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CAPITOL HILL, OKLAHOMA, .ILLY, 24,1909.
NO. 44
Devilish Plot
Increase Taxation
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On Tuesday of this Week an
Election Notice was Discov-
ered on the Door of the Post
Office Signed by the Clerk of
the School Board Calling a
Special Election July 27th
at 2 p. m. to Vote a Special
Tax Levy.
Rogers nnd Caldwell Inform us that
they have 50,000 dollars to loan
on Capitol Hill real estate and If any
one doubts It they Invite thorn to call
and investigate.
R. L. Moore has disposed of his poo!
hall. Dave Lesser was the purchaser.
The new six-room house of B. R.
Harrington has been completed and
! is a good advertisement for Con-
I tractor Gilchrist. The house will be
occupied by Mr. Harrington's brother,
E. P. Harrington.
mediately where she became uncon-
scious and remained so for several
hours. Dr. Clement was called and
succeeded In reviving her, but she U
quite sick yet. The flash of lightning
was noticed by every one in that vi-
cinity.
IN OLD MISSOURI.
By May Kelly Mead.
We are in "old Missouri’’—
We are clear out of sight,
And this is where the people
Know how to treat you right.
The folks here have plenty,
Most everything they grow.
Not far from where we're staying,
Missouri's waters flow.
They all seem warm and friendly.
Klndhearted, good and true.
And they .all stand a unit,
For the red, white and blue.
They give its such a welcome
—From home we are not far.
And up here on Old Glory,
Waves Oklahoma's star.
What do members of the
school board want to vote a
10-mill school tax for? Sec-
retary Aubrey emphaticaly
told the editor of the News
about the middle of June
that the school district was
on a cash basis, had all the
money it needed and that all
warrants for the ensuing year
would be paid in cash.
The said election notice is
dated June 16, calling for the
election on July 27th, 1909.
Yet never a word has been
said about it by members of
the board; not an item was
ever given out for newspa-
per publication, and the evi-
dent intent was to slip it
through, just like they did
the illegal ten-mill levy last
year.
Our taxes are 19 mills as
agunst Oklahoma City’s21.1
mills. Are the property own-
ers going to sit still now and
let ten mills more be heaped
upon them?
We are in favor of not only D and Harvey where he la nicely es-
voting that thing down, but *“
joe Stevens and wife are moving
into Oklahoma City this week so that
Mr, Stevens will be close to his busi-
ness.
lttle Hanoi Scrlvner had the end
of lone of her toes completely mashed
Hi by a heavy iron which fell from
windmill last Monday. For a
le it seemed as If the accident
id prove a very serious matter, but
shl* is getong aloug nicely now. al-
though the wound Is very painful.'
The East Side
Improvement Club
Holds Meeting Friday Night, July 23rd to Discuss Aid in Building
Church Patterson Addition Wants all Good People at East Side
School Building at 8 o’clock Friday July 23rd
C. E. Mays, living southeast -of
town, has sold out his dairy business
and will give his whole attention to
his farm.
The East Side Improvement Club is
getting busy despite the m.rcurlal
depression. They have elected new
officers. Mr. McAlester was reelected
chairman, with Mr. Kirschuer vice-
chairman, Mr. Schilling secretary and
Mr. McWbarter, treasurer.
The regular meting night has been
changed to Friday, an dtheir last meet-
ing they decided to take up the matter
of aiding the ladies In their efforts
to get a church on the east side.
For a long time Mrs. Reel, and other I
good women have been wishing for a
church located somewhere la their
neighborhood In the Patterson addl-
A letter received from Mrs. Mead,
who with her husband, Is visiting rel-
atives in Missouri, states that he is
having a grand time and Is enjoying
herself immensely. She is delighted
with the people .and enthusiastic oover
their patriotism, which she appreciat-
es In. her position of Instructor of
Patriotism to the Relief Corps to Ok
lahoma City.
Uy expectes to erect two more In the
near future.
Mr. and Mrs. Bd. Shields of Ed
mond, Okla., visited with the family
of C. R. Sh idler last week while eti-
route to McLain county, Texas for a
visit with their daughter.
The block on C avenue, between
Robinson and Broadway is making
rapid strides in the direction of "be-
ing good" recently. It has a well
attended revival In progress and the
town holdover in course of construc-
tion.
The house formerly owned anil oc-
cupied by U. W. Barnard and family,
has been moved to the back of the
Jets, preparatory to the erection of a
business block.
Mr. Straw and family have moved to
the comer of Poplar and Broadway
streets.
D. M. Shelton and family have mov-
ed into their new cottage on B. Ave-
nue.
S. B. Moore Is erecting a cottage
east of his residence for rental pur-
poses.
E. A. Bowerman spent some lime
at Tulsa on business connected with
his office aa president of the Federa-
tion of Labor.
The young son and daughter of Mr
Mrs. R. A. Mohan left or her home
near ChandleT last Saturday after a
week's visit with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. .9. M. Jackson.
C. T. Williams disposed of one of
his farms southeast of town last week
and realised a handsome sum thereby.
Oklahoma ground near Capitol Hill
is valuable these days.
an invitation to all good people to
meet them at the east side school
house on next Friday night and help
talk It up.
This is a most worthy purj>o»e and
a church building ts badly needed to
that vicinity. Many people living In
there can’t got to church at all, they
think, as it Is so tar over to the west
side churches and too far over to the
city.
The News urges all friends of good
society, whether women or men, to
attend that meeting next Friday night
and lend a helping hand.
The club also decided to meet at
the school grounds in the evening of
the 31st, Saturday, at 4 oo'clock and
clean off the brush. They expect the
tlv,i.. This matter reached the ears of | women to be there with baskets filled
the club members and they decided at j with chicken and good things and the
once to lend what assistance they can I men to bring grubing hoes and things
in this direction aud have extended j to cut brush with.
C. E. Bollnger and family have gone
to housekeeping in a residence on
Broadway.
BIRTHDAY TREAT.
Miss Orff Seelye left Tuesday for a
three weeks' visit at Tulsa nnd Skia
took.
Mistakes will happen In the beat
regulated families. It Is Mrs. Lee
Steele who has goone to Pueblo, Col.,
and ngi Lee himself. Hi- wiR ?t>
later.
R. A. Caldwell has had his residence
wired for electric lights.
The gas mains are almost laid ready
for use in the alley north of Poplar
street and about all the families in
that locality expect to have gas put
In their homes.
COLLEGE HILL.
Miss Browning, who has been the
guest of Mrs. .1. J. 9k>an for the past
six weeks, left or St. Louis last Sun
day.
Mrs. H. W. Rogers returned Sunday
imorning from a visit with her sister,
Mrs. Pulliam, in Kansas City. She re-
ports having a line time.
We notice a good many tents scat
tered over town. The scarcity of
houses is the cause, probably, and poo-
pie prefer to dwell In tents on Capi-
tol than to abide In good residences
elsewhere.
John Bogl'jne, living three and a
half miles southwest of town, cele-
brated his twenty-fourth 'birthday with
a large party at the residence of his
parents last Monday night. Ice cream
and other refreshments wore served.
About a hundred guests were In at-
tendance an dtwo hay rack loads of
our Capitol Hill young people were
among the number. They report a
fine time.
BA8EBALL NOTES.
W. B. Dean of the People's Ice and
Fuel coompany, is having hla house on
Harvey and F. streets wired for elec-
tric lights and piped for gas.
Mr. and Mira. Williams returned
from their visit to Thomas, Okla.,
Taytor/who*lives TTthT^tair block, j la8t 9u,lda> »_
left for their former home in the east!
Thursday Miss Marguerite Wlolif of Guthrie
The Crews aud Cartel Lumber Co. *P*»t the week end with her'pdfents,
lumber and are getting settled In their | "r- an<t Mrs. ^ VVolt.
new location.
Mrs. S. M. ackson, who has been; Carl Ray leaves for Little Rock.
Mrs. Nettie Sloane, who har, spent
the last month visiting with her aunt
in Kansas, will return this week, ac-
companied toy her husband, who joined
her last week.
G. I. Jackson has moved into his. very sick is improving considerably,
new store building on the corner of J- A. Sanders has rented the build-
ing formerly vised as a mill from Dr.
Davis and has opened a small store
Ark., this week where he has obtained
a good position in a meat market.
in getting up a petition ask-
ing the entire board to re-
sign- _
ETERTAINMENT.
The Voymg Ladies Faithful, Friends
Club of the Methodist church, will
give an entertainment at the church,
Thursday night July 22ud. The
program will consist of sougs by a
quartette of young ladles, a quartette
of young men; solos toy Mrs. Robin-
son and Mi -s Hudson and reading by
Misses Gladiolft Eggleston and Dollie
Robinson. A unique feature of the |
entertainment will be a Teddy Bear j
chorus given by the primary classes. |
The program will be first class and j
Is given for the purpose of assisting tto<>
to raise the pastors salary. Atyhjs-
sion 25 and 15 cents.
as reasonable as ever.
The tent meetings held by the
church of God, are well attended and
are being enjoyed by all. Good min-
ister and good preaching at these ser-
vices and good singing also. Every-
body Invited to come and tako part
In them.
A good rain fell on last Wednes-
day and Thursday nights, caused ev-
erybody to rejoice, but still imore
moisture would he welcome. As the
heat has been intense all week.
lightning shock.
During the storm which occurred
Dr. Wm. Davis received his diplo-
ma from the chiropractic college to
Oklahoma City Thursday night, and
is now prepared to use that branch
In connection with hla magnetic prac-
tice. Quite a large number of students
were graduate from the college at
pnd a,banquet and
sdctal rograth was given in their hon-
or.
Mrs. I. M. Stone has been visiting
relatives at a distance the last week.
J. A. Nichols, who has been confined
last Thursday night, Mrs. Jennie Rob- too his bed w'tt Inflammatory rheu-
erston, who resides with her mother matlsm is able to be out a little
and brothers on D avenue, east of Rob though still weak,
inson street, was severely Bhocked by
the lightning which struck close to
where she was standing in their yard.
She was carried into the house ini-
Mrs. Fagtn of Oklahoma City la
building a residence on East C. street
and with other members of her fam
Mr. Hinkle's new addition is about
groceries and other staple articl- ] completed.
The steel eve beam for the new Mr. Slocum la
brick block of Baird and Dubois, have j piped for gas.
arrived and the work which has been —
delayed on their account will begin
In good earnest. It required six hors-
to deliver them safely over the
"bumptious" bottoms between here
and Oklahoma iCty.
M. F. Rowlett is turning out some
handsome square blocks for the base
of portico pillars at his cement rock
works on Robinson.
Mr. and Mrs. John Howell left for
their home In Wisconsin last Monday
after a pleasant stay with Mrs. How-
ell's sister, Mrs. Ct SC. MleKenzie.
They express themselves as being
much pleased with the country here
but still they prefer their home
state.
O. W. Aubrey and wife are enter-
taining their sister and brother- aud
wife from La Jaunta, Colorado. It is
nrebable they will remain here.
W. W. Gamer of McCloud was In
town this week.
J. T. Mankln and family have moved
from Harvey street to iJtolvids addl
tlon.
f rs T jew is Mayo, from McLoud
arrived Monday to sta with her aunt,
Mrs. 8. M. Jaeksoon, a few days.
having his residence
Mrs. Lon Self let last Wednesday
for a visit with relatives at Purcell.
Charles Scales, who was the guest
of his cousin, Mrs. Shank, returned
from a trip to Texas last Sunday and
expects to reach his home In Chicagi
this week.
NORTHEAST CORNER.
The Capitol Hill club will play at
Wheatland next Sunday and will try
to win the laurels of the game from
the Wheatland hoys. The home team
expected to play the O K. Towel com
pany club last Sunday on the Hill
grounds but for some reaso the city
club failed to get there at the proper
time for the game so none was played
POSTPONED.
The musical entertainment which
was to have been given last week by
the Christian Endeavor society of the
Christian church will be given next
Tuesday night, July 27, at the Chris-
tian church. The 8t. Cecillia club of
|)klahoma City will be assisted toy
some of our best local talent and the
program wlli be a line orv. Admission
25 and 15 cents.
Mr. Dave Carpenter has moved into
his new house on East Capitol hill and
Mr. Turner from the city moved into
the one Mr. Carpenter vacated.
C. E. Bollnger has moved in Mr,
Sibley's new house ou City street.
Mrs. Will Baker returned home yes-
terday after a visit to the couutry with
relatives.
Mrs. Dllon has been on the sick
- ) list but at the present Is on the road
C. E. Gulon will begin the erection to recovery,
of another room on the residence of; Mr. Jones and daughter of Norman
Dr. Clement next week. J were visiting their daughter and sis-
- I ter, Mrs. Lee Fox, the past week and
James MoKee is building a nice j p,ft Monday to visit relatives at Stew,
new five-room bungalow on his prop j art, Okla.
erty on F. avenue. Misses Gertrude and Georgia Dil-
-- I Ion spent Monday visiting In the city.
C. M. Miller Is having his house; Mrs. Jno. Lesser has returned from
piped for gas. ' a week’s outing near Lawton and re-
- i ports a good time.
Mrs. Heron of D. avenue has gouej Mrs. Ijawrence's sister from W1ch-
away for a week’s visit. \ Ita is paying her a visit at present.
- ! Mr. and Mrs. Dunbar are content-
Mr. Oarpnter of C. avenue has been plating taking a trip hack to their
dangerously ill with typhoid pneumo- j old homes in Ohio and Illinois in the
j nla but the attending physician, Dr. near future. They have not been back
! ottle. Informs us tots condition 1b ■ for twenty ears and will find qtitie a
slightly improved. change toy this time.
-- | Mrs. Lebovitz leaves this week for
Mr. and Mrs. Coxe returned to their Sulphur Springs for a rest,
home at Mountain Park this week "PAT.
i after an extended visit with their ^ -
'laugntor. Mrs. R A. Caldwell. Mas- Mrs. A. H. Tannehlll and daughter.
'--r Willie Caldwell accompanied them Frances, are visiting their daughter
i for a visit | and sister at Okarche.
Mrs. O. B. Miller and twin daugh-
ters, Vera and Veta, left Saturday for
a two weeks' visit with their daugh-
ter and sister, Mrs, H. J- Orlck, at
Weatherford, Okla.
Rev. Van Voorhis of Shawnee, pres-
ident of the Missloonary board tor this
district, preached an eloquent sermon
at the Christian church Sunday night
Mrs. Anderson, who resides on E.
and Lincoln streets, aud who has been
ill for some time, is recovering.
A splendid muslcale and ice cream
social was given by Mrs Maude I>xl
kin on her handsome lawn Monday
night in honor of her sister, Minnie
Williams, who left the follow ing morn
Ing for Ft. Worth, Texas. Those In
attendance besides the honor guest
were Mr. and Mrs. Schilling. Mr. anil
Mrs. Paugh. Misses Maude Node.
Catherine Hurd. Misses Homer Wil-
liams, Grover Seibert and Ed IX>d
kin.
Mr. Carpenter, fathi-r of Goo. Car
penter, is building a new house on
East B. street.
Joe Mays Is building a
near the Patterson store on
Blade of town.
new home
the east
Joe Greeco left for Wlscoonsln last
week where ho will visit his sister.
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