The Shawnee News. (Shawnee, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 233, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 17, 1909 Page: 3 of 6
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SHAWNEE, OKLAHOMA. TUESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1909.
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VOL. 14.—No. 233.
Speeches were made and a committee
on credentials appointed, and '-lie
meeting then adjourned to hear Mr.
Yoakum this afternoon.
An informal meeting was held last i
night. Speeches were made by Hon. |
A. F. Tandy, 8. O. Daws, R. F. Duck-
worth and others.
Senator Russell Tonight,
Senator Campbell Russell Is in the
city and will speak tonight. He
should be heard by a large audience.
A number of members of the Okla-
homa Initiative and Referendum lea-
gue are here, but it is not probable
that there will be a regular meeting
of the organization held.
"The experience of foreign nations Convention Notes.
should teach us that it is better to I There arc but two ladles presen-
build up our farms than to build at the convention, Mrs. Vina Smith
guns and navies. The .greatest de- formerly lecturer for Lojan county,
fense of our country will be the build- ^ and Mrs. Russell of Tecumseh.
iii/ of farms, which adds to the per- r. p. Duckworth, chairman of the
anent wealth of the nation. The national executive committee. Is here
cost of one discharge of all the guns as the representative of National
of our navy would reclaim fifteen president Garrett.
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OKLAHOMA WEATHER.
Generally fair tonight and Wednes-
day. Cooler In northern portion to
morrow.
LEASED A GIN.
Keystone, Okla., Aug. 17.—B. M.
Walker, manager of the Farmers'
union at Pawnee, has completed ne-
gotiations here In behalf of his com-
pany for the lease of the Keystone
cotton gin for the coming season.
Walker will be manager.
hundred acres of land. When the
powder is burned in the guns, it is
lost forever; when the farms are
built they become a permanent asset
of the country and increase In value
from year to year."
This was the tenor of the greater
portion of the address of Mr. B. F.
Ex-president D. J. Neln and a num-
ber of lay members of the Texas
union arc present.
Business Agent Albright of Galves-
ton Is an interested attendant upon
the meetings here.
Among the visitors Is noted one
member of the lower house, Repre-
Guthrle, Okla., Aug. 17.—Railroad
employes in train service are the best
earners and save more In proportion
to their Incomes than any of the
skilled crafts in Oklahoma, according
to statistics received by State Laboi
Commissioner Daugherty. The class
Includes conductors, engineers, fire
men and brakemen. On an average
they work longer hours, a greater
number of days, than do others ot
the paid classes, this average being j
302V4 days of about ten hours,
Yoakum, chairman of the executive sentative Earle of Texas county.
committee of the Rock Island-Frisco
system, before the members of the
State Farmers' union this afternoon.
His remarks were repeatedly cheered,
but the enthusiasm somewhat sub
"Politicians try to tell us that the
Farmers' union Is disintegrating,
says S. O. Daws, state librarian, "but
I am here to say that this is the most
intelligent and sober body of men
ADDITIONAL TRAIN SERVICE.
Ripley, Okla., Aug. 17.—The S.inta
Fe has met the complaints of citizens
last week at Ripley and Perkins ask-
ing for additional train service on
the eastern Oklahoma branch by
agreeing to reinstate the trains for-
merly operated between Guthrie and
Ripley, making connection with the
Shawnee-Arkansas City branch.
COST OF TAVING INCREASED. 1
Muskogee, Okla., Aug. 17.- One ef-
fect on the cost of street paving to
the public brought about by the s' lie
eight-hour law was shown in the |
large contracts awarded by the coun-
cil last night at 14 cents per square
yard for asphalt pavement, over form-1
er contract prices. Paving laborer'
formerly worked ten hours dally.
sided when the speaker turned from ever assembled In the state. It cer-
the question of increasing the im- talnly makes me happy to look Into
ber and value of our country's farms their faces. We can feel that the
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to railroad problems.
"A few years ago the lines now
represented by the Frisco system
served nine states badly; they now,
under one management, serve eleven
states well. No reasonable man can
be convinced that these lines man-
aged by twenty-eUht dlfferenl com-!
panies could give the service that
they now give under one manage-;
inent," said Mr. Yoakum. He then
turned his attention to the matter ol |
shipping and urged co-operation be-
tween the shipper and the railroads,
promising the co-operation of his own
roads, and stated that he believed
other roads would do the same, in
the establishment of a system of
warehouses and elevators whereby
the selling time for cotton and other
perishable products might be extend-
ed over nine months Instead of nine-
ty days. He also asserted that he
deemed It feasible for the railroads
and the producers to form an agree-
ment whereby perishable products
could be traced from the shipper to
the market.
Mr. Yoakum then took up his hob-
by .good roads, and offered to enter-
tain as his guests a committee ot
farmers' union presidents who woulfl
go with him through the east, where
good roads have been a long study,
to get pointers on road building for
Oklahoma. He highly praised this
state and her people and predicted
that with the building of 5,000 miles
of additional railways, which he
stated are urgently needed, the state
would soon double In population and
material wealth. Situated midway
between the lakes and the Gulf, the
lississlppi and the Rockies, the At-
liKtic and Pacific, Oklahoma can com-
mand the markets of the country, be
observed.
Mr. Yoakum was introduced by
President Garrison. He spoke before
a large audience In the superior court
room.
The special upon which Mr. Yoa-
kum came to Shawnee did not arrive
utll almost 11 o'clock this morning
He was met at the station by a com
mlttee of the Farmers' union com
posed of Messrs. Daws and Barnes,
and a committee of the Chamber of
Commerce. Before noon he was tak-
en for an automobile ride about the
city and to the Country club. Ho be-
gan speaking this afternoon at 1:16
o'clock and continued for an hour.
First Session of Union.
The state union held Its first ses
state is safe so long as such an or-
ganization exists."
Executive sessions will he held now
until the convention closes.
throughout the year. The average
Income is shown to be $1,87G.G6, while
the cost of living with them is only
$G30, or 63 per cent. They save from
their earnings and from Investments
an average of $437.50 per year, or, In
relation to what they earn, .309 per
cent, and only spend, In a miscei
laneous way, 10 per cent.
Living is the greatest Item with
miscellaneous railroad employes, In-
cluding machinists, trackmen, boiler-
makers and carmen. Their labor
averages 238 days per year, with an
Income of $G85.38, and the average
cost of living being $497.30, or 72 per
cent, based on income. Their savin;;
Is only $150.29 per year, or .219 per
cent of their income, while G per
ceil, is expended In a miscellaneous
way.
Carpenters, electricians, hod car-
FEDERAL LIQUOR
LICENSE MATTER
Washington, D. C., Aug. 17.—
Treasury department officials say that
governor Haskell of Oklahoma will
not get far with his protest to Pres-
ident Taft against the issuance ot
federal liquor licenses In Oklahoma
The internal revenue office had not
heard of the letter which Governor
Haskell has addressed to the presi-
dent at Beverly, charging that the
federal government is aiding the vio-
lators of the Oklahoma prohibition
law by Issuing federal liquor licenses,
and demanding that the president Is
sue an order prohibiting the treasury
riers, lathers, painters, plumbers and ! department from Issuing such licenses
stone cutters show an average saving 1 ln states where the sale of liquor is
Galveston, Tex., Aug. 17.—A plague
of mosquitoes, like unto one of the
seven plagues of Egypt, is now afflict-
ing the Gulf coast. Cattle In great
herds travel miles to the Gulf to es-
cape the pests by getting into the
water, where they stand starving. At
Point Bollver section hands were
forced to flag a train to escape mos-
quitoes. There Is a heavy falling off
of travel along the coast railroads
on account of the pest. Passengers
are compelled to cover their faces
and hands with their clothing for pro-
tection against mosquitoes which
swarm through the windows Galves-
ton Is not affected becauie of the
free use of oil.
of .191 per cent of what they earn,
while the number of days' labor per
year Is 213.3, the income averaging
$791.40, and the cost of living $521.47.
In the percentage column the living
Is ,G5S of the income, which leaves
a balance ot 15 per cent spent for
things not regarded as the necessities
of life.
The miscellaneous trades, such as
printers, miners, musicians, garment
workers, telephone and telegraph op-
erators, worked on an average of
250.2 days per year of eight hours,
and show an average Income of
$S34.91, while the cost of living was
$471.12, or about G5 per cent. These
classes saved about 20 per cent ot
their income, or $153 average Jpr
each man.
For twenty-four crafts shown ln
the report the average income was
$S47.GG per year, the average cost of
living $550.54, or G5 per cent. The
forbidden. Internal Revenue Commis-
sioner Caper being out of the city,
one of hi3 assistants had this to say
In reference to the Haskell request-
We received and refused a similar
request from South Dakota a few
months ago. The law Is plain; we Is-
sue a federal liquor tax receipt to any
one who applies and pays the amouut
fixed by statute for selling liquor.
It Is not license to do business, but
an evidence that the federal liquor
tax law has been complied with. It
does not give immunity to any man
who undertakes to sell liquor in a
state or section where the sale of
liquor is prohibited. Instead of being
an aid to violators, It ought to be
an aid tc the Oklahoma state officials
ln enforcing the law, ln that It fur-
nlsheB them with a clew as to who Is
probably selling liquor in the State.
We do not look for any Instructions
to refuse to issue such licenses ln
average ln saving was $150.41, oil Oklahoma or elsewhere until the fed-
Guthrie, Okla., Aug. 17.—Henry S.
Wannamaker, general manager of the
Mountain, Valley & Plains railroad,
which was chartered three months
ago to build from the coal and tim-
ber fields In New Mexico, westward
to Guthrie, visited tills city yester-
day and authorized the followins
statement:
Active work between Guthrie and
Cimarron, N. M„ will be taken up
within the next sixty days. The dis-
tance between these two points Is
approximately 450 miles, and the line
will traverse one of the richest agri-
cultural districts in the southwest.
"Bonds for the Oklahoma and Now
Mexico line will be issued at the
September meeting of the directors;
arrangements have already been per-
fected for their sale. Tile necessary
action to place the New Mexico bonds
will not be taken until October 1
next.
"Captain J. H. Conlln, chief engi-
neer of the line, who is one of my
party in Guthrie, reports to me that
he has found one of the finest sur-
veys between this city, and that the
route between Guthrie and Higgins
is one of the most favorable that he
has ever seen. Including depot build-
ings and necessary sidings, the sur-
ey demost rates that the line can be
easily constructed at $20,000 per
mile."
Mr. Wannamaker says that definite
arrangements havo been made to
route the Mountain, valley & Plains
westward from Guthrie to KInglvJer
Arnett and Taloga, in Oklahoma, and
via Higgins, Tex .,to Cimarron.
FOR AN INDIAN SCHOOL.
Hominy, Okla., Aug. 17.—Hominy Is
rejoicing over the fact that an option
has been asked for oil two block3 in
the Petit addition, which Joins the
government Indian village, for the lo-
cation of an Indian college and
LL'S
PETITION
Guthrie, Okla., Aug. 17—Governor
Haskell's petition campaign for revo-
•atlon of the federal policy of grantr
church, and the fact that. Rev. Me-1 jng jjqUor licenses to persons in local
Williams, missionary for the Osages, j opUon aml prohibition districts anil
bought a site adjoining the slto sen ,ii>olitlon of the interstate commerce
lected, indicates that the location of j lUje appije(j to liquor shipments made
the college is a settled fact. The lo-
cation of an Indian school and col-
lege is a settled fact. The location
of an Indian school and college has
been asked for because some people
object to the Indians attending pub-
lic school.
SEARCHING FOB
M HEIR TO
ber Z4, 1907. There Is coming to the
young man an Interest in an estate
it Mt. Vernon, 111., his share being
worth $1,500 cash. Soon after the
death of his father hero he and his
mother disappeared. They have not
been heard from since. George
Moore of North McAlester, an uncle.
Is here trying to get trace of them.
He will leave this week for Mt. Ver-
non with proof of the father's death.
about 18 per cent as applied to the
figures here given. The greatest sin-
gle expenditure was for food, which
averages among all classes shown
8.33 per year.
slon, an open one, this morning, dence to form Indictments."
HASKELL TRYING
10 ESCAPE SAKS
SYLVESTER RUSH
Omaha, Neb., Aug. 17.—United
States Attorney Sylvester Russ, who
was ln charge of the grand Jury that
indicted Haskell and others in Tulsa
said today; "The charges of a packed
Jury are nothing more than the same
old cuttlefish tactics oi befogging the
waters, and under the cover of slime
and mud of their own creation at-
tempting to retreat to a place of
safety. The Jury based its findings
upon the evidence under Instructions
of the court and I have never known
of a grand Jury having stronger evi-
eral law Is changed."
TWO ACCIDENTALLY SHOT.
Ralston, Okla., Aug. 17.—Miss Mary
Leonard of Ralston and Virgil Tinker
of Pawhuska were accidentally shot
with a revolver by Kirk Revard while
all were driving In a carriage near
Fairfax. Revard let the revolvet 'all
accidentally, discharging It. One bul-
let went through both of Miss Leon-
ard's hips and another through one
of Tinker's hips. The girl's condition
is serious.
BURIED IN A DITCH.
Stillwater, Okla., Aug. 17.—John
Jones, a negro at work putting in the
lateral sewers, was burled ln the
ditch by the caving of the dirt. It
took forty minutes to get him out.
He stood the ordeal all right, but it
was an exceedingly close call.
FREMONT COOK DEAD.
Guthrie, Okla., Aug. 17.—After euf
fering greatly the last few days from
an attack of hemorrhage of the brain
Fremont Cook, aged 60 years, died
at the Rucks sanitarium.
Mr. Cook was born in 1849 in south
central Michigan and came to Okla
homa in the early days. He home-
steaded a place near Berlin and came
to Guthrie, and for the last eight
years has been a traveling represen
tlve of the State Capital company.
He Is survived by his two sons.
POPULAR PREACHER LEAVES
Poteau, Okla., Aug. 17— Rev. P. C
Irwin, pastor of the Presbyterian
church of this city, has left to as
sume charge of a new church in
new town, Crosbyton, Tex.
Rev. Mr. Irwin has been in Poteau
for some time, dividing his time be
tween the church here and two oi
three churches ln smaller towns near
by.
into those districts may be made a
political Issue. Already republican*
are charging that It is an admisBloa
bf tho state's inability to enforce itl
statutes and that the result of the
plan would be to throw the burden ot
enforcing prohibition upon the federal
government.
According to local republicans, the
state has been In possession of a long
list of persons' names who have fed-
eral liquor licenses for Oklahoma,
which the state law makes prima
facie evidence of intent to violate the
law, but that state has made no ef-
i fort to prosecute them. Enforcement
Attorney Caldwell recently submitted
j a complete list of the names to the
I federal court here, asking that rail-
Relatives are searching for Merrill j ,-oa(is be enjoined from delivering
W. Moore, son of the late John | shipments of liquors to such coa
Moore of this city, who died Decern slgnees. No action has been taken.
NOTICE
The Oklahoma City Times charge*
that the president possesses neither
power to suspend the license issued
abrogate tiie rule of interstate
commerce, as the petitions sent over
the state Indicate that he has, and
points to the fact that without a fed-
eral license sellers of liquors would
be violating a federal law, which
would call for federal Interference.
Members of tne republican state conv
mittee contend that here the burden
of enforcement would be shifted front
the state and that any failure to atop
the sale of liquor in Oklahoma would
draw criticism upon the national ad>
ministration.
LAWTON POSTMASTER NAMED.
This is to notify all those who; Lawton, Okla., Aug. 17.—'This city
have bought advertising space in ls t0 havo a chansH ln postmaster,
, . „ „ ... i the first ln its history of eight years.
Labor Day bouvemr Program ,,rank w Parklnson ha9 been glveB
to make up your card or advertise- ~ appointment and expects t
take charge September 1. Frank V.
ment at once, as we want to start Wr|ght editor of the Lawton Daily
the composition this week. I may News, republican, has contested for
call on you any time, so have on the office and during the last session
of congress President Taft appointed
him to succeed Postmaster J. T.
White, the Incumbent, but the senate
did not confirm the appointment.
The selection of Mr. Parkinson,
who is one of the most prominent re-
publicans In Oklahoma, was a com-
promise.
file.
J. A- HOLLAND,
Labor Day Committee's ' Authorized
Representative.
DEATH OF WM. BAILEY.
Cleveland, Okla., Aug. 17.—The
death Is reported of William Bailey
at his home ln Cleveland, Okla., of
cancer. He was 80 years old.
aged wife and two sons and
HURT BY DERRICK.
Quay, Okla., Aug. 17.—George Hen-
nigh was critically injured ln a hay
field when a large derrick fork fell
and struck him on the right hip, in
fiictlng a deep wound. His condition
is serious.
CAT IN THE BAG
Just a word about buying "a cat In the poke." We do not be-
lieve It to be tin better part 3f wisdom to buy anything wilhojt
first seeing It. This Is especially true of town lots, fruit farms, etc.
Detter buy Shawnee real estate and see what you arc gelling.
If you have Idle money waiting Investment, you are invited to
open an account at this bank.
B-VNK OF COMMERCE
Rose Isaacs of Fairview survive him.
BROOMCORN YIELD GOOD.
Lindsay, Okla., Aug. 17.—Lindsay
is in the midst of a great broomcorn
His I harvest. More than 0,000 acres were
Mrs. planted this season. The yield ls ex-
ENDORSES BEN COLBERT.
Washington, D. C., Aug. 17.—Chair-
man Norris of the Oklahoma repub-
lican state commltlee has endo
cellent and more than 1,000 men are
employed ln cutting and curing the
crop.
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UP-TO-DllEi KCESKCP
NO 4 WEST MA.N
♦ New work a specialty. Re-
♦ pairing o' all kinds prompt-
1 ly attended to. Charges
reasonable.
♦ Give us a trial, we call for
♦ and deliver harness.
' All new and modern ma-
! chinery.
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YE ARE THE PEOPLE!
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Otliveiy
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| pressing give us a trial and you will call on us
again for you will be more than pleased.
We serve one and all alike,
Ca>h or C. O D. to one and all.
All kinds of Sanitary Cleaning, Dyeing and Pressing.
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Ben Colbeit of Tishomingo as census [ ♦ One door west of the Union Savings Dank on Main Street, where all
cars btop, you will find the
Up-To-D^e Shoe Shop
The liyhtnlng repairs, the most modern machinery. I have in opera-
tion the new Champion and Laridls Stitchers which do yood w >rk and
keep them hot so we can hit the ball. Alw lys ready for you. Men H
|()|M sewe(] ;5c, Ladies' 1-2 Boles sewed 0c, we make a specialty "f
i-v r-j ti t,ii K\ cementing 1-2 soles on turned shoes. We promptly call for and d<
UK. U. n. I A I /TI AI > ♦ liver your work to all parts of the city. 1 buv and sell Men's second
hand shoes, bring them to us. Harness shop In connection.
i J. M. Van Tre SS Prop, and Mgr.
supervisor for the fourth Oklahoma j ,
district. The three republican cm- i J
gressmen have not yet decided whom j J
they will recommend for their re j I
spective districts. t
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Office over Shawnee National Bank
PHONK 92
I'hone 184 4 W
We Gall for and Deliver *.l! Work
Peoples Cleaning and Oye Works
122 INorth Bell St., .shawnee, Okla
Phone 225
Remember our New Process is Sanitary
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