers
A Kentucky club has been organ*
ited at 6ayre. All persons who came
from tbe Blue Grass sts'e who now
lire ic Peckham county are asked to
become members.
Movs to Protect Seals
Steps hare st Is* been taken by
the government of the Falkland Is-
lands to stop the Indiscriminate slan-
giter of seals and pengu^son tha Is-
lands of their depe: (3er.: .~s. Up toth#
present the seal rookries of the Falk-
laads have been at the me:-y aJ tha
year round of every foreign sealing
vessel that chose to invade them and
the saloghter that bss been going on
for years in consequence has nearly
extern rated the sea'.i Similarly,
the kili.ee of penguins, usually for
the sake of the plumage and the large
quantity of fat which earh bird af-
ter!?. has tlrr ?st d-nuded the 1  acda
of th*«e interesting specimens of
their fauna. Two bills have now besn
Introduced Into the legislative con®,
til—one to regula'e the seal fishery
in tbe Islands and tbe other to pr<*
vHe for tbe preservation of the pen-
guins.
A retailers' association has been or*
ganixed in Lawton with more than IPS
firms represented, making ona of tha
largest associations In the stats. A.
Jacobson. organiser for ths Oklahoma
Rentiers' association, perfected tha
Lawton association. Tbe officers are:
Stewsrt v ler. president J T Whl a
▼ice president; L P. Arn Id. se ra,
tary, and P. T. Benbow. treasurer.
Those who desire to discuss tha
capita! locat na question on full
atomachs should visit Sapulpa May 21
and 21. for on those dates the city
celebrates with a big barbecue nfty
beeves are to be slsughtered on 6ou'h-
arn He'ghU and a great multitude will
be filled. One of the objects of tha
promoters of the event is to five tha
towns that are candidates I r tbe
permanent state capital a ebance te
lay their claims before tbe peoole of
Creek eoanty
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MUST BE TWELVE ON JURY j FAVORS GERMAN TEXT BOOKS
' Legislature May Be Asked for Law
Embodying the Plan
Anadarko. Okla.—The consolidation
1 of school districts in Okiaiioma for
| the purpose of teaching in tbe Ger-
j man language to the 'arge German
population is advocated by P. R- Kauf-
j man of Yeakley. who in a recent let-
J ter outlined his ideas in detail. He
would organire districts of tnirty-six
| square miies each, so boundaried that
! in each there will be at least fifteen
| German children of scho<astic ate He
| sugests that in such districts there be
! special county and district levies
I made for the maintenance of such
I schools and that the German children
! of scholastic age be allowed their per
capita distribution from the income
of the state school land and interest
from the school funds Invested. The
plan contemplates the right of the
| parents to suggest the studies their
i children should take In the German
language. Mr. Kaufman suggests read-
ing, grammai. history an*. Biblical his-
' tory.
Mr. Kaufman seriously obejets to
'sectarian or denominational teaching
in any school and declares "that a
large number of old men do not know
whether King David was the second
or fifteenth king of the Jewi. or
whether Napoleon Bonaparte was king
of France or emperor of the Sandwich
Islands."
The theory of Kaufman has been
spread throughout several counties
and those wno believe with him may
seek to nave the next legislature
put his plans in operation.
Conviction Reversed on Ground That
Only Six Men Served
Guthrie, Okla.—A decision by Jus-
tice D. A. Richard?on of the criminal
court of appeals, reversing the convic-
tion of Tullis Hill, a Guthrie man,
charged with bootlegging, will have a
great effect on futeure trials of prohib-
itory law violators in superior county
courts.
In the past it has been customary
in these courts, which exist only in
counties of over 30.000 population
containing a city of over 8.000, to try
a majority of cases with a jury of
six men, since It was generally sup-
posed by the legal world that the con-
stitutional provision allowing juries of
six men in county courts extended
over the superior court, which inher-
ited a county court jurisdiction. Es-
pecially was this true of bootlegging
cases.
Judge Richardson holds, however,
with Justices Owen and Furman con-
curring. that the superior court jury
consists of twelve men. and that an
act of the recent legislature allowing
jury trials therein by six jurors is un-
constitutionaL The decision is based
on the constitution itself, which ex-
pressly Unfits the ?ii-man Jury to
county courts, or courts not of record.
The superior court. It is held. Is not
a county court, and Is, of course, a
court of record.
Despite the fact that there have
been several hundred convictions of
bootleggers and other misdemeanor
cases, and a vast amount of civil bus-
iness dee ded in the superior courts
of Oklahoma City, Musktgee and oth-
er superior court towns, by a jury of
six. It Is improbable that this decision
will materially affect the*e past rase*.
No exceptions were saved relative to
this point, and in most of the cases
time for appeal has. of course, ex-
pired. The probabilities of many past
case* being reopened on this ground
is remote, though ths point will doubt-
less be immediately raised by some
one.
The more you cat
Quaker Oats
the better your health
will be.
Practical experi-
ments with athletes
show Quaker Oats
to be the greatest
strength maker.
Want Depot Established
Guthrie, vkla.—The corporation
commission has received from citlxens
of Kiersay in Bryan county an appli-
cation to require the Frisco railroad to
establish a depot there. The applica-
tion states that a bie colony of Ne-
braska peopie has just located In the
vicinity of Kiersay and that there
will be enough business there to jus-
tify the railroad hi putting in a depot
Fair Assoc < at on Is Organised
Ardmore, Okla.—Following a meeting
of the Farmers' Institute, the Carter
County Fa r association organiied by
electing J. Baird president and O. M
Redfleld secretary. Fite thousand
dollars of the capital stock wi« sub-
scribed at once. By-laws for the or-
gacixatitm were adopted.
Ch ief Calls Election of Trtre
Pawhuska. Okla.—Peter C Bigheart,
principal chief of the Osage Indians,
has issued a proclamauoL for ths
regular biennial election of officers
of the tribe, to be held st tba Osage
Agency, June f. The polls will be
open frcm * a. m- to 5 p. m. John A.
Gardner. Vn ed States constable, has
been named supervisor, E to-kah waa-
ti-an-kah and Henry Red Kagie.
Judge* and Eaves Ta/  Chief and SI-
> son Henderson, clerks.
Elks Propose Present to Battleship
Guthrie. Okla—The Eiks lodge of
Guthrie proposes to the other Elks'
lodges of the state that a silver s°r-
vice. costing |l«Mi). be placed on the
battleship Oklahoma when it h com-
pleted and r*oommen.is that Lieu-
tenant Colonel Barnes of the navy, a
son of Mayor Barnes of Guthrie, be
placed in command of tbe ship.
Commission Company Chartered
Guthrie. Okla—The Star Commis-
sion Co. of Oklahoma City, has been
eranted a charter for the sale qf cat-
tle hogs and sheep. Tbe capital stock
is |;o '><>0. The company is connected
with the one of the same name at
Port Worth.
New Ice Plant for Bristow
Bristow Okla—Machinery for a 10-
ton ice plat- to <■ -t I
bought by J. C. Vickars, for tiie Bris-
tow Ice company.
OKLAHOMA DIRECTORY
TENTS AND AWNINGS
Sapulpa to Try Aaain
Sapulpa. Okla—Sapulpa Is to make
another effort to adopt a charter for
a ccmmi- r form of gov#rnment.
A board of ten freeholders has been
chosen and a meeting tor organization
hi* beer held. Th* .barter sojmit-
ted at a previous flection la to be ths
basis for a new instrument, the board
seeking to modify or eliminate tbe
feature that were most object.caable
In the fanner campaign.
Stack Cc i's *stw«TJ
1ST orlutm Oneda M wtfgfci foods
F m ci*« onwKnictloa.
bates manofacturmg co.
OKLAHOMA CITY
V V* 0*. US ■«* v.* kato r. a**
billiard tables
POOL TABLES
kOWlIT paicta. K*sv eavMKNTV.
Too cannot aflord to eiperime&t   tfc
nstricd goods so.i by hit ■.co
agsots. Catalogues free
Tke BniMstU-Balks-Co'iendw Cestpaf
H W. js * Ifcset Nt •. mmtm C«a
deere implements
•ndVELIE VEHICLE®
oi jon 11 sue no*co,oiuuioiawn
Grafts Has Lights
Granite Okla.—Granite's  !ectrie
light plant was starts 1 up Saturday
Bight and the town Doomed oat la
her tew eityfied tegs wi'h all the airs
and grace of a nociety debatante The
li bir arc light* oa the streets showed
•T spie«4ldly.
Packed In regular sire packages, and la
hermetically sealed tins for hot cli-
mates. ••
W. L. DOUCLAS
S5, 84, S3.S0, S3 & S2.SO
shoe Sni; *r„
W. L. Douglas
fthrx'S are worn
by more tm*n than
any otlier make,
BECAUSE:
VV. I. lt.mclaaa.VOO
•rul Skl.oft.tHMrveviiial,
In  t vie. tit and wear,
other makes cutting
•>; <«> to aa.oo.
\V.I~l>oiiglaa B3..V),
B-MW.SS..VI and  '•!.<M)
•hoe* are the lowent
pri< e. <111 a I i t >' ronald-
ered.lnthe world.
fast Color Eytlttt. _  
The crnntne hartW. I. Dorr  ■ name (ad mem
•aria on ih* houon. T„ke r
the bottom. Take !
. (fealMlttute.
Tuft's Pills
stlaiulate the torrU liver, itrrncthen the dk
cettite organs, regulate the bowHt. cure alcfc
■eadache. I ■equaled a* an
ANTI-BILIOIS MEDICINE.
Elegantly tugar coated. Small doac. Price. 25«
Government Should Pay Taxes
Berwyn. Okla.—Senator Q. W.
Young ,an intermarried Chickasaw
citiien and a member of the upper
house of the Chickasaw legislature, is
orpo|?d to the movement of Inuians
against payment of taxes on their
lands .but he has a theory that while
the lands fboold be taxed by the
state the United States government
should reimburse the Indians for the
amounts paid, thns complying with
the treaty that guaranteed the Indians
immunity from taxation.
PARKER'S
, HAIR BALSAM
CkBM  r.d lit bafc.
Promotes a r* -
jr-rer ? •'  to Heator* Oray
■ Hair to lta Tonthful Color.
Cum    - • wi a Itair -g
THROUGH THE READING GLASS.
^TviTT;P
First and Second Bug—What a hor-
rible monster!
Inside and Out.
Speaker Cannon at a dinner U
Washington, said, soothingly, to a
young suffragette:
"After all, you know, there is room
for both men and women in this world.
Ken have their work to do and women
hare theirs.
"It is the woman's work to provide
for the inner man. and It Is the man s
to provide for the outer woman."
Killed In Duel In Lumber Barn
Kosoma, Okla—J. N*. Gottfrid. of
this place, was shot and mortally
woncded by a man named Freeman.
Tbe men had a difficulty ia a barn
belonging to the Pice Creek Lumber
company an4 no witBews were pres-
ent. Gottfrid was taken to Pariah
Texas, and died in an ambulance.
How Careless!
Smith—Why did your pretty cook
leaTe you?
Jones—Got mad.
Smith—At what?
Jones—She caught me kissing my
wife.—Cleveland leader
Apache B«^s Ar« Sold
A; fhe ■  *?a —'The bonds hire
be^ts sold as! 'her* will be no farther
delay la the <>Mtractioa of Apacae's
water works light and sewef nys*
'er  Vri botds were rotsd an
?h  ::ib of ttst NotsaVr
®t «rste' Man for G. A. R Commander
Stillwater. Okla—Major I  J N.
Wood of St,::water is n candidate
for election a« rairmander
of the Grand Army of the Republic,
when the neat annoai state ecam>
a:ent is neld at Aira. May 1? to 2«.
He baa the-endorsement of bis post
and that of *he local chapter of the
Women's Relief Corps.
Otl Inspection Department Pays
Gntkrle. Okla—Tise oil Irspectioa
department of tbe state mine inspec-
tcr s office earned $13 575 X) In fees
during the period from March 1, 1X' .
V* March 11. !♦!#. according to the re-
port of f ate Examiner and Inspector
< barles Tayl rr «- • hat r>'fleo of
'his amount SS.12SSi sat paid to
1'lea.with i: 1«  till due. and 111..
IC141 tvrned Into the state treaaury
Hug^ea Is Confirmed
Washlr.gtoc—Governor Hughes has
b*en confirmed by the nenat* for Ju*.
tic* of the supreme court of the
Pelted Statee. All that Is necessary
to enable Urn te take hi* sea' la tha
| taking of the oath of office.
What
Thinking
Takes Out
Ol the brain, and activity
out of the body, must be
Put Back by
Proper Food
Or brain-fag and nervous
prostration are sure to follow.
If you want to know the
keenest joy on earth—the joy
that comes with being well,
try
Grape-Nuts
Food
•'There's a Reason*'
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