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a ouEsrIoN Of AuTAoRsHlp

There Is nothing better than a
good story wen told unless d be a
good story told with an apparent ap-
plicatIon George Fred Williams. Of
Massachusetts. IS responsible for a
story of the latter description which
Is too good keep According 10 the
tale;
There was debate IN colored
club over the Question. Resolved.
that when one hen lays an egg and
another hen sets ON the egg. the hen
that laid the egg Is the mother OF tho
chicken. Both sides were ably pro
senied, and the presiding officer was
leaning strongly toward the side of
the negative, Finally a color4d bro
ther in the rear of the room injected
a question suppose case aaid he.
suppose the ege Is 4 duck osS then
who Is the mother Of the duck. the
duck that laid The egg or the hen
what scf on tho eeg?' This argument
caused CONSERVATION in the ranks Of
The speakers on. the negative. bVi the
presiding officer was equal To the
occasion he raped for order. and
atte scratching dis head answered.
Ducks am not before tile house.
chickens am de question, therefore
! rides The dacks ont
President Roosevelt has been hatch
ing ool politics which the Democratic
party originated. and II becomes
very mlefeallne question who am dc
nciiIer ~ the chicken who shall
have the credit of auihorshlp2
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CHRISTIAN ENDEAYORERS
INVADE FORT WORTH
AN AssocInled presnl

Fort Worth. Texas, June ll~-A
small army nf earnest Young workers
invaded Fort Worth today for tAe am
nual state convention OF the Socieiy
of Christian Endaavor The delegates
who came from almost every nook
sud corner of the Lone Star State,
were met al tae depois by members OF
tho local committee aud escorted 10
convention headquarters, whore they
We're provided with haoSes and as
signed 10 families Rho arc caieflaln-
iue
roniebt there ls % be 4 big Welc0m-
ing Demonstration with President
A. y Turner Of Iriuiiy University as
fhe principal speaker rbc business
session will begin tomorrow morning
With President Colby d. Han 10 to-
chair fhreh sessions viii be held
tail during Wednesday and Thursday
Pfominent among onose 10 take
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THE PRESIDENT
CARRIES A GUN

Washington. jane l1--People who
were present at the laying OF the Ma
sonic temple corner stone yesterday
afternoon say that they have the evi.
dence Of their eyes that President
Roosevelt carried revolver. AS the
grand master workman tied the Ma
sonic apron around the Presidents
waist he drew back the tails of Mr.,
RooseYelts coat lie fumblad slightly
having apparently encountered some
obstruction Then he drew the coat
tails back further % loosen the strings
and the cause of the obstruction he
came apparent II was the butt of a
big revolver resting in the Presidents
right hip pocket
Governor Van SAINT Of Minnesota
once unintentionally exchanged over
coats with President Roosevelt The
governor discovered his error through
finding a revolver IN q pocket of The
Presidents coat A few years ago the
President attended a convention held
in a Washington church and left the
OyercOat in the anteroom A young
woman in a spirit of fun put the coat
on She found revolver in one OF
the pockets and screamed,
Tools Washington Used.
President Roosevelt as member
of the Blue lodge of The Masonic fra
termity, made the address AT the lay
ing OF the corner stone this afternoon.
The gayel and trowel used were the
same as those used by President
Washington IN laying the corner stone
Of the United States capital, Septenl
ber Is. 1898, and the Bible was used
by Fredericksburg lodge No. 4 OF Vir-
ginia when President Washington be
came . member OF the fraternity
The President spread some cement
under the corner stone With the
trowel. afterward shaking the hands
of the mechanics experimenting the
work. and later was handed the gayel
and also the Bible which he exam
incd closely Us he turned the pages
OF the sacred book Deposited IN the
corner stone are steel portraits Of
President Washington and President
Roosevelt fac sinile copies OF the
Declaration OF Independence and the
OF the United States,
jamestown exposition medals and
account of the death of
President Garfield
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! Will mail You free, TO prove merit
sample Of my Dr shoop's Restorative.
and by Book on either Dyspepsia, The
Hear or The Kidneys Troubles ol
The Stomach Heart or Kidneys. are
merely symptoms OF deeper ailmont
Don't make the common error of treat
ing symptoms only Symptom treat
mcnt Is The result of your ailment
and not the carSc Weak Stomach
nerves the inside nerves mean sgom
aeh weGkaess, always And the Heart,
and kidneys ss weil. have their con.
trolling or inside nerves. Weaka1
these nerves. and you Inevitably have
weak fiial organs Here As who're
Or Shoop's Restorative has made its
lanle No other remedy ever claims
10 treat NE inside nerves" Also for
bloating, hlliousness. bad breath or
eomplexion. pee Dr Shoop's lesiara.
tive. Write me today for samnle and
ifee Book Dr shoop Racine. Wis.
ihe itegloraiiye IS sold by r. d. Iiilie.
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MANY APPLICANTS
TO PRACTICE MEDICINE

The regular quarterly examination
for applicants 10 practice medicine i'm
Oklahoma Us being held in the council
champer ia the city hall today and
tomorrow The officers IN charge are
DR. b. r. Hamilton. Shawnee, presi.
dent Df f. G Sharpe. Guthrie, vice
president; Or. C w Baker, Enid sec.
retaIy The following is the person
mel of the class taking She examina.
ton j A. Cox. Luther: c. r. Yer
wood, Austin Texas; i A. Belter.
G0odwell. & r. Mckee. Enid; RI. e.
Yazel, Orlahdo; Walter +. Miller. Tex.
as; j. r. Bradshaw. Marshall, MO- 4,
H. Cough. Newkhk. ~ Il. Wilson,
Winfield Isaac c. Hubbard. McKomis
H.; r. N Sneevan, Leila e. Andrews.
Oklahoma City; J y. Unsell, Enid j..
A. Edwards, Cache; H. L. Marshall
Suonghhus m; W. l.. Capshaw Nor
man; l.ebhle r. Pearson. Mangum,
v. v, Grant. Granite: J p Van Allen.
Frederick. &. W Townsend Oklaho,
ma city: } r. Potter. Seward. Neb..
w H. Smedley. Manchester. l.. b..
Sutherland, Hastings: r. NJ Sanger,
Oklahoma city; A. G Giles. Okahoma
CITY
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OHIO COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS

Dayton, Ohio. June 1.-THE eieh.
teenlh annual convention OF The Ohio
grand cosncil Of the United CONNER
cial Travellers. which began rs husf
ness sessions here Today, Is The larg-
est in point Of attendance ever held
hy the organization. delegates rep-
reening all parts OF the state filled
pythian Castle this morning when
'the injecting was called 10 order by
Glahd C'oenselnr W z. Ford OF
Mansfield. Tie reports Of the Soy
cral officers show that Ohio Is still
the banner state of the organization
as regards membership The state
now numbers nneen mere sabordl
nate councils ana 900 more mem
hers than any OF the other twenty
three Grand Jurisdictions.
Though the member nf deleeafes
pfescnt Is put l7o there arc fully
5000 oihar Visitors Ia The city 10 take
part In The sociai features of lie
proeram The convention han a Id
q be held foniehl and tonofrow
afternoon viii come the bie parade.
ia which several thousand ol ne com.
etcl4 travellers will be ia line
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GRIFFIN GOES TO WEWoKA
TO FACE SERIOUS CHARGE.

Oklahoma city. June TO- w. w.
Griffin, local attorney who was arr
rested Sunday on a fugitive warrant
AT the insligation OF parties at Wewo-
ka. waived examination before United
STATES Commissioner Splitter last even.
ing and viii 80 10 Wewoka today. ac-
companied By his attorneys, Pmie,t
and Gilbert The complaint entered
against Griffin al Wewoka alleged Oh
tanning money under false pretense.
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STRICTLY OBSERVES
THE LAW

(Continued from page onel
---------.---- ---------------
done their best to conform to the law
in all respects and We expect the elec
tion TO be regularly held under an or
dinance legally adopted
Judge I.edbetter came to Guthrie
this morning 10 Join the other conven.
tion attorneys. Judges Dale and Bier
er, OF Gnthrie, and Judge J r King.
OF Newhrk in presenting TO the SUI
preme court the case of the conven-
lion relative to the proposed election.
Judge Ledbetter. referring 10 the
constitution election call as issued by
President Murray and appearing in .
newspaper at South McAlester. said
that il was immaterial aud would have
no bearing on the case. No election
would be held he said. until the
courts have passed upon the iniunc.
tion cases and then only upon \ call
issued by the governor.
Chief Justice Burford, of the SUI
preine court of Oklahoma. is quoted
as having informed the Republicans
that the election call is unnecessary,
under the wording of the election or
dinance, and that they had enjo'ned
an unnecessary thing: that they
should enioin the election boaUd from
having any ballots printed. or from
sending out ballots, or from receiving
any ballots, or from holding the cleo
tlon.
When the injunction case comes be-
fore the Supreme corut tomorrow Il Is
understood that the attorneys for the
convention will ask the court to pass
upon all matters affecting the election
upon which an Injunction suit might
be based ia future SO that there will
be no further obstruction TO The hold
ing OF the election. adopting The con
aIiInlinn md annilrlil.. .lnlnhnnI
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prIsoners conless Kn0wIsaae.

Elmer Byars and leonard Kennedy,
who were arrested last evening on the
charge of being implicated ia the
murder OF Eli1a Hayes nhe i4year
old olodOr lad who died SUNDAY even.
ing from injuries Sustained ia cnt.
Ting ARRAY confessed 70 Cognty Attof.
noy Frank MveGuire this afternoon
that they know who the unknown lad
WAS thai in the hght with young
lilyes and his companions NJ Island
park on June 2Hd The complaint
was di9missed as 10 Ryars aud Ken
nedy and a warrant sworn ont FOR thc
lad whose identity is concealed for the
present and Who disappeared the day
alter tho ARRAY occurred
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part in the gathering are Miss Edith
Bradley OF Houston, Prof. e. r..
Cockrell of Texas Christian Unver
sity, Hardy Crowder of Dallas, Mrs.
s NJ Sloan Of Livingston, Rev J.
Frank Smith of Dallas, Mrs. J. 3.
Baker of Haskell. and President Roby
T. Day Of Wesimmister College.
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EXERCISES AT
WABASH COLLEGE

lly AssOclated press.)
Charlottesville, Ind June ll.-Ihe
aegeniNftth anniversary Of the found.
ing OF Wabash College was celebra. cd
today in connection With the COM
mencenent week exercises Many
alumni and oiheLA friends OF the col
loge We're present. The chief feature
OF the anniversary exercises. which
We're held this forenoon. was an adj
dress by John L. Wilson OF Seattle,
Wash Another feature was ihe I'M
yelling Of bust OF The late President
Kane. The graduation exercises Will
be held tomorrow aud the occasion al
SO viii mark he inauguration of Pres,
ident Macintosh
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can have no Jurisdiction over the pro.
visions 81 The constitaiion untr an.
ter they are adopted aud become the
laws Of the state. Such silly twaddlo
could have emanated from no other
source than democratic newspaper
IN The last clutches of despair. It
Is now Ia order Tor the mighty Lender
20 oifer the opinion that a condemned
man has no legal right TO appeal un-
an after he Is hung.
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Continued from page onel
in many of Attorney RlchaIdsoa's
question. hut he finally held to all OF
his first stories and was calm and
certain throughout the long and try
ing examination Two more crimes
were brought home TO Orchard today
He confessed that he burned a cheese
factory in Ontario TO get $500 insur-
ance and he confessed that he began
his lie OF crime by selling cheese VI
shOrwcight
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Bonhour Bros circus, an Oklahoma
Organization with winter quarters i'm
Carmen, Woods COUNTY. encountered
It's FIRST storm of the season in Ell,
city carly in The morning Of June 3.
AZ thc height OF the storm the per-
formers We're compelled to leave
their sleeping cars in their night gar
nvais and set iihe brakes ON the cars
10 prevent their being carried away
10 The darkness. The tents had ueen
fecfed IN anticipation OF storm, hut
The wind caesed great damage to The
canvag. Next day the circus en-
piotees et TO work and sewed mp the
renls in time for the afternoon per-
tcrnance
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-06-11

Francis r Curtis Of Washington has
established headquarters in oklahoma
City as press agent for the RepWbli.
can campaign IN oklahoma Mr. Cur
lis Is cbairman Of The literature bn-
teau Of the Republican National cam
paigu committee
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Masons Notice.

Geihrie Lodge No. >, A. r. q A. NJ.
viii confer the third degree tonight
All Master Masons invited
FiiED W. GREEN. j. w. RuCES.
Secretary W NJ
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-06-11

An Enid company is prompting an
electric interurban line from that
town by way Of Breckenridge Gafber,
BILLINGS lonkawa and Blackwell.
with Kansas City as the ultimate des-
tlnaiion
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"rhe oldest business building in
Bartlesville Is being torn down" says
the Enterprise, 10 make room for a
2ftory brick structure. The old build.
ing IS The little frame affair between
the Woodring block and the poolhall
on ie1st Sec0ad street II was a very
mcdcrn affair when erected on the
south bank Of ihn Cancv river twenty
and George b. Keeler The building
was constructed Of natNe lrmber cut
on the banks of the Caney and sawed
in a water power mill. The building
wSs erected for the mercantile estab-
lishment of Johnstone & Keeler, They
were young men starting IN business
for themselves Their store was a
popular place with the Usage, Della
ware and Cherokee Indians who trad
ed along the Caney All goods hand
ted BY the young merchants were
brought into the territory by freight
from Fi Smith or some OF the Kaa-
sas railroad towns The goods were
halled ia two wagons chained to-.
geiher In a train and pulled by -four
or six mules There were no bridges
In the country and the purchaser who
wanted goods in hurry mad TO figure
on the condition Of the Soads and
streams along the freighter's route.
II Is possible now TO send to London
to purchase goods, and have them
back 10 Parilesyille in quicker time
than oald be made sending TO Fort
Smith al the time the KeelerJohn-
stone General merchadise store was
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the same proportion.-Purcen Regis

the same proportion Purcell Regis
Ter.
Did you know that the Farmers'
Union wrote in the platforms of the
people last fall and through their rep
resentatiyes in the constitutional CON
yention OF Oklahoma the many propo-
siiions now in the constitution They
viii not turn Il down at the polls be-
cause referendum is the law and rule
of voting in ME union an dthey like
it, Prague Patriot
No wthat an abundanc eof natural
gas has been found seven miles from
Muskogee the price Of gas for factory
purposes may be cut down 10 . cents
thousand feet The fast that Mus
kogee is tied Up With a franchise for
twenty-five years does not affect the
price OF gas outside the city limits
where manufacturing concerns would
naturally require it, Muskogee
Times Democrat.
For every argument against the
adoption Of the constitution there are
a hundred for it, The objections that
haze Tins far been made are trivial.
weak and insignificant compared With
the strong reasons that are put for
ward for Chickasha Express.
Oklahoma has bad a hail storm in
which the hail stones were as big as
quart o1ps Oklahdma Is rabbing
il in. we know she is great big
state and with great resources and a
great future but her hailstones are
surely uot that enormous.-S ST. Louis
Replblic
The same Oklahoma paper which
asserted ihat the citizenship of IN
dian Territory was not worthy of cit
izenship with the people of oklahoma
Is now fighting the constitution
Truth of the matter is that editor
never did want statehood as The en-
lblng act provided for it no matter
what kind of constitution w;s writ
en- " this same constitution had
been the product OF Republican pens
here would have been no Injunction
suits there would have been no de-
ay. The love of freedom more thal
100 years ago prnpied the Pilgrim
n the hearts OF American citizens
athers TO come TO this land Of liberty
-ihai same love OF liberty suil hnrns
his country 20 be denied rights they
ne entitled to by injnnctious grant
"a upon prejudice rather than upon
aw When the constitution is sub
nitied 10 a vote of the people aud Is
'atiiied by eighty per cent OF the
'eOple there Is nothing TO fear ffosa.
he president. -Ardmorite.
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OVER The STATE.

Oklahoma City expects to be burn.
ing natural gas by September I
The business OF the local gas and
electric light comp3ny IN Oklahoma
City has grown so rapidly in the last
year that a 6-siory building 70 house
additional machinery will be erected
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@ @ o o @ . @ Q o O 0 @ @ @ o o
, PRESS COMMENT. g
, g
o Q 90 o G @ @ . @ o G o o o 6

Having utterly failed In the attempt
to make the people believe their loud
ries of rotten provisions IN the con-
silinton, as the people are already
stpdying that document for them
selves. the Republican graft organ.
the Guthrie Capital, driven SO dspor-
ation, now gives ON the silly lie that
Ia the copy being circulated the
'rctten' features are left Out. but are
In the original The Capital oilers
an insult 10 the Intelligence OF Okla
homes citizenship by pntting sucn
palpaOly false statement helOre the
public. j will 40 no hlrn lnwey.-,
as no one ever belieyes Mlythiu4 nd
reads ia the Capital Purcell Eepis
ter
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handsomely adorned with about l50
Shickasaw nation school mans.
They are attending the Chickasaw nor
NAL AT this place and VIII remain
here four weeks Most of the ann
bltlols lassles will gather much pre-
cious and neyerspoiling fruit from
the higher branches of the never.
whitening tree of knowledge.
Farmers, mechanics, railroaders, la
borers rely on Or. Thomaa Ecleciric
on. Takes the sting ont Of cuts.
burns or bruises ~ once Pain cannot
stay whore Il Is used
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Tho result of the vote taken here
lasi Saturday on ilie raiiliralion or
me constitution supports tie conten-
tion that the people. without regard
90 political veiws. want statehood.
Ia no locality IN the state. perhaps.
are the tNp political parties mare
nearly eqFel in voting strenaih than
in Purcell. set the vote stood i3S cor
ihel constitution aud only b aeainst
No speciai enofl was made Ia eci ont
the VOTES. only siiehf adfefllsemenf
was t'Nen The F6io ia the enfife
Indian Territory win show np IN about
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MATT DUR HAS
CURE FOR "RED NOSE"

Sulphur June, 1i.--The most ludic-
fnns. most exciting and largest al.
tended baseball playing took place in
tire sulphur Eiesiric park, the other
day Only democrats were allowed
- play The nine fattest aud nine
lesneSi men OF this magic city We're
the star performers on the turf The
lat fellows were whoeping for Crgce
sNhqc the hank chaps boosted for Has
KEEL Most Of the players were first
class amateurs al lne business The
playing was horrible, the yelling was
tefrihc Both sides claimed the vic
tory. and the Oklahoma supreme
cerrt may laee 90 decide the contest
The gate mouey was donated 10 the
Hume Mission for the benefit of the
few home hcathen.
Some street railway promoters
have been here the last fonr days in-
nniring into tie unexpired time OF
sireeifaiAsay franchise given TO some
hardly follows here about a year ago.
% is certain thai an electric road will
be- built and operated here within the
next sixleen months. The railway will
cnrircle all o. the Si4 acres OF Plat
National park Certain capitalists
aill sgrely Invest considerable OF
fher wealth 30 hhe aforesaid remnu,
efailye enterprise
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Sulphur. J. r. Jne 40 The troop
81 gigantic Kentucky 'llumels' that
nave been here the last two weeks
have lost theh red noses after drink
ine many gallons Of natures mix
tfes They are b1ying land round
about aHlpanr with the intention of
jing very extensively into toDacco
raisina nfxt afagou The towering
l.kfrnels' declare that this4 lecqiiig
lRill some dsy become one of the
hfeafesf pFoducers Of the narcotic
Tweed 30 the United states
Most OF the fortyciPht different
kinds of graneylne5 in leyperimenter
neairo's Vineyard IN sulphur are
loaded with innculle erapes. Some
~ the early varieties win commence
lipening within the next two weeks.
Tile Renffo vineyard contains great
~ variety 81 mnpylncs laan. perhaps
an} other grapery in the - Invest
81 Renffo Is suiphVs Luther hnr
bank 10 has producod some new
kind of mixtures Of berries. grapes
ane frulls
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WILL ADAMS
AGAIN WOBBLE

lConlInnea Irom page onel
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lContinaed from page onel
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-05-09
THE DEMOCRAT.
81. rs per year in Advance
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.

Miss Katherine Brew returned to
Milwaukee last Thursday after a
three months visit at the home of her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. M. H. Brew of
Mineral Point.
Louis Wunderlin of Carson, Mon
tana, was here last week, visiting at
the home of his uncle, A. S. Kaump.
He has an interest in the Wunderlin
gold mine, near Carson.
Miss Shirley Jackson began her
studies Monday of this week in the
Stenographic Department of the Met
ropolitan Business College of Chi
cago. Her friends all wish her
success in her work.
Edward Mitchell, Jr., is here from
Butte, Montana, for a visit at the
home of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward Mitchell.
Peter H. Meiss of Ridgeway spent
a few hours on Wednesday among his
friends in Mineral Point. He has
prospered at farming and believes
that the outlook for the farmers
grows brighter year by year.
Daniel Buss, Sr., of Darlington was
a visitor in Mineral Point on Wednes-
day.
The many friends of City Treasurer
John Jeuck will be pleased to know
that he is able to be about again. He
was down town on Wednesday.
One day last week Edward Curnow,
Sr., had the misfortune to have the
small bone of his left forearm broken.
He was at work in his shop bonding a
board, when the board sprung back
with much force, with the result as
above stated.
Irwin Penhallegon is here from Chi
cagO for short visit with relatives.
He is a son of our former Wisconsin
James PenhallegOn.
J. L. Weiskircher and H. Jenning
of Granville, Iowa, and Mrs. Mathew
Stotler and daughter of Port Wash
ington, this state, oar~e here to attend
the funeral of Mrs. Cathryne Weis-
kircher, whose death is reported else
where in this paper.