The Goodnight News. (Goodnight, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 23, 1906 Page: 3 of 8
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MAKE COMPRINT
GRAIN SHIPPERS ALLEGE DIS-
CRIMINATION IN RAIL CO AD
RATES IN OKLAHOMA.
StNO EVIDENCE TO ATTORNEY CENTRAL
PANDEMONIUM REIGNED
Woods County Republican Convention
Split? and Elects Two Delegates.
( ARMEN: The Republican county
convention called to nominate dele-
gates to the Second district congres
| sional convention at Geary on August
2K was the most exciting county con
| vention ever held in Woods county,
! and resulted in a split, two delega
• ions being selected which will contest
| the seats of each other at Geary, one
solid for Arthur II. Geissler. the Car-
men hanker, and the other divided hfr
| tween ex-Governor Ferguson and
| Judge Mueseller.
The convention was called to order
JOINT STATfllOOU
ARIZONA AND NEW MEXICO IN
THE THROES OF AN INTEREST
ING POLITICAL FIGHT.
POLITICAL PARTIES ARE ACAINST IT
Legal Department of the Territory is
Investigating Charges Under In-
structions From the Governor—
Instances Cited.
GL 1 HRIK: Since Governor Frantz , .....
announced several days ago that he ! in the forenoon by W. T. Barrett, conn
would investigate the violations of law ; W committeeman, and after perfecting
*’•' the railroads relative to freight a temporary organization adjourn
tales, grain men and other shippers ment was taken for dinner. The Much
in smaller Oklahoma towns are send eller and Ferguson forces combined
ins in letters tfi the attorney generaliand orsanized 'I"' convention. Ob
alleging discriminations ° j jection was raised by the Geissler men
There have also been several meet- !° ,h<* adm,“ion of 1SPVera‘ dHe1ga'
Inga of shippers held to discuss this ""'"1 he grounds of illegality.
Problem. At Blackwell the meeting of ’ C°nten,tion was ov?rru>ed ,n
tl« Northeastern Oklahoma Grain FergU8°n forces and the delega
Ttealers' association was held at the j------
commercial club rooms. There was a
good attendance, numbering about
sixty. Different points of interest
were" taken up and thoroughly discus-
sed, the most important being the
railroad proposition.
Leaders in the meeting stated that
during the last few months the change
of rates has worked a hardship to both
farmers and grain dealers, since the
Ranfa Fe now has a rate from Black-
well to Galveston of 24 12 cents,
while the Frisco is continuing the old
rate of SO 1-2 cents, thus giving the
Ranta Fe shippers aji advantage over
those along the Frisco line. The Santa
Fe rates, it is understood, will be dis-
continued on the 2fith of this month.
A .decision was made at the meeting
to the effect that the secretaries of the
millers and grain dealers’ assneia-*
Ions should prepare recommendations
in regai-fi to freight rates which would
ftmw matters up in their true ligKt.
a representative was also appointed
to he op hand to look after the grain
dealers' Interests in regard to freight
rates upon the territories entering up-
on the duties of a new state.
Another matter of interest which
was discussed was that of encourag-
ing the farmers in the raising of
wheat. The sentiment prevailed that
st the present manipulation of wheat
rates there is very little profit for the
farmer. Efforts will he made to give
northeastern* Oklahoma equal chance
wdth other sections in the way of rates,
in order that the grain dealers will lie
able |p compete with those of larger
rities. thus being able to pay better
urines for wheat.
TO FIGHT THE OCTOPUS.
Independent Interests to Operate Their
Own Cotton Mill.
• IT THRIK: The Independent eotton
ginners ol this territory held a meet
jng here, during the past week, to dis- j
mss plans for handling the cotton J
crop, which will begin to move shortly
after the first of September. It was j
decided to build an independent oil ‘
mill, to be completed for the season
II OX. ARTHUR H. GUIS SLUR
( armen Ranker is Leading Opponent
of Ex- Gov. Ferguson in Second
District Congressional Race.
Hons were allowe’d seals and votes in
the convention which gave Ferguson
a hare nia.iorilU.
Mr. Geissler's friend.*, eighty-four in
number, withdrew from the conven-
tion. assembled in another hall and or
gauized another convention. Mr. Geis-
s ler was asked to select forty-one del-
egates to the Geary convention and the
convention elected them. In the other
convention a committee of six was se-
lected to choose the delegates. Both
conventions adopted strong resolu-
tion!!. Ex-Governor Ferguson arrived
early, accompanied by five Blaine
county hankers, and the' became very
active upon their arrival.
The break in the party ranks was
not without its dramatic features.
The operating was spectacular and
several mixups, which nearly ended in
a general row, were averted only
through the interference of some of
of it'd?. In regard to this mill, H. | the better behaved.
.Tosey, of Prague, who attended the
meeting, said:
"We intend to havp otir own mill in
operation by this time next rear. The
eotton yield this season is enormous
and our gins will all he taxed to their
utmost capacity. The cotton appears
to he Tracking open everywhere at
once Quick work in the fields will lie
necessary."
An important resolution adopted by
the ginners, demands that the gintier
reserve thp right to weigh his eotton
a* the gin. and this weight to be ae-
V'harges* and counter charges of a
serious nature were hurled through
the air until the floor became the
scene of pandemonium, ‘and several
nasty fist tights were nipped in.the
embryonic stage.
To Carry a Message From Carrie.
GUTHRIE: Harry G. Turner, assist-
ant editor of the Hatchet, official organ
of Mrs. (’ 't rie A. Nation, i - looking Jot
a.'consecrated prohibitionist." to push
a wheel harrow from Guthrie lo Wash-
ington, hemills a message from Mrs.
Nation to President Roosevelt. Mr.
footed by the pjjrcnaser: the compress Na
weights at the end of the destination Turner says Mrs. Nation Inis adopted
lo be absolutely refused.
Chickasha expects an enrollment
2.2A0 school children this year.
this method as the one the more likely
to impress upon the president the im-
portance of earnest action on the tem-
perance quesion.
President Roosevelt's Popularity is a
Valuable Asset to the Statehood
Crowd—Majority Believed lo Op
pose Admission.
. One of the most interesting political
fights of the year is going on in Art
zona and New Mexico over the quos
j tion ot joint statehood. The contest is
good natured but warm enough to suir
thp most pugnacious who delight in
broils, political or otherwise. Presi
j dent Roosevelt's popularity is being
j "sp'l to conjure with by ihe advocates
j of joint statehood and his leiter, writ-
! ten since congress adjourned, urging
i the territories to come into Hie Union
as one state, is the strongest asset on
j their side of the question.
Judging from the unanimity with
which }he people of Arizona opposed
joint statehood in congress, emphasiz
1 ed then by the action of the Republi-
can and Democratic territorial commit
tees in uniting against the proposition,
an mitsi'bri would natural!) suppose
| that there could lie no doubt about the
result of tlie election, the only question
being as id the size of the majority
I against it. However, the advocates of
j statehood are making a shrewd cam-
j paign, supported by the federal office
J holders as well as almost every pol-
itician who hopes to get office in Hie
| new state, and by the saloon and
gambling elements wliiqh were ilneat-
! ened last winter with the wrath of
the federal administration if they aid-
ed in the continuance of territorial
conditions. The Mexicans and half
j breeds are also solidly in favor of
[ statehood, inspired by the belief that
’j’thei will lie able to rule the affars of
| the new state, ami believing, curiously
I enough, that their dignity and social
j standing will he greatly increased un-
der the new order of things.
Like the negroes irr tlie South dm*-
j ing the construction days, they he-
i lieve that when they get tiling’s in
their hands the millennium will come.
| On the other side, a large majority
I the white people of Arizona and a
| considerable percentage in New Mexi-
j eo are solidly opposed to joint state-
[ hood. The Arizonans point out that
their progressive* \merican civiliza-
tion would lie swamped by Ihe Mejd*
t cans and halfhreeds in New Mexico.
I who outnumber them nearly two to
J one. Nearly fit per cent of these
Mexicans cannot read or write, and
I their ideas of government correspond
with their literary ignorance. A still
stronger ground for their opposition is
i that Arjzona has nearly doubled the
assessed wealth of Now Mexico al-
I though her population and indebted-
ness are 50 per cent less. In other
words. Arizona would furnish double
the assets to the new state while New
Mexico would contribute all the lialiil
ities. of debt,, ignorance and unpro
gresslveness. Naturally enough, the
business interests and the intelligent
white people of Arizona are strongly
j opposed to such a bargain.
GOOD ROADS PROBLEM.
Constitutional Convention Expected to
Give It Due Consideration.
GUTHRIE: The only good roads
work which is now being done by the
Oklahoma Good Roads association, at
the present time, is along the line of
: education, says A. C. Titus, of Present
I City, president of* the organization.
| The matter will be taken up in the I
constitutional convention, however,
I the efforts of the association at that
j time being directed principally toward
j the creation of a state highway com-
| niisstoner, who shall have general !
| charge of all road work in the state. |
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Switzerland's Silk Production,
Few people probably suSpeet the
I* extent to which Switzerland figures
among the silk-producing countries of
the world, which, so* far as Europe is
concerned, have always been supposed
^ to he France and Italy. But Switzer
land exports annually silk to the value
of nbout $2fi.00fi,000, nearly all going
to European countries.
That and This.
"Twelve yjars ago I bought my
first bottle of Hunt's Lightning Oil
For Cuts, Burns, Sprains and Aches
It was the best rtynedy I had found
to that time. jMtoi the lapse of one
dozen years I ran truly say it is the
best remedy I have found to this
time." John P. Thompson,
Red Rock. Q. T.
Striking Advice.
Mrs. Anxious (mother of two mar-
riageable daughters)—Really, I don't
know whether to send Grace and Eth-
el to the seashore or the mountains
this summer. What do von advise?
Mrs. Knowing -Well, I would advise
Sulphur Springs for a change. Sul-
phur, you know, is one of the princi-
pal requisites in matt* lima king.
Rice Eaters.
In China and its dependencies, with
n population of 400,000.000, or 25 per
rent of the total population xif the
world, rice is the principal food sup-
! piy. The same may be said also of
India, with its population of 275.000,-
j 000, and Japan, with its 40,000,000. in
addition to these it is a chief article
of diet with other peoples of Asia and
Africa, whose population is estimated
ai 1 OO.OOntOiiu The total reaches Si 5.
000,000, or 50 per cent of the total
J population of the earth.—Boston
^ Globe.
Suffered for “White Lie.”
Is a white lie ever justified? That
i at least some people believe it has
no exeuse is proved by the following
tale* An ancient rabbi came to a city
where all the people were truthful,
married one of the inhabitants, had
• two children and prospered. One day
: a neighbor railed when the rabbi s
wife was washing her head, and the
rabbi, going to tho door, was seized
: by false modesty and said that she
had gone out. Thereupon both of his
children" died, and, as no one died in
that city before reaching old ago, the
neighbors made inquiries, the rabbi
confessed what he had done, and was
ordered to leave the city immediately.
SALLOVy FACES
Often Caused by Coffee Drinking.
How many persons realize that rof-
fee so disturbs digestion that it pro-
duces a muddy, yellow complexion?
A ten days’ trial of Postum Food
(Viffee has proven a means, in thou-
sands of eases, of clearing up bad
complexions.
A Washn. young lady tells her expe-
rience:
"All of us—father, mother, sister
and brothel -had used tea and coffee
for many years until finally we all
had stomach troubles more or less.
"We were all sallow and troubled
with pimples, breath bad, disagree-
able taste In the month, and all of us
simply so many bundles of nerves.
"We didn't realize that coffee was
the cause of the trouble until one day
we ran out of coffee and went to bor-
row some from a neighbor. She gave
us some Postum and told us to try
that.
"Although we started to make it,
we all felt sure we would lie sick if
we missed our strong coffee, hut we
were forced to try Postum and were
surprised to find it delicious.
"We read the statements on the
pkg., got more and in a month and a
half you wouldn't have known us.
We were all able to digest our food
without any trouble, each one's skin
became clear, tongues cleaned off and
nerves in fine condition. We never
use anything now but Postum. There
is nothing like it." Name given by
Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Read the little book, "The Road to
WcllviUe,” "There's a reason."
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Millard, J. A. The Goodnight News. (Goodnight, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 23, 1906, newspaper, August 23, 1906; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc910377/m1/3/: accessed April 23, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.