The Southwest World (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 27, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 29, 1903 Page: 4 of 8
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The Southwest World
Independent In All 1 hings.
luaed Every Saturday at 121 North First Street
OKLAHOMA PRINTING CO.
H. A. BOOTH, Editor.
Entered at the post office at Guthrie, OUa.,
as tecond class mall matter, March 12. 1 w.
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SATURDAY, AUGUST 29, 1903.
World Circulation txcecds 2,300
,un.ON Amabel
as delegate from this territory.
His political aspirations should
be sold from the block to the
highest bidder.
Prosperity reigns supreme in
the West. As much cannot be
said of the East. Wall Street
has suffered a money prostration,
which bids fair to develop into a
financial crisis. The West, God
bless her, is the garden of the
universe. Nothing but grass-
hoppers and hot winds can deter
her in her advancement along
prosperity lines.
Missouri's Jeffersonian sim
plicity in Old Missouri has taken
a <.ay off.
Statehood may prove a myth,
but there are plenty of people
who will accept the myth with-
out argument or future considera-
tion.
If Delegate McGuire succeeds
in accomplishing the half he has
undertaken, the people ol Okla-
homa will have nothing to com-
plain of.
The World is in favor of that
kind of statehood that will place
our star on the Hag in the least
possible time. Call it what you
may or you needn't call it at all.
A few mure scandals in high
political places and the common
herd will be assured that hades
•will have an overflow of political
bosses when G.abriel toots his last
toot.
No matter how objectionable
the name of Dennis Flynn may
be, no newspaper with an ounce
of self-respect or a particle of
human kindness would cast odium
upon him at this time while he is
absent from this territory in at-
tendance upon the bedside of a
dying wife. Prejudice should
give way to sympathy in this
hour of sorrow.
justified in taking a few stitches
in his (Hitchcock's) thinking
apparatus.
General Bates intimates that
our tin soldiers are deficient in
discipline. What ot it. Oklaho-
ma does not need tin soldiers or
any other kind. Our citizenship
is amply able to take care of all
the law and order that is requir-
ed. There is no danger of war,
unless we are denied statehood—
El Keno Democrat. IIow ridicu-
lously shameful! Tin soldiers!
Ye gods and little fishes! The
editor of the Democrat has plac-
ed himself in a position to be
shot all to pieces by a suit for
criminal slander. Tin soldiers!
Well, if this allegation doesn't
rob the barnward of every fowl
in sight. Oklahoma soldiers are
noted for their gallantry—on
dress-parade.
DO YOU KNOW
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THAT THE
Although Texas is a big state
she is not large enough to rob
Oklahoma of John Fields, who is
at the head of the Territorial
Agricultural College at Still-
water. Prof. Fields' ability is
not only recognized at home but
abroad also, and Oklahoma in-
tends to hang onto him.
Bryan took up the entire front
page of his paper in denouncing
the action of the Populist party
in its determination to cut loose
from all Democratic entangle
ments. The Colonel shou'd not
take such action seriously, for
the Pop is built pretty much on
the flea order.
Congress will be asked to make
an additional appropriation for
the government building to be
erected in Guthrie. The grow
ing importance of this city de-
mands a much larger building
than the one proposed, and it is
to be hoped that provision will
be made by congress along this
line.
David Bennett Hill stopped
saying "I am a Democrat" long
enough the other day to afive to
the waiting public his views on
mobs, finance and prosperity
With little training David would
become a second Moses in the
bull rushes, and possibly prove a
factor in leading Democracy out
of the wilderness.
Topeka is again threatened
with a dose of Pefferism. Sensi-
ble residents up that way should
remove the wliiskerlied wart as
soon as possible, and with as
little trouble as practicable.
Bleeding Kansas has suffered
many hardships, but this one can
be avoided if steps are taken in
the right direction at the proper
time.
Guthrie may well be called the
city of fraternal societies. The
Masons already have a tine tem-
ple and are preparing to build an-
other. The Odd Fellows intend
to follow suit with a lodge house
that will be second to none in the
Southwest. Every society of
national prominence is represent-
ed here, and they are all enjoy-
ing a splendid growth. Guthrie,
as a fraternal city, extends fra-
ternal greeting to all fraternal
organizations.
Oklahoma Printing tomp'yf
IS PREPARED TO DO
All Hinds cf Job Printing
Several counties in Oklahoma
have shown good business judg-
ment in haying their books aud
ited by a competent accountant,
and in every case more than
enough errors were found to pay
for the work. It is money well
spent. These counties can star:
out with their records in a good,
clean condition. Would it not
be a wise policy to try this scheme
in Logan county? Our taxes are
far in excess to what they should
be.
In all justice to the large popu-
lation west cf the Cottonwood a
tire station should be placed in
that part of the city. Much
property is endangered through a
lack of proper fire protection.
West Guthrie can only be reach-
ed by bridge and by crossing
railroad tracks in the Santa Fe
yards. Should Oklahoma or
Noble avenues be blockaded with
trains at a time when a fire was
raging in that portion of the city,
much valuable time would be
lost in getting to the conflagra-
tion. The mayor and city coun-
cil should readily see the necess-
ity of a fire station west of the
river, aud give to these people
the same fire protection afforded
other portions of Guthrie.
Both factions in our statehood
agitation should remember that
they have many things to learn
along this line. The World con-
fesses its inability to determine
which of the two kinds of state-
hood offered, would prove the
most satisfactory to the territory
at large. This paper, however,
is for the kind that can be secur-
ed the quickest, regardless of
whether it is the 2x4 or the 8x10
kind.
W7hile the Oklahoma news-
papers are fighting for statehood,
the Indian Territory boys are
fighting for freedom. Hitchcock
has transformed that beautiful
country into a veritable czardom.
He is using poor judgement and
but little reason in his manage-
ment of affairs in that territory.
President Koosevelt would be
And now comes our long silent
friend Jay Y. Callahan, who
threatens to break into Oklahoma
politics again. This freakish
preacher-politician played hobby-
horse in congress a few years ago
THE CAPITOL NA-
TIONAL BANK OF
GUTHRIE WANTS
BUSINESS BASED
ON BALANCES AND
RESPONSIBILITY.
fe Southwest World'
IS CLUBBING WITH t
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The Kansas City Star j,
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Kansas City Journal.;
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The effort on the part of three
or four fellows around a certain
office in the Territory to use a
Kansas City paper to create an
impression to the effect that the
appointment of Fred L. Wenner
as secretary of the school land
board was not satisfactory to the
politicians, has proven a failure
In the first place the Republican
politicians, with one exception of
a very small group, have very
highly commended the appoint-
ment. Wenner is one of the best
officials that Oklahoma ever had
and the politicians know it. The
people generally know it and
have faith in him. But we arise
up to remark that a governor is
presumed to suit himself in mak-
ing his appointments. The pre-
sent administration is responsible
for Mr. Wenner's political acts,
the politicians are not. The gov
ernor is presumed to have a
right to appoint any man that he
desires to appoint without asking
the permission of two or three
persons who imagine themselves
dictators. lie will probably take
that privilege aud risk their dis-
pleasure.—Watonga Republican.
The World heartly agrees with
the sentiments expressed in the
above article from the Republi-
can. This is Governor Fergu-
son's paper, aud no doubt express-
es his opinion as he would have
it expressed. That Fred Iy>
Wenner will make an exception-
ally strong school land commiss-
ioner is not questioned even by
his foes, and his appointment was
one of the best acts of Governor
Ferguson's administration. The
governor has shown good judg-
ment in not allowing a few cheap-
John politicians name the succes-
sor to J. J. Houston.
Notice.
The World is desirous of pass
ing the 3,000 mark in its circula-
tion within the next few weeks,
and in order to do it, we make
the following offer to the public:
We will allow half of our sub-
scription jirice to any persou send-
ing us five or more paid up year-
ly subscribers. In other words
you can keep 25 cents out of every
yearly subscription.
A Most
Liberal Offer
The World Will Send the
Live Stock Indicator, worth - - $I.C0
%
Special Farmers' Institute, worth - .50
Poultry Farmer, worth .... .50
Southwest World, worth - • - - -50
Total. .... $2.50
For 75 Cents Per Year.
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Booth, H. A. The Southwest World (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 27, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 29, 1903, newspaper, August 29, 1903; Guthrie, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc186369/m1/4/: accessed April 18, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.