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THE OKLAHOMA DEMOCRAT.
ALTUS, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2. 1911.
VOL 4. NO. 40.
From Wednesday's Dally
John Thompson a aorkiuuii on the
Wirliltu Falls & Northwestern Kail-
way died suddenly thiH morning at 1
th< W F. ti N. \V. car ahuuly our I
half iull<' north or tin- Orient depot,j
when* he hud gone to work
Thompson was u ear carpenter and .
had worked for tin- Wichita Falls
APPOINTED WATCH INSPECTOR
FOR WICHITA FALLS
LINES.
E. E. Russell Now Inspector for All
Railroads Through Altus.
E. K. Russell, proprietor of th«- big
road for about three months, coining j Jewelry More on the south side has
here from Sa|iul|ia. Oklahoma, where; been appointed local watch Inspector
he had spent scvou years ill the ser-, for ihe \V. F N. W.. the \V. I'. & li,
Vice of the Frlaco. U" >v K * '• lallrouds.
Thotupson went to the car shanty! Mi. Russell was already Inspector
at seven this morning where he greet-(for the Frisco aud Orient lines. This
ed E. T. Murphy, a fellow-employe In uieans that every man of every crew
his usual Jovial manner. Seating him-jot every railroad that passes through
sell on a box back of the stove he Altus must call at. Russell's twice
complained- of not .feelljig very well,each month-and have his time piece
and of the > room being cold, examined to see if It keeps pace with
Murphy suggested the building Ai a J the l,iK regulator at tie- Jewelry store.
fire and started to do so*whe nThomi^ii .Mr. Russell has had a telegraph
d his. breast * itf^'instrument installed in .his watch-
'i\ill, cxVlaim-1 tuakers rirtmr anil at eleten o'clock
Jjluck." j each morning gets the correct time
the wire from 'W&shtngton.
This" appointment "is considered
lift quite an advantage for Mr. Russell,
Tlroclf-*'as it rfieuns that lit*-store will'be vis-
by a couple of
hundred of wh'atf'is' considered the
the
LAOV MANNERS WEDS.
810 OIVIOENO PAYMENT.
New York. Feb I -III*! id checks' Undou. Feb 1 Udy Violet Mai,-
aggregating many millions were sent n. rs, .laughter of the Duke and Duch
out today b, ih. various railroad utid ,.** „f itmhlniid. today iHH'lllllc Ihe
industrial corporation* having head bride of Hugo Charterl*. th. cremo
quarter* in this clt> According io ,HMng s,
preliminary . -tluiates. th-- dividend church. W
sou sndg|;Uly Ri'MMJV
his hands and started topfull.
inn "Kveftrthing is getting
Murphy caught tbe falling man and over
called for assistive?: o> . foQgj TI
man of the materjal gai£.. wlm
in an adjoining room and K. A
man. another WM'Wninu responded and*1 itbd twice each month
the men placed Thompson upon sonm;,1"
old •'(•lothes-'onltlife' fluor;. thiniediscov-j; Ift'st buying class'of peqple in
ei'-d thut he. was dead- .'.jcountry.
The body was removed to the Knox
undertaking establishment to be pre-
pared for burial. There a post mor-
tem examination was held and, It was
found that Thompson's death was
caused by a rupture of the walls of
the liea'rt and'Internal-bleeding.
John Thompson was born in Cana-
da tilty-four years ago. He married
and came to the United States,
ing iu Illinois. He has followed rail-1 portions of the state Tor judicial pur-
loading for mayy years,
t'-unsFlVania and *~l*>. .'I 1 I Whereas. we deem it it^oort
coming to Oklahoma. While in the arice to Altus aud Jackson county as
employ of the Frisco at Sapulpa the to manner of creating said districts,
past year his wife and daughter both j Wherefore, lie it resolved that- we
died after a lingering illnefts. leaving j favor such measure as will create a
him in straitened circumstances, with new district in the southwest part of
numerous debts which he worked and
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RESOLUTIONS OF THE ALTUS
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
' Be it Resolved by the Altus Cham-
ber of Commerce in regular session
this the 31st day of January 1911, that.
Whereas, there is pending hi the
legislature iu the State of Oklahoma,
settl- j certain measures'for rhe redisricting
rail-1 portions of
Illinois, I poses and,
Whereas, we def
and Interest disbursements for the
month Mill show a considerable In
crease over February of lust .vera
Among th,. dividend payments wet*,
Cluted Cigar Mauufartur* common
one and one.half per cent. American
(Hue preferred, semi-annual 1 per
ecu . Rending comniou, :t per cuift and
Norfolk Southern oii' -lialf of one per
cut, quarterly dividend.
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FEDERAL LIGHT MEETING.
New York. Feb. I. --Directors were
lected and other business transacted
at the annual meeting todu.v of the
Federal Light & Traction Company.
place In St Margaret's
it minister, before an audi I
eitee n f'jic most prominent noblest
ami political leaders of Ureal Brit
sin
l,ad,V Violet Is tin second of ihi,.,. ; -,_r,^n.i-_i-_ri
beautiful but somewhat cccntric I act
daughters ot the financially iiti|s>y j f /) | RONS OF THE
erlshed Duke of Ruthliind. The bride- |
groom Is also lacking in money, but I
he has great prospects as the son of j
l<ord Klcho. tah<' heir to the aged
Karl of Wemyss. Lord Klcho suc-
ceeded to ihe heirship through the
death of three elder brothers. .Mr.
Chatteris also has political Influence,
as his eldest sister married Premier
Asipiith's son, Herbert, and his moth-
er was in many ways u mentor of
former Premier llalfour.
01) Mil IS
3 TUBS u mi
SCHOOLS TAKE NOTICE
NEWS FROM THE NEARBY TOWNS
(lathered hi/ tli« /h maerat'* UtyuJar Correxpomlenrr SlaJ
The following notice was handed
to the Democrat for publicatloo by II
W Decker, Supt. of City Sch« ols and
should lie read by every patron of the
schools:
"At a meeting of the Board of Ed-
ucation held last evening it was de-
cided to dismiss' the school* until
next Monday. February ti The schools
will open on that date, and pupils In
order to be admitted must present to
thel r teacher a certificate from a
j practicing physician stating that, the;
From Wednesday'* Dally
loday mailin ihe licKinniug 4>f a.
new y.-ur with ihe Dally Oklahoma
Democrat The first Issue of thi*
publication appeared February 1. 1908,
and today we begin Its fourth year.
We believe we have a right to be
somewhat proud of the little dally
that has struggled through the period
when Altus was fighting for recogni-
tion in Southwest Oklahoma.
As we look at the handsome buat-
ness structures adorning every busi-
ness street, the evidence of thrift anf
prosperity on every hand, and tba
high standing of the city abroad. • It
requires no s|tecial wisdom to discov-
er that Altus is now large enough, ta
support a daily paper; but the read-
paid off before leaving and had S2u
When he landed in Altus three months
ago. lie had saved about $1
his earnings sice
Thompsou van
Odd Fellows lodg'
of the Brotherhci
men. iu which la
held a lift
The body is being held at the Knox
undertaking • parlors avyaitlng orders
from friends r
the state composed of Harmon. Jack-
son,' Swansori and Tillman counties,
and we do specially request the sen-
froni | ator and representative from Jackson
ouiing here. county*to use their best endeavor to
! member of the;that purpose.
and also a member j Re "it further resolved that a copy
[lilway Car- pf this resolution be forwarded to the
he Hon. Guy P. Horton, S. '0. Ashby, and
00. the senators and represeiiatives from
the above named .counties and such
other parties as may he interested in
this matter,
C R. DONART. President.
C. 1.. KKESLAR, Secretary.
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■est j JOHN COLSTON OF HOLLIS DEAD,
tiou :i2
! From Wednesday';
id of
latter organization
■ante policy of $1.'
OLUSTEE. ; jjt.N^rs. li I,. Cooper is visiting hci
Mr and Mrs. Kdwards of Wellston,i Sister, Mrs. W Covington, of tin
Oklahoma, are visiting his brother, j Fruzlpr coiuiuiinity this week.
C. W. Kd wards. They have ■jostvr< - '• Airs. Simpson is visiting her daugh
turned from a pleasant trip through Her Mr- I', is. Raker this week
California. Mr. (*. W.'fceenrfe to think j Ma^ie Hall is quite sick hay-
Oklahoma a far better country for the | injf !aj;)'';ipi..
poor man, but (California is alright fori A. C. Raker is sick yvii,h
the rich man. (s^Mipe. ,
Mr. W. H Phillips and Mr D. Rem-j X,Vheie will be a box supper at Ori-
ley visited Hollis and Wellington e^i February | Kveryhody come and
last week. .Irrfng boxes as they are going to take
Mr. and Mrs. Alger Leachman leave ■ thi- money and get a library for the
for lamont, Oklahoma. Tuesday. They i sCfcool. jf. j|
have made many warm friends while I <'
here, who regret to see them leave. PRAIRIE HOME.
Quite a moving will take place the- The meeting to discuss consolidat-
first of February, however, the par- ed schools was well attended Satur-
ties will remain in town. day night. A great deal of interest
Mr. and Mrs. I. R. Dorvell celebrat- j and enthusiasm was manifested. All
ed their tenth wedding anniversary phases of the subject were ably dis-
Friday evening. cussed. A movement to campaign
The Olustee High School is grow- the four districts involved, was
ing nicely under the munaReiiictit of (Sla ted. Next Saturday nitfit a
Prof. Hayes; the enrollment has about meeting will be held at the Robinson
reached 400. A Joint debate between school house, district number two.
the Olustee and Hollis schools is be-j Arrangements w ill then be made for
.have had small pox. hau been Suc-jers will recall that The Dallv oklaho-
cessfully vaccinated within the past La Democrat was launched when -Al-
|mc .years, or have been vaccinated .t„s was small, when it was not- the
' ' ti l"'t!an ' U't'i'iiianeiil seat of goverfinlent
lb- I'oard of County t ission- Lvw rmiMy amJ th„ „|f.as)Ure ofHJ
"i'8 y"8U,rday pursuant^ ,.itv s eoilljn(s p, ati.e,
to a call made by Dr. RawU^tl.e th„
11 > health ofn'er. and issued an order!#
ing arrauged.
The Epworth League will give a Lit-
erary entertainment at the Methodist
Annex Tuesday night.
The next number of the Lyceum
will be at the auditorium Saturday.
The New State Club hai
to keep open a Rest Rrfoni
noon of the wqek at the old bank where, who
building. The Library will be kept .schools. •
open at this place, if sue
a meeting at Lock and later at dis-
trict number eight. Everyone in these
districts should attend all meetings so
as. to be better prepared to wield his
influence when the question is
brought to a final issue. A cordial
arranged invitation to attend all meetings is
ach after-1 earnestly extended to everyone'evrrv-
is interested in belter
ifltive to burial.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
Hogan Wtlleford and wife to Amzt
I, Stokes undivided one-halt' int
I nnortbeaat one-fourth of
in Twp. 1 n of r 20 W. 1. M.. $4.0"". j1,10,11 Wednesday's Daily
F Hendricks to A. F. Hendricks, j ^ McOleary, undertaker for
an undivided one-half in- the tioodman-Floyd Furnitur,. Compa-
juthwest one-fourth ' was suninioned to Hollis this morn
Hon 26"Twp. 4 n of r 1! W. 1. M* !,nK to tak« '^'Ke H><' bod
P.
her husban
terest in and ti
$1.00 and other considerations.
W. T. IJasley and wife to James C
Jenkins lot 4 in block 69 in ('rain h
first addition to city of Altus, $.>0u.
Orient Land Co. t" m Collins,
lot- 4 in block f.O in Craiu's first ad-
dition to Altus. JIM.
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BA3V BOY OF ATTORNEY
GORE BURIED TODAY.
Front Wednesday's Daily.
The body of Ellis Moore Gore, three
mouths oW son of Attorney K K Cor.
was laid to test by his mothers side
of Air.
home
John Colston who died at hi
near that plate early today.
Mr. Colston is a brother of Mrs. P.
• ' Steele of this place and Mrs. Tom
Turner who lives thvee miles west
and one mile south of Aftus.
The body will be brought to the
Turner home awaiting the arrival of
relatives from the north and from
Texas. Burial will be made in the
Frazfer cemetery some time this
weeli.
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HYDE BEFORE COURT.
New York, Feb. 1.—City Chamber
riea out a V. M. C. A. may bt
ganized later. Some place of re
ation for the young is needed.
L. M. -Whitworth has takn a car
or- load of hogs to Fort Worth. Before
re- returning he will spend a week with
Irelatives and friends in Bosque coun-
ty.
to pay for vaccinating* all persons tin-;
able to pay for it themselves. The
line uaiiv democrat came into era^i
,0. i WKY* ty;L'$al*TV«ncl':>cause we believed too, andada
j. Parents* desiring toffa,,t tbat Altus has maintained a ,d«i-
was only tha
partiotisUi. energy, and
faith of its citizens. Altus is a great
city because its people believed ' in
,, .the stability of her possibilities. '
t oinniissioners appointed Dr Fox and '
11 ' x I the Daily Democrat came into
t>Ki,'TlariViu.s
for the county.
take advantage of this free vaccina-1 ly for three yea,.s wlthout a breala;iB
ion must go in person with their chil-ja standing monument to its busineM
dren to these do< tors and declare | stal)ilitv
their inability to paj. j Qn gtarUnK the fourth volume ot
Both the county an dthe city health A,Uls- daiIv W(. desjre to.,ea.
officers were present at the meeting! ,nVHS to th„ ,.itizt,n8 of Altus our ap.
last evening. In dismissing the schools i prwiation of the encouragement! we
and compelling the vaccination of the
pupils, the P.oard of Kducation is car-
rying out the plan demanded by the
health officers."
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NOT ALL YOU HEAR IS TRUE.
have received throughout the entire
period of its publication.
We have but one promise to maka
for this year and years to come, and
that is that we will make the dally
as strong a publication as it is poaa-
ible i^blish .in a city of the size
A number of false stories are going ,.I1(),.avoI. t() kee)) it thp r,OBt
ranks of the city's progress.
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the rounds today about the amount of j
small ikix in town. The county health
officer reports only sixteen cases to
date and these, he says, are in a very
light form in" most instances.
SHORT BANKING HOURS.
Richmond, Vs., Feb. 1.—Hours for
{banking in Richmond will be shortea-
A number of people have been quar j^ on„ beginning todav. aI1 tlw
antined on account of exposure so finaiu.ial hou8l,s of the 1>itv cloaillg
very yellow flag doesn't mean a thejr dQQn at , (A.]o(.k ;,a(.h aru,rn00!|
ase of small pox.
The city schodls were closed this I
morning for the balance of the we >k j
precaution against the spread
of the disejise by giving all pupils that I
ngth' of' time in wlfich to be vacci-.
j instead of 3 o'clock.
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[COLLEGE COURSE IN WASHIMa
DUKE. j Mr. Alexander of Harmon county,
Who said summer time? Thisjwhil,. resting from court services in
makes the coal man look blue. (his county, si«*nt Sunday with
Eli Pool whose store burned at' many friends he
Wellington two weeks ago has moved
back to Duke.
Two cars of brick are being unload-
■d and hauled to West Duke. Seems
the courting yve spoke of last week
in ihe city cemetery this morning af--jHjn pbarie8 Hyde, who recently play-
tei funeral serve s at the home The „u, t|(,e rf)k. ,u ,h(1 farc(. comedy
funeral services was conducted by of Hyde and g,'n,.. reporters
Hr. .1 w Jennings, pastor oi the Joying Hin apl„.H|. 1)(M01(. the
FivM Baptist church who was assisted jlate division of the Supreme
by Rev. Robt. Hodgson, pastor of tne|rourf ()| fa(.( ,.harse>i l(rollK|„ „Kajnj;t
M-tbodist church.
1 ,'ttie Ellis died Tuesday morning
after a severe illness
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FRANK LANHAM BUILDING
A NICE RESIDENCE
his
Knowing him to
be a songster of the Old School, his
friends invited him to lead the sing-
ing exercises Sunday afternoon. All
were royally entertained.
On Sunday evening the singers
has come to au abrupt end. But then I were entertained by Miss McKee
lovers always like to quarrel, its so Miss Maud Hoover of Comanche
much fun to kiss and make up. county. Miss Lucy Mills of Altus High
Mr. J. T. Parks, the contractor will School, were welcome visitors iu our
complete the cement sidewalk around I midst last Sunday.
the brick block which completes his During the first of the week Clyde
contract, tomorrow. This is on. oflMiznor and Ruby Pitts
the handsomest blocks in southwest j friend* at Hollis.
Columbia. Mo.. Feb. 1.- Rub-a-dub-
dub go the maids at the tubs at the
nated or procure a certificate of vac- | rniversity of Missouri todav. The
cinatton or of. having had small pox.jnew (,ourStr> in sclentifi.''feundry work
These certificates must be presented was"inailglirated today and hereafter
•O the teachers Monday before pu-Uvery student in the home etonomitf
pils will be permitted r« p«-< n ..r!
school.
While
visited with
Oklahoma.
Regular preaching at the Baptist
church, first and third Sunday . ach
month, H. L. Boyce pastor.
Preaching at Methodist cuhrch sec-
ond and fourth Sundays each month
•rook, or does the
i duty to society?
lawyer also owe
These questions
will be discussed tonight by Ueorge
Ihim In connection with his invest-
I Dieflts of munici|uil fund>.
• This is alleged to be on. ,,f the first
I flops to bring about a complet,. a«-
eoiiniing of Chamberlain llyde s trans
a- tions. as the , biel financial officer
Frank Lanliam. on. of the efficient jfh^ rlty> ,n 1)K,km)t aff#.r ,h<1 w|.
Tor. • rtf clerk* at the Altus |Kwt. ffi< e. j |« .^K>n and disl.ui nt of- 2.V .n«rt..
who recently brought honi. a bii.le. j0„„ ,asf Itis not intimated that
Is haying a modern five ro..n, .. tae. Mr Hyd« has in any way been dls-
erwt#^! on West l/Kusf stre.'-t Work jhon.-si. but in some quart
commenced on the new home this lleged that he ha« ink .•*#•
we^K and as s«H>n as it i« cnmplt.d , ar^ in looking after th.
M"- and Mr« I anhani will ! • ready the city.
to r"H * their friend* In th -tr own
■=• . n-ry a n'H'ba^rer'a
v it is al
ised due
money of j
Our Sunday schools is still making
good progress. The comparisons of
the good Kings of Judah and the evil
Kings of Israel, are helping us to see
who is our best ally.
Prairie Home feels that It is
Sunday school every Sunday at ten J gaining some of iu old time urrstage !(!, ''don Rattle before the Educational
and attractions True to last week's i A"ian^,' Th.. address and discuss-
rumor, a spelling match was enjoyed l*011 is part "f 8 s**r'es arranged by
by a good audience at the school ! ,f"adin* ,an>ers and judges of New
house last Friday night. It yvas such ! tn li*hr u,,on ,h*" 'egal re-
a success that another is billed for rorn,s "dv'icated by President Taft.
next Friday liight A unique feature i ooOoo —r
of the spelling will be the use of the TO TEACH GOTHAM FARMERS
old fashioned / blue-back" Elementary )
speller Conn- and ehjoy yourself
Everybody come. p f.
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MORE CORN. MORE CATTLE.*
re-enter! department must roll up hfer sleevea
iand work over the washtub once' ••
day ' ,
precaution to prevent the spread of j Most of th(. V((|mg ,adv student,
the disease rhere is no cause for«tak(. to the tub likt, dm.ks t() w
special alarm as it is thought the mat- bllt a few of theln an. incHnt>d lo ^
ter is being gotten under control by'sent thf> new course 0llf, gjr, wrut#
the proper authorities. |t0 tlu. president of th(. r„iversityj it
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TO DISCUSS LEGAL PROBLEMS, j.,, that on, Ah sing Uladf, „ ,npm.
ber of the faculty and appointed to
the chair of scientific washee-washee.
The young nieu students of the uni-
versity almost universally declare
that the new course is a move in th«
sole duty of an advocate, under such right dire. tion, and the girls of the
conditions, to the accused man whom c)ass ar„ sajd t(( hav,, a|r(.adv r^fr_
■ represents, whose liberty he is ed numerous proposals
bound to secure by any legal hook or'
New York, Feb. 1—What is the'
duty of a lawyer in a criminal case |
in defending a client he knows, or has '
reason to believe, is guilty? Is the '
a. m
I-adios Aid Society met at Mrs. \V,
R. Pools Tiies«la> at 3 s m
PLEASANT POINT.
Singing Sunday night was simply
flue anil a very large crowd attneded.
The Orient boys, not being satis-
fied that the Pleasant Point boys are
the Im si ball players, came over Fri-
day afternoon and played another
game. The icatiic ended 14 to
favor of Pleasant Point This is two!
games they haVe played this year and, Columbia. S C. Feb 1
Pleasant Point heat both time*
Mr Willie Morris Is hack in
after a weeks al>
sickness.
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New ■ \ork. Feb.. • 1 Ambitious
young would-be farmers from all over
Manhattan an dthe agricultural dis-
tricts of Brooklyn and fh. Bronx,
heeding the call of "back to the soil."
With great- assembled a' the Twenty-third street
ly increased corn production. Sonth | V M. C A. this afternoon foY the first
h"ol, Carolina is destined soon to become |lecture o fa .o„rs4. in s< ientifi. til
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LACLEDE GAS "MELON."
New York. Feb. I. To meet 11,t^>0,-
000 of coupon gold notes due today,
the i^icledc ilas Company has issued
Jl.itno.iHiii of new stock, and also ■
additional million of new stock dis
tributed among present holders gs a
juicy melon in the < apital up to $1#,-
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«w account of an important live Mtxk state. a«.-ord
ing to the offh-ials of the South Caro-
Mr Arthur Plainer of Qnanah TeX- |ina Live Stock Association, .hub
and j convened here today for its annual
* visiting hi* parents. Mi
A M Plainer, tbis week
r. F II Baker visited the s
< afterdooa
hool j
Ink at Bn
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t.barser's
lage l rof, Ceorgke Cavanaiigk. of
the Cornell I'niversity College of Ag-
riculture. is the teacher today, and
will tell the youngsters how to make
t*e blades of «h<-al crow where none
grew before br the nm- of fertiliters
REDEEM RAILWAY BONDS.'
New >ork. Feb 1. i.'irst moitgafln
five per cent gold bonds of the Cr.-ea-
bri.i K N'.-w River Railroad Com|l^«jr
w hh h were asuiiied by the Chesit^alw
•V- Ohio. ar> called for redemption ta-
day at |iar and accrued interest, i^yi
further Interest bn th. lH.nds unaj
today. '
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GREAT BIRTHDAY FESTIVAL.
Tnkio. Feb 1. —All of th> iiltle
girls of Japan are celebrating their
birthdavs today, id accordant witk
the custom whereby ail femah- chil
dr ii t • iebrate in Kr bmary and all
boya in May
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