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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-12-20
COURT SHOWS The
CHRISTMAS SPIRIT

The services at The city temple were
very brief this morning. Two mour-
ners came forward when Judge Grigs-
hy gave the invitation and confessed
that they were sinful men, having
disturbed the peace Of the city. Not
desiring TO deprive them Of all their
Christmas money, the court made the
moderate charge ol 81 and costs for
the spiritual comfort administered TO
them. = didn't give them any lee
ture," said the court, because the
city refuses to pay me for the good
advice have been giving to the way
ward sons Of Adam. q
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-12-20
DREW HIS MONEY FROM
BANK AND WAS ROBBED
Negroes Hold up Farmer for $50 and
Escape Didn't Take Advise Of His
Better Half

II drew the money out Of the bank
several weeks ago when the panic
was on; it was every cent | hai in
the world said John A. Roland, who
was robbed Of $3.50 in the southeast
part Of town last night.
q was coming along near Reeds
hotel about nine o'clock" he contin-
ued, when / met negro who ask
ed me if I didn't want to buy some
whisky. I told him I wouldn't mind
having half pint and he told me
to step around the corner Of a build
ing. AS I walked around the corner
Of a building, two negroes came Up
and grabbed me, showed a knife at me
and ordered me to give up my money,
threatening to kill me if / made any
noise. Of course, gave them the
money.
The money was mostly in currency
and was contained in a long pocket
book, Of the kind used BY ladies. Mr.
Roland thinks he recognized one Of
The negroes. He reported the loss Is
officers as soon as he came up towr
and they at once set to work on th'
case
Mr.. Roland and family have beer
living near the waterworks station
just outside Of town, but they hat
started to move to a farm near Tut
tie. They stopped here last night b
visit Mrs. Roland's sister in the Fris
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-12-20
BRYAN SAYS HE'S willing

Kansas City, Mo-, Dec. 20-William
J. Bryan, who was in this city today,
when questioned as to democratic
presidency possibilities and partic-
ularly as to the probability Of the
candidacy Of Governor John A. John
son, Of Minnesota, said, in the course
Of an interview: q know Governor
personally; but you must pardon me
for not going into personalities. 4
| will not discuss him nor anyone else
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-12-20
SEC'Y TAFT'S HOME COMING

New York, Dec. 20 Secretary Taft
arrived here today after his journey
around the world. He was accompan-
led by Mrs. Taft and taeir son,
Charles. When he was seen aboard
at quarantine. the secretary said he
was not prepared to talk On any pub
lie questions
= have been away from the United
siatts 50 long chat ! DO MOI feel com
petent to discuss matters OF Ameri-
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-12-20

co addition and the wagon and team
and goods were left at George Holders
place in the south part Of town. MI.
Roland had been to look after the
team ami was returning when ie
robbed my wife had insisted that
I leave the money with her, but /
didn't think there was any danger Of
losing it" he added as he finished MS
story
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-12-20

and a presidential possibility and be
quoted without being understood.
shall not volunteer any democratic
presidential candidate, but if 7 am de
sired ! win not desert
Bryan, who is on a speech making
tour that win take in Kansas, Okla
homa and Texas, arrived here this
morning from Lincoln, Neb. on his
way to Wichita where be speaks to-
night
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-12-20

can public interest at this time said
he
Absence from home has prevented
me keeping abreast Of current events
while work ia the war department
mas Of course moved along in the us
ual way dEring my absence There
are many matters Of large Importance
which require my personal attention
and expect to have my nose close to
the grindstone for some time to come, F"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-12-20

MAKE GOOD

Topsy Turvy's original ideas for
and the unusual situations
in which they led her, delighted the
audiences at the Carnegie Libary
both yesterday afternoon and even
ing. The play was a good, laughable
farce, all Of the characters entering
into their parts with enthusiasm.
The Athletic Association is to be
congratulated upon the success Of the
play, which was generally conceded to
be one Of the best amateur perform
ances ever given in Chickasha.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-14
THE PHILIPPINES

q ON-IN-LAW LONGWORTH slipped
a cog recently and delivered him
~ self of the startling statement
that eve shall not be troubled with the
Philippines very long," or words to that
effect Nothing in the man or his
record would cause people to attach any
serious meaning to his words were he
not In touch with the powers that be
and trusted listener to family debates
where matters of national moment
sometimes come up for discussion.
Several things, strange in themselves,
look very easy to the understanding
when viewed in the light of this state
ment. First and most important is the
fact that the islands incubus would be
great relief If removed from the
coming campaign, and such a move
would take a great stumbling block out
OF the way. Then, If the islands are to
go to Japanese custody or ownership,
this nation to be reimbursed for finan-
cial outlays in their cost and main
tenanoe, the great cloud of japanese
trouble would lift from the campaign.
Japan would control the coast defenses
of Asia and her interference in Ameri-
can politics cease.
Our fleet could then police and de-
lfend our Pacific coast with certainty
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-14

Writing books and pamphlets advo-
eating Socialism is not the only fad
professors of John D. Rockefeller's Chi,
cago university indulge in. Now
member of that faculty says children
should not wear clothes until they are
10 years old Another one of these
learned gentlemen has predicted that
within a few centuries women's faces
will be covered with hair. Standard
Oil money has been poured into that
famous institution so literally every
freak theory can have specialist to
follow it up. 1t affords the public
amusement if it doesn't instruct.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-14

NCIENTISTS, biologists and tourists
alike will be interested in the huge
~ salt beds recently discovered by the
engineers who are building the Western
Pacific abroad from Salt Lake City to
San Francisco, says the Denver Republic
can Eight miles wide and forty miles
long, this enormous saline deposit pre-
sents much the same appearance as
polar ice foe, the effect of the glittering
crystals stretching away to the horizon
in lines of unbroken white, being one
which cannot be obtained anywhere else
in the world except in the zones of eter-
nal ice.
So closely are the salt crystals packed
together that the ties for the railroad
are laid on the surface and the 100000
pound engines pass over them without
making any impression on 1t. In plac-
ing the telegraph poles along the line
of the road 1t was found necessary to
blast out the salt with dynamite, Its
rocklike hardness making it impossible
to dig down the eight feet required to
give secure support to the poles. Eight
feet is the deepest bore which has been
made into the deposit and its true depth
remains unknown as yet.
Z The commercial value of this salt de-
posit. said to be 9S per cent pure, Is
something enormous.
Engineers who have studied the topog-
raphy of this part of the country are
inclined to the belief that a large body
of water underles this enormous salt
bed and that herein lies the explanation
for the we'll known saline quality of Great
Salt lake.
The salt body is situated twenty-seven
feet higher than the lake at the Nor
mon capital, and the slope of the land
near the deposit is such that If water
existed there 1t would flow in the direc-
ton of the lake. With this as a basis
for their deductions, the engineers who
laid out the road have evolved the inter-
esting theory that some large subterra-
mean body of water is gradually dissolv-
ing the great salt bed from underneath
and carrying it away in solution through
underground channels which lead to the
Great Salt laks.
Desert Has No Terrors Now
In view of the curious geological COM
position of the country, in which rivers
are frequently known to disappear COM
pletely from the surface and reappear
miles away with greatly increased vol
ume, the hypothesis is plausible, at
least, and will doubtless be investigated
upon a scientific basis as soon as the
Western Pacific is in position to handle
passenger traffic.
Boring through the salt, while similar
in difficulty to poring through solid rock,
should determine in large measure the
formation of the salt beneath the sur
face and should settle the question as to
whether or not a body or stream of
water is eating away the salt body on
its lower side.
Government officials from the weather
bureau are at present in the Salton
basin studying evaporation, and may
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-14

take up the study of the salt deposits
when their present Investigations are
concluded.
Leaving Salt Lake City, the Western
Pacific skirts the south end OF the lake'
crossing 1t at one point for distance
OF six miles, where the water ies Oh
both sides of the track, and at milepost
No. 80 enters the Great American des-
ert, Here, for nearly forty miles the
trains cross a vast sea of white alKail'
cleaning in dry, dazzling whiteness IN
all directions. Looked upon with dread
! In the days when the prairie schooner
was the best means OF transportation
the desert will now become simply an
object of curiosity, to be viewed IN the
| same light as any of the other scenlc
wonders that are to be enjoyed from
western railroads The forty-niner, when
he reached the dege of this desolate
stretch of drouth-ridden territory, fg--
uratively drew a long breath and plunged
across 1t with something the same Ieel-
ing of desperation with which man
facing a prairie fire would dash through
the flames to the safety that lies beyond.
When the new road is completed, the
porter will walk through his Pullman
and call the attention of travellers to
the sea of alkali and salt, but the trav-
eler will suffer no inconvenience from
making the trip which was marked in
former days by a trail of whitening
bones and rotting wagons.
Atmosphere Is Moist
Over near the west end of the desert lie
the salt beds, and here the dusty white
ness of the landscape changes to the
sparkle of Christmas post card. De-
spite its rocklike hardness the salt de-
posit evidently contains a large proper
ton of moisture for 1t has been observed
that all ties, telegraph poles and other
wooden objects which come in contact
with 1t become moist to a point four or
five inches from the surface. This is
another fact in support of the theory
that the deposit is being undermined by
a body of water, there being scarcely
enough water In the air in that climate
to keep the huge deposit moist at all
times.
All over the deposit, since the advent
of the Western Pacific tracks, are to be
found placer claims staked out, with the
owners little notice of location fastened
to one OF the stakes.
Though situated higher than Great
Salt lake, the salt deposit has no grade
in either direction, evidence that 1t was
at one time in solution in some body of
water which evaporated, that, in fact,
being the only way in which such de-
posits usually occur. Track laying over
this hard, level surface, which required
no ballasting and no blasting, except for
the telegraph poles, was a simple and
rapid operation, and the work occupied
remarkably short time. 1t is hoped that
the Western Pacific will be completed by
the end of next year, and after that the
tourist and the scientist will have no
difficulty in visiting and observing this
product of natures labora-
tory.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-14
THE ICE TRUST

A BUNDANT reason exists for be-
~ lieving the local ice companies
- have made a combination in re-
straint of trade contrary to the Cart
wright law and burdensome to the peo-
pie, and the grand jury is now sitting
evidence to establish the fact.
A searching and just test should be
given in this case. as it's determination
will affect all similar cases in the
future.
Several ice companies on the same
day raised the price of ice to local con-
sumers to the same figures in all cases
and without any warning, and cite as
reasons for so doing the great cost Of
incidentals to the business, and that
each acted without. the knowledge or
consent of all others. The rise is so
great and the burden so onerous on all.
especially on the poor, that legal steps
are the only resort for relief.
AS the ice dealers have done the coal
dealers have done likewise, and the
people face condition in which dealers
in any of the many necessaries of life
may raise prices on them, and their
defense-the Cartwright law-be rem
dered useless.
If ever the people had cause to look
for a return for the taxes they pay 1t
is now, and in these cases, and nothing
short of prompt and full relief will
satisfy them. To be butter-fingered or
in this case will be to
saddle interminable trouble on the city
in the coming winter season and will
cause the public to lose faith in the
efficacy of all law.
We repeat that all persons who can
in any manner fortify the case Of the
people against these companies should
at once confer with the district attor-
ney's office and help the cause Of vim
dicating the law.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-14
VIRTUES oE NEWSPAPERS

The American newspaper has been the
worthy subject of eulogy by an enlight-
ened solicitor for advertising. He says
has enormously improved and that what
has been called sensationalism has almost
disappeared. Not to dwell upon any topic
that may excite unpleasant or regretfui
contemplation, it may be well to say that
all newspaper men, and many intelligent
laymer, have long been conscious that the
New York newspapers have long been
rising to the intellectual and spiritual
heights which many provincial newspa'
perS and newspapers OF other cities, have
long been conscious of occupying. AS a
matter of fact, the newspapers of this
country, with some exceptions, of course,
for it Is inevitable that some editors and
publishers are no better thar they should
behave always been better than the pol
iticians. Another fact Is that almost, If
not quite, all our gains for -ocal good
government are due to the press. The
same may be said of the influence Of the
press in securing good government for the
country at large; while Mr.. Godkin, who
was a war correspondent in his younger
days, used to say that the most notewor-
thy result of the Crimean war was the
modern war correspondent. The critic OF
events, the eRpOSeT OIL WTOH6 anu oAdhl
and of the bad treatment of soldiers, the
discloser of the incapacity of leaders of
armies, the describer Of wars horrors
this was the war correspondent. And
what of the newspapers exposition of po-
litical offenders? All this has lain in the
back of the heads of the men who have
made newspapers. But there have been
concessions by news gatherers to what
they have regarded as the public taste
and those who try to play down to the
crowd almost always get below its level.
! The epis ode seems to have passed, accord
ing to the illuminating advertising gentle
man; but there was once time when the
news gatherer was very contemptuous of
the editorial page. There was once
managing editor of New York newspa-
per who was so successful in the man
agement of his job that he expected to
succeed the editor-in-chief, who was one
of the foremost of his class. "And when
l do succeed" he used to say, "the first
thing I'll do will be to kill the editorial
page" Well, he did at last succeed. and
the editorial page is livelier than ever
| Harper's Weekly.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-14
AMERICAN SHIPPING

TT NITED STATES Consul General
Alban G. Snyder Of Buenos Ayres,
~ in his annual summary for 1906.
gives the following detailed report of
foreign trade with the east coast of
South America, and the intelligent
voter is invited to study this report
from an appointee of the party in power
to see if he can find any trace of benefit
to American commerce from a tariff
so oppressive as to not only cripple in
ternal trade but actually to drive Amer
lean shipping off the seas: Rosario,
entrances and clearances, 1856 vessels,
of 2,S76,7S tons; La Plata, entrances
and clearances, 1883 vessels, of 1,410.000
tons; Bahia Blanca and Parana, en-
frances and clearances, 2490 vessels, of
1, ,46s, 700 tons; total entrances and clear
ances for the four ports, S529 vessels,
of 5,755,4S0 tons. The entrances for
Buenos Ayres were 25S sailing vessels,
of 931 tons, and 1886 steam vessels,
of 4,227, 1867 tons; total sail and steam,
2194 vessels, of 4,490,29S tons. In the
entrances into Buenos Ayres the British
flag covered ESQ., ,592 tons, the German
flag SOC, 1853 tons, the italian flag 514,S93
tons and the French flag 909,712 tons.
The American flag is not mentioned in
the returns"
In the light of this official showing
how can this country plume itself on
an annual trade of $2OOOOO,OOO when the
ships that should carry it are rotting
at our wharves or being converted into
coal barges or freight scows, and the
nomadic tramp steamer Of other flags
carries of the business?
The intelligent voter is requested to
scan the shipping lists of San Fran
cisco, San Diego or San Pedro, outside
of coastwise trade, and see how often
he finds the name of an American
for the ports of the nation, and at none
of them can American ships be found
in evidence.
In the matter of steamship service to
transatlantic and transpacific ports, the
American ships are owned and con-
ITOlleQ Dy TdlTOdQ lnIoI6SlS, anu WHeIS
competition of foreign flags exists these
great ships, built at a loss, to win back
on government subsidy the extra cost
of construction under tariff laws are
being sold now or put out of commits
sion because congress dared not pass
the jughandled subsidy bill, which gave
the commercial egg to monopolies and
the water it was boiled in to the small
ship owners.
With tariff law that breeds an an
nual surplus of $10O,OOOOOO, and which
fetters every industry in the land, there
can be no relief; therefore the tenure
of office of those who "stand pat" on
this iniquitous law must be terminated
if the people would be free. Tariff re-
vision is the issue by which the great
Democratic party seeks to give the peo-
pie relief.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-14

of sovereignty, and all these things
would be capital campaign material.
A presidential message containing
these recommendations would electrify
the people and be great help to the
party in power, but what of the men
whose work made all these things
necessary? Can they, ought they to
be trusted further? 1t is high time
these matters were considered by the
people who must bear the burden OF
maladministration another four years
If the party Of high tariff, high taxes
and low tricks is continued in power.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-14
WITH THE POETS
poN'Ts FOR THE BRIDE

Did you ever bake cake?
Did you ever fry an egg2
Have you ever stuffed turkey with to-
matoes?
Can you broil a sirloin steak?
Did you ever brown the leg
OF a mutton and then serve it with po-
tRtoes7
II you know these things by heart
Just forget them II you're smart,
For If hubby should find out that you can
do them
He will keep you busy baking.
Cooking, broiling, biscuit making,
And it's better for you IL you never knew
them.
II you ever have been showed
How a dress has to be sewed
So one can not tell you wore 1t all last
season,
II you can create hat
From a fiber bathing mat,
Don't attempt it for this very simple
reason:
Just as soon as hubby knows
That you're good at making clothes
He will keep you busy sewing, darning,
mending.
And you'll miss your social teas,
Matinees. whist. talking bees,
And your simple llte would have a dreary
ending.
Chicago Journal.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-14

An evening paper announces the re-
turn to Los Angeles of Leo Youngworth
from European trip which began
with a visit to the Charleston exposi-
ton" How time does fly! Didn't know
Leo had been away that long.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-14

Now the clergymen of Coventry who
left the city during the Lady Godiva
madness have returned to their pulpits
and resumed their struggle with their
erring fiocks. Judging from the num-
Der of yards of gauze mentioned In
cablegrams the holy men didn't miss
much.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-14

The extreme complacency of the
Standard Oil magnates in the face of
the big fine would indicate that they
believe exactly as did the great Mr..
Bundle, who once remarked: 1.-THE law
is a hass."
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-14

Our old friend remarkable coinci-
dence" is blamed for the recent ad-
vance in prices by all the ice COM
panies in the city. The Society for the
Prosecution of Psychological Research
will here find a field rich for investiga-
ton. So, incidentally, will the grand
iI1ry
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-14

King Edward has gone to Marienbad
to take the cure He will meet the
kaiser and Emperor Francis Joseph.
Listen for the echo Of three royal kisses
gone to waste.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-14
FATHERS EIShlN,

Father was a sportsman true,
Trophies o the hunt he'd treasure,
Knowed which way the wild duck flew,
Used ter spend most all his leisure
Fishin'
oh, the stories he would spin
Father. see. knowed all erbout it,
Natur' put the instinct in.
An he couldn't do without it
Fishin.
An the things he'd tell erbout,
How the fishes ducked and darted,
OF the double-headed trout
That he catched when fust he started
Fishin.
Told erbout a pond he knew
That he allus used ter race fer.
Fishes swarmin' throug an through,
Jest the wonderfulest place fer
Fishin'.
Told us how he loved ter sit
All the blessed day an haul the
Line, an hook the bait on it.
Never mentioned leavin' all the
Fish in.
-Harpers Weekly.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-14

Governor Joe Folk has commuted the
sentence of Lord" harrington, and the
famous fraud will not be hanged. Thus
rudely has the chief executive robbed
Missourians of holiday.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-14

Now if the nature takers want to do
something worth while let them turn
their attention to the dog star and the
great bear.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-14

Truly it would be unkind to call Sec
retary Taft's attention to the fact that
Gen. Grant also made an extended tour
lust before a national convention.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-14

Japan, doubtless inspired by the ex-
ample set by her illustrious British
ally, is embracing the opportunity to
convert Korea into a new Ireland.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-14

Philadelphia boasts she is going to
have a bigger resort than Coney Island
1t may be larger than old Coney but it
will never be the same.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-14

The Connecticut tobacco crop is said
to be 40 per cent short this year. That
probably means an advance in Havana
perfectos."
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-14

The experience gained in prosecuting
the ice trust will be valuable to the
when he reaches out for the
coal trust.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-14
Population of Los Angeles. 100000
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ANNOUNCEMENT

All the capital stock of The
Herald company. the corporation
which owns and publishes The Los
Angeles Daily Herald, has recent .
ly been purchased from the former
owners by parties who have no
connection with any other news
paper in Los Angeles, and who .
have taken over and own and
control ABSOLUTELY and IN =.
DIVIDUALLY. and NOT AS .
TRUSTEES, every share of the .
Issued and outstanding capital .
stock Of the corporation. .
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-14

Talk about the church militant!
Christ church cadets are to engage in
a sham battle at Santa Monica today.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-14
Scientists Wonder at Salt Deposit

Steel Rails of New Transcontinental Railway
Rest on Solid Surface of Vast Saline Deposit
No Other Ballast Used for Tracks