The Butler News (Butler, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 17, Ed. 1 Friday, October 21, 1910 Page: 1 of 8
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THE BUTLER NEWS'
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Butler Oklahoma October 21 1910
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GOOD LORD -
GOOD DEVIL
We are in receipt of a yam
phlet entitled "National Bulle-
tin’ Issued by the National
Wholesale Liquor Dealers As-
sociation of America i’ho pam-
phlet in question ia not copy
righted and they invite tho re-
production of Hny article con-
tained threin without credit if
preferred Inasmuch us there is
at present in progress in Okla-
homa a fight for local option led
by the whiskey inlere-ls wo are
constrained to reproduce a por-
tion of an ar rtele wLh due credit
however :
Since his return from South
America Williatu J Bryan liis
thought it a matter of political
expediency to advocate county
option as applied to the sale of
Jiquor
In doing so ho has alienated a
majority of tho members of hie
own party for if there is anyone
principle upon which Democracy
has endured it is that of opposi-
tion to the abridgement of the
the rights of the poople or a cur-
tailment of the rights of local
-self-government
"County option is only one of
those legislative make-shifts a-
dopted by the Anti-Seloon
League to keep -alive its agita-
tion against liquor and to per-
petuato the attendant usufruct it
brings to the agiatuvs If Mr
Bryan thought that he was at-
tracting to his leadership real
Prohibitionists it shows how sig-
nally he has failed in his knowl
edge of the temperament or of
the opinions of the people gen-
et ally
"The Prohibition leaders re-
pudiate this attempt of Mr Bry-
an to enter their ranks bearing
aloft a county option banner for
they are sincerely for total pro-
hibition and not for an anti sa-
Joon make-shift
"Of course it must be trulh-
fully said that county option is
an attempt at prohibition by a
small unit which Prohibitionists
hope to eventually extend to
state or national proportions"
In the above excerpt it can
clearly be seen how the whiskey
interests conduct their cam-
paigns In Nebraska they are
‘ against local option and in Ok-
lahoma they are for local option
Its ‘‘Good Lord good dovii” just
so they win
While prohibition Should not
be considered a party question it
Is of such a nature that it can
not be treated with indifference
It is really a child of democracy
- being born and nurtured in ' the
democratic household and to
repudiate the question now would
be like" abandoning one's - own
child'
It is true to a certain extent
and in some localities that there
is no regard for the prohibitory
' lawri But the eame can be said
of most all other misdemeanors
MARKET REPORT
(Corrected Today Noon)'
Wheat
Oats y
'Corn
Kaffir Corn-
Milq Maize
Millet 8eed per cwt
' Alfalfa Seed per owt
Bi oomeom
86c
23o
- 40
60
r 50
100
' 1200
$40 to $90
Cotton (in seed) $ 440
Cotton (Unt): r $1400
Hog 7
Butter
Egg
Hen
hChloken (fries)
880
25
20
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WISE TO CONDONE ‘MISTAKES
Sympathy and Charity All Tee Rara
for tha Man Who Has Strayad
From tho Right Path
One of the bravest fights a man
can make is that in which lie strives
to atone for tho mistakes which have
cost him dearly None of us know
his strength until he is tempted It
is easy enough for- a person w ho
leads a life apparently secure from
the teinptatious that assail his ordi-
nary fellow-beings to sharply criti-
cize their shortcomings and to fail
to understand their weaknesses of
character The criticism may be
wholly justified by tho facts but it
is usually given with such an as-
sumption of superiority as tt arouse
a feeling of resentment in the hearts
of those criticized which would not
(6fty theie are certain hare-
have been apparent had the critic bpaincd people that beUeve the
been one who understood through
- 1- ! furniture business is a graft
experience something of the frailty
of human nature Harsh and un-
sympathetic criticism is not as a
rule conducive to the correction of
the faults it condemns because for
one thing there is a feeling way
down in our heart of hearts that
makes us balk at being driven into
line Tbe sympathetic tolerance
which means so much to the man
who makes “mistakes” is not al
ways forthcoming wien most need-
ed and in his weakness he is not
mnlikely to continue in the wrong 1 no graft as bis stuff is good and That is how heacquiied that a
way rather than accept the dictato-
rial counsel of those who assume to
be better than he
FAITH AND WORKS COMBINED
Idea of Youthful Chicagoan Will
Thought by Many to Ba tha
Correct Thing
Ba
An indolent little lady having
lost her kitten was urged to go out
and look for it but declined on the
reason that she’d asked the good
Lord to find it and it wouldn’t
“seem ’spectful for her to look her-
self after that” A clever young
Chicago lad on the other hand be -
lievea firmly in tho proper conjunc-
tion and combination of faith and
works This budding man is inter
rmir wus jusi no ueciueu 10 ireav
for its recovery Returning from a
period of prayerful seclusion he
asked his mother if the trinket had
been found
“I think not dear” was the
gentle answer “in fact I don’t
think an-one has been looking for it
I thought you were going to bring
it back yourself”
“I was” answered the child seri-
ously “I’ve been treating like a
house afire but” wide grave eyes
fixed in reproachful reproof on the
maternal countenance “you ought
to have hunted like the mischief all
the time
Harry Locke returned last
week from Canada and the great
northwest Harry is not profuse
in his praise for that country but
expressed his pleasure on getting
back
Make the sale of liquor a felony
and open drunkenness a misde-
meanor and this evil can be a-
bated to a great extent
Another great drawback to the
enforcement of prohibition is
that the bootlegger is often pro-
tected by the citizens themselves
It is almost impossible to seoure
evidence sufficient to convict a
bootlegger Our so-called best
citizens when called upon will
twist their testimony in Buch a
manner as to clear the culprit
And as a general rule its these
same citizens who raise the hue
and cry that prohibition does not
prohibit ' -
To protect a bootlegger on the
stand is as bad as - protecting a
thief or a murderer and no good
oitizen will do it It is a well
known 'point that to oover a
fraud is a fraud within itself
whioh means if you protect a
bootlegger ypu have yourself be-
come equally ‘guilty
HON LEE CRUCE
Democratic candidate for Governor will speak at
Butler Wednesday October 26th at 8 p in It is
to be arranged to have a grand old fashioned dem-
ocratic rally on that day It is to be hoped to have
100 J democrats at least in the procession on horse-
back on that day
What Ben Neu Says
Ben Neu purely is a philoso
pher snd many times he says a
thing that haB the lasting truth
to it Now for instance Ben
Such is not the ca£e at alL Fur
niture when well kept will last
a tyian a lifetime and sometimes
ii even handed down to the
grandchildren Ben says a man
will pay $3 50 for a pair of shoes
liovill wear out in six months
and never say a word but will
kick on paying sixty cents for 6
chair that will last him forty
years Den says his business is
cheap Wo peeped in there Ihe
other day and Ben had things'
looking nice Did you ever visit j
his place and see those fine kitch-
en cabinets? They are jim dan-
dies and cheap too
Bonebrake-'L&cy Sells
The Kelley Bros of Clinton have
purchased tho Donebrake-Lacy
hardware stock at this place and
are in full charge of same A
tin shop will be added to the al-
ready well equipped establish-
ment These two gentlemen’ are
fforncifn cn and have had charge
Lf lho sheet metal department of
the Bonebrake-La cy peopie dovv n
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rrom for lot more that ii on the
road
Mr fc’nydcr the former mana
what to
ger is not yet decided what to
do buy pmbibly will move back
to Clinton He had ju-t com-
pleted aT nice ccttago in tho north
part of town Mr Lacy the
bookkeeper is also undecided
whut to do
Hurley Has Another Fuss
A D Hurley’ the hog and ice
man had a) fisticuff with a couple
of young men by the name of
Terrill last Saturday Hurley
was scratched a little and one of
the others got his finger bit but
he paid liis fine just the same
He was fined a few days previ-
ous for being a "gawk” as he
terms it at a cussing match It
costs quite a lot to be independ-
ent but nobody but an ice man
can afford it -
Messrs Grandstaff and Kise
have 6old their fine automobile
which they have had on exhibi-
tion here the past 30 days They
sold it to an Oklahoma City mart
receiving in exohange therefor a
ICO-sore well improved farm sit-
a‘ed one mile of Carpenter The
farm is valued at $2500' ‘ These
gentlemen will paobably hav§
another machine here soon
Walter McFall a prosperous
farmer on Soldier Creek was in
town last Saturday getting ac-
quainted ’ Walter is a reader cf
the Butler Newa and incidenly a
new customer for our town Wal-
ter hai A few sows and pigs he
wishes' to sell
Tesee Payne has begun the
erection ofa neat cottage in the
north part of town
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A Regular “Piute”
A few years back it used to be
“South” "Jones” or ’‘Brown”
as the case may bo Now its
"Mr rritri” "Mr Jones' and
‘ Mr Brown” The dfference:
A few years ago Joies Smith
and Brovn were in a little dugout
holding down a claim ekeing
out a miserable existence and
sometimes barely thtt He tr -dured
all tha hardships and pri-
vations a pioneer is heir to and
it took everything he had to p ly
the interest Nohe has sold
corn brourncorn rotten vs heat
and hogs and has a fewhundrd
'dolleti a in his pants pocket and
js becoming a regular plutocrat
istocratic prefix to his name
Nevertheless “Mr ” J jnes is the
same old Joies we knew years
ago and is simply reaping the
tardy toward ho ho lung de-
served This is a prosperous
year for ihe Oklahoma fsnrer
and we rejoice in hi3 propserity
Euchenau Is the Man
Some voters who have inside
information wonder if Fred Bur-
lingame should be elected dis
trict clerk if he would be a9 r ck-
'h 'b® court records ra he
ha Leen with the dispensary
records New and unheard of
lawyers might sign up and then
a fid tho records go
But Burlingame will
ie ceta " r‘l unf " f
'''’t3' 1 ho Jeoe know fl‘ ho
people
est and c unpetent officer and
wiU re-elect J hn Buchenai
hs" r?(orda uo °len to tle
public and without blemish
Farmers Shipping Broorncorn
Several fai mern in fie north-
west part of the county are do-
ing their own shipping of broom-
corn Last Monday they loaded
a car for Chicago and today they
are sedding out another They
get from $100 to $130 a ton for
it Among those shipping are
Hunter Tucker George Older
Tom Stoughten T W Cantrell
W 13 Burkholder Bill Keller
and J G Hedrick
Foss Gin Gets New Engine
The new 80-horse power en-
gine has ai rived for the Foss gin
and men are now at work install-
ing it An extra boiler will also
be put In The ergine now in
use was use 1 at Foss but was
found insufficient at this place
The smaller engine will be used
until the larger one is in and the
gin will be idle only a few hours
while they are changing belts
and connecting the new boilef
Dr II A Moore democratic
nominee for county treasurer
wa9 in Butler yesterday Doo
Moore ‘s a fa’r square and hon-
orable man and no man can
truthfully bring aught against
his character He is well quali
fied to fill the office to which he
aspires and will do bo with honor
to himself and constituency
FOR SALE— About 8 acres of
corn ard 15 a kaffir and ma'ze
also 3 young mules 3 miles east
of Butler--AC PECKArapaho
TOO STRENUOUS TO PRACTISE
‘Flahlng’ System That Wat Parfagt
In Its Way but Authorities
Interfered
One of the most singular fishing
devices imaginable was discovered by
accident m Frame Though ex-
tremcly simple the system is revolu-
tionarv
A pond on a farm of La Marie- nS voters to support the republi-
quette bordered ly rooky shores was nominees but fails to give any
drained one year by the aid -of a good tcasons for the advice Real-
steam pump Each stroke of the ly veiy few people fcil disposed to
piston drew up 25 gallons of water heed suggestions coming from
and the pond was emptied in a few 8uch a sourcc as lhc B:e In act
hours and not only was the water t( e pcrsonDfl c the democratic
drawn off but all the fishes also were
transferred to a now element
This was a revolution The own-
ers of the ponds in the neighbor-
hood followed suit and the propria- on to vole for the dtmccrats Some
tor of the pump made a specialty of of -he rrpuldic-n ncmrees have
this sort of work lie “let” one of just teen citizens of Cj6ter county
his pumps modified for the purpose Kng tnough to vote How about
The peasants of the region called it the democratic nominees Every-
the lish pump Each stroke of
1 1 one of them ts a tried and tested
tbe piston brought up torrents of
water in which were fish and craw-! Cltl2tn of known charac and
fish together with mud and debris ood standing Suall we elect
A sort of metal basket received tho ' people who have honored every
whole The water and slinte exuded I position they have filled or shall
while a boy collected the fish and we lcvate to office people who
sorted them according to species and have 1 ved among ns only long
weight enough to be eligible to vote? A
One pond of several acres was new corn r may be a good man
cleared of fish at an expense of 3G
t 1 and ail right but is it good policy
francs or $720 The proces was
I: i 1 to elect him to ofiice before he h
ingenious but as one cannot have
his fish and eat it too and as such had 11110 lo bhow "het“r ie
rapid consumption would have led to worthy oi being elevated to a po-
equally rapid extermination the lo- sition of (rust and he nor? We
cal authorities were obliged to take 1 have plenty of well known and
vve-11 tried citizens from whom to
select officers and the democratic
measures to stop the practise
SKILL SHOWN BY INDIANS
Red Men Were Experts In the Manip-
ulation of Flames In the Great
Forests
The Indians of the old north
west territory comprising the old 1
prairie buffalo country north and
south of tho Ohio were forest fire
fiends and Experts for they changed
b' fire the woodlands of the Illinois
or northwest territory into prairie
for buffalo ranges and were rapidly
doing the same for Kentucky and
Tennessee when the white invasion
stopped them They dropped their
semi-savage cultivation of the soil
for the easier life of hunting the
buffalo and tbe delights o f tigbti
and tomahaw king one another They
however wished to preserve from
fire choice great woodlands where
other game in season could be relied
on So what did these wise Indians
do but choose the right autumns
when there were just dry leaves and
plenty of wetness on the ground to
bum out all the shrubbery and small
undergrowth so when prairie ground
and the grass went up in flames the
right forest and its precious peat-
like huinum would be sparod The
old-time settlers learned this trick
from the Indians and used it regu-
larly to save their lives frame
houses and timber land The meth-
od is as old as the hills — too old
since it is almost forgotten
A New Wagon Yard
J M Barkley a prosperous
Barnitz township farmer has
sold out and is moving to town
He has bought lots in the indus-
trial addition between the two
gins and is building a wagon
yard and camp house Mr
Barkley has a wide acquaintance
and will no doubt get his share
of the trade'
Miss Boucher the milliner who
occupied the building rdjoining
the People’s restaurant has re-
turned and occupieaa front room
in the European hotel She has
opened up a nice line of iall and
winter millinery
The water proposition is a very
serious one in Butler at present
What we need is ‘‘waterworks’
If you want bran shorts and
chops go to Webb’a elevator -
Cotton has taken a big tumble
Inoe last week
POLITICAL
MEDICINE
Democratic candidates are on
the we8t sidc this week We are
‘hey arc
much encouragement
The Arapaho B e keeps advis-
nominees is so incomparably su-
perior to that of (he republican
nominees that there is every reas-
party presents for your considera-
tion on the 8th of next month
only such persons as can stand the
closest and most careful investiga-
t on l’ut the severest test to
them and vote conscientiously and
for the good of your country
Tom Splawn of Colonel wai in
t°wn ye&terday and went down
1 to Clinton on business Tom i
J a reader of the Butler News and
vvas one of our old standbys when
we run the Custer County News
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a few years ago
Guy Smith was in town
Wednesday looking pretty gay
and the way he handed us that
dollar made us feel that he ap-
preciated the paper
Who is Fred Huston’s oppon-
ent? Well it doesn’t matter
anyhow If he is not known be-
fore the election he will be
known less after
The Knights of the Maccabees
organized here last Monday
night with a membership of 56
Mr Moore the organizer is sure
a rustler
Hogs are holding up pretty
well A man with a nice bunch
of hogs for market can depend
on plenty oj "eats” for time to
come
Material is being placed on the
ground for Clint Strong’s building
by the Guaranty State Bank
If you want to sell your alfalfa
seed take it to Webb’s elevator
Elmer K Fulton surely has
Uncle Dick Morgan on the hike
Highest price paid for alfalfa
seed at Webb’s elevator
' We had a good drizzle drazzle
rain yesterday
Mrs Harry Neu ie rick with
the fever - -
There is a butter
Butler '
famine in
Dr Whitaore la very aiok this
week
Penoils and tablets at Jim Bills
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Huddlestun, Fred M. The Butler News (Butler, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 17, Ed. 1 Friday, October 21, 1910, newspaper, October 21, 1910; Butler, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2324880/m1/1/: accessed July 5, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.