The Oriental Progress. (Blair, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 48, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 5, 1915 Page: 3 of 8
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THE ORIENTAL PROO RESS
STATE CAPITAL
NEWS NOTES
•TATIMINT RIVBALt APPRO-
PRIATIONS OP FIFTH LKO-
ISLATURK.
OKLAHOMA CITY NEWS EVENTS
What tha Stale Officials ai»S Depart-
ments Are Doing.—Items of In
tercet About tbo SUto
Oovernmeet.
Oklahoma Cltf.-
W. D. Humphrey of Nowata was ap-
pointed by Governor R. L Wllllama
aa a member of tha corporation com-
mlselon to All the vacancy caueod by
tho recent Impeachment of Col. A. P.
Watson. He will come to Okla-
homa City within a week or two to
take the oath of office and aasuma bis
now duties.
Mr. Humphrey la 28 years old and a
native of North Carolina. He came to
Oklahoma In 1901, locating at Vinlta,
where no oegan the study of law. In
1902 he located In Nowata Just after
that place had been declared a court
town by the federal congress, and be-
gan the practice of his profession.
He has lived in that city continually
since that time.
He was a delegate to the constitu-
tional convention, and at present is a
member of the democratic state cen-
tral committee from Nowata county.
He is married and is the father of two
girls. His family will move to Okla-
homa City within the next month or
so to locate nere permanently.
By reason of the impeachment of
A. P. Watson, two members of the com-
mission will be elected at the next
state election Instead of one.
Governor's Office Moved.
Governor Robert L. Williams, ac-
companied by his private secretary,
A. N. Leecraft, has returned from Mus-
kogee, where the governor delivered
the opening address of the Southern
Commercial congress.
The governor resumed his duties in
his new office on the third Aoor of the
Mercantile building, instead of in the
Patterson building, the board of affairs
having arranged to put the executive
offices in that building. The work
of moving the fixtures and furniture
In the office in the sbhool building
formerly occupied by the governor was
completed in his absence. The fixtures
In the office of the secretary of state
also have been moved from the school
building. The moving has been com-
pleted and all state offices formerly
In the old high school are established
In their new quarters.
While there ere e few eealteriAg
com paints of dynamiting Ash eomlog
into tha office of George Noble, elate
game and Ash warden, they ere of e
general nature and In no Instance has
tho information been speelAe enough
to run down e lew violator In thla re-
■pact It Is indeed herd to eecuro to*
formation for offence# of thla kind, be-
cause more than likely one man Is In
no position to toll on the other
With the streams end small takes
full of Ash at this time of year there
are comparatively few compalnla of
seining Ash uolmwfuUy. although It Is
believed It la being done la some sec-
tions. To what extent la another hard
thing to eay. Ae for seining, however,
the water Is yet too cold and thla per-
haps Is keeping many from tke risk,
evon though they would otherwlee be
reasonably safe from exposure.
Where Seining le Permlaelble.
In come of the streams of the state
seining le permitted, with a limited
■Ised mesh. These are the Arkansas.
Cimarron, South Canadian. North
Fork of Red river, South Fork of Mud-
dy Boggy. Muddy Moggy, Clear Baggy.
Poteeu end the Klamlcbl.
Information coming to the elate game
wnrden's office shows an abundance
ef Aeh. This Is probably due to the
fact that rivers have had more water
the past winter than other seasons re-
cently and the Aeh have come from the
mountains.
Reports have corns that some dyna-
miting has been done In the Washita
river, but like in other casee not euf-
Acient Information can be secured up-
on which to base a prosecution and
the offenders, if any, have gone unre-
strained. It Is the opinion, however,
that In McCurtaln county the game
laws have been violated more than any
other county in the state. The entire
county is mountainous, and many of
the people living there depend more
or less on what game they get for their
living. In the hunting seasons, when
sportsmen come there from other sec-
tions, or from other states, It seems an
easy matter to find opportunity to
evade the law in regard to bag limit on
game.
Found Carcasses of Deer.
Many attempts have been made in
that county to secure Information for
prosecution, but in almost every In-
stance nothing came of it. Under the
present law the assistant game war-
den who secures a conviction geU
fifty per cent of the fine, together with
fees usdally charged by a sheriff. It
wardens recently spent two weeks 1A
the woods in the effort to run somn
offenders down, but that he returned
to town unable to trace any unlawful
act directly. He found parts of two
carcasses of two bucks and one dee
in the woods.
POPULARITY OF
BASE BALL
IMm nail !>»• grown to gtganiie prwpor-
Uom within the L*t 4ecs«ie and tha **n
t,fic work of tba team* baa been tha delight
of million* of aiwetatora. Thor* are *o
many thing* to admtro in tba gama that it
ia inpuMiU* to daacrtlia them Outdoor
asafci*# la on# of Natura'a baai aida in pro
moling hmlth and atrangtb and keeping tba
blood rvh and puro; but, parbapa you ero
one of tha manr who are denied that prtri-
lege. You lead a sedentary life which al-
ways baa a tendency to make the liver lasy,
the bowels clogged and digestion poor.
Oftentimes you are nervou*. weep lata, hare
no appetite and feel run down.
Under these condition* you will greatly
appreciate the assistance to be derived from
n trial of llostetter'a Stomach Bitters. It
helps Nature by toning and strengthening
the Stomach, Liver and Bowels, and with
these organa in a normal condition your
eyatom ia well fortified against nn attach of
Sick Headache, Heartburn, Indigestion,
(Vamps, Constination, Biliouanaaa or Ma-
laria, Fever or Ague.
Alwaye take good care of your health
and you will be well repaid, while care-
leasness only bringe Buffering and dietreeo.
Let Hostetler’* Stomach Bitters help you
♦o maintain yonr health.
What a Revival Is.
The word "revival" in often given
a meaning which primarily does not
belong to It. Many emphasise the
conversion of sinners as the essential
element in revival work; but that Is
the secondary meaning of the word.
Kssentlally, “revival" means the
quickening of God’s people. You
cannot revive a dead man. The un-
regenerate sinner Is spiritually dead.
He must be born again. Now, you
may revive a partially drowned body,
or a partially frozen body.- The re-
generate soul’s life often weakens
and wanes, until the flame almost
flickers out But If there be the least
spark of life left, It can be fanned
into a flame; and like the apparently
dead cinder in the smithy's forge,
that spark will touch others and
kindle a flame that will enthuse a
church, a city or even a nation. A
revival of religion, then, must logic-
ally begin with the church. Such is
the divine order.—Christian Herald.
Must Provide Fish Ladders.
Dams across streams must be kept
in condition so that fish may go over
them; flsb\ ladders, If necessary,
should be provided by the owners of
the dams, and owner* may be prose-
cuted under the laws of the state in
any violation, according to an opinion
from the attorney general’s office,
rendered to B. B. Heyl, county attor-
ney of Washington county. The pur-
pose of the act in the matter, says
the opinion, was to make it possible
for the passage of fish across the dam
at all times, and the fact that the
stream does not flow at all times does
not keep the owner from being prose-
cuted for any neglect of his own.
Prosecutions of this kind may be be-
gun by the state game and fish warden
directly through the county attorney
of the county In which any such viola-
tion may occur. Or it may be done
by the attorney general’s office.
We Work Here.
Bill—According to an English pa-
per, 60,000 women in London were
thrown out of work by the war.
Jill—And over sixty thousand wom-
en began knitting in this country when
the war began.
When a man talks about a bargain
he means real estate. When a woman
talks about a bargain she means dry
goods.
DREW THE LINE AT WIDOWS
Bcheel Superintendent ef Puntyville
■ •planted Situation to Young and
Pretty Woman.
“Well, now that i have m-o Purity
vllle. I ran tw bow anybody would
take almost any kind of n chance to
get away."
Hbe'e an Indianapolis graaa widow,
clever.
The grass widow went to Purltyvllle
and asked the school superintendent
for a Job He pried Into her past like
• detective, and Anally drew from her
that she was a divorcee. The superin
lendrnt threw up his hands
**My dear young woman," he said, "I
am sorry that I cannot employ you.
We ere opposed here to the employ-
ment of widows of both classes, Our
school board has a sort of unwritten
law against It.”
The grass widow sighed and looked
out of the window.
“Rut 1 am a widow through no fault
of mine,” the young woman Insisted
“it was the husband who erred And,
besides, single women also have been
known to kidnap married men from
their families."
“Yee, yes, I know,” the superinten-
dent chirped; “but the single ones are
not so bright snd attractive.”
She felt the need of employment,
and had heard that Purltyvllle was In
the market for school teachers. Now,
Purltyvllle la a nice, live city not far
from Indianapolis, but It has a repu-
tation for following fad reform waves,
local gossip and Autter of municipal
dissension.
No, she didn't get the Job.—Indlan-
opolis News.
Certamteed
Roofing
Is ganrnateed In writing S »«• **
1-ply, 10 years for 2-ply, and l3 years
for 3-ply, and the responsibility «
our big mills Hfwis behind thin gnar*
soteT It. quality is tb* hlfbest and
Us price the moat reasonable,
USrtT* Aar
u3T iSsuT Nelsw
Free Will.
It was the day of the picnic, but
Jean had got a bad cold.
"I’ll get you the prettiest doll I can
find, If you will stay at home,” said
Jean’s mother. “Now, which had you
rather do?" A burst of tears was the
only reply.
“Dear, dear, I did not know that you
wanted to go as badly as all that,”
said the mother soothingly.
“I’m not crying because I can’t go,”
sobbed Jean. “I'm crying because I’ve
got to decide."
A Failure.
“Ma, is marriage a failure?”
“I guess so, my dear. 1 married your
father to reform him.”
The rule among surgeons is that no
person who submits to an operation
shall be permitted to take his vermi-
form appendix away with him.
Somewhat Mixed.
A Sunday school teacher tells the
following story:
“1 had Just finished reading to the
class about Isaac, Jacob and Esau
•Now, Johnnie,’ I asked, ’who was J*
cob?’
“'Jacob was the younger son of
Isaac and Rebecca and the favorite ol
bis mother.’
“ ’Correct. Now, Bennie,’ 1 said to
a boy on the back seat, who had not
been paying the slightest attention to
me, ‘who was Esau?*
“After thinking a moment Bennie re
plied: _
“ Why, he was the man who wrote
“Aesop’s Fables,” and sold his copy-
right for a bottle of potash.’
The Cloc * Was All Right
A man went into a clock store a*d
handed out the pendulum of a clock,
which he wished to leave for repairs.
The clockman asked him why he
didn't bring the whole clock.
“The clock is all right” was the re-
ply. “It’s the pendulum that won’t go.
As soon as I pulled that out, the rest
went like the very dickens.’’—Judge.
After all, it isn’t necessary for a
woman to get married five times In
order to look well groomed.
Nothing so disappoints a woman aa
the discovery that her husband has
been telling her the truth.
Five-Cent Refund Mads; Overcharge.
One of the smallest, 1 fnot the small-
est refund of excessive express charg-
es that has been made by the corpora-
tion commission was completed when
it mailed to the A. E. Selby Company
of Nelagony, Okla., a check from the
Wells Fargo Express Company for 5
cents.
About a month ago the company re-
ceived a package by express from Paw-
huska. The package was sent collect
and when the Selby Company paid for
it the express company charged 30
cents. The company made a com-
plaint to the corporation commission
and upon investigation of the tariffs it
was found the express company had
oharged 5 cents too much, the rat#
from Pawhuska to Nelagony being 25
cents.
Approximately 25 cents was spent
in postage by the corporation commis-
sion and the express company in the
correspondence that was necessary
to adjust the complaint. Under a new
law the commission collects 10 per
cent commission on refunds from the
company making the refund, but the
commission 'will not demand it in this
case. It is explained that it would
cost at least 10 or 15 cents in postage
to get the commission, which would
amount to about half a cent.
Usury Point Defined.
In an opinion by Commissioner Rit-
tenhouse of the supreme court com-
mission, Division No. 3, usury Is de-
fined as that portion of a charge in
excess of the legal rate of interest
snd it is further held in the opinion
that when the lender pays on demand
•uch usury the latter is then exempt
from forfeiture in an/ subsequent pro-
ceeding that might bo brought. The
case is that of A. J. and Etta Miller
vs. the Oklahoma State Bank of Altus.
Complaint was made that the bank
had charged • rate of interest that
amounted to usury. Demand was
made for that portion of the charge
salculated to constitute usury and this
■mount was refunded. In the suit,
however, it was sought to collect the
usury together with the Interest at the
legal rate. This it was held could not
be done, as the legal rata of interest
was legitimate, and where the lender
agreed to and did “efund the amount
compH ired of as usury he was en-
titled >c the amount of tbe legal rata.
Paid Over Million In Life Insurance.
Insurance Commissioner Welch ia
preparing his annual report covering
the business of insurance companies
In the state for the year 1914. The to-
tal amount of business written by life
insurance companies in the state for
1914 was $41,612,110.59; premiums
paid $4,786,915.06; claims paid, $1,094,-
277.37; policies, 45,770. The total life
Insurance in force in the state is $152,-
480,196.72. In fraternal insurance the
amount of business written for 1914
was $25,732,565; received from mem-
bers, $l,5t>7,454.82; claims paid, $934,-
378.49. In miscellaneous insurance,
which includes accident, bonds, etc.,
premiums received amounted to $1,-
160,788.81, and losses paid were $743,-
591.43.
Prepares Election Forms.
Attorney General S. P. Freeling has
prepared stnd turned over to the state
board of education the forma to be
used in all school districts in calling
and conducting special elections for
the purpose of voting on the question
of increasing the school tax levy, as
provided by an act of the last legi*
lature.
Are You Doing the Thinking?
Jn office, store or factory, the man who has the clear brain for quick, accurate
thinking generally drawsthe big salary.
Nowadays, with competition keen, any man or woman headed for success must
avoid the handicap of heavy, indigestible food, and select the nourishing, easily di-
gestible kind which makes for body vigor and clear thinking.
Grape-Nuts
* FOOD
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vital mineral salts—phosphates, iron, lime, etc., which are absolutely necessary tor
building healthy, well-balanced body, nerves and brain.
Grape-Nuts food is scientifically prepared for easy, quick digestion has delicious
taste—and is a splendid food for those who appreciate the advantages of sound
health and a clear thinker.
“There’s a Reason”
Grocers everywhere sell Grape-Nut*.
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Beaver, Dennis. The Oriental Progress. (Blair, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 48, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 5, 1915, newspaper, May 5, 1915; Blair, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc956718/m1/3/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.