The Spencer Siftings (Spencer, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 41, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 1, 1910 Page: 4 of 8
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Oklahoma City, Ok la i
Entered as second-class mutter, at the
posted ice ;.t Oklatumia City, Oklahoma, j
iinder the Act Of Compress. March 3. 1S79.
A movement to establish in Okla-
homa City a tuberculosis hospital Is
expected soon on re< ommendatton of
Or. T. \V. Klley, head of the city
health department.
Sheriff Jesse VV. Phillips of Atoka
was seriously wounded In the lower
part of the abdotm n last week In an
effort to capture Will Miles, a negro
bootlegger.
these gentlemen hade stood for hiftlj
educational Ideas. If there is anything
hat needs attention in the schools of
Oklahoma It is the question above j
mentioned, thinks the state superlu-1
tendent.
There is no doubt about the Issue
It i* a prevailing opinion with many j
teachers thsd it is dang® ous to try j
to teach a school in some community
where education has been neglected
This idea Is erroneous. It is not the j
lack of education of the people that i
in ikes thd teac iers position Insecuie,
bu* the lack of the proper understand-
ing on the part of the people as to
what a school bouse is built for and
what the teacher is put in the school
house for. Wh«n these two things are
understood the people will cease to j
slander many an innocent teach."".
The speakers who, are to journey from
Raleigh, N. C., and Cleveland. O,. will
certainly be worthy hearing on this
subject the last night of the conven-
tion.
It will be new Turkey in fact, with
telephones and telephone girls in Con-
stantinople.
The high price of food has seriously
reduced the Income of many stomach
specialists.
There is a rumor In Guthrie that j That’s the Question.
Mrs. Bird McGuire, divorced wife of | Little Prue was much interested In
the congressman of that rsrne. is Miss D—, who had lost her voice, am
bidding her friend* a long farewell, I one day came to her and said.
and in going to New Yu. a city to 1 —. would you know your voice i i
make that city her permanent home, came buck? —The Delineator.
Ohio may be the greatest state up
in the air, but Texas Is pre eminent
on the ground.
V C. Hoeffer, leader of the So-
cialist party, Alfalfa county, announ-
ces that he will be a candidate for
congress In the Second district next
year.
Rond overseers ol Koraker town-
ship. Osage county, have determined
to open section Une roads all over
the township. This action will mean
the cutting up of some large pastures
and the cattlemen probably will make
strong opposition.
Indian summer Is always sure of get- j
ting the glad hand when It plays a
return engagement.
With your five or six Inch object
glass telescope, you may easily see Mr. j
Halley's comet now.
NUT GROWING IN THE SOUTH.
Pecan culture In the southeastern j
states, particularly In Georgia and
eastern Alabama, has passed the ex-
perimental stage, and Is now a well-
established and flourishing industry.
Not only are groves of several years'
growth paying handsomely, but new
trees are being set out by the hun-
dreds throughout all that section ap-
parently best adapted to the cultiva-
tion of this delightful article of com-
merce. While this Is all well enough,
of course, and to be encouraged, it Is
strange that the south should never
hsve been moved to exploit its own
most tempting and daintily delicious
of all nuts—the scalybark hickory nut.
There is something in Its line worthy
and well qualified, indeed, and yet
seemingly destined to purely local ap-
preciation only. Its shell Is as brittle
and as paperish as the most highly
cultivated pecan to be found anywhere,
and its kernel is of a melting and
pleasing toothsomeness, never to be
understood unless eaten. It grows on
the sturdiest of trees; no wind or
weather affects it, and neither early
nor late frosts have any possible ter-
rors *or It. Farmers and the farmera’
children of the south know their na-
tive scalybark *for what It la; within
the city limits it is an Infrequent
guest.
If football would eliminate ,jniasa
plays it would no longer, be encum-
bered with a death list.
A Nebraska court has decided that
kissing a girl does not constitute a
proposal. So go ahead, feUerul
YOTJR DOLLAR
Will com* back to you if you apond k at
bom# It it gona foravar II you tand It to
tha Mail-Order Houta. A glane* through
our adrtrUtlng columns will (Ira you an
tdaa whara it will buy tha most.
Hayden Farquhareon. sor. of Mayor
A. O. Farquharson of Guthrie, was
one of the first to feign petitions be-
ginning circulation for a "commission i
form of govermneut" for that city. J
In Chicago are men who make
bomb throwing a profession. In Rus-
sia it is a habit, not a profession.
I Aits of old-fashioned people will
soon begin to tell us of the time when
Christmas used to come in the winter.
"Tax** paid prior to Feb. 1 are not
liable to the 18 ;ier centum per an-
num penalty," says Attorney General
West in a letter to United Slates In-
dian Agent Dana H. Kelsey of Mus-
kogee
John VV. Ashcraft has resigned as
postmaster at Aline, Alfalfa county,
Oklahoma, and Congressman Morgan
has recommended 8. C. Timmons, ed-
itor of the Aline Chronoscopy to fill
the vacancy.
W. A. Sheanan. trainmaster on the
Panhandle division of the Rock Is-
land. with headquarters at Kl Reno,
has been transferred to the position
of trainmaster of the Kansas division,
with headquarters at Herrington,
Kansas.
The Mountain, Valley and Plains
railway which will extend from Guth-
rie to Cimarron, New Mexico, Is soon
to be a thing of reality. VV. H. Har-
rington, vice-president of the com-
pany, with a corps of surveyors, left
Guthrie las* week to locate the
route of the road between that city
end Higgins, Tex.
Spots on the sun now may be seen
with the naked eye, provided the eye j
is first modestly veiled with smoked j
glass.
Victor Hugo made himself rich writ-
ing books, but that doesn't say tha*
every man should take to writing
books.
One difference in current sports
seems to lie that In aviation necks
are imperiled, while In football they
are broken.
Capt. JJodfrav • L. Cardan, a special
arenl of the department of commerce
and labor, who has just finished an ex-
tended trip through Russia, with a
view to learning trade conditions,
makes a report very encouragln^ to
Americans. He ssyt he found a big
demand for American manufactures,
especially machinery of all kinds, and
that the supply is not up to the re-
quirements. Here Is a field which may
be worked to advantage. Russia has
entered upon a new era of develop-
ment along various industrial lines. In
which the need of machinery is very
great. America excels in the manu-
facturing of machinery, and that fact
is becoming more and more widely
recognized abroad. What is wanted
is active work in the way of canvas-
sing for orders. And with American
ships to carry the goods the gain
would certainly be still more rapid.
The Square Deal.
We are firm believers In the inaxlm
that for all right judgment of any
man or thing It Is useful, nay, essen-
tial, to see his good qualities before
pronouncing on his bad.—Carlyle.
Something New
' What kind of a sufferer or returned
hero do you claim to be. Weary?”
"Nix on them games. They're played
out. I pose as a plain tramp.’
Have 'Em or Get ’Em.
"It Is said that impetuous people
have black eyes." "Yes, and if they
don't have them they are apt to get
them!"—Philadelphia Telegraph.
No Change.
“You know women was once the
head of the family." she said. "No
need to speak of that in the past
tense,” replied her husband meekly.
Behavior.
Good behavior may be rather old-
fashioned. but you never heard of it
getting a man Into trouble.
Psychological.
It is curious that when a good
man has a "double," the double is al-
ways very, very bad.
World’s Cheapest Commodity.
Human labor Is the cheapest com-
modity in the world.—Robert Denni-
son.
Uncle Ears eaye:
"Laugh an' grow fat Is mighty good
advice, but a feller kin laugh a hull
lot better when the pantry's hill."
Find an Incentive.
What makes life dreary is the want
of motive.—George Eliot.
Who Gave Him AwayT
A grouchy stockholder of the Bank
of England wants all women clerks
discharged from the institution on the
ground that they cannot keep a secret.
Of course, it was wrong to tell on
him. He should have been more cau-
tious.
Lunar eclipses that hope to receive j
favorable mention In this column .
must show up at a respectably early
hour in the evening.
An Indiana woman calls her tius
band a "nag" and a “scold.” Doubt j
less the cruel creature has refused to .
button her gown in the back.
A big concern In New Jersey Is to
bring about a cut In ribbons. So there
will be some comforting exceptions to I
the rise of the necessaries of life.
GET THE GENUINE
nm
According to Secretary Ed Cassidy,
of the school land commission, the
sales department has completed the
preliminary arrangements for the sale
of the third division of the state
school lands. The commission will
probably set March 14 as Cio day to
begin.
A rigid investigation of all public
buddings now being erected under
contract for the stale and the com-
pliance or non-compliance of the con-
tractors with the prescribed plans
and specifications is promised by a
well founded rumor that State Audi-
tor M. E. Trapp Is negotiating with
a well known architect of the state
to make such Investigation.
At last the Balkan states have
formed some kind of union for the
purpose of pushing the Balkan warj
cloud off the political weather map.
- - ---- — ■
There recently died in Nebraska a j
man who saw the Chicago fire, the
Galveston flood, the San Fnsnciqco
disaster und spent four winters »n
Alaska. j
The sobranje of Bulgaria has passed
a law imoosing a tax of about three
dollars on all unmarried men who are
30 years old and plder. At Tirnova,
the ancient capital, it has been a cus-
tom for ussay.. yoars-to humtiiate - un-
married men On the first Monday in
Lent all marriageable men who had
not selected life partners in'the carni-
val season were beaten on sight with
inflated pigs’ bladders. The bachelors
always dreaded the day, while the
girls looked forward to it with pleas-
ure. Since the tax act has been
passed the bachelors of Tirnova have
entered a formal protest against the
continuance of the practice. They
say they will gladly pay the tax, but
want the chastisement declared un-
lawful.
Of Course Not.
“How do you suppose she manages
to keep up appearances on her hus-
band's Income?” "What is her hus-
band's Income?" "1 don’t know, but,
of course, It caij't be as big as It
would have to be if they could afford
to live as they do.”
Science Disproves Theory.
There Is nothing to substantiate the
contention that the human body emit*
radiations which affect the photo-
graphic plate. The French Academy
of Science has Investigated the mat-
ter.
Tho new Chinese minister to this |
country brings 67 servants with him.
Astute man. Had he made it 57 he j
would have been in a pickle with the
paragraphers.
Because the district court held that
(he marriage or Cleveland Grayson
to Delia Jones was illegal, N. M.
Sebum* of Muskogee, lost n piece of
oil land that he had bought from
Grayson, said to be worth *50.000.
It must be really awkward for a,
bride whose husband was careless
about the staying qualities of his di
vorce to discover that she never was
really married.
There is no wild enthusiasm over j
the successful efforts of a French sci-
entist to make a dead dog howl. It
is hardly necessary to sturt an inves-;
ttgatton Into the cause for this lack
of appreciation.
Imports as well as exports in-
creased during September. The great-
est gain in imports was in materials
for manufacturers. The Increases in
the various commodities brought in
from abroad for this purpose ranged
from 40 to 200 per cent. There *were
decreases in very few of the “raw
materials." This is convincing proof
of the activity of American industry
as a whole. Since much of this crude
material goes abroad again < in th*
form of finished products of skilled
America! labor, this sort of Importa-
tion is unobjectionable. On the con-
trary, quite the reverse.
The Hint Direct. /'
To Mrs. McCarthy, busy with her
washing and in no mood for chat, had
come Mrs. Clancy, who noticed after
an hour or two that It has become
cloudy. Said she: "Do It rain, Mrs.
McCarthy?" "It do that, Mrs. Clancy;
but not that hard I couldfa't get home
if l was at your house.”—San Fran-
cIbco Argonaut.
When Sweaters Stretch.
If the neck of a sweater becomes
stretched too wide from wearing do
not sew up or cut out any of It, sim-
j ply dip the neck part in clear warm
water, wring out lightly and hang up
I to dry. The neck will when dry have
| resumed its original shape and size.—
i Woman's Home Companion.
I*. Hudson, a Jackson county farm-1
cr. planted four acres of peanuts last!
spring and has cleared *50 an acre on |
his crop, besides getting lots of pas-
turage for his pig*.
At a recent meeting of the regents
of the state university at Norman
two very Important steps were taken.
One was provision for the summer
session in 1SH0 and the other the es-
tablishment of a school of education
for teachers.
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Oklahoma city, Oklahoma
Bottlers of the
GENUINE COCA COLA
Red Rock .Ginger Ale, Blackberry
Punch, High Grade Soda Waters
All orders, targe or small. Bllerd on
Abort Notice
Float in the Southwest
The State Teachers' Association in !
annual session in Oklahoma City is
going to send a message this week to
the people of Oklahoma that will l>e
heard further than within the confines
or the state. It will be upon one of
the most glaring defects in our school j
system. The subject is printed on the
program in -1>old letters in these j
j words; “The Insecurity of the Teacher
I In Hi* Position.” Two citizens of na-
j ttonal reputation will deliver the m«*s- j
| sage. They are In tho person of the
j Honorable Charles i». Aycock. the edu-
I cation'll governor of North Carolina.
I ami Jaa. R. Garfield, President Rooae-
i velt’s secretary of the interior. Both
Director Lowell of the observatory j
at Flagstaff, A. T., reports the discov- j
ery of the first Antarctic snowfall of
the season on Mars. Is it not now-
up to the director of some other ob-
servatory to demand at once samples j
of the snow before the report can be f
believed? Discoverers are not taking j
the words of other discoverers with-
out proofs these daya.
National budgets appear to be the 1
chief source of worry to European |
governments. France is the latest to
experience trouble in this direction, j
Her proposed budget this year is $4u,-1
000,000 greater than the preceding;
one, and provides for new taxes which
make the taxpayers sit up and take
notice. As the taxes were pretty !
heavy before, the additional burden
will not make the people any more;
contented.
Chicago business men who have re-
cently returned front Oklahoma City
give it as their opinion that the town
referred to is to become the Mtnne-
polis of the southwest. But what will
n Minneapolis of the southwest be
without a St. Paul of the southwest to
spur it on?
Post-Mortem Values.
“A man may have a cur dog he
I doesn’t consider worth a dose of
\ rat poison," said Uncle Henry Butter-
worth, "but let his neighbor kill that
cur and In less than five minutes the
owner will be saying: 'I wouldn't have
taken $50 for that dog!’ "—Kansas City
j Times.
"Aviator" is not recognized as an
addition to the language. The direc-
tors of the Areo Club of America for-
mally call It "aviation pilot,” thereby
making two words grow where one
would have done just as well, if not
a little better.
Chicago Is bragging about possess-
ing the ideal husband. It seems from
the fuss being made over him that he
is one of the rare curiosities of the
times out there.
Those so-called craters on the moon
may be merely the marks of bumps
received in collisions with other orbs,
but that theory doe* uot seem to ex-
plain the presence of a tall cone in
the center of so many of them.
Lieut. Shackleton says he would
rather fail down a crevasse in an ant-
arctic glacier than get himself killed
by a smelling London omnibus. Still,
we hope he will do neither.
The top record of American building
permits Itt October were: Seattle, 1,-
347: Brooklyn Borough. 1,326; Phila-
delphia, .1,263; Chicago, 5*86. In cost
Brooklyn and Chicago were nearly
alike, with New York county, which
erect* few bulldtrgs hut big ones, far
•head of either.
Six months of the year is qight at
the pole. What a glorious old time
one coti’ti hsve making a night of it
there with the boys!
In the opinion of many the city-bred
rooster hns his choice between a mi
sie and a Maxim noise silem
HILL'S BUSINESS COLLEGE.
Miss Stuart is doing stenographic
work for Nix & Utterback, Oklahoma
City.
We had calls for stenographers from
the State University at Norman; Mr.
Abt, Oklahoma City; Planters and Me-
chanics Bank Oklahoma City, ar.d sev-
eral other places last week which we
could not fill as we had no one ready.
The Commercial Sec*ion of the
State Teachers’ Association will meet
in our rooms Thursday morning, Dec.
30th, at 9 o'clock. We will be glad
to have all people Interested in that
line of work to call at the school. Ev-
ery visiting teacher will receive a
handsome aluminum memorandum
book which will make a nice souve-
nir and it will also be useful in tak-
ing notes at the convention.
We have arranged for the largest en-
rollment in January that we have ever
had. We are glad of this because the
year 1910 will be the best business
year we have ever had.
The Morris Packing Plant will be In
operation at-that time which wlH bring
thousands of people and hundreds of
business houses to this city. This will
make many fine positions for us to
fill. Now is the tune to gt
ccrne to school.
Write
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$27.50 9x12 Aamiaater Rags, $19-50
$25,009x12 “ “ $18-50
$18,509x12 seamless
Brussels .—- - $Y$*$®
$17,509x12 seamless Bnmeeis^^
$10.00 9x12 All Wool Ait
squares .$0 50
$8.00 9x12 MM-kaif wad
art squares ..................$*.00
Spivey & McGill
Has. 18-205. Harray
Pkeae Rod 10 24 OWohomo C%
Dollars
For You
t - Windows 19 North Broadway,
Opposite New Lee Hotel
All $12.00, $15 00, $16.50 Soil* at
s
9.4-5
All $20.00, $22.00, $25.00 Soils at
514.-
Trashing reserved. All the latest
grays included.
$12.45 for $18 and $20 Over Coats.
$3.45 for $5 wool worsted pasts
$2.95 for $4 wool worsted pasts
$1.48 for $2.50 aod $3 fancy rests
$3.45 for $5 aod $6 fancy rests
$2.45 for latest styles $3 bats
39c for 50c ribbed nnderwetr
89c for $1 wool Union Snits
19c for 35c imported bote
85c for $1 and $1.25 shirts
39c for 50 and 75c neebwear
25c bnit ties, 3 for 35c
14c for tbe 25c Boston Garter
The man with one Dollar in bis pochet will
leare this store with swo dollars in bis handle.
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