The County Democrat (Tecumseh, Okla.), Vol. 27, No. 46, Ed. 1 Friday, July 14, 1911 Page: 2 of 8
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ON THE HUMP
By M. M. HENDERSON.
VkOVMSEH. OKLAHOMA
STATE HAPPENINGS
Burning at the rate at 150 barrels an
hour, the greatest oil well ever struck
In Oklahoma Is being consumed near
Tulsa. A. R, Tompkins, who set the
Svell afire with his lantern, was killed
Instantly. The well is owned by the
Northwestern Oil company and Is Id
the Osage Nation.
GOVERNMENT REPORT PREDICTS
YIELD OF 14,425,000 BALES
NEW GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF CANADA
The National Bank of Commerce of
iuthrie has brought suit against For-
mer Governor Frank Frantz and Or-
ville G. Frantz, in the district court at
Oklahoma City, for’AH.lOO on a promis-
sory note, alleged to have been given
December 14, 1909. The note was for
ninety days, and included a stipulation
for $100 attorneys fees.
1911 TO BREAK RECORD
Condition Today Better Than at Any
Time in the Past Ten Years—
Other News of Interest
• to the Public
Governor Cruce has revoked the
commissions as notaries public held by
George Crump, Jr., and Thomas
Wright, both of Wewoka, because of
charges that they had misused their
official positions to assist in carrying
out land gratis in Seminole and Pot-
tawatomie counties. They were given
an opportunity for a hearing, but
neither appeared.
At the solcilation of the Rev. Wal-
ter C. Roe, president of the anunal
conference of Indian Workers of the
Reformed Church of America, which
recently was held at Colony, Okla., a
conference will be held at Fort Sill,
Okla., about September 1 to plan for
the eliimnation of the Apache Indian
prisoners of war that have been held
kt the fort since the early '70s.
George Fheffer, a driver at Okla-
homa City, was arrested by Officer Lu-
cas, charged with cruelty to unimals,
•nd gave bond for his appearance in
police court. Pheffer is charged with
having driven his horses at an unreas-
onable rate of speed. Fred Myers was
arrested on a charge of operating with
out a livery license.
Washington, D. C.—Supplementing
the department of agriculture report
on the condition of the United States
cotton crop, Dr. N. A Murray, acting
chief of the crop reporting board has
made the following statement:
“The report shows the condition of
the crops to be higher Ilian on any
corresponding date in the last ten
years. A nionlh ago the general con-
dition was well above the ten-year av-
erage. Today it is 8.2 per cent above.
“The acreage of cotton this year is
about 35,000,000. Allowing for the av-
erage amount of abandonment—about
1,000,000 acres—the indications are
that apporxiinately 34,000,000 acres of
cotton will be harvested.
"The condition indicates a probable
yield of 202 8 pounds per acre, which
•n 34,000,000 acres would mean 6,895,-
000,000 pounds, or about 14,425,000
bales.
“This calculation allows for average
depreciation The critical period in
cotlon growth is in August and Sep-
tember, so that any estimate at this
time must be taken with some allow-
ance.'’
The largest previous production of
cotton in this 'country was in 1904,
when it aggregated 13,679,954 bales of
500 pounds each.
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STEEL INDUSTRY HEADS
MEET AT BRUSSELS
This is the driest summer for sev-
enteen years in southwest Oklahoma,
according to figures secured from the
records at Fort Sill by the Lawton
Daily News. The records show that
the mean average of rainfall for the
seventeen-year period is 32.75 inches.
Last year's record was little more than
half the normal rainfall and this year
promises to be about one-third. The
exhibit also shows that the dry years
appear to run in nine-year cycles. The
summer of 1893 was dry, as was 1901
and also 1910-11. As the rainfall ol
3902 was double that of 1904, the News
is hopeful that 1912 will be a year o'
plentiful precipitation.
After thoroughly loeking Into the
matter, members of the corporation
commission believe they cannot ar-
range a scheduel that will bring any
improvement in that now employed by
the Santa Fe between Arkansas City
and Pauls Valley on the Shawnee
branch. Citizens of Shawnee wanted
the trains split at that place and run
clear through, which would probably
have meant the addition of a new
train. Considering the distances and
the present business conditions sur-
rounding the trains now In operation
between the points involved, the com-
mission Is disposed to the belief that
no way could be arranged that would
make conditions better than at preesnt
Oklahoma has some severe summer
weather, bi(t the mortality in this state
is extremely low. H^gd prj
are rare In Oklahoma and
Is some warm weather during th| mid-
dle of the day, the nights are marvel
and It is possible to obtain the
ous,
refreshing sleep which is denied to the
people of the torrid north. Oklahoma
A* a safe and sane place to live In at
all seasons of the y&ar.
Purpose Said to Be For Formation
of World-Wide Combination
to Control Production
Brussels—In Brussels was opened
what promises to prove the most mem-
orable meeting of international signi-
ficane since representatives of the sev-
eral powers first gathered at The
Hague to plot against the god of war.
In sharp contrast to that first peace
conference, however, this session
bodes little good for the toilers of the
earth. Like Modern Alexanders, the
world's steel barons have resplved to
go beyond the confines of their re-
spective nations, and to hoist their
flag of conquest above the Stars and
Stripes, the Union Jack, the tricolor
f Oklahoma’s cement production for
1911 is estimated at 2,000,800 barrels,
And this Industry is just in its Infan.
<cy In Oklahoma.
Excessive heat was responsive fo»
gea56, of
death of Mitch Conway, ag
/Oklahoma City. He was prostrated
while walking out to Packingtown, ex-
piring In a few moments.
After Harry Euland, aged 20, and
AIlss Ruth Jordan, 17, had been mar-
ried by Judge N. J. Cubser in the coun-
ty court at Tulsa, In the presence ol
many witnesses the groom bantered
his new wife to kiss all of (he speeta
tors. The young bride refused to take
tha dare and weut the rounds kissiu/
eleven men, with two escaping.
Discovering his sweetheart, Mrs,
Duty Mills, with George Henderson,
colored at Oklahoma City, Tollie Wil-
lis colored, attacked Henderson. Th«
two fought for a few minutes and then
Henderson drew a knife and with a
lew thrusts cut Willis’ throat from eai
to ear. Willis died within a few mo-
menta.
A party of fifteen surveyors undet
the direction of A. N. Bullito of Fort
Worth, Tex., chief engineer, have be-
gun the survey for the Ardmore, Dun-
can & Lawton railway. Committees
from the Lawton chamber of com-
merce have started on securing right-
cf way out of Lawton and by July H
actual construction will commence
The company is capitalized for $8,040.
400. Its present route extends 101
gnlles from Lawton to Ardmore, bul
eontracts are und.tr consideration for
en extension to Sherman. Tex
Strip-
of France and the Kaiser’s straight-
barred ensign.
Outlawed by the legislation of the
YariOus countries these "captains of
industry” have risen above the re-
striction of manmade law and have
boldly announced their contempt for
such efforts to curb their power
At this meeting were 160 representa-
tives of the United States. Germany,
France, Austria, Italy, Belgium, Spain
and England These delegates repre-
sented the steel trusts of the various
countries. Their purpose in assembl-
ing as E. H. Gary, one of America's
two delegates, recently told the United
States investigating committee, is to
form a world wide steei trust, that will
be international in its scops and there-
fore beyond the reach of any nation's
laws.
They Intend to regulate the produc-
tion of steel, so as to wring from the
world the maximum amount of money
for each pound of iron or steel that
is used. The price of everything made
of the metal, from a needle to a battle-
ship, will be fixed by these men
Their proposed combination is mon-
\yer to those who have
s power.
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DEFALCATION GAINS
OFFICIAL ATTENTION
MANY WARRANTS ISSUED
McBrine Case Will Be Thoroughly |n- Enid Authorities After Bootleggers and
vestigated by Attorney General
Chas. West.
Other Offenders
Oklahoma City—For the first time
since tlie fact developed that three
fraudulent warrants in payment of
raised claims against the state had
been issued by some employe in the
state auditor’s office, the matter has
been given official attention by the
office of the attorney general
The matter was put up to Attorney
General West several days ago by Au
ditor Leo Meyer, who has been con
Uucyng an investigation All of the
lnfobmatfon gathered thus far by Au
ditor Meyer, who placed the affair in
the hands of the state inspectors, will
be submitted, and it is intimated that
some interesting developments will be
brought out.
Developments are awaited with con-
siderable interest, since In addition to
showing how much was secured on the
“raised warrants it is also expected
that the results of the investigation
will show whether more than one per
son was connecteed with the transac-
tion.
Auditor Meyer has had accounts
with all of the state institutions check-
ed up. but the results of the examina
tion have not beeen made public as yet
As soon as the affair is in proper shape
Mr. Meyer states that all the facts in
his possession will be given to the
public.
I Enid, Okla.—Sixty-one criminal war-
! rants against as many different per-
sons charging violation of the prohi-
bition law and running or renting
, houses for Immoral purposes were is
sued by Judge Winfield Scott in the
coupty court here. About half of the
I warrants have been served. All but
four gave bond, which aggregated
nearly $10,000. The warrants, it.was
said, are the result of the evidence
gathered by two private detectives
THE COUNTY EXHIBITS
AT BIG STATE FAIR
Every Community in Oklahoma Inter-
ested in Annual Exposition to Be
Given On Enlarged Scale
opol^’i fijial answ-
sought to cuim us
Oklahoma City—Plans for the 1911
Oklahoma State Fair are being worked
out every day and indications point to
one of the biggest expositions ever be-
fore held In the southwest.
One of the big features this year will
be the county collective exhibits, and
with a view of getting every county in
Oklahoma interested no less than $1,-
235.00 in cash premiums have been of-
fered. Full details are contained in
the exhaustive premium list which Is
now being posted to all sections of
the country. The State Fair associa
tion of Oklahoma believes there is no
better way for the vast resources ot
Blood Poison Kills Dentist the state to be advertised than for the
Muskegon, Mich—Dr. Jas. P Don- indivldual counties to get busy and
nelson, of Chicago, is dead here of j6entl a representative collection ot
blood poisoning Some time ago I)r what each county produces to the big
Donnelson extracted an ulcerated I show which will attract people to Ok-
tortk from a patient and a small ta°hma City from aall sections of the
scratch on his hand was infected. This country. In this way everything the
caused I,is death He was 64 .years old stale hns t0 offer 18 brought before
nngl wic o ’ /’li’ »-‘ . thp nnhlir and parh pnnimnnltv will in
and was a graduate of the University l P"hlic and eaclj community will in
of Michigan. I turn rSap the benefit.
— y—————— | In addition to the efforts being put
TREASURY HAS A NICE
WORKING BALANCE NOW
Statistics Show Surplus of More'Than
Sixty-Eight Millions on
Hand June 30
Wastaingeon — The treasury s(tatis-
tics just Issued show that on Jurfe 30
at the close ot the fiscal year aU, 911,
the treasury had a working Wr.mce
of $68,803,502. The balance in the
general fund was $138,200,599; bal-
ance in banks and in the treasury of
the Philippine Islands $12,324,969.
Ordinary receipts for the fiscal
year were $700,109,960; disburse-
receipts over disbursements gave a
surplus of $45,681,097
Pope Applauds Taft,
Washlhgtott— feope Pius X, in an
fiutogthph letter received by the apos
lollC delegate to Washington applauds
the lead taken by the Untied Stales
In the world wide campaign for Inter-
national peace Although the pontiff
does not mention President Taft
specifically by name, a copy of the
letter was forwarded Wednesday night
to the White House
To Hear Tulsa Case.
Washington—Commissioner Frank
Lane, of the Interstate commerce com-
mission has departed for San Fran
cisco. He will be absent from Wash-
ington until October 1. Meantime lie
will hear cases at San Franciso, Los
Angeles and Santa Rosa, Cal.; Port-
land, Ore ; Tacoma and Seattle, Wash;
Tulsa, Okla.; Galveston, Tex., and New
Orleans, La.
Heat Causes Explosion.
Marietta, Ohio—A temperature at
108 degrees in the shade here caused
an explosion of three tanks containing
2,000 quarts of nitro glycerine at the
plant of the Marietta Torpedo com
pany. The blast razed the boiler house
and three other buildings,
Killed in Explosion.
Salt Lake—Engineer George Smiley
and J. W. Smith were killed and sev-
eral others were injured when an en-
gine on the Salt Lake railroad ex-
I ploded near here.
Standard Pays F;ne
Manhattan, Kan —The Standard Oil
company in the district court here.con
fessed judgment in the suit brought
against It by Attorney General John S
Dawson charging violation of the anti
trust laws The company will pay a
fine of $500 and attorneys fees amount-
ing to $150
Fifty New P. O. Barks
Washington—Postmaster General
Hitchcock has designated fifty add!
tlonal postoffices as postal savings de-
positories The offices are located in
twenty different states They will be
gin operation on the thirty first.
forth (o get as many counties as pos-
sible to send collective exhibit*, the
State Fair association tif Oklahoma
proposes to have a hOfse show that
will rival anythihg of the kind ever
before attempted The big horse show
will take place five nights during the
fair, beginning October 2
Commercial organizations, mer-
chants in various towns, farmers in
every section of the state, stockmen,
dairymen, poultrymen, bankers, fruit
growers and representatives of every
other line of business and Industry
knew the importance of a big exposi
ticn like the one held In Oklahoma
City and they are now actively en
gaged in getting thetr various comma
r.ities aroused to the necessity of hav
ir.g representation, according to in
formation received daily at the office
cf the Fair Association Indications
tow point to at least twenty-five coun
ty exhibits and possibly twice that
many
There will be no less than twenty-
two bands here during the big event
and Secretary Mahan has arranged for
some of the best attractions in the
country
SAVE STATE
RAIN FELL ALL OVER OKLAHOMA
SUNDAY
CAME WREN MOST NEEDED
In Many Places the Precipitation Was
an Inch, and the Danger-of Dry
Streams and Starving Cattle
Is Now Over
After the coronation festivities are ail over in t-ugiauu, the duke of Con-
naught will come over to Canada as the new governor-general of the Domin-
ion. succeeding Earl Grey. The duke is uncle of King George.
Oklahoma City.—Drenching show-
ers, local in individual extent, but dis-
tributed over practically the entire
state, Sunday completed the good worif
begun by the rains of Friday, and Sat-
urday night the fields of Oklahoma had
more than enough water to fill the
needs of growing crops.
Sunday’s showers were scattered the
length and breadth of the state, and
there were few points that had not yet
enjoyed them Sunday night, in near-
ly every instance, however, these lo-
calities were well dampeud Friday,
and indications point to additional
rains Monuay.
Th rains Sunday were heaviest in
that part of the state which was most
in need of them. Elk City, Sayre,
Geary, Mangunt, Altus, Lawton and
Chiekasha, in the southwestern cor-
ner of the state, reported good show-
ers. It was in this corner of the state
that livestock growers had begun to
fear there would be no chance to raise
foodstuff for live stock and that as a
consequence it would be necessary to
either buy toed elsewhere or ship the
cattle out of the state. Pools had
dried up and the watering of stock
presented a serious problem.
One of the best known agricultural
experts in the state gives this advice
to the Oklahoma farmers:
"If the farmers of Oklahoma will
plant kaffir corn, milo maize and su-
gar cane at ouoe, there will be no need
to import a ton of feed for the state's
livestock next year.
1 here is also time for two more
cuttings of alfalfa, assured by Sun-
day’s timely rains.
“White in some parts of the state a
reduced corn crop may yet be raised,
it will he better judgment to plant
these other grains.
“1 would not advise the planting of
a second crop of potatoes. Suitable
seed is almost Impossible to get.
In addition to the feed crops, tur-
nips will be the farmer’s one best bet.
If planted now, a crop of 100 bushels
to the acre should be ready in Sep-
tember."
In addition to the crops suggested
It is said that by taking advantage of
the scarcity in certain veget-Meg
which always exists in the norUern
markets toward the close of the sum-
mer, Oklahoma farmers may make the
drouth actually pay them dividends.
String beans, peas, lettuce, radishes,
onions, sweet corn (sixty-day Stew-
ell’s or the early variety from Mexico),
etc., if grown in quantities large
enough for carload shipment Bhould
command high prices.
For home consumption, millet and
spring wheat is suggested. The latter
should ripen in our long fall.
Corned Beef
Everybody liken
corned beef.
Everybody likes Libby’s
because it is good and is
ready for serving as soon
as taken out of the tin.
Buy Libby*a Next Tims
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MBS
LOCATED HIM RIGHT AWAY
Possibly Display of Bill of Generous
Denomination May Have Had
Some Effect.
A southerner who was visiting feu
Louis wandered into the dining room
of the hotel and, seeing a negro serv-
ant who had all the importance of an
army officer standing near the door,
asked him who the “head nigger’’ was
around there. The negro stretched
himself to his full height and pom-
pously replied that “there ain’t no nig-
gers in St. Louis, sah. We is all
gem’men of color.”
“Well,” said the southerner, drawing
a $100 bill from his pocket and finger-
ing it, “I expect to be at the hotel for
Borne time and want to make sure that
I will be taken care of.”
“Oh, sah,” said the negro, whose
eyes were popping from his head, “did
you want to know who the head ’nig-
ger waiter’ Is? That’s me."—Allen-
town Call, -7
Bond Issue for School
Aohille, Okla.—Bonds have been
voted here to erect a brick school-
house to take the place of the frame
building used this winter. Work will
be begun at once and the building is
to be finished some time this fall. The
first train was run through this town
last December and there are already
eight brick buildings completed.
Harkness Released
Cleveland, O.—"Speck'’ Harkneas,
pitcher, was released by the Cleveland
baseball club to the Portland, Ore,
club from which he was obtained
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Answering the Dean.
The man who Thackeray calls “tin*
greatest wit of all time”—Dean Swift
of SL Patrick’s cathedral, Dublin—
was as ready to take as to make a re-
tort.
"Why don’t you doff your hat to
me?” he asked a small boy who waa
coaxing along an obstreperous goat
’’I will,” said the lad, “if your honor
will hold the goat’s horns!” an an-
swer which delighted the dean.—
Youth's Companion.
Sensitive.
“You don't like educated rndiansi"
"Oh, yes, I like them well enough, but
I always feel a sense of shame when
I meet one. He knows that my an-
cestors cheated his ancestors out of
their land, and he knows that I know
he knows iL”
Open Door Is Cause of Fire.
Anadarko, Okla.-—The residence ol
V. E. Swindler, three miles southwest
of this city, wag destroyed by fire at
the result of the north dooi
being blown open during the storm
and turning over a lamp. The condi
tion of Mrs. Swindler, who was ill, wai
rendered more serious by excitement
and exposure.
Deal is Mads
Atlantic City, N. J.—Fred Berk, tht
utility outfielder of the Cincinnati cluY
will wear a Philadelphia Nationa
League uniform as the result of a dea
closed here. Outfielder Wilson, recent
ly purchased by Philadelphia from Cal
gary, and Pitcher Humphreys will gt
to Cincinnati in exenange for Beck.
Harvard Defeast Yale
New London, Conn.—Harvard and
Yale divided honors in the prelimin-
aries to the big varsity race in the
forty-fifth annual regatta over the
Thames courpe, the Yale freshmen tak-
ing the Freshmen eight ored event and
Harvard winning the Varsity four
Both two-mile races were fiercely con
tested, but the four-oared was a mag-
nificent struggle, though Harvard won
by three lengths. Even to the stretch
the crews alternated in leading.
Slightly reduced—Slight.
Wine Aging for the Funeral.
Pittsburg, Kan—Robert Dunn, an
aged resident of Minden, Mo, Just
across the state line is preparing ta
die. Just when he wli! “shuffle off
he doesn't know, but he has writtea
his epitaph, arranged with a neighbor
to bury him, and made his will leav
ing his neighbor his property ior per-
forming the last offices. Incidentally,
I Dunn several vears age bought a cask
o! wine which he !b aging for th
mourners This cask will be carried
I to the grave with his body and after
i the burial It is to be opened
Child Fatally Burned at Play.
Madili, Okla.—Little Ella White o!
near Madili, was burned to death
while playing with her brothers ant
sisters In the Ifarn. The children wen
all playing together when a match was
dropped on some oat straw in th«
barn. A playmate of the girl was ser-
iously burned while trying to rescue
Ella.
Gates Improved
Paris.—The condition of John W.
Gates is reported as unchanged Sun-
day. A la(e statement issued by Dr.
Gross, the attending physician, indi-
cates that improvement began Satur-
day.
Boys Held on Murder Charge
Shawnee, Okla.—Following their
preliminary trial before Justice of tha
Peace Hal Johnson Paris West,
23, and Burr West, 17, were held with-
out bail for the murder of John Barnes,
stabbed to death on his farm.
A great and valuable knowledge Is.
to know when not to talk. Any one
with the power of speech can talk, bul
It takes a wise head to keep slletiL
WRONG SORT
Perhaps Plain Old Meat, Potatoes and
Bread May Be Against You
for a Time.
A change to the right kind of food
can lift one from a sick bed. A lady
in Welden, 111, says: «
“Last spring I became bed-fast with
severe stomach troubles accompanied
by sick headache. I got worse and
worse until I became so low I could
scarcely retain any food at all, al-
though I tried about every kind.
“1 had become completely discour-
aged, and given up all hope, and
thought I was doomed to starve to
death, until one day my husband, try-
ing to find something I could retain,
brought home some Grape-Nuts.
“To my surprise the food agreed
with me, digested perfectly and with-
out distress. 1 began to gain strength
at once. My flesh (which had been
flabby), grew firmer, my health im-
proved in every way and every day,
and in a very few weeks I gained 20
pounds In weight.
“I liked Grape-Nuts so well that for
four mhnths I ate no other food, and
always felt as well satisfied after eat-
ing as if I had sat down to a fine ban-
quet.
"I had no return of the miserable
eick stomach nor of the headaches,
that I used (o have tflien I ate other
food. I am now a well woman, doing
all my own work again, and feel that
life is worth living.
“Grape-Nuts food has been a God-
send to my family; it surely saved my
life; and my two little boys have
thriven on it wonderfully.’’ Name
given by Postum Co, Battle Creek,
Mich.
Read the little book, “The Road to
Wellvllle," in pkga. “There’s a reason.”
Eifr rc«d thr abnvf Inter T A urn
one apppur* from time to time. They
■ re K*-nulne> true, and full of humax
!»ter eat.
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