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aopporting
Oklahoma farmer are anticipating
a good crop year
Don't forget to plant mu of your
Berea to kaflr corn
That the price of oil will eooa go
to 76 cento see me now a certainty
Drilling haa been resumed In the
Rock Creek oil field near ChlckaahaT
Breaking of ground for spring seed
lng is under way in several counties
Miss E M Oaye aged 70 who was
a' member of the family of Governor
Robinson first governor of Kansas
died at Chlckasba last week
logon county farmers declare their
willingness to build good roads donat-
ing time and teams but are against
b bond issue for the purpose
Work is under way on the Boggy
creek bridge three miles below So
per The completion of this bridge
and one across the Klamlchl will
make all parts of Choctaw accessible
to Hugo at all times
As the result of her clothing catch
tng fire from an open grate recently
Mrs Don Abernathy residing twelve
miles east of Chlckasha Is in a criti-
cal condition She was sitting near
n stove and crooning over her two-months’-old
babe in a baby carriage
when her clothing caught fire from the
back and reached the back or her
bead before she became aware of her
danger
W L Ledbetter who gave hls oc-
cupation as that of a farmer in Beaver
county recently filed a voluntary pe-
tition In bankrupey In the federal
court at Guthrie His total amount
of debts were placed at $8325 His
assests at $50 which Included cloth-
ing and household furniture It
Seems that Ledbetter was formerly a
merchant Jn Appanoose county Iowa
most of the Indebtedness was Incured
In 1897
" City commissioners of Bartlesville
are preparing to submit to the voters
at the spring election a bond issue of
$100000 for the purpose of the water-
works At the same time- the voters
of the county wiU be asked to vote
an Issue o t $115000 for a courthouse
and Jail and site -This will be the
third election on the courthouse prop-
osition factional fights having defeated
the project on two previous occasions
February 6th marked the opening
of the oil and gas prospecting in the
western half of Osage county In the
vicinity of Fairfax Okla The train
bringing the first oil rig was met at
the depot by a delegation of Fairfax
boosters accompanied by the Fairfax
band The parade was led by loyal
citizens carrying banners of various
Inscriptions appropriate to the occa-
sion President William Keneflck of the
Missouri Oklahoma A Gulf Railroad
company who was in Muskogee last
week announced that actual con-
struction work on the extension to
Joplin will be commenced March L
It Is possible that work will be com-
menced on the Oklahoma City exten-
sion at the same time The extension
to Dallas will be commenced later
J II ohnston assistant to the pres-
ident la with Mr Kenefick
C O Wilson representative of the
' Pennsylvania Drilling company was
awarded a contract by the El Reno
commission for digging a well 10000
feet deep The contract price Is $13-
675 and the city is to furnish ma-
terial for the derrick and also fuel
water and casing The estimate total
cost of the well is about $22000 and
the work is to begin In thirty days
Bonds to the amount of $35000 were
recently voted for this purpose
Concentration rates on broom corn
have been granted by the Santa Fe
railroad to Enid upon a showing made
by W H- Scarff secretary of the cham-
ber of commerce Such rates have
been In effect on the Frisco and
Rock Island for some time but these
roads do not reach the big broom corn
growing section of this state and west-
ern Kansas reached by the Santa Fe
and the broom corn growers of that
city have been handicapped by refusal
of the Santa Fe heretofore to grant the
rate Enid la near the best broom
corn raising sections of tbs entire
country Not less than six of Enid's
ten railroad tines penetrate the broom
corn country
Oklahoma City’s 64205 population
In 1910 consisted of 67495 whites and
6546 negroes balence Chinese and
Japs
The county commissioners of Car-
field county have decided to work the
county prisoners on the roads About
twenty prisoners will be Btarted to
work The board also determined not
to )iold any prisoners sent from Major
and Alfalfa counties in the local jail
because of the congested condition of
the prison
IffiarilBOM
OKLAHOMA DEMOCRATS HOLD
CbUNTY CAUCUSES
WILSO’IAD CUHX LEAD
BOTH FACTION ARE CLAIMING
" A VICTORY
Result ef Seise tions for Delegatee la
Close and Complexion of State
Convention Not Yet Known
to a Certainty
Oklahoma City — 1 hart heard from
all but eight counties In the state
and yon may say for me that I am well
pleased with the prospect for the organ-
isation of the state convention ' for
Wilson for president" said United
States -Senator Thomas P Gore Sun-
day night -
Other claims from the Wilson camp
supported the senator’s view of the
situation
The supporters of Champ Clark
concede nothing Those who have
been active In Clark’s behalf claim
344 of the 598 delegates who will bs
sent to the state convention
It Indeed la a difficult matter to
ascertain Just who will be the choice
of the delefates from the various
counties from the result of the cau-
cuses held Saturday to select dele-
gates to the various county conven-
tions The majority of the delegates
to the county conventions were not
Instructed It Is likely that a large
portion of the delegates to the state
convention will not be Instructed fer
any candidate v
A pretty thorough canvasa of the
situation in aixty-five of the sdventy-
alx counties of the state give the fol-
lowing result: Twenty-eight counties
with 223 delegates to the stats con-
vention avorable to Wilson twenty
counties with 182 delegates to the
state convention favorable to Clark
two counties with 20 delegates favor-
able to Harmon and fifteen other
counties heard from are classified as
doubtful
BELIEVE MILLENNIUM HAS
- HIT TOWN OF TONKAWA
As Result of Revival Jail Empties
Marshal Resigns and Peopla
Pay Debts
Tonkajwa Okla — One of the great-
est revivals ever held in a town of
this size closed February 9 with over
aix hundred conversions Tbs meet-
ings have been conducted by Rev
George H Thompson a revivalist who
plays a harp and sings
All the churches united In the meet-
ings They have befca going on for
over s month The town row has been
forgotten and bitter enemies have
made friends
The close of the meeting was the
greatest scene of rejoicing ever wit-
nessed tl lasted far into the night
and people shouted and sang Every-
body Is paying up old debts and the
local newspapers are receiving sub-
scriptions from those who have not
paid In many years ' J
Men In the city Jail were liberated
to go to the mourners’ bench and the
city marshal resigned at there la no
further need of hla services
University to Build
Guthrie Oklahoma — The board of
trustees of tbs Oklahoma Methodist
university opened bids for the con
struction of the new university build-
in this city They voted to accept the
proposition of of Billings A Sielding of
this cly This firm proposes to con-
struct the building complete for the
sum of $50372 The chamber recently
raised a bonus of $50000 tobe given
the university An endowment fund of
$100000 will also bs donated
Reservation Opens April 1$
Guthrie Okla — Officials of the local
land office have received official notice'
from be secretary of the interior
department to the effect that the
Navajo Indian reservation site in
southwestern Oklahoma will be opened
for settlement under the homestead
laws on April 10 A total of about
sixty sections in fvs townships com-
pose the tract No details of the
manner in which thfe opening will be
conducted have been received here
Theft le Charged
Guthrie Okla — Charley Vaughn was
brought to Guthrie from Man gum by
United States Deputy Marshall Jacob-
son and lodged In the county jail on
the charge of stealing some revolvers
from the local militia at Hobart more
than two years ago
' - Nail Goss to Jail
Guthrie Okla — In tbs superior
court Judge 8 S Lawrence overruled
the explication of the state against
Alfred Nail for a rehearing and sen-
tenced him to thirty days in Jail and
a fine of $50 the charge being viola-
tion of the liquor law
Gets Road Without Coot 1
Tulsa — Tulsa county will take over
b mile and a half of model highway
through the Arkansas bottoms with-
out present cost to the public The
Frisco rsilwsy company in order to
provide undisturbed territory -for its
yards and shops built the new road
to take the place of the famous old
Red Fork trail It is built up like a
railroad in places Red Fork town-
ship will macadamize it to the city
limits when the bed hardens and the
city of Tulsa probably will pave the re-
GOVERNOR CRUCE STATES
- FCtITION IN DELAWARE CASE
Says It Is Net Duty ef Executive to
Stand Guard Over Records Fer
Next Ten Years ee Mere
Oklahoma City— Governor Cruce
received a letter from 8hertff Q W
Hogan of Delaware county stating
that ha haa beea directed hr the
county commissioners to remove the
records of the county from the hclld-
lng in which they were placed by A dj la-
tent General Frank M Canton acting
under Instructions from the governor
and to replace them in the building
in New Jay from which they were
taken It was the removal of the
records and a subsequent restraining
order from the supreme court direct-
ing that the records remain at New
Jay which caused a flurry a short time
ago when Governor Cruce came off
"first best" In a clash with ths court
Sheriff Hogan asked what course he
should pursue and Was informed by
Governor Cruce that it la not the duty
of the governor “to stand guard over
the records for tha nezt tea years"
but that it la' now up to the county
authorities to determine where they
shall go and that the state performed
Us duty when the records wers placed
on the spot designated under the
provisions of the special election by
which the county seat was removed
from Grove to the old townslte of Jay
The governor stated however that
if the records are moved back to New
Jay and difficulties arise by reason of
such removal with which the local
authorities are unable to cope the
state may be appealed to for assist-
ance to quiet the disorder
Bullet Hits innocent Party
Durant Okie — Dr J B Smith was
accidentally shot in the leg in a drug
store here and painfully wounded by
Chat Lester a painter who is said to
have been under the influence of
whisky and engaged in a quarrel with
O C" Allen who Uvea at Allison and
whq aays he did not know AUen and
knows of no reason why ths fellow
should have desired to kill him When
Lester shot tha ball hit ths concrete
floor glanced and part of It struck
Dr Smith’s leg just above the ankle
and plowed its way np to the knee
Dr Smith waa taken to Sherman' to
undergo a surgical operation
Killed While Boarding Train
Shawnee Okla — Harry Johnson of
Vlrdin Ill died latq Saturday night
from injuries received earlier In the
evening when he was -run over by n
Rock Island fast freight train nt ths
Broadway crossing'ln Shawnee John-
son was trying to board ths freight
when he was thrown beneath the
wheels His right arm and shoulder
were crushed and he Buffered internal
Injuries Johnson had been working
for John Scheldt north of this city-
He has a sister who Uves at Mattotra
111 Hs was about 24 years of age
— Must Build Viaduct
Oklahoma Cltg— The Santa Fe was
ordered to build a viaduct across eith-
er Cleveland Oklahoma or Noble ave-
nue In Guthrie by the esate corporation
commission in an order handed down
February 6th The railroad company
la ordered to' Submit plans and speci-
fications within sixty days and work is
To begin within six months after the
approval of the plans and specifica-
tions by the commission'
- Complained to Commission
Oklahoma City — Complaint of fail-
ure on the part of the Frisco to fur-
nish cars for shipping hay was made
to the corporation commission Thurs-
day by Byrd & Brown of Chelsea They
say that numerous empty cars are
being hauled by the station but they
are unable to get any cars until the
agent gets ready to let them have
them
Oil Hits High Pries
Bartlesville Okla — When the price
of crude oil Jumped to 60 cents a
barrel It reached the highest It haa
been for six years
Spring Planting In Grady
Chlckasha Okla — Reports are com-
ing In from over Grady county that
the farmers In some locaUtles have
begun the annual spring plowing The
soil la In excellent condition and the
spring planting will be general in a
few weeks Indications are that the
crop In this county will be diversified
Many of the fanners are arranging
to plant a smsll acreage of oats
Hsalth Officials to Meet
Tulsa Okla — Dr Walter E Wright
of Tulsa president of the Oklahoma
Health association' Is preparing the
program for the annual meeting In
Oklahoma City on February 19 This
association is composed of state
county and city health officers num-
bering about 150 This year for the
first tlms the association - will meet
separately from the state medical
association
Fire Loss 10000
Crowder City Okla — Fire of un-
known origin here destroyed the post-
office and ’ four other buildings the
tout loss aggregating $10000 partially
covered by Insurance
Big School Bend Issue
Walter Okie — School District No
1 which Includes this city will now
bars ths benefit of tha$30000 bond
Issue which Is to be used to pay off
the outstanding Indebtedness of tbs
district Protests which bad been Iliad
against tha issuance of the bonds have
boss withdrawn and the district court
baa raased Judgment authorizing that
refanding bonds bs issued This will
be sufficient to pay off all debts against
tbs city Including both warrants and
outstanding judgmtnta
STATE- G LCSS
SEVEN THOUSAND CELLARS
DAILY GOING UP IN SDSKX
cizum:m is mK:z:u
FIRE (MARSHAL’S REPORT SHOWS
' STARTLING TOLL
In Buildings Amounted te t$0V
23056 and Value of Contents To-
taled 314719-58 the Combined
sing 1142241011 '
Oklahoma City— Tbs state of Okla-
homa suffered an average dally lira
loss of seven thousand dollars from
JUne 9 19U to December SI 1911
according to the report of C C Ham-
mond state fire marshal of Oklahoma
June 9 1911 Is the data of tbs depart-
ment’s creation and tbs reoorda do
not go behind that data
The total fire loss waa $60723061 to
buildings and $81477966 to contents
making n total destruction of property
to the amount of $142201011 during
the period The department Investi-
gated eighty-four supposedly Incen-
diary fires daring' the time and as n
result twenty-two persons ware ar-
rested on a charge of arson two on
a charge of attempt to defraud two
fled from the state and their present
whereabouts are unknown one for-
feited bond and la now a fugitive from
justice three were convicted eleven
were bound over to await trial In the
district court ten were dismissed at
the preliminary axamlnatloa tor want
of evidence one n pyromanlac was
committed to the state hospital for
Insane thirteen cases wers pending
at ths and of ths year while fifteen la-
vatlgations are still pending Of the
persons convicted of arson two of
them committed the crime tor the pur-
pose of collecting the insurance while
the other committed the crime through
malice
The twenty-two Incendiary fires com-
prise but a very small number out of
the total of 71$ Urea reported to the
department Nearly all were cases of
burning for Insurance by parties who
had been over-insured The marshal
recommends that the insurance agent
who knowingly writes Insurance on
property ta excess of Its real value
should be held criminally as respon-
sible as ths party who causes ths de-
struction of ths property to receive
ths Insurance By far the greater por-
tion of losses to both persons and
property from firs Is caused by the
careless handling of matches and the
open fireplace Thirty persons met
death from fire In Oklahoma daring
the months of December and Novem-
ber an average of one death for every
two-day period
STATE NATIONAL GUARD
MAY GO TO FRONT
Congressman Bird McGuire Asks Taft
to Bend Them to Mexico' If
They’re Needed '
Washington — If Uncle Sam decides
to call on various stats militia regi-
ments to participate In the military
movement should he take a hand In
tha present' Mexican rebellion It Is
more than probable that the Oklahoma
tata national guard will ha one of
the first regiments called
Repreaentatlvs Bird McGnlre called
on President Taft and asked that the
militia be allowed to participate In the
movement should the war department
decide that the volunteer branch of
the army be needed In the demonstration-
H Impressed upon President Taft
the efficiency and qualifications of tha
Oklahoma guard and although Presi-
dent Taft gave no definite promlsfT
the matter It Is believed he was favor-
ably impressed with Mr McGuire’s ar-
gument - Supreme Court Moves Quickly
Oklahoma City— Unusual dispatch
waa shown by ths supreme court In
ths case of the state of Oklahoma on
ths relation of M Heard agsinat S til-
well H Russell a petition being filed
with the clerk in the morning and
Chief Justice J B Turner handing
down a decision by 4 o’clock In the
afternoon The case was one In which
Heard prayed for Interference from
the supreme court to prohibit Stllwell
H Russell Judge of the district court
of Carter county proceeding agalnat
him to oust him from the board of
commissioners of Carter county The
petition stated that the cause for no-
tion against Ikard was that while a
member of the commission of Ard-
more he had appointed bis son W
B Ikard to net la the capacity of a
police officer sad that ths son had
drawn money for services so rendered
contrary to the law In the matter
Justice Turner ordered that all pro-
ceedings In the district court be stayed
until final hearing In had sad that the
respondent file answer to the charges
within twenty days- and that ths re-
lator fllfls his brlsf In tha ease within
thirty days
State Coal Mints Had Ootd Run
Oklahoma City— Railroads rsport
that the Oklahoma coal mines have
enjoyed n fine out-of-th e-state business
this season Tba Increased consump-
tion will add materially to the sum
total of this year’s output and con-
tribute toward an banc lng the figures
on ths state's satire miners! produc-
tion la 1909 Oklahoma’s production
of minerals amounted to $29000000
which In 1910 bad become $$0000000
la annual value of minora prod no-
tion Oklahoma now ranks fourteenth
In the United State
AN APPEAL FOR HELP
” ISSUED EY C0VIRLCR
ChartUtfyJc"4 ef f Xte Asked ta
AIM Farmer Whs Need tw
Feed and CleOUeg
Oklahoma City 4 a appeal to all
charitably -lacllned peopla of Okla-
homa to assist tha farmers of Js Car-
son eounty who have suffered from
the disastrous drouth of ths last three
years waa Issued by Governor Cruoe
Ths people ef tho stats who are 1a
more fortunate ciroumatanoee are
asked to eon tribute farm seed of all
kinds aa wall as clothing provisions
and mousy Tho governor’s up peal
follows:
"To tho Public:
“Written representation has been
mads to ms by H M Barrett H W
Millar E 8 Worrell JJ R True and
O B Garrison of Jefferson eounty
Oklahoma of conditions prevailing
among the agricultural class of that
county From the tacts as disclosed
by these-gentleman there can he no
doubt hut that the farmers of Jeffer-
son county NEED AND MUST OB-
TAIN aid to enable them torulao a
crop during the year 1911
"The drouth prevailing In certain
sections of Oklahoma for the past
three yean haa been decidedly more
disastrous to Jefferson county than
any county In tho stata The result
la that business men and the bankers
of that county have exhausted all of
their ability to aid In sustaining tho
farmdlYT and many of tho good and
deserving people of that county are
In dire need ' They are without seed
for planting without proper food for
nourishment end without clothing to
properly protect them from the cold
"Acting upon their request and In
their behalf I appeal Ur- tha charitably-inclined
people of this and other
communities to ooma to their assist-
ance Any donations In tha way of
seed oats corn milo maize kaflr
corn clothing provisions or money
can be sent to ’the committee selected
by the people of that county which
is composed of the Rev D N Curb
and ths Rev W C Fleetwood Ryan
Okla These gentleman will see that
whatever donations are made are' dis-
posed of In a way to bring the great-
est relief-to a worthy and suffering
peopla “LEE CRUCE Governor" -
'
MAHR REPORTS ON -
THE state institutions
Forty Per Cent of Inmates of Asylums
Thors as Result of Dlssasss That
Might Have Been Prevented '
Oklahoma City— That forty per
cent' of the 8300 Inmates of eight of
convicts feeble minded deaf dumb
and blind are kept are ther as a re-
sult of preventable diseases is the
statement of Dr J C Mahr stats
superintendent of health la his re-
port on these Institutions submit!
to Governor Cruce Thumday afternoon
It Is costing the state not less yw
$247 a year per capita for thes people-
It is claimed In the report that at
least $316100 might be saved the state
e year because of the inmates that
wars there as a result of preventable
diseases
The Institutions mentioned In ths
report are the reformatory at 'Granite
state orphansa’ home at Pryor blind
school at Fort Gibson stats hospital
for ths Insane at Supply Oklahoma
hospital for the Insane at Norman
state training school at Pauls Valley
state Institute for colored deaf and
dumb orphans at TafL
Ths physloal condition of only 373
of the people of these institutions la
given as fair and ths remainder have
some defects 500 have some form of
a venereal dlseasa Many If the deaf
are so from preventable diseases as
are alee many of the blind
The Institutions are taken np sep-
arately and conditions are pointed out
that should bs Improved wherein ths
general welfare of the Inmates would
bs benefited
Complain ef Telephone Service -Oklahoma
City— otto floutka and
other citizens of B reman Okla com-
plain to ths corporation commission
of tbs alleged refusal of the Pioneer
Telephone company of Braman to
make a physical connection of the
telephone service so that citizens of
Braman may have service to adjoining
towns
Justice Williams a Delegate
Oklahoma City — Governor Cruce ap-
pointed Justice R L Williams of the
supreme court a delegate to the six-
teenth annual meeting of the American
Academy of Political and Social Sci-
ence at Philadelphia March 29 and
$0 No other delegates will be ap-
pointed Honors Requisition
Oklahoma City — Requisition papers
signed by Governor Harmon of Ohio
for tbs return to that state of Clifford
Crumrine and Charles W Coon were
honored by Governor Cruet Both
men are wanted Yn-AIIen county Ohio
on a charge of abandonment of minor
children The men will be taken east
by Deputy Sheriff P M Watt of Allen
county
Two Cases Are Appealed
Oklahoma City— Two cases were ap-
pealed to the supreme court Thursday
E Roberts as plaintiff in error seeks
to reverse the Judgment of the Okla-'
homa county court wherein he was
sentenced to thirty days In Jail and
subjected to the payment of $100 fine
He waa convicted of selling liquor at
123 South Broadway Arthur N Howe
aa plaintiff (a error ashes a reversal
of ths Judgment of ths district oourt
of Beaver Ha was convicted of as-
saulting Reese M Groeeclose and gle-
an thirty days la JalL
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troubled with hot Cshse
weak and dizzy spevmul
backache I waa not fit for
anyth lev until I took Ly-
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table Compound which
proved worth its weight
In gold to me ’’-Mrs gas-
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Mlshawakalud- Wo
man passing through tba
Chsogeof Ufa can taka
nothing batter than Lydia
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Compound I am recom-
mending it toallmv friends
because of what It haa
done for me ’’-Mrs Chas
Baud ta E Marion EL
Mishawaka lad
Alton BtationKy-Tor
months 1 suffered from
troubles in consequence of
my age and thought I
could not live Lydia E
Pinkbam’s Vsgstabla
Compound mads me well
and I want other suffering
wqpien to know about It”
Mrs Emma Bailkt Alton
Station Ky
No Dak — “I was passing'
through Change of Life and felt very
bed I could not sleep and was very
nervous Lydia E Pinknam’s Vegetable
Compound restored me to perfect health
and 1 would not be without It”— Mrs
F M THOSif Deiaem Nol Dak
Relieves
Backache
Instantly
Sloan’s Liniment is a great
remedy for backache It
penetrates and relieves
the pain instantly— no rub-
bing necessary —Just lay
it oo lightly
Here's Proof -
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4 ta Sas Fraadaoa taro yaata ar- I
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1 hriad all kiada of Soaa will
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LIMI-MI!
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rheumatism neuralgia
sore throat end sprain
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writea : -Sloaa’a Liniment fa tha bait
for r haw malum 1 tun uaed six boa-
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Constipation
Vanishes Forever
Prompt Relief— ’Permanent Curs
CASTER’S LITTLE
L1YLR PILLS i
faiL Purely vegeta-
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Stop after 1 1 1 IVER
dinner die-
treat cure!
indigestion"
Improve ths complexion brighten tbs eyea
SMALL PILL SMALL DOSE SMALL PRICE
Genuine must bear Signature
fir
J of this paper
Readers ggafi
advertised in its columns should
insist upon having what they ask for
refuel ngall substitutes or Imitations
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