The Gotebo Gazette. (Gotebo, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 43, Ed. 1 Friday, June 3, 1910 Page: 1 of 8
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THE GOTEBO GAZETTE.
VOLUME IX.
GOTE1K), OKLAHOMA. JUNE ti. 1010.
NO. 43.
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Clothes Definitely Guaranteed
V ND naturally this store is first in the field to
f+S introduce this character of guarantee. With
each Kantbebeat suit purchase we give a definite
guarantee certificate, which you personally sign
and which ensures your full and complete satis-
faction or your money back. Clothes which are
so amply guaranteed deserve your interest.
And when you see the beautiful new fabrics
we are offering, your enthusiasm will be as great
as ours.
An Exceptional Stock of Clothes
/A NE which is so comprehensive that it does
not compel you to confine your selection to a
a few styles —but the latitude of which is broad
enough to embrace the season's most desirable fab-
rics and styles. Counting variety and values we
believe our present stock is not only the choicest
we have ever offered but the choicest ever dis-
played in this community.
H. H, WEDEL'S
...DEPARTMENT STORE...
SHOWS GREAT GAIN
Washington, May 30—Church growth
In the United States has been sweater
than the increase in population between
the years 1900 and 190G, according to
the special census report on the census
o( religious bodies (or 1906, uow in
press.
Out of every 1,000 people in the 1(10
principal cities of the country, that is,
those which had a population of more
than 25,000, there were 469 church
members, while for the area outside
these cities were 363, and the entire
country there were 391. As compared
with 1890. the report shows a gain of
90 communicants in each 1,000 of pop-
ulation for the principal cities and a
gain of 51 outside of them.
Female members in 1906 outnumber-
ed the male members by 32 per cent in
continental United States, while in the
principal cities the excess of female
members was proportionately less, be-
ing 960.526, or 23 5 per cent.
To Extend Mangum Branch.
Guthrie, Okla., May 30 —Theofficials
of the Kock Island svstem have for
several weeks had lit corps of surveyors
in Southwestern Oklahoma and the
Texas panhandle, running a contem-
plated extension of its Chickasha-Man-
guiu line west from Mangum into the
Texas Panhandle country. This activ-
ity on the part of the Rock Island
follows the rapid construction of the
Wichita Falls & Northwestern railroad
north and northwest into what has
heretofore been Kock Island territory.
Citizens of Keed and Vinson, Okla.,
and of Mephis and Wellington, Texas,
are asking for the Rock Island exten-
sion. The announcement is that the
I Kock Island will eveutually build west-
ward to tap its main line somewhere in
New Mexico.
Too Big ■ Ritk.
Commonly it is the man himself who
is the list person to discover that a too
high value has been put upon his worth
to *he world. In his book, "Afoot and
Alone." .Mr. Stephen Powers reports
the case of a negro in the South before
the Civil War who came to the con-
clusion that he was paying too much
for himself wheu he was buying his
freedom.
He had belonged to an Alabama
planter who owned a ferry on the Chat-
tahoochee river. This ferry the negro
operated. To make the ferryman faith-
ful to his duty, the owner had allowed
him one-half of his earnings.
Harry saved his gains carefully, and
in the course of time proposed to bis
master to buy his freedom. The mas-
ter consented, and an agreement was
made that Harry should pay eight
huudred dollars for himself, half in
hand.
Not long after this there came an
unusual freshet, Harry's skiff was cap-
sized in the middle of the stream, and
he himself was carried down two or
three miles before he could get ashore,
being theu more dead than alive.
Woefully bedraggled and dilapidated,
he presented himself before his master.
"Marse John," he said, "1 wants to
trade back."
"What's the matter, Harry?"
"Well, Maine John, four huudred
dollars is mo' money'n I want to risk
in his hyur nigger."
Oklahoma City C. of C. Coming.
The Oklahoma City Chamber of
Commerce trade excursion will be here
on Saturday, June 11, from 11 o'clock
to 11:15.
TILLMAN'S SHERIFF
KILLS CONSTABLE
The Good, Old
Summer-Time
is here with all its train of pleas-
ures. The fields and streams and
shady nooks are calling you with
an insistence that brooks no re-
fusal. Equip yourself with one
of our Hammock Swings, with an
outfit of our Fishing Tackle and
go [answer this call of nature.
Your health demands it.
Agents For
PATTON'S
SUN-PROOF
^ PAINT.
O.H.M1NTON & BRO.
Tinsmiths, Plumbers and Gasfittcrs.
Dealers In Shell and Heavy Hardware Paints and Oils.
Frederick, Okla., Juue 1. —As the
result of what is said to have been bad
blood between the two for several j
months, Frank C. Carter, sheriff of
Tillman county, shot and almost in-
stantly killed P. R. Roger:, constable
of Frederick township, here early Tues-
day evening.
Carter walked to his office and sur-
rendered to one of his deputies. He
refused to make any statement other
than that the killing was unavoidable [
and that no one regretted it mor than |
he did.
The shooting occurred in a livery!
stable and there were no witnesses. I
The public is not expressing itself,
though many friends of the sheriff
crowded to his office after the tragedy j
to offer sympathy.
j FOR CONSOLIDATED SCHOOLS
Mass Meeting of Gotebo Citizens
Decide to Take Up Matter.
A mass meeting of citizens of Gotebo
met at the Owls hall Tuesday evening
to discuss the propositiou of school con-
solidation. The meeting was called to {
order by H. H. Wedel and proceeded |
to elect 11. 11. Anderson chairman ami
B. F. Elliott secretary.
After discussing the matter, which i
met with unreserved approval, a motion
was made and carried appointing H
Dallke a committee of oue to canvass
the districts adjoining the town and i
ascertain the sentiment as to consoli-
dating the several districts into one.
There has been some agitation of the '
subject and it is believed that the move ;
will meet with the approval of all in-j
volved in the proposition. The suc-
cess with which the consolidated school j
at Lone Wolf has been conducted gives
the people here an object lessou close
at hand of the advantages of consoli- j
dation, and the general sentiment that '
better educational facilities will result
makes it almost certain that next win-
ter will see the culmination of the plans
laid.
The people of this section are firm
believers in efficient education ami
there can be no argument over thej
question that the consolidated school is !
the best method of obtaining it.
After disposing of this matter the
question of organizing a German high
school here was taken up. It was de-
cided to give the necessary support t" i
accomplish the aims of some of oMfj
German citiz<nis to make Gotebo a cen-
ter for the higher education of their
childreu.
Van Akern Sella Farm.
J. Van Akern sold his line farm north
of towu on Monday to K. S. Wallace
The consideration was practically $8,-
000, posM.".sion to be given after the
harvesting of the crops. This place is
one of the best in this section and
while the price would appear to be a
high one, the fnct is that Mr. Wallace
got a good farm cheap.
Geta Finn and Jail Sentence.
A. U. Hi;rk, who was arrested some
days ag > on a warrant charging him
with th'i theft of some posts from the 1
farm of P. R. Votli, was heard in |
Justice l>ellinger's court Wednesday. |
After a trial lasting nearly all day, the
jury found him guilty as charged and I
assessed his punishment at 30 days in I
jail and to pay a line of $10 and costs I
Remember that the Oklahoma Booster
Train will be here Saturday, June 11.
Let's give them a rousing welcome. •
ALLEGE RAILROADS
OPPOSE AMENDMENT
Oklahoma City, June 1.—The cam-
paign committee of the Federation of
Commercial Clubs of Oklahoma, today
issued a statement reiterating its charge
that the big interstate railroads are
opposing the proposed amendment to
the constitution in order that they may I
continue to enjoy a monopoly of the
transportation business. It also attacks
the statement of Chairman Love of the
Corporation Commission, iu which he
states that he is spending money out of
the state treasury to defeat the amend-
ment and asks if the people of Okla- '
homa are satisfied to have their tax
mouey spent to assist the big railroad
corporations to maintain their mouop- I
oly of the business in the state. The
address follows:
"A few days ago we made the charge
that a few of the big trunk lines of rail-
road in this state are opposing the pro-
posed amendment to Article IX of the
constitution. The reason stated was
that these lines have a monopoly of the
transportation business of the slate, ;
and the promotion and building of j
new lines would compel them either to
buy or divide the business. We reiter-
ate that charge, which has neither been
denied nor contradicted, and we point
to the fact that officials of at least two ;
of these foreign railroad corporations i
have admitted that the adoption o/ the i
amendment would be to the disadvant- {
age of their lines. The facts are so
apparent, and the motive so plain that
anyone of average intelligence ought
to be able to see it.
"That the public generally is coming
to realize that it is being buncoed by
those who are leading the opposition to
the amendment, is patent. Au inquiry
recently addressed to Chairman Love
of the Corporation Commission, asking
whose money he is spending in the ex-
pensive campaign he is carrying on
agains' the amendment, elicited from
him the reply that it is not money of
the railroad monopoly but funds from
the .State treasury that are being used
by him. Accepting his statement as
true, he is establishing a precedent that '
any public official may take money
from the state treasury to carry on a
personal campaign, and spend public
funds raised by taxation to enforce his
private opiniou upon the people of the
state.
"When you paid your taxes did you
know you were paying them fo this
purpose? Did you suspect that the
chairman of the Corporation Commis-
sion would take your money to make a
campaign? His admitted raid upon
the state treasury to secure ftiuds for a
personal campaign is not only illegal
but is repugnant to liberty of con-
science and freedom of thought. We
have never before heard of its practice
in other than a degenerate autocracy
or a malignant despotism.
"The initiative and referendum was
given to the people of this state in
order that they might express them-
selves freely upon any public question,
and in behalf of maintaining a demo-
c.atic form of government. If a public
official can take the taxpayers' money
from the State treasury to influence
elections, then the initiative and refer-
endum in this state is a mockery and a
farce.
"The railroad monopoly, with its
powerful resources, is opposing this j
amendment Wheu its efforts are sup-
plemented by the chairman of the j
Corporation Commission with the state
treasury at his command, we may well
ask where the average citizen comes in,
aud what has become of the motto: ;
'Let the people rule.' "
Oil Wells Show Up Good.
Thq q|j (tolls owned by the Hobart j
Oil & Gas Company on the old Deering j
properly west of town have been cleaned !
out and shot and are making more oil '
than ever before. There are Iwo of1
these wells and they are raakiug tweuty-
five barrels per day.
It is the intention of the company to I
have twenty wells drilled on the prop-
erty which consists of two sections, '
comprising the leases formerly held by
the Deering, the New State and W. C.
Kelsay.
Several of these wells will be drilled
to the 500 foot gas sand aud if a suf-
ficient production can be obtained the
product will be piped to Hobart.
Children's Day Exercises.
At the Christian churuh, Sunday
evening, June 12, there will be held
Children's Day exercises in place of the '
regular services. A fine nautical and ,
literary program has been prepared for
the occasion. The Bible School has 1
been preparing to make the event one '
of the roost enteitaining in the history
of the church here aud corcially invite
all to attend.
One More Week
=OF
Bargains
Answering Public Demand
We Have Consented to
Continue Our
Great Bargain-
Giving Sale One
More Week.
Don't Let Anything Keep You
Away from this Great Sale.
EXTRA SPECIAL.
£~* A ¥ I(Pfft fr*om ^ to 4 o'clock—one hour each
day during this sale—we will sell
ten yards of the best 7c calico for 25/
Sale
Ends
Friday,
June 10.
%
Sale
Ends
Friday,
June 10.
HARVEST BEGINS.
Barley Being Cut in Early Fields
AbJul Here.
The harvest of 1910 has begun and
will continue until the ripening fields
of grain are fallen before the scickles
of the self binders.
The first field to be cut in this neigh-
borhood was an acreage of barley on
the farm of C. C. Voth south of town.
The binder was started into it Saturday
afternoon.
A mile east of thero, on the farm of
II. Berg, a field of barley was being
cut for hay that same day, it being
rather short to be han lied by a binder.
The early fields of v uat are ripening
fast and should be ready for harvesting
within a week or ten days. The later
wheat, which is far the best this year,
will not bo ready to cut until a fortnight
or more. The oa'.s, which are showing
finely, will ripen within three weeks,
and some fields before that time.
WON'T INDORSE CANDIDATES.
Oklahoma Anti-Prohibitionists Will
Try Education Pun.
Oklahoma City, Ok.. May 30 —After
several conferences here the anti-pro-
hibitionists have deciced not to indorse
a candidate of any party in the coming
campaign.
"We are going to try to show the
people the folly of prohibition," said
W. D. Caldwell. "A campaign of ed-
ucation is now beingconducted through-
out the state and facts and figures
will show that crime and drunkenness
is on the increase and that the expenses
for maintaining the courts under the
present prohibition law are three times
greater than under the license system."
Another S2S.OOO Offer.
New York, May 31.—The New York
Times announces it has arranged with
J. C. Shaffer, of the Chicago Evening
1'"St, for an offer of $25,000 for an aero-
plane race between Chicago and New
York.
The priec stays down,
the quality goes */,
while most things —
shoes included—are go-
ing down in qualify and up in
prkc—thati tlie great difference
between
Beacon Shoes
and other shoes to-day. Made to
the standard of shoes that sell for
$2 and $3 more but do not give
you n cent's worth of better
material, workmanship and style.
Union made, Goodyear welt,
hand-sewed process, uppers in
all leathers, shapes are the latest
New York styles.
We've got 'em all—can fit you
comfortably and in up-to-date
style. Sold from maker to
wearei by
RIESEN & RAHN, Props.
Remember, We give 5 per cent discount for cash at time of purchase on all
goods except Flour and Sugar.
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Stewart, A. H. The Gotebo Gazette. (Gotebo, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 43, Ed. 1 Friday, June 3, 1910, newspaper, June 3, 1910; Gotebo, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metapth349984/m1/1/?q=aRCHIVES: accessed June 4, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.