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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-02-07

Western Canada is from 8 to 80 de-
grees below zero.
Long and Hard Fight.
The railroads of the Northwest have
been engaged ever since Thanksgiving
in the biggest struggle in their his
tory. Realizing hat the vast com
merce of the country has to be moved
as promptly as possible in order to
meet the wants and needs of the peo-
pie. the railroad officials have spared
neither effort nor expense in keeping
the lines open
The roads have been confronted
with the worst billiards. that have
swept the prairies of North Dakota in
thirty years.
North Dakota Trains Blocked.
e Fargo, Feb. 5.-What is by far the
worst storm of the winter and n Of
the worst which ever swept over
North Dakota is just subsiding after
having wrought havoc with the train
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-02-07
GIVE INDIANS THEIR MONEY.
Six Million Of Tribal Funds Restored
by Senate Committee.

Washington, Specialize Indian
appropriation bill was reported to the
senate yesterday. 1t carried $14.509,-
pol. a net increase of s6.306, 1872 over
the bill as passed by the house. The
large increase by the senate commit
tee is due to appropriations under
which the United States treasurer will
pay 20 a number of Indian tribes the
money now held In trust as Indian
tribal funds.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-02-07
ALREADY BAD CONDITIONS ARE
MADE MUCH WoRSE-TRAiNS
BLOCKED.
LONG, HARD FIGHT FOR ROADS
WINTER HAS BEEN LONG BLiZ.
lard - DEATH AND SUFFER
ING IN DAKOTA.

ST. Paul. Feb. .. The Northwest,
from Wisconsin to Montana. is in the
grasp of a cold wave and an accompa-
nying blizzard that is doing much to
make already bad conditions much
worse. No extreme cold is recorded.
although in the Dakotas, Montana and
Western Canada the range is far be-
low zero. The high winds from the
northwest and the sno hurries add to
the discomfort. The range in temper
ature in the Dakotas, Montana and
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-02-07
IL BODIES STILL IN MINE.
Most of Victims of German Mine Hor.
ror Burned Beyond Recognition.

Frankfort on the Main, Jan. 31.-A
dispatch to the Zeitung from Saar-
bruecken says there are still seventy
two bodies under ground in the Reden
mine. OF the bodies brought ou only
tw~enty-four have been recognized: the
others are burned so that their iden-
tity cannot be established. The
OF the explosion still remains a mys-
terry.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-02-07
Robbed Even of Glasses.

Butte, Mont, jan s1.-Four masked
and armed men held up A. F. Avery
last night and robbed him Of all the
~valuables he had. not ever overlook
ing his gold-rimmed spectacles. They
secured. in addition to the spectaeIes.
$i1 In money and a gold watch
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-02-07
Killed In Wreck,

Woodland, Cal, Feb. 5.-A Southern
Pacific train was wrecked north of
Dunnigan. probably by a broken rail.
The express messenger was killed and
his assistant was slightly injured.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-02-07
burned to Death by Explosion.

Cleveland, Feb. s.. John Burke
aged twenty-five years, was burned to
death, and Mary Gardner Masterson,
aged twenty years, was seriously
burned last night by an explosion of a
gasoline lamp.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-02-07
Three Frozen TO Death.

Grand Rapids, Mich, Feb. 5. - A
woman and two children were found
frozen to death yesterday afternoon in
an upstairs tenement here, with a
third child in an adjoining room badly
frozen but alive.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-02-07
Snow In Spain.

Madrid, Jan. 29.-Railroad traais in
Spain has been seriously interrupted
at various places owing to an unpye-
eendently heavy fan Of snow.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-02-07
hamilton Bound Frozen stiff.

st. Paul, Feb. 5. - George Harris,
colored, was found frozen stiff yester-
day morning in a room in a lodging
house where he had been employed as
= janitor. The expressed the
belief that he had died of heart trou-
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-02-07
New Counterfeit.

Washington, Feb. 5.-Chief Wilkie
Of the secret service has announced
the appearance of a new counterfeit
$40 national bsuk note On the Mariet-
ia bank Of Ma eta, |. T.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-01-26
Wait Until the End.

The attempt of the Republican
Press Bureau to besmirch the charac-
ter of Democratic members OF the con
vention, and to nickname some of the
leaders with such names as Corpora
don" and Railroad" and others of like
characer will come to nanght.
The only favor that the Democratic
majority in the convention asks of
the people is, that they defer their
Judgment of the work done here. un-
I'll tbat work is complete. They want
to be Judged by their actions, by their
votes, and by the results they accom-
plish. and not by villianous lies that
are sent out with the sole purpose of
misleading the people. and creating
discord in the minds of our citizens.
The American people love fair play.
they Judge men by their actions, and
when the constitution is written and
submitted to the people for their vote
the majority in favor of the grand
work done will be so vast, and the en-
dorsement OF the Democratic majority
will be so hearty and unanimous, that
there will be no question as to what
the people think of Oklahoma's con.
stitution. and of the members OF the
grand party who have written It.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-01-26
INITIATIVE AMI REFER
ENDUM AN ORDINANCE

The croakers who have said that
Democratic delegates world not do
as they promised in their eampaign
speeches, are daily finding their mar
row precarious position untenable.
They will continue TO croak, OF course,
simply as a matter OF instinct, bHt
they will lack for listeners
The convention has made good on
the initiative and referendum Let
the people rule They said they want
ed to do so. they told the delegates
and instructed them aud now the del
egates have honorably discharged
their trust The people trusted the
Democrats party and the party has
proven its trustworthiness in this and
an other matters coming before the
convention
Those Republican pie hrnters from
whom originates these occasional
walls. will nnd small sympathy when
they 20 before the people and meet
these delegates coming home with the
proud distln ton Of having done eN
actly as the majority of the people
OF their district ordered that they
should do, Blank assertion viii no'
20 in face Of the record.
1t Is difficult to foresee what II
ANYTHING viii be left for the Repub
ncan campaign. However, as olter
happens they win not need much an,
that can always be readily supplied
bv the inventive croakers II fulfll
ing the instructions OF the people Il
good campaign material then LEI then
use il. There is plenty OF that sort
The ordinance provides for an eigh
per cent initiative aud a five per cen
referendum. The people Will hold M
reins in the new state II the lesis
lature does not do things TO suit then
they Will take action themselves
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-01-26


These ane the sovereign rights re-
served TO the people and even the
governor can not veto them.
Ole OF the highly beneficial results
that will grow out of these laws Is
the reduction Of incentive to lobby
ing or brooding. Your boodler has
wholesome regard for his cash, II
he has not for the law or morality.
He does not care to pend his good
money in blying up legislatures and
then being compelled to face almost
certain defeat at the hands of the
people.
some people have been solicitous
lest these provisions should prove
dangerccs weapons in the hands Of
disgrgntled or designing persons TO
hamper and thwart legislation II
must be recalled that these laws do
not become effective unless so de-
sired by 2 majority OF the people, and
that the certainty of defeat viii prove
fficient sause for them to desist
frcm undue meddlinG
The Democratic initiative and ref
crendum are in the constitution 10
stay and the convention is worthy OF
the wsSIest congratulation for its
f~ithfulRess aud wise action.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-01-26

magazine the work in that state is
ably presented
In Colorado the county c0vrt sits
as a Juvenile court Petty offenders
after being found guilty are pat on
probation and compelled 10 report to
the court every day tOg a term. Trr-
ancy ig made to cover a multitude of
minor offences When the case is
not one for probation they are sent
TO nice little home called the house
of detention Where the crime re-
quires It., they are sent to the indus
trial school ut Golden.
Judge Ben B. Lindsey of Denver is
regarded as one of the leaders in the
reform Of youthful offenders and has
record of having successfully hand
led LOSS cases last year and out OF
that number only 62 wero finally sent
to the iastitgtions
While mach care must be exercised
in bringing boys into even a Juvenile
co.rt. lest they be injured by the
mere fact OF being called before a
2ourt yet il is often better to put
their case before a good, tactful iuve-
nile court than to wait and finally be
compelled to send them 90 the reform
lchooi
Since Oklahoma has these problems
to confront, close observance Of the
work in other states will prove nelp
/ ful A great deal depends on the
Judge and he should be gwen wide
discretion. The probate or cocnty
edge might be given iavenile juris
dictiCn.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-01-26
CAUGHT BY THE GRIP
RELEASED BY PE-RU-NA.
La Grippe Is Epidemic Catarrh

THE disease now known ss grip
i used TO be called influenza
( g livery closely resembles a cold, hut r.
norc tenacions in It's hold upon the
system and produces more profound dis
turbances.
Grip is in reality epidemic catarrh.
When il once begins IL spreads over the
country very rapidly.
People do not catch the grip from each
other, but each one catches it from the
atmosphere.
most Effective Medicine Ever Tried
for La Grippe
Roht. L. Madison, A. NJ, Principal of
Culiowhee High school, Painter, y. c.,
is chairman of the jackson County
Board Of Education.
He is writer OF occasional verse and
has contributed to a number of leading
papers and magazines, religious, edu-
cational and secular.
In speaking Of Perunn, Mr.. Madison
says:
81 am hardly ever without Peruna in
my home. tits the most effective medi-
cine that have ever tried for la grippe.
at also cured my wife of nasal ca
tarrh. Her condition at one time was
such that she could not at night breathe
through her nostrils.
"In consequence, an infamed condi-
tion of the throat was brought about,
getting worse and worse and yielding
to no remedy until Peruna was tried. !"
Healthy Mucous Membranes.
Those who are fortunate enough TO
have perfectly healthy mucous mem
branes ordinarily do not catch the grip.
The mucous membranes lining the
nose, throat and lungs, when in a
normal state, are an effectual barrier
against the invasion OF grip.
But, IL there happens to be the slight
est catarrhal arrangement of the
mucous membranes, then the victim be-
comes an easier prey to the grip.
This ia part explains why some peo-
pie get the grip, while others do not.
The rational thing TO do is to keep the
system free from catarrh. In attempts
ing to do this most people have found
Peruna to be Invaluable.
systemic CatarrE, the Result of La
Grippe. Pe-ru-na Receives Credit
for Present Good Health.
Mrs, Jennie w. Gilmore, Box AZ,
White OAK, ind. Ter, formerly House
keeper for Indiana Reform School for
Boys, writes:
"six years ago had la grippe, which
was followed by systemic catarrh.
"The only thing / used was Peruna
and Manalin, and nave been in better
health the last three years than for
years before.
81 give Peruna all the credit for my
coed health"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-01-26
TIE JUVENILE COURT.


No problem is more svital.,than the
proper handling Of juvenile delin-
quents and criminals. The two words
are Esed because closely related. but
10 be distinguished Delinquency is
the first step toward criminality For
example a boy becomes delinquent
when he joins the DIRTY Dozen" club
aud begins staying out nights aud put
ting on airs and doing things just
short OF positive criminality. He be
come q criminal when he does the
things that %cre ,atl,ed % ~ the clnb
or ring of low associates.
How properly TO provide for these
cases or TO know at just what point
the law should take cognizance of
them is very large and difficult
problem, but II is so vital, that II
should not be neglected. Indeed, II
an not be ignored entirely for finally
Oh courts a faced with a positive an6
pronounced criminal and must deal
with him II he has grown up II is a
case for the jail or penitentiary Il
he Is stlll young Il is case for the
reform school. Tie real problem is
then. at what stage of the process
shall the state take cognlzance and
what shall il do when II does take
cognizance OF the juvenile delinquent
or GRIN inal?
The state Of Colorado has made
much progress in the solution OF this
problem and its methods and worl
are probably a advanced as can b,
found ia any state Il certainly vii
bear the most careful scrutiny. In
the February number OF Holland
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-01-26
Two Cent Railroad Fares.

The maximum rate that railroad
companies in the state of Oklahoma
will be permitted 10 charge per mile
is two cents. This has been fixed by
the convention in the committee of the
whole. and will be placed in the con-
stitution The railroad commission
will be empowered to hear any com.
plant that is made by any road that
IL is not earning a fair interest on
the amount OF capital 1t has actually
invested through the operation OF this
law. This provision prevents the law
from being confiscatory The railroad
travel in Oklahoma easily warrants
this reduction in price.
The question of two cent railroad
fare was not an Issue in the last cam
paign, but the Democratic majority in
the convention has determined TO
make the railroads OF the new state
the servants, instead of the masters OF
the people. There is no disposition TO
contiscate the property OF corpora
tons. but there is a we'll defined in
tentiou to make them serve the people
we'll and ut . reasonable rate.
By actions OF this kind the Semo-
cratic party not cnlv redeems it's
promises made 10 the people during
the campaign hut is assuming the
position in the new state that II is en-
titled to, that of being the defender
of the Deople's rights.
The railroad commission that will
be established in Oklahoma will be
one of the most modern in the United
States. II will be empowered not only
to regulate rates as relating TO rail
roads. but viii also have supervision
of other corporations that engage as
common carriers, either OF freight or
passengers, in the new state The
power delegated 70 this commission
will be so broad that there will be no
questioning its right TO act i'm all mat
ters that are referred to il. not only
in the constitution hut that shall be
J given it to consider b. future legisla
, tion.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-01-26

Whenever there is a proposition sub
mitted to protect the rights of the peo-
pie in full against the encroachment
of organized capital, these 'consti-
tootional lawyers" shout their warn
ings BE careful. you are treading
upon sacred ground
These men are taking a deeD inter.
est in seeing that the initiative and
referendum, and other laws for the
benefit of the people. arc made in.
operative, if this can possibly be ac-
complished; but the true Democrats
who are here representing the rank
and file of the state, and looking after
the best interests of the people, are on
guard; and the Vaccinations of these
"Constitootiona lawyers will cSme to
naught
The Republican Press Bureau Il
very active in lending its assistance
in these matters, and in taking the
part of the corporations against the
rights of the people.
In the language of Dovley, each one
of these advocates of the corporations
grasping greed. exclaim Hands of
our stout railroad prisidints and cap
tins of industhry They are the ma
tons pride Every wan Of thin
would law down their lives, and Sc
would we, for the dear construction. .
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-01-26
Will YOU LISTEN TO THIs7
(Shawnee HeraldD

The importance. even necessity. Of
keeping orr city permanently in the
van of the Democratic column should
net be overlooked as one of the potent
ia tors in securing the state capital.
Shawnee is the only really Democratic
city OF any note in Oklahoma that fig
ures at all IN the chances of being
selected by the people of the new
state in which TO locate the seat of
the stare government. On the cast Of
as lies the Indian Territory half of
the state and the Indians have had
"a good aud plenty Of Republican
rule and Hltchcockism. They will aid
ms by their votes TO defeat Guthrie
and other cities that are either chron.
ically Republican or acUtely Repub'
lican. as Republicanism in amy shape,
ise or form, these Indians viii not
stand for Shawnee needs the votes
OF these people and she can depend
ON getting them only by staying in the
Democratic firing line which is al
ways in the front In the coming
spring election our Democratic voters
should go in to win ard stay win
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-01-26

sizes the fact that. encroachments of
the Standard Oil must be stopped.
This can be done in no better way
than by the state assuming charge asd
control of rehneries and pipe lines,
should it become necessary, to pro-
tect the immense interests thereby
developed
This provision is such an important
one, and lies at the very foundation
of our state, for the protection Of its
citizens that it will probably be taken
from the general provisions, and in
corporated in the bin of rights.
The Democratic majority have de
termined to check forever the power
of the corporations to throttle the in
dustries of Oklahoma and to rob the
people of their just rights; 'consti
tootional lawyers" to the contrary
Notwithstanding.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-01-26

cured to the people the right of trial
by jury in contempt cases of certain
classes. The Republican Press Bureau
and papers al over TIE state have
rushed to :, defense of the corpora
tions in tbs matter They are wofuliy
exercised that capital will he driven
from our new state. and that the
rights of the corporations and the
trusts are being infringed upon; but
the Democratic party, now, as always,
has been the party of the people, and
they hayel govhleed desire to say
clearly and openly in our constitution
that the rights of the people, of the
farmers and of the laboring classes,
shall be respected by the corpora
tions, and that the right of trial by
jury shall always be granted to our
citizens
II the Republican party can find any
comfort in attacking laws of this kind,
they are certainly welcome to It.
When the constitution of Oklahoma
is written It will stand as a model in
strument, wherein the rights of the
people are respected. and all just
rights OF corporations and capital are
protected Il is not the desire Of the
Democratic party to be unjust to any
sp:erest in our new state. but II is the
fixed determination of that party TO
say. that in Oklahoma, the people
shall have every right that is granted
to them by the constitution Of the
United States A
The majority in the convention will
not be swaved from doing their duty
by bitter attacks of the subsidized
press. and the "constitoontlonal law
yers.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-01-26
County Seats Settled.

The Republican Press Bureau has
had much 10 say about the location of
the new county seats. There have all
been settled and of course there will
be some dissatisfaction. rhe commit
tee and the convention have acted in
a conscientious manner from the best
evidences chat we've before them.
With one single exception. every
contending town that was not men
toned as county seat can secure the
county government If the majority OF
the Deonle in the county sec 1T to
move the temporary location This
one exception was the location of the
temporary county seat at Sayre in
Beckham county Ii the people Of the
county should desire TO move this 10
cation of Elk City is would take a 60
per cent vote to do so.
The question of county lines and
county seats has been a very vexa
tious one. and has occupied a great
deal of the time of the convention
Thousands of Deople have visited
Guthrie to explain their views to mem
bers of the convention. II would have
been extreme discourtesy not to have
given these people a hearing, and tC
have listened to their suggestions
This has been done by the committee
and although they have been severely
criticized for their delay. and the con
vention has 0een unseemingly roast
ed for not hurrying this matter along
II was simply impossible to do SO
For the time being. the location ot
the county seats is settled. and the
Democrats of the convention have ap
piled to this measure the Democratic
doctrine of referring IL to the people
to settle by majority vote il an,
change is desired
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-01-26
COTTON MN be KING.

From present indications it appears
that the new state of Oklahoma will.
in a few years, occupy only a second
position to the great state of Texas
as a cotton producer. The sagricul-
tural interests of our new state will be
immense
Approaching these facts, and the in
furious effect that gambling in futures
has upon the products of the farmers,
the convention is considering the in.
corporation in the constitution of a
clause forever prohibiting the conduct
of bucket-shops in the state of Okla
homa This has been done in many of
the southern states. The influence OF
these Institutions, and co-called boards
of trade. has become SO great that
even our national department of agri-
culture has been scandalized by its
connection with. these gambling in
stitutions
The state that is to be the pride OF
all our citizens, and the leading one OF
the Union. should take advanced
ground uron this subject. and protect
every interest OF the great farming
class of Oklahoma Let the country
press take this matter up, and, let the
farmers all over the state communi
cate Immediately with their repre-
sentatives here. and demand that the
"bucket-shop must 60
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-01-26

"Two years ago began using Peruna
and it built up my strength so thatin a
couple of months was able to go to
,Po~k again.
"Tais winter had another attack OF
Ia sdppe, but Peruna soon droveit out
Of my system. My wife and consider
Peruna household remedy"
Pneumonia Followed La Grippe.
Mr.. T Barnecott, West Aylrner, on
tario, Can, writes:
Last winter | was i'll with pneu-
monia after having la grippe. l took
Poruna for two months, when became
quite well. and / can say that any one
can be cured by it in a reasonable time
at little expense"
Pe.Fu-na-A Tonic After La Grippe.
Mrs. Chas. Il. Wells, Sr., Delaware
Ohio, writes: "After a severe attack Of
la grippe, took Peruna and found it a
very good tonic"
Mrs Jane Gift, Athens, Ohio, writes {;
ask years ago had la grippe very bad.
l read testimonial of woman who
had been cured of grip by Peruna. My
husband bought me a bottle OF Peruna.
l was soon ahls TO do my work. l con-
tinued using il until was cured"