Cushing Independent. (Cushing, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 11, 1909 Page: 2 of 8
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The Cushing Independent.
CUSHING,
OKLA
The Unmarried Archbl«hop.
"Take the advice or an old woman,
and marry," nald the late Queen \yc-
torla to Rev. Cosmo Gordon Lang; but
the young clergyman, who was then
successfully directing t dozen assist-
ant*, smilingly objected. "If I have a
curate who does not suit, I can get rid
of him," he answered. "I could not do
the same with a wife." At the age of
44, which makes him the youngest man
of Modern times who has filled this
high post. Dr. Lang, the bishop of Step,
aey, has been appointed archbishop ti
York. He is atlll unmarried. Possibly
the good queen's suggestion -would
have been more effective If she had
baaed It on different groands. *1 And
you actually keep 12 curate*," she is
reported to have said. "Yoa should
take to your self a wife. I believe you
would then be able to do with two cu-
rates less." For an accomplished
matchmaker, which her majesty Is al-
leged to have been, thhs seems singu-
larly maladroit, says the Youth's Com-
panion. It Is conceivable that Dr.
Lang shrank from the thought that a
wife must share not only his own tolls,
but other people's troubles. Then the
Idea that she could do the work or two
curates would repel him, rather than
attract him, since It would present the
lady In the light of unpaid burden-
bearer, not as a free companion. Nor
waa this the full extent of the blow
that the queen struck at the Ideal
which all men cherish. Her Intimation
that a woman is equivalent to two men
only might frighten any man from mat-
rimony; for everyone likes to believe
that his wife, when he shall find her,
will be worth all the rest of the world.
The taxlcabs did well during the
storm, but whether the drivers reaped
the rich harvest suggested by a corre-
spondent is another matter. He ad-
vances the interesting theory that on
greasy or slippery roads the back
wheel of the cab slips. "Only to-day,"
he adds, "I noticed the wheels of many
'taxis,' when 'picking up speed,' re-
volving at a terrific rate, with the nat-
ura] result that the meter must have
registered at least five times the road
distance actually traveled."—London
Telegraph.
Few people will have had the cour-
age to sit down 13 at a table for the
greetings of a new - year. But five-
and-flfty years ago Lord Roberts was
one of 13 who sat down to dinner on
New Year's day at Peshawar. Eleven
years later—though most of them had
been through the Iudian mutiny and
a half of them had been wounded—
they were all alive. And Lord Rob-
erts is still very much alive.
The scientists are now golug to ad-
vance against the mosquito and the
housefly. But this Is February. In
June things will be more than evened
up when the moBquito and the house-
fly advance against the scientists and
othera, for to the mosquito and the
housefly all humanB, scientific and
otherwise, look alike.
Now a scientific expert Is afraid that
the deadly fly which causes the
sleeping sickness will bite the presi-
dent when he goes to Arrica. If it
does, however, the probabilities are
that the fly will get an inoculator It-
self of the real brand of American
strenuoslty.
Having eradicated the foot and
mouth disease the new activity of the
agricultural department Is devoted to
hunting for the brown-tailed moth at
nurseries which recently Imported
seedlings from France. Eternal vigi-
lance Is the price of liberty from
pests.
A newly elected governor Is report-
ed as dreading the more than two hun-
dred formal dinners which be must
officially attend during the year. It
takes a courageous statesman tc re-
fuse so many meats, but it Is under-
stood that he Is determined to do so.
A movement has been started in the
scientific world favoring the adoption
of the word Kelvin to designate the
commercial unit of electrical energy at
present known as the kilowatt-hour, as
a recognition of the services of the
late Lord Kelvin to electrical science.
Edna, a sleek cow, belonging' to a
New Yorker, drank beer, then disap-
peared. The police are now looking for
her, butlhere are no clews. Maybe,
considering her condltiofl, she dupli-
cated the performance of her ancostor
4a the "Mother Goose Rhyi
IECISUTIIS Ml UK
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MAKERS ARB DOINO
SINE IF TIE WISHES IITNIIIEI
Salens Paying Good Attention to the
Needs of the People of the
State—Other Items of
Ststs Interest
' Express Fa;4h in Haskell
. As an aftermath or the Indictment
of Governor Haskell at Muskogee on
charges of land frauds, both houses or
the legislature passed resolutions ex-
pressing confidence in thu governor,
and condoning action of the govern-
or's enemies In seeking to encompass
his destruction. The resolutions re-
ceived many republican votes.
Pass School Land Measure
Guthrie, Okla.—The senate finished
the consideration of the school land
bill in committee or the whole, and
recommended it ror passage without
opposition. A number or Important
changes were made. Including the
elimination of any attempt to de-
fine the preference right of the lea-
Bee. allowing that matter to rest on
the definition of the enabling act and
cutting out of the provision which al-
lowed married sons and daughters of
a lessee the presence right to pur-
chase any lands which he had held
and improved in excesfc of the 160
acres which he is allowed to purchase
himself.
Before the lessee can acquire title
to land purchased under this act, he
is required to waive all right of pur
chase on all other lands In excess Of
one quarter section, and accept the
land which he does buy with the con-
dition of such waiver. Thu remainder
of his leasehold Is to be yielded up to
the state for disposition as it sees fit,
and any attempt to dispose or exces-
sive holding3 in violation or this sec-
tion Is made a relony.
State Board of Control Fixed
Guthrie, Okla.—A state board or
public affairs, consisting of three
members, who shall be appointed by
the governor, confirmed by the sen
ate which shall become the purchas-
ing board and practical managers of
the' buBlross of the dtate will be chos-
en should senate bill No. 223 which
bears the names or Senators Echols,
Memminger and Stafford, be enacted.
The board will purchase and con-
tract for all lurnishlngB, furniture and
supplies of every kind or description
for any and all state institutions.
Members of the board, together with
the superintendent of public instruc-
tion and the secretary or state shall
constitute the board or education and
perform all the duties required by the
constitution and the laws of the state.
Favorable Report on Usury Bill
Guthrie, Okla.—A substitute for all
but the enacting clause of the Glover
bill prescribing the penalties ror us-
ury has been reported to the house
ror passage by the committee on
banks and banking and the members
who are opposed to a drastic usury
law will make their fight for the com-
mittee bill.
It provides that the charging or
usurious interest rates shall be a
misdemeanor punishable by a fine not
exceeding $100, the fine to go to the
road and bridge fundi It permits a
charge or 91.50 for clerical work and
or $1 an -hour ror time required in ex-
amining securities, the latter charge
to be permitted only upon agreement
between the two parties, The consti-
tution fixed the legal rate ot interest
at 0 per cent and permits an interest
charge of 10 per cent by contracts.
PENITENTIARY LOCATION
In
Placed Permanently at McAlester
Bill by Redwine
Guthrie, Okla.—The state peniten-
tiary is definitely located at McAles-
ter, and an- appropriation of $300,000
made for its construction and equip-
ment by a bill introduced by 8enator
Redwine. The bill provides for the
employment of a warden at 92,400 per
year, ttftfeuty warden «t 91,800, one
clerk at 91,500, assistant clerk at 91.-
200, second assistant clerk at 9900,
and such other employes as the board
of control may deem necessary, at a
salary not exceeding 900 per month.
Provision is also made for the pur-
chase of 1,000 acres of land for the
penitentiary. Including the 100 acres
now occupied by the prison gronnd.
Provision is made in a bill by
Franklin for the gathering of agricul-
tural and other statistics by the board
of agriculture, through the agency of
the local assessors, and for the taking
of a decennial census through the
same agency, begiuning with 1915 and
every ten years thereafter, thus plac-
ing them midway between the dates
of the federal census.
■Ml •
ttiev.wiie* Bill la eiapwIiMilM
Guthrie, Okla —Mere detailed regu-
lations as to the operatloas of insu-.
ance companies' In this state are ^
posed In the Rodie Insurance Juit
passed by the senate thr^ can ^
found in probably any sUte of
the anion.
The early aect« oma ot u,e bill take up
the conditio^, p^edent to the for-
mation a^d orRan]satlon of Insurance
complies including surety bond com-
plies within the state, and provides
for every form or lt urance company
now operating anywhere, except fra-
ternal organisations, which are not
covered In any part of this bill.
Practically entire control of the In-
surance companies doing business In
the state is placed in the handa of the
insurance commissioner who is-given
possibly greater powers than In any
other state. His duties sre also de-
fined in detail.
Exhaustive provisions are included
In regard to the regulation and man-
agement of all classes of Insurance
aud surety bond companies. The
classes of securities In which their
funds may be Invested are proscribed,
but no requirement is made in regard
to Investment in this state. The tax on
insurance companies is left just as out-
lined in the constitution. Detailed
regulations are provided tor the report
ot the companies to the Oklahoma In-
surance commissioner, which must be
much more exhaustive than heretofore
and of feuch nature as to give the com-
missioner a full insight into their bus-
iness and financial condition.
No life insurance policy may be
issued containing provisions limiting
the times In which action may eom-
mence to three years; provisions by
which the policy shall purpose to be
issued or tuke effect more than six
months before the application was
made; provisions for any mode of set-
tlement after maturity of less value
than the amount Insured, plus divi-
dend additions and less Indebtedness;
provisions for the forfeiture of a pol-
icy for failure to prepay any loan, or
to pay Interest while the total lndebt-
ednes is less than the loan value.
These provisions are not In force in
any other state.
Changes are made in the relation of
the company to the insured In the
case of life companies, so that the-
agent is responsible' for the acts -of
the company, and the agent Is made
responsible to the Insured Instead ot
to the company, as heretofore,
LEGISLATIVE NOTES
"sum. ibit
New bills introduced in the house
are: By Japp, locating a secondary
agricultural school at Lawton with an
appropriation of 945,000; by .price,
regulating the salaries and fees of
clerks of counties; by Smith of Dela-
ware, making it unlawful to catch fish
with nets or traps.
A constitutional amendment is pro-
posed in a joint resolution by Taylor,
allowing the legislature to impose ad-
ditional restrictions on suffrage, but
provfding that no tax payment of more
than 92 shall be required and that the
restrictions shall not be in conflict
with the fifteenth amendment.
ProviRlon is made in a bill intro-
duced by Senator E. M. Landrum for
publishing the laws or parts of the
laws of the state of Oklahoma in the
Cherokee, Creek, Seminole, Choctaw
and Chickasaw languages, in accord-
ance with requests which have been
made by the fullbloods of those tribes,
many of whom are unable to read the
English language, but are well edu-
cated in their own tongue.
President Graham announced the
appointment of Senators Allen,
Stewart and Thomas as the senate
members of the joint ^committee to
investigate the statutes, under the
senate resolution recently passed by
the house. Senator Pette* wa®
named as an additional member of ju-
diciary committee No. 2, and Senator
Updegraff was substituted for Senator
Colvile on the good roads committee.
The repeal of section 9, article 9, of
the constitution which prohibits the
consolidation of railroad, transporta-
tion, or transportation companies, is
intended by a constitutional amend-
ment proposed In a joint resolution
introduced by 8enator Brownlee of
Kingfisher. The action Is one which
has been very frequently attacked by
the railroads, u hindering progress
or raifroad building, and by the Fed-
eration of Commercial clubs.
To intrust the work of framing a
good roads" law to a joint committee
ot representatives and senators wad
decided on by the Oklahoma bouse
and Putnam, Williams, Geo. Wilson,
Joe Sherman and Carson were ap-
pointed the house eommlttee.
An Interesting memorial waa pre-
sented from a mass meeting of
Choctaw Indians at Pontotoc, asking
that the laws of interest to the Indians
be printed in thetr language, and that
no guardians should be appointed for
a minor unless approved by the father
or mother, and in case or their leom-
petency by five reputable citisens of
the community.
ALLfOBO SPIES WATCHINB C*
NAL CONSTRUCTION
[(PUTS SEH1KTILIUTEIEII SPITS
Presence of Brown Men Causes Re-
newed Study of Protection
Problem and Sea-Level
N Locks Removed
Panama, Canal Zone.—Now that the
United a States has definitely settled
the plans for (he construction of the
Panama canal the greatest problem
that confronts the builders of tbe
great waterway Is the protection ot
the canal against the foes of the Unit-
ed States in time or war.
President-elect Tart has been in-
formed that within the past two years
no less than five Japanese experts
have been here at different times
studying the canal with the undoubted
object of discovering its weak points
of defense. These weak points at
first were many. Now. they have been
partially eliminated. The original
plan of the capal had two locks at La
Boca on the very sea edge. They
would have been a plain mark for
any hostile fleet that might have sail-
ed up within rifle shot, blown both
locks Into the air at the first fire and
thus destroyed the entire canal, with-
out the slightest trouble.
Discovering this fatal defect in
time the canal engineers have moved
these two locks six miles back from
deep water, planting them where a
range of hills loom up on cither side
for additional protection.
BRYAN NEAR TO DEATH
Thrown from Automobile When Tire
Breaks and is Injured
Tampa, Fla.—While returning from
Sutherland college, where he deliver
ed his lecture, "The Prince or Peace,"
W. J. Bryan came near losing his lire.
A big automobile in which he was rid-
ing threw a^lre on a bridge near Tar.
pon Springs and plunged into the
trestle work, throwing the occupants
cut. Mr. Bryan was on the side next
to that which struck the woodwork
and was jammed against a rail and
suffered considerable Injury At first
It was thought his leg wis broken, but
when he arrived at Tampa an ex^mN
nation showed the fact that the leg
was only badly bruised. Mr. Bryan was
scheduled to appear at St Louis sooa
and Springfield, Ohio, on February 12,
Lincoln's birthday, where he makes
the principal address, and it may be
that he will have to caneel these
dates. He Is confined to his room and
suffers considerable pain.
RE8TRICT8 LOAN COMPANIES
Goulding Measure Provides Giving of
Bond to the 8tate
Guthrie, Okla.—Senator Goulding
!:as introduced a bill which if enacted
will amend the existing laws which
have to do with building and loan as-
sociation Among other provisions la
one which makes it necessary for
such associations to deposit with the
secretary of state a bond of 910,000
conditioned that it will fulfill obliga-
tions made with residents of the state.
It also provides that examinations of
loan and building associations may be
made by the bank examiner.
Banks Organized 4
There have been 313 national banks
organized in Oklahoma since March
14, 1900, when the present national
banking law went into effect, accord-
ing to a statement issued by the treas-
ury depadtment, with a total capital-
ization of 99,730,000. Most of these
banks. 234 in number, were with a
capital of 925,000.
To Protect Fruit Trees
Guthrie. Okla.—A bill which fs In-
tended to give protection to fruit
growers against.insects and diseases
Injurious to growing fruit trees and
which provjdes for the establishment
and maintenance of quarantine regu-
lations for the prevention of Injurious
pests and tree diseases as weH a*
the extermination of seeds of noxious
ad injurious plants has been into-
duced In the senate.
Accidentally Kilia Son
Ardmore, Okla.—A bullet from the
accidentally discharged pistol <ft Ja*
Henry, a deputy sheriff at McCurtain,
killed his five year old son. Ilia
father was taking the belt scabbard
from the wall, when the pistol fell
out, exploding when It struck tho
floor.
"I am glad that Washington's?
birthday Is a holiday; It rives me
chance to He in bed in the i- orning."
"George wouldn't like to 1 ive yo®
celebrate his birthday by lylni."
CHILD HAD SIXTY"BOIL3,
•ijd Suffered Annually with a Red!
Qcald-Llke Humor on Her Head.
Troubles Cured by Cutlcura.
•When my little Vivian was about
afx months old her head broke out In
bolls. She had about sixty in all aqd
I used Cnticura Soap and Cuticora
Ointment which cured her entirely.
Some time later a humor broko o.'t be.
hind her ears and spread up on to-
iler head until It waa nearly half cov-
ered. The humor looked like a scald,
very red with a sticky, clear fluid com-
ing from it. This occurred every
spring. I always used Cutlcura Soap-
and Ointment which never failed to
heal it up. The last time it broke
out it became bo bad that i was dis-
couraged. But I continued the ufte of
Cutlcura Soap, Ointment and Resol-
vent until she was well and has never
been troubled in the last two years.
Mrs. M. A. Schwerin, 974 Spring Wells
Ave., Detroit, Mich., Fefc 24, 1908."
flatter Drag A Ckm. Corp., lot# Ptop*., Bottom
Showing the Right 8pirlt.
A little boy had been naughty at
dinner, and had been sent away from
the table just as his favorite dessert
—cabinet pudding with butter and
sugar sauce—was being served. About
nine o'clock that evening, when |^e
other children had gone to bed and:
his parents were alone In the sitting
room, a tear-stained little face and a
white-robed figure appeared at the
door.
"Mamma," it said, bravely, between
sobs, "you told rae never to go to
sleep when anything wrong had beea
done until it was all fixed by right,
so I came down to tell you that—that
—that—I—forgive you and papa for
what you did to me at the dinner
table."
Come Get Your Medicine.
If that little bit of three-cornered,
half-jointed, pin-hcaded squirt with a
big automobile and a size three head'
on his miserable, slanting shoulders,
who turned the corner of Ferry and
Main streets on two wheels the other
ofternoon, and nearly sent three pedes-
trians Into Kingdom Come, wlll.cair
at this office we'll tear his scrawny
89ul to pieces and lick him to a "fraz-
zle" atter the most approved Roose*
veltian methods. He knows who we
mean.—Buffalo News.
A Black Eye for HOme..
It Is a coming fashion to hire a hall
to entertain your friends, to give din-
ner parties in a hotel; to be married
In a church, to be taken to a hospital
when you are Blck and to an under-
taker's as soon as you die; and left
there until the funeral. The tendency
is to conduct all public occasions
away from home. The home is get-
ting a black eye.—Atchison (Kan.}
Globe.
Prohibition Given Vital Brow
With all of the votes represented
the house of the Texas Iegirtrture de-
cided adversely the proposition to
submit to a vote of the people a con-
stitutional amendment provjlding for
statewide prohibition.
NO MEDICINE
But a Change of Food Gave Relief.
Many persons are learning that
drugs are not the thing: to rebuild
worn out nerves, but proper food is
requiredl
There is a certain element in the
cereals, wheat, barley, etc., which is
grown thereby nature for food to brain
and aerve tissue. This la the phos-
phate of potash, of which Grape-Nate
food contains a large proportion.
la making this food all the food ele-
ments fn the two> cereals, wheat Had
barley, are retained. That Is why so
many heretofore nervous and run down
people find In Grape-Nuts a true nerve
and brain food;
"1 can aay that Grape-Nuts food has
done much tor me as a nerve renew-
er," writes a Wis. bride.
"A few years ago; before my mar-
riage, I was a bookkeeper in a large
ten. I became so nervoue toward the
and of each week that ft seemed I
must gfve up- my position, which T
could not afford to do.
"Mother purchased some Grape-Nuts
and we found It not only delicious but
I noticed from day to day that I was
improving antfi 1 finally realised I waa
met nervous any more.
"I have recommended It to friends
as s brain and nerve food, never bav-
in* found Its equal. I owe much to
Grape-Nuts as ft saved me frorii a
nervosa collapse, and enabled me to
retain my position."
Name given by Postura Co., Battle
Creek, Mick Read -The Road to Well
*ffl%" fa pkga. "There's a Reason.
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