The Weekly Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 17, No. 39, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 23, 1905 Page: 4 of 8
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THE WKKKI.r OKLAHOMA STATE CAPITAL OX'THBIE, OKEAHOMX, DECKirBftR S3, 1908.
THE OKLAHOMA STATE CAPITAL
•y tto Stat* Capital Company.
FRANK M. ORIKR, KOITOft
•umcription natit.
•ety by Carrier—knotty id Advance.
On# week
One month "".'mmmm!!!.!!....
One r
Dally by Mali-~etrl«Uy In Advanea.
One month
Three man lit*
•i* m*tUM
•n* yaar
Ne eubteripttan will ba gent by mall In the alty •* Owtbri*.
•unbay bdition.
®«e yaar by mall |U9
Watkiy.
•'* month# M
On* yaar
rhe failure of the hoard of consulting engineer* to LiRi.Vlh^ *1LL Rfc ilivfc Wilri A
oklahoma and guthrie
AND CHRISTMAS CHEER
Oklahoma and tiuthrie may enter into the Chriat-
•«m* to any conclusion w.th unanimity has the effe.tl SPLENDID Ol-HCIAL RECORD
i'f pasting ti if1 question of the type of the canal up to! Hon. William (iriiuea, pivreiary of Oklahoma, has
oo :n>*s. Tin- i1.tum.ii m on It eight to live and the «animu«me t made in the newspapers
neither the majority nor the minority reports held the 1 e0n"' Ul"e "h'° tl'*' hc *01lld no1 be « candidate for m«s season with tlie proper spirit. The Chriatmiia
oppo.it# tvpes impossible .0 there il excellent einert' by 1*t,9r written to the swretary of * • time of good cheer, a time of giving and
hacking for each tn li ««. feared 1L1 commas 'b° ""*rlor' ,0,cm« the same determltotiou, and receiving gifts, a season of happiness and gladness,
would delav indefinitely final « Hon hut the attitude' U"u,k",< the " > reiary and prvaideut for the many In years of propenty the Christinas period is the hap-
thus far tow.nl* (lie .-anal tend to .li-nroT this Con ' durt<,"1,,• "tended to htm during his incumbency of P" t season of the year, but prosperity is more es di-
gress u giving Credent Ko. ovelt *11 of the i,t.i,™ I Uu' °ffi,'C' I *"i "V"*. m °f the other holid"-v 'e#sons-
Oklahoma, Paragraphs
J. B. Welsch is the row Frisco agant
at Tulaa. I. T. Ha wdi formerly of
Hobart. Oh la.
The Noble Jounr il Is hoping fur atate-
hood tin* winter and tlia bridging of tha
Canadian with a J26.* atructure.
South McAlester News: Fersonal—C.
G. Jon«*s et al.. Washington: Coma hotn<
easl possible but Is lreuii." 1, him the «ork of build nc the I ''** ", r 'u''d office in Oklahoma who *sa Guthrie is rounding out one of its beat years. Pur- immedi.miy and all win be for,iven. P.
' " -—1 'ji,;, Mln>, |ln| y Wl|| j robabl\ °t>e j.iir-iu«J in lK,Pu'gr *'tl' the people 111 hit administration, or "V the last twelre months it has received a street ear t s~t^v« lh« raior-nack bahtaa jmu.
toe rega* to the tvp, Al ,'inv rate a long drawn out fight e"r * 1 le"">r reeord Tl|e office 1"'3 bt!*a - ®*,* ",lt«n <-«nipr« , many new residence buildings, otrrt. N.tion ma, .oon ..i.ce n...-
b/tweoH th« esn.in. nts of tile lixk an.! the e.* leve Pttm*t*i>ingly administered and Jlr. (jiinios has main- and business blocks, the finest system of public parks r«P" on tier amaihin. int. The
llir.ii I. ,1 (I. . n ...1 1, k.% kaa ka.l 1 thn 4 All t W liac K...ln i ... ^ J .U ^ t ^ OOdS
"Stattthood before the holidays" talk waa meant only
r talk ai\vwar.
Pome time? n breach of promise suit n ar be no
vorma tluu a wifa.
Kores hss appealed ta Kooaeyelt, who doubtless will
refer tlie gppeal to Hj>an.
Thcra is a bit of fine xtitimcnt about a child's lettar
to i>ai^a that would touch a nuser's hegrt.
tanied throughout th.«t populantv which he imu hg<i m southwest has been mapped out and much of, ^ood8 co,,nty Entorpriee printed at
.i\ 1 ., . ,l , 1 1 i . ........ . I Waynoka, apropos of har racant visit.
with uia people, and especially with the members ot tn<> work has been done; a public building: that will caiiB hor a graft«r.
his partv, since h g entrance into politics in Oklahoma. '>e beat con^truoted in Oklahoma is nearing com- j —
. i,r- Wrim«" mar tie ti.' penonalitv wins lunj frienda p'etioi*. These are some of the things of a public na- , <h?r*!T h"v* l!"" "f? "•"Jnst
A\ OlD STAT EHOOD "DEADLOCK ' I.V. He - a man of staunch integrity, of simple life tur« that tend to place Guthrie m the proper Christ- teacher, aiujin/that*.11, a bor
With only lliree more day. before the Christmas! *"d with that genial disposition wlu.h attracts friends "f* spirit. ) to aevrreiy. Th. etiar*e* are now bs-
typet of canal jaai not seem likely.
„ senate and house to
Some people look for trouble before they deeide
vhat they will do with it ahould they find it."
The Chicago News avers that water is responsible
®er nsere cases of typhoid fever than is w!usl\.
The holiday trade in Guthrie is unusual and shows
ttat OUihooiaua ban more than their "per . apiter."
A ChSoago editor bellevt. tliat a woman's fright «t
Oierfght of a sow is usually an advert ism.,- scheme.
Ohto fee three wooden legged mayor*, but Okla-
homa gnea har a few better with a few hloek-headed
Hie Mjfh eehool mimic war goes merrily on, and the
•hooic to patwto who forget their eho.>l dav .s ome-
Ifctng terrible
Oovamnr r«rg*sonV annual report tells the story of
Mother year of pWom.u., growtlu Oklahoma is ever
Bering forward.
1%* Kenhirkv negro who shot a man and claims
0*« he (Md it while deeping, has still to tell what he
« dreaming about
are hoping ier 15 cent cotton, but ther will
he able te worry along at the present prices until the
feext crop ii harreeted.
Aeao. iated Prta u giving some choice law.
aoiuan articles when it fureiah*. the l.ar>> details 0;
the Deaieer Saning bank deala.
STii. V the time ef year when a man worries so much
hi hie attempts to make four deliars eut of two that
he Mi KW han-kan.
The rang Mk are wwting letter, boenmrr «Dear
Pacta tW Some of die older folk, an wnn'ng their
•suiaal letter, begumuij "Dear Santa Ke."
BiclUTd Tatea yremember the name') it a candidate
lor f^Mter l^Ilom'a .eat. The ei-gmernor will find
Uat the aged senator doea mot conie under ;he Oiler
aveorj,
<T* wr.M l.sw.00, through market dealing*, is re-
or;e.i en tho rerje of losing bi. fortune. He will st.il
he able to write end tai. bnt it ha* been long reoog-
aiaed that meaey a huk mtenaifier.
OkWSMne liram .re gradual!r becoming hank de-
peeilon taeteed of lwm*sK When farmer* ar able
to hald crepa, if a.lv«ahle, tier wUl he la condition
he earner e goodly elieiv of that ikh taik*.
Ratomateiy tho Oklahoma stateWd delegaaen did
holidays rot^ss ih-1 ..iatenoo.1 bill has no! paused the
hoitte, as it WK, expected that it would before this time,
lint to those familiar with the situation this seem* to
'1 a point in favor instead of a point against state-
hood. In tlie last congress a bill p«--ed both the house
and [!ie senate, but bocatuo of difference* between the
two bivlies. Iie.l in confereni-e. Such a contingency is
10 be avoided at this ses.. .n. In the past tho house
' as aotcd too quickly and the senate too deliberately.
I Ivev are no* trying to get together,
1 he !>oli> \ of the hou>< has been-to rush through
a statehotHl bill with little, if anv. consultatiou with
wnnte leader*. *1 hi* year every detail is being care-
fully gone over hv leaders of the two Unlit*, before the
committee on territories report*, so that a deadlock
bet*evn the senate and house may be avoided.
t hairman Hamilton will probably report the oir.n
bus .tatehood bill before the holiday adjournment. It
will past the house iu all probability during the fir*t
week's work in January. The bill will then go to the
senate, where oppoeition may attempt to kill it with
amendment*, but where the organirati.-n will trv to
put it through in substantially the form that it passes
the house. Obstruction method* are now so generallv
condemned that ther will doubtless not he resorted to
and an early vote will in all probability lie taken.
The outlook appear* to he farorahle for the pas>ag.'
of the hill, but should it fail because of opposition to
Mew Mexico and Arizona, it se. -ns probably that Okla-
homa and Indian Territory will pull through anywav.
because of the unanimity of the house republicans 011
the Oklahoma portion of the omnibus bill.
Ration antertaJrr Washington If It wiahea
lo do so. but the praaldant needs no per-
suasion on thta S.-fua.
Lawton CHy Nur ry.
Htate democrat.
Bill Julian, tha accommodating city
elark, waa a vary busjr maa yeaterday
altarnooo. A caae waa batag tried Iu
th« police court. In the city ouUding, it
which three women were wltn*i> «-&.
Each of these women had her bab/
with her, end whpn theaa three young
oiitos opened up a lung contest, Judgti
DoHendufTfr respectfully, hut quite
emphatically, BusgesteU to those three
mothers th« propriety of removing theaa
aquuillug Rida or ha would hav« them
thrown into the aewer. Borne one at
thla Juncture suggesUd to tha moth*; a
that tliey leave their bablea In the citf
nursery while the ca*« was being trl< ^
and directed them to the ofllce of ti
city clerk, on the floor above, telling
th^m that mil Julian was the heatl
nuraa of the city Infantile department.
Then the three mothers hikod imme-
diately Into the office of the city olerk,
where they were met by Bill Julian, woo
and hold* them permanently. A more loyal friend Vt there are nuuiy things nearer to the immediate f°r* "" b0*rJ
never locked in your eye or grasped your hand. welfare of the citiiena that contribute for more to i Article, of inoorpomtion. w re mntert
Mr Grimes announces that he will go baok to his 'ho Christmas cheer. Oklahoma has had bounteous «i. otiy railway «f chiok**ha. 1. T capt-; ,ralles hl, thlt
alfalfa patch at Kyijtiaher. where he haa one of the l'rops during the pas' year. The corn and outs yields yT p "r^urharn.'swu lh* b*cl1 01 hl* "*°k *"J curt* lh* ,ni1'
b<>st farms in the territory', and also considerable prop- WPr® the largest in the history of the territory, and J«n«a ana w. r. Bhannnon. 1 ' '"."^ii'il" MVkjuUM?"Ullked tha throa
erty in Kingfisher city. He w ill there take up the the cotton crop, though much smaller than that of th.- — , . I wnmen in chorua.
humble life of a farm, r, which he folio*cd prior 10 his preceding year, set* 11 now high mark in money value ' *«n« "" |ri,h! '."h,
that doubled h'm up like an Inverted
letter V.
"Wall, *0 want to Itwive these here un-
til the trial Is over," they answered, ne
each mother plunked her kid down up^n
the carpet, and hastened from the room.
Hill straightened up In surprise and this
time the attitude ha struck resembled a a
Inverted letter Y. But befora he could
utter a protest, tha three mothers had
vanlahed down Into the police court.
Then one of tha bablea began to cry,
and Bill picked it up and set It upon hH
table. Then another set up a howl, and
BUI turned around to pick It up, when
the first one fell off the table and Ita
shrieks started the third one to squalling,
and Bill was strictly in It. Ha finally got
all three of them on the table In front of
him and he sang to them, whistled, danc-
ed and cut up all kinds of monkey-shtnea,
but they just yelled the louder. Plnadl>,
one kicked over the bottle of red Ink, an-
other poked a foot in Bill's face, and tli«
other spilled something over the papers
on the table, but BlU wasn't sure aa ta
Just what It was.
Bill was getting desperate. The more
he tried to quiet those youngsters the
louder they squalled. He tried to dance
around the room with all three of there
In hia arms, but he dropped two of ther*
OCviipancy of tile secretary's office. ,for *n Oklahoma erop. as none of it ha® been mar n -r>t!ntina with the Ten Thousand riu*> iXJW
In pomp hark home he «an realize that he hti* the ^eted for le^ than eight an*! a half cents, while th - *' ,h Ipeclait^of*disc
appreciation of the public for service well done, and pari of the crop already marketed has brought p!^ h W'' m* * * r a *
i«ot only of the public .but of President Roosevelt and 'he farmer between ten and eleven centa. Farmer*
Secretary Hitchcock, who gave him reappointment, have more money tliau at any previous time in the his-
thus confirming his first administration, and laterly by ,or.v °* Oklahoma.
many a<ts and words approved his methods in this Prosperity on the farm means prosperity in all lines
office. i"f business in the city. Guthrie real estate is increas-
It not probable that Mr. Grimes will remain out 'n value and is paying good returns to investors.
of politics. He >o\es politics like a duck does placid ^ busirvess men are making money. The bank de-
bater. In politics he is skillfnl and a born leader.
Kepuhlitan politics in Oklahoma without Grimes in it
would seem peculiar. It is probable that for many
years yet il will have Grimes in it with the same potent
influence he lias exercised in the past.
A man w ith so many warm friends will have a hard
time to keep from the acceptance of public office. Mr.
Grimes has never been an office seeker. He has never
posits are an evidence of the highly prosperous condi-
tion of the city. There is ample employment for la-
bor.
The men who work with their brains, and those who
work with their hands, the buaines- man and the work-
mgman. the investors and the clerks, in fact people of
all lasses of work and professions in Guthrie are ap-
proaching the holiday season with more of material
The member* of the har at Sapulpa.
frok n Arrow a d P-litow hive «in-
dorsed C TV Pnt'rrworth of Kapn!i n for
commissioner of the eighth T'nited State*
commissioner district In the Indian Ter-
ritory.
asked for any office in Oklahoma, lie is appointed' poods than it has been their wont. Though as a mat-
to the office of secretary without ami solicitation
on his part. He leaves it with high ere';: to himself,
ihe republican party and the pco] .it Urge.
Ilg go
CZAR OF RUSSIA IS NOVi
SHOWING SOME STRENGTH
The spe«taoie of the ci.ir of Russia steadfastly try-
ing to bring about the reforms which he lias promul-
gated and givem into the hands of t ount Witte for
real nation and his pervjtent refusal of grant the de-
mands of the aristocrats in ihe matter of reactionary
measure-, is one that surely must appeal to the teuae
of common patriotism en-tent in all na iims.
Nuholai hesitate*! at a vital men eu and hi. hesit-
ancy may have lost him his kingdom, not to av his life, evil and every
Hit proeraftination in delaying the granting of re- But. bless :
forms from the uprisings of "January '" until last Octo- will find many hi
ber can not be excused. It was the opporunity missed rie > an o; .■. I
and to miss opportunities is, in a ruler, carelessnes* optimum.
that can be scarve termed less than criminal. Yet This citv has : ,i -
when he did see the necessity for action, and it is cot over a m ,ion d.niar-
entirely his fault that he did not see sooner, since the million dollar- >r tn<
eenaorahip of the palace as oier as great as that of town in the I'ui v
the press, he took a calm and deliberate course, if one permanent srro :' •
may believe tlie reports of those who were close to him very public ir tv n.
in the crisis pre.-ee.ling the issuing of the initial mani- have as well an
festo, and has not varied from it since in spite of the Our busine--
veritahle Sheet that has been raised .' >:M his earn by increasing in ■ 1
the fanatical enthusiasts who are running noi in license may be a compaiatireiv du
under the guise of liberty. of.it is on the bargain < I
The our has cut adrift from th.ve elements whi.\ a foot of dirt n t. ■
by training and instinct ho would feel most depend-„lls at all th
able, the nobles and the clergy. Witte, who is umjues-j The kicker is aiwaj
tionahly his right-hand man. is not -f the old order of"] forgetting hm lie
anstocratii who have been the backers of the Kv.s-sian j j,,, ,s jhe do-r
autocracy since ita inception nn.ler the great I'eter |,e rails harden are
Witte is a count, it i true, but ot a creation so recent, ,i0 the public and
that the ink on his patent is scarcely dry. The wif building of the
of the premier it a Jewess by birth and heiuc utsi.ic, if tJmhrie were ti g
the pale of court circles. The leading man in 11 -- ; the ki. aert .
reforms a. not one to wiioin the , . ar , an appeal throug . I10th _ Only men
any ol the instinctive channels of ra.e kinship. bu:.enerpv „ ; , ),,|e r,„t<
throtigh Taiaa on ita way to Washington \ ('"omes froui the people and with theoi are the gre.ite: „ . \l. n in. s
m" t keep the "raeeeheeit* eoe^mn-woay j part ol his sympathw. _ _ iwoithle-s to anv town
ter of sentiment, material condition* should not to any
considcrable extent atTcct the Ch' stmas cheer, vet. as
a matter of fact, they do. From this standpoint, Okla-
homa and Guthrie may trnly be said to have the hap-
piest of holidays before them.
jewish massacres and
liberty in russia
History possibly presents no equal, and certainly
nothing thai surpasses the terrible, brutal and revolt-
ing torture and massacres of Jews in K - a. Nothing
| in modern history approaches the last year's bloodv
vitli a few 1 work in that country. The massacre of St. Bari lo-
- L*—..J ik. .. ._
guthrie should kill
off the PESSIMISTS
There are still a few poseiuiiats in Guthrie. There
is no need to have any of this tort. It is unjust to
the splendid progress Guthrie has made in the pa*;
two years and is making now. It is natural for some
men to kick. They were bora thai way. They began
kicking in the cradle and will die kic
It is too bad that all town* arc eu
such. You can - :) n mo-t any ,i . t Guthrie ] mew's eve in France an i the various re .^riou9 perseeu-
slanding on the str ct comers £Osti ilating with their | tions and burnings in England stand forth as the most
arms and puncturing the atmosphere with their brutal events in motlern history, but they were mere
mouths. They see no good i*i; afiv h;ng. AU men are plar as compared with scenes now daily enacted iu j
Pr nca Cltv Oo'irler: It is Mid that the
people of Washlnrtvn were jrreetly snr-
nrised when the Oklahoma crowd now In
that city attended church laat Sunday.
They could hardly have h^en more sur-
prised, however, than Oklahoma pwpt^
were when they heard It.
XT I.. Piker. Ardmore: T,
Pristow; polln n Woma^k Madill; TVnl-
ter O. Touchlleber. Neell MHIIaan Okls-
homa City; IT. C. Meanly. Shawnee: V.
r M-rialr. EnM: C^iirles O Gerhardy.
Olustee. «nd T K Knlaht. Vinita, have
been appointed railway mall clerks.
J H nk!r« of Sn-.jth M?Alester, can-
didate to aucceed himself a* dlstrlrt at-
torney In the central Indian T"n"ltory
d'strlet. Is In Ws.«hln*tn«. if**. latham
claims to have the endorsement of | when one buried iu sharp Hnger nails In-
the territorial republican executive com- j to bis nose, and he was Just In the ad
mlttee and Senator Lone of Kanaas. of raising the window and pitching the
J whole caboodle out Into the street when
P^h Xeff hutts Irto the r k*ah«mi re- the three mothers returned, picked u
publican pol'tl al flrld with the foflow'ng their offsprings, and without even gi*-
obaervallort Amo. Ewln* says th- of- |:lg Bill a pleasant look, took their de-
flce ahonld «^fk the man. and not the j partura.
man the office. Tt Is noticeable, how- j
pVe- that Am-S k^r« up ? terrible statehood for No
racket. In order, probahlv. that any office Rec0rd-Herald.
Mexico and Arizona
out hunting for him will hive
e««ary trouble locatln* him.
1 unnec-
nt here in
uoion
sunist you
n of tiuth-
eastern Europe.
No cue knows and r.
.'ews have been cruellv
one ever will know how many;
murdered in Russia since the
Oklahoma and Indian Territory will un-
1 : tedly be admitted t the Union as on«
state at this se«*km of congress If they
< j are not they will be unfairly treated. They
, | are rlpa for atatehood, and the aentlmer.t
for admisalen as one state la so strong
among their own cltlaens aa to leave th
1 advocates of aeperate statehood a feebia
•.,w'n News-Republican* A T'"*
r arrived In the elty from the
« morning and before riming up towi
mbed to th^ top of the F. k Islf -
• ter tank to get gHmosfl nf v
d locate the police headquarter* P->fne
dv told him T^wton was a wl 1 ,inwr,Tand rather oontempUble minority
. i. . ... , , , ar.d the prope* and w "e thine for • m t ■ , js-ew Mexico and Arlaona tha ca.««
justify beginning Of the antl-,1 kV..h agltauon. One fixes the I np0n errlvtnr would he to hv V* case is diaerenU 8trong forcM ,re arrayed n>
j liuml>er at 300.000. but this, of course, is merely a v•-'ore the police In anticipation of any . ;hem t0 prfVent joint statehood and U
la.-t three icars! i;uess. The dews are not the onlv ones suffering as a tT",b" hol<1 ou, to lhe "? tw
I • . - — - pi rate statea. Local boaaea who w^u.a
i- provements and a j result of the atrocities. The result will probably bej reretenmewi e«.-,T«ed anoth-r huntin* | rather {<HJr senators Choaen than twu.
n pr ate improvements. No
State* e>er aiic a more rapid and
1 the >ame time. We have tinished
: e^san n a tovn and today we
;nted city a> any in the country.
i are pr - erous; we are steadily
it ion. Though this! bring ab
lull time for real estate, none J the corre
suiter. Every man w ho owns instead o
' h > it at a stiiT price. If; In the
r must pay his price. pears to b
^waiimg aKont other men and -eo long
ar.not be made to think that |erg;esa-
the community and the met. they 'ruj ;
• - n-thinys—the men who are t.ik:r.i
e work necessary to tlie up res;,>ons
and r
the continuance of the autocracy in power in that em- j accident -♦ ««k
pire. Even the advo ates of liberty and political equal- ^
ity are'V-in:. : _ • • is not the proiier * -fm-j •*—r «-r w
thina for Russia, fount Witte only a few days ago ei- " " v,v,v^
pressed him«e!f as ven* much discouraged., stating thai
he was be\ n* to brieve that repression alone could
order, but that when he fully determined
-s of this he would give up the control
dopting such a course himself.
: ent fer liberty, hatred of the .Tews ap
ir; -t popular feeling. When the people
scd ought to be concentrating their en-
re- tine them against the government that
•cure the liberty that should be theirs, they
■ventfe upon a helpiese people, lp no way
anty re- j
l Ha'ha-
on n brldee *nd tn {n ^rilona which are now practicably un-
"heeler grabbed hlf
drew It towa**d
hammer caught on a projecting
,ird V" gun was "= v*eeed. the shot
d pa*«!n* y s*. o'
•Itv eonndl
held .
der*-d tha
ar - primarily responsible for the present condition,
n men such as some He ).k> _ t his pcop • in ignorance, he has oppressed
uq would amount : th l until they are thirsting for blood. In order to
rv! good cheer, with extend the au; ^ mcy's distance indefinitely, he kept
them are any cooi t - • ur:'te^i for seif-government. Yet when
iiing at everything ar-. the eraah was fc
taxed and which think they could control
a state of Aniona alone, but fear that tr
Arizona and New Mexk-o are combined
they would be given fair taxation, whirs
ia what they do cot want—all of these ar«
of It striking big face . fluting hard against Joint atatehood.
The main argument they have used ia
— J that the people of Arixoni. and t<* a !arg*
extent tf.e pt- r'.e of New Mexlc are hov
tile to union. The Artaonana. we are tola,
are united to a man in th«lr antipathy to
the New Mexican greasera. ' It would bg
an outrage, the argument runs, to «-ibJev^
theee Ameri.-an cUiaena to greaaer" oo-.-
nmer wss rls'ted bv |t would hJTider tha futura devaiop-
res An e-'d-m!c n' ment of Arli na, for Americana would
oth--r has ^ -er se't!" in a itreaaer" stat-:
on account of Th;3 argument haa been overdone. It
water. | becoming lnc* aalagly apparent tha'. tho
j seemingly unanimous sentiment of Artao-.a
n the com- s* ""■'.i ro rt at Xf«iAo- [9 s rnpiy .e - ;lment of a small pori.jn
bas Seen Bled one of the un the Arlxo-*aa which ha* been dev-riy
il s::ta in the history o' the tent- brought Into rr mine nee, while the opp a-
T- P P^we'l ssks t)M d macr« icg aentime t haa been as deroriy hiddea
m the Muskogee T^wr. -r«d rmintra , way out ot «:ght by tha v.-or?ora<lo*-bcss
_h ' r tV a!Senat*^« of the <f etion« clique. XVe hava before us copiea of <•
Ji: fat about by the diaaatrons war with ; of t * m>-r eon. C d Powell Hr number of Ar:«ona and New Mexico papera
a waterworks s«-ste^-
alw-ivg wn without flre
during the pa t summer
a litlia mora than the peor^e 'here tcnild
Otthr.e peoeie irt «ked.iirv no tears e.er tlie ( ,t
Ch>. tfca r^ortal porchasa a{ the lVjnrr. F.i„a ana
ir tbe Onent waa eiilr a "rumor," Tu, IVurer.
TSr.il ar.d (Joif M tha making of a Krone indc vu.i.a'.
^| J«a. and tie Orient will ft :uto Guthrie throa^h
Onti-A Fairrva* and % eatara eonn.vuon. no*
St. l.rwif RepoKic: Ttia S.000.004 tons of m-
Maliv (ron th* w^-recatad coad and afphalt lands
ai 'Jut C3uota«« and tVlua*! ia a tolerab> ( d
•ontxibution to th.- wuieral products of the Indian
Xarriteirr, Whan those lands are aoid instead of be-
"Hia (tranii duke? hare been s' <-na:ed. TTu- >iar h.v- \\
turned his hack n his famiW and his nearest of kin. uridine the town and t > '■
tha clerjv hare been ostranfej br the retirement of,, luthr.-.- soma other citr :s. w,
PobM^noataaf and th, are even h.yuimnc to ,Thv ther do not go to" the ot r
feel that tha "Uttle Vather" lias gone over to the r di n hia«-.- - as of 1 - .*n h-
cals ami the new party. , —which is proof that he o e
S i: ng atop of a tkrc: that ia reeJing. trusting the won^.
dcetinie- of hw kin«J.>r.t and his family to one with, There -a „;> , f .. (ii:
whvini he lias no sympathies eicept thoae of principle, j no niore pernianvut and '
and shutting ont the friev.ds *1 have b.vn his bT poculntion iu the Cnited >
ri*ht of birUt, Kiciolat ia litmg in a locdy grandearj There ha* ne\.r btn a dav (im
which has no compeiv-Atiotis . ept t o>e of his eon- j ^ j( . 1^. r ;
wience. Kven the** are emhiltvred by the knowledge three Tear? hare K-en filled
that he haa acted too late. I dexelopnient, as erery stranger
Unnersal con."--mnation of the ciar as tha authorL<0 Kvcrv ro-;de t .-an -
some of these kicker*
, .r much better thm
Janan, he vieided iu wrr weak fashion. ' * r*r ""
„. , , ,• . , , , . wvo has >-*en employed by the «
The czar miM be held in the mam accounu e for country ci-^ * k
':e ,Te%.jh b«uher.es. To extend liberty to the Ru*- v r *«-ved on President Tams
not help but wonder - tn people is. of c rse. difficult. But order is more y* r,ub
.tv. Notwithstand- .rable than t,:.e kind of liberty Russia > enjoying.
the kicker stiil atavs Had the riar -> n a stri _,* ruler he would have in-
not believe his own *.>:ed upon order, and would have extended freedom
ok y as p*>- e. Yet there is noth-
erity of U'.e eaar in 4r^ant:nr re-
devl nothing until forced to. Doubt-
*.~e course affairs are taking, as it
-stablishmen: of the old
boy.
which are t
rarxl of s^nae of ti
■'t ha« hoed, but «
xby of Me ioint a
sired at u
CURRENT COMMENT
hoina than Guthrie.
roa« citr for its ail.
..is peop.e as
;ag to indicate t!
lorma. He has j
.it.*, less he even enj.
e Guthrie w , found- "lay isean the r
dav before. The last Of course, re
> advocating Joint statehood.
would prefer single state-
urge that If that is Impoesl*
is greatly to ba de-
arly a date as pcaalbla. Among
of all Russian difficulties has becotv.e the fad of the
tag waortad \aider '.taw* they *UI prove vastlv mow I moment with pseudo-critics of the Mua, nta situation.
prodacCre af coal still at the aarae time vie'4 rtchlt V« the per- .al du'.utj. the s - a r..> ..ty to his coa-
of agntaltwnu produrta. ' jscience. as it is manife-tod to h.r^ of the man who.
, j apparently, will be the last of the Romanof*. is of an
CONGRESS AIDING PRESIDENT ior' r cf ' ^''v "' Ie ' ^ T
IN r&NJkl rONCTDI irTlONI of reprobation. The path.
IN CANAL LONal RUCTION .v r > -
■ni* mtiMX of Ihe m *.iaie SarunUy us pMsing the Uasaian sr.iutiea He * n.deotiv fightiug a 1
Pres dert and Statehood Beo«ners-
Kanaaa City T:me<
Doubt leas the delegation of Oklaho
grtned because the president did not
White use yeaterdj
nor. ;a . at anv vme ow. l ( ^ ^ y
ith davs of wonderful and in that event n will be ^trccc.e H.*twtvr. so man> M.-ged ty dudoco*:*. i
rho comes to the town )contending intervf.s that one cannoi even guess *t: ^r;Ativ'* ^ ^;
.<* it also, if he WOUid .he OUtCOBO. te-tV Tt < a basy i.ael> the White
und and count the UCW • Ho ae Ceof- ' *s just Converted. The
Robert M. UFollette hewUted be-lg"^ ,!w «► '■
His pea
stop to think. Let fttw go ar
business buUdiog# put in in the last year and thee The fact tha. . ...~ P. sifia i
count the new residec.^. He will be astomshed at his. iween the governorship and a senatorial toga, p a?es resident a
own discoveries Then look at tlie beautiful pavei him in a bad I'jrh: with the members of the Fnited
hrick stret. at u. ar ejtvt; -:reet car line; at the >■&:• ? -i: . who have re*s r. to have ,?n exare:
enlarged oieeiric light plant; at the new gas piant; opinion of the powers of that body. ••*.: 3
I at the city building; the Carnegie library; the govern-
' c^ent building, «hkh « .11 be the boat bv.i'ding in the N * lhstaci'Sg *he pre*. ns f : ^*, Loui«
i two terntonea—being thorouyMv fire proof; the beau Republic, that Speaker Cannon would be beaten for
ranan^a anal apptvynatwa bU wuh oniy batUe and vet he has a said the leas: of defeM u1Vdi improved par.<s. and a h r ci other thing* the swaker- ap. he ««. «el tej bv 'he r . ,r.
a few anwadii-eiiis AouU be moat •Dooongiag ^ has not manifested the slightest sign of disooar- \Ve mention onlv a f«w of the things which ought to ■ sntko.: o^xviti a. The alien;, --n of f. ,
to tha psvpte of the oauatft. AmaricMm want the ^rwn:. make the heart of th- Jtuen of Gathrie glad. dem.vrafac editor, in the U.'..an Terr.t rv :s .sile.1 to
fault, and ttey want the work don* a* «coaaaic- Hist^y of the contemporaneous sort may pui Nick- TVn is an old proverb which says: "He who goes! the fact tint tbe same S- -
a* . a-.i^ wtth as li^ia ^..a> As Xht acuo-.. down as a pxtrvoa. i -ii.rv .. suro.y on o.ts own . : ^r ner just.*' th of *Ke S ah - '.'eh K Th * K'1-
l. ^*e and the s*'iraia aiiows th^t . . .:yTw*. a- p^jit a few of the dewls «..i.h wii. tnark 'turn as We wodd refer a' *e of ti - ekcrj in Uuthr.o to nsMic is sb."Kit as near ev -e ■ nr- ._ a; -1 i-1'e
rot .
. e^re pate-? are the Albuquerque Jlortiirg
Jouml, the Tuc^mi Star, the Arteonm
Weekly Star the McKlnley Republican and
tbe Sl J "hn's Herald and Apache New*.
II a pure oonaidemtion of mertta were ra
decide there are strong reaaous why
n. - Arlaona nor New MaxV-o afccsia
be adm::>ed to atatehood at thia t.ma.
~ j Bx-«c i: ' n.Mnation they might we'.; re-
. main lor.gar in the territorial stage But
« '■ *:tKr « ^. lera . s m*h* It highly de-
R;t Mr r.n, «o. c rat that )~ nt statehood shouM r «
He vv be- • N? g- . ted Tbe*! two territor'ea *i'.l be
itora and rv: re - | • onea left withle oar continental
S t for *1: A sent.-nentai preasute to '.ring
---ifd his at- il1 ~ « -> complete th* period -rf
• making wilt be strong Fat area
aportaAt than this i? the -erUtntg
whenever th in f«wer !.n
ress i« tha one tkat dUt h: < ti> *p-
aH foor nana tors ftt^ro the rsgton it
.-rent* tare statea there for pnrefy
-\ry parUaan pnrpceea. utte^h- ie-
-a of the rtgbts and wrvga a 1 of
-narlts ard demerits ef thf case K t
-r ik«s only too cenctealreig thit
will happen.
wold the alflivMrt taevltaMe «-rtl M
rotten bor ugfc siat«* In the fetnre.
1 *id the |
■sajge his been de-
very gt>od tiaae lot
1 tbe president.
emt '« Mr R.vw*-
h a call was reed-
l-«-en de:.-ed aa
■e e*vres*ed 5a hla 1
state* , 4. He has '
aU be
re.'rt'.ed 1
ked and prit
Ir.ue to d.*
1 * *■ I nH
delega
^milur n-ath this ^entmsAt and will act accord:-
^ u 3t all>iirx ■ > r wcaa"
this proverb
! a>i
I hood a? it was in the Cnnaor.
It had
•anger ot *M«a ea the OUahoeaa tapir ,
Tbe preside -1 sand t.n« and couiden-
Me wear and tear by bis pniite and en- i
U^a* • - " "• l' : Let tho it.:-
and
aldaantloa
tbene ter
the
It
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