Capitol Hill News (Capitol Hill, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 13, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 12, 1908 Page: 4 of 8
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News
Published Weekly By
A. L Wilson
Capitol Hill and Oklahoma City
Office. 314 west B street
E DITORI ALETTE.
The papers say that Haiulal. the
architect who tried to tamper with
the Oklahoma City school board, has
gone to St. Louis to secure evidence.
Well, it will take a slough of evi-
dence to overcome the presumption
raised against him by his association
wilh the Deams We don't know any-
thing else against him but we do
know of thsa:.
Anyone who knows Mr. Leach knows
that he is telling the truth about that
there E. M. Deam offering him a
bribe. Eat, anyone who unfortunate-
ly knows anything about the Deam s
would not nor could not doubt Leach's
•story, whether he had ever known of
Leach or not.
Mrs. E. M. Deam put up a skin game
on the editor of this paper about three
years ago and swore us out of about
$75 in all before Judge Zwick. E. M.
was with tier at court
The next time they bobbed up It
was a n$ora lextensive undertaking.
She had been working with a Mr
Rockwell iu a little grafting advertis-
ing scheme in the business atmos-
phere of the chamber of commerce.
He fell through. The Deanm started
on with the project on a more vigor-
ous and bold plan and won out hand-
somely.
he scheme was this: E. M. Deam
established an office in the Baltimore
building and put out a loud advertis-
ment for girl solicitors. Mrs. E. M. |
Deam drilled, organized and led these
girls. They wvre given slips on which
was printed a “Statehood l’uzzie,” or
something of that sound, wilh in-
structions to sell as many of the “puz-
zles'' as possible to each and every in-
dividual.
The talk used for the purpose of the
sale of ihe puzzles" was that the pro-
ceeds were to be used b ytlie Chamber
of Commerce in sending a special ex-
hibit train to Washington for the pur-
pose of advertising the territory and
inducing a more lavorable considera-
tion of our right to statehood.
There are hundreds of business men,
now doing business in Oklahoma City
who bought the "puzzles" and after
finding it a skiiigame said nothing
about it
This Mrs. E M. Deam took the"big
jobbing and big retail interests. These
she landed for big money, and would
have made a hog killing but for the
fact that some one telephoned to Mr.
J. H. Johnston, then secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce, asking him
about the details of the proposed trip.
Of course he knew nothing about it
and that let the cat out.
To stop the game a notice was put
in the Oklahoman.
Mr. J. H. Johnston or Mr. A. W Mc-
Keand ought to be able to recall some
interesting facts about that particular
transaction.
But for some reason, the Deams
were not prosecuted and we had not
heard much about them until this
school board disclosure.
However, we had assumed that it
was only a question of time.
Oklahoma At Front
Oklahoma was niio’h in evltsnee
at the American Mining Congress at
Pittsburg, Pa., last week. The delega-
tion appointed by Governor Haskell
has worked unsparingly in the inter-
est of Oklahoma. Prof. Gould, state
geologist, in an address before the
congress said t*» t Oklahoma had
more kinds of mineral and more min-
eral of a kind than any state in the
union, and that at the present time
nr ne-half of one per cent of the
r„.___ui wealth has been developed.
He enumerated 20 or mere minerals
found In Oklahoma. He also said that
In 100 years from now Pennsylvania
would be known as the Oklahoma of
the east. *
Senator Dick, of Ohio, in comment-
ing on this address said in a speech
before the congress:
"I’m glad to know that Oklahoma
Is giving a good account of herself.
I was perhaps as largely Ins'rumental
as anyone In securing statehood for
Oklahoma—in fact I stood in the light
of God father in the sc..ate to the baby
state. It’s a great pleasure to me that
the baby is demonstrating to the
world that she was worthy ol the
care which was given her."
For the second time Prof. Gould
was secretary of the committee on
resolutions and had much to do with
shaping the deliberations of tho con-
gress.
NEW STATE NOTES.
The citizens of Coweta and neigh-
borhood will erect a corn carnival
palace. The walls will be frescoed
with ears of corn and the ceiling will
be made of stalks of the same plant.
D. K. McLeod, of Lawton, was
awarded ii: contract for building the
new school building at Walter. Four
bidden were represented and Mr.
McLeod's bid of $25,000 was the low-
est.
While the official count of the vote
of Oklahoma was being compiled in
the secretary of state's ofTIce, an er-
ror of 159 votes was discovered. This
revision reduces Bryan’s plurality to
11.84S.
Five new coal shafts are to be
sunk 'n the Henrietta field before
Christmas This will increase the out-
put of the local field fully twenty-five
per cent.
People of Ringwood are booming
the Ilingwood extension of the Rock
Island road. The extension will come
from El Reno and will open up a
new country.
Damages in the sum of $2,500 have
been awarded at Muskogee to Miss
Belle Mills, a dry goods clerk, who
sued M. Coble & Co., for $5,000 be-
cause a member of tbe firm charged
that sli3 stole four ten-cent handker-
chiefs.
Washita county will improve old Ft.
Washita as a place of resort, and as
a relic of tbe time when the country
was young. It will require $2,000 with
which to fix up Ihe old fort buildings.
Lon Sheaves anu Ben Lindsay have
been arrested charged with robbing
the Addington postoifice November 7.
Sheaves was arrested at Ninnekah
and is in jail. Lindsay executed
bond.
Work has begun at E! Reno on the
$600,000 paving contract. The Cleve-
land-Trlnidad Paving company has
opened offices there and will soon be-
gin the erection f an asphalt plant.
Sergeant Major McKay stationed at
Fort Sill, has been officially notified
of his transfer and promotion from
that division of the first field artillery
at Fort Sill to ordnance sergeant of
the remaining portion of the first field
artillery at Fort Presidio, California,
and will leave soon to assume his du-
ties in the Pacific coast state.
Woodmen of the World of ihe state
held a big meeting in Oklahoma City
last week and initiated a class of 3,-
290. headed by Governor Haskell.
They Are as Scarce in Bulgaria as
Black Swans.
At Oklahoma City light fingered
gentry relieved W. E. Cummlng, of
Stlgler, Okla., of a $125 gold watch.
Mr. Camming was attending the big
W. O. W. meet.
Bulgaria is the nearest approach to
a peasant commonwealth which the
world has known in modern times.
There is not a Bulgarian Slav who is
not the owner of a plot of land upon
which he lives and out of which he
gets his own livelihood by his own
fabor.
Large landowners are almost un
known, says the London Illustratod
News. The few men of wealth in the
country are mostly of foreign birth
or descent; and even they would not
be counted as wealthy according to
the standard of other European coun
tries.
The small landowners, who form
the vast majority of the population,
are peasant born and peasant bred.
They are extremely thirfty. They are
content with very plain food; they
wear the same sheepskin garments
from year to year, only turning their
coats Inside out with the changes of
the season.
Whole families, even of well to do
peasants, sleep in the same room upon
mats stretched out on the floor. They
live under conditions of dirt and dis-
comfort which no British or German
or French laborer would tolerate for
a week. Yet notwithstanding their
disregard of the simplest sanitary ar-
rangements they grow up singularly
strong and healthy.
Moreover, they are free from the
irritation caused avneng other labor
ers, overworked If not underpaid, by
the spectacle of neighbors living in
affluence and ease without any neces
sity to curtail their expenditure. Rich
men are black swans in Bulgaria. 1
was told by a foreign banker in Sofia
who had traded for many years in
the country that he doubted greatly
whether there were 60 men in all the
rur°l districts who bad net Incomes of
*8.000 a vear.
Chief of Police Post, of Oklahoma
City, is asking for an additional squad
of eight police to help him suppress
crime in the city.
Relly McIntosh, 76 years old, ex
chief of the Creeks, is dead at his
home near Stidham. McIntosh had
been a representative of the tribe in
Washington for the past ten years.
He was full blood of the old school,
eminently prominent among the In-
dians and whiles.
Fred Sleeper, cashier of the Santa
Fe depot at Alva, is in a serious con-
dition from a shot from a .22 rifle
through the neck. He was shot by a
Mexican while out walking. The irten
tlty of the murderous foreigner who
deliberately fired at Sleeper several
times befoie hitting him. hus not
been learned.
The Rev G. B Allison of Sterling
Is under arrest charged with shooting
A. H. Stewart, a farmer. The wound
probably Is not serious. It was in-
flicted as the result of a quarrel over
the trespassing of hogs.
Her Kick.
"I don't mind finding a gray hair or
two In my own hair,” sighed the bach-
elor girl, who shows some few signs
of the sere-and yellow leaf, "but when
I pay $3 for a nice bunch of lovely
brown curls and have lo pick them out
of those, too. It isn't fair. Do you
think It is?"
Bridesmaid to Grandmother.
At a wedding celebrated at Bologna,
in Italy, some days ago, the bride, a
widow of 50. had her little grand
daughter to act as bridesmaid
EPW0RTH rNTmSTTY
Before you buy a Plano we want you to try the
“EDISON." The iriul won't cost you anything for
ail we o*k is vnur permission tj place one in your
home. If after trying it you are pleased with it we
will sell it to you for from $75 to $150 less than you
can buy the earno grade of Piano for elsewhere. If
you art* not entirely pleased, we take it away at our
expense. Being manufacturers agent*, we lava you the dealer’s prof.t.
Send your name and address and we will write you all about our FREE
TRIAL PLAN -how to pave money an 1 get a splendid, high grade Plano
on easy terms to suit YOU. We will send you our illustrated Piano Book
and tell you how to get 60 music lessens FREE. Write today to
IMPORTANT PARTS
Laigest Institution for its age in America—Fourth
year—556 students.
Tuition reasonable.
Board at lowest rates.
Dormitory for young ladies*
Fredcricfeson-Kroh Music Co.
CITY BUSINESS
BUSINESS
WM. T. BLACK
& PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY
! Successor to the Painting Dep,t
A. M. Hughes Paint Co.
PROFESSIONAL
Phone 204.
20 W. Main.
Telephone 2853.
W. A. SMITH
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
210 Security Bldg. Oklahoma City
JOSLYN tNGRAVINC CO.
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.
conducted in the aud-
Regular church services
itorium.
We make all kinds of Cuts, Half Tones j
and Zinc Etchings.
Courts in session much of the time are ai the com-
mand of law students.
Phone 394.
218 W. Grand Ave i
WELTY & PRICE GRANT’S HOTEL
LAWYERS
General Practice in all the Courts.
118 1-2 W. Main. Phone 1557.
AND RESTAURANT
128 First Struck Newly Furnished
Rooms. Also Good Meals. Every-
thing First Class. Call and
See Us.
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
J. J. NOVAK & CO.
REAL ESTATE BROKERS
Practice in all Courts.
108 1-2 Main. - Phone 1612.
farm Loans, City Loans, Investments, '
Insurance 1’
LIST YOUR BARGAINS WITH US.
—Phone 898— j]
135 W. Gronil Ave. Okl.hom. Cltt. U. «. 4 fj
HILL’S BUSINESS COLLEGE.
Dr. S. S. Swihart f
dentist BUSINESS CARDS
Phone 280, - 207 Security Bldg. ;
Oklahoma City. j YvLLfclllS
j County.
Abstracter of Titles to
_ Real Estate, Oklahc.m.
Phone - '. 15 old P.O. Bldg
n c'*.i get at this college what you cannot get anywhere
eilse and that is a strictly high-grade un-to-date course that
will fit you for holding the best positions.
Business men here patronize us because they know we
send them competent help. No connection with any other
school. Strictly a home institution.
CAPITOL HILL DEPARTIM T
| I. GRAY ROOFING & MFG. CO.,
J. Manufacturers of Fire and Water-
proof Gravel Roofing. Office Phone 751.
PENMANSHIP..
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
2, 117 1-2 West Grand Avenue,
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
J
The only school in Oklahoma City that emploves a profes-
sional penman. Best in the southwest. Write or call for
samples of his work.
S. G. WOOD
ATTORNEY
Real Estate for sale and for trade. No-
tary Public. Scherer Bldg, Capitol Hill.
i AM'ilC in Red River valley for corn,
LrtllUA wheat, oats, cotton, alfalfa.
Literature. Rodesney, 1111-2 Grand.
SEEDS
BULBS AND
P L A N T S
POULTRY
Supplies And Garden Implements.
Barteldes Seed Co. 627-29 w. Main
Phone 304. Oklahoma Seed House
H Gr Chamberlin Co
PUMPS
WINDMILLS
And ENGINES.
Athletic Goods. Okla. Sporting
Goods Co., 222 Main, PHONE 3185
FWriWJ-C a°d WELL DRILLS. C.
LIlUlllLu P- Taneyhill, Phone 1193,
1020 West Main St., Oklahoma City.
OFUIlC and FLOWERS for home
i j I * I *1 ' > J farm and garden. West-
ern Seed Company, 14 N. Robinson St.
I A \TG an(1 Real Estate. City
HutlAlj and country. C. P. Ward,
115 1-2 W. Grand Ave., Oklahoma City.
|'A 1 I Wood and Feed. All best
C V*Ui grades, Martin & Dowling,
101 East Mair Street. Phone 1228.
OKLAHOMA KS*
Bartell, Mgr. Phone 2226. Okla. City.
We have for sale some good r • pup
or will trade for city proper- I A llIuo
ty. Patterson Company, 201 W. Grand.
UK Everything for farm or
OlHiDiJ garden. Phone 657. En-
terprise Seed Co., 128 West Grand Ave.
LI IGHEST price paid for rags, sacks,
-I * bottles, rubber, iron, copper. Iron
Metal* Wreckage Co., Santa Fe and
Noble Sts. Call us up. Phone 1340.
Moved from old P O Building to N1 *ho will workT
422 west Second. Oclahoma City j Schwartz Barber College,
week for bright young men
io will work Ca]l today.
SO W. Calif.
GAME LAWS 190B ‘A
!
K DISMUKES deals in Imple-
ments, Grain, Feed, Flour. Retail
and wholesale. Phone 1198. 108 W. Cal.
LAWFUL TO HUNT
Doves Aug 1st to Jan. 1st 1909
Plover Aug. 1st to Jan. 1st 1909.
Turkey Sept 1st to Jan 1st 1909.
Quail Oct. 15th to Feby. 1st 1909.
Prairie Chicken Sept- 1st to Jan. 1st
PAINLESS
116 1-2 W. Main St.
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.
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Oklahoma Sanitarium and Hospital
OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA.
An ethicai institution thoroughly equipped for the treat-
ment of both Acute and Chronic 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 iu the treatment :f
female diseases, Rheumatism, diseases of the Lungs, Asthma,
Kidney and Bladder Troubles, Ear, Nose and Throat. Also,
the Roentgen Ray, the Ultra Violet Ray, tbe Finsen Lamp
in ihe treatment of Tuberculosis, Cancer, Goiter and Skin
Diseases.
The Leucodesent Light is an artificial sun light blended
with tbe Electro-Therapeutic property of tbe 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,
Down Town ffice. 129 1-2 W. Main
Residence Phone 1352—Black.
Office Phone 572.
Dental Work. Call on
Dr. W. I,. Maupin, office :
Bf Oklahoma City.
Baer Printing Co.
and neat work of every
g to., mne (1 i nrtci
rk of every V -A 11 I 'O
description. 1001-2 Main. Phone 3962 red
HILL S SHOP
SILVER AND GOLD PLATING
Unlawful to hunt Deer, Antelope jig W. Second St
or Moose.
Largest line of High Grade Guns
in Oklahoma.
Hunting Coats, Leggins. Caps.
Full Line of Sporting Goods.
Best Equipped Gun Repair Shop
in the city.
GUNS TO RENT
Oklahoma Sporting Goods Co.
222 West Main, Oklahoma City.
CTATE LABOR NEWS for Fine Job
O Printing. Cards our specialty. 202
Oklahoma City.
Sewing Machine, Gasoline Stove and
GENERAL REPAIRING
226 W. Grand. - Phone 2023.
i SEWING MACHINES New Home, Stand-
! ard and Davis. Oil and needles. A.
Manly, 7100 West Main. Phone 3339.
HESTON ATW®|
Ferguson for Fine
of every kind. New
I type. Ill 1-2 West Main.
BROWN’S
Phone 421.
famous" “pop
CORN BALLS—222 MAIN.
MflYFV t0 *oan on personal or
.Ml f.i 1*1 real property. Phone
2091-2
1662. Laskey & Laskey, 2091-2 W.Main
V^LAHOMACITY.'
Phnoe 101 SI5 ttcn«
Prompt Delivery
Pf-irmwi 25 for 25c- Postcards
I 111' 11 n i $1 per dozen. $3 for
Wes
cabinets. 108 1-2 West Main Street.
PLUM BING Sw.13f's!S
Pumps, mills. Hill, 12 S. Robinson St.
DR. SEASHULTZ
Kidney and Liver Regulato:
Is Absolute
118J 2 N. Broadway. Rooms 18 & 19.
Cure Guaranteed or Your Money Refunded
EVERY 20
MINUTES
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Tbe east side Inter-Urban ear and the last car 11-40 at night
s:£«sra,7S.,;5 -—oh.,™.
ear leaving et 5-40 in the morning I City at 12 o clock at eight
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