Oklahoma State Register. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 20, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 14, 1911 Page: 4 of 8
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>AGB POUR
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Oklahoma State Register
Published Every Thursday by
oklahoma printing company.
JOHN ooi.or.IE, Sec,
Inc., Dec. 17, 1903.
>|MI . tba Postofflre at Guthrie. Oklahoma a Second
" Class Mail Matter.
jL M. DOLPH. Pre*.
Srtabltsbed Dec. 17, 1S90.
Subscription Price per ^ear. fl.00
THl'RSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14. 1911.
JOHN GOLOBIE. Editor.
UNIO
THE TEST.
The statesmen and newspapers who have some
■pecial advantage under the conditions that exist—
the opportunists who consider the political and econo-
mic conditions of the country as the best that can
be In which they prosper—are already beginning to
reiterate the old cry that prosecutions and reforms
should stop and let the country get back to good
timeB" again.
There Is something strange how often It hap-
pens that in forshadowing of national elections and
the consequent business caution, bad crops also fall
In. This year the dry weather helps to agravate the
general conditions of the country. And this is the
condition under which the public is always side-
tracked from any general legislative reform in Its
economic conditions of a fundamental character. Evils
gVow up of a gigantic character, as a natural conco-
mitant of organic strides in business, until the scales
of the just distribution of the benefits of Industry to
all are tipped the wrong way. When the attempt is
made to right these scales the cry is made that pros-
perity is being destroyed.
But prosperity is being destroyed for whom? If
the return of unnatural prosperity meanB the piling
up of more unnatural fortunes for those already
having them, then the mass of the people had bet-
ter go on with the program of reform until the
changes in the economic laws are made so that the
results of business will fall more equitably on all
But it takes courage in the mass of the people
to stand out against the cry of return of prosperity
as the price of their votes. It is a cotlrage the people
In the worlds history never had until they -were in
the last extremity and ready for revolutions. It
It remains to be seen if the public life of America is
sufficiently enlightened that in the face of present c>on-
flitions the people will support the reforms in the
large policy of legislation that seems to promise the
cure of many special privileges in which the large
fortunes dominate business and the national life to
a degree that free government is threatened.
NATIOWI. FARM DEMONSTRATION
The four days state farm demonstration last week
nnder the National Department of Agriculture, demon-
strated that this department when fully understood,
will be of the greatest assistance to the farmers.
These demonstrates were composed of one appoin-
tee in each county. They are paid certain sums by
the government and are being trained by experts of
the agricultural Department. These experts from
Washington lectured at the meeting last week, and
the ordinary citizen has no idea of the character of
Information given. Many of the accepted theories
are entirely overturned and convincingly so. The
amount of nutriment each kind of crop takes cut of
the Boil is told. The character of that chemical val-
ue as plant food, and what it takes to restore it.
The different methods of handling different soils.
How one character of bugs destroy other characters,
and how you must know which is a plant eating ver-
mine and not destroy the friendly police bugs who
eat them.
The amount of money spent in bettering the
methods of agriculture is never lost; and the nation-
al department of agriculture is now inaugurating a
wrok that when it reaches the real farmer, will revo-
lutionize the work of the poorest toiler that makes
bis living out of the soil.
lASt week the make-up foreman failed to put the
credit line over the editorial entitled "Strikes." We
have no desire to steal editorial matter, and especially
any of such responsible character as the one quoted,
from Collier's.
A LOCAL EXAMPLE THAT IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE
If a man has anything of value to any number of
persons, or to the whole people, the greater number
of persons he can convey that information to the
more profitable it is for him—and for them, the
people
This is the whole secret of advertising. The rest
Is a matter of intelligence how to present the infor-
mation to attract the greatest attention.
This was illustrated last week in this city. A
farmer of I>ogan county was peddling the finest
samples of Jonathan apples from house to house
In Guthrie. He had already sold six wagon loads
around the residences without any general public
knowledge that logan county had a good crop of
apples. The editor of the Register persuaded a
prominent dry goods store that a display of such
beautiful rosy appleB In his window, among the dis-
play of handsome silk fabrics, with a card that they
were Logan county apples, would not only attract
public attention, but public astonishment. He made
the display, End It waylaid greater crowds in front
of his store than any other display. They wore the
only local apples displayed to advantage at that time
in the city. The local grocery stores at that time
were advertising In their windows foreign apples at
three for ten cents.
This week a commission house of Galveston, Tex.,
wrote the raiser of the apples, asking for prices,
saying that they had seen write-ups in newspapers
about their good quality.
Advertising—the conveying of Information—Is limit*
less. If a man In China had something you needed
badly, you'd get It, If you know It; but If bo didn't
advertise the fact, he might sleep with It another
At going to press the telegraph does not make it
quite plain, but it looks as though prohibition has
won again in Maine.
Minnesota republican leaders must have thrown
policy to the winds in the interest of principle, in de-
claring so far rbead for Robert l^a Follette. '
6%
repre-
The Dinford girl goes on the New York stage
she says, not for more notoriety; she has had more
than she wants of that, but to earn money to "pull
her self out of a hole.'' in the way of an uplift. Even
this slightly elevated sentiment is commendable and
should have public approbation.
Wow- But Rev. Joseph M. lambert, of the (elm-
wood Temple Congregational church, Providence,
Rhode Island. Is getting it from his brethren for
marrying Astbr. it is suspected by the ministers
that he got from $1,000 to $r,.000 for doing it.
This time it is Mount Etna belching a stream of
lava two thousand feet wide and four feet deep, and
making human being fly like ants This earth, if it
takes a notion, has little care for man.
"TO V MAX ON THE FENCE"
Here is not only a true, but a brave thing for
the Shawnee Herald, democratic, to say:
"It may not much befit those who are altogether
on the outside to talk much about what is going on
inside Y'et occasionally one who sits on the fence
and watches the procession going by is able to see the
'direction the procession is taking, as well, if not
better than those who are in the midst of it.
"To a democrat on the fence this year, the pro-
cession in Oklahoma seems taking very dangerous
directions. We may not be moving toward a sur-
render of the state to the republicans next year, but a
procession headed in that direction woujdn't look very
different from the one we have
Just at present the Board of Education, the Board
of Affairs and the Board of Agriculture.—boards
which control at least an aggregate of one-third of
the total governmental activity of the state, stand
confronted with accusations of extreme character.—
accusations made not by republicans, but by demo-
crats. If the accusers are to be believed, these
branches of the government have degenerated into
mere scrambles for the perquisites.—the spoils, if you
please,—of office, v Dissension within the administra-
tion itself seems to have reached a point where it is
difficult to prove the probity of one part by another
part. The only people in whom the various officers
seem to have complete confidence, is in themselves.
"That this course of action is suicidal from a party
standpoint no one will deny. All to this the ljjeessity
of explaining the taxes this year, and it Immediately
becomes evident that after a few more months such
as the past two have been, the party had just as
well prepare to move out of power.
"Few men have had greater tasks upon them as
party leaders, than that which now rests upon Gov-
ernor Cruce If the administration is to be held to-
gether. if the party Is not to be wrecked tiyithe situ-1
ations produced by those who are disappointed be-
cause of failure to secure business or official posi-
tion,—if we are not to appear^ as entirely unable
to control the malcontents within our own party, or
else admit ourselves totally and ruinously incom-
petent, the untarnished reputation, the fairness and
firmness of the governor alone can prevent it
"As suggested above,one on the outside may not
have much right to make such observations. But
it certainly looks that way to a man on the fencc "
6% DEMAND LOANS
The Guthrie Mill and Elevator Company
sents a cash investment of
$90,000.00
$ US,ouo.oy of this investment is now us«d in the
operating capital of this mill. The business is now
three times the volume it was twelve months ago,
end this increase demands more operating capital. Vie
could use to advantage $10,000 more working capital.
This investment would be confined strictly to the
purchase of wheat, corn and other grain and their
products. We believe there is sufficient money in this
community now idle or drawing a low rate of in-
terest that might just as well be earning a fair or
better rate of interest to the mutual advantage of all
parties, and therefore make the following proposi-
tion:
We will issue our certificate of deposit for any
sum payable on ten days demand, with interest pay-
able monthly at the rate of six per cent per annum
up to the amount of Ten Thousand Dollars, and the
president of the mill, J. W. McNeal, will personally
guarantee the payment of every one of these certi-
ficates of deposit.
GUTHRIE MILL & ELEVATOR CO.
WHAT WOMAN MILL I>0 FOR HEK
CHILD.
Am I ti m and Assault Were
Mrs. Thompson.
climbed In, and rode away.
The mother was summoned imme-
diately. and a search was instigated
oriiujl of in Arkansas ( ity, infield and Wich-
ita. Airs. Thompson ana ner mother
spared no time and expense in the
! Newkirk, Ok., Sept. 11.—Mrs. Hattie search tut arri\i t each place a
ji. Thompson, whose 17-montbs-old little too late.
child was kidnapped by its father, .Mr. Thompson was accompanied to
U narles ('. Thompson, four months Wlneld by a your.g woman. He claim-
ago, is now at home in Newkirk, hav- ed tiiis woman was merely acting ase
ing tound the child in Kansas City, the child's' nurse. T ie hotel author-
;She is to be found daily in the iti s there when notified concerning
steam laundry, industriously feeding the kidnapping, testifi-d that the
towels to a nianble, but, althoug i woman who was wit.: Thompson did
the perspiration runs down her face not seem to be the child s mother, as
in streams, this pretty, dark-eyed the little one refused to go to her, or
woman is a picture of happiness, as to remain alone with her.
siie says to her friends: After a long recital of the chase
"Oh, I'm so happy. I have' my and the eventual finding of the baby
baby, and my long search is over. in Kansas City, the grandmother
While the mother is at work, the wound up" with the words: "Well,
child, Anna Esther, is being cared for I'm mighty glad she's found the child.
by its grandmother, Mrs. line, who That's the second time that man has
tells the story of the kidnapping. worked havoc in this home." Then
The husband and wife had been she brought to light another strange
separated for some time, pending a di- story as proof of the man's inhu-
orce and Ihe grandmother was taking inanity toward his wife.
care of the baby while the mother was Tired of supporting her, it is al-
sewing in the. country. She had just leged, and wishing to be rid of her,
finished her washing one day, and he tried in many ways to secure
THE HABIT OK RIGHT.
The civilized races still have the habit of regarding
all weaker races as their possession for the good of
their own exploiting. For weeks two continents have
been speculating on a war between France and Ger-
many over Morocco, and the only note heard was as to
the rights of the contending nations in the premises.
The status, or betterment of the people of Morocco
never once entered into consideration.
two thousand yea
fortunate
you would ho no
THE VITAL QI ESTION
Chickasha Journal, now democratic:
Is Oklahoma City framing up to get a million dol-
lar appropriation from the public building fund
should i he- legislature be assembled in an extra ses-
sion? Thi? question Is, should the Oklahoma kgis-
latur#bapprd[lriate any of her i ubllc building funds for
this purpose? We say no. decidedly no Lut what is
to be gained ii^'this procedure? It is costing the
s(^te nearly $70,000 per annum in rents to house the
various departments of her official family at Okla-
homa City in adition to the free use of the Fourth
Street high school building. It looks as though Ok-
lahoma t'ity has fallen fiat down on her proposition
to build the capital free of any cost to the tax pay-
ers of the state, and is ready and waiting to be dealt
with as the people and legislature see fit. The leg-
islature would hardly attempt to move the capital at
some other place without leaving the matter open
for approval by the people. We are rather Inclined
to the belief that the legislature^ would rather sub-
mit' the location of the capital straight out to the
people and permit them to designate where they
want their capital located. No further bids of a fre<'
capital would be permitted to enter into the ques-
tion. A building site would probably be the only
consideration. Oklahoma City, under a resubmission
of the question, would remain the capital, and it
would take an expressed majority to remove the capi-
tal away from there. The proposition, "shall the
capital bo removed from Oklahoma City," would be
the vital question under resubmission to be first set-
tled. You could vote for your choice of locations
among the various cities aspiring. Under Uhis ar-
rangement Oklahoma City would decidedly have the
best of tjie fight, and this is the way they are figur-
ing at present over at Oklahoma City upon the
proposition. They believe that a majority of the
people will never vote to take the seat of govern-
ment from them. In the event the Question was re-
submitted and a majority does not voto to remove
the capital Oklahoma City would then be the free
unfettered capital and would say to us, you can rent
or build or do as you Ilk#, the people have now
spoken. With its peculiar and perplexing condition
what Is the best course for the legislature to pur-
sue to protect the taxpayers and mako Oklahoma
Citr do that which she first contracted to Jo.
was prepaVing to dress and to feed
the child, when the father suddenly
appeared at the side door, picked up
tlie baby, and walked off. Mrs. Kline
rushed to the front door and attemp-
ted to head him off calling out
pleadingly.
"Oh let me rlean her up and put
writ ti eel a ring her insane. Since
the l irth of the child, Mrs. Thomp-
son had been afflicted with a nervous
trouble which took the form < f. a
weeding hysteria, and then of laugh-
ing hysteria. For days she laughed
c.easely, in ii'nervous delerium. Then
she become exhausted, and tempor-
THEKK'S I LESSON IN LOSING
I-ogan County News:
Tiie cigar factory of Ralph ^ M.
Davis was moved tiiis week to Guth-
rie, while Mr. Davis and his family
i:d his eii.iiloyci-s as well us one
ot ilie employees family have also
moved to t..ul city. J^ack of local
; atronage seems to have been the
reason lor the factory s removal from
our city v. here it has been located
tor more than three years Thus
dots the blow fail- for In this re-
moval Crescent loses. Crescent loses
a handsome weekly payroll, she
loses some of her be t citizens, she
loses her piestage as a cigar man-
uiacturiiig town together with the
prestige the names, of ttye various
cigars gave her. ys an advertising
proposition. She loses a gross in-
come which weekly amounted to hun-
dreds of dollars, she loses the pat-
ronage of all the cigar workers,
whicn in a year amount to quite a
large sum. She loses one of the best
band men in the state, she* loses
financially, she loses morally, and all
by the reason that too many of our
citizens would rather put their nick-
les in the coffers of some corporation
miles away, rather than to smoke
home cigars' keep the money at home
as well as keep a nice weekly pay
roll going in Crescent. Too bad, that
men who claim to be boosters could
not see the advantages of keeping
this factory in our city, but where a
town will not support home products
home production ceases. The past,
drouth season probably Is also partly
to blame for the light sales of the
Crescent made cigars, altho it did
not seem to effect the sale of foreign
brands. But it certainly is to be re-
gretted that this long established fac-
tory must remove from our city. But
fair warning all:—a lesson has been
learned—home patronage begets
home industries—whether it be cigars
or the more necessities of life. It
can't be said that the home produced
cigars were not good enough, for the
manufacturer only recently took the
first of three premiums for the best
formula for the making of a good
five cent cigar, and when it is con-
sidered that in this contest were
hundreds of manufacturers from all
over the country, we should apprec-
iate the fact that the Crescent made
cigar came out a winner. No. the
quality was there and had home
people consumed the quantity, the
factory would have remained in our
city. Again we shout, don't be a
knocker, but be a booster and pat-
ronize home industries.
THE COMING FA! I
1
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her to sleep before you take her." aril.v lost the power of speech.
But the man hastened to the street "The way that husband of hers
where an automobile was waiting tormented her was more than enough
to give her nervous prostration." her
mother said indignantly. This ex-
haustion. which overcame the Nvife
was pronounced \o be a case of
melancholia, and a warrant was se-
cured to have her taken to the asy-
lum for the insane at Norman.
Mrs. Thompson was taken to the
fsylutn without any delay, ostensibly
for treatment, but the facts of the
eas« as told by Mrs. Kline herself,
are that she was'sut up in the ward
for the dangerously insane, although
she was in full possession of her
faculties.
Being upable to speak she could
make no defense. She says:
"I was knocked about by the dan-
gerous lunatics, and beaten by the
maniacs until I was bruised from
head to foot, ords cannot express
the horror of my position. My fore-
head was crused on one side, and
"Pippin:--' cfat least
two excellent varieties-
originated in the Garden
of Eden. Man has im-
proved i n both as 11?e
years have rolled by.
(With apologies to
the ladies.
It has taken time to
establish our little label-
in-the-ccat as the stand-
ard of style and value.
The policy of "noth-
ing hut the-truth"about
the clothes we sell—the
plain statement of facts
ill the ads we write— in
fact, the policy we out-
lined w hen we first be-
gan business did not
' 'bear fi uit" in a day.
It has taken time and
experience to work cut
the end successfully.
Pig leavesareno long-
er the accepted clothing
of humanity—civiliza-
tion lias perfected the
apparel of mankind—
and the apparel we offer
you is the perfected
Latest fall styles now
on display in our west
window.
Better clothing can't
be made.
FARQUHARSON'S
REAL ESTATE TBANSEEHS
J. H. Tait to Grace S. Tate, one-
alf interest in N. W. 14 and East
half of S W 11-16-1W, also lots 1
and 8 block 35 C. H. Guthrie.
Malissa E. Carr to Minnie Lower
lots :s and 5 to 12 b. 1, Lewis Ad.
Coyle $1,7000.00.
Mary E. and >ohn A. Cravens to
R. A. Gatfney NW 34-16-2W $4,700.00.
Arnett Snyder to Martha G. Rucks
lots 4 and 5 b. 20 E. Guthrie $3,250.
Mary J. Kedash to Sarah M. McDol-
ald lots 16, 17, and 18 b. 37, W.
Guthrie $400.00.
R. A. Gaffney to Mary E. Cravens
E half oKSW 15-16-1W., less 2 rods
$1,600.00.
Jas. Slife to Ijeroy M. I->ee lots 3
and 4, and S half of NW 3-19-2W
$4,000.00.
J. F. Webber to S. W. Stevens lots
13 to 16 b 21 Coyle $700.
E. B. Gray to J B. Mininger lots
16, 17, and 18 b. 67, C. H. Guthrie
$1,500.00.
Eunice B. Hamill et us to A. G. C.
Bierer lots 3 and 4 in S half of N. W.
5-15-3 W, 167as $6,000.00.
Eunice B. Hamill et ux to A. G. C.
Bier NW 13-15-4 W., less 22 acres
isn't completely healed yet." The ; $L0OO 00,
first word she was able to utter was
i 'paper.'
I No attention was paid to her re-
' quests for this article for several
days. Then some paper was brought
! to her, and she wrote an eloquent ap-
i peal to the authorities, showing that
her mind was completely clear. This
brought about her release, but even
in her happiness in finding her
' child she cannot wholly forget the
horrors of her confinement in the
Thos. J. Stevens to J. W. Potts lots
3, 4, and 5 b. 63 Guthrie $5,000.00.
X F. Walls to Mrs. Anna Howland
lot 4 b 13. Pleasant Valley $1.00.
Annie R. McCracken to A. M. Me-
Cracken lots 14 and J5 b 67 E.
(luthrie $2,000.00.
John W. Wilkinson to W. J. Hod-
ges lots 5 arid 6 b. 15 E. Guthrie
3,v00.00.
Claims Sweetheart of Childhood.
asylum. i Rudy E. Meyer, aged 22, trapper
'and freighter at Casher, Wyo., fin-
Judge John H. Burford, named ished a 1,000 mile trip to Guthrie
as referee in the Oklahoma 2-cent j today in order to wed Miss Delia
jfare cases, has announced that he is [ Woodruff, aged 20. They were neigh-
J ready to begin hearing testimony in bor children near Centralia, 111.,
j , those cases whenever the attorneys where Meyer's mother is the wealth-
\ can agree upon a date. iest property holder of Bond Co
VERY LOW
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1911, Rock Island Lines will sell
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ets to California and Pacific North-
west points.
TO
CALIFORNIA
AND
North Pacific
Coast Points
VIA
Through Tourist Sleeper
via El Paso, the low altitude way,
leaving El Reno daily at 7:15 a. m.
Rock Island Tourist cars provide
the convenience and comforts, of
Pulman Standard sleeping cars at
half the cost.
Send today for our folder "Across the
Continent in a Tourist Sleeping Car"
and let me tell you how inexpensively
you can make the trip.
For further information or reserva-
tions call on local agent or address me.
FAY THOMPSON. D A. RA1NSBURG,
Div. Pass. Agt. Agent.
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