The Gotebo Gazette (Gotebo, Okla.), Vol. 13, No. 29, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 5, 1913 Page: 4 of 8
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GAZETTE
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the gotebo gazette
WRONG
w. E. Snyder, Editor and Pub
" m. a_ March 8. 1907,
act of congf of Maw" 3 —
IWsheri every Thursday. at bote.
Oklahotya-
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Si* Months - .&
Xhrec Month* " .. -
I ELECTION year again?
Well ye , we believe it is. It seems
but a short time since we all had our
pocket, filled with candidates cards and
^nibbing the sorene« out of our *m
horn frequent and over-hearty handshak-
ing with candidate., and here it all to
do over aRam. already. But theie the
pleasant side of the question, and one
which we aU appreciate, more or lessee-
cording to the temperament of the Individ-
ual citizen. There is the social feature
which bring, man in contack with man.
when they form acquaintances and dis-
cuss, in most cases impasMonalely. mal-
lei of public concern. Campaign, oughi
to be. is in most cases, a relief to
the hard worked citizen and gives him
• opportunity to think of something besides
lerotine work that confronts him each
day. And then, campaign year should
be a season of education along political
and economic lines, and every citizen
ibould be better informed at the close of
the campaign.
Thi. being election year, the usual
scramble for oftce is expected, but it
bow appears that the peeople, too, are
going to take a hand in the matter, as
ihey are thoroughly aroused in reference
to how public matters have been ad-
ministered by Tom. Dick and Harry,
gome of whom proved .to be quite m-
VOTING BY MAIL
The plan for voting by mail ha. many
obvious advantage, over the exUtmg «y*
tern. One veiy important advantage
would be that the proposed system
would give the voter time to study his
ballot. Now the voter goes to the polls
on his way to work or hi, way' home
Heisina hurry to mark the ballot and
getaway. The incentive is to vote
the party ticket straight and to ignore
constitutional amendment., or questions
policy that are printed on the ballot.
is notoriously hard to get a full express-
ion on any question.
But with the voting done by mail it
would b. pouib't f<K the vole, to study
i L.. lia«iir _ • a
11 " * 5"™*-
£ach question could be considered care-
fully at home. There would be no
puLlx policies.
The gain in economy would be very
great. A city election that now costs
$80,000. probably could be conducted
for $10,000.
Fraud would be possible under this
system of voting, just as it is possible un-
der the existing system. But certainly
the opportunity for fraud would be no
greater than at present, The chances
are that it would be less, particularly
if the'federal government was in charge.
The crooks are afraid of Uncle Sam.
But the Right One Was Near,
and Quickly Settled a Vital
Situation.
By MILDRED CAROLINE GOOD-
RIDGR.
y.ikA « man running Into a shower of
gold a pauper finding a diamond in
the dust of the street, an Invalid sud-
denly discovering an elixir of life, Du-
gald Morris gave a great shout aa he
read In i newspaper he had picked up
on a park bench a brief, but to him a
vitally suggestive item. It ran: "Hon-
orable Walton Reeves of Colorado,
newly elected congreaaman, Is at the
Hampton hotel."
A vivid picture dream ran riot in the
mind of Morris. It seemed aa though
a sudden blaze of golden sunshine had
come to illumine a life beset with
clouds. He had drifted here to the
nation's capital with his motherless
daughter. Beulah. hoping to find some
governmental position. He had been
a rolling stone, but he was getting old
and would be glad to settle down.
Lecturer, manager of an operatic
troupe, traveling salesman, he had a
sure living only about six months in
the year. Always loyal and patient,
Beulah had catered to his enthusiastic
impulses and aa sturdily met the
seamy aide.
luck. I knew it would come^
"It's luc*. * - . .
piped the optimistic little man Jubl-
k are afraid of Uncle 5am. | lantiy. "Just to think of lt-five years,
i^ovetn*.., in A. *** |
ery are bound to come.
SOCIAL AFFAIRS OVERDONE
The giddy social whirl threatens to
undermine the government is evidenced
by the remarks of Mrs. La Follette at
the Congressional Club, where she made
a plea to the women to spend their
time in persuits more useful than "ped-
dling paste board cards." Senator
Kenyon also voiced the same sentunent
young man I befriend"edf Congress
man! Well, then, all I have to get is
his word to obtain any position i want.
I must tell Beulah."
Dugald Morris was a trifle depressed
when he Imparted to his daughter the
inspiring information that he had
found a real friend at last. When her
father named Walton Reeve-.a
strange quiver crossed Beulah s face.
Then she flushed, and when the story
was ended she said simply.
• I would ask no favors of a person
who has possibly long since forgotten
m proved .to De rs.enyon ~
mrvtent There are, however, many m his Philiadelphia speech. you
TSTU P-M- and who ate «-L. . Uwyet. you.do no. - - who
■ . • .l_ service. *r^kni4« ^verv evening in the week at
wno arc Munt k*"* ...
cellent gentlemen in the public service,
and they have made streneous endeavon
to doth: people's will and are dewrv-
ing of the people's confidence^ rhe
public knows who they are and the poe-
ple in this enlightened age are in a large
measure quite appreciative of good serv-
ice in a public servant and will quickly
demonstrate it with a second, thud and
sometimes many term generous endorse-
ments.
mre a J" —
spends every evening in the week at a
banquet or dinner, or out somewhere
else." he said. "That is what is the
matter with eongress." Washington is
as much a "social center" a. it is politi-
cal headquarter. The society Hunts are
undoubtedly overdone, and common-
sense people like Mrs. La Follette and
Senator Kenyon. find that all of these
i functions cannot Save proper time tor
the real work that is before the people
„nl, the real wor* mai — ' ■
L.O o« shame, thete ate «he.s!„h„„e ,eot to Wadtington ch„ged
who seem to misunderstand the real pur- %viih the performance of^ great duhes.
pose of a public office. The official CORSETS
conduct is not altogether compatable wnh
r II* a a th V
conauti ■ "vri ——o •
the functions of a public trust, and they
have diverted it from public service to
private benefit as much as possible; that
a public oftce is a mere convenient fo
the officer, and incidentally for publi-
service.
However, the latter daw are few in
number as compared with those of the
former—the scrupulously conscientious,
fauhiul officer, who. in many instances,
have labored against unsurmountable
difficulties and conditions that obtain by
the incomplete and imperfect system o!
Oklahoma's civil goverment. But, af .ei
aD, there have been too many too well
twed in the art of graft for the
good of the service and a season of po-
litical campaign at this time when there
h no national compaign to overshadow
the local campaign opportunity is afford-
ed (or an investigation and a weeding
out in a thorough manner.
The facta are well known, c will be by
the dose of the campaign, that the aver-
se voter will be able to vote intelligent-
ly and safely cast his ballot for the best
quttifc-J and most trustworthy candi-
dates. The fellow who ignores these
fact, in this campaign, disregards the
Hend of public sentiment and relies upon
hb tricks in politics to land himself in the
office he aspires to. will 6nd. after the
have been counted, that he will
be short considerably the necessary ma-
jorky to elect h«m.
There is another element which the
<4 pobhc ote. ««do
b meaoderop and pohncal Maw
That M Ik inSococe which the loenl
•ewW" «< «** the con «my a
why.d rh.™tl-h jhaK, "><l "I""
which lhey<fcpe«d for their enstence. It is
ixm beat policy to support the most re-
fcable candidate for an office and to so
iiLiwiarl in their columns. They are
ii t4~*« touch with their oommuuty and
bow better than any ooe the doniaat-
l i,i— have the mott fre-
political and busness
mr._ mr _ Therefore, it he-
|ioo*ei a candidate to get on i
MM with the local newspaper m cwfef
■ loach "*h the local cooditwns.
Casually we leam that Narimova.
the Russian, has never worn a corset.
For many years the women of the
stage have talked gowns and uuder-
clothes, with advertising as the incentive.
But Nazimova is the first actress, so far
a, we bow. who frankly avows
she has spent her lifetime outside of the
cramp-influences of stays. In time, cor-
sets will be done away with. Educa-^
ions, making plain the proper diet and
the best methods of exercise, will
be the deaih of the whalebone
t ade. Even corsets have undergone
such metamophesis that they may be
.onsidered as articles of feminine attire
rather than implements of torture.
Judge McIntosh was in Hobart
Tnesday looking after court mat-
ters.
"I Would Ask No Favors."
newer
Frank Rogers was in Anar-
darko Monday.
LAST LYCEUM NUMBER
Monday MaVh 9th.. the Norman-
Wilox entertainers will appear at t
Pr,Sbvterianci urch a-d <ha *
he lao Dumber on the Iveeum cur*-
t his number promises to be one of th*
►wt, if not the be-t. that we will wit
>es Misses Norman and Wilcox are
-he two entertainers Come out and
t;ive them your loyal support
FOR SALE-' Mbbane" co.tonseen
Le.iVe \our order with B E Bryant
1« von want "Mabaoe" cotton ***«'
enve your order with B. E Bryant.
Little Mart UaHowa
pneumonia.
is very ill with
Quirea number t-ended the I O. O
p lodge last eveninK Tw<. candidate-
were iniliated and one first degdee wa,
C>nferred.
E. L Barnes and wife of Hobart
came over Tnesday for a shor visit
Miss Myrtle Rosssr aod Mrs J. W.
Dell'2«er were iu H^art yesterdav
aiteraoou.
us, and who probably has
auaintances to consider."
"Oh don't you think it!' cried the in-
genuous Morris, who loved all the
world and therefore fancied that all
the world loved him. "I reckon you
have forgotten what close friends he
and I were five years ago down at
Frankton. When he got a call on a
surveying job out in Colorado he owed
money in Frankton that I paid, being
flush at the time. Then that big
chance with the lecturing tour came
along for us and we left Frankton.
have never heard from him since.
"It may be some other Beeves, sug-
gested Beulah.
"Oh, no. It was to Colorado our
Mend went. I U be glad to see him.
outside of what help he may give me
In setting a political Job."
Beulah turned aside as if to busy
herself at her work. There weret tell-
tale tears in her eyes. She had a heart
aecret aha had never told to anyone,
not even to her father. There had
bean a romance to the going away of
Walton Reeves. He had never asked
Beulah to be bis wife, but plainly as
could be he had indicated to her Uiat
be would think constantly of her while
away. He had Interested her In his fu-
r He had led her US believe that
when that future was aasured they
must become "great, great friends.
Pmlfh had put aside the shattered
remnants of that old love dream. Her
father's disclosure, however, could not
help hot open up the old wound. She
waa too cheery-hearted «d philosophy
ten! to allow It to burden her brtgnt
spirit. H she had been nothing, an It
had turned out, to the poor, struggling
surveyor, what could she hope for
from the neglectfal lover elevated to n
position of honor and wealth T
She said nothing aa her lather got
ready the next morning to call at the
Hampton hotel. She even Ironed out
his heat but rusty tie, brushed and
Bended his coat and sent him on his
ny with n smile. Her heart ached a
bit. but she did not mind tbatnow_
Dugald Mortis arrived at the hotel
to find that the Hon. Walter Reeves
oeenpted Suite A on the pnrlor floor.
He wm admitted to the anteroom.
£ oCctous usher anted his basl
Very carefully the night previous
Morris had cleaned one of his old-
time cards he had used when he waa
In the lecturing field.
••My name will be enough." he said,
"but there you are."
Morris was so filled with pleasing
anticipations of the warm welcome he
felt sure he would receive that he
paced the room impatiently until the
usher returned.
"Sorry, sir," announced the latter,
returning the card, "but Mr. Reeves
doean't know you."
"What's that!" fairly shouted Mor-
ris. He was so overcome that he fell
straightway to the nearest chair and
btared unbelievingly at the usher.
"Walt Reeves doesn't know me—me,
Dugald Morris, who—oh, say! there's
tome mistake." M
"I have reported my message, sir,
responded the man incisively, and
waiting for the visitor to vacate tha
room.
Dugald Morris bowed his head on his
handB. He thought harder than he had
ever thought before. Suddenly he
Jumped up. His face was fiery with
honest indignation and excitement. In
a flash It had occurred to him that
Walton Reeves did not want to know
him. Raised to a position of pride and
influence, the ingrate had forgotten
the friends of his humble youth!
"Young man," he spoke, his voice
quivering, "you go back to your master
and tell him that old Dugald Morris is
iu this room, wants the eighty-seven
dollars he paid out for him five years
ago and that he won't stir a peg from
here until he gets it-with interest!
"What's that?" voiced a portly, dig
nified man, appearing at the doorway
of the inner room. "Dugald Morris,
eighty-seven dollars?^ Jones, you had
better call an officer."
"Not until I see Walton Reeves! de-
clared Morris staunchly.
•"I am Walton Reeves." announced
the newcomer.
"Eh you? eh, I've made a mistake,
and I'm sorry to have troubled you,"
said Morris in a crestfallen way. You
see, I knew a Walton ReeveB years ago
at Frankton, and I thought—"
"Oh you mean my nephew and
namesake," smiled the congressman,
something in the earnest, honest face
of Morris appealing to him. He is
secretary. This way. Mr. M°r^'
The high heart of hope and delight
of Dugald Morris rose chokingly as
two minutes later the real object of
his search gave him the welcome of
hia life! And then explanation-
money sent to Morris at Frankton. re-
turned unclaimed. Advertisements in-
serted in the newspapers, unseeni by
Morris. And finally, a vital, eager
question from the young man:
"And Beulah—that is, Miss Morris.
She is—is still single?"
"Oh, yes; she would never leave her
old father!" vaunted Morris.
He changed his mind, as coming
home two evenings later, puffed up a
trifle with the consciousness of at last
having a fat government job. he found
two consciously smiling persons on the
P°"i?s all right, Mr. Morris," observed
Walton Reeves with a gay. happy
laugh. "Beulah Isn't going to leave
vou. and neither am I; we are simply
going to take you in to live with both
of us." .
(Copyright. 1913. by W. O. Chapman.)
CRIPPLE HAD THE SPEED
Sprinter Who Has Established Reo-
ords Found Himself Far Out-
classed In Chase.
John Craig Hammond, who steered
publicity for Wilson durlng the cam-
paign. has returned to New York from
the flood district of the west. Mr.
Hammond is about as heavy as
hairpin. Any time that he can get
properly startled he can sink the in
tercollegiate sprinting record on a
route of ground.
-One day." avers Mr. Hammond, I
walked through a street in Columbus,
Ohio. Ahead of me 1 spied a man
hobbling painfully on two snitches.
Suddenly I heard the cry:
•"Dam's buBted! Run for your
UT"So I ran for my life. On ahead I
could see the cripple getting over the
ground like a giant swing. By and
by 1 caught up to him. In natural
compassion I sought to aid him, but
he shook me off. ....
"'You carry these crutches, mister,
said the unfortunate*'and give a crip-
ple a chance.'"
Mr. Hammond further alleges that
was almost an hour later before be
Anally succeeded in running down the
cripple In the uplands of Columbus
and returning his crutches.—New
York Times.
Gems In "Verse
OFT IN THE STILLY NIGHT.
FT In the stilly niR \t
Ere slumber's chain has
bound me
Fond memory brings the
light
Of other days around me,
The smiles, the tears,
. Of boyhood's years.
The words of love then spoken,
The eyes that shone,
Now dimmed and gono;
The cheerful hearts, now broken.
Thus In the stilly night
Ere slumber s chain has bound me
Sad memory brings the light
Of other days around me.
When X remember all
The friends so linked together
I've seen around me fall
Like leaves in wintry weather
I feel like one
Who treads alone
Borne banquet hall deserted,
Whose lights are fled.
Whose garlands dead.
And all but he departed.
Thus In the stilly night
Ere slumber s chain has bound me
Bad memory brings the light
Of other daVB around me
—Thomas Moore.
IF I KNEW-
IF I knew that a word of mine,
A word not kind and true.
Might leave Its trace on a loved
one's face. .
I'd never speak harshly, would
you?
If I knew that the light of a smile
Might linger the whole daj
through
And brighten some heart with a
heavier part
I wouldn't withhold it. would
y0U' —Selected.
OLD
w
OLD FASHIONED, INDEED.
E are old fashioned fellows, our
nieces wilt say:
Old fashioned. Indeed, coz—and
swear it they may—
For I freely confess that U
vields mo no pride
To see them all blaze what their mothers
would hide; .
To see them all shivering some cold win
So lavish "their beauties and graces dii-
And give to each fopling that olTeis his
Like Closes from Pisgali. a peep at the
land' —Washington Irving
EVENING.
Then Is the time _.hn_
For those whom wisdom and whom
nature charm
To steal themselves from the degenerate
And soar above this little scene of things.
To tread low thoughte<l vice beneath their
To soothe the throbbing passions into
And^oo lone quiet in her Silent wtfto
HOPE.
THE man who sits around and mopes.
Believing luck n shrew.
Sho. !d be informed that he who hopes
H;ij other things to do
And while his talent is applet
Does all his hoping on the
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Office over Home State Bank
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Does all Classes of Dental Work
Prices Reasonable
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Miller Building north oi Bank
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TRANSFER
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Prices are reasonale. We sol-
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*3. DENTIST
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Commeiciai Barber Shop
Clean Towels, Sharp Razors
and Careful Work
Agent for First Class
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There'* a better remedy for cone*
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We handle a full line of
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Highest Price paid for Cattle & Ho{S.
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Tftaoc Mark*
dm cn
'rrT*' Copyright® Ac.
Arrono .Mirtlnt • '
tpffiul natUt, wiihout cbrrae. In Ibe
Triumphant Blind Man.
Dr. Jacob W. Bolotln. who baa Just
been appointed attending physician at
the tuberculosis hospital of the Dun-
nlng Asylum. Chicago, la not only I
blind, but Is the first blind man who
has ever taken the full course of four
years In medicine and passed the pres-
ent Illinois examination for medicine
and surgery. He is only twenty-Ove
yean of age. but has examined 3500
patients at the municipal tuberculosis
hospital In the last fourteen months.
His diagnosis is made wholly by touch.
He can gl*e the exact temperature by
feeling the skin, and an exact pnlae
without the aid of a waU* At four-
teen be graduated from the niinols
State Hospital for the Blind, and trav-
eled over the country selling type-
writers. finally earning money to en-
able him to study medicine.
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