Watonga Herald. (Watonga, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 41, Ed. 1 Friday, March 2, 1906 Page: 4 of 8
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WATONQA HERALD
LltMEO LiaRYF ItlOAV. SUBSCRIPTION %\ .OO
Pen Year in Aovancs*
Entered •( the po*l office at Vaiooft. Oklahoma, fortran*
mi—jan through the r ail a* matter of the wconielaM.
Published by
The Herald Publishing Co.
WATONQA, HI.A INK CO., OKLA
•Phone INo. 105.
Peoria is running a close sec-
ond with Pittsburg in sensational
happenings.
Grafting laws are sometimes
passed in spite of explanation,
argument and appeal. This
proves that eternal vigilance is
essential to checkmate the power-
ful and sleepless grafters.
A woman isn’t obliged to trust
her husband when he caut get
trusted anywhere else. But they
will. Some women have been
known to love and trust men who
were so mean and crooked that
they could not lie oil their backs.
Senator Lodge said that “rich
law-breakers should be imprison-
ed instead of being tined.’’ And
Aldrich onil Foraker smiled
while El kins looked well pleased.
Those trust agents imagine that
neither punishment will be meted
out. They are greatly mistaken.
If thqse statesmen who make
speeches on Lincoln’s birthday,
would try to live honest, upright
lives the whole year through, like
“honest old Abe” did, they
would be better and more useful
public servants, and have a bet-
ter chance of acheiving. fame in
this world, and heaven in the
next.
How did the dignified Senator
Lodge enjoy the “patting on the
back” that he received from Elk-
ins, Kean, Aldrich and Foraker—
Particularly Foraker? Dio it
remind him of the <]uotation:
“The man who hails you, Tom or laelt,
And proves by thumping on your hack ,
How ho esteems your merit:
Is such a friend that one has need,
He very much his friend indeed,
To pardou or to bear it.”
The last rites should be ad-
ministered to the man who says
lie lias committed his last wrong.
Thinking of this, calls to mind
the teacher’s remarks to a boy
who was always tardy in the
morning. One morning lie was
the first pupil to arrive and the
teacher said to him “good morn-
ing Charlie. You are first at
last. You were always behind
before.
The senate should bear in
mind that the people want a good
rate bill and not any Elkins bill.
It can’t fool al! the people all
the time.
If it is true, that “matches are
made in heaven’’ why don’t we
hear some complaint from the
“Infant" match trust, about ad-
mitting into our market the goods
produced by cheap angel labor?
It lias been claimed that Au-
gustus Casar was to blame for
shortening the month ol February
that he took one day from it and
added it to August, so that the
month named in Ins honor would
be as long as any month.
To Abolish Land Office.
The land office at Mangum
to be abolished after May I, anc
its business will be divided be
tween the Lawton and El Reno
offices.
The Geary Postoffice.
John W. Dean has been re-ap
pointed postmaster at Geary. He
has given general satisfaction
and there was no opposition to
liis re-appointment.
Cotton Gin For Darrow.
Mrs. Yerkes Minker’s youthful
husband lias deserted her, be.
cause she was too parsimonious
with him. He considers that he
is entitled to a large lump sum,
and everything considered, per-
haps he is right and his claim a
just one.
The progressive citizens o:
Darrow have secured a cotton
gin for that place, and the Press
predicts that 2000 acres of cotton
will be planted as a result.
Appeals to Probate Courts.
The applause whicti broke out
in an Omaha court when Pat
Crowe was found not guilty of
kidnapping Edward Cudahy, Jr.,
is an ominous indication of popu-
lar temper and of the havoc high ^
finance is working upou our an-
cient ideas of justice. Of Crowe’s
guilt there was little doubt. He
practically admitted this by stat-
ing: “There arc a good many
people who don It like the way
Cudahy got Ins money any better
than the yay he lost it.”
Judge Burford has rendered a
decision in the district court o
Logan county, holding the late
act of the Oklahoma legislature
which provided tor appeals from
Justices of the Peace to the Pro
bate court, to be void as conflict-
ing- with an act of Congress.
Will Be Considered Friday.
The coal miners seein eager to
strike, and the mine owners seem
anxious that they should strike.
The eightv million people who
are neither mine owner nor
miners and who would suffer
great hardships and inconvenience
if the strike is called, should be
taken into consideration in the
settlement of this momentous
question. Pres. Roosevelt wise-
ly safeguarded their interests in
the last great anthracite coal
slriite. Will lie do the some now
if it becomes necessary ? We are
confident he will, and just at the
right time. In the interest of the
whole country we earnestly hope
that the threatened strike will be
averted. Both sides should make
reasonable concessions.
The vote on the Statehood bil
will be taken in the senate Friday,
March 9. The indications are
that it will be passed with the
amendment permitting Arizona
and New Mexico to vote on the
question of joint statehood for
those territories.
Get the Habit.
Tom Platt.
The petition asking for the ex
pulsion of T. C. Platt, of N. Y.,
from the senate because he is
president of the United States
Express Company, again calls
The issue before congress is ! Attention of the country to
the regulation of railroad rates, ! vigilance displayed by largo
not the making of them. Freight
rates must be made reasonable
corporations in having- their
friends placed where they can
and they must apply equitably to -secure *or them special legislative
all shippers. Favoritism must Livors. Those mouopolistic cor-
cease. It is a complex problem, Porations are not satisfied with a
but congress has the power, and j tair deal. 1 hey are seeking in-
it should have the genius, to set- just advantages which are inim-
tle it. If it don't do its duty to the interests of the people,
this matter, public ownership of | was the IJ. S. Express Co. that
all railroads is sure to come. sent Platt to the senate. It is the
—___ | Standard oil that keeps Aldrich
The successful evasion of pro-j there. Certain other trusts sent
cess servers bo John D. Rocke-j Foraker, Depew, Elkins, Kean
Beginning this week we are
sending out a large numbei’ of
sample copies of the Herald, find
will continue this lor four week.
At the end of that time W2 will
mail you subscription blanks,
which if you are pleased with the
paper, you may fill out and send
in to us.
It will be the aim of the pub
Ushers first to make the Herald
the brightest and newsiest paper
published iu Blaine county, and
second, during the coming cam-
paign, to issue the best and
strongest democratic paper in
Western Oklahoma.
The Hkrat.h will at no time
indulge in scandal, petty person-
alities or dirt throwing, but will
at all times be found a broad,
newsy paper. If yon get the
habit of reading it you can’t
quit.
Don’t!
teller, suggests that the use of a
wig by him may not have been
a matter of vanity or comfort
even. Perhaps it is only a part
of a complete disguise, and that
lie is moving about incognito, as
many other kings have done be-
fore our time. He has prayed
enough (hypocritically) and stol-
en enough to entitle him to a
little recreation. As king of all
grafters, which title he has justly
earned, he can lay claim to all
the special priveleges pertaining
to royalty. And or.e ol those i>
to disappear for a time or to
he incognito. Great is John 1).
and others who could be named,
to kee,. them cotnpauy and aid
them in despoiling the people of
their just rights. Platt is not
likely to be expelled from the
senate. There is too much
“courtesy” in that chamber and I
too many like offenders disgrac-
ing their positions there. But
the people, now that they are
thoroughly aroused on the sub-
ject of graft and grafters, should
sec to it that no more trust of-
ficers or trust agents are elected
to the U. S. senate or to any
other law making body, national
state or municipal.
It is the endeavor of the pub-
lishers of the Herald to publish
all the news of interest to the
greater number of its patrons,
but- we have been requested
several times of late to print let-
ters from parties descriptive of
railroad trips through other
states and territories which, if
set in ordinary type, would oc-
cupy about two entire pages of
the Herald, and labled “to be
continued.” These letters, while
they are gems of literary ability,
are not available for the pur-
poses of an all-around newspaper
and should be sent to the maga-
zines making a specialty of that
class of literature.
Some ol our rural correspon-
dents also at times make the
mistake of devoting all the space
allotted to them to the expression
of their personal views upon
some current topic or the
promotion of some visionary
scheme. Don’t do this, give
us the news pure and simple;
something that will interest your
neighbors as weli^as yourself.
Facts for the Wise aad Otherwise.
Dispatches from China indicate that
the Boxers are getting ready to don the
gloves agaia.
Do the persons who bore us with tire-
some conversations go on the thoo-
ry that “talk is cheap,” or do they thus
offend because they think it easier to
talk than listen?
John D. Rockefeller’s age is like
some of his former employees, it is be-
ginnning to tell ou him.
In Spain an undutiful wife is dis-
graced in the sight of the whole com-
munity, and she ia practically ignored.
Spain has its advantages.
As a spinster’s hopes of marriage be-
comes thin, her rtffige becomes thicker.
If “man was made to mourn” he
evades his destiny, for he usually fixes
things so the women eo most of the
weeping.
Taffy is what makes “love’s young
dream” so sweet. Keep up the taffy
and the sweetness will endure.
Does the D. in Rockefeller’s name
stand for disguise, degenerate or Doe?
Or dees he sport that ioitial because he
has the dough?
No-* that the White House wedding
is a thing of the past, the ladies can
again turn tlieir attentions to the bar-
gain counter advs. in the newspapers.
The growlers in this world are so nu-
reasonable that they will murmur and
find fault when Gabriel “toots his
horn” to call them to the better home.
This is a great universe and the U S.
is a great nation for al! who have writ-
ten on their escutcheon, “Success is
Our Motto.”
I JVHOlt NOTICE. ~
Notice is hereby given that Phillip Toohey
has Sled his application and petition In the
office of the connty clerk of Itlalae c Maty. Ok-
lahoma territory, praying that a license he
Usaed to him to sell malt liquors exclusively at
wholesale on lot No. tt In block No. U, In the
unincorpora tod village of Salton. (Ferguson
PostnMce).congress! .nal township IS north of
range II, Blulue county, Oklahoma, and that
any person desiring to object, protestor remon-
strate against the issuance of such license will
uppear before said clerk and maue such objec-
tions, protest or remonstrance on or before the
».U day of March, A. L>. 1905, otherwise the
license will be Issued to him. .
Dated February 22, I9J j. '•
PH1LI.II* TOOHEY, Applicant.
PUBLICATION NOTICK.
In the District Court of Blaine County, Okla-
homa Territory.
Adam Lockhart, Plaintiff. )
Emma J. Lockhart, Defendant $
The said defendant, Kmmi J. Lockhart, will
hereby Like notice that she has been sued In
the District Court of Blaine County, Oklahoma
Territory, by Adam Lockhart, the above natnad
j plaintiff, by tiling Ills petition In the said court
I praying for an absolute divorce and that the
I bonds of matrimony that now exist between
] the said plainMIT, Adam Lockhart, and. the said
| defendant, Emma J. Lockhart, be forever dis-
-. solved and declared as naught and that unless
I tlie said defendant, Emma J. Lockhart, answer
■ the said petitlou on or before March 2Jtli, III Ml,
1
the sukl petition will be taken ns true and Judg^
laeretT
meat for an absolute divorce will be ren
accordingly.
[si:al] ,J JENSEN, Clerk.
Bv E. H. LOOKABACGH,
!S & "
Hotchkiss & Emery attorneys for p-.
Deputy.
stniiff.
A doctor whoso specialty is surgery
recommends all his friends and patients
to try automobtling as means of recre-
atiou.
Some persons are contented to fail if
they can only find someone to lay the
blame of thoir failure on. This is the
essence of egotistical selfishness.
A sporting man who has good stay
ing qualities, says he don’t believe in
divorce; that the right thing to do is to
tight it out to a finish.
John D. is only evading the process
servers. A poor man under like circum-
stances would be a fugitive from justice.
In January tho weather man won out
over the coal man by teu lengths. The
coal man made a better showing in
February, but still lost the race.
Missourians say there are no “Rubes’*
in the state, but we noticed that Rube
Taylor was convicted in a justice court
last week, that Rube Oglesby is a can-
didate for railroad and warehouse com-
missioner, and that ex Senator T. L.
Ruby is a candidate for coogress.
If Mayor Rose can’t shut up the
“joints” in Kansas City, Kan. he ought
to try and shut up, Rose. He seems to
differ vastly from an umbrella.
PUBLICATION NOTICE.
Iii the District Court of Blaine County Terri-
tory of Oklahoma.
Hitchcock Townsite Co., Plaintiff J
VS J.
U. C. Gibson, Defendant. )
Tlic said defendant. If. C. Gibson, will here-
by take notice that lie has been sued In the
district court of Blaine county, Territory of Ok-
lahoma, by the plaintiff, The 'Hitchcock Town
site Company, by tiling its petition in said court
praying for judgment on one certuiu note dated
October lOtli, linn, due six months after date
for the sum of$l!i.ixi Interests, and on an-
other certuln note dated October Itttli, 1901, due
one yourafter date for the suai of $ (. >0 and in-
terests at 12 per cent per annum from date of
said note and for a decree of foielosute on one
certain contract for a deed dated Oct -her tilth,
IWl, to lots 7,3 and 9 In block iii. In the town of
Hitchcock., Blaine county Territory of Oklnho-
mu and that unless the said defendant, tlie said
II. C. Gibsop, answer on or before live Sind day
of March, a. d. 1«06, the said petition of the
plaintiff will be taken as true and judgment on
tlie said notes and a decree of foreclosure on
the said contract will be rendered accordingly.
J. JENSON, Clerk,"
[SABt] By E. II. LOOKABAUGH, Deputy.
Hotchkiss A Emery attorneys for plaintiff.
REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF
The Blaine County Banlc
Newspaper Change.
Geo. H. Doud lias sold the
Longdale Ledger to J. A. Gil-
strap, principal of the public
schools at that place.
At Wa tonga, In the Territory of Oklahoma, at-
tho close of business February 12, 1900.
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts..................$24,523 35.
Overdrafts, secured and unsecured.. 316 58
Stocks, bonds, warrants etc............ 541 35
Banking house, furniture and fixture* 3.300 00-
Due from Banks........................ 23,538 41
Checks and other cash items.......... 140 65
Cash and sight exchange.............. 4,855 36
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Total........... *57,615 91
LIABILITIES,
Capital Stock paid In... ..............$10,090 00-
Surplus Fund......................... 1,400 OO
Undivided profits, less expenses and
taxes paid.......................... 792 99
Individual deposits subject to check.. 36,441 92
Demand, and Time certlllcatcs of
deP*s|t............................ 7,21155
Certified chocks........................ 796 25
Cashier’s checks outstanding.......... 973 20
Total................................$57,615 Ol
Territory of Oklahoma, County of Blaine, ss.
1, W. B. Popars, cashier of the above named
Bank, do solemnly swear that the above state-
ment Is true and that said bank bus no other
liabilities and is not endorser on any note or
obligation other than that shown in the above
statement, to tlie best of my know-lodge and
belief, so help me God.
W. H. Piper, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to bef ire me this 23d
day of February, 191X1. 0. C. C. WHITE,
Notary Public.
My commission expires Dee. 16. 19.x*.
Correct-Attest;
Ann On.;pin.
W. K. Britton, Directors.
A. W. SUNDERLAND,
ABSTRACTOR,
REAL ESTATE % INSURANCE AGENT
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FARM LOANS at low rate of interest,
when mortgage is signed.
Building and Loan Btock for sale and loans on town property negotiated
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