Capitol Hill News (Capitol Hill, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 16, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 2, 1909 Page: 4 of 8
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I'apitol Hill News
Published Weekly By
A. L. Wilson
Capitol Hill and Oklahoma City
Office, 314 west B street
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THE SCHOOL LAW.
Inasmuch as there His lieen a
groat ideal of agitation and some
trouble here over hooks, the editor
of this paper has made considerable
effort to look into the facts and the
law supposed to govern the use of
school books.
We beg our readers to lie patient
with the teachers and school officers.
If they can get any peace under the
new law. then Hod bless their souls.
The only suggestion we are aide to
make to our readers is that the law
resembles a huge catalog sent out by
an immense book trust, or several
of them combined. It contains ID
pages of catalogued books adopted
or approved for use in the common
schools, beginning with elementary
principles of agriculture and ending
with Shakespeare’s plays, Homer’s
Iliad and such Herman classics ns
Die Werke dor Barnhcrzigkeit, AuJ
dem Jahrhundert des Grosson
Krieges and Die Deutschen Kle.in-
s tad ter.
The first year a child enters
school the law puls nine studies up-
on it, including physiology and hy-
giene. In the third year it adds
to this arithmetic, agriculture, Am-
erican .birds and dcmostic science.
Geography begins in the fourth,
I'niled States and Oklahoma his-
tory in the sixth.
At the fifth year the child i- car-
rying 16 studies. Some of the im-
positions may be only grafts, but
it strikes us that this Oklahoma his-
tory may be a straight steal. \\ by
are the young required to read
about the Daltons, Henry Starr, Ben
Cravens and the like.
During the school life of a child,
books must lie bought from nearly
every known author, including
“How the World is Fed,” from the
American Book Trust, and a dic-
tionary for $!>.23, from Jasper
Swipes.
It is our conclusion, after having
examined ibis law, that neither can
the teachers iior the school board
be blamed. It is the law that is
wrong. It is the Tottenest deal that
has ever been invented by thieves in
Oklahoma.
Now, listen: Section 20, makes
it a misdemeanor for each day
the school board or teacher fails to
enforce the use of every book adopt-
ed in every common school in this
state. The least fine is $25 each
day. ■ te
Foral: A law that has for its mo-
tive he selling of books, instead of
ahe education of the state, cannot
be endured.
NOT Mil'll. M ARY ANN !
Immediately following last No-
vember election, this paper began a
systematic course, urging the de-
velopment of Capitol Hill business
interests, believing this course to bo
the only practical way for the town's
growth.
The town proper has passed its
days of townsite exploitation and
has been turned over by boomers to
business men and residence owners
and builders and it is to these two
elements wo appeal, and upon these
two elements rests the responsibility
for the future of the peoples’ inter-
ests. ,
The News has been producing re-
sults. Its appeal so far has been
received with friendliness and good
assurance and the News feels proud
that it lias been able to command
the confidence of the public.
But, there is danger ahead. Not
far ahead. No sooner has the pur-
post of the News been detected by
the string pullers of the north side
of the river, than a movement has
been started there for the annexa-
tion of our town. This movement is
from Oklahoma City and its purpose
means the heading off of Capitol
Hill’s growth and development.
It hasn’t been two weeks since
the editor of this paper made the
statement personally to Mr. 0. 1!.
Shidler, that it would not lie six
months utuil Oklahoma City would
try to amnex Capitol lloll. The
statement was merely a deduction
from the law of selfishness, as we
This movement lias been brought
understood it. and not from any in
on by the patriotic policy of Capitol
Hill News, in standing by Capitol
Hill business men and Capitol Hill
home builders.
Of course, they have said nothing
yet openly about swiping our town,
but they are leading up to it. It’s
a selfish plot to wipe out the busi-
ness on this side and naturally would
be approached cautiously and under
cover.
We told 31 r. Shidlcr that their
first move would he to liuk Capitol
Hill up so that we would be required
to help grade and pave Robinson
street and Ash street through the
bottoms. To our astonishment a
proposition is this week being urged
whereby the town board of Capitol
Hill will be asked to throw the
boundaries across the river to Ash
street, the south line of Oklahoma
City, for the purpose of the use of
the town’s road fund in grading
those bottom roads. We had not
expected it so soon, that was ail.
This town has its worst troubles
now over its immense inclosures. It
can not improve a tenth of what it
ought to. This audacious piece of
skullduggery is a part of a well-laid
plan on the north side to “nip the
town in the bud.”
Capitol Hill residents and mer-
chants are asked to pay for their
own destruction for the sole benefit
of the non-resident and vacant prop-
erty holders and the merchants of
Oklahoma City.
Over there they have always be-
littled and fought Capitol Hill and
tried to keep trouble stirred up over
here. Now, since the News has be-
gun an effectual agitation in the
right direction to build a town, they
immediately employ a scheme to
bead us off.
We are perfectly willing for Okla-
homa City to improve Robinson
street and they are at liberty to ex-
tend their boundary line to the Can-
adian bridge. But any one on this
side who advocates taking those
sloughs, bayous, frog ponds, buck
brush and sand dunes into the cor-
porate limits of Capitol Hill should
be started immediately for an asy-
lum.
The very fact that the News has
struck a trail that hurts over there
shows what this town can do if it
goes right straight on.
The News is in the fight to stay.
We ask the business men and the
home builders in this town to stay,
with us. The editor of this sheet
is no quitter, lie doesn’t know how-
to quit.
What Capitol llill wants is busi-
ness—a community of interests so
that we can have something going
on, by and by ,right at home. Hood
society, good entertainments of ev-
ery kind.
We can only do this by patroniz-
ing home people and keeping our
money at home as much as possible.
Patronize your lumberman; pat-
ronize your grocers; patronize the
feed store, drug store, milk men—
every enterprise that starts in this
town should be encouraged and pat-
ronized in every possible way by ev-
ery citizen.
Next week we will show you why
Oklahoma City must seek the an-
nexation of Caitol Hill, and in a
series of articles we will show why
Capitol Hill would be ruined by it.
We only ask our readers to keep
their beads—don’t get rattled and
gulp down this Robinson street
bait—it could’nt possibly make your
property worth a nickel more.
Keep your heads and go right oil
after these sidewalks.
A SKIN GAME.
People of Capitol Mill may lie
too busy to think it out on the first
impulse, but they can see a skin
game all right by-and by.
Instead of being asked to throw
the town boundaries around that
bottom on the north, the board
ought to lie asked to withdraw the
boundaries from land il lias now,
north and east.
Everybody knows that, the Okla-
homa City Times is a mere mercen-
ary lever or cat’s paw, to the Okla-
homan, and when it begins stirring
up trouble in this town it ought to
lie dropped by good citizens here.
Never before lias there been a good
word said by an Oklahoma City
paper about Capitol Hill. There
wouldn’t be now if there wasn’t a
skin game behind it.
Put In Private
water works
Let ns figure with you on
on a pumping outfit for
your well. We supjly
gasoline engine pumping
machinery and engines.
TANEYHILL
1029 West Main, Okie. C
OKLAHOMA CITY BUSINESS
S PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY
BUSINESS’
PROFESSIONAL
VVM. T. BLACK
Successor to the Painting I)ep,t
A. M. Hughes Paint Co.
Phone 204.
20 W. Main.
Cicero C. Christison JOSLYN ENGRAVING CO.
Attorney at Law
Practice in ail Courts
129 1-2 W. Main St., Oklahoma City.
Telephone 2853. >
W. A. SMITH
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
210 Security Bldg. Oklahoma City
WELTY & PRICE
LAWYERS
General Practice in all the Courts.
118 1-2 W. Main. Phone 1557.
We make all kinds of Cuts, Half Tones j
and Zinc Etchings.
Phono 394.
218 W. Grand Ave i
GRANT’S HOTEL
AND RESTAURANT
128 First Street. Newly Furnished
Rooms. Also Good Meals. Every-
thing First Class. Call and
See Us.
J. J. NOVAK & CO.
REAL ESTATE BROKERS
farm Loans, City Loans, Investment*,
Insurance
LIST YOUR BARGAINS WITH US.
—Phone 808— l
135 W. Grind Ave. Oklehom. Cllr. U. «. 4 ‘
EPW0RTH TNTVERSTTY
IMPORTANT PARTS
Largest Institution for its age in America—Fourth
year—556 students.
Tuition reasonable.
Board at lowest rates.
Dormitory for young ladies*
Graduate school organized.
Work can be secured in city.
Drug stores by students of pharmacy.
Hospital for medical students.
City schools for students in teaehes" college.
Abundant opportunity to work for all or part of
expenses.
The power house and shops of the Oklahoma
Street Company are open to the Engineering students.
Religious and church influences the best.
Regular church services conducted in the aud-
itorium.
Courts in session much of the time are at the com-
mand of law students.
Send for catalogue at once.
CHANCELLOR GEO. H. BRADFORD
Oklahoma City, Okla.
UNIVERSITY CALENDAR
Sept. 2, ’8, Wednesday, First Term Begins
Jan. 5, ’09, Tuesday, Second Term Begins
Mar. 15 ’09, Tuesday, Third Term Begins
Giddings, Giddings (
& Lindsay ^
_ ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Practice in all Courts. j VOLLERS
108 1-2 Main.
Phone 1612. ; County.
Dr. S. S. Swihart
DENTIST
Phone 280,
TRADERS
! West Grand.
Abstracter of Titles to
_ Real Estate, Oklahom. j
Phone 225. 15 old P.O. Bldg J
in city and farm property
and merchandise. 225 1-2
Stephenson & McClure.
I. GRAY ROOFING & MFG. CO.,
„„ o .. ,,, , ! J. Manufacturers of Fire and Water-
207 Security Bldg. | proof Gravel Roofing. Office Phone 751.
Oklahoma City.
All eyes properly fitted. Broken lenses
duplicated.
Southwestern Optical Co.
w. M. KINO, M. D.
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat
106 N. Robinson. Oklahoma City.
CAPITOL HILL DEPARTM’T
Concrete Building Stone
Cement Work and Well Drilling see M.
F. Rowlett, two blocks west of Sage’s
grocery store, Avenue E.
|OE HAGEN—Chattel Loans. Room
J 2, 117 1-2 West Grand Avenue,
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
I AN HQ in Red River valley for corn,
LhiiUij wheat, oats, cotton, alfalfa.
Literature. Rodesney, 11! 1-2 Grand.
SEEDS
BULBS AND!
PLANTS!
poultry!
Supplies And Carder, Implements. I
Barteldes Seed Co. 627-29 w. Main
Phone 304. Oklahoma Seed House
Athletic Goods. Okla. Sporting I
Goods Co., 222 Main, PHONE 3185
pwnuce and well drills, c.
LnuinLij P. Taneyhill, Phone 1193,
1020 West Main St., Oklahoma City.
Q Lji |; [ lO and FLOWERS for home
kj-l-i 1'0 farm and garden. West-
Put in private waterworks ern Seed Comply, h n. Robinson st.
and furnish your neighbors. l.nVYU and Real Estate, citv
It is better and cheaper than j ns 1-2 w. Grand Av^SkiahoL^ty:
city water and makes your ■■■.
home modern. j l UAL
Let us figure with you for j101 East
a pumping equipment.
CAPITOL HILL.
Mike Donnelly said flic other day
that the name of this town ought to
be changed to something else. If
the people would change the name
to Capital City and then organize |
a fight for the state capitol, it might
be landed on that school section
south of town.
That xvuld be a New Jerusalem
idea and we will have about four
years to fight, in.
Oklahoma City. J
Wood and Feed. All best j
grades, Martin & Dowling, I
Main Street. Phone 1228.
! OKLAHOMA
Bnrtell, Mgr. Phone 2226. Okla. City, j
We have for sale some good pAD|t/|C
or will trade for city proper- 1 A l\ IVIO
ty. Patterson Company, 201 W. Grand.
UJj'lJIkQ Everything for farm or
OLLPD garden. Phone 657. En- j
terprise Seed Co., 128 West Grand Ave. I
JIIGHEST price paid for rags, sacks,
11 bottles, rubber, iron, copper. Iron j
Metal & Wreckage Co., Santa Fe and j
Noble Sts. Call us up. Phone 1340.
HILL’S BUSINESS COLLEGE.
LvW c-w.i get at this college what you cannot get anywhere
else and that is a strictly high-grade up-to-date course that
will fit you for holding the best positions.
Business men here patronize us because they know xre
send them competent help. No connection with any other
■school. Strictly a Hbme institution.
PENMANSHIP..
'I’he only school in Oklahoma City that employes a profes-
sional penman. Best in the southwest. Write or call for
samples of his work.
NIGHT SCHOOL
Our night school is in full swing. Same teachers and studies
as in day time. Terms $4.00 per month. Call and see us.
HILL’S BUSINESS COLLEGE.
Corner Main and Broadway. Oklahoma City, Okla.
*
> ?
Oklahoma Sanitarium and Hospital
OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA.
An ethical institution thoroughly equipped for the treat-
ment of both Acute and Chronil diseases. Special attention
is given to the use of the various forms of Electricity, Dry,
Hot and Medicated Condensed Air, and the GREAT THE-
RAPEUTIC LEUCODESCENT LIGHT in the treatment of
female diseases, Rheumatism, diseases of the Lungs, Asthma,
Kidney and Bladder Troubles, Ear, Nose and Throat. Also,
the Roentgen Ray, the Ultra Violet Ray, the Finsen Lamp
in the treatment of Tuberculosis, Cancer, Goiter and Skin
Diseases.
The Leucodesent Light is an artificial sun light blended
with the Electro-Therapeutic property of the rainbow. Will
relieve any pain, often permanently in five minutes.
This light was developed after centuries of scientific in-
vention and experiments in imitating the sun, and was first
tried in London and Vienna 4 years ago with astonishing
results. One was then brought to New York. Its healing
power is beyond belief to those unfamiliar with it.
W. N. T. ABEL,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
H G Chamberlin Co
PUMPS
WINDMILLS
And ENGINES.
® 1 K a week for bright young men j
* ID who will work. Call today.
Schwartz Barber College, 39 W. Calif, j
I) P. DISMUKES deals in Imple-
I • ments, Grain, Feed, Flour. Retail
and wholesale. Phone 1198. 108 W. Cal. !
DAIMIEOC Dental Work. Call on!
rAINLLM Dr. W. L. Maupin, office
116 1-2 W. Main St., Oklahoma Ci*y.
Baer Printing Co., FINE /l 4 11 |\Q
and neat work of every ' ■* IV 1 "O
description. 100 1-2 Main. Phone 3962 red
UTATE LABOR NEWS for Fine Job
O Printing.
1-2 W. Second St,
Cards our specialty. 202
Oklahoma City.
Moved from old P O Building to j GENERAL
422 west Second, Oclahoma City; 226 W. Grand.
HILL S SHOP
SILVER AND GOLD PLATING
Sewing Machine, Gasoline Stove and!
REPAIRING
Phone 2023. !
mm J. :.xPBgr.riiii*a*iiiai—
KILLthe COUCH
AND CURE THE LUNGS
WITH
Dr. King’s
iew Discovery
PRICE
rOLDS ' Inal's(Utl^Fre*
AND ALL THROAT AND LUNGTH0UBLE8.
FOR QpUCHS
3UARANTEED SATISFACTORY
MONEY REFUNDED.
pTSTON ATW®^
SEWING MACHINES New Home, Stand-j
j ard and Davis. Oil and needles. A.
Manly, 300 West Main. Phone 3339. !
jsSKTliKS JOB PRINTING
type. Ill 1-2 West Main. Phone 421. j
BROWN'S FAMOUS POP
CORN BALLS—222 MAIN.
'KlAHOMACITY.
Phnoc I OS SIS Ren*
Prompt Delivery
MONEY
to loan on personal or
real property. Phone
1662. Laskey & Laskey, 2091-2 W.Main
PI ITIU Gna Fitting, and
j 1 LiUlU DJ_1\vT Drive wells. Best
Pumps, mill*. Hill, 12 S, Rtiinaon St
Down Town ffice. 129 1-2 W. Main
Office Phone 572. Residence Phone 1352—Black.
I DR. SEASHULTZ
| Kidney and Liver Regulator
is Absolute
❖ _
I
4. 118'/2 G. Broadway. Rooms 18 & 19.
I Cure Guaranteed or Your Money Refunded
t-i,mmmm.imiiiiii:mimiiimimmii
EVERY 20
MINUTES
The east side Inter-Urban car and the last car 11:40 at night
.eaves Robinson .treat east on D -j bo last 0ne leaves OtlahoH*
street f«.r Oklahoma City the iirat
c.oi (saving at 5-40 in the morning! Oitji It 0Moot at night
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