Cushing Independent. (Cushing, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 22, 1909 Page: 2 of 8
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THE CUSHW6 iOEPOOEMT
CUSHING.
OKLAHOMA
NEWS NOTES
Akmi
WASHINGTON.
Congreaa will be mW at the ln-
of President Taft to authorise
the Inutncc of bonds to the extent
of the latest estimate of the coat of
tlMi Panama canal, which la $31)7,000,-
ooo.
A last effort by the conferees to In-
duce the president to consent to strik-
ing out the corporation tax amend-
ment failed.
After a lively debate the democrats
In the house have failed In their ef-
forts to hsve a provision brought In
by Representative Tawney approprlat-
Ins $25,000 for President Taft's trav
ellng expenses.
Nine million dollars of the 125.000.-
000 of government deposits In natlon-
al banks, called for late last month
by Secretary MacVeagh, Is In the na-
tional treasury now. The remaining
916.000.000 Is called for August 15.
By a decisive vote of 317 to 14. more
than the neceasary two-thirds, the
house Monday passed the senate Joint
resolution providing for the submis-
sion of the Income tax amendment
Question to the states.
DOMESTIC.
The Standard Oil company Friday
announced a reduction In refined oil
of fifteen cent's on the hundred gal-
lons, making refined oil In cases,
$10.65; refined in tanks 9*-76.
Three big tanks of oil valued at
I 0100,000 are on fire near Ochelata.
The city council and mayor of Mus-
kogee are trying to find a way to re-
place the 940.000, wMch an expert
accountant, working on the city books
•lieges has been Illegally spent.
The flood of the Mississippi river
at St. Louis reached Its crest Friday
eight at S6tt feet.
Th«> Frisco railroad after nearly a
week's delay, * announced Thursday
that the storm damage to Its tracks
near Ksnsaa City had been repaired
and that it is again running over its
own rails.
Will H. Chap pell, attorney for the
republican atate committee, has filed
a formal notice of appeal to the su-
premo court from Secretary of Stat a
Bill Cross' action in declaring that no
petition asking the referendum against
the Taylor election, law had ever been
filed with him.
The Pacific Express company has
filed a petition with the corporation
commission, askfmg exemption from
the uniform accounting order, allfg,-
ln gthat it would cost the company
96,000, or more than its Oklahoma
earnings to make the required records.
United States Ambat t=ador David E.
Thompson of Mexico City has ad-
mitted that he lost 913.000 through
the alleged dishonesty of one of his
secretaries.
An increase of approximately 140
per cent In the valuation of private
property In Mayes county over 1908
Is shown by the county assessment
rolls. ~
Governor Harkell has anponted
delegates to the national irrigation
congress at Fpakane. August 9-14.
Governor W. R. Stubbs has appoint-
ed his private secretary. John 8. Daw-
son, attorney to the Kansas railroad
commissioners.
Governor Haskell has Issued a pa-
role to Ollie Williams, colored, aged
16 and given two years at McAlester
for stealing sugar frcm one Guthrie
grocery and selling it to another.
Assistant Attorney General George
Henshaw has prepared a motion for
the consideration of the federal courts,
asking that the suit by the Western
Union seeking exemption from pay-
ment of 1908 taxes, be dtmslssed.
A special election was held In
Chickasha Wednesday for the purpose
of voting a street car franchise to
Lawrence Martin. Thts makes two
franchises In the city.
Insurance Commissioner T. J. Mc-
Comb has licensed the Calumet
Insurance Company of Chicago, which
does an exclusive fire business, to en-
ter Oklahoma.
Hereafter no Sunday funerals will
be held In Denver, Colo., unless by
orders iBsucd by the board of health
making them necessary In particular
cases.
Reduced passenger rates to Chicago
St. Louis. Kansas City, Omaha and
St. Joseph from all states west of the
Missouri river have been agreed to by
a number of the leading western rail-
roads.
The scramble for homes in the Flat-
head Indian reservation In Montana Is
«n in earnest.
Representatives a* ti towns el
southwestern Oklahoma have complet-
ed the organisation of a
federation and selected Snyder as the
next meeting place.
In a quiet election Wednesday. Kan
saa City. Kan., decided to adopt the
commission form of government by a
majority of 1,400 out of 7.W* votes
caat
An Increase of about 9126,000,000 In
the aaaessed valuation of Oklahoma
taxable property will have been mads
when the state assessment and equal
Ication board finiahea ite work.
Wheat for July delivery advanced
seven cents during a stormy session
of the Board of Trade. Chicago. Wed
neaday. establishing a new high ree
ord mqrk for the season.
Chairman E. J. Oberbolser of the
board of county commissioners of Lo
can county, reports that construction
was begun last week on the 918.000
steel wagon bridge which Is to be
built Jointly by Payne and Logan
countlea at Coyle across the Cimarron
river.
The first case to come before the
corporation commission Involving the
regulation of trusts and the sale of
commodities of public necessity was
Hied Thursday by complaint of J. E.
Brenen of Tishomingo, against the
Tishomingo Ice ft Cold Storage com-
pany.
The supreme lodge of the Knights
of Pythias and the grand lodge of the
state of Tennessee, Joined In a bill in
which It Is prayed that the colored
Knights of Pythtss be perpetually en-
Joined from using the name, emblems,
passwords. Insignia and other proper-
ty tTr rights claimed by the complain
ants. , .
Rain, which fell Wednesday and
Thursday nights, broke the backbone
of the most severe heat spell In years,
which has raged for the past week,
and placed the growing crops In east-
ern Oklahoma out of danger from the
drought.
. Warden R. W. Dick, of the state
penitentiary, has stated that an in-
vestigation of the penitentiary ac-
counts Is not needed.
The unprecedented hot weather of
the past two weeks Is m^lttag the as-
phalt on some of the newly paved
streets In Muskogee.
Muskogee has offered the board of
trustees of the Confederate Veterans'
Home what they consider an ideal site
with all modern facllitiiea, free of
charge, If the Home la located there.
Dishonest Journalism Is the charge
made by Governer Haskell recently
In an Interview relative to the atti-
tude of some newspapers on the mat-
ter of the referendum against the gen-
eral election bill.
The corporation commission has
completed its docket for the term be-
ginning July 20, showing twenty-five
cases set for trial.
The state auditor has started a
campaign to have the state law rel-
ative to Income tax rightly enforced
and the common school fund thereby
materially increased.
The Federal census to be taken
next year determines the number of j
representatives each state wll have
In congress for the ensuing ten years
and Oklahoma expects to secure two
or more additional members.
T. J. Ray has Interested a num-
ber of Tecumseh. Shawnee and East-
ern capitalists In a project to con-
nect. Sulphur, Tecumseh. Shawnee,
thee United States treasury to
Muskogee. Guthrie and Oklahoma City
by interurban electric rails.
The largest fine paid In the state
for violation of the hunting law was
collected in Bartlesville county last
week
The board of regentB of Langston
Agricultural and Mechanical college
has decided to make ^requisition upon
the board of public affairs for complete
furnishings for the new building
which was recently accepted from the
contractors. The estimated ccst of
these furnishings Is 910.000-
News
Mute evidence e Suicide.
Tulsa.—A decomposed body, evi-
dently that of a woman, was found
by a policeman in a field of aorghum
cane near the city. A bottle of car-
bolic acid clutched In the right hand
told a tale of aulclde.
Thievee Still Active.
Weatherford—Horse and «*ttle
thieves at .work around ;WeatJWr"
ford. During the paat two month
nine head of cattle have been atolen.
also a team of horse valued at 9450.
The work la evidently done by an or-
ganised band, and It Is believed that
they will soon be brought to Jus-
tice.
MUSKOGEE CLEANING HOUSE.
Muskogee—Charged with violating
the sanitary laws of the city, the
board of health caused the arrest or
twenty-five of the most prominent cit-
izens of the city, among which were
bankera and oil kings. Each gave
bond and wa3 released.
COTTON SAHKIT.
w tee. Advise,
th* faults and imps
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i of etheis
for thou"hast many fsuKa and Impel*
feetloae of thine own that require ft
reciprocation of forbearance. If thou
art not able to make thyaelf that
which thou wtsheet to be, bow canst
thou expect to mold another in con-
formity to thy will?—Tboa. Kempta.
New York.
New York. July 15.—The cotton
market reached still higher records
thla morning, opening firm at an a*
vancc of t©l points, with October
contracts selling at 18.95c and Decern
ber at 13.97c. the highest prices com-
manded by the new crop montka ai
thla period of ..tjje Reason during: re-
cent years. There was tremendous
realising around the high prices and
prices eased off. with the market dur-
ing the middle of the morning vary
active and unaettled, some S to
points above the closing figures yea-
terday.
ti. Louis.
St. Louis, July 15.—Firm; middling.
12%c; sales, none; receipts, 10J
bales; shipments, 109 bales; stock,
22,408 bales.
Oalvcsten.
Galveston, Tex., July 15.—Steady,
12%c.
Commercial Clubs Organise.
Novel Uaa far German Soldiers.
A curious role fella to the lot of
the private soldier who may be quar-
tered in the garrison at Heidelberg.
Inasmuch aa It seems to be eapecteG
that any private may be brought Into
requisition aa an object for study by
the students of anatomy at the uni-
versity.: -ThoSupday Mag^glne.
The Woman Beautiful.
A woman who would be beautiful
abould avoid worry and anger, for it la
n well-known fact that they write lino
lines, which deepen into wrinkles, on
the face. A season of rest and free-
dom from violent emotions will do
more to efface them than all the toilet
creams ever Invented.
A Smoking Suggestion.
I The child saw Mr. Smith, wearing
a silk hat and smoking a cigar, go
past the house. "Mama," said she,
"why doesn't Mr. Smith fix the
draught so's the smoke'll go up hla
chimney?"—Town and Country.
Much Building at Frederick
Frederick.—This city is expert-
enclng a revival that Is almost a
boom. 8even brick buildings are un-
der construction, the capacity of the
Kelly hotel is to be doubled, the
building overhauled, steam heated |
and otherwise Improved, the Metho-
dist church is to build an 98.000 ad-
dition to its present building, and the
contract for a new 920,000 city hall
Is to be let at once. The contract
has been let for the waterworks and
sewer extensions, and paving will
soon begin.
DEPOSITS GROW *1,730,000.
Oklahoma State Banks Show Gain
When Dscrssse Is Expected-
Guthrie.—Aii increase of 91.730.000
In individual deposits in Oklahoms
state banks between April 28 and
June 23, a period when a decrease
was expected on account of the big
amount which is always drawn out
at thla season of the year to. handle
crops; is shown by a consolidated
statement Just Issued by Bank Com
mlssloner J. M. Young.
The deposits have increased from
940,991,937.31 to 942,722,927.67. Dur-
ing the same time the loans and dis-
counts have also Increased from 931.-
246.642.63 to 935,137.300.08.
The number of banka has Increased
from 611 to 631, and the average re-
serve _bas decreased from 47.1 per
^cgnt to 42.3 per cent.
JEALOUSY MAY BE
CAUSE OF MURDER
Lawton.—Delegatea from twenty
Oklahoma towns met here and organ-
ized the District Federation of Com-
mercial Clubs, electing B. F. Dunlap.
Hobart. Okla., president.
The avowed purpose of the organi-
sation is to give publicity to the re-
sorces of Southwestern Oklahoma and
to Induce railroads and other Indus-
tries to Increase their activity In that
part of the country.
INJUNCTION IS DENIED.
Newspaper That Prlnta Liquor "Ad.*
Can Be Prosecuted Criminally,
Guthrie.—Holding that liquor ad-
vertisements could legally be barred
from Oklahoma .newspapers, bq,t that
criminal .proceedings" should be com-
menced agalnat violators of that pro-
vision of the constuilon and that an
Injunction against them would not
lie, the supreme court sustained the
district court of Logan county In re-
fusing Attorney General Charles J.
West an injnctlon against the Guthrie
State Capital, to prevent the printing
of "ads" for liquor firms outside the
atate. , ,
The court holda that the anti-ad-
vertising provisions of the constitu-
tion and the BUlups act include ad-
vertisements for the sale Of Intoxicat-
ing liquors, including beer, ale and
wine, sold or kept for sale outside the
I state.
Wife of Rogers County Fsrmer Held
For Husband's Desth.
Claremore.—Jealousy is the cause
assigned for the killing of Elmer
Foreman by his wife at their home
near Talala. Mrs. Foreman's sister
has been with them for a few days
and It is understood the wife was
Jealous of her sister, and when a
quarrel between the two arose, Fore-
man Interceded in behalf of his sls-
ter-ln-law.
Later the quarrel was renewed be-
tween Foreman and his wife on the
porch, and the killing wan Bome time
later In the night. The assault was
made with a hand axe and the mur-
dered man'a body was cut In.many
pieces. ,
When neighbors found Foreman s
body officers were notified and Mrs.
Foreman was arrested and brought
to this city. She denies any knowl-
edge of the crime.
THREATEN US* OF DYNAMITK.
Black Hand Letter Warns Bartlea-
villa, Ok., Newspaper to Stop
Deckard Murder Search.
Bartlesville—A Black Hand letter,
apparently In the writing of a woman,
has been received through the local
postofflce by the Dally Enterprise.
The letter waa written in conectlon
with the mystery over the murder of
H. J. Deckard here last Friday night.
The Enterprise reporters have been
working industriously on it with the
local police. The letter warns the
Enterprise to stop work, and appar-
ently is an attempt to throw the
searchers for the murderer off the
track. It haa been turned over to
the local police. The writer appar-
ently is not well educated.
The officere have concluded that
Deckard waa undoubtedly killed tor
his money. The police are trying to
trace a hack driven into town from
the direction of Dewey early Saturday
morning. It is believed that the driv-
er of the vehicle may know something
about the case.
Keep Honey In Dark.
Keep honey in the dark, aa It quick-
ly granulates if allowed to stand in
the light. Also keep It in a covered
dish, aa its rtlcky surface attracta
and holda dust in the air.
To Keep Shoe Lace Tied.
A way to keep the shoe lace tied
is to make a bow in the ordinary way,
then insert a button hook underneath
the center of the bow and draw one
loop and one end through under-
neath), thus turning the bow practic-
ally upside down. Or draw one loop
through the other and pull the "an-
swering" end, so that the loops are
knotted. '
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Merely Local.
Young Thomas, afflicted with ft
green apple pain in bis midst, thijs ex-
plained his condition to his mother:
"Mother, I've got an awful bad pain
right in the middle of my stomach
but the reat of me feels floe."—Lippin-
cott'a.
The Jew In Hietory.
I Long before Socrates taught philos.
| ophy, or before Herodotus wrote his-
tory, Israel had an organised civilisa-
tion. It has literature before most na-
tions had letters, and art while other
nations knew only war and savagery.
Draper aays that "they (the Jews>
were our factors and bankers before
we knew how to read."
FOREIGN.
A new Japanese pure food law pro-
hibits receptacles for food or beverag-
es containing lead or alloy having
more than 10 per cent of lead.
All American cltirens present in
London were recently invited to at-
tend a free dinner which cost the giv-
ers 910 a head, with champagne of
the finest vintage tnrown In, at tho
Hotel Cecil.
From a well Informed source, It is
learned that the fortune %hich Miss
Anita Stewsrt of London will bring
to Don Miguel of Bragansa, son of the
Portugese pretender, on her marriage
will amount to 92,000,000.
The reports Indicate that the Turks
are doing their beet to provoke a war
with Greece, while the Ittle kingdom
conscious of the danger. Is avoiding
anything of a hostlla nature.
It Is reported that the Bolivian gov
ernment will refuse to accept the ar-
bitral decision of Argentine, In the
boiindary dispute between Bolivia and
Peru, considering that It Implies thl
less of national territory.
Negroes Win First Court Battle.
Wagoner.—Judge John H. King, In
the district court here; granted an or-
der restraining the county clerk from
omitting from the tax rolls of the city
of Wagoner, that part of the first ward
which was cut off by a recent action
of the concll. If this order is con-
firmed upon hearing. It will render
Illegal the action of the council and
reinstate the negroea who were elect-
ed to the council.
At the timfc the First ward was cut
off from the city, it waa ^mltted that
it was because the ward had elected
two negroes te the council and one to
the school board. Trouble waa avert-
ed when the council took Its action,
and the negroea retired *;teranno«mr
ing that they would test the matter
'Vn U^ngU'the matter to the courts
the negroes are represented by three
leading Republican lawyers of this
■option The case will doubtless go
to the supreme court for finsJ
as each side announces that, in the
event of loosing in the district court,
they will appeal.
650 Printing Eatablishmenta.
Guthrie.—There are 560 printing es-
tablishments in Oklahoma, ranging
from a dally newspaper to a Job
printing plant, according to prelimin-
ary figures furnished bV Labor Com-
missioner Daugherty. More than two
million dollars Is invested, a million
and a quarter dollara were paid in
wages during 1908. and the gross In-
come waa approximately 93.000,000.
About 1,850 people are given employ-
ment
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Soldiers Brought In Train.
In August, 1900, during the Journeys
of a company of Austrian engineers
from Vienna to Trlest, the engineer
of the train by some mischance fell
from the engine on the track and waa
killed, while the fireman under stress
of his emotion, fainted away. The
soldiers at once took charge of the
train; and, as a tribute to their ver-
satility, It may be added that they got
it ln£o Thlest five minutes ahead of the
schedule time.—The Sunday Maga-
zine.
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Clothing and Temperature
The whole theory of clothing and lt«
relation to temperature is condensed
by Dr. Wachenhelm In the following:
paragraph, which will probably sug-
geat where many mlsterlous colda
come from: "The nude body of a
healthy adult, when at rest, maintains
Its normal warmth of 99 degrees most
easily at an air temperature of abo.'t,
80 thlB may be called the Indifferent
temperature, and Is reduced by very
light summer clothing to about 75, by
heavy winter dress to about 6b de-
grees under these circumstances we
feel Just comfortable when lying dowa
or. otherwise Inactive.**
OKLAHOMA DIRECTORY
OKLAHOMA'S GRAND TOTAL
WILL REACH 9*50,000,000
Guthrie.—A total state valuation of
approximately eight hundred and fifty
mllllona, which is an Increase of one
hundred and twenty-five million dol-
lars over laat year's return, will have
been made when the equalisation
board concludes its work. Real and
personal property assessments in
sixty-six counties showing an increass
of ninety-nine million dollars, have
been accepted without change.
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