The Shawnee News. (Shawnee, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 233, Ed. 1 Monday, February 28, 1910 Page: 2 of 8
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THE *M w iee "EW? MONDAY, FEB.IIMHV 5.8, 1611.
Shawnee News,
LOU. 8. aIJ-AKD,Owner and Publisher
LABEL
NEW PHONE
News Business Office. SSI
Lou b. a Hard s Residence. 240
Eniered as second-class mall matter at Bha w
aee. Okiaboma, under tbe act of Conirress of
Marob 3.1879.
An injunction asked for by the
Wright brothers lias stopped the
flight of Paulhan at Oklahoma City
until it can be settled.
iwiwler is a more expensive "errand
boy" than the most of men usually
lilro, but the governor is an extra
sort of an official, which accounts for
tho services of a good "errand boy.*
A detective working in Ihe state
disponsary department has admitted
that he played poker and charged up
his losings to his expense account
This is about tho finest line of demo-
cratic financiering that has come un-
der our observation in Oklahoma.
Now the question is, did this same
detective turn over to tho state his
winnings at poker? It is safe to say
thai ho did not. That would have
been inconsistent with the rules of
the administration bosses.
INCREASING fTHB HURDKNS.
When the extra session of tho leg-
islature was first talked about tho
excuse for calling It together was
that of reducing the burdens that
the two previous assemblies had
placed on tho people, although every
body knew that it was only an ex-
cuse with deeper motives at the bot-
tom. In this there has been nobody
deceived in the least, notwithstanding
the pill was sugar-coated to conceal
its bitterness, that the taxpayers
might accept it as the proper medi-
cine desired for their afflictions.
What has been dono In tho direction
of reducing the burdens under which
the people are struggling? Well,
there have been appropriations to the
amount of a million and an additional
indebtedness of two millions more
taxed on the administration's infamy
and profligacy for the taxpayers to
meet by additional taxation in the
future. The only thing that has been
done toward lessening the load the
people have been carrying was the
extention of the time In which It
must be paid, and not In removing
any of it. This looks more liko pro-
longing the misery than providing re-
lief along the lines wanted. An at-
lempt in the direction of economy
was made in the passage of the sal-
ary bill for county officials and still
this was merely an attempt to do so
something that really was not done.
While some of the salaries may have
been made lower others were pushed
up making the whole bill deceptive
and of no real value to the people in
whose interest it was expected to be.
Some good has nevertheless been
accomplished, but not by legislation,
but through Investigations started by
the republicans and pushed to a real-
ity in direct opposition to the ma-
jority of the democrats, and especially
those close to the administration, but
the abuses were so flagrant and plain
that many of the more conservative
and honest democrats joined in with
| the republican minority and with
j their help the admlnlstrallon forces
were forced to lay down and submit.
The school land department which
bits been spending the i>< >i i«4's money
I in direct violation of the law and the
I rulings of tho attorney general, have
I been smoked out of their position,
I not by tht- doniocra - but republicans.
IThe good accomplished will -ave to
I'll-- taxpayers and the school fund
■ many thousand, of dollars that would
■have gone Into the pockets of poll*
|tlclans and party workers for the
>d of democracy, for which the
|p "'jiir should feel thankful to the
Republican organization and the min-
'Ity In the legislature. Too much
Credit cannot be bestowed on the
■Maocrats who rebelled against the
pdmlnlstraUon ud united with the
epublicans and wo believe will be.
j new election law, about as con-
|
disfranchisement bill, has been
|m ,ed but without the emergency
khlch has been such a boone to the
Administration in getting obnoxious
L s enacted agalast the Interests of
me state and tho people. This bill
Ike the Taylor law will have to run
he gauntlet of the courts and the
THE NBWS t MONTHS FOR 81.00
ballot box, and It too will go th
its companion in iniquity went, it Is
not a measure demanded by the peo-
ple but the politicians who want to
remain In office and continue to rob
the taxpayers with tho same open
hand as they have been doing
The investigation Into the gover-
nor's methods of taking care of his
political friends out of the taxpayers'
money has met with better success
than it was expected It would when
tho Investigation was started. The
governor defended himself on the
witness stand before the Investigating
committee just about as
pected he would do, but at the ex-
pense of the truth. He claimed that
the money which had been paid to
tho detective Lawler was in the in-
terest of the state and for the per-
formance of state work, but at lao
amo time declined to make public
the class of work ho bad been doing
hiding behind the screen of secrecy.
The governor claimed that if he were
to tell it would prevent I^awler from
xecutlng the work he had been em-
ployed for, and at tho same time
promised that the information would
be imparted to the committee confi-
dentially. Tills looked well enough
and would have been accepted in
good faith had somebody else said It,
but tho committee as well as the
public knew who was doing the talk-
ing and making tho promises, they
had hoard the same kind of promises
before, hence took It all in with
several grains of allowance.
Tho governor's bait had been bit
by the people and they were not i 0wcn Mora, the doughty British
disposed to stop here accepting all fighter, who has just defeated Matty
sa i as gospel truth, so they Baldwin in a twelve-round wind-up
ought his man I-awIer and quizzed bout ln Bo8ton. Recently the pugll.
him as to what he had been doing |lgUc world wa8 of Ule oplnlon that
Moran had fallen oft since his ad-
vent Into this country. His fight
with Baldwin, however, showed that
he Is as vigorous and aggressive as
ever.
and they found out. Much to the
surprise of the public Lawler said he
had done nono of the things that
Haskell said he had been doing, but
that all his time had been given In
investigating the Standard Oil and
running errands" for the governor. I —
That little word covers up a multl- them. We are not being envied for
ude of sins of omission and commls- having acquired the burdens so much
sion that the taxpayers would like to as for our good Judgment ln making
know if they can be found out. In them. The propositions which have
short l-awler contradicted tho gov- been acceptod are no more than good
crnor ln nearly every particular. Now business Investments, Just such as
the question arises, who of them lied? any capable business man would
The people will not he long in draw- have undertaken under the same con-
ing their own conclusions as to vera- ditionB.
city between the governor and his it will operate as the good business
detective, and especially when they man looks at advertising, If you place
take the relative responsibilities be- one dollar in business place an equal
tween the two. The investigation Umount in printers' ink. In securing
has not been without its good results the seat of learning along with ihe
whether the majority on that com- j packing plant we have formed a nu-
mlttee apply the whitewash or not, cleus around which other and greater
and which they are pretty sure of things will come and that too with-
dolng. This was expected and If It „ut the necessity of making the same
fails the public will be more than investments in order to secure them,
agreeably surprised. There will he Even should we have to put up a cool
a minority report however, and this $100,000 each for a half dozen other
will reveal facts that the majority similar Institutions could we not af-
wlll conceal for the good of democ- f„rd to do so and still be on the
rRC5r* I safe side of the financial proposition?
It Is safe to say we could and that
RESPONSIBILITIES, | without exerting ourselves beyond the
financial physical condition of the
In the signing up of the contract clty t0 Mulure The morp „le bU8l_
Saturday with the Baptist college Less the more the people and the
committee whereby Shawnee agrees greater the capital on which to work
to give a bonus of $100,000 for tho aiu' that is just what Shawnee Is flg-
but at tho threshnold of greatness
and development along industrial
lines as well as In business enter-
prises. What Is required in the de-
veloping of any city Is a unanimity
of opinion and a hearty co-operation
between the citizens that make the
city what she is, or what she is de-
signed to be. The man without any
resources can aid materially and
many times be of much more advan-
tage than the man of capital, especial-
ly if the capital is securedly locked
In the bank vaults where nobody can
get at It. Money to be of use to tue
people and tho city mii3t be kept in
circulation among the laboring peo-
ple, who are the real city builders
and capital producers. It Is this
class of people that a city must pro-
vide for before she can attain any
greatness or even prominence In the
financial world. One man who pro-
duces by his labor is worth a dozen
who live from his production. The
former Is the industrial pivot around
w'hich the world of commerco re-
volves while the latter represents the
fifth wheel in the wagon, so far as
production goes. It is the hand of
the toiler that builds castles and
keeps the spindles in our factories
turning.
Shawnee is building not for the
present but the future and it Is the
plain duty of every citizen, bo he
ever so humble, to share a part of
the responsibility that has been
dertaken for the benefit of no one
person, but the city and her people
generally, it !s to oe hoped that
there will be no let up now that we
havo come out of that Rip Van Win-
kle slumber where we have been re-
posing since statehood depending
more on being driven than In driv-
ing. We should remember that it's
the man behind tho plow that ac-
complishes the task of turning the
dirt over which produces capital.
What Shawnee wants is more plow-
men and fewer birds following in
the rear picking up the live worms.
Let every man in Shawnee either
flsli or cut bait and we will see good
results follow in tho path of indus-
tries here, and coming ln the near
future.
*100 Reward, S100.
The reaters of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all Its stages,
and that Is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh
Cnre is the only positive cure bow
I "awn to the medical fraternity. Ca
tarrh being a constitutional disease,
-equires a constitutional treatment
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken inter
nally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system,
thereby destroying the foundation of
'he disease antf giving the patient
strength by building up the constitu
tion an<* assisting nature in doing its
work. The proprietors have so much
faith in its curative powers that they
offer One Hundred Dollars for aay
case that It falls to cure. Send for
list of testimonials. Address F.
CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O., Sold by
druggisi s, 76c.
Could Not Be Better.
No one bas ever made a salve, oint-
ment, lotion or balm to compare with
Bucklen's Arnica Salve. It's the one
perfect healer of Cuts, Corns, Bums
Bruises, Sores, Scalds, Boils, Ulcers
Eczema, Salt Rheum. For Sore Eyes,
Cold Sores, Chapped Hands it's
preme. Infallible for Piles. Only 25c
at all druggists.
uring on. Money invested in schools
and industries never has failed to
CALL FOR MEETING.
A meeting of the republican county
central committee is hereby called
to convene at the opera house in Te-
cumseh Tuesday, March 8, at
o'clock, for the purpose of filling va-
cancies and transacting any other
business that may come before the
meeting. A full attendance of pre-
cinct committeemen and other repub-
licans is urged.
THOS. McCOIXrAN,
Chairman.
JESSE WILLIAMS,
Secretary.
The busiest little things ever
made are Dr. King's New Life Pills.
Every pill is a sugar-coated globule
of health, that changes weakness in
to strength, languor into energy,
brain-fag Into mental power; curing
Constipation, Headache, Chills, Dya
pepsia. Malaria. 25c at all drug
SAWMILL FOR SALE.
bring a good return on the invest-
locatlon of this educational institu-
tion, our people have taken upon
themselves what might be regarded I naent to both the individual and the
as an additional burden to the one of city where they are located. The
$1!25,000 for the packing plant, mak- city is not alone the beneficiary of
ing $325,000 in all with a likelihood these improvements for the farmer
of others to come later. While tlieso comes in for his rake off when it
may be regarded as burdens upon comes to striking a dividend and he
our people they are far removed from too should feel an Interest In helping
any such application. It Is for Shaw- them along with his money and in-
nee's benefit rather than tho benefit fluence.
of tho men who have shouldered the | Shawnee is yet in her infancy so
responsibility, therefore it is an im-
perative duty upon every citizens to
lend his influence as well as his
money, If he has any to lend. Three
hundred and twenty-five thousand dol-
lars means sixteen dollars and a quar-
ter for every man, woman and child
in the city and still that is not much
considering what they get In return
for their money. Business cannot be
done on wind any more than it can
be on promises, nothing but money
talks and that Shawnee lias and Its
talking. What Is $325,000 compared
to the expenditure of three millions
or more In the way of making im-
provements that revert directly to
the city and her people? That is
what this Investment brings to this
city and adds to the taxable prop-
erty, wealth In which every man has
an opportunity of securing some of
tho benefits they bring.
This city can spend as much more
along the same lines and still be
ahead of the Investment several dol-
lars. then it's not a burden but a
blessing instead. As long as we can
buy blessings ought not we continue
to put up our money as liberally
as possible and that without flinch-
ing? Shawnee Is creating no obliga-
tions that any other city would not
have willingly incurred had they
been given the opportunity of doing
so. We have been exceptionally for-
tunate in being so favorably situated
that these institutions came knock-
ing for admission at our door and
the business men manifested remark-
ably flno business judgment ln throw-
ing open the doors and admitting
Mrs. Robert E. Peary, wife of the
Arctic explorer, who has just con-
cluded a very profitable sale of Arc-
tic meteorites which her husband
brought with him from the frozen
north. The purchaser was the Amer-
ican Museum of Natural History. The
meteorites are the largest in the
world, the largest of the three weigh-
ing forty tons and the other two an
aggregate of ten tons. The meteor-
ites were presented outright to Mrs.
far as developments are concerned as I Peary, so that the sale Is her own
every far-seeing man knows. We are I pin money.
j oDallaS
ift/Wortli
Katy
all ihe-wuy
•The Katy
reaches practi-
cally every large
city in
Oklahoma
and besides the excell-
ent local train service
between these points,
through service
with standard Pull-
man sleeping cars#is
maintained between
Oklahoma City and
Muskogee, Oklahoma
City and Kansas City
and Oklahoma City
and St. Louis. It'sbet-
ter and quicker by the
Katy from
t Oklahoma
to Texas.
Four miles south of Seminole, or
R. I. R. R., consisting of the follow
Ing:
One 50-horsepower boiler, good u
new.
One 40-horsepower engine.
Pour yoke of cattle.
Two wagons and chains.
Two good M 60-iin::i
Inch.
One good corn mill.
Blacksmith outfit.
House, 16x20, 1% story, two good
wells, corrals, shed and feed house;
36,000 feet of logs ln yard.
One hundred cords of wood; switch
ln 200 feet of mill; plenty of timber
at J1.J5 per 1,000; $2,000, will take
some trade. Many other things too
numerous to mention. For further in-
formation come to mill or write.
J. A. BASTES,
28-lm Seminole, Okla.
THE NEWS, 3 MONTHS FOR J1.00
LACK OF HEAT
may cause you to make frequent
visits to the doctor. Better send for
us. We will put your
Range or Steam Heating
apparatus in good order at short
notice. We are thoroughly posted
in the business, and an order from
you will promptly put all our knowl-
edge and skill at yout service.
SHAWNEE PLUMBING CO,
114 North Beard. Pohne 242
Conkey's Famous Poultry Remediei
Ask for o'ir poultry book—FREE
ftbsolutelv L'nnrj\n
TAILORING
Gentlemen's Suits fpom$!2 to $30
Gentlemen's Suits made to order from J12.00 to $30.00.
Also do ail kinds of repairing on ladles' and gentlemen's clothing.
HATS.—We remodel, clean, block and retrim Hats of all kinds.
We are equipped to make new Hats to fit any head.
THE PEOPLE'S
Gleaning and Dye Works
"EXPURT8 IN THE ART OF CLEANING"
We have removed to our new location at 219 East Main street.
To Prospective Gas Customers
We are! making a special
effort to connect all possible
G?s Customers on our linesthis
winter, and for that reason we
have reduced prices on piping
and appliances, hoping to
make back the difference from
an increased consumption of
gas, and if our plans are suc-
cessful, both the consumer and
the Gas Company will benefit
thereby.
It is poss ble that theConv
pany will discontinue the sell-
ing of appliances after this
season, same as the gas com-
pany in Oklahoma City, and
if we should, it is reasonableto
suppose thai the present Low
Prices will not prevail again.
Shawnee Gas & Eleclric Co.
PALACE OF SWEETS
HOT DRINKS,
FRUITS, CANDIES Etc.
I
I
112 E. Main St Pbooe 506
CLARK'S SEED STORE
Phone 140 208 E. Main.,
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bros.
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