The Mountain Park Herald (Mountain Park, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, September 11, 1908 Page: 2 of 12
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MOUNTAIN i>iU,
HA* MAD* HOILIM OF AIRIAL
»’ ' NAVIGATION UFI STUDY.
OKLAHOMA tTATC NOT**
Judge A II. Hutton in th# district
court at Guthrl.-. declsied unconatl-
tutlonal the Oklahoma separate school
law providing separate school hoards
aud teparate achuol* for negro#* in
th* ue« state
Oielfifetn •allean Recently Corn plated
far OevsrnmsM Signal Carp* Prod-
uct of M Vaart Labor—Saga"
Sapsrimsnta Carly.
Annour.cemeDt it mad* of the ap-
pointin'*!.t '*f Representative J R Mc-
Call*. of Marietta, at siieclal prose-
cutor In the lailroad charter cases.
McCall* was the author of the law
under which the revocations are Ag-
ing made.
The city council of Hobart hai 1st
the contract for paving fourteen
blocks with asphaltnm. Besides this
the town is claiming other Improve-
ments aggregating $l50.0t)0.
Ouv V Ferguson, of the Oraud Ave-
nue hotel. Oklahoma City, and J. J.
O'Kourke. of the lone. Guthrie, will
represent the Oklahoma Hotel Men a
association In a conference with At-
torney General West regarding hotel
regulations provided In the new law.
The first official act of the state par-
don board was the refusal to consider
the application of D. A. Mason, of
Pontotoc county. In Jail on the charge
of disposing. Ills sentence la thirty
days. The hoard also took up the ap-
plication for pardon of C. O. Oraves.
of Washington county, serving a ten
years' sentence at l.anslug for man-
slaughter.
Jerry McUsh. of Wapanueka. one ol
the wealthiest and most Influential
young Indians of the Chickasaw na-
tion. died at his room at the Whitting-
ton hotel at Ardmore. Friday night, of
uraemic poison.
Work on the Haynes oil well nt
Terlion Is progressing rapidly and la
now down about HOu feet. Caalnd
was put In .luring the past week. TKe
strings of tools are en route to Terl-
tun for llie linker and
also.
Washington —Capt. Thuma* Scott
Baldwin, dean of aeronautics In thla
country, has devoted hit Ilf* to the
problem of aerial navigation Capt.
Baldwin's name la Inseparably linked
with aeronautic activities the world
over In uearlj every civilised country
of the world Capt Baldwin has give*
eahtbltlons with his parachutes, bal-
_____ aad airships. With constantly
applied persistency to make a succeaa
of ballooning. Capt. Baldwin baa not
relinquished his Interest for a tingle
gay for Ml year*. During thla long ex-
perience, be haa made and given more
than l.tKM) exhibitions and flights la
tfc« air. Unlike iboae who have made
failures of their airehlp experiences.
Capt. Baldwin Is essentially a student.
Hia workshop does not present the ap-
pearanre of a collection of Ideas, plain-
ly marked theories. He has alwaya
worked along the practical and scien-
tific line*. To these he owes his suc-
cess. although kind fate appears al-
waya to have smiled upon him. Ha
baa taken chauces In making Ills ex-
periments In th* air that would still
with fear the heart of a man of leaa
courage than himself.
Apprehension of trouble 1* far worae
than the trouble Itself when It ar-
rives.'' said Capt. Baldwin. "1 learned
thla early, and I never borrow trouble,
j never feel the least bit of fear. I
alwaya have figured out the thing 1
meant to do before doing It. aad felt
reasonably sure that 1 could nccom
pUsh It before making the attempt.”
Interest In seronsutlcs has been
Intensified since the government began
to take an Interest. The recent tests
of Cnpt. Baldwin's big dirigible bal-
loon which be built for the llgnal
corps of the United States army, were
followed with a keen interest all over
the ballooning world. In addition to
this he haa built for the government
1 two apberlcal balloons.
_____ ____ Following the old adage that a xboe-
Ftnney wells maker should stick to his last. Capt.
Baldwin never wavered for a moment
his lataatiaa aad thousands
of people gathered at Osldaa Oats
park aad cheered as tbs plucky young
man aaada the *rst successful para
chute Jump oa record This was the
beginning of Ms loug record of sue
ceases twice arouad tbe world. Aad la
all these daring chances he took Cnpt.
Baldwin has never sulered tbs slight
sal lajury.
This deaa of American aeronautics
his given exhibitions before the noblll
ty sad maay of tbs crowned heads of
Europe. Also la Australia. China,
Japan aad Egypt. Everywhere he
went, with his series of successes lol
lowing him, ha gave encouragement to
those who wera working along tbe
same lines that be had spent so many
years oa.
The one aad event la Capt Baldwin's
experience was tbs loss of his perfect
ly equipped workshop during the Ban
Francisco disaster. Thousands of dol
lnrs had been spent on tbe best tools,
the finest materials sad half finished
airships, which represented years of
oiportmeats and also tbs best of hlo
knowledge glssnod from his work la
his all-arouad the world trips.
A TCXA* CLIROYMAH
Out fee tbs
ANCICNT -FOOT FBRRV .•
Means af Communication Between Vir-
ginia and Maryland theme.
Richmond. Ve.-The foot ferry” Is
on# of the ancient Institution, that
-Fan* Barry- ttill In Uaa.
The second county seat election In
Cimarron county has resulted In n
victory for Boise City, which won by
n majority of 27.1 over Robdy. Both
of these towns haves been started
since statehood.
The Oklahoma Graduate Nurses'
Association was organised at Okla-
homa City last week, and officers
elected at a meeting attended by rep-
resentatives from many parts of the
state. The officers are: Mis* Rae I..
Dessell. Oklahoma City, president:
Miss Martha Uandell, Oklahoma City,
secretary; Mis* F. H. Weir. Oklahoma
City, treasurer.
During the democratic convention
at Tulsa last week Leslie G. Nlblack.
editor of the Guthrie Leader, was ar-
rested upon the charge of criminal
libel upon a warrant sworn out by Dr.
M. W. Ligon. of Ada. Nlblack gave
bond ami was released. The alleged
libel bail reference to prescriptions
written by Dr. I.lgon on the dispen-
sary at Ada.
LiJh
While boating on Orcutt lake, near
Tulsa. Frederick Cornelius, of Musko-
gee. his sweetheart. Miss Babbie Met-
calf. of Tulsa, were drowned, and
lames Lafferty and Frances Kemble
had narrow escapes from drowning.
The boat capsized and Lafferty swam
ashore with Miss Kemble. He return-
ed for Cornelius and Miss Metcalf,
but before he reached the spot where
the boat capsized they had disappear-
«d under the water.
in hln Intention to master the air for
transportation facilities.
When still a mere youngster he be-
gan his experiments at San Francisco.
Cp to thla time there had never been
s successful parachute Jump. It had
been nearly 50 year* previous to Bald-
win's attempt that the last man to try
tbs experiment had met his death. But
after considerable ex|»er!menting and
thought given to the Idea. Bald-
win was determined to make a
Jump of 1.000 feet from the balloon.
That waa 21 years ago. Baldwin an-
survive la the old aad honorable town
of Alexandria, Va. la all that long
stretch of majestic rlvar from the
capital of tha Catted States to greet
Chesapeake hay. there Is neither
bridge nor modern ferry between the
Virginia and Maryland shores. Though
the counties that border the Potomac
on either side are populous and pros
parous, communication between the
two sides of tbs river seems difficult
to men not to the manor born, yet the
conditions am accepted as natural sad
regular by natives.
Between Alexandria and the Mary-
land shorn tbe Potomac Is s mile wide.
Th* Maryland lands am thickly set
tied. Because of circuitous roads the
dwellers there must drive ten miles
to Washington, whereas in a straight
Has the distance Is but five. That
country has yst to b# traversed by s
trolley line. Many of th* people on
th* east side of the river cross to
Alexandria and take steamboat or trol
ley to Washington. The means of com
munication between Alexandria, a city
of 15.000 Inhabitants, and th* opposite
shorn. Is a "foot ferry”—or more ac-
curately a hand ferry—for the ferry Is
a small boat rowed by a veteran river
man. The boat Is rigged with s sail
and when the wind favors, which Is
not oftan. the ferryman rests on his
oars. A trip Is made every hour.
When th* accompanying picture waa
taken th* sail was In use.
The ferryman Is W. H. Wheatley.
He has spent his life on the river and
has been conducting the ferry for
many years. He pile* from a slip be-
tween two of th* principal wharves
In Alexandria and s decaying quay
called "Fox's Ferry” on the other side.
Fox's Ferry was a hustling place be
fore the age of (team, a man named
Fox operating an endless chain fsrry
across tbe river at that point.
Rev o. M. Gray. Baptist Clergyman.
Of Whiteshoro. Tea . says: Four years
ago I suffered mis-
ery with lumbago.
Every movement
was on* of pala.
Doan's Kidney PlUa
removed th* whole
difficulty after only
a short time. Al-
though 1 do not
like to have my
name used publicly.
I make aa exception in this case, so
that other sufferers from kidney trou-
ble may profit by my experience ”
Bold by all dealers. 50 cents a hog.
Foster Milburn Co.. Buffalo. N. T.
Haw Hammer af Death Struck Jomod.
The old parish church of Plumstend.
which ha* Just been reopened. Is prob-
ably at least 1.000 year* old. Tbs pic-
turesque churchyard, a cherished
haunt of the poet Bloomfield during
bis visits to Shooter * Hill, contain* a
delightfully choice "derangement of
epitaphs." One of these. on_" Master
James Darling, aged ten.” teach#* a
lessoo of moderation during th* pres-
ent cherry season to the youth of other
places besides Plumatead. Speaking
from his tombstone. Master Daritag
exclaims:
"TIi* hammer of I>e«ih ws* give to m*
For eating th* cherries off th* tree
THRCB CURBS OF KCfBMA.
Woman Tails of Her Brother** Tarrlkit
Suffering—Tw# Bat:** Ala* Cured
—Cuticura Invaluable.
"My brother had eciema three dif-
ferent summers. Each summer it cam*
out between hia shoulders aad dow*
his hack, aad he said his suffering
was terrible. When It cam* oa th*
third summer, he bought a bo* of
Cuticura Ointment and gave It a faith-
ful trial. Soon he began to feel better
and he cured himself entirely of #c-
tema with Cuticura. A lady in In-
diana heard of how my daughter.
Mrs. Miller, had cured her little soa
of terrible ecsema by the Cuticura
Remedies. This lady* little one had
the ecxema so badly that they thought
they would lose It She used CuU-
cura Remedies sad they cured her
child entirely, sad the disease never
came back Mrs. Sarah E. Lusk. Cold-
water, Mich., Aug. 15 and Sept. 2, 1M7.
Even boarding house landladies
must pay out good money for th* privi-
lege of boarding street cars.
riLLOW CLOTHE* (BE ivaioanf.
Keep them white w ith Red Crow Ball Blue.
All grocer* *11 large 2 oa. package, 5 cast*.
Pretty teeth are responsible far a
good many smiles.____
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About 50 per cent, of the gold prod-
uct of Lie world la handled by Great
Britain.
ly on me ooweis, cieunses
me system effectually
asstsk one in overcoming
habitual constipation,
permanently. To get its
beneficial effectsjjuy
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Rhodyback, Vernon. The Mountain Park Herald (Mountain Park, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, September 11, 1908, newspaper, September 11, 1908; Mountain Park, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc853550/m1/2/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.