Sweetwater Breeze (Sweetwater, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 30, 1910 Page: 1 of 8
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VOL 1 NO 44
Sweetwater Okla June 30
1910
$1 a Year in Advance
Political Announcements
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? ' We are authorized to announce the
j following persons as candidates for of-
fice on the democratic ticket subject to
the August primaries:
FOR SHERIFF
CL- H COPE
C JOHN BRADSHAW
FOR REGISTER OF -DEEDS
S J ETTER '
FOR COUNTY CLERK
Russian Thistle Again j
In the issue of the Breeze of May 26
- -we published a statement to the effect
'that the Russian Thistle is securing- 9
dangerous hold of this country and also
quoted the Oklahoma law on the sub-
ject " The matter was taken up and
1 discuascd by a great many people some
iof whom claimed that we were mistak-
en and that the weed mentioned is not
Russian Thistle We got our first inj-
-formation from Messrs Geo W Pur-
year and Alex Troudt and we believed
these gentlemen knew what they wore
talking about but in order to finally
settle the question beyond a doubt we
pulled up a sample '"thistle” and endo-
rsed it with a letter of inquiry to the
Oklahoma Experiment station at Still-
’ '-water It was there referred to Prof
O MJLMorris Horticulturist and Botan-
: 1st of the station and last Friday we
received the flowing reply: :
Oklahoma Agricultural Exper- -iment-Station
-Stillwater June 10 1910
MrT-AJ' A 'Albin
Sweetwater Okla
‘ - Dear Sir:— Your letter of recent date
snd the weed enclosed has been refer-
1 red to me for reply The weed is Rus-
Caian Thistle Yours truly
"J ' O M Morris-
This Betties the question of tberiden-
tity of the weed beyond further dispute
g and substantiates the statements made
by Messrs Puryear and Troudt that it
is Russian Thistle Mow?js the best
time of year to destroy the peat before
it forms any seed All road overseers
should get busy
Apropos of the foregoing the follow-
ing official notice has been handed to us
for publication and has been served Jjy
County Attorney E H Gipson jupom all
vroad overseers of Beckham county:
Notice to Road Overseers Etc
Sayre -Oklahoma June 14 1910
' To the Road Overseers Supervisors
and Street Commissioners of Beckham
County Oklahoma
Dear Sirs:— Complaint having been
made to this office that the law relating
to Johnson grass and Russian -thistle is
not being enforced in Beckham county
you are respectfully advised that your
duties are outlined by the said law in
l substance as follows:
“It shall be the duty of every Road
Overseer Supcrviser or Street Commis-
sioner within this state to prevent the
Beading of Johnson grass or Russian
uthistle upon any right-of-way of any
1 road or upon any grounds under his care 1
It shall be the further duty of every
such officer upon receiving written no-
tice from any citizen thatJohnson grass
or Russian Thistle are being permitted
to mature or seed upon any land within
his jurisdiction to immediately investi-
t jjate and finding such information cor-
rect the owner agent lessee orm&n-i-ager
thereof shall be given two days’
time after notice within which to de-
i stroy such plant and if said party shall
fail to so do the said officer shall em-
r ploy such assistance as may be necessa-
: ry to cut and burn all such plants found
within his jurisdiction and for this pur-
pose he shall have the right to enter
upon or to cross any land necessary to
reach and destroy such plants He shall
have power to issue an order against
the road and bridge fund of the county
for the payment of such labor Said
order shall describethe land upon which
such labor was performed the per diem
charged and the 'total amount charged
to each tract of lard The cost of de-
1 stroyin&such plants will be levied as
taxes against the said property togeth-
er with penalty which when collected
vwill be turned into the road and bridge
fund of the county
Johnson grass developed in fulltasBel
shall be construed to have matured un-
der the provisions of this act
Any person whether owner Lessee or
manager or any road overseer super-
visor or street commissioner or other
officer found guilty of violating the pro-
visions of this act shall be deemed guil-
ty of a misdemeanor and upon convic-
tion be fined not less than twenty-five
nor more than one hundred dollars
-You are further advised that this of-
fice will expect you to see that the same
is enforced in your jurisdiction We
would suggest however that the own-
er or lessee of land upon which the grass
is growing be informed of its presence
at once for as you probably know many
of our citizens who -have lately come to
this country are not -familiar with it
and would not recognize the same should
it be growing on their land
It is not our desire to prosecute any
person nor will we unless that person
by his Own act brings it upon' -himself
The law was enacted not for the pur-
pose of affording prosecution but for
the purpose of preventing the spread of
the said grass
We would suggest that you act with
deliberate firmness in the matter and
unhesitatingly report to this office the
names of parties offending against this
law You will noticein case you do not
report that you too are violating the
law and are subject to prosecution
Would be glad to have every road
overseer write us as to the conditions in
hiB district -
Yours very truly
‘E H Gipson Co Att’y
'Notice —The people of Road Dist
No 1 Buffalo township Beckham coun-
ty will please take notice from the a-
bove and govern themselves according-
ly Albert Myers Supervisor
Senate Passed Postal bank Bill
Washington June 22— after voting
down several amendments the senate to-
day decided 44- to 25 to concur in the
house amendments to the postal savings
bank bill and thus took the last legisla-
tive step necessary to the establishment
of a postal savings bank system in the
United States
The measure was included in the ad-
ministration schedule and its passage
marks another triumph for President
Taft
In accordance with the program agreed
on yesterday the voting began 'at 5 o’-
clock and the bill was passed a quarter
of an hour afterwards
Most of the "insurgent” republicans
joined with the regulars in supporting
the measure in the final action on it but
Senator Bristow Senator Cummins and
Senator La Folletta refused to yield and
cast their ballots in the negative with
the democrats Senator Chamberlain
cast the only democratic vote for the bilL
WHAT IT PROVIDES
The postal bank bill as it goes to the
president provides for the designation
of poBtoffices as postal savings deposito-
ry offices The opening of such deposi tor-ies-is
Jeft to the discretion of a board of
three trustees consisting of the postmaster-general
the secretary of the
treasqry and the attorney general This
board is given complete control of ' the
depositories and of their funds As it
will require considerable time for the
board to prepare it’s regulations it is
impossible at this time to predict when
the postal banking system will be in op-
eration In these depositories any person over
ten years of age may make deposits of
funda amounting to one dollar or mul-
tiples of that amount Pass books will
be issued to deposi tors and interest allow-
ed attherateof two per cent per annum
No person is to be permitted to deposit
more than $100 in any month nor to he
allowed to have exceeding $500 to his
credit at any time The withdrawal of
funds is to be permitted at any time
The postal savings funds thus accum-
ulated are to be placed in state and na-
tional banks in the communities in which
the deposits are made and the banks are
to be required to pay 2 1-4 per cent inter-
est Five per cent of the total deposits
ia to be held by the treasurer of the
United States as a reserve to guarantee
tho payment of deposits
Banks are to be required to deposit
securities in the shape of public bonds
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Where
If you are looking for a? place where they will have a
goodold-faShioriedfEeTbration
IS
A good Program
’Consisting of music Speaking Base Ball Dancing
Contests and all kinds of amusements for old and young
will be carried-out The glacLhand of fellowship will
be extended to all and we will see that you have a good
time Plenty of good Ice Water and shade
By Order of Committee
to insure the safety of the deposits
There ia a provision authorizing the with-
drawal of 30 per cent of the deposits for
investment in government bonds and de-
positors are permitted to transmute their'
deposits into bonds when they so desire
There also is a special provision auth-
orizing the investment in bonds of the
remaining 65 per cent of the savings
funds but this step is to be taken only
when directed by the president in the
interest of the general welfare
Postmasters in fourth-class offices are
to be given additional compensation for
their services in connection with the de-
positories and postal savings accounts
in the banka are to be kept separate
from all other accounts One hundred
thousand dollars is appropriated for car-
rying on and establishing the first of
the depositories
A Hugo Candidate for State Printer
The republicans have a Choctaw coun-
ty candidate for the office of state print-
er to be nominated at the August pri-
maries Jesse G Curd editor of The
Herald
' While at Guthrie attending the state
convention Mr Curd was prevailed up-
on by many of the newspaper men of
the state to enter the race - and was
carried before the central committee
and induced to file for the position He
has been in the newspaper work during
almost his entire life and has always
been closely allied with the printers un-
ion For several years he was a letter
carrier in his home town Paduca-Ky
and was a national officer In the Nation-
al Association of Letter Carriers but
during his work as letter carrier he was
never satisfied and came to Oklahoma
and launched a newspaper in 1906 Be-
sides owning The Choctaw Herald he is
also editor of the Poteau Weekly Sun
published at LeFlore eounty70kla and
is one of its owners
Mr Curd asks every republican in the
county to support him in the primary
and the general election if nominated
as he will be as he has no opposition
hf promises if elected to -use his best
are You Going"
aler
THAT PLACE
efforts to reduce the expenses of state
printer and to give a clean and compe-
tent administration of the affairs of the
office —Choctaw Herald
Beckham county commissioners Meet
The honorable bar 1 efcoytv-commis-sippfrs
met in adjourned ieion-oft Sat-
urday June 13lh and took up the matter
of the county court house and jail bond
election the sale ofiths bands And other
matters-pertaining' thereto
Bids for the bonds were received from
G L Gilbert offering to take the bonds
at $67900 with aecruedinterest
From R J Edwards for $70000 less a
fee of $1400
From John Movern &Co a bid of $70-
000 which was to be paid as the work
proceeded on the building
A contract was let to Layton & Smith
of Oklahoma City for the plans speci-
fications and supervision of the architec-
tural work at 5 per cent subject to
prepayment of $500— Sayre Headlight
The Bergen tunnel under Jersey City
Heights through which for forty years
all passenger trains on the ' Erie 1 Rail-
road have been run will be abandoned
on July 1st for passenger service and
will be given over wholly to the move-
ment of freight After that date pass-
enger trains will make use of a great
open air four track cut upon which the
contractors have been at work for the
past three years The cut which ex-
tends for 4400 feet through the Heightt
is 58 feet wide at the bottom and var-
ies from 45 to 85 feet in depth It is
intersected by four tunnels where the
material has been left in place to carry
the streets above but none of these is
of greater length than an ordinary train
1 Regular Aerial Service
In Germany a dream f centuries has
at last been materialized Regular
transportation by means of airships is
an accomplished fact
Qn Wednesday tlie Deutschland Count
Okla
Zeppelin’s great craft tr an sported 20
passengers from Friedrichshaven to
Dusseldorf a distance of 300 miles in
nine hours
This derigable craft is 485 feet in
length by 40 feet in width is driven by
motors having 330 horse power and is
equipped with a resturant The lifting
powers of the vessel is 44000 pounds
The trip was made at an average
speed of 83 miles an hour while the
best time made was 43 1-2 miles an hour
Wednesday’s trip inaugurated a reg-
ular schedule and tickets for the-300
mile air voyage are selling at $25 to $50
lThe Deutschland is a magnificent
craft with comfortable 1 staterooms
sumptuously fitted with mahogany fur-
niture and Brussels carpqts and sur-
rounding the main body of the ship are
cosy observation galleries
Under ordinary conditions travel m
onei of these crafts will be less dpnger-
oue khab by rail-- while the comforts
and -delights of aerial flights -wili-be
greatly puperior
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Governor- Haskell has issued a procla-
mation calling for a vote on the ‘‘grand-
father clause” on August 2 the same
day en which state primaries are to be
held -This proclamation -follows close
on the heels of a decision of Supreme
Court Justice Williams Wednesday! in
whichbe overruled the objections filed
by Jim Harris to the initiative petition
The ballot title has been prepared by
Attorney General West and certified to
by -Secretary of State Bill Cross and
will be submitted to Will Linn secre-
tary of the state election bdirird to be
placed upon the ballot
The ‘‘grandfather clause” is a con-
stitutional amendment initiated by a
petition of democrats providing an edu-
cational and political test for voters
the object being the disfranchisement
of the negro vote - of -the state - This
‘grandfather clause” is being opposed
by republicans socialists and a laoge
number of conservative democrats jtir'
will be defeated by good majority
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