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The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-09-26
TO TRY TIMBER
FRAUD ACTIONS
u. S. Attorney will Push In
dictments Against Lumb-
er Dealers

Guthrie, Okla, Sept. 24.-John
Embry. United States district at
torney, left today for Pond Creek
to repre- sent the federal gover''
ment in prosecuting the indict-
ments returned by the Woods
county federal grand jury against
the officials of the Amsden Lum.
Der company and the Minnetonka
Lumber company, including the
Gloyds, of Kansas City, s. A.
Amidon of Wichita, George
Crowell, of Alva, and others.
These cases will be heard at
Pond Creek, in Grant county, on
a change of venue from Woods.
The companies are charged in
the indictment with violating the
Sherman antitrust law in being
members of an alleged lumber
trust to control prices and pre-
vent competition, and followed a
ruling by Ohief Justice Burford
here that the law is directly APP
plicable to Oklahoma because
it is a territory. Several lumber
dealers are also under indict-
ment under similar charges al
Newkirk. and there are eight
lumber case indictments to be
triad during the term Of court
which began here today.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-09-26
Saloon Petition

The case of b. A. Boswell for
license to sell intoxicating liquors
in the 2nd ward of Cement, came
up for hearing before the board
Of county commissioners yester-
day.
The applicant was represented
by c. H. CArswell and II. w
Morgan and the demonstrators
by Dyke BallenRer and G. V.
Lining, After q full hearing
before the board It was deter
mined that the license bs dsnisd.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-09-26
OLDEST OKLA.
LAW SUIT
Heads List of $50 on Docket at
Guthrie This Week

Guthrie, o. T.,Sept. 23-Judge
John H. Burford opened the fall
term of the district court here
Monday with an unusually heavy
docket, including 356 civil and
thirty three criminal cases set
for trial, and an unusual number
Of well known cases on the dock
ct, which is headed by the case
of the Timkin Carriage Company
vs A. A. Humphrey, ct al pro-
baby the oldest case on an Okla.
homa court docket.
The right of the board of agri-
culture and its secretary in re-
gard to the issuance OF nursery
licenses is involved in the cases
of j. M. T. Wright. ct al, va CA.
McNabb and W. H. Hikes We
board of agriculture, both OF
which have been pending for
nearly three years. ~
Two libel suits are those OF
Carrie A. Nation, joint smasher
and reformer, against the Leader
company, and Ira N. TerrilI,
we'll known both in Kansas and
Oklahoma, against Frank H,
Greer.
The defalcations of T. A. Neal,
forner clerk Of the federal couri
here, are recalled by the -four
suite brought against Guthrie
people who accepted his checks
as court clerk for private debts
by the Fidelity ana Deposit Com.
pany Of Maryland, which was on
his official bond.
The case of d. d. Tilley vs. W.
H. Murray, ct al, is one of the
Greer county injunction cases,
which is now q little out Of date
since the election has been hello
and the constitution adopted,
\ Plant a fall and winter pastur.
Buy your rye, wheat and alfalfa
sssd from j. h. Harrington.
6sAd Store. 34siN
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-09-26
Notice To Stockholders

Notice is hereby given that
there will be a meeting of the
stockholders oil the SOUTHWESTERN
OIL AND GAS COMPANY, at the
office OF the Treasurer, Dyke
Bsllinger, over the First National
Bank, on the IL day of October,
1907, at 8 O'Clock p. m. for
the transaction of important
business. The stockholders of
the company are urgently re-
quested to be present.
Dated Sept. 26th. 1907.
d. G. GALLOWAY, President
DYKE BALLINGER, Secretary.
12t d and wk 2t1
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-09-26
Notice

In the District.C Court Of the Seventh
Judicial District Of Oklahoma Territory
sitting within and for thee County OF
Caddo.
Gordon = Aurghart
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-09-26
No Time to Waste

The work necessary to
secure the oil mill site, as
already mentioned in the
Democrat, should be pushed
forward without delay. 1t
is possible, at one stroke, to
bring as much or more bust
ness and more families into
this town than were depen-
dent on the liquor selling
and the EGGPLANT. If any
one has Tor a moment mis-
trusted the effect OF prohi-
bition on his realty values,
he can save any possibility
of loss by putting his shout
der to the wheel; if he had
no fear about it, he can in
crease his property value by
helping now. The oil mill
means too much to Ana
darko for us to run any
chance of losing it, large OF
small.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-09-26

that this opportunity car
ries with it a responsibility
as great and one that is full
of possible danger TO the
party. If, when the legisla-
ture assemblies, it goes to
work to provide laws for this
people in accord with the
spirit of fair play which is
the essence of the constitu-
ton, then the people will be
satisfied, and know that they
have not cast their votes in
vain. But il the greater
part OF the session is taken
up by squabbles over the
spoils Of victory, by wrangles
over the division of the pork
barrel, and by coquetting
with the Hobbies of the big
corporations, then the peo-
pie of this state will be filled
with such a disgust at the
trucking as will tell heavily
in the next election, and the
Democrat is much mistaken
il they do not undo much Of
it by their power of the refer
endum. The democratic
party is on trial now in the
persons of it's officers. Ii
they make good in the state
and in the counties, then the
party has kept iaith with
the people. If it goes on
Matt Quay's principle that
a public office is a private
snap, then it will be deserv-
eddy kicked out of power
when the first election comes.
The Democrat hopes that
the first bill introduced and
the first law to be passed by
the state Legislature will be
a stringent regulation OF
lobbeying, something like
that in force in Wisconsin or
Missouri, or like the rule
that put underhand in
fiuences out of business in
the constitutional conven-
ton.
Now for a service of the
people, and no squabbles
over pork!
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-09-26
Anadarko's Opportunity

The Importance OF build
ing the oil mill in Anadarko
is not to be compared with
the Importance OF building
it NOW. Last night, Mr..
Goldman, Mr.. Driskell, and
several other gentlemen call
ed attention to this aphase
Of the matter in words that
cannot be too highly COM
mended.
If the oil mill should be
pretty well along by Christ
mas time and half done by
the time the trade slackens
after the cotton season, it
will be finished and the
machinery installed in the
early summer,-that much
is certain, A great many
men will be employed in
building the mill and in
installing the machinery,
and as the Job will be a big
one, they will bring their
families here. There will be
a pay roll, beginning not
with the opening of the mill
but with the day of putting
the first pick into the earth
to prepare for the founda-
ton.
There is an old, old saw to
the effect that a bird in the
hand is worth two in the
bush. These real estate men,
who are endeavoring to
locate prospective investors,
can tell you how true the
saying is, and how much
help it will be to them and
how much more and better
stocks OF merchandise Ana,
darko can have with such
an addition to the city's
business as the oil mill anC
building the oil mill promise
to be.
Now is the time to strike
now while the iron is hot
If the mill is worth build
ing next year, it is NOR
worth building this year
Next year the Mountain
Park Railroad is to be built
and the lnterurban Electric
one OF those branches vii
run here. That is we ma,
expect them ii We are wild,
awake, and the town show
that it is alive.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-09-26
The Democratic Opportunity

With every state office
democratic and a tremen-
dous majority OF democrats
in both branches of the legis-
lature, and with the statu-
toryliw of the state to build,
the democratic party has an
opportunity for service to
the people that is unequaled.
But thoughtful voters see
.Et2s
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-09-26
Another Teacher

Owing to the over crowded
condition of the city schools a
new teacher will be employed.
The sixth and seventh grades
will be divided. The daily aver
age attendance. for each room is
fifty pupils.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-09-26
Marriage Licenses

Marriage licenses were issued
today to:
Ernest Henderson, Eddy, Okla.
Matte TAOket. Fl. Cobb.
Ray lease, Apache.
Blondina sohaifer. Apache.
!sAn Pisins Fl. Worth, TsaA
MsrS Mccullough, AnadAaAps
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-09-26
FURTHER
INVESTIGATIONS
Hardware Men Give Their
Views as to Prohibition.

representatives of the hardware
business today with reference to
their expectations as to the bust.
ness outlook under prohibition.
Mr.. Morris Leonhard, of Dun.
can & Leonhsrd, does not antici-
pate any bad effect in the BUSH
ness done Dy his firm. Hs ex.
poets that they will sell just as
many nails, as many sgricultur.
al implements, ae many vehicles,
stoves, kitchen utensils and other
articles as ever. Mr.. Leonhard,
when asked as to the usual
credits extended to purchasers of
farming implements in the spring
to be paid for in the fall, that
prohibition would cut very little
difference in strengthening their
outstanding credits, as the firm
made a practice of extending no
credit to the booze. fighter. o.
casionally they were caught, but
the cases r so rare as to make
very little difference in figures
based on a years business,
This firm is figuring on greatly
increasing its stock in the new
building which MI. Dietrich is to
build for them. They are going
on just the same, and look for no
change in the favorable trade
conditions for the Caddo county
dealer. Mr.. Dietrich is going
ahead with the double brick
building, ar 4 will spend as much
money on Anadarko's fine new
opera house as he had planned
to spend.
j. G. Steiner, of the firm of
Steiner & Son, expects a falling
off in the plumbing and timing
business. He expects building
70 stop in a great measure. and
bases his views on his exper-
fences in the towns of Wamepo
and Saint Mary's. Mr.. Stelzner
looks for a number of thrifty
German farmers to leave Caddo
county as a result of Tuesdays
vote, and says that the German
farmers spend twice as much
money in trade as do the Ameri.
can farmers. Mr.. Steiner said
that in a few ysars his business
in Wamego, Kansas, fell off from
$64 900 a year to $4,000 a year,
and that this was the cause of
his leaving there.
Frank Callahan said that we
could expect a decline in realty
values-that this would be a
cinch. Ae regards his own bus.
mess, however, he anticipated
no decline Whatever. The town
might be- expected in a short
time to pull up to its present good
condition.
Fred Pfaff, of John Pfaff &
Sons, ID not disturbed in regard
to prohibition. Mr.. Pfaff would
not-form any conclusions, as the
condition upon which we are en-
tering is an entirely new one TO
him as it is to most of US. He
said that If the firms trade in.
dressed SO that they would take
r in more profit than the increase
in taxes would amount to, the
change would, of course. be
r beneficial to them. He believes
that there will necessarily be a
falling off in the receipts of the
d electric lighting plant, as the sa-
looms are great users of electric
lighting,-much more than the
!, merchandising places that are
expected to take the places of
r the saloons. The firm of John
e Pfaff q Sons expect to keep on
8 with their business just the same
8 as they would otherwise, not
: anticipating any change as far
as their trade is concerned.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-09-26

Plant a fan and winter pasture
Buy your rye, wheat and alfalfa
sad from j. h. FA<rinRton'sI
ssed Store. 8eaw,
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-09-26
VS.
Gertie M Burghart
Defendant ]


Said defendant Gertie M. Burghart
will take notice that she has been sued
in the above entitled Court for divorce
by said plaintiff, on the grounds Of ex-
IRENE cruelty and; gross neglect of
duty, and custody of minor child, and
must answer the petition filed therein
by said plaintiff on or before the 18th
day of November, A. d. 1907, or said
petition.will be taken as true, and a
judgment for said plaintiff in said
action granting a divorce from defend.
ant, and the custody Of minor child
will be rendered accordingly.
Attest N. e. SIssoN
Clerk of said court
By j. F. STICK, Deputy
c. H. CARswRLL.
Attorney for Plaintiff
Is. pub % Sept last pSb 3 Oct
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-09-26
WANT YOUR A
Remember Our Aim:

Prompt delivery courteous treat.
ment. and satisfaction guaranteed
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-15
ELEvATING ROAD GRADER.

east and west. A person wishing to
cross the country in any other than
these directions must necessarily do so
in rectangular zigzags. 1t also neces-
states very often the crossing and re-
crossing of hills and valleys which
might be avoided If the roads had been
constructed on scientific principles.
In the prairie state of Iowa, for ex-
ample, where roads are no worse than
In many other states, there is a great
er number of roads having much steep
er grades than are found in the noun
famous republic Of Switzerland. In
Maryland the old stagecoach road or
turnpike running from Washington to
Baltimore makes almost a 'bee line"
regardless of hills or valleys, and the
grades at places are as steep as 10 or
IL per cent where by making little de-
tours the road might have been made
perfectly level or by running it up the
hills least abruptly the grade might
have been reduced to 8 Or 4 per cent,
as Is done in the billy regions Of many
parts Of this and other countries.
Straight roads are the proper kind to
have, but in billy countries their
straightness should always be sacri-
decd to obtain a level surface, so as to
better accommodate the people who
use them.
Graceful and natural curves conform
ing to the lay Of the land add beauty
to the landscape, besides enhancing the
value Of the property. Not only do lev
ell curved roads add beauty to the land /
scape and make lands along them
more valuable, but the horse Is able |
to utilize his full strength over them.
Furthermore, a horse can pull only
four-tifths as much on a grade Of two
feet in 100 feet. This gradually lessons
until with a grade Of ten feet in 100
feet he a draw but o~ne-fourth as
much as he can on a level road.
All roads should therefore wind
around hills or be cut through instead
Of running over them, and In many
cases the former can be done without
increasing the distance. To
Illustrate, II an apple or pear be cut
In half and one Of the halves placed on
a fiat surface, 1t will be seen that the
horizontal distance around from stem
blossom is no greater than the dis
lance over between the same points.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-15
GOOD ROAD PROBLEM
Importance Of Laying Out a High
way Properly.
AVOID ALL STEEP GRADES.

Straight Roads the Right Kind to Have,
but In HiIly Countries Their Straight
ness Should Be Sacrificed to Obtain
Level Surface.
All the important roads In the United
States can be and doubtless will be
~macadamized or otherwise improved In
the not distant future. This expecta-
ton should govern their present loca-
tion and treatment everywhere. I'm
less changes are made In the location
Of the roads In many parts of the Unit
ed States 1t would be worse than folly
to macadamize them. ANY costly re-
surfaclng of the existing roads will
fasten them where they are for genera
tions," says General Stone. The chief
difficulty In the United States is not
with the surface, but with the steep
grades. many of which are too long
to be reduced by cutting and filling on
the present lines, and If this could be
done 1t would cost more in many cases
than relocating them, says Motor News.
Many of our roads were originally
laid out without any attention to gen
eral topography, and In most cases fol-
lowed the settlers path from cabin to
cabin, the pig trail, or ran along the
boundary lines of the farms regardless
of grades or direction. Most Of them
remain today where they were located
years ago, and where untold labor, ex-
pense and energy have been wasted in
trying to haul over them and In en-
deavors to improve their condition.
The great error Is made of continu-
Ing to follow these primitive paths
with our public highways. The right
course is to call in an engineer and
throw the road around the end or
along the side of steep hills instead of
continually going over them or to pull
the road up on dry, solid ground in
stead of %splashlng through the mud
water Of the creek or swamp. Far
more time and money have been vast
I'd in trying to keep up a single mile
If one of these pig track" surveys
han it would take to build and keep in
two miles of good road.
Another and perhaps greater error is
made by some persons in the west who
continue to lay out their roads on sec
ion lines" These sections are al
quare. with sides running north, south,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-15
More For Government Aid.

w F. Hill, master Of the state
grange Of Pennsylvania, Is quoted n
saying in a recent address that the
grange Of that state believes that the
government should assist in building
the public roads and that 1t is the pur-
pose Of the national grange to under.
take to obtain the passage Of a bill
through congress to appropriate $50.
100000 for this purpose. This appropri.
alton, It is contemplated, shall BE- d.
vided over Eve years, $10.0O0,OOo being
available each year, and to be paid to
states for expenditure through tho
state highway department. I econ.
mend that the state grange give to this
movement IT. cordial Endorsement"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-15
AND COUNTY
BANKS ALL 0. K.

Composite Statement Of Creenwood's
Banks.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-15
7. 4 NJ. '. R. r. Schedule. Effective
Dec. 9, 1906.
SOUTH BOUND.

SOUTH BOUND.
No. B9l, Grenada to jackson Arrive
$40 a M. Daily.
No. SlS, Clarksdale to Jackoon Arrive
$50 pm depart 4:33 pm. Daily.
No. Ss7, Grenada to Greenwood-Ar.
riyes 800 pm. Daily except Sunday.
No. wv. Memphis to Greenwood--Ar-
riree 1000 prs. Daily.
NORTH BOUND.
No slS Jackson to Clarksdale--Arriye
ie.D s.9L; departs 1890 am. Daily.
No. 8ss, Greenwood to Grenada De.
parts s;l5 a.m. Daily except Sunday.
No $40. Greenwood to Menphis De
parts 900 an. Daily.
70 S7Z' Jackson to Grenada Arrives
7;z9 .. N. Daily.
A. T. MONTGOMERY, r. A.,
Greenwood, Miss
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-15
CASH AND SIGHT EXCHANGE.
$l,5Gl,4l6.49

The above statements of the financial
condition of the banking institutions of
Greenwood and Lelore County make a
most magnificent showing. In fact, we
doubt il there are a half dozen cities
and counties in Mississippi that can
separately make a much better exhibit
from a financial standpoint.
The Commonwealth congratulates the
Greenwood aud Lefore County bankers
upon this handsome evidence of their
prosperity and wishes for them individ-
ually and collectively continued success.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-15

Composite Statement ofLefIore C0un-
ty Banks.
TOTALS.
ltta Bena Bank & Trust Co. s 126,477.g0
Bank of ltta Bena ,,,.,.. ...,...... 240,935.21
Planters Bank, Schlater, ~......135,447.6 S
BANK OF sidon ~",.ar....., ~,...7 PAL. 81
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-15
$5S9,1O2.69

CAPITAL PAID IN AND SURPLUS.
ltta Bena Bank & Trust Co. 4 81. 301 .85
Bank of ltta Bena ,.... ~. 114,OS7 .O6
Planters Bank, Schlater, .. 35, s SO
BANK OF sidon -.~.....~. ,,~.,. 80, $4,000
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-15
}. r. HARVEY n RIrourtr
The Harvey G. Kitchell
BRICK PLANT
BUILDING CONTRACTORS
And Manufacturers or
sui'dins Brick and Dealers In Sand.
cARRoLLroN, MISS.
An Evening Of Music.

MISS Frances Chambcrlin, Of vicks-
p"rs' a noted violinist will give a con-
cert AZ the Opera House next Friday
von'ng Nov. 22nd. Halt OF proceeds
VIII 70 70 the Kings Daughters. Miss
unamoerlin will be ably assisted BY
Mesdames r. P. Parrish and @. 3.
wright Misses sallie Steele and Matsy
sreene and reading by Miss Branch.
An evening ofmasical merit, is promised
for a'l h'vers Of that art. Adults 10
cents; Children rs cents.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-08-16
LOTS and LANDS THE SAME
This Part of Dawson County Prop.
erty Was Not Touched by the
State Board,

County Anditor Anderson received
information yesterday from the state
auditor that the state board Of
assessment and equalization in going
over the assessment OF lots and lands
in Dawson county had made no
changes whatever IN the figures
which were sent In ny the auditor.
This speaks very we'll indeed for the
thorough assessing that was done 10y
the assessors OF The county in fol-
owing closely the figures that had
been previously made as a guide by
the state board.
County Auditor Anderson thought,
however, that when 1t comes to the
assessment OF personal property in
the city and county that the state
board will make an increase to some
extent.
Under the new assessment law the
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-08-16
A Token of Appreciation.

In anticipation OF the departure
OF Miss Lee for Germany, a great
many OF the members Of. the Meth
odist church gathered at the home
of MIR. and Mrs. j. T. Morrow
Thursday evening in order that all
might be given an opportunity to
tell her goodbye. Ever since Miss
Lee has lived in Mitchell she has
given her talent IN music towards
the musical work of the church. AT
this time and on the eve OF her
departure the church members ex-
pressed individually and collectively
their feelings toward the young lady
and their high appreciation Of all
that she had done toward the
church work in one of its impor-
tant fields. Faster Wilkinson, in
behalf Of the members, presented
Miss Lee with a purse Of $50, which
he desired her to accept as a very
slight token OF their appreciation Of
her worth as one who had been
faithful in her work toward the
church.
Light refreshments were served
and some musical number were
given. The affair was a very
pleasant one On taking their de-
parture the guests extended their
heartiest wishes to Miss Lee for a
safe journey and that the best Of
success would crown her Efforts in
porlj,
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-08-16
TO GERMANY FOR A YEAR
Misses Lee and Lathrop Start For
Trip to Germany to Study
Music For a Year.

Friday morning Miss Myrtle Lee
and Miss Hazel Lathrop started on a
lengthy journey which will have it's
ending 10 Berlin, Germany.
The young ladies going direct to
Chicago for a brief stay will then go
to the jamestown exposition, thence
to Washington and up the Hudson
river by boat for New York. On
this trip they will be accompanied by
L w. Seaman, the step-father OF
Miss Lathrop.
On reaching New York Aug. II,
Miss Lee and Miss Latbrop will
embark Oh a steamer of the Ham
+ urg-A merican line for Germany.
The Young ladies will 90 direct to
Berlin, where they will remain for
che year for the study OF music.
They have selected what is considered
] the best conservatory in Berlin-the