Sweetwater Breeze (Sweetwater, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 30, 1909 Page: 1 of 8
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Sweetwater Okla Dec 30 1909
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Charles L Warrirer defaulting treas-
urer of the Big Four railroad plead
guilty at Cincinnati Ohio laatWednes--day
and was sent to the pen for six
years at hard labor A rather unpleas-
ant package to be handed out to a man
of his position
Congreesman Scott of Kansas is pre-
paring to introduce a bill in this congress
prohibiting the dealing in future oncot-
ton and wheat Why specify two pro-
ducts? Just as well make a general
bill and sweep the platter of the “future
gambling” "
Judge Garber of Enid was nominatr
ed at an enthusiastic epublican meeting
at Enid on the 22nd as an opponent of
Hon B S McGuire in the 'face for
congress Garber is very popular in the
first district and Bird will have to whip
up or he may lose out
The first airship company authorized
to do business in Kansas has been grant--
ed a charter The airship which is now
proposed to build was invented by W J
Purvis a Kansas farmer- living a short
distance southwest of Goodlard and the
Incorporators are all Kansas men
“The governor is n'ot giving ‘the gu-
aranty law a fair show” says the Enid
Eagle “The guaranty law would be
stronger with the people if violaters of
its provisions were summarily "called to
account as they are under the National
banking law
Chief Justice M J Kane has issued
an order for a special term of the -district
court of Pottawatomie county com--mencing
January 24 and continuing six
weeks to hear the bribery cases still
untried including those again iforme-
District Judge W N MaberiV" Judge
13 H Russel of Ardmore is assigned
-to preside x 1
Coincidents are queer things some-
times Dr Cook announced to the civ-
ilized world his discovery of the North
Pole only about six days prior to a sim-
ilsr announcement by " Capt Peary
Now the Scientists at Copenhagen de-
- clare Cook an impostor and that his pa-
pers are worthless as showing - his suc-
cess and in a few days another scienti-
fic the Explorers club of New York
declare that Cdok never Teached the
summit of Mount McKinley Sic sem-
per fraudabus or words to that effect
Now that Copenhagen scientists have
handed Dr Cook a decidedly unsavory
dish Admira 1 Schley in the interest
of justice he says asks Capt Peary to
submit his claims to the discovery of
the North Pole to' the same body of in-
vestigators We have not yet seen a
statement to the effect that the Capt
will agree to do so but it does seem not
only fair but a duty he owes his cquh-
trymen to do so If the result should
be favorable Peary’s honors would be
imperishable Without it there will be
i -many- doubts entertained
It is 'wonderful how much ’deviltry
and downright theft or official graft
as it iu called in modern political par
lance is being developed by grand jury
and other investigation Oklahoma City
has been deiuged with it and several
other counties are giving evidence of
reeking rottenness beyond all expecta-
tion ' At Muskogee the home of our
sainted governor a grand jury recently
brought in 42 indictments after only an
eight days' session and the investiga-
tion on Pott county some weeks ago
-was truly appalling
The scientists of the University of
Copenhagen Denmark after examin-
ing Dn Cook’s papers relative to his
journey to the north pole rejected the
whole business and declare the Dr
guilty of fraud and a swindler This
coming from the scientific body in which
Cooks friends had most confidence and
end which had bestowed great honors
on the explorer immediately upon his
return from the north is certainly
death blow to his 'pretense and will not
only shear him of his honors but hand
him down in history as one of the rank
est frauds of the times
Altus-Dec 25 — The county commiss-
ioners have called an election for Feb
26 for- the purpose of voting on the
proposition to issue $100000 in bonds
for the erection of the court house and
jail for Jackson county More than one
thousand names -mostly farmers were
on-the petition to the commissioners
The bonds are sold conditional open the
levy carrying "
The state primary law eliminates the
poor man from office gays the ltteau
Sun unless someone “interested’ is
willing to put up for him “The law
requires a candidate to makeYwo cam-
paigns for the job he 6eeks It also
forces the candidate to establish head-
quarters with a lajge corps of clerks
before the election The candidate with
money and nothing else to do can can-
vass the state often and he can import
speakers to aid -his - cause ‘ His head-
quarters can send out tons of literature
and organize in every community It is
a rich man’s game and the man of
small meansis eliminated unless he is
willing to sell himself
And the Logan county democracy
passed resolutions to put none but dem-
ocrats on the pay rolls end in justifica-
tion therefor quote Jackson’s political
maxim' ’to the victor belongs the spoils!
In view of the various developments by
grand juries and other sources over the
entire state it Beems as though they are
getting a fine crop of “spoils” like
Mark Twain’s hdvise -to his-son to
“make money— honestly if you can but
make money’ They get - the spoils
honestly when they can but they don’t
mean to let a little matter like common
honesty stand in their way
Charities Commissioner Kate Barnard
makes some damaging statements re-
garding’ the treatment of insane patients
at Ft Supply asylum Inefficient heat-
ing of portions of the buildings and
especially those in which tho violent
insane are confined hqlds the
Board of Public Affairs responsible and
criticises them in severe’ terms Col
Roy Hoffman - chairman of the board
tries to explain the matter by showing
that the board had done all they could
for relief of the situation The board
could' not get bids from contractors to
do the work on warrants but now have
decided they can draw on the general
fund and pay cash Miss Barnard’s big
stick carries conviction
- His' Honor Horace II Lurton ought
to be a pretty good judge by this time
he’s had a lot of experience He began
acquiring it In 1875— down in Tennessee
For four years from 1839 to 1893 he
was on the supreme bench of that state
part ofthat time chief -justice Then
President Cleveland appointed him to
the federal bench and there he has
£een ever since There he and Judge
Taft served together and became warm
friends Secretary Taft recommended
Judge Lurton to President Rnosvelt for
promotion to the bench of the supreme
court at Washington but without effect
President Taft now makes die promo-
tion himself It’s a pity that the judge
is not (say) fifteen years younger but
that seems to be the only possible criti
cism on the appointment —Guthrie Cap-
ital Cobless Corn
McKinney Courier-Gazette: And now
it’s an Illinois farmer presents the
country with an almost cobless corn
Perhaps the time is coming when the
diner munching corn will not 'have to
wrestle with the cob and rising gener
ations will bless the man who eliminat
ed it The new corn i3 described as
having each kernel growing on the pa
rent stem instead of adhering to a cob
The Illinois grower says that he elimi
nated the cob by taking the tip of each
ear and setting only the -very top ker
nels and shortly expects to evolve
perfectly cobless corn The agricultur-
al college of that State is looking after
the experiment
Well there is one obviously good
thing about cobless corn— it doesn
have to be shelled But that advantage
is nullified by the loss all of us who love
corn on the cob will feel when we come
to eating roasting-ears with a spoon
or by those of us who are accustomed
to coh pipes— Dallas News
- There is such a long list of valuable
uses and customs dependent upon the
annual crop of corn cobs especially in
prairie country and out of town that
we doubt if the inventor of a eobless
corn would be regarded as a benefactor
of humanity -
That Starvation Bridge
Several months ago the county bridge
across Starvation creek at what is call-
ed the Baldwin crossing on the Sayre-
Sweetwater road was washed out by
high water and has never been replac-
ed It is located on the old thorough-
fare and one of the vCot lines of travel
between the two towns We do not
understand why the commissioners of
Beckham county have not had the bridge
rebuilt At present the crossing on the
creek itself is not very bad but could
be- greatly improved- but in the event
of heavy rains Buch as we are liable to
have almost any time it would be next
to impossible to -draw anything like a
load across the creek and up the hills on
either side A good high bridge and
substantial tresgel and graded approach
is badly needed
There is also a washout or cave in the
creek bank-on the west side along which
travel is compelled to go that is now
positively dangerous and if not attend-
ed to promptly may result in a damage
suit against the county and possibly the
loss- of life Travel now passes within
a few feet of this precipice or perpeti
circular cave of we would say 12 or 15
feet and a heavy loaded wagon is liable
to break down the bank at any time
and throw team wagon and driver or
other passengers into the abyss below
in which event the loss of human life
it would seem could only be prevented
by a miracle This place is positively
dangerous and we insist that the com-
missioners and road authorities lose no
time in relieving the situation It will
not safdy bear delay Human life is
too valuable to say nothing of the fi-
nancial risk to ajlow such a death-trap
to exist so nearly in the -puddle of 'the
public highway This place would b6
obviated by the construction of abridge
on or nearly on the section line
Democrats Want all the Spoils
Guthrie Okla Dec 23 — (Special) —
“That any state officer who persists in
maintaining a republican on the state
pay-roll when such a place could and
should be filled by a democrat should
be denied the support of all loyal Dem-
ocrats at the coming primary election’
is one of the pertinent paragraphs of a
resolution prepared by the Logan coun-
ty democratic state central committee
here
The resolution aims directly at vari-
ous republicans who have been main-
tained in or put into state positions by
state officers and boards and at the
men who have thus favored them at
the expense of the democratic applicants
for the same position Especial refer-
ence is made though the name is not
mentioned to a well known local em-
ployee of the school land department
“Be it resolved’ continues the reso
lution “by the Logan county democrat-
ic central committee that it is highly
important at this time that all loyal
democrats be alive in meeting many of
the unjust criticisms of the present ad-
ministration especially so of the ques
tion of high taxes
“Further be it resolved that in ask
ing the loyal support of the working
democrats ofthe county and state we on
their behalf ask equal fairness and that
the present democratic administration
lend us encouragement by ridding itself
of all republican employees and adher-
ing to the Jackson principals of democ
racy “that to the victor belong the
spoils”
“Be it further resolved that since it
has come to our knowledge that there
are a number of such republicans being
maintained on the pay-roll of the differ
ent departments of state and in one
department especially such person be-
ing maintained in a position where- he
writes the checks for a large number of
employees and is certainly kept in
position where he can peddle and fur-
nish information to the opposition party
The author of “The Woman With a
Serpent’s Tongue” doubtless has the
sympathy of Dr- Cook
THE NEW TOW
Is located on the County Line be-
tween Roger Mills and Beck-
ham Counties
THE flAKDEN SPOT
The town site is on the corners of sections 13 14 23 and 24 -twp 11 range
20 where the section lines intersect each other The land is smooth with un-
dulationjsufficientto insure perfect drainage The soil is mesquite or “tight”
thus avoidingjall possibility of those disagreeable sandstorms The town is lo-
cated in the midst of one of the
Richest Agricultural Sections
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ofitheState’ asjevidenced byjit’sjbountif
mate and alBoby theffact that we have
N ever had a Failure of Crops
The surrounding country is settled by an industrious and thrifty -class' of
people from every state in the Union who have long since adopted a thorough
system of DIVERSIFIED AGRICULTURE hence are prosperous and hap-
py Our Water Supply is PURE and SOFT and free from gyp or other min-
eral impurities and is obtained ii abundance at a depth of from 40 to 50 -feet
Good water is half the battle of life and we’vb GOT -IT - Several
RAILROAD LINES
have been surveyed through Sweetwater and we have every reason to' be-
lieve one at least will be built within the coming year
TOWN LOTS
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will be disposed of for the present to parties desirous of building thereon at
such low figures as to be merely nominal Of course these very low prices
cannot be maintained very long ' We have one of the very best locations for
the building of a good town to be found janywherelin the Southwest and the
sooner you get Into the processionandTollow theJbandwagon— the better Jfo
your pocket-book
Come and see'ua or write for further and moc37deffinite information
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