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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-08-07


distributed as follows:
Campbell .................... ,639
Brooks .................... .6S ,459
Nolquitt .................... ,5G3
hell .................... 6l,SlS
In addition TO these the News has
.ncOmpleted returns from six coun.
les which, added TO the foregoing 20.
tails, make the following grand totals
pf all the votes reported 10 the News:
Campbell .....................g2,l3O
'l',hs ......r.,..,., Gee. .,..tO,'t
'olqmtt OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 1883
Bell Observation-Disclosures. so SIG
u will .e seen tAlt Judst
Brooks IS In the second place and Mr..
ColquItt ln third. but a comparison Of
the convention vote, which the News
has been enabled 10 calculate on the
basis of its completed returns from
-0G counuso, shows that Nj. Colqultt
is in second place and judge Brooks
in lau place.
The counties from which the News
has printed completed returns have
q total convention vote OF $50. OF
,.ie number, according 10 very care
ful calculations which the News has
made, Mr Campbell will receive 2OG..
80, Mr.. Colquitt 1896, Judge Bell
l,ssi and - Ike Brook lje 10
There will be 7l2 votes In the con
yention. Il Is known that counties
having az least four votes have held
mo- primaries, so that reducing this
number the actual total vote in the
convention will be 7OS. Therefore.
the returns which the News has
printed account for all but twenty
Of the convention votes and for this
reason the statement made this morn
ing may be accepted as a pretty ac.
curate forecast OF what the situation
will be In the convention on the first
ballot.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-08-07

Daily Ardmor,',e zoe per month
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-08-07

Big lot OF brand new go-carts at
Hal a. Hills dissolution sale. SO
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-08-07
ANNOUNCEMENTS.

For Delegate 70 Constitutional Con.
vention.
W. A. LEDBETTER.
STILI.WEI.L a. RUSSELL
New-York tribune., 1906-12-30
SLOPELESS MOUNTAINS.
NossiUe Peaks of Solid Rock an
Southern Utah.
By Frederick s. DeIIenbaugh.

Although 130 years have slipped away since
Padre Escalante the first white man in Southern
Utah, crossed the upper valley of what we now
call the Virgin River, the astonishing region is
nevertheless barely known to the world Yet
for nearly half century its favorable spots
neers the MOrmons, whose industry has made
gardens in the midst of vast ardty and grand
eur Even towns have grown, the largest, St
George, with two thousand people and more hours
A few miles below ST Georges cultivated fields
the river. in its effort to escape from the deep
valley, is opposed by a mountain range thrown
across its chosen path. but rivers here permit
rier by a wild and perilous canyon reaching
more open. less interesting and even drier coun-
try beyond. At the same time this mountain
range the Virgin Beaver Dam. forms with the
Grand Wash to southwark the western bound
airy Of of the most wildly interesting lis
tricts in all the world. 4 district which rightly
has been termed the "geoloSist's PARADISE"
This wonderful square about one hundred and
partly in Arizona. might well be called Para
disc Quadrangle" so fascinating is il in its
varied conditions. Its southern limit lies about
on the parallel of latitude which just clears the
ern about on the meridian passing through the
New-York tribune., 1906-12-30

singular ford Of the Colorado, by finding which
Escalante saved himself I'm 1776, since known
as the Crossing of the Fathers; and its northern,
along the crest of the mighty scarps of the Rim
of the Basin, beyond which different world
opens into the vast depression where once Lake
Bonneville mirrored the quaternary skies
There is exaggeration in declaring that for
individual majesty this quadrangle nowhere can
be paralleled. If we quarter it these quarters
may be matched against one another. but the
exterior world furnishes nothing of their kind to
compare with them. Here are peerless canyons,
strange mountains extraordinary plateaus. Pc
culiar valleys bewildering lines of continuous
cliffs, volcanoes that died only yesterday.
streams OF lava lying as they cooled, powerful
torrents. primeval forests. mines. wild animals
ruins of aboriginal settlements and, spreading
over all, a wonderful Kaleidoscope coloring
which even when truthfully painted or de
scribed, seems to the unfamiliar only the phan-
tasm of disordered sight.
With the southwestern quarter of this singular
region the world is now somewhat familiar.
Therein lies the best known portion of the Grand
Canyon of the Cclorado-a vision of eternity.
Next in Importance doubtless comes the south
western quarter, wherein are the remaining part
# the Grand Canyon and the volcanic area of
The Trumbun district but rivalling both these
quarters and falling little short of either in
sublimity is the upper valley of the Virgin fill
ing the northwest quarter with the dreamy opal
escence of Little Zion Valley. the gem of the
setting, gem unique, the only one of it's kind
At present the best approach to this marvel
lous country which in time win be famous
as the Yosemite. the Yellowstone or the Grand
Canyon, is from the north by the roads leading
TO St George, which rests in the western end
of the upper Virgin Valley. but the traveller
New-York tribune., 1906-12-30

rious presentation is revealed with splendcr
that is positively astounding And in the midst
of the general grandeur. forming the central and
most significant feature of it, indeed, rise the
temples and towers of Little Zion. those ex-
quisiteIy moulded prodigiOus peaks of unclothed,
mult-colored rock-sheer, slopeless mountains,
lofty, sublime. unique
Their color ranges from red at bottom to
yclIowish white at top, except the greatest one
which has a crown of vermijon bestowed by
the antediIuvian gods. The rhid-alttudes are
made up of various combinations of red and
white. with occasionally some browns and sraya
Dominating the entire scene by a distinctive
beauty and grandeur indescrfbable. and withaI
a kind of austere personality. is the Great Tenn
pie of the Virgin. the greatest slOpeless noun
tain on the globe sometimes ANONYMOUSLY
called by near residents Steamboat ROck'), the
western gatepOst of the vivid heart of the ~
giOn. Little Zion Valley.
This marvellous mountain. /, 500 feet higher
than Mount Washington. is a giant arrangement
of mighty precipices of bare rock, hewn, it
seems. by cyclopean strokes from the founda-
tions of the earth Its bright verInilion crest,
1900 feet above the level of the sea. has never
been touched by man. Only the birds privi-
legged TO enter that secluded realm. Vertical
cliffs measured in thousands of feet and often
with barely a crevice in their smooth surfaces
form the sides of this enormous mountain Of
bare rock At it's base flows the Virgin River.
where Mormon fields lend the touch of brilliant
green to the multitude of coIors and one may
easily approach the very foot of this monster.
A severe majesty appalS the spectator every
where, but when too close some of the beauty
is lost, for the 1000 feet of sheer elevation
above the river cannot be appreciated at such
close range II is like sitting the Capitol
New-York tribune., 1906-12-30

is then himself within the picture it is from the
opposite direction, as outside spectator that
he obtains the most comprehensive impression
of the truly overwhelming panorama unlike any
other on the globe
He comes along plateau of about four thou
sand feet altitude above the sea, with the splen-
did line of the high Vermilion Cliffs looming on
his right and leading northwosterly TO the brink
of the inner valley of the Virgin, their beauty
and Importance steadily increasing till they are
swallowed suddenly in the reaches OF superior
magnifcence which swell to transcendent
grandeur words fail to express. Beyond. leap
ing to the great heights of the north in colossal
Kaleidoscope precipices, n labyrinth of entranc
ing form and color, broken AMI carved and mod
elled with incredible variety and beauty, is one
of the master scenes of the universe.
At first glance it appears To be impossible. to
be alteration of the vision. and one halts
dazed before it. if the mind could hardly
ceive the impression. These are no ordinary
mountains. graccd by lazy slopes and hazy bloom
conventional snowcaps. to which the senses
of the European race are adjusted. Far from
it So far from it that he who has not actually
felt the thrill of this spectacle scarcely COM
prehend it, Tier on tier the battalions of naked
rocks, painted to shame the rainbow. rise to the
northward modified or intensified by the condi
tons of the hour recednS under cloudy skies,
leaping at you under the sun
1t is a land of vertical cIiffs-a land of stand
ing rocks. Vegetation is infinitesimaL From
any point OF view this is a marvellous sight-a
sight to ponder on forever-but as the traveller
draws to the brink of the Hurricane
Ledge GtseIf extraordinary feature of the
country. marking by thousand feet of con-
unuous. unbroken precpce the immediate south
line Of the inner Virgin Valley the whole mystic
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-12-29

property The divisions of equal strength
employ all Of both divisions of the forces shall be under
the joint direction of the High Commissioners their delegates V
the Island of Eate is to be the of government.
The public connection with the police post and
graphs, public works. habor lighthouses public health and finance
be undertaken and directed by the Commissioners
their delegates Special postage stamps be issued and Eng
fish and French to be legal tender There to be local
and in the of the local being insufficient the
Powers make up the deficiency equally.
The joint Naval Commission already in existence cooperate
with the Commissioners and send copies reports opera
lions them.
Local legislation for the ORDER good of the
be passed jointly by the High Commissioners who
have permission delegate their authority native chiefs
is further provided that the Commissioners shall respect the
and of the natives where these contrary the
maintenance of order and the dictates of humanity There
joint Court of three Judges and fourth officer Public Prosecutor
One Judge to be nominated by each Power and third by the King
Spain The nominee of the King of Spain be president the
Court in criminal The joint Court shall be assisted by four
SCISSORS taken from the leading nonnave inhabitants of the group
The jurisdiction of the joint Court embraces
and suits OF kind between natives
men OF the Court to be final French English
the Court The two Governments mutually undertake establish
the group conformity with their existing legal systems courts
jurisdiction all civil suits subject exceptions
laid down the convention One article elaborate
detail the procedure relation between natives and non
ti At the nef oa
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-12-29
The TehuantepeC
Project


believed that this offered the best conditions
oceanic canal The Mexican Government which things
shown sound and farseeng sagacy undoubtedly looks this
one OF the most important matters which it concerned.
In asking Congress make appropriation of
used finishing the harbo improvement works Coazacoaos
Sana Cruz the Atlantic and Pacific emn respectively
onal Tehuanepec railroad Ives Lmantou Minister Mar
me- gives some facts concerning the that
already made for the transportation freight
says: .,...
The contracts which being Sana and
zacocos signed five years ago expenditure
more than o5oooooo With this outlay the republic
two fine ports both of the smus Tehuanepec
On the Pacific Sana Cruz will be the first America
the Atlantic the OF Coazacoaos will drawing
thirty feet OF water which is considered in all parts world
port of the first class
This sacrifice has been made with the object giving
oceanic route the largest possible purpose there
exists contracts made nine which
lowest calculation of 100000 annually All
Wch Islands, which has until been transported way
Horn will from the first months of the coming
mus of Tehuantepec.
l might mention other contracts but this will
the members OF the House the Importance matter and allow
them to realize the necessity OF making great
our meoceanc route realize the hopes of nations
o5oeoeoo pesos of works which included existing
there have already been finished works
900 pesos There remains be expended 100000 pesos more
less and OF this ask of $2oOooOoo Treasury
reserve"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-12-29

No wonder the way Of the transgres-
SCR is hard when one considers the
amount of travel thereon.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-12-29
New HebrideS
Convention

Cured lately BY reason of the fact that without sovereignty
the two great countries become responsible for the progress
eopment OF these islands and the safety property therein
new sort OF governmental organization is created
The convention states that the group the Hebrdes includes
the Banks and Torres Islands, which region of Joint in
uence IN which subjects and citizens of the gnatory
10 enjoy equal rights OF residence personal protection trade
each of the two Powers retaining jurisdiction subjects c
and neither exercising separate group
residents to choose within six months the legal systems
OF the two Powers Failing such choice Commissioners
their delegates shall decide under which shall placed
The sgnaory Powers undertake erect Notifications in the
and not to establish penal settlement kind It provd
ed that the two Powers shall be represented the group
Commissioners for each Power Commissioner will be
sisted by Resident Commissioner and shall provided with police
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-12-29


which prevents non-natives acquiring
land by fraud, violence, or other i'm
proper means. That portion of the
convention relating to land also pro-
vides for the registration of titles, and
sets out a special form of procedure re-
lating to the sales and grants Of land
subsequent to the convention.
No vessels other than those intended
to sail under the flag of one of the two
Powers may be registered in the group,
and each High Commissioner shall pre-
scribe regulations affecting the navi-
cation of the vessels sailing under the
flag of his own country.
Safeguards are provided with respect
to the recruiting of native laborers. No
recruiting is to be allowed except on
vessels sailing under the flag of one Of
the Powers, on which recruiters have
been licensed and have paid a deposit
of $500 as security. The license covers
operations for one year only.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-12-29

The thanks of the community are
due to Postmaster Pratt and his staff
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-12-29
= = = = = = = = = 7 = = = = = = ? = = :
The Honolulu !.
Library ::

Miss Baker who the Carnegie Library East
Liverpool, Ohio
The Honolulu Library OF those institutions which is infinitely
less appreciated than deserves be- but which nevertheless doing
and exerng influence that nothing else could do, and
suddenly institution the community would
recognize a calamity than catyclasm.
Every library less degree reflect the influence
the braannot alone necessarily the selection OF books
for and book committees have much do with tisbut in
the atmospheric and the personality OF the library This
doubtless appreciate degree smaller Libraries than in
larger In the the Honolulu Library has been most fortunate
in its librarians Under Miss ebrand important advances have
been made the library The and classification of the
books has been entirely emoded the growing needs of the
library and the improved and progressive methods Of library
ment Under her influence attention has been paid what
be called Symmetry the quality that marks the real difference
between library and collection of books Such efforts the
of the library permitted have been forth make the library
record and index of the intellectual literary development
Hawaii and in this much material of though always
medaey tangible value has been gathered The library the Ha-
Waan Historical Society has been Caaogud and made easily
available though what quite important though another way
character and dstnceness libraries
readily recognizable that the future growth of each be along
lines that will make each perfect complement OF the other In
the atmosphere of the library relation
y that existed under the administration of Miss Burbank
has been growing influence OF enthusiasm for what libraries
stand for.
Miss Baker the new librarian well equipped for the work
with the enthusiasm OF who feels called the She
the work and influence her predecessors Miss Burbank Miss
Hilebrand, high ideal and standard.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-12-29

1t is probable that the impor-
lance OF the Tehuantepec route is
not realized even in these Islands
between which and the Atlantic
SeabOard it means the shortening
of distance and reduction of cost
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-12-29

With the end OF this year a
change takes place in the librarian
ship of the Honolulu Library and
Reading Room. Miss Helen L,
lIillebrand retires after three and
a half years OF exceptionally cap
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-12-29

of workers for the promptness with
which the Christmas mail was dis
tributed and delivered.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-12-29

The convention between France
and Great Britain regarding the
New Hebrides, of which something
was said recently in The Star, is
one of the most important matters
affecting the development of the
Islands Of the Pacific that has nc-
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-12-29
Sugar Factors and
Commission
nerChants
AGENTS FOR

Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Con
pany.
Haiku Sugar Company.
Paia Plantation.
Maui Agricultural Company.
Kihei Plantation Company.
Hawaiian Sugar Company.
Kahuku Plantation Company.
Kahului Railroad Company.
Haleakala Ranch Company.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-12-29

AT some period in his matrimonial
career almost every man pretends to
let out line OF talk in his sleep for
the benefit Of his wife.-Chicago News.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-12-29

Frost is on the pumpkin, the folders
in the shock, and soon the plumbers
hammer will knock, knock, knock.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-12-29
The luau is no respector of dogs.

Governor Carter has made consider
able history however much or little h,
writes.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-12-29

Probably the undertaken never would
get some people If they could live until
they acquired wisdom.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-12-29
Oregon Restaurant
HOY WO, Proprietor.

Reopened under new management
Best y cents Meal in Town.
Open Tuesday December IS.
Evening journal., 1906-12-06
BLANKETS

n4Al1 NJ n 49, n -
We have had these blankets stored
away for over a month, Just waiting for
this cold weather TO come, so as to take
a dollar or two off the price when you
must have them. While blankets are
selling at topprces every where else, We
offer them here alta reduction. That's
the Lit Brothers way
Fleecedowu Blankets
Think OF getting pair OF warm winter
blankets for Sl.55 That's Just what We
oher IN this sale. We have a thousand
pairs IN white and silver gray, with pretty
pink and blue norderS-iull double bed
sire. These blankets are all cotton. yet
the particular process by which they are
woven gives them the warmth a -
and appearance OF wool ones. Nh
Well worth S2.25 a pair. at AsVV
Fine Blankets Of White California Lambs
Wool. Extra quality: soft. hesey- just enough
cotton 10 prevent shrinking. Pink. blue and
red striped borders. with silk mohair binding.
4 Size 72xe2 inches, weighing pounds r m
tothe pair Wen worth 81 pair. .5I
at OCN
- Figured Sllkolue comforters
Specially nice quality in n good variety Of
lGKe and suian designs These are
double bed size. ana either stitched no -
or tuftsd. Usual S1.25 ana Si.5O 9ot.
Stitched or Tufted comiorters
These are specially nice quality silkoline and
satine. In attractive figured and Porsian effects
all the wanted colora. Some figured all over.
others with plain centers. and some with ak
and nine inch plain satine borders. 81 Al
Good white cotton filling. Would be Z.qy
cheap at 'S3-specialiy priced at
First Floor. North Of Main Arcade.
Evening journal., 1906-12-06
The DaintieSt Waist Model

Imported Messalnes Beautiful Chons-Danty Embroidered
Handsome Crepe de ChinesSmart Taeta, Radum
in this lot.
Hearn Hymans S. $40 Waists marked $500 to S5zS
Hearn Hyman $40 to $40 Waists maked. $500 $1,000
Hearn& Hymans $40 $50 Waists maked $3.50 $3.50
Hearn Hyman $50 $40 Waists, S17.5O
Second Floor
Evening journal., 1906-12-06
WOmen'S TailOr-Madc Goats

i SPECIAL-About so coats made of an excellent
Il black broadcloth collaress, prettily trimmed at
Il neck with velvet and brads-plain loose hanging
| efect-lined throughout with soft
finish satin, gray or back-Hearn & S1O O
/ Hymans price $3.50, price VAVeVV
Evening journal., 1906-12-06
HandSOmeIy Tailored SkirtS

Beautifully hanging, perfect fitting styles.
RROADCLOTHS, Panamas and mixtures in all the
newest and staple oolors light and dark.
Hearn & Hyman's prices, So 81 and Sour
price, lOuay.-..
Hearn & Hyman's prices, So, 81, S. 49, $40 and
Evening journal., 1906-12-06
Superb Gowns and Costumes

EXQUISITE creations Of the leading stye-mastes Europe
l. and New York They are OF the daintest most fashion
able styles. and richest materias-messalne silks, all
nets chons elegant broadcohs and other fine fabrics
Hearn Hyman's prices S5Oand s8O-ours s25OO
Heam tyman's prices $40 and S75-ours.. s35.OO
Heain & ymans prices $50 and -ours...... s45.OO
Heam Hymans prices Sl51 and S200-ours. S75. 90
Hearn Hymans prices $780, $500 and S6OOours 10000
Evening journal., 1906-12-06


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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-05-26
PERSONAL.

r. T. Ritchie has been visiting in
Cherry Hill.
Mrs. Edith Albor and son are visit
ing in kenton.
Miss Rachel Oakley is the guest of
Smyrna friends.
W. Dean Tyre has returned from
trip to Michigan.
Frank H. Sharpe has been visiting
friends in Middletown.
c. A. Bell has been visiting his
mother at Iaylor's Bridge.
Mrs. George Walters of Dover is
visiting friends In this city.
Mrs. Giles Foote Of Philadelphia is
visiting friends IN this city.
Charles Sattorheld Of Hurlock has
returned from a visit 20 Wilmington.
Mrs, Samuel Howett Of Kemb
Vile, Pa, is visiting friends in this
city.
Miss Eva I. sohafer Of 81 ackbird
has returned from a visit to friends in
this city.
Mr.. and Mrs Francis X. Smith
have returned home after q pleasant
visit TO relatives in Washington.
Mrs. Robert G. Mcgee Is the guest
Of her sister, Mrs. j. Parker Lloyd.
at Menonah, \. j. Mr.. Mcgee will
io n his wife tomorrow, going via the
steamboat Ulrica TO Penn's Grove,
thence by bicycle.
Miss Dora r. Price of Miidletown
is the guest OF Mrs. Thomas n Stay
ton. She will leave on June 10Th for
a three-months trip 90 Europe and
will be accompanied by friends from
Westminster, Nd.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-05-26
m. Ideal Ilrvrragr.

Winter or summer, sieaming hot or link-
ling with ice, cocoa Il the ideal beverage.
Better than medicine for the weak-in
vi2oraiing and satisfying for the strong.
Croft's Swiss Milk Cocoa Is thu smoothest,
richest, purest cocoa that has ever been FRO.
duced. The elimination of the oil and the
addition OF pure milk make Il the most
healihful.
The only Cocoa m glass jars.
Croft Allen Co, makers, PhilRdelphia.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-05-26

So To insure publication, COPY In 49,
under this heading MUST reach this ofhce Fgo Frls.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-05-26

Capt. A. A. Owens, master Of tho
buoy depot at Edge Moor and a we'll
known resident of Wilmington, who
has been IN at his home, 953 Pine
street with sciatic rheumatism, is con-
valesoing.