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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-01-31
WHY LOCAL OPTION rs sEsr.

Dispatches from Illinois tell of a
rusade by pulpiteers on the liquor
traffic. The good men of the Sucker
state are holding prayer meetings
lrging the passage of a bill In the
llinois lsgislature which favors local
option. The anti-saloon league has a
o-al option bill, similar in intent and
purport to the minority report on
liquor traffic. introduced IN the Okla
aoma constitutional convention and
now under debate by that body. While
he good men of Illinois fight for local
option tde Interested preachers here
oppose IT, II local option is good for
illinois Il certainly is good for Okla
homa. We can not understand this
.ariaBce In the cloth. The liquor laws
Of Oklahoma are much stricter and
ire better enforced in Oklahoma at
ho present time than in Illinois.
There is an cement OF danger TO say
nothing of the loss In capital In Okla
loma being covered by constitutional
prohibition. Why? Because Kansas
iad Maine have shown that prohibit
,on can not be enforced. Il will be
farce In Oklahoma and the state will
tAEt AAtlliNAAn ia revenues 4 &AN "a
0ense OF maintaining a state will be
heavy at best for the first ten years
lad with the present revenues cur
ni,ed il win be burdensome, indeed.
10 Is as easy to buy an enforcement
commission as a dishonet county Of
icial and Kansas has had mach ex-
perence in seeing good officials
bought on The traffic in Oklahoma
,an be regulated in but one intelligent
way through the people--by the
initiative and referendum Under the
minority report now in the convention
municipal local option can be PVT into
me T. The community that is op
posed to saloons can vote II out. That
3ecrs fair enough; sensible enough
And the high licenses flowing from tbs
Few saloons that do operate viii 80
lar toward defraying municipal ex-
senses.
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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-01-31

"Tle getting ont OF doors is the great
est part of the journey, so put on ypus
hat and go out and anzwei that want
ad. which aroused your interest today
In reading and Answering classified
ads.--whether we want TO hire servant
or buy a house--it is wet TO take the
Instant by the forward .op, for on ou-
quickest DEGREES the aoiseless foot Of
time steals ere we can eject them"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-01-31

President Mckinney was truly a
great man. He was an international
character Great was his life but
greater was his death. He indeed for
gave even his assassin and was sin
cere in that and all other acts % bis
ttf.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-01-31

Piles get quick relief from DR..
Shoop's Magic Ointment Remember
it's made alone Tor Piles-and it
works with certainty and satisfaction
Itching, painful, protruding or blind
niles disappear like magic by its use.
Try 1t and see +. b. Lille & Co.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-01-31

The preachers in Illinois and Okla
homa are az odds il appears. The Hi
nCls clergymen are praying fer muni-
c'psl local option the Oklahoma men
Of the cloth ight local option
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-01-31

tlon practically indorsing the emperor
as highly dangerous TO French inter
ests Poor Old Europe When viii
the lamb ie down ia the lion.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-01-31

The Republican Press Bureau Is
morbnnd likewise puerilo and stupid,
In the haicyon days OF the Grimes
regime such ingrowing an2irs We're
unkncWn
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-01-31

The railroad cases 10 be heard by
the Interstate Commerce commits
sion Thursday at Oklahona City will
be an event Of great imporian 10
tho eaGro state
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-01-31
Assorted Pa,tle-.-sarriek.

Seats are now on sale for "The
Royal Slave which VIII play at the
Brooks tomorrow night Prices, $i00,
75o.. SOC, and 35c.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-01-31

Missouri is planning for a new
S5.C90000 capitol building Looks
like the good old state had changed
her mode aud meant 10 show the other
statCs
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-01-31

"Dr Thomas Electric OH is the
hest remedy for that often fatal di
sease- Group Has been used with
success in our family for eight years
Mrs. l.. Whiteacre, Buffalo, n. Y.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-01-31

1'he next tea years win show a lare,
es growth OF factories in this state
than in any other in the Union
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-01-31

Large bodies Of schoo land sgch as
the Kickapoo indemnity land greatly
retard the growth Of the counties in
which they are located and should be
coltt
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-01-31

What's 10 prevent the Thaw agents
from bribing the police officials who
suard the jurors?
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-01-31

A letter was received recently by a
Guthrie person from Winter Hin. for
mcrly of this city He Is located in
Grer, Idaho. with a surveying party.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-01-31

Good roads and line farms are old
chams. One is rarely seen without
lho other.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-01-31

Perhaps Governor Swettingham can
tell how paper tastes. now that be has
been compelled 10 eat that letter to
Admiral Davis.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-01-31

When the constitutional onvention
submits the very best organic law
ever made with the subsidized Repub.
lican press howl The common
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-01-31

Here's a bet: Thaw VIII be ac-
quilted.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-01-31

II prohibiti,Sn carries. there viii be
millions OF idle property In the state.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-01-31

Oklahoma does not want state vide
prcbibition-th that's certain.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-01-31

How wcald you like to be January
Thaw juror?
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-01-31

oklahoma leads in more lines of
agriculture than any state.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-01-31

When dreaming cf the future state
dream largely or you will miss the
mari.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-01-31

The two big propositions are; James
Crow and Old Grow.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-01-31

coyote win actually become alarmed
TO hear such hubhub.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-01-31
I Send II On Approval--You Wear II
-lf You Are Not Satisfied,
Refund Your Money

have invented rupture appliance
that ! can safely say. by 80 years ex-
perience in the rupture business. is
the only one that will absolutely hold
the rupture and never slip and yet is
cool. comfortable, conforms to every
movement of the body without chef
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-01-31

therefore, have the greatest interest in
hese matters.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-01-31

THE GYMNASIUM A
COLLEGE ESSENTIAL.
Athletic sports are essential to in
tellectual development. The physical
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-01-31
New Cure
For Rupture

New Scientific Appliance, Always a
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Size Persoa-Easy, Comfort
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Costs Less Than Many I.i
- Common Trusses--Made 4.
id For Men, Women or
Children.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-01-31

Washington News Hursau--is4s =. st.,
8. Z.
New York orIee-fso Nassau et.
Chicago onIee.-Wtlllams a johnson,
Marquette BUILDING.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-05

such circumstances they were not in
favor of appropriating money to such
disloyal persons, it is no wonder that
the Grand Army committee took their
departure, understanding tbat the ap-
preparation was refused.
The News article above quoted, un-
doubtedly, expresses the opinion of that
paper and the opinion Of the Commits
sioners in its contemptuous treatment
of the whole matter and its open sneers
at the Grand Army committee. And
the News and the Commissioners alike
may rest assured that the Grand Army,
while it never forgets its friends. is
pretty apt also to remember it's enc
mics,
1t only remains TO add that what The
Tribune has stated the facts TO be in
this whole matter, that is what the
facts are. The News S denial of these
facts is a craven and crafty falsehood, =,
absolutely and wilfully untrue.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-05
WHAT MIR. KINNEY SAID.

Some days ago there was a vicious
attack in the Desert News upon the
Rev Bruce Kinney on report that he
had said there are only seventy five
postoffices in Utah where a man can
receive mail matter bearing the return
mark of a Christian publishing house, or
words to that effect. The News was
bitter and vindictively brutal as 1t al
ways is when 1T gets Cor thinks 1t
sees) a chance TO attack a Christian
minister, aud it assailcd Mr., Kinney
in its usual abusive style,
The Tribune treated of the same mat
ter, intimating that there was some
thing wrong IN the report of what Mr.
Kinney said. This is now clearly
shown to be the case, in a letter which
we print on this page, from Mr.. Kin
ney. 1t is straig ghtforward, manly
letter, and puts everything right. What
he said was moderate, and was not in
the least an attack upon the postal ser
vice in this State. but rather re-
proach upon the Christian world for not
more fully occupying the field In Utah.
We commend the letter to the candid
consideration of all concerned, and of
all interested in the case
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-05
INCREASE IN POLICE FORCE.

It has all along been conceded that
the police force Of Snlt Lake City is
far below the requirements of condl
tions as they exist here. Salt Lake is
metropolitan city. We have here a
mixture of all the great strains Of
peoples in the world. The Oceidcnt
and the Orient meet here, We have
Japanese Chinese, Pacific islanders,
emigrants from all parts of Europe,
from Syria and other near portions of
the Orient. We have, besides, the ma
tive Indians and the general run of
black and white that is found else
where in the country, besides the pro.
fessional criminals who defy the laws
of God and man. Everywhere it is
known that mixture of races and
antagonisms such as we have here
calls for greater police force per
capita OF population than in commu-
mites made up altogether of homo
gencous population.
According to this rule, Salt Lake
City should have greater number of
policemen than is necessary in the av-
eragc American city. The very re-
verse has been the fact, however; we
have a lesser pro rata of policemen
than is found generally in the cities
of the country. AS a matter of fact,
our police force should be doubled;
but since this cannot be, the public
will welcome the addition of five patrol
men which the Council ordered on Mon
day evening. These five, it is hoped,
will be a starter for a larger addition
TO the force later Oh.
AT present the police force is much
more harassed than ordinarily. The
usual demands upon it arc largely IN
tepsihed by reason of the raid which
the county authorities are making upon
it. This raid, vicious, mean and con-
temptibe, which has even gone to the
extent Of approaching members of the
police force with propositions of i'm"
munity and reward il they would tes-
tify falsely in the plots Matched by
the county consplrators, has had a
tendency to hamper the force and les
sen its efficiency. 1t is hoped that this
substantial backing given by the Coun-
ell III the increase referred to may have
the effect also of bracing up the force
generally, and making il understand
that the public sentiment and the Coun-
Gil is with ii in all its good work, and
condemns the arraying of the county
against the city, TO the humiliation,
and cruel wrong of both
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-05

but the greedy eye was immediately
upon the job. Smith refused to wait
until the next ensuing general confer
encc, which was to be held in April
following Instead, he called special
conference Of the church TO officiate in
his coronation rs the earthly king Of
the kingdom of God, as he and his are
pleased to term their personal property,
After all those interminahle years Of
impatient waiting in hungry seIfishness,
was the man who literally starved for
supreme power to he put Off longer7
Not by h,s beard! He wanted it right
theu-and he got it.
The fact Of the matter is. that when
Brigham Young assumed the reins Of
government in the church, the organiza-
tion was in need of Just such strong
hand as his. Prophets of the Lord be
hanged. what was needed was a man
and Brigham Young was such, and he
led the church out of its troubles. But
for Joseph F. Smith to attempt to
praise Brigham Young is an insult to
that great leaders, memory; and for
him TO cast any reflection upon Young g
authority is for Smith TO attempt to
smite the face OF one who was as far
above him as Mount Saint Elias is
above Death Valley-and to irrevocably
offend the whole Mormon people. But
the Smith will do that Just as, at fune.
rails, he delights in ghoulishly defaming
the dead and laceratlng the hearts OF
the living. The Mormon people, how
ever, are getting onto the prophet; for
one good elder was heard to say the
other day, after reading the account OF
n recent post.mortem rampage OF the
prophetic vandal. ~ wouldn't have
Joseph +. speak at the funeral of
friend of mine if he were a hobo. -
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-05
Rev. Bruce Kin
Explains

Editor Tribune;-on INV -
an extended absence in tbo set9 =
attention was called 10 '"e ~. =
ylable notoriety given mo nv SON
lngton paper and your sdi. E oy
same, AN. ! am willing to sta -
tnat ! said, but do mot likss s'tao -
III fll5hds think that I would ~
fool statements as those am. n'
me at Washington. @str''
In the speech referred n r +,
ed that The Christian ebr,1
much 10 do yet before adIc a1i
communities were influence al !,
TO illustrate that statemors !
crete way; ! gave some fact. =
enee to Wyoming and ufsh
States | am superintends ana n
missions. / quote the s n.ss oI
must be the foundation 80 81 Il
tional report: u y
There are yet about ,h,-,
Utah. each having nan,.,y
OF. more, in which there y;a'aalo n
cal mission. Sometimes nmb,i9 no
llgious literature send on, ,isn' ni
dressed az follows: npns,si siic1
hand to Some Christian mInanassr Iaasr
er, Such mall could ho assr
SnIy ABOUT seVenty-ilve Of the
Ia nrea PostoiHces OF Utah. hcr.
ties. o'ier
| am sure there is NO rca!
anybody unless ii be unon 81
whom ! was addressing, bscs
had not more generously nyc
the missionary work in thns
The alleged utterance hos
surd when it is known tbas
dent of the society by whom
ployed, and who presided whs,
was Gen. w. s. Shallenberesr
eral years Second Assistant ~
General. 1t would hardly h
policy for ME to have given
to the alleged statemcnts eve,
thought them. If ne had T.
me to speak as reported be snr,
have referred to it in our can
which followed Adjournment
if [ wished to crit;cisc t6s1
tration of certain postofices 4
well, that is another story /
AS you have so kindly no|
torially the criticism on h
utterances, / trust that Won +
publicity TO this statement Al
ing you for the same, / h.
cerely, BRUCE X
Salt Lake City, June 8, l91
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-05

for the county Jail and for the county
infrmary. It would bo an easy and
cheap way for the counties TO escape
their expenditures, to compel the cities
within their borders to pay the ex.
penses OF county institutions. We do
not believe, however, that any one
thinks this can be done strongly
enough to take the trouble to bring a
suit in compusion of that idea. The
matter has now been brought to o
definite point, and we shall expect the
matter to drop right here. The proba.
bility Of any suit to compel the city
to pay county expense is so remote
that we do not believe it viii ever be
brought practically TO further tests.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-05
KILLED BY LEGISLATURE.

The action of the Council on Mon
day evening in refusing the request of
Juvenile Court Judge A. G, Gowans
for the appointment, at the city's ex-
pense, of additional probation officers,
and also the refusal to pay the expense
Of the detention home, was not only
expected. but necessarily arose from
the situation,
The Smootite Legislature, which re-
Gently adjourned, seemed TO have
been all at sea with regard TO the
propriety or improperly of much Of
the legislation which it considered.
In the legislation establishing the
Juvenile Court there is such a complex
mixture of powers, such a grotesque
jumbling of authority, and such a
weakening Of efficiency, as utterly to
destroy the effect of that which pre-.
sumabIy and ostensibly the Legis-
lature intended. 1t established the
Juvenile Courts as State tribunals,
but IT did not provide for the
election of any judge or law-prc.
senting officer for them, as the Con
stitution requires for other Judges.
1t apparently requires the county to
take charge of and be responsible for
certain features Of the court, especially
the so-callcd detention home. But the
county is not required to pay for
this, tho cost being shifted of upon
the city, which has no voice in the
III ,el,r nf k,+
home, That is to say, the law osten-
sibly permits the county to dip its
hands into the city treasury and
help itself as 10 the matter of this
home. The State also provides one
probation officer, a provision utterly
inadequate in this and some other
counties, to the purposes for which that
officer is provided,
The city very naturally objects to
putting its money into q home over
which it has no control, in the estab-
lshment of au organization IN which it
has no voice, and from which it can
require no accounting. 1t has been
decided in a case analogous 10 this that
the legislation which gives superior
authority control and requires an in
ferlor authority TO pay the bill. is il
legal. We refer to the fruit Inspector
case in Weber county, decided by
Judge Rolapp and sustained by the
Supreme Court of the State.
II is evident that the City Council
took the proper course in declining to
allow the city's nonev fo I,o taLo, I,
this manner. II any one thinks it is
legal to require the city to pay the ex.
penses of county institution, the way
is open for that person or that inter
est, whatever it may be, to bring a
suit and decide the matter to see
whether the city is thus bound. II
the law can compel the city TO do this
with respect to the county's detention
home, 1T can require it TO do the same
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-05
our Gev 'neh Cetlah, when it comes to
hissuin' horders.
COMPARISONS ARE oDoRoUs.

In q whining sort Of an editorial on
| Monday evening. the News finds fault
with the expression of opinion of Chief
Sheets which led to the calling off of
the bicycle races on Sunday night, The
News seems 10 object to the action of
the chief, while at the same time ap
proving of doing away with the Sunday
sport And it has the ineffable gall to
claim that under Mormon rule here
Sunday was better observed and the
city was cleaner of vice and crime than
it has been since the Mormon admins
tration went out of power.
The odious indccency of this sort of
claim will be best understood by those
who recall the fact that during the
whole of the period OF undisputed Nor.
mon ascendency here Salt Lake City was
wide open town, no sport was tabooed
on Sunday, saloons were kept open,
gambling was rampant, everywhere
dens of vice were actively encouraged
under the proprietorship of leading
Mormons who owned the places where
these dens were located, and there was
not even a pretense of closing anything
in this town on Sunday or on any other
day. The church police established
houses of prostitution and tried to lure
Geutiles into them. The church it
self ran Saltair as wide open
place Of amusement, Sundays and
every day Of the season, with
an open bar and such sports as could
be packed in at that place. Under
these circumstances, for the News to
claim special virtue for the church in
Sunday observance and in suppression
of vice and crime, is so utterly men
dacious and reckless that one would be
surprised at it were it not known to
what depths of deception, duplicity, and
falsehood the News habitually de-
scends.
Even as late as the Morris admins
tration, which the present administras
tion superseded, this was a wide open
town for vice and crime, Saloons were
open on Sundays, robbing gambling
dives were wide open. and each had
its crowd OF boosters TO run in the un-
wary and rob those who were not eX
pert, or who could be filed up with
drink while in the dens Haants of
vice were unmolested, save for the
monthly license which was extorted
from the inmates.
The church organ must certainly
reckon that people have very short
memories in order for it TO, indulge in
the temerity of putting forth such an
article as 1t did, inviting comparisons
between the church control of this
town and the present control. Even
now, at the church drug store, we are
informed that one cAn get as much
booze as he wants on Sunday as well
as on any other day, either by whole
sale, by the jug, by the bottle. or by
the drink The News IS q guilty fraud,
an impudent impostor, 1t is lmpossi-
BILE, however, for it TO make any head
way in convincing the public of its
points when it is SO utterly short-sight
cd and mendacious as in this particular
case.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-05
MADE THEMSELVES AGREEABLE


The special train. having on hoard the
members of the Salt Lake Commercial
club and business men or the Utah me-
tropolis pulled into the union depot
promptly at o'clock Saturday morning.
and In direct contrast with the bunch
from Portland. who were here n few
weeks since proceeded 10 make them
selves agreeable and become acquainted.
After the speaking was concluded. num-
Der OF the visitors who desired, were
taken in carriages provided for the
castor and driven to Academy Hill, from
where they were enabled TO look over the
valley both east and west, for several
miles. and also get splendid View of
the city. Others were shown about the
city which they greatly admired. They
commented particularly on the large num-
ber OF brick buildings In a place tho size
of Weiser. Wheaton Theater was
source OF wonder and admiration. A
number OF those who, visited II, remarked
that they had larger theaters in Salt
Lake. but they had nothing TO compare
with its interior arrangements. Every
member of the party stated that their
trip to Idaho had been revelation. as
they never dreamed of seeing such
country and cities as they had seen In
their travels. They Left at O'Clock for
Boise, bearing with them the good wishes
OF the Weiser people and a hearty invi-
tation to call again.