The Canadian Valley News. (Jones City, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, June 12, 1914 Page: 3 of 8
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ON THE STATE CAPITOL BUILDING
ALL OF THE $53,000 OKLAHOMA
CITY OWED HAS BEEN PAID
TO STATE TREASURER.
HISTORY OF THE CAPITOL CASE
Payment of Last of Guarantee Fund
Closes Litigation Lasting For
Years—Commission Ready to
Begin Work at Once.
—
Oklahoma Cltyv—Following an ag-
gressive campaign to secure money
seeded to remove the last barrier in
the way of actual construction of the
capital, $53,578.50 was turned over to
State Treasurer Robert Dunlop last
week by C. F. Colcord, president of
the Oklahoma City Chamber of Com-
merce, In full payment of the balance
pledged by the city for expenses be-
fore the 1913 legislature's appropria-
tion of $750,000 could be used for con-
atruction work.
With this money In the hands of
the state treasurer, and a statement
sold. No attempt had been mad* to
Beil the land and Oklahoma City did
not assume that it owed the state
$100,000, but was actuated solely by a
desire to hasten the construction of
the capltol when It substituted cash
for Its bond.
But after Oklahoma City had put
up the cash there was more delay.
Outhrle got Into the game again with
an Initiated bill to return the capital
to that city, and that once more tied
up the matter until after the Novem-
ber election in 1912. Then the new leg-
islature was but sixty days off and it
was thought advisable to await legis-
lative action. The legislature debated
the matter for months, finally dispos-
ing of it with the close of the 1913
session late in June, by making an
appropriation of $750,009 for the don-
struction of the capltol. A wait of
ninety days after adjournment was
necessary to permit a referendum, and
true to the standing policy of delay
a referendum petition was filed by
those opposed to capltol construction.
This was fought over in the courts
until January of this year, when ap-
parently the situation was free from
from the clerk of the U. S. supreme .
circuit court of appeals declaring all i litigation. Oklahoma City was obliged
•titles to land and lots donated for
capltol purposes to be clear, nothing
remains to hinder the work of actual
iconstruction, which Is expected to
start In the next twenty or thirty
days.
The fulfillment of Oklahoma City’s
llast obligation brings to an end dis-
putes and litigation In regard to the
location of the capital, which have ex-
isted since the opening of Oklahoma
>as a territory. As early as 1888 citizens
lot what was then Beaver county suc-
ceeded in getting a bill locating the
capital of the territory at Beaver City,
through the lower house at Washing-
ton. In 1889 the fight for a permanent
location of the capital was begun, and
after a year’s fight Guthrie secured
the right to a provisional capital.
The Enabling Act.
With the advent of statehood, the
enabling act provided that the capital
should not be located unll 1913, and
then only following a vote by the elec-
tors of the state at an election to be
designated by the state lcgislaure.
On June 11, 1910, Oklahoma City
presented its proposition to the people
by the new appropriation bill to pay
$53,578 into the state treasury. This
the city has now done.
Aid Commissioners.
But while Oklahoma City was pre-
paring to comply with this last de-
mand which it believed was an unjust
and unwarranted one, no delay was
occasioned because Oklahoma City
took care of the current expenses of
the building commissioners in their
work of preparation for actual con-
struction.
To sum up Oklahoma City has
turned over to the state in:
Cash ......................$ 171,000
Capltol site, worth ......... 80,000
631 acres of land appraised at 1,280,000
Total donations to the state.$1,531,000
Oklahoma City citizens three years
ago agreed to pay certain rental and
other expenses, the amount in no case
to exceed $71,200. The agreement also
provided that the state should ad-
vance $70,000 to construct an addi-
tional building on the Irving school
grounds. The attorney general de-
clared the contract void, and state
The capltol commission appointed last fall by Gov. Cruce is composed
of W. B. Anthony, chairman, of Marlow; Pat J. Goulding of Enid, and
Stephen A. Douglas of Ardmore.
In the form of an initiated bill which
provided for an appropriation of $600,-
000 and authorized the commissioners
to engage in the real estate business,
having been induced to add the real
estate feature by the heavy vote in
favor of Campbell Russell’s “New Jer-
usalem" bill. Had the capital con
struction been started as contemplated
in that bill the real estate feature
would have supplied the funds to pay
for it.
The Putnam proposal was not an
Oklahoma City move, but was a re-
sponse to the governor’s call for cap-
ltol site proposals. Although not an
Oklahoma City proposition, it is con-
fidently asserted that had the legis-
lature accepted it, the million dollars
involved in the proposal would have
been turned over to the state. But the
legislature turned down the Putnam
proposal which the governor recom-
mended, and began negotiations on its
own account for a capltol site and
for bonuses. Citizens on the east
side submitted a proposition which
the legislature accepted. It included a
site and land valuable for urban uses.
A bond for $100,000 was put up as a
forfeit in case the land did not bring
a million dollars. Again there was
delay due to litigation and the failure
of the legislature to make an appro-
priation for financing construction.
Cash Bond Paid.
After almost a year, during which
time the matter was in the courts,
Oklahoma City, on May 1, 1912, paid
over to the governor $100,000 in cash
in lieu of the bond, although the bond
had not been forfeited and recovery
could not have been made upon it un-
til all of the lands donated had been
Government Buys Horses.
From the horse and mule barns at
the Oklahoma City National Stock-
yards, 200 head of horses are being
selected and shipped to the Mexican
border for use in the army. Captain
W. S. Valentine, quartermaster at El
Reno, has been in Oklahoma City ac-
cepting the horses on behalf of the
war department. All of the horses
purchased by the local dealers under
the three contracts received from the
government have been purchased in
Oklahoma v
GROWING THE RASPBERRY REQUIRES
CAREFUL PREPARATION OF THE SOIL
Most Important of Our Bush Fruits Is Popular Everywhere
Home Gardens—Without Intensive Cultivation Berries Dry
on Canes and Are Practically Worthless—Injured by
Brown Beetle.
The raspberry will grow In a great
variety of soils, but to give the best
results should be planted in a well-
drained Boll, one which Is retentive of
moisture, and which Is abundantly
supplied with humus. A eandy loam,
Intensely cultivated, and well supplied
with decomposed barnyard compost,
will give a heavy yield. The canes on
such soils often make a growth of
ten feet or even more.
The raspberry responds splendidly
to good preparation. Deep plowing
and thorough harrowing should always
be given before plants are set. In
some cases It will pay to plow several
times, the aim being to get a deep,
thoroughly pulverized condition of the
soil. Many a raspberry plantation has
beer, a dismal failure because of poor
preparation of the soil. Soils that are
failed to construct the building. The
attorney general’s decision freed the
citizens from any legal obligation to
the stat§, and when the state failed
to construct the building no moral obll-
gaion remained.
Last Payment Made.
Because of the inability of the state
to carry out its part of the contract
the citizens, as a matter of course,
concluded that they, too, were freed
from the obligation of a contract de-
clared void by the state. But before
the question of the legality had been
definitely settled the citizens had paid
rents and other expenses amounting to
$18,000. Without taking into consid-
eration the failure of the state to
carry out its part of the contract the
legislature provided that the balance
of the $71,200 should be paid Into the
(State treasury before any part of the
appropriation could be used. Okla-
homa City has now turned in that bal-
ance, amounting to $53,578.50.
Commission Ready For Work.
“The commission expects to start
actual work on the capitol grounds
within the next twenty or thirty
days,” said W. B. Anthony, chairman
of the capitol building commission.
"The first work to receive atten-
tion will be sewer and water connec-
tions, excavations for the foundations
and the building of a railroad spur
from Twenty-first street and Santa
Fo to the capitol grounds. This spur
will be necessary to expedite the as-
sembling of building material ujton ths
i grounds.
“The commission will be ready to
! announce shortly the style of archl-
I tecture to be used In construction.
Majority of Fire Loss By Lightning.
Almost one-third of the fire loss In
Oklahoma during the month of May
was caused by lightning, according to
a report made recently by C. C. Ham-
monds, state fire marshal, to the In-
surance commissioner. A. L. Welch.
The fire waste was also the smallest
of any month since the establishment
of this department of our elate gov-
ernment.
The total fire loss of May was $89,-
209.54, of which $28,495 was caused
by lightning, , .
Leaves Skeletonized by the Byturue
Beetles.
Byturue Beetles.
Injury to Young Leaves by the
Beetles.
somewhat deficient in humus and nitro-
gen will be greatly benefited by firBt
plowing In a crop of vetch, alfalfa,
crimson clover, field peas or other
leguminous crop. This will give the
cool molBt condition that raspberries
naturally thrive in.
The red raspberry Is propagated by
means of suckers or sprouts. These
are always produced very abundantly
—in fact, too abundantly for commer-
cial growing. Many of them must be
removed or the rows become over-
crowded. Black raspberries are prop-
agated by rooting the tips. By placing
a little dirt just back of the tip, and
pressing It lightly with the foot, roots
are forced out and new plants pro-
duced.
Plants may be set either In fall or
spring. For high altitudes or regions
subject to winter-killing, spring plant-
ing Is preferable. Deep planting is
generally resorted to—from three to
four inches. The plants are set at
varying distances. A common method
wire® are strung, one on each side.
This Is a simple method and serves to
keep the cane within bounds and this
aids In the cultivation. Black rasp-
berries have rather stiff, upright canes,
so that under ordinary conditions, no
wires or trelllslng are necesssary.
The berries should be handled care-
fully and rapidly when marketing.
Picking should be done In the cool of
the day and only a few berries held In
the hand at one time. Never expose
the fruit to the hot sun.
During the last few years quite >
number of growers of red raspberries
In various sections have experienced
considerable disappointment, some
suffering almost the total loss of their
crop. The yield of berries was not
only below normal, but the berries
were not fit to put on the market
The cause of the Injury Is a small
brown beetle, belonging to the same
family as the buffalo carpet moth and
the museum pest. This one, however,
has the unusual habit of confining its
attack to living plant tissues, instead
of feeding on animal fibers and tissues
as its near relatives do. This small
beetle, the raspberry byturus. feeds
upon the youpg leaves and buds of the
raspberry and the larvae develop in
the head upon which the berry Is
borne, causing the affected berries to
ripen earlier, and this tends to make
them small and unfit for market.
The injuries are severe, but are
usually confined to small and some-
what local areas.
In one report, June Is given as
the time the Insects commence their
work and other reports give May as
the month. The following information
In regard to the Insect will be of In-
terest to all whose raspberry planta-
tions are troubled with these pests:
"Throughout our country there oc-
curs on the fruit of the red raspberry
a small, white worm, which commonly
remains adhering to the berry when It
Is gathered, lying usually on the inner
side of the cup or cavity in the berry.
Hereby the fruit is rendered unfit for
QeryUy
"Drinks
Even the road to success
leads to the grave.
—it answers every beverage
requirement—vim, vigor, re*
freshment, wholesomeness.
It will satisfy you•
Detamnd (be genuine
by full name—
Nickname* encourage
substitution.
The Coca-Cola Co., Atlanta, ga.
me rely |
For
Adv.
galls use Hanford's Balsam.
Its Sort.
"Did you have a fine auto trip?"
“I must say, It was mostly line.”-
Baltimore American.
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Appearance of Berry Clusters From
Sprayed and Unsprayed Vines.
Buds Showing Injury by Byturus
Beetles.
is to start the plants three feet apart
In the rows, allowing six feet between
rows. Some prefer four by eight.
Unless very Intensive cultivation le
practised the berries dry on the canes
and are worthless, or even, if har-
vested, Rre small, hard and seedy. The
problem is to conserve the moisture by
producing a soil mulch on the surface.
The liner this is. the better will be
the results. All weed growth should
be kept down. Towards fall cultlva-
tlon should cease, as intensive late
cultivation encourages growth which
is very soft and subject to winter
killing.
Red raspberries should not be
summer pruned as this practise often
seems to encourage winter killing. It
is a good practise to remove old canes
directly after fruiting. These canes
Bhould be burned as soon as removed.
In spring, further pruning will be nec-
essary. Black raspberries should be
pruned in summer, when the canes
have reached from two to four feet in
height, the ends should be pinched
off. Some summer pruners make the
serious mistake of allowing the canes
to grow to a height of six or eight
feet and then cut the canes back to
four feet, This kind of pruning re-
moves all the fruit.
The training of the vines Is very
simple. A common practise is to set
posts from ten to twenty feet apart,
according to size, and at a height of
three or four feet from the ground.
Cross-pieces are nailed on the posts.
From the ends of
An Old Root of Disease Resistant Lou-
don Red Raspberry.
the table or for preserving, until It
has been looked over with the utmost
care, and the berries closely examined
one by one, each berry on which one
of these worms is found feeding being
either thrown away or the worm re-
moved from it. This is a most irk-
some task, and, notwithstanding this
scrutiny, some of the worms no doubt
remain and are unconsciously eaten
with the berries, it being impossible
for the most piercing sight to detect
them in every instance, especially
those that are young and minute.
“When the worm is fully grown, It
drops to the ground and secretes It-
self under any dead leaves or other
rubbish which It finds. It forms a
cell In the dirt In which it changes to
a pupa of pqle, dull yellowish color,
and in this situation remains at rest
through the w inter, and till the middle
of May or a little later when it
changes to Its perfect form, and is
then a small beetle about twice as
long as thick, varying in length from
.12 to .15 of an inch.
"Spraying should be practised to get
rid of these insects. 8pray heavily
with arsenate of lead just before the
emergence of the beetles and this will
destroy most of the beetles and mate-
rially lessen their injury to the flower
buds. In connection with this, thor-
HEAD ITCHED AND BURNED
604 Greenville Ave., Staunton, Va.—
"My head broke out in pimples which
festered. It itched me so that I
would scratch it till my head got al-
most in a raw sore. My hair came out
gradually and it was dry and lifeless.
Dandruff fell on my coat collar till I
w'as ashamed of it. My head had been
that way all summer, itching and
burning till I couldn’t Sleep In any
peace.
"I tried salves but It looked like
they made It worse. I got-but
It did me no good so I got a cake of
Cutlcura Soap and box of the Cutlcura
Ointment and you don’t know what a
relief they gave me. In two weeks my
head was well." (Signed) J. L. Smith,
Oct. 28, 1912.
Cutlcura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free,with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post-
card “Cutlcura. Dept. L, Boston."—Adv.
The Fingerless Kind.
Lillian Russell, during a recent visit
to Atlantic City, was amazed to see
the number of Blashed skirts that still
prevailed on the Boardwalk.
“They must be last spring’s left-
overs," she Bald.
Just then a young girl In a skirt
outrageously slashed at back and
front, asked her companion, In pass-
ing:
"How do you like my new dress?
Fits like a glove, doesn’t It?”
“Fits like a mitt, Bhe’d better say,"
murmured Miss Russell, with a Bmile,
Face
Pomade
“The ALL DAY BEAUTY POWDER*
Ideal when motoring—pro-
tects and beautifies the com-
plexion—does not blow off—
pure and harmless.
At all dealers or by mail 50c.
Zona Co.. Wichita, Kansas.
w.l.douglAsI
SHOES
I Men’s tUKU'SP&iSP
I Women's JUMP Ill
Misses, Boys,Children
SI.SO SI.7SS2S2.no S3
* JfOU CAN SAVE MONEY
bywsertng tha 1
fcbW. L. Douglas
8ho«* because
for 81 year* 1
havs guusnUi
their Tala* by I
Unpromising.
"The Frosts expect their boy will
he a priest first and then a bishop.”
"Do you think he will?”
"Nope. That boy will never con-
firm anything but the neighbors’
worst fears.”—Life.
mm
my aarne
>rio# • tamped OB
■ole before the Bhoe* leave the factory.
" also protect you against high price*
or Inferior *hoe*. Theee are afow lea-
ioa* why I am the largest maker of
ft.BO and fi.OO ehoe* In the world.
Take No Substitute
$1,006,279 INCREASE
in (As talrs of th' W. It.
t>Mglae 'Kora in 1919 ovrr 1919.
hr rroaon for thr morntou'ln-
rraam in tala' of IP. L,
Douffla' 'ho" i' beeauie of th'ir
_arfro value. racerll'nt tiylz.'O'y
h^V fit and long wear.
Ask your dealer to show roe the kind
of W. L. !>«u*las shoes he le selling
for 18.00. Sato. *8.00, |8 to. S400 «»d |4 M.
If tie W.L.Douflee shoes are not for sale la
your vicinity, order direct *r#ra foctory. Shoes
for every member of the family at all pHcae,
postage free Writ# for Illustrated catalog
showing how to ordsr by mall.
W. L. DOUGLAS, 810 I park Btresi,
Brockton. Maw.
temores
1 *Shoe Polishes
Finest Quality
Largest Variety
Always Doing It.
"Bill Is a great one for never losing
the chance to embrace an opportun-
ity."
“Maybe that is the reason we found
him the other da> In his boat hug-
ging the shore.’
Still a Bachelor.
Patience—What good did it do your
brother to join the militia?
Patrice Why. he’s been mixed up in
four engagements and he hasn't been
taken prisoner yet.
Drinking to his health seldom pro-
longs anybody's life.
Method of Training and Trellises.
ough cultivation in the fall, close up
to the bushes, will destroy many of
the pupae. Bordeaux may be added for
fungous diseases, and will help hold
the arsenate of lead on the foliage
and buds, making the Bpray slightly
more efficient than if arsenate of lead
were used alone.”
Good Cultivation.
Good cultivation at the proper time
admits air, lessens the ascent of water
from the subsoil, causes the soil *o be-
come warmer, and stimulates a better
growth.
Currycomb Saves Labor.
To lighten the labor of cleaning
horses there has been Invented a
pneumatic currycomb which pumps
Lhe cross-pieces j away the loosened dusL
Ready-Cooked
—from
Your Grocer.
Post
Toasties
come from the ovens to your
table in tightly sealed pack-
ages — ready to eat when
opened — with cream, good
milk or fruits.
Every crisp flake of this
attractive food represents the
best part of choice white
Indian corn—
Perfectly cooked, delicately
flavoured and toasted to an
appetizing golden “brown.”
Post Toasties are made for
your pleasure and nourish-
ment.
Sold by Grocers
GILT EDGE (he only ladies' shoe dressing the! posi-
tively contain* OIL.. Black* and polishes ladies* and
children's boot* and shoes, shines without rub*
bin*. 25c. “French Gloss.” 10c.
S 1 Alt combination for cleaniag and polishing all kind*
of russet or Un shoes. 10c. "Dandy” size 25c.
,lQUICK WHITE” (in liquid form with sponge)
quk'kly^t leann and whitens dirty canvas shoes,
BABY ELITE combination for gentlemen who take
pride in having their shoe* look AI. Restores color and
lustre to all black shoe*. Polish with a brush or doth, 10c.
“Elite” size 25c.
U your dealer doe* not keep the kind you want, send
us (he price in stamp# for a full size package, chargae paid.
WHITTEMORE BROS. 8c CO.
20-26 Albany St. Cambridge, Mass.
Thu Oiled and Largeet Manufacturera of
Shoe Puiuhct in the World.
^_
WESTERNbCANADAT^
The opportunity of securing free ^
homesteads of 160 acres each. and|
the low priced lands of Manitoba,
Saskatchewan and Alberta, will
soon have passed.
Canada offers a hearty welcome
to the Settler, to the man with a
family looking for a home; to the ;
farmer’s son, to the renter, to all who i
wish to live under better conditioni.
Canada's grain yield In WI3 is
the talk of the world. Luxuriant
Grasses give cheap fodder for large
herds; cost of raising and fattening
for market is a trifle.
The sum realized for Beef, Butter,
Milk and Cheese will pay fifty per
cent on the investment.
Write for literature and partic-
ulars as to reduced railway
rates to Superintendent
of Immigration, Ottawa,
Canada, or to
G. A. COOK
i2sw.etnstr.ai
Kansas City, Mo.
Gwuuhan Government Agt
DAISY FLY KILLER ft
file*.
Anywhere, *$•
end kills all
Neat, clean, or-
nameutal, convenient,
cheap. Lasts all
season Made of
metal, can't spill or tip
over; will not soil or
I nj u re anything.
Guaranteed effective.
All dafller® or6sent
eiprees paid for 81.08.
HAROLD 80MCH8, 180 bsltalk Ave.. Hmoklya. M T.
JASPER SIPES COMPANY
?5582i FURNITURE
Opora Chairs and School Supplies
OKLAHOMA CITY. OKLAHOMA
$200.00 Guarantee
Accident plan. State Agent* aiau wa»r»Wd Sat.ixit#
U> experienced men If preferred.
INHUiUMK SOCIETY,
583 \\ estover HlUg., Kwzumsb City. Mo.
ffc umkea 8300. Texas ©oal Helds; no stock foi
VIII sale tYloatratlons free Agouia wanted
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