The Spencer Siftings (Spencer, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 40, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 26, 1908 Page: 4 of 8
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Dick Takes Charge
McAlester, Okla.—R. W. Dick, of
Ardmore, recently appointed prison
superintendent to succeed C. N. Cotes,
deceased, has arrived here with his
wife and taken charge of the prison.
Lydick Named Regent.
Guthrie. Okla.,—Governor Haskell
has appointed J. D. Lydick. a former
member of the Oklahoma legislature,
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NEW STATE NOTES
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devoted exclusively to Oklahoma—an
Oklahoma magazine, full of good
things about the state, and stories
of the Oklahoma that is past, stories
of great interest to you.
The January number of Sturm's Ok-
lahoma Magazine is one of the most
entertaining published and should be
la every home of the state.
The contents of the January number
is as follows:
"What the Removal of Restrictions
Means to Oklahoma." by Senator
Robert L. Owen. "Mistletoe.-' by
Catharine Curtis. "Behind the Foot-
lights.” by Marie Agnes Powers. “The
Apotheosis of SpradiHe Center," by
Freeman Miller. “Corn. Oklahoma's
Leading Crop,” by John Field*. “A
Tour of the Prairies," by Washington
Irving. “Some of Oklahoma's Beauty
Spots,’’ by Mm Belle Hedlund. "How
to Study Insects.” by Henry H. Lane.
“Raising a Boy,” by Max Mattel. "The
Pillar of Salt,' by Zylpha Myers.
'Our Poor Misguided Friends,” by
Robert J. Burdette, Jr. "Alva and the
Northwestern Norman." by Walter
Roas.
for the children), by Annie Wade
O’Neill. “Book Reviews." by Roy
Temple House. “Chief Bear Tail’s New
f Year's Gift," by W. F. Kerr. “Our
Scrap Bag." a department of poetry,
by Mrs. O. P. Sturm.
G. Rltenhouse of Chandler, resigned.
Warning by Governor
Guthrie. Okla.—Governor Haskell
has addresses a letter to county at-
torneys of the state warning them to
advise county commissioners, town-
ship boards and school district boards
not to exceed the legal limit in the
tax levy.
$50.00 Life Scholarship, $35. Special
rates good short time only. Text books
free. Work for board guaranteed. Big
saving. Write Mgr. Oklahoma City
Business College. Oklahoma City,
Okla.
ier, has been authorized to begin bus-
iness.
Alva Bank Licensed
Guthrie, Okla.—The Alva Security
Bank of Alva, capital $40,000 G. A.
Haroougb. president; J. H. Shaefer.
vice president; M. M. Fulkerson. cash*f«»f was named Jo lead the fight.
That President-elect Taft foresees
the iNisslWlity of an ail-summer ses
sion of congress to revise the tariff
was developed when he refused to
positively accept an invitation to at-
tend the next session of the trans-
Mibsissijipi congress, which is to be
held In Denver, August 16 to 21 next
versity.
Governor Haskell has apointfcd J.
D. Lydick. of Shawnee, a member of
the board of regents of the state uni-
The American Wool company,
which owns seventy-five mills in New
England and New York state, lias In
creased its operations so that now
but 35 per cent of the machinery is
idle.
The wireless equipment of the Unit
ed States will have no peer in any
navy of the world when a contract
for which the navy department is
about to advertise for bids, is sat-
isfactorily completed.
Will Johnson, colored, was hanged
at the county Jail. Tecumseh, Okla..
on the 11th, for the murder of Mary
Cuppy, at Shawnee, Okla., February
23, last.
Insurgent members of the house of
repre»mtativea have begun a fight
to have the rules revised. Hepburn
Pierre S. D.—Chief Hump, the
Sioux leader of the band causing the
trouble which ended in the battle of
Wondorworld.” (a department j Wounded Knee, the last important
Indian tight in the northwest, died at
his camp at Cherry Creek.
6ET THE GENUINE
NEUROLOGY
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is the science which treats of the ner-
vous system. The two principal
agencies of life are the nervous and
circulatory systems. These are also
the only avenues of attack from dis-
ease. This science is a system for the
analysis of the causes of human ills,
More Wool Mills Resume
Boston, Mass.—The American Wool
company, which owns seventy-five
mills In New England and New York
state, has Increased its operations so
that now but 35 per cent of the ina-
culnery Is idle.
Position., guaranteed by the Okla-
homa City Business College. Oklahoma
City. Okla. We teach more book-
keeping in four months than other
schools do in six months, more short*
hand in four months than other
f - -
, . schools do in six to eight months. Ad*
and projides how to fcbollsa them dresB T. M Mllarn. Mgr Oklahoma
without drugs o<- operations in eighty CUj. 0kl|L
five out of one hundred cases.
The Great Northern and Burlington
roaug will not be merged into one line,
at least not at present, is the state-
ment made by „ames J. Hill.
Attorney General West, of Okla-
homa. will appeal to tbe supreme court
his fight to maintain tbe independence
of his office from that of the governor.
Abraham Ruef was found guilty of
bribery at San Francisco. The trial
lasted 106 days.
Pat Crowe, whose formerly lawless
career came to a climax in the kid-
naping of Eddie Cudahy, at Omaha,
made his debut in Evanston, 111., re-
I cently as an evangelist. He made an
eloquent plea to the citizens to aid
in prison reform and to stop the man-
ufacture of criminals in reform
schools.
The Erie road has reduced the time
of its 9o0 Bhop employes at Susque-
hanna to two-thirds.
Two miners are dead as the result
of an explosion in the Springfield
(111.) colliery company’s mine. John
Solomon and Frank Babinskv, shot
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OPHTHALMOLOGY
is the science which treats of t’,3
eyes, their defects, and relation of
those defects, as ca>ra»iive factors to
human ills. We are the only people
who, making the eye a specialty, are
able to prove the accuracy of our
work In correcting errors of vision,
and we do it without drugs. We
straighten cross eyes without opera-
tion.
Brief consultation free
Pension Increased for Loss of an Eye | ^ - v
KiefefoTohio/Iias 'totnX^l* MU ! ™8“ °De °f thJ best knoph> siciaM
providing that all officer and sol- ,D fewest, suddenly diedof apoplexy.
diers drawing pensions from the \ ™ , government
United States on account of the loss b°nd ,S8Ue f°F * >»*
of an eye in the military and naval
service will have their pensions in
creased to $25 per month.
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The manipulation of the leading
butter markets or the country by a
_ „ i coterie of Chicago. Elgin and eastern
or further information cai! on or ; produce men is said to be responsible
ta*or ,
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address
DR. FRANK H. BROWN,
Neurologist.
118 n-122H North Broadway
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
to a large extent for the present ex-
travagant prices for butter.
provement of the rivers, harbors and
canals of the country to the end that:
this nation shall have the greatest sys-1
tern in waterways in the world, gained I
headway at the opening session of the
annual meeting of the rivers and har- i
bors congress in Washington. The'
scheme contemplates $500,000,000
worth of federal bonds for internal
Water course's, to be distributed over
a ten-year period, or $50,000,000 an-
nually.
The department of interor has dis-
approved the contract of J. B. Shoen-
felt, former Indian agent at Musko-
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Bottled by
IIUR8IX m m nttiii6 sun
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Bottler* of the
GENUINE COCA COLA
Jmc* Promt, Rad Reck. Qmgtr Ale,:
Blackberry Puech, High Grade Seda
Water*.
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rwuootWf conditions or
It is believed an effort was made
to poison Rev. Louis Lops, of St.
Rochus’ Catholic church, at Youngs-
town, O. The priest for a time was
! in a serious condition. It is thought j B«*. and Captain A. S. McKennon. of
j strychnine was placed in his com- j McAlester, formerly a member of the
■ muniun cup . j Dawes commission, as national attor-
- j nevs for the Chick a.saws at a salary
Students guaranteed work to pay i of $5,000 per year. |
J board at the Oklahoma City Business ’ Governor Haskell, of Oklahoma, has
College, of Oklahoma City. Oklahoma, i addressed a letter to county attorneys
Big saving. Write tor full particulars, j ot ***• 8tate warning them to advise j
30 capital,
* aatitiwi*
rrfuml tult
BOOKKEEPING
under
tuition.
Onathett’t com-
petitors, by not
accepting his
concede that he teaches more
n - TURKS months than they
ugbon can convince TOUTS
j county commissioners, township
Speaker Cannon, in a speech before j boards and school district boards not i
the rivers and harbors congress atj to exceed tbe legal limit in the tax !
Washington, declared he was unalter- j levy.
abiy opposed to the government ta- j The patriotism of too many men
suing bonds to finance waterways Im- j extends only as far as their interest!
prowments. His speech cast a gloom t In politics.
• over tbe congress as tbe advocate* <
SHORTHAND XmTMm
.......... t^tt^rortara of improvements bad strong hopes ofj
write the system of Shorthand
mnw, Memse tfcejr Know ft la Ttt£ H*ST. I ••*«**we v*mjs were non ol their propo-
FB* rami ClTXLOCVC *a<* booklet -Why Sition to issue I5oe.pee.poo Of bonds
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DRAUGHOWS
FftACTtCAL BUSINESS COLLEGE
i*Af?G£»: FLANT IK THE STATE Oklahoma City, Muaksgee, FL Smith,
£** «srfey», *** ’ Scott. Kagiu C*ty7 Ft. W^rtK CM-
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| Governor Magoon of Cuba. de> ,.rcs
| that the AZBf'kan troops win be with-
j drawn from the Island In less than 5© j
j 4*yi* after the iaaagaraitoa of Cuba’s |
preaideaL Ua. eaprumwd fwH eonft- i
der.ee ta lb# ability of the Cubans to I
govern themselves well.
J- WILL LAWS
Attorney at Law
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Nixon, R. W. The Spencer Siftings (Spencer, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 40, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 26, 1908, newspaper, December 26, 1908; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc937356/m1/4/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.