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MOUNTAIN VIEW TRIBUNE-PROGRESS
DOTS AND DASHES
WIRE NEWS OF
THE WEEK
STAT£HOLSE BREVITIES
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Anarchist plot* to atancticsr* Go*.
ft, Johttofi. I k Al, • 1^2'
aior-tlvx from Ul 'onu. *«r» :*■ |
u letters Mtttd in Uu office ,
(A A’.exALdtr titftJut several wen* T*ovund Au'.cs Stolen in 1914.
**''■*• I>U;rtct Attorney toward Cuba Koeae uieve. jn ’heir palmleet <Uy»
loid Juage Fmu . a A. Griffin ta tt* «*!-<$ not cos.;are »>ti; the taoiera
'•looney snuraer trial at Sax Francisco. automobile thieve*_*ad
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ji THE LEGISLATURE jj
n SIRUP OF FIGS FOR
War flew*.
WftiJe lierlia aaaerti that Infantry
engage;,.e-,:* a re ia progr ta >rti. o I
the Hirer At're it France, the t:rltl»t
official fo/tfti&irat.oa <J:»mi***“ = the
(IlsitUia ia that area bjr merely re-
porting tte capture o? aa additional
email batcher of j riaooera, apparently
aa the recall of a patrol raid.
♦
The advance of the Auatro-Gerzsan
troop* arroae the woode i Gar path .am
lato Moldavia ia teto( hammered by
the unfa 1 oracle conditions of the ter-
ra a.
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Six Use* of entrenchment* covering
the lerj of Hafa, on the Final Benin
■ala. bare been captured by the Brit- 1
lab. It la announced officially. The 1
atatement aaya \XM Tark* were cap-,
tareri ami that a Turkish relief force
•a* Jestroyed. Kafa ia thirty miles
northeast of El Ari»h. Egypt.
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The offendi* movement inaagnr-
ared recently by the kDMlaai on the
northern end of the Husso-Gallcian
front ha* broken down except ia one
Pine*, the military critic of the Over-
tea* New* Agency writes.
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Rnavian troop* attacking the G«r-
♦ * ♦
Fonr hundred thousand pounds of
Pg*6*t «u destroyed by fire and ex-
pi cm loo at lit Haskell, \ /, plant of
the Dupont Powder Com;an; recently.
Official* of th* company said after
• Checking up the member* of the n.ght
t-lft at the work* that only two men
were missing
♦ ♦ *
Harry Kendall Thaw, (layer of
-tMa!or4 White, and now wanted in
*’®w Yore to answer an indictment
charging u*at be flogged Frederick
Gamp. Jr., of Kansas City, cut bi>
throat ana «ri»u In a West PhiladeP
Pe‘iA apartment recently in an effort
to commit suicide He was rurbed tc
a hospital and will probably recover.
♦ * ♦
The plant of the Canadian Car and
Foundry Company, one-half mile
of Kingaland. X. J.. in
stored hundred* of thou
shells destined for th*
ernment. waa dentroye ‘
cars
east
w bich wer*
sods of 3 inch
Russian gov-
by fire and a
series of explosions * • *1 continued
’t-ree bears. Bo far as culd be learn-
.e 1 no one . as killed or injured.
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f‘ol. WiifiAm Fred, rick Cody (Buf-
falo Bill), soldier, hunter and scout,
died recemiy at the home of hi> „teter
in Denver. With Colonel Cody when
automobile
thievery is just m jr* infancy ao-
eordis* to the ‘tat.* tic* complied by
J- H Hill. president of the Antl-Auto-
m<1b Thief AaaocUtion of Okla
homa. approximately 1.P00 cars were
stolen Oklahoma during the year
fust closing and 133,000
United States.
Horae thieves jn the early dava
eould collect more thau 1*000 animals,
but their value wws on y a starter to
the value of the automobile stolen.
One Holland *.or-e* would mean tha
stealing of $100,000 One thousand
* tomoblies mean the stealing of
$500,000.
figures received from the sheriff*
of the seventy-seven counties in Okla-
®* show that up to November I,
automobile* had been stolen this
year. Of these £&i were recovered.
It is es’tmated the depreciation in
val :e and the coat of running down
ar.d re’urning those automobile- re-
covered will amount to an average of
$7i a car +0 that Oklahoma has suf-
f‘ -e.l approximately $275,000 this year,
year.
♦♦<M»M»M»99M»M9a»M»944msts>;s^»*>ssstSS<C4b»4
Oklahoma City. — Senator Walter
Ferguson of Cherokee out-Hobsoned
the state board of pharmacy. Thj
fight on medicine peddlers has been
made In every legislature since state-
hood. but without avail.
Representative 3yd Wheeler is th*
author of a new type of “bone-dry’’
bills, which be introduced
man line- in the region of Lake Babit, be rsexe his wife, daughter (who
west of Riga, have scor'd an advance ^ hurried to be at his bedside) and
of more than a r..le, cap;; ring a po«i- b'* Mrs. L. E. Iiecker of Den-
tion between Tirul mar.-h and the 1 He wa. 70 years old
River Aa, the Petrograd war office an-| + 4. +
Luther D. Bradley, for
twAtnced. ia the fighting in this re-
gion since, the Iiu>Mans have cap-
tured twenty-one heavy guns and
eleven light gun*.
♦ ♦ 4*
Tie repulse'of repeated Teutonic
attacks against the Ru-<dan lines
many years
cartoonist for the Chicago Daily News,
died suddenly at his home in that city.
Bradley was born in New Haven,
Conn., in 1853. His political cartoons
Placed him in the front rank in bis
profession.
Oklahoma, however, has not suf-
fered so rou~h a- have the eastern
sta’e*. in the east, autornobi e steal-
ing has become a wel’-o-ganized pro- j duced
fusion as was illustrated in the
breaking up of a hand of sutomoldie
thieve in Chicago. There they were
financed by a banker and hundreds
of stolen cars were shipped from
American ports to Europe. The only
place in Ok'ahcrna where the-e appnr
ontly is a well organized band of auto-
mobile thieves at work is at Tulsa.
The speed with which they can get
nwav with their booty is what makes
the automobile thief's job more of a
cinch than the stealing of horses.
Jurisdiction of th* police force ends
Hobson last week by introducing in
th* senate a bill to prohibit the lm-
, portatlon or possession of such much
as a single eye-opener or night cap or
hay other form of schnapps. The U.
8 supreme court has Just sustained,
j the V. ebbKenyon law which gives a
dry *tate the right to interfere with >
the interstate shipment of liquor and 1
Senator Ferguson bases his proposed
law on this decision. If it Is passed
and becomes law Oklahoma will Be-
come absolutely ary—if the enforce-
ment officers cnoose to make it so
Th* center of the stage Tor the
week was divided by Ferguson with vehicles, instead of annually as the
Senator Tucker of Ardmore and Rep- present law provides. Is proposed in
resentative Hodges of Okmulgee with one of several bills introduced in the
a brand new form of suffrage amend- house. It fixes the date of payments
ment and grandfather c’ause rolled on January 1, April 1, July 1 and Oc-
into one Representative Hodges, who tober 1, the registration date to be
was a candidate for speaker, based from the first day of the quarter in
os 'impaign .argely oi the fact that whihe the car was purchased.
!' Okmulgee county a white Another bill by Repre entative
7-iatn s county, uj.*of<ir su** voting uas *»
r(inpprniJi $ *, a. ; * hHler of Kay county proposes a gen-
the grandfather^nd^the propo- * ChangG in the 8Cheme °f <axing
sition. while Senator Tucker Is the
A CHUG'S BOWELS
It is cruel to force nauseating,
harsh physic into a
sick child.
its the sale of near beer and specifi-
cally mentions several well known
brands, including Bevo, Pablo, Tan-
hauser, Reifs Special, and Temp
Brew. It also prohibits the sale of
- Coca Cola.
Auto Tax May Be Modified.
Quarterly payment of the registry-
I tion on automobiles and other motor ;
Look back at your childhood days.
It prohib- Remember the ’’dose'’ mother insisted
propo- automobiles by providing that they
friend of the lady voters, first, last
and always.
This is the third resolution intro-
in the senate to further the
eaisr- of woman suffrage. Senators
Logun and Davis got in two on the
first day's session.
Senator Tucker's resolution would
give women the tight to vote by in-
serting the word “sex'' in the consti-
turion to make it * ad that there shall chine and "this
be no discrimination in giving the
privilege to vote because of “sex, race,
color or previous condition of servi-
tude and the insertion of the word
“her” with “him” when voters
meant.
shall be assessed and taxed the same
as other personal property in the
county in which they are located. 10
percent of the tax collected on each j
machine to be turned into the state
treasury and the license tag issued
by the highway department. It pro-
po-es no change in the highway de-
registration fee on automobiles is said j
registration fee on outoombiles is paid |
aeording to the hor epower of the ma :
is in lieu of all other
taxes.
on—castor oil, calomel, cathartics.
How you hated them, how you fought
against taking them.
With our children it's different.
Mothers who cling to the old form of
physic simply don’t realize what they
do. The children's revolt Is well-found-
ed. Their tender little "insides'* are
injured by them.
If your child's stomach, liver and
bowels need cleansing, give only deli-
cious “California Syrup of Figs.” It»
action Is positive, but gentle. Million*
of mothers keep this harmless “fruit
laxative" handy; they know children
love to take it; that it never falls to
clean the liver and bowels and sweet-
en the stomach, and that a teaBpoonful
given today saves a sick child tomor-
row.
Ask at the store for a 50-cent bottle
of "California Syrup of Figs,” which
has full directions for babies, children
of all ages and for grown-ups plainly
on each bottle. Adv.
are
flee report.
a!o.rig the Moldavian frontier, notably +• 4.
Jn 'be Kasino river region, is an- The men who have confessed in the iff
nounced m a recent Russian war of-1 matter of the graft charges which led I'ursuif can be made the thief gen.
to the arrest of Superintendent of Po- eraIly far awa>-
lice Healey and others were named by --*
Mates Attorney Mac-lay Hoyne. They State’s Bonded Debt $4,367,000.
wer*. j homas Costello, who, according Oklahoma's total general revenue
o Moyne, was the directing genius of bonded indebtedness at present is $4.-
wjth the city limits; that *,f the sher- coIta^ned^mThe mohlfon^ls Taken
with the county ilne and before from the constitution of
I
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The Russians In their new drive at
the extreme northern end of the east-
ern front, near Riga, have won consid-
erable succetfres in the three days’
operation*. Dispatches from Petro-
grad hint that Milau, an important
town southwest of Rigu, and an Impor-
tant German base, has been captured.
♦ + +
Northwest of Fokshani the Russians
have bepn thrown from strongly forti-
fied positions on the Moldlvlan hills
and their second line of defense on
the canal between Fokshani und the
mountains has been pierced, says a
Berlin dispatch.
V .w + * +
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Washington.
Clothed with new powers for forc-
ing a witness to testify, the house
rules committee will call Thomus W.
1AW8011, the Bostnu broker, before It
aguln and demand thut he name the
congressman who, lie says, told him
that a cabinet officer, a member of
congrea# und u broker wore In h con*
•piracy to make money In the stock
market on official secrets.
♦ Ft
Utter failuro of ull measures to nl-
levlate the freight car shortage In the
Middle West was Indicated In a re-
newal of complaints to the Interstate
Commerce Commission from shippers
In that territory.
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Carrying their fight for suffrage to
the gates of the White House, twelve
Congressional Union women pickets
took their positions at the east and
west entrances to the mansion
grounds recently. Immediately on ar-
rival of the "silent sentinelk," at-
taches of the White House went into
conference to discuss ways and means
of dispersing the women.
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'I he Entente Allies, replying to
President Wilson's peace note In a
lolnt communication, express the be-
lief that It Is Impossible ut the pres-
ent moment to attain a peace that will
issure them reparation, restitution
*nd such guarantees as they consider
are essential. In a separate note the
Belgian government expresses Its de-
lire for peace, but declares It could
jnly accept a settlement which would
issure its reparation and security in
the future.
*1*
The Democratic majority
rules committee has voted
the Wood "leak
Mississippi,
which has been uphe d by the United
States supreme court.
For Closed Quail Season.
A bill by Representatives Newman
and Christopher proposes repeal of
the law giving counties, cities and
townships the right to issue funding
bonds, as recommended by the got-
ernor.
the system, and Lieut. Augustus Mar-
tin White. Doth are under arrest.
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::«7,000, according to figures submitted
by .State Auditor E. B. Howard to
Governor Williams. So far as cur-
Harry K. Thaw, who was legally re- rent expenses are concerned he state
leased fifteen months ago from an asy- ,s nn a strict cash basis and will re-
turn for the insane, where he was sent rna'n ^ Indefinitely, Mr. Howard ad-
after he killed Stanford White, has v,MeH t,le governor,
been Indicted in New York charged The statu•', of the state’s debt is ex-
wlth kidnaping Fred Gump, Jr., of Kan-it)la,ned by Wr Howard in his letter
sas City, a youth of 19, and assaulting 0 ,he governor as follows;
him with a whip, "There Is one outstanding genera)
4. + j. * r®vt‘nue funding bond issue amount-
6oiitl.west. LTo8.t0 ,M60'000' wh,ch was lssued «®
A million and a half dollars will "There Is another issue of the same
be paid fot eighty acres of oil land lu , cind known as the funding bond issue
10 ^our oil field If the Gulf Tro* I )f 1913, amounting to $2,907,000, in
duction Company takes advantage of which it Is also provided that they
an option It holds on the 80-acre county | diall be paid In ten equal payments
lease owned by the Tarver Oil Com- he first of these payments coming
pany. The Gulf people paid $25,000
for the option.
+ + +
Four motor car bandits made a day-
light raid on the First National Ilpnk
at 1 iarrail, a town in Oklahoma county,
the other afternoon, held up the offi-
cers of the bank and escaped with
$5,000 In currency.
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A law to make the smoking of a
cigarette an arrestable offense was
passed by a committee of the whole
iuo ten years from the date of the
issue of the bonds, which was October
15, 1913.
“From this you will observe thajt
the total outstanding general revenue
more will be obtained. The cunty
bonded Indebtedness of the state at
'his date Is $4,367,000. This first
ssue of $1,460,000 bears interest a}
he retp of 4 per cent per annum. The
issue of $2,907,000 bears interest at
-he rate of 4V$> per cent per annum.
There has been Issued $2,451,500
New Insane Asylum Pan.
A voluminous bill, known as senate
Several Important new bills made bil1 NV- 85> *>.v Killam and Bickel, was
their appearance in the house, among introduced and covered all phases of
them being measures dividing the s,ate care of insane. It names the
nineteenth senatorial district into two asylum at Norman as the Central Ok-
nominating districts; placing limita- lahoma Hospital for the insane, the
ti°n8 on attorneys fees allowed by °ne at Yinita as the Eastern Okla-
contract; giving light, heat and power Homa Hospital for the Insane. It di-
plants use of public highways for '’ides persons who may be cared for
maintaining poles, wires and equip- in these institutions into three
ment; giving cities specific authority classes: those held by the state Dri-
to require able-bodied men to perform vate patients whose care is paid for
work on streets and alleys; providing by relatives and patients who volun-
for the payment of an annual pension tarily place themselves in the hos-
to old Confederate soldiers of $100 a pital* for temporary treatment
year and appropriating $100,000 for L
this purpose; providing for the regis- Committees Completed,
tratlon of gasol ne buyers; authorlz- Speaker Nesbitt completed an-
ing the inspection of steam boilers nounment of all house committees but
and providing for the appointment by nouncement of *11 house committees
tfce labor commissioner of a boiler in- b«t one, that being the committee on
specter, and creating a lien on motor senatorial and judicial redistricting,
vehicles for storage and repairs. The committees announced are:
Governor Reports Pardons. ,irRt«^trS_SayfieId,„chalrman: Hen-
„ drickson, Hultzman, Humble. Rogers.
A message from the governor con- , Militia-—Riley, chairman. Gish,
taming approximately 1,200 pages of vvfs^yer arren‘ Hod«es- sP®er. Disney,
a report on pardons, paroles, reprieves m,niti?tive and Referendum—Neff, chair-
Applying Physics in a Street Car.
one of the fundamental theories you
w-ere taught in your high school phys-
ics will save you a lot of trouble ev-
ery day if you npplf it.
Straphangers in the street cars lurch
forward when the car stops and back-
ward when it starts. It's inconvenient,
especially if a 200-pounder ldts you.
Remember that place in the physic*
text—“To every action there is an
opposite and equal reaction."
Hell, apply It. When the car stops,
lean toward the rear. When it starts,
lean toward the front.
You lurch because you’re the oppo-
site reaction to the car's movement.
Simple and practical, isn't it?
CUTICURA COMPLEXIONS
s Usually Remarkably Soft i
Clear—Trial Free.
and commutations of stale prisoners
was received. This report will be
printed in numbers to be determined
by the committee on printing. It was
submitted in compliance with Section
10, Article 3 of the constitution, pro-
County and Township Organization a/id
Government—Blackard, chairman; Wal-
1'Jce-£- J)u,ma8. Powell, Jones,
\\ oodard, \\ oods, Grubbs
*e'i8i02 —„Hensley, chairman;
Houston, Bond, Waldren, Northcutt,
...j. , • - i vvamren, ,mj,
viding for a report of the penal instl- H‘tek?’. barren, Bardsley. Pardoe.
tutions 1 , , xir a,?;d Arbitrations-Cart
in Hi** Oklahoma house of represents- Df pub,ic building bonds and warrants,
lives If tlm bill becomes a law it will j r,iei<e be,nK- as -vou understand, war-
bo unlawful to offer cigarettes for sale I ran,H an(1 bonds bssued against the
or give them away. Cigaictte pupers i ?ubllc_ building lands owned by the
of the
to report
also ur-o tabooed.
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At a meeting of citizens of Guthrie,
Okla., with farmers, landowners and
delegates fr. m other towns present,
an organization was perfected for the
Ozark Trail cutoff from Guthrie to
Geary, Ok.
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Foreign.
Four thousand Canadian BOldleis so
severely wounded In the war that their
flgliling days were ended are being
brought from England to Canada to
be cared for In military hospitals and
then discharged from the army.
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The reply of Greece to the Entente
ultimatum not being entirely satisfac-
tory, the Greek government will be in-
formed that, although Its response Is
gratifying ns far as it goes, a more
definite acquiescence is necessary.
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Ministers of the Entente Powers
date for the purpose of constructing
md equipping state institutions. Of
Ids issue $372,500 has been paid,
earing an outstanding indebtedness
m October 4. in this kind of proper-
ies. amounting to $2,079,000. These
(valiants and bonds are issued in
leries, and a part of them become due
Jn October 4 of each year.”
Cartwright,
Barker, Fitzgerald
(Creek i. We ch,
, . . , , _. resolution adversely have handed to the Greek government
hetn " 1 h* 7 lo,nas u l'awson from an ultimatum giving Greece fortv-eight
-in* cited on contempt cl,.,,., ......... a«3,*|fn|
domestic. ,talned ‘n the no,e drawn up by
Franz Ropp, German consul general 1 rPl <’ro;‘t p'ri,ain and Russia De-
al San Francisco, and four of his at ; ct’nibt‘r 31-
laches or employes, were found guilty ,,,, ^ * * +
hv a Jury in the United States ills- 10 Rerman no,{’ banded to neu-
trlct court, of having violated this ,r“ls r,,cently declares Germany "af-
•ountry’s neutrality. All five defend- ,'rma b,‘r r,,adiness without reserva-
ants were accused of having planned '*°n t0 make known peace conditions
to blow up munition plants in Atnerl- lh<> entrance ,nl° negotiations."
ra and Canada, steamships carrying T,,fs” 11 iB d^lnrcd, “refutes every
supplies lo the Entente Allies rail-1doubl as ,0 ,l"'ir sincerity in the re-
road bridges and military trains’. j cent ,,eacP I'roPOBals."
(■ + t I + + +
ATter a 2 hour executive session the Movements of earth eight hundred
House rules committee adjourned with- B‘et in length east of f'ulebra elide'
Out taking final action on Representa-1 and of a thousand feet north of Gold- i
live Wood’s resolution for an investi-
gation of rumors of a "leak” In ad-
vance of President Wilson's
note
peace
An amendment to the Owen Corrupt
Fra* flees Bill, providing that every
qualified voter who falls to vote in a
federal election, except because of HI-
ness, shall be subject to a fine of $25,
has been Introduced by Senator
Works.
hill have reduced the depth of the
channel of the Panama Canal at these
points to seventeen feet. Seven ships
were temporarily delayed in passing
through the canal.
+
a maid of tha
family of Dr. J. H. Leblanc, a dentist,
were burned to death in a fire which
destroyed their apartment above a
moving picture theater in Montreal
Que.
4* *1*
Four children and
Burglary Insurance Withdrawn.
Bank burglary policies of all char
actors written for Oklahoma banks by
the Ocean Accident Ai- Guaranty Coin
pay of New York City were canceled
on Jan. 1. This information threw
Oklahoma financial circles into a near
panic, and renewed talk of introducing
drastic bills into the coming legislat-
ure providing a minimum of ten years
for bank robbery in this state, and a
maximum of if ftr or electrocution.
Larger rewards for the capture and
Imprisonment of robbers may also be
asked.
It w*s staled unofficially that th«
total loot secured by bank robbers
from borli state and national banks iD
Oklahoma since the beginning of 1910
will be In excess of $200,000. Of this
amount, Jt is said, nearly half repre
sents the activities of bandits during
the past twelve months. Simultan
eously with the nows of the insurance
company’s Intention, came the infor
mation of an attempt of four bandits
to rob the Citizens’ State bank^ of Ma
nekah, Grady count. 8 miles south ol
Chlckasha. The would-be robbers
were frightened by two small boys
Another Militia Sch;me.
An order, which it is hoped will
make It easier to recruit the state
loldiery up to full war strength wai
received by Adjutant General Ance
Earp when the war department dl
r*ctod that the Infantry' companies
be divided into platoons The new
*ystem will mean that where one citj
has only half enough men to form i
company they can be organized intc
a platoon and with a like number from
another city organize as a company
Earp believes this will result in sev
»ral new companies.
tutions. ' chairmanr Walden,
The bill by Representative McCol- fPRtsburg), Morgan
lister, Greer county, providing for re- McComster, Garaeu"80"' Hod^8' Speer!
peal of the present cigaret law, per- Cotton Warehouse and Grain Elevators
mining the sale of cigarets to all per- Hurst^FoxJashe^^ch^rman: ,Harlfer,
sons, except minors, was reported fa- drickson, Treadway, NorthcuU°nHumblV
vorably out of house judiciary com- Hrm?yneeH n,
mittce No. 1. The purpose of the bill rani. Shores^wheeie^’ XortSt1 Man-
ia to prohibit entirely the sale of cig- 8e£ r:t»er, Hill,
am. in Okl.homa, ' wfflBg
oKKr-nisssa. aaarwTSS:
o noi, Harder, Mjinsur lone's P'dor
nings Bryan to speak before the Okla- Grilbh. Acton, Marsh. ’ ' ’ ' *
homa legislature when he is in the chatnUJ• “rr°n ,r~ Dickinson;
state on January 25. If he accepts, | West^amiiton! Humeri Hmlzma^oim-’
a joint session of the two houses fo.fi> Platt-
The house passed a resolution, ex-
tending an invitation to Wi liam Jen-
th« occasion will be held.
Cigarets Are Abolished.
McCollister anti-eigaret
The
Food and Drugs—
Hultzman. Hicks,
Newman, Marsh,
Health and I’ure
Beatte, chairman;
Walden, Robertson,
Keegan.
Gonstituhional Amendments— Norvelt
! chairman; Betrv Hands, Neff Hudees
nicking even ti e smoking of a cigaret ",Slch'„}v'mblsh. Marsh. Craver. '
Enrolling and Engrossing — Powell,
bill,
a violation of law. and the bill repeal-
ing the present statute, providing for
a $40 filing fee on eases appealed to
the supreme court and re-enacting the
okl law, providing a filing fee of $15,
were passed finally by the house of
representatives, and are now ready for
tlie senate.
Flue Sky Law Introduced.
Several nev* bills were introduced
chairman: Shirley, Hamilton, Johnson
Garrett Honsl,'y' DoIan- Condon, Headley,
Impeachment and Removal From Ofttca
■ i j fltlBffll) /*ll*i i »• rvk n * XT’ 1 *. — t « -
wa).
Houston, chairman; Fitzgerald” (Kio-
... Barry, Jackson, Haile, Beatte
Shores, Durant, Rogers eaue,
Penal H'^titutions—Hendrickson, chair-
man. Fitzgerald (Kiowa), Northcutt
Harper. McCollister, Fitzgerald (Pitta-
bure-i Jones, Ewing, Hill. tt8
Mb and game: Newman, chalrmm-
h itzgerald. Kiowa; Graves. Warren Dick^
n a1-- ackard, Hinds, Norvell,
Ron land, Condon, Butler. '
among them being one by Represe.ita- ,, '’’irt'hase of coal and asphalt land-
live Di,ney. providing for the enact- .Scm7,nHuVst,Ch«brn,: FRzg?rald. Pitts!
ment of a “blue sky law.” It estab- burg: Woods. Wismeyer.
fishes a censorship over stock selling Dolan* Shirley!18!^
companies operating In Oklahoma or ‘,Ur?'V Mansur Olmstead, Acton. '
operating from offices in Oklahoma. It lec cha"^*n: 'Botid^'FRzglram*'pr?s‘
is designed to protect the people from v,ur.?;. 'Ve'ch. West, Gibson. Hughes,
worthless Stock selling nronositions Scott. Stevenson' * ^k.
selling propositions.
The secretary of state is made the
Scott. Stevenson, Platt. Wismever'
Levies, drains and ditches: Treadway,
censor over all stock Selling schemes., Tifurmnnd, Jones, ‘xorveii K.<?l'er.tson'
A bill de-igned to deal a death blow Keegnn.
Make Cuticura Soap your every-day
toilet Soap, and assist It now and thea.
as needed by touches of Cuticura Oint»
ment to soften, soothe and heal. Noth-
ing better to make the cooiplsxior*
clear, scalp free from dandruff nn<$
hands soft and white.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. 1+
Boston. Sold everywhere.—Adv.
Leap Year.
By the present method of reckoning
time every year of which the number
is divisible by four without a remaind-
er is leap year, excepting the centen-
nial, or even hundredth years, which
are only leap years when divlsble by
four after suppressing the two ciphers.
The year 1600 was a leap year, th®
years 1700,1800 und 1000 were not leap
years, but the yenr 2000 will be and
every intervening year that Is exactly
divisible by four. From 1796 to 1804
and from 1896 to 1904 were eight-year
intervals without a leap year.
ACTRESS TELLS SECRET.
A well known actress gives the follow-
ing recipe for gray hair: To half pint of
water add 1 oz. Bay Rum, a small box of
Barbo Compound, and *4 on. of glycerine
Any druggist can put this up or you can
mix It at home at very little cost. Phil)
directions for making and use come In
each box of Barbo Compound. It will
gradually darken streaked, faded gray
hair, and make tt soft and glossy. It will
not color the scalp, Is not sticky or
greasy, and does not rub off. Adv.
Full of Trouble.
“You’re looking awfully gloomy, old
top. What’s the trouble?”
"Trouble enough old top. Me valet'*
sick, dontcherknow, and I don't know
whether I’ve got on the proper tie aad
socks that go with the suit I’m wear-
ing.”—Browning’s Magazine.
Whenever You Need a General Tonic
Take Grove’s
T,h® °.ld . Standard Grove's Taste lea
chill Ionic is equally valuable as a Gen-
eral Tonic because it contains the well
known tonic properties of QUININE add
IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives out
Malaria. Enriches the Blood and Build*
up the Whole System. 50 cents.
Everhart!
at medicine peddlers was introduce!
by Representatives Neal and Harper.
It prohibits any person from selling
medicine in the state unless he has
passed the examination provided by
Appointees to Serve Term.
Unless where otherwise specifically
provided by law, all appointments
made by the governor to fill out un-
expired terms of public officials run
for the term, and not until the next
election following their appointment,
tho supreme court lu the case of W.
R. Harford against the board of
countv commissioners of Lincoln
county. Burt ird was appointed by
o governor and an effort was made
> vaca'e hi’ office before the expira-
n of the term of hit, predecessor.
rapitol building: Robertson, chairman-
D'aughton, Humble, Miller, Barry, Hay-
Congressional relist ricting; Hunter
c lah-mnn; Berry Christopher. Coliums’.
Dickinson, kox. kel Ma'field, Morgan
of Creek. Nicholson, Rowland. Turling-
ton. Vaden. Pugh. Welch, Hinds. Gibson.
Stevenson, Beck, Haklns. Garrett, Hill.
Corporation Law Sustained.
\ alidity of Oklahoma's workman’s
compensation law, passed by the lcgis-
iature in 1915, was upheld by the su-
preme court in a unanimous opinion,
written by Justice Summers Hardy.
The decision affirms the judgment of
the district court of Oklahoma county,
John W. Hayson, judge, in the case of
Bill Adams against the Iten Biscuit
company. Adams was injured while
in the employ of the biscuit company
and instituted suit in district court
for the recovery of damages.
An After Thought.
“I told Mr. Tliickwitz that his baby
looked like him.”
"Of course, he was pleased?”
"Immensely. He didn’t hear me addt
‘Boor little devil,’ under my breath.”
RED CROSS BALL BLUE
Insures snowy white beautiful clothes
on washday. Buy Red Cross Blue,
not just cheap liquid blue which makes
your clothes greenish yellow. Red Cross
Ball Blue large packages cost only 5
cents. All good grocers sell it.—Adv.
Power of Music.
" by (io People prefer music to con-
versation?"
“Seems to be some sort of instinct
nbout it. There isn’t anybody who
v on * i) t rather listen to i'unary bird
than to a parrot.”
IMMEDIATE ATTENTION
should bo given to sprains.’ swellings
bruises, rheumatism and neuraX
me« ins"el<18 Maelc A
—26r Rn dy ^n.the shelf Tbree size*
—25c, 60c and $1.00.—Adv.
tories Urit*d StateS haS 580 piano fac-
^rb^p^x,;8lnd',8,^^,*
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