The Washington County Sentinel And The Weekly Enterprise (Bartlesville, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, December 20, 1912 Page: 2 of 6
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TH: flASHINsTON COUNTY SENTINEL
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THE fEEKLY ENTERPRISE
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BAUTLESY&LE PUBLISHING CO.
120 Wf«t Third Street_
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Entered as Second-class Matter
December 30, 1911, at the Poztofflce
at Bartlesville, Okla., under the Act
of March 3, 1879.
Chicago Representative:
Robert E. Douglas, 1408-9 Steger
Building.
Eastern Representative, W. D. Ward,
Tribune Bldg., New York.
The above label is Issued to the
Bartlesville Enterprise by the Inter-
national Typographical Union, be-
cause the Enterprise employe none
but members of the Typographical
Union In Its mechanical department.
through an 18 Inch caHt iron line.
All of the remaining sodiment is
taken out here ami the water clarified.
Then the water passes to the cleur
well and Is ready to be pumped to
town. The filters are very finely
[constructed affairs with specially
constructed sewers to wush them. The
sewers are twenty feet under the
ground and can be operated every
hour if necessary, but the water is
running now uml they are used only
about every tv.enty-four hours.
The chemical room of the plant,
which Is new, is one of the most In-
terestlng features. It lias two large
iron tauks where the solution of
sulphate of aluminum Is mixed. This
is mixed by electricity and just the
right proportion to the chemical to
the demand of the water at the
“weirs. ’
Every gallon of water pumped 'to
Bartlesville is pure and il probably
is better for drinking purpsoc* than
much of the kind that is bought.
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FRIDAY, DKCEM1IEK 20, 1012
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BARTLESVILLE WATER WORKS
FINALLY IN WORKING ORDER.
BEST WATER IN STATE
THE UANEY RIVER FLUID HAS TO
UNDERGO A TREATMENT.
Tastes As Well and Looks as Well as
Spring Water—Improvements
Cost 176,000.
DIPLOMAT IS DEAD
AMBASSADOR TO GREAT BRITAIN
VICTIM OF ITLMINARY TROUBLE
End
Dus .Sudden—Had Been III
Short Time—To Appoint
Successor.
But
London, Dec. 1C.—Whitolaw Reid.
American ambassador to Great Britain
since 1905, died shortly after noon
yesterday at his London residence,
Dorchester House. The end was quiet
and peaceful. Mrs. Held and their
daughter, Mrs. John Hubert Ward,
were at the bedside.
The ambassador had been uncon-
scious since 9 o’clock in the morning,
and at intervals In the previous twen-
ty-four hours he had been slightly de-
lirious as u result of the drugs ad-
ministered to Induce sleep. Two weeks
ago he had a slight bronchial attack,
which grew worse until asthma de-
veloped Wednesday, followed by ex-
treme exhaustion.
UNCLE SAM IS MAKING IMMENSE
PREPARATIONS FOR 1913.
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HAS BIGGEST SINGLE
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Mull In Showii In Report,
of Department
Bartlesville now has as plentiful a
supply of absolutely pure, wholesome
water as any city in Oklahoma. The
Improvements to the old Bartlesville
Water company’s plant making it pos-
sible to furnish the city pure water
has cost $76,000 and they have been
added to the plant since last August,
when George C. Priestley dropped ne-
gotiations for the sale of the plant to
the city and let the contracts for the
Improvements. Besides the improve-
ments at the plant, $16,000 has been
spent laying new mains.
There Is no longer any probability
of muddy water coming through the
main,, so the owners of the plant say.
One who looks over the Improvements
and taatea the water after It has been
pumped Into the “clear’’ well ready to
be Bent Into the mains will agree that
muddy water seems very Improbable
In the future.
The Improvements consist of a new
centrifugal pump, new sedimentation
basins, a new chemical system for
treating the water, new 80,000 horse
power engine, operating a million and
a half a gallon, outside packed, plung-
«r pump, new Alteration system with
a maximum capacity of one and a half
milUon gallons a day, a new clear
tor storing the filtered water.
The city of Bartlesville uses 750,-
M<! gallons of water a day. Of course
this amount will be Increased when It
la generally known that the water is
furs and wholesome. The company
Is equipped to furnish the city with
three million gallons a day.
The proceee of purifying the water
as It was explained to an Enterprise
reporter today by Gporge Marshall,
the, superintendent, Is as follows:
The water is pumped from the Caney
river by a centrifugal pump Into the
tint Settling or sedimentation basin,
which Is 30 by 80 feet In size and 20
feet deep. This basin la divided into
three compartments. From the Arst
the water *»*• under a “baffle" wall
which I® built Ave feet from the top
and Sends the water towards the
bottom of the balin, causing It to
deposit the heavier sediment. That
aedimeat is carried away by a
specially constructed fewer. When
the wdter passes from this basin Into
the second it receives He Arst treat-
ment of chemicals. This le sulphate
of ahngtoutt and every gallon of
water that comes to the city le purifi-
ed by ’title chemical. It kills all the
germs that might be in the water.
The second basin Is $0 by 80 feet
and ten feet deep and has a number
of wlat are known as “weir” walls
which break the flow of the water
ever them and cause the sediment to
settle.
The third basin. Is SO by 60 feet and
15 feet .deep and here it is given an-
other. treatment of chemicals. As the
wpter flows from this basin to the
Altera, It must Aow over a lead pipe
where, the sulphate of aluminum is
again administered to It.
The water goes to the filters
Washington, D. C., Dec. 16.—Presi-
dent Taft today began an informal
consideration of the appointment of a
successor to Whitelaw Reid, ambas-
sador to Great Britain with Secretary
of State Knox. Ho consulted every
point and It was said that filling the
vacancy will hardly be made before
the return of President Taft from
Panama. There was a report here to-
day that tho president might ask Sec-
retary Knox to take tho London post.
Another report mentioned Myron T.
Herrick, ambassador to France, for
the place.
The president announced the post of
ambassador to Great Britain will not
be Ailed by him. He understands
that President Elect Wilson is consid-
ering a man for appointment to the
post and does not want to appoint a
man for only a few months.
London, Dec. 16.—The government
has proposed to the United States that
This huge structure is an emergency
dam at Oatun on the Panama canal. It
Is designed to stop the flow of water
In case of an accident to the gates. It
swings over the channel like a crane,
and experts say it can be placed in
position within thirty seconds. It
may never be used, but if it is wanted
it will be needed badly. The light-
house stands at the Gatun locks and
will serve as a beacon for vpsboIs
passing through Gatun lake. The
Panama canal will not all be canal, ns
the lake that will be utilized will be
several miles wide.
!b mailing gifts hero to their friends
at home while tho same thing Is oc-
curring at home. Next week the gifts
will begin to arrive. Yesterday ele-
ven sacks of first class mail and thirty
sacks of second class mail were dis-
patched from the local ofice.
to miisE cm
PRESIDENT OF “AD AND PRESS
CLUB” NAMES COMMITTEES.
TO ESTABLISH PRESS BUREAU
Washington, P. C., Dec. 20—The
postal system of the United States,
with its 60,000 postoffices, 285.000
employess, 430,000 miles of rail, boat
and star routes and one million miles
of rural mall routes. Is the largest
single business enterprise in the world
When the new parcels post system
is in full operation Uncle Sam will
be found conducting probably the
greatest express business in existence
Rural free delivery of mail has re-
sulted In bringing the farmer in closer
touch with the world daily has elevat-
ed his degree of Intelligence and has
worked hundreds cf ways to liis fi-
nancial gain. The establishment, of a
parcel post will mean an additional
enhancement to his welfare as well as
convenience. Rural telephones have
practically spenrd all over the coun-
try and they will be used In conjunc-
tion with the parcel post, to the ad-
vantage of both farmer and country
merchant. The good wife will tele-
phone or write orders for her grocer-
ies and provisions, ns well as merchan
dise. If the framer breaks a harrow
or a part of some farm equipment. It
will not be necessary for him to hitch
up and drive to town; he will
merely step to his phone and order
the new part by "P. P.”- The time
saved will more than compensate him
for his outlay of stamps. It is ex-
pected the country merchant will soon
be found advertising free delivery In
his local papers, just as his city
brothers do. They will use parcel
post as their delivery wagons.
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Names of Children Must Be Sent
to Hie Provident Asso- -
elation.
properly in a container, and for any
packed in a perfectly secure manner.
No restriction is placed on the mail-
ing of salted, dried, smoked or cured
meats, but fresh moat will be trans-
ported within the first zone only.
Fragile articles, including millinery,
toys, musical instruments and articles
of glass, in whole or in part, must bo
securely packed and marked "fragile.”
----------- Rooks and printed matter may not. Jllllcu
a British battleship convey the body forwarded nt parcels post rules bnt j presents. A big fund has been donat
of Ambassador Reid to Its home. Pre- 0piy at the pound rates or third class cfj for the work
PLANS TO
OF MONEY.
VALENTI SCORED
(house committee censures
FORMER INDIAN COMMISSIONER.
The ’Big Brothers”, through the j
Provident association have undertaken
to make every worthy child in Bartles-
ville happy on Christmas day, but this
cannot be done unless members of the
association are given the names of the
children who are to be provided with
Bartlesville Should Join the “Big
League,” Says Secretary of
Commercial Club.
of Ambassador Reid to Its home. Pre
mler Asquith in the house of com-
mons paid a graceful tribute to the
diplomat today. Memorial services
will be held in Westminster Abbey
Friday.
ABOUT PUS POST
Some of (he Articles the Government
Will Not Handle.
Intoxicating liquors, poisons, pois-
vpous animals, Insects or reptiles, ex-
plosives of shy kind, inflammable ar-
ticles, including matches, Infernal
machines, pistols or revolvers, dis-
ease germB, obscene, defamatory or
scurrilous matter now prohibited by
law, live or dead animals or birds, or
live poultry, raw hides or pelts or
anything having a bad odor are among
the articles which cannot be sent by
the parcels post, when the new system
goes into effect January 1.
A new eeries of twelve stamps to
be used for parcels has been issued
by the postal department and the lo-
cal office has already received a sup-
ply. They are larger than the ordi-
nary stamp and all are In red. The
designs are as follows:
matter.
The regulations provide that par-
cels of merchandise, including farm
and factory products (but not books
and printed matter) of almost every
description, up to eleven pounds in
weight, and measuring as much as
six feet In length and girth combined,
except those calculated to do Injury
to tho mails in transit may bo mailed
at any postoffice for delivery to any
addresses in the country.
Delivery will be made to the homes
of people living on rural and star
routes as well as those living in cities
and towns Where there is a delivery
by carrier. Where there is at pres-
ent no delivery by carrier the parcels
will go to the postoffice, as In tho case
with ordinary mail.
> The postage rate for the first zr.no,
that is within distance not exceeding
fifty miles, will be five cents for the
first pound and three cents for each
additional pound. The rates increase
for each successive one of tho eight
zones into which the country is divid-
ed the maximum rate ,being twelve
but unles names of
deserving children are sent in to the
association the children will he over-
looked.
The association will distribute pres-
ents on Christmas eve. They are to
hr distributed at the city hall, but un-
less the names of children who are
to bo supplied are sent in, the asso-
ciation will be retarded in its work.
Mayor Lamm said today that the
Lime was so short now that names
must be sent in at once. Many have
been sent in, but many more children
are to he provided for, and their
names must be sent in to the associa-
tion between now and Monday morn-
ing. Persons who wish to donate gro-
ceries or any other articles should no-
tify Mayor Lamm at his office in the
city hall. j ;
MEN ARE BUSY HERE
Ric Demand For Laborers in Bartles-
ville.
'Oioro in not an unemployed man in
cents a pound, which will carry a par- ■ Bartlesville. This can be proven by
cel across the continent, or even to, a giance Up and down the streets. No
Alaska and the Philippines. j >cafor3 are seCn in the doorways of
For a fee of ten cents a parcel may < buildings or seated on curbs.
'be insured, and if the parcel is lost ! rx~ deraand f,»r men and the fact
One cent, post ornce clerk, two )n thp mail8 an indemnity to the am-j that every one is employed is attrib-
ount of its value, not to exceed $50 j „tfid to ,be many recent increases in
i will be paid to the sender. j tilc prjce of oil. Four years ago crude
! Parcels post maps, with accompany- 0n in tb;s field sold for 35 cents, now
ing guides, are to be sold to the pub- it selig for $0 cents
lie at their cost, seventy-five cents,
through the chief clerk of the postof-
Ace department.
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PREVENTION
better t*-T can. Tett’» P«i» if Ultra la ttSH
mo oat oal; ■ remedy for. but sill prevent
SICK HEADACHE,
Himif- eoMtl|Wtloaand kladred dltcatc*
Tuff’s Pills
cent, city carrier; three cent, railway
postal clerk; four cents, R. F. D. car-
rier; Ave cent, mail train; ten cent,
steamship and*mall tender; fifteen
oent, automobile mail service; twenty
cent, aeroplane carrying mail; twen-
ty-flve cent, dairying scene; seventy-
Ave cent, harvesting scene; dollar,
fruit growing scene.
Each postoffice is furnished its own
map, with the fifty mile zones, mark-
ed off around the ofAce in question
as the oentrsl point. The making of
tbeqe maps has been a tremendous
task.
According to the regulations pro- Postoffice employes are already be-
mulgated by Secretary Hitchcock, per- ginning to complain or the heavy mail
fshable articles may be sent through'incidental to the holiday season. John
the mails only under specific rest ric- j Brower, a city mail carrier, had so
tions as to their containers and the I much mail for his route this morning
distance they are to be 6ent. J that he could not carry it but used a
Butter, lard, fish, fresh meats, dress- j wheelbarrow. It is expected that all
ed fowls, vegetables, fruit, berries and:of the carriers will bt
One City farrier Used a Wheelbarrow
to Tarry His Load This Morning.
a barrel. There
has been two increases in price the
past week. This has proven a stimu-
lus to drilling operations and many
wells are drilling, which has caused
a big demand for drillers, tool dress-
ers, roustabouts and laborers of all
kinds.
A campaign of publicity for the city
of Bartlesville will follow the meet-
ing of the committees that have just
been appointed by the president of the
“Ad and Press Club." The meeting
will be held some time early in Jan-
uary at which time the plan of cam-
paign will be made public. The es-
tablishment of a press bureau will be
one of the important features, plans
for which will be arranged at the
joint meeting of the two committees.
A. Bachrach president cf the club,
has anounced the following members
of the committees as provided at the
meeting of the club at the noon day
luncheon, held in the Commercial
club rooms last Monday noon.
Ways and Means Committee—F. A.
Sauer, Robert Beattie, C. A. Wagner,
Ruiz S. Ariza, Enterprise: George V.
Kerr, Examiner; G. L. Green, and L.
G. Coleman.
Finance Committee—Wayne Men-
dell, B. H. Madansky, Frank Raub.
Byron H. Smith, L. E. Phillips, Dr. J.
G. Smith and Frank Bucher.
Secretary Shafer, of the Commercial
club, in speaking of the future work
of the “Ad and Press Club”, today
said: “Bartlesville has outgrown the
individual class and should join tho
big league, where the individual sur-
renders his personal ambitions for the
success of the home team. His re-
ward will come through the euccess of
tho team where he has an important
part to play. The Commercial club is
the community builder and like other
business institutions, should adver-
tise. Advertising is an Important de-
partment of the club and should be In
charge of the Ad and Press Club, and
not any individual. ? hope to see
some effective work acco.. o'i'hed by
this department of the clu’ during
the coming year.”
forced to use
tomorrow.
similar articles, apt to spoil quickly Jearta or wheelbarrov
may be sent for short distances when The outgoing mail at present is
j securely packed. Eggs will bo ac- much heavier than the incoming mail
cepted for local delivery when park'd though it is expected that the tide will
distance when each erg is separately!turn next week. At present everyone
A CONTEST IN KANSAS
Republicans at Girard Are Demanding
a Recount.
Girard. Kas.. Dec. 20.—Hearing in
'contests of six Republican county
candidates against their successful
1 'Socialist opponents began this morn-
ing. The Republicans allege irregu-
liarity and fraud. If the contestants
are sustained the Socialists will lore
the onlv substantial victory they are
believed to have won at the last elec-
tion.
Tidal Wav* Flooded Graveyard.
Terrible scenes were recently wit-
nessed at the little seaside village of
Premia del Mar. Spain. The recent
torrential raiufull has destroyed the
churchyard, washing 150 corpses
the Bea. Twenty coffins floatln ___
the sea were saved by fishermen of
the village. /
1 ^to
ng^n
Broke Criminal Law ,by Introducing
and Disposing of Liquor on An
Indian Reservation.
Getting the Best of It.
The wisest man would mate a good.
bargain if he could trade ofl what he 0 ^ service,
knows for what he doesn t know. utea
__ i ter
Substitute for Cotton.
Nettle stems are being used
substitute fo* caUr*u.
Washington, Dec. 20.—Robert G.
Valentine, who recently resigned as
commissioner of Indian affairs, was
censured in a report yesterday by the
committee on expenditures in the in-
terior department after an Investiga-
tion of charges against him.
The committee's report stated that
Mr. Valentine deliberately violated the
civil service laws, caused improper
expenditures of public funds, precipi-
tated the removal of the general sup-
erintendent of logging in the Indian
service on false and groundless rum-
ors and was guilty of criminal viola-
tion of law prohibiting introducing
and disposing of liquor on an Indian
reservation.
The report will be submitted to the
house. The department of justice af-
ter an investigation of some of the
charges against the former commis-
sioner dismissed them.
The committee report cited the
causes that led to tho charge that Mr.
Valentine violated the law by Intro-
ducing liquor on the Osage lands in
Oklahoma, "an affront to the law he
was sworn to enforce,” as a corroral-
ary to the case of James Y. Hamilton,
who was superintendent of the Stand-
ing Rock reservation who was charg-
ed with drinking. The report said the
committee respected a telephone re-
quest from the secretary of the in-
terior on April 22, last, that in view
of the Indian commissioner’s recom-
mending Hamilton for dismissal, “it
might be the committee would not
proceed further with the investigation
concerning the matter," but follow-
ing the committee’s inquiry on Aug-
ust 9. the first assistant secretary of
the interior replied April 13 that Ham-
ilton returned to Standing Rock on
the distinct understanding that dis-
missal would follow his Indulgence In
liquor.
The report characterized as “vici-
ous Impropriety” lettera sent by Val-
entine as commissioner to the super-
intendent of the La Ponte agency in
Washington suggesting the collection
and submission to him of material
which might be used against .T. R-
Farr, a timber expert who, it was
said, had saved millions of dollars to
the Indians, and to James A. Carroll,
a government timber investigator, in
which the commissioner said he want-
to get Farr out of the service.
Damn him. I want to get him out
is a remark attrib-
to Valentino, regarding Farr af-
Farr left him following an intro-
duction in commendatory words to
Fred H. Abbott, now acting commis-
sioner.
ed
More
Economical
Both in Use
and Cost
CALUMET
BAKING POWDER
— And it does better
work. Simply follow
your customary method
of preparation—add a
little less of Calumet
than when using ordi-
nary baking powder.
Then watch the result.
Light, fluffy, f nd even-
ly raised — the baking
comes from the oven
mere tempting, tastier,
more wholesome.
Calumet insures the baking of an
expert. Ask your grocer today.
RECEIVED
HIGHEST AWARDS
World's
Pure Food
Exposition,
Chicago, 111.
Paris, Ex-
position,
France,
March,
1912.
You don’t save money when you buy
cheap or big-can baling powder, Don't
be misled. Buy Calumet. It’s mom
economical — more wholesome — gives
best results. Calumet is far superior to
sour millt anJ soda.
Retort Imperative.
Fenelon had repeatedly boned
Richelieu for subscriptions to various
charitable schemes and tko cardinal
always refused to loosen up. One day
Fenelon was telling him that he had
been looking at his (Richelieu’s) new
picture. "Did you ask it for a sub-
scription?” inquired the cardinal.
"No; I saw there was no chance,” re-
plied Fenelon; "It looked so much
like you.”
Biro Sanctuartss.
Bird sanctuaries recently hare been
established in England and in Aus-
tralia. An attempt is now being made
to protect the herons of Egypt, from
which country the birds rapidly are
disappearing before the guns of tho
plume hunters. The bird-protaettvo
work Is becoming world wide in its
manifestation. All countries finally
are becoming to realize the service
which the birds render to man.
College Wisdom.
Che big responsibilities of marriage
are the little ones.—Dartmouth Jack
e’ Lantern.
Laze,
Side.
When you * feel
Stretchy, Half
Blue and Out of Sort!,
look to the Liver; it It
Torpid.
HERBINE
la the Remedy Yob Need.
It is an invigorating tonic for
I a torpid liver. Tho first dose
brings improvement, a tew days
use puts the liver in fine vigor-!
ous condition. Jlorbir.e alro ex-
tends its restorative influence
to the stomach ar.d bowels. It
helps digestion end food assipai-
| lation, purifies the bowels and |
brings back the habit Of regu-
lar dally bcr.-el movements.
When the stomach, liver and
I bowels aro active, bilious im-
I purities no lonty-r obstruct I
functional processes, the resuit |
of which is renewed energy, '
I mental activity and cheerful |
1 spirits.
Price SOc per Bottle.
I Jarnesr.aaliard.Prop. St.Louis,Mo. |
Use Stephens Eye Salve for
Sere Eyes. It Cures.
IJouoAMpRtcoHeiEwotaBVl
JAMTBELL'S RES CROSS DRUG
STORE.
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