i he Curtis Courier.
BAXTER * SUN. Publishers.
MIKSDAY. APRIL 4. 1907
llWM U IS* MI»lS» M HMU-tlMI Ml
PlbiiiMtmi ThiniUr illlurrfMr
It SMd I* *d«*M* vrll Nui 11m
Tbs rule for delegate id Okls
boms to the constitutional couven-
tiou, at *li« cln'limi hrMNiivnuntr
6, 1906. wu compiled hi eoiiuiit-s
tor Ibe first tune ImmI week bv
Cbarle* 11. FiLou, territorial sss-
relnrv. The figures show that tbe
republican party carried onlv oue
county, Logan, while every other
couotv in Oklahoma, including
tusuv that bad long boasted of be-
ing inviuoible republican strong
Holds, fell into tbs bauds of the
democrats.
Seuator Beveridge, chairman of
the senate com in 11'ee on lei ntol ie»,
when asked about the prospect* <>i
ita'.shood for Arisoua sad New
Mexico, said:    “Uuleaa the two
territories sgiee to joint statehood
it may be maiiv years before single
statehood for each is brougut
•bout. It certaiul' will uot come
■o long as Roosevelt is president,
Cannon speaker, and I, chairman
of the aeuate commit>ee on tern
toriss ”    I
P. A. Ashton, territorial oil iu
spector is sending circular letters
calling the atteuiiou ot his depu
ties to the ruling of Alturne) lien-
eral Cromwell that the legislature
had uu power to provide a special
gravity or quality test could be
euforced. Jdr. Asulou expects an
iutlux ot tndupeudeut oil troiu the
Ulidcoutiueut field lulo Oklahoiim
to compete with Standard Oil in
the markets as a result ot decision
Commissioner Balliuger of the
geuerai I a no office, paid a fine com-
plimeut in the huuesl) ot home
Steaders iu Kansas and Oklahoma
last week, when, in (Ue reassign
Uieut ot field inspectors he did noi
include ihe staieor lerrilorv in ant
oi Hie mvisious All other western
Slates coUlaiuiug public lauds weie
placed iu divisions with a duel
inspector and a corps of field men
iu charge.
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i'be isboi m*.a< ixalious iu Ihe
□ew stale have turned down Peie
Uauratv, lutiuuer ol me constilu
tluual Couveutloii, because he be
trayed them a' the wish of C N
11 as Kell and Ailulla Bill Murray,
llaii I a I > tailed io tie re elected in
the iniHeis’ organization last week
Kill the constituHon
Gov. Frank Frantz lias issued an
atniouiicetueut that he will be u
candidate tor the republican noun
nation tor governor. Ii is 'rue
tnat Air Franiz has made one ot
the best governors Oklahoma has
had and be will undoubtedly get
the ucuiiuatiou by acclimation.
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It was slated in Outhrie last
week ou the authority of Delegate
S. W. Hayes of Cbickasha, that
the constitutional couveutloii may
not finally adjourn until after the
•lection to ratify the constitution,
August 6th. Kill the dishonest old
thiny, anytetv.
Says Roads An Simply Bluffi
Iu the upiuioo of Judge W< O.’ ^ w*
Cromwell, attorney general of Ok-
lahoma, the speech making, lobhv-
iug and threats ot vurious soils
uow being indulged in bt the rail-
road presidents of the country are
all a part of oue geuerai scheme (o
sb..w Ibe people that they areabso
Intel) in eoutrol in this country
aud (bat resistance is useless. He
a ys:
The rear platform speeches of
Piesideut Winched of the Rock
Islaud nud the inlet views given out
bv Presideut Ripley or the Halits
Fe aud the preeideut of the Penn-
sylvania svttein, announcing thai
'bey will sloprailt^ad building and
will reduce the services uu their
roads if Ihe people do not stop
vuli-ig laws tor two ceut passenger
fares aud other tbiugs of the sort,
oe all part of the same sebeun-
IVv are simply bluffing, and
their bluff is goiug to be e-oled
Railroad building iu the west is not
goiug to stop. It the ratiroad
companies dou’i build new hues,
the people will. The sent nueui
aloug that line is stronger Ibau auv
ol these railroad magnates imagine,
especially iu the agricultural aud
raising states, wheie umber tbe
roes <»r lbe service is as good as iu
I»e Sta'es tail her east.
i believe that tbe failure to fur
D ap cars sufficient for tbe traffic
iu Ibis sectlou :s also pail ot the
plati to show their power over tbe
conditions here I have giveu the
>au(a Fe officials notice tbat .
conditions are uot improved 1 shall
begin suit both id tbe courts suit
with the lutersiaie commerce com
I mission lo compel them to furnish
net ter service iu the unifier ol
quipmeut iu uortheru Oklahoma
There is also discrimination iu the
l rvice tbat they do give. « are
are furuisued ouly lo favored mil-
lers or other shippers, but not at
ail lo the farmers or tbe fanners’
union*.
1 am also preparing suits to com-
pel iUe Hauls Fe to make a joint
Height rale lo points in Indian
territory, Arkausas. Louisiana and
•iissouu. Now (be» absolutely rt~
iu»e to do so. People in uortberu
Oklahoma, wuo are depenueni eu
urcD upou Ihe ShuLu Fe, have to
u e Colorado coal anu pav tbe
• reigbi ou it. They cau uot get
tbe benefit of aov of tbe Indian
errilurv coal fields. Neiibei cau
inev maikei iheir dour or otfier
giuib products io tbat teiritorv.
The Mauta Fe places au absolute
limit it pun ibe market tor alt suofi
productions, iu in> opinion ibai
is a Violation ot the tihermau anti-
trust law, aud cau be piosecuted
as siicb ”
Mandamus proceedings have al
ready beeu commenced against the
Rock Islutid road to compel it lo
furnish more cars aud better equip-
ment of all sorts for its Oklahoma
lines, and to compel the improve
meut of its Backs aud bridges.
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
r* MlkwiiU la UMUM U. in> >f
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*rr*tte |>n*tr; 'Jmf Zi
W* *r* MlVarute I* hhun IS* ■*■* at
U. B. Kallas (at Sasati*l»*«.*l *r PvSiw U
•InrUaa. *ab}aei la IS* wlil a( iSa K*t*abll«*a
•aslullai aaaaaaltaa.
JOHN OMLACM. hSOil
BOOT KOOfV.WiM* Pra-iMat
. wspbot SUUCH. VMa*
L M PATIOS' (’•■Star
»t Wart
r.TflK GEKLjlPU BfllSK,
ssSU*m    EBTABLItHED IK-
Tk# Entire Family
Brand Pop used it for rbeuros
tism Dad tor cuts, >pr«io« and
rutMs. Matny for bums, scalds
and ache*. His for catarrh aud
CnillbUiiie* 1 use it tor every
thing
IK- IEOL:
Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits, 150,000.00.
INTEREST PAID ON TIME CETTIFICATES OF
OF DEPOSIT-GREAT OK SMALL.
fcvery Accommodation Kxtrmlcd eoneitetent with Soft* mid
Coneei vative Bunking.
e issue Money Ord«r*— Americar Bankers Assnriatioo Form.
l4    .    |    *’all and sc* our Havings Hanks.
, aud it never disappoints auy 1 u. -    m ,
. It surelv tanks any old Sollclt    N«SififSS.    Voc4v*N, OltUbOffiA-
sin wut bv tbe roola
Hunt's Ligbtuiug Oil is wbst I
• King vnu about
think Heroic r ou yrcMP
H Heir Tog to Si*,.
You can do without tnanv little
thing*—luxuries.
Economy in spending will in-
crease vour surplus. A few
dollars saved systematically will
aoon grow into hundreds.
, We pay three per cent on sav-
ings, interest payable semi-
annually.
We invite vour account—small
or large.
We will loan vou one of our
saviugs Banks on deposit of
tbe First dollsr
firjt Nation*! Bank,
Woodward, Oklahoma.
Um*ed States snd County De-
pository.
Oldest and Largest National
Bunk in Nontb western Okla
W. M. Holmkk,    <■ o w Hot*.
HOLnES & H0T2,
- DEALERS IN--
DRY GOODS, Notions,
Boots, Shoes, Rubber Goods,
HATS AND CAPS.
Orton Nurseries,
KIOWA. KANS.
Write for 40 page catalogue*
No agents employed. I sell direct
t<> planter. Freight paid on $10
worth or more and s»ock replaced
free of charge. Address.
Tbe Orton Nurseries,
R. P- D. 3, Kiowi, Kaos.
DR. 0. TURNBULL,
@© @© ©*<$ ©;® <§
W. W. PARSONS,
r&rn) Loans, Insurance
AHP (ULlECriCfS
Places farm Ioann for the Union ( uitrql Life
Insurance Co. and write* H Miroiite for the Union
_ Mutual Insurance Co of OUah* n «—iht t-uftat and’
(§j cheapest insurance. Also, handles Leal Estate at d
makes collections of all kinds.
a
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t%~l* prepared to do all branch** of DentUtnr
Crown *nd Krid re work • .poeialtj. All w*r<
warranted. Hive him a rail
nmol OTIS II ASTI VROM’S STOSS,
WOODWARD,    OKLAHOMA
®    °«ice in Stark Building, CURTIS, OKLA.    ;,g
SHOE COBLER,
CURTIS. OKLA
s located in the Photo Gallery and is
ready to do all kinds of work in his line.
1st door East of Drug Store, Curtis, Okla.
Everything tbe ra«rket affords for tbe table and clesD beds fo
guests. Give me a call.
MRS. L, HARDIN, Prop.
lo the United States women pos
sessea suffrage upon equal t-rmi*
with men at all elections iu four
•fates. Wyoming, established in
1869; in Colorado in 1896; Utah
in 1896, and Idaho in 1896.
It is a bitter doge to accept a
constitution giving the same rep
Now, if President Roosevelt
••ould send a United States senator
to prison merely because of a per-
sonal prejudice, as J. R. Burton
I'harges, does anybody so pose tbat
Foreker and Tillman would be go
ing around as chipper as they aret
NO CASE ON RECORD
There is uo case on record of a
cough or cold resulting in pnen-
nionia or consumption after Foley's
Honev and Tar has been taken, as
it will stop your soagh and break
np vour cold qnicklv. Refuse anv
hnt the Fnlev’g Honev and Tar
TIME TABLE.
SANTA FE R. R.
A k
Santa Fe'
N ¥
Panhandle Bivisien•
Tr*ln» carrying p****nt*r* depart from th«
Cart I* ,t*tion a* follow*:
■A8TWASD.
M»ll»Dd Expr.«« ---------------------- 2:81 *, m
Aerommodatloa and Mali.............. 8:05* m
Lo«»l Froloh*------------------ «:#os.’m
W1ITWAI*.
M»ll »rd Kxpr***--------------------- 1:08*. «
Accommodation and Mail............. j.05 p m
LomI rreitht---------------4:85 p. m
HARRY 8TARK, Agent.
J. W. COURTNEY & CO.
GENERAL AGENTS FOR THE
Galesburg * Broom * Coro * /UcbiVry
A FULL LINE OF REPAIRS ON HAND.
offices at oa&e: and rinqwood, okla
AUCTIONEER
OKLA.,
For short time will work for half price.
First class work guaranteed
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resentalion to 60.000 peopln in one s \ellnw pdckige ('ontain* no
plMce that it gives to but 9,000 in opiates and is safe and sure Dr.
another. Kill the constitution. I 8 Hunt, Curtis, Okla.
Cures Biliousness, Sick
Headache, Sour Stom-
ach, Torpid Liver and
Chronic Constipation.
Pleasant to tahe
I S3.
DSINO
Laxative Fruit Synip
HUNT. CURTI?5 OKLA1
Cleanses the system
thoroughly and clears
sallow complexions of
pimples and blotches.
It la guaranteed
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