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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-03-25

Sheriff Downing, of Cleveland county,
passed through Oklahoma City last wedues,
day on his way TO Norman from Cloud Chief
where be captured Robert Sloat, a half-hreed
Pottswotomie indian, who murdered two
indians at an Indian dance at Big Jim's
Crossing several months ago. Sloat seems
indifferent as to the result of his being
captured. When asked What he thought his
punishment would be for the killing he said
'Mebbe SO ten years; mebbe so break meek :"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-03-25

The spring term at the Agricultural Coll
lege ut Saltwater, will open March 20 closing
June 9, No fees are repaired. Tho work
in the Preparatory Department will be es-
peclally suited for those wishing to review
in preparation for The college classes or for
teaching. Students fairly advanced can
profitably take up the work Of the Freshman
class. Teachers may select special courses.
Eleven instructors are regularly engaged,
representing several high class universities
The college is especially well prepared to
teach English mathematics and science
Several thousands Of dollars have been ex~
pended for additions to library and apparatus
during the year.
One of our exchanges describes the man
who could not afford to take his home paper
rs follows. "By getting hold of foreign
advertising sheet he spent 81 in writing TO
find out how to keep sober; the answer was
to take the pledge. lie also sent fifty two>
cent stamps to find out how To raise beets,
and received postal card reply: Take
hold of the tops and pull" twas this
same person who sent 80 cents to fellow in
the east for twelve useful household articles
and received a paper of needles. He Is .
relative to The man who sent s. to learn to
learn how to write without pen er ink, and
the answer was "Try lead pencil" He
must be twin brother of the man who sent
81 to find out hcw to make money without
work and was told, in one black line on q
postal card, to" Fish for suckers, like we
lo'
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-03-25

Frank Laughrin gave dance last Friday
night in his new house five miles south of
town. large crowd attended, 25 numbers
being sold, A lap supper was served about
l9 o'clock, The dance lasted well into the
wee small hours, and all who attended re,
port most enjoyable time. Frank has one
of the best farm houses in the county, being
built Of stone and nicely finished. The
room where the dasee was held is large
enough to accommodate four sets.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-03-25

Rev. p. d. Munsell breaches at Kokomo
school house every Sunday at 3 o'clock PM.
A good Sabbath School hos been organized
which meets at 2 o'clock just prior to
preaching-Miss Med Ashcraf,, Supt. and
Mrs. ]. s. Hart, Secy and Treas. Every
body are cordially invited to be present.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-03-25

"As many as eight hundred letters in one
day are received at the White House but
comparatively few of these only the most im>
portant ones, reach the President, for if he
dealt personally with all his correspondents
lie could do nothing else," writes ex-Presi-
dent Harrison, telling in the March Ladies
Home Journal" of "a Day With the Presi-
dent at His Desk" the first of his series of
articles on life in the White House. "Very
many Of the letters addressed to the Presi-
dent" he adds, " are trivial not a few Of
them impertinent, and some of them angry
and threatening. These, if the Private Sec
retary is a judicious man, the President
never hears of, and The malicious intent of
the writer is thwarted. The requests for
autographs are scarcely Vulnerable, Patches
for bed quilts aud lunch cloths add to the
burden. Begging letters, for numbers, take
the second place in the Presidents mai. .
They come from every part of the land, and
relate TO every possible subject. Some are
appeals to aid the writer to get an education
or to pay off a mortgage, or TO buy piano or
pony; and no form of public appeal is absent
to aid the building of churches. to endow
schools, to build monuments, and TO aid
every other good purpose for which men or
women or children associate themselves On
one day the requests Tor specific sums ag-
gregated nine thousand dollars. These ap-
peaIs are unavaihng in tho nature of things,
and self-respect ought to restrain the
practice ladies Home Journal
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-03-25

A. b, Kramer had several hundred head
of cattle dehorned last Saturday and had the
misfortune TO lose two fine steers They
bled to death from the effects of the oper-
alton of cutting oft their horns.-Garden
City Herald
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-03-25

John McGovern, former resident ef
Beaver but who has resided in the esst end
for the past three years, has taken a claim
on the Beaver in Woodward county, just be-
low the mouth Of the Kiowa
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-03-25

A family by the name of BascOm, from
Taos, New Mexico, aoquaintances of n. A.
Peckham and family, stopped in town the
FIRST two days of the week. They were on
their way to Kiowa, Kansas
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-03-25

Carter and Fred Tracy have torn down
the east hnlf of the Crawford building, and
will use the lumber in building house in
the east part of town. The front part of
the big building will be fitted up and will be
occupied by the HErALD office.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-03-25

The excitement NJ the gold mines in the
west end is Increasing. 1t is reported that
paying grade of ore is being taken out,
and many people are coming in to the mines.
This is no Wichita mountain fake.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-03-25

Pete Drummond was down from Beaver
the first Of the week. MIR. Drummond was
out rustlng for the HERALD, which he is
making one of the best papers in the terri
tory w Woodward Bulletin
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-03-25

EGGs FoR HnTcHING.-F the best bred
ilock Of Light Brahma Chickens in Beaver
county. 80 cents per thirteen, or 81 90 for
20 eggs. Carefully packed and delivered at
Gate, Okla. Address all orders to
NJ. d. HuBBARD, Gate, Ok.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-03-25

County Superintendent Dawes got home
Tuesday night from an extensive trip west,
visiting schools. lie reports everything
lovely in the central and western parts of
the county.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-03-25
NOTICE,

Notice is hereby given thst pursuant to an
order of the probate court Of the county of
Beaver and territory OF Oklahoma, made on
the Sd day of February, 1897, in the matter of
the estate of Ollie Dot Heron minor, the
Undersigned, as guardian Of said minor, will
sell at private sale to the highest bidder, sub
ject TO confirmation by said court on OF after
the 18th day of March, 1897, in said county, all
the right, title, interest and state of her said
ward and all the right, title and interest that
said estate has, by operation of law or other
wise, acquired in and to all the certain parcel
of land situated, lying and being in the county
of Beaver, territory OF Oklahoma, described nj
follows. and conditions herein, to-wlt: The
SE y NV 4, W u NE y, SEAN 4 Sec.
2s, Twp, 4, N. II. 26, ECM.
Bids must be in writing, and forwarded to
ElizaJ. Groves or the judge OF the probate
court, Beaver, D. 4.
dated this 25th day of Feb. 1897.
ELIzAJ. GROVES,
Guardian
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-03-25

Editor Fuhr, Of the Meade Globe, and
Clyde Bonham, the taller. are studying
telegraphy. They have their offices con-
nected by wire, and can sass each other to a
finish at distance of two blocks.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-03-25

Last week the editor was away and the
devil got out the paper. This week the
devil is away and the editor gets out the
paper. The devil went to Ashland yes
terdsy after load Of household goods.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-03-25
Elm wood Scraps.

"Hay, there" everyone says on this
creek now, for hay is scarce here, but
from the way everybody is blowing ii
looks as though they were determined it
will not be scarce next year.
We are pleased to state that the sick,
ness on the creek has ceased, and every
body as far as we know at this writing
is in pretty good health.
Tom Campbell, Harvs Miller and
Sol Blosser started for Meade Tuesday
after corn.
ii. kile dehorned his young cattle
this week.
T. j. Weeden is making some of the
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-03-25

Thomas l.. Braidwood has leased the
Loofbourrow ranch north of town, and we
understand he will stock it with cattle. lie
took possession last Friday.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-03-25

Mrs. Groves, who is in Meade receiving
medical treatment, is reported greatly i'm
proved in health, and is expected home the
first of next week
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-03-25
CHURCH DIRECTORY.

Presbyterian: Preaching every Sabbath,
at l l q. M, and 1880 p. m. Sabbath School
at 10 a. m, Y. P. S. C, f., religious meeting
at 6:3O =. m, prayer meeting each Thursday
evening at 7;20.
All are cordially invited to any and all OF
these services. p. D. MuNsaLL. Pastor.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-03-25

Otto Barbee purchased house Of T. j.
Braidwood last week, and moved ii to hi
claim northeast of Alpine.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-03-25

Ie editor got home from trip TO Wood
ward. Ashland and Englewood Saturday Of
last week. Mrs. |. s. Drummoud. mother
of the writer, accompanied us holne.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-03-25

j. V. Abrams, at Garrett, butchered a
hog last week that dressed 52S pounds. 1t
was raised and fattened on alfalfa. Who
can show up q better one?
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-03-25

BoRs.-On Sunday morning, March 2lst
to Mr.. and Mrs Sherman Lane, son
Mother ari child doing well.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-03-25

II. d. Slaven came in on the Meade stage
Tuesday evening from Arlington, Kansas,
where Slaven Bros are holding their sheep
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-03-25

There will be some interesting horse races
at Eng.ewood on Saturday of this week.
Meade, Englewood and Chain C horses will
be there.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-03-25
THE 0pELL
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Il is NEAT, SUBSTANTIAL, niokle plated, per
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Like q printing press, II produces sharp, clsss
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We offer $1,000 to any operrtor who cas
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Reliable Agents aud Statesmen wanted.
Special inducements 10 Dealers.
For Pamphlet giving Jndorsemepts. "a.
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opELl TYPE HRITER CO.,
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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-03-25

A. s. Dickson started last week for hi:
old home in Missouri. lie will visit will
relatives fer week or two.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-03-25

New al for the Cash Store on the first
page. Read it aud profit thereby
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-03-25

q. NJ. Gardner aud son, Emmett, trans
acted business IN the county seat yesterday.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-03-25

Ell and Hiram reckham sold - head of
yearling steers TO J. W. Fox last Saturday.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-03-25

Joe Hodge made flying trip to Ashland,
Kansas, Inst week.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-03-25

B. Mccartney. Of Gate, was a business
visitor in the county seat Saturday.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-03-25
GRAND ARMY REPUBLIC.

OKLAHOMA POST No 4.
Meets at the Opera Hall on sec
HlM ond and fourth Saturday Of each
K7N month, at 2 o'clock p. m.
xa$ All visiting eomrads are oorda-
y ny invited to attend.
D. W. McCooL, r. THOMAS
Adj't. &c
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-03-25
ALFALFA SEED.

For sale at the Cash Store s.. so per
busbsl WIlIr RsoBE,.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-03-25

stray cold wave, accompanied by little
snow, happened this way Monday.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-03-25

DR. Lnley started last Sunday for Kansas
City, to buy stock Of goods.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-03-25

Cross g on left side and hip, Ear marks
crop and underslope left ear, and underbit
right ear. Range on Beaver and Cimarron,
S7- will pay $500 reward for information
that will convict any party CT parties OF kill
ing or stealing any cattle in the above brands.
r. X. PERRY.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-03-25

FOR SALE OR TRADE.
The City Hotel of Beaver is for sale or
trade. A. GROVES.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-03-25
wAKTED!

400 or 500 head Of cattle TO pasture.
Any kind Range on Cimarron.
Write, or see, CHAs. Z. FREE,
Nye, Okla.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-03-25
LOCAL NOTES.

John George returned from Guthrie last
Friday.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-03-25

George Lougmore wns down from Gate
reaierlAY
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-03-25

Lyman Savage was in town the first of
the week.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-03-25

GOSS OF VETERANS-Capt. Mott Camp.
- No. Ill, meets in the GA. X. y ,all at Beaver
no the second and fourth Sstuiu ay Of each
month, at 7:3O p. m. Visiting br others cor
daily invited. =,
G. l.. PECKHAM, QUINN
LIST Sergt Can't
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-03-25
COUNTY OFFICERS.

ATcBIsoN, TOPEKA AND SANTA FE, RY
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-03

An exchange, commenting on the de-
cision in the Trans Missouri Traffic as
ISOLATION case and the lack of any law
authorizing the formation of pools.
says:
This situation is perilous to al inter
ests. The carrier and the shipper are
! both exposed to the constant danger Of
decentralization and loss. The railways,
forbidden to enter into combinations TO
secure the maintenance of rates and to
prevesa rate wars. are helpless against
cutthroat competition whenever a siagle
road sees fit to engage in 1t. In this way
the property OF the companies and the
interests OF their stockholders are all
subject to the dangerous effects that
may follow ill-advised management and
unsound policy. On the other hand. the
business affairs of the country at large
are jeopardized. The stability of trans
portation rates is Indispensable to COM
mercial prosperity. When they are I'M
settled and uncertain, business is also
unsettled and uncertain. The western
farmer cannot calculate the value OF his
crop unless he knows just wha- it VIII
cost to send il to the consumer. T;se
eastern manufacturer doesn't know
what his product is worth until he
counts the expense of hauling it to
market. And in neither case can there
be any permanency of cost or any GER
tainty OF business exchanges unless
some means are provided under which
arbitrary fluctuations and irresponsible
changes in carrying rates viii be i'm
possible.
That is all very alarmist in tone, but
there isn't the slightest occasion for
alarm, seeing that there is no moral or
legal obligation resting upon the rail-
roads to fnausurate or maintain rate
wars. All their interests. when hon
estly managed. are all the other way.
Then the obligations entered into by the
reads forming a pool are always SO
sacredly and inviolably kept. Pools may
be a convenience. but they are by no
means a necessity.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-03
CONCERNING A DUTY ON SPEC
TACLES.

There is such a thing as being too
solicitous for the welfare of the people
Senators Plat and Aldrich both
showed such solicitude when they
urged that the duty on spectacles, eye
glasses and the like should be made so
high as TO be prohibitive The reason
for wanting this duty made prohibitive
was not of a mercenary nature but one
of the noblest that could fill the HUI
man breast-that of love or our fellow
men. Now Plat and Aldrich do not
want foreign made spectacles and eye
! glasses imported simply because of
| their poor quality and their bad effects
on the American eyes Poor, infant
eyes. If the people do not see eye to
eye with Plat and Aldrich they are to
be forced to so see by the use of Ameri-
can made spectacles and eyeglasses.
Their vision is distorted if they look
through sDectacles and Eyeglasses of
foreign make. For a long time it has
been a favorite tenet with excessive
tariffites that the laws not only of trade
and commerce but of nature itself can
be changed by the enactment of ade-
Qudlt protective ieSlSld Anu uch,
it would seem, the tariff is to be in
voked to deal with the laws of optics
and make them what they should be.
Plat probably remembers what
magnificent success Connecticut made
Of the wooden nutmeg and so feels en-
couraged in branching out in new di-
rections.
Seriously; the arguments of Plat
and Aldrich in favor of excluding for
eign made spectacles and eye glasses
are on a level with the arguments OF |
the German Agrarians against Ameri-
can pork and food products. And the |
solicitude of Platt and Aldrich for the |
welfare of the oversight of the Ameri- |
can people is prompted by no higher |
or more unselfsh motives than is the |
solicitude of the Agrarians for the |
health of the German people In both /
instances it is an attempt to play upon
the prejudices of the people in the
name of patriotism. all for the purpose
of pelf. How advocacy of prohibitive
tariffs makes knaves and sophists of
meni
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-03
A CURRENCY coMM1ss1oN.

1t is said the president will ask con-
gress to authorize him to appoint a cur
rency commission whose members
shall be directed TO report at the reg
ular session in December a feasible
plan of placing the national finances
on a sound, substantial and enduring
basis"
If the president makes the request
for authority TO appoint such a COM
mission it should be given, and ii
should be given without any long de-
bate on the financial question. There
should be just so much debate as will
determine what the duties of the COM
mission are to be and what authority
il is necessary to grant it to perform
those duties. Debate further than this
would not be pertinent.
The administration was elected on
the financial issue and there has been
much criticism of it because congress
was convened in extra session to con-
slider the tariff question and not the
financial one. The criticism was war
ranted, but now if the president de-
sires to deal with the grand issue of
the campaign of 1896. no obstacle
should be placed in the way of the ac-
complishment of such desire. Let him
have opportunity. fair. honest oppor-
tunity, to deal with the financial ques-
ton from the standpoint of his party.
the standpoint from which the people
declared they wanted it dealt with To
thwart the president in this is TO
thwart the people; that fact should be
borne in mind all the while.
What win currency commission ac-
compiish? This, at least: it will pre-
sent a complete plan of monetary re-
form embodying the ideas of the ad-
on this most important of
all questions now confronting the
American people. Those ideas when
formulated will be the ideas of a ma
jority of the people. 1t will be a great
satisfaction to have them enacted into
law that their true worth may be
proven, and they can never be proven
without actual trial Of them being
made. If they succeed in placing the
national finances on "a sound, sub
and enduring basis no one
will more gladly hail such a result
than the advocates of free silver. If
they do not do this, then the way for
free silver is all the more quickly |
paved; in that event 100000 voters
would demand free silver instead of
}, 100000 demanding it. When the COM
mission makes its report then the de-
pate upon the question should be full |
and exhaustive.
Let the appointment of a currency |
commission be authorized if asked for |
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-03
SPANISH IN THE SCHOOLS.

Down in Texas there is a movement
on foot to have Spanish taught in the
public schools. Speaking on this sub
ject. Major H. C. Ripley, the well
known engineer, recently said to the
Galveston News:
II would like TO speak on one thing
which has occurred to me very often
during my trip, and that is the neces-
sity of teaching Spanish in the public
schools. At present there is no OPP
portunity for the children to learn
Spanish in the public schools. and yet
it is. in my opinion, much more inn
portant than German. French. Latin
or Greek, even as a disciplinary study,
because it is the most perfect language
of all. a great many Americans are
going into Mexico. In fact, all the
large commercial houses are directed
by foreigners, and to make a success
it is absolutely necessary TO know
Spanish. Therefore. if there is any way
by which the public schools can ad-
vance the knowledge of that language,
it seems to me that it would be OF
more benefit than any modern or dead
language that can be taught"
1t is not necessary TO discuss the
question whether or no the study of
Spanish is as valuable from a disciplin-
airy point of view as either of the Ian
guages mentioned my Major Ripley,
but there is no question that a more
extended knowledge of Spanish would
do much to make American trade rela-
tions with the Latin-American coun-
tries much closer than they are. Lack
of knowledge of the language of a
country is an almost insuperable bar
rier to trade with that country That
our trade with Mexico and the Central
and South American countries may be
extended it would be we'll to make the
study of Spanish more general than it
is. Nor would it be necessary to sacri-
flee the study of any other language
for this purpose.