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The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-04-05
In the Fashion

Brother Driskell. the Land
Man, is the latest victim to the
Easter propensities. Yesterday
he cleaned up the front window
of our building and worked out a
decoration scheme in accordance
with his line of business. While
We don't make such a show as
Max Goldman, the Fair Store and
John Pfaff & Sons, we are not
ashamed at all of what we offer
TO the passing eye,-samples OF
Caddo County's best claims to
bring the county in Oklahoma
and the Southwest.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-04-05
Declared Sane

New York, April 4.-The md
ing of the Thaw lunacy commits
sion was couched In the langu.
age of the order by Justice Fitz-
gerald ordering the inquiry. The
commissioners declared it TO be
their unanimous belief that "the
defendant, Harry X. Thaw, is
capable of rightly understanding
his own position, of appreciating
the nature of the charges against
him, and of nationally conferring
with his counsel at the time OF
this examination"
The entire report of the COM
mission covers three typewriter
pages and will not be made pub.
lie,
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-04-05
senator's Many Accomplishments.

"Fiddling Bob" Taylor. the new seI
ator from Tennessee, can dance a jid
play the fiddle, argue a lawsuit, id
bate political questions. lead a praye
meeting, tell funny stories, write i'd
teresting poetry and has many otbe
accomplishments. Taylor was recen
ly elected senator after Ave attempt
Not 30 long ago he gained nationd
note by stumping the state for go]
ernor against his brother.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-04-05
Another Okla
homa Product

j. D. Young, when visiting the
farm awarded him in the big
pasture, found a pool on the
place TO be inhabited by an alli-
gator of enormous size. The
reptile, Mr.. Young believes, has
made its way up Red river and
Deep Red into the pool in time of
flood and has had no opportunity
to escape. He intends to organ
ize a party to capture the saurian
and place in on exhibition =
Gotebo Gazette.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-04-05
A Very Narrow Escape.

According to the Scientific
American, which is probably as
high an authority as can be found
on the subject, the notorious
Matteucci comets nearest ap-
proach TO the earth was one
hundred million GOO, 900, ,000)
miles, and at that point it began
to reoede rapidly. A railroad
train travelling fifty miles an hour
would be twenty years going that
distance. Truly the earth had
a very narrow escape.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-04-05
Rock Island Exhibit Car

y
crat, the Rock Island Agricul
tural and Horticultural Exhibit
car made Anadarko. f s. White
gave free lecture in the District
Court room, upon diversified and
scientific farming, followed by
Mr.. Harrison, who spoke upon
the dairy COW. A practical re-
suit of yesterdays visit will be
the .tting up Of butter factory,
starting with capacity OF
1000 pounds of butter daily as
the business may be set afoot.
Mr.. Whites lecture was simply
loaded with agricultural wisdom,
and there were but two farmers
in the audience to hear i'll He
touched up the pighea led folly
of exhausting the ground by
planting the same old crop year
after year; ar d showed how the
farmers are losing from 15c to 30c
per bushel on their corn because
they have no hogs upon their
farms to feed il to. The cotton
raising proposition also received
rough treatment at his hands, the
average money yield for the sew
eral cotton states being $4,000
900 each last year, while Missouri
received S128,000,000 for her
corn and Iowa S132 100000.
The best thing in the world to
diversity with just now accord
ing to Mr.. White alfalfa for
a ground crop, upon which should
be grown the American hen, the
hog, the dairy COW, and the
young mule.
MIR. Harrison's lecture was
given up altogether to a consid-
Grafton of dairying and the dairy
COW. He told how the wheat
states, having been cropped to
death so that their land values
had dropped from 500 to $50 an
acre and every business suffer-
ing took to dairying in despair,
and are now the most prosperous
in the Union. Mr.. Harrison in
formed us that we are far better
fitted for diarying than the north-
ern states, where they have but
three months between frosts, and
that dairy products command
higher prizes here than in the
north. The dairy COW is the
cross of the milking strain OF
shorthorns and the pure Jersey.
MIR. Harrison was greatly i'm
pressed with this wonderful
Washita Valley as a dairying
country, and will make PROPOSE
tion to our Commercial Club and
to the farmers round about look
ing toward the establi- hment Of
butter factory. Such a busi.
ness would be great help here,
and should be secured.
Owing TO the rain and the fac
that the farmers are generally
busy with their crops the meeting
was not largely attended. How
ever, those that heard the lecture
were deeply Interested and much
pleased. After the speaking, we
adjourned to the. car, which was
anchored in the west end of tht
Rock Island yard, and inspected
the specimens and took their
booklets. Caddo County raises
corn as good as any we saw
there, and can produce better
grapes. Our alfalfa is as good
and we can honestly do as wei
as the best that all the othel
counties can turn out. The pro-
blem is, of course, to realize best
on the splendid agricultural anC
climatic conditions with which
our farmers are blest.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-04-05
n.rman Gums for rurksy.

A Turkish trade has been publishe|
ordering the purchase Of 30 Maxil
guns in Germany and conference.-the
the contemplated order for SO Frenc
Hotchkiss guns.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-04-05
The Real Issue

Club, have the custom OF as
sembling bi-monthly, to
have visions OF railroads
coming our way in punches,
so much so that Anadarko
will get the pleurisy dodging
them or be forced to the
humiliating eXpedient of
climbing a tree. Through
the blue cigar smoke, we see
the black plumes ofindustry
curling from factory chin
neys, we hear the roar of
traffic along our busy
switches to the snorting and
putting of overworked loco
motives. Charter and in
corporations are the least OF
our fancies, with Anadarko,
fair Queen OF the Washita,
spreading herself like this
green bug plague through it
all.
1t seems to us that we
I have a tail-hold on the pro-
position,-that we had bet
ter go the other way about.
The real issue with us is the
prosperity OF the farmer, for
7 upon that and that only
stands the prosperity of the
4 town. Our commercial club
4 should rather deliberate up
on how to get the larmer to
diversity his crops, how to
choose good seed, how to
J retain the fertility OF the
: soil. 1t should be concerned
about the introduction OF
the dairy COW, and the
erection here of a butter
factory that would bring
business OF the gilt-edged
kind here every day in the
year. 1t should foster truck
farming that we might have
canning factory and furnish
our grocers with canned
goods so they would not
have to send away.
We are ready enough to
! work for a canning factory
here, while totally overlook
ing the foundation upon
which the canning factory
v must stan,3i.
The most important Issue
before the people of Anadar-
ko today is the prosperity
o OF the Caddo county farmers
" Help them, you are helping
yourselves. The commercial
club should have a live com
;" mittee to push the farming
interests.
a ready means suggests
itself in the township school
where graduates of agricul
tural colleges might give
lectures. Stock shows tC
awaken and maintain inter
est in the Caddo county farm
stock would aid materially
This issue could not be over
looked if all the railroads il
the world were heading TO
ID Anadarko with "a hop, skil
~ and Jump. Make you
W farmer make money ever,
a day in the year, Mr.. Mer
,e chant, and you will have M
le dull seasons. Mr.. Banker
IS you will have no worries il
- connection with the pane
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-30
SPURIOUS HUMANE OFFICER
OPERATES FOR 5 MONTHS
Muriel Fuller, According to Authors
ties, Has MuIcted Many by Playing
Upon Sympathies with Ficti-
tious Appeal for Aid

After search of three days, Humane
Officer Reynolds yesterday arrested a
young man who gave his name as Muriel
Fuller, and who, according to the officer
has been representing himself as an
agent of the Humane society.
Fuller Wednesday night went to the
house of a policeman, William Held, and
saying he was employed by the society,
presented a paper with the signature of
l.. f. McCarty attached, asking for aid
for a Mrs. Baer and three small chill
dren, the collections to be used in send
ing the family back to their home in
Iowa. Held reported the matter and
Fuller's arrest followed.
When examined, the boy admitted he
had written the paper himself, and said
he had been carrying on his work for
five months, especially on the east side.
1--WE will prosecute Fuller on a charge
of obtaining money under false pre-.
tenses," said Mr. Fleming yesterday.
1--WE have received many complaints
against mia and inquiries have shown
that he worked over a large part of the
city. The society has but one agent
authorized solicit aid, and she carries
card from the Merchants and Manu-
facturers' association and wears an Off
GERS badge We hope anyone who has
given money to any other person will re-
port the ~ ter to u.s.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-30
MAY CALL ON HIS PUPILS FOR
SCME VAUDEVILLE STUNTS

Vaudeville in French will take the
place of the proposed cafe chantant with
which the Nesbitt French course will end
tonight, The entertainment will be given
in Choral hall of the Auditorium build
ing and stunts will be performed largely
by members of the class itself, though
Mr.. Nesbitt will be seen in number of
impersonations and the like. The entire
proceedings will be in French and those
who have been for the last two months
under the Nesbitt baton will be expected
to demonstrate their abilities both in
conversation and in turns, for any one
present will be subject to a call for con-
tributions to the general entertainment
Mr. Nesbitt's course has been especially
successful in Los Angeles, and his class
has numbered close to 700. This is the
more remarkable in that this was his
second course here within period of two
winters. He leaves almost at once for
Redlands, thence to San Diego, and then
to Santa Barbara, after which he will
tour New Zealand and Australia.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-30
ESTELLE CORWELL ASKS
DELAY TO GIT TESTIMONY
Woman Accused of Staying George
Bennett Last July Desires Com=
mission to Take Dispositions
of Witnesses

Estelle Corwell accused of the murder
of George Bennett last July, filed notice
with the district attorney yesterday
through her attorney, II. H. Appel, to the
effect that on December 8, when her case
comes up in the superior court, she will
move to have the hearing postponed until
she can secure certain testimony which
she claims is vital.
Attorney Appel takes the place of
Davis, Rush & Willis, who withdrew from
the case.
She will move to have a commission
appointed to take depositions of the wit
nesses in question, most of whom live in
Arizona. From the majority of these
witnesses she says she expects to get tes-
timony as to her character. William K.
Scof1eld is mentioned in particular as one
who has known her for the last eight
years.
William Desserie and wife. who are said
to be in Mexico City, she claims will tes-
tify that they were in the neighborhood
when the shooting took place; that they
saw man embracing a woman and heard
him say Don't kill yourself" and later
heard a woman cry Let me die" fol-
lowed by three shots fired in rapid sue
cession.
The defendant says she did not know
until recently she could secure the tes-
timony of the two witnesses to the above
effect
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-30
RECEIVER SUES DEBTORS
FOR ALLEGED BALANCES

In settling up the affairs OF the bank
rupt Brand Manufacturing company the
Pasadena building material concern which
failed in September, Receiver Henry s.
Mckee has filed three complaints
against debtors of the concern.
One suit was against f. III. Ryerson,
and is for $5O6.2O, alleged to be due on a
bill of s1491 contracted in December, 1906
Another uit against H. e. Kneer al
leges that during the last two years he
has purchased materials from the bank
rupt concern to the extent of $49942, and
that the account has never been settled
J. M. Lynn is SUED for S405.43, said to be
due on account.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-30
BOARD rs AFTER
STREET GRATING
ASKS FOR DATA FROM ALL WHO
KNOW FACTS
Contractors Practice of Paying Com.
missions for Signatures to Petit
tions Is Under Fire at
City Hall

The board of public works is digging
for facts in the inquiry concerning COM
paid on street improvement
work
The board yesterday issued the follow
Ing announcement:
At recent meeting of the board of
public works it was alleged by GER
tain parties that a common practice
exists according to which practice
contractors were in the habit of pay
ing commissions amounting to certain
percentages of the total amounts of
street contracts, which commissions
were paid to the person or persons
securing signatures to petitions asking
for such street work to be done.
This board is desirous of obtaining
any and all information possible as TO
the facts of such practice, and you are
invited to. be present at meeting of
the board to be held at 2 o'clock d. m.
of Friday, December 6, 1907, to hear
any statements which may be made to
this board with reference to this prac-
tice.
If you have any knowledge on the
subject the board requests you to pre-
sent the same to them at this meeting.
II you are aware of such information
being known to any other person you
are respectfully requested to invite
such such persons to be present at this
meeting and to present such inforlna-
tion to this board.
Any cooperation of yours tending to
disclose the facts of such practice will
be heartily appreciated by the board of
public works.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-30
PRIEST
CALLED BYDEATH
REV. p. M. BANNoN succuM6s
TO LONG ILLNESS
Was Connecting Link Between Days
of the Padres and Modern
Times in History of
San Gabriel

Following close on the death of Father
tor of the San Gabriel mission, passed
away late Thursday night at the Sisters
hospital following a long illness.
Father Bannon was one of the most
one of the first priests to be ordained in
the Cathedral of st. Vibiana. He was a
connecting link between the regime of the
old padres and the modern diocese.
Father Bannon was born in 1851 in Ire
land, where he made his early studies. In
1878 he came to California and went to
the Franciscan monastery in Santa Bar
bara with the intention of becoming a
Franciscan monk. The following year he
changed his plans and was ordained to
the secular priesthood of the diocese.
From 1881 to 1883 Father Bannon served
ae curate at St. Joseph's church, San
Diego, and the Plaza church, Los An
geles. In 1883 he was made first pastor
at Bakersfield with a vast territory to
cover through the Tehachapi valley ex-
tending to Needles, the whole of Inyo
county and to Mojave.
In 1896 Father Bannon was made pastor
at Anaheim, where he remained until 1899,
when he was transferred to Visalia. In
1904 he was made pastor at Coronado and
two years ago was placed in charge of the
historic San Gabriel mission.
He had been ill the past two months at
the Sisters hospital, where he died.
The funeral will be held Tuesday morn
ing at 10 o'clock from the Cathedral of
st. Vibiana, where he was ordained
Bishop Conaty will sing solemn pontifical
requiem mass, assisted by the priests of
the diocese. The office of the dead will
be chanted at $3.50 o'clock in charge of
Rt. Rev. Mgr. Harnett, V. G.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-30
CAPTAIN OF L. A. A. C. BALL
TEAM HlGHWAYMAN'S VICTIM
Maurice v. Moriarity, Riding from
Azusa on Motorcycle, Is Stopped
by Robber, Who Jumps
from Ambush

Maurice v. Moriarity, captain of the
Los Angeles Athletic club baseball team,
reported to the police yesterday that he
had been held-up and robbed Wednesday
afternoon, between Arcadia and Mon
rovia.
Moriarity, who is salesman for a
sporting goods house and usually travels
on a motorcycle, left Azusa Wednesday
afternoon for Los Angeles. He had
reached point about midway between
Arcadia and Monrovia when a man
jumped from behind a clump of bushes
and, drawing a revolver, ordered him to
STOP
Moriarity dismounted and the footpad,
keeping him covered, went through his
pockets. He found SO cents in money and
check for 800. The latter he returned,
keeping the money.
The police have good description of
the footpad and officers are working on
the case
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-30
Nasal Catarrh. an inflammation Of the

Nasal Catarrh, an inflammation of the
delicate membrane lining the air pas
sages, is not cured by any mixtures
taken into the stomach Don't waste
time on them. Take Ely's cream baim
tbrourb the nostrils, so that the
fevered. swollen tissues are reached at
once. Never mind how long you have
suffered nor how often been disap-
pointed, we know Ely's Cream Balm is
the remedy YOU should use. Price soc.
If you prefer to use an atomizer, ask
for LIQUID Cream Balm. 1t has all the
good qualities of the solid form OF this
remedy and will rid you OF catarrh or
hav fever. No cocaine to breed a dread
fui habit, No mercury to dry out the
secretion. Price 75c, with spraying
tube. All druggists, or mailed by ELY
Bros, Sc Warren street. New York.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-30

city. will find hearty welcome. At the
close of the afternoons program light
refreshments are served at a nominal
charge.
Rev. e. T. Walker, D. D., is holding
much interest in his clear, forceful. con-
vincing preaching at Peniel hail. He will
preach tonight and Sunday at p. m.
and p. m. He will soon go east to the
border line of Maine and Canada.
Sunday at IL a. m. Hayes Perkins, re-
turned from Africa, will tell what he saw
up the Niger river
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-30
CHINESE INSISTS ON
TRIAL; is FINED $25

Wee Sing, charged with peddling with
out county license, appeared before
Justice Selph yesterday morning and in
sisted that he be tried or be sent to
jail Although the date for his prelim-
mary hearing had not arrived, Sing in
sisted. Finally Justice Selph agreed.
Sing pleaded guilty and was fined $25.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-30
Open Every Night Till Xmas

Open Every Night iii Xmas
You can buy Instruments enough for
the whole family at nominal price
Everything goes at COST OR LESS. for
after Jan. ], 1908. we will sell pianos
only. All popular sheet music 10c.
BARTLETT MUSIC CO..
28l-2SS-2S5 8. Broadway, OPP. city hall.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-30

) MIR. Merchant; If you were (
going to make an announcement (
from a public platform extOIIing (
) the superior quality of your goods (
) and the advantages of buying mt (
} your store, where purchasers get (
the most and best for their money, {
would you not like to select your (
) audience. l. you were given this (
choice wOule you not select the (
) heads of familiesf Wouldn't you (
) like to talk to the mothers who (
) manage, who handle the money,
) who do the buyinEs These are (
the ones who spend millions of (
dollars In Los Angeles each (
) month. These are the ones who 4
read The Herald. Let the adver- (
) tising columns of The Herald (
carry your message to the homes (
) and your continued Individual (
commercial prosperity Will be (
assured. (
=
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-30
Candidate Withdraws

In a letter addressed to the supervisors,
W. G. Searles yesterday withdrew his
name as candidate for the position OF
county inspector of charities, for which
he was recommended by the board OF di-
rectors of The Associated charities.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-30
GASOLINE ExPLoDEs;
WOMAN BADLY HURT

Mrs. Thomas Nelson, wife of Los An
geles-Pacific conductor, was badly burned
Yesterday at her home, 1916 East Twenty
fifth street, by the explosion of a gasoline
stove.
Mrs. Nelson was taken to the Good Sa-
maritan hospital, where it was found that
she had sustained severe burns all over
her body. The woman, according to the
physicians, will recover.
Milford chronicle., 1907-05-03
Spring Medicine
u. S. P. SARSAPARILLA
with IOdlde Of Potash and Iron

This preparation can always be relied unon
Ior tne certain ana speedy relief OF ali slin
Hlseases Eczema, Ptmples, Boils, Blotches
rheumatism, Biliousness. Catarrb. ana in ap1
ana al diseases caused by an impure state of
oIood. Made from the purest materials ac-
and has no superior at any price. Extra iSr9e
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Milford chronicle., 1907-05-03

Tea and rain water are the beverages in com
mon use. and these are greatly improved by
ice, which is manufactured by the Railroad
Company Very strong black coffee can be
had also.
We passed our first night at the Garfield
Hotel, which joins the Washington Hotel, and
slept very comfortably as we we're tired from
our long Journey and our first day under the
hot sun OF Colon. These two buildings were
erected by the French,Iand are now being re-
paired bv the Americans to be used as quar-
ters for the Government and railroad en-
pIoyees.
Sunday morning we started on the s IS train
over the Panama Railroad, which Is In many
ways remarkable. First, ii Is a hve foot
guage track and all locomotives and cars
must be built especially for this road. as4 Il.
S5 inches is the stan dard guage for all rail- |
roads. Second, 1t Is said to have cost from /
one 10 three human lives for every tie in nc I
y miles OF track. Third, many OF the ties are 4
Mahogany and Liguu invita- and are as so IA !
as when put there. Tn road was completed
Along the line there are thirty stations.
which are merely negro and Chinese settle. !
neals IN many 'ses The agent is a negro.
4 ne y. ,. Marines are ercamped along the
line IN different places The u. s. Govern !
inent mas placed policemen at these stations
and in many cases they are Jamaica negroes
The Jamaica negro boasts of being a itish
subject or an English negro
1he Americans have their quarters which
are neat wooden houses nicely painted along
-ne line of tine railroad. These houses are
quilt upon the hiis in as healthy places as
can be found The road passes through
tropical forest, ard although we we're there
n the Dry season. every thing was green
We could see orange banana and palm trees
ana species of the bread fruit besides many
lther tropical trees and plants, as we proceed
lcross the lsthmus. The vegetation Is very
tense and grows rapidly. II you were TO leave
ne Company's right of way, you would have
Q cut your way through the jungle with
nachete in many places
We arrived at Panama at II o'clock and
tarted out to see all We could OF this old Span
sh city OF - coo Pan Amanians, Spauiards and
egroes. There are no sidewalks and the
treets are very narrOw-iust wide enough for
cams TO pass very close together. The streets
re built narrow to keep out the heat OF the =
M. The city is very dirtv no effort being /
lade by the native inhabitants to keep il L
lean. The Americans have given the place
ieaning, ana are now putting in a system OF .
aierworks and paving the streets a