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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-10-11
new STATE NOTES

Shawnee is getting nutty. The
pecans are flooding the market
Henry e Asp will retire to his
farm near Guthrie and lead the
simple life.
A Chickasaw woman has mad
stone that she claims will cure any
madness. Wonder why she doesn't
apply 1t.
A report brought into vinita that
the river bottoms were full OF ducks
turned out the population and fright.
ened away the birds.
Six queer birds are languishing
in the Bartlesville Jail for showing
the queer" II was in fve dollar.
Bank OF Georgia, bills.
A Muskogee woman found dead
with her throat cut was surrounded
with tiny scraps Of paper on which
she had scribbled the story OF how
her husband had committed the
crime
The Blackwell commercial club is
arranging to indulge In its annual
'possum hunt next week. New mem.
bers are doubtless being enrolled
daily.
The weather man didn't serve
Grady county right IN the matter
OF its fair but here Is hoping that
Oklahoma City will enjoy a better
brand while the big state fair is in
progress.-Chickasha Journal.
A man waiting for a Rock Island
train in the depot at Shawnee wand.
cred to one end and was robbed by
two negroes OF Ave dollars. The
News in reporting the matter says
the money was cash"
The State Capital In enumerating
the uses to which paper may be
put and for which It is issued.
mentioned that II furnishes "bustles
for beauties" Finally we know what
the Capital runs its paper for.
The Guthrie Register deyotes a
half column to the full meaning
OF the prohibition measure" The
full meaning of that cannot be ex-
planned only about week after II
goes into force and that by the man
who has been used to his mornings
morning says the Chickasha Journal.
The story Is going the round that
an Oklahoma editor, recognizing the
place which curiosity occupies in
human nature. hit upon great
scheme to enlarge his subscription
list. He announced that he had
been kissed by the prettiest woman
In town and that he would print
her name soon. In two weeks his
circulation nearly doubled. Then he
printed the name OF his wife.
For the life OF me, | cannot see
man going to hell II the various
blazers of the trail are as busy all
over the country as they are In
Tulsa. Certainly the crowd that
crosses old Charon's gang plank at
the river Styx, must be mighty shy
OF Tulsa people. There's enough
religion turned loose on the streets
every day and every night to save
all the people in the country, one
would suppose" says Tulsa man,
apropos OF the variety OF street
preaching for which the town Is
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-10-11
A Card.

This is to certify that all drug.
gists are authorized to refund your
money is Foley's Honey and Tar
fails to cure your cough or cold. II
stops the cough, heals the lungs
and prevents serious results from a
cold. Cures la grippe cough and pre-.
vents pneumonia and consumption
Contains no opiates. The genuine
is In yellow package. Refuse sub.
.stitutes. For sale by all druggists
DIV
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-10-11
Would Help the Poor.

The Salvation army officers request
that all persons who have any cast
OF or shop worn clothing which they
desire to give to the poor for winter
wear would do a favor by sending the
same to the army barracks or calling
up the headquarters phone 354 Red.
Every year the Salvation Army do
mates a large quantity of clothing to
the poor that Is collected In this
manner.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-10-11
Democratic Central Committee.

Democratic Central Committee.
The Democratic Central COMMITTEES
OF Carter County is hereby called TO
meet at the City Hall in Ardmore on
Saturday, October 18th, 1907, at 2. p.
m.
Business OF importance is 10 come
before the meeting and every member
is urged to attend
@, w. YOUNG. Chr.
IT. J. CARSON, Sec.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-10-11

In most cases consumption re.
suits from neglected or improperly
treated cold. Foley's Honey and Tar
cures the most obstinate coughs and
no more than the unknown prepara.
tions and you should insist upon
having the genuine IN the yellow
package. For sale by all deaders. DIV
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-10-11

1t is an easy matter to find friends
but hard to keep them found.
When you fail in your mission ad-
yertise It for sale or exchange.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-10-11

DeWitt's Carbolized Witch Hazel
Salve is good for little burns and big
burns, small scratches or bruises and
big ones. Sold by w. u. Frame. DIV
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-10-11

Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup
is a safe. sure and prompt remedy for
coughs and colds and is good for ev--
cry member OF the family. Sold by
W. B. Frame. DIV
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-10-11

There are lots OF people who may
be smart. but they certainly don I
wear the button
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-18
BRIDAL sUPERsTITloNs

Married in January's hoar and rime,
good things will come if you wait your
time.
Married in February's sleepy weather
life you'll tread in tune together.
Married when March winds whins
and roar your home will lie on for
eign shore.
Married meath Aprils changeful skies
a checkered path before you lies.
Married when bees DER May blossoms
fit strangers around your board will
sit.
Married in month of roses-June-life
will be one long honeymoon.
Married in July, with flowers ablaze,
bitter sweet mem res in after days.
Married in August's heat and browse,
lover and friend in your chosen spouse.
Married in golden September's glow,
smooth and serene your life will go.
Married when leaves in October thin,
toll and hardship for you begin.
Married in wells of November mist,
fortune your wedding ring has kissed.
Married in days of December cheer,
loves star shines brighter from year to
year-What To Eat
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-18
NEW COUNTY SCHEME

The scheme to create a new county,
with Pomona as the central figure, has
been revived in the legislature. It was
introduced two years ago, but after
considerable discussion IL was laid on
the shelf. The proposition Is to take
from the eastern part of Los Angeles
county and the western part Of San
Bernardino enough territory to form
a new county.
The name San Antonio has been Sc
lected for the proposed county, bor-
rowing the proper name Of "Old
Baldy." That is about as far as the
scheme Is likely to get If we may judge
from opposition that developed in the
last session of the legislature and that
Is arousing now.
Los Angeles could afford to lose the
strip of territory desired, but the COM
munties affected would hesitate when
It came to the point Of incurring the
expense of new county buildings and
the cost of equipment and maintenance
Of county government. In the part of
San Bernardino county that is involved
in the scheme, however, the sentiment
of opposition is said to be strong and
determined.
In order to Consummate this purpose
it will be necessary, in the first place,
to secure petitions signed by at least
one-half of the voters in each of the
districts embraced in the proposition.
Finally a vote must be taken on the
main issue and 1t would require 60 per
cent in the affirmative to carry out
the scheme. 1t is quite improbable,
therefore. that San Antonio county
will become a member of California's
family In the near future.
Incidentally there is need, or soon
will be, for one new county in South
ern California. The important district
comprehensively known as Imperial
valley is in San Diego county, which
stretches clear across the state from
the Pacific coast to the Colorado river.
San Diego city is the county seat and
it is accessible to Imperial valley peo-
pie only by the roundabout route to
Los Angeles, involving a journey of
hundreds OF miles,
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-18
ESTHETIc FURNITURE

Is there any real reason why fur
niture should not be comfortable? This
is a question that, like the refractory
midrib in a mission chair, bears hard
on the average householder. We have
become so arts nnd-craftily snobbish
about everything nowadays that even
that great and beneflcent invention of
a noble friend of humanity, the Morris
chair, is getting rigid, formal, and more
a thing to be looked at than to be sat
in. The shape of nine out of ten pieces
of furniture is miserably contrived to
exalt, If possible, the reputation of the
owner for artistic taste, not to make
him or his friends feel good and Snoozy
around the domestic fireside.
1t is said that our latest esthetic
rage, the mission furniture, is modelled
after the chairs, tables and benches left
in the ancient Spanish missions OF
Southern California when those out
posts of the church in barbarous land
were abandoned. 1t is not stated
whether the mission furniture had any
thing to do with causing the missions
to be abandoned. 1t may well be tnat
they did. In any case, 1t is known that
several hair shirts were found IN the
missions at the same time, which IS
most suggestive circumstance IL
points unerringly to the apparent fact
that the pious Franciscans had the
chairs and benches there for purposes
of penance. Beyond doubt, some
thing Of the penitential character or
this furniture has survived in it's com
mercial representatives in the market
today.
Some of the oldest of us can remem-
ber kind of easy chair that used to
exist in the long ago which was built
to fit a mans backI 1t curved inward
little bit whersl3he back curves In,
bulged backward and sideward pleas
antly where the shoulders expand. came
forward again in a nice little nip at
the neck, and finally afforded a COM
Portable pillow like recession for the
head to lie back upon. One sat well
down into this chair, but at the front
there was a kind of San Juan hill that
prevented one from slipping forward
The arms were ample. This chair had
absolutely no esthetic qualities what
ever. There was no beauty about 1t ex-
cept the beauty of peace and serenity.
But to sit In 1t was a benedlctlon, not
modification, Of the flesh.
we believe that this chair has its
comfortable SUCCESSORS in the market
hut they are available only for mill
lionaires, or for presentation purposes
This generation has acquired altogether
too strong a sense of the picturesque
to be willing to be merely comfortable
when IL has a chance to be esthetic at
the sacrifice of it's case.-New York
Mail.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-18
RUN THE FAKERS OUT

The assessment Of a fine Of $3.50 or
ninety days in Jail against an alleged
spiritualistic medium in the police
court yesterday established beyond
doubt the truth OF the charges that
The Herald has made from time to
time against these takers.
OF course no one at all familiar with
the circumstances doubted for an in
stant that The Herald knew whereof
1t spoke when It printed column after
Column of exposures about these hu-
man vultures and their methods. Ocu-
lar proof OF their frauds was secured
by reporters detailed for that purpose
and evidences Of their trickery were
multiplied. But It Is always easy to
make denials, and a sympathetic fol-
lowing is too often prone to believe the
specious words of a skilled deceiver.
Now, however the courts have taken
due cognizance of the very state of af-
fairs of which The Herald complained.
The laws heavy hand has descended
upon one of the charlatans and he has
been duly convicted. The fine and i'm
prisonment have come as the result of
a trial by jury, that great bulwark of
American liberties, and the defendant
has been proved guilty without reserve.
This first case makes it evident that
these defrauders of the unwary and
the gullible can be easily reached by
the law and that they are amenable to
punishment. or course, the greatest
penalty that can be visited upon them
is the expose to which they are sub
jected; it pillories them in the public
eye and shows that they are the
frauds and takers that they have been
branded. But the law itself has been
outraged by them, and the due punish
ment should follow.
Now that conviction has been Sc
cured in one of these cases, a regular
campaign of determination should be
made against the whole tribe of seers,
mediums and fortune tellers that in
fest this city. 1t is easily shown that
they can be reached that they are de-
flying the statutes and are swindling
the public right and left. If one can
be convicted so can the rest, and this
In spite of their defiant organization
formed to protect themselves against
the city and to set at naught the laws
made for their governance. Let the
good work go on till this disgrace on
Los Angeles fair name is removed.
This city has an unenviable reputa-
tion for harboring more frauds and
takers of this class than any other
place on earth 1t has become a by
word in the land as the home of this
sort of graft and chicanery. Hitherto it
has been claimed that the swindlers
could not be reached. 1t is now DEM
onstrated, after The Herald proved
their fraudulent methods, that they
can be brought under control. If they
are still permitted to carry on their
depredations it will be the fault of the
police department and the law making
and enforcing powers generally.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-18
A ROMANCE OF THE NORTH

A reunion between husband and wife
after separation of more than twen-
ty-two years was effected a few days
ago when Michael Kobevitch, the pro-
prletor of a roadhouse on Pilgrim river
was introduced to his wife, whom he
had last seen in Prussia more than a
score of years ago
Mr., KobeYitch left Prussia at that
time for the purpose of seeking his for
tune in America and she has patiently
awaited his return ever since. They
have corresponded all the time, and a
year ago Mr.. Kobevitch sold some
property i'm the Kougarok district and
sent for his wife with portion of the
proceeds.
Mrs. Kobevitch had changed so
greatly since her husband had last seen
her that It was necessary to introduce
the couple to each other.-Nome Gold
Digger,
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-18
SYMPATHY WITH CALIFORNIA

II Is significant that in the long
series OF interviews collected by the
Herald in connection with Japan's
Californian dispute, interviews with
men Of all political creeds. with men
representing every branch of American
activity business law, the educational
profession, diplomacy; interviews with
men from widely separated states. with
senator's, congressman and members of
the parliamentary committees, a de-
cided tendency is displayed TO uphold
California individually and collectively.
These men realize that i'm its final
Iolm the conflict would be one between
Japan and America. And their SYM
pathles go unanimously to the latter
New York Herald.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-18
CircumI Iocution

The tiresome preacher finally fin
ished his almost interminable sermon.
The congregation had slowly filed out,
save one man, who Jagged behind to
speak with the pastor.
DO you know, minister" he said in
a confidential tone, that your sermon
this morning reminded me more of a
wheel than anything else that I could
think Off"
"a WHEEL" said the startled divine.
How could it do that?"
"Oh, merely that In a wheel the
longer the spoke is the longer the tire"
=Harper'S Weekly.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-18

He couldn't start the morning fire;
The pressure was too low;
He struck a score of matches and
The blamed thing wouldn't go.
At noon, his wife the trouble had;
His luncheon he ate cold;
The blooming gas was all but gone
Almost as scarce as gold.
At dinner time, he counted on
A, nice hot tempting meal;
But when he tried the gas, there was
No heat that you could feel.
He wanted water for his shave,
And exc to take his tub:
The heater worked, so did the air,
The gas? There was the rub.
"Ah, we'll" he sighed. there's one thing
sure,
I'll pay gas bills no more!''
He got his little dun all right;
Twas double that of yore!
w. H. c.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-18
Or. John coodfe elIow--onIce upstairs

Or. John oodfelIow-oHlce upstairs
Rooted o.er by the blue Of the near
And walled in by the gray OF grim
mountain peaks high,
Bryson,. mountaineers' village, stands
with its front. to the highway, it's back
to the clin;
A smithy It has, 9 postonice, store,
And lo Its inhabitants simple and shy
Live close to the soil--and live close TO
the sky.
A stairway outside of the quaint village
Led straight to the bare, dusky room
Like a highroad of hope to heaven OF
And down at the foot of that stairway
there swung
A battered old sign. and this message II
To ali Who were burdened with ills or
, "Dr John Goodfellow--orice Up
Stairs"
Or. John Goodfellowl" Iowly was
he
out at the elbow and out at the knee; =,
But though he was tousled and tattered
and old
HIS snews were steel and his heart was
pure gold.
n
But II found him abroad on the road
day or night;
Never tortuous trail, but II led
To some sick womans side or some
little child's bed.
"omice Up-stairs!" All, that small.
dusty den
Was the home of the saddest and glad
dest of men
His thoughts were his children, his wife
was the Wild
And his heart ovcrnowed when in sum-
mer she smiled
No gold had he gathered, no gear had
His wealth was the memry of noble
deeds done
But he bottled UP gladness-and sold 1t
Signed: "Dr. John Goodfellow--office
Upstairs"
He died-as the best and the worst of
us must!-
And his friends bore him out of the
dusk and the dust
OF his squalid surroundings, and laid
him to rest
In the lap of the Wild he had always
loved BEST
Then they sold at vendu, as a matter of
course,
His meager effects-his poor bony old
horse,
His black saddle bags, his few books!-
to defray
The expenses incurred when they laid
him away.
Gone! Gone and forgotten! All, no
no! Instead
As they loved Inn when living. they
loved him when dead;
And his grave must be marked-though
no tablet or stone
Marked single low mound of their
blood or their own.
But. untutored and crude, they were
,t,tt aN 1Na
How to letter his name on the rude,
At the head OF his grave--how to carve
a scant line!-
Till the thought came to them of his
battered old sign.
That battered old sign! All, they took
1t and nailed
1t high on that cross. but they stupidity
To note, that it served as a sign board
of love
On the road leading straight up to
Inspired were they. but they knew it
not them
Inspired of God, those poor primitive
For that old sign announced:-as the
scripture declares!-
DIR John Goodfellow-Ohfice Up
Stairs"
So there in the heart of the midsummer
noon
| And there in the chill of the mid
winter moon,
Marking the foot of the Ladder of Light
That ends in the Lond of Omnipotent
Right,
Still swings that old sign-as in seasons
of yore
1t swung at the side of Jim Milliken's
store;
Still offering solace and answering
pray'rs:
"Dr. John Goodfellow--Onfice Up
Stairsv
james Ball Naylor in National Maya
zine.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-18
KEEP EVEN PACE

THE western country has grown so
fast that the railroads have been unable
to keep pace with it,"
So says James j. Hill, the veteran
railway magnate and financier. Hence
the obvious remedy for the present
shortage in railway service is more
lines, both transcontinetal and feeders.
The idea thus expressed might be ex-
panded to cover many public utilities
besides the railways. To localize the
APPLICATION, we have examples right here
in Los Angeles of failure of such utili-
ties to keep pace with the tremendous
strides of the city. And the remedy
for the shortcoming here is similar to
the one suggested by Mr.. Hill We
need, and need badly an expansion of
service by public utilities corresponding
with the rapid growth of the city
Citizens of Los Angeles have COM
paratively little cause for complaint in
regard to the city's transit service. The
need for expansion in that line is rec
ognized by the promoters of the service.
ing of the system will soon begin. But
in other branches of public service
there is an evident lack of sufficient
equipment to meet the demand
Defects in the electric and gas SER
vice of this city have peen strikingly in
evidence for several weeks, In the sit
uation concerning them, as in the busi-
ness of the railways, we see necessity
for provision whereby emergencies may
be bridged without jeopardy to the
comfort or the material interests of the
community.
In ordinary circumstances, for in
stance, the electric and gas equipment
would have been fairly adequate, at
least, to meet the public demand this
winter. BY strange coincidence how
ever, we have had an extraordinarily
protracted period of cold and rainy
weather. together with a coal and wood
famine and a run of bad luck in the
gas production. If coal deliveries had
not interrupted, the drain upon the gas
service might not have been beyond
its capacity,
1t is just here that we comprehend
the fun force OF the admontion given
to Los Angeles by Secretary Shaw, as
frequently quoted, Build for the
future-build big AS the railways Of
the great west are not keeping pace
with the mighty growth of the coun-
try, so the public utilities of Los An
.geIes are lagging behind the amazing
progress OF the city, To use a homely
phrase, we are Giving from hand to
mouth in that regard. In fact we are
getting along more in accordance with
the questionable scrlptural advice to
take no thought of the morrow"
Such eXigences as have occurred this
winter in Los Angeles would not be
likely 10 happen often, but they win
serve to invite preparation for any
thing Of the kind IN the future. II is
manifestly 10 the interest Of all pub
lie purveyors to give satisfactory ser
vice. The unexpected viii happen. ana
1t is very apt to happen Just when It
is the leass pleasing to have it, The
only safety against emergencies, as in
timated before is to be prepared at an
times for them.
And the whole lesson TO be learned in
this respect may be boiled down TO
that motto for Los Angeles which Sec
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-18

AS Jamaica and Florida, both al
legged suppliers of oranges for the east
ern market, are now out of business,
will it not be necessary for the east
erners to fall back on the old reliable
California variety for their citrus
treats?
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-18

Tourists who have come here to bask
in Southern Californias boasted sun
shine are requested to be patient. Be
hind the clouds is the sun, still shin
ing" you know, and it may by chance
break through.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-18

It's all right and a good bluff for the
governor to refuse Walter Parkers
request for a pardon for some poor
wretch about whom no one cares, but
it will be different when Parker asks
a real favor for his owner, the South.
ern Pacific company
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-18

The chamber of commerce has started
a crusade for clean crossings. The
chamber has a habit of being on the
right side of things, and it usually wins
its fights, too.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-18

The fact that a Russian count was
burned to death in his own home and
was not the victim of assassins is i'm
portant enough to make it a news item
of unusual interest.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-18

1t is bad enough to have a coal
famine and to pay famine prices for
what one gets, but when short weight
is added to the rest of the trouble, then
it is time to rebel
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-18
Wraps with GIitterins Innings

The brilliancy and furbelows on even
ing wraps have come to be confined to
the inside. The outside is, for the most
part, a smooth cloth or velvet or fur,
collar or the wide open sleeves. Chif
fon and lace for trimming the inside
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-18

1t is to be hoped that all this in
vestigation of the gas company will
not eventuate merely in gas-though
after all. that is desirable, too.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-18

DO you know the witness that has
just been examined?" said an attorney
to the occupant of the witness box.
Yes, SIR"
What's his reputation for veracity"
Well" replied the man cautiously,
hes a weather forecaster for the
meteorological office by profession.
Pick Me Up.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-18

Governor Gillett has withdrawn the
last few Pardee appointments, and thus
has given the good doctor another short
arm jolt.