The Duncan Eagle. (Duncan, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 11, 1909 Page: 2 of 8
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The Duncan Eagle
DUNCAN OKLAHOMA
I!1 1 ” 11 -
News of the World
Briefly Told
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Most bpvtul Enais of tki Pail Week
Beilcd Deere far tke Bu Reader
WASHINGTON
When President Taft returns to the
national capital this week he will And
his desk piled high with matters de-
manding his attention First of all
he will have to All a large number
of vacancies in public office
Refusing to be drawn into the Cook-
Peary North pole controversy the
state department has declined a re-
quest that It cable American Minister
Egan at Copenhagen to request of
the University of Copenhagen per-
mission to examine the records of Dr
Frederick A Cook
A postal deficit of $17479770 at
increase of $569491 over last year
was announced in the annual repoit
of Merritt O Chance the auditor of
the postoffice department which was
made public last week
DOMESTIC'
Mangurn greeted the arrival of the
first train over the Wichita Falls &
Northwestern with the firing of an-
vils the playing of bands and the
shouts of 2000 citizens Friday night
The M K & T Santa Fe and
Midland Valley have filed aflldavils in
the United States supreme court In
suppoit of their contention that the
"two-cent passenger rate and twelve
corporation freight orders are con-
fiscatory in each Instance claiming a
laige deficit in the handling of state
business
R L Ainsworth assistant coach
for Washington University of St
Louis has been employed by Lawton
business men to coach the Lawton
high school football squad in the hope
-of landing the state championship this
season
The corporation commission at Guth
rie has postponed until January 5 the
bearing on the propoced order reduce-
iDg and systematizing long distance
phone companies to make a complete
inventory of their valuations earn-
ings dividends etc
Arew vegetable growth poisonous
to cattle and sheep h-is been discov-
ered In western Colorado where if
grows in large quantities along many
f the irrigation canals It has caus-
ed the death of much stock
Arrangements are being completed
by the commercial club of Seattle
Wash to send a special trade dele-
gation of 100 business men from the
Pacific northwest to the Orient the
last of December
"Football is barbarous and ought
to be abolished" said Archbishop
Ryan of Philadelphia labt week “In-
stead they should play association
football It is the kind we played
when I was at college where the play-
eu kick the ball and not each other
During the last eight years Cana-
dian immigration has been 1336650
Of this number 504621 came from the
United Kingdom 425412 from the
United States and 400617 from other
countries
The supreme court of Oklahoma
has Issued an order sending District
Judge Robert M Rainey of Ada to
Hugo to relieve Judge Richardson of
that place In the trial of a case in
which he is disqualified
Dirt will soon be turned for the
new $15000 depot which is to he
erected in Stillwater The corpora-
tion commission has ordered the San-
ta Fe to place the depot ’ between
Ninth and Tenth avenues
Millionaire William Berryhill of
Sapulpa for the second time the past
two weeks has defied the authorities
of the county by selling liquor and as
a result is behind the bars again
Last week’s election returns show
thnt the commission form of govern-
ment was adopted in Buffalo N Y
The total vote on that pirn was 9437
7217 voted yes 2220 voted no
The Guthrie Desk and Furnltwt
factory is now turning out 150 school
desks dally besides manufacturing
church office and court house furni-
ture and fixtures
Contract for the completion of the
El Reno lnterurban electric line into
that city from Yukon has been let to
the Adams Construction company of
l’l Reno and work was begun on the
line last week
Uncle Sam has reopened his re-
cruiting station In Chickasha Lieu-
tenant P McBrinn of Oklahoma City
is in charge
George W Ferguson postmaster at
Watonga has been appointed county
Judge of Blaine county to succeed C
£ Malcomb lately deceased
John Stewart Kennedy octogenar-
ian and one of America’s well knovyn
rich men who died of whooping
cough in his New York residence qn
Oct 31 left bequests 'to more than
$25000000 to religious charitable and
educational institutions In his will ’
F B Hannan of Lawton who failed
to obtain an injunction there in the
district court restraining the city of
Lawton from building a $100000 high
school building has appealed his case
to the supreme court
The Indian Citizen-Democrat the
leading paper of Atoka county will
move Into Its own home a two-story
brick building NovemberlS Editor
Groff has ordered a Mergenthaler
tpesettlng machine and will make
other improvements
The irrigation committee of the
United States senate will visit Wood-
ward and ether points in northwest
Oklahoma Nov 20 according to a
letter received from F H Newell di-
rector of the reclamation service
The state board cf agriculture fluds
that 332971 square hales and 13966
round bales were ginned from the Ok-
lahoma crcp of cotton of 1909 up to
and Including the close of business
cn October 31
In anoplnion to the governor As-
sistant Attorney General Charles L
Moore holds that a railroad surgeon
who holds a pass entitling him to
transportation at other times than
when on company business can not
take the constitutional oath of of-
fice and is barred from becoming a
member of any state board unless he
gives up his pass
United States Circuit Judge Peter
S Grosscup whose recent declaration
in Chicago that women cannot be
theologians because they have not
the power of analysis nor lawyers
berause they cannot reason has
aroused the professional women cf
New York
Several members cf the facnlty of
the secondary agricultural college lo-
cated at Lawton last week by tho
state board of agriculture have ar-
rived in Lawton and are sending cut
printed announcements fixing the
date of opening the school for Nov-
ember 16
More than four thousand Indict-
ments returned during a ‘Sunday blue
law” crusade made by Judge William
H Wallace of Kansas City a year
ago were dismissed by Judge Lat-
sliaw in the criminal court last week
State Superintendent E D Cam-
eron has addressed letters to all of
the members of the state text-book
commission calling their attention to
the fact that the course of study for
the common schools contain too many
books
With a number of great lawyers In
attendance and' Judge William C
Hook of the Eighth circut of the Un-
ited States Circuit Court of Appeals
on the bench the fight over the "two-
cent passenger rate” in Oklahoma
opened Thursday No decision has
been reached
While drilling for water on ms rarrn
near Coalgate John Freeny last week-
struck oil at a depth cf forty-eight
feet
The state board of public affairs
hns decided to go uhead with the work
on the penitentiary wall and build-
ings which was stopped temporarily
last week in order to allow the board
of control to check up its finances
The board has fcurd that it lias $285-
000 of the appropriation still avail-
able for construction work
Judge Cottcral has denied the tem-
po ary Injunction asked against the
Columbia Bnnk and Trust company
of Oklahoma City in the receivership
proceedings instituted by George An-
derson of Roseville 111
The corporation commission set’
November 23 next as the date for a
hearing to gather evidence from all
railroads from the state for the state
supreme court to use In passing on
the twelve contested freight orders
FOREIGN
Alphonse XIII of Spain like Mac-
beth has now "murdered sleep” Na-
ture’s sweet restorer has deserted
him Bullets have taken the place
of bouquets for him
To encourage saving among the
people the Spanish government has
established a postal savings bank un-
der guaranty of tlie state
Farming In some parts of Nigeria
has been rendered unprofitable by the
raids of baboons
A prehistoric town complete with
streets houses and temples has been
discovered In Sardinia by Professor
Toremelle It is reported to be sur-
lounded by a wall of enormous size
more massive than any city wall
known to exist in Europe
Radium is to be manufactured on
a commercial basis in a new factory
which will begin operation next year
in London
For the sum of $7500 the county of
Johnston has acquired the old Chick-
a saw Capital building and five acres
of land surrounding it for a county
court house
Shot Hi Wife for Burglar
Ardmore — While entering a window
at their home here late at night Mrs
Fred Dawson was shot and probably
fatally wounded by her husband who
mistook her for a burglar
Put Lots on Market
Pawhuska — A charter has been Is-
sued to a townslte company composed
of men from this city and nearby
towns who propose to plat lots and of
fer for sale 120 acres of fine land ad-
joining the city of Pawnee This land
is in the midst of a great natural gas
field
Truants Called Up
EH Reno — The Juvenile court was
busy during the week giving advice
to both mothers and children The
city police have been rounding up a
number of truants and brought them
before Judge Fogg Many of the child-
ren were In tears and promised to be
good and attend school
Water Supply Uncertain
Tulsa — Professor Edward De Barr
Informed the city commission that if
Tulsa expects to maintain an ade-
quate water supply it must abandon
the Arkansas river and turn to the
Osage hills north of the city De Barr
said that in his twenty-five years of
Intimate knowledge of the Arkansas
River it has shown itself to be one
of the most uncertain and treacherous
streams as a water supply in the
United States The Osage hills are
full of never failing springs of pure
water and it is claimed that there is
a supply of water adequate for a city
of 100000 people
Form General Hospital Co
Enid — Articles of incorporation
were granted to the Enid General
Hospital company to erect a hospital
open to all physicians here at an ear-
ly date A training school In sanitary
science will be operated in conjunc-
tion with the hospital Enid hag been
practically without a hospital since
the town started Two small Institu-
tions have been operated for two
years
Local physicians promoting this one
will not be connected with the tuber-
culosis institution comprising fifty
small cottages which Is to he built
by the Oklahoma Medical association
on Salt Plains east of town
Robber Relates His Band's Deeds
Muskogee — Turning state's evi-
dence in the trial of Stray Waddell
charged with blowing the safe in the
Frisco depot here over a year ago Ed
Coleman one of the yeggmen threw
light upon a number of mysterious
robberies that have occurred In Missouri-
Kansas and Oklahoma during
the past three years Coleman say3
he Is one of the members of a gang
of eight who committed these rob-
beries Another is Billy Mayo now In
Jail at St Louis charged with robbing
the poatoffice at Wellsvllle Mo
Frank Allen who was killed at Win-
field Kan last June while resisting
an officer was also a member
Arthur Greenswelght a boy who
disappeared from his home at Raleigh
Mo stated on the witness stand that
he had been practically kidnaped and
held by the gang for eight months the
other members watching him so close-
ly that he could not escape
Coleman has given the officers the
names of three other men who com-
pleted the gang but these are being
kept secret and It is expected more
arrests will follow shortly
Will Open Bids Nov 22
Guthrie— The state board of af-
fairs has set November 22 as the date
for opening bids for construction of
the Durant normal as per the amend-
ed and revised plans also for opening
bids for the heating and Ice plants
of the Fort Supply Insane Asylum
Deny Indiana Are Starving
Muskogee — District agents and
field men of the government who
have been spending the past three
weeks gathering facta relative to the
report that Indians in the fullblood
districts were starving have made a
long report to Commissioner Wright
Supervisor Cook who Investigated in
the Cherokee country says In part:
"I find that conditions are no worse
than any former year at this time
The only ones pessimistic are those
who desire to fdree the department to
hurry as much as possible the pay-
ment of the emigrant Cherokee fund
In order that they may collect certain
claims held by them against the full-bloods’
COTTON MARKET
New York
New York Nov 6— Where cotton
goods have been withdrawn from
sales prices have been further ad-
vanced on them to bring them to the
level of 15c cotton Finished cloths
are now being bought at higher prices
Jobbers are doing a better business in
piece goods Linings are now being
sold for next year’s delivery Yarn
have been marked higher General re
tall trade Is getting very close to the
proportions of a normal merchandise
year
New Orleans
New Orleans Nov 6 — Cotton spots
steady lo wordlnary 10 13-16c nom
ordinary 11 6-3c nominal good or-
dinary 13 l-6c strict ordinary 13
l-2c low middling 1315-16c strict
low middling 14 5-8c good middling
14 3-4c strict good middling 14
15-16c middling fair 15 l-16c mid-
dling fair to fair 15 7-8c fair 15
13-16c nominal Receipts 7918 bales
stock 173534 'Futures closed barely
fteady November 1409c December
1433c January 1449c March 1437c
May 1483c July 14 89c September
13c
St Louis
St Louis Nov 6 — Cotton steady
middling 15c Sales 66 bales re-
ceipts 3783 bales shipments 2C36
bales stock 22754 bales
Galveston
Galveston Nov 6 — Cotton steady
14 5-8c
Will Elect Officers Dec 14
Enid — An election has been called
for December 14 when city commis-
sioners and other city officers will
be elected under the provisions of
the new city charter which Governor
Haskell approved
Busy Getting Subscriptions
Sulphur — The Sulphur-Chickasha-
Oklahoma City lnterurban committee
is busy soliciting the $75000 In sub-
scriptions to preferred stock required
of sulphur by the promoters and In-
terest in the lnterurban has become
acute r
25 Year Sentence
Hobart — J M Stewart charged
with killing Gus Horstman near Sny-
der on the night of January 5 last
was convicted of first degree man-
slaughter by a jury in the district
court here and sentenced to twenty-
five years imprisonment
Accidentally 8hoots Brother
Tulsa — While out hunting on the
farm of their uncle Frank Alsbaugh
seven miles north of Tulsa Alva Bos-
well the fourteen-year-old son of A
Y Boswell a Tulsa jeweler shot and
almost instantly killed hlh brother
Hoyt aged 11 with a 22 repeating
rifle
Not One Triee for Oxford
Guthrie — Oklahoma seems likely to
be short a Rhodes scholar at Oxford
the next two years The regular ex-
amination of candidates was to have
been held at Norman last week but
no applicants appeared The lack of
Interest taken in the matter In Ok-
lahoma is attributed to the fact that
so little emphasis Is laid in the Eng-
lish educational system on the prac-
tical side and that the Rhodes exam-
inations require a large amount of
Latin and Greek In which American
college students seem to be taking
less interest all the time In spite of
the lack of candidates however It is
not believed that the scholarship will
go begging
A $6000 Patrol
Tulsa — A thoroughly modern pa-
trol wagon was" added to the equip-
ment of the police department The
new wagon cost $600 and will be pull-
ed by a team of fast horses recently
purchased
Telephone Hearing in January
Guthrie — In order to obtain more
complete data in regard to the physi-
cal valuations of the various lines the
corporation commission has contin-
ued until January 5 the bearing on
the proposed general order making a
sweeping reduction in long-distance
toll rates The commission’s action
was based on the recent decision of
the supreme court in the railroad
freight rate cases which were remand-
ed because of the commission's fail-
ure to make a complete finding of the
facts on which the orders were based
All such companies will have their in
ventories completed by the date set
for hearing
Let Her Do the Talking
"I can make a big hit with tfcatwo-
man all right” “What did you say to
her?” “Nothing I just kept st'll and
listened” — Lculsvllle Courief-JournaL
t
Circumstantial Proof
“So you danced with my fiance last
night at the hall?” “Yes Did she
tell you?” “Oh no! I noticed she
was limping to-day"
Her Worst Fear '
’ Willie— “Oh mamma that cook p
sent has red hair scars all over her
face a breath that smells Hkj whls-
ky She looks awful mad and sffys
she wants to see you” Mrs Simpson
— “Oh dear Una afraid she isn't go-
ing to stay” — Brooklyn
Vacuum Jacket Now New tdesr
The bottle that keeps Its contents
hot or cold for hours was no catch-
penny Invention The glass vacuum-
jacket was first devised by Lord De
war in 1895 for his experiments In
liquefying air and gas
A W'fes Reply
A certain retried capitalist of Birm-
ingham is in the habit of referring to
the wife of his you th in the presence
of his second wife One day recently
he in dulged in this form of reminis-
cence more than usual and his wife
ventured a mild protest “Pshaw!”
he said “there is no use of you be-
ing angry” “It Isn’t that” she re-
plied “I’m sorry I missed you at
your best” — Birmingham Age-Herald
Proved Existence of Luck
“Do you think luck cuts much of a
figure In the success or failure of a
man nowadays?” “Yes I believe it
does There’s Bagsbaw for Instance
What show would be ever have had
to live at ease and belong to clubs
if he hadn’t had the luck to find a
banker with a daughter who wa3 so
homely that a large premium had to
be offered with her?” — Chicago Record-Herald
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German Beauty Spot
Heiligandamm-Gelbensande north
Germany with its splendid forest
stocked with game of all sorts In-
cluding wild boars lies about 35
miles eastward beyond Rostock The
architecture of the Jagdbaus Is ex-
actly In keeping with its sylvan sur-
roundings and Is one of the handsom-
est and most attractive structures of
its kind ever built
Virtue of Keeping Clean
It might be too much to say that
there Is nothing so easy as to keep-
clean since the subjugation of dirt
does mean labor But It la not too-
much to say there Is nothing so pos-
sible as to keep clean Water is plen-
ty soap is not prohibitive in price and
no better use can be made of labor
than to make things tidy and pure
and undefiled — Kansas City Star
Improving a Railway
The San Dominican government en-
gineers have completed the survey for
changing the route of the railway
from Puerto Plata to Santiago The
present line climbs directly up the
side of the mountain by the aid of ir
cogged third rail The new route will
avoid this and will make the distance
with nothing heavier than a two and a
half per cent grade besides saving
time and operating expenses
OKLAHOMA DIRECTORY
Nice light bread and flaky biscuits
can be made from
CIIOCTAI'J FLOOR
Insist on this brand and you
are sure to have the best
YOUR GHOCRH HEIIX IT
Some are bad some good
Look through them and
pick out all bad ones
Send name address occupation and
10c In stamps to Box 1285 Oklahoma
City Oklahoma and receive by return
mall working model and patentee's
written permission to make and use-
one X-Ray Egg Tester with which
you can look thrugh six at a time
This offer not good af’er Dee 1909
Agents Wanted 8hop Rights for 8le-
MALTHOID
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Wholesale Manufacturers of Sash and
Doors Hardwood Finish Office and Bank
Fixtures Ask your Lumber Dealer
OF ALL KINDS-
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Woods, J. G. & Woods, Lee. The Duncan Eagle. (Duncan, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 11, 1909, newspaper, November 11, 1909; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2027904/m1/2/?q=%22~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.