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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-08-15
Where Ha, Straw Come. From.

In Italy To raise straw employed In
making hats the wheat is sown as
thickly as possible In order that the
growth of the plant may be impoVer
ished ms we'll as TO produce thin
stalk having toward the end from the
last knot the llghtest and longest
straw The wheat blooms at the be
ginning of June and Il pulled up by
the roots by hand when the grain II
half developed. II allowed to remain
In the ground longer time the straw
would become brittle About five doz-
en- uprooted branches the size OF the
compass of two hands are firmly tied
together into little sheuves and slowed
away IN barns. Then the straw is
again spread out 10 catch the heavy
summer dews aud to bleach In the sun
After additional bleaching the straw
Is put into small bundles and classified.
Finally II IL cut close above the first
Joint from the top and again tied up
In small bundles containing about six
IS stalks each and delivered to women
In almost every private dwelling OF
the poorer classes.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-08-15
DRIFTING ABOUT
WOMAN AND TWO CHILDREN
PICKED UP nv BENEVOLENT
LADIES AND OFFICERS.

Living for eight days in Ardmore.
sleeping and eating whore she could
and begging for what she got, such
was the condition Of a woman who
gave her name as Mrs Minnie Nc
Caulcy, and says she is from South
McAlcstcr with her two children. one
n mere infant girl ~ eleven months
and the other girl Of six years.
when found this morning
The uufortunates we're discovered
In "A vacant house near the pest house
In the east part OF the city this morn
ing by Mrs J \. Madden and Mrs. w
G. Kendall two active members OF the
Benevolent Society of the city.
The police we're notified of the wo-
mans condition and chief Garrett ac-
companicd by the good ladies' succeed
ed In getting the mother aud her
children to town. The woman IT was
found was cocaine hcnd and was
full Of the dope at the time She
and her children were half starved,
although clcanly and almost neatly
dressed
Because Of no other place to KEEP
her, the woman rs being held at the
police station while the two children
were taken In charge by Mrs Madden
and Mrs Kendall
An effort Is to be made to get the
consent of the woman TO give up her
children. If this is secured they will
be- placed in the orphans home at ok
lahoma city. II II is Impossible to
get her consent, a charge of vagrancy
will be lodged against her. and the
children taken In this manner.
This would probably be- the better
plan as the woman could then be car
ed for at the federal Jail, while the
children could be cared for In the Bap-
list Orphans home
The woman is cleanly dressed, In a
white skirt and loose white kimona.
She evidently has had good educa-
tion for although full OF dope. she
converses well, and readily.
She stated to an Ardmoreite re-
porter this afternoon. that she had
lived at South McAlester, and had
been here eight days. Her husband
has been dead only a short time. She
said her parents resided at Amarillo.
Texas. and had lived their eight years.
Her father drove a dray and was
named Frank McCaughey. he was bet.
ter known as Doe"
The woman 1t is said Is the sams
one for whom money was made up In
Ardmore more than year ago to
pay her way to Amarillo.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-08-15
RAILROAD WRECKERS.


The career of the wrcckcr og big
railroad Is Ike that of ilrenan In
the fire department OF zig city. only
more strenuous Like the fireman, the
wrechcr is on duty every second day
and night. and, like the fireman. the
wrccker braves biiz2ards and s,ect
storms. ofol Gazing hardships aai
cruel suffering and even death for
the saving Of life and property. Lit
whereas even In emcg.eE y the Gre
man never covers aE area greater tina
the most popuious section of city-ta
line truh or cd by the wrccker covers .
hlnd ed or more miles-and whcrel
the fireman Ia touch with at lcas
such comfo.,s as he may snatch whil
on his feet, not infrequently the wreck
or Is landed In the heart Of n wilde
ness miles and miles from the nearest
town. and the pangs OF hunger are
added TO privntlon.
Sometimes when n big wreck has
happened and ears anG engines are
piled high on crushed and mangcd
bodies the wrecl,er Is rushed through
darkness and snowdrlft to work from
twcnty-four to forty-eight hours with
out even II chance to take his cap or.
and Just as his Job" Is nearly colnplet-
ed along comes another alarm that
sends him sixty or seventy miles In m
oppOsite direction. where box ears and
coal ears have heaped themselves thir-
ty feet high, paralyzing the road and
costing thousands OF dollars worth Of
loss In time ana prestige almost every
hour.
Despite these hardships, the danger.
the excitement and the hustle OF tho
work endear 1t to the men.-A. w.
Rolker In Appletons.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-08-15
OUR PER CAPITA WEALTH
ARDMORE TAKES PROAlNEN
RANK WITH CITIES OF The
SOUTHWEST IN WEALTH.

The estimated per capita Of wealth
in this city including every man. wo.
man and child amounts to t-N1 IT,
estimate was made this ~u."- b
prominent banker of the city who
carefully calculated the value of the
property giyvr Il for taxation and the
population estimate Of the city.
Ardmore will rank up with any OF
the cities in the southwest to its size
in wealth. True there are few veal.
thy men who live here. but the major
ity of the people are thrifty aud own
their own homes.
The payrolls of the city is not as
large a. he business interests would
like 70 haze IT but when the question
: taken into consideration of the
handicap under which this section OF
the country labors. Ardmorc's payroll
will rank up with most places in the
new state. For instance the demand
for the asphalt mined within few
miles of the town amounts to more
than the average person would think
The hands are paid of every Satur-
day and this money is spent I'm the
city. The pay roll Of the paving COM
pauy is no small matter and the
bulk of the money paid out for paving
goes back into the regular channels
of trade and this one fact in itself
should be sufficient to make the prop
erty owners readily sign up petitions
to have the various streets of the city
put in Improvement districts, so as
to keep the company busy with paving
contracts here for the next ten years.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-08-15
IN JUDGE BUFFERS COURT
ONE CASE OF DISTURBING RELI
oloUs WORSHIP ON TRIAL.
LIQUOR CASE DISMISSED.

Bob Colbert. man of dark hue and
mysterious mien entered the meeting
OF the cloorcd church members and
with loud mouth aud much threat.
cning drove the worshippcrs from
the place took charge Of the casra-
mcnt wine and drank all there was 81
the fluid aud silently rode away Col.
bert did not get very far, but where
the Officers could lay hands on him.
aud SO this afternoon he Is being CIV
on hearing before his honor Judge
Sam II Butler ON the charge OF dis.
mrbing religious worship.
Took Roberts. another negro. was
dismissed Of the charge Of selling
whisk. y
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-08-15
Wilmington Hotel Work.

The remodeling work on the Whit
tington hotel, corner Main and Caddo
streets, is being rushed. The main
corridor of the hotel has been clos
ed and the offices moved to the sec
ond floor A basement is being dug
where the offices formerly We're on
the first floor.
Captain W. +. Wilmington, proprie'
tor of the building Is to spend some
thing like $4,000 remodeling the
structure, and the work is well under
way. While the remodeling is under
way the offices will remain on the
second floor. and the main entrance
to the building will be on the north
side
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-08-15
At TIE AIRDOME TONIGHT
THE REPORT OF THE COMMIT
TEE WILL BE RECEIVED AND
ACTION TAKEN.

Don't forget that tonight is the
night when the twenty-five represen-
tative citizens of the city of Ardmorc
will unfold to the business intere sts
of the city the plan of reorganiza-
ton of the Commercial club. The
committee has been holding secret
meetings that We're of so much i'm.
portance that it would be unwise to
let the public in. but since the plan
of action has been adopted the bust
ness men will be let known what
plans have been adopted to build up
Ardmore.
Everybody is ready to step into har.
ness to help in building up the city,
and with the proper support Ardmore
will be made city of 10000 inhabi.
tants before another decade rolls
around. So don't forget to come to
the meeting tonight
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-08-15
Water Trough Under Construction

The contractors began work this
morning on the experimental concrete
water trough to be erected on West
Broadway at the corner OF Broadway
and Washington street.
At recent meeting Of the city
council the city fathers decided to
build am experimental water trough
for the use Of the horses of farmers
and others who drove TO the city.
This trough will be erected and If it
proves satisfactory several others OF
like kind will be put up.
The trough is to be six feet in
length and two and a half feet i'm
width and about fifteen inches JIM
depth.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-08-15
selvidse Business College Notes.

Sclvidge Business College has Just
made contract with Superintendent
Benedict whereby Lnickasaw Indian
students attending the college will
have their board paid by the Federal
government. Und'r this contract In.
dian students may enter school Sept.
/. 1t will mean that forty Indian
boys and maidens will be boarded in
Ardmore at the expense of the gov.
ernment in addition to the regular
boarding patronage of the school.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-08-15
Mrs. o. S. Bailey Dead.

Mrs. Ollie Bailey, Aged twenty-five
years died this morning at 4:45
O'Clock at the family home in South
east Ardmore of tuberculosis. Death
came after an illness since January
10, during which time the deceased
has suffered almost constantly.
The remains will be buried tomor
row morning at II O'Clock at the
Rose Hill cemetery. The deceased Is
a member of one of Ardmores most
prominent families. She had many
friends in Ardmore who extend their
utmost sympathies to the grieyed
husband and children.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-08-15
Took Roberts In trouble.

Took ROBERTS, colored, was arrest
ed IN this city today by Deputy Mar
shal Weaver on charge OF assault
with intent 10 kill Roberts was al
ready under bond in the sum OF $500
for selling whisky.
The charge under which Roberts
was arrested today was for taking
a shot at Philip Johnson. The Nc
groes had some trouble Sunday near
Milo, and Roberts took couple OF
shots at Johnson Also on Monday
they had a shooting scrape, bur Meth
er was injured. Roberts is in jai
but will make bond.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-08-15
! PERSONAL MENTION
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Miss Ruth Terry is visiting at Roff
Deputy Marshal Cochran OF Marict
Ia, was in the city today.
Homer Boyd returned Thursday
from Roswell. New Mexico
Attorney J. V. Cabel is spending a
few days in sulphur and oklahoma
City.
Jesse Holland, a prominent farmer
and business man of Ovorbrook, was
an Ardmore visitor today
Attorney A. r. Walker left today
for Colorado where he will spend a
vacation of several weeks.
N G.. Turk of Checotah. the rcpub.
lican candidate for lieutenant COVER
nor. was in Ardmore last night.
Miss Neh Cochran or Duncan. who
has been spending few days in the
city with Miss Nell Nolcn has return
ed home.
DR. +. r. Bynum head of the Ep-
worth University of Oklahoma city, is
in Ardmore today on visit to the To-
cal Methodist College Hargrove.
Mrs c. V. Gannaway aud little Thel-
ma, have returned to their home AT
South McAlester after a visit here
with Mr.. and Mrs. George Terry.
Jonas Fooshee and his mother are
visiting their old home at Nocona,
Texas, on the occasion of the annual
reunion of Confederate and old set.
tiers.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-08-15

In the extreme northeast part of the
city whore they went last year
School opens ON the ninth Of Sep
t'mbcr, only a short while off. In
the meantime the school board will
take no action in the matter other
than To introduce testimony at the
hearing Of the temporary injunction.
II is said that ths colo,ud resi-.
dents of the city have about decided
that they would like 10 have build.
ing situated ON two lots just across
the street from the proposed site.
Here the matter stands.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-08-15
BEAUTIFUL HCl..ES

Are the index to thrifty people. Is
your home old and worn out? II so,
consult w. A. Tackett, architect as 10
the best way to make a modern up 10
date home of 1t. If you are con.
templating building, ladies or gentle.
men are invited to call at my office
in Carter-Booker building, or phone
10 red, and will call at your re 81.
dence,or place OF business.
am at your service. My prices are
reasonable. w. A. TACKETT,
3Ou Architect
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-08-15
CASUAL PHILOSOPHY.

A patient man can win the admir-
alton OF any woman-eXcept his own
wife.
When Adam discovered that he was
shy Of clothes ne put on his thinking
cap.
stepladders and alarm clocks have
helped lots of people TO get up In the
world.
About the surest way 10 keep your
name before the public is TO get II in
scribed on tombstone.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-08-15
VIII Look for Thief.

BY a telephone message this after
noon the police Of the city were noti-
Ned to look out for stolen horse,
said to have been stolen from win
Hodges at Alhambra last night. The
description of the horse was given
and the officers are on the lookout
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-08-15
Bootleaaer Arrested.

w. A. Sanders was arrested last
night at Marietta boy Deputy Cochran
on a charge OF selling whisky, San
ders was brought to this city and
placed in Jail today. The deputy
says he has conclusive proof against
Sanders and caught him in the act
Sanders was peddling whisky in
Marietta II is said.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-08-15

When former Minister Wa Ting Fang
LETT t;lis sIuntry he was accompanied
by nu extensive rctinue aud attended
to the steamer 10y n delegation of 10
cal Chinese merchants. The customs
D,hcials, who then were also immigra
tion inspectors. carefully took the
names and count of the local Chinese
us they went on board. This prccau
tion was To prevent some dcportcd or
otherwise not welcome Celestial from
enecting u landing 10y joining - mcr
chants as they came ashore ar taxi
ing u ccrcmoulpus farewell of their Ill,
,lngl.shed countryman. Half an hour
or 50 after Wu and his friends had
gone on board one Of Wu's secretaries
arrived on the dock aud was hurryine
mp the gnngplank when customs In
spcctor seized him by the arm and
pulled him back On the wharf
"WnshnmnIln you, Johnf no take,
name, you no can come back. Who
you bclongY' said the Inspector, smil
Ing nt some girls with whom he had
been talking
The Chinese shook loose the inspect
or's hold on. the loose sleeve OF hi.
silk robe and with quiet dignity re
marked
"This violence * unnecessary. sir
/ and my name Is matter of no inter
est to you. am n member OF hii
/ cNccllency's suit go ON board thi'
| steamer to leave this country neyel
npoin I hone Ia rpturn "
That customs Inspector II stlll oI
| the force. but never since has he tried
10 be funny wl,h u Chinese gentleman
San Francisco can.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-08-15
THE UNKNOWN BURIED
THE SUICIDES REMAINS WERE
BURIED THIS AFTERNOON.
NO CLUE TO IDENTITY.

Rattle his bones over the stones.
llc is a paupcr whom nobody owns ,
Such is seemingly the fate Of the
man supposed 10 be- j. r. Roggs of
Coalgatc, l. T., who committed sui
eide by hanging himself i'm room
in the Caddo rooming house in this
city Yesterday afternoon
After an effort on the part of the
police authorities and complete dts.
cription Of the deceased man given
In the newspapers no one. who can
throw the slightest light on the idcu.
tity Of the man who killed himself In
such grueson manner, has been
found
The body of the deceased was re.
moved to the police station yesterday
afternoon where 1t remained until
$3.50 O'Clock this afternoon when It
was prepared for burial and buried
in the pottcrs field
Very little light has been thrown
upon the dead man and why he com.
mittcd the rash act. despite a thor
ough Investigation Lies storm had
cast the hulk Of his life on the tide.
which cbbing away Yesterday lett
nothing for him but death.
His actions since coming to the
Caddo roomiug house Friday have
been carefully gone over by the po.
lice and the newspaper men OF the
city. Nothing out of the ordinary has
been discovered. only that he was an
old man broken in health and for.
tune.
one remarkable thing about the
manner in which ne killed himself
is the fact that he did not seem to
fight for life When found his eyes
were not bulgod out and his mouth
was tightly closed This is unusual In
persons who stranglc to death. as
In most instances the tongue hangs
out and the eyes seem as IT they
would pop from the head, when death
has come in such a manner This has
led to the belief that he was user
of morphine and had taken an over
dose of the drug, and becoming Graz
ed had hung himself and that the
drug caused his death as much as did
the rope.
\ portion of the note found which
has been the only evidence of his
identity has been read after much
translation. The best that can be
made of II Is about as follows;
pleas lete Mr.. Nealey ate Olnie
traps to hem. j. X. BOGGS.'
on the same piece of paper and
what is apparently part of the same
note he has written:
The olde woman Is doin' the best
/ possible, she said tnat she"
Then comes few words that can
not be made out, Taking up the
note he says:
Tell Winen Woode she said that
that cotton | picked did her no goode,
gave her about 81 dollarses first
and last children good by | will meete
you In heaven the old woman will
need you
The note is scarcely legible, and II
probably has been in some places
misinterpreted
Whether he signed the note J. II
Boggs it is not possible to be abso
mtely sure, as the way the sentences
are disiointed the writer could have
either been speaking OF Boggs OF
signing himself Boggs.
The remains were buried this aft
crnoon, and it is probably the mys
terry of who he was and what vii
never be known,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-08-15

Miss Estell Torbott has returned to
her home at Ada after visit of sew
eral days with Mr. and Mrs. George
Henry Bruce.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-08-15
HEAT KILLED HORSE.
cheaney Bros. Lest an Animal Here
Yesterday

Albert Rolf of Ardmore. who is well
known here, found that 1t was very
warm yesterday lie hired team
from Cheaney Bros. and after a drive
Of a few miles one of the horses was
overcome by the heat and died. Mr..
Rolf paid the livery stable 500 for the
dead Gainesville Messenger.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-08-15

LOST one law book of OF Cab ON
Broadway, between depot and G
street, northwest. Finder please re.
turn to Ardmore Transfer Company
l5-
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-08-15
Deaths From Morphine.

Shreveport Aug. III. II. BOX
in, an aged carpenter, and John Red.
mond Of Galveston, a restaurant wait.
er, died here today from morphine
poisoning.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-08-15

Charles Milnor has returned from
Illinois where he was called to the
bedside of his sick mother.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-27
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the troubled unsatisfied experiences of
her life. She thought of her mother,
whose gentle face she could scarcely
remember. Did she have to bear such
things? In thinking of her she grew
less rebellious. She would be gentle
and patient too. To do right-for what
was life given?
The winged needles of the pine trees
over her head sifted down about her
on the night breeze. and when the
mists had enveloped the sand dunes
and the tide had covered the marshes
in a shimmering surface. she still sat
as her father had left her.
When. a few days later. the Rev.
Howard Doane selected from his album
dant library a few interesting books as
an excuse for his intended cali at the
cottage of Captain Drew. he was per
haps as near a deception as so conscien-
tious a man could be. His real purpose
was to determine in what way he could
best mitigate the bitterness toward him
self which he knew the Old man felt.
DeliIah met him at the door with
eyes that he thought more wistful and
features sharper than he remembered
Il can't take them. thank you" she
said, firmly refusing the proffered
books Father would not like it, she
added with a blush
she don't want the books said the
gruff voice of the captain behind her.
''She won't be comm over to the
church any more nuther."
81 hope you will reconsider" began
Mr.. Doane.
well. I shan't 1t don't take me long
to make UP my mind, and when 1 do,
it's fur good. Jestice is jestice."
DeliIah had slipped away down the
path and leaned istlessly over the
gate. She could not bear to hear her
fathers words. After what seemed
lifetime she saw Mr.. Doane courte-
ously withdrawing in a manner which
politely suggested he was tearing him
self away rather than fleeing from the
captafn's invective and terrible accu-
racy of statement. At the gate he gave
his hand kindly to Delilah.
I'VE shall be sorry to lose you from
Sunday school for a time" he said. but
he added with a hopeful smile: No
doubt your father will think better of
this by and by If you are in need of
help come to me-.
The next few weeks were trying ones
for the girl Whenever she came upon
a group of people talking earnestly
the conversation. which was invariably
upon church matters. was Immediately
hushed. She felt keenly the looks
which the young people cast upon her
When a kind neighbor asked, "How's
your father feeling today?" she felt
conscious and uncomfortable.