The Spencer Siftings (Spencer, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 3, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 10, 1909 Page: 1 of 8
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THE SPENCER SIFTINGS
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2. NO. 3.
SPENCER, OKLA. SATURDAY APRIL 10,1909.
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Subscribe for the Siftings.
Spencer's lyase ball team will play
a team from Oklahoma City Sunday.
Come out to see the ball game Sun-
day.
G. W. Hevron has gone to his old
home in Indiana for a visit.
The Canadian River Water Power
Co., is making some new improve-
ment this week.
Nearly every body in Spencer was
down on the river fishing Wednesday
6everal nice fish were caught.
Subscribe for the Siftings. Come
in and gel the editor to put your
name on the list.
Dan Heeler, of Oklahoma City was
in Spencer Sunday shaking hands
with old friends.
John Beveridge of Oklahoma City
visited home folks Sunday.
John Baker took in the base ball
game at Oklahoma City Sunday.
Miss Willa Thurman was a visitor
to Oklahoma City Saturday.
Mart White took in the lytse ball
game at Oklahoma City Sunday.
G. C. Kramer spent Sunday in Ok-
lahoma City.
Geo. Hevron and wife was in Ok-
lahoma City Monday.
Homer Hanna and family visited
friends and relatives in Spencer Sun-
day.
Howard Roberts was in Oklahoma
City Monday on business.
Lee Tomas took in the base ball
game in Oklahoma City Sunday.
Shelby Cartmlll left Sunday night
for Oklahoma City where he has ac-
cepted .a position, we do not know if
it is building chicken fences or not.
Dr. Taylor and Friend Dyer took in
the ball game at Oklahoma City Eun«
day.
A. E. Clarke, Founder of New Religious
Brotherhood Which Believes
That Manual Labor It
Truest Worehip.
ixmdou.—“We are running this busi-
ness as Christ would run it were he
on earth today.” was the exclamation
made by the manager of the “Chris
tlan Business association" just started
in this city, when asked for an ex-
position of his peculiar methods. The
idea may not be altogether novel, but
It 1b certainly new to latndon. Crowds
dally gather outside the various shops
opened'up by this originator, and
watch with interest the sale ot good*.
In East Ham—beyond the White-
chapel district—the Christian Busi-
ness association recently has opened
a vegetable emporium, and ilioueh
there is plenty of other business of a
like character in the district, it is
safe to say that the "C. B. A," as
they call themselves for short—have
monopolized the largest slice of pub-
lic attention. As an advertising dodge,
pure and simple, running a business
on “Christ-like” lines should certainly
pay, for most of the newspapers have
taken up the subject, and almost
every day there are notices of the
novel concern which is attempting to
buy and sell potatoes by the Apostolic
pound.
The originator—at least in England
—of the Christian business idea is
A. E. Clarke, who some years ago
shook the dust of the Established
Church of England from his feet in
dramatic fashion. For a number of
years yiarke suffered much over his
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Mademoiselle de Lager Crantx (seated) and Mademoiselle Mary de Lager
Crantz are the two daughters of the new 8wedish minister to the United States.
Both are beautiful young ladiea and besides being fine musicians are great
linguists. They recently made their debut in Washington society.
GOLD IN GRAVEYARD
DEATH OF “RED" THOMPSON LEO
TO RICH DISCOVERY.
Vigiter from Tuttlatown, Glum from
Night’s Carouse, Moralizes Be
eide the Mound and Picks Up
Nugget of Metal.
A. E. Clarke.
position in the church. He had come i
to the conclusion that all church or- j
ganizations were working for "Church- I
Unity” rather than Christianity. ■ “ „vl8ltor.
Though he occupied a fairly lucrative
San Francisco.—When a vengeful
Mexican with wicked knife thrust
ended the sporting career of “Red”
Thompson at Columbia. Tuolumne
county, In 1854, his sudden taking off
left no particular void in the com-
munity, nor excited much comment.
It was only another contribution to
the new graveyard up on the hill,
which already began to rival the So-
nora cemetery In the number of its
silent dead, and, as “Slim” Simpkins
remarked, ‘if the boys kept up their
lick and had a proper pride in the
matter would soon distance old 50-
Mis Abbie Hevron was a visitor to
Oklahoma City Monday.
Died at his home near Spencer
April 3. Levi Jones, aged 47. Mr.
Jones was stricken suddenly with
neuralgia of the heart, living only a
short while after the. seizure. De-
celaed leaves a wife and nine chil-
dren to mourn his death.
Mr. Jame3 Beveridge is giving his
home a new coat of paint.
Miss Olive Leauian McClintic, Ok-
lahoma City's distinguished elocution-
ist apeared before a small but appre-
ciative audience pt Odd Fellows' hail
Saturday night under the auspices, ol
the Spencer base ball management.
Miss MoCUntic's repertoire is varied,
but In each selection one sees VV,
perfectness of the finished artist.
Married, at the residence of the
parents in Spencer Wednesday. April
7, at 11:30 a. m.. Miss Jennie Harri-
son (and Raymond Smith, of Oklaho-
ma City. Mrs. Smith is well known in
Spencer having lived here almost all
her life, and Mr. Smith is a rising,
young business man of Oklahoma
City. The bride wa3 dressed in a
soft clinging material with veil,
wreath and shower bouquet of white
carnations The groom in the regula-
tion black with white bouttonieres.
Reverend Murphy, of OkVihoma City,
officiated. A dainty luncheon was
served immediately after the cere-
mony. The wedding was quite private,
nope but the immediate family be-
ing present. Their many friends
wish them all joy and prosperity in
♦heir new life.
position, and had dependent upon him
a wife and family, he decided to leave
the church and become of the world,
though, as he puts it, “not in it.”
“Far from being an apostate," said
Mr. Clarke, "I consider those who at
present conduct the churclier as hav-
ing departed from the Word of God.
They have construed 'Divine service’
into saying a few prayers once a
week, whereas we of tne brotherhood,
believe in perpetual ‘Divine services:'
and that the entire life of man should
be spent in the holy offices.
“When I made up my mind definite-
ly to leave the church,” he continued,
“the decision was a momentous one
for me. I had to make a living some-
how, and, at that time, I had spent
many years In the church. That pro-
fession’—for so f call it—was my only
means of livelihood. I began spread-
ing the idea that all ministers of the
Gospel should actually earn their own
living from some separate occupation,
like St. Paul did, and to put this Into
operation we began—that is myself
and a few friends who joined me in
what we called the ‘Bible Brother-
hood'—by opening up in Glasgow a
shop for repairing watches, clocks,
bicycles and things of that kind. We
attempted to run our business on
early Christian lines, that is, trying to
inculcate what President Roosevelt
has called the gospel of 'the square
deal.- The Glasgow general repairing
business worked fairly well, and then
that the Columbians were not playing
fair; In fact, were ringing in a cold
deck in the way of contributions of
cold corpses from Shaw's Flat, Mor-
mon Gulch and outlying camps.
This spirit of contention and local
pride ran high in those days, and the
size and extent of the town cemetery
was of public Interest.
As was the custom of the sports,
they contributed a sufficient amount
to cover “Red's" funeral expenses—
not a great sum, us there were no car-
riages, a plain pine box and an ounce
to the grave digger being about all
that was necessary.
The funeral was held in I he morn-
ing, that time being selected as not in-
terfering with the opening of the
gambling games, and mourners had
more leisure on their hands. The cere-
mony was simple, the local preacher
voicing a prayer and dwelling very
gingerly on the virtues of the de-
ceased. The clods fell on the rude
coffin and the incident closed.
The chances were that, like many
who had preceded him, "Red" would
soon cease to be even a memory. In
this instance, however, the contrary
occurred, and the miners for many
years dated back to the day when
“Red" was planted.
A visitor from Tuttietows given to
dissipation at night and remorse in
the morning had found a funeral just
suited to his depressed mood, and.
while having no interest In the late
“Red,” bad joined the procession and
and left no doubt in his mind that the
ground was rich and that he had ac-
cidentally come across pay dirt. Then
he did a mean thing.
Although Columbia had uo title to
tne trac| embraced in tlje cemetery,
in equity it belonged to that carnp.
and It should have had the benefit. In-
stead the discoverer rushed over to
Tuttletown. let his immediate chums
Into the set*ret and before daylight
next morning the intruders had
staked off the larger portion of the
ground Inclosed.
Then there was a howl. “Sacrilege!
Impiety! Shameful invasion of the
rights of the dead! Tuttletown
ghouls!” voiced the community. It
would lake loo long to give all (he
details of the ensuing proceedings,
the threats, the injunctions, the steps
taken to eject the intruders by force
and the final compromise whereby a
new location was selected and the
dead removed.
The deserted “God's acre" turned
out to be immensely valuable, and be-
fore it was worked out in the neigh-
borhood of a million dollars was ex
tracted. To-day the glaring white
limestone bedrock, denuded of soil
j and chaparral, blots and scars the
hillside, and but few pioneers are lert
to recall the excitement when the dis
covery was made.
Dill to Preventing Wearing of Certain
Kinds Before Now York Assembly.
Albany, N. Y.—Perversity may pre-
vent women from exercising the bal-
lot, out site is not to loan the privilege
of adorning her hat with mountain
ranges of bird plumage if Julius M,
Mayer, former attorney general of the
atato, has anything to say about It.
For that reason, and Incidentally at
the behest of the Eastern Millinery as-
sociation, Mr, Meyer led the fight be-
fore the assembly committee on fish-
eries and gamo reoently against As-
semblyman Francis’ bill, which, though
aimed to protoct wild birds of the
state, may Interfere with the plumage
headgear of femininity.
Officials of the Audubon societies
and cf the federal department of agri-
culture contended, on tho contrary,
that th" birds must be saved, even If
fashion's winged bats are consigned to
elimination.
Mr. Francis’ bill, however, leaves a
loophole of esecape for womankind,
provided they consent to decorate
their headgear with plumage of the
sparrow, the crow, the "sharp-skinned"
hawk, the cooper hawk, the goshawk,
the great horned owl or (he kingfisher,
for those members of the ornitholog-
ical family are not given shelter un-
der its terms. The measure prohibits
the possession or sale at any time of
the plumage, skin or body of any other
wild bird, “whether killed within or
wilhout (he slate.”
“The state of New York," said Mr.
Mayer In ihe course of his argument,
"has no more right to say whether
birds shall be killed in Patagonia than
have I. During the last fiscal year lm
ported dress feathers to the value of
$4,262,000 entered the port of New
York alone. If you pass this bill you
will send that volume of trade to New
Jersey."
HepresentE.ilves of the Feather lm
porters' association also argued
against the bill.
APPRECIATION IB BELATED.
Rathersome.
Some men would rather own an au
tomobile than have nothing to worry
them.—Chicago Dally News.
Thanks for Man Who Gave Codfish to
Massachusetts in 1785.
Boston.—A belated message of
thanks has l>een yxtended by the house
of representatives to John Rowe, an
aiieie.ut T “.•harf fisherman, who first
ornceived the idea that the state of
Massachusetts did not own a codfish
and straightway proceeded to present
it with one.
That was 123 years ago, and soon
after the legislature convened Repre-
sentative White of Brookline offered
an order, conveying to Mr. Rowe the
thanks and good will of the members
for his kind consideration. The mes-
sage contained no suggestion as to
how the text of the order was to be
conveyed to Mr. Rowe.
During the career of the codfish as
a state symbol it has hung in the
house. Its public hfe began in the old
state house on March 17. 1785, and
there It remained until removal to the
present state house In 1798. There It
hung, immediately over the speaker’s
desk, for 97 years. Its chief claim to
glory rests in its removal to the place
it now occupies In the house.
In 1895 the year the new wing of
the present state house was completed,
a procession composed of nil the mem-
bers of the house was formed, and,
headed by Speaker Meyer, now secre-
tary of the navy, escorted the sacred
emblem from the old house chamber i
to the new one.
NAME OF JEFF DAVIS
WILL BE RESTORED TO TABLET
ON CABIN JOHN BRIDGE.
Story of How Cognomen of President
of the Confederacy Was Obliter-
ated from Structure During
Civil War.
Washington.—The following order
was issued recently:
The secretary of war. by direction of
the president, has Instructed the oh'#! .if
engineers of the United Htutcs army to
take the necessary steps to restore the
name of Jefferson Davis ns secretary of
war to Cabin John Bridge.
'•abin John Bridge is a great slum-
arch, until recently the largest In th<
world, spanning a picturesque gorge in
the upper Potomac valley, seven miles
west of Washington. This urch sup
ports the aqueduct through which the
water supply of Washington flows and
also serves as a highway bridge oh
thai much-traveled way—the Conduit
road. The mutilation of the arch has
been commented on by millions of jm»o-
ple and although the subject is an old
one Bite real story of the erasure of
Davis' name has only lately been told.
The erasure has been <rarlousl>
charged to Gen. Montgomery C. Meigs,
chief engineer of the construction of
the Washington aqueduct, and to Ed
win M. Stanton, secretary of war un-
der President Lincoln. Neither of
these was responsible. The order for
th- erasure of the name was given by
Celei, :i. Smith, secretary of (he i.i
terlor. In June, 1862,
William R. Hutton, who was an en
gineer In the aqueduct construction,
and who became chief engineer of
the work, has given the following ac-
count:
"In June, 1862, at the request of the
secretary of the interior, Caleb R
Smith, to whose department the aqtie
duct had just been transferred, 1 ac-
companied tho secretary and a num
her of members of congress to inspect
the aqueduct. We went up by boat on
the Chesapeake and Ohio canal.
"Opposite Cabin John several of the
party disembarked and walked to the
uncompleted bridge for a nearer view
Secretary Smith remained on the
boat. Returning in hot haste, Galusha
Grow, a member of congress from
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Tablet on Cabin John Bridge
Name of Davis Obliterated.
with
A noble mind
pent.—Homer.
disdains not to re-
Says Mexico Wants Balloons
Aeronaut Asserts Natives Are
ested in Aerial Craft.
Inter-
we came to London. In the neighbor- j lingered until the crowd, including
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VV E PRINT
SALE BILLS
AND print them riowt
hood of which we opened some vege-
table shops.
“In a vegetable shop—especially in
very poor districts—it is most irti- j
portant that the poor shall receive i
good value for their money.
"Against all these ‘tricks of the -
| trade’ we of the brotherhood at once i
set our faces and, even though we
j may not be able to show so great a !
nrofit on our trading, we are satisfied !
with a smaller margin, feeling that we j
| are compensated by being true to our ;
the gravedigger, had departed, and
under the shade of an oak tree gave
himself up to a moralizing train of
thought as to the uncertainty of life
and the after effects of the spirits
Aealt' out at Columbia saloons.
Rousing himself from his reverie
New York.—Lincoln Boachey, well
known among all American aeronauts
as a dirigible pilot, has returned from
Mexico, where he has been giving ex-
hibition flights since early last Decem-
ber.
In the City of Mexico, in Pueblo and
other cities he says his aerial per-
formances caused great, excitement,
because it was the first, opportunity
given there to see a steerable craft in
actual flight.
"in many [daces." he said, “the peo-
ple had seen ordinary spherical bal-
loons, but when they saw a man take
an airship up and circle about, over
their heads they simply went wild.
They would be willing to give up bull
fighting down there if they could have
all the airships they wanted.
"And It is surprising," he continued,
"that even in that Country, which we
are disposed to regard as not very
progressive, they are seriously inter-
ested In aerial navigation. And they
know a great deal about it. They get
During December, January and
February Mr. Beachey made about
fifty flights over Mexican cities and
towns. He stated that many of the
wealthier sportsmen were enthusiastic
over hlg performances and told him
they would try their skill in the air as
soon as they could get the balloons.
Delaware Has Stingiest Man.
Milton, Del.—Milton claims to have
the stingiest man in the state. He
walked into a Milton store and asked
for the hind quarter of a muskrat.
As this animal is about the size of
a rabbit, the storekeeper waa anxious
to know why he wanted such a small
amount, and every man in the store
leaned closer and took a second look
when he answered that there was no
one but himself aud his wife, and he
didn't like to have too much fresh
meat on hand, fearing waste. The
storekeeper would not sell.
principles."
Clarke is a native of Calcutta, In-
dia, and is about 37 years old. He
evidently thoroughly believe in him-
self and his "C. B. A." ider>.
and stumbling his way out, he halted , most of their information from Euro-
a moment at the new-made grave,
when his eye caught In the gravel of
the upheaved mound a glitter of yel-
low.
Picking it up he found that it was
a gold nugget of about an ounce
weight, and had undoubtedly been
thrown out when digglug the grave.
A closer examination resulted in the
discovery of several smaller pieces.
Des Moines Wants 500 Girls.
Den Moines, la.—Members of the
Greater Des Moines committee have
practically determined to import 500
pean newspapers, and I was aston- girls from New York and put them at
Ished to discover that they were very work In the local factories. This un-
familiar with what the Wright broth tion was taken at a recent meeting of
ers have been doing In France. They j the committee when several factory
also knew a lot about the big war j owners declared that they have not
dirigibles of France and Germany, and enough girls at hand properly to con-
some of them made rather embarrass ; duct their institutions. The plan was
Ing comparisons between my dirigible j to have the girls brought out here
and the big one now being operated from New York in a body, perhaps on
by Count Zeppelin.” a special train.
Pennsylvania rushed up to Mr. Smith
and said:
’“Do you know that rebel Meigs has
put Jeff Davis' name on the bridge?
"Turning to me, the secretary said
'The first order I give you is to cut
Jeff Davis’ name off the bridge.'
“A few days later I was appointed
chief engineer of the aqueduct. Not
taking the secretary's remark seri-
ously I did nothing about the removal
of the name. A week later, Robert
McIntyre, the contractor, arrived in
Washington to resume work on the
bridge, the work having been teni
porarily suspended pending the ai
rival of materials. He called at the
interior department to pay his re-
spects to Secretary Smith. The se<
retary told him to cut Davis' name
off the bridge, and the first thing Mo
Intyre did on returning to the bridge
was to set a mason at the work of
cutting off the name, which was in
raised letters.”
Cabin John bridge is 450 feet long
The span is 220 feet wide and the
thickness of the arch and the width
of the roadway on top is 20 feet.
Across the arch and below the road-
way runs the conduit, which Is nine
feet in diameter. The arch is coni
posed of 1,200 cubic yards of Potomac
bluestone, 852 yards of concrete and
516 yards of brick.
The height of the roadway above
the stream is 100 feel and the cost of
the arch was $254,000.
Cure for a Complaint.
There is a young woman who suf-
fers great discomfort, sometimes
sharp pain, from an occasional attack
o» hiccoughs.
She tried all the prescribed rente
dies, from deep, breathing to plums
fresh and preserved, without success.
Nothing availed, the pain often last
ing an hour or more uuti! she
aromatic spirits of ammonia, a
spoonful diluted in a little water,
relief was instantaneous.
All subsequent attacks have
cured by the same means. The ti
hie in acute form is somewhat otit
the ordinary, but the annoyance it
tails makes it worth while to pttea Una
hint along.
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