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The Hooker Advance
Jesse 8. Moffitt-
HOOKER, Beaver Co., OKLAHOMA.
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION
The Higher Obligation*.
Recent •vents have made Impera-
tive some consideration of tbe ethics
of giving testimony Every one de-
•pise# a talebearer. Even the children
call such a person a "tattletale," and
jostiflably look down upon him. The
Informer is a spy, a breaker of Rood
faith, a violator of the sacred laws of
hospitality. Loyalty to family and to
friends id the cement which holds so-
ciety together. Trouble comes when
men act upon a mistaken view of what
constitutes loyalty to society at large,
that society which is but an aggrega-
tion at families and friends. The ex
Istenee of orderly government depends
oa the observance of certain laws, un-
punished disobedience to which pro-
duce* anarchy. When crime is commit
led. every person with knowledge of
K Is aoder moral obligation, when
asked, to tell what he knows. In some
cases the obligation extends so far as
to require him to volunteer informa-
tion against his friends. The mainte-
nance of order and safe government
ts of ao moch greater importance than
the protection of law-breaking friends,
tfcat the state justly conceals the
crime or who agists the guilty to es
cape. This role is the result of long
experience, and its justice is nowhere
dUpntad. Yet, in practice, it ts diffi-
cult to enforce It, says Tooth's Com-
panion. because of the prevalence of
false standards growing out of abhor
renoe of the informer. There Is no
high school principal or college presi-
dent who has not come In contact
with these false standards In his at-
tempt to maintain discipline. There
Is scarcely a large city in the country rar.ee. A
In which members of the police force i &®re have
have not at some Ume or another been I WaBhlngton
actuated by belief in the mistaken
A WMkly Rem* of tk« Work Aoomplished by the
Frantert of tk« Cwutftor. o\ tfce lew State
recoi^nd
stronipp*
tonv^on.
st as It is voted in. Ther.
minority report, but the
dation will meet with
pposition on tha floor of the
dent Roosevelt to declare
whether the insertion of *
Crow ' clause will cause the
dent to turn down the constitution.
MMilHIMKMStHOtMHtSStlMtOHMMlHMMIIMae
Guthrie, O. T„ Jan. 26 —The Demo- The convention, In committee of
erotic leaders today decided to ap-. the whole, spent almost the entire
peal to President Roosevelt to as- day in discussing a propoosed nro-
list them in petting trom between ■ vision by tha corporations comrnit-
two fires—their pledges to the pe^ tee which excludes ga8 nine lines
pie and the possibility of violating from the category of common car-
h \ .0f ,he eR&MinE act ~ I rt-er*. The purpose of th? Is to
JIr?h ^ K ..l0 con8,:rae deny ,te right Of eminent do-
Uum on the Jim Crow proposition, main, thus makiug it practically im-
II today introduced .. possible to pipe gas out of the slate
resoluUon which appeals to Pre*! a prominent member declared that
openly this would by indirection prevent
' Jim , the operation of interstate commerce
presl laws, and be in conflict with the con-
.. , -ution. stitution of the United States anH
The appeal recites that many of the also give Standard Oil piM line. l
^ l60!? V?"';faJ ready built to the Z L"
and monopoly on the export buslnea*-
the d*sVo°f OktotoS fcTSi g^t keep
-3ST r r nwssr-J^ -
S. -51
,, r „ : **. tsz. JRvrr.'
nis verdict impeached was passed.
"matter wd' -Pr0bab,y ,he largest
A hstltutional provision provid-
ing I first mortgages on real es-
tate fount ins to half its value, cx-
clusij of Improvements, shall be
accefa as collateral in nil cases
wi:e(bond guarantee or indemnity
is rfred was adopted.
Gf'e, 0. T-, Jan. 30. — Tho
slxt^y limit provided by the en-
abll!)act for the sessions of the
conditional convention expired to-
nigfl Hereafter the delegates
mus erve without pay. Secretary
Filsi has received nu opinion from
the nptroller of the currency that
a liied number of convention em-
ploy! may be paid for future work,
but at delegates cannot. Several
whoi financial means are limited
statihat they will be compelled to
go imo. A committee is working
on nemorlal to congress to ap-
pro) ite enough money to pay mem-
bers ntil the pnd of the session.
D nrslng Officer Filsou esti-
that the convention expenses,
ve of printing, have been up-
$90,WJO for tbe sixty
mat:
exel
projAat<?ly
dayi
TI
cert i
concludes Its sitting.
Is unfavorable the convention
then reconsider the
petition
number of the leaders
received letters from
Democrats advising
them not to put a "Jim Crow" clause
notion. !a the army and the navy a I leU^^t^nV^^? * .Has"
similarly false idea of the obligations | friend in Washington asking that he
of company loyalty has many Umes j secure the opinion of John Sharp
confronted the commanding officers, ; ^ HHams and the united verdict of
as if the men regarded it as of greater 111 ,hf> I^mocra"c senators ami con
Importance that half a dozen friends ' Mm™" °° *** "Jlm Crow"
should be saved from the consequences The convention Is on the verge of
of their misdeeds than that the body • big fight on prohibition. A poll
cf national defenders should be pre- : "f the delegates claims to
aerved from those who would under- ' !h?w the tol,owtnE division of the
adopt a section leaving the nassaee wl" be rece,vo«l hy the con-
cf a -Jim Crow" law U> tte'SS I tirf d hM ***" f°r-
ture -«-■< warded from Muskogee. It de-
It is the belief of many delegates "ks for Pro"
•hat the president would take no no oj X' tnwnrth r In®mber8
tlee of a mevnorlal such as draftrl v r. - ? ,. IxaSu*. Baptist
today, but that he would pass upon rtf.11116 Peo.p,ei?' Lnlc«,. Christian En-
sec,ion of the constitution In 1 cities. " y°UUS 8°-
tlon.
peal
and
in an
tions
feet
tion
Th
edH
vidlDi
Jim Crow" proposition seems
now of going into the con-
stitti >n. C. N. Haskell secured the
wlthawal of his resolution, refer-
red > the Judiciary committee, to
put e question up to President
lioos elt- As the Judiciary corn-
mitt' a few minutes before, had
intro ce<i a memorial as an
amenpieut to the Haskell resolu-
le entire proposition to a|v
the president was defeated
• convention will now jump
pass upon tho negro propo.-i
gardless of the probable ef-
the approval of tho constitu-
mlne the foundations of all orderly
Uutitatlons.
New Varieties of Sin.
The real weakness In the moral po-
rtion of Americans is not their atti-
tude toward the plain criminal, but
their attitude toward the quasi-crlml-
■al—the "crimlnalold." Let a promi-
nent man commit some offense in bad
odor and the mnltitude flings Its stones
with a right good will. The social
lynching of the self-made magnate
who put away his faded, toil-worn wile
lor the sake of a soubrette proves
that the props of the old morality have
■ot rotted through. Sex righteous-
ness continues to be thus stiffly upheld
■Imply because man has not been In
venting new ways of wronging wom-
an. So long ago were sex sins recog-
nized and branded that the public,
feeling sure of itself, lays on with
promptness and emphasis. The slow
opss of this same public In lashing
other kinds of transgression betrays.
■ot sycophancy or unthinking admira-
tion of «uccess. but perplexity, says E.
A. Ross in Atlantic. The prosperous
evildoers that bask undisturbed In pop
alar favor havo been careful to shun
—or seem to shun—the familiar types
•f wickedness. Overlooked in Bible
and prayerbook. their obliquities lack Glrthrle, 0. T„ Jan. 2S.-"The -Jim
the brimstone smell. Surpass as tber ' CiW provision will g<> into tbe cou-
nio.li.ds may in meanness and cruel- itltutioa of Oklahoma, ' declared a
not yet been time | Prominent member of the judiciary
cominioiee today. "I do not believe
President Uoose.elt has said that he
Jelegates on the prohibition ques-
tion: Fifty for local option. 2C for
state wide prohibition. 17 doubtful,
13 separate submission. 4 anti-sub-
tnlsslonlsu. This poll indicates thar
constitutional prohibitionists are
whipped and that Is the opinion of
«ome of the most conservative deio-
pates. Ab fifty-seven votes are ncc'>-
*;iry to earry a proposition the local
optionists seem to have the beat
chance of winning.
President Roosevelt toid some Ok-
lahoma visitors at the White House
today that unless thp constitutional
convention of Oklahoma modifies
tbe proposed provision relating to
railroads and mak^B it conform to
the constitution of the United States
he would not approve it. The presi-
dent said, according to Representa-
tive Watson, of Indiana, who ac-
companies the callers, that wbil* he
Could not be supposed to be a frl< r.d
of the railroads, yet h-< l.elleved :>o
constitution should contain some
proviMon whereby the roads could
protect themselves when necessity
irises.
On.- of the provisions to which It
Is said the president objects is that
preventing railroads from employing
help to protect their property in cas '
of a strike and to ttuard their trains
The proposed provision regarding
railroads has been reported to the
convention by the committee on
railioads, but has not yet been aci-
«d on.
ty. there has
•nough to store up strong emotion
•bout them, and so the sight of them
does not loose the flood of wrath and
will turn down the constitution if
_ uch a provision is Included. In or-
abhorrence that rushes down upon the : der to remove all doubt, however,
long-attained s!ns. we "ill recommend the adoption of
'Jim Crow" provision by the con-
vention. to be sent to the president
•t once, with the request that he
pass upon it in time to recousldfr
action. Before adjourning the con-
vention win prottahly adopt a reso-
lution authorizing the calling of an-
other session to rectify any portion
ttui does not meet with the presi-
dent s approval in case he turns the
constitution down."
Colon. 1 Robert Owen, who has
j Just returned from Washington
itaied today that he had an luter-
"• I view with President Roosevelt on
The Chinese have long t>een credited
with the Invention of gun[K>wder. but
Prof E. O. Von Llppmann, of Halle,
has collected evidence to Indicate that
this is a mistake, and that the Arabi-
ans did not, as commonly stated. In-
troduce gunpowder Into Europe dur-
ing tho eighth and ninth centuries.
®*rof. Von Lippmann believes that the
snaniifaetare of the first gunpowder
was based upon the "Fire-book
Otfarcu. Oraec= which eared in I the proposition, and that the presi-
t-onstanlncple ab r.r ' <• middle of :he dent declared himself strongly Jp-
thirteenth century. Thfs was the | Wsed to a Ju.i Crow provision,
joarce from w!"i*h Roger Bacon. V1- | !n:iuial«-vd that he would not ap-
Vrtns Magnus and Thomas Aquln.u
< ilveil their knowledge r>f _unpowd« r
The first use of ganpowder to drive
p.'"J>v v , ascribed to a :.;o:ik.
Berth II Sehwarz. wlu> e discover;-
*■'' m- 4« accidentally while preparing
th- mi .ture for medicinal
Guthrie, 0. T., Jan. 29. — The
"Jim Crow" car waiting room ques-
tion was precipitated In the conven-
tion today when the proposition to
adopt a section prohibiting mar-
riages of negroes with either white
or Indians within the state, came up
and the arguments raged fnrlously
all afternoon. The section was tin-
ally adopted after neariy a score of
orators urged that It would bring
down tho displeasure of President
Roosevelt and endanger chances of
statehood. A majority 0f the dele-
gates. however, declared they are
not afraid of the "big stick" as
shown by a roll call vote which
stood so for to 13 against the adop-
tion of the negro marriage section.
M bile the vote taken vesterday
was not a final test of the' strength
of tho Jim Crow nrovlslon, it is be-
lieved that the action today means
that "Jim Crow" will go into the
constitution.
This is one point upon which most
of the delegates agree, although
they are almost hopelessly divided
on the question of the expediency of
putting a -Jim Crow" clause in .the
oonstltnUon in the light of advice
from Democratic senators and con-
gressmen from Washington.
The fact that the marriage pro-
vision is in the same category with
"Jim Crow" provisions furnished the
pretext to sidetrack the argument
into a heated debate on "Jim Crow.
Haskell, of Muskogee, led the fisht
for deferring all s>ich provisions to
'he legislature, while Ledbetter,
Ardmore, championed the forces
that would Incorporate "Jim Crow
provisions regardless of sentiment
from Washington.
Haskell declared that It would
greatly endanger *tatehood. declar
ing that John Sharp Williams, back
ed by practically all the Democratic
senators and congressmen had writ
ten delegates to k*ep "Jim Crow"
out of the constitution. He read a
tflegram from Congressman Lloyd
of Missouri, stating that statehood
would be endangered by putting In
such a provision. He declared that
it would be like hutting its head
:>"alnst a stone wall for the conven-
tion to si t up Its judgment of what
'he presfdent will do against all
these senators and representatives
who fought to help secure statehood
for Oklahoma.
Henshaw referred to n decision of
the supreme court which declare
that a ".lin Crow" law Is a race rils
tlnction, but not a discrimination,
■nd that the enabling act says that
no political or civil distinction shall
he made on account of race or color,
ledbetter declared that thero is no
difference in the words end that
Henshaw and others nro simply suf
ferine with a bad ea*e of fright.
I don't believe th president will
turn down the constitution
count of such a provision." he de-
clnred. "and the decision* 'of court
prove that wo have a right to put
this thing In the constitution and I
don't believe the president would
disregard the law and turn us down
The committee on
purposes.
A St.
rjls t.;
orupioy*
prove ta. couaUtutiou if ,t were in-1 a„bm,tt^ its"^port t'Say' Sh
p^iuon wui : r™. s tTb'/'iu
of tbe l:trly on th" qnectlon prohibition bo-
Ing extended to all local cor«mnnl-
presented to the committee
whole.
< committee of the whole edopt-
report of the committee pro-
for a complete Judicial sys-
tem, Hth a few changes. The con-
i ventifl refused to limit the number
! of su#eme judges providing fur five
| in ti} constitution and giving the
Ifgisiture power to increase the
numtr. Tho term of residence In
Uie late of candidates for supreme
judgj was decreased from three to
two fears.
Tie committee on public printing
reputed favorably upon a proposi-
tioiyto establish a state printing
plait, to publish school books and
othfr public documents, the state
printer to be elected by the people.
"|he first skirmish in the battle on
thd liquor question in the new state
ocairred today when the local-
opionista brought in a minority re-
pott. signed by Delegates Ledbetter.
Hithes and Leahy, providing lor
sejiirate submission, prohibition to
go into effect if receiving a majority
f t ill votes cast in the state, except
in cities where a majority may have
vot«d against prohibition, in such
municipalities the liquor traffic is to
be licensed.
Tile prohibitionists attempted to
force immediate consideration of
the majority report, which provides
for prohibition. A roil call vote was
called on the motion to table and It
carried by a vote of r.i to 47. Prac-
tically all the delegates voting for
Immediate consideration are prohi-
bitloclgts. indcatng that unless there
is a change of alignment the major-
ity report has the greatest strength.
Delegate R. L. William.--, of imr-
ant. introduced a substitute provid-
ing for the exxtension of twenty-one
year prohibition, xvhlch is in force
in Indian Territory under the enabl-
ng act over Oklahoma Territory
Guthrie, 0, T„ Jan. 31.—The con-
vention in committee of the whole
battled all day with the Honor ques-
tion. without taking any action. Both
sides appeared afraid to take a vote
The majority report of the liquor
traffic committee was sidetracked
and the Williams substitute, extend
ing state wide prohibition as pro-
vide! in the enabling act for Indian
Territory was given first place
This was amended by Rose, of
Blackwell, so as to submit the ques-
tion of prohibition to a vote of the
People of tbe entire state.
The defenders of the majority re-
port objected to having their report
sidetracl od The majority report is
constitutional prohibition in cffacf.
It provdes that a vo'e shall be taken
for and against prohibition in Okla
homa counties only at the time the
constitution is adopted. If prohlbi
• ion wins it becomes effective
in every county and municipality
where it received a majority of tin
loeni votes The question is to be
voted on at each subsequent elec-
tion until it becomes statewide.
A number of delegates supported
the submission amendment and de-
clared that the majority report is in
violation of the terms of the enab:
ing act, as it makes a constitution:-:
provision for the whole state, and
then lets the people of each local
community say who*her it shall ;«p-!
ply. There are only two legal way* j
to ftpttltf* th.' mil at !r>n • #k.... '
have a majority of tho votes, shottld
not be allowed to say whether the
Oklahoma side should be wet or
dry. The champions of the major-
ity report stood by it valiantly, but
the arguments interposed against it
were sr strong that even its support-
ers will seek to modify it. removing
the objectionable legal features.
Tbe-e are twenty-three delegates j
pledged to separat.- admission by .
their constituents The Rose PAlRONlZE HOME MERCHANTS
amendment will serve two purposes, j
It will give the submissionists a i
LI '>11?^ TI? A HE PI TT?'Q 't5ie*" consistently ask others to
nblrlc." 1 IvAUil LLUyJ -jade with them when they do not
They Should Be Organized
and Active in Every
Community.
patronize their brothers in trade. 1 he
editors should patronize home, and
oveu at considerable personal sacrifice
refuse foreign advertising for lines of
goods in competition with the homa
merchant. The editor deserves more
credit than he receives. Many a well-
to-do farmer or city man would think
himself perfectly jnsUfled in sending
away for all his groceries and cloth-
lag if he thought he could savu ten
chance *■ re-deem their pledges by i The Great Danger to Local Interests i dollars thereby on a year's purchases.
voting for submission. If it does
not carry they will then be frev to
go with the local optionists and
swell their forces to a majority.
The separate submission proposi-
tion. however, grew so popular yes-
terday tb3t It seemed apparent that
it would have carried if a vote had
been taken.
That Are Found in the Mail-
order Systems—Educate
the Public.
(Copyrighted, W-i, by Alfred C. Clark)
Why should we trade at home?
Why should we consider home in any
way more than any other place unless
it pays us financially? First, because
it is our home. The pride we should
take in the prosperity of onr home
town and our neighbors should be suf-
ficient inducement to give them the
preference. Second, because beyond
all doubt or question, It pays from a
money point.
"lie greatest menace to the country
but most editors forfeit many times
that much every year by refusing ad-
vertising from distant firms in the
same lines of business as his home
merchants; and sometimes the home
merchant even then declines to ad-
vertise.
Trade-at-bome cluba might be or-
ganized. with mottos something like
Club," or "1 Patronize the Home Mer-
chants," or "I Buy Nothing from Mail
Order Houses," for members to dis-
play. The acceptance and displaying
of such a card might constitute a per-
bo nor member.
Much of the trading away from
home is due to thoughtlessness aud
Guthrie, O. T., Feb. t. — At the
close of a three days' battle mark-
ed by much oratory and many
spectacular features, tbe state wide
prohibitionists won in the constitu-
tional convention today. As passed
upon by the committee of the whole
which in all probability is the final
test, the question of whether the —- — — —. .
prohibition provided in the enabling : anil with the decline of the Many persons consider only the first
act shall be extended for twenty-one I country merchant comes inevitable £°st; if they Bave 2f> cents on a ton-
years over Oklahoma will be sub- j * -s to the citizens of both town aud
mitted separately to a vote of the i c >',tntry. What at first was considered
people of both sides of the state. If j a great convenience and aa exhibition
prohibition carries it becomes ef- ! c{ commendable enterprise has grown
fertive over the entire new state. If ■ to bo one of the crying commercial
defeated the enabling act provision evils. The success of the mail order
merchant to-day ii the mail order; ignorance of business principles.
dollar order by buying from a mall
order house they consider that clear
gain. They should be shown that a
merchant and his family living in
their midst, keeps up a house, pays
taxes, adds to the social features, con-
~ • _ | MV ouivria iuc XUrt.X UIUB1
t it ii .ec 0!? tbe Indian | houjis the result of constant, ex- j tribute8 generously towards public en-
3^.ffVS,k5Ltiirt The i 'easlve tangent advertising. It
next great struggle will be at the'!*,!'01 by --'indang as some
polls at the time the constitution is j,e!1 ':\Ior n0 bu-;|nCi3 <*ver built
voted upon, when the people will "p ia that waj- Tbe home merchant
vote for or against state wide pro- '' ;U ,l° ao bmer 1112:1 lo adoPt 1113
hibition on n separate ballot. The '6ame method, tbe judicious use of
fi"ht resolved Itself into a struggle ; print's ink.
between local optionists and state J While the merchants are the heav-
wlde prohibitionists. The hi?h li- I lest immediate losers, and could do
cen-e (lenient was not represented j
as it had given up hopes of anything
better than local option in the lead-
ing cities. When the final test came
the local optionists were defeated
by a vot? of 71 to 2-1, on the Leahy
amendment.
It is believed liy many that It was
through the efforts of Rev. Dinwid-
die. legislative superintendent of
the anti-saloon league of America,
and Rev. Sweet, secretary of the In-
dian Territory church federation for
state wide prohibition, who have
personally conducted the prohibi-
tion lobby in Guthrie that twenty-
one year prohibition was secured
for Indian Territory, and that win- j
ning the fight there makes them I
sure to win in the new state.
Hughes, of Oklahoma City, made
a strong fight for local option in
municipalities, declaring that each
city son Id be allowed to govern its
own affairs in that regard. He
voted against the Leahy amendment
fer the purpose, as he declared, of j
submitting a local option proposi-
tion for municipalities to be voted
on at the election alone with tho
statewide* prohibition.
The prohibitionists tonight de-
clared that they are sure to carry
the election on separate submission.
The liquor interests, who prefer sep-
erate submission to constitutional
prohibition, also express hopes of
winning the final battle. Other*
when they learned of the action of
'ho convention declared that prohi-
bition is as sure t>> be voted in by
the people of Oklahoma as the stin
is to rife tomorrow. A memorial
was introduced by R. L. Williams
asking congress to vote down the
pending hill for a merger cf the
various Frisco lines in Oklahoma.
terprises, etc. If by buying at homo
their town gives support to several
more iocal merchants, creating a bet-
ter home market, they get bat it a lib-
eral percentage. Every man an 1 wom-
an takes more or less pride in Iocal
affairs and is willing to contribute
something toward home improve-
ments, if the matter is fairly pre-
ORDER
HOUSE
unearned
ihcrement
Nail This, Quick!
Why has he named his motor Wil-
ton?"
"Because It's his car-pet!"—Judge.
Regimental Baby.
The soldiers of tbe Sixty-third Foot
regiment at Saint Mlhiel, France,
have adopted a baby which was found
asleep In a sentry-box recently. It
had a wooden horse cla?ped in its
Are you operating the tread mill to pour the wealth of your community
into the bottomless hoppers of the mail-order house7 Are you driving your
local merchants out of business? If you are you are killing your town and
your own interests.
r.;;;rh toward cheeking and correcting
;his growing evil, b> liberal advertis-
ing and publishing prices, they should
not be expected to da i: all. Every
newspaper should praach home trade,
every teacher should Instil it into his
pupils in the school room, every min-
ister slumM preach it from the pul-
t it. The debating societies and po-
etical conventions should discuss it.
The interests of town and country
and newspaper and church, and so-
sented. That Is why I say the rem-
edy lies In education.
Most mail order bouses claim they
are enabled to sell cheaper than coun-
try dealers because they buy in larger
quantities and get especially low
prices. This is often a base mis-
statement of facts; let me cite an in-
stance: A stock man from eastern
Washington was visiting in Kansas
City. One morning, walking with his
nephew, who was a clerk in a lead-
eiet, generally, are so interwoven and ing wholesale hardware house he
o identical that whatever injures one s .^ked where Bland h C-o's store
will eventually Injure a::. When the j iocated. "Don't think I ever heard of
merchants are compelled to bring on ; them." replied the voting man "O
arms, ami pinned to his jacket was a smaller s'.k : and employ les.- help, ' yes. I do' remember the" fir:
note saying: Please look after my lit-
tle Jacques, whom I am unable to
supiKirt" Jacques was therefore
taken Into barracks, where the men
promptly de-elded that he should re-
main. He will wear a
regimentals, and the
take it in turn to look after him.
BVHI IVIHQVP .. ru ■ they
and : ay cheaper rent, they are not ! have no store, they have an office in
anr," ,he ruffe-era; the whole coin- (giving the name of the buDdinel
mutiny f- els the loss. The price of but I don't see how they can sell hard'
:eal estate is largely dependent on its : ware as low as your home merchants
proximity to a good town. Kents are for while we sell them goods at less
little suit of ^pendent oa the amount of business. | ,han retail price, we don't give them
soldiers will i ' merchant can move to some other as low prices as regular dealers be-
Stolen Happiness.
The woman who beats tho street
car conductor out of a nickel is as
happy over her achievement a3 the
man who grabs a cigar from anoth-
er man'i vest pocket.—Detroit 1'ree
Press.
Says Music Cures.
A prominent clergyman comes for-
ward with the statement that music
to settle tho question, in the'lr ' wl" re8cao men {rom ,he drinlt hab!t-
opinion—place it in the constituti. n
as an Integ-al part « r submit it as
separate proposition, to Ik- vote:
on by th^ people of both territories.
They declared that to let the pe-,1
pie of Oklahoma alone roto or. <!:,•
question would be clearly Illegal
I Put does be stop to Ihlnk that it's
; ^me of our music that drives men to
It?
It Came Over from 1906.
town and establish himself again more I cause th'ey^"buy in' such" smaR^a,^
er.JUy than can the professional man ties, just as they get orders." Ths
stockman was greatly surprised, lie
supposed he had been dealing with
one of the largest firms in the city.
The mail order business has devel-
oped so slowly, and works so quietly
j that few persons realize the inaeni.
move their property to some place tude u ha8 assiimcd nor to
and many others who have built up
"isiness through years of acquaint-
anceship and establishment of char-
acter. If the farmer, or property own-
er in town, want to sell out they are
the greatest sufferers—they can't
h re people are booming their town
and country by patronizing home.
The remedy lies in education® and
publicity. In many places that edu-
cation will come through bitter ex-
perience. but. In other communities,
where they are quicker to detect the
approaching evil, and heed more read-
ily the warnings of the press and
friends of home, they may correct the
That romantic story about a voung j eTl1 *nore rea<1"*'-
ma: .dag Infatuated with the voice! Weallh aad P°wer are corrupting
The constitutional prohibitionist ' fce heard in a phonograph, and after- Iuflueace3 1—14 tbe Inail order bo"ses
interposed the objection that India:; ward marrylnc the possessor of the! are Probat"-' 001 ending out as hon-
Imposed hy the
rlth other
f prohibit
enabling act
t 'ndisn I voice. Is the most improbable yarn
prratlon« where prohibition
would
biidtt
ol Money. — oecreiarv scnooi nonaction rM..m ,| for y,. Work Fcr the Convicts. — An f
- As compsr fort will be made to locato the stat.
411_„ , , turned to the territorial ^ W'th ItU> P°l),:in,lon a -T(> r ago of penitentiary at Fort Gibson
_ , . . . . ® i(orlaI treasurer U11.616. sn increase of 14C19 child
contained the amazing at a • ,■sumjtf ,209.^ of the com-1 rfn is shown, and the dhStbu.
five years long
ot ii.« I, Pit, Secretary school population returned for the
*U,°' • / ' ' ' 13 tv'" ' fterritorial present v«ir Is 226.135.
raph descrlbin; the dresa of a I hoard of leasing school land. ^ wlUj ^
turned out so far
American.
in 1907.—Baltimore
fashionablt
"the bride's train
• We;)' ale),
Uilan Ijingtrv's nam
changed again, but
mon sch^.i fund, which, together
with the amount already turned to
j the treasurer, made a total of com-
I men school money In the hand.- of
been the treasurer of J309.S75.19. Treas- " hie
shing urer Rambo reported this amount to ,ast -vear and practically
ea ure about it is that it was th- J. K. Uyche, superintendent of nub every countT received more money
death t.f l,er fatheHn law. and nut .. lie instruction, who apportioned the
mew matrimonial venture, which I *ame to the common school dls-
trlcts of the territory. The total
Killed
ing of a small wage to the con-
Vlr' fs nisei considered as a part of
the proposition in order that, a con-
niuy have son-erhing whfn he is
r< rased to start life anew with, or
help his family.
caused the change
h«*nr and
It Is now iiossib
plants grow. In tbe apparatus of two I
Germans the growing plant u cooDec:.
ed atth a di*k having in ii< center an
Indicator whirh moves visibly and r
•tarly. and this movement, magatiiej •
times over a scale, shows the prog-
ress in growth.
Man
elgut
miles northeast of Muskogee Th'
plan is to have tho state convict-
tion ag made this year is fl.27 per work the pravel beds of the Grand
capita, making a total of I3W.S0OI. i river, th© largest in Indian Terri
While the amount distributed this tor-v- "• ^move stone from th', Minister Oroos O-ad-lt-v Hird
year 1s about I3.000.&0 more than mhk,h havt. sn ineshausti £ i-.,i mjnisK.r (>f ^ christian
from Pond Creek.
x urt.re.1 H ai COSl or shin- r 1 L.1. 11 _ . _
tte ping. Th
furnished to
Idle preaching
the per capita lg eight cents less, which dit 0^*c^i ^ : house fojr mil
owing to the large Increase in the ping. The eltle. could secured ^ ^ "
material lo the same Th.
number of children.
and
Five years ago tbe oldest Primitive
Methodist preacher in England. Rev.
James Boulter,, of Norwich, lost his j him. Believing Nichols to be r.
alg^t. ,.! :>•; a sno . &sful opera- , ►ponsi:... Underwood shot him on
Mod lias restored It to him. I killing him instantly.
Who Won Wrf«. _ Hard Luck Follows Them. — A
Harve) l nderwood. a negro, has strange fatality seems to be follow-
been acquitted :a the federal court lr>g the family of Frank Noble of
>f the murder of "Porkchops" Nlch- Blair. On Wed.v sday, January m.
o g, w o won his wife, a Filipino their little baby heoarne sick
woman, away from him. While a died suddenly. Tbe following
member uf the Forty-eighth I nited f Mrs. Noble was Liken ill. and
volunteers in the Phlllppinc-s died on Wednesday January 1
•h . M, of tbe SS *'f° JSP " b" .•««" *'•
ter his discharge he came
Territory with his wife.
at Haskell, and the woman deserted
eejt.
business in Pond
1'nderwood married
Filei Injunction Suit — A-s&i&tant
Attorney General Wc-t has filed In
the district ctiurt at Enid a suit to
compel Uw Rock Island railroad t-,
rodoee its pes'enger fare to 2 ,>.nrs
per miir The petition is ia th
form of an jppiication for an !t
junction to .-.strain the railed
from continuing to charg? a ^-cent
each on Wednesday. Pour moth,, general, s„ )onbt hlB abSit _to ~
Jones Is Bankrupt. — R. H. Jone<,
w!:o went to Shawnee a few weeks
since and opened a clothing store.
knows as Dytart tc Jones, ha* *w.«
Into voluntary bankruptcy. \V B.
t>o*san Is the receiver.
est goods as they once did. They have
learned the tricks of Imitation and
substitution and bow easy It ig to
deceive the public Bat. if tbe mail
ord«r mau Is honest, and his methods
of advertising legitim ite in every way.
tent it is now sapping the life-blood ol
many small cities and towns. Even
now we hear the excuse given tor
sending away for goods, that the mer
chants carry such poor stocks'. The
wonder is that they carry any.
It Is a fact that country merchants
sell the same class of goods cheapcr
than the big city merchants, and there
are good reasons for it—difference in
rents, insurance, clerk hire, etc. The
same Is equally true as to the mail
order house—it may save in rent and
in several ways over the big mer-
chants, but It pays more for advertls-
ng, packing and shipping, so that,
for the same quality of goods, tha
home merchant can, and generally
does, undersell tho catalogue hou.o.
Tbe latter maites soiling goods a study
his surrcs* Is of uo interest to us j and his advertising is carefully word-
and v.-II) never benefit our communl'y • ed and weighed. He uses a few stand-
in the slight«\st degree. If cn>; s should ' ard articles for bait, by selling them
fail or sjekn'-- , us short oflat cost, but he adds enough to the
m >ney we c.- not expect him to price of other articles, with which tbe
tn: is for a dollar—we mu*t alwa; s public is not familiar, to make un the
I - •„ the Ven" merchant for credit j loss. Perhaps tho country merchant
in ' Imes ■>{ adversity. could not duplicate the price on these
Who is t.i ldime? The mail order .articles while he would be perfectly
houMt No; :n he least. We alone willing to sell the wholo bill ordertd
are to hljmo The near sighted mer- at the mail order house price.
chant who has lo#f trade by not ac-1
q-ia-ir.'.ing the community with what1 Trapped.
be has to sel! and with the fact: I'm sorry, but I can't pay that b'll
that i eople could obtain at home.. to-day. You see the butcher has just
where they could personally examine been here, and—"
them and return them if defective in "Yes." said the -rocer, "I just m
any way. e ..h at r :-w a price a? him, and he said yon put him oft bl
■ ny catalogue house can se?l them, cause you had to pnv me. Here's
e ery man and woman la to blame bill."—Milwaukee Sentinel.
Officer, Wound Nrgro^-Jlm Cola,
a negn. shot In the hip by
Officer* R. c. Henry and H. Y. Mor-
row, r, ho found Coir- and another
1 from a car in
Rock island yards at Chickasha.
wbo sends away for goods and every-
one who fails to raise his voice In !
favor of home trade. The editor holds 1
The Real Power.
the most responsible position and Mass. has'Tiu^ capacit^0^'^;
should be the leader ia this move , cubic Inches. When be grows un
n,en^" soes 10 congress be wil* nerhnna
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