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OKLAHOMA STATE REGISTER
OKLAHOMA STATE REGISTER
at the Postofflce at Guthrie,
Untwi*
nhsrrlptlon prlre
p>-r Year. ti U<>.
THJii OKLAHOMA PRINTING COMPANY
J M. Uolph, John C.oloble. Bee.
JOHN QOLOBlfi
Editor.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1916.
AME11KA AMI ANGLO-SAXON
CIVILIZATION.
There wa a time when American
statesmen desiring to appeal to the
greatest political passion exant, pro-
ceeded to twist the British Lion's
tail. Such was the periodic exercise in
his prime of a then more than pictur-
esque citizen ot Kanses, Hill Hack-
ney; and long after the occasion of
England* ability to seriously threaten
the United States supremacy had
passed, this conspiclous citizen of
Win Held, Kansas, insisted lhat we
ought to annex Canada for our own
safety against the danger of the
British Lion.
We wonder what Bill Hackney will
Bar/ now, in his mallow age, to the
dominancy of John Bull by Uncle
Bam? With the Federal Banking De-
partment establishing a branch bank
In London, for the protection of Amer-
ican foreign investments, the last
Influence of England over America
disapears. America, not England,
now rules the money market of the
world. With the passing of the Eng-
lish pound as a standard of Internat-
ional values of money and the sub-
stitution of the American dollar, the
last vestige of foreign domlnacy of
American conditions disappears.
America is supreme in the money
world. It is a credit not a debit na-
tion. And with money power, if wise-
ly handled, conies supreme power in
all things.
What need has the United States
to make it e<iual to its money power?
A navy commensurate with its sea-
coast and with its one hundred mil-
lion of citizens on this continent and
almost half as many in its protector-
ate dependencies.
The time is here when the United
States will have to protect the Eng-
lish speaking Anglo-Saxon civiliza-
tion. If this amalgamated race and
this language shall continue to he
the supreme civilizing influence in the
affairs of the world, will hereafter de-
pend on America. England, here-
tofore the intellectual and physical
force of the genius of the race, has
taken second place to America.
hour of the day. More automobile
accidents are recorded in Chicago to-
dav than are credited to the rail-
roads.
The big thing about the claimant
work is that it places every part of
the work in a big connectional
scheme. .Each conference and every
preacher is aided by other confer-
ences and tho plan contemplates the
placing of every preacher in Method-
ism upon the same footing. The same
pension goes to all. which encourages
the men on hard fields. The fund is
now over f8,000,000 and while Okla-
homa has 76 claimants and some big,
rich conferences have only about one
half as many yet all fare alike. This
will make it easy for Bishops to trans-
fer from rich conferences to poorer
ones and thus equalize the worker and
the field.
Rev. Euster has placcd his paper,
called The Oklahoma Veteran, upon
such a footing that it not only makes
possible great success by going to
homes desired and all over the state
but the proceeds from Its sale go to
worn out preachers, widows and or-
phans.
This issue has a long article on
how to make and use a tirelesscooker.
The farmers especially should read
the article, as they have more occas-
ion of eating lunches away from the
house, when they work so far away
they cannot go home for the noon
hour jneal. This cooker Blade S>y
themselves, without hardly any cost,
will give them a warm Instead of a
cold meal.
This issue has the first weekly
weather forecast bulletin, Issued by
the Washington Government Weather
Bureau for the benefit of the farmers.
This is a new departure of the
Weather Bureau and will appear
weekly. Readers will notice that the
forecast about the rain and snow this
week came true, although, of course
It did not quite hit the same day in
each locality. The forecast is for a
whole region, not every town, county
or state. Such details, to he sent a
week ahead, would he impossible.
PLAN TO RESUME ^
RAILWAY INQUIRY
AF1ER MARCH 4TH
Postponement Forced by Press
of Congressional Business.
COUNTRY DEMANDS ACTION
\OIH i: OF l'l llLK SALE.
Another article from the Depart-
ment of Agriculture, at Washington,
is on seed cotton. It cautions farmers,
not to sell all their cotton and now,
because Che price is high, and later
be compelled to buy seed cotton for
their own planting at much higher
rates; it also gives information on
tests made in the growing of several
varieties of cotton in different sec-
tions of the country and what vari-
eties are the most profitably grown
there. Farmers object to se
(highbrow, they call it) cotton raising
and are of the opinion that their old
experience is actually better; but in
a large sense these opinions are but
the immovable prejudices of habit.
There is something in scientific farm-
ing, and it Is so much advanced on
old methods that frequently a boy un-
der the new guidance, can beat his
father In the number of bushels pro-
duction to the acre, as for instance in
the national boy contest of produc-
ing corn.
Notice is hereby given that on the
18th day of Dec. 1916, 1 seized and ini
pounded a small bay mare about fif
teen hands bight weight about nine
hundred and fifty pounds with star
in forehead, a small scar inside of
left hind leg; and with foal; which
was running at large in the city of
Guthrie, on said date; that no person
entitled to the possession of said
mare has redeemed the same, and
that on Tuesday the second day
January 1917 at ten o'clock A. M
of said day, at the South door of the
.City Hall, In the City of Guthrie
l^ogan County, Oklahoma, I will sel
said above described mare to the high
est bidder for cash for the purpose o
•icntific I paying the expenses for seizing, im
pounding, feeding, keeping, and for
recording and advertising said mare
for sale.
Dated this 26th day of Dec. 1916.
W. H. MITCHELL.
Commissioner of Public Safety of
the City of Guthrie.
8Hippera, Investor® and Repreaanta-
tivaa of All Branches of Bualneaa Do
mand Unification of Syatem of Rail-
way Regulation—Roada Aak Fewer
Maatere.
Washington, Dec. 18.—The Congres-
sional Joint Committee on Interstate
Commerce, which has been conducting
the inquiry into government regulation
and control of transportation, last
week decided to suspend its hearings
on the subject and adjourned, subject
to the call of the chairman, because of
the pressure of other work l>efore Con-
gress. According to the resolution cre-
ating the committee, it is required to
submit a report by January 8th next
It Is understood that before that time
the committee will ask for an exten-
sion of time and that the hearings will
be resumed at a later date, when some
of those who already have appeared
before the committee will be question
ed further and a great many others
will be heard. It is probable, howev-
that the hearings will not be resum-
ed until after adjournment of Congress
on March 4th. In addition to regular
routine business the commerce com
mlttees of the two houses are charged
with the important duty of preparing
and presenting the legislation asked
for by President Wilson t<> make im
possible a rnllrnad strike without pre
vious investigation. This will leave
little or no time for the consideration
BIRD PROTECTION
Number of Birds about Farms and
Suburban Homes ran lie Increas-
ed by Furnishing Food and
Shelter.
The 1915 bird count based on 315
reports from different section receiv-
ed by the Hiological Survey shows that
the average bird population on the
farms of the United States can be
largely increased by protection in fur-
nishing food and shelter.
Several instances of a numerous
bird population following well-dir-
ected efforts for its sincrease are re-
ported. A farm of 65 acres near
Westerville, Ohio, comprising plowed
land 23 acres, hay land 22 acres, pas-
ture 5 acres .orchard 5 acres, house
and garden plot 2 acres, and swamp
and wooded creek borders 8 acres,
showed a population of 110 pairs of
native birds and 25 pairs of English
sparrows, or about double the average
for the State. A farm of 78 acres
near Strasburg, Ohio, with about the
same proportion of the different fields
had 126 pairs of native birds and
i ui viro'S SOLDIFK ( HIEiFJ Oltltk-
193 nesting pairs, had their homes In City to ltuth Haxey, 18. Oklahoma . MA N. 11L.N'T TO
this area. City.
In Aiken, S. C., the owners of two | Warren White, 50, Wynnewood, to
city blocks, 10 acres in all, for many Allie Norwood, 30, Wynnewood.
years liberally supplied the birds with Forrest E. Warehime 23, Stillwater,
food and water. In the summer oi to Marie, Davis, 20, Stillwater.
1915 the counts showed 10 species and jc. K. Griggs, 22, Oklahoma City to
65 nesting pairs on this area. These Gladys, Beilenberg, 18, Oklahoma City,
consisted of the following species: | Maurice Deming, 21, Guthrie to
Blue jay, 14; red-headed woodpecker, Olive Ramey, 17, Guthrie.
11; mocking bird, 9; brown thrasher, j Harry Homan, 42, Hayward, to
8; catbird, 7; cardinal, 6; wood thrush Bettie Yeager, 36 Mulhall.
4; orchard oriole, 1; shewink, 1; Eng- Frank W. Overley, 35, Augusta. Ks,
to Fannie Burnett, 22, Augusta, Kans.
J. H. Craig, 40, Muskogee to Ethel
Barker, 30, Charleston, W. Va.
James Dixou, 24, Orlando to Edith
lish sparrow, 4.
Two of the reports received, one
from Woodstock, Vt., and the other
from Viresco, Va., gave interesting
data as to variations in bird life from Hunt, 19, Orlando.
year to year. Fred Fallin, 20, Mulhall to Leone
The Woodstock tract contains 92 Galloway, 18, Mulhall.
acres, 20 of which are in woodland, the j D. L. Kennedy, 24, Coyle to Delia
balance devoted to pasture and usual, Lester man. 23, Coyle.
crops. I Daniel Yenzer, 21, Crescent to Gol-
The conditions on the farm have da Richard, 19, Crescent.
scarcely changed during the eight ( ——
years and the bird life has not much GETS $170,000 HEART BALM.
altered—84 pairs of birds in 1915 as j
compared with 87 pairs in 1908— but, From (he New york Herald.
it is interesting to note the wide varia-
pairs of English sparrows, also about tion in both kinds and numbers of
double the average. A farm of 4U j each registered in the annual counts,
acres near Middletown, Conn., con- The total number of species nesting
taining 10 acres of ployed land, .i j on tjje yiace jn the eight years aggre- I
(Pittsburg, Pa.—Twelve jurors, un-
able to agree otherwise on the amount
of damages Miss Nettle M. Richardson
should receive from Henry Denniston,
acres ot woodland, 5 acres of pasture I ga(ca 4"g> whUe the Wghe8t number|aSed Swissvale recluse, for "Is failure
12 acres of orchard, and 20 acres of in any one year is ^ an(i ^ lowest1 many her* ac ( 1 e am|)U" 8 e'^
meadow, had a bird population of 165 33> a range 0, frotn s0 per cent t0 n | believed she should have, divided t
pairs of native birds, 8 pairs of Eng- per cent ot the total xhe average total by twelve and aWa ,"
lish sparrows, and IB pairs of atari-1 number o£ nesting pairs per year is 82, a verdict for the result—$170,000.
lings; a total of 188 pairs, or more ; wUh variatlons from 77 l0 jj7> „r an IThat ' the larSeat verdlct cver glVeT1
than four times the average. A farm
of 40 acres at New Hope, Pa., called
"The Hedges," from its numerous
osage orange hedges, and divided into
plowed land 15 acres, woodland 2 ac-
res, orchard 5 acres, and grassland
18 acres, supported a bird population
of 136 pairs of native birds, 17 of Eng-
lish sparrows, and 1 starling; a total
of about four times the average.
These examples are all of farms that
are used for ordinary farming pur-
of the general questions of railway : p08eS( au(j where no attempt has been
in the courts for a failure to keep a
regulation.
Country Wants Something Done.
Members of Congress and others
who are Interested In the Inquiry un-
dertaken by the Newlands Committee
Insist that there Is no intention of
abandoning It.
it seems doubtful. Indeed, If the
country would i>ermit the
made to attract an extra number of
birds by winter feeding or by putting
up nesting boxes. The larbe bird
population is dus solely to absolute
protection and to leaving abundant
chances for favorable nesting sites.
Eight acres of land at Olney, 111.,
matter to ! devoted to birds, planted with shrub-
be dronned if there were evidence of a bery that supplies food and shelter,
desire on the part of Confess to do equlpped with nesting boxes, and made been rigorously protected, but there cvlden£c for the jury, concerning his
so. The nation-wide evidences of in- j ^ attractive by an abundant supply has been no «xlra b,r* either ability t0 par/ a large sum.
average variation of 3 per cent and a
maximum variation of only 6 per cent, j promise to marry.
These variations have been attributed application of artihmetic to
chiefly to the depredations of hawks, j the heart troubles of Mr. Denniston
The tract at Viresco, Va., contains and the y°unS woman was satisfac"
50 acres, consisting of woodland, 21 ^ t0 her and even he in"niated he
acres; plowed land, 5 acres;permanent was willing to let the matter drop
pasture, 15 acres; and the remainder; there, but his attorneys said the case
9 acres, brushy land along a stream would be appealed to a higher court,
and on a hillside. In 1907 much of, where perhaps the application of
the land not in woods had lately ceas- higher mathematics would give a dif-
ed to he cultivated and was growing! ferent result.
up in brush, while the underbrush had | Miss Richardson is 40 years old. She
just been thoroughly cleared out of formerly was a hotel clerk. Mr. Den-
| all the woods. In the last eight years niston is 78 and credited with possess-
the underbrush has worked back into ing 3 million dollars. They are third
the woods, while a great increase has cousins, if such a relationship may be
taken place in the brush and young figured. The cashier of the Braddock
trees along the stream and on some .National Bank testified that Mr. Den-
3 acres that were formerly cultivated, niston had $400,000 in cash on deposit
During al lthe years bird life has there, and that seemed to be sufficient
CATCH I M LK SAM'S $40,000,000
bamut-villa.
Mexico City, Mex., Dec. 25. General
Obregon, minister of war, and Gen-
eral Gonzales will have a meeting to-
morrow for the purpose of arranging
army matters so that General Obre-
gon may take command in t)he north,
it is reported in well informed cir-
cles here that General Obregon will
take the field personally against Vil-
la immediately.
Washington, D. C., Dec. 25. It is
estimated today that Uncle Sam has
spent more than $49,000,000 trying to
catch Pancho Villa and the Mexican
dit is still at large. 'He has just cap-
tured the Mexican city of Toreon.
The war department has not yet
issued an official report on the cost
of trying to catch the $49,000,000
bandit.
Last year the cost of feeding the
regular army was 27 cents a man per
day! Food price increases have placed
the cost at 30 cents. Uncle Sam has
spent about $8,120,996 feeding the
140,259 men for 193 days spent on the
border.
The pay bill for officers and men IB
put at $22,489,089.
The cavalry and field artillery of
the state militia were practically
horseless when they went to the bor-
der. The 6315 cavalrymen had 1824
horses, the 9524 field artillerymen
912 horses. It cost $1,943,890 to buy
horses and mules.
From the time Pershing went into
Mexico to June 30, 1916, there were
bought for the exclusive use of the
expedition 588 motor trucks, 57 mo-
tor tank trucks, 10 motor machine
shop trucks, 6 motor wrecking trucks,
75 automobiles, 61 motorcycles and 8
tractors for repairing the roads. This
cost is placed at $2,175,670.
The $49,000,000 estimate does not
cover wearing out of tentage and sup-
plies of all kinds, nor cost of mainten-
ance of roads and supply trains.
With Villa at large and the cost to
Uncle Sam going on, the total fig-
ure when the Villa matter is finally
ended will be all the more astound-
ing.
MKTHOIHST l'KK.MUlKRS PEN-
SIONS BECOMIMl ASSURED.
several emmlnet men to speak inSHR
lie*. Euster Secured While in Chicago
8everal Emmlnent Men to Speak
In Oklahoma.
Rev. W. T. Euster the secretary of
the Oklahoma Conference Claimant
movement returned from Chicago
Tuesday where he arranged for the
work for Oklahoma for the coming
year. Not only Bishop W. A. Quayle
lg to be present and help in the work
but Dr. llingeley and Dr. Mulfinger
of Chicago will be here for about two
months taking part in the work and
helping to organize it for permanent
utility for the future.
Rev. Euster says that if one does
not apprecitee the fine climate of
Oklahoma he should go to Chicago
about this time of the year where
the weather Is ten below and the air
soggy with moisture and blank with
soot, while the music of the piercing
breeze whizzing through those great
deep, dark canyons between the sky
scrapers makes one feel that he Is
anywhere else but Oklahoma and he
longs to get back to the mild and
•oothing influence of Oklahoma sun-
shine and azure blue of its skies
where the air is pure, and the water
likewise and especially to Guthrie
where one can enjoy life without hav-
KKAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
(Fred Cunningham to Geo. L. Ross,
one-eighth interest in N. W. 29-19-4W.
$240.
Linna Muilenburg to Geo. L Ross,
one-thirty-sixth interest as above $120.
Elma Snyder to Geo. L. Ross, one-
thirty-sixth interest as above $200.
W. llassel to Dan Wisslnger, lot 4
and NW. 32-17-2w. $1,250.
J. H. McFarland to Frank Stewart,
lots 1 and 2, b. 16. Hainer'sc Ad Guth-
rie, $1.00.
Addie M. McCoy to Mildred M. Cronk
lots 13 and 14, b. 6, C. H. Guthrie,
$2,500.
Mary F. Green to Jas F. and Cora
E. Horracks, lots 15 and 16, b. 4, Lov-
ell, $175.00.
Frank A. Edmunds to S. T. Edmon-
son lots 1 and 2 and S half NE. 12-
17-1 w, $6,000.
Stephen N. Dixon to Claude B. Allen
NE. 32-16-4w $4,000.
Nancy A. Haskell to Christian Noble
SE. 4-17-1 w $8,500.
A. C. McKee to Gust Warner SE. 35-
15-4 W $8,000.
Thompson Black to Pearl Black S.
half 8-15-1E. $1.
Rufus Campbell to .T. V. Armstrong
lot 5, b. 78 Elberta Ad. Crescent $30,
Erwln Hanewlnckel to John L. Good
lots 13 and 14, b. 34, Crescent $600.
terest evoked by the initiation of the
Newlands Inquiry show that the peo
pie of the country—shippers, consum-
ers and Investors, as well as railway
men themselves—are alive to the fact
that the railway situation Is highly un-
satisfactory and that steps must be
taken without unnecessary delay to
make it possible for the railroads to
meet the growing needs of the nation.
From reports received here It seems
as though almost every commercial or-
ganization and business interest in the
country were engaged in studying the
railroad question. The Chamber of
Commerce of the United States has
been conducting nti elaborate Inquiry
Into various phases of the subject for
many months past. Many local and
state commercial bodies In every part
of the country have committees en-
gaged in study of the problem and
have indicated a desire to come here
and present their views. National or-
ganizations of manufacturers, lumber-
men, coal operators, wholesale and re-
tall dealers, have expressed through
resolutions their desire for the unifica-
tion of the system of railway regula-
tion. The National Industrial Traffic
League, speaking from the viewpoint
of shippers using the railways, has
indorsed excluslv
providing it is ac
way as to give full protection and
prompt adjustment In matters relating
to transportation within the states.
Many Interests Studying Problem.
All these organisations represent pri-
marily the shippers of the country, but
they are not the only ones who are
taking a hand in the discussion. The
of food and water throughout the year,
became the home of 70 pairs of native
birds of 31 species. The experimen-
ter who conducted this refuge had
some difficulty with certain kinds of
birds. A single pair of red-headed
woodpeckers were selfish and aggres-
sive and prevented any other wood-
peckers from nesting in the boxes. The
house wren was equally tyrannical
and prevented several pairs of chick-
adees and tufted titmice from occupy-
ing vacant boxes. The blue jays and
winter or summer and no putting up ; Mr Denniston never made love to
of bird boxes, with the exception of ^|ss Richardson, she testified. He did
a single small martin house; this, nQt caresg her_ nor klss her u wa8
however, was scorned by the martins, a purc]y business understanding with
which are on several neighboring hlm Qn twQ Qf hcr ca„8 at hls home
farms, but was used fitfully by blue-
birds, house wrens and crested fly-
catchers.
A bird count was made by an orni-
thologist in each of the last five years,
and the results show a steady and pro-
nounced gain in the number of kinds
of birds nesting about the place, and
grackles, however, proved the most' a greater gain iu the total number
troublesome. The bluejays destroyed | of nesting pairs. Indeed, the gain in
tully 1)0 per cent of the eggs in the tllis latter respect, 6a per cent in the
lirst built nests and killed and de-1 ^ve >'eal's
him. On two of her call
she testified he had proposed that they
,be married and that she take care of
I him in his declining years, for which
service he proposed to make a liberal
allowance. Then he reconsidered the
matter, realized that he had gotten
along fairly well through his long life
j without spending much money, so
j why begin at his advanced age?
Therefore, he informed Miss Richard-
son he would not marry her.
I "I thank God there were twelve
is more than may be ex-
vr „rpH half erown vminir of the! plained by the growth of bird food and
half gr^nbj;^gnec°^^he,ter on the place and „ probably honest men on the Jury to give j
due to the entire freedom from dis-
turbance which the birds have come to
recognize.
..... .. . _ .. 'than $100,000 and believed I might
It is interesting to note the change i * '
in the character of the bird population
from year to year. While 42 kinds of
birds nested on the place in the
course of the five years, the greatest
number in any one year was only 34
mourning dove.
to discourage" some 15 pairs of
grackles and 50 pairs of blue jays be-
fore the smaller birds had a fair
chance of existence.
The Survey's observations on the
grounds of the department in Wash-
ington seem to confirm this exper-
ience, as grackles have been known to
feed upon newly hatched English
federal regulation sparrows. Fish crows, on the other
unpllshed In such a ^and, attacked the young of grackles
and even to a greater extent the nest-
lings of English sparrows.
Attracting Birds I'nder Suburban
Conditions.
The owner of a summer home in
Maryland a few miles from Washing-
ton, however, did not have the same
honest verdict to a working girl,"
said Miss Richardson after the jury
[reported. "I had expected not less
get as much as $200,000. I had asked
for 1-2 million dollars. Therefore
11 am not surprised by the verdict."
"I do not think the case will go
'any further," said Mr. Denniston. He
Investors of the nation, through their trouble with house wrens. As a re-
own asso.-latlons and through commit- suit 0f several years of endeavor, he
has a colony of house wrens which in
1915 numbered 19 pairs, all in boxes
tees representing the savings banks and
other financial organizations, are pre 1
paring to show the necessity of lmprov- j
Ing railroad credit and protecting the
rights of those whose money Is Invest
ed In railway securities. Finally the
railroads themselves, being vitally con
cerned In the Improvement of existing
put up for them in the immediate
neighborhood of the house, and yet
other birds also were numerous, and
in the 5 acres surrounding the house
there nested in 1915 a total of 24 spec-
conditions. are planning to submit their ! iCs and 135 pairs.
views through their executives, oper , The report of the 19i4 bird counts
sting officials and traffic experts and crc(jile(j cheVy Chase, Md., as having
to assert their willingness to accept far , , ...
, ... . „ the highest record for that year,
reaehing federal regulation along lines
FIUK MITIIIHMST HKV1VAL
SERVICES.
You are Invited to attend the special
revival services at the Free Methodist
church, 1124. West Mansur Avenue,
beginning Dec., 31st. The meeting
will be conducted by Rev. M. Wright
and Rev. J. W. Swann.
that will enable them to attract capital
and to provide the facilities needed for
the prompt and' efreient handling of
the country's transportation business.
Main Trouble l Too Many Master®.
Not all of these Interests are in ac-
cord as to the lemedlos that should be
adopted There seems to l e a general
agreement, ho vever. that many of the
difficulties which confront the railroads
and which make It Impossible for them
to meet the requirement* of the na
tion's commerce promptly and satisfac-
torily %rts from the haphazard and
often conflicting measures of regulation
that have been adopted from time to
time by the federal government and the
forty-eight states and that what Is
needed is a well ordered, systematic
scheme of federal regulation that shall
cover the whole country and make It
possible for the railroads to provide the
eitenslons nnd Improved facilities so
badly needed, while at the same time
protecting fully the public interests.
while each year a dozen or more kinds indicated he was tired of the entire
of birds nested within sight of the 50 matter and wished to drop it.
acres, but not within the enumeration j'
area itself. 1
These examples show bird lovers
what surprisingly satisfactory results
may follow persistent and intelligent
efforts to attract birds.
Town people are not as sociable as
country people—they just think they
are. E. R. Adams.
HOW SWEET
T N
„ SfP'
She—What do you mean by saying
pou'd like to see more of the world?
You've traveled n good bit.
lie—I mean that I'd like to see
more of the girl th%t'a all the world t<*
me. utid that's yoa.
CHRISTMAS SKASON CAUGHT
MAM HEARTS.
the highest record for that year. This
same area in 1015 showed a satisfac-
tory increase in the number of nesting
birds, the total being reported as 40
| species and 181* pairs on 23 acres.
| half-acre lot in this area was the
home during 1915 of 20 pairs of birds
representing 14 different species,
wood thrush nests being the greatest
number of any one kind.
A few miles from Indianapolis, Ind.,
is a tract of 44 acres known as
Wooden's Garden, set aside in 1897 as
a bird sanctuary, one of the first, if
not the first, of the kind in the United
State, in 1890 this was deeded to the
city of Indianapolis to be maintained
perpetually asapublic park wherebird
life should bocarefullj^proteeted. St
consists of 12 acres of cleared and
cultivated land and the remainder
of heavily wooded hills and ravines
The 1915 counts showed that 62 dif-
ferent kinds of birds, represented by
Judge Chappelle had an unusual
unusual number of applications for
marriage licences during the holidays
and tied a great many hots himself.
Here is the sensational list:
Paul Lamb, 23 Hennessey to Mary
Elrod, 23, Lovell.
W. L. Murphy, 28, Orlando to Mat-
tie Wreath, 23, Arakansas City.
Tom Triggs ,44 Meridian to Sallie
Baugney, 21, Meridian.
W. M. Hunt, 22, Guthrie to Martha
L. A. Zachgo, 25, Crescent to Grace
Pool. 27, Crescent.
Aaron Christ, 21, Fallis to Ella Ar-
cher, 18, Meridian.
John Allen 40, Guthrie to Florence
Wyatt, 35. Guthrie.
1). B. Bassett, 39, Guthrie to Thelma
Heece, 31, Guthrie.
Clifford Lee, 26, Meridian to Mary
Bafne f, 21 Meridian.
Edward D. Crabb, 26, Arcadia to Al-
ice A. Bonner, 2S, Arcadia.
C. A. Meeker, 27, Goodnight to Min-
nie Ballard, 26, Goodnight.
Wm. A. Hubbard, 22, Guthrie to
Maud F. Scovill, 24, Guthrie.
Ora E. Hubbard, 20, Guthrie to Nell
Scovill, 20, Guthrie.
[ Elmer D. Muelhausen, 21, Oklahoma
"New Year Greetings To All
W
wish to thank every customer,
large or small, who has helped
us maketheyear 1916 the "greatestever.''
May the New Year hold much happi-
ness for all and if at any time we can as-
sist, command us. This is your store,
at your service. Any transaction here is
not considered closed by us until you are
satisfied.
Again wc say, "HAPPY NEW YEAR"
GARDNER & SOEHL
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Golobie, John. Oklahoma State Register (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 26, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 28, 1916, newspaper, December 28, 1916; Guthrie, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc280048/m1/4/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.