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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-12-07
INCOME AND INHERITANCE TAX

Equitable taxation is hard prob
lom 1t is easier to make good laws
than to secure just administration,
but neither is easy. The tax dodger
Is an evasive codger He is both
proficient and interruptions. The as
SCISSOR and collector can do much but
not all.
Tho campaign for Just taxation
must be carried on both legally and
morally. but tho first step is a just
and equitable law The honest man
ought MT to be compelled to bear
Inc burdens of the dishonest ono
Neither ought the man with tangi.
bic, easily found and estimated prop.
erty to bear an undue proportion Of
tho expense OF government.
The real value of property is its
capability of producing income under
proper management ana this should
be considered in fixing its tax rate.
The in ome tax proposition IS once
more revived and pressed with vigor
by President Roosevelt in his mes
sage to congress. He urges th2t if
20 sible a graduated income tax be
levied Il wuld seen from the tenor
% his remarks that he does not con
slider it entirely certain that the su
prcme court would declare any and
every income tax law that congress
might pass as unconstitutional He
justides the law because. he says.
Il compel. those who get the great
est benehts from civil laws to share
proportionate burdens
The president rec mmends, also, a
graduated inheritance tax as follows;
But ! feel that in the near future
our national legislators shoUld enact
law providing for a graduated in
heritance tax by which a steadily in
rcssing rate Of duty should be put
lpon all moneys or other yalulbles
coming ny gllI Dequest, OF devise 10
1ay individual q. c-c?or-'ion II may
be well TO make the tax heavy in
proportion as the individual benefited
IS remote of kin. In any event, In
my Judgment, the pro rata of the
tax should increase very heavily with
the increase of the amount left 10
any one individual after a certain
ON Oklahoma as a field 10 exploit
gratis, monopolies. combines and Il.
sal robheries will find poor soil t-r
point has been reached
lt behooves the people CT Oklaho
ma TO secure a system OF taxation
wherein both corporate franchises
and individuals shall bear taxes equi-
tablv distributed
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-12-07

hcma is largely OF southern cxtrac-
ton. and in the South there Is no
C, nNitutiopal prohibition Il is
very easy matter for the liqvor traf-
fc com1ittoe to give to Oklahoma
the best liquor law in America For
twenty years was engaged in busi-
ness which took me to almost every
county seat in this county and | say
without any fear OF Successful con
radiction, that constitutional prohi-
bltion is farce and a fraud that
direfully leeds and educates the peo-
e!e to violate the law. cite Kansas
and Maine as two shining examples
of this truth. Governmental rrohi-
bition in Indian Territory is as bad
or worse. There is not a public cni-
cial or prominent citizen in that ter
ritory who wants intoxicating liquors,
that doesn't get ihem, have them
and use them, ad libitum, while many
a poor man of the common people
is in jail for taking a drink cut of
hslfpint flask Is there any delegate
here from Indian Territory who will
deny this?
now make another assertion
which / viii prove in subsequent
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-12-07

u appears upon investigation that
thc Japanese applicants excluded from
lho common schools of San Francisco
were men and therefore objc tionable.
San Francisco stands ready to main
tain separate schools for all Japanese
chiin'en as it has for years main.
tained separate schools for Chinese
children
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-12-07

The increased business would 20
long way toward making up for any
possible los to the railroads caused
by more reasonable freight rates in
oklahoma Oklahoma business is to
greet 70 be treated as provincial any
lruges
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-12-07

That S5,oooOoO guaranteed by c.n.
gross in lieu of sections iG and SO in
Indian Territory very unch shy
Of the valle Of those sections over
there Figure it up Yourself
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-12-07

The poor Greek Indian is rapidly
passing TO the ranks Of the opulent
Yesterday the Shamrock Oil company
of Tclsa raid TO one of the heirs Of
Theodore Bcrryhill a bonu Of s25,-
coo for a lease ON 1SO acres.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-12-07
oklAHoMA PROSPEROUS.

The helpless babe I'm the mangcr
days of Oklahoma are now over Now
il arises, rejoicing as strong man,
to run a race It's citizens have moth
ing but JOY IN their hearts and abund-
ANT good viii for all men, Their
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-12-07

Is there. Ia all this land OF the fair
God one heart cold, as does not
waun az the Thought Of thc louudu-
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-12-07

It is strange that "a little talk about
so small a matter as two cents
thould stir up SO Inrch ad com
mallon
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-12-07

Knowing ones predict that next
year VIII witnees the largcst acreaec
Of cotton ever planted IN Oklahoma
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-12-07

Z The cotton plant in oklahoma has
made q remarkable growh lt has
grown into favor with an the people
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-12-07

Mr.. Haskell proposes TO limit the
highest total tax that may be inn
posed TO 80 mills.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-12-07

Guthrie wants natural gas that will
burn
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-12-07

Oklahoma gas Tor Oklahoma in
destrics' Is the proper slogan
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-12-07

Il is your loss as we'll as ours, " you
do not use our goods. The Guthrie Tea
& Coffee House.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-12-07

iion building Of the greater onaho-
map
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-12-07
NERVOUS
HEADACHES
~ SUBJECT TO THEM THIS WILL
INTEREST YOU.
THEY ARE CAUSED BY STARVED
NERVES AND CAN De CURED.
Or. Williams Pink Pills, BEST Blood and
Nerve Food, Cured This Case and
The Proof is Positive

Nerve Food, Cured This Case and
The Proof is Positive.
Nobody who has ne. endured the SUR
oring Gus 2 by nervous headache can
realize the awful agony OF its victims.
Worst OF an the ordinary t-eatm mt
cannot be relied a9on to euro nor cve1
TO give relief that Is 9ermanont Some
doctors viii say that f a prstu IS SUBJ
iect thesa headaches thoec Is nothing
that SiH arevont their recur-elc
Nervous headaches a we'll as neural
gia arc caused bv lack Of nutrition tho
ne YES are starved Feed the pervcs
by furnishing through the blood the ole
ments which they coui-c and the cause
Of these nervous troubles is removed
The only WHY to feed the nerves Is
through the blood and It Is lu this way
that DR. Williams Pink Pills have ace
complished so many remarkable cures.
Mrs A1die Me-in Of 80 Union street
Auburn, Me. says. For years I sunf-
cred from nervous headaches. which
would come on me every five or six
weeks and continue for several dlys.
The pain was so severe tina; I would be
Obliged TO go to bed for three o e ou-
days each time II was particularly in
tense over my right eve. J tried medi-
cnes but got no relief / hid no appe-
tite and when the headaches passed
away ] felt as - had been sick
month. Ny blood was thin ana was
pale. weal, and reduced in weight
II read about Dr williams Pink Pills
IN pa7e aad decided to try them. I
first noticed that they begin to give me
an appetite and commenced TO gain In
weight and color My headaches stepped
and have not returned and I have never
felt so VIII as do now"
In cases Of nervousness. as neuralgia.
nervous debility and even partial par
alysis ana locomotor ataxia. the logical
treatment is through the blood. curing
by removing the cause OF the disease.
This Is the mission OF Dr. Williams Pink
Pills They act directly on the blocd.
purifying II and making new blood Thcv
are for this reason also an invaluable
remedy Ia diseases ar3ng from bad or
deficient blood as rheumatism Armenia.
after-enects OF the grip and fevers. The
pills are guaranteed to be fee from op-
iates or any harmful drug ana cannot
i1jure the most delicate system.
Dr. Williams PINK Pnls are sold by
WI ~ NtraNin nAN ~ VIII 'f H'll. IilHlINtll.
on receipt Of price so cents 2o- box. SIX
boxes for $3.50, by the DR. Williams Med
icne Company Schenectady. N ".
The state should own all charitable
Institutions and be in absolute control
i will only be a few months now
until al such iuatteri can be attend.
cd to by tho legislaire We have had
enough private snaps IN connection
with tho insane
Whyhetas some member of the con
stitntioual convention Introduce a
resolution requesting -ongress and the
president to wait and let Jim Candy
and his bill alone until the FIRST logts-
latrrc can locate the state iustitu-
tions The Indian Territory part Of
the state might want TO help in the
location, and who can say it would
rot bo proper?
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-12-07

Build her straight, oh, worthy mas.
ter.
staunch and strong a worthy vessel
That shall laugh at an di aster.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-12-07

every other state for her new con
stituion, and | have nc hesitancy in
saying that ii a well guarded high
license local oition law be ncorpo-
rsted in the conYtitution that the
people of Oklahoma will do the rest,
for / know they stand for enlighten-
aren't, christianity and the enforce
mcnt o. Tho law.
c. C. WORRALL.
Smoke tho Flor de YIN eigari no better
Lhan the beat but better than tho rest
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-12-07

. 0 O O @ o O 0 q o O o o o 0 o
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1906-02-14

VALENTINE OF THE TINE OF WILLIAM ".
then chosen were taken not simply in
fun, hut often for better or worse. 1t
has been said that marriage is lot
terry anyway, so what does the form of
the lottery matter? II n partner for Il
year, why not for all the years: Thus
whatever his own history may have
been. Valentine became the patron
saint of matrimony. This is II very
proud distinction, and We will hope
that he did something 10 earn it. 70
complete the legend it is Just as well
to believe that h. did marry the heart
sick Roman youths and maidens
against the cmperor's order and WAS
killed for SO doing. thus becoming a
martyr to love. In that event 1t would
bc only poetic justice that he should be
remembered 10y lovers for ages.
Long may his day remain with us.
for while men and women are found
OH this old earth they will marry and
bc given in marriage. ! is n significant
fact that while all the other pagan gods
are dead cupid is still worshiped. The
diyiniticS Of power, of wisdom, Of war
ana what not have passed away, but
The divinity of love is immortal. All
these things grow Old, but love is ever
fresh and new. They expand and
change. but love is the same yesterday,
today ana forever.
May We not hope for a like immor-
tality for st. Valentines day which ia
distincliVely the holiday of love? Even
though one English paper says, I'll Is n
forgotten anniversary and even
though much of its art halts and Its
verse limps. is there not enough vitality
in the love il symbolizcs 10 keep lis
memory living IN the heart of the
world: The Young yet cherish II, and
the Young are ever with u9 The priv.
ilcge of sending an anonymous Valen-
line romantic ar even The anonymous
valentine ugly for there are both sorts
is Ia highly priced 10 have il die mt
the mere dictum of a few sleepy English
papers. Dry aS-dust people from time
inmcmoral have announced the de-
mise of Santa Claus. and vet Santa
Claus is with us Little eyes Still
dance AT the mention of him. and little
hearts grow warm at his expected com
inE Who would rob youth of all its
Romantic legends
Good Bishop Valentine. sacred to loy
era of all times and climes, who would
Danish him. What if his day does
burden the postmln? The postman Is
Il good hearted soul and doesn't mind.
lie IS repaid 10y the bmshing faces and
eager eyes Of those his advent makes
happy.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1906-02-14

One great secret of youth and beauty for
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this knowledge Is 10 get 4 good doctor
book, such, for instance. A. the People
Common Sense Medical Adviser. by X. y.
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The change from maidtnhood Ia woman
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The STRAIN al this time upon the blood
forming structures may be too great bis
orders of the functions peculiarly feminine
are nearly always dependent upon de
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writes Mrs Julius Wchtlv OF Cambridge. Dor
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Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription was
the first exclusively womaus tonic on the
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that has not had the test Of SO many wears
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Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets should he
used with "Favorite Prescription When
ever laxative Is required.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1906-02-14

AN l.AtiN VICTORIAN VALENTINE
st Valentines and reSorted tc various
charms 10 WOO The god of dreams For
one thing they pinned holly leaves on
their pillows. For another they boiled
eggs, took out the y0lkS filled the aper
lures with salt then ate them, SHELLS,
salt and all, and that without drinking
any water afterward If this woI |
not make n poor girl dream Of her
lover besides most Of her ancestors,
nothing would.
After this came the custom Of send
Ing atrociouS prints. with still more
atrocious poetry. through the mails, In
the earlier times poetry concerning st
Valentines day was Of Il fairly high
order Also he pictures sent were of
certain degree of artistic merit. Thus
in England in the DAYS of the Napole-
onic wars the valentines sent to the
soldiers and sailors were of q quality
TO make the hearts of the Tommy At
kinses and lack tars of that day swell
with pride The cards that made one
look Ike cheap edition of Il Chinese
dragon OF an antediluvian monster,
with verses OF the quality OF Mother
Goose rhymes without the Mother
Goose melody. came later Likewise
the fluffy tinsel, gold and silver erea-
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1906-02-14
TWO SCOTCH STORIES.
Origin of tite Nacintyres and tire
Bloc. Hand Legend


Bloo"y Hand Legend.
NJ father, says a writer in Black
woods Magazine, lad DO end Of anec-
dotes about ON anee t0r>. parts OF
which I remember, though ! was only q
schooropm child Of under fourteen
when heard him relating them. j
was. however. old enough 10 feel keen.
~ Interested In them. one story thR
impressed me very much was related
TO account for the origin Of Tie ClAn
Maeintyre. \ party Of Macdonells on
one occasion were out in Il Boat when
knot Of wood Sprang ont, causing a
serious leak, Whareupon one Of the pdr
~ stuck in his finger to fin the hole
and then cut it off with his dirk, thus
saving the life Of the whole party.
From this circumstance his descend.
ants We're called the Manintgres, or
sons Of The carpenter.
Another story which / heard my IA
thcr tell relates To the bloody hand
which appears in our coat Of arms. \
doubt having arisen as 10 which Of TIVE
brothers a certain estate belonged it
was agreed that lie whose flesh and
blood should first touch the property
was to he regarded rs the lightful own
or. Accordingly the two voting men
started in two boats fer the land in
question. One Of them, seeing that he
was losing the race when near the
shore pulled ont his dirk, cut Off his
hand and threw it on land, thus estab-
81 ri oh q. T.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1906-02-14
EB. "a, 1906.
Dan Cupid's Dau
AS It Was
And as 1t Is Now
Bg WALTON WILLIAMS

C5pptghi. ! VI. bH Hamilton AhH
VGST why Valentines day Is So
called nobody las ever known.
There were number of Nalen=
- lines. Two az them saints, but
none of them is recorded to have been
especially fond of flirting or sending
anonymous libcls through the mails.
II would have seemed more appropri-
ate 10 have called it Dan Cupid's day;
but. iHaSmuch us il WIS named several
centuries before We We're born, there Is
10 need of hothering about that now.
one theory to account for The desig
nation is that away back in early times
il was called gallantin day, this being
the word from which gallant is derived,
and iH time this was confused with
Valentine. 81 the church tackled OH the
name Of the saint Another tradition
Is thai during the reign of the Emperor
Claudius l. bishop Valentine was one
uf the most beloved preachers about
Rome. The emperor got md at his
own wife or somebody clSe's wife and
derrced that nobody should get married
for year. Valentine took pity on the
folks and married them secretly. When
Claudius learned This the bishop was
promptly Jailed and afterward lost his
head. 'lnc legend iS perhaps about rs
good as lie Other. 50 III" reader can
take his choice.
The origin of the day. however. be
longs Ia a time far more ancient than
tlaudins or even Rome. N about this
time ol year in pretty much all eoun.
Tries and All ages have been celebrated
the returning of The SIN and the first
fracture in the backbone Of winter
As W5s proclaimed 10y many of the
old poets, this is the season that The
birds ohuuse their mates II Is mol on
record thai HE bird songs degenerate
into bad doggcrel because of this Tact
but thai IS doubtless because the feath
erred folk merely sing uud do not fend
valentine
In the far ancient times the festival
WAS celebrated with orgies Of The most
shocking description. but in Rome The
10th al February, which was called The
Iupcrcalia. was toned down to compare
tive responsibility. There the names of
the lydias. Chloes and other maidens
such rs gay old Horace used TO sing.
were shaken M together and drawn by
The Young men of the day, and the
maiden whose name was So drawn be.
came The partner of The holder OF her
ticket for Il vrar
'rht, carh church eanld not suppress
thiS practfcc. So in place of having the
names of girls drawn by lot it substi
tutrd the names of saints. 1t was al
about Tins time that Valentines name
was dragged into the affair. To the
youth of the middle ages. however.
saints were not nearly SO interesting
sls real flesh and blood madens, so The
older custom of choosing the girls
names was revived. In consequence
The festival became very popular.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1906-02-14
LEE INSURANCE.
ITS Early struggles and RcNcrses In
This Country.

It's Early struggles and RcNcrses In
This Country.
The origin of insurance In this eoun-
try dates from 1882 and had It's first
beginning in Philadelphia.
The first company was the Philadel-
rhia Contributionshlp For the Insur-
uncc of Houses From Losses by Fire,
and its insignia was four clasped hands,
which was its house badge This mark
may still be seen throughout eastern
Pennsylvania and New Jersey on old
time houses. The company survived
til 1877. In 1882 the first life insur-
auce company was founded In the
same city. 1t was called the Universal
Tonlinc The next year similar com.
panies were started in Boston and In
New York. Its avowcd aim was "for
The purpose of raising n fund upon lives
10 be applied to charitable and other
uses" is subscription books We're
opened on March 80. ana five general
agents We're appointed.
Some business was done during the
summer, but in November of that year
a general meeting of the subscribers
was called, aud the Idea of general
insurance company was suggested and
met with approval. The proposition
was referred to Il committee, aud ut an
adjourned meeting held at the state
house on Nov. T. ii was resolved that
the Universal Tontlne association be
and IS hereby changed from its original
object and converted into Il society to
he called the Insurance Company OF
North America" Its first policy was
issued TO John Maxwell Nesbitt, Its
president. for S5,333.33. 1t wrote both
fire and life Insurance, but paid atten.
ton chiefly to the former and gradual
~ dropped life insurance altogether
In January, 1874, 1t considered the
policy of insurlng persons against cap
turc by the Algerians and insured Cap
tain John Collet ION his person against
Algerians and other Barbary corsaIrs
in n voyage from Philadelphia TO Lon
don In the ship George Barclay, him
self master, valulng himself at $1,000"
The premium charged was per cent.
Two similar policies were issued, but
the premium was increased to per
cent. Two similar policies were is
sued, approved. one on the life OF John
lIolker from June G 10 Sept 10, for
$4,000, III IL per cent premium. and
one ON the life of Albert Briois de Beau
mez, for eighteen calendar months, In
the sum of 5000 The demand for
Insurance ON life was light. and the
business, which was finally abandoned
by the first company, was not revived
until lS2o, when Hartford men took it
up and kept 1t running TIL II gained
the great prosperity of modern times.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1906-02-14
SLAVERY IN ENGLAND.
In 1872 Ii Was That the Courts De-
clared IL to He Illegal.

In III slavery WIS declared by lie
Judges Ia be contrary II The law of
England. But during the years I'M
mediately preceding Ibis date slaves
were commonly sold in England. In
the previous year birmingham paper
advertised for sale n negro boy,
sound, healthy and Of mild DISPOSE.
ton" While in the same year another
paper records (and condemns The sale
short fine previously at Richmond
OF a negro bay for H.. This IS be-
lieyed 10 have been the last actual sale
of slave that took place in England
White slavery was very common in
the English colonies in the seventeenth
century Cromwell seized Irish boys,
girls and women "hy the thousand
and sold them in the slave markets
OF Barbados" as may he seen in num-
berless places in the state papers of the
period. ie treated some of his royalist
opponents in England and Scotland in
the same way. A similar fate befell
many of the supporters OF MOnmouth's
rebellion in the west OF England. In
the latter ease, as Macaulay tells us,
the ladies' of the court including the
queen, made large profits on the sales.
london Standard.
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tons plentifully besprinkled with
hearts and containing sentimental po-
etry Of a certain made TO order mir,
were The product of more modern and
more degenerate days In England
these are now practically things of the
past In fact, ST. Valentines day IS lit
tie Observed at all in the British isles
except for the giving Of flowers. But
it is stilI in vogue in America and
some Of the countries Of continental
Europe
Years ago ST. Valentines day was
very prolific Of marriages. The mates