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The Hollis Tribune
PUHLIBI1KI) KVKRV FRIDAY
Entered in the postoffice at Holli
Ok la., as second class mail mattt
Representative Hill of 1 *ittnlmr:
county, investigated tho M<
Curtain mine disaster which (m
eurred last year when many live
were' lost. The report showe
that the qualifications for l« ssi
or inspectors is not severe <• mni>-r
and that there is not enough |>n
caution taken. Owing to th
peculiar condition of our con.
mines, nearly all of it lias to b
blasted, causing much coal dus
to accumulate which makes mininj
more hazardous and wasteful. 1
is estimated that half of the coal
in wasted, being left in the min
where it was used as props, arx
thus forever destroyed. The re
port shows that the coal iniiiin
industry in Oklahoma has been de
dining sincethe opening up ot th
different oil fields. One lile i:
lost and seven are injured to
every (>0,000 tons of coal mined
From July 1, 1911 to duly 1, 191:
over 100 lost their lives, lwivmi
50 widows.
Judge Henry M. Furman of th.
criminal court of appeals, stand?
high as a jurist, and his opinion:
are quoted outside of his owi
state. He does not believe that i
custom is necessarily of right he
cause it has never been unbroken,
hut that reason, common sense an<
justice should he the ereteriat
He has just reaffirmed a forme
opinion of the criminal court i
sustaining the eonstitutio iflity <
the Oklahoma anti-trust s ami
in which he .says m m should 1
placed before t:io dollar. He sa
in part: "Labor is natural; caj
ital, artificial. Labor was made b
God. Labor is not only blood an
bone, but it also has a min.I an
soul, and is animated by syn;
pathy, love and hope, ( apiti'
is inanimate, soulless matter. L;
bor—the creator; capital the crei.
ture." .
The Tribune believes Govern
or Cruce is right in his eontentioi
that we should maintain a stah
enforcement officer. Some way o;
another there are people in ever}
community who would not thinl
of violating any other law, but
who' will break the prohibits:
law with impunity. When in cer-
tain communities local officers not
only wink at this practice, but
even encourage it, the Tribunt
believes it is the duty of the state
to see that the majesty of the law
is upheld. If the prohibitory law
is treated as a joke in part of tin
state, it will weaken its enforce
ment' in every part. AY 1 ii 1 e it will
cost something to enforce the pro
hibitory law, it will be money well
spent, 'as there will be more mon
ey left for legitimate business.
o
It seems that not a single oni
of Oklahoma's numberous statt
schools are going to be abolislun
by the present legislators, a
though a great majority of out
citizens were evidently in favoi
of dispensing with several of them
One of the last bills finally pass
ed bv the senate was a measure
appropriating $29,210 for the dis
trict agricultural schools at Law-
ton ami Broken Arrow for tw<
years; $30,000 for two year
for the schools located at Tish
omingo and Helena and $31,
400 for the branch preparatory
school at Claremore If we cai
get no redress through the legis
lature, we can resort to the initia-
tive and referendum.
And now the tallest building
is to be erected by the man win
here is still an interesting an.i
started with the smallest business
Woolworth, who became a multi
millionaire through his famou>
five and 10-cent stores will erec
a 42-story building in New A ork
and which will tower 78.") feet
above the sidewalk, while its low-
est foundations will reach 120 feet
below. It is said that it will b<
so strong as to withstand any bur
ricane or earthquake, but the Lu
terprise is of the opinion tlm
should it even encounter a full
grown shock from nature it wil
prove as feeble as did the power
ful Titanic when it pitted againsi
the all-powerful iceberg.
-o
The Oklahoma Farm .Journal
JOHN RAWN
PROMINENT CITIZEN
By EMERSON HOUGH
Author of Mississippi Bubble; 54-50 or Fight.
Illustrated by Ray Walters.
CHAPTER It.
In 'Love Succe «ful.
"But, my dear—but Laura, you dou't
8to)i to think!" exclaimed a certain
young man to a certain young woman,
at a somewhat interesting and impor-
tant moment of their lives. "You cer-
tainly do not mean to say—to tell me
—to tell me! Why!—"
He ceaBed, a gasp in his throat at
the unbelievable effrontery of th<-
woman who faced him 111 this si tun - j
All he had asked or her was to
marry hiin. And she had hesitated.
It wits a thing incredible'
11 wim Mr. Rawii, our hero. It could
havo been almost no one else who
could have sustained precisely this at-
titude at precisely such a time.
As to the young woman herself, wluj
now turned a somewhat pale face to
one side as she left her hand in his,
.4he might have been any one of many
tnousand others in that city. Her hair
was brown, her features regular
enough, her complexion nondescript.
her garb non-committal. Not a person
jf ancient lineage, you would have
said, or or much education .in the
svorld's ways, or of much worldly
goods—these things do not always
t:oine to a saleswoman of twenty-five,
whose salary is six dollars a week.
Yet her face had in it now a very
sweet sort, of womanliness, her moutn
a tender droop to it.
He leaned again toward h r, lnsla
tent, frowning, ironerious. This wat
she had planned. Whnt, then,
lacked? If she had sought for some
strong man to sweep her from hei
calm, why was Bhe uow so calm?
You surely do not stop to consid-
er," he renewed. "Why. look at me!"
Laura Johnson did stop to consider.
She wanted to be a wife, loved, „
cherished, supported comforted and j
protected. And certainly she could
choose only among the opportunities
offered her Thifl was her first oppor-
tunity. It might be her last.
She sighed a trifle as she laid aside
the garment of ber girlhood, which
had kept her sweet and clean for five
and twenty years. Sho folded both
her worn and rather bony hands, put
them both in his, and said, with a I
little smile that, ought to have wrung j
his heart. "Well, John, if—if it must i
be!"
John Rawn, then, married Laura j
Johnson, and they lived unhappily ;
ever aftor. That is to say, she did.
laration* She had known such things
before.
Hut today there was something bo
sincere in his air as to take her be-
yond her own forced insincerity with
uerself „ _
•What is it, John?" she demanded.
• You ean't understand it, Laura;
jt. listen. Give the people soniethinr
.hey haven't had; get them eo the}
have to have it. We can't fo fas'
enough. Hut we're going faster. We'!'
go twice as fast.
"That's my business. Tha'.'a nv
invention. That's how I'm gt :"g t'
get rich.
"Laura, I'm going tc make it po:
stble to gear up our national life, t
double its present tpeed," he * 'nt o
savagely.
She leaned back in hor cha . t:i
Ing. "Do you think I could !iav«*
silk dress, John?" tho ueid rt -^ngt
her mind overleaping vast i:it .met;
ate details.
"My God, woman!"
She sat, trying to ri.;^ to t'
of such ambition, but succeed' i ;
in remaining ccmimorpJica : i
did you- come t c-rcru it, s"
asked after a little.
"The truth is, I pi-?!;ed it v
a word or so 1 heard in n cl;; ''
venation—two young fcliows
engineering department were
something ovlt. That youn
named Halsey, just out of soue ct
lege, full of fads, you know."
"I thought vou said this wiyov
own idea?"
"It is my own. What is throw
away deliberately, end picked up, i
mine, if I see the value of it. Your,
Iialsey didn't know. He's just a vi
with a glass Jar underneath, many-
oils and wheels within, and an odd
toothed ureal of little upreaching uiet-
t| fingers, had been produced only
u great cost, great sacrifice. It had
seemed wholly right and reasonable
that all of young Halsey's five hun-
dred dollars should disappear, little by
little, and it had done so, long ago.
It seemed proper that the small sav-
ings which Grace had deposited in a
tin baking powder can—for she was
like her mother, part ground-squirrel
■md secretive, should also disappear,
little by little, and they also had gone,
in some way, only the women knew
how, they all had had enough to eat,
so far as that meant actually neces-
sary food; but the entire ltawn family
were gaunt and haggard, as well as
a wearied and anxious quartette, when
finally they gathered about the little
machine out in the woodshed. Their
play was on one card and the card
a as turned. What was it?
were a gaunt and haggard, as well a
a wearied and anxious quartette, when
finally they gathered about the little
machine out of the woodshed. Their
play was on one card and the card
was turned. What was it?
c,r.nf ct'-i t.
an to the 1"
wit
;• d'"3
,i the
iands. of th
■eetliis osi
.•led s'W':-
!l?nppe8rud
Ti
. i lr.ily, yt-t the
,t of the road,
> of ;;.o table, t reta-
il fi-'-.Mng rrd had
lace of the G.
P M Fn V-.R hl'v-h v, as though
deathly ill- I'" "«wever the
first to recovrr. -Veil, why don't you
burst it, then?'' bn - claimed savage-
ly, mopping at his forehead.
Fverv rami present sprang duck
from the li-ile instrument on the
table. There came a slowly increas-
ing purr of the motor, a series of in-
tense blue sparks showing rt the
toothed points of receptior The
blades of the Ian began <o i -volve
faster and faster; so far.!, t iat at
length both eye and ear cea;:- to re-
cord their doings. Then, after sight
and sound had failed to serve, there
came a crash!
There was no fan on the shelf
„ , , where it had stood. Fragments of
In the most commonplace way In j metal were buried in the ^odwork,
the world, and quite as though he had > in *1" wall. John ^aw P
always done this very thing, Mr. Hen-1 blood trom a cut on his cheeky No.one
ry Warfield Standley, president of tho j said anything.^ It was quite common
I. & D. A. Railway Co., warned In ad-
n
, llti
eli
vance by Mr. Rawn's telephone, came
to the door himself. Presently the
three, Rawn, Halsey and the president
of the company for which both so long
had worked, sat at the long-glasscov*
ered table, where lay many papers.
The president pushed a button and or-
dered tho attendance of Mr. Theodo-
stus Ackerman, the general traffic
manager; so that now they made four
in company.
Very little was said, but after
place, after all.
"You wished to see what it would
do," said Halsey grimly. "The power
seems to be there. Any time you like,
any amount you like. And you saw
that it didn't come in here by wire-
it was only transmitted from the re-
ceived, not to it. The fan is broken,
but the receiver is just the way we
left it. Well, it looks as though we
had settled a few questions, doesn't
it?"
Standley turned an agitated eye
T vl J lit lie VV UO DttlU, Oil L C* 1 vvil M | i« • • •. <t 1} || .• 1
time young Halsey nervously removed , upon John Rawn. Mr. Rawn, s
ihe newspaper from his little machine, j he, "'referring to t e e
d,.played it u.oo.ered on the |
table, a plkbed and coiled and toothed , share lo aabods. ••
Halsoy—Charley Hnlsey of I'.ie o
fices? H<''s been In re—I think Gr*\c
—you see, the Personal Injury ottie-
where she works, is just across th
'aall from tho Fngineering—"
"Well, it's no difference. I'm goiu
to take care of the affair mys(!f."
little model, showing file marks here
and there, and resembling nothing In
particular in the world. Young Hal-
sey, tacitly elected spokesman by at first, there's so much in this i
Rawn, cleared his throat as he ad-j there's anything at all, that i';> " y
dressed the president of the road, for | no use splitting hairs over 't -
"Suit yourself," said John Rawn,
smiling.
But in this case, as 1 said t; }
men, no haggling," said the president
blandly. "It shall be as Mr. Rawn
suggests."
That's the talk!" drawled Acker,
man. "I'll tell you, Rawn, come in
tomorrow. We'll get the patent law-
yers and our corporation counsel, and
begin work on this thing."
That was all there waB about it, the
proceedings being wholly prosaic and
commonplace. Mr. Halsey found again
his newspaper, again wrapped up his
machine therein, took it under his
arm, and hesitatingly turned toward
the door, the palest now, and most
unhappy of them all. He had denied
his own first-born.
(To be continued >
Tribune and Dallas News $1.5)
°
You judge a man t by wbat
he promises to do, b it by wb: t
he has done. That is the only
true test. Chamberlain's cough
remedy judged by this standard
has no superior. People ever -
where speak of it in the highe t
terms of praise. For sale by ; ll
dealers.
Agents Wanted
Agents wanted to take sub-
scriptions for the Atlanta, Ga ,
Tri-Weekly Constitution. Valua-
ble premiums for supscribers, lib-
eral commissions and cash prizes
for agents. You can make money
fast in any small town or along
any rural route. Some agents
make a good living. Otnets
make $15 or $20 a month on the
side, soliciting subscriptions.
Address for particulars:-Tri-
Weekly Constitution, Atlanta,
Ga.
"Charles," said John Rawn ore eve
ning, "I have been thinking over som
scientific problems."
"In my belief," went on Rawr
frtwnlng at this flippancy, "I an upo:
the eve of a great succt \ Clnrles.
"What Bort of success, Mr. Rawn?'
inquired Halsey.
Rawn smiled largely. "You wili
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A9 for her lord, he did not notice his aie when l ten >3U> a]
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Wife to any great extent after once
they had settled down together, but
came to regard her as one of those In-
cidents of life which classify with
food, clothing, the need of sle^p.
He was a solemn man In his home,
or at least for the most part silent.
He ate all the beefsteak there was on
the table when there was but enough
for one, which latter often was the
most all sorts of success! To makf
it short, I ha/e formed a power com-
pany—a concern for the cheat gen
eration and general transmission o'
power. In the course of a few months
we'll proceed in the manufacture of
electrical transmitters and receivers
for what I call the lost current of
electricity "
Halsey stood cold for a moment, and
case, for his wife had need to be fru- < |ool{e(j at j,jm ;n amazement.
gal. At times he would purchase a Yq(i df)I(,t mean t0 say—whyi thtft's
solitary ticket to the theater and go , ise,v v hat rvc boen thinking of
alone. Yet he was generous, and al-
whom ho still felt naught but awe.
"We have put our receiver in tune
with the dynamo in the basement of
this building, Mr. Standley," began he,
finally.
"And now you can see right here,
on the table before you, about all the
rest of it that we have. It isn't at-
tached to anything at all. There is
no wired connection of any sort what-
ever. Now if we can run that electric
fan over there with 'juice' that wo
can take right out of the air—with
tTie second current which we take out
of the motor in the basement—just
as well as the primary current wired
to the fan will run it, why, then, it
looks to me as though our receiver
here ought to be accepted as a work-
ing device."
The mom was silent now. They
sat looking at him. Ho resumed:
"Besides, this receiver Is more pow-
Hi ,
receded rapidly from the pesiibn h
coveted but saw he could not hold.
"We ought to begin work at once.
Er—Mr. Rawn, do you happen to have
any present need for any money—per-
sonally?"
"No," answered John Rawn calmly.
"I am in no need of funds. When the
organization is completed, and I be-
gin my work as president of the power ^
company, I shall be glad to go on th? |
pay-roll, of course. I should add now
that I expect Mr. Halsey to be m , . • ... ,
general manager in the mechanical j cure3 r0up in baby ChlCkS and
department. j older fowls.
• In regard to furies," said the , A Sufe Curc or Money BaCk.
president, hesitating, we mignt
roughly sketch out something—" | With every $1.00 order will be
"My own salary will be a hundred | grjven free a formula for a good
! thousand dollars a year," said Mr. | pvtprminahur
Rawn quieti>. "i den't think we lice exterminator.
! should ask Mr. Halsey to work lor | Leroy Specialty Co.,
! less than five thousand. Do you, gen- j ' r - - -
! tlemen?" | ,
"There shall be no haggling, gentle- Agents wanted
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Anti-Roup
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25c package. 5 packages $1.00
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ways after his return homo he would
with fine feeling tell his wife what he
had seen.
After the birth of Grace Rawn, their
daughter, which occurred within the
first year of their wedded life, Laura
Rawn had something to interest her
for the remainder of their days. Her
horizon widened now immeasurably;
Indeed to tho extent of giving her a
world of her own wherein she could
dwell apart quite comfortably; one
In which her husband had no part.
Simple and just in her way of thought,
she accepted the truth that without
■nar*led life, without her husband,
;his new world could not have been
ber own.
Ab to the child herself, sho grew
steadily and normally Into young girl-
hood, In time into young womanhood,
not given to much display, reserved
of judgment as well as of speech, oft-
times sullen lti mood, yet withal a step
or so higher than her mother on th<:
ladder of feminine charm. She had a
clean, good family rearing, and a good
grammar school education. At about
the tin** her father came to be a man
of middle age, Grace fell Into her place.
In the clerical machine of the railway
office where he worked; for very natu-
rally, bHng an American girl of small
means, she took up shorthand, and
was licensed to do violence.
The head of this family, as he at-
tained additional solidity of figure,
grew even heavier of brow, trod with
even more stateliness about his ap-
pointed duties. At forty-seven years
of age his salary was but one hundred
and twenty-five dollars a month. That
showed only the lack of wisdom ot
others, not unfitness in himself.
And yet all this time success was
lying in ambush, as it sometimes does,
ready to spring forth at the appointed
hour.'
It was this, focused suddenly and
unexpectedly by the lens of accident
into a burning point of certainty,
which marked the air and attitude of
which is SO ably edited by join- John Rawn one evening on his return
W. Fields, lias long been one ol
the most popular farm publica-
tions, but now that W. D. Bentley
and Ueorge Bishop, two of th<
most practical scientific farmers
regularly contribute to its t-ol
limns, it is a veritable encyclope-
dia of useful agricultural knowl
■edge.
to his home at the conclusion of his
day's work.
"Laura," said he, "Laura, it's comet
I've got the idea. It's going to win.
We're going to be rich. I've believed
It all along, and I know tt now! Laura
look at me—didn't I always tell you
o—didn't I know?"
For some time Mrs. Rawn said noth-
ing in answer to her husband's dec-
for so long."
'I don't doubt many have been
thinking of it," rejoined Rawn. "It
had to come. These things seem to
happen In cycles.
"Moreover, I've got the company
formed."
"You, Mr. Rawn? How did you
manage that? I didn't know that
you—" Halsey at last spoke.
"A great many haven't known about
a grent many things," said Rawn,
walking up and down, his hands In
his pockets, his air gloomily digni-
fied.
"Is it a big company?" queried Hal-
sey wearily.
"Twenty-five million dollars," an-
swered John Rawn calmly.
"We are going to dam the Missis-
sippi river, a couple of hundred miles
above here at the ledges. For tho
time, that will bo our central pow«r
plant. We will contract for & million
and a half dollars' worth of power
each year in St. Louis alone. Th&t
comes down by regular wire transmis-
sion. That Is nothing, it's only a drop
In the bucket. Our big killing Is go-
ing to be with the other scheme—the
second current—the same idea you've
been trifling with. We'll go east with
that."
Young Halsey's little capital of live
hundred dollars was as important as
young Halsey's original Idea; which
latter Mr. Rawn had also appropri-
ated.
So now these two brought very
considerable bundles of copper wire
and other things, and made several
machines of this and the other shape,
and tried divers experiments. In all
this work young Halsey's manual skill
and technical training continually was
in quest, John Rawn for the most part
standing by and frowning heavily,
watching Jacob labor for the earning
of Rachcl: for Halsey kuew this sur-
render of his idea was the price of
Grace. Halsey had little hope of ulti-
mate success in his appliances. Not
so Rawn. He had something akin to
a feeling of certainty.
Differing thus—yet who shall say
they were not partners, after all, since
all these things were true regarding
them?—they at last emerged from tho
uoodshed in Kelly Row, after ir.aw
Inn it weeks. They carried into the
front room of the Kawn house in Kel-
ly Row a small machine, which pres-
ently was to do large things. This
novel and mysterious little machine.
WE ARE HEADQUARTERS FOR
Fresh Vegetables
Queen of the Pantry, Red Star and Ful! Cream Flour.
We have Seed Irish Potatoes
All kinds of Garden Seeds
We carry nothing but the Best of Groceries and will C2rt tinly
appreciate all your business you will give us.
J. T. Godard & Co.
pnaagjgr ill ■WlTIlil liT lil"ir~TTrM
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We have an immense stock of staple and Fancy Groceries
in our Building at this time, which was bought on a Cash
basis in anticipation of Big Business this Season. And we
feel that we being the pioneer Grocerymen of Harmon Coun-
ty our experience has taught us just where to go to buy the
lowast price We took the advantage of our experience when
we went to buy the goods that are now in our House. And
we offer you the advantage of this well earned experience
adding only a nominal margin on the Capital invested. Re-
member that your Cash is always at a premium at this store.
Give us a trial and see if a dollar spent with us won't go
further than any other place in town.
A. D. HOLLIS
The Quality House
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