Mangum Sun-Monitor. (Mangum, Okla.), Vol. 23, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 4, 1913 Page: 1 of 8
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MANGUM, GREER COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, September 4.I9lj.
VOL. 23 NO. 52
Th® Town Dog
BEN RILEY TO „
, One item of economy that we
HEFER THE IMEWi*ou,d ,,ke to»ugg**t is for Man-
ELECTION LAW
gum to get rid
j cent uf her d»>gs.
of about 0U per
Just think what
a foretaste of the good country we
{ hope to reach after death it would
Old Secretary of Board WanU I* '"J1" "l"">,u' d°"'
*•«•*»•** j- ac The Gro?er Merchant would be
to Hold Hi« Job, and is Af
ter Mi-Daniel's Scalp
it
! Ileved to such an extent that he
! might afford to cut off a small
■ j per cent of his profits, and we feel
We advised our readers last week j 14 w°»ld "ot our d<**
not to sign the petition to refer I'bills to eat clean food that the
the new election law and gave them j**• *** not ««• in «>»«■?
Home of our reason, for it. Below |^lltve our neighbors of
we publish what the "AIM* Times' jthe ""easily of sitting upatn.ghts
of last week said about it. *hootin* them and endangering the
Ben W. Riley, secretary of the ,ive* of the P*°P,e a11 «round-
state election board, who has been Tht' country horM cou,d ** ,n
described by many persons as the !■duCed to drink w"ter oUt of our
"most corrupt man in Oklahoma.'
has evolved a brilliant scheme to
stave off the adoption of the new
election law until after the next
general election, and at the same
time to get Ned McDaniel's goat.
He has drafted initiative petitions
against the first six sections of the
law, demanding that they be refer-
ed to»a vote of the people, which
will of course defer the adoption
of the law until after it can be
voted on by the people, which will
be on August 5, 1915.
In order to make his pcheme ef-
fective, however, Mr. Riley must
secure 12,500 signatures of quali-
fied voters to his petition before
October 3, 1913, at which time the
petitions must be filed with the
secretary of state. This ia the
date the new election law would
have gone into effect, and the time
when Ned McDaniel, secretary of
the senate, who is made secretary
of the state election board under
the measure, would have taken his
seat. Thus the initiative petition
will very effectually keep Ned out
of office until the question is voted
on, provided of course Riley se-
cures the necessary signatures.
The new election law is a good
one, and was voted for by Demo-
crats and Republicans alike. Riley's
only object is to keep McDaniel
out of his job, and to do this he is
willing to plunge the state, already
overburdened with tafles, into the
expense of an unnecessary election.
Caused Excitment.
Wednesday night about ten
o'clock two unknown men assaulted
C. J. Caughey the proprietor of the
Gladstone Hotel, while in the dark
in his back yard by throwing some
large rocks at him which would
have probably fatally injured him
had they went true to thejr aim,
but Mr. Caughey quickly unlim-
bered his smoke pole and sent
several shots after them, until it
was evident that they were out-
running the bullets and he decided
to stop wasting his amunition.
Aside from endorsing Mr.
Caughey's conduct we would like
to offer some advice to the assail-
ants;—let Mr. Caughey alone for
you might get killed, go to the
Fair and tackle Oscar Weil, our
champion footracer, .for all who
saw your getaway declare that Os-
car Weil would not be in it with
you when it comes to footing it—
besides it looks low-down and
cowardly to assault a man from the
rear in the dark.
public watering places, it would
relieve us largely from exposure to
hydrophobia, it would relieve you
from hard feelings with your
neighbor whose dogs are not at all
modest about the u-eof your front
yard. In fact if you will just fig-
ure out the credit and debit sides
to there fullest extent you will be
surprised at the results.
If people who own dogs would
come to a common sense realization
of the amount of displeasure they
impose upon their neighbors and
then count up the real value they
are to themselves, and then apply a
liberal dose of "Golden Rule"
there will"be a revolution in Man-
gum on the dog question.
We much prefer hogs in the city
limits, properly restrained and pens
kept sanitary, to the hundreds of
dogs that run at large.
To
Come to THE BROK-
ERS fair week.
Farmers Needing
Loans
Get in touch with us. Although
money is not easy to get, our fac-
ilities enable us to meet a large
demand now, and we will have
money for eight per cent loans on
farms throughout the winter. We
can pay you money when the papers
are signep if the title is clear, and
no one has more liberal terms than
we have. We do' not think that
any agency in Greer County has
better facilities for getting you
money than you can through us. It
will pay you to know how many
yeers we can give you dn your com-
mission notes. Our office is rear
First National Bank, Mangum Okla.
COVINGTON & BROWN.
We Have Just Received
a shipment of new cabinet folders.
You will appreciate style of mounts
and the class of photos you can ob-
tain at reasonable prices. What
you want is a good portraiture
effect in pictures.
New kind of a post card. Three
positions on a post card.
•Have good accomodations for
group work.
With 20 years' experience we
should be able to please you.
J. PASEVITCH,
117£ N. Oklahoma Ave.
North of Bakery.
There was about sixty children
of the Sunbeam Class from the
Baptist church attended the Baptist
Association at Hester, Wednesday
morning.
Let every Christian man. wo-
man and child join in one united
effort to make the coming Conven-
tion the greatest ever held in Greer
county, Sept. 27 and 28.
Notice
Bring your cotton to my gin I
am ready to gin picked or boll
cotton and I will make you a sam-
ple that you will be proud of, and
will not waste your cotton ia hulls
or leave it in the seed. All work
guaranteed to be as good as any
done in tha state under *ame con-
ditions.
I thank you for any business
that yon see fit to give me. I am
very truly yours.
IRVIN CHANCLER
The Mangum, Greer County, Fair
Association
A. GORDON. President.
D. R. DIAL. Secretary.
DAILY PROGRAM
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday,
September 10, II. 12, IJ, I9IJ.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTKMBER IU. 1913
9:30 a. m. Baseball Game.
11 a. m.--Aeroplane Flight.
11:30 a. in.—Half Mile Bicycle Race.
11:46 a m.—100-Yard Dash (Foot Race).
12 Noon
2 p. m.—Baseball Game.
2:30 p. m.—Free-for-all Pace. Time under 2.30.
3 p. m.—220-Yard Dash (Foot Race)
3:30 p. m.—One and One-Half Mile Cowboy Relay Race.
Three changes.
4 p. m.—Aeroplane Flight.
4:30 p. m.—5-Mile Automobile Race.
5 p. m.—Pole Vault.
5:30—5-Mile Motorcycle Race.
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 11, 1913
9:30 a. m. -Baseball Game.
11 a. m.— Aeroplane Flight.
11:30 a. m.—440-Yard Dash (Foot Race).
,11:45 a. m.— Discus Throw.
12 noon.
2 p. m.—Baseball Game.
2:30 p. m.—Free-for-all Trot. Time under 2.30.
3 p. m.—880-Yard Dash (Foot Race).
3:30 p. m.—5-Mile Automobile Race.
4 p. m.—Aeroplane Flight.
4:30 p. m.—Three-year-old and under Half-Mile
Harness Race. No race horses allowed.
5 p. m.—Running High Jump.
5:30 p. m.—5-Mile Motorcycle Race.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1913
9:30 a m.—Baseball Game.
11 a. m.—Aeroplane Flight.
11:30 a. m.— One Mile Relay (Foot Race.)
11:45 a. m.— Shot Put.
12 noon.
2 p. m.—Baseball Game.
2:30 p. m.—One Half Mile Running Dash (Horse Race).
3 p. m.—One Mile Relay (Foot I^ace)
3:30 p. m.—Bottle Race.
4 p. m.- Aeroplane flight.
4:15—5-Mile Automobile Race.
4:30 p. m.—1-Mile Slow Automobile Race in high gear.
5 p. m.—1-Mile Delivery Boys Race, and make 4 deliveries.
5:30 p. m,— Hammer Throw.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1913
9:30 a. m.—Baseball Game.
11 a. m.—Aeroplane Flight.
11:15 a- m.—Standing Broad Jump.
11:30 a. m. — Running Jump.
12 noon.
2 p. m.—Baseball Game.
2:30 p. m.—1-Mile Running Dash (Horse Race).
3 p. m.—1-Mile Running (Foot Race).
3:30 p. m.—One and One-Half Milo Relay Buggy Raceu
3 changes.
4 p. m.—Aeroplane Flight.
4:15 p. m.—Free-for-all Automobile Race. 10 miles.
4:30 p. m.—2-Mile Relay (Foot Race).
5 p. m.—Old Men's Foot Race. (Over 60 years old).
100-Yard Dash.
5:20 p. m.—5-Mile Motorcycle Race.
All races must have four entrys and three starters; all
purses to be divided into two moneys and 40 per cent third
winner's entrance fee. Five per cent to enter and five per
cent deducted from money winners (Hobble Not Barred).
All Harness Races, one-half mile heats, best two in three.
No entrance fees except in automobile and horse races. All
entries restricted to old Greer County.
PROCEEDINGS
OF CITY C0UN-
CILMEN.
Dog and Hog Day Thorough-
ly Diascusacd by City
Bosaes.
The City Council met last Tues-
day night with Mayor Border, Coun-
cilmen Simpson, Noble, Snell, Nor*
man and Slaton present.
The Jack Fields matter agiiin
came up for consideration. Some
time ago a settlement was agreed
upon, to the effect that the City
would buy the North half of Mr.
Fields farm and the Saltfork river
bed for $850.04), Mr. Fields an-
nounced tnat he could sell the
South half to Mr. A. R. Wilson.
The City accepted his proposition,
and had the City Engineer survey
the land and prepare field notes.
This disclosed the salt fork runs off
of Mr. Fields land on som* lands
owned by Mr. Frazier on the old
Joe Sweet place, and on again to
Mr. Fields farm. One of the rea-
sons for the purchase of the land
from Mr. Fields, was to secure a
dumping ground for the city and
own the bed of salt fork, where the
sewerage empties. As soon as it
was discovered that the sewerage in
salt fork only runs between a quar-
ter to half mile on Mr. Feilds prop*
erty on to Mr. Frazier's property,
the City officera became alarmed
that Mr. Frazier too might come
with a complaint before the city
council. Mr. Fields told the city
council that he was unable to make
any deal with! Mr. Frazier and
offered to discount his offer $50.00
or take $825.00 for the lands, but
there was considerable feeling
among the councilmen that this was
too much and that the land could
be condemmed much cheaper, so Mr.
Fields' proposition was rejected.
Judge Tr P. Clay appeared before
the city council in behalf of the
Mangum Telephone Company.
When the City granted a franchise
to the Mangum Telephone Company
severalyears ago. i t agreed to protect
them from intreferance with other
pubic service corporations having
wires charged with electricity. The
substance of the petition is that the
way the Electric wires are strung,
they are exceedingly dangerous to
the life of all the empolyees of the
telephone people; that the wires of
the two companies are so close to-
gather that an electric wire is lia-
ble to come in contact with a tele-
phone wire and kill some one; that
it would be better that the electric
wires be strung over and above the
telephone wires. The petition is
quite lengthy, and recites all ot
the defects at length. The Council
were asked to pass ordinances to
relieve the situation. The Clerk
was directed to file the petition,
and on motion of Councilman Nobel,
the Electric company were ordered
before the council at its next reg- j
ular meeting, Tuesday, September
16th, to show cause why an ordi-
nances should not be adopted in ac-
cordance with petition of the Tele-
phone Company.
Mr.W . B. Henry ot East Man-
gum was present before the City
Council and asked for permission to
keep hogs within rhe corporate
Iimit9. He said that he and several
of his neigbors who had stock could
keep hogs at practically no expense,
and that during these hard times
the same would be of great financial
assistance to many of the citizens.
He said that pactically every cit-
izen on the East side of the W. F. &
N W Ry Company desired to be al-
lowed to keep hot*. This matter
wee a Lao put off untM the neat reg-
ular meeting and a public hearing
la deei red The theory of the
council seemed to be to allow hogs
lo be kept in certain distrietaof the
eity, tu make a segregated district.
Mr Heerv promised the eity
council that he would furnish them
a petition signed by a great
number of the citizens on the East
side of the railway track for that
purpose. < onsiderable merriment
was had when some one suggested
that the next meeting be designa-
ted as "II Ml DAY** and that the
citizens invited to ap|>ear before the
city council and give the question
thorough discussion. The City
council wants to get the desires of
the fieople, and while of course,
they propose to use their own judge-
ment in passing ordinances yet they
are anxious to ascertain public
sentiment on this hog proposition.
Hence the desire of a public hear-
ing where all citizens can be heard.
Mr. H. Stone Davis, of the Fa-
mous was before the City Council
and asked premission to install An
electric sign eight feet long by two
feet wide in front of his place of
business on North Oklahoma Aven-
ue. While no motions were .made,
yet practically every councilman
thought it would be a good thing,
and Mr. Davis was given to under-
stand that none of the officials pres-
ent would have any objection.
Mr. R. B. Snell, Chairman of
the Water Committee, said that the
Water Commissioner was having all
kinds of trouble on his handa trying
to enforce the water ordinance, on
account of no valid ordinance to
back him up. There is an o|d or-
dinance in the pubilshed ordinances
of 1906 requiring that all lawn
sprinkling be done at certain hours,
but the published ordinances were
not legally passed, and when the
Wter Commissioner would go to a
consumer and object to the unlaw-
ful! sprinkling the consumer would
come back at him and say, "Yes,
I know that you have an old ordi-
nance against this, but it is no ac-
count ancT you ean't do any thing
with me." Mr. Snell said that
the Water Commissioner was doing
his very level best to enforce the
ordinancesjand {prevent the unnec-
essary waste of water, but that his
"hands were tied Decause he could
not force the consumer to comply
with the rules. Some ti»ne ago,
the City Attorney, Water commis-
sioner, and Chairman of the water
Committee bad prepared a new
water ordinance, but as the hour
was getting late it was decided not
to undertake its consideration that
night, but that all of the council-
men call at the City Clerk's office,
read the proposed ordinance, an be
prepared to discuss it and pass it
at the next meeting.
Mr. Snell, was quite anxious to
get some valid ordinances for the
Water Commissioner to do busi-
ness under, and suggested a new
ordinance validating the old revised
ordinances of 1906. The City At-
torney stepped down to his office
and immediately drew up the val-
idating ordinance, and the same
was immediately passed by the city
council, without a dissenting vote,
(Continued next week)
I
Gold Found
which has greatly relieved the
stringency of money. By special
arrangement. ZACK T. PRYSE
hag been enabled to get a pro
rated share of ready money to loan
on farms. Mr. Pryse also repre-
sents nine of the big Insurance
Companies.
Don't forget the flying machine
at the Fair next week.
School Supplies at Hannah's Drug Store
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