The Texhoma Times. (Texhoma, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 28, Ed. 1 Friday, March 27, 1908 Page: 3 of 8
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LEGISLATIVE DOINGS
Ing for copying and transcribing re-
cords, by Stettmund, carryicg into ef-i |
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r< \ Guthrie, Okia., March 1C. — Repre-
V Jentative C. G. Jones of Oklahoma
f county today showed the hand of Ok
lahoma City in its fight to secure the
I state capital by introducing a reso-
\ lution in the house memorizing con-
• .gress to amend that portion of the en-
\ abling act providing that the tempo-
rary capital shall remain at Guthrie
' until 1913. so that tne people of the
/ state will be free to locate the capi-
'■ tal at any time. The resolution
f states that the enabling actjCpftt^*
■ tipon Oklahoma all the pdw+s oti
f statehood except the establishment
' and maintenance of a permanent
•f ^apital and the appropriation of
Jpraoney for capitol buildings.
f ' The resolution points out the pres-
' 'ent incommodious quarters
Vie. that the capital rest ricf
V'ates an unsettled condition which is
V k constant source of strife, causing
/"^in unsettled condition of property
Xaiues in the very city the clause is
j&intended to benefit.
Pj The general appropriations bill,
arrying $435,000 for the expett^es of
feelings because of. delay in trans-
mitting or deliv^ifrunessageJPeiim^
inating sections 7 toj 11, incjusiyjy
compelling one company to ftunish
instruments to Others and ccimpal-
ing free deliver^' of messages wjthin
cities, making it a. misiloineanbr to
eavesdrop on a conversation over a
telephone and makiug the terms . of
the bill apply equally to rural? mu-
tual and large corporations. Consid-
eration was pending on the bill when
Uic-Uause- adjourned. ( ,
•(tj)#, ;nenat« conimltfet of the wh*de<
recommended for passage the bill by
William?; creating a state board of
medical examiners of seven mem-
bers. The bill as adopted leaves the
present Oklahoma law taxing patent
niedicjjjfe ve&dcrs $100 a year in ef--
feofji i .Senator Blair ■ Seeing \ flfej
adoption of an amendment eliminat-
ing the requirement of a diplonii
from a medical school as a qualifica-
tion for registration, making it only
necessary to pass the required exam-
ination.
A concurrent resolution was in^ro-
K.EEP
YOUR
tax, andby Henry S. Johnston em-
pbe • V>
coun of Oklahoma Territory within
three months previous to statehood.
P Guthrie, Ok|^ March 19 Jf house*
lubatitute billR6, relating t<$ttsh and
iume, tieeonA a taw as considered in
the hou«se JtodOT fc will be unlawful
tor any pwon not an owner of ':in|M lng offloers for next year: C. J,
Tft hunt i$ni>rivat^ 'and without the 1 Crocker, president, Stlllwell; B. 1>-
consent of the owner or J'fi'l"-JL"=.1"" vicu-^iUd>a>t^,^|M.ltoa, •.
wHhfwt <-onsrnt of tiracfeen. sJcrrtrirr. WnslWW:
state game warden. H. L. Overton, treasurer, Duncan; J.
Thirteen sections of the bill were j D Humphrey, sergeant-at-arms, Mc-
Observa- Q« Iahoma
EYE ON THE NEW STATE
Oklahoma Undertaker# Adjourn. —j
the Oklahomawndertakers adjourned;
fheir three da# session at Oklahoma!
fcity after the Election of the follow J
adopird. The hunting season f°r j
retail is frojp||ecemW !
ary 10th, and for deer November 1st
to December 1st, with the privilege of
killing but one deer during the sea-
son. Pheasants and prairie chickens
can not be killed for seven years af-
ter the passage of the bill
Alester. Oklahoma City was s
tfc{ tli* '.ifrxt melting plite'e.
;lected
JMjCarryilli; ivr iuc rAiJcnoca "
ttiklie various state departments from duced in the senate by Landrum, t .
Asta«e'iood to June 1, 1908, which has the state plnce a bust of Sequoyah tn
yjklready passed the house, passed the | Statuary hall at Washington.
Jl^enate today with a few amend-
V-ykuentH.
The Eggerman bill, giving the con-
*A;ent of the state to the sale of ground
'fFtfor federal buildings, was passed by
Wthe senate and the house passed bills
^fiby Murdock to permit building of
"jfifsidewalks by cities by special assess-
Examinations for Teachers in April.
—After making rules govert^tf^flf^
issuing of teachers certificates
life diplomas, compiling the questions
April examination and Prr
ter the passage or the Din. f0r ^l() April examination ami i'""
1 I scriliita* re^ulitWTtS for iuWi?t*>rs IK-
tfceWWWniis bilf*W>1W- smlimer normal "schools, the' state
The Wilson bill requiring market-
ing of cotton, the Earlay bill provid-
ing municipal improvements, both
house measures, were finally passed
by the house. The house passed the
senate resolution memorializing con-
tn ni.it the townsites of Chant,
rhe house
Bokoche and other towns
passed Senator Bggerman s
defining
Ellis-Titlotson,
TTUnents;
Ing teachers' certificates
House bill 97, providing for manda-
tory primaries, was made a special
order for tomorrow afternoon in the
house.
A joint resolution for the submis-
sion of limise and local option
amendmpfl to Bp constitution jjl the
election wVs b«oduced into tM ^en- ^
ae today bjlwenator P. (!oui«nt\of
Enid. It pnBdes for ti"'
of an amenwent providin^^Tt^We^
sale of inioancii ng liquorwafct ea(Jk
county and city of over 1,000 popula-
tion, v hsriB a :nja^rt?r
for the constitutional amendment.
The license fee is not to exceed
$200 of which is to po to the
board of examiners, which was in ses-
sion at Guthrie two ■,V<,uruofy
The examination foi'MM«if(>s niiisf
be held in each county the last Thurs-
day and Friday in April.
Depot Is PfW Mov 'd.-f4ly.JWt'ls of
a temporary M"junction agailpt the
city of Tulsajjthe Frit-co vaiV#ul pre-
ented the iSiice from adwfflo" the
instructions Srom the city Hcouncll
vIBu'-'i frei(*o ilenS whic
ampbell, who will take final action
on it April Gth. Neither belligerent IIs
and the
'■' \ Cotton B((*rket.
NEW OIMjBANS. March 21.—Spot,
qulft; sije-i, 1,300 bales. Low ordi-
nary, r, TrJ0c nominal; ordinary, T'^e-
nominal r good ordinary, 8 11-ltiO?
low middling. 9 1310c; middling,
HM4A, '^iWWiMlIni: 1lV4c; mid.
dling fair, ll%c; fair, 12 3-8c nomin-
al. Receipts. 2,304; stock, 183,142.
Cottonseed oil, prime, 38c. -
♦SAIA'USTGNrMwch 21.
St>ady ;* to 7-8e.
ST. LOriS, March 21.—Dull; mld-
.dlitiH>■ '2 bales; receipts,
->275 bale** 'wfmMtts, 21 bales; stock,
24.C90 ba-es.
AqntjiAn5jry,-^(f«T-onin)fl.
the Apifrlie waTi^f, i^fifyafn'ifngry'-tCt*
the government. Turned down re-
neatedu- Ui, hu.^Icatloiis for leaves
UkMiUilc&SJA -ix rmisslon to star
with wild west shows, he made one
more effort recently to do the show
stunt, but Indian Commissioner l.eupp
again politely denied the applica-
liuM)
Witness nf Brainy
By REV. A. C. DIXON, D. D„
Men of Wftins.
though thoy' be
not Chrflftans,
cannot fail to give
tarajie HUfle a
very high •< )flace
as a litera^. eth-
ical and r<H«lous
force In tha#prld.
Such a nwwas
Benjamin Jfeiuk-
lln, who VMpid:
• Young ma®, my
advice to jl is
that you cAvate
an acquaintance
with, and ijfirm
belief in, the Holy Scriptures, ffiJthls
is your certain interest." JR
Thomas Jefferson, who wrcBJ tne
"Declaration of Independence,'jjlaid:
•I have said, and always will sHJthat
the studious perusal of the sac J^vol-
will make better citlze#Jbet-
i- lh- fathers aiul hette^husban
I WcliWr. Ili«P\'ln'in
h the
blocks
om iCBaln-
er oiSfflag,
lo bool
10 cam
.all
y of tjjtinht al
It. is a belieff
ma state university. Evans is prt-
(lent of Henry Kendall college atTul-
' attendance in schools of children be-
HJtween the ages of 8 and 10.
jt The house passed a resolution me-
fljmoralizing congress to appropriate
jff money to make a six-foot channel in
Arkansas river from Tulsa to
j^ort Smith, stating that the river
Si-could be made navigable between
for approximately
Sst
$1,000, $200 of which is to go to maklng overtures for peace and the
l^inty #HMlrt^e rw|^Uhe cij-. f^y f
Guthrie, o'kla.. March 20.—The Bill- f *
Field Meet Dates April 24-25.
f-Mif urv'MfUMs l.fV.f beett Tif <->
for the fourth annual lnterscnoiasnc
X mon
OH the
M>. Fori
Guthrie, Okla., March 18,-Today
was field day In the legislature for
the school land lessees and their sup-
porters. There were more than 300
of them, mostly from the vicinity of
Wellston, where two entire townships
and a large part of two others, are oc-
cupied wholly by indemnity
those points for approximatelyjcupied wholly ny uiuc—.w j£^)0j
$C,22(*225jp>r a #st equivalent to* lynds, tfiul; the others from
buildiq^'™doubleTrack railwfey along.^arts of^ncoln coiyjty Bl^Mad'
y,. the sItp route. IThe resolution drpsses onjtheir beliaTn were /"!l f in
statesMhat*OklalJtfti;uis an attorn hoBBfis this^ft^ oon. -QgSK1'11'
K nual appropriation of $50,000,000 for
Jf* the improvement of intex:
wU ways.
A. Representative Vandev
J>J house introduced a joint resolution
ternal water- idea, Jiowever, UuiL they mils
" 11i blair thf £gislah>H i betausfe
■ sniff iii ih«^*4.^h*(r ot ye'theob "Vaa^l
at resolution
& providing for k reifcss uf^e lefisl#
yj ture fnjgto APr<* V'" 27' to
j^ipublitfbufldings' cQfnmitU^. tim# t«
visit the various towns that are can-
^ didates for state institutions and con-
f' \aider thcir,£]aims. .Tha ho^e ftassed
■ .MhirU. r^Ldiiuj^-biU by Ben Wilson
Of Canadtkn reqtifring pinners to
Tir.i'fitr httif ii'LiiirciVii1' tnr t ■
j| cotton might be more 'easily traced.
The house Ujok jy) a Substitute bill
S'i for the protec^Qiuut^a^e Mtfld Jn,e
J creation of iPr; imejwatden |system|
i\ and recommitted instfuctlTWs
][( to separate it into two bills. The bill
' provides that the open season for
shooting tfDM<4il shaji )b| ; Jne mohth-l j,,
from December 10th to January 10th; j
for duck from October 1st to Decern-1 «
,, ber, 31ft, 4iyl. for depr from Novem-
i|| her "At to DecAiilK* t&t- Ii %° .ins*
unlawful to kill antelope In the state
at any time. Ducii.SWnoMjtf.BhQiJ;
from a raft or boat at any time, and
during thq^nnUag.Reason,fWUy dti£,
ing dayligh'^.jipurs. j)(1(. ..4 :
Two hoMe-V}l^,iby flfltmond for
refunding of state taxes and the CaS-
teel-King bill for the transfer of
county records were sent to the gov-J tate
,ups "iiooze" bill, vith the dispensary
'provf^Qii ' rarVyil't the' v
clause, was put through the senate
this evening. The large crowd pres-
ent showed the interest of the public
in the measure. . •
Tlie committer a-tyfr fff1
tion, numbered" afl,
for a state dispensary, and declaring
for an emergency and providing that
section one^fcjhe "booze" bill
lecome a partTof the constitutionin
:ase it is aflpfved by the peopl^tfit
lie fall election. Senator Thomas In-
P Haskell told the advocates of the
they must not
their
r,Via«hcd ~aa
there "were so many emergncy mat-
ire Ahich defcandPd' 'its .-ffltention.
Sp^er Murray, ajb a^surejd the ||>> |{
lp«ees«thaW4 eir 1*1- *ould US-Passed^nrv-]av-.
visit the various towns that are can- j at an early date.
The house today sent another ur-
miftnt'biil,'but tlio'reqiirst KftSsofaf
nttitmer' T^en^rw!T'^f-^"tnfrt T;ef'Ti-'T'nTOTi«^^'t+'ri"""^^jW"kUt'c
ferred until 4 o'clock^and whei^ that
h^ir arrived it was again postponed
until Ffidayi X j
1« ttajp
fttr the
be
case
the - l i
troduceto a "WHmirrent r'soflit ion"P ^-
viding that the first section of the
bill \yliioh is l**own oii tlie.-ijiwwnl^ ^-trtweei
bil^- tmmbefc Gi/ shall School,
mitted to the 'people at the' fall cletf-' School
for the four
field meet to be held at Norman, April
24th and 25th. The events this year
will be: (lush, l J" yard llU1'
Wes Wtffcfi? fhrov*,. '9l t' t U«t' i
k^ird al'; Tltshis thrfi^: Ktffh
440-yard dash, 220-yard hurdles, 8S0-
yard run and a relay race. The last
three nieets wsfie won by the Logan
Count! High SfJiool, giving it perma-
nent/possession lof the loving cup do-
natai ITy the lixversity. Another
cuffis td%e offerW and a hard three-
cornered fight probably will deve op
the Logan County High
tion, andyf auproveiJt shay become,
a fcart oflUeAonstitutlpn, and, failure
of/-«pprovlf 'hall ! repeal th^Tlspen-
The bill was returned to the house
just before adjournment and that
the University preparatory
and the Oklahoma City High
^S^hool. pmm *pn <
X 0:<lah<$ma School Loans.—The Ok-
la%omi# W«iool l«d board since the
passage of the Vandeventer bill per-
mitting it to loan school money has
icr, coiMitiue.. Wd indlsi.duia
Thp De^iocriits held a cuU.im in % «pprox«mateb - _?600 000 ux
' this sum $388,000 has._been_loaned to
npw rnunties in Oklahoma to enable
g^ir ardved it was again pobia
ntil Friday. [ j J
TUe ten^te sdent Jconsiierabla
ornhe FranklliAbiiriMwvtding ttjr
organization of the labor commjpion-
e^s department, but fv+Hiout
pr^ress. | 1 (
r biilf
Three new
uch3
| jl-
s were introdut^d by
(Guthrie. . Okla.* Alafoli IT —
early death of the dispensary pro-
visions u£ the
«s atr^mergehcy' measure "W3"
practically certain when the
toiraTT uP«h 'motioff or Speaker
Senator Brook, one requiring tliit the
f ,-alLi-t,^ coraorati0|a be
jus* ii* 5«MablZ v*ltf no Renter
charges to one shipper in pro
iS& iliu feV/iee than to another *
stantially the same service,
,k, wmpetlterdS^ht be given jjta ;ur-
Ih-iri. per'gon, pr corporation maBlng a
contract wity.i-Corporation W
purchase of anyihing except es-
tate shall be given the sam® rtgijs,
iaii opportunity as th# -most flLvored
*#Tson or t>ordpration^fc thi
vtduig for, «sjiing the of
Senators Stafford. Redwinj
senate and made Jt a par'y measure.
"The seirate t m5 ay "pass e<T TTvi1 bills
in" addition to- the oliquor-, billi u-y
Johnston of thQ senate and ltai,i)ey Cjf
the bouse, to put into effect the cor-
poration provisions of the eonstlttv
^cCalia, requiring foreign
corporations to domicile: within th«
statev byOTayior, to; require freight
train, crews to fionsist. ?f -six men-
engineer. firepiaji, ,.C9f)^V,ct°J;, t^0.,
brakemen and flagman, and pasae^n-^
ger" crews the 'same 'arbept one nag-
:lman:'1; SeniroV" Oa^idihg today - tvith-
•jdreW ht* high- llcejtse audi local DDtion
,c()pstnutioii£^ -provi ioii. , . : , '
The Hatchett sena^ , vesqlutiofr
providing for senator* to chose
long hAa shftf't {brniS b/fot Was P«S^
■etfiV We ^hdi^ 'Hodar.i TVi^ 'tidily
rf(^yrnmittf*l Senator i>-SlewtjfC« '
regulating) telephone, * d t^egiteW
aikjo, V"L >l)y (;?T,
dell-Jpbnson aBd Graham reeulatitii?
marriages and passedtnally1 fAykn;'«'
bill to prevent blac!'ilstiri^,,-1-tmd •
Wynne, whlclThas passed the snna4.j??
new counties" tn
them-to. carry "on their ct\unl,y gov-
er^fpent^, iuitil they) bqgi^ to reo
re.ymue fr.^m taxation. The balance
of $212,000 has. been loaned ,0. lncl
vlduai farmers' upbri farm lattd- se-
curities. In addition • to tbl vast
sum $l,500r000 -of' the $5,00p,°°0
school fund is .lepnsitcd in KPflou>
banks, <ft- the state , aesign^pd as
statu depositories All the tnoney
that 1vas been loaned out Is properly
secured in compliance' wrth in-
stitution and Ts bringing the. state •'
'i$r cent fnt&rm;' ; Tlie 'counties t.\ati
h'ive 'borrowed /'fiVortey ' • ftw '
' schopi"' f'ttBd up to" riiUl^an'ljl1 th°
ambyot W«yed 'fiv eaftt" follow.
flUmu^e -'and,. ^,"4d'nnn'
Mui'J nnmea
ray, refused thereQuestofthcsena^^^^D^
for a conference comjnUtee on
question m relnillMg 'the * 8
ency clause of the bill. Speaker Mur
ray stated today that if the
would not reinstate the emqfg^ncy
jic would vote for the enforcement
sections without the Thiergency. Ac-
tion in the senate Was postponed*^*
til tomorrow. ■ "V? ■'
Senator Brook of Muskogee county
opposed postponement and declared:
\mlVJ Vkl * w
against this proposition, and unless
some immediate actiofi ijf taliin
go down in overwhelming defeat ' at*
Utf ttlecyon." .. ., ,
Irpl h <5 ti so today >mutiltlted
Stewart's bill placing stringent rcgu-
iotktta u oOi^} gJiMt and tejeph(
ciBIHlt" Wlf WTOTOT
Itl. uoetlona as passed by the senate,
iiiciudiiic' prdvTmrmg" TPTpitrntR tpm-
house|tion bill. The house had alrea«*
Wllltfimigt: i>Ttr«w -w d- MC-
Cry'aft ' St^f130,0^,,
'an4 -OAMer-, $4r,,000- ftiuskopree coutjty
and aisveral oUier Rew PWft^ep are
ii^Trtionljy UV commWj43fcfti,f|ind,^ n, k(>.\g: tq_..^mtre
loan^.from Jhp^Rchpol .. ..
.Qkmulgfe H^tel Building,- f\ $00/
charities on the Stewart *111
^stabllStiW^JCl anAJurfhue
oitkibe,en^|Wlto "f "lo
The house committee on <
tionalr convention expenses,
•,i|i^fan:l*WMtt-mfln,' today
for printing the 1,000,000 statd
at the general electionjof last]
h< r 44l)|tli'#inS stjiffs
dentai expenses.
Another bill carrying an ad|
tifrn for the remainder of the!
tlon's uipaisJ.ejcupp^-ppt i|
member!
Aged Woman Commits Suicide
fppml
Wheeier, a lady over 05 years old,
cotttfefl?t«?3 -ftticidfe bj^^anging her-
self in t^-liyro.,^ the home of her
son, T. J. Stout, at Deer Creek. -*
Mrs. Wheeler had been in po^f!
heattfc'fef'a lon^'tSitte hfid ' had A*>'j
bWSesiM&nf:' She lbft a notour
her son which she had' writttn' twy or
three days previous to >thf; tragedy,
showin^Xha^Jtlj^fi^^ M pe°n cM>-
.templated for. some titye. In thW
note she g'ave ner cofitfaWlll health
at' tW t^asori'-fir'^ei* 'W^^ip^ed
h«l«r V'<«'"« i . ol.i v ' ..Ittur ■ a.
006 hostelry, five stories high, to he
known as tlf^ Parl^hsfirt hotel! hP'
ing constrnct^rt *at Okmulgee. When
completed it Will bo o&q the ltost
hotjel buildings lpv th^.^sj^f^i ,1'ai'V) 91
t^ie state, , , i , ; •
••G ts; Him * Poli9Ci7}?n. — While
vyalking beside hl^n In the street
Jesse Cox.' a'waiter, wHIlmit Earning
dfeV a' 'reVAHrer tfn'd ^Writ'to dfatH .1 '■
F Ha^-eyv^ polltsetiaii. at Muskogee.
tCoxi Midireni j'J. t«fit- trio ?<
DQliWHu'^'WM afU'^h,-ya^iy.
^ awtens n9.rea|gn *"'•
the
Ing prepare
ance left
jiniriiinprB
ftal-1
unpaid after the finai ad-
ywiwnriiw* tn t^
will relm-
Van Buren, aged W TearS, wajf.so
'iviiiiiy 1 at'Wfcfe"War; JjV.Mr
'biWy'bttiMW 1 rft "br¥ 'Wfafe "fiMar. ijYflr;
-yestWrday WWWife^dWd ,a
hours . -aftfibw'ardaj'.qWicm ; ptlttlpg
trylftg - •
'^W^fWed Wjail.d* 'the < of
fouicrtri . ' Tlie tttal) and
bPicHftrson wivs acgultt^ ^ediate-
,|y uppa, beinp rf feasej from, ci^orty
he
lWev, I
JrresteiV" on' tlie''eh.4t1g^(Of
Including provisions
nhone companies to maintain uptown
olTlrwr- vl itbltL W -yards ot the busi-
ness centejr of the first class cities
making companiei^ Hablrfjtoi^^ ^
*TS2nSSff .
doubt remains that by April
miners lb thd OklahOriia ' Ma/1
expectation that congress
1 'L(U,\S*s^n^tlgned these
By C.'astell and King. p^oVId-
1 5 000 | predicted by men familiar with the
■fields : situation Hhat the will all be
Mt^ beit Win b0 idle closed down before a formal strike
iDrf th'TKf fctnes owned by thirty-1 can Wf .' Peter, Hanraty, state mine
and .that e , , ahut inspector arid former president of the
Ave operating compan . will the ^deration of Arkansas and
down. Owbig to a l . okraWa> lg of tUe opinion that ihere
April 1st has will be no regular strike. He belies
,. lnt, w>,pn that tlio operators ha.ve concluded
been deelded upon as th have an over supply of coal
an .the miners w,u strike nCe ln 0D. ^apds a.^ that they are volun-
sr Ms- ot
operators
to agree upon wages,
,^ew h«;r aprpv lP\a.fl?■:???
before help reached her she was fa
tally btirndtf. She 'was 'oHS of the
'pioneers In tlM-'iiWrt *>f-'tbe country.
ticlpates no scenes of 'disorder by,.roa:
son of the shut dow"n as trfe miners
are expecting it and many are pre-
paring to leave the fields and visit
their watlve Jiomes In foreign coun-
tries or secure work elsewhere for
the summer months.
Two Bandits Rob Bank. — The
Davis bank of Hoffman was held up
and robbed of $1,000 by two ban()H8'
who are thought to bo part of the
same gang that robbed the bank at
tfyro, Kan.
soft w6h rt l«; ed upon the e.xecti
of a $500 bond. His prelinHbary
tb; - ~
JlaftftCKa Will Be* Torn Down —'The
eld barracks bifllding at 'Port Gibson
is being torh dowrt attd the stone
used to construct a moderu residence
of J. Daanenbers, a wealthy Chero-
kee. This building is one of the his-
toric landmarks of the southwest. It
wa8 rebuilt hi 1848 when soldiers
were stationed there and Fort Gibson
was one of the frontier poets. It Is
100 feet long, two stories high and
covered with .slate, it « built entire
ly of cut stone and tho walls are 20
inches thick. The lime that was used
was toirtabd W a k'lin optn^d for this
! prinV) ^Rnc<
Norton, a well known horseman and
amusement promoter, of Ardmore,
Jttifld JIIVi his bed at Lawton
froi?lvthe effects of poison he had ta-
ken during the night. Norton had a
bottle of whisky and also a bottle of
race horse dope In his room. It la
mistake.
B g Show Soon to Start.—Hllss will
be a busy town for the next few
weeks owing to the expected arrival
of the show train of the 101 Wild
West show, which will be on the sid-
ing of tho Santa Fe near the depot.
The arrival of the cars will mean a
large number of people who will make
Illiss their headquarters until the
show leaves for Ponca City on the
lr.th of April.
First County Seat Election. — The
first election for the location of
county seat will be held in .Wagoner
county, May 23. Wagoner, the tem-
porary coimtv jeaLani Oojreta Jjav^
fi'e'd jsetltionn to .bp wptcd on for the
pftrrnnriiVit '"VoiYnty "seftt. Cimarron
(fiimty- hSB"ffteO""ftt^d a- pctttloil wtth
the governor for a county seat elec
tion. Cimarron and Kenton are 'his
principal candidates In' tliirt"county.
Her Criminal Traffic Largest. —
Tbere are ;rt |>re';ent 11 r> prisoners in
the Muskogee county Jail.- This la
more than half Ihe usual number*
found In the federal jail at Muskogee
when all tire prisoners In the western
district, embracing 15 counties, were
confined" thWe. It l'& claimed that
there U m6re criminal business
Wfttdl«<l by th# sheriff of Muskogee
count/ than in ai>,v\ other .two coua.-,
t,iea. iu jO^^Joma. ,
Stalk Cutter Cr^shes( Boy's Head -
Andrew Gower, son of Mr. and Mrh.
W. I). Gower,!,Vho live seven miles
southwest of Checotah, was thrown
In frtnt ot a^i'thltt criftef *hieh he
*fts <njerating tlh va ifleld aiul it' ran
,over -hl0i< The- Uojftiwais. t^r^l-y cat
,bv ^'-a4;*a cut «nd
crushed i^nd a p'ece of his skull three
inches long had ' to' be taken out
There is a sllglft cliance tor. his re-
covery. — ■ -
Will Start New Bank.—A new state
"flHff'ftil ofyellbd ht'Falls City by
I>. l.etl"E. Beilnett, formerly United
States mars'hait.at Muskogee, V. S.
K^jrenwiv -jof <^}>MVna. Mo., and oth-
ers. Falls City is at the junction of
tlie" Iron Mountain and the Missouri,
ftkfitwtau'AwH'fttVff tfttlroads.
Find Slayer Gu'lty. —in
the Dantrt--f**hrtfi- murder cas# "fet
Ardmcae brought in a decision of
tfuiltV 'of manrftSi'lghter. Pa!nter« jj'as
',-hateed 'wltfi ttllllflg 1™ .'Johns.^'pf
lUonisomifEwx.^te an- Ardmow- AxJm-
>ing hoitne-ts^fcrit] .weeks ago (luring9!
jyp'-ty-y Jig. pieadefl v gplf-defenle.'
iSiJta Farmer,,Marshal for- $47,500.—
Nick .Nash has brought suit against
Leo K. W",f't! ' formerly ' U|irtt«ri
States marshal for the w?sYrfil di,i v
rict, stev.. yillvi y. one of Bent^fs
ieputles, and the United Statds F1-.
yility andj Giu^jjatity.. ivO'npany, tien-
u lmyHician and ^bout two S^ars ago
V. as^r^cln^WedliMG at' Indianola,
pjinny sluSl Nt Mi, thinking he was a
boottpgft'i'. thei4)ullot oute-rftig his hip
and inu'Hally uufalyxing him.
itnVprtse titt'tht^ Graati river, about
mile above the old forte There are
creit fireplaces In both stories of the
" r3r-~-n...n,i:« *
has nfct lij
"Tho Blj
for lawj_
iilty thAfian w
rich suq
conduct.
'whicl
my m^
literary life. No criticism will,
to perplex the confidence wo
m writing whose contents
otirred up and given vital li
energy by Its own. The furtj
ages advance in civilization ti
the Bible will be used."
Matthew Arnold has not bl
cused of sympathy with Chrisl
but he had brains and he wrof
the Hlble men will return
they cannot do without it."
J"he Bible Essential.
Diderot, the French untp
when he looked from the ecclesfl
machine which he had causo fl
^ise, to the Bible itself, wrotel
better lessons can l teach n^^hlld
than thos i rf !'. e
Even l-'rof. IIu.vi<J>, uiough
narrow, scientific spirit, was coj
to write: "I have always b4
favor of secular education wltWj
ology, but 1 must confess thatf
been no less seriously perplei
know by what practical methf
religious feeling, which is thg
tial basis of moral conduct,
kept up in the present chaotic i
opinion on these l
UBe of the Bible." ^
Uostwau, stroug Aftd JudoPf^dent,
though skoptlcal, wrote.: "P(jrtlse the
books of phlloBophPrs, Vith fllT their
"ponip (TT dietlofl.—MOW iliuawr, how
"No
ailed
have
ssen
o be
Qontepiptlblg are they jrhen compared
tStli the SfriKtttrerf/ - The tnajtsty of
the Scriptures strikes me-,with ad-
tm*atloB.'i.i- ia«« ou^< if
We :conl(l-.fi" voJ^rae,s wl quota-
tions from-famoua_Chrlstian scholars,
but Ibese are from skeptjfifl nien of
brains and culture who View tho Bible
simply as an intelligwL,.)W;iil,«|nd ed-
ucational forqe. . .. ..- . j
Webster's Strong Tribute.
Great men, Ibonrh not^Cfcrtetians,
give the saipe high estimate of Jesus
Christ. DaniM Wetfeter wrote: "I
bcHcre .lffww<!iiii"ii i"11** "f
God.. The miracles which he wrought
establish iti'Kby hiind hli^'MWonal au-
thority and' rfcrtderMt p'raj*n cflpr me
to bteiiepre What, ho-asspkl^'tadv
Ralph Waldo Emerson s$(h'Jesus
Is the most perfect of all men that
have yet appeared."
Napoleon Bonauai'lfv a- mind as
discrimiaatjflig a^ Web-
ster's, held the same view. r know
men," said Napofefci\, uirid; f tell you
Jesus Christ was not-'a ifialhi^"fl^fcuperfl-
cial minds see a resemblance between
Christ and. the empires
and the gods of other reMon^ That
resemblance doe^ n6?exiftf *ttiere is
between Chrlalianfl}'re"_
gIon9 tho distanua of vinftnity>f Alex-
ander, Caesas, Charlemagne and my-
self founded empires, ^y^t.fjn.what did
we rest the creations of our^genius?
building. fTurbuildings at Foot Qlb-
son were abandoned by the govern
ment as an arniy p^st In 1890 and for
several years a private school for thn
rlraf and blind has been conducted
there. This school was forced to
seek a location elsewhere when ti
barracks building was sold and was
reopened at Wagoner, where It prob
ably will become a state Institution
The old barracks building Is the last
of the old fort buildings to be either
torn down or remodeled,
Upon sh6:er force. J,eWsndmlt alone
founded his efnpirte updn'l vojrand at
this hour millions <pi W/JWe for
blm." —
On pne occasion Gen. Bertrand ex-
p\-es<e(l' to"^ap6'lW M9 'fc&febt as to
<tti& deity bf <Ohrlst.r-r.Mt ywdo not
UelieSB'J that f.Jesu9oChrj||tij*fl(a:i dl-
, viiva,".n ret|U^ne4, , dld
wrong to app9int you gengrar.
What Renan Wrdl. '
ErnestHenanr who lost his profes-
goi*^np VbWtMfM Paris on
akco'nnt • O-T hife'"Snfldfa^SWtote of
Ohi-ifit: i '"All htatary &iup<j !irehen-
siblo ^hout.hipi. PCepted the ob-
ject and fixed the starting point of
tho future faith bf "hilhMit??' He is
the incomparable man to whom the
Universal conscience has decreed the
title of Sfoli of God, an# <toat with
jifstlcte. in the first iwtitot^f this
grand family of true apfcS.ofoGod we
must place Jesus. Wghpt con-
sciousness of God that ever' existed
in the breast of humatifty5 Wis that of
Jesus. Repose now In thy glory,
noble founder. Thy worlds finished.
Thy divinity is establjs^eij. Thou
shalt become the corner stone of hu-
manity so entirely that to tear thy
name from this worla would rend It to
Its foundations. Between thee and
God thore wUl no longer be any dis-
tinction. Complete conqueror of death,
take possession of thy kingdom, whith-
er shall follow thee, by the royal road
which thou hast traced, ages of
adoring worahlpera."
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