Sweetwater Breeze (Sweetwater, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 23, 1910 Page: 1 of 8
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VOL 1 NO 43
Sweetwater Okla Jurte23 1910
$1 a Year in Advance
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‘ Political Announcements
We are authorized to announce the
following persona as candidates for of
flee on tho democratic ticket subject to
the August primaries:
FOR SHERIFF
C H COPE-
JOHN BRADSHAW
FOR REGISTER OF DEEDS
S J ETTER
FOR COUNTY CLERK
V L BLACKBURN
The statehood bill admitting Arizona
and New Mexico into the Union passed
congress finally last Saturday and now
the' 47th and 48th stars are to be added to
the diadem of Old Glory
Four days after the state capital elec-
tion Oklahoma City’s sub-railroad com-
mittee got busy with a proposition to
encourage the building of new lines of
road leading out through the state in all
directions Verily the windy city’s en-
terprise laggeth not It is this contin-
ual boosting for everything that goes to
build a town that has -made Oklahoma
all she is
jjhe bond election in Beckham county
resulted in a total vote of 2444 — 1521 of
which were for the bonds and 923 were
against The necessary 60 per cent
having been secured the bonds will be
issued and the new court house and jail
will be buiit This we presume will
finally settle all thought of any kind of
tinkering with county lines hereabouts
and Beckham will go forward into the
front Tank among the progressive and
prosperous counties of the state and
Sayre will be regarded as one of the
best and safest cities in the state for
real estate investment All hail to
Queen City of the Southwest!
In his argumentj for the dissolution of
the injunction preventing the immedi--Mte
removal of the state capital Attor-
ney General West said that before the
canvas of the vote by the state election
board it was only a guess as to whethef
the proposition carried or not Why of
course What a brilliant thought for
the attorney general of the great state
of Oklahoma A boy in the seventh
grade ought to know that much But
what an argument for dissolution It
was Haskell who guessed first and a
guess by the opposite party to the suit
would certainly hold as against the first
guess Haskell overstepped the line of
decent discretion in his extreme haste
to slap Guthrie and reward his benefac-
tors at Oklahoma City
Elswhere today we publish a brief
excerpt from the able address of J W
McNeal delivered recently at Eniijfin
Garfield county McNeal is making a
thorough canvas of the state in his race
for governor and is meeting with great
encouragement His manner of hand-
ling state questions clearly indicate that
he has the proper grasp of the situation
and that he would if elected give the
state an economical and business admin-
istration His arraignment of the dem-
ocratic administration is not of a per-
sonal nature but from purely business
viewpoints but it is scathing neverthe-
less He will poll a heavy vote at the
primaries in August
Now that the election is over and the
constitutional amendment is defeated it
remains to be seen what effect the re-
sult will have on newly proposed rail-
road lines If the so-called “promot-
ers’ ’ hide out and let their propositions
die of old age some will say theirs only
a scheme to flay the people into adopt-
ing their amendment while others will
say “I told you so before the election”
in defense of the railroad people’s con-
tentions So there you are Without
new roads some localities will lose in
population and taxable wealth and the
already established influx of emigration
with money to buy farm lands will dwin-
dle away and become a thing of the
past The Sweetwater and Buffalo
country is in sore need of a railroad
but there in no need of fear for our
prosperity We have got along so far
without a road and the crops are more
vigorous and extensive than ever be-
fore This is one section of the state
that will prosper either with or without
a railroad but without one it requires
more time to harvest and market a crop
than it does to make it Of course our
onward march would be by much more
rapid strides with a good “Denver to
Dallas Air Line” but retrogression has
no place in our vocabulary We’ll go
forward railroad or no railroad
Carl G Fuchs slyly slipped over to the
city on the roaring Elk last week and
was married at the First Christian church
by Rev B M Edwards to Mrs Lela
Johnson His friends should look after
Carl better— Sayre Headlight
Wellr in the first place Carl is abun-
dantly able to take care of himself In
the second place if an emergency should
arise he has now the necessary help
meet for the occasion The Breeze ex-
tends congratulations
' Three Questions May Reach Vote
Guthrie Okla June 14 — (Special) —
That the initiative and referendum will
be used on -thjee different big questions
in Oklahoma within the next few months
and possibly on four is now certain The
suppreme court has denied the motion of
the Anti-Saloon league for a rehearing
in the case attacking the legality of the
57 000-name petition initiating an amend-
ment to the state constitution abolishing
prohibition and setting up a system of
local option and high license and the pe-
tions are now up to the governor for
him to call an election
A decision was also handed down in the
women’s suffrage case and the bill pro-
posing to eliminate the word “male”
from the electorate provisions of the
state constitution are now up to the gov-
ernor for him to call an election also
The governor yesterday issued his pro-
clamation calling an election on the
“grandfather clause” amendment on the
constitution under which it is hoped to
disfranchise the bulk of negro vote of
thestate
The supreme court a week ago affirmed
the validity of the “New Jerusalem”
capital location bill and that must either
be voted on or put out of the way some-
how Governor Haskell must Bet aspecial
date for voting on the women suffrage
and anti-prohibition questions or else
these automatically come to vote Novem-
ber 3
What Haskell Says
“In' my judgment the minute a majori-
ty was polled for the removal of the cap-
ital no further business could legally be
transacted at Guthrie” said Governor
Haskell at the Lee-Huckins hotel Mon-
day morning
“No proclamation from me is necess-
ary The law does not require it and the
bill became immediately operative as
soon as the vote was cast I have made
no statement except my communication
to Judge Burford telling him I would
give him a hearing on this matter by 2
o’clock Tuesday
“Oklahoma City will give us office
rooms free of charge while at Guthrie
they were costing us about $2000 month
Economy is an additional reason for my
action told the Chamber of Commerce
people here that if they did not give us
free offices I would secure rooms myself
and have the rent charged to them
“While some newspapers have stated
that the capital was to remain at Guthrie
until 1913 under this bill it is my busi-
ness to construe this law and I said in a
speech ten days ago that nobody was
construing this law for the governor I
said then that if the bill passed the cap-
ital would be legally placed at Oklahoma
City and that immediately”
Governor Haskell was not much inclin-
ed to talk about the removal of the state
records from Guthrie
“Oklahoma City is The seat of state
government and any records that are
needed will be promptly forthcoming”
the governor added ' “I anticipate no
difficulty however as they are a good
law-abiding class of citizens up there”
Miss Jane Haskell the governor’s
daughter denies that anyore in Guthrie
threw a stone at her Saturday night
She says she was walking along the
street with some friends cheering for
Oklahoma City and that someone threw
a rock at one of the boys in the party
CLEANUP
:AT:
Commencing
Next Saturday June 25
$20 Men’s Tailored Dress Suits Black $1350
$15 $1250 atid $850 Suits reduced to $745 and $350
$125 light weight ladies’ summer wool suitings 65c
LADIES’ SHOES
$350 Gieseckeand full vamp $195
$250 and $200 Slippers & Pumps 125
175 & $125 Child Slippers $125 to 83
Ladies’ Hats 1-2 price
Ladies’ $700 Linen Suits - $200
Ladies’ 700 Lingerie Dresses 200
Embroideries Laces Wash Silks Ladies’ Waists Gowns i pp
White goods Veilings Ladies Dress Skirts 2-3 regular 14 I ITT
Price Other Goods in proportion - i t: vl-J
A great demolition of prices Don’t miss the Sale
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Dry goods Clothing & Shoes
SAYRE OKLAHOMA
W here are You
If you are looking for a place where they will have a
good old-fashioned Celebration
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IS THAT PLACE
A good Program
Consisting of music Speaking Base Ball’ Dancing
Contests and all kinds of amusementsTorold and young
will be carried out The glad hand of fellowship will
be extended to all and we will see that you have a good
time Plenty of good Ice Water and shade j
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