The Citizen. (Cashion, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 17, Ed. 1 Friday, August 13, 1909 Page: 2 of 8
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The Citizen
CASHION, OKLAHOMA
NEW STATE NOTES.
The historic old county court hvust
:it Cordell was totally destroyed by
fire last week.
Sulphur makes an i<leal summe- rv
K:>rt. The breezes blow direct ofT the
A rbuckle mountains.
The Women's Christian Temperanct
I'nlon will bold its annual convention
at Stillwater ovpteinber 28, 29 and
30.
That the Frisco obeyed the corpora-
tion commission and bullded a tepot
at Clayton, only to close it up as soon
as finished, is the complaint of ci i-
st« ns of that place.
IS
Assistant Attorney General Reeves
hus sent papers to Pottawatomie
county to file in a suit against the
city officials of Shawnee, seeking to
have pure water served the people a:
that point.
ATTORNEY GENERAL WEST REC-
OMMENDS A HEARING.
CONSPIRACY mm IN CAPITOL PROTEST
Claim State Officials and Capital Com-
mittee Played Secret Game—
Cross and Meyei Will Hear
Arguments.
Guthrie, Okla.—Acting upon the ad-
vice of Attorney General Charles
West, Secretary of State Bill Cross
and assistant. Lee Meyer, have decided
to yield to the demand of Guthrie citi-
zens for a hearing and filed an ans-
wer to the petition asking for a man-
COTTON POOL IS MEDED.
Organization for Control of Prices Is
Advocated by Farmers.
Galveston, Tex.—That .ilf cotton and
products <;f the field should be pooled
for disposition at a fixed minimum
price, as the farmers of Kentucky do
their tobacco, was the startling dec-
laration of President Neill before the
Texas Farmers' union in session here.
President Neill also surprised his
hearers when he stated that he in-
tended to offer a reward for the ar-
rest and conviction of any person
TIFT SIMS IIIIFF ti
SENATE PASSES MEASURE BY A
VOTE OF 43 TO 32.
COffiS ADJOURNS AFTER IONS SESSION
Members of Cabinet Surround Presi-
dent as He Attaches His Signa-
ture—Smile Fades as Ho
Writes.
Washington.—The tariff has been
revised. The Payne Aldrleh bill which
has been pending in congress since
To What UmT
What use do I put my soul? It Is 4
serviceable question this, und should
frequently be put to one's self. How
does my ruling part stand afTected?-
And whose soul have I now ? That of
a child, or a young woman, or a feeble
woman, or a tyrant, of cattle, or wild
beasts?—Marcus Aurellus.
Record of the Invader.
| "The Ragman Rolls" were a series
j of documents recording the progress
j of Kdward I. Hhrough Scotland In
j 12(tfi, with the names of the nobles
I and other who did homage to him.
found gambling In cotton in the state | last March was passed by the senate
of Texas. He also stated that when | Thursday afternoon and shortly after
congress convenes next winter he will | T> o'clock Presfilent Taft attached hii
go to Washington and work for a na- signature to the measure.
tional law against cotton gambling, he His act was significant In that the
pointed out at length the evils which I president smiled broadly while he at-
v.orked upon the growers. | tached his name to other smaller
The recommendation of the for- measures passed by congress, but na
A Financier.
The negro, although proverbially
Improvident, sometimes has his
weather-eye open. A man gave a dime
to a young "darkey" who had done him
I some trifling service. The darkey hand-
ed it. back, "ow, Marse Billy," he
said, "you knows ti doan' want no pay
| for what I does for you. Des gimme
dat ole suit o' close youse got on."—
Youth's Companion.
damus writ in which they declare their mation of a cotton pool has been left 'smile adorned his countenance as he
l'latt National park at Sulphur
contains frOO acres. The streams we,-t.
recently stocked with bass and troot.
Three foresters are kept al work :n
the park the year around.
With the last man enrolled at the
state penitentiary last week the num-
ber boarding with the state without
consent of the boarders reached
1,001.
as
Chas. Simpson
months ago
I ( nitentlary after
for manslaughter.
who was three
d from the state
■rving three years
is lodged in tbo
county jail at Lawton charged
counterfeiting.
Ardmore is rejoicing that it was
giv<-n the state Confederate home.
The site for the buildings is beautiful
and the old soldiers will be given
every convenience."
Quite a party of Guthrie peoj 'e have
been enjoying an outing at Sulphur
Springs. Among the guests were
Governor and Mrs. Haskell.
Guthrie and lyjgan county citirens
fire law-abiding: no arrests have been
made in the county fir violating the
fish and game law.
An important reward for his twenty
years service as a minister in Okla
homa Las been given the Rev Frank
N.iylor of Minco, who was recently
rhOb. n by Warden Dick as chaplain
of the state penitentiary at McAles-
ter.
entire willingness to hear arguments
. on the sufficiency of the capital pe-
titions and to set a dale when such
h< aring may be had. They ask on
these grounds that the court dismiss
the mandamus proceedings.
In their answer Cross and Meyer
assert that although the objections of
Guthrie to th • capital location peti-
tions w>re filed too late to come with-
in the five days' provisions, this fact
is immaterial and they .-tand ready to
examine into the sufficiency of the [ e-
tltion on their own initiative regard-
less of the objections and to hear ar-
guments for and against the petitions
from whoever des.res to appear, and
to render a decision upon their suffic-
iency.
The petition of Judge Frank Dale,
representing the citizens of Guthrie,
an alternative writ of mandamus
was issued by Judge A. H. Huston, in
the district court here, requiring Sec-
retary of State Bill Cross and As-
e.stant Secretary Leo Meyer to ap-
pear August li and show cause why
a date should not be set for hearing
the objections offered by Julge Dale
and other Guthrie citizens to the pe-
titions recently filed by Oklahoma
City people initiating a capital loca-
tion bill. Secretary Crosb is seriously
ill hire and the writ w^s served on
him at his room, while Mr. Meyer was \
served Saturday morning on his re- I
turn from Oklahoma Citi
Direct charges are made <ri the pe- '
tltlru that a conspiracy was entered i
into between the Oklahoma City
capital boosters and state officials
whereby the tiling of the initiative
petitions was to be kept secret until
to a committee to evolve the details j slowly signed the tariff measure,
of a scheme incorporating the policy
of centraliation. If carried out as has
been advocated, the holding movement
takes on an aspect altoi^ther new.
Members of the Farmers' union will
be pledged t'3 turn in their cotton to
the organiation. receiving certificate?
in return. The union officers at theiw.,
pool will have chaigc of the product. vot(
On Tusday Sam Hamilton laid the
matter before the convention in an
address based largely upon his experi-
ence as a lecturer for the Kentucky
farmers during the time when they
were pooling their tobacco. His speech
w as greeted with" cheers.
Friday morning when Presi?ndt
Neill submitted his recommendations
and read his message he supported.
verbally, the plan of Colonel Hamp-
ton
It was admitted that considerable
difficulty would be encountered in the
effort to direct the movement of cot-
ton seed unless the pooling plan was
adopted. It is contended that the farm-
ers are entitled to $5 more
the seed. It is explaine d that circum-
stances loaned force to the pool:ne
idea when it was sprunj
The closing hours of the session
were uninteresting. The last two
days had been consumed by members
of the senate in expressing their satis-
faction cr dissatisfaction, as the case
might be.
The confeience report on the bill
agreed to by the senate by a
of 43 to 31, when the vote was
t8ken at 2 p. m., and soon afterwards
the concurrent resolution making cer-
tain changes in the leather schedule
was adopted by both houses.
President Taft arrived at the capltol
at 4:45 p. m. and entered the room
set aside for the occupation of the
president on the concluding day of
a session of congress. Ills appearance
there, the first since his incumbency
as president, caused members of con-
gress to desert the two chambers and
form in line to be received by Ijim.
There was a constant procession of
hand-shaking statesmen through tho
president's room from the time of his
tot for arr'val until his departure at 5:50
o'clock.
Just as the hands of the gold clock
!r the president's room reached six
OKLAHOMA DIRECTORY
We are now engaged in working ^l^utes past fl\e, the Pa\ne tat iff bill
out the plan by which the pooling of measure will be known, was
cotton and cotton seed products may la'd before the president,
be accomplished," it was announced ! picked up a p^n supplied by
at the time of adjournment Wednes- Chairman Payne, of the house ways
ds.v noon Until the details are de- 8r-d means committee and which had
veloped we would not feel justified in bee" used both tbe vice president
an official statement regarding the and the speaker in signing the bill,
matter."
The meeting at which the project
was considered was executive. Mem-
bers are pledged net to reveal the na-
ture of the deliberations.
A roposition made by the Western
Packing and Storage company to
build a $200,000 plant at Clinton, has
been accepted by the Chamber of
Commerce.
after the five
for objections.
allowed by law
and attached his signature
After writing "William H. Taft," the
president added, "signed five minutes
alter five o'clock, August 5th, 1909—
W. H. T."
Bending over the president as he
affixed his signature, were six mem-
bers of his cabinet. Standing about
Ever Get Poor Coffee?
If You Buy
NEW STATE
or
LOUIS BRANDS
You will get Good Coffee
< oit'ee that is fresh roasted daily in
the most modern coffee mill in the
U. S. New State and Louis Brands
coffee are Uuailed in the Flame by
natural n;as in an electric mill. This
process retains all the aroma and
essential flavors, so absent in other
coffee.
NEW STATE COFFEE
in 1 and 2 lb. cans is the finest
produced.
LOUIS BRAND COFFEE
in 1 lb. bags is high grade at popular
prices.
1 lb. Red Package retails 25c
1 lb. Green
1 lb. Yellow
1 lb. Pink
20c
30c
35c
At All Leading Grocers in Okla.
Ttoasted and Tai ked by
The Williamson Ha'rell-Frasler G'o.'s Mills
Oklahoma City. okla.
Justice Bailey decided against the
Law and Order league on the Sunday
baseball case and released tbe Mus-
kogee and Pittsburg teams under ar-
rest for playing on Sunday.
The crop of oats In Alfalfa county
turned out to be a bigger surprise
than the wheat crop. The fields of
oats were smaller, owing to the fact
that all lnerest was centered in the
other crop.
A million dollar interurban railwav
company, which will begin actual
construction out of Enid by Septem-
ber let, according to M. F. McMahon,
of Toledo, Ohio, one of the chief pro-
moters, was granted a charter last
week by the secretary of state. The
corporation paid a charter fee of $1
9fK>
Locate Confederate Home at Ardmore.
j Oklahoma City.—Following an all
i lay conference a' the Threadg. 1 ho (jje table were Senator Aldrich, Repre-
i tel a committee of Confederate veter- gentative Payne and many other mem-
ans Iuesday evening decided on Ard bers of the senate and house.
more as the location for the state Payne stood with hand extended
j home for ei-Confederates. Reresen- waiting to receive the pen with which
j tative John R Whayne, of Carter the bill was signed. He took it with
county addressed We committee in a picture of boyish glee overspreading
behalf of Ardmore. j f,jB face. Another pen was handed to
| Ardmore offered as an Inducement ' the president and he wrote the word
to location a forty-acre tract of land, j "approved" and handed the pen to
J 250 in cash, and free heat, water Representative Langley of Kentucky,
and light for a period of five years. a number of interesting incidents
Three ballots were taken on the lo j occurred in the president's room pend-
_ ' eation, Ardmore winning on the third. ; ing the signing of the tariff bill. As
.i >. Mid.and \alle> and Arkans.is Oklahoma City, also offering a liberal the senators, one after another filed
\alli> & Western. i bonus in land and money, was a close j into the room, the president had
" ; second. ! something of a personal nature to say
Seat of Government at Sulphur. j \y F. Gilmer, financial agent for the i to each, and good nature appeared to
Sulphur, Okla.—The temporary seat j home, stated that more than $20,000 be overflowing.
of government of the state of Oklaho- j ha-d 'been contributed to the home
rna is at present located at Sulphur fund and that $15,000 was forthcom-
Governor Haskell and his family, to- j ing. The board of trustees selected
Railroads Object to Law.
Guthrie, Okla.—The ruling of the
corporation commission that service
of orders and other proceedings af-
fecting railroads which have not
tamed agents for service at the capi
la), as required by act of the last leg-
islature, shall be on the secretary of
state has called forth strenuous Jb-
jections from tbe railroad attorneys.
The three roads which have not nam -d
agents under the new law are the
ROOFING
MALTH0ID
AND
"C. & G."
BEST EVER
Curtis & Gartside Co., Oklahoma City
Wholesale Manufacturers of Sash and
Doors, Hardwood Finish Office and Bank
Fixtures. Ask your Lumber Dealer.
CHOCTAW FLOUR
A GOOD HOME PRODUCT
FOR 000D HOME PEOPLE
ALL GOOD GROCERS SELL IT
gtther with his clerks and steno-
graphers, have rooms and offices at
the Artesian hotel and the hum of tbe
typewriters remind one of the official
office at Guthrie
a committee consisting of Dr. D. M.
ROOFING
and free •ouvaoir
Oive u* niDK of
your hdw A 1 urn tar
dealer Ik t pre-
pared rootng aied*
THE OKLAHOMA SASH A DOOR COMPANY
N. S. Darling, PrMidmt. Okl.k.M. City, U.S.A.
Texas Cattle Plague.
Fort Worth, Tex.—Advices received
here at the headquarters of the Texas
Halley of Haileyville, R. A. Sneed of j Cattleraisers' association, say that
Lawton and J. R. Pullman of Ard- cattle are dying by scores around
more to take charge of the building ; Midland as the result of a peculiar
plans. j epidemic.
SSTC SHORTHAND !b
Typewriting, Grammar Punctaution, Spelling, etc
B.I. DAVIS. Prop H (Ik- for Petal, cue Roonu 501 a 3 Se-
curity Bldg . Cor Main and Harvey. Oklahoma City, Okla
Cuta of
all kinds
218 We«t Grand Avenue, Oklahoma City, Okla.
JOSLYN ENG. GO.
The Hackney Milling company has
ntarted up its new alfalfa mill at Jef
ferson. The company expects to run
continuously, grinding twenty tons of
feed a day.
Uugene V. Debs, candidate for pres.
ident and leader of the socialist par
ty in the United States, arrived in
Oklahoma City last week on his
speech-making tour throughout the
state.
Doubt Passage of Income Tax.
Washington, D. C.—Will the income
tax ever become a law through the
amendment of the constitution by the
thirty-five nates whose assent is
necessary?
This is a question which has been
discussed gravely "here, and the nega-
tive answer of most of those who have I
looked into the matter was respon-
Chicka^aws Fight Taxation.
Oklahoma City.—Governor Douglas
11. Johnston of Tishomingo, the chief-
tain and ruler of the Chickasaw na-
Panama Canal Half Completed.
Washington, D. C.—Substantial prog-
ress in canal construction along all
lines is shown by reports received at
Nothing
Equal*
tion, and one of the most interesting the Washington office of the Isthmian
Indian characters of the present day, j canal commission.
City
with
State Examiner C A. Taylor has
concluded an examination of the ac- .
counts of th© state pharmacy board, i ers
Excavation work by the Americans
approximates 80,000,000 cubic yards,
almost as much as the total amdunt
of dirt taken out by the French dur-
ing the period they were engaged In
slble for the unanimous vote given the atlee to th? taxation of our property operations there.
Less than 100,000,000 cubic yards of
or that purpose are veil ' earth remain to be taken out of the
The matter Is in the ditch, so that that feature of the work
was a visiitor in Oklahoma
Wednesday. He arrived here
Sirs Johnston, who was placed
huspital for treatment.
"We expect to make a strong .esist
Itinerant vendors or patent medicine
peddlers are shown to have contrib-
uted a total of $5,714 45 to the state
treasury fund in four months.
Resolutions adopted by the state
labor convention at Tulsa favor the
establishment of a state woman's suf-
frage, a law making it a misdemeanor
t ) hold the pay Ct • discharged em-
ployes longer than forty-eight hours
afLer their services have been dis-
pensed with.
resolution in the senate. I by the state
Even the most enthusiastic support- ! *ton. "and
of the income tax are not intoxi- I t"Ean'/*c'
linnds of atlorn
cated by hope that two-thirds of the
stae legislatures w ill take favorable !
action.
Getting down to cold figures, no one |
can see at this time a safe majority
for the adoption of the amendment. i
To obtain ratification the amend- j
ment, as already stated, must carry
thirty-five states. Twelve states re
jectlng it will kill it.
By not acting either affirmatively or
negatively, a few states may prevent
the necessary three-fourths majority.
that
have been
selected by our legislature and at the
proper time a suit will be instituted
to test our status with reference to
luxation. We believe that under our
treaty rights with the United States
government that we should be reliev-
ed from at least part of the assess-
ments imposed on other iitiiens
"The regular session of the Chicka-
saw legislature will be held in Tish-
omingo in September and at that time
some further action will bo taken la
the tax matter."
to be done at Panama is almost half
completed!
Colonel Goethals has estimated that
the great waterway will be ready for
the passage of ships by the fist of Jan-
uary, 1915, so that he has five years
and a half to make good his predic-
tion.
DEERE IMPLEMENTS
and VELIE VEHICLES"1*
OR JOHN DEERE PLOW CO., OKLAHOMA CITY
poi\Tr.ps SsTArrove.n
fOBREsmtprxcE souriTrp ■ oklahoma city okx*
WESTERN NATIONAL
( it*. Okla.
i Firr Lightning and Tornado Your buvinett solicited. If
not rej.rewnted Id your locality tend to the Company for ap-
I plication. Agent* wanted where not reprefented.
PRACTICAL and
THOROUGH TRAINING
in Modern Method* un-
der the direction of an
expert accountant Catalogue Free.
BRAINARD S BOOKKEEPING TRAINING SCHOOL
304 Weit Main Street. Oklahoma City.
BOOKKEEPING
Santa Fe Is Lavish.
Amarilio Tex.—The Santa Fe raiV
road is preparing to spend $250,000
in the erection of a depotand other
buildings in Araarlllo.
DRESSMAKING ESSES
enta make tig money Writ# thi* week or call for full par-
tifUlar* KKIMLK S 1.ADILS? TAILORING COLI.KUK. Sh*
W* t Main Street, Oklahoma City.
Branch of St. Loul* Keiatar School
ELECTRIC SIMSSSP
'"W ELECTRIC SUPPLIES
S. W. ELECTHIC CO., ""SSiSW"'
SHERMAN MACHINE & IRON
WORKS
Fngin
6applW*. etc
Roger* Cotton cleaner* and Ginning Machinery
■ml Boilera, Repair Work a ffpecialty. Marhiner?
OKLAHOMA til Y
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Woodworth, D. G. The Citizen. (Cashion, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 17, Ed. 1 Friday, August 13, 1909, newspaper, August 13, 1909; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc98614/m1/2/: accessed May 9, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.