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County Democrat
By M. M. HENDERSON.
TECTTMF55H.
OKLAHOMA
STATE NEWS NOTES
Be patient; winter Is coming.
Oklahoma Sta‘- 'air September 26
to October 7.
DELAY COMES
NEAR COAL
DEFECT IN ENGINE CAUSES AT-
WOOD TO HALT IN FLIGHT
Garfield county pioneers plans a re-
union at Enid, September 16.
HOLDS FLYING RECORD
| CONGRESSMAN H. M. TOWNER OF IOWA 1 QUEBEC IS
THE PIVOT
Cooler weather lias increased the
demand for alarm clocks in Oklahoma.
The State Federation of Women’s
clubs wil meet in Chickasba early in
November.
}. P. Dempsey, a Washita county
farmer, has cleared 160 an acre from
his alfalfa patch. Not at all bad for
“dry" year! What?
Has Beaten World’s Long-Distance
Flight By Seventy-Six Miles, and
la Within Twenty-five Miles of
Heart of New York
A bridge over a creek three miles
east or Wewoka on the Rock Island
was burned out and traffic in both
directions was tied up for awhile aa
the resulL
W. O. Armltage, a conductor on the
Midland Valley railroad, was severely
Injured at Muskogee by being knocked
between cars by a ctobs arm on a tele-
graph pole projecting into the switch
yards. He will lose an ear.
Shawnee labor unions are preparing
for a grand celebration of Labor Day
at Bor ton park, on the intemrban be-
tween Shawnee and Tecumseh. There
will be the usual sports, and good
speakers have been obtained.
A. H. Geissler has returned to Ok-
lahoma City from a trip to London.
He Bays the English were too digni-
fied to take off their coats when they
were roasting during the hot weather
of mid summer.
Nyack, N. Y.—Another delay inci-
dent to aviation brought disappoint-
ment to thousands of people along the
lower Hudson river uud in New York
City on Thursday when Harry N. At-
wood, in his record-breaking aero-
plane flight from St. Louis, failed to
sail over New York and land at
Sheepshead Bay, but on account of a
defect In his engine was compelled to
land here, within twenty-five miles of
his destination. Friday Atwood ev
pects to resume his trip and in a few
hours finish the longest aeroplane
flight ever achieved,
j Atwood’s position Thursday night Is
; 1,240 ralleB from St. Louis and Just
j twenty-five miles from the heart of
I New York. His actual flying time for
the distance, covered in eleven days,
Is twenty-seven hours and forty-five
minutes.
Despite hts failure to land in New
York the day's sail of 109 miles down
the Hudson river gave Atwood by
seventy-six miles the world s long dis-
tance record, formerly held by Euro-
pean aviators.
PROVINCE REGARDED A8 THE
ONE TO SWING ELECTION
RECIPROCIIV IS ISSUE
TALK OF MR
Big Success Shown by Number*
of Callers at Philadelphia
Headquarters.
Reports from All Over Canada Show
That the Feeling is Very Intense
—Premier Laurier Working
Hard for Success
The men who aided In Cuba’s fight
for liberty evidently believe in per-
sonal liberty, and they located next
year's reunion where one who desires
to “Irrigate" may do so without sneak-
ing around In search of bootlegging
Joints and violating the law.
To facilitate the handling of freight
the S anta Fe railway will within
s few days Install a ten ton electric
crane at Oklahoma City. The crane
will be one of the largest in use in
the southwest and will be arranged
to transport freight to all portions of
the freight wareroom.
MEAT PRICES GOING UP;
STOPPING PLACE UNKNOWN
Droughty Year Has Had a Booster Ef-
fect on Beef, Pork, Mutton, Etc.,
and Cost Goes Up Steadily
The board of agriculture has receiv-
ed word that the drilling outfit used
In the deep well at Florls had been
removed and taken to Guymon where
work would be begun Immediately
on another of the nine wells contract-
ed for by the state.
The first bale of cotton for the 1911-
12 season to arrive in St. Louis was
put up on the St. Louis Cotton Ex-
change and knocked down to the C. S.
Tiffany Commission company at 13
cents a pound. The bale came from
Wetumka, Okla., and was consigned
to the Napoleon Hill Cotton company.
Kansas City.—THo increased prices
of meat which the packers prophesied
would result from this summer's
drouth has arrived, and prices still are
on the upgrade. F. W. Robinson of the
wholesale beef department of Armours
plant said he was unable to tell when
the advances would stop.
The wholesale price of the best
grades of beef has jumped 3 cents
in the last sixty days. Pork is also
on the advance. Inferior beef may be
bought now at about the same price
as sixty days ago, but the packers say
there is light demand for the cheaper
quality.
The average Increase on the choice
cuts of a carcass of beef at the pack-
ing houses Is 2'k cents a pound. Good
beef sold at retail at the Armour plant
at 7 and 8 cents June 1. The same qual-
ity new Is bringing 9V6 cents a pound.
The retail price is Increasing with the
packers’ price.
FINDS ONE-TIME RACER
DRAWING LAUNDRY WAGON
Miss L-orena C rucej 17-year-old
daughter of Governor Leo Grace, is
one of the beneficiaries under the
Carter bill signed recently by Presi-
dent Taft. The bill provides for tho
por capita payment of all members
of the Cherokee trihe, and as Miss
Cruce haB a strain of Cherokee blood
she is counted as a member of the
tribe.
Old Owner purchases Famous "Star-
light’’ and Ships Him Back to
Kentucky to Live Easy
LOCAL MAN TELLS OF
REMARKABLE RELIEF
FROM RHEUMATISM
IN YEAR’S TIME.
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Horace Mann Towner, representing the Eighth district of Iowa In con
gross. Is holding his first political office, to which he was elected by he Re
publicans He was horn in Helvidere, 111., in 1855, and received his collegiate
and legal education in Chicago. He began the practice of law in Corning, la.,
his present home, and from 1890 until last January he served as judge of the
Third judicial district. He also has been president of the Iowa Bar association.
TROUBLES CAUSE DOUBLE SNOWSTORM ON PIKE’S PEAK
TRAGEDY IN TEXAS CLAIMS COUPLE FROM TEXAS
J P. Russel, a Texan, Crazed by the ! Attempted to Go All the Way Up But
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Ottawa, Ont.-rReports coming In
/roin all parts of Canada show the
Intensity of the election struggle
which is now under full headway, and
they reflect also the positiou and
progress of the various elements on
the main issue, reciprocity between
Canada and the United States.
Allthough the campal ns when the
harvest is at Its height, conventions
and political meetings are drawing
audiences unparalleled for size, it is
conceded that a greater percentage of
voteB will be polled than ever before
in Canada.
The French Canadian province of
Quebec is regarded as the pivotal
province in the election. Here Henri
Bourassa, the opposition nationalist
leader, is vigorously denouncing Pre-
mier Laurier as too imperialistic.
Bourassa declares that Laurier be-
trayed Canadian Independence to
Great Britain by procuring a law for
the creation of a navy which event-
ually will lead to the conscription of
the young men of Canada. This same
cry stampeded the electors of Drum-
mond-Athabaska, where Laurier was
brought up, in a by-election two years
ago. Premier Laurier at a meeting
j in 8t. Eustache recently departed
j from his usual dignity and calm by
I declaring that Mr. Bourassa was a
"wilful liar.” All of which has to do
with the reciprocity campaign be-
cause of the fight on Premier Laurier.
Reciprocity Dominant Issue
Reciprocity has continued the domi-
nant issue since Premier Laurier and
opposition leader Borden made their
Initial addresses. Since then Mr. Bor-
den has remained in Ontario, speak-
ing daily, while Premier Laurier after
one Ontario meeting, lias swung over
the French-Canadian province of Que-
bac where he has been addressing
from one to two meetings each day,
including Sunday.
The apparent success with which Pro-
fessor Janies M. Munyon, the world-
famous
lunifa ni. rauiijwii, j*
health authority, has been meet- f
In. has started much discussion. Everr
street car brings dozens of callers to hi*
Laboratories at 53d and Je<Terson Streets.
IJIUllIttimira «*■ vwv.
Philadelphia, Pa., and every mall bring*
thousands of letter* from people Inquir-
ing about Munyon'a Famous Health Cult
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Professor Munyon’a corps of expert phy-
■lclan" i« kent buav seeing calle
lansMa kept 'busy' seeing callers and
answering the rnnll. Peculiar to say.
prescribe no medicine
t all for 50 per
mall Inquiries;
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these physicians prescribe no medlcli
st all for 50 per cent, of the rollers and
health hints, health ad-
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vice and rules for right living are given
Medical advice and con-
absnlutely free. .....
sultntlon absolutely free.
Munyon’B followers seem to be enor-
mous. Those who believe In bis theories
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seem to think he possesses the most
marvelous powers for the healing of all
sorts of diseases. Munyon. himself,
laughs at this. He says: "The hundred*
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of cures which you are hearing about
every day In Philadelphia nre not in any
wav due to mv personal skill. It Is my
remedies, which represent the combined
brains of the greatest medical specialists
science has ever known, that ore doing
the work. I have paid thousand* of dol*
lars for a sinele formula and the ex-
elusive right to manufacture It. I have
paid tens of thousands of dollars for oth-
ers of mv various forms of treatment.
This Is why I get such remarkable re-
sults. I have simply bought the best
products of the best brains In the world
and placed this knowledge within tb*
reach of the general public."
Among Munvon’s callers yesterday
were many who were enthusiastic in
their praise of the man. One of these
said’ "For six years T suffered with
rheumatism. Mv arms nod levs were af-
flirted BO badly that I could hardly work
and I could not raise mv arms to mv
hend. The pain whs most severe In tho
back however, and T was In perfect tor-
ture. I tried In manv wavs to k- cured
or"even *to'”secure~ temporary relief, tut
nothing seemed to help me until l was
Srk^c Acld&Cmfrae. VS-TheSK
yon S enr sem ' uuinr. ■> *
marvelously acting remedy I ever saw
within a week the pain bad moat aroni
and ln«lde of a month I considered my
self entirely cured. I can now go out !i
the worat weather—cold, wet or any
thin ."rise,
person who has rheumatism
and does not take the Uric itAcld Cours*
Intense Heat and Loss of Child,
Slays Son and Self
Colonel Gus Ivey, noted Cherokee
Journalist who resides at Stillwater
Is preparing to write a history of the
Cherokee nation. Colonel Ivey has
been gathering data for his book for
the past many years, and he expects
to have It completed In two years. It
will include the time when John Ross
was chief of the Cherokoes.
Los Angeles.—Starlight, a race
horse famous eighteen years ago as
the winner of a $20,000 purse at Louis-
ville, was discovered by its original
owner John Peyton, of Lexington, Ky.
hitched to a Chinese laundry wagon,
broken down and emaciated.
Mr. Peyton offered $100 for the ani-
mal and the Chinaqiaii accepted. Star-
light will never work again. He will
be shipped back to Mr. Peyton’s farm
In Kentucky, where he will be allow-
ed to browse over tho fields of blue-
grass and live the rest of his life at
ease.
Gainesville, Tex.—Crazed from the
intense heat after driving eighteen
miles to town and combined with men-
tal agony over the recent loss of a
child and the serious illness of a wife,
who was released from a sanitarium
here and taken to her home, where
the family had moved that day, J. P.
Russell, a wealthy farmer, shot and
killed his 6-year-old son and blew off
his own head with the same pistol.
His wife is not expected to sustain the
awful shock in her already serious
condition.
He called his little son from the
house to go with him to take a horse
to the pasture and then the tragedy
occurred. Russell had-relatives who
are prominent in Dallas and also in
north Texas, where he had gone to
his farm to bring in some household
goods.
Overcome by Cold and Are
Frozen to Death
judge Cobbey is Dead
Beatrice, Neb.—Judge J. E. Cobbey
diod suddenly at a local hospital, fol-
lowing an operation for appendicitis.
He was the republican candidate for
supreme judge at the primary election
last week. It is thought that the work
of the campaign and worry over his
defeat hastened his death. He was the
author of Cobbey’a Annotated Statutes
of Nebraska.
At their eighth annual national en-
campment held last week In Okla-
homa City, the Spanish War veterans
selected Atlantic City, N. J., as the
place to hold the 1912 encampment
end elected Maurice Simmons, of New
York, us commander-in-chief.
Abernathy "Kids" In Chicago
Chicago, 111. Louis and Temple Ab-
ernathy, 7 anji 10 years old, reached
Considerable excitement has pre-
vailed In Miami and vicinity becanre
11. H. Green, two tnlles south of Mi-
ami, whle drilling for water struck a
strong flow of oil. The oil was en-
countered at a depth of sixty six feet,
and rises fifteen feet In the well The
well has been pumped out several
times and the flow of oil Is so strong
that It will fill up Inside of two hours.
Chicago on Thursday In their trans-
continental horseback trip. The boys
have traveled from New York City
without sitting down to a table to eat.
and without sleepiug under a roof.
The terms of the agreement under
which they travel is that the entire
Journey shall be made under these
conditions.
Mrs. Cleveland Fought Fire
Meredith, N. H— Mrs. Grover Clove’
'.and who has been with her children
at her country home here during most
cf the summer, desperately fought a
fire in the gashouse, a few feet away
from her house, and with the aid of
several persons on her property man-
aged to put out the flames and save
her house.
Colorado Springs, Colo.—W. A.
Skinner and wife of DallaB, Texas,
were frozen to death near the summit
of Pikes Peak. Their bodies almost
covered with snow, were found side
by side by a boy walking down the
peak in the afternoon.
Skinner and his wife started to w alk
to the top of the peak early, stopped
at the office of the Pikes Peak News
about three miles above the halfway
house to register. At that time Mr,
Skinner who was about 55 years old,
doubted their ability to reach the top
of the mountain. Mrs. Skinner who
was about ten years younger than her
husband is reported to have made the
remark:
“I'm from Texas, and they're not
going to say when I get back that I
could not climb Pike Peak.’*
At 7 o’clock at night a severe snow-
storm, which covered the entire peak
to a depth of a foot on the level, ac-
companied by a lifty-mile-an-hour wind
broke on the peak. From the posi-
tions of the bodies when found, it is
believed the couple sought shelter In
the lee of a huge boulder, but a short
distance from tfle track.
Mr. Skinner was found lying flat on
his back with his hands folded on his
chest. His wife was in a sitting pos-
ture with her head clasped in her
hands and bowed on her knees.
A pathetic feature of the deaths is
the finding of a letter in Skinners
pocket dated Dallas Aug. 17, from J.
H. Choice, in which these words are
found: ,
"1 hope you are having time of your
life in Colorado. I am sending you
an overcoat as per your request. 1
hope you don't freeze to death on
Pikes Peak.”
Cruce To Go Eeast
Oklahoma City.—Gov. Lee Cruce
will depart September. 2. for the east,
where he will attend two Imporiant
conferences scheduled for the com-
ing three weeks, returring home
about September 20. First, the gov-
ernor will go to Richmond, Va., where
; he will attend the international Tax
conference which opens on September
6, and closes on the following Inurs-
day. From Richmond he will go to
I Washington for a few dayB, and later
! to Spring Lake, N. J., where he will
attend the conference of governo-s
from Tuesday, September 12, to Sat-
urday, September 16.
is making a great mistake
T>i«* oontfmm.is stream nf cft'Ws *nn
jeffersan Sts.. PhiladelnMa. Pa., keeps
Dr Munvnn an*l h»«< enormous corps or
expert physicians busy.
Write tndnv to Prn*»ssnr James M.
Munvon personally Munyon’B
torles 53d and Jefferson PJ*..
phla" Pa Give full particulars In refer-
ence to vmir case. Your Inquiry will be
held strlctlv confidential and R^werea^m
Sesf,nmeffie»l0RAvlee. anrl asked more
Vmi w'U ho riven the
nd asked more
Is when ms unT-......- ' —
i-emedlos von nsv t -e retail se'llog Pr'r«,
It Is Immaterial whether von huy from
Vim or from the nearest dnmtfst.
Cigaret Causes Blaze
Cincinnati, Ohio.—The stub of a
lighted cigaret earlessly thrown Into
an open suit case filled with light
fabrics caused a fire at the Burnet
house, one of Cincinnati’s leading ho-
tels. All available fire companies
turned out and the fire was extin-
guished with small loss. All the
guests left the building In safety.
C. Beck, veteran of the civil war, sol-
dier of fortune, business man, coal
operator and pioneer resident of this
city, is dead. He was 74 years old.
In order to insure success for her
elopement with Ed Kirk, Ettle Hedge,
16, daughter of a wealthy farmer liv-
ing near Jones City, is believed to
have shingled her hair and donned
boy's clothing. Sheriff Jack Spain of
Oklahoma City, was notified to look
out for the run away couple and place
them under arrest. Kirk Is only 17.
The shingled locks of the girl and her
slothing were found In her room, it
Is claimed, after the elopement
Third Conservation Congress
Kansas City, Mo.—Farms and farm-
ing will be the principal topics to he
discussed at the National Conserva-
tion congress in Kansas City next
month. This is tho third conserva-
tion congress to be held. The first
was in Seattle in 1909, and the forests
and forestry were the main topics.
Plans sre being formulated by of-
ficials of the state game warder’s do
partment for the establishment of a
fish and game exhibit at the state fair
In Oklahoma City and at the fair In
Muskogee this year, and an investiga-
tion la being made to get at the prob-
able expense such an exhibit would
necessitate. Apparently the expense
would be slight, us the Fair assocla-
tion proposes to give a fenced space
aufficient for such an exhibit gratlsi
and the cost of importation of enough
animals to stock a creditable display
would be slight
Oldest Spanish War Vet Dead
Los Angeles—Alfred Taylor, the
oldest Spanish War veteran ever ad-
mitted to the Soldier's home, and one
of the oldest in the service during that
conflict, died in the hospital at the
\ge of 62 years.
Will Inspect Army Posts
Washington.—In order to become
better acquainted with the military
conditions of the country Secretary of
War Stimson, accompanied by General
Leonard Wood, chief of staff of the
army, will start on a trip of inspec-
tion of army posts and fortifications
September 15.
KANSAN WOULD MARRY OFF
WIFE OF FORMER DAYS
Peter Sharp Decides Two Women Can-
not Live Peaceably Under the
Same Vine and Fig Tree
Pope Appears Recovered
Rome.—The pope Sunday morning
celebrated mass and afterward pro-
ceeded to the Vatican gardens where
he received his first visitor outside
of the private circle since his illness.
This was Cardinal Arcoverde de Al-
buquerque, archbishop of Rio Janeiro,
who came to pay his farewell re-
spects, as he was leaving Sunday
night for America.
Woman’s Body Found
Telluride, Col—The body of Mrs.
Lee Borg, who mysteriously disappear-
ed near here was found at the bottom
of a 700-foot cliff. She had been robbed
and assaulted.
Evanston Opens First Theater
Chicago, 111—Evanston the fashion
able uorth shore sum -b. which
j boasts a population ot 28,000 has just
opened its first theater. The new then
ter, which was erected at a cost of
$', 0,000 stands in the business district
and is owned by a stock company.
Army Wireless Record
Kansas City, Mo —Company P, Unit-
ed Stales signal corps, stationed at
Fori Leavenworth, established a new
distance record wireless message,
transmitted by an army field servlco
apparatus when a message was sent
from Kansas City, Kan., to Atchison,
Kan., 54 mile6 away.
Congress Adjourns
Washington.—Tho extra session of
Pittsburg, Kan.—Cooking of a Sun-
day dinner caused the final break in
the household of Peter C. Sharp and
his wives, Anna Catherine and Louisa.
It has resulted in the final decision
of Peter to marry his first wife off
but she must reside near him. Anna
Catherine knew what Peter had liked
for his Sunday dinner before they
were separated by the great Chicago
fire of 1871, Louisa, his present wife,
knows what now appeases Peter's ap-
petite. They could not agree.
Baptist College for Hungary
Vienna.—The Hungarian minister
of,education has approved the pro-
ject for the erection of an American
Canadian Baptist university to cost
$100,000 at Grosswardein. Only a few
unimportant differences remain to be
adjusted and it is hoped the chafer
will be granted in October.
One Killed; Three Hurt
Baltimore, Md.—In a triple auto-
mobile collision one man was killed
congress passed into history at 3 and ,hree injured near the Maryland
o'clock Tuesday afternoon. The dem- Country Club, F. Holmes Jr., of Glyn-
ocratic caucus of the house at a meet- \ doDi y,),, js dead.
lug Monday night, agreed to the Pen ---—- —77- ■
rose resolution which passed tho sen- i Moroccan Situation Alarm ng
ate prescribing that hour as the date ] Faris-The Moroccan situation has
of final adjournment. This action, assumed alarming features Premier
carried out through a resolution | CalllauX conferred with the F.ench
standing reached In the afternoon be- j was called for the lrtter part
tween Darty leaders In both houses. 1 week.
CPRING FAG,
Stretchy, Drowsy,
stupid, tired, head-achy
—“not sick, but don’t
feel good.”
Tournament at Paterson
New York.—Paterson, N. J. will
house the 1912 tournament of the Na-
tional Bowling association. No defin-
ite date has been fixed for the tourna-
ment, but it probably will be held
some lime between January 15 and
March 1. More than 300 teams are
expected to compete.
Just a few signs that
you need that most ef-
fective tonic, liver-stirr-
ing Spring Remedy—
OXIDINE
Engineer Fatally Hurt
Plqua, O.—Five coaches were de-
railed and Engineer Burton probably
was fatally hurt In the wreck of a
southbound passenger train on the
Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton rail
road near Kirkwood, Ohio.
Wage Increase Announced
Winnipeg, Man.—The Canadian Pa
clfic railway has announced a wage
Increase of 8 percent to be granted
ail mechanics in western .Canada
The increase 1b satisfactory to the
men. who number fifteen thousand.
bottle proves.
The Specific (or Malaria, Chills and
Fevei, and a reliable remedy iof
all diseases due to a torpid
liver and sluggish bowels
and kidneys.
60c. At Your Druggist*
IHSBinisss astfl 00,
Waco, Texas.
To Cheer Her Up.
An old Scotswoman, who had pot
herself to considerable Inconvenience,
and gone a long way to see a sick
i friend, learned on arriving that the
alarming symptoms had subsided.
“An' hoo are ye the day, Mrs. Craw
ford?” she Inqu.red in breathless
anxiety.
“Oh, I’m quite weel noo, thank ye,
Mrs. McGregor," was the cheerful an-
swer.
“Quite weel!" exclaimed the visitor,
"an' after me haein' come sae far to
see ye!”
His Inspiration
Wagner told where he got his Inspir-
ation.
"It was from the garbage cans be
lng emptied at night," he confessed.
Capt. Beck Dead j prevention Is better than a cure.
Pittsburg, Kan.—Captain William j Poverty keep8 off the gout.
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LIVE STOCK
to OKLAHOMA CITY NATIONAL STOCK YARDS.
Bast Prices Caitte Hogs Sheep
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