Cherokee County Democrat (Tahlequah, Okla.), Vol. 30, No. 49, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 30, 1916 Page: 2 of 4
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CHEROKEE COUNTY DEMOCRAT, TAHLEQUAH, OKLAHOMA.
CHEROKEE OOUNTY DEMOCRAT
Established IHKi.
lnror|H>rated September, 1006.
Published \V--<ln s.la■ of . .m Ii w. • k.
HV TIIK \IIIIO\V I'l IILISHINtl <<>.
ill IIM-tiKi En-t Delaware Street
All Home l'rint.
T. X H. i:. Ilanly, Manager*.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
One Year
Six ilonIlls 35c
I' eluding Tahlequah \rrovv.
One Year. . $ 1 .on
Six Months. 50
Entered at th< Tahlequah, Okla
homu. post office ast s« cond-clnss
mall matter.
well get ready to accept defeat on
November 7th.
The committee selected J. 1
Coursey as chairman, J. \V. Reid as
vice-chairman ami A. B Foster as
secretary of the organization and
also made other arrangements to do
some splendid campaigning between
now and the election.
The selection of the officers of
the committee is very coinmendabl
and that the party will be well man-
aged is a foregone conclusion; all
that is needed now <s tbe Individual
support of every Democrat in the
county to gt behind the good work
and push, and most of them .ire ni-
hil rn<
DEMOCRATIC TICKET
It ha con
looks to Turl
succor.
iss that Austria
to Germany for
TIih I'altti ire Germans shouted,
"hook oer Dciii < hland," but Cap
Koenig went dow
0 1'"
We see In ihe papers that th'
Russians s|i > d i. VIin i: i.i
but had to turn it looose.
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Apparently it wasn't true that,
the Crown I'rlnc, >:ii<1 he was goin
to take Veiilun h August 1.
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Grape Jtiic i now advertised as
the national ilrink. mid we begin to
doubt our Americanism.
The best thing to be said for a
submarine is that one cannot very
well air gi a rices in them.
F< >r President,
\VtM)l RO\V WILSON
For \ ice-l'revident,
TIIOM \S A. MARSIl VI.I,
ZEBI3 KNIGHT
THOMAS It. GOURD.
COOKSON TOWNSHIP.
Tim iislllp Trustee—
J. M. KEYES.
Justice of tin- I'eace—
W. C DA\ 13.
WILL PARNELL.
For Constable—
O. S. TEANEY.
LKE McDOKALD.
Township Treasurer—
J. J. COOKSON.
Township Clerk—
STEVE CARL1LE.
PEMiS TOW NSHIP.
Tomnslilp Trustee—
J. M. MI'SC.RAVE.
Township Treasurer—
J. L. fll'LLIVAN.
Township Clerk—
WYLY DAVIS.
Justice of tlu* Peace—
E. S. WILLIAMS.
A S. WILLIS.
J. C. Bl'TLER.
For t 'unstable—
J. H. YARBOROUGH
HltHiGK TOWNSHIP
Township Trustee—
J. G. BRIGGS.
Township Treasurer—
J. P. KIRKWOOD.
Township clerk—
JOHN COMM1NGDEER.
FKDERAL-AII) RO\D ACT
Secretary of Agriculture Discuss
Important Features of the Newly
Enacted Law,
For Congress,
W. W. HASTINGS.
For Itepivsi'iitiillii
ROY ('. HINDS.
I or Count) Judge,
J. D. COX.
Etymologists could doubtless a- ■
plain why It is spelled "reichstag"
in Germany and "rigsday" in Den
mark. }
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Oid man Doodle says that the
trouble with many folks who want
to be fair is that they give the devil
a gnat ileal more than Is due.
The New York Sun now speaks of
him as "Governor Hughes." "Oh
judgment, tliou art fled to brutish
beasts."
Samuel Hopkins Vdams, Irvin D.
Cobb, Lincoln Steffens and thlrtv
seven others have hooked poor
Hughes with '.'????
For < utility \tforney,
HENRY M. VANCE.
For Sheriff,
W. 1". DAVIDSON.
For Treasurer,
JAMES SANDERS.
Cor Court Clerk,
JOE H. WEAVER
For County Clerk,
WM. 11. BALENTl.NE, JR
The Illinois lad who fell Into a
pond while th • candidates were
speaking was in no deeper water
than some of I he caudlatcs.
For Assessor,
JOHN W. DEMOSS.
For County Superintendent,
J. NORWOOD I'ETEHSON.
When you see a distinguished
looking man followed by an admlr
ing crowd, it usually is a statesman,
a movie actor or a bartender on a
holiday.
The survivors of the European
we** will doubtless Vu e more ex
peiionce. to "reminisce" than tin-
veterans of anyother conflict in th
history of ihe world.
o
That holdup by the bandits In
Detroit makes it evident that th"
Michigan inariismen sent to Texas
are needed more at home.
The proposed broadening of the
scope of the income tax Is viewed
with perfect equanmity bv the pri-
vate In the national guard.
We guther from the papers thai
the other submarine, "Rreman," is
coming in at Portland, Boston. Bal-
timore. New York and Newark.
o
Probably the naval "experts" wh"
declare that our nav\ Ik only junk,
are as far wrong as those who be-
lieve that it is Invincible.
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Dr. Cook, reading that Crocker
Land, which Admiral Perry thought
he saw in the North Polar region,
was only a inira. . will do Ills he: :
to keep still.
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Pei haps the women would take
more kinillj to the coatless cam-
paign the superheated New York
and Pittsburgh men are trying to
wage if the gentlemen would wear
a fringe of lur on the cuffs.
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German ienti ! ive discovered
bow to am p. ; ■ out of cotton,
but the over-read and under-clad
German peop want to know
whether tlie> can make cotton out
of paper
Whil > we never inak • rash state-
ments, we do fet 1 justified In an-
nou neill" that ihere are certain
signs which i cm to indicate that
the backbone of winter has been
broken.
o——
There was undoubtedly a cross-
strain of poet in that British army
officer who reported that the Turks
were defeated l.v the pale light of a
waning crescent moon.
GETTING INTO THE HARNESS
For .Surveyor,
J. B. MOORE.
For Commissioner,
(First District)
CURB CRITTENDEN.
(Second District)
JOE R. MILLER
(Third District)
B. D. KING.
The enthusiasm shown at the
meeting of the Democratic Central
committee inthe Coursey hall Sat-
urday was very encouraging to all
Democrts. and if this meeting is any
Indication of what will be doing
this fall the Republicans might as
TAHLEQUAH CITY.
Justice of the Pence—
J. D. WILSON.
A. H. Murchison.
For Constable—
T. B. JOHNSON.
ROUT. DAVIS.
CHITTENDEN TOWNSHIP
Townsliip Trustee—
J. G. TRAPP.
Tow nsliip Treasurer—
R. M, YOUNG.
Township Clerk—
H. 11. STEVENSON
Justice of the Pence—
W. W. YOUNG.
< on stable—
OLIVER JAR VIS.
<JRA\I> V IKW TOWNSHIP.
Township Trustee—
J. \. INGLE.
Tow nsliip I'reasu.-er—
J. A. MEDIAN.
Township Clerk—
WM. QHORMLEY.
Justice of the Peace
( HAS. MARTIN.
Constable—
JOHN COPLAND
III l.liKItT TOW VSHIP.
I or TriiKtet
HUGH S. WOOTEN.
Tow iiship Treasurer—
J. G. BRIGGS.
For .Instill' of the Pea .—
J. S. COCHRAN.
ROBERT HOOD.
l- or t unstable—
CLARENCE HULBERT.
Township Clerk—
Al.VUK KIRK LIN.
MOOIH TOWNSHIP.
Township Treasurer—
OTIS ROSS.
Township Clerk—
LON MOORE
Justice of the Pence—
J. F. CHESNKY.
J. It. WHITMIRE.
For Constable—
ELI AS FOREMAN.
JESS LAFFERTY
Township Trustee—
WALTER STROUD.
PARK HILL TOWNSHIP.
Township Trustee—
D. W. WADE.
Township Treasurer—
L. H. JONES.
Township Clerk—
HENRY KEYES.
Justice of the Peace—
C. ROSS WILLIAMS.
F. C. SELLERS.
For Constable—
Dept of
. 25. -At
highway
1! 16. in
tentative
the n'
the j
now
Office of information, U. S
Agriculture.
Washington, D. C., Aug
a meeting of the State
officials held August 1 ti,
Washington, to discuss
rules uml regulations for carrying I
out the Federal-aid road act and i
another law the co-operative
licultuial extension act that
Department is charged with
duty of enforcing, establish a
principle in American government,
the principle of co-operation between
Fedei i ind State offerers. The.,
are therefore very significant. Here-
tofore Federal and Stale officers
have too frequently looked at one
another across the line, sometimes
with apprehension as to what the
other was going to do or think,
sometimes with jealousy, not infre-
quently with friction. We serve the
same people. They have n right to
the best service of the representa-
tive of both jurisdictions. You rep-
resent the States. 1 represent Ihe
Federal Government. Together we
are charged witli ihe execution of a
very difficult an| very important
law.
"I need not emphasize before yon
the importance of good roads. Most
intelligent people who think about
good loads know that they are
essential to comfortable living, es-
sential to proper community de-
velopment, especially to the develop-
ment of rural life, to efficient pro-
duction and orderly marketing of
farm products, to good schools, and
to the development of a satisfactory
rural life.
"Many peeople, however, do not
appreciate this, and 1 have occasion-
ally met road officers who, when the
importance of goods roads was em-
phasized, have said: 'Ve3, but they
cost so much.' Apparently they
have not thought how much more
bad roads cost, not only in dollars
and cents, hut also in all those indi-
rect ways for which one can make
no definite calculation.
Large Expenditures for Roads
"This law appeals to nic as of
especial importance, not so much be-
cau.se It carries with it out of the
Federal Treasury an appropriation
of 85 millions of dollars, not be-
cause it will be met by an appro-
priation of 75 million or more out
of State funds, If all (he States ac-
cept the act, but because as great
as is the aggregate, it is relatively
insignificant in comparison with
amounts the States are uow annu-
ally expending ami will spend dur-
ing the period covered by the act.
"1 remember that, on one occas-
ion, when I was speaking to a public
official about the road bill and sug-
gested that we ought to begin with
a modest initial appropriation of
three, four, or five millions of dol-
lars, he expressed surprise and said
peris, of real experts. This word is ,
very much misused and ihused, as
the word 'thorlst' is. 1 frequently
hear a contract drawn between thu[
theorists and tho practical men
There is no basis for it. The classi-
fication ought to be into good
theorists and bad thorlsts, of prac-
tical men antl impractical men. A
really wood thoriat Is highly prac-
tical; and so is a real expert. The
public is somewhat suspicious of ex-
pei . because, I think, so many peo-
ple pose as experts who are not.
Wh< n the public sets an expert
i ide, U is wortii while to Inquire
carefeuH;. into the expert's claims
and competency.
I "I repeat that this act will ne-
< ssitate trained intelligence in the
service of the State as well as in the
■ : . ice of the Federal Government.
Tile act requires the State to accept
it. That, as 1 understand it, Im
pli' the assent of the State to
ever, provision of the act. One of
, thi e provisions is that projects,
plan . specifications, and contracts
shall he submitted and approved;
and 1 have a suspicion that plans
and specifications will not be ap-
proved unless they are submitted by
people who know about such things.
So the assent of the State Involves
th' calling of trained men into the
service of every State which is now
■. ■ i i i
"The law involves another tiling.
| the pledge of the laith of the Stat
i to meet in full the Federal appro
: prlatlon for the entire period cover
ed by the act. Tile State legislature
may not be able to appropriate
I money one year for the whole period
I covered by the act, but it can pledge
' the faith of the State to meet the
( financial provisions of the act for
tho period covered by it. This Is as
1 is should be. II would be unfortunate
if it were otherwise. It would be
! wasteful not to make plans at the
j outset for the full period covered by
Ihe act; it would mean piece-meal
roa 1 building and much dissipation
' of effort and misdirection of funds.
I liese requirements hold whether
the State as such, under the existing
| law, ina^ engage In road hulding or
; not. Tho provision that where the
{State may not engage in highway
improvement the money may be se-
cured if counties raise an amount
sufficient to meet the full apportion-1
ment for the State, the existence of |
a highway commission, and compli-
ance with all the other terms of the
act. I speak of this because there
are evidences that individual coun-
ties think that, if they raise a cer-
tain sum of money, they will of ne-
cessity get a corresponding sum
from the Federal Treasury. That is
not i ly construction of the act and
not the one that will be likely to
prevail.
"The duty will rest upon you gen-
tlemen who represent the States of
informing the people as to the
meaning of this l< gislation and as
to the procedure under it, because
the initiative under the law lies with
you. We are directed to co-operate
with you; with Ihe State through
the highway department. It is your
duty, if your State accepts the law,
to agree with us on roads to be con
structed and to submit projects
plans, and specifications. There-
fore, individuals, associations, and
counties will of necessity take up
such metiers direectly with you, and
we shall hear from them through
you for tile most part.
Legislation to Ai<l Distribution
"1 am hopeful that great benefit
will accrue to the nation from the
wise and efficient administration of
this act. It is one or a series of
measures recently concleved and en-
acted for the development of rural
life. We bLgan by formulating a law
on similar lines, the co-operative ag-
ricultural extension act. We then
enacted the cotton futures law to
give the cotton farmers and dealers
standards to trade on and to secure
supervision of the operations on
futures exchanges, a similar law to
establish standards for grains anil
to regulate Interstate and foreign
commerce in thorn, and the ware-
house bill for the better storage of
staple crops and for the emission
of a warehouse receipt which should
be good collateral for loans. We
have given an opportunity to the
National banks to lend funds on
farm mortgages, and have extended
(lie period of maturity for farm
paper and adopled the Federal farm
loan act. All these lie In the field
If YOUR Skin is SALLOW-
lf YOUR Eyes are YELLOW-
if YOUR Appetite is POOR-
lf YOUR Head Feels'HEAVY -
If YOU are CONSTIPATED-
lf YOU Have Chills and Fever-
I ).i\ r Malaria." You need Ondine
Then it >• a pretty good s.cn veu ha*e Malaru. rou neeo uxwrne r. - II ne.p you.
It *dl stop tlif thills, innr up you. Put iU h IThi.^nd
appetite, near your hea.l an.l mak- you strong ami wc : The «of t . ■ < I ihJU and
lc„, l,,cumb,.JJ,lyl 0..d,. I-'VCI " •' !"! *' !. ','hT
Ovtdine i> -!*> a preventive. T..ken «-..ce a erk ■" " ' "
buikl up your system. For jjIc at all druggists at av cents
ill waid oil chills and
bottle m tavtelr i i fttter form.
n « I, Oxidine ts sold under the stiirt guarantee that if t doein t be r'.t y u. return
uU3r«i£u€€u! the empty bottle to your dnigtfut and reo
vc at once the ft
Mauf. by Tbe BEHRENS DRUG CO.
Waco, Texas
M-i-H-M- l I l*>
I \l KHTAKi:i!S
.1. It. (ilUMM.K
successor to
MOHI.ER & 1'A KRIS
Modern i ndertaklng and Km-
halming.
Office open day and night.
I'HON'F. 2117.
Tahlequah, Okla.
IM M TOItS
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♦
* PETEKMO.V * DUCKWORTH
♦ I'hyvicians and SBrgeoiui
+ Office Hours * to 11 a. m.
+ 2 to 6 p. m.
<• Office in liniiil Office I'.Idg.
4- Day Phone 123; Night 102
■f Tahluquali, Okla.
DOINGS AT THE-!
COUNTY CAPITOL .
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4* *H—!"r4"r+*l"r-i,+'l"i*^J--3"J**H**I*'I"I,'I**$ ^
T Item* of lnt r«>l tiathered J
X In and Alxiut the 4.
J Courthouse. ^
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+ The following rfal estate transfers
+ are furnished by the Tahlequah Ah
+ stract Company.
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Mary Mc ('ollum lo K. K. McCol-
lum—24 acres in Section 22, T. 17.
R. 2. fl.
It. Roger ICnbaiiks to S. P. Year
Kin—10 acres in Section 34, T. 17.
R. 21. $100.
Mitchell It. Morris et al to Thorn-
ton B. Stewart- 70 acres In Section
1.6. T. 15, R. 2H, and two lots in
Tahlequah. $1.
James Duncan to I.. M. Kellog—
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+ 4
+ W. c;. BLAKE +
+ riijsieian and Surgeon •!•
+ Diseases of Women a Specialty +
+ Office Upstairs in Crew HIiIr. 4 20 acres in Section 20, T. 18, R. 23.
+ Residence Phone No. 4 4 $1.00
+ Office Phone No. 8 4 N. Capps and wife lo 11 II
+ Tahlequah Okla. 4 Harris- -50 acres in Section 9. T.
+ + 17. R. 21. $1,000
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MARRIAGK l.l< KNSI.S
i Ed Hodges 23, and Mrs. Artie
LAVVYEIi.S
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K. H. COUCH +
V Auurncy mt Un +
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• Notary in Office +
+ Oliee In Couch Bide. L'psttlrt +
+ 4
+ Tahlequah. Okla. 4
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J. L COl'RJBEY
Attorney at law
Abstractor
Tahlequah, Okla.
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Hodges 23, both of Hulbert.
Fred Morrison 211, Muskogee, and
Miss Kloy Sanders 21, Tahlequah
IHSPRICI t'Ol'RT
District court will convene Mon
day and the jurors will report for
duty Tuesday morning. The docket
is the largest since statehood and
the term will occupy the entire
month of September.
It became necessary for Sheriff
Davidson to send deputies into three
different quarters of the county
Monday to enforce the dipping law.
A number had refused to dip for
dipping officer. The deputies had
the dipping done. Why people will
refuse to obey the law in this respect
is a mystery, hut there are those
who do.
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that such an amount would not get; of distribution as does this road act,
us anywhere; that the expenditure 1 whleli lies at the foundation of satis-
by the nation of a few millions of factory and orderly marketing,
J. T. I'AKKK
Attorney at La*
Office in Fite Haililinc
lYeat Side of Square
Tahlequah, Okla.
flollars for roads would be merely
(rifling with the matter. 1 asked
him if he knew what the people of
'lie nation were contributing annu-
| :illv for road building, that the na-
I ilon was already expending tho
I equivalent of nearly half of what
j the Panama Canal has cost. Of
course he did not. And the majority
' of people do not realize that Ihe na-
I «Ion is expending approximately
! $250,000,000 a year for roads.
V Dollar's Itesult for Knell Dollar
"The main question that 1 am
Immediately concerned with, that
the people of the nation are Imme-
diately concerned with, is whether
we shall gel a dollar's result for
every dollar we expend for roads.
I am quite sure that if we do so and
we can convince the people that we
have done so, they will he willing
to put much more money into good
roads where they are needed. There-
fore. the matter of administering
this law, of devising good road ays
teius, of careful selection of roads,
of formulating projects, of develop-
ing plans and specifications, of hav-
ing all matters considered on their
merit by competent men, seem to
me to lie at the root of this business.
If, as the result of this act, the peo-
ple are Induced fully to realize the
necessity of placing skillful and ex
perienced men In charge of road
building and road maintenance, a
great advance will have been made
and the efforts of those who labored
(o secure the legislation will have
been rewarded.
Employment of Experts
The Attitude of the Department of
Agriculture.
"I have come here to mainly meet
you 11 nd to express my appreciation
of the ver> ready response you have
made to tho request ofthe Depart-
ment to give it information and the
benefit of your experience in fram-
ing the rules and regulations for the
administration of the Federal-aid
road act. I am a very great believer
in co-operation, and I think one
saves much trouble by beginning to
cooperate at the outseet.
"I appreciate tlie keeenest Interest
you have shown in the shaping and
development of this legislation. 1
shall do everything in my power to
facilitate your tasks, to aid you in
the discharge of them so far as the
powers of the department permit,
whether through this law or through
the direct appropriations of the
Office of Public Koads. 1 ask your
full, generous, and efficient co-op-
eration. If we view matters broadly
and generously, we shall have no
difficulty. I pledge that Ihe Depart-
ment of Agriculture will approach
ihe administration of this law In
that spirit, and will co-operate
heartily with you to give the people
of the nation full value for tho
money which they have pledged un-
der this act."
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Ularksniith and Repair Shop |
Prepared to do anything in ❖ |
tho Repair Line.
Rubber tires replaced. * I
Located wet of Masonic Hall, * j
v Tahlequah, Oklahoma.
PHONE 224.
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Thit it a prescription prepared cqpedbHy
tor MALARIA or CHILLS & FEVER.
Fi e or rix doaci will break any catt. and
I assume, as a matter of neces- ^ taken then at a tonic the Fever will not
sity, that this law will require the £«"">• '• c" on ">« "ver better than
employment in every State of ex- Calomel tad doc* not tripe or wck«o. 2S«
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Arrow pubflcattous reach more
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other county papers combined. Ad-
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THERE is a long spell of hot
weather ahead, and If you
have not already planned
your Summer outing, It id
high time you commenced
thinking about it.
LOW FARES
v 1 a
To the Northern Lake
Resorts, Colorado, The
Northwest, The East
ant! other cool places
Drop in and see the Frisco
Agent, he vvtll be pleased to
help you plan . our trip, quote
our low fares, |„n you 0f
our truin -1 rvic> ;tn l reserve
Bleeping car accommodations
for you.
O'Connor pleasure and comme.-
cial motor cars are assembled of
world-known standard parts, me-
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sive territory for persons desiring
to act as representatives. Inquire of
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South Hals tend g re«t, Chicago, Illi-
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