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The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-04-18
A LAND OF MILK AND HONEY.
Some of the Reasons Why Oklahoma =
Claim for Statehood Ia Valid.

Some of the Reasons Why Oklahoma's
Claim for Statehood Ia Valid.
Oklahoma means Beautiful Land. It
is easily one of the wonderful sections
Of our wonderful country. Only doz-
en- years ago it was given up to the
indians and formed a part of the In
dian Territory; out on Apri, 22l 1899, 1t
was opened to settlement by the procla.
nation of President Harrison, and in
one day $4,000 people rushed upon 1t.
The same day national bank was
opened and it's modern history begins.
Behold the contrast since that time!
The census Of 1900 shows a population
IF 39S. 245, and In addition there were
1927 Indians not taxed. So here we
have great state springing from prac-
tically nothing to population Of over
100000 within one decade.
That does not begin to tell the story.
The taxable value Of the land Is now
nearly $10O,OOO,OOO. Within two years
four great grain and cotton crops have
enriched the state, and the deposits in
he banks have increased more than 100
per cent The people have built 800
churches and established nearly 200
newspapers.
The population Is described as a SUI
perior one. thoroughly American and
progressive in it's enterprises. The
beauty of the country is drawing more
and more people to its cofines. 1t has
an average elevation Of 1900 feet; its
climate is delightful. and, to quote re-
cent writer who visited the country, lit
is not an unusual thing for wheat
farmer in Oklahoma at the close of q
good season to realize enough money
from the sale of his product to more
than cover the entire value of his farm
and the Improvements upon It,"
1t was considered that cotton would
not grow north of Texas. During the
past year Oklahoma's cotton crop
brought nearly $4,000, 600 to her people
Saturday Evening Post.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-04-18
COMBINES THE HORN
AND VIOLIN IN ONE,

With the beginning of the new cen
fury Il new musical nStrument-decid-
edly Il twentieth century idea"-haS
been brought into existence. This is Il
combination violin and horn. not yet
chriStened. 1t may appropriately be
called IA violo-horn
Alex Lundgren, the inventor, has for
twenty years been employed in the
marqueterie department of the Pull
man car works at Pullman, Ill.
All his spare time he has spent in
making violins and other musical in
struments. One evening while listen
ing to a violin and horn duet it occur
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-04-18
be trifling compared with what II Is

he tritling compared with what II Is
now.
The United States Is now preparing
To lay Il cable across the Pacific Ocean
from the California coas; 10 Manila, If
Marconi can make his promise good of
tclographlng without wire across the
Atlantic. then there would he no need
for laying the cable The wir, less sys-
TEN could be used and all the tremen-
dudS cost of establishing cable commu-
nlcation obviatpd The distance from
Montauk to southampton is over 5000
miles. From san Francisco to Homo
lulu Is only 1000 miles. From Homo
lulu to Manila it is about 1000 miles
If that Is too great Il distance over
which to operate the wireless system
then Il way station might be establish
ed Oh Wake Island. little piece of
property something more than half
way over to Manila from Hawaii,
which the United States owns.
In fact, the possibilities of the sys-
TEN, if Marconi keeps his promise, are
almost infinite. The War Department
of the United States has been for some
time experimenting with wireless tel
egraphy independent of Marconi,
whose system, the officials thought,
did not meet the requirements of the
service. SO successful has the signal
corps been that now all the forts
around New York are connected with
each other by wireless system. which
Is constantly being experimental with
and improved. The weather bureau,
also recognizing the advantages which
would result to navigation by the es-
adjustment of wireless electric COM
muuication between vessels at sea and
exposed points ON our lakes and sea
coasts. and also between islands along
the coasts and the mainland, has made
a systematic investigation Of the vari-
The progress made has been eminently
satisfactory. New appliances have been
devised by the bureau experts for the
transmission of signals and receivers
have been constructed that are prob
ably more delicate than any heretofore
made. Messages have already been
sent and received over fifty miles Of
land which presented rough and billy
surface-condtions most unfavorable
to the transmission of electro magnetic
waves.
Marconi also promises that before
long ships at sea will be able by the
use Of his system to communicate with
the shore. Navies are now experiment.
ing with his system and considerab BILE
success has been obtained Meantime
in England they are trying to telegraph
without the use Of wire from Dover to
Belgium 1t looks as If in short time
a message might be sent around the
world without the use of wires, and
| that all The parts of the earth and the
sea would be in telegraphic commune
| cation with each other. Deserts, noun
| tains. oceans. time and space all seem
| to be dissolving before the advance of
| science. The world could not desire a
better Christmas present for 1901 than
| the fulfillment of Marconis promise.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-04-18
CHAT ACROSS OCEAN.
AN ITALIAN ELECTRICIANS WON
DERFUl INVENTION.
Will Make 1t Possible for Us to Have
Conversat on W til Our Kin Beyond
the Sea Without the Medium of
Cables.

Great things are promised for the
new century by G.. Murconi. the author
of wireless telegraphy, says the New
York Press Before TIE first Christmas
i'll the twentieth century he will, he de-
clares, have England and America on
marine cables. One big pole erected at
Southampton and another at Montauk
Point will, he says. be all that is need
ed. The cables which now connect Erl-
rope with America will, if Marconi full
fills his promise, become as obsolete as
road came in. The optimistic electri-
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-04-18
sbreds. and to battle their souls In Inn
pld peace, pure air and an expansive
outlook.

1t is rather surprising to learn that
our modern cup-defenders sail no fast
er than a vessel of about the same size
built in 1903. That statement, howe. er
is made by noted naval architect OF
Boston. He declares that the famous
Salem privateer America, of q war
OF 1872, sailed faster On her best point
with the wind on the quarter-than
any Of the crack racing yachts of to-
day. Her log shows that she fire.
quently made thirteen knots with the
burden OF warsniD while the best
speed Of the defenders of to-day is little
better than fourteen knots in racing
trim. 1t is an interesting fact that the
architect in question, Il lineal descend
ant OF one Of the builders OF the pri-
vateer. is himself designing a boat -
defend the cup this year. He does not
expect to surpass his ancestor.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-04-18

A railroad is actually building from
Sault Sainte Marie to Hudson Bay. 1t
has long been dream of the Cana
dians to have water route for Winni-
peg wheat through this great bay; and
although that may not be feasible on
account of the obstructive tactics of
Jack Frost, the railway line is certain
to bring down to the Lake region great
stores of lumber. and-it is said-of
Iron. copper and gypsum. A modern
seaside hotel on Hudson Bay is also
proposed.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-04-18

Queen Alexandra's capacity for self
control was shown when she was TAX
Ing one Of her incognito excursions
about Copenhagen. A nobleman saw
her entering a "bus," and as she was
doing so stout man and two women
forced their way in front of her. Not a
sign Of disapproval was on her fea-
lures: merely a sort Of naive surprise.
There was absolutely no comment. As
she was unknown, she was free to
make an angry protest, but sle ruled
her spirit, and was thus a model of
self-restraint in that hardest of all
places to avoid impatience-a public
vehicle.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-04-18

One of the noticeable results of the
recent war with China is the establish
ment In New York of weekly news
paper printed in Chinese. Heretofore
the Chinese have relied upon educated
Cinnamon who every evening would
translate for them the leading news Of
the day. The fact that the colony has
become wide-awake enough to want to
read the news of the world for itself,
and above all else that it is willing to
pay for the reading, promises great
step forward In the near future
China's misfortune has been that
owing to her seclusion she has never
learned of the other great powers Of
the world.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-04-18

The idea that the city answers very
well for business, but that the country
Is the place for real delight in existence
has been getting every year a firme,
hold upon the fancy of the merchant,
the manufacturer, the broker. To own
a farm has become the aspiration Of
the same class who used to dissipate
their surplus time and money upon the
race track or the conventional tour of
Europe. Busy men are learning that
the key to recreation lies In comi~rre
change Of envir0..hent, not a mere
trarsser of attention. They wish to get
away from contact with the grind
which 10 wearing their nerves to
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-04-18
LAW AS INTERPRETED.

Discretion in the surrogate to with
hold commissions from an executor
who has not given proper attention to
his duties Is held, In re Rutledge IN. ~,
II L. r. A. 721, not to be denied by the
code provision that the surrogate must
allow to him" certain commissions for
his services.
A statute making 1t unlawful to per.
NIT the escape Of natural gas into the
open air from well for longer than
two days after 1t Is constructed is held.
In State VS.. Ohio Oil Company Cnd.).
~ L. r. A. 627. to be constitutional and
. decision to the same effect is render.
I'd by the United States Supreme Court
In 1T u. 8. 100, A L. ed.
Setting Of . back fire without negli.
dence by one whose property IL threat
sned with imminent destruction by firo
h held, in Owen vs.. Cook IN. d., AZ L.
r. A. 646, not to make the owner liable
Tor the destruction Of the property Of
another person In case his acts add q
contribute to its destruction, but the
dre from which he seeks to protect him
self will be considered as the direct and
proximate cause Of the loss.
An explosion Of gas in . dwelling
supplied by low-pressure line, caused
by connecting Herewith q high-pres-,
sure line, leaving the gas uncontrolled
by the regulator, is held. In McKennA
vs.. Bridgewater Gas Company Pa.). AZ
L. r. A. 79O. not to make the gas COM
pany liable, in the absence Of negli-
oence on Its part, where the connection
was blunderingly made by an employs
Of another gas company who was .
trespasser In so doing.
Damages to property for which COM
pensation must be made under con-
stitutional provision that property shall
not be taken or damaged" for public
purposes without just and adequate
compensation Is held, In Austin W..
Augusta Terminal Railroad Company
(Ga.). Al L. r. A. 755. In which the at.
fair IL deliberately discussed. to be linn
tied to such damages as result from
some physical interference with the
property or with right or use appur.
tenant thereto, and not to extend to the
diminution in the market value Of prop
erty caused by the noise, smoke and
cinders made by operating the railroad.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-04-18

The magnitude of the toy making
business may be judged from the fact
that Philadelphia firm has just
brought $4,000 acres of timber land in
North Georgia, for the use of branch
factory to be started there.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-04-18

A woman gets up good meal for the
preacher. but she eclipses all efforts
when her husband brings a former
lover home to dine, in order that she
may show him what he missed.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-04-18

England declining to agree to that
isthmian canal showed instead Of a
waterway for the world it wants It's
own way.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-04-18

Miss Maud Come foresees the early
extinction Of England. In PHYS name,
has William Waldorf Astor to move on
again?
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-04-18

Over in Ontario there is woman
who says the men ought to be operated
on as Mrs. Nation operates on the sa-
looms. Her husband should take the
precaution to sleep in the barn.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-04-18

This country now surpasses all others
in the total of it's exports. 1t also sur
passes all others In the vast multi
tudes Of contented, prosperous and
happy people within it's borders.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-04-18

Fortune seems to be still turning her
wheel ut the old stand. The man who
organized the Sugar Trust and the
American Cotton Company is now a
bankrupt.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-04-18

1t Is the easiest thing in the world for
q man whose wife is fond Of him to get
whatever he wants to eat.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-04-18

The rumOr that the title prince of
Wales" was to lapse may have been
due to fear that nobody could dress
the part properly.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-04-18
PrecautiOu,

"What are you doing for that baby p
''I'm simply avoiding all the advice
my friends have given me."-Harper's
Bazaar.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-04-18

A st. Louis paper refers to him as
"Pierp" Morgan. Doesn't this come un-
der the head of leze majesty?
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-04-18

After failing in all other efforts to
avoid dying rich, Andrew Carnegie
might try few church affairs.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-04-18

A New York man died while looking
at check for $4,000. Maybe it was a
fOretaSte of heaven.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-04-18

clan Is confident that he can establish
telegraphic communication between
the eastern and western worlds by his
system at a hundred-thOusandth part
Of the cost of laying cable and main
tanning it.. Marconi says he has discov-
cred a method Of controlling the sound
waves so that the messages from con-
tinent to continent will be flashed back
and forth close to the surface of the
ocean over the whole distance.
Heretofore the curvature Of the
earth has presented a dreaded diff
Guilty to be overcome in the transmits
sion Of wireless messages over long
distances Marconi's new control of
the sound waves, it is asserted, has OBJ
waited the difficulty. How it is done
Marconi does not explain-that is his
secret-but he says that he is confident
he has found method Of doing it. He
contends that the masts erected at
Montauk Point and at Southampton
need not be higher than a New York
"skyscraper" in order to make the
working of the system effective. He
has invented new appliance by which
he says he can lengthen the air waves
to an aim st unlimited extent.
A Commercial Revo' utior.
If Mr.. Marconi can fulfill his prom
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-04-18
instead Of saying

Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How wonder what you are
the up-tO-date astronomer goes to work
to find out with his spectroscope
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-04-18

Kni9htly Warfare OF Old.
Medieval knights often took a volun-
tary oath that they would never spare
the life of an enemy.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-04-18
Observation-Disclosures
s TIMELY TOPICS.S
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

Wise Is the man who can keep ap-
pearances up and expenses down.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-04-18

When fool parts with his money the
chances are-that some other fool gets
part Of 1t.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-04-18

1t would be pretty tough on some men
II others did the right thing by them.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-04-18
East Indian schools.

In East Indian schools mental arith-
hnetic IL vastly more serious matter
than It 10 In the schools Of this country.
Catch questions are numerous, and pu'
pills Of ten years are taught TO carry the
multiplication table up to 10 times 20
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-04-18

Fiction writers throughout the world
should take warning from the recent
Seattle case in which woman after
reading one of Marie Corellis novels
arose and killed her husband. Litera-
ture has been known to set powerful
influences at work upon the reading
public, but no one had supposed that
even Miss COrelli's novels would take
effect in just this way. 1t is evident
that If after reading a book the reader
Is likely to start out on career of
homicide the authors are taking a seri-
Gus moral responsibility. If one Is
moved to manslaughter by reading
Miss COrelli. 1t may be asked. what
horrors might he not undertake after
reading Hall Game? The dissemina-
ton Of only few of the ManXman's
works might set on foot a movement
which would make the Boxer uprising
trivial by comparison. While censor
ships are to be disapproved on general
principles. it is obvious that some re-
strictions may yet have to be placed
on publications of this form. Properly
the work of regulation would come
within the domain of Scotland Yard
and the detective agencies, as a meas
ure of public safety. 1t has long been
suspected that fiction might be dele
FERROUS, but in the face of such devel-
opments it would be legitimately the
province of the police to surround nov
elists of the swashbuckling school,
when they We're about to commit an
other novel. and compel them to desist.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-04-18

There are lots Of people who look -
u they had spent the day sitting on .
wharf waiting for their shlpa =
come h
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-04-18

when they were about to commit an
other novel. and compel them to desist
A boy Of Il years of age recently
committed suicide in Connecticut be-
cause he had had disa greement with
his school teacher about the studies it
was best for him to pursue. There have
been two or three cases of children
who have killed themselves because
they failed to pass their school exam
nations. Not long ago little girl
took poison because she was not allow.
ed by her mother to go out and play
with other children. There have been
several cases where boys and girls OF
tender years have killed themselves
because they fancied they We're cross
ed in love by cruel parents. A census
of children who have committed sui
eide for trivial reasons would show
that child suicide Is increasing at an
alarming rate. What is the cause Of
this? Why Is it that those who should
be most in love with life are so willing
to part with it? Undoubtedly one
cause Is to be found in the abnormal
sensitiveness of these youthful self.
murderers-a sensitiveness which is al.
lowed to develop without any effort to
cure 1t until it becomes an oyermas-
tering passion which in these days
when life is held Of so little value
easily leads them to part with it when
ever they are not allowed to have their
own way. Undoubtedly also another
cause, and perhaps the strongest of
all, Is to be found either in the neglect
Of children by their parents or in faulty
methods of bringing them up. A con-
temporary, discussing this subject, is
of opinion that children were much
better off when they We're allowed to
develop by simple growth. like Topsy.
In the evolution of domestic govern
ment the child has passed through
many stages. A century ago it was a
little monster Of depravity whose in
EQUITIES must be cured by religious
training of the severest kind Then
came the theory of brute nature to
be overcome by the spiritual nature,
anu hHuiiy tuc tuSolJ UN
Frederic Harrison the other day that
the child is incapable of sin by nature.
Between all these theories somehow
the child falls to the ground Advanc-
ed civilization with its scientific dog
mas and theoretical schemes of train
ing Is doing its best to make children
normal, but somehow it fails. as the
multitude of waywar1 children, youth
full criminals and youthful suicides tes-
titles. Are we not applying too much
science to child rearing in some in
stances? Would 1t not be better to 20
back to natures processes and let them
grow up as natural children with a
strong love of life, healthy fear of
punishment and an enjoyment of nat
ural instincts. like little animals. and
not try to make little men and women
of them before their time? The pro-
cesses of modern civilization have
something radically defective in them
when boys and girls between and II
years Of age SO frequently commit sui
eide.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-04-18

A Commercial Revn' utiOn.
If Mr.. Marconi can fulfill his prom
iseS, what revolution there will be
in the commercial world! The millions
invested in cables would become lost
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-01-19

We have for a long time desled
to obtain q strictly Pure Baking
Powder that we could sell reason
able and have contracted with an
eastern factory for the genuine
brand named "Perfect" and will
sell it at % instead Of so per pound.
J. A. WARE, JR.
12-3m W. W HORNE.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-01-19

The question of a Commercial
.clab for Chickasha is being sug-
gested to the Express almost
every day. The opening day for
the C0mmanche reservation is
now pretty definitely settled for
ADJUST 6. and the people are CON-
lag, coming IN Thousands AM
Chickasha can afford to sit down
aud say "we are fixed. they have
got to come to u.s." we bave the
thing coppered.p Other towns,
although, smaller, have advan-
tages, and are making them
known. They have their com
mercial clubs, and are making
every effort 10 make the impor-
tance and advantages of their
location as superior, and will
reap a harvest, harvest that be-
longs to Chickasha, but Will be
lost unless the city gets move
on itself
Notably is this the case with
the little city Of Mapgum, which
Chickasha viii finds a foeman
worthy Of her steel. She has adj
vantages cf no mean conse-
quences, and is putting forth
every effort to further the end
that Mangum may be gateway.
She has a club that is using ink,
printers ink profusely, has a
secretary to whom they pay a sal
ary and travelling expenses and
he is working with a will that is
telling, chickasha musi look
after its laurels
we have the club, but it is
sleeping, or it is dead9 It should
be revived and recusitated at
once or other towns VII get
vway with the plum just ready to
fall into our basket. Shall we
have itg The Express is ready to
make the announcements at any
time, and afterward ready to do
its part as it has in the past.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-01-19
Third Ward Democratic
Meeting.

The democrats of the bird
ward met yesterday afternoon to
to select members of the execu-
tive committee and a chairman
of the same. Mr.. Melton started
the object Of the meeting and
placed in -omination A. M. Daw-
son as temporary chairman, and
ht was so chosen, W. W. Beavers
being chosen as secretary.
Messrs W. G. Armstrong md
Bedford Bond were nominated as
members of the executive com
mittee for the third ward and
were elected by acclamation.
The temporary organization was
then declared to be the perma-
nent organization, aud there be-
ing no further business the meet
Ing adjourned Wite0ut delay.
The proceedings of the other
wards have not been received at
at This this Office and have lacked
publication. If the secretaries
of each will furnish US the data
we will take pleasure in giving
the same to the public.
la the 1st ward the following
were selected as members of the
executive committee.
G A Horn.
M f lizard,
Tn the 2nd ward.
" NJ Edwards.
S G wilson,
In the 3rd ward.
A Coffman.
r w Shepherd.