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The Washington herald., 1907-04-01

many different varieties Of systems, or
lunches" Ia favor with the fair sex.
Perhaps the owners colors, corresponding
with those OF the dress or some portion
OF the apparel, Is sufficient basis for a
''huneh' to play that particular ahimali
perhaps the name OF the horse is sugges-
tive of- success through its similarity 10
friend or relative OF the bettoT, or per
haps the fair bett0r is one Of those expert
enced horsewomen who select tEelr horses
with as much thought and success as the
men.
Through the law prohibiting runners
or commissioners OF the bookmakers ply
ing their trade IN the stands as OF old.
those women who come 20 tie track un-
escorted or whose escorts have deserted
them. in the exciting chase after quick
riches have no opportunity to place real
money on their selections. and unless
some h.A male friend appears to act as
amateur commissioner, they are forced
to fall back upon making mind bets.
Near, Or Mind, Betting.
This mental process is as replete with
excitement and thrills Of real betting, and
has the additional advantage of being
much cheaper The bettor merely selects
a horse and imagines she has wagered
large sum upon its chances. II it wins
she can summon up as much remorse
over not having had real bet up as
though she had placed some money and
lost IT.; If il loses. the relief at not hav-
ing bet anything but imaginary sums has
its equivalent only ia the JOY Of having
won a small wager involving real coin
of the realm.
There We're many mind bettors busy
Saturday, One large. corpulent. middle
aged woman sat IN the front rev Of the
grand stand and without touching the con-
tents Of her pocketboOk Succeeded in
working herself into "A fine frenzy over
each spirited dash Of the flying thorough
breds. She was accompanied by sym
pathetic friend. who eVidenly had never
been 10 the track before. just before the
start of the first race, while the horses
were forming al the barrier for the start,
this mind bettor WAS heard to say.
"Oh, 1 shall just have to change my
bet from Panique 10 Society Bud. You
know I read in paper this morning that
Betty Fitzgerald had her eoniing-out
party last night. and her mother Is a
great friend of mine That's what I call
a hunch Let's see; / had 800 on Panique
AT 20 s, that's $50 20 $780, III sake the
Sl00 and bet ii all on Society Bud for
second. That man who was Just up here
talking with that homely looking woman
in that last seasons hat. said Society
Bud is 10 90 I for second That means il
she runs second ] would have won $1,000
lif I had really bet it. Do you under
stand?"
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Reds Lose Again.

Dallas. Tex, March 31-The Cincinnati
National League team proved easy for the
Texas Leaguers to-day. a good Sunday
crowd Witnessed the game. The score;
RH.E
Cincinnati
..... I6 q
BatteFies-Cincinnati Kennedy Leagy and Haas.
. Dallas BlsTs. Dofer Burnett, aad Resns Umpire
NJ = ?. Bailss.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
surety Bonds aad Liability Insuraues.
RICKETTS, & EYN0N,
General Agents. 1875

oFFIcE OF THE LANsToN MoSo
type Machine Company. l23l Csilowhiil
street, Philadelphia, Pa. March 25, as5f.-
The annual meeting Of the stockholders al
the LANSTON MOEOTYPE MACHINE.
COMPANY will held at the Hotel Fieiscll-
mann, Alexandria, Va, at y oclock
noon. THURSDAY. the 18th day 81
April, 1907, for the purpose Of elecfins
a Board of Directors 10 serve for the en-
suing year. ana transacting such other
business as may properly come before IT,.
Transfer books viii be closed on the ise
Of April. at / O'Clock p. m, and vii b1
opened on April I6, AT 10 o'clock g. n
BY order OF the Board OF Directors. VII
FRED BANCROFT, Secretary.
mhZ5-1St
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SPECIAL MEETING OF THE 50UR-
neyman PlasteTeTs' Association MON
DAY. April . Business Of importaHfe-
By order association. M E GREEN.
President. fnasl.apI
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Tries TO Comprehend.

Her companion seemed somewhat con-
fused. but gradually it dawned on her,
and she prepared to get quite as excited
over the race as her experienced friend
Society Bud finished in about eighth place
There. you see" exclaimed Mrs Mind
Bettor. 4 saved 500 by not playing the
race. Isn't it fun?"
Down on the lawn the few fortunate
persons who wagered on Parkville were
besleging the cashiers Of the bookmakers
for their winnings.
Watts yer hurry?" said one OF these
business men. between whose fingers pro-
truded large mass Of bills Of all denomi-
nations I'VE amt goin' ter skidoo
Yougl get your money. Wait till dey take
de numbers down.
The elated winner thus rudely bespoksn
for having appeared somewhat too anS-
ious to receive his winnings, took the
"call down good naturedly.
Il don't want 10 hurry you. but, pal, on
the level. ] had my last buck on that
skate Parkville. and 7 want to cash and
get down on Ben Cole in the next race. .
he explained
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Gives Money and Advice.

All right. pardner answered the mol
inad but sun pompous handler OF the
long green bundle. Here's yer coin:
yer bet one each way. didn't yer? Well.
here's yer tirty-one bucks. Parlay It on
an de outsiders. an if dey all cops you'll
be a John D. Carnegie" this latter bit Of
advice being intended as a bit Of sarcasm,
the chances Of winning a parIay on out
siders" or Tong shots being about le0,
'O0o. 900 oo0, ,980, ,000. .000.000 to ] against.
over by another bookmaker. gathering
in several dve-dollar bills, augered from
his wager on the race just over, WAS a
man who was chiefly remarkable because
of the striking resemblance he bore 10
one of the prominent assistant United
States district attorneys, whose chief
was supposed to be instrumental in bring,
ing about the law alleged TO have been
framed against the practice of betting.
Several other prototypes OF prominent
District officials could be seen mingling
with the bettors as though on business
bent. and It was no optical illusion when
q well-knOwn detective from headquarters
walked up TO "bookie' known as cap
and placed a modest wager on Billy
Hibbs in the second race.
But there is no use knocking Horse
racing for the Improvement of the breed
of thoroughbreds" is a fine theory. but
the gentle public has as yet shown no
desire to pay money merely 10 watch the
horses run around the oval.
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TroIIeY q kensIngton

Via Reek Greek Bridges and Paris. The Zoe. Casgg
Chase Circle and LAKE. kFery sisitof q y aa1astzs
shnuid see these beautiful suburbs Gars esaTy y
minutes from l5.h s.. and n Z. ava. hgEd tla
tickets 25e At tasssells. liA y, y. sse Mt
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-07-26

Saturday and Monday at Ditzlers,
Ladies' lOc vests for &c.
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Deputy Marshals John Hammer
Bob Bailey and John Chapman arriv-
ed in the city today fron Ada having
in custody ten prisoners who were
arrested at sulphur a few days ago
on a charge of selling whiskey. The
prisoners were taken to Ada. whore
they were given preliminary hearing
and placed under a $1,000 appearance
bond and peace bond for $1,000 In
each case. This they failed to give
and were placed in Jail here today to
await trial.
Those who were put in Jail were
W 5. Janeway. Willis Watson, II. II.
Cassidy, Bill Knox, Doc Kerr, viii Ody
Otis Palmer. Chas. Grain, Houston
Madden and Henry Sanders
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ordnance on them calling their atten.
ton to the punishment.

ordnance on them calling their atten.
tion to the punishment
The sections are as follows:
Sec. iii That all buildings. now
erected. in the course Of construction.
or hereafter to be- erected within the
Incorporated limits Of the City of Ard.
more. containing three stories. or over.
shall be- provided wiz one fire escape
for every fifty feet ot the length and
width Of said building.
Sec 445. The fire escape provided
FOR In See i4i of this ordinance. shall
consist Of an iron ladder. one end
thereof being securely attached 10 the
roof or caves OF said building said
ladder being safely and securely at.
tachcd TO said building. and shall ex.
tend to within ten feet of the ground.
or pavement and shall be so construct
ed so as to extend across one window
In each story Of said building The
rounds OF said ladder shall be- OF iron.
and not more than eighteen inches
apart and of sufficient strength and
workmanship 10 support a weight OF
at least 800 pounds And each win
dow at which there is ladder there
shall he constructed q handling place
Of four feet square. safely walled OF
iron railings said landing place De-
so constructed as to enable persons
escaping from the building To more
easily and safely reach said ladder
and make his egress from the build.
ing
Sec ii6 This ordinance is intend.
ed to apply TO hotels, opera houses,
school buildings. lodge rooms, and any
other buildings, as described In sec
tion lii Of this ordinance, occupied by
persons. or whore people are in the
habit of conErcgating, or assembling
for any purpose.
Sec. ii7. The owner or owners, ten.
ants. lessons or any other person or
persons In charge Of any building, as
herein described, failing or refusing
to comply with this ordnance shall
be- deemed guilty OF misdemeanor,
and upon conviction shall be- fined In
any sum not TO exceed S2500. And
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OWNERS or BUILDINGS NOTIFIED
FOR LAST TIME.
PENALTIES WILL Be IMPOSED
And Ordinance Enforced August -
on All Who Have Not Complied
With the order-chief Gar.
ret Quotes Some Law.

Unless the owners Of throc.story
buildings In the city of Atdmorc get
busy between now lld Nur Is there
win be- something doing iu police cir.
clcs and some one will be- compelled
to pay heavy fine AMI place the lire
escapes ON the buiidmss as well.
chief Of Police Buck Garrett has
hotifcd the owners ul the buildings
'or the last time thtt the ordinance
would be- Iforcon, aui that Alg. Is
was the iirh Of time vEi,r VIA ~, On
them to properly equip the buildings
with fire escapes.
a notice was served several weeks
ago on the owners of the buildings.
and up to the present time no atton-
tiun has been paid to the notice. and
as an old fellow remarked one day.
"Old tempus is Judging It," It will
not be- be great while before Aug
10 will be- around and then the fur will
begin to fly.
Chief OF Police Buck Garrett today
again notified the same property own.
crs that the escapes must be- con.
structed to the building. and also
served the following sections Of the
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A Serious Charae.

w H. Moore, a father and a white
man, or at least a man with white
skin was placed in jail today by Dep
uty Merriman on the charges of incest
and rape The man is arrested on two
charges OF rape and two Of incest
Moore is said 10 have committed the
crime In his own family on two OF his
own flesh and blood, his two daugh-
ters The facts in the cases could
not be learned, but it is known that
Moore was placed in jail without bond.
II was but a few days since that
Moore secured bond In the sum Of
2250O on the charge Of murder, having
killed one Lindsey at Mil Creek.
The defendant in this case seems
to be a man past middle age, and has
very poor eye sight Moore refused
to have anything TO say and would
make no statement when seen at the
Jail
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each and every day which said per.
son or persons shall violate this ordi-
nance, shall be deemed a separate OF.
fense.
BUCK GARRETT.
Chief Of Police city Of Ardmore. ]. T..
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a WHOLESOME PLAY.
wife in Name Only" a Strong Drama
Well Rendered.

Wife In Name Only the bill render.
ed by the Virginia Jeffries Company
last night was the best play ever rem.
dercd 10y the company since its .n.
Eagcmont IN this city. Miss Jeffries
was at her best aud her support was
superb. II seemed as II the entire
company wanted to show the people of
Ardmore what it was capable of pro.
ducing. and throughout the entire
time the audience was held spell
bound. Not mfrequcntly could be
seen ladies wiping the tears from
their eyes, and at times many strong
man was seen to sniff
The play Is not one Of the blood and
thunder kind usually produced, but
was a human interest story depicting
what society usually leads to in cases
whore the husband thinks that the
getting of wealth Is above home and
wife.
The lesson taught was more impress
sive than any sermon that could pos
sibly be delivered by preacher ON
the value OF keeping home ties 40
gother
The usual specialties were conspicu.
Gus for their absence, and wise move
u was. for people who are witnessing
a play like the one rendered last night
feels too much to hear lot of horse
play.
The bill tonight Is a dramatic YER
sion Of Ouida's novel. Under Two
Flags"
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! PERSONAL MENTIONS
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Ben Scott has gone to McAlcster on
business. His wife will join him there
in day or two.
Prof John f. Easlry and family
have returned from several days
visit at sulphur
have returned from three weeks
Ark. is here visiting the family Of her
uncle. Bob Davidson
Mrs. J. r. Davidson and children
have returned fro ma three weeks
visit TO Marble, Ark.
NJ ID. Butler. a former Hargrovc
college boy. now druggist at Cornish.
is transacting business IN Ardmore
today.
B \. Anderson, a college friend OF
Tom Frame and Gene Crucc Of this
city, is visiting those young gentle
men, from Norman.
r. f. Scoffc-u deputy T. $. clerk OF
Chickasha, was in Ardmorc today for
a short time enrouto to sulphur
Springs on a vacation trip.
Dr J + Young has gone TO Tempe,
Okla. to assist the local pastor Of the
Methodist church oi that city in con
Quoting a protractcd meeting.
Mrs. H. j. Shackleford of this city
is visiting Mrs. j. s Johnson in Fort
Worth. Tex Mrs. Shacklcford will
visit friends in Galveston and other
Texas points before returning home.
II. l.. Sanders. secretary Of the 10.
cal Elks lodge has returned from the
city Of Brotherly Love. whore he at.
tended the annual reunion Of Bills Mr..
Sanders states that he had most
pleasant trip. He is rejoicing over
the fact THAI Dallas has secured the
next annual meeting Of the Grand
Lodge. and says that Ardmore Elks
will be plentiful in the big Texas city
when the Bills gather there next July
Saturday and Monday at Ditzler's,
White Parasols at ono-iourth of.
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Officer Got the stuff.

Several of the business men of the
city and a druggist will have to do
without their beer and booze for n
time. The shipment ordered arrived
all right on schedule time, but deputy
Irby was on the scene and
took the stuff in charge and broke It,
in the rear of the court house.
Quite a number of people were
hanging on the fence around the
court house lot while the breaking
was in progress.
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STRONG RESOLUTIONS
FEDERAL OFFICE HOLDERS CON
DEMNED BY CARTER COUNTY
REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE.

The Carter county republican com
mittce paid its respects to the Federal
office holders by resolution con
demnng their actions I'm being too ac-
tive In affairs political and endeay-
oring to disrupt the party. Resolu-
tions endorsing Frantz's candidacy for
governor and pledging Carter county'5
support also requesting that the state
convention select for its chairman of
the state executive committee a
Frantz sympathizer, man recon-
mended by Frantz Tor the position.
Resolutions endorsing the candi-
dacy of ]. T. Burns as Insurance Com
missioner. and T. N Robnett as Sec
retary of state were also passed.
The resolution condemning the ac-
tions of the Federal officials We're
passed by vote of five for and four
against. Those voting for the resolu'
tion were d. Redfield, Sam Weeks,
Chas. Won Weiss.-IIardy and Henry
| Combs. and those voting against the
resolutions We're Mccoy. j. w. Har
reid Eldon Sans, and Josiah Clark,
| (colored).
W. b. johnson Of this city was en-
dorsed as state Central Committee
man.
The following were the resolutions
passed condemning the Federal Off
cials:
Whereas our county convention held
July 10 for the purpose Of selectinl
delegates to the state convention wa'
dominated by L. 5. Federal officials
and the delegates thereat chosen die
not represent the masses of the party
therefore
BE It Resolved, That we deeply de
plore and condemn such action OF
their part as tending to disrupt th'
party for their personal selfish ends
The meeting adjourned subject Il
the call of the chairman.
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In response TO telegram received
this morning fred Cooner left today
at noon for Fort Worth, Texas. Mr..
Cooner was informed of the death OF
VIM Butler. his wife's father, which
occurred there last night at %
o'clock. Mrs Cooner was at the bed
side of her father when death ca,le.
MIR. Butler has been III with dropsy
for some time.
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Saturday and Monday at Ditzler's s,
everything in suits at half price.
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Saturday and Monday at Ditzler's.
White Parasols at ono-fourth OFF.
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All members of the Ardmore Chap
ter. o. f. S. are requested TO attend
session tonight at $50 for initiation
work. Visitors are invited.
BESSIE PALMER, W. NJ.
MRS. GEORGE CORHN, Secretary.
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Mrs. b. r. Thomas of this city today
received telegram from Fort Smith
bearing the sad news that her broth
er. John Latham. had died suddenly
there this morning.
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Saturday and Monday at Ditzler's,
Good c. house canvass l-2c.
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The Broadway Baptist Ladies' con
tinue To held their Saturday market
at Brady's feed store Your patron.
age solicited 26
The Coconino sun., 1907-04-04
improvements at Reform School

With the question of the perma- nent location of the territorial in- dustrial school at Benson settled and the appropriation of $l7, for improvements, plans formulated by Superintendent Mahoney for bet ter conditions will be carried out.
 The Cochise County Press says the first move will be the letting of contract for the sinking of a six or eight inch we'll which will give plenty of waer for irrigation to beautify the grounds, besides giving all the service needed in the present buildings to be erected.
 Then will come the erection of dormitory building for the girls and trades building for the boys.
The Coconino sun., 1907-04-04

ment be taken until the next regular meeting, unless a special meeting be called sooner than that date.
 CHESTER A. BLACK,
 Town Clerk
The Coconino sun., 1907-04-04
CITY COUNCIL MEETING

Pursuant to Law and Ordinance, the Common Council of the Town of Flagstaff met in the Town Hall on Monday, March 25th, 1907, at 8 o'clock p. m.
 Present: Councilmen Manning and Donahue; Clerk Black. There being no quorum present and adjournment was ordered until March 26th, 1907, at 8 o'clock p. m.
 CHESTER A. BLACK,
 Town Clerk
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Pursuant to the recess taken on March 25th, 1907, the Mayor and Common Council of the Town Of Flagstaff met in the Town Hall on Tuesday, March 26th, 1907, at s o'clock P. m.
 Present: Mayor Verkamp; Coun- cilmen Black, Doney, Harrington, Manning and Donahue; Clerk Black.
 The minutes of Jan. 18th, Feb. 25th, Feb. 26th and March 25th were read and approved.
 The claim of I. F. Wheeler in the sum of $75 for March salary was read by the Clerk. The writ ten opinion of the Attorney was read which stated that the claim could not be legally allowed. It was moved by Doney, seconded by Black and carried by full vote of the Council, that the claim not be allowed.
 On motion by Doney, seconded by Manning and carried, that the Clerk receive sealed bids for the publication of council minutes, official advertising and all sta- tionary and printing required by the Council and all town officers.
 A letter from the Cattle and Horse Protection of Central New Mexico, in regard to the Salton Sea, was read. No action was taken.
 A letter from E. T. McGonigle was read by the Clerk, asking that the Council appropriate some funds to repair the road to Milton. The letter was ordered laid on the table until the next regular meeting.
 A letter from w. NJ. Wilson in regard to the sale of his Black smith Shop was read and ordered laid on the table.
 Motion by Doney, seconded by Manning and carried, that the Street Supervisor be instructed to remove the Instructions in the River De Flag on the west side of Wilson's Blacksmith Shop.
 A letter from the Town Improve ment Society was read by the Clerk. It was moved by Harring- ton, seconded by Black, that the letter be laid on the table until the next regular meeting. Har- rington, Black and Verkamp voted yes. Doney, Donahue and Manning voted no. The motion was lost.
 It was moved by Manning, sec onded by Donahue and carried, that the City would have all cans and garbage removed twice a month, providing the residents would place same in cans, barrels or boxes in some convenient place, and with the understanding that c. c. Compton agrees to haul same for the sum of $10 per month.
 W. H. Beck came before the Council and asked that the taxes on the property of s. Beck be re- duced for the year 1906. Motion by Harrington, seconded by Deney and carried, that the Tax Collector be instructed to make settlement the same as the county.
 Jas. Hance came before the Council and asked that the city make some improvements on the streets in his part of the city. The Street Supervisor was instructed to look into same and report at the next regular meeting.
 The letter of L. Benedict was again brought to the attention of